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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 281766" data-attributes="member: 27">These writers obviously get a kick out of tying new characters to the distant past.&nbsp; Since Jimmy Lee and his family members were intentionally disinherited by Edward in his will, I can&#039;t see it meaning much for Austin to be a son of Jimmy Lee and Charity.&nbsp; Now if they were to ret-con the storyline and say that Alan slept with Charity and is Austin&#039;s real father, we might have a different conversation.&nbsp; Many are arguing that Roger Howarth is too old to be playing the son of Jimmy Lee, but there really is no point in arguing proper aging when so much SORAS goes on; time operates on a different plane on soaps.I&#039;m guessing that the show felt they had to create a character for RH who would not necessarily be interacting with the same people Franco did.&nbsp; That will help lapsed viewers get past the idea that he&#039;s no longer Franco when they tune in and see him doing scenes with people Franco rarely did.&nbsp; It&#039;s kind of mean to say, but the main difference I&#039;m seeing between Austin and his other characters is Roger Howarth&#039;s new haircut makes his ears look enormous.&nbsp; I guess Howarth always had his hair longer and styled to hide them before this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 281766, member: 27"] These writers obviously get a kick out of tying new characters to the distant past. Since Jimmy Lee and his family members were intentionally disinherited by Edward in his will, I can't see it meaning much for Austin to be a son of Jimmy Lee and Charity. Now if they were to ret-con the storyline and say that Alan slept with Charity and is Austin's real father, we might have a different conversation. Many are arguing that Roger Howarth is too old to be playing the son of Jimmy Lee, but there really is no point in arguing proper aging when so much SORAS goes on; time operates on a different plane on soaps. I'm guessing that the show felt they had to create a character for RH who would not necessarily be interacting with the same people Franco did. That will help lapsed viewers get past the idea that he's no longer Franco when they tune in and see him doing scenes with people Franco rarely did. It's kind of mean to say, but the main difference I'm seeing between Austin and his other characters is Roger Howarth's new haircut makes his ears look [I]enormous[/I]. I guess Howarth always had his hair longer and styled to hide them before this. [/QUOTE]

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