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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 319485" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I think the canonization of Jason (derisively called "the Holy Hitman" by some, "Saint Jaysus" by others) occurred because Bob Guza had a 'thing' for the character, as if he was living vicariously through the exploits of that character he wrote. Jason was a <em>Mary Sue</em>, as it were, and once he was written that way, it was hard to tone that back.</p><p></p><p>Very much so. It also bugs me when they decide to have bad things happen to characters and then label that occurrence as "punishment for ____" . For example, they sent Franco through the wringer for YEARS in an effort to make detractors finally say "Okay, he's been punished for all the stuff he did when James Franco played him". Arguments could be made that the torture Ryan inflicted on Ava, culminating in Kiki's grisly murder and Ava being institutionalized, was the show's way of punishing Ava for Connie's murder years before. They can't just admit "Hey, we wrote this character committing a crime, so he/she has to go off to jail now." I'm usually very old-fashioned that way---good triumphs over evil, evildoers go to jail or get killed off for their misdeeds---but I'm as guilty as others when it comes to (occasionally) taking a liking to a villainous character and rooting for them to get away with it. Reforming a villain into a hero(ine) is a soap specialty, after all; if all villains had to be vanquished we would not have had the likes of Rachel Cory, Erica Kane, Roger Thorpe, Kim Hughes, or Jill Foster Abbott. Or Dr. Liesl Obrecht, of course.</p><p></p><p>I thought the "tribute episodes" they did for Gail Baldwin and Sean Donely were kind of silly, actually. If that was the sort of flight-of-fancy tribute they had planned for Stuart Damon, I'm kind of glad they ran into issues. The departures of Burton and Rademacher caused the show to go into chaotic rewrites and re-shoots, and the tribute to Damon got lost in the shuffle. Doesn't mean they could not do it any day of the week, however--as long as Leslie Charleson is there, I'd watch. It doesn't have to be a specific date/anniversary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 319485, member: 27"] I think the canonization of Jason (derisively called "the Holy Hitman" by some, "Saint Jaysus" by others) occurred because Bob Guza had a 'thing' for the character, as if he was living vicariously through the exploits of that character he wrote. Jason was a [I]Mary Sue[/I], as it were, and once he was written that way, it was hard to tone that back. Very much so. It also bugs me when they decide to have bad things happen to characters and then label that occurrence as "punishment for ____" . For example, they sent Franco through the wringer for YEARS in an effort to make detractors finally say "Okay, he's been punished for all the stuff he did when James Franco played him". Arguments could be made that the torture Ryan inflicted on Ava, culminating in Kiki's grisly murder and Ava being institutionalized, was the show's way of punishing Ava for Connie's murder years before. They can't just admit "Hey, we wrote this character committing a crime, so he/she has to go off to jail now." I'm usually very old-fashioned that way---good triumphs over evil, evildoers go to jail or get killed off for their misdeeds---but I'm as guilty as others when it comes to (occasionally) taking a liking to a villainous character and rooting for them to get away with it. Reforming a villain into a hero(ine) is a soap specialty, after all; if all villains had to be vanquished we would not have had the likes of Rachel Cory, Erica Kane, Roger Thorpe, Kim Hughes, or Jill Foster Abbott. Or Dr. Liesl Obrecht, of course. I thought the "tribute episodes" they did for Gail Baldwin and Sean Donely were kind of silly, actually. If that was the sort of flight-of-fancy tribute they had planned for Stuart Damon, I'm kind of glad they ran into issues. The departures of Burton and Rademacher caused the show to go into chaotic rewrites and re-shoots, and the tribute to Damon got lost in the shuffle. Doesn't mean they could not do it any day of the week, however--as long as Leslie Charleson is there, I'd watch. It doesn't have to be a specific date/anniversary. [/QUOTE]
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