let my love open the door

[schmerica]

The more I think about Jersey Girl, the more one thing in particular about it starts to seriously bug me. Because, hi, huge pet peeve.

Listen, writers and directors and people of the world: IF YOU START OUT YOUR STORY WITH A FRAMING DEVICE, YOU HAVE TO END IT WITH ONE TOO. That is actually what makes it a frame. You don't start a framed narrative, then get distracted by the movie or book or whatever and just end up like you never framed it to begin with, because that will drive your audience FREAKING NUTS.

(Yes, Shakespeare did it in Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare did a lot of things you can't pull off.)

Also, I now have "Let My Love Open the Door" stuck in my head. Luckily, I kind of like that song.

My sister was watching Days of Our Lives this afternoon, and I ended up sitting in the room watching with her. Apparently there is a plot going on right now where an uncle is in love with his niece and they are contemplating a romantic relationship. Apparently, this is not totally creepy to anyone on the show because the uncle was adopted. Um, yes.

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[myriad69.livejournal.com]

N'AWWW!! I remember when Belle and Brady were born! They named Belle after Isabella and I'm surprised they haven't brought HER back from the dead... aw Isabella, you were so adorable!

So wait, Belle and Brady are now the same age as Sean Douglas? And SAMMI has a grown-up kid? IMPOSSIBLE I SAY! In real time life she's like 23.

[mollita.livejournal.com]

Belle grew up and dated Sean Douglas, and they were totally in love. Then Sean disappeared because this chick Jan kidnapped him and kept him in a cage for months and months, because she was obsessed with him. Belle eventually married Phillip (Kate's son with Victor, and I think he should probably only be about 7 or 8 by now), who went off to do his duty for god and country in Iraq, and wound up losing a leg somehow after getting abducted by insurgents (who were really Dimera henchmen? Including a man they brought in to play Sammi-in-drag while Allison Sweeney was on maternity leave). While Phillip was off in the war, Belle was having a little affair with Sean, but then she couldn't bring herself to leave Phillip when he came back crippled.

Sammi's kid still isn't grown-up. He's...fourteen, fifteen now? And probably completely insane from Sammi and Lucas having years of "we hate each other! We're getting married! We hate each other again!" bullshit.

And *yes*, Isabella. I loved her so much, and I'm afraid she's the one character whose death I'm sure is forever. Didn't she have to die so she could help John save Marlena from being possessed by Satan or something? They *called* it cancer, but hey. Plot device. I also miss Shane and Kimberly and Eve. They should all definitely come back, and then I'd probably watch again full time instead of just reading this stuff on the internet. *g*