#please note that Caroline was dead by the time Thomas died

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Spouses of British monarchs who were on the throne when a ghost died

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Days Discussion

BACKGROUND: I started watching Days in 2007, after I was home sick for like 3 weeks. I was in 7th grade and I fell in love with characters and everything. In high school 2 years later, it made me my first friend - we bonded over our love for the show and even hung out after school a time or two to watch it together. When she moved away in 2010, I watched for a bit, but stopped around 2011-12. In October of this year, I got reattached. I figure a bit of it is due to the nostalgia I feel when I watch it - it reminds me of simpler times and when I was younger and didn’t have to freak out about life and graduating from college, but now here we are and I need something to hold on. In a way, Days has become my safety blanket, and I probably won’t be abandoning my blanket any time soon. 

That being said, I just wanted to put a whole bunch of stuff out there, for me, and for others, I guess. But mostly for me haha [If you’re reading this and you know anyone else in the Days fandom, PLEASE send them my way!] If you’re interested in this old-ass soap opera, please feel free to read below...

People who were alive/on the show when I last left it in 2011: Sami, EJ, Will, Ciara [7ish], Bo, Carly, Lexie [watched her die onscreen and cried], Theo [7ish], Daniel, Kate Mansi’s Abigail, Casey Diedrick’s Chad, Mia [watched her leave], Melanie [watched her exit scene when it happened], Jack, Nathan, Belle [small role tho], Cameron Davis,  Stephanie [watched her leave], Francisco San Martin’s Dario [briefly], Jay Kenneth Johnson’s Philip, Vivian 

Characters that made it through to Oct 2016: Hope, Abe, Theo [now 16-18?], Ciara [also now 16-18], Sonny, Steve & Kayla [they were kinda entering when I was leaving], Rafe, Jennifer, Marcie Miller’s Abigail [Abby was ‘dead’ when I came in but then reappeared], Billy Flynn’s Chad, Sonny, Kate, Brady, Gabi, Maggie, Victor, Stefano [sort of], John-Paul Lavoisier’s Philip, Chloe, Nicole, Justin, Adrienne, Lucas, Roman, Caroline

Characters I had no idea existed [aka: people Days brought back while I was away] : Paul, Claire [16-18ish], Thomas [was so happy to find out Chabby got married and had a kid like wow], Arianna [so happy that Gabi had a kid and that Will was a dad] Jade, Joey, JJ [he was on before I started and after I stopped lolol], Andre, Deimos, Blanca, Eduardo, Jose Vilasuso’s Dario, Valerie, Lani, Nancy [it’s possible she was on when I watched but she did not show up often], Holly [honestly so grateful Nicole is gonna have a kid], Tate, Theresa

[NOTE: Those are just the ones I remember from looking at the list on the She Knows Soaps website. There were probably others but they were def minor characters or something]

Couples that were alive [and well] when I left: Bope, Stayla, EJami, WilSon, Maggie/Victor, Chabby [in the works], Daniel/Nicole/Chloe, Phloe, Lexie/Abe [then she died and I cried], Jadrienne, Roman/Caroline, Mathan [forever consider them a couple even though they never really ended up together], others I can’t remember probably.

ANYWAY, I don’t really know where I was going with this list when I started, but I just wanna vent. Like, I know it’s a soap, and everything/everyone is always changing or coming/going, but OMG IT’S BEEN SEVEN YEARS AND I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE RECOGNIZED HALF THE CAST WHEN I STARTED WATCHING 3 MONTHS AGO. Yeah, I researched the shit out of the past 7 or so years, but WOW. Literally each of my above lists is as long as the next one. 

The storylines seven years ago were also more plausible and - in my humble opinion - relatable. Yeah, I was in like 7th grade, but I still could understand what Melanie/Nathan/Gabi/Chad/Stephanie/etc were going through. Now, all these lil hs babies are running around spying on adults and stuff and I’m like wtf?! I mean, I’ll always root for Thiara, but a girl can only do so much with Vivian Jovani’s acting [sorry not sorry]. Jade and Joey are only now starting to make me feel things, which makes me feel like an awful person because it took Jade losing her baby and Paige Searcy announcing leaving for me to come around to Jade. Hope should not be with anyone that’s not Bo. End. Of. Discussion. I HATE Rope and I kinda feel like it’s a slap in the face to Bo fans and Bope’s relationship as a whole. Gabi has grown on me, but I am not liking the storyline she is being put in rn. DAYS needs more 30-somethings to give Gabi company, and they need more teens to drown out Claire’s schemes and Ciara’s actress’s bad acting. I’m honestly glad that Sonny is finding someone because I come back and Will is dead?! To be fair, I saw the recast and I was kinda relieved because lbr Chandler Massey is the only Will. PaulSon is wonderful. NOT onboard with what’s going on with my ladies Nicole and Kate. They used to be forces to be reckoned with; now they’re letting men run their lives?! No no NO - I need Nicole breaking hearts and Kate being the HBIC that I know she is. Not pleased with who Deimos has made Nicole out to be. I am sad that she wasn’t able to have kids, but Chloe needs to wake up and tell Nicole the truth so we can all move on. Couldn’t care less about the microchips with Eduardo and Dario, but I just want Kate to be happy! I miss Kate Mansi, but I adore  Marcie Miller and what she brings to the table as Abigail. I didn’t see Mansi’s ending arc - going crazy and faking her death - but I’ve seen the aftereffects and I love how Miller plays it. Lbr tho : Days shouldn’t have kept her locked in the attic for that long, though. I hated her for that, but now I know Miller was doing the best she could with what she was given. 

TLDR: There’s just so much that has changed, and I’m super glad that I’m watching again, but wow. That’s all I have to say for now. I love watching this show - it brings back so many memories and gives me so much nostalgia.