WHY can’t they let this damned triangle die??? WHY??? WHYYYYYYYY???? it’s not fair. It’s just not fair. For weeks, I’ve been longing for an end to this nonsense, for Steffy to make Liam the Loser and Hope the Dopehead wait it out for the divorce to become final. We’ve been held hostage, forced to watch Hope become more and more of an unlikable creature, Liam become even more despised than Ridge ever was, and look forward to the day that Steffy’s divorce finally came through and she was free from that disgusting triangle. So what happens??? Brad pulls this stunt last week and my heart started melting for Steffy and Liam. DANGIT. Liam tearing up those papers and kissing Steffy was dirty pool. DUUUURRRtttteeeeeeee. I should still hate Liam, but I don’t, dangit. It’s not fair. Ok, I STILL hate him, but Steffy and Liam were so cute last week.

When Liam found Steffy on the slopes, it seemed like he remembered just how much he loved her. From that moment on, he was so attentive and so worried about her, you’d think ‘Hope WHO?’. At first, I got angry when he said he was her husband with that look in his eyes like he meant it. How dare he paw all over Steffy after dumping her so horribly to run back to Hope and sleep with her still married to Steffy??? As the drama went on, I started softening up, and it wasn’t a tasty treat. Awww, Liam was sooooo sweet to her. Blech. He didn’t want to leave her in the hospital and had to practically be driven away. Ew. He tore up the annulment papers. DAMN. He um....er....ew....KISSED her. Awwwwww. It was sweet. They laughed and cut up like any married couple. They were mature, caring adults in a good relationship had anyone saw them. Steffy crying when Liam tore up the papers just ripped my as much as the papers. It’s not fair, I’m not supposed to like Liam and Steffy together!!!!!!! I’m supposed to want Liam married to his left hand. Not Steffy, not even Hope.

Yeah, Hope. As much as I don’t like her lately, even I don’t want her to be with Liam and haven’t for a while because we all know that Liam isn’t going to be faithful to either one. Still, Liam was right on the money chewing Hope out about losing her control, taking drugs and plowing into Steffy. Poor widdle baby, she stood there defiant as hell for the first few minutes while Liam was dogging her out, coming up with excuse after excuse and even trying to blame Steffy until she finally realized he was about ready to walk out of the door and said those magic words no Logan likes to here, ‘I don’t know if I can go through with it’. Ahhh, then came the tears, the whines, the ‘Don’t weeave me, I’ll change, forgive me, please, you have to forgive me this one last tiiiiiiime, wahhh’. It’s the Logan mantra. Blame someone else for your actions and if that doesn’t work, cry whine and beg. Here, Liam, TAKE THE PILLS, do whatever you want with them, just forgive meeeee!!! Then of course the ‘kiss the butt’ routine Logans are all good for. Oh go to the hospital, be with Steffy, she needs you right now, Liam, I want to look like a martyr. Did ya notice just how fast he got up and ran??? Steffy practically had to crowbar him off of her leg and kick him out, yet Hope says hey, how about, and he’s halfway down the hall. What does Hope do? Why, run off, another Logan trait.

She gets on a plane and runs home, leaves Liam a Woe Is Me letter meant specifically to make him feel sorry for her and run after her. Yep, she’s a pure Logan now. I was like, WTF, she takes the Forrester jet home, leaving Liam and Steffy stranded??? Yeah, I know the jet can fly back to pick them up after it drops Hope off, but isn’t that a huge waste of money for a young woman who was previously preaching about the earth and morals and decency??? I’ve said it before, Hope is not a mature young woman. She’s still a little girl. ALL of the Logan women are immature little harpies who play on mens’ emotions, use sex and whines for power and will never grow up. Hope had a chance. She was actually showing some signs of stepping out of the Logan mold when she first showed up. Unfortunately, though, her mother ruined all of that. Did you notice how Hope flat out admitted to the doc that she shouldn’t have listened to her mother, that she made the wrong decisions for her own values and morals? Then she decided to move out. Wise decision and I applauded Hope for it. What did Brooke do, though? She got that usual squinty-eyed look of bewilderment with her mouth dropping down slightly shaking her head and questioned that motive. Oh Hope, you shouldn’t just give up and move out!!! Could there possibly be any words stronger than disgusting, pathetic and ridiculous to describe Brooke’s ‘motherly’ behavior???

What  kind of a parent not only encourages a young woman to stay with a married man, but expects it and even gets upset when the young woman shows some Initiative?? Did you notice the looks that the doc was giving Brooke? It was like, ‘Shaddup, ya putz, this is all your fault anyway.’ Brooke has become a laughing stock. She used to be hot, sexy, a troublemaker but at least fun to watch. In the last few years, she’s gotten aged, very annoying, and turned into a bitter hag. She’s fifty years old acting like a giggly teenager around Ridge which in itself is stomach-churning. Her running over to Ridge and stroking his arm about she’s sure Steffy is just fine, thank you, we need to worry about HOPE was more than annoying. Brooke has gotten far worse than her fans claimed Stephanie was all those years. At least Stephanie did what she did in trying to control her childrens’ lives for the benefit of her CHILDREN. Brooke worries about Brooke and how things will look on HER. She doesn’t give a rat’s ass about how anything affects Hope or Rick, she’s more worried about Logans beating Forresters. Man, it’s getting to where I cringe when Brooke is even on anymore and what’s worse is that I’m hearing that and seeing that on message boards all over the web from BROOKE fans!!! Even THEY are sick of how Brad’s writing Brooke these days, a meddling harpie who is hurting her kids more than helping them. She should be insisting Hope move out, not questioning it. Where’s Liam, why is he with Steffy Brooke wondered the whole time, not Gee, Hope must be having a hard time, she will need me.

Why WAS Liam with Steffy? Like I said, I’ve not wanted Steffy and Liam even in the same room together after Liam ran back to Hope and moved her into a married man’s home but last week shook that tree a little bit. It was a pretty strong wind, too, darn it. Looks like we’re in for a few more weeks of this ridiculous triangle and I’m not liking it. I’m not liking the fact that I’m softening up for Steffy and Liam because I know that sooner or later, Liam and Hope will end up together and the pain will be even worse for Steffy. WHY am I sure Liam and Hope will end up together?? Easy. Liam took Hope’s virginity and it’s quite clear that Liam and Hope are the new Ridge and Taylor. They’ll be together for a while facing trials and tribulations. Does that make Steffy a new Brooke? At first, yeah. We all saw it. Then something happened. Steffy started changing. She became the heroine while Hope started getting worse and worse and is now one of the most hated young women on daytime. Looks like Brad is going to try to redeem her from this drug story, and used an accident harming Steffy to get Hope off the drugs. I got news for him, Steffy is now the one everyone sympathizes with and wants to see come out ahead while Hope has turned into the one everyone wants to see fail. I don’t think Brad meant it that way, but boy, he got it. I’m thinking he’s going to try a few little tricks coming up soon to turn the tides a little bit, because right now, Hope is just another Logan. I’m betting that’s why Deacon Sharpe is coming to town soon, and I’m GIDDY!!!!!

 So sadly, we have another few weeks of this ridiculous triangle. I hope it goes by quick. How about a few more random thoughts about last week???

** MORE TAYLOR??? We actually got to see more than five seconds of Steffy’s mother! The spoilers say she works with Bill soon to keep Steffy and Liam together. I’m betting Brad finally figured out that he needs Taylor to counter the nastiness of Brooke. It’s about time.

** Pardon me if I’m out of line, but if I were Hope, I’d be suing the crap out of Dr. Stacy. Bad enough she talks to Brooke about Hope’s problems when Hope isn’t there, but she talks to Stephanie too???? What the heck happened to the HIPPA laws?? And before anyone says ‘well Hope didn’t mind, Brooke’s been in on sessions before’ let me add that just because Hope gave permission one time, it doesn’t mean that Doc Stacy can go to Forrester Creations on the summons of Brooke and discuss Hope with both Brooke and Stephanie.

** That being said, I SO wished someone would have said ‘I told you so’ to Brooke. At least Stephanie scoffed at Brooke and scolded her a bit about it. Brooke’s insisting that Hope continue chasing a married man was wrong, wrong WRONG and thankfully Stephanie called her out on it. The old Stephanie would have chased her around the desk and probably bitch slapped her like she did Liam a year or so ago. This Stephanie has mellowed out quite a lot. Loved how Stephanie gave her some questionable looks though when Brooke was begging for advice on how to handle it. Will she take it?? Hell no. Brooke is already trying hard to keep Hope in Liam’s house even if it is wrong and not what Hope wants.

** Steffy had some huge points during her chat with Liam, didn’t she? She’s always getting hurt because of Hope, she’s tired of the back and forth and she just wants some peace. She loves Liam, but she’s sick of it. So she signed the papers. Steffy showed what a caring, mature woman she has grown to be, just like her mother. JMW owns that character, she’s turned Steffy from a little sex kitten hottie hell bent on causing trouble to a mature young woman who has a heart and a brain. I’m hoping once Liam and Hope get back together, they bring on someone suitable for her. Liam isn’t.

** Admit it, WHO laughed like hell when Bill put both Allison and Ramona in their place? “Want to rethink that??” “It’s not your decision <click>” Loved it. Dollah is such a fun guy to watch. He drips with power and he makes Victor Newman look like Liam, LOL!!! I love the fact that we finally have a man on the show who is just oozes sexual charm and power. Ridge is just too narcissistic to be a powerhouse and they got rid of Nick. Can’t wait for Bill to bring in Deacon. Bill does have a very strong point, the Logan women ruin men, they turn men into little whining puppies and Bill himself has had to hunker down to keep it from happening to him. It’s SO obvious he’s with Katie because he has to be, not because he truly wants to be. He doesn’t respect Katie’s opinions, he treats her like a bed partner. I hope this Steffy/Liam/Hope crap breaks up soon so Katie can start sweating some that Steffy may come gunning for Bill. She already knows her husband secretly loves Steffy.

** Why is it that Liam never turned down Steffy’s kisses, holding her or stroking her face and she practically had to throw him out of the hospital, yet he quickly shrugged off Hope’s advances at the retreat, ran like a kid sprinting for the ice cream truck to get back to Steffy and has no problem chewing Hope out??? Of the two, Liam is better suited for Steffy and I can’t believe I had the guts to type that. Liam and Steffy’s relationship looks like two mature young people happy and in love. Liam and Hope look like a big brother having to keep the kid in line. Maybe Brad will be fixing that in the next couple of weeks and we’ll all get our wish about Liam and Hope married. Liam isn’t exactly very popular with EITHER side right now. The woman on message boards everywhere are tearing him up like a busted feather pillow.

So now we have to put up with yet another few weeks, maybe a month or two, of Steffy and Hope fighting over Liam. Heaven help us. I can only hope they wrap this up quickly, we’re all sick of it. I’m encouraged with the spoilers and hints about upcoming stories, though. Sounds like things are going to get better. In the meantime, here’s a few funnies for you....

Until next week, I’m off to play with my Bold and Beautiful ball....

 

 

 Megs

 

 

 

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Who really is the victim here in the Liam/Steffy/Hope triangle??	Liam. He can't help it if he loves two women, they're both wonderful. Steffy. Liam pretends to love her but he can't be faithful. Hope. Liam pretends to love her but he can't be faithful. WE are, the viewers. This triangle is a hot mess and way past expiration.
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