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All My Children Reunion: Josh Duhamel, Cameron Mathison, & More | Entertainment Weekly

All My Children Reunion: Josh Duhamel, Cameron Mathison, & More | Entertainment Weekly

Josh Duhamel (Leo du Pres), Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery), Rebecca Budig (Greenlee Smythe), Chrishell Stause (Amanda Dillon), Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake Martin), and Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Lavery) share their favorite memories from All My Children. Subscribe to EW ►► http://bit.ly/EWSubscribe Watch interviews with your favorite celebrities from the world of entertainment. What was it like for…

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The Soap triangle

So, I love getting sucked down YouTube rabbit holes at 2 in the morning.  This weekend it was clips of Kendall, Greenlee and Ryan on All my Children.

Now, this isn’t a soap I kept up with like I do General Hospital, and I just now realize how many years apart some of the plot lines are that I can sort of remember.  Which made me wonder...how did this triangle last so long?

I think it comes down to 3 things:

1. They stayed messy.

2. Everyone got to be the bad guy.

3. All 3 lines on the triangle got storylines.

1. No one (I don’t think) really wants to watch a couple be blissfully happy week after week...year over year.  There are a few soap exceptions, but on the whole it’s pretty boring.  We’re also not here for straight toxic behavior 24/7.  You have to be messy to give the relationships stakes we can be invested in while not being a daily dumpster fire.  I think on balance this triangle nailed it.

2. There are several ships on General Hospital that shall remain nameless which are why so many people tune out or ff.  If one person always wins to the point that other characters have to be dumbed down or common history re-written to achieve it...that’s not enjoyable.  Soap characters also are not meant to be one dimensional Bond villains.  We need them to have layers not just to be the bad one* all the time.

The big two examples I can think of are Greenlee ripping Kendall’s dress, and Kendall getting pregnant with Spike.  In these 2 instances, they were both wrong.  And everyone got to be mad, everyone got to hold a grudge.  Then weeks or months later, they slowly worked their way back to being friends.

3. This triangle wasn’t just Kendall & Ryan or Greenlee & Ryan.  It wasn’t all about who gets the guy this year.  A fair bit of this triangle was well fleshed out storylines where Kendall and Greenlee were thick as thieves or at each other’s throats.  That gets missed a lot in relationship triangles...a triangle has three sides.  It needs to be more than just a push and pull one way or the other.  That last relationship (friends or enemies) is just as important.

*I mean, Nina isn’t evil incarnate.  She is not a Bond villain.  The more that tertiary characters like Willow keep saying “Nina bad” the more I want to stop watching.  Or want Nina to win everything.  When she kept Sonny a secret, you saw nuance and I didn’t like her actions.  But now I want her to win everything because Carly and Willow keep saying like the same 3 lines every day and it’s getting old.

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🌐 This Week .. Emma Snyder must deal with her past . Carly & Jack embark on an exciting mission to rescue many people of the Earthquake ! The final shake up leaves many to deal with the After math .. Lilly vs Nikki Munson.. Gwen gets a new perspective.. Sarah's loved ones must face challenges .. Greenlee confronts Trey Kendall for being alive ! Johnathan Lavery uses this new shocking info to his advantage ! Erica Kane RETURNS ! Jacob Snyder Takes one for the Team .. Katie still has a new dilemma.. " Oakdale : University "   Atwt   Online   Written   Spin-Off   FanFic   Season 7 FEB SWEEPS has Begun !!! Feb 1st, 2019 New Year .. New Drama .. New Stories .. Thank you to you the Loyal Readers & Fans ! https://www.instagram.com/p/BtX2cOMgOQ-qZDyVDV_weEIl1fZStGYMyZKvWc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14hq1eg7z96i4

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All My Children Fanfiction

----> The Way You Are (Ryan Lavery/Greenlee Smythe)