First a disclaimer, I have not liked the character of Elizabeth Webber since she first made her way to Port Charles in 1997, but in Monday's episode I saw Rebecca Herbst hit her scenes out of the park. She was absolutely phenomenal. I truly believe that Becky, Jonathan Jackson and Tyler Christopher did a tremendous job in their sequences and it was the first time I have ever seen that much emotion from Becky. Kudos Becky, you were amazing. With that said:
Elizabeth finally got what she deserved when Lucky unleashed his wrath on her and Nikolas for their betrayal.
Nikolas did not rape, drug or tie up Elizabeth - she chose to sleep with her fiance's brother. She went to Wyndemere the night Jake was hurt at the Carnival; the same night Lucky proposed to her. That was the first time the two slept together and it definitely wasn't the last time either.
Elizabeth kept telling Nikolas to stay away for her, that what they did and continued to do was wrong, that she loved Lucky and wanted to marry him; but she was the one that kept going to Nikolas not the other way around - gee, I seem to remember that happening with Jason as well.
Elizabeth is not a saint, in fact she has sinned as much as every other character in Port Charles, but somehow, someway she is usually vindicated by others actions.
For example, Lucky was strung out on drugs and sleeping with Maxie when she walked up an umpteen number of stairs to Jason's PH, but only Lucky was crucified even though Elizabeth cheated as well. But it was all Lucky's fault, Liz had no blame in her own actions.
Liz then lied about Jason being Jake's father but again her actions were justified, by the writers and some/most fans, because Lucky was recovering and she didn't want him to relapse.
There's an outrage on several message boards and Twitter that Liz is the victim and Guza hates women for this storyline, but come on, seriously every single soap character is a hypocrite at one point or another and if you're a Liz fan and hate Carly, Sam or Maxie you are going to say that they're hypocrites and Liz does not deserve the things Lucky and Lulu said to her; but on the other hand if you're a Carly, Sam or Maxie fan - you've been waiting for this to come for a very long time.
As Carly said, "That selfless, shining angel doesn't get to look down her halo at the rest of us anymore. She has lost her wings and she is in a free-fall."
But don't fret Elizabeth fans, everyone has to fall before they can rise again. I'm sure it won't be long before all is forgotten and Elizabeth will be standing on the sidelines, polishing up her halo and judging everyone else for their mistakes and bad decisions.
For now, I for one am enjoying everything that Elizabeth is going through, it's about time she actually feels guilty and shows remorse for her own decisions and actions.
What's your opinion? Did Elizabeth deserve what Lucky said to her? What about Lulu? How do you feel about Ethan trying to comfort her? All comments and thoughts are welcome!
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ReplyDelete@GHfanatic91 I love your article. Your completely right that every character has been railroaded. They can't seem to build up 1 char
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@GHfanatic91 without destroying another. They all had their moments of being crushed. It seems to be the writers not knowing how to write
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@GHfanatic91 for all equally instead of individually. GH use to be better balanced and one char wasn't trashed for another
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@GHfanatic91 But they seem to building Lucky up now at Niz's expense
I completely agree. Liz got everything she deserved from Lucky and Lulu. The difference between Liz being a hypocrite and all the other women in Port Charles is that Liz makes an effort to present herself as being this perfect person and never takes responsibility for her own actions. The other women may cover up their mistakes but they don't pretend to be flawless either. As for Ethan comforting Liz that is pretty typical with women like her. Men always feel the need to protect women like that.
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Wow. You were spot on about everything. Liz didn't take long to recover from this. She completely rewrote history when she accused Nik of manipulating her into sleeping with him countless times. And the one person throughout this whole thing (Sam) was the one Liz chose to take her bitchiness out on. It really wasn't long before Liz started calling Maxie a slut and Sam just an awful human being in general. Liz learned NOTHING from this experience.
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