Good night sweet Prince ...

Today was a sad day for this life-long General Hospital fan, it was the day I, along with many other fans had to bid farewell to Tyler Christopher and her character Nikolas Cassadine.

I'm glad that Tyler and Jonathan Jackson, Lucky, wrote Nik's final scenes together because they did the character justice.

To me, Nik is one of those characters that still has so much story arcs in him. The way he handed Aiden over to Lucky today but made sure to tell Lucky that just because he handed Aiden to him didn't mean he wasn't his father, hit home. Nik still does not believe that Liz and Lucky are telling him the truth and he believes that Aiden is his son.

In a way, what Nik did was step aside to allow Lucky and Liz the opportunity to find their way back to each other and become a real family.

Nik's speech about how Emily's death profoundly affected him and that he was simply searching for a replacement brought Nik back to his roots, but to me cheapened his relationship with Liz.

The Lik affair was never just a fling to them, that's not the way it played out on screen, they both valued their friendship and that friendship was taken to another level, not because of pure sexual fantasy, but through their deepened feelings for each other.

But Nik saved it when he told Lucky to imagine who would be on the other side of his out reached hand when Lucky was about to take his last breath. Of course, Nik was talking about Liz. In true fashion, the Prince left Port Charles supporting his brother and the true love he knows is between Lucky and Liz.

But it wasn't just a heartfelt emotional goodbye the two actually shared a laugh during the final scene when Lucky asked Nik why he never spoke with an accent, if you didn't see the scene, Nik did his best Russian accent and simply stated, "who says I haven't."

It was a nice way for the brothers to part ways and even though Emily is dead, Nik does not have to stay gone from Port Charles forever. He really has so much more of a story to be told.

For one, he is the only one that can really stop Helena and two why not have Sam team up with her cousin Nik to find out who her biological father is - now that's a mystery I'd love to see answered without Jason's help.

Thank you Tyler for the many years, tears and laughs you've given this General Hospital fan. You will be missed and I'm already looking forward to your return in August, unfortunately your scenes will be shared with LuLu.

After fighting as hard as I could ....

Jason Morgan and Samantha McCall aka JaSam has won me over again and I am officially back to shipping my second all-time favorite GH couple.

Sonny and Brenda will always be my favorite couple no matter what Guza does or did to destroy their love story, but JaSam was always a close second.

I never wanted to love JaSam again after the SOS simply because they destroyed each other. Jason lied to Sam about being Jake's father, Sam watched Jake be kidnapped by distraught mom Maureen, Sam hired a couple of goons to scare Liz with her children in the park, Jason threatened to kill Sam and the list goes on and on.

I honestly began to fall in love with LuSam because I thought JaSam would never happen again and Lucky didn't treat Sam like a doormat, unlike Jason. Then it happened. Slowly, JaSam began working their way back to each other.


First there was the night at the hospital during the toxic ball story arc when Sam shot Jason in the arm. They fed off each other and their chemistry was apparent, but I still tried to fight it off.

Then of course Mexico happened - they oozed sexiness and chemistry while Sam tended to Jason's wounds, they made love for the first time in years and of course the hysterical scene in the truck with the radio!

Again, I was skeptical because I didn't believe that Jason would put Sam first or that he wouldn't shut down like he always does at the first sign of a crisis.

Then there was all the squishy stuff again, the night they made love at the Penthouse and a shirtless Jason carried Sam as she straddled him down the stairs only to find a room full of people - again pure sexiness and chemistry exploded onto my screen. And then the night of SpiXie's non-wedding - again sexiness and chemistry but I still didn't want to get sucked back in because I hd a feeling Jason would return to being well, himself - a shut down, completely unemotional jack ass.

But finally, after everything that has happened, it was only a few lines that completely sucked me back in.

Jason said to Sam, "After all the damage we did to each other, why didn't you just write me off?"

and when he told her she was "perfect, except for the cooking." Again, I was squeeing with glee because it was all smooshy and squishy, it was vintage Jasam. I don't care what anyone else says, I have never seen Jason smile the way he does with Sam with anyone else! I never have and at this point I probably never will.

I just hope Garin Wolf gives Sam the independence that she deserves and simply doesn't become all about Jason again. Sam is a strong woman and needs to continue to challenge herself in order to keep growing.

And please let them get married before they have a child!!!

Liz finally gives me a reason to like her

If you've read my blog in the past, you know that I have hated Rebecca Herbst and her character Elizabeth Webber since the first day she stepped into Port Charles.

But, in the wake of Jake's death and Aiden's paternity reveal both the actress and the character have begun to win me over.

For months Liz has been tortured by the death of her second son and also the secret of Aiden's true paternity. Unfortunately, Robert Guza penned the story of Jake's demise with the focus being solely on Lucky Spencer and his father Luke and Jake's biological father, Jason Morgan. For some reason Guza did not find it necessary to include Liz in her own storyline, the storyline that needed to be showcased from a mother's point of view.

In reality, the story of Aiden's paternity started when Lucky found out then fiance Liz was cheating on him with his own half-brother, Nikolas Cassadine. Liz was hoping that Lucky would be Aiden's father, a fact known to all those involved in the triangle and of course, Nik's evil grandmother Helena - the matriach of the Cassadine clan who wanted her family fued with the Spencer's to continue at all costs.

Helena actually had two paternity tests changed to show that Nik was the father of Liz's unborn child, but after Aiden was born and began to to resemble Lucky more than Nik, Liz decided to have a third test done on the little tyke. Ironically, Liz had stated how much Jake was starting to resemble Jason before the youngster was killed.

Liz, going with her gut, had the third test done and was reading the results when Jake walked out the front door.

Liz was not only torturing herself for cheating on Lucky in the first place with Nik, she began to torture herself for not paying attention to Jake.

When Liz finally got around to reading the results, Lucky was at the courthouse marrying Siohban, so Liz rushed over there, results in hand but at the last minute decided to let Lucky move on with his life.

Again, the single mother began to torture herself on whether or not to tell the truth about Aiden's paternity. She wasn't keeping the secret to intentionally hurt anyone, she simply didn't want to cause Lucky any more pain as his world crumbled down around him. It wasn't until Lucky set the Spencer home on fire and Siohban injured in the same blaze did Liz decide it was time to give Lucky something to be happy about.

Naturally, Lucky did not believe Liz when she first explained what she learned and why she had kept it a secret, but eventually he relented and relished the idea of finally having a biological son.

Nik, on the other hand, threw Liz's past in her face, as well as Lucky's stating she's lied before why was this time any different? He also said Liz wanted Lucky to be the father and as a nurse she had the means to change the results.

Personally, I don't blame Nik because in reality, when Liz was pregnant with Cameron she told Ric he was the father when in fact Zander was, and then lied again about Jake's paternity to both Lucky and Jason, eventually Liz came clean with Jason but asked him to give up his rights so Lucky could raise Jake as his own and in the end all three agreed Jake would be better off with Liz and Lucky than Jason being a part of his life.

Though Liz showed a lot of growth in the wake of Jake's death it wasn't until she called her former swarn emeny, Samantha McCall, to her house that Liz to me really grew up in my opinion.

The two woman have never been friends, but when they went to the cabin in the woods to escape from the Russian mob, Liz and Sam forgave each other for their past actions and in a way became friendly with each other.

But the way Liz told Sam about Aiden's paternity really told me how much I could admire the character of Liz. Liz did not and does not owe Sam or Jason an explanation when it comes to Aiden's paternity. The way Liz told the story and brought up her past lies showen me that Liz had truly accepted responsibility for her actions in the lies that destroyed Sam and Jason, and her marriage to Lucky. She also told the sassy brunette that she could see why Sam was so compatiable with the mob enforcer - they are the "two least judgemental" people she's ever met.

But not only did Liz grow, Sam herself admitted for the umteenth time that she's lied in the past and done things she's not proud of.

What I can't understand is why the characters can EVOLVE, GROW and MOVE ON but some fans can't... There are so many fans out there that feel they deserve their couple because they've waited long enough over another couple simply because they like their couple better than another. And before WWIII starts, I'm not talking just about Liason or JaSam fans, I'm talking about CarSon fans, S&B fans, SpiXie fans, LL2 fans and the list goes on and on.

If one of the main reasons you hate a character or couple is because you feel your favorite character or couple was destroyed because of the one you hate, but then your fave forgives said hated person, shouldn't we as fans also EVOLVE, GROW and MOVE ON?

We all know this is a fictional show with fictional characters, right? We all know this is not reality. Liz is not your sister, friend or lover - neither is Sam, Jason, Lucky or Sonny.

Why can the characters do all these things, yet fans would rather be angry all the time than move on with the growth of the show?