Sonny versus Carly; Toxic or Soul Mates?

 Michael "Sonny" Corinthos is one of the most complex characters on General Hospital. His fans love not only the character, but the actor that plays him, Maurice Benard. But to love the character can cause some heartache because on almost a daily basis Sonny is blamed for something in Port Charles.

Sonny is a mob boss that carries the weight of everyone on his own two shoulders. He is not perfect and does not claim to be. He loves the women in his life and all of his children. He is loyal to almost a fault because he will do anything to make sure those he cares about get what they want, but on the same flip of the coin will make sure his enemies get what they deserve as well.

Sonny does not make decisions simply to hurt people, he does what any mob boss would do; protect those he loves, his territory and his organization. Nobody claims that Sonny is perfect, especially himself but is he really to blame for everything that's wrong in PC?

Sonny has never claimed to be anything he is not and never claims to be innocent of his actions - he takes responsibility for the decisions he makes and carries the guilt if anyone he cares about is hurt.

Some claim that Sonny ruined Carly, but I don't see it that way. Carly was damaged before she ever met Sonny. Carly came to Port Charles to get revenge on her birth mother Bobbie by seducing her husband Tony Jones - she succeeded. It was Carly that drugged AJ, it was Carly that shot Tony in court, it was Carly that has tried to stop Sonny from being happy with any other woman than her.

Alexis was right when she told Carly that she had enabled Sonny for years and that Carly was to blame for Sonny's actions against Jax because Carly was the one that unleashed Sonny, full well knowing how much Sonny hates Jax and how Sonny tends to deal with his enemies.

Carly always runs to Jason or Sonny to help her with her problems, but then lashes out at Sonny when he does help her. If Jason had disabled the plane so Jax couldn't take off and Jax still hot wired the same plane and crashed, Carly would be kissing Jason's feet with gratitude for helping her, but because it was Sonny; Carly called him a bastard and slapped him across the face. She then cut Sonny out of her life and demanded her kids and Alexis do the same.

Sonny did not kill Jax or attempt to kill him when he disabled the plane. Sonny was trying to prevent Jax from leaving town with Carly's daughter. Even Dante admitted that what Sonny had done to plane did not cause the crash, but for some reason Carly still blames Sonny for everything.

I used to love Carly when Sarah Joy Brown was in the role. SJB made Carly likable regardless of her misdeeds because that Carly was vulnerable and had low self-esteem. But Tamara Braun and Laura Wright have made Carly into a jealous, vile beast that doesn't give a crap about anyone or anything besides Jason and her hatred for any woman that Jason chooses to be with. I find Sonny to own his own actions, while Carly blames everyone else without a blink of the eye.

I find CarSon extremely toxic to each other and really wish they would both cut their losses and learn to co-exist without causing each other any more damage.

I know CarlyFFs are not going to like my opinions of her, but they are just that my opinions. I do however welcome a healthy debate about both characters.

Please leave some comments so we can discuss CarSon.