Post by donutqueen on Jul 29, 2006 10:47:17 GMT -5
I haven't read spoilers about it, but we all know the plane is going down. And we all know how soaps typically do plane crashes... Both Josh and Babe will be unconscious and Josh will awake with stragetically placed cut on his cheek (or forehead, but not both) and will look around dazed and realize the cabin is filling with smoke (or sparks are coming from the equiptment). Babe will be unconscious and he will heroically rescue her minutes before the plane erupts into flame. Most likely she will have a similarily place cut/bruise and will be possibly be injured and will be confused and somehow think JR is there and is somehow turned on by the whole experience and has sex with Josh (who may or may not realize she doesn't know who he is) and then they are rescued and a few months down the road JR hates Josh worse than ever and there is a WTD SL for us to suffer through.
That SL would suck. And it gives Josh no real reason to stay in town after being rescued. Babe will wake up and tell him their night meant nothing and he would be even more dejected and would want to leave town long before any WTD SL could emerge because he'd want to flee before Erica/Jeff could latch onto him. Afterall, he's still got that job in Geneva that starts in a week, so why stay in PV?
However, what about a different scenerio? TPTB have to give Josh a reason to stay, right? So have him be the injured party. He can still be heroic and save Babe, he can be hiding the injury or get hurt when the plane explodes. But wouldn't it be a great SL if Josh has one of those life-threatening/will die any second injuries that soaps love so much? (One of those that get healed quickly with proper medical attention of course) Being injured he would HAVE to stick around PV, for awhile at least, and tptb could actually write a non-sucky, saw it coming a mile away SL...
OR.....even better.... What if Josh has internal injuries or something and is still conscious when taken into the hospital. He knows how bad the injury is and signs a DNR and other similar paperwork that states the doctors there can't do surgery or any extreme measures to save him. Can you picture the drama and the scenes between Jeff and Erica and Joe? Do the doctors Martin go against his wishes and save him, even though it would jeopardize their medical liscense and they know Josh would resent them for it, or do they do nothing and watch him possibly die?
That SL would suck. And it gives Josh no real reason to stay in town after being rescued. Babe will wake up and tell him their night meant nothing and he would be even more dejected and would want to leave town long before any WTD SL could emerge because he'd want to flee before Erica/Jeff could latch onto him. Afterall, he's still got that job in Geneva that starts in a week, so why stay in PV?
However, what about a different scenerio? TPTB have to give Josh a reason to stay, right? So have him be the injured party. He can still be heroic and save Babe, he can be hiding the injury or get hurt when the plane explodes. But wouldn't it be a great SL if Josh has one of those life-threatening/will die any second injuries that soaps love so much? (One of those that get healed quickly with proper medical attention of course) Being injured he would HAVE to stick around PV, for awhile at least, and tptb could actually write a non-sucky, saw it coming a mile away SL...
OR.....even better.... What if Josh has internal injuries or something and is still conscious when taken into the hospital. He knows how bad the injury is and signs a DNR and other similar paperwork that states the doctors there can't do surgery or any extreme measures to save him. Can you picture the drama and the scenes between Jeff and Erica and Joe? Do the doctors Martin go against his wishes and save him, even though it would jeopardize their medical liscense and they know Josh would resent them for it, or do they do nothing and watch him possibly die?