"Forbidden Love" video clip update: Go ask Olli

That's really what it comes down to. As a student of the soap opera, the stories over the years that most enthralled me were those that were driven by character--even if the plotting utilized traditional soap clichés--as long as the events resulted from character and their complex relationships with others. The Sonni/Solita story on Guiding Light in the late 80s may have used classic soap staples such multiple personalities, amnesia and blackmail, but it was gripping because the characters were so fascinatingly complex (and brilliantly portrayed by Michelle Forbes as Sonni/Solita and Joe Breen as the manipulative Will).

This is what we see with Ollian, deeply realized characters whose actions and behaviors, and the events that befall them, result directly from themselves, and are marvelously portrayed by Jo and Thore into the bargain. Honestly, I have to say this is one of the best portrayals of a gay relationship I've seen, heck, one of the best portrayals of a couple, gay or straight.

And so it saddens and frustrates me to see the débacle that is Nuke on As the World Turns, characters that behave irrationally, with no rhyme or reason, simply to advance a ridiculous plot. Sadly, it also seems as if Van (especially) and Jake have thrown in the towel and are now just going through the paces--knowing their lines and hitting their marks, but little more. It's incredibly dispiriting.

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Depending on OS you can usually modify your laptop's options regardng whether it remains up, goes to sleep or shuts down when you close the lid.

With Olivia around he might want to password protect his machine and require a login when it's brought out of sleep.

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Is usually the first place to put them up.

AfterElton is getting a little behind in the Ollian front... although a lot has been happening given the hot 100 and all.... i still love AE, though - since they were the one who introduced me to Ollian... but for a more up to date Ollian clips... i suggest you go to wolfi's blog at gays of daytime or subscribe to nana's youtube channel.. i know i did and everyday i check on it ... you can pretty say i am obsessed with VL and proud of it!!!  everything that is worth praising about this show has already been said (and beautifully commented) so i won't add anymore except that i really really am thankful for thore and joe and that i hope we can have an interview with them... peace! 

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"It takes a village (to make Village People)"

I don't know if any of these comments are aimed at me, but I never meant to imply that Afterelton was lagging behind in presenting Verbotene Liebe a couple of days late.  God knows, we're lucky to have it at all.  But somebody mentioned that it's no longer available in his country, and, as I find myself in a similar situation, I merely mentioned that the show is usually posted on Youtube.  It never occurred to me that I was linking to a later episode.  However, for those of us who live in Europe, any assistance in locating the show is appreciated.  In fact, I was just thinking; I am on a satellite service that includes a handful of German and French stations; however, I have a hard time following the satellite listings because they are in Bulgarian.  If someone in Germany would let me know when Verbotene Liebe originally airs, and on what network, I may be able to get it on my satellite.  (I managed to watch an episode in Stuttgart a couple of weeks ago, but I have no idea what the network might have been--RTL?)  Let me know, and I'll try to arrange to watch it (the time difference between here and Germany is one hour).  And I promise not to leak any spoilers to Afterelton!