Anyone else rooting for Sheila?

Cendrillon, 6/14/2022, 1:59PM(684 days ago) @AnnieO

I wouldn't say I am "rooting" for Sheila at the moment, but I know the character's potential and so I would like for her to stay around. I'm not one of those people who says they like Sheila only because of Kimberlin Brown either - I think this is one of the FEW INTELLIGENT characters in the history of the soap, and some of the most memorable storylines have involved her.

HOWEVER, I think she is completely wasted on a deadbeat "son" like Finn, and I also found those endless, repetitive Deacon/Sheila scenes NAUSEATING. If she is going to stick around, then hopefully Mike can fill the 'Deacon'/friend/partner role, and instead of BORING OLD FINN being the center of Sheila's orbit, they need to bring back MARY WARWICK/ERICA who was an infinitely more interesting and complex character than Finn in every conceivable way.

Karma is unfortunately almost a moot point in soap operas like this. Brooke will always be forgiven by the men she sleeps with because they enjoy having sex with her too much - and although she has transgressed EVERY CONCEIVABLE MORAL LAW, the writers don't have her suffer any consequences because she hasn't broken "the law". While Taylor has lost years of her life after being presumed dead, and ALSO LOST ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS, Brooke has always got to enjoy her Bel Air life in the house Ridge bought for her, and has NEVER suffered the death of a child the way Taylor and Ridge have. It even looks like 'Bridge' is going to reunite, so Brad Bell ALWAYS gives Brooke EVERYTHING SHE WANTS - while other characters like Taylor have things taken away from them (including children).

I would much rather see Sheila dominate the screen than Brooke, but NOT if they are going to keep bogging her down with characters like Finn and Deacon (the Deacon dynamic got old really really fast). Please bring back Mary Warwick - maybe even James (although he's not one of my favourite characters at all) - and let us see the Sheila that her fans know and love. They could even bring her other nemesis Maggie Forrester back to the canvas, and show Maggie and Mary having connected off-screen during the intervening years, which would also drive Sheila bananas.

Kimberlin Brown said about a month ago that she didn't expect to remain on the show for very much longer, so all of this might be purely academic. But I sincerely do want Mary and Maggie to return.

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