Hope's attraction - there were signs long before

longtimerfan, 4/10/2023, 6:34PM(391 days ago) @ClemaxDna

This burning desire for Thomas isn't sudden.
And this isn't OOC for Hope to fall for other guys. She was still attracted to her first love long after the wall sex with Brooke and long after she met Liam. It took her a long time to make a final choice and let her first boyfriend Oliver go. She became smitten when she met Wyatt even though she and Liam were making wedding plans. She rejected Liam a few times for Wyatt and had a divided heart until she left town. I don't think this passion for Thomas is new. I doubt there is a medical breakdown. She's finally admitting it to herself. There were a lot of worrying signs long before her first fantasy. The only thing on her mind was Beth when they were married, she wasn't ready. But afterwards she was often ambiguous around Thomas. For example :

- When he was with Zoe, she looked jealous. The way she was hiding and spying on them kissing was ambiguous. She had a strong reaction when he proposed to Zoe. At the time she claimed it was only concerns for Douglas, but it was more.
- Before Steam's night, she was spending more time with Thomas and Douglas than her husband. One of the reasons why Liam lost faith when his GPS lagged and indicated Hope was still in his apartment. Up until she found him with the mannequin, they were making googly eyes, having family dinners, etc... She trusted Thomas over Liam regarding the reason why he had the mannequin. When Liam confronted her, she blamed him for not trusting her but his instincts were correct. She didn't know at the time, but the feelings were already there.
- There were a few ambiguous scenes las year and not only the ''hot'' comment with Paris. The t-shirt change when she stared at his bare chest and couldn't take her eyes off him. The hand contact, she had some dizziness after he put his hand on hers on the table. All the loving looks before and after the fashion show. And the tears in her eyes when she rejected his kiss and said she couldn't be what he wanted because she is married. Not the rejection of a woman without feelings. The thought of breaking his heart made her cry and then she looked conflicted when she went home.

I think she's had growing feelings for a long time. The timing looks bizarre now, but it was a long-term process. Thomas kept disappointing her and proving he couldn't change, so it was harder to admit her feelings. I don't think she was lying on purpose. She was in denial and locked her feelings away until now. Perhaps he has genuinely changed this time, and that's how she finally acknowledges her feelings for him. This is my personal interpretation, I could be wrong.

Nice to see you again here. I enjoyed our interactions. I agree, she has known Thomas for so long, I don't think her feelings came out of nowhere. Nothing traumatizing happened to her since Beth's kidnapping. Nothing particular happened lately, most storylines were related to Sheila and Hope wasn't part of them. A long process of growing feelings is the only rational explanation. Brooke's comment about bad boys and the fact that he saved her line are the 2 factors that triggered her burried feelings. And who knows, maybe beeing on top of him on this couch and so close to his face made her realize something too... I don't l know. Until now I never thought she had feelings for Thomas. I blamed her years of bad decisions on her own stupidity and selfishness. From their first "kiss" in 2019 until that accidental fall last week, she made bad decisions after bad decisions. And has been keeping so many secrets about Thomas... Just never thought the writers would actually go there

But now yeah, all those "moments" she had with Thomas look a lot more suspicious all of a sudden. It makes me doubt and question every looks, every words, every scenes they had together. Was she jealous of Zoe after all? Does she want to work with him because he keeps her line afloat or because she needed a pretext to have him around her? Was she lying to herself or lying to Liam all the times she judged him for not trusting her and promised she would never have feelings for Thomas? A lot of her scenes with Douglas have been very ambiguous over the years, too. I have yet to hear Hope taking a moment alone with Douglas and clearly explaining she is NEVER going to be with his father. She and Thomas have always stringed this poor kid along and given him false hopes. Every time he says he hopes one day they can be a family, they deflect and don't answer. So many unanswered questions, sadly I doubt they will ever be addressed.

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