I do not understand why Brooke has not played the game (General)

Brooke has MOSTLY HAD RIDGE for the past 2 decades - her "grand prize" and her alleged "destiny". Taylor has only been with Ridge for about a YEAR TOTAL since she came back from the dead. I see people even here talk all the time about how they may hate Ridge but they WANT Brooke to have him IF SHE WANTS HIM. Well, she's been married to him for the bulk of the past 2 decades.

People keep talking about how Ridge may walk away from her but how he will come back to his "Logan" no matter what, because THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN for the past 16 years after Taylor returned from the dead. In their mind, Brooke and the Logans "won" during the past 2 decades. You may not see it that way, but many people do. They act like the first 15 years of the show from 1987 to 2002 never happened.

Beth being stolen from Hope was only a temporary bump, just like Morgan kidnapping Steffy and trying to raise her in 2001 - letting Taylor and the Forresters think she was dead and YET I count 2001 as one of the years that Taylor was triumphant, just like Hope ULTIMATELY EMERGED triumphant after the Beth switch storyline. And Hope is the one who got Liam again, so that is another Logan Victory - even though I personally think Finn is five hundred times the man Liam is (but the Lope fans are thrilled that their favourite younger Logan got Lame Liam).

Again, YOU may accept that Liam treated Hope like dirt, but a lot of people are huge fans of Lope and continue to root for them. In their minds, Hope and Brooke WON Liam and Ridge.

Brooke can’t play that game because Steffy and Taylor are just hateful and would call her on it. Thomas does whatever Steffy says.

If Shauna makes a play for Ridge, Taylor, Steffy & Thomas would pop a vein. They would trash her 10 times the amount of Brooke. They would send her back to the desert.

I don't think being cultured correlates to wealth or class at all - I think it is a mindset and way of life that Brooke never cultivated. SHEILA has actually been able to at least ACT in a very cultured way when it suited her, despite growing up essentially poor in the Midwest. I also think that HOPE is relatively more "cultured" in her comportment than Steffy for instance, even though I am NOT a fan of Hope.

When I referred to Brooke's less than wealthy background in THIS post, I meant it may be a CHIP on her shoulder. Some people always have what's known as a "lack mentality" or "scarcity mindset" depending on the resources they feel they didn't have growing up. I think Brooke DEFINITELY HAS that, but a lot of people who grew up in her circumstances or even worse do not.

I don't think Taylor was born into poverty any more than Brooke was. But even though they both came from middle or lower middle class homes, Taylor once tried to bond with Stephanie (back when Stephanie hated her) by talking about her love of poetry, Keats etc. I haven't heard Brooke talk like that ever.

Also I don't think Cultured equals GOOD or even CLASSY necessarily. Stephanie to me was CULTURED but NOT exactly classy shall we say.

And I think Pam's entire development was stunted by her mother Ann, deliberately.

Anyhow, we will not see eye to eye on Brooke and Taylor, but I see nothing but manipulation through much of Brooke's history. Conspiring with Thorne to keep Caroline and Ridge apart and PRETENDING to be Caroline's friend for starters.

And then the LENGTHS she went to in order to prevent Taylor from telling Ridge the truth about Thomas's paternity. I do believe one of the main reasons Ridge left Brooke for Taylor is because he felt very manipulated by her. Played for a fool. We know he didn't leave Brooke for the sake of THOMAS because he never left Taylor for the sake of Bridget!

I see manipulation as a part and parcel of Brooke's frantic attempts to hold onto Ridge. Since she has WON over the past 15/16 years I know you think Ridge is going back to her before too long this time as well, but I personally think Bell is revisiting the "Taylor Triumphant" years between 1990-2002 at this point in time, after letting Brooke have what she wants for so long.

If manipulation is a problem for Ridge, then his interlude with Taylor will end fairly quickly once he beds her again, because the whole thing has been based on manipulation and his being played for the fool. We have seen first hand for months, Taylor and Steffy's manipulation of Ridge by hitting all his weaknesses, on point, day after day. I said it before and I will say it again. this time around Ridge is like a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. He is being beat over the head daily about Big Bad Brooke, interspersed with treats thrown to him about how he is so relaxed and happy with Taylor. Ridge is constantly being told how he FEELS by the Hamilton Gang, while Brooke just sits back and allows him to be himself. So no, I do not think there is going to be a revisit of the Taylor years of 1990-2002. Mainly because, he was chasing after Brooke, for one reason or another, during most of those years. In fact he was married to Brooke twice during those "happy Taylor" years. I go by what Bill and Brad Bell said, after the death of Caroline I, Bridge was their end game. They are the star crossed lovers. Bell called Brooke the heroine of the story and the protagonist. He called Taylor the interloper. It could change, I am aware of that fact, but at what cost to the show?

I want Brill. but I also want Brooke to win this round with the Hamilton Gang, just because in this round, they are worse than they have ever been with their attitude and sanctimonious lying. It is very frustrating for a Brooke fan like me, who is also a day 1 viewer and remember quite well, the history of this show. I think some people believe since a new actress plays Taylor, then the character has changed. Nope, the actress playing her changed, the character is still the same. Still manipulative, spouting her psychobabble, believing with all her heart that she is "better than" others. If I looked at these people like it was RL, I would think Brooke was very flawed, but I would think Taylor was very disturbed. Who in the world, pines away for someone for 15 years to the point they admit, they stayed away from their children because they could not bear to see their ex with his wife?

Who is cultured on this show? Caroline I died ages ago. That’s about it.

I think Taylor, even Hope, Zende and Eric are cultured to greater or lesser degrees. I say this even though I'm ONLY a fan of Taylor from the aforementioned characters.

I use the word CULTURED in a neutral way - not as something ONLY my favourite characters need to possess.

Taylor is cultured like Yogart, after a few days it spoils and starts to smell bad. LOL