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Topic: Has there ever been a teen character as thoroughly unlikable as Liberty?


Topic Posted by: Ada
Date Posted: Wed May 7 14:39:29 2008
Additional Comments: I keep trying to be patient, am assuming they will eventually add a new dimension to the character (as they did with Maddie, for instance, who I also did *not* initially like) that will account for her bad behavior and miserable attitude, but so far she's nothing more than a vapid, shallow, manipulative, spoiled little brat. I can't remember when the writers went so far out of their way to intentionally make a teen character so thoroughly unlikable. Even Alison, when she was a teenager (when she was trying to steal Aaron from Lucy), she was immature and manipulative, but she was also sort of spunky and funny, and oddly endearing. With Liberty, there's nothing to like about her.



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Posted by: Melissa G
Date posted: Thu May 8 10:52:37 2008
Message:
I actually like her. She's fun, funny, light, and she's trouble. She'll shake things up and you never know what might happen when she's around. She's the only reason I'm not ff-ing Brad and Katie.

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Posted by: Mandi
Date posted: Thu May 8 9:38:51 2008
Message:
I never could stand Parker Posey's Tess.

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  • You mean Tess Shelby, from Alva? Mandi, I do a PERFECT Tess imitation. I mean PERFECT!!!! I did it one day at work, back in the 90s, for a lady that worked with me who watched the show, and she was laughing so hard she actually peed her pants! She was SO mad with me! I'd do my thing with my aint Barbura, and my unca hallie, and that dirt pig farmer huh-utch, and my cousin paul with that red sports car, and how I NEVER wanted to go back to AL-vuh! fee

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    Posted by: Gail
    Date posted: Wed May 7 22:51:09 2008
    Message:
    Prime FF material.  Snooze City!

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    Posted by: maggimae
    Date posted: Wed May 7 21:28:16 2008
    Message:

    Ceel-ya, Sarah, and Zoe were horrible. At least this kid can act.


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    Posted by: Kitty23
    Date posted: Wed May 7 19:52:30 2008
    Message:
    She is a brat but she is livening up Brad and Katie.  It would be easy to make the newlyweds boring or embroil them in another love triangle or quad.  Liberty is giving them something entirely unexpected to be challenged with.  And anything that give Brad plenty of screen time is fine with me even if I do agree with Katie about his parenting.

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    Posted by: Mia
    Date posted: Wed May 7 18:46:38 2008
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    I find Liberty fun to watch. I can laugh at her, but not with her. She is trouble from the get-go and will liven up the program I'm sure. Maddie was refreshingly wholesome and I miss her. One cannot say the same about all the other boring teens we've seen through the years: Sarah Kassnoff, Abigail, Celia, Dani, and Lucy. The only other teen of worth on the program was Nicki. Nicki had so many possibilities. Nicki clashing with Carly was exciting, each one was right in their own respect, and it was difficult taking sides.

    I wish I could say something positive about Juicy Janet, but it seems that she will be a cartoon character. Before she starts, I want her gone.

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    Posted by: Bertha
    Date posted: Wed May 7 18:33:41 2008
    Message:

    I not only can't stand the brat, I find the situation BORING. 

    When Maddie came on, she was likeable from the start.  I loved her daydreams about Henry taking on Mike.

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  • I liked Maddie from the get go! It was later when she started trying to kill people and attack Jade all the time I got to where I couldn't stand her. But I loved her at first! fee

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    Posted by: Janie
    Date posted: Wed May 7 16:14:03 2008
    Message:

    I think there was a male teen who was the son of Julie and Caleb.  If I remember correctly, his name was Pete?  He would have been Aaron' stepbrother since Aaron is the son of Julie and Holden.  I forget how Julie is related to anyone else on the show now except she is Aaron's mother who is supposedly ill.  Anyhow this Pete kid was pretty awful, bad like Liberty.  Anyone else remember him and can add any details to his behavior?

    I must say however that once upon a time, a long time ago, when I was in Hi School, I was Tootie in the play, Meet Me In Saint Louis, and I was a complete and total brat.  I loved playing that part; it was so much fun!  So acting is one thing, RL is something else.  Sometimes I even forget this is just a story when I get so mad a characters like Liberty and Emily.

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  • Aaron has two half-siblings who are older. They aren't Caleb's bio-kids though. They are Julie's kids w/her late ex, Frank Wendall. I didn't find either Jenny (rarely seen) or her son (his name escapes me at the moment) unlikeable. Petey (her son) was played by Jason Biggs (American Pie). He was great! Loved when he would call Caleb Cable, just to get a rise out of him. eom
  • I loved Jason Biggs/Pete, but Betsey's kid Dannie was annoying as hell
  • Hard to believe that the girl who played Dannie has gone on to feature films too. I couldn't stand her as Danni. Dannie shouldn't have come back to town being such a brat. She should come back now as a more mature character, w/her head on straight. eom
  • I LOVED Petey! Did you see when the napkins came for the wedding, and they said Cable instead of Caleb? That was where he got that from, and it was TOO funny! We still call him Cable when we talk about him! fee

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    Posted by: CannaLily
    Date posted: Wed May 7 15:41:21 2008
    Message:

    She's right up there with Celia, etc.  Annoying and trying too hard in her acting.   Get ready for the Summer of Teen Incest on ATWT.  yawn.


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    Posted by: tweety
    Date posted: Wed May 7 15:34:55 2008
    Message:
    I think its too soon to judge the Liberty character.  But, when Jade and Henry's sister first came on their was a lot of posters who didn't care for them.  I think over time, that changed a little bit.  Jade actually turned out to be very good and Henry's sister's wasn't that bad either.  I actually do like Liberty because I love her dad. 

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    Posted by: MaryHatch
    Date posted: Wed May 7 15:24:50 2008
    Message:

    Liberty's pretty bad, but Celia was worse.

    Speaking of which, is this high school she and Parker are attending the public alternative to Oakdale Ladden?

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  • 'Oakdale Laddin' LOL

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    Posted by: fee
    Date posted: Wed May 7 15:17:13 2008
    Message:
    Well, she's a whole lot better than Cee-lee-yuh was!   But that's not saying a whole lot! 

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  • I'd forgotten about Celia. Yeah, she was right up there too...or down there. eom

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    Posted by: katiesbeach
    Date posted: Wed May 7 14:50:31 2008
    Message:
    What about Katie when she came back and was hiding in Margo's attic!  Ha-ha!

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    Posted by: Rosebud1
    Date posted: Wed May 7 14:41:55 2008
    Message:
    A lot of people didn't like Sarah, Zoe, Nikki or Abigail.  They all had similar storylines.  There was a contingent that also didn't like Maddie much.

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