Topic Posted by: maggimae
Date Posted: Sun Nov 15 10:02:52 2009
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Who is waking her up, fixing her breakfast, fixing her lunch, taking her to school, picking her up from school, helping her with her homework, taking her to the orthodontist, taking her shopping for bras, fixing her dinner, and all the other things most mothers do?
Here's a scenario I'd like to see happen. Sage is being teased in school because her daddy shot and killed her uncle. She gets in a fight. The principal calls Carly's house, no answer. Then she calls the farm and gets Janet. Janet picks Sage up and takes her back to the farm.
I can just imagine the fireworks when (if) Carly finds out. I can also imagine what kind of flawed character Sage will be when she grows up.
Posted by: dandyfop Date posted: Mon Nov 16 21:26:56 2009
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The whole town, including Jack, will line up to tell Carly how awful she is for abandoning her children IF that is how the writers intend to play this. They did add the scene where Carly asks Parker if he can help out with Sage and she said she would have someone come and help out- for the life of me I don't remember who she mentioned. I don't think the writers expect us to harp about about a detail like that- they wrote in that Carly had the children covered- they told us in that scene that the kids will be taken care of. They have yet to show us any problems with the arrangement.
As to the larger question, is it right for Carly to run off every few months leaving her kids in the dust? NO. But IMO it is silly to get worked up about how soap kids are doing at any given moment because of the stories of their braindead parents- every adult in the Snyder household was in the hospital today- Who is caring for Faith, Natalie and Ethan? LOL I wonder if anyone bothers to feed them? Does anyone ever use the bathroom on soaps? Some things are happening and taken care of without the writers having to tell us about it. This time they did bother to give Carly an out. Until things start falling apart at the seams and Sage is on the phone asking her Mommy to come home and Carly can't be pulled away from Jack I am giving her a pass.
Posted by: Allison Date posted: Mon Nov 16 11:07:21 2009
Message: Whether Sage is being adequately cared for or not, Carly should be putting her daughter's needs before her ex-husband. The woman was back, what maybe a day, after being away in rehab for months and she leaves her daughter without even a goodbye? The poor girl must have some serious trust issues after the childhood she's had. As much deserved bashing as Janet's received lately, I would like to at least acknowledge that she understands that sometimes we have to put our children first. Jack's a grown man, leaving was his own decision and IMO no one should be chasing after him.
Posted by: LuciM Date posted: Sun Nov 15 23:54:16 2009
Message: And how many times did we see Carly, or Lily or Emily or any of the other ATWT mothers waking the kids up, cooking breakfast, making their lunch, taking them to school and to the orthodontist, coming back home to wash the dishes, put on a load of laundry and scrub the toilets???
Sage is in the exact same place where all soap kids go when they aren't key to the particular action in a story....upstairs sleep, at the neighbors for a sleep-over, spending the night with the other parent, off to boarding school, military school, or summer camp. When Sage's presence is needed for the story, she will be seen at home with her family, or wherever the story takes place...but until then, the writers expect us to accept that Sage is being taken care of by some responsible party, which is why I for one, don't pick nits like this when soap kids temporarily disappear from my screen. I haven't seen Ethan or Natalie or even Faith in so long I forgot they were still on the show.
Posted by: Gracie Date posted: Sun Nov 15 20:28:34 2009
Message: Your suggestion sounds like it could provide some interesting scenes. I like the little girl who plays Sage. I hope they don't SORAS the character, but instead have her age as the actress does. It would be interesting to see her progress with the role into adulthood, as Scott DeFreitas did with Andy Dixon.
Posted by: Bertha Date posted: Sun Nov 15 17:31:41 2009
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Sage is probably wherever Emma is.
I think we are too assume that everyday things are going on behind the scenes, although some are making it more sinister so they can criticize Carly.
Posted by: julia Date posted: Sun Nov 15 15:02:57 2009
Message: I wish the writers would show Sage and include her in this storyline. How long has it been since she's been shown with either parent? Carly told Parker she was going to find someone to take care of Sage and she asked him to look out for his sister and of course, he agreed. Obviously Carly didn't ask Janet. Kids come and go so quickly in Soap World! Look at how JJ disappeared!
Posted by: Mia Date posted: Sun Nov 15 14:52:56 2009
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Carly told Parker to look after Sage. And why not -- he's old enough, mature enough and downright gallant when it comes to his sister.
Posted by: NOLA Date posted: Sun Nov 15 10:41:03 2009
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What's happening with Sage? The same thing that happens to most soap kids. The writers only expect us to remember that they exist when they are an integral part of a storyline. Otherwise, we're supposed to forget about them.
For example, who's watching Eliza while Meg is traipsing all over town? Who's taking Johnny to school, fixing his breakfast, etc.? We see little Jacob a lot right now, but I'd lay down money that in another 6 months or so, we'll never see him either. I didn't see Ethan & Natalie for days/weeks on end while Lily was falling apart after Holden "died"....I'd practically forgotten about those kids! The same could be said for Will, Casey, Daniel, etc. when they were young. It's just sloppy, lazy writing, IMO.
Posted by: BessBeau Date posted: Sun Nov 15 10:17:11 2009
Message: What's happening with Sage ? Well, it's for damned sure Mommy Dearest doesn't give a flip ! She's chasing Jaaaack around the country with her *repaired* compass ! Whatta' loser !!