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Vicky vs. Marley:
Who’s the Better Woman for Jake?
by Bradygirl
Actually, in my mind this is a no brainer. It has to be Marley hands down. Gasp, you say? How could you not like
Vicky, you wonder? It’s easy. I’m just not hip on a woman who was the scum of the earth one minute and up for sainthood
the next.
Granted, the Vick-ster has been friends with Jake forever. Not to mention their days in Lassiter when they watched
out for each other. Jensen may be a marvelous actress that knows her way around Bay City, but I’m not so hot on
having her front burner storyline on almost everyday. I guess I’m just plain sick of her. Sick just the way you
get when all you have for lunch for a month is peanut butter sandwiches. I need a change of pace. Something more
interesting than just peanut butter. Now, peanut butter may be my most favorite thing in the whole world but give
it to me everyday and I tend to become sick at the mere sight of it.
Now Marley, she’s like a cheese sandwich. You don’t have cheese sandwiches too often and when you do, you wonder
why you hadn’t had one sooner. We haven’t seen Marley very often and that makes her more interesting eye candy.
She may look exactly like Vicky but she’s different so that makes it okay. And that’s the reason I’m glad Marley
is back. That and the fact that she never felt a soul mate connection with anyone other than Jake. Vicky on the
other hand has felt that special soul mate bond with Jamie, Grant, Ryan, Bobby/Shane, and Jake to only name a few.
I’m sure if we dug deeper more men would fall out of the woodwork. Makes you wonder if Vicky could feel that connection
with the newspaper boy or a toaster even. It doesn’t matter if it’s an inanimate object, it just matters if it
has a warm body.
When all is said and done, Vicky and Jake living happily ever after in the house that Shane built would be painfully
boring, don’t you agree? But even better than Marley and Jake getting together would be Jake and Lila. I think
I would fall on the floor laughing my assets off if Lila ever made a play for Jake and then get him. What better
way to exact your revenge than to make the man Vicky loves fall in love with her? This would definitely make Vicky
roll up on the floor and wither away. And that soap fans, is the way it works in the world of sudsy television.
Give ‘em what they want. Then take it way from them as painfully as possible without making them tune out. Give
‘em just a little bit of hope when they’ve reached their last straw and then slowly bring their couple back together.
It’s a timeless plot device that still works wonders.
No matter who wins, Marley, Vicky or Lila, it just might be the makings of the fight of the century. But I wouldn’t
say Vicky was down for the count just yet. Otherwise, why watch in the first place if you know who wins and who
doesn’t? ; >)
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