Yeah I think most people are rooting for the Nick character on Days..it used to be such a good show, now its just crappy..the days of John and Marlena, Bo and Hope and all the rest are over..this is the garbage we have to see now..that is why Days of Our Lives is the lowest rated soap opera
Funny thing is, I think Nick’s character was raped in prison, so that presumably would be a pretty big motivator for why he’d really be disgusted by homosexuals. Getting the baby on the way as far from the dysfunctional Horton/DiMera brood (Sami/Will/EJ) is also pretty justified, too. Will Horton’s character (or maybe it is the actor, too ?) I just plain don’t like. He’s seemed like a weird little creep from jump street, even before they altered the character to gay.
I have to wonder about the actor (Chandler Massey, the son of a former Democrat Secretary of State from Georgia). It’s one thing for a straight actor to have to perhaps portray a gay character for a short period (without necessarily any requirements for love scenes), quite another to play it for a prolonged period where he is essentially doing public love scenes in every episode he appears in. It’s also singularly ludicrous that the reactions of most of the principal players would be instant acceptance and applause of the behavior/lifestyle (with the lone exception of the character’s father). At some point, you’d think a straight actor, no matter how professional, would eventually say, ‘OK, enough with the makeout scenes.’ For me, I cringe in disgust when they show another scene with that behavior.
I’m not quite in the viewing demographic for soaps (male, straight, late 30s), but for most female viewers, I’d venture a guess they’re also not interested in a prolonged storyline as such that has been front and center on the show for months on end. Nick should take Gabi and leave town... case closed.
As for the other characters, it’s so boring. Daniel Jonas & Jennifer Horton... they just need to go. Can’t stand ‘em. The storyline between John Black, Marlena, Kristen DiMera & Brady Black has gone on far too long. What is the appeal of John Black, anyhow ? Drake Hogestyn has got to be the worst long-term soap actor in the industry (just edging out Ronn Moss on ‘The Bold & The Beautiful’). The guy who invented the ‘smelling the fart’ style of acting. It’s just ridiculous. I’d rather Eileen Davidson go back to Y&R, she’s just being wasted here.
Now you have Bo Brady who has just vanished from the scene (the actor having left again), and it is so completely out of character and unbelievable. Now Bo & Hope’s little child, Ciara, is morphing into some evil and angry spawn with daddy gone, like a female Billy Mumy in that ‘Twilight Zone’ episode (I thought she was gonna wish Kristen DiMera into the cornfield the other week). Come to think of it, having the kid demon possessed might make the show interesting again, and the little girl actress, all of 9, could effectively play it... she’s more interesting to watch than the adults.