I hate Maxie Jones. For those out there who claim they love the character, I ask why? She’s always mean spirited, she never wants anything that doesn’t belong to Lulu, she uses people, her voice is like nails on a chalkboard, she has a rat face and her new haircut is terrible. What is there to root for in a woman who helped Lucky ruin his life and then tried to trap him with a fake pregnancy? And then she thought that fake baby gave her the right to judge Lulu for making the painful choice to have an abortion. About the only good things the writers did was make her very small on the canvas and to pair her with Spinelli (although she’s only with him to bug Lulu and reports of a real love interest for her mean they aren't going far.
Now rat face is after Johnny because JoLu doesn’t have enough problems with Lulu's family butting in and Claudia lurking around and we’re supposed to find this entertaining. I know Johnny doesn’t want her, he is head over heels for Lulu, I’m just hoping the writers don’t decide to let him use Maxie to hurt Lulu to keep her safely away. It would be dumb since Anthony has her held hostage, but even knowing about the threat on Lucky, Johnny still offered her an out on Friday so I have my doubts about how committed they are about letting JoLu be a couple under siege and not a constant make-up/break-up fiasco like Liason. I’m hoping the rumors of a love interest being cast for Maxie, and the possibilities having Lulu on the wrong side of a mob war will offer, will keep rat face’s try for Johnny contained to next week. There is so much more potential in having JoLu together against the world than in having them apart with the world against them. I would love to have Anthony pull Maxie into his limo and tell her to stop making trouble for JoLu or enjoy burying Mac.
Newsflash: watching Maxie get away with everything while victimizing Lulu isn’t fun. Maxie needs a big consequence like losing her job (she sabotaged Crimson by deleting that email, but somehow that got Lulu in trouble too) or having Johnny tell her she’s not as hot as she thinks she is (hey if she was so good in bed that she has to brag about it to everyone Logan would have gone back for seconds and not dumped her skinny skanky butt forever). People call Lulu a slut for sleeping with 3 guys, all of whom she cared about, but Maxie has had at least 4 and seems to think cheating on Coop with Logan for revenge was ok. Any woman who brags that strongly about her sexual conquests to make herself feel important is a slut. You can have the sex, don’t misunderstand me, but if that’s the only thing you have to brag about, you’ve got a problem.
For a woman who is supposed to be after a career they need to give Maxie actual goals besides stealing things from Lulu. It is degrading to women that falling on her back is the only way Maxie feels she has “won” something and been successful in life. Knock the bitch down a peg and give her actual feelings. Her outburst at Kelly’s when Georgie died was touching, but for me to like a character the humanity has to come out in more than one scene every year. Claudia, who is a mix of malice and vulnerability every time she is on screen, I can root for (please pair her with Nikolas, he deserves someone who can act and not boring Nadine), but all I want to do is slap Maxie. And it’s not an “I love to hate the character” situation like Catherine Bell (who did get one-upped by Lucy or the Qs at least once a month for her nastiness) I genuinely see nothing entertaining about Maxie and I don’t understand why she’s allowed to win all the time.
One last tirade before I sign off. If, in Lucky’s mind, Lulu is destined to go crazy because Laura did, why isn’t his own or Nikolas’ sanity at risk? Is it because Lulu is a girl? In that case, why isn’t she asking him if Sam should be afraid he might rape her since he’s male like Luke? Lucky used to be so much fun when he first came on, but now he’s a boring do-gooder who mopes around trying to ruin everyone’s happiness because he’s miserable. Why hasn’t anyone pointed out he can’t find real love because he’s afraid to live and that he hides behind his badge to avoid the edge, thus insuring he won't find true love? I loved his scene with Luke and Lulu on the Haunted Star when he bent the rules to help his dad see Lulu one last time, but in 2 days he was on a power trip with Luke gone as he tried to manipulate his sister. I am so glad Nikolas pointed out Lulu is an adult who can make her own decisions. Most the time Lucky ignores her, but the second she’s happy he wants to take it from her. Hmmm, maybe they should put him back with Maxie and they can enjoy the rest of their lives making other characters as boring and miserable as they are.
Stay smart GH writers. JoLu is the real deal, don't mess it up after they finally reunited, keep rat-face Maxie out of it and let the mob create the tensions for JoLu just like Luke and Laura or Brenda and Sonny.
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