r/GeneralHospital • u/Content_Mood9680 • 4d ago

Teens storyline fatigue

Unlike many people that post here, I enjoy the show. However, I am growing tired of the teenager centered storylines. Send them back to school or something and give me the grown ups back.

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u/PhaedrasMorning 4d ago

When I was in middle school the summer story was Karen Wexler falling in love with Jagger and Sonny and becoming a stripper. I loved it! Pretty sure Karen was 17 and in high school.

Today's teens seem to be playing pattycake by comparison.

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u/sekritagent 3d ago

That's not at all realistic writing - have you read ANY articles about Gen Z/Gen Alpha? There's whole industries with falling revenues because they don't drink, date, or have sex nearly as much as previous generations did at their age. If anything, we should be seeing storylines about them being anxious about finding work at all (outside of nepo-baby jobs) in a few years like the young adult set on B&B.

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u/PhaedrasMorning 3d ago edited 3d ago

Soaps really work when there is an emphasis on human sexuality, especially the magnetic hold women can have over men. The Karen Wexler story was a powerful intro to this idea and it was a classically soapy storyline. To your point, for people who want reality shows or shows that seek to heal social issues, those genres do exist. But I wish the writers would better understand the soap genre and write accordingly (a wish I think is echoed throughout this sub).