Ok, I am still going to be selfish and say I want a happy ending...but if we don’t get it, I will continue to enjoy their happier times
My wife, who never even watched GH, didn't necessarily get it. She didn't ever call him flat out unattractive, but she did note the age difference and that he's not conventional soap leading man looking. But when we started the 1979 playlist she pretty quickly fell in love with their chemistry and she LOVES TG in the role; she thinks he's so, so good. But they definitely are just characters. She knows Genie's name, don't think she knows Tony's though, and has no idea about backstage anything.
Interestingly enough, though, she's accurately projected where the story is going a few times. She use to watch soaps as a kid, on another network. She loves L&L together, but she doesn't have the same "they can never be apart" demand that we fans had. She she fully expects L&L to break up.
As for the ending? Would I love Tony to return and L&L get a satisfying send off? Absolutely.
But I'm leaning into gratitude. We have decades worth of a lot of Luke and Laura material. That's vastly more than most couples ever get. If Luke never returns, I'll be grateful for the large treasure trove of story that we have.
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