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Okay that's it... I've had enough. Message to the General Hospital powers that be, sometimes you just can't go back again.

I was there in 2006 when Jason dumped Sam in the hospital and spent the summer pushing her away from him and a life she fully understood, while becoming BFFs with Liz again. I was there when Jason used the fact that Sam slept with Ric to justify sleeping with Liz, who admittedly walked up 15 flights of stairs in pitch black darkness to sleep with Jason after seeing Lucky with Maxie. Sam came clean; she took her hits, with more to come once Jason decided that he was in love with Liz, but it supposedly had nothing to do with the fertile Myrtle conceiving yet another one night stand bastard from their tequila laced tryst. And Lucky took his hits as well for his drug addiction and affair with Maxie and for months Liz used his actions to justify her own and cover up the lie that she was pregnant with Jason's child instead of her husband's (again).

It was difficult because honestly I loved Jasam so much I couldn't imagine ever loving another couple the way I loved them. I was positive that I would never allow myself to invest in another General Hospital romance. But somehow, well I know how... Kelly Monaco, Greg Vaughan and their amazing and undeniable chemistry, I did fall in loving with a General Hospital pairing again. I fell in love with LuSam. They started out so wrong and yet became so right.

The beauty of a soap is that a couple can start out as a game of seduction and revenge and turn into so much more and despite the odds and I'm sure the intention of everyone in the GH front office, that's just what Sam and Lucky did. They become a real, genuine, unstoppable couple in their own right. They were no longer just the products of their last relationships or the discarded exes of Jason and Liz, causalities of the so-called bond that's existed since that night Jason first saved Liz at Jake's (excuse me while I vomit). Lucky and Sam built a relationship based on trust, honesty, love, adventure and acceptance all on their own. And just when the going was getting good and the I love yous were finally being declared, GH decides to stall them to perpetuate this never ending quad where Lucky and Sam are suppose to resign as the defaults to Liz and Jason respectively because their ill-advised relationship never had a chance with the constant whine about danger an all.

Well I'm not going to stand for it. Like Greg said, there is a reason why Lucky and Liz are exes, same with Jason and Sam. What each of those couples had that made them great is gone and can't be recaptured no matter how many family scenes Lucky and Liz get with Cameron and Jake, no matter how many times Jason (instead of Lucky) comes to Sam's rescue. There was a lot of betrayal and broken trust committed during 2006 and 2007 that cannot be glossed over and overlooked in some pathetic plot point stunt. The sum of Jasam's problems do not rest solely on Sam's shoulders so the show reducing everything that happened that summer to Sam letting Maureen take Jake isn't going to erase the months Jason spent lying to Sam about knocking Liz up, not to mention offering to marry Liz without even telling Sam what the hell was going on. Nor will a few scenes of Liz by default realizing how great of a friend and father for her kids she has in Lucky going to make me forget the solid year she spend lying to him about Jake's paternity only for everyone from his oldest friend to even his own mother to act like Liz did nothing wrong. Liz completely emasculated Lucky as she used his addiction to cover her ass repeatedly and turned his justified fears about her relationship with Jason against him even though she had already declared to love Jason repeatedly, including once in Lucky's own home.

{xtypo_quote}Sam: I like being with you. And, when I'm with you I feel like you see me for who I really am instead of making me feel like I'm not worthy or that you can't give me something that I need. And, when I look into your eyes, even in the most intimate moments, I feel like I'm not begging you for something that you can't give me.

Lucky: You just put into words exactly what I was feeling.{/xtypo_quote}

Soaps are a dying genre and a big part of that is because of the lack of character driven writing an audience can find in soaps nowadays. In essence the stories aren't that much different than one can find in a primetime medium, but between the same characters going through these situations over and over again and in many cases there being no actual story progression or character growth, the fans are understandably getting tired, frustrated and just turning the television off during the day. Instead of yet again putting Lucky and Liz back together as if there is no chance either of them could really be with someone else keep Lucky and Sam together and let Lucky's life be about more than just caring for Liz and her kids. Lucky can be a fantastic father without being with Liz. Everyday people in this country co-parent their children and even stay friends while leading separate lives that don't include them being altogether all the time like they're still a couple.

Lucky and Liz are no longer a couple so if Lucky's going to spend time with the boys, Sam, not Liz should be there. Liz wanted to be a single mother, so let her be a single mother. If it isn't important, or truly about the kids, than there's no need for Liz to call Lucky and there is even less need for him to drop what he's doing, meaning Sam, to make sure that Liz is okay. Being the default isn't fair to Lucky and it isn't fair for Sam. Sam has been generous and understanding about the connection between Lucky and Liz, but I do not want her once again watching the man that loves her running to save Liz from herself because Liz can't seem to do anything without a man to help her and since her first choice is gone, she'll once again settle for Lucky.

I honestly don't care what happens to Jason and Liz. Since their fans have supposedly been waiting for 10 years, I say let them be together. If the world knows Jake is Jason's than it won't matter whether or not they're together, the kid will still be a target, so Liz and Jason might as well be together and deal with whatever threat comes their way together, without Lucky there forced to hold Liz's hand and tell her that she's a good mother after she's spent 2 years chasing after Jason with no regard for the consequences. But leave my LuSam alone. Sam does love adventure, but that adventurous part of her personality has nothing to do with Jason or even necessarily actual real danger. Hoping on a plane to Mexico at a moments' notice is fun for Sam as well, fun she had with Lucky. Lucky meanwhile is more than just a cop, or even Laura's son, he's a Spencer and there's a hellcat in there waiting to get out and Sam is the perfect woman to help bring out more of that side of Lucky's personality. So let's stop being lazy and spitting on the fans and keep Lucky and Sam together, move them forward... in one residence together (not the Spencer house by the way) and end the quad for good.

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