Guiding Light’s Otalia…Finally!
April 22, 2009
How fantabulous was it to watch Olivia admit her love, then to have Natalia run off on Frank and then to have Otalia find each other at the gazebo, where Natalia finally admitted her love to Olivia?! Watching this organic relationship come to fruition was well worth the wait. Natalia’s struggle with her faith, and Olivia’s uncharacteristic selflessness (let’s face it people, Olivia’s always been a self-serving manipulative bitch) proved that love is never predictable. Olivia and Natalia may be now sorting out their feelings, but the rest of us know that we want some happily ever after for Otalia! It’s a shame that Guiding Light stepped up it’s game right before the curtains came tumbling down. Had GL focused on such a natural, realistic love story (NO MATTER THE SEX) rather than gimmicks then the doom of cancellation could’ve been avoided. At least we have a few more months to root for a happy ending for Otalia!!!
P.S. Kudos to having Guiding Light’s in the closet lesbian mayor, Doris, volunteer to officiate at the wedding…as she egged Olivia on to stop it from happening!
–Colossus Matos
thanks for the blog! Whats interesting is that GL created this as a label free love story and even while ratings were failing and threat of cancellation loomed, they didn’t try to sensationalize the story for the press. It just backs up the fact that this is being done the right way for the right reasons. (and we’re keeping our fingers crossed Proctor & Gamble, owner of the show, are able to find it a new home – lots of rumors about negotiations with Lifetime!)