Posts Tagged ‘guiding light’
September 15, 2009
As Guiding Light fades off the air this week, we Otalia fans are on the edge of our seats!! Guiding Light has been lacking for years now and the only compelling love story playing out as of late has been this refreshing tale of two adult women battling the odds to be with each other. Classic soap story with a lesbian twist! Unfortunately as much as this story has been entertaining it’s still missing essential components of realism. Longing looks and warm hugs are cute but come on now! Can we get a juicy Otalia kiss?!?!? Of course some sexual relations for Otalia would be ideal but with the clock ticking and the fact that they haven’t even shared a kiss yet, sex is doubtful. All the investment put into this story will seem moot if Otalia isn’t given that one smooch. Guiding Light was already robbed of any future, here’s to hoping Otalia isn’t robbed of their last chance to be portrayed just as equally as all the heterosexual couples that have filled our daytime screens for years now!
–Colossus Matos
Posted in queer tv | Tagged cancelled, guiding light, lesbian, otalia, soap | 1 Comment »
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
Posted in queer media, queer television, queer tv | Tagged daytime, doris, guiding light, lesbian, natalie, olivia, otalia, soap, soap opera, wedding | 1 Comment »
April 14, 2009
As we all lament the cancellation of Guiding Light after 72 years, we can at least look forward to an exciting week for Otalia! After months of will they/won’t they, Natalia and Olivia reach a pivotal point in their story: Olivia declares her love for Natalia, just as Natalia is set to walk down the aisle with Frank! Will Natalia put a stop the wedding and succumb to her true feelings? Will Otalia fans get what they’ve been longing for? Will Guiding Light finally go all out now that their days are numbered? Yours truly will definitely be tuning in to Guiding Light next week to see! Let’s celebrate Otalia while we can!
–Colossus Matos
Posted in queer tv | Tagged cancelled, daytime, frank, guiding light, lesbian, natalia, olivia, otalia, soap opera, story, television, tv | 8 Comments »
January 20, 2009
Looks like Guiding Light is dipping into untested waters! For the past few months, former enemies Olivia and Natalia have been placed in situations where they had no one else to turn to but each other. Now living together (Olivia and daughter Emma needed a temporary place to stay) these two women have developed a deep friendship in a most refreshingly organic fashion. Last week at school little Emma even did a report titled “My Two Mommies”.
This past Monday, Emma presented the report to the school with Olivia and Natalia in attendance. Parents and teachers positively addressed Olivia and Natalia as a couple. Olivia caught on and at home tried explaining the assumption to an oblivious Natalia who still feigned ignorance. Olivia saw no other way to get through to Natalia’s naïveté than to lay a wet one on her!!! Let’s hope this leads to more!
–Colossus Matos
Posted in queer tv | Tagged emma, guiding light, lesbian, moms, mothers, natalia, olivia | Leave a Comment »
