Tarty Rapemance Sex: The After Yuck
By Jamey Giddens on November 08, 2008
The rapemance we thought we'd never see, or at least hoped we'd never see, is of course the talk of the soap world. (Was that Frons's diabolical plan all along? How very Dorian Carrington-Colby!)
The rapemance we thought we'd never see, or at least hoped we'd never see, is of course the talk of the soap world. (Was that Frons's diabolical plan all along? How very Dorian Carrington-Colby!)
While we here at DC have voiced our opinions ad nauseum— I think our poor Tina needs a sedative—I figured I'd look out into cyber space and see what some of our blogo-peers are saying. And before anyone accuses me of being biased and only selecting bloggers who feel the way we do here at DC, trust me, I looked for a blogtastic supporter of this storyline, but it proved more difficult than finding a "Go Obama" sticker in Elisabeth Hasselbeck's dressing room and trust me, I tried that too. Here are the links:
Tom Casiello: The Llanview Conundrum
Mary Montanari: OLTL: Todd and Marty Hit The Sheets - Say it Ain't So
Sarah Bibel's Deep Soap: Hypocrisy In The Afternoon
Snark Weighs In: Let's Talk Tarty
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19 December 2007
1 year 6 weeks
I believe you when you say you looked, i looked as well just wondering if there was any pro-tarty blogs out there and there wasnt.
The thing about being pro-tarty is you are in the very very very small minority, I really believe there are more people that believe Ellen Wheller can Save the world then there are Tarty supporters.
I am kinda sortof one, right now i am pissed off over them sleeping together but I am not tuning out of OLTL.
Also i think you bring up a good point that while this mite be a 'hot topic' this has to be the most heated topic in SOAPS since Nuke's 'first kiss', and if the reason we got this storyline was to get EVERYONE talking about it, even non OLTL fans I think BF did his job. (Now lets just wrap the storyline up and forget it happened, please and thank you)
8 May 2008
8 sec
It is a disgrace to rape victims everywhere who been assaulted and who the hell thinks that this is what fans want to see, a amnesia woman sleeping with her rapist and the guy who knows what he did to her but is not telling her the truth and lying to her and manipulating the situation to his advantage and there no way of Todd getting out of this one. The character of Todd is finish for all I care and there is no redeeming him at this point.
siomonstuart2003
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
"I really believe there are more people that believe Ellen Wheller can Save the world then there are Tarty supporters."
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LOL!
After reading the Snark Weighs In blog I think they should have kept Ramsey in the role of Marty's manipulator. Hunt and Susan's chemistry could have been just as palpable as her chemistry w/ Trevor without the dry heaving factor.
And, if this leads to Marty being pregnant Frons is going to need Secret Service type protection!
13 February 2008
19 weeks 3 days
I believe most of the people writing in Pro-Tarty were doing it on the basis of a major payoff, and were never pro- Tarty "making love". NO one ever expected the writers to be this brain dead.
14 November 2007
20 hours 13 min
Oh Soap God, even that picture makes me want to gag!
13 February 2008
19 weeks 3 days
Frons just doesn't know how crazy soap fans can get....
19 December 2007
1 year 6 weeks
Oh lord, why did you say that season? why???? crap that's going to happen and i am going to have to hate this show ;( i really don't want to hate OLTL
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
Sorry, it was in the Mary Montanari link that Jamey posted. I also believe that Tina mentioned the possibility of it in one of her spoilers for OLTL. I apologize because I don't want to put that out there in the universe. LOL!
4 August 2008
4 hours 52 min
Go tarty woot woot~~
Sadly it has all come to an end. The awesome chemistry these two share will be wasted. I JUST PRAY THAT THEY DONT PUT JOHN AND MARTY BACK TOGETHER!!!!!!
or worse DONT put Todd and Blair together.
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
I don't think Todd and Blair are going to get back together any time soon. As a matter of fact, as soon as she finds out about what Todd has done to Marty and his intentions to fake their grandchild's death she may lead the charge of angry Llanviewers!
13 August 2008
1 year 7 weeks
I think Marty will take a morning after pill, or emergency contraceptive pills this upcoming week.It better work for BF sake because like Season said Frons is going to need Secret Service type protection!
13 August 2008
1 year 7 weeks
Go tarty woot woot~~
Sadly it has all come to an end. The awesome chemistry these two share will be wasted. I JUST PRAY THAT THEY DONT PUT JOHN AND MARTY BACK TOGETHER
Courtney fan for life, am going to pray the Opposite of Your Prayer.
Go tarty woot woot~~ REALLY!!!
14 November 2007
20 hours 13 min
Oh please tell me they wouldn't make Marty pregnant!! I can't believe they would do that! Yet again, I didn't think they would have them kiss, and *then* I thought there was *no way* they would ever make them have sex... When will the madness stop??
6 February 2008
1 day 22 hours
Tina pass the pills because this storyline is just as disgusting as (Jammy) sorry Tammy and Jonathan fans. I don't know what is happen to soaps where they think showing a rape victim falling and having sex with her rapist is romantic and separating good couples ( Bianca sperm storyline) is good.
The above picture is just stomach turning.
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
I was never a champion of the kissing cousins but they are no where near as disturbing as this! I'd take cousins swapping spit any day over what OLTL is doing.
21 May 2008
10 weeks 6 days
Okay, I know the wrath of faithful DC bloggers is getting ready to come my way but, I have to ask. What's the difference between Luke raping Laura on GH and she falling in love with him AND they becoming the all time couple of the soap world?
Before I get mobbed, let's just be clear, I DO NOT AGREE with the storyline, but I do think that its a fair question.
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
It's a fair question, jasam fan. For some, it's the fact that Marty has no idea that she's falling for her rapist. Essentially, she being re-raped again, not only physically but mentally. She's doing something not knowing the full truth or the facts.
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4 May 2008
3 weeks 1 day
The difference, Jasam fan, is that Laura didn't have amnesia. Todd is manipulating Marty, and this time he's raping her emotionally. This is now the second time he's raped her in a sense, and the worst.
21 May 2008
10 weeks 6 days
Fair enough!
4 August 2008
4 hours 52 min
i hope your right season1217. Cause a 1242th T&B reunion is not entertaining. And John and Marty have 0 chemistry. i mean were they ever popular to begin with.
14 November 2007
20 hours 13 min
One of the reasons that this story pisses me off (and there are *many* reasons) is that it stinks of cheap gimmickry and is exploitive in nature... This isn't about good storytelling, it's about going for a shock effect. OLTL and Carlivati are so much better than this, or at least they *should* be.
4 May 2008
3 weeks 1 day
I must admit, I was always more of a Todd and Tea fan, so I'm glad she's coming back..but...I'm not exactly rooting for Todd to be with anyone now.
15 October 2008
4 hours 14 min
OFFICIALLY OFF THE KOOL-AID
After the night of "love", the comments by many of the poster on many sites, and a Podcast later I'm on team w/the majority saying that this is awful. It's not making me stop watching the show or the scenes, but I am now disgusted since I put things into perspective. There's not going to be a pay off (not the one I'm thinking anyways) and they have ruin the character of Todd for many ppl (not for me) and dismantle a very important part of the show's history. And all of this lies on the hands of the Frons and I will believe that until I die, but I put some of the writers also. If it had to be written it could've been written correctly for me I would be behind it, but w/the stuff rumored coming up (pregnancy) I can’t be behind this anymore (even though the make a beautiful picture 2gether). Honestly what sent me over the edge was the promo they aired after the episode. It was the worst kind of insult to the fans and women who were so invested into the groundbreaking storyline (The Accused come to Daytime) told 15-16 yrs. agao.
I'm sorry for the rambling but to sum up what I'm feeling is disappointment.
12 June 2008
5 days 9 hours
imo there is no payoff that can justify the telling of this story. a marty that comes close to killing todd, a pissed off marty after that, and everyone in llanview shaking their heads and go bad todd is just not going to cut it. the thing is we already saw marty deal with the rape, we already saw todd go through the guilt so why did they feel the need to do it again. Do we really need to now see how cole and starr and going to be affected wasn't they affected anyway, and who cares about blairs and john's reaction.
was there really no other story for marty, and if not then they should have never brought the character back.
19 January 2008
4 days 20 hours
For weeks now I have been posting my gripes and protests about this whole storyline. I am forever appaulded at OLTL for even airing this. My question is:
Is ABC/Disney going to fire Brian Frons now that he ruined the soap industry. I hope so! Because I can see the protesters outside ABC Studios right now demanding his head!
I say we protest and demand that BF be removed as Head of Daytime at ABC and get someone who knows soaps, who loves soaps and can make viewers, longtime and new love soaps again.
Ron Carliviti, I am soo disapointed in you. I and many of the longtime OLTL viewers beleaved in you, trusted that you whould return OLTL to it's greatness, restoring it to the socially issued, riviting story driven soap that it once was. Agnus Nixion must be fuming at you right now, for you and Brian Frons have made a mockery of the show that she created. I just hope that you find it in your heart to tell yourself that what has happened was wrong.
Brian Frons, do you have a mother, a wife, sister, aunt, grandmother, niece or a daughter, because if you do, I wonder what they must be thinking. Apparently you must think very little of them to come up with this trash. What you need to do is stick your crazy-ass wild way of thinking and stick it up your ass. You disgust me, you are a revolting pig. You need to get out of Daytime and go currupt something else because you have destroyed a once great piece of daytime television.
And to the very few "Tardy" fans out there, you all must be to young or were pry not born yet to see the original Marty/Todd date rape storyline. I suggest you go to YouTube and type in OLTL "The Spring Fling" 1993 and watch what happened that night. For what just happened Thursday IS NOT Luke & Laura, it is not Holly & Rodger, it's not even EJ & Sami because that was not rape, it was blackmail. What happened was a slap in the face to all women and rape victums out there. Apperantly this small group needs a history lesson on daytime televison.
There, I have spoken my peace. I still don't feel good about it!
ABCJunky
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19 December 2007
1 year 6 weeks
Okay let's see where i can start with that post.
No Brian Frons will not be fired, at least i do not see it happening, yes the man plays around with the soaps, but I generally believe he kinda sortof maybe cares about the genera.
Knock him if you must, but he has done some good for the industry by creating Soapnet and giving us spin-offs of our favorite shows.
Also I really believe there isn't anyone ANY Network will hire that really 'cares' about the industry, they will let the shows run amock and kill what storylines could be good.
You want to blame Ron C, and while I understand wanting to blame him we know for a fact thanks to DC's interview with Ilene Kristian (http://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/14/ilene-kristen-interview)
That Ron C has to get each and every storyline approved, and that is very hard .
I still think OLTL is a amazing show, yes it has its flaws, but even thou you mite 'hate' Tarty, they dialog (post summer stall) has been pretty good, the whole show has really improved since Viki came back.
Next up the whole "Tarty fans need a history lesson".
I watched the whole Rape on youtube early on in the Tarty storyline, i knew that Todd raped Marty but i still wanted to see it.
Yes i hated Todd for it, but because I did not watch that storyline 'live' and unfolding in front of me, I am able to forgive Todd.
It is alot easier for me to forgive Todd for Raping Marty in the past then it is for the whole *cough* Rape *cough* blackmail of Ejami.
Just because I liked Tarty doesn't mean i don't know my soap history lol.
I do believe that Tarty should have NEVER taken it this far, kissing was pushing it but having them make love, her still not remember him and now possibly have a kid is going to far.
Anyways thanks for reading my rambling lol.
23 July 2008
6 min 22 sec
"... it's not even EJ & Sami because that was not rape, it was blackmail."
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First, it wasn't blackmail. He didn't say if you don't sleep w/ my I'm going to tell some deep dark secret and everyone will hate you or you'll go to jail for it. He said I'll save Lucas if you sleep w/ me. THAT'S NOT BLACKMAIL. It was sexual coercion and that's no better.
Imagine you're desperate to save someone you love and the only person available to help you says sleep w/ me or I'll let them die and you did it. Tell me how you would feel or your mother or sister or any female relative or friend you have if that happened to them and tell me you wouldn't feel like you were raped, even, if it wasn't legally called so.
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19 December 2007
1 year 6 weeks
ITA Season, but at this point i am sick of debating that topic lol.
27 November 2007
1 hour 7 min
No need to worry Marty takes the morning after pill no Tarty baby
4 August 2008
4 hours 52 min
ABCJunky73 learn some respect. First i saw the Tarty rape second you will be shocked at how many ppl actually like TARTY get the name straight. Third Luke and laura WERE rape. and so were EJ and SAmi. Hate them for she does not have her memory BUT dont hate them just because he once raped her.
Why dont you look up Luke raping Laura or Ej RAPING SAMI!
Tarty have me a gripping story this past summer and the chemistry between these actors are amazing. thats why tarty fans like them. Its good soap.