Ooops I messed up so her is a question…
I thought I posted Chapter 122 last night after getting the munchkinroos to bed, apparently I accidently clicked the wrong file and reposted my Q&A that was posted in between Chapters 112 & 113. Anyway while reading all the amazing insight from my one of faithful guest reviewers I had some thoughts on her thoughts and I'll ask a question that I've been mulling over a bit in my head.
Ned/Carly/Jason: I really wasn't trying to be dishonest when I originally suggested this as a Jarly piece because when I started this I was planning that Ned stepping in to help Carly was going to help Ned and Carly work out their demons, but them both in a place where they were ready for better marriages with others, and bring Jason back to the Qs and eventually Edward and Lila would be dancing at the Jarly/NedLois remarriage double wedding. Now I am much less sure that works.
Carly with Growth: I may have shared this before, but I think the thing that used to really bug me about Carly as a character was her inability to actually grow. Sure, she had rare moments of compassion or remorse, but they were ephemeral, so they never helped develop her or led to growth. I'm planning on letting Carly grow and that is part of why I wonder if she and Jason just won't work. In this Carly has true remorse for some of the choices she made and although I think Ned and anyone else who care about her will challenge her to forgive herself and focus on healing and better choices in the future that is a little harder for Carly to internalize (but I do see her getting there).
Dr. Tony Jones: To answer your question I'm not sure if Tony ever got true grief counseling. He and Bobbie did do marriage counseling through much of 1995 because they split immediately after BJ's death due to Bobbie's infidelity with Damian Smith. It would make sense for griefwork to be part of their marriage counseling but I think that they saw Dr. Kevin Collins who is often working without a full deck himself so who knows. I agree that if the baby is Tony's (it isn't) then he has a right to assert paternity. However, I feel very strongly that would also obligate him to be at least civil to his child's mother and he is just too over the top. Unfortunately, it gets worse before it gets better.
**Now my question:
I know I wrote:
I know that on canon GH, Carly calculatingly seduced Tony to get back at Bobbie (and I am going with that as well). However, although Carly flirted and fed Tony's ego when he was vulnerable due to BJ's not so distant death, and Bobbie's even more recent infidelity; Tony himself was well aware that he was married. So, he could have just not gone there. But he went there, and it didn't end well.
But lately I am questioning how calculating Carly really was. Is it possible that she didn't disclose her relationship because she was so insecure and afraid of Bobbie's rejection (I think she clearly was both)? In her early scenes she seems to want to connect with Bobbie and family. Is it possible that she was really seeking that connection not just setting up Bobbie to take a fall? Did she actively seduce Tony, or did she spend time with him because she wanted to spend time with the family and the fling just kind of happened. It's still wrong. Very wrong! But now I wonder did Carly truly come to PC to destroy Bobbie? I'd love other people's thoughts.
**I'll come back and post the actual Chapter 122 after I get through an actual Sunday Dinner with my own crew. Thanks for everyone's patience.