Author's Note: Kim Matula is Hope in this and any future installments.
I have nothing against Annika Noelle, but Kim is the reason why people love/hate the character.
When Kim was Hope, the character was naive, but she had a backbone.
She took a golf club and broke into Bill's house! Kim's Hope wasn't scared of anything, the nonsense going on with Thomas; she would've been stepped to him!
Kim is Hope, just like Ron Moss is Ridge.