ah damn!

After weeks of basically ignoring the literal downpour of Otalia fic that was showing up every single day on my Livejournal Friend’s list, I finally bended to the inevitable. Resistance is futile and I’m now hopelessly hooked to this surprisingly wonderful storyline. I say surprising, because I’ve never been a fan of soap operas (local or abroad), but this one pulled me right in. Hook, line and sinker.

The soap opera is called Guiding Light and I would have never known about its existence if not for the persistence of fics regularly passing my LJ friend’s list (I’m looking at you, P&P people). Unfortunately, I’m a very curious person and despite my hesitations, I finally decided to hit Youtube yesterday morning to see what all the fuss was about. By the time I was finished catching up, it was already two o’clock the next day.

Oh, dear, I feel another obsession coming on.

The writing for the Otalia storyline is for lack of a better term, utterly brilliant. And the execution is excellent. I wasn’t expecting that from a soap. No siree. It’s one of the most beautiful love stories I’ve ever come across in any television show or movie for that matter. And the sense of humor is just perfect.

Two people who hated each other’s guts, but due to some unfortunate circumstances are thrust together and in time somehow develop this deep friendship that morphs into love without them realizing it. The love story is so brilliantly written, it’s hard not to root for the pair of would-be lovers. You just can’t help but hope the writers give them that happy ending. After a bit of angst that is.

Some people won’t like it (the storyline/Otalia), of course, but then they’d be missing the point, wouldn’t they?

EDIT: I finally figured out at least one reason why the Otalia storyline fascinates me. It reminds me of the Conqueror genre in Xena fanfics, which I’ve always loved. All that redemption stuff and about this real love that changes everything.