Are you kidding me?!

Are you seriously insinuating that Elias will come back from the dead?! OMG how Bobby Ewing of you Salatut Elämät. To let Elias go away and say "goodbye" to him and then let him come back just to let him die some months later and then you are going to bring him back again! I just can't see the point! How boring! Yeah I know I'm biased because because I am a Lalle shipper but can you just let Larias go already! And I think that it will damage Petteri Paavolas estate agent career to bring him back to the show. Shame on you! So just let's not hope that they bring back Elias when Ronny Roslöf is ready to leave the show, just to let Larias leave together. Boring! Hollyoaks has already done it.

Bye bye Elias again?

Something weird is happening on istagram. I thin I'll have to show you inte photos:

Are they serious? Is he really dead? Well, that was a twist. Ok, I have to be honest, I have been expecting it. Petteri Paavola has some kind of estate agent education ongoing and I actually think that he has seemed more and more indifferent playing Elias. And I thought someone was going to die of the gays in Salatut Elämät soon and I have to choose it has to be Elias. I did really like him before, but after Lalle, it was hard to love him again. BUT. Gay characters should never die! You know where I stand there. But what happens to Lari now? Is there any chance for Lalle again? I really hope noot that Ronny leaves to! But I don't think he will. He seems more committed to acting. And another question: who was driving the car? I it was Kalle, I will NEVER EVER watch Salatut Elämät again. Never. So, once again: thank you Petteri Paavola for theese years. I think I will miss you this time.

(Thank you salkkaritennakkoon, salsut and salkkarikuvat. I borrowed your edits on instagram).

A small secret...

Do you want to know a small secret? Actually, I haven't watched Larias, Lalle or anything of Salatut Elämät for five months! And I don't really miss it! Do you want to know why?

Ronny Roslöf & Petteri Paalova.

But it's not just that. The fact that Lari and Elias is reunited is actually the least problem, even though lots and lots of people think it's not a problem... The biggest problem which makes me want to boycott Salatut Elämät forever is that they made Kalle a wreck A really pathetic and alcoholic wreck! And I just can't stand that! Pete Lattu is an amazing actor but that doesn't really compensate it! No actor in the world could make a loveable character who is a pathetic and alcoholic wreck to be enjoyable to watch. Not even Danny Miller. So please Emmerdale, never make Aaron Dingle a pathetic and alcoholic wreck. It might be so that I won't return to SE until Kalle is in balance again. (But it seems like Lari still cares about Kalle enough to be a bit worried about him and that would at least be something, but I'm not sure about that because I don't watch it.)

Movember

Ok, I'm back. But barely. I still miss Lalle. This is a great loss for mer. But ok, life has to go on. And I still have hope!

Dolph Lundgren.

What you can see above is Dolph Lundgren as a läderbög, a leather gay that is, in the Swedish show Melodifestivalen. That is what you might think of when you think of gays with a mustache. But I have to tell you, there's not many ut there! At least not many that I have found. Here's my finds:

Emmett J. Scanlan as Brendan Brady.

Of course there's Brendan Brady, the super villain in Hollyoaks. The villain we all love to love because we just can't hate him! I absolutely adore both Brendan and Emmett. But that's old news. Oh I do miss Brendan! And his mustache! Best tash ever!

Murray Bartlett as Dom Basaluzzo.

And here's Dom in Looking. A funny story actually, Murray Bartlett had his mustache grow when he was in Egypt not to look like a tourist and to fit in and he still had it whn he auditioned for Looking and when he got the part they asked him to keep it. An excellent story! Dom is quite boring but at least he is anice guy. With a nice mustache.

John Partridge who played Christian Clarke.

When Jon Partridge came back for Lucy's funeral in 2014 suddenly he had a mustache! I'm not sure if I like it... Mustaches are usually quite creepy. If you have a mustache you should also have a beard! If you're not Brendan Brady that is. Even though I love Emmett with a beard! But at least we can guess that Syed like's the tash. Or at least tolerates it.

Petteri Paavola with a tash.

Ok, this is not really Elias but Pauli, and it's not Salatut Elämät but Satula. but Petteri Paavola has a mustache. He got that from travelling around the world. Perhaps he was in Egypt to?

So, that was all I found. Do you know any more on screen gays with a tash? Pleease tell me!

Autumn is here!

Janne, Aino and Tale.

So, bye bye Satula and well hello Salatut Elämät! And I am already irritated. I really don't like all the baby drama. It is so old with an accidently child with a gay dad as one of the main ingredients. And I just know that that will eventually lead to the break up of Lalle. So boring! And so old!

Petteri Paavola.

And also, Petteri Paavola will be back as Elias Vikstedt this fall. Blah... But he has been claiming that it will be a more mature Elias that will be returning. At least we will get that. But he has also said that there will be good times ahead for Larias fans and that there will be some delicious Larias stuff coming. I really really don't want that. But at least, Elias looks quite fresh.

Ronny Roslöf.

And speaking of fresh, how hot doesn't Ronny look in his beard?! I think Lari should have a beard. He should have a beard and Kalle as a boyfriend. And that's that!

The really boring gays

Ok, there are really boring gays in soap operas. Just as there are really boring heterosexuals, of course. But I don't like boring people. At least not on television! So here are my favourite gay characters to dislike, just because they are so boring.

Law Thompson as Noah Baxter.

Noah Baxter - Hollyoaks
First up is Noah Baxter. The first real boyfriend of Ste Hay who also did snog Brendan Brady at one time. Kind of. And he was just soooo boring! I didn't like him at all, even though he actually treated Ste better than Brendan did at that time. But there was just nothing to like. A complete waste of time for Ste, if you ask me!

Marc Anthony Samuel as Felix DuBois.

Felix DuBois - General Hospital
OMG, snooze! Nurse Felix DuBois makes me yawn. There is really nothing fun with him at all. But it could be! There was a threesome on the subject, and he is kind in a way and he is no prude, but he is not just interesting. I just don't understand how a black american nurse can be so boring? And I am really happy that Brad choose Lucas. I am sure he has a lot more fun with him!

Nicholas Rodriguez as Nick Chavez.

Nick Chavez - One life to live
Ok, there is some go in this character. He was not as plain as Noah och Felix, and he worked hard for LGBT-rights, but he was just no fun. He was no Oliver Fish for Kyle, and if he was an interesting character, we never got to see that. That could be the writers fault, but he was just an needless supporting character. Bujt I have to say, I felt a bit sorry for him when Kyle choose Oliver instead. Not that I think that he shouldn't have, but Nick was just so heart-broken. Poor him.

Juska Reiman as Miska Koistinen.

Miska Koistinen - Salatut Elämät
Miska, dear Miska. Miska Koistinen is really a very nice guy, and also a very likeable character. He is very kind, social, pleasant and fair guy, and he is a good boyfriend and a good friend. And he plays a lot with Elias little brother Oliver. But he is just so boring to watch! Nothing fun ever happens. I wonder if he has no humour? But I kind of miss him anyway because I think he was a good boyfriend to Elias and he keeps Elias away from Lari, and that is really important to me as a hardcore Lalle-shipper. So I really hope he will come back. Even though he is really boring.

Petteri Paavola as Elias Vikstedt.

Elias Vikstedt - Salatut Elämät
And when I'm on it, let's throw in Elias in the dough as well. He is really boring. Grumpy and grudging all the time. He was kind of fun in the beginning, but not any more. He is just not as interesting as Lari anymore, that's why he is better off with Miska than Lari. lari is interesting, Elias is boring. Enough said!

Larias rewatch

Larias on the floor.

 I got inspired by my faghag friend att started rewatching Larias. And I really do enjoy it! When I discovered Elias and Lari about two years ago I got really spellbound by it! I am kind of reliving that now. Larias was actually the second longer gay storyline I watched nd that was after Fervid, my biggest crush! Larias was my runner up for quite a while. And it really is someting special about them!

Petteri Paavola and Ronny Roslöf.

And I think that's because the really special chemistry between the actors Petteri and Ronny. They have said in tínterviews that they are really good friends, the do enjoy working together and that they are working hard to get the cuddling look as natural as possible. And that is clearly showing. And it is really cozy watching this storyline again! The Finnish has really given us something special!

Elias and Lari.

And back in the days I really was rooting for Lari with Elias and I was a hardcore Larias shipper. I couldn't imagine anything else and it really broke my heart when Lari left the anti-gay camp with Elias heartbroken. There was some Larias-snogging after that which I really enjoyed, but then I came round. And with a bang!

Kristoffer, Sven-Erik and Pauli.

Ok, that actually isn't Lari, Kalle and Elias, that's Kristoffer, Sven-Erik and Pauli in Satula. And isn't it just hilarious that Pete plays Ronny's father in Satula?! The writers of Salatut Elämät has a lot of humour at least! But you already know that I, nowdays, am a real hardcore Lalle shipper, so I won't bore you with that again. But sometimes it fell like I (and my faghag friend) are the only ones in the whole world who ships Lalle? Are there any more out there?

Anyways, I am really enjoying wtching Larias right now, and I even got some Larias feels, but I know all of that will go away wheen Kalle comes along. I can't wait for that! And another joy about watching Larias again is I get some more of Kalle to. He is just so amazing!

Satula

Aino, Janne and Tale in Satula.

So, the summer spin-off from Salatut Elämät is on! Or it has been for two weeks but yesterday MissFinlandia88 had subbed and put the four firts episodes on youtube. And I have to say that I have so much more hopes for this one than last years summer spin-off. Young girl, dream girl was really no good. But this seems to be really fun! The story is about Janne and Tale and how they go to Ulla's cousin Ulpu (is that really a real name?) to help her with her art school. There they meet Aino who was in the series between 2008-2010, so that was before my time. And also they meet a lot of people who looks like other people...

Ronny Roslöf and Petteri Paavola.

Satula seems to be some kind of virtual reality or dreamworld where all the pople are exact copies of people in Salatut Elämät. For example, the copies of Lari and Elias, real hillbillies, are called Kristoffer and Pauli, and they seem to be real homophobes. And Petteri has a moustache! And also, Kari Taalasmaa, who is a real homophobe in SE, his copy in Satula is gay! I already love it, after just four episodes. There is going to be 20 episodes which airs online on tuesdays and thursdays. MissFinlandia88 puts the episodes on youtube when she has time. And that is great, because I still don't know any Finnish!

Pete Lattu in Satula,

And we might also have this to look forward to. If it's not off the screen, but why would Pete Lattu have ginormous earmuffs off screen? He is really cute though! And I am so curious of what character he plays, cause I guess it's not Kalle Laitela! So do watch Satula, it really seems to be great fun!

Oh darn, Elias...

So, this screenshot says it all... Elias will be back in Salatut Elämät this fall and he will cause drama. Between Lari and Kalle I assume. Oh sigh... Ok, Petteri Paavola says that Elias will be more mature, and that sounds promising, but I really don't miss him. And I really wouldn't care if he never came back. But, of course, I guess Larias is endgame. But I hardly think I will be a Larias shipper again. Lalle for life!

Pissed by YOU!

Really I'm going to be a bit nasty today. Yesterday MissFinlandia88 wrote this in the Elias story channel on youtube:

Outside this story line Kalle is again avoiding telling the truth and I'm really starting to get pissed of by him. He knows something his mom did and is hiding it from his dad. Why doesn't he learn it's best to tell the truth immediately cos it will be out one day anyway and people will be mad at you for not telling it straight away? Ismo really trusts in Kalle after they made up last time and this is how Kalle thanks him... It's like Kalle never grows up and learns from his mistakes. Lying once again.

I really just don't care about this character anymore at all and subbing these clips really is not fun at all cos I don't care about Kalle and them as a completely passionless couple without chemistry even less. I really agree with you people the story is really boring at the moment and I'm sorry about that. Feel free to take a break cos you can do it unlike me unfortunately :/

Well really Missfin, I would really want to take a break from you right now! (And btw, that comment about you wanting to take a break but can't, that is so unprofessional). It is a free world to ship whoever you want, but if you have that "official" role that you have subbing the Salatut Elämät scenes related to the Larias/Elias storyline, I really would prefer if you had a more objective approach! It is very obvious that you don't really like Kalle/Lalle and that you are a Larias shipper, but you have really done both the clipping and the subtitling poorly for quite a while know, and making such statements about Kalle is really immature, according to me. Maybe Kalle is never growing up and lying again, but we don't know that because you don't tell us because you are almost not subbing anything nowdays! Subtitle the whole story so maybe we can get our own opinion instead! Now it'just you dictating how we should think and that is so not cool. Maybe the storyline is boring BUT WE STILL DON'T KNOW THAT! I really think it's to bad that one person has monopoly on subtitling SE and that person is so subjective that we, the ones who do not understand Finnish, has no chance of getting an opinion of our own. Please please, can anyone else start subbing the gay storylines of Salatut Elämät, so we might get to see the whole story and to getour own point of view?! Because MissFinlandia is not doing that. I am so disappointed.

Pete Lattu as Kalle and Ronny Roslöf as Lari.

Nowdays I am a really hardcore Lalle-shipper. I used to be a hardcore Larias-shipper, but I can change my mind can't I? And I really don't think, as MissFin think that Lari and Kalle is passionless and has no chemistry, quite the opposite! But I know that "smaken är som baken" the taste is like the butt, and anyone can think what they want, but I really love Lari and Kalle together. Even though I think that Lari and Elias, that is Ronny and Petteri, had really really special chemistry. Ronny and Pete is not up that that standard yet, but they do have great chemistry and they are excellent actors so they are really a joy to watch. I love Lalle, some people love Larias, but it is really up to each and everyone to have their own opinion. Not to be indoctrinated by some youtuber. Keep your opinion to yourself and upload the storyline objectively! Because I am really thinking of taking a break from SE, but not because of Lari and Kalle. And I am not reading your comments again. Just sayin'.

Bye bye Elias!

Petteri Paavola as Elias Vikstedt.

So, yesterday Petteri Paavola said goodbye to Salatut Elämät and all the fans. I can't say I am very sad about that. Well, I really loved Elias the first about two three years or so, but lately he has been really boring and annoying, and the storylines he has participated in has been really un-interesting. An I also think that Larias is out and Lalle is in. So, Elias left for Brussel, broke up with Miska (poor Miska) and finally left Lari and Kalle alone. I am happy as a clam! I am really looking forward to some quality time for Lari and Kalle. But I also heard that Petteri has been travelling the world for a time and now he is back in Helsinki and will be filming this summer's spin-off (eh, the last one was really boring) and then he will reaturn to Salatut Elämät. So whats up with all the goodbyes now when he is returning like now?! I really don't get it. And I don't want Elias to get in the way for Lari and Kalle. So bye bye Elias, if you come back, please date someone else!

The right choice!

Happy Lari and Kalle and sulking Elias.

Yes! Finally Lari made the right choice! I really am so over Larias. I've read lots of comments about Lari (Ronny Roslöf) and Kalle (Pete Lattu) and that they don't at all believe in the relationship and that Lari is uncomfortable with Kalle but I don't agree at all! I don't care if Lari used the same words as Elias did when he chose Miska (Juska Reiman), "I am with him because it is easy" or something, I genuinely think that he likes Kalle. He even said he loved him. And they looked realy happy and in love in the sofa. Elias (Petteri Paavola) is pathetic and he only has himself to blame because he dumped Lari first and Lari had the good taste to go for Kalle instead. Seriously, Larias is so 2013! Wake up, it is 2015 now, it's time fore Kalle!

Another disappointment

I am actually quite disappointed with the latest Larias storyline. No, I am actually disappointed with Salatut Elämät in general. What are you doing?

All the gay characters of Salatut Elämät in the same picture. Blimey!

Ok, as I told you before, I was a huge Larias shipper. I am not any more. I mean, it is boring! The really pulled the stpry too far. If the intensions are to get Lari (Ronny Roslöf) and Elias (Petteri Paavola) back together, why didn't you last spring? I mean, we were up for it then. Now there is an more suitable love interest for Lari if you ask me. I think that Kalle (Pete Lattu) is better for Lari because Elias is a whiney little brat. And now, it might seem as they are planning to end the Lari and Kalle love story before it really started, and that is the easy, more boring way to go. I don't approve! But it seems like Miska (Juska Reimann) will break the engagement, and I think it would be an interesting twist, and a bitch lap, if Elias got dumped and Lari managed to keep his boyfriend.

The kidnapped Lari and Elias.

And the kidnapping storyline! What is that? There are so many holes in that storyline that I can't count! I mean, how could Marianna carry Lari, Elias, Heidi and Janne by herself to the nest? Especially when it turned out that the nest was a room in Heidi's appartment! I mean, somebody ought to have seen her! And it is not that believable that Heidi wouln't notice anything, that she had prisoners in her home. And what about toilet visits? Really? They couldn't have not gone for the toilet in weeks. They same problem for Dodger in Hollyoaks. To make it believable, take the kidnap victims to the toilet or at least give them a potty! I am glad this storyline seems like it has come to an end, and I really hope they make something good with Kalle and Lari. Otherwise I think they wasted a whole year of precious Larias-time. At least, a proper storyline with Lari and Elias is better than this!

(And also, I am really disappointed in the clips on youtube. It is great that there is a pioneer that translates them, but lately it feels like only the most essential is translated and the scenes are cut so we can't see them i whole, and the storyline get's really cut into too small pieces. Right now, ,it actually feels like the translation is limited to the lines that direct linked to the Lari/Kalle/Elias/Miska-stoyline, and I for one would like to see the scenes in whole. I wish I understood Finnish.)

Kalle

Pete Lattu as Kalle Laitela.

I've realized one thing. I've realized that Larias is quite boring. Especially Elias is boring. Lari is alright. Especially when he is with Kalle, because Kalle really is the most interesting, complex and loveable gay character in Salatut Elämät. MissFinlandia88 does a really great job uploading and translating the Larias scenes in Salatut Elämät, but it really is a bit boring nowdays. I loved the Larias story when I found it but now I enjoy the Kalle (and Lari) storyline so much more! There is an older storyline of Kalle from 1999-2002 which contains Kalle's first crush, coming out and a bit of Ismo homophobia. But back then, there was no youtube-days so to get the hands on that storyline means you have to rip it from a DVD, or maybe if you have an old VHS. Sinientomaatti has made some DVD-rips, but the storyline ends in the middle of the drama when the production company decided not to release more DVD's from these years. What a shame. Hopefully there will be re-decisions.

A slightly older Pete Lattu.

Ok, there is nothing wrong with the Larias storyline, but it is so 2013. 2014 (and hopefully 2015) it is Kalle and Lari that is the thing. Petteri Paavola and Ronny Roslöf does a really good job, but Peter Lattu is a really really good actor and he brings a whole new dimension to the series. I ship Kalle and Lari. But it is a shame that it is no good fandom pairing name for these guys. I mean Kari or Lalle doesn't really work... I have a great wish. I wish that someone starts translating and uploading the Kalle storyline as well on youtube, whatever happens to him and Lari. I think it is much more interesting than the Larias storyline. I would do it yself if a new any Finnish, but "ei saa peittää" and "moi mukulat" is not enough. But Kalle is my favourite character in Salatut Elämät, and he really deserves a lot more attention!

Wedding bells for Finland

Petteri Paavola as Elias and Ronny Roslöf as Lari.

Last week the Finnish parliment approved same sex marriage. Finally! And yay for that! Finally it is free for Finnish same sex couples to get married. Finally we can have a Larias wedding.

Petteri Paavola as Elias and Juska Reiman as Miska.

Or maybe there will be a Miskias wedding. Elias is engaged to Miska after all. But I really don't understand what Elias is fuzzing around about. I mean, he is engaged to Miska, but he is grumpy and jealous as hell and hankering for Lari. Last week we even got some snogging. Feh! I really don't like what Elias has become and Miskias is boring and Larias is old news.

Pete Lattu as Kalle and Ronny Roslöf as Lari.

I ship Lari and Kalle! Kari or Lalle doesn't work so let's just call them Lari and Kalle! I think they are cute as hell and has potential. So I hope that Kalle will come home from India soon! I want Lari and Kalle to get married! And now they can.

Or Kalle and Elias...

Or Miska and Lari...

Or maybe Miska and Kalle! There are so many possibilities! Way to go Finland!

Snogging at last!

Kalle and Lari is snogging!

Ok, yesterday and the day before this happened! I got the snogging I wanted! And, according to me, they really needed it. I have been watching this mondays and tuesdays episodes over and over again. I just can't stop. And actually, I am not sure I am hoping for Elias (Petteri Paavola) and Lari (Ronny Roslöf) to get back together again. Right now I ship Kalle (Pete Lattu) and Lari. I think they are cute together, it is an interesting storyline because of the age difference and other stuff that I will come back to, and I really think that Lari deserves such a nice boyfriend as Kalle. And they really have similar background stories. Lari has not been supported by his father who really wanted bash the gay out of Lari and sent him to an anti-gay camp, and if it was someone who was not supportive, it was Ismo, Kalles father. He was even abusive back in the days when Kalle came out. Unfortunately we haven't been given the chance to see the whole Kalle storyline because of the bad taste to make a huge jump in time in the DVD-boxes of Salatut Elämät that has been released.

The only backside of this romance is the Elias factor. It is oobvious that he is not over Lari yet, and Lari is probably not over Elias either and there is a huge chance that this will be messy. Well, Miska (Juska Reiman) is apparently not enough for him (boring boring boring) and Lari will or at least should be engaged elswhere, so the only other solution is that Elias get another guy, if you ask me. Why don't jump on the older-man-train? There is nothing that spices up a soap romance as much as a story about forbidden love with age difference!

Who else is voting for Kalle and Lari?

Yay Larias!

Salatut Elämät has been on summer break since the middle of June and at least I have missed it, even though there haven't been much Larias action lately. Last season ended with quite a cliffhanger with psychopaths and explosions and stuff so I guess we have all been waiting anxiously for the story to continue. But, as I told before, we had a little substitute for Salatut Elämät during the summer with You girl, dream girl, a spinn off with all the youngsters in the show, including Lari and Elias.

The Young girl, dream girl cast.

And it has been sooo boring! Short, vacuous episodes, really woody and unnatural dialogues, and really not good acting. I'm sorry guys, but it has not been good. The plot is really blank to. I guess that the story has been shot in a very short time, with a small budget and no good conditions, but it doesn't really make up for the really boring storyline. It has been a whole summer full of Iida-whining. And I don't like Iida-whining. Sorry. But, even though, I didn't really like it, well it's better than no Salatut Elämät and Larias at all, and we even got some Larias snogging. Yay! But unfortunately it was to short. Well well... There are two episodes left of Young girl, dream girl, and it still will be quite interesting to see how they will wrap everything up.

But tomorrow Salatut Elämät has it's premiere. Yay! And I have been able to get in hand of some spoilers, and some photos. Missfinlandia88 published this on her tumblr earlier this week:

Miska and Lari.

• Lari finds Elias under a table and Elias is taken to the hospital wounded
• Miska is disappointed and angry after he finds Lari sitting next to Elias’ bed
• Miska decides to stay by Elias’ side until Elias wakes up cos they have things to clear up

It's not much, but it sounds promising. And is it just me or has Miska (Juska Reiman) become a little more chubby?

And Missfinlandia88 also shared some random facts about the season that also sounds promising for a Larias reunion:

• Some episode names have been released suggesting neither Lari or Elias dies in the shooting since there’s episodes with their names on.
• They showed a clip of Elias lying on the floor and Sebastian screaming Elias’ name though on the fall press - Elias might be wounded.
• Juska (Miska) was on the press too but some things suggested he’s not anymore filming episodes as already hinted on the spring. Also Petteri and Ronny were interviewed together, Juska was nowhere to be seen during the interviews.
• Ronny promised drama for the fall season.
• Petteri said they know majority of fans want Larias together and only some prefer Miska over Lari.
• Petteri said he thinks no matter how hard Elias tries he can’t get over Lari and how much he loves him. Maybe that’s a hint Larias will be reunited soon ;)
• Also Salatut Elämät contract has been renewed and the show will continue at least until summer 2018.

And I also found this photo on instagram:

Well, just get it over with! We all know that your intensions are to bring Lari and Elias back together and I honestly think that we have been waiting long enough!

Young girl, dream girl

Do you miss Larias when Salatut Elämät is on it's summer break? Well, there is a remedy for that. Salatut Elämät has a spin off called Young girl, dream girl concentrating on the younger characters and Missfinlandia88 is subtitling that in her youtube channel as well.

The Young girl, dream girl cast.

And fortunately, both Elias (Petteri Paavola) and Lari (Ronny Roslöf) takes part in this story. The season finale of Salatut Elämät ended with a real cliffhanger. There was a big party where all the guys took part when some lunatic started started shooting around. We don't really know who had left the party or who was still there when the shooting started, so we don't really know if anyone is dead or injured. This story takes part in some kind of parallel time, we don't really know if it's before the shooting or after. Nothing about the shooting has been told.

Iida and Elias talking to Lari.

The story is some kind of horror story taking place in Jannes familys summer house. Five episodes has been uploaded in Missfinlandia88's channel and Lari has just arrived to the house because of a fake text message from Elias asking him to come. But, luckily for us, Lari decides to stay. We are hoping for som action.

Unfortunately, the main character in this show is Iida, and I've never really liked her. She is really dull and boring and whiny. And there has been way to much fuss around her. And she was a real pain in the ass back in the days when it started between Elias and Lari. But I guess the clips on youtube will concentrate on Lari and Elias and that works for me!

Actor change

Sometimes an actor wants to leave a soap opera and the writers don't. Maybe the character have a big fanbase and a good storyline coming up. How to solve this? With an actor change of course! In Sweden the most noted actor change was when they changed from Jessica Zandén to Nina Gunke in the role of Rebecka Bovallius. In American and even German soaps it's quite common to change actors for differend characters not just one time, but even  two or three times. Jenny Steinkamp in Alles Was Zählt even got a fourth actor right now, and Juliette Greco, who plays Lena Bergmann in the same series, got replaced by Maria Kempken, but then replaced her again, when she got back from her maternity leave. Nothing weird about that. But what about our gay characters?


Dynasty 1981-1989

Al Corley as Steven Carrington.

Jack Coleman as Steven Carrington.

In Dynasty the gay son of Blake Carrington and Alexis Colby initially was played by Al Corley. Al Corley portaited Steven until the end of the second season in 1982, but then left the series according to wikipedia because he was complaining about Steven's "ever-shifting sexual preferences" and wanting "to do other things". Jack Coleman got to portrait the character instead, and did that until the end. And as a matter of fact, Al Corley has a point. Steven Carrington actually shifted a lot in his sexuality. Sometimes he was gay, sometimes he was straight, like he never was anything else. I guess today we would have called that bisexuality. Maybe that was an unknown concept in the eighties. But Steven Carrington always was my favourite character. I even had a crush on Jack Coleman. This was in the nineties when the series was broadcasted in the afternoons on TV4. Yes I was a faghag even back then.


Verbotene Liebe 1995-

Manu Lubowski as Gero von Sterneck.

Broder B. Hendrix as Gero von Sterneck.

When Verbotene Liebe started in 1995 Manou Lubowski played the character of Gero von Sterneck. About the same time as he leaves the series and the part of Gero get's recasted by Broder B. Hendrix Gero comes out as gay. If that has anything to do with it I don't know. Broder B. Hendrix on his hand stays in the part until 1999. A small fun fact is that the word "broder" meens brother in swedish. So know you know it.


Salatut Elämät 1999-

Niilo Heinonen as Elias Vikstedt in 2010.

Petteri Paavola as Elias Vikstedt in 2011.

The Finnish soap Salatut Elämät did a real Days of our lives in 2011 when they recasted Petteri Paavola as Elias Vikstedt. The year before the child actor Niilo Heinonen played the character and I estimate the character as maybe 9-10 years. When he got back he was about 16. The years went fast for Elias. The funny thing is that his father Sebastian, played by Jarkko Nyman, didn't age a day. But I am not complaining because the Elias storyline is a really good one and according to me just what Salatut Elämät and Finland needs. Then we don't need to be so stingy with time.


Days of Our Lives 1965-

Lots and lots of Will Hortons.

Chandler Massey as Will Horton.

Guy Wilson as Will Horton.

I think that Will Horton has the record of the most actors. No less than seven achtors played has played the part between 1996 and 2014. At first there was the twins Shawn and Taylor Carpenter that played Will between 1996 and 2002. They were replaced by Darian Weiss in 2002 for about a year when Christopher Gerse took over. He got to play the part for four years before Dylan Patton portraited the character in 2009 and 2010. Up til now Will Horton was more of a child/young teenager. In 2010 we could say hello to the lovely Chandler Massey who made Will mor of a grown man and also introduced Will Horton to some snogging with men when he got together with Sonny Kiriakis. So far so good. But early in 2014 Chandler Massey left the series but the couple has a lot of fans and has become a supercouple so the writers didn't want to split them up. I mean, if they changed the actor four times before, why don't do it one more time? Then Guy Wilson stood into the part and I hope that we can keep him. I really liked Chandler Massey but if we can't have him we want to keep Guy Wilson. We already had so many changes, so no more. It's so messy. Chandler Massey on his hand returned to school instead and of that we are very supportive!