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| What does everyone think of Will and his interactions with Lumi?; Will & Lumi | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Thursday Apr 23 2009, 12:14 AM (1,038 Views) | |
| satnitheat | Thursday Apr 23 2009, 12:14 AM Post #1 |
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What does everyone really think of the new Will? Well 'newer' Will. I've let the newer Will sort of settle in and I've watched his interaction to assess a more fair gauge of his current storyline with Lumi. I mean he calls Sami on her lies just like Lucas does but his level of cynicism is disturbing. And his trite manner with his own mother is upsetting too. I wouldn’t take for that kind of tone. He behaves as if Sami needs to apologize to him all the time for not being the best mother in the world. Sami went through a lot when she was younger and is still dealing with many changes in her life. I don’t think it is fair for him to behave that way towards when all she does is try to include him, spend time with him, etc. I liked the other Will better but I understand, NBC needs to rapidly age Will to make his character very in line with the teen angst angle. The new Will can be all teen angst-like and have a crush on Mia. I know he does already by the way their interactions have been so far on the show. And it's rather uncomfortable when Will says he has nothing in common with Lucas, saying he 'doesn't really know the guy'. Now as a parent, that would be wholly upsetting to hear a child say that. I don’t know it could just be that I am not a huge fan of teen angst or that whoever is writing this new Will is not even giving him and Sami one happy moment together. I don’t like it, especially how their interactions seem so forced. Yes, I get the soap wants to make drama but in the end, I just get an uncomfortable feeling from every time Will and Sami talk to each other. It’s not so clearly defined like other aspects of what I would consider a typical soap. (maybe NBC is trying to get away from the more base storylines.) I don’t know. I don’t feel excited, scared, happy, or even bored by their interactions. Their interactions remind of that feeling of getting sand in places one should not get sand. You’re not apathetic, you just don’t like the feeling. Kind of like that. Will, stop being so teen angst ridden and get a better story line….oh wait there went Mia, go find her and get less swarthy. I'm just not sure where Days is going with Will in regards to Lumi? Is Will going to fall in love with Mia and then find out about the baby and then somehow spill the secret to Salem? His character just seems so emo and that any minute we're going to see him lying in a hospital bed after he's cut himself (from Mia rejecting him or something) Maybe my imagination wanders too much, it's just that I really, really liked the old Will, well the younger Will. Now it seems as if Will wants almost no interaction with either one of his parents. Not sure what Days point is by having him act this way? Filler or an end to another storyline that haven't drummed up yet? |
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| Kazz | Thursday Apr 23 2009, 01:06 AM Post #2 |
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I like Will and Mia both - to me they seem like two of the smartest and most sane people in Salem. Will doesn't seem depressed to me but I agree that he is cynical and probably pretty angry. Since I think there is good reason for him to be both, I think it suits his character. Will has been through a lot since the previous "Will" was on the show, so I didn't expect him to be the same as before. Also, 16 year olds tend to have less interest in spending time with Mom & Dad than younger kids, so that kind of fits for me too. I liked Chris' Will also, but I've been rather impressed with Dylan's ability to own the role so quickly. I thought those first scenes with he, Ali & Bryan when Lucas was in the hospital went remarkably well for a debut scene of a new actor to the show. The thing I don't like is that Will has had so few scenes with Lucas. The show has him interacting more with Rafe than Lucas and that needs to stop right now. I have no patience for yet another newbie coming in to Lumi's family like he belongs there. Will is Lucas' son; they have always been close - Will has no need for that pale imitation of his father. I'm not sure what the show has planned for Will in relation to Lumi, but my best guess is that he will end up playing a similar role in the current baby switch storyline to the one Shawn D. did in the JT/Zach baby switch storyline. The Will/Mia story is one of the few I'm actually interested in watching on the show right now. |
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| Medea | Saturday Apr 25 2009, 03:52 PM Post #3 |
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Well... I don't think that's ALL she's doing. She's also lying to him and getting caught ("I didn't say Grace, I said Rafe...") and attempting to manipulate him emotionally (the tears every time he doesn't agree with her). Will mouthing off at Sami is always preceded by a shock (Rafe, Grace) or a lie from Sami. Will's behavior to Sami is generally very good/respectful/helpful, I think. After getting over his surprise at the Rafe-mance, he has been very polite to Rafe even when Rafe oversteps (it was NOT his place to lecture Will about how Will treats Sami) and even though Will still wants Sami with Lucas. After getting over his surprise at the "adoption," he gave up his free periods at school to baby-sit Grace and the unseen twins. He's good with Grace and cares for her without complaint. He's also free of typical soap teen acting out. He's not drinking, doing drugs, or partying. He enrolled himself in school and gets himself to class. He's weathering the transfer to a new high school mid-year without much whining or much support. When he gets upset with Sami, the worst he threatens to do is stay at the Pub when he has much better weapons for emotional warfare at his disposal. He could parade himself around as part of the Lucas/Chloe family; he *has* to know that watching him bond with Chloe would make steam come out of Sami's ears. Or he could threaten to rejoin Carrie/Austin, but instead he asked Sami about a long-distance plan to keep in touch by phone, since he would not be going there in person.
Indeed he does, and the crush is returned. I think they're adorable.
Agreed, that was a strange statement, but Will said it one time. And Sami's reaction (per Ali's blog) was that the statement was ridiculous because Will and Lucas have lots in common and are very close. What Will really "doesn't know" is why the hell his father married Chloe.
I would like to see more of that, too, but I think it's been implied that they're having family meals and communicating well offscreen. When we see them onscreen, Sami is usually rushing off to meet the rapist or Rafe, or Will is rushing off to class or baseball. That's not unhappy, that's a teenager and his mother who needs to string multiple men along at once.
I don't see Will doing anything remotely self-destructive. He's going to class. He's playing baseball and basketball. He's crooning at his little siblings. He's checking in with his parents and other relatives. He expresses his feelings clearly and (usually) calmly. Sometimes he gets sarcastic, but it's a far cry from occasional sarcasm to cutting.
Typical Days to create a "teen scene" and have those teens hang almost exclusively with each other. As soon as a teen gets SORASed, s/he is always going to be seen with other teens more than with his/her parents. But if Will WANTS no interaction with his parents, volunteering to baby-sit his siblings, playing messenger for parents' romantic interests, bringing the girl he likes home and introducing her, keeping his mother abreast of his baseball schedule, getting home for dinner (mentioned at least twice, though not seen) would be an odd way to go about it. Edited by Medea, Saturday Apr 25 2009, 03:52 PM.
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| Do you remember what she told him? She took her lover’s hand, and she said, “just because something is intangible doesn't mean that it's not real.” Lucas, no matter what happens, no matter what we’ve been through, no matter what I say, you will always be in my heart. -- Sami Brady, November 2007 | |
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| KimberlyAnn | Sunday May 3 2009, 12:30 AM Post #4 |
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I like the new Will and I think he fits in well. I feel that he's very respectful. I'm 18 and I treat my mother so much worse. I really want a lumi and Will family bonding scene. Even if they aren't together, lumi is still getting along. I also remember Will and Lucas being close so that statement from Will was super weird. I like Lucas/Will bonding, but so far from the few scenes they've had together, they don't seem to have much chemistry, like they don't seem very father/son like. I hope that with time they get that part together. |
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| Tinkerbelle | Sunday May 3 2009, 04:57 PM Post #5 |
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I like Will, he is a very smart boy. I love the way he tells it like it is. I also love his relationship with Lucas. They have a really cool father/son relationship. Lucas makes a super cool dad. As for his relationship with Sami, they've always had a very strained relationship, I can't really say I blame him. But I think its time he started being more respectful to his mother. I'd like to see them have a really strong, loving relationship.
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| April | Monday May 4 2009, 10:46 AM Post #6 |
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I wish Will respect his mother more. Sami might give advise to Will about Mia. Sami shouldn't run to see Rafe or EJ she should realize her children come first. Sami and Lucas maybe go on a camping trip with Will,Ali and Grace. Lumi 4 Forever! |
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| Penguin | Monday May 4 2009, 11:14 AM Post #7 |
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I like Dylan - he is still learning, and with time he'll be a great Will. He'll be LUMI in training before long - once he sees how un-happy his parents are with the folks they are with now. Once he sees what they are like when they inter-act he will remember why they need to be together! All 6 of them.
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| luvinglumi | Monday May 4 2009, 11:24 AM Post #8 |
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I think the writers are making Will this way with Lucas, especially because they want to create a future friction with Rafe and Lucas. If Rafe continued to bud in and advice Will then Lucas will resent that and have a reason to shoot back at Rafe. Let's face it except for jeolousy toward each other there is no current reason why Lucas and Rafe wouldn't like each other, so they need to create something. |
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| Temptress_Kitten17 | Monday May 4 2009, 03:17 PM Post #9 |
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I just caught up on all of last week and today's episodes (all in one sitting Saturday afternoon, I might add) and didn't see anything other than Will's acceptance of ChloME and the safe, stable, boring FBI guy that disturbed me. He's good with his siblings and is very respectful to his parents. He even became a one person day care service for Sami without complaint for a while, but when he asked his mom to start paying him I don't think that was out of line or anything. I mean, he IS a teenager and if he's going to give up his afternoon so his mother can chase after Rafe or her rapist on half a brain cell, then he SHOULD get some compensation for that. And his comment about not really knowing Lucas, yeah that bothered me, b/c they are a lot alike. I do know a little something about wicked stepmothers though, so I took Will's comment to mean that he doesn't know Lucas NOW. In other words "who the heck is this person fawning after a cheating diva and what has he done with my father? And while we're on the subject of brain transplants, what happened to my mother?" As for being emo, I really don't see it. Will's a good kid and he's not falling into any of those teen angst drinking/drugs stories that Hilary mentioned. He goes to class, gets good grades, takes care of his family and has outside interests and a few close friends. And he's very cute with Mia. To sum it up, Will is AWESOME and even if his parents have disappeared for the day to be replaced by mindless Chloe/Rafe-loving rapist-praising robots for a day or two, I still have my little slice of Lumi in Will to watch and enjoy! Oh, and regarding the Chloe-bonding moment, I must point out that poor Will was minding his own business when the diva decided to just invite herself to his table. He can't exactly tell her to get lost (oh if only it were that simple to get away from a stepmonster...) now can he? I forgive you, Will. Just make it up to me by locking your parents in a closet together
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As for his relationship with Sami, they've always had a very strained relationship, I can't really say I blame him. But I think its time he started being more respectful to his mother. I'd like to see them have a really strong, loving relationship.




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