Passions

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

So, for nearly six years I've been addicted to this amazingly horrific soap opera called Passions (the one with the witches and Not!Gay!Chad, if you watch The Soup).  I was thinking about it the other day and how much I hate it and wish it weren't my crack when I realized that I actually like a lot of the names on the show.  So, I compiled a list of all of the major members of the chief families and italicized the names that I like.  A number of people have the same name because these people, for some reason, take issue with giving their children original names.

Alistair Ephraim
Antonio Brian
Beth
Chad
Charity
Christopher Matthew [Chris]
David
Edna
Elizabeth [Liz]
Endora
Esme
Ethan
Ethan Martin [Little Ethan]
Eve
Faith
Fancy
Grace
Gwendolen [Gwen; possibly spelled Gwendolyn]
Hank
Herbert [Spike]
Ivy
James
Jane
Jared Tolland
Jessica
John
Jonathan
Julian Linus
Katherine
Kathleen Elizabeth [Kay]
Luis
Maria Ivy
Martin
Martin [Marty]
Maya
Miguel
Miles Davis
Nicholas Foxworth [Fox]
Noah
Norma
Paloma
Pilar
Pretty
Rachel
Rebecca
Reese
Samuel [Sam]
Samuel Herbert
Sarah
Sheridan
Simone
Tabitha
Theresa
Thornton Chandler [TC]
Timmy
Valerie
Viki
Vincent
Whitney

Some of the names, most specifically Grace, Sheridan, Theresa, and Whitney, I used to like until my loathing for their characters ruined my affections.

Comments

[sweatydog.livejournal.com]

Yay! Passions.

<3 Luis.

[searlait.livejournal.com]

Pretty and Fancy are the best names ever.
I loved this show more than life itself growing up.

[pumpkindoodles.livejournal.com]

Haha... it has been SO long since I watched Passions. I watched it religiously for about two years (2000-2001). I think the last time I saw an episode was back in the "what's in TC's shed???" era. Good times!

I can't even begin to imagine what has happened since then...

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, TC's shed. That went on FOREVER (like, 2004, I think), and it turned out it was just the car he'd been driving (or maybe the car that hit him? No one really cared, honestly) when he was in the accident that ended his tennis career and subsequently caused his father to die of a broken heart. It was so lame, especially since my best friend had convinced me that he had Martin Fitzgerald's body in there.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I like:
Alistair Ephraim
Beth
Christopher Matthew "Chris"
Elizabeth "Liz"
Ethan
Gwendolen "Gwen"
James
Jane
Jared
Jonathan
Julian
Maya
Miles Davis
Nicholas
Noah
Pilar
Reese
Samuel "Sam"
Sheridan

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I watched it back when Sheridan was still good and was being kept in the secret pit by Beth.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Oh, the pit. I never thought I'd miss Sheridan being stuck in that stupid pit in that fugly outfit, but she was at least sympathetic then.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I like Alistair, David & Maya, and I also have a thing for the name Pilar. It sucks that it's almost the exact same word as 'pillar'.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know what you mean about Pilar. I kind of like it, but I keep remembering when I was thirteen and looking these people up on the internet and was all "Someone named their kid PILL-er?" :/ Pilar on the show also gets called PEE-lar sometimes, too, and that would annoy me.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, oh man. I used to LOVE that show. I was all depressed every time I missed it. Mind you, I was 13 at the time, and was equally as obsessed with Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. My taste in TV should really be examined;)

I like:
Antonio
Brian
Beth
David
Edna
Elizabeth
Ethan
Martin
Eve
Grace
Hank
James
Jane
Jared
John
Jonathan
Julian
Linus
Katherine
Luis
Maya
Miles
Nicholas
Noah
Rachel
Sam
Vincent

[quite-rosie.livejournal.com]

LOL I loved that show hella bad. I had no idea what TC's real name was!

Like:

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

Alistair
Antonio
Beth
Christopher Matthew [Chris]
Elizabeth [Liz]
Eve
Gwendolen/Gwendolyn/Gwen
Ivy
James
Jane
Jonathan
Katherine
Miguel
Nicholas
Noah
Paloma
Pilar
Rebecca
Samuel [Sam]
Sarah
Simone
Theresa

Re: Like:

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

PS. I'm addicted Days of our Lives, but from about seven years ago as we're that behind with episodes in the UK.
I should list the names from that and post it on here too.

Re: Like:

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Days of our Lives has some good names, too. The Brady family overall has good taste in names.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

PILAR! My grandmother wanted to name me that. Thank god they didn't. :(

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I haven't watched Passions in like two years, but I'll bet I could still pick up the story line easily enough from where I left off. I almost miss it, but not quite.

<3 Tabitha; the reference to the show is only a bonus for me.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I FUCKING LOVE PASSIONS!!!
I hate hate hate Theresa! At least I hated her name before I started watching the show, though, or she could have ruined a lovely name.

As for the names, I'll try not to let my opinions of the characters get in the way of my assessments.
I like:
Christopher Matthew [Chris]
Fancy (guilty pleasure, haha)
Ivy
Jane
John
Jonathan
Katherine
Reese
Sarah
Sheridan
Whitney

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

THERESA HATE! YES! So many fans worship the ground that she walks on and I don't get it at all. I mean, she was "in love" with Ethan and determined to marry him before she'd even met the guy? That's not true love, that's just creepy. She's shown time and time again that she's willing to sacrifice her own children's safety and security to be with Ethan, and she's also a complete and utter moron (anti-love potion? Seriously?).

Also, Fancy is a major guilty pleasure name for me, too, mostly because I ♥ Fancy Crane to pieces.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I also don't understand why people like Theresa! She's manipulative, needy, and obsessive. "EEEEEEEEETHAN!!!!"
What's really creepy is that she slept with three generations of Crane.

Fancy = ♥
I'd totally use her name as a nickname for Francesca.
I would not, however, name her sister Pretty.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:

Ethan
Eve
Grace
Gwen
Ivy
James
Jane
Julian
Kathleen
Paloma
Reese
Tabitha

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

RIP passions. loved the show.

kind of amused that spike's real name was herbert.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

Haha, Herbert Lester. Yeah. He made Jessica give their poor son Herbert as a middle name, too. :/