User talk:Wnotwal

Sam McCall
I'd like to point out some things in the article:
 * When her half sister Kristina causes Sonny's latest wife Claudia Zacchara to crash her car and lose her unborn child, Kristina and her half brother Michael Corinthos run away to Mexico. Sam and Jason track the siblings, but Jason is shot by Jerry Jacks. Sam helps her former lover heal, and the two find the teens and return to Port Charles. When Jason and his protege Damian Spinelli find themselves entrapped by the FBI, Sam manages to destroy the evidence against her friends. Jason, in turn, helps Sam and Spinelli set up a private investigation firm.

Then there is this:
 * When Michael and Kristina run away because both teenagers each believed themselves to be the driver responsible for Claudia's car accident that resulted in the loss of her unborn baby, Jason and Sam take off to Mexico after them. A resurfaced Jerry Jacks manages to capture Sam, luring Jason into a trap. During the ensuing shootout, Jason is pinned beneath a pile of rubble and Jerry taunts Jason with lies about Claudia's innocence before shooting him twice and leaving him for dead. While trapped Jason hallucinates Michael, Kristina and Carly separately. Sam escapes and returns just in time to rescue Jason treat his two gun shot wounds, saving his life. Jason and Sam reconnect while she looks after him. They reminisce about the times when they were together and what happened to them. Later when his fever spikes Jason hallucinates he is in Hawaii with Sam and tells her he loves her. Sam says it back to him, to comfort him. The next day his fever has gone back down and he is back to himself. Jason has no memory of the hallucination or admitting his love to Sam. Jason comes up from behind Sam and washes the grease off her hands, arms and face, he pulls her into a kiss and they sleep together. They agree not to talk about what happened. They then set off to find Michael and Kristina. They pull over to the side of the road to rest for the night, Sam ends up sleeping on Jason's shoulder, when they wake up they are very close and they look at each other and kiss, again sleeping together. Jason and Sam find Michael and Kristina in Cancun, Mexico, and bring them back to Port Charles a few days later.

Do you think that people reading the article might forget what the first paragraph says? Do you think perhaps a third version of that storyline is necessary? Do you think such phrases as "both teenagers each" are good writing? This paragraph is also excellent:
 * Sam and Jason attend the carnival together. Jason sees Jake and Elizabeth at the Merry-go-Round. Jake runs off when Liz isn't paying attention. The carnival takes a chaotic turn when Jason's grandfather Edward Quartermaine has a drug-induced heart attack and passes out behind the wheel, plunging his car down the carnival midway. Jake is injured at the carnival. Jason and Elizabeth spend a few minutes together worried about Jake. Sam asks Jason if he needs anything and he tells her he doesn't. Before she walks away Jason grabs Sam's wrist, wanting her to stay with him. While at the hospital, Jason witnesses Nikolas and Elizabeth kissing, and ends up at Sam's apartment, ostensibly to discuss his concerns about how Liz separating from Lucky would affect Jake's care.

Do we need an entire paragraph that basically can be boiled down to "Jason discusses his problems with Sam"? AniMate  04:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * So I take it you do think we need to tell the whole Jason and Sam in Mexico story twice in the article. Perhaps you can retell a third and fourth time as well. Seriously though, the writing you're trying to reinsert isn't that great and perhaps if we talked about it we might come to an understanding. If you continue to reinsert the material without discussion, the article may be protected from editing until you are willing to engage.  AniMate   06:44, 27 February 2010 (UTC)