"Deep within my heart, I always catch the scent of the Beloved. How can I help but follow that fragrance?" ~Rumi
"I love thee, I love but thee with a love that shall not die! Till the sun grows cold and the stars grow old..." ~Shakespeare
“To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." -David Viscott
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens.
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance.
And, when you get the chance to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance...
“I can never forget Tony Geary and Genie Francis. I take them wherever I go– always. They're in everything that I do.”
—Jonathan Jackson
2007 Daytime Emmy Awards
Genie Francis takes home her first Emmy.
Super Soap Weekend Nov. 2006
Genie and Tony 2013
"All kings, and all their favourites, All glory of honours, beauties, wits, The sun itself, which makes time, as they pass, Is elder by a year now than it was When thou and I first one another saw. All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay; This no to-morrow hath, nor yesterday; Running it never runs from us away, But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day." ~John Donne
"Nothing GREAT in this world has ever been accomplished without passion." ~Hebbel
"They may forget what you said, but they will NEVER forget how you made them feel..." -Carl. W. Beuchner
“There is something else at work here that is beyond me – that is Laura. She has a life of her own. There is a magic in her. The muse is in her. And I'm lucky to have her in my life.” (May 14th, 1997) ~Genie Francis on her signature role of Laura Spencer
“I don't like to be Luke without Laura. She is his heart and his humanity. I don't want a major storyline without her.... I don't want another romance. I'd rather lay low in Genie's absence and protect the Spencer franchise. She's the only woman for Luke. They're not going to do any affairs--we're not going down any of those usual roads. He can flirt with everybody--and he does, shamelessly--but the man is not going to violate those vows. No way. The marriage will be on hold, and I'm OK with that as long as we've got the family. She's got part of the family--Lesley and Lesley Lu--in one place, and I've got Lucky here, so we'll never close that door. There's plenty of stuff to do. I can always support other storylines. I'm not that concerned about it. Hopefully, Genie will do what she needs to do for her family and still want to come back.” —Anthony Geary/TV Guide website, May 14, 1997
http://youtu.be/aFcT6KZM9BY Lovers On the Run~Part 1 {Part 2 is missing on YouTube}
http://youtu.be/yQXcuTIVYRQ Lovers On the Run~Part 3
http://youtu.be/-UJMRurwL7w Lovers On the Run~Part 4
http://youtu.be/ifrzBiKf1FU Lovers On the Run~Part 5
http://youtu.be/Jtn39FpkIK8 Lovers On the Run~Part 6
http://youtu.be/nF68UxPh9ZE Lovers On the Run~Part 7
http://youtu.be/RMUhhhszVc8 Lovers On the Run~Part 8
http://youtu.be/CztbwFGKblg Luke and Laura’s Wedding November 16-17, 1981
http://youtu.be/UBcDsgnjyZE Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 1
http://youtu.be/Z7BvHJnpFCw Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 2
http://youtu.be/qiw637BlG-Y Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 3
http://youtu.be/egXkNCDF5ao Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 4
http://youtu.be/yvIVCUrXeuk Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 5
http://youtu.be/8heu-E9iJbs Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 6
http://youtu.be/6NUs043jPGA Luke and Laura~The Greatest Love of All-Part 7
http://youtu.be/L8tEdj_tzeA Luke and Laura~1983 Reunion/Part 34
http://youtu.be/Pm_eCGl9450 Luke and Laura~1983 Reunion/Part 35
* If you’d like to watch the story of Luke and Laura from almost the beginning of the phenomenon’s origin, Sus’ YouTube channel is the place to go to relive the magic or see it for the first time. Go to: http://www.youtube.com/user/sussezq?feature=watch to subscribe. It’s an archival goldmine of the history of this great love story & SO worth a look.
A milestone happened on this day in 1981. I’ve written about it before, but it bears repeating. Over a two day period in the fall of my Freshman year in college, November 16th and 17th 1981, Lucas Lorenzo Spencer married Laura Webber Baldwin. It rivaled the British Royal Wedding that same year between Charles and Diana. Thirty million people paused to watch the nuptials take place between Luke and Laura. It remains the highest rated hour-long viewing in American serial daytime drama, i.e. soap opera, history.
I remember a few years ago, someone made a sarcastic reference as to why something of this caliber was still being discussed. I believe the comment was, “For crying out loud, it’s just a soap opera!”
True.
But, let me put this in a context that people can understand: my father spoke for YEARS about Ted Williams being the “greatest hitter who had ever lived—that professional baseball had ever seen!” So, I went and looked up his stats. Mr. Williams had a batting average of .344 — the highest of ALL time. That was based on 521 home runs. He had a .482 base percentage which is also the highest of ALL time. That’s impressive.
Likewise, if you were to mention the “Rumble in the Jungle”, I daresay every guy 50 years old and older would be able to tell you that was the 1974 historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman which took place in Zaire. They could probably even tell you the exact date [October 30th] when it happened. Ali defeated Foreman, winning the match by knockout before the end of the eighth round. It has been called “arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century”. My husband said, “Oh, ‘Rope a Dope’!” when I asked him about it, which I learned was the tactic Ali used to tire Foreman out and enable him win the match. Go look it up. It’s an interesting read.
Now, my father would have told you that Ali’s “stunning” upset in ‘64 over Sonny Liston to win the Heavy Weight Championship when he was only 22 years old, [and still going by the name of Cassius Clay] was nothing to sneeze at either.
And, who can forget that gold medal, Olympic record performance set by Torvill and Dean in 1984, when they skated a perfect ice-dance to Ravel’s Bolero, garnering them straight 6's across the board. Even I saw that back then, and still talk about it.
Likewise, you still hear people discussing Billy Buckner’s faux pas in the 10th inning – Game number 6 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and The Boston Red Sox, when Buckner failed to catch the ball at first base, letting it glide between his legs and winning the game for the Mets, which ultimately took them to a seventh game. [The Mets also won that, along with the World Series that year.]
What’s your point? You may be asking. My point is that these are people playing in sporting events that are watched for entertainment purposes, but they each had a moment – one special moment in time, that set them apart from any other moment in the history of that field, and people STILL talk about it decades later just like MY people, the Luke and Laura base, speak of and remember the wedding that occurred in November of ‘81. It was legendary. College classes all across the country were cancelled for that Thursday and Friday, because wise professors knew they were going to be sitting in an empty classroom otherwise.
I asked a few of my friends on the Luke and Laura Unrevised forum to give me their thoughts of that day or of Genie and Tony so you could have a broader context regarding the magnitude of this couple; this story and the pairing of Genie Francis and Tony Geary as the incomparable Luke and Laura Spencer. Here are a few thoughts:
Lucille Russo of Illinois had this to say: “Luke and Laura showed me love, passion and trust. They taught me how two imperfect souls could come together, become each other’s home and create an enduring and abiding love. I need more time for Genie. I grew up with Genie. Her Laura was an impulsive youth who grew into a woman of strength, character and compassion. Genie’s talent is a gift from God. With her emotional depth, she can reach right through the screen and into a viewer’s heart. She is a light that viewers are more than willing to follow on any journey. Like all of us, Genie the person is flawed. But, she is not afraid to show those human qualities. She is full of integrity, and she has a pure heart — a generous soul. Together, Genie and Tony as Luke and Laura are the perfect combination of chaos and calm. They have a chemistry that is pure harmony. They share more emotion and knowledge through their eyes than with a thousand words. They are sheer perfection. We will not see the likes of them again. I was lucky to be a part of the journey. ”
Sue C. from Los Angeles, CA and one of the founders of Luke and Laura Unrevised sent along her thanks and well wishes to Genie and Tony for 32 glorious years: “Happy Anniversary Luke and Laura! Toasting Tony and Genie for their mesmerizing portrayals of the most fascinating, romantic couple ever! You have given us countless moments of joy with your incredible acting! It's no surprise that L&L's wedding set a record. Your magic continues to bring in new fans on the Internet! Thank you both and congratulations on this momentous occasion!”
Becky Hagerman from Tennessee added: “Luke and Laura they have the greatest love story ever. I was too young to see the wedding live, and I became a fan of Luke and Laura when they returned in 93. Luke and Laura have a chemistry that's so strong its out of this world. Luke and Laura have a deep enduring love that transcended time . Genie Francis and Tony Geary are amazing and they've created the greatest love story ever.
Luke and Laura are equal or in my mind greater than Rhett and Scarlett on Gone With the Wind or Romeo and Juliet. Luke and Laura make you believe in soul mates and the one true love of each others’ lives! Thank you Tony and Genie for the great gift of these legendary characters.”
Lynn from New York simply said regarding this pairing: “Let me not to the marriage of true talent admit impediments...”
And, Dee Smellie of Texas summed up her feelings by touching on some of the frustration and disappointment that the long-time fans have felt regarding several of Tony’s interviews in recent years. The comments concerned Luke Spencer’s own revisionist examination lately of the legacy, and his own departure from the franchise’s original blueprint of who and what these two people truly meant to one another as was told to us by the late, GREAT Gloria Monty and sold to us brilliantly by both Genie and Tony, as well as the recent, lackluster story that was given to the pair this last year. She states: “I read in an interview years ago, that Tony Geary said he could not play Luke Spencer without Genie Francis, and I could not agree with him more on that point! Genie brings something out in Tony that is unparalleled – like Laura does for Luke. I think Genie gives a special level of humanity to Tony’s acting that is otherwise missing. She softens him much the way Laura softens Luke’s rough edges. All I know is that the Luke Spencer that I have known and loved for the last three decades is not the one I’ve seen on the small screen for the last few years. I can' t watch the show anymore because I don't like the direction Luke has taken nor Tony’s seeming co-indictability in the rewriting of the history of this iconic couple. People may not like me saying that, but he’s got it written into his contract that he can alter script content if it doesn’t jive with him, so whatever I hear Luke say, I know has Tony’s stamp on it. I’ve wanted to “return to sender” a lot in recent years because the story contradicts the history that was aired and is known by the fans. The legend is set. You can’t re-write it at this stage in the game. It’s a disservice to do that not just to the loyal fans who were there at the beginning of this story and KNOW how it goes, but also to Genie’s legacy as well. It’s been a bitter pill they’ve tried to force down our throats, and many refuse to drink that Kool Aid. But, I will always celebrate them and thank them for that original love story! I hope we get the sunset. I’ll always hope for that! I can’t thank ‘em enough for the years of pure joy and entertainment that they have given me! God, it was good! In the glory days—it was good stuff. There was nothing better! NOTHING! Like the rest of the old-timers, I’d like to taste it one more time.”
A couple of years ago, I blogged on the 30th anniversary about this “passion” that so many share. Here’s what I wrote back then: “It was magic - pure magic. We crammed in so tightly that I’d venture to say sardines in a can had more wiggly room than we did, but it didn’t matter. The camaraderie was like being in a tight space rooting for the home team at a football game, and Luke and Laura’s wedding was the Super bowl of daytime television. I remember thinking with all the hoopla not just among the fans but with the media as well that this was going to be a memory - a long-lasting one. I wasn’t wrong about that! [Thirty years later and the fans still remember.] Elizabeth Taylor didn’t make an appearance for "just anybody" Dahling! She adored Luke and Laura like the rest of us. If it was good enough for Dame Elizabeth.....Yet, even without that added bonus of a big name dropping in as part of the festivities, it was truly something special simply in and of itself. It was the stuff of well....legends. Genie Francis and Tony Geary certainly sealed their iconic status with that wedding...they became TRUE legends that day, and their fans have never forgotten it. It’s like sports fans recalling with awed fascination when The Dodgers won the World Series; when Ali won the Heavyweight Championship or when The Saints won the Super bowl. The Wedding of Luke and Laura was our world series; heavyweight championship and super bowl Sunday all rolled up into one glorious thing. It was the Motherlode of fictional television events. I don’t know whether we’ll have the opportunity to see them again, in the sunset ending that we’ve all hoped and dreamed for them and ourselves, but we hold it in our minds - the happy place. And, for a moment, for one GREAT, shining moment, they were magic, and they shared it with the rest of us as well.
I’ve attached a poem that I wrote a few years ago about Luke and Laura and attached a few of my favorite music videos along with it. Today, like then, I know the ardent fans will be celebrating again like it’s 1981....and why not? It was a heady time in our lives that few things compared to. It’s nice to brush off, at times, the cobwebs of certain memories and celebrate them again - those halcyon days.
It’s also a perfect opportunity to once again say to Ms. Francis and Mr. Geary: Thank you for the ride! It was wild and crazy and fun. It was true roller coaster! You gave us the time of our lives in a story that was brilliant and bodacious and beautiful! There was nothing any better than what you created from the Wyndam’s dance on down to The Triple L, and that last, heartfelt, long-awaited gazebo dance. We are indebted and we are grateful for the legacy – The unrevised version of that great love affair.
Happy 30th Anniversary, Luke & Laura! It was fascination then, and it's fascination now - ...still...always...Fascination...”
Yeah. It’s still Fascination for us. Michael Logan calls us a fierce bunch, the Luke and Laura fans, and we are. Those of us who are LnL purists, who have been with this story from the get-go are a passionate, loyal, fierce group of viewers. Genie has credited us with helping get her back on General Hospital a time or two.
Contrary to thoughts that many of us are frozen in time, that’s the farthest thing from the truth! We’ve journeyed with this couple through a summer on the run, a summer when they saved the world from being frozen because of the dastardly, evil and insane plans of Mikkos Cassidine, we braved the departure of Genie and our loss of Laura in 1982 just after the wedding we’d waited years for, only to rejoice in 1983 with that most glorious reunion, we shared in the brief visit of ‘84 and the announcement that the Spencer family was expanding, then we celebrated in ‘93 with the penultimate of returns for the Spencer clan. We’ve weathered all the ups and downs of the ride over the course of that 20-year period, when children came, and problems ensued, when a divorce occurred and a nervous breakdown ultimately removed the love story from our grasp for the better part of a decade, with only a couple of small crumbs in between with those too short guest appearances by Genie. NEVER in all of that time, have the characters been “frozen” in the past. If that were true, we’d be clamoring for them to be pushing drinks and still running “The Campus Disco!” It’s ludicrous to say that fans are stuck in the past, when all we’ve wanted was to move forward with this pair and continue to grow with them as we’ve done for decades. What we’re frozen in is the truth of who these characters are and the reality of what this love means. This is a soul mate love story. That’s what it was created as and presented as. The crux of that concept doesn’t change nor should it. It is this point that fans take exception to with recent revisionist history as Dee pointed out above.
Tony Geary is fully aware of this fact based on this comment he made to Soap Opera News on June 3, 1997 when HE said: “The audience is endlessly forgiving with those kinds of things. But if you violate character, that's different. That's like screwing with their friends–they won't stand for that.”
So, while we remember and celebrate this day today because it was an “out of the ballpark” moment for us, we will never stop hoping for the final chapter. We will never stop believing that as both Genie and Tony said in 2007, there is more gold to be mined with this story. We will never stop hoping that we will get an Executive Producer and Head Writer who will restore Luke and Laura to their glory, and who will peel back the complex layers that has been cast over them in this last decade and deal with the issues in story that need to be hashed out between the characters, repaired to match up with the true history, and restore them to their greatness. Many of us have been with this story for 33 years. Loyalty should be rewarded. It’s been a crazy-good, wild ride for the most part. We are fortunate to have been gifted with these two brilliant performers. They don’t come around very often — and probably not again. Chemistry. It’s a rare yet delicious thing when you experience it, and Genie and Tony have one of the most unbelievable chemistries I’ve ever seen. I want to look at them and see all that splendor once again. Those of you who’ve witnessed it know what I’m talking about. It’s an incredible sight to behold. I want the story to end as it should in Luke’s own words: “Laura is MY wife: first! Last! Always!” God, yes to that!
Tony Geary summed it up best when he said SO eloquently as the character of Luke Spencer, “Darlin’, it’s like poetry with you! We fit together! We’re meant to be together! I’m sorry, but we’ll never be normal. We can’t be normal because we’re extraordinary! The truth of who we are and what we want has never changed.”
Here! Here! Luke! Here! Here! Glass raised.
Thank you Genie and Tony for the magic, wonder, passion, splendor, love and un-bridled goodness you have given us these last 32 years! God Almighty, it has been a wild and crazy-good ride that the two of you have taken us on. I know I’ve said that once, but it’s true. Forgive me for being greedy. I want to go up one more time with the two of you....to the high place where only the two of you can take us.
As Luke would say, “Come on, Baby! Let’s take it to the limit...one more time...”
I remember a few years ago, someone made a sarcastic reference as to why something of this caliber was still being discussed. I believe the comment was, “For crying out loud, it’s just a soap opera!”
True.
But, let me put this in a context that people can understand: my father spoke for YEARS about Ted Williams being the “greatest hitter who had ever lived—that professional baseball had ever seen!” So, I went and looked up his stats. Mr. Williams had a batting average of .344 — the highest of ALL time. That was based on 521 home runs. He had a .482 base percentage which is also the highest of ALL time. That’s impressive.
Likewise, if you were to mention the “Rumble in the Jungle”, I daresay every guy 50 years old and older would be able to tell you that was the 1974 historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman which took place in Zaire. They could probably even tell you the exact date [October 30th] when it happened. Ali defeated Foreman, winning the match by knockout before the end of the eighth round. It has been called “arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century”. My husband said, “Oh, ‘Rope a Dope’!” when I asked him about it, which I learned was the tactic Ali used to tire Foreman out and enable him win the match. Go look it up. It’s an interesting read.
Now, my father would have told you that Ali’s “stunning” upset in ‘64 over Sonny Liston to win the Heavy Weight Championship when he was only 22 years old, [and still going by the name of Cassius Clay] was nothing to sneeze at either.
And, who can forget that gold medal, Olympic record performance set by Torvill and Dean in 1984, when they skated a perfect ice-dance to Ravel’s Bolero, garnering them straight 6's across the board. Even I saw that back then, and still talk about it.
Likewise, you still hear people discussing Billy Buckner’s faux pas in the 10th inning – Game number 6 of the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and The Boston Red Sox, when Buckner failed to catch the ball at first base, letting it glide between his legs and winning the game for the Mets, which ultimately took them to a seventh game. [The Mets also won that, along with the World Series that year.]
What’s your point? You may be asking. My point is that these are people playing in sporting events that are watched for entertainment purposes, but they each had a moment – one special moment in time, that set them apart from any other moment in the history of that field, and people STILL talk about it decades later just like MY people, the Luke and Laura base, speak of and remember the wedding that occurred in November of ‘81. It was legendary. College classes all across the country were cancelled for that Thursday and Friday, because wise professors knew they were going to be sitting in an empty classroom otherwise.
I asked a few of my friends on the Luke and Laura Unrevised forum to give me their thoughts of that day or of Genie and Tony so you could have a broader context regarding the magnitude of this couple; this story and the pairing of Genie Francis and Tony Geary as the incomparable Luke and Laura Spencer. Here are a few thoughts:
Lucille Russo of Illinois had this to say: “Luke and Laura showed me love, passion and trust. They taught me how two imperfect souls could come together, become each other’s home and create an enduring and abiding love. I need more time for Genie. I grew up with Genie. Her Laura was an impulsive youth who grew into a woman of strength, character and compassion. Genie’s talent is a gift from God. With her emotional depth, she can reach right through the screen and into a viewer’s heart. She is a light that viewers are more than willing to follow on any journey. Like all of us, Genie the person is flawed. But, she is not afraid to show those human qualities. She is full of integrity, and she has a pure heart — a generous soul. Together, Genie and Tony as Luke and Laura are the perfect combination of chaos and calm. They have a chemistry that is pure harmony. They share more emotion and knowledge through their eyes than with a thousand words. They are sheer perfection. We will not see the likes of them again. I was lucky to be a part of the journey. ”
Sue C. from Los Angeles, CA and one of the founders of Luke and Laura Unrevised sent along her thanks and well wishes to Genie and Tony for 32 glorious years: “Happy Anniversary Luke and Laura! Toasting Tony and Genie for their mesmerizing portrayals of the most fascinating, romantic couple ever! You have given us countless moments of joy with your incredible acting! It's no surprise that L&L's wedding set a record. Your magic continues to bring in new fans on the Internet! Thank you both and congratulations on this momentous occasion!”
Becky Hagerman from Tennessee added: “Luke and Laura they have the greatest love story ever. I was too young to see the wedding live, and I became a fan of Luke and Laura when they returned in 93. Luke and Laura have a chemistry that's so strong its out of this world. Luke and Laura have a deep enduring love that transcended time . Genie Francis and Tony Geary are amazing and they've created the greatest love story ever.
Luke and Laura are equal or in my mind greater than Rhett and Scarlett on Gone With the Wind or Romeo and Juliet. Luke and Laura make you believe in soul mates and the one true love of each others’ lives! Thank you Tony and Genie for the great gift of these legendary characters.”
Lynn from New York simply said regarding this pairing: “Let me not to the marriage of true talent admit impediments...”
And, Dee Smellie of Texas summed up her feelings by touching on some of the frustration and disappointment that the long-time fans have felt regarding several of Tony’s interviews in recent years. The comments concerned Luke Spencer’s own revisionist examination lately of the legacy, and his own departure from the franchise’s original blueprint of who and what these two people truly meant to one another as was told to us by the late, GREAT Gloria Monty and sold to us brilliantly by both Genie and Tony, as well as the recent, lackluster story that was given to the pair this last year. She states: “I read in an interview years ago, that Tony Geary said he could not play Luke Spencer without Genie Francis, and I could not agree with him more on that point! Genie brings something out in Tony that is unparalleled – like Laura does for Luke. I think Genie gives a special level of humanity to Tony’s acting that is otherwise missing. She softens him much the way Laura softens Luke’s rough edges. All I know is that the Luke Spencer that I have known and loved for the last three decades is not the one I’ve seen on the small screen for the last few years. I can' t watch the show anymore because I don't like the direction Luke has taken nor Tony’s seeming co-indictability in the rewriting of the history of this iconic couple. People may not like me saying that, but he’s got it written into his contract that he can alter script content if it doesn’t jive with him, so whatever I hear Luke say, I know has Tony’s stamp on it. I’ve wanted to “return to sender” a lot in recent years because the story contradicts the history that was aired and is known by the fans. The legend is set. You can’t re-write it at this stage in the game. It’s a disservice to do that not just to the loyal fans who were there at the beginning of this story and KNOW how it goes, but also to Genie’s legacy as well. It’s been a bitter pill they’ve tried to force down our throats, and many refuse to drink that Kool Aid. But, I will always celebrate them and thank them for that original love story! I hope we get the sunset. I’ll always hope for that! I can’t thank ‘em enough for the years of pure joy and entertainment that they have given me! God, it was good! In the glory days—it was good stuff. There was nothing better! NOTHING! Like the rest of the old-timers, I’d like to taste it one more time.”
A couple of years ago, I blogged on the 30th anniversary about this “passion” that so many share. Here’s what I wrote back then: “It was magic - pure magic. We crammed in so tightly that I’d venture to say sardines in a can had more wiggly room than we did, but it didn’t matter. The camaraderie was like being in a tight space rooting for the home team at a football game, and Luke and Laura’s wedding was the Super bowl of daytime television. I remember thinking with all the hoopla not just among the fans but with the media as well that this was going to be a memory - a long-lasting one. I wasn’t wrong about that! [Thirty years later and the fans still remember.] Elizabeth Taylor didn’t make an appearance for "just anybody" Dahling! She adored Luke and Laura like the rest of us. If it was good enough for Dame Elizabeth.....Yet, even without that added bonus of a big name dropping in as part of the festivities, it was truly something special simply in and of itself. It was the stuff of well....legends. Genie Francis and Tony Geary certainly sealed their iconic status with that wedding...they became TRUE legends that day, and their fans have never forgotten it. It’s like sports fans recalling with awed fascination when The Dodgers won the World Series; when Ali won the Heavyweight Championship or when The Saints won the Super bowl. The Wedding of Luke and Laura was our world series; heavyweight championship and super bowl Sunday all rolled up into one glorious thing. It was the Motherlode of fictional television events. I don’t know whether we’ll have the opportunity to see them again, in the sunset ending that we’ve all hoped and dreamed for them and ourselves, but we hold it in our minds - the happy place. And, for a moment, for one GREAT, shining moment, they were magic, and they shared it with the rest of us as well.
I’ve attached a poem that I wrote a few years ago about Luke and Laura and attached a few of my favorite music videos along with it. Today, like then, I know the ardent fans will be celebrating again like it’s 1981....and why not? It was a heady time in our lives that few things compared to. It’s nice to brush off, at times, the cobwebs of certain memories and celebrate them again - those halcyon days.
It’s also a perfect opportunity to once again say to Ms. Francis and Mr. Geary: Thank you for the ride! It was wild and crazy and fun. It was true roller coaster! You gave us the time of our lives in a story that was brilliant and bodacious and beautiful! There was nothing any better than what you created from the Wyndam’s dance on down to The Triple L, and that last, heartfelt, long-awaited gazebo dance. We are indebted and we are grateful for the legacy – The unrevised version of that great love affair.
Happy 30th Anniversary, Luke & Laura! It was fascination then, and it's fascination now - ...still...always...Fascination...”
Yeah. It’s still Fascination for us. Michael Logan calls us a fierce bunch, the Luke and Laura fans, and we are. Those of us who are LnL purists, who have been with this story from the get-go are a passionate, loyal, fierce group of viewers. Genie has credited us with helping get her back on General Hospital a time or two.
Contrary to thoughts that many of us are frozen in time, that’s the farthest thing from the truth! We’ve journeyed with this couple through a summer on the run, a summer when they saved the world from being frozen because of the dastardly, evil and insane plans of Mikkos Cassidine, we braved the departure of Genie and our loss of Laura in 1982 just after the wedding we’d waited years for, only to rejoice in 1983 with that most glorious reunion, we shared in the brief visit of ‘84 and the announcement that the Spencer family was expanding, then we celebrated in ‘93 with the penultimate of returns for the Spencer clan. We’ve weathered all the ups and downs of the ride over the course of that 20-year period, when children came, and problems ensued, when a divorce occurred and a nervous breakdown ultimately removed the love story from our grasp for the better part of a decade, with only a couple of small crumbs in between with those too short guest appearances by Genie. NEVER in all of that time, have the characters been “frozen” in the past. If that were true, we’d be clamoring for them to be pushing drinks and still running “The Campus Disco!” It’s ludicrous to say that fans are stuck in the past, when all we’ve wanted was to move forward with this pair and continue to grow with them as we’ve done for decades. What we’re frozen in is the truth of who these characters are and the reality of what this love means. This is a soul mate love story. That’s what it was created as and presented as. The crux of that concept doesn’t change nor should it. It is this point that fans take exception to with recent revisionist history as Dee pointed out above.
Tony Geary is fully aware of this fact based on this comment he made to Soap Opera News on June 3, 1997 when HE said: “The audience is endlessly forgiving with those kinds of things. But if you violate character, that's different. That's like screwing with their friends–they won't stand for that.”
So, while we remember and celebrate this day today because it was an “out of the ballpark” moment for us, we will never stop hoping for the final chapter. We will never stop believing that as both Genie and Tony said in 2007, there is more gold to be mined with this story. We will never stop hoping that we will get an Executive Producer and Head Writer who will restore Luke and Laura to their glory, and who will peel back the complex layers that has been cast over them in this last decade and deal with the issues in story that need to be hashed out between the characters, repaired to match up with the true history, and restore them to their greatness. Many of us have been with this story for 33 years. Loyalty should be rewarded. It’s been a crazy-good, wild ride for the most part. We are fortunate to have been gifted with these two brilliant performers. They don’t come around very often — and probably not again. Chemistry. It’s a rare yet delicious thing when you experience it, and Genie and Tony have one of the most unbelievable chemistries I’ve ever seen. I want to look at them and see all that splendor once again. Those of you who’ve witnessed it know what I’m talking about. It’s an incredible sight to behold. I want the story to end as it should in Luke’s own words: “Laura is MY wife: first! Last! Always!” God, yes to that!
Tony Geary summed it up best when he said SO eloquently as the character of Luke Spencer, “Darlin’, it’s like poetry with you! We fit together! We’re meant to be together! I’m sorry, but we’ll never be normal. We can’t be normal because we’re extraordinary! The truth of who we are and what we want has never changed.”
Here! Here! Luke! Here! Here! Glass raised.
Thank you Genie and Tony for the magic, wonder, passion, splendor, love and un-bridled goodness you have given us these last 32 years! God Almighty, it has been a wild and crazy-good ride that the two of you have taken us on. I know I’ve said that once, but it’s true. Forgive me for being greedy. I want to go up one more time with the two of you....to the high place where only the two of you can take us.
As Luke would say, “Come on, Baby! Let’s take it to the limit...one more time...”
Quotes about Genie and Tony:
“The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on,” she says. “Acting with him is like a beautiful dance....I could act with him forever...” ~Genie Francis on Tony Geary
Constance Towers describes Genie Francis in one word: “Luminous.”
“My first screen kiss was Genie Francis, and then I forgot the others.” —Kin Shriner
“Genie Francis came up to me when it was all over and said, ‘I just want you to know I love you and you're special. On my wedding day on General Hospital, everyone just went home and I felt lonely and really depressed and I don't want you to feel depressed.’ That caught me by surprise, but she was right. At the end, everyone just went ‘OK, that's a wrap.’ You're left standing there with a bouquet in your hand thinking, ‘I get to drive home alone.’ It's like you were jilted at the altar. What Genie did was really special. I've never forgotten it.” ~Mary Beth Evans
“Working with Genie Francis is always a wonderful experience. She is such a professional and makes herself so open to her fellow actors, it's easy to see why her scenes turn out so well. I hope to be working with Genie in the future...” John J. York
In an AOL chat in 1996, Stephen Nichols was asked if Stefan is really out for revenge or is he really in love with Laura. Stephen said: “There's a good possibility that both of those things are true.” Then, he said: “ I'm ecstatic to be working with Genie Francis. We have a fabulous chemistry–from the first moment we sat down to work together.”
“I love Genie. She has always been nothing but really cool to me, and I think it's because when she came over to [DOOL as Diana] when I was there, she was just an actor. She wasn’t Laura. So, we got to know each other on a really base level. Genie’s a sweetheart and an amazing actress. It’s a shame that she doesn’t have an Emmy in every room!” —Billy Warlock
“She's a wonderful woman...We quickly learned to trust each other. There's no one I'd rather work with. Nothing is more important to two actors than trust. You can open up to them and hope the camera catches it. Even with script problems or whatever the problems are, it's really between two people. We can hang onto each other's glances and unspoken moments, saying more with our looks and silent language than with pages and pages of dialogue. With chemistry like that, you feed off each other. Genie is an extraordinary woman and actress...~...so much unspoken material and love between us. I adore her...~Genie is my acting soulmate.” —Tony Geary on Genie Francis
When asked what it was like to be a part of the Luke and Laura phenomenon, Rick Moses said this: “It is an amazing phenomenon and unless people were fans of GH, they probably wouldn’t understand it... — The phenomena I think was more of the fact that the two actors that had most to do with that-Genie of course giving her fair do as the female aspect she had it anchored down eight ways to Sunday! Between Tony and I are we understood the inferences of what the storyline was and Gloria gave us tremendous latitude to improvise and write our own dialogue which was, I think was, unprecedented and probably still is unprecedented.”
TGN asked Tyler Christopher how he felt about Tony Geary. Here is what he said: “I am one of Tony’s biggest fans. You know, he is a big theater guy, he loves theater and I love theater. When you take the actor out of the soap and just look at actor for what he is, I think Tony is one of our finest, finest actors around. Regardless of soap or whatever it is I have a lot of respect for his work.”
Erika Slezak was asked to define Tony Geary in one word: “Charming.”
“I'm a fine actor, I have abilities to communicate that are gifts. There is no other reason for me to walk this earth.” –Anthony Geary/People, November 16, 1981
Fan Videos Of Luke and Laura:
Below are some of my favorite videos of Luke and Laura set to music. It just goes to show that fans can write this story beautifully without the dialogue. The magic, however, is still there. All there—right there where it’s always been. Genie and Tony have a chemistry that’s, bar none, like nobodies business, and the likes of which, we’ll probably never see again: Take a look for yourself:
http://youtu.be/yAouLmL3dMg All I Know by StillErica24
http://youtu.be/SduZbULyu1I The Promise by Hypnoticeclipse {I sent my friend, Hypno, this song several years ago & asked her to weave her magic because I wanted to use it in some fan-fiction I was writing, I was SO honored that she not only made it for me, but with what she came up with. It’s a beautiful thing, if I do say so myself, and I do! ;-) I call her the Renoir of music videos.}
http://youtu.be/u1_2BIcFuoc Beautiful In My Eyes by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/eZvIY4tiz34 When You Tell Me That You Love Me by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/x__qABTlWI0 Is Forever Enough by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/ZhejttCwo1g Home by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/1LMbEH6_Yyc Angel by Hypnoticeclipse
*If Hypno is Renoir, Lakb45 is da Vinci. Her videos have always moved me like few others can:
http://youtu.be/XYQ5brxSVWI I Won’t Last a Day Without You by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/mcy4nzg5dk8 Every Time I Look At You by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/vhSqj5C2ny8 Laura’s Love: Luke’s Bride to Life~And I Love You So/Lakb45
http://youtu.be/AThYV3_Or04 The Story of My Life by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/SPFS0sFdveo I Will Not Take My Love Away by Shazzer707
http://youtu.be/aIkiHtr3MWE Life In Slow Motion by Smirksy
http://youtu.be/Eciglak5cNY Can’t Help Falling In Love by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/gKYBP_jWNJk Think Of Me by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/LXmjBqnf610 Your Love Is a Song by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/H7DuBm7kJ3Y Eternally Luke and Laura Video by Kieragirl
Among the masters, Sus would be my Michelangelo:
http://youtu.be/b_tUhmABjOg Love Song by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/sGjFan1kr2g Drowning by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/unwfMwE5wFg The Special Two by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/JIBiNKIhkgM Keep Breathing by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/LJepXyarO1U You and I by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/bjrXrcvMR7s Give Me a Reason by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/cHSUePVMb18 In Your Eyes by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/bvq9fBauiT8 It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Luke Laura
“The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on,” she says. “Acting with him is like a beautiful dance....I could act with him forever...” ~Genie Francis on Tony Geary
Constance Towers describes Genie Francis in one word: “Luminous.”
“My first screen kiss was Genie Francis, and then I forgot the others.” —Kin Shriner
“Genie Francis came up to me when it was all over and said, ‘I just want you to know I love you and you're special. On my wedding day on General Hospital, everyone just went home and I felt lonely and really depressed and I don't want you to feel depressed.’ That caught me by surprise, but she was right. At the end, everyone just went ‘OK, that's a wrap.’ You're left standing there with a bouquet in your hand thinking, ‘I get to drive home alone.’ It's like you were jilted at the altar. What Genie did was really special. I've never forgotten it.” ~Mary Beth Evans
“Working with Genie Francis is always a wonderful experience. She is such a professional and makes herself so open to her fellow actors, it's easy to see why her scenes turn out so well. I hope to be working with Genie in the future...” John J. York
In an AOL chat in 1996, Stephen Nichols was asked if Stefan is really out for revenge or is he really in love with Laura. Stephen said: “There's a good possibility that both of those things are true.” Then, he said: “ I'm ecstatic to be working with Genie Francis. We have a fabulous chemistry–from the first moment we sat down to work together.”
“I love Genie. She has always been nothing but really cool to me, and I think it's because when she came over to [DOOL as Diana] when I was there, she was just an actor. She wasn’t Laura. So, we got to know each other on a really base level. Genie’s a sweetheart and an amazing actress. It’s a shame that she doesn’t have an Emmy in every room!” —Billy Warlock
“She's a wonderful woman...We quickly learned to trust each other. There's no one I'd rather work with. Nothing is more important to two actors than trust. You can open up to them and hope the camera catches it. Even with script problems or whatever the problems are, it's really between two people. We can hang onto each other's glances and unspoken moments, saying more with our looks and silent language than with pages and pages of dialogue. With chemistry like that, you feed off each other. Genie is an extraordinary woman and actress...~...so much unspoken material and love between us. I adore her...~Genie is my acting soulmate.” —Tony Geary on Genie Francis
When asked what it was like to be a part of the Luke and Laura phenomenon, Rick Moses said this: “It is an amazing phenomenon and unless people were fans of GH, they probably wouldn’t understand it... — The phenomena I think was more of the fact that the two actors that had most to do with that-Genie of course giving her fair do as the female aspect she had it anchored down eight ways to Sunday! Between Tony and I are we understood the inferences of what the storyline was and Gloria gave us tremendous latitude to improvise and write our own dialogue which was, I think was, unprecedented and probably still is unprecedented.”
TGN asked Tyler Christopher how he felt about Tony Geary. Here is what he said: “I am one of Tony’s biggest fans. You know, he is a big theater guy, he loves theater and I love theater. When you take the actor out of the soap and just look at actor for what he is, I think Tony is one of our finest, finest actors around. Regardless of soap or whatever it is I have a lot of respect for his work.”
Erika Slezak was asked to define Tony Geary in one word: “Charming.”
“I'm a fine actor, I have abilities to communicate that are gifts. There is no other reason for me to walk this earth.” –Anthony Geary/People, November 16, 1981
I wrote this piece three years ago when a band of Genie Francis' supporters created a group called "Genie's Angels" to fight to get her back on General Hospital. It was a successful campaign and one that Genie has appreciatively acknowledged. With the recent cancellation of two beloved soaps, and the looming threat of losing a genre that has been a part of my life since I was old enough to recall memories, [hm hm years ago] a friend recently asked if the LnL fans, that's Luke and Laura, for those of you not in the know, could say something nice about them. I reached back into my files and decided to dust this off. It's the nicest thing I can say about a couple, who, in my mind, will go down in history as one of the greatest romantic duos ever created. I will never be able to thank Genie Francis & Tony Geary enough for the many years of entertainment and joy that they have brought me. But, this is a start... Sit back. Relax. Enjoy!
An Epical Ode to Luke and Laura & a Love Never Forgotten
©Jhill Perran
August 10, 2008
For me, it began as a slow, simmered "Rise",
while the story unfolded through those incredible eyes.
The anguish, the longing, the heat of their stares,
kept me fanning myself, on the edge of my chair.
There was intrigue and mystery and passion that oozed -
between two, star-crossed lovers who were torn and confused.
And, we saw in the glimpse of that one, awful night,
how one man’s human foible made him a strange kind of Knight.
Luke’s remorse and despair cut to the depths of our soul,
and redemption began from the trust that he stole.
Yes, we rooted for him, and we rooted for her.
It was them who we hoped had a committed re-birth.
Because they suffered and struggled over their formidable love.
It was hard-fought and hard-won - but it fit like a glove.
We could not get enough of their angst-filled, raw, passion,
They were genuinely flawed, yet it was poignantly rationed.
Their story, as told, showed a unique kind of grace.
Luke found his absolution from an unlikely place.
The woman who received his most brutal attack,
found forgiveness within, and she offered it back.
In that moment, we couldn’t have cared for them more,
It was them who we cheered for! It was them we adored!
And that glorious summer, when they went on the run,
when they brought down the mob, without the use of a gun.....
Who’d have thought that one story could bring such fun-filled, pure joy-
than the one that was told through the Left-Handed Boy?
It was short-lived! We knew when that cigar band came off,
We were in for LONG days, but we were in for the haul....
We bore witness to some of the most powerful scenes
of a love that was spoken through the lines in between....
The unuttered words and their subtle nuance,
clearly showed their desire - the profoundness of want.
How is it that two people could make love without touch?
It was all in their eyes, and their eyes said so much....
We felt tingles and shivers and were giddy each minute,
in the way that they told it and how well they did spin it....
And the heat was turned up during summer number two,
diamonds, a yacht - a tropical island to boot.
There in their glory was Luke and his gal,
and his good-looking, sexy, Australian pal.
Yowzah, we thought! Who could ask for much more?
There was a starlet, a "mad" guy and bad guys galore!
Port Charles in the deep freeze, in August no less....
What a yarn that was spun with that name "Ice Princess"...
In the fall, finally! Finally! we all got the dream!
Luke and Laura united with the exchange of a ring....
Like Camelot, the magic was gone much too quick,
Something precious was lost in that cold, foggy, thick...
Oh, I cried when our Laura disappeared in the night,
And, for me, that’s when GH lost its most luminous light.
Luke without Laura? - Too painful to watch it back then,
But I watched in ‘83 when our ship sailed again....
I was there holding on......and holding my breath,
when they finally connected in that earth-moving caress...
In his arms, Laura jumped as Luke screamed out to God,
it was a path only made for Angels and Heroes to trod.
It was splendor and wonder and grace personified,
when those two saw each other, when they embraced and they cried.
One knew in that moment, that fairy tales do come true,
If you believe in such things, and I assure you I do!
It was magic, I tell you - seeing that miracle unfold,
Watching Laura and Luke spinning more tales of pure gold.
True love, it endures. It survives. It abides...
You saw it so clearly when you looked in their eyes.
Nothing and no one would keep them a part!
You can sever one’s ties but you can’t sever their heart!
And therein and throughout, lies the crux of it all,
One heart shared by two lovers can’t be arbitrarily recalled...
No one could keep Laura on an isle with a cool, hunk of steel,
No one would stop Luke from protecting his Angel from evil.
Thus, commenced an odyssey of adventure and fun,
Luke and Laura were together - happily, back on the run...
And the following year, we got the Aztec Adventure,
With that most special scene: the telling of a new, baby Spencer.
Then, they left us to go live their lives off the screen,
but we knew they’d return.....can you say "Halloween, 93"...
Oh, Happy Days! Happy Days! Happy Days, don’t you know!
Luke and Laura were back with their Lucky in tow.
What followed can only be summed up like this:
It was JUST as it was when we last saw them kiss!
The magic still sparked, in the whirl of their dance.
Down the Triple L aisle, and the heat of their glance,
and the way that they touched and the way that they moved,
Made our hearts pitter-pat as we swayed with their groove.
We giggled over hijinx, watched sorrow amidst happier times.
The birth of sweet, Lulu and news of a son: Cassadine.
There were struggles, separations, and severe growing pains,
Yet, through all of those lessons, it reinforced their one, great strength:
Love. Always love. It was love from the start.
Every obstacle faced couldn’t tear them apart.
Yet, the unthinkable happened - papers signed for divorce,
No! No! No! No! No! No! That’s not REALLY their choice!
"Why DID we get divorced?" Tony asked Genie one day.
She replied with regret, "Cuz they wrote it that way!"
Then, we watched them discover what WE knew all along,
It was there with each other where they truly belonged.
They must marry again. It was destiny’s fate!
Luke and his Laura would forever be bound as soul mates.
But, the other shoe dropped, and it blew all apart,
not only our story but these two lover’s heart.
It was disbelief, horror and I gasped "Holy crud!"
When that candlestick hit Rick, then fell with a thud.
What happened in that attic isn’t really that clear,
all I know, was I knew it was my worst kind of fear....
Genie leaving? Laura crazy? Please say it ain’t so!
It felt helpless and hopeless - it was the worst kind of low!
The one thing I felt was how unbelievably wrong,
it was to hush the splendor of their incredible song.
We love her! He needs her! Don’t take her away!
Luke’s humanity. His Angel. PLEASE! God! Let her stay!
Yet, it wasn’t to be and we all watched just how,
These two said their goodbyes in that sad, attic-vow.
Those vows, oh those vows....they serve to remind,
We were gifted with not one but TWO one-of-a-kinds!
When Luke lovingly said "just my Sweetheart and me,"
There was a crumble within and I went weak in the knees.
She was courageous! Outrageous! He said that’s what she’d need,
To throw in with a guy from the wrong-side of Elm Street.
Then, he marveled again at her beauty and grace,
as he vowed his true love, as tears streamed down his face.
I remember that look, when she looked in his eyes,
and she cried in her truth: it’s there she felt safest inside.
Laura told him with knowing, with a sincere, true-love grit,
that he lived in her heart....right in the center of it.
Then, she broke from her hero as he fought not to weep,
he lost all that had mattered. Had Luke sown what he reaped?
Had the chickens come home to finally roost on past sins?
That’s the seed that took hold of his demons within.
In the past, she had seemingly taken each hit,
for the payback that had Luke Spencer’s name written on it.
There was Mikkos, Stavros, Nikolas too,
Laura suffered because Helena sought to punish her Luke.
And if that weren’t enough, we mustn’t forget,
What it cost her because Luke chose her over Jennifer Smith.
As I went into mourning because Laura was gone,
still, my heart dared to hope she would, one day, come home.
And the memories of past times, when their love was in bloom,
kept me buoyed from the despair, disappointment and gloom.
In my mind, "Fascination" memories of a pink-feathered lift,
made my heart smile again, as I cherished the gift,
That Gloria Monty gave us, when she paired up these two,
and made history with daytime’s most-beloved, dynamic duo!
Years past, as we waited and prayed for a fix,
And the magic returned in the fall of ‘06.
Hallelujah and glory and Hallelujah again!
Laura’s back! She’s awake! From ear to ear spanned my grin.
It was wonder and heartfelt - nothing better than this,
when the name "Luke" was called out from those once-quieted lips.
And, we watched sheer relief as Luke turned in pure awe,
once again, gold was mined in the love that we saw,
as he knelt and he looked and he cried "is it you?"
And her hands traced his face as a small-smile broke through.
"Yes, it’s me!" she declared. She’d been there all along,
They could take her away but not silence their song!
It’s too powerful, this love - this story - this pair.
That’s evident! It’s been 30 years. 30! Years! Still, we care!!!
There was a moment - a happening, at Beecher’s Corner’s when they...
went to dance....it was a most sacred, revered interplay.
When her arm went around him and she buried her head,
there was so much unspoken yet so much clearly said.
When Luke held her and stroked her with such sweet tenderness,
It was Tony who assured Genie in that gentle, utterance:
"I know, Baby!"
It was all staring at me, but the lines clearly blurred.
For a moment, I wasn’t certain who it was I had heard?
I can tell you I saw much resolved in that embrace,
It was one more REAL moment of their beauty and grace.
Time had stood still. It had waited for them.
Four years disappeared; wiped away - a faint dim.
The story played out - in the span of mere weeks,
all the love and the longing and the wanting for keeps...
It’s a love story that’s been so much a part of the lives,
not just for the fans but those who breathed it to life.
Once again, we strapped in, for a wonderful ride,
that ended too soon - in the blink of an eye.
What’s the matter with those who are running this show?
Can’t THEY see when they’re holding an ace-in–the-hole?
It boggles the mind that we lost Genie again,
Especially when Tony declared HE wanted his friend,
to return to her home where they had more gold to mine,
but it fell on deaf ears. All requests were denied.
It was too much to bear, being deprived of what’s golden,
How was it that ABC didn’t feel the least bit beholden -
To these actors and their fans who once saved this show from ruin,
from a cancellation stamp when rating-troubles were brewing?
Could they have truly forgotten who put GH on the map?
It was raised up by an unsuspecting Angel and her unlikely Chap!
We still loved them and missed them and wanted them back,
it was humanity and grace that our show sorely lacked.
Thus began an uprising: "Genie’s Angels" campaign,
We weren’t taking this lying! It was clearly insane!
When a show’s lost it’s heart, it’s goodness and luster,
Is change-in-direction really THAT hard to muster?
It appeared so, but we demanded OUR voices be heard,
They could solve so many problems if they’d just bring back our girl!
Clean up the mob-violence - write it again as sub-text,
Get rid of the dead weight! That’s the thing to do next!
Give us love, and joy and some stories with passion:
Luke and Laura, family values, how bout hospital interaction?
That’s what we’ve longed for, prayed for, yet when hope seemed MOST lost,
that she was not coming back, no matter how much the cost...
Something magical happened....in the kindliest knack,
Someone heard us! Praise be! "Mama" Laura is back...
It may be a brief moment with regard to this stint...
But within it, there’s hope that’s much more than a glint.
There’s a story - a sunset - that sets NOT solely on him!
Every road, we all know, leads us right back to them.
LukeandLaura: it’s one idea, one love and one tale.
For the die-hards, this love story is OUR Holy Grail!
We won’t rest til the ending matches up with the truth,
with the narration that was told in the days of our youth.
See, some of us believe fairy tales can come true.
For the fans, there’s one ending: it’s Laura with Luke....
Fan Videos Of Luke and Laura:
Below are some of my favorite videos of Luke and Laura set to music. It just goes to show that fans can write this story beautifully without the dialogue. The magic, however, is still there. All there—right there where it’s always been. Genie and Tony have a chemistry that’s, bar none, like nobodies business, and the likes of which, we’ll probably never see again: Take a look for yourself:
http://youtu.be/yAouLmL3dMg All I Know by StillErica24
http://youtu.be/SduZbULyu1I The Promise by Hypnoticeclipse {I sent my friend, Hypno, this song several years ago & asked her to weave her magic because I wanted to use it in some fan-fiction I was writing, I was SO honored that she not only made it for me, but with what she came up with. It’s a beautiful thing, if I do say so myself, and I do! ;-) I call her the Renoir of music videos.}
http://youtu.be/u1_2BIcFuoc Beautiful In My Eyes by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/eZvIY4tiz34 When You Tell Me That You Love Me by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/x__qABTlWI0 Is Forever Enough by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/ZhejttCwo1g Home by Hypnoticeclipse
http://youtu.be/1LMbEH6_Yyc Angel by Hypnoticeclipse
*If Hypno is Renoir, Lakb45 is da Vinci. Her videos have always moved me like few others can:
http://youtu.be/XYQ5brxSVWI I Won’t Last a Day Without You by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/mcy4nzg5dk8 Every Time I Look At You by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/vhSqj5C2ny8 Laura’s Love: Luke’s Bride to Life~And I Love You So/Lakb45
http://youtu.be/AThYV3_Or04 The Story of My Life by Lakb45
http://youtu.be/SPFS0sFdveo I Will Not Take My Love Away by Shazzer707
http://youtu.be/aIkiHtr3MWE Life In Slow Motion by Smirksy
http://youtu.be/Eciglak5cNY Can’t Help Falling In Love by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/gKYBP_jWNJk Think Of Me by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/LXmjBqnf610 Your Love Is a Song by Monkeygrove
http://youtu.be/H7DuBm7kJ3Y Eternally Luke and Laura Video by Kieragirl
Among the masters, Sus would be my Michelangelo:
http://youtu.be/b_tUhmABjOg Love Song by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/sGjFan1kr2g Drowning by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/unwfMwE5wFg The Special Two by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/JIBiNKIhkgM Keep Breathing by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/LJepXyarO1U You and I by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/bjrXrcvMR7s Give Me a Reason by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/cHSUePVMb18 In Your Eyes by Sussezq
http://youtu.be/bvq9fBauiT8 It’s All Coming Back To Me Now by Luke Laura
wow you did your research on this one
ReplyDeleteLOL....It's called having watched this story from the beginning and having read and seen all the interviews these two have done. I keep records of quotes. But, thank you for the compliment. I truly appreciate that-means a lot! Blessings~Jhill
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