Characters you thought were pointless.

[j.laur5]

I know at times you need characters purely for plot driven reasons .
 

But there are times especially in recent years where I think some seemed unnecessary characters that were either drawn out and stayed longer than what was required of them or they were given a big build up for it turn into nothing more than a plot device.

Here's my list. 
 

Martha Stewart-Big build up to her coming back to life after believing she was dead and her being eventually reunited with Alf. Then the storyline with her son. Now she has been off the show for nearly four years and she is only ever mentioned for when Alf or Roo needs to leave town or when Ray or Georgia needs time off. 

Amber Simmons  -Her character first comes to the Bay just to be John's nurse after his stroke and then suddenly it turns out she is another, endless lost soul from Mangrove River. Then we  find out she is a never mentioned before friend of Willow and ex girl friend of Dean and so happens to be a sister of Jai's friend who died  in car crash with Colby and Dean. Then just to  drag out her stay even longer by making her have son called Jai and Dean being dad and  then basically for next few next months she  is basically deciding whether  she should have Dean in her son life or not. When she returns few months later she’s basically just being Dean rebound girl until she realises that Dean doesn’t really love her and leaves  basically month after her return and it just felt like build up to bring her and Dean together was for nothing and  outside off making Dean dad to son he never knew about   the character was pointless character to keep around  other then just coming in to be  John nurse after his stroke and was it even necessary for Dean to be dad to son he never knew  about as we barely even sure Jai after he left in 2021 with Amber and Jai   was barley even mentioned all that much and most of all was it really necessary for her to be  Jai sister as just felt like writers just wanted to have other reason to create drama between her and Colby and Dean. 
 

Taylor Rosetta -Her character was basically just around for other reason to create more reason for Colby to become more reckless  in  his battle with Angelo and I really think had Taylor never be created as character then Colby wouldn’t off become as reckless as he did and when storyline was finished it felt very forced that Taylor all sudden felt back in love Angelo and patched things up to leave together as it’s shame because I think Taylor could had potential to stuck around in bay .

Gemma Parata - I really like her character and like waste potential for her just to sick around for few moths and she was meant to only go for while and she never return and felt pointless in end to build up her character just for her not to be there for very long. 
 

Mia and Chloe-Wasn’t sure to include them or not but did feel both characters didn’t really fit in and not bought much to show other then being somehow being extended family to Paratas family . 
 

Xander Delaney -His character started out with promise but he gave up his career to work at salt his character become such background figure and he left show with barely anyone notching he was gone. 
 

Now whats you thoughts on characters you thought that  seemed pointless or did not feel as necessary as they made out they were ?.  

[pembie]

I think Tane is pretty pointless or very much run out of interest for him without his family around 

Mali I don’t really have much or anything to say about him his ruined Abby pretty much as well

Alf he really doesn’t have much character to him these days nor does Leah I feel like John is better than Alf

Pretty much nearly every character haha oh  and Theo he just seems to swap personality depending on the story 

Edited June 6 by pembie

[adam436]

Matt Wilson - he worked fine as a recurring two-dimensional boyfriend for Carly in 1988, but served little purpose as a regular. The early 20s male was definitely in oversupply during Matt's regular tenure with the likes of Lance, Martin, Adam, Grant, Ben and Nick that didn't it feel like was really needed to make up numbers either.

Denny Miller - the Maguire family didn't really need expanding and her romance with Casey wasn't exactly unique either. The writers clearly saw her as disposable when it came to her exit too. 

I think most characters have served some purpose at some point - whether that be through work, part of a family unit etc. - even if they stayed long after that purpose has been served.