Opinion: Electra Has Become One of Bold's Most Frustrating Characters
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What exactly is there to root for when it comes to Electra?
Opinion: Electra Has Become One Of Bold's Most Frustrating Characters
At first glance, she appears to be following in Steffy Forrester's footsteps. She's entitled, self-centered, controlling, and quick to tear someone else down—as demonstrated when she cruelly suggested Melissa Dylan (Sydney Bullock) should go back to sleeping in her car. The problem is that Electra lacks the one quality that has always made Steffy compelling: she's incapable of making her own decisions.
Love Steffy or despise her, one thing has always been true—she has agency. Steffy has never let anyone dictate her love life. She pursued relationships with men her family disapproved of, became involved with married men, and repeatedly ignored anyone who tried to tell her what to do. Whether those decisions were brilliant or disastrous, they were hers. She accepted the fallout because she refused to let anyone else control her future.
That's what made Steffy entertaining. She could be bratty, manipulative, and infuriating, but she was fearless. Later, the character matured into someone more balanced while remaining strong. Even today, despite many believing she's crossed the line into outright bullying, Steffy still drives her own story.
Electra can't say the same. Instead of thinking for herself, she's letting Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and Eric Forrester (John McCook) decide who she's allowed to love. That's not strength. That's weakness.
After making Will Spencer's (Crew Morrow) traumatic experience about herself and showing little compassion for Dylan's situation, Electra had already burned through much of the audience's goodwill. Now she's allowing someone else to dictate her romantic life without putting up much of a fight. Rather than coming across as conflicted or emotionally torn, she simply looks spineless.
It's hard to invest in a character who refuses to stand on her own two feet.
If the writers intend for Electra to become the next leading heroine, they have work to do. Right now, she isn't inspiring sympathy—she's inspiring frustration. Every time she caves to someone else's demands, she becomes less interesting, less believable, and far less deserving of anyone's support.
Perhaps the most fitting outcome would be for Electra to follow Ridge's expectations, marry RJ, and discover that living someone else's dream comes at a steep cost. Let her spend years wondering what might have been while Will truly moves on and finds happiness elsewhere. Actions have consequences, and Electra's inability to think for herself should have lasting ones.
Until Electra starts making her own choices instead of letting everyone else make them for her, she'll remain one of the weakest and least compelling characters on The Bold and the Beautiful.
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