Of All People - They Kept Liz Horton!

Jacob Isom · Post by **Jacob Isom** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:15 pm

I've been listening to "Virtual Realities" and "In Your Wildest Dreams" and I was reminded of how much of a brat Liz Horton used to be. After all the horrible things she did and the poor example she set for listeners, why did AIO keep her? I think it's a blow to the respect of authority. Liz is suddenly a nice, sweet girl? AIO didn't explain how that happened. She just became nice.

Mr.Whit · Post by **Mr.Whit** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:19 am

you knopw I forgot that she was mean I have no clue

but i wish someone did

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:28 am

I don't remember how Liz suddenly became nice, but I do remember that she used to be a real brat.

H Tide · Post by **H Tide** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:34 am

Yeah, I used to really dislike Liz since she was so mean and bossy, and they never explained how she became nice. However, since her and Mandy are pretty much the only ones from the older kids in Odyssey (Sarah, Jared, Alex, etc.), I'm glad she's still in Odyssey. I'd probably rather have someone else instead of her, but I'd rather hear Liz than no one from the older kids.

Applesauce · Post by **Applesauce** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 10:56 am

Liz's change was very sudden! I'm fine with AIO wanting to add immature characters for the purpose of maturing them over the years, but Liz's change was so drastic with no explanation of what caused the change! Liz is a great character now, and I'm very glad she's still around. I just wish her "transformation" period had been better planned.

Liz_Horton · Post by **Liz_Horton** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:31 am

Liz has been my favorite character even when she was a brat... Her roughnes was kinda cool ya know....but anyways I'm glad they kept me..
LEa

Jacob Isom · Post by **Jacob Isom** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:08 pm

I'm glad you're sticking around Liz, even though you were a brat in the past! God musta changed your heart.

Anyway, I think they should bring back Jared (AGAIN). I don't know why they couldn't just keep him on the show after the Novacom Saga... he was a good actor and entertaining... and somewhat of a real personality.

Liz_Horton · Post by **Liz_Horton** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:30 pm

JacobIsom wrote:I'm glad you're sticking around Liz, even though you were a brat in the past! God musta changed your heart.

Anyway, I think they should bring back Jared (AGAIN). I don't know why they couldn't just keep him on the show after the Novacom Saga... he was a good actor and entertaining... and somewhat of a real personality.

yeha he did plus i got new friends... um anyways i wish Jared was still in town too. and it would be cool to see what happened to Lucy after al theses years.
Lea

Jimmy Barclay Fan · Post by **Jimmy Barclay Fan** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:22 pm

O come on how can you not like Liz Horton ?

I do know how you feel. I did not like Liz at the beginning, after she was so mean to Connie that one episode. but she has grown up and become nice and sweet and I like her now and am glad she is still on.

Ferder · Post by **Ferder** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 2:31 pm

The writers probably changed Liz because the listeners disliked her so much. The writers probably didn't want to have to lose the character and actress.
I personally thought the "old" Liz was great. It was was kinda refreshing to hear a genuinly nasty, sarcastic character on the show ("Oh great! A puke-green jacket! It'll go great with my tacky yellow purse!"). I don't mind that's she's nicer now, just so long as she still retains some of her attitude.

Fei · Post by **Fei** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:23 pm

They need a episode talking about liz's change.

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:30 pm

Bigbird9339 wrote:They need a episode talking about liz's change.

Great idea!!

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:04 pm

It's not hard for me to believe that a person would be drastically different from who they were as a middle-schooler/pre teen, but I agree, it was VERY sudden. I've never liked her either. But now she's alright.

Liz_Horton · Post by **Liz_Horton** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:51 pm

Ferder wrote:The writers probably changed Liz because the listeners disliked her so much. The writers probably didn't want to have to lose the character and actress.
I personally thought the "old" Liz was great. It was was kinda refreshing to hear a genuinly nasty, sarcastic character on the show ("Oh great! A puke-green jacket! It'll go great with my tacky yellow purse!"). I don't mind that's she's nicer now, just so long as she still retains some of her attitude.

agrees!
Lea

Chandler · Post by **Chandler** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:13 pm

JacobIsom wrote:I've been listening to "Virtual Realities" and "In Your Wildest Dreams" and I was reminded of how much of a brat Liz Horton used to be. After all the horrible things she did and the poor example she set for listeners, why did AIO keep her? I think it's a blow to the respect of authority. Liz is suddenly a nice, sweet girl? AIO didn't explain how that happened. She just became nice.

In the earlier shows, Liz didn't even have a last name. I think she was basically introduced to be the bratty character, although she did learn some lessons along the way. Somewhere along the line, the writers apparently realized that she was staying for a long time and realized that they'd better clean up her act because so many people didn't like her "as is." They also gave her a last name and eventually a whole family. They didn't have plans to give Liz a story arc about her transformation to "nice" so she just changed suddenly in "For Trying Out Loud." It is worth pointing out though that Liz was actually not heard on the show for quite some time during the Novacom Saga so technically she could have been changing "off the air."

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