New Philip

[phloeishot]

Ok, so I'm going to refer to the current Philip on DOOL as New Philip and the Philip on DOOL in 2000-2002 as Classic Philip.

This is what I like about New Philip:
He's a strong powerful man
He has an edge
He's ruthless in business

What I don't like about New Philip:
He's ruthless in his personal life
He's cold
He's heartless

Now I just started watching DOOL again in Dec 2007, so I've just been catching up on the storylines involving Philip/Belle/Shawn/Mimi/Willow, etc.

Now while I don't mind seeing Philip being ruthless in business I do mind when it enters his personal life; then he's in danger of becoming too much like Victor.

I mean, classic Philip and Shawn were not only blood relatives but best friends.

Philip used to have a good heart and I'm hoping he's coming back to this after dropping his obsession with Belle and starting up a relationship with Chloe again.

After all, classic Philip once said to Chloe:

"Don't you see? You make me want to be a better person, Chloe. "

[bluemoon]

I have to admit it was hard for me to get into the new Philip, too.

I was super happy when the chasing Chelle storyline ended.