Y’all didn’t take it well.

Jayde, whose [bleep] list I’ve long topped, was left “asking again, Charlie, isn’t Soapbox supposed to be a weekly wrap-up? Like what actually happened.”

It was. It used to be. That’s true. But then we discontinued the column. And then we restarted it again to write about of-the-moment things as they occur to us. We didn’t make a big announcement about it. Guess we should’ve. Sorry about that.

Jayde also didn’t like that “this is just a story about your opinion of what you reckon might happen. And the week’s not even half over yet.” And that is 100-percent true. But like all of us, we here at Soaps.com are constantly predicting what’s coming down the pike.

Sometimes we’re even right.

Jayde thinks that I’m a Thomas hater, and I get that. I have often held him accountable for his dirty deeds. But I’ve also taken Ridge to task for raping Brooke, the whole show for treating Taylor’s side of the family like crap and the Logan sisters for passing judgment on others when they are hot-mess central.

I still get it. Thomas is Jayde’s favorite. Gotta be. I get that, too. He’s compelling, charismatic, a volcano that’s always on the verge of erupting. And his storyline with Hope — whether or not it made sense — was the hottest one she’s ever had.

So I thought I was doing a good deed by putting forth an idea that returned Thomas to the frontburner via a romance with a character with whom the show has gone all in. At the moment, if you want screentime, Luna is the way to get it.

Lately, her pinup of Will has been featured more than Thomas. W the actual H?

A commenter named tirttana wasn’t down with the theory, either, and wrote that Taylor would never argue for Luna’s release because it would so unnerve Steffy. But isn’t Taylor supposed to be impartial? Isn’t she supposed to be the arbiter of who is/isn’t a threat? Isn’t she obliged to act as an advocate for the patient that she has led back to sanity?

Maybe not. “There are places where you can post your fanfiction,” tirttana added. Yup, I work for one. I’m sorry if you hate everything I write — honestly, I am. I’m just a soap fan sitting in his office doing my best to stay — or get — one step ahead of our shows. I’m hoping to spark interest, start a discourse…

I don’t mind if folks disagree with me. It’s all subjective and is supposed to be fun. And our — or at least my — opinions can change on a dime along with the show’s writing. But dang, y’all zero in on an idea and refuse to let it go. “Why would Thomas date a double murderer?” Suzannah asked. “A killer who framed her own mother for her crimes? A rapist at that?”

I don’t know, Suzannah, maybe because Thomas’ past is checkered, too, and he’s trying to be a better person and might acknowledge that Luna is doing the same. It doesn’t mean that I hate the character that I haven’t forgotten that he had sex with Caroline when she couldn’t consent, used son Douglas to manipulate Hope into a relationship and framed Brooke for calling CPS on him. That’s just… show history. (See also: #JusticeForEmma)

It happened. It doesn’t mean that Matthew Atkinson isn’t an MVP who should be returned to the frontburner asap. He should — dude’s money in the bank. Thomas just needs to be written with a steadier hand.

“I know you don’t like Thomas,” Suzannah continued, “but why even put him in this article which is about redeeming a character who cannot be redeemed but should better be gone forever?”

My answer, and you’ll hate it: Because I want Thomas back in the thick of things. Bold & Beautiful is all into Luna now. If we want Thomas back — and I do — Luna could fast-track his return. I definitely don’t want to see him frothing at the mouth again about Ridge and Brooke’s reunion, only to wind up hugging his stepmother a second later. That made no sense. But Thomas seeing in Luna an individual who is genuinely attempting to make amends… that would make sense.

To me, anyway. If we saw enough of her sessions with Taylor to buy into it.

I know I won’t change anyone’s mind, but I had to try, anyway. I’d rather have Thomas stirring the pot any day of the week than spend another interminable half-hour listening to Will and Electra tell us how their insta-connection will see them through whatever is coming for them. Argh.