When General Hospital killed off Nelle, she and Willow didn’t know that they were sisters. Heck, Nina hadn’t yet learned that she was their mother. But if Nelle were to follow Jason, Britt and Nathan out of the grave today, her sibling might not see her as the wicked witch that everyone else in Port Charles does. Visit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE

Would Willow and Nelle Actually Get Along?

Having walked a mile in Nelle’s shoes — and having gotten stepped on by the Corinthoses and Nina — “Willow could be kind of understanding of some of what she went through,” Katelyn MacMullen tells Soaps.com. “She’d be like, ‘Oh, yeah. You had to deal with these crazy people, too.’

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“In my perspective, I don’t think that Willow is like Nelle,” she adds. “However, I do think that they have maybe more similarities than Willow originally thought. Everything that she’s gone through with being ostracized [by her supposed nearest and dearest] would give her much more empathy now for Nelle.”

Are Willow and Nelle Cut From the Same Cloth?

Really, the similarities go even deeper than that. “They obviously have the same mom and had these difficult upbringings having been separated from their mom,” MacMullen notes, “and Willow’s starting to see how that might have influenced what’s happening in her life right now — that, or the the fact that she never really dealt with it.

“Now it’s manifesting for her” in some seriously destructive ways, she continues. That’s putting it mildly. Paging Dr. Kevin Collins! As we wait to find out whether Willow takes the fall for “better” half Drew’s shooting, get a sneak peek at what the week ahead holds in store via our brand-new spoilers roundup. Then check out the below photo gallery for the latest edition of Soaps’ Burning Questions.