Daniel Romalotti and Devon Winters are both missing the point so badly it’s almost impressive.

And yeah… we’re siding with the women on this one.

Because look at what’s actually happening.

On one side, you’ve got Phyllis Summers clawing her way through a corporate war where every move against her is calculated, personal, and designed to erase her completely. She’s got Lauren Fenmore backing her — and Lauren doesn’t attach herself to lost causes.

She’s building something under pressure most people wouldn’t survive.

And Daniel? He’s stuck in judgment mode, acting like moral high ground pays the bills in Genoa City.

Yes, his grief is real. Losing Heather matters. But grief doesn’t automatically make every decision that follows untouchable — especially when he’s drifting, making messy personal choices, and still refusing to meet his own mother halfway when she’s clearly in survival mode.

That’s where the disconnect is.

Now flip to the other side.

Abby Newman is out here trying to hold a family together while Devon Winters keeps escalating a situation that already crossed the legal line weeks ago. The court ruled. The system made a call. And Devon decided that wasn’t enough — filing moves behind her back and calling it “protection.”

Abby extending an olive branch right now? That’s not submission. That’s restraint.

Because she could blow this up. She’s choosing not to.

And Devon acting threatened because Cane Ashby showed up for Malcolm while his own house is falling apart? That says more about Devon than it does about Cane.

So yeah — this is why fans are leaning hard the way they are:

Some say Daniel and Devon are justified — grief and fatherhood push people to extremes

Others think both men are spiraling into control and self-righteousness at the worst possible time

And then there’s the blunt take… the women are carrying the actual weight of these storylines while the men are busy making them harder

Because here’s the uncomfortable question nobody’s dodging anymore:

Are Daniel and Devon fighting for what’s right… or just refusing to admit they’re losing control?

Where do you land — are the women right to push back, or are Daniel and Devon getting judged too harshly for situations that were never simple to begin with?