Honestly I have never really been a fan of Kristen's and at times she's plain annoys me. Her acting style is very cliche Saturday morning teen comedy. The only time I ever think she can be even mildly impressive is when she plays Starr in total hysterics (and I'm not gaurenteed to like it even then.) The rest of the time her delivery comes off as either gumpy or flakey. I would be very open to a possible recast. But I don't think OLTL would ever fire her. If she ever leaves it would probably be an Erin Torpey type situation where she was determined to move on and couldn't be convinced to stay. And I don't think OLTL has that many years left for her to reach that point, so I'm seeing KA as the indefinite Starr.