Members Ann_SS Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 GH Robert Scorpio Sean Donnelly Sonny Corinthos Duke Lavery Anna Devane Y&R JT Hellstrom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapSurvivor Posted February 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Well Vicki's daughters were prominent to the early 2000's, besides the few years. But Vicki lost her mother, sister, bro and father. She worked in stories by herself, the built new characters and families around her character. And retconned 3 (Tina/Todds) paternities to make other characters more important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Viki being mentioned just seems contradictory to what you opened this thread up with. You know characters that came on with no family and became successfull in spite of that. Viki was already a star and successful by the time you felt her family got marginalzed. Some of her family may have died, but she's gained plenty of new relatives since the show begain in 1968. She's never been isolated alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapSurvivor Posted February 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 You are correct. But I kinda paraphrased and guess that would be another topic. Some core families on other soaps got phased out entirely. I get what you're saying I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Meta Bauer. She was used to help bring a family in to GL, a family that probably kept it on the air for most of its 70+ year run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members y&r_fan Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Y&R Nikki Reed Victor Newman Diane Jenkins Neil Winters Sheila Carter Ryan McNeil Michael Baldwin Phyllis Summers J.T. Hellstrom Brittany Hodges Raul Guittierez Bobby Marsino Amber Moore B&B Taylor Hayes Sheila Carter Lauren Fenmore Amber Moore Deacon Sharpe Dayzee Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeeeDee Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Y&R Brad Elliot Andy Richards Nina Webster Steve Connolly Steve Lassiter Leanna Love Mari Jo Mason Julia Newman Lynne Bassett Tim Sullivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 What this should tell someone who writes for a soap is that you don't need to be someone's fifth cousin twice removed to be able to have an impact on a show. Viewers don't care about that garbage. It's just a way for a writer to wink at their cleverness, not a way to integrate a new character. If anything, family ties can choke more than strengthen. Edge of Night is probably the best example of a show that brought in a ton of important characters without family ties. Adam Drake Nicole Travis Miles Cavanaugh Draper Scott Bill Marceau among many others I'm forgetting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 OLTL's Evangeline Williamson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katie_9918 Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Very true. Though listeners (yes, you read that right) didn't know it at the time, popular Jan Carter (who'd gotten herself in a big pickle with Ted White) did turn out to be Papa and Mama Bauer's lost daughter, Meta. But both the Bauers and Jan Carter were reasonably established (for a 15-minute radio show) before the connection was revealed. Or so my grandma told me, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ellabelle Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 On AMC: Adam Chandler - he was initially there on his own. Stuart and Ross came along later, IIRC. Dimitri Marick - yes he eventually had a brother and a long-lost son, but he did well as a stand-alone character. Tom Cudahy - I think his brother was on the show for a while in the 70s, but he was a stand-alone character for most of his time on the show. David Hayward - he was eventually given a mother and some long-lost relatives, but he made quite an impression on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Nicole on Days is a really strong example. She has been given family members, but none of them were really long-term or important (shuddering at Taylor 2.0), and Nicole has always been THEIR link to the show, not vice-versa. Chloe Lane is another Days example. She turned out to be the long-lost child of Craig and Nancy, but they weren't exactly core characters, and she's remained important for several years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapSurvivor Posted February 6, 2013 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm shocked DOOL got this right, considering their need to tie Daniel to every character on the show. And although John came on as Roman he eventually became a stand alone character married to another stand alone character (Marlena) and they were the center of the show. Will not mention that John is a Dimera now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katie_9918 Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Yeah, but how long did it take to figure out that John was a DiMera? There's case for him not counting, due to all the different ways different Days writers tried to make him more important, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 Brenda Barrett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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