1 minute ago, P.J. said:

I still wonder how the Peter story would've played out with Jordan Clarke still there as Billy. I think the goal would've always been to have Bridget reclaim him. But I don't know if it would've broken Billy and Van up.

***the thought of never needing **** on canvas is too delicious to ignore.

Leonard Staub’s accident I’m guessing changed things as well-I would think the plan was to have Hart find out he’s Peter’s father which triggers the custody battle. I’d think the custody battle was planned as the groundwork is so clearly set but the dynamics of it shifted due to casting.

If you think about it the Dinah plot line would’ve worked even better with Billy. There would’ve been a different dynamic with Billy/Dinah of course but Dinah turning to Roger takes on a lot more drama with Billy involved. Plus Dinah would’ve been trying to suck up to Billy once she realized he had money and Ross didn’t, though don’t see her successfully manipulating Billy. But Billy would’ve still done everything he could to get her away from Roger.

7 minutes ago, GL95 said:

Leonard Staub’s accident I’m guessing changed things as well-I would think the plan was to have Hart find out he’s Peter’s father which triggers the custody battle. I’d think the custody battle was planned as the groundwork is so clearly set but the dynamics of it shifted due to casting.

If you think about it the Dinah plot line would’ve worked even better with Billy. There would’ve been a different dynamic with Billy/Dinah of course but Dinah turning to Roger takes on a lot more drama with Billy involved. Plus Dinah would’ve been trying to suck up to Billy once she realized he had money and Ross didn’t, though don’t see her successfully manipulating Billy. But Billy would’ve still done everything he could to get her away from Roger.

I don't think Dinah would've ever sucked up to Billy. She loved Ross, and always blamed Vanessa for growing up without him.

It's hard to judge what the Billy/Dinah dynamic would've been like, since they don't really interact much until Tognoni's in the role. (they're rarely in town at the same time after Van finds her.) And even that isn't until near the end of the show, when she's suddenly all about being Bill's sister.

1 minute ago, P.J. said:

I don't think Dinah would've ever sucked up to Billy. She loved Ross, and always blamed Vanessa for growing up without him.

It's hard to judge what the Billy/Dinah dynamic would've been like, since they don't really interact much until Tognoni's in the role. (they're rarely in town at the same time after Van finds her.) And even that isn't until near the end of the show, when she's suddenly all about being Bill's sister.

If Dinah perceived Billy to soften Vanessa into writing her a check (or write one herself), she would’ve been sucking up IMO. Her long game was definitely to stick it to Van but she would’ve worked any angle to pay off that debt.

23 minutes ago, GL95 said:

If Dinah perceived Billy to soften Vanessa into writing her a check (or write one herself), she would’ve been sucking up IMO. Her long game was definitely to stick it to Van but she would’ve worked any angle to pay off that debt.

Well, she might've tried. But pretty sure Billy would've had that number, and not liked the way Dinah treated Van--at all.

Re: Macully west. I hope you like the song "You belong to the City" by Glen Frey, because you'll be hearing that A LOT.

1 hour ago, P.J. said:

I still wonder how the Peter story would've played out with Jordan Clarke still there as Billy. I think the goal would've always been to have Bridget reclaim him. But I don't know if it would've broken Billy and Van up.

***the thought of never needing **** on canvas is too delicious to ignore.

And yeah, Nick McHenry---world's worst reporter.

Lent isn't over! 😜😘

1 hour ago, GL95 said:

I picked up ATWT in 1993-it’s funny because the promos right now on my GL watch are about Lily/Damian which is about when I first started watching. (It’s a pretty specific memory because I lived overseas 1990-June 1993 and started ATWT that summer.)

I love that many of the episodes in the Vault retained those CBS promos of the other soaps. There were many Lily-centric storyline promos around 95-97 that I always thought looked pretty interesting.