Tori was just generally a careless woman who was unstable. She was the one who tried to burn down the Lord mansion wasn't she?

I think the writers may have not known how to utilize them in terms of story. Tommy was an angry boy who came out when Viki felt intimidated or scared, Princess was generally just a helpless child. I don't remember anything about Victor really.

Here's a brief scene around the 3:30 mark where Victor comes out while Viki is looking at a picture of herself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBRsqMPFwpo&feature=related

Here is again around the 30 second mark while Viki is on the stairs and Todd is questioning her about what kind of person their father really was.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP8ycOsVMyk&feature=related

Sisters did a storyline where Georgie, through a manipulative therapist, was convinced that her father had molested her as a child. I kind of wish they'd done that with Viki instead of going so far with Victor, especially since that story brought so much carnage over the next 15 years.

Same here. It's just too much to believe Victor was THAT evil when he had been onscreen for so long.

I agree too. I also never wanted to beleive that about Victor. But it's a soap, they brought him back, they brought Irene Manning back and they've brought mitch back at least twice. I'm sure if it lived on, they would have brought Asa back, played by someone else.

I remember that storyline on Sisters. She was convinced that her father abused her and then after the whole thing with doctor Caspian blew up in her face, she realized the memories she was having were just of her father taking care of her when she was sick. Doctor Caspian distoried it for her to make her stop leaning on her family and to lean on him more.

Same here. It's just too much to believe Victor was THAT evil when he had been onscreen for so long.

There's no way Viki could have been that fragmented in 95' if something didn't happen to her. The most probable cause of DID is prolonged sexual abuse. It would be just too improbable for Viki to keep being molested and raped by outside figures for years upon years. Victor was the scapegoat.

There's no way Viki could have been that fragmented in 95' if something didn't happen to her.

True. But I never liked the '95 storyline because it was (IMO) a complete and total retcon of all other prior stories about this issue (even if this particular story was more clinically accurate).

It would be just too improbable for Viki to keep being molested and raped by outside figures for years upon years.

Tell that to the millions of sexual abuse survivors who were raped repeatedly by uncles, by cousins, by teachers and ministers, and so forth.

Edited February 16, 201213 yr by Khan

Yeah, of course Victor was the "strongest" choice, but say they went more the copycat AMC route and had one of Victor's business associates as her abuser. Maybe Victor turned a blind eye, consumed with guilt and general stuffed shirt emotional blockage which was in tune with the character. Or maybe even her uncle, Victor's brother Powell Sr. They could have gone a couple different ways, but if they were determined to tell this story, Victor was going to pack the biggest emotional punch.

Edited February 16, 201213 yr by SFK