I believe the India stuff happened well before Long returned to the show. Remember, one of the first things Long did when she came back was pair Alan with Reva.
I have to say, I think Long did have a pretty good grip on Alan's character, but she was not above writing him in ways that went against that if it was convenient for storylines she was writing, i.e. the Dreaming Death storyline, or having him become one of Reva's many worshippers. In other words, she was more of a plot-driven writer than character-driven. Even within those stories, though, she would have him behave like Alan, i.e. the DNA test switcheroo, which was classic Alan. Unlike other writers who had him do idiotic things like art theft.
I was reminded while looking through my Pinterest feed that SOD did a cover story with Bernau and Adams--a pretty good indicator that the characters were slated to become involved romantically. It could be it didn't happen because Bernau objected...or it might have been because MKA wanted to leave. Or both.
I'd buy that WAY before I would buy he was attracted to Reva.
I don't want to be mean, but except maybe for the faux Bauers, Maeve was the most useless character on GL during the 80s. She had one function when they brought her on: to be the spoiler in the Kyle/Reva story. Once that ended, they should have written her out. Pairing her with Fletcher went nowhere, so of course they ended up killing her off.
At least with Sonni, they TRIED to make her an interesting character with an interesting backstory (which unfortunately got messed up by the writers strike), and Forbes is a charistmatic actress. Denniston was, IMO, kind of a yawn.
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