I think what helps Laura in the '80s as she has a wealth of history and a real character POV. From what I've seen Luke is extremely paternalistic with her during their early whirlwind romance which would be gross even without the rape angle, but which was unfortunately just a sign of the times and how they handled those gender roles. But what sets her apart and makes it still work for is that she still has a voice and viewpoint, and more importantly she still gets into a lot of her own trouble and makes a lot of her own choices. She also unavoidably gets under Luke's skin on a primal level, and pushes that advantage a number of times when they're at odds after the Left Handed Boy. You understand she is his Achilles heel that makes him not a superman, and that she knows it. And both Tony and Genie play that angle heavily, and it's something Tony repeatedly returned to how Laura was the key to Luke's existence for decades after. Until he stopped doing that.
I would assume that's partly down to both of them having PFS and Thom Racina at various times, unless I'm wrong?
Analyzing Racina's past work at OLTL in 2013 was a ride, in part because he was clearly shaping up to build some sort of intricate Ice Princess-style arc with the conspiracy left over from 2011 on the network, and which was of course unfinished.
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