Historically, Vanessa was always someone who sought to manipulate people and felt the need for control. It's why her relationships with Ross, Ed, Mark and Tony fail. (Well, Tony is never really more than a string of one-night stands, but still, she gets weirdly obsessed with him during the revolving writer debacle of between Marland and Long) As Billy says when they meet, what they both like most is having things their own way.
So, I partially understood why she was more than horrified at the prospect of becoming some kind of vegetable (and Rick, with the bedside manner of a clod makes it sound as terrible as possible). The Peter situation I took with more than a grain of salt, as Vanessa would've done what was best for Peter, and in my mind, kept in contact with him off-screen. Especially as she was now also his aunt.
**** and Blake would've been a much more understandable and relatable fling than bringing in asshat Ben, Ross' secret unknown brother. RME. (Much like ATWT's Bob and Susan, who screwed when Kim and John were preoccupied with Andy's alcoholism)
Admittedly, Vanessa had a blindspot when it came to Bill too, when he was younger. The change in Dinah never made much sense, although it drove a lot of story through the years. Much more (arguably) than Reva's pretty much wholesome and (inexplicably) well-adjusted children. Other than Jonathan.
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