In a way, reuniting her with her twins became a sort of dead-end for Val. Aside from shrieking "I HAVE GOT TO THINK OF MY CHILDREN!!" every fifteen minutes and wringing her hands over Gary possibly finding out he was their father - not to mention, having to dodge various psychos who were after her or Ben or those damn brats at any given time - Val had absolutely nothing left to do. Her writing career, like her pursuing a college degree, fell completely by the wayside, probably because Val as a writer never made sense to the producers (or to anyone else) and never yielded anything in the way of storylines.
If you think about it, what did we REALLY know about Val, aside from her tragic backstory (abandoned by her mother and, we presume, father; married and a mother at a very early age; forced out of Dallas and out of her daughter's life by J.R.)? What interests did she have besides raising children and running everyday on the beach? I mean, Gary could've married another woman before moving to Knots Landing, and Val could've remained just another part of Ewing family history, and it wouldn't have made any difference.
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