They remember only when it is convenient, or when they're tired of an actor. They forgot Austin's murder for over a year until they needed to finally dispense with Cyrus. They forgot Nikolas had gotten away with shooting Hayden and let Shawn Butler take the fall for it for years, until George Floyd, etc. rolled around and they needed to respond to criticism, and suddenly everyone onscreen wanted to exonerate and free Shawn from prison. They also forgot Natalia was a bigot who'd said horrible things (and in fact tried to blame Ava and then have Kristina bond with Natalia instead) until it was time to dump Eva LaRue and give up. Then suddenly Natalia was openly called out as an intolerant, bigoted mother to both her children, and a clingy drunk.
I expect that sooner or later they will suddenly remember that Sonny murdered Wagger, and use it in story again. But a lot of these fumbles and later recoveries are not planned. That much is clear with all the creative teams FV has put in place since 2015. If/when they tire of KT/Britt, one of the first signs you'll see* is if Lulu is allowed to accurately call Britt out in full on what she's done, or when Rocco actually articulates her crimes himself and rejects her. It'll be the same phenomenon all over again.
(- Not counting the signs I suspect may already be brewing, namely Britt exposing Joss to the villains and getting her beaten and imprisoned by Cassius. I just don't see the romance with Jason surviving that, and without Jason Britt is surplus to requirements for FV IMO.)
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