While doing google research on DL Brock and learning that he was, in fact, the reason Bobbie cannot have children, I stumbled upon an SOD interview with Jackie, and this section really stood out to me.
CARLY TRIES TO DESTROY BOBBIE’S LIFE, 1996-98 Let’s talk about the introduction of Carly. Did you know from the beginning they were giving Bobbie a daughter? “You know what, this is going to be really funny. Bob Guza, who was writing at the time, we went one day to lunch at this Italian place, the only time we went to lunch, and he said, ‘I’m going to do “married to the mob” with you. I’m going to write that storyline.’ And I’m like, ‘Ooh, that’s great.’ I think, I don’t know, but I always [assumed], that when he went to the network and told them, they said, ‘You know what, Jackie’s getting older. Let’s bring in a daughter and we’ll do “married to the mob” with the daughter.’ Bob Guza never called me to say, ‘Change of plans.’ But all of a sudden, Carly’s appearing.
I think she is wrong. I don’t think she aged out, I think that married to the mob storyline was supposed to be her marriage to Stefan, it was going to be inspired by a married to the mob idea. And now I am even more upset with how that turned out.
We could have had a very complex story with Bobbie where she is drawn to the power and it corrupts her a little bit. She found the stability she craved with Tony but it wasn’t enough. Now as a Cassadine she has the kind of status that the Quartermaines have, even if it ends up being hollow. It causes friction with not just Luke, but the hospital staff and Edward because her husband is on the board, maybe even her eventually. This would have been a fabulous story for Bobbie.
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