Very interesting perspectives and thank you! Mine is probably different right now because I don't have the longer-term history with these characters like you both do. I started when Vanessa and Matt got together and were in pure bliss having each other. Part of what I assume made them popular then was that an older woman fell in love with a handsome young man and he loved her back. I bet many women watching the soap were probably putting themselves in Vanesa's shoes and fantasizing about living that life. Perhaps a projection, but even I'm starting to feel that way as I get older LOL.
I also like how he was sort of reformed from his male prostitute days, and I LOVED that Vanessa supported him and didn't let Amanda/Dinah get to her with the news of his past. That was a power move. I do love Vanessa usually, and this may be controversial, but she has made some weird/wild decisions that I still can't understand fully. I know it's the writing, but letting her family think she was dead was wild to me (even though exciting for TV), and then letting Peter move away like it was no big deal (although I do understand that she just wants him safe and happy in the end). I do hate that the writers took out Bridget and Peter when Hart was still in town and Vanessa just came back to SF from almost dying. So many lost opportunities.
Part of me wonders if they could have used Matt instead of Ben. Pair him up with Blake in some way which brings Vanessa and Ross closer as they deal with their spouses cheating on them? But you're all right - with Amanda gone, they haven't really given Matt anyone to connect with except Josh, and Vanessa/Dinah of course. I don't think Matt and Beth have a ton of chemistry right now, but it makes me wonder who else he would have chemistry with, like with perhaps Blake.
I love the idea of a new powerful businessman coming in and getting with Vanessa. That could have also been fun to watch her struggle with having feelings for him, yet loving her younger blue-collar husband too.
In the end, I'm just happy Matt didn't give into Dinah in her first year, as hard as she tried. I also love how he sees through her BS. That's one thing I don't love about Vanessa - she always comes back to Dinah and turns a blind eye. I get being her mother, but I still wish she would put her in her place more and stand firm that he behavior is ridiculous and unacceptable with her.
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