I don't think that was Robin's idea, but she was very pleased about it. In fall '07, right after Ron Carlivati took over, he had Dorian and Viki once again locked together and during those scenes Dorian once again reiterated that she killed Victor. She offered no explanation for how this was possible given the 1995 retcon, it was just a couple lines of dialogue. That was also when they explicitly changed Victor's date of death in the Lord mausoleum back to the '70s vs. 2003, basically dismissing Malone II's terrible Heart of a Lord resurrection. Dorian addresses it in one line by saying 'if that was him...' Good enough for me! I still don't believe Dorian killed Victor, but I am just glad that was not him in '03.
Strangely enough, according to a period soap mag at the time Dorian and Joey may have been on the books as early as when Chris McKenna was still in the role, which is crazy since he still looked all of 14 up until he was recast with Nathan Fillion. They'd also hoped to have Joey be the gay teen in the AIDS quilt story in '92 as you probably know, but were forced to create Billy Douglas when the network vetoed it. (The young McKenna had no problem with the idea as he'd already played gay onstage in New York, including performing a male/male kiss, but I don't think OLTL ever got as far as pitching it to him; he only learned about the aborted story years later.)
I've said this many times, but I was watching live the day Viki turned into Tommy, screamed at Dorian that she was an ugly bitch and threw her down the stairs. I was maybe 13 and I had no idea what was happening, because at that time I had no idea Viki had ever had multiple personalities. I thought she had just totally lost her mind and I was terrified. But I was not surprised (or disappointed) by the Victor reveal. From the day I started watching, once that story came up the vibe and how Viki and others talked about her father was off and very strange to me. I had also watched Twin Peaks when I was very little with my mother. So I had a feeling I knew the dark secret, and I was right.
I will disagree about Max and Luna and simply say I loved them in their heyday. But I know why they didn't work for some people. I did love Gabrielle and I wish they'd gotten another real shot, something Tomlin abandoned in 2002 due to BTS reasons and viewer feedback and something Malone didn't get his chance to try out in '03. But I also really enjoyed Bo/Gabrielle. Opposites attract.
Malone II in 2003-04 was a deranged period I have discussed at length many, many times. All I'll say is it was both wildly creative and experimental, just like his '80s tenure, but just as often wildly misguided, sheer hysterical camp or just plain terrible.
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