From: shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan Hagan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.soaps
Subject: Re: DOOL: What makes you think Dani is Romulus
Date: 8 Apr 92 14:21:46 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

marks@skat.usc.edu (Louise Marks) writes:

>sally@eris.berkeley.edu (S. A. Wilson) writes:

>Hows this?  

>Danielle isn't Romulus, but she worked for him, which is how John met
>her when he was on Romulus' trail. Romulus used Danielle to keep track
>of John's progress and stay one step ahead of him.  John and Dani
>married.  Then, John discovered Romulus' identity and Dani's betrayal.
>This is what Dani doesn't want John to remember.

Good, really good.

>To save herself, Dani agrees to help John trap Romulus. They no longer
>trust each other, however, so they put the Alamain locket (or
>whatever) in a safe deposit box which can only be opened in the
>presence of both of them.

Better.

>When Romulus realizes that John is on to him, he arranges for Stephano
>to kill him.  But Stephano has other uses for a man with John's
>skills, so he brainwashes him and sends him to Salem as Roman Brady.

>Dani doesn't know what happened to John, but she's afraid of Romulus
>and gets away fast with some of the loot.

Great!

>Who is Romulus and what happened to him?  He's either dead, reformed
>(Victor's priest?), or moved into another line of business (Professor
>at Salem U? ... no--head waiter at Wings).  There seems to have been
>no Romulan activity for 7 years (another argument against Danielle
>being Romulus), and Danielle doesn't seem afraid of anyone.

I agree.

>The big question, as you state, is who is Remus?  Unless he is someone
>we already know, this whole story will be a big letdown.

>My two favorite candidates:

>Lizard.  Romulus is his twin, black sheep (relatively speaking) of the
>Alamain family.  In this case, I hope Romulus is still alive and comes
>to Salem.  TWO Michael Sabatinos running around!

That makes sense since he's the one with the statue.  He's also the
heir to the Alamain empire.  Kinda fits with Romulus and Remus
being the founders of the Roman empire.

>John. He doesn't remember he had a twin brother.  John Stevens
>probably isn't his real name, either.  He's probably related to some
>important family we already know (like the VonLeuchners, which would
>explain why he had his little sister's picture) and took that name when he
>disassociated himself from them.  Since John had plastic surgery,
>there's no possibility of two Drakes running around Salem (sigh).

He's probably related to the Von Loichners but I don't think he's Remus.
But then again, we'll know as soon as the writers make it up.

>By the way... we know Viv is Lizard's mother.  She had an

Do we know that?

>extra-marital affair with Herr VonLeuchner, which makes Katerina

Did she definately have an affair with Herr Von Loichner?

>Lizard's half sister. This accounts for Viv's opposition to their
>relationship, and horror at their having a child.  She was afraid the
>kid would get a double dose of the famous VonLeuchner eyebrows.

That would make sense.  Then I guess the kid really did die?

You should send this off to the writers.  This is great, and I'll
bet they could use the help.