From: rpeck@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (robert william peck)
Subject: Re: OLTL: Update for Friday, 10/9
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 14:52:25 GMT

In article <Bw0IHq.8Ey@news.udel.edu> dcannon@bach.udel.edu (Debbie Cannon) writes:

>Question of the Week:
>=====================
>What affect will all this "babynapping" have on Baby Duke?
>Maybe he'll grow up and realize that Addie really is the only
>sane person living in Asa's house! :-)
>
	This just in from the formidable OLTL guru
	williadk@ucs.indiana.edu, who (unfortunately) does not have
	access to usenet news...
How about this: 
Duke, grown up in a few years, is exactly the opposite personality of what
Asa and Kevin are trying to make him.  Instead of being the ruthless,
cunning, bloodthirsty he-man Buchanan type, he turns out to be sweet
and loving, like Lee Ann (remember her love for animals, for
instance?).  This embarrasses the Buchanans to no end, and after
trying to turn him into "a real man" for a while (maybe by hiring
therapists, etc., or by making him have weekly talks with Mr.
Wilson), they give up and say he's "just like that trashy mother
of his."  Asa disinherits Duke; Duke doesn't care, because the last
thing he's ever wanted to be is the heir to the tainted Buchanan
money.  Tina, Viki, Renee, etc. continually ask Kevin why he lets
Duke be treated this way; he basically tells them to mind their own
business (as if Duke is Asa's business).  Finally, when Duke is
of age (which will be any time now), he contacts Gannon's office
for records of the custody hearing, etc.; then he goes of his own
accord to Lee Ann, who of course is overjoyed to see him.  He says
he hates the Buchanans, hates Llanfair, hates nannies, etc. and
begs Lee Ann to let him stay with her.  (Of course she says yes.)
He becomes a major character and we see latent similarities to
Max's personality, which were suppressed on purpose by the 
Buchanans (who wanted to "protect" Kevin from the knowledge that
Max is obviously Duke's father).  Duke becomes good friends with
Max's son Al, and finally Max himself notices the similarities
between Al and Duke.  Finally he demands a retest of the paternity
test, and it turns out he's the father after all.  (Meanwhile,
either Blair's pregnancy is faked, or it is Max's baby as well;
in the latter case, Baby Blair has become Al's or Duke's first
girlfriend...or boyfriend.)  Asa, upon hearing this news, says,
"Well, it's a good thing I disinherited the little creep before
this news leaked out; now it won't look like I did it because of
this."  The Buchanan women are sad for their own sakes, but
glad that Duke is finally with parents who love him.  (Although
Lee Ann is married to Jason by now, and Max is engaged to Luna
but keeps getting tempted by various lovely ladies that float
through Llanview every so often...maybe Lee Ann could be one
of these!)  And Kevin freaks out about his own impotence, and
that ushers in their annual "public service message"--this one
being that impotent men are no less men than they would be
otherwise.  Since Kevin hasn't been with Duke during the whole
growing-up time (e.g. he's sent Duke to boarding school during
the school year, and to the Arizona ranch during summers), he
feels no great loss at Duke's defection.

--Now that sounds like the OLTL we all know and love!!!

--Bob