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<blockquote data-quote="Jabari Lamar" data-source="post: 257174" data-attributes="member: 2208">I don&#039;t know why people think that&#039;s necessary, I think having them as two cousins who were raised together as friends and sometimes rivals is good enough. They don&#039;t need to be brothers to make their conflict any more intense or compelling. I have a first cousin who is a year older than me that was raised alongside my brother and I, we both think of her as our sister, because we&#039;re so close. I just don&#039;t think DallasTNT portrayed their relationship or rivalry good enough, but that&#039;s for a different forum. I will admit that do agree that in retrospect that if they&#039;d kept Kristin alive, there was a lot of potential future storylines that could have been done with her and her child. J.R. having another son or daughter with his crazed ex-mistress who happens to be Sue Ellen&#039;s sister could have brought lots of drama in later season. But I also like the idea of Christopher as an adopted child. That&#039;s another thing the show didn&#039;t utilize properly, there was a lot of potential with this adopted son who internally feels like he has to earn his right to be a Ewing, and what lengths he&#039;ll go through to prove to the family and himself that he is a &quot;real Ewing&quot; after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jabari Lamar, post: 257174, member: 2208"] I don't know why people think that's necessary, I think having them as two cousins who were raised together as friends and sometimes rivals is good enough. They don't need to be brothers to make their conflict any more intense or compelling. I have a first cousin who is a year older than me that was raised alongside my brother and I, we both think of her as our sister, because we're so close. I just don't think DallasTNT portrayed their relationship or rivalry good enough, but that's for a different forum. I will admit that do agree that in retrospect that if they'd kept Kristin alive, there was a lot of potential future storylines that could have been done with her and her child. J.R. having another son or daughter with his crazed ex-mistress who happens to be Sue Ellen's sister could have brought lots of drama in later season. But I also like the idea of Christopher as an adopted child. That's another thing the show didn't utilize properly, there was a lot of potential with this adopted son who internally feels like he has to earn his right to be a Ewing, and what lengths he'll go through to prove to the family and himself that he is a "real Ewing" after all. [/QUOTE]

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