Who Was a Good Mother?

[Monzo]

Which mothers in the Dynasty universe gave you the feeling of being a good mother?

There is a poll on this topic. Since Sable and Monica demonstrated their maternal qualities primarily on The Colbys, the other mothers from that spin-off are also included among the poll choices. Women who, while they did not give birth to children, nevertheless raised them, are also on the list.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Claudia, Sammy Jo and Sable got the soapiest motherhood storylines.
Sable even upped the ante by becoming the soapiest grandmother in the Dynastyverse: she wanted Scott to be raised as a Colby because that would make her the grandmother of Jason's first grandchild, and a new connection between her and Jason would need to be established. I presume this story arc would have developed in season 3 as she would continue her battle against sister dearest, Jeff and now also LB.

Alexis was at her most formidable as the mysterious un-seen mother, as the on-screen mother she could never be taken seriously because she's a narcissistic sociopath.
Krystle's best mother moment was when she had to give Danny to Steven. That wasn't just a baby moment for the heck of it, it was part of new story developments. You know, the sort of thing that can happen when you live in a soap.

Emily Fallmont was a slut.

 

[Snarky Oracle!]

Emily Fallmont was a slut.

And she died for her carnal crimes. Killed in a shadowed parking lot by a stationary taxicab.

As all sluts eventually do and must.

 

[Toni]

Which mothers in the Dynasty universe gave you the feeling of being a good mother?

There is a poll on this topic. Since Sable and Monica demonstrated their maternal qualities primarily on The Colbys, the other mothers from that spin-off are also included among the poll choices. Women who, while they did not give birth to children, nevertheless raised them, are also on the list.

I voted for Krystle and Sable. If I could choose, I'd say Dynasty 's season 9 Sable. Colby's Sable was a psycho with her children...

 

[Ked]

I voted for Krystle and Sable. If I could choose, I'd say Dynasty 's season 9 Sable. Colby's Sable was a psycho with her children...

Yes, I voted for them as well. Krystle is the mom you want to protect. Season 9 Sable is the mom you want protecting *you*.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

In an alternate reality I'd vote for Dominique. In that version she waa Kirby's mother who reunites with her daughter in Paris and learns what happened to Kirby. She comes to Denver to avenger her daughter's treatment by Alexis and Adam.
Dominique's backstory would come to light in that she was put in the sanitarium for dubious reasons. She killed her lover in self-defense, but nobody believed her. As a highly intelligent, strong-willed Black woman she wasn't going to be treated fairly. Now she's back. She's got the money, power, motive and the right writers to make her the perfect avenging angel.

 

[Ked]

In an alternate reality I'd vote for Dominique. In that version she waa Kirby's mother who reunites with her daughter in Paris and learns what happened to Kirby. She comes to Denver to avenger her daughter's treatment by Alexis and Adam.
Dominique's backstory would come to light in that she was put in the sanitarium for dubious reasons. She killed her lover in self-defense, but nobody believed her. As a highly intelligent, strong-willed Black woman she wasn't going to be treated fairly. Now she's back. She's got the money, power, motive and the right writers to make her the perfect avenging angel.

They COULD have done this! And they wouldn't even necessarily have to have Kathleen Beller in this season; she could have been "safely away in Paris where you Carringtons can't hurt her anymore!"

That also would have occupied Adam's time this season... what exactly DID he do in Season 5, aside from getting together with Claudia? I think everyone would have preferred him being trampled by Dominique. Althooooooough... that does bring to mind about how they originally planned for Claudia to have an affair with Brady, Dominique's husband. Imagine if they kept that, and later had the whole ClaudiaxAdam thing; that would mean one hell of a rivalry between the two women! O_O

I wonder how a catfight between Dominique and Claudia would have gone.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Claudia should have become friends with Dominique but had an affair with Brady. This level of betrayal would have resulted in Claudia being the Dominique's next target.
Back to the mother issue, Krystle was the best mother, but Rosalind Bedford could have arrived in Denver for Amanda's wedding. She would turn out to have been a very good mother to Amanda, which would infuriate Alexis, especially when she and Krystle overhear Amanda's telling Rosalind that she will always be Amanda's real mother. Krystle would be able to remind Alexis of this once in awhile.

 

[Ked]

Claudia should have become friends with Dominique but had an affair with Brady. This level of betrayal would have resulted in Claudia being the Dominique's next target.
Back to the mother issue, Krystle was the best mother, but Rosalind Bedford could have arrived in Denver for Amanda's wedding. She would turn out to have been a very good mother to Amanda, which would infuriate Alexis, especially when she and Krystle overhear Amanda's telling Rosalind that she will always be Amanda's real mother. Krystle would be able to remind Alexis of this once in awhile.

Claudia sleeping with a friend's husband would certainly be interesting, considering she knows what it's like to have one's husband cheat on her (arguably she already did this in Season 2 when she seduced Jeff - except Claudia and Fallon weren't really friends, and Fallon wasn't in love with Jeff at the time).

Ooh, yes! That WOULD have been juicy for Rosalind to be used like that! Plus, she also could have died during the Massacre, thus giving Alexis motive to swoop in and become Amanda's "real" mother... and I can see Krystle making the sarcastic quip that Alexis herself was the one behind the Massacre so she could do exactly that... or better yet, it would *Rita* who makes that quip, because Krystle would be far too classy to make such a joke.