Todd Manning And His Relationships With His Family Members. The Best On One Life To Live.

Michael Malone wrote the best relationships for Todd. Todd's relationships with the people he loves most in his life is his signature for One Life To Live. His connections is what gives Todd his staple on One Life To Live. It brings out his human side. And when it comes to Todd protecting his family from those out to hurt them. There's no stopping him. When Ron Carlivati came in he did one thing wrong (in a number of things wrong) with Todd he took his connections away. He set out, wrote and took what made Todd Manning so important to the show away. In this blog I will write what important relationships in Todd's life meant to the show and how Ron Carlvati came in and changed each and every one of his relationships.

Lets Start off With: Starr Manning:

Starr is his reason for living. I remember when she was born. Todd wouldn't hold her in fear of hurting her. When Vicki finally brought Starr to him while he was hiding and Vicki held Starr out for Todd to hold her. Todd took her and held her for the first time. That is when Todd starting living again. When his Starr started growing up Todd and Starr became partners in crime. Todd had his shorty and together they would scheme,start trouble with those who messed with them. Starr was a force to be reckon with those days. And working with Todd made them so much fun to watch. Than Starr started her teenage years. Things between them started to change. One day a boy name Cole enter Starr's life. Cole happen to be the son of Marty and things never were the same between Todd and Starr again. Todd was Starr's life and everything about him revolved around her. But Cole change all that. When Todd wanted to move to Hawaii all because Lee Ramsey was threatening his family (the writers forgot this)part of the storyline. Starr thought he was moving them away because Todd wanted to keep Starr away from Cole. Starr wanted to say goodbye to Cole one last time and that night Starr gave herself to Cole. Todd went looking for Starr to apologize to her from their earlier fight. When he walked into the bedroom he found Starr in bed with Cole. Todd not wanting to see this beat Cole up in front of Starr. From there on end Todd and Starr's relationship went down hill, and was ruined and completely destroyed. When Cole and Starr decided to run away. Todd follow Blair and John. Todd again got into a fight with Cole, Starr stepped between them. And while moving Starr out of the way to get to Cole, Starr fell down the steps while she was pregnant. Marty was found to be alive, Todd took her and in his mind tried to undo everything he did wrong to her. On top of this Starr was pregnant by Cole planned to give her baby away to Marcie. This didn't sit well with Todd so he planned to take the baby leave town with Marty raise the baby until Starr changed her mind. Of course Todd was caught holding Marty and he did change his mind about the baby in the end. But by than it was to late. Everything that was build ed between Todd and Starr was ruined. Why Ron Carlivati did this I'll never know or under stand. All I know you don't mess with history and take a special relationship that was between Todd and Starr and completely destroyed it. Just because his shorty was growing up does not mean it had to be destroyed. But RC saw to it and took the magic of Todd and Starr away. Starr is Todd's life line and no writer should ever touch their relationship.

Todd and Jessica:

Todd's favorite niece. Jessica accepted Todd more than anyone over her own family. Am talking about her other family. Jessica like Starr and Vicki loves Todd unconditional no matter what. This relationship between them is another relationship for the life of me can't under stand why RC set out and ruined. Todd would do anything for Jessica as Jessica would do anything for Todd. Todd saved Jessica's life in a car accident and that forged their bond. Than RC came along and during the whole time Todd held Marty and Jessica's alter Tess came back.RC wrote besides Todd helping Jessica RC written Todd keeping quiet and not helping her at all. Where as Dena wrote Todd helping Jessica when Tess first came out the first time. Todd and Jessica's bond grew and never stopped. Until he hid Marty and Tess came out and Todd did nothing to help Jessica because holding Marty was more important to Todd at the time than Jessica. Another history destroyed by RC. And another part of history taken away from Todd by RC. The bible RC, the bible is what keeps soaps going. Breaking them is what ruins the show. Lets hope for once RC builds this relationship up again and brings Uncle Todd and Jessica is favorite niece back to where their relationship was. But am not holding my breath.

Todd and Vicki:

Brother and sister who have a common bond. Their childhoods. Vicki was at the mercy of her abusive father Victor Lord, Todd was at the mercy of his abusive adopted father Peter Manning. When it came out that Todd was Victor Lords son Todd and Vicki form a bond. The bond came from what they lived through and had gone through in their childhoods. No matter what Todd does or done Vicki would always forgive Todd and never stop loving him when no one else would under stand. Todd will protect Vicki and Vicki would protect Todd. That bond grew during the years until the year Todd had Marty, didn't help Jessica and hurt Starr. RC saw to it that when everything came out for the first time Vicki turn on Todd and not only that RC saw to it that Vicki didn't think Todd loved anyone. This in my opinion was the final straw with RC. Taking the bonding brother and sister relationship away the one point that made Todd who he is and was the final nail in the Todd Manning coffin. To this day their relationship still isn't right. RC still took the magic away and hasn't rebuild their relationship back to where it used to be. Todd and Vicki having each other backs no matter what. Will we ever see that bond between Todd and Vicki again?

As I wrote this blog about Todd's three most interesting relationships on the show I still to this day don't understand how one Head Writer out of all the other Head Writers that was there and went could totally destroy so much of what makes Todd Manning's history and an important part of the show. Take these three most important parts away from Todd is taking what made OLTL in the past. And since RC is about the past. How could he have taken the past away from Todd Manning. It makes you wonder doesn't it?

In my next blog I will write why is Todd Manning so hard for RC to write for. I'll put examples in the blog since he took over as Head Writer of why this Head Writer does not get Todd. Other writers did accepted for Dena Hickely but some fans liked Dena Hickely's writing of Todd. Why is it we fans of Todd don't like or love RC's version.