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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ked" data-source="post: 440720" data-attributes="member: 54">Thanks to the timeline I made recently of DYNASTY's backstory, I ended up realize I could use it to make the bare bones of how a prequel series could have gone. [USER=57984]@Snarky Oracle![/USER] may find this interesting: I have it so that this prequel takes place over 12 years - just like "Gone With the Wind"; and that it starts with Alexis at age 16, ending with her at 28 - again, just like "Gone With the Wind." <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Episode 1: 1954 - Sable Scott (16) meets Philip Colby (17) who is on the verge of turning 18 - and being sent into the military by his father, Andrew Colby (53), in an attempt to discipline his youngest and wildest son. It is thanks to this meeting that Sable's cousin, Alexis Morrell (16), meets Philip's older brother, Cecil (22). Furthermore, it is through this meeting that Alexis meets Blake Carrington (23), son of Zeke Carrington (50) and Fallon Carrington (46). While Cecil was born rich and has a rich future ready to be handed to him, Blake is clawing his way up the financial ladder, which is what makes him far more interesting to Alexis. Thus, she ditches Cecil in favor of Blake.Meanwhile, Philip ends up ditching Sable once he sets eyes on her younger (and potentially half) sister, Helen (15). Philip and Helen have a whirlwind romance that results in the two of them eloping, Sable informing her sister that she never wants to see her again, and Helen's father disowning her. Philip brings his new bride to the Colby Mansion in Bel Air, much to the disapproval of his parents, though they welcome Helen anyway (the fact that Helen's father disowned her swayed the Colbys' decision). The day after Philip turns 18, he is promptly shipped off to the military. Helen is now alone in the Colby mansion with her father/mother-in-law (both of whom are polite but distant), sister-in-law Ruby (25; and who follows her parents' example) and brothers-in-law Cecil and Jason (24; who is also the only one who goes out of his way to be friendly to Helen).1955 - Blake (24) and Alexis (17) get married. Ben Carrington (22) is the best man, while Cassandra Morrell (16) is the maid of honor. Fallon Carrington (47) informs her daughter-in-law that she will never be good enough for her golden son.Meanwhile, Jason Colby (25) and sister-in-law Helen Colby (16) have a one night stand, thanks to Jason being her only friend in the Colby Mansion. Two days later, Philip Colby (19) returns home on leave. Helen, deeply guilty and ashamed, throws herself at Philip and has sex with him as often as possible in a desperate act to silently redeem herself to him. Once his week is up, Philip Colby returns to the military with a big smile on his face. Two months later, Helen happily writes to Philip that she is pregnant (the notion that Jason could possibly be the father doesn't even cross her mind; after all, it only happened once; she slept with Philip everyday for a week). Unfortunately, Philip had already been informed by the military doctor that he was sterile... meaning that his wife must have cheated on him.Philip writes to Cecil (23), the brother he got along with most, and informs him of Helen's infidelity, saying that he was going to come back and make certain she didn't get a penny of the Colby fortune... except very soon after, Philip Colby went MIA, and can't be found. Cecil keeps quiet about his younger brother's letter. Meanwhile, Ruby Colby (26) writes to Sable Scott (17), informing her of the situation. Instantly forgetting her vow of never wanting to speak to Helen again, Sable flies out to Bel Air and arrives to comfort her younger sister during her time of need. And that is how Jason Colby meets Sable Scott.Meanwhile, Alexis reveals her own pregnancy, and Blake begins the construction of the Carrington Mansion in the countryside outside Denver, Colorado.Episode 2: 1956 - Geoffrey "Geoff" Colby is born. The Colby family treat him as compensation for the loss of Philip - all except Cecil (24), who believes Geoff to be a non-Colby bastard.Adam Carrington is born. Blake Carrington (25) christens the mansion he built in honor of his wife and their firstborn "Cedar Abbey."Alexis Carrington (18) hires Joseph Anders (25) to be majordomo of Cedar Abbey. Things with Joseph are formal and distant at first... that is, until a fire breaks out (unclear on the details atm), and Blake goes out of his way to save Joseph's life. The former wins the latter's everlasting loyalty from that day onward.Blake and Alexis would also attend the wedding of Jason Colby (26) and Sable Scott (18) in Bel Air at the Colby Mansion.Adam Carrington disappears. Things spiral out of control between Blake and Alexis, both of them handling the nightmarish situation in the worst ways possible. They go from comforting each other to blaming each other to ignoring each other.1957 - Alexis (19) ends up turning to Cecil Colby (25) for comfort and has an affair with him. However, she later on rejects him in favor of sticking things out with her husband - and this is after Blake (26) comes to his senses and tries to patch things up with his wife with a cruise to the Mediterranean.Cecil, enraged at being rejected by Alexis a second time, takes things out on sister-in-law Sable, (19) and rapes her. Sable spends a great deal of time in the shower scrubbing at herself afterwards, and is far too horrifed and shocked to tell anyone about her experience.A couple of months later, both Alexis and Sable find themselves pregnant. Alexis is relieved and overjoyed, while Sable is nervous, anxious and terrified. While they discuss their pregnancies, Sable confides in her cousin about what happened to her, and makes Alexis promise that she'll never tell anyone. Alexis agrees and keeps her promise... for 32 years.Meanwhile, Buck Fallmont (26) gets married to his new bride, Emily (18).Joseph Anders (26) also meets a beautiful black woman named Alicia (19). Fun fact: Colorado legalized mixed marriage on March 14, 1957 - just in time for this new young couple. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Episode 3: 1958 - Fallon Carrington (named after her paternal grandmother, who at this point in time is 50 years old) is born. Twins Monica and Miles Colby are born soon after; while Monica has an easy birth, things are more complicated with Miles; thus he is placed in an incubator to help him develop.Joseph Anders (27) marries Alicia (20).1959 - Steven Carrington is born.Fox Fallmont is born.1960 - Victoria Anders is born.1961 - Buck Fallmont (30) campaigns for a political office, and spends a lot of time neglecting his wife, Emily (22). This results in Emily having an affair with none other than Ben Carrington (28).One day while Blake (30) and father Zeke Carrington (57) are out inspecting an oil rig, it suffers an explosion. Blake saves the life of one of the workers. Unfortunately, another fire happens: it happens at the house where Fallon Carrington Sr. (53) is laying in bed while sick. Ben, who was supposed to be looking after his mother at the time, was spending the day in bed with Emily Fallmont.Fallon Sr. dies, and Ben Carrington is exiled from Denver by his father and older brother.Episode 4:1962 - Clay Fallmont is born - and Emily (23) is unsure who his father is: either Buck Fallmont (31) or Ben Carrington (29) who has disappeared.Alicia Anders (24), who had been feeling dreadfully neglected by her husband who spent his days and nights catering to the whims of the Carringtons, ends up running away with another man (possibly a black one), leaving her 2-year-old daughter, Victoria, behind. However, things take a turn for the worse when Alicia ends up killing her lover. Being a black woman in 1962, Alicia makes an insanity plea, and gets imprisoned at an institution for the criminally insane.1963 - Seven years after his disappearance, Philip Colby is pronounced officially dead. The Colby family holds a memorial service for him.Cecil Colby (31), who had been keeping quiet about the letter his younger brother had written to him those 7 years ago, finally gets Helen Colby (24) alone and confronts her about it, saying that he knows Geoff (7) can't possibly be Philip's son. Helen instantly realizes that the only candidate for Geoff's father is none other than Jason Colby (33)... the husband of Helen's sister, Sable (25), with whom they have two beautiful children with.Knowing that she can't give away the true father's identity without hurting her sister and potentially destroying her marriage, Helen asks for Cecil's terms. He says that she must leave not just California, but also America and the entire Colby family - including Geoff. Cecil explains that he won't give away that Geoff "isn't a Colby" because that would mar his younger brother's image ("I will not humiliate him in death!"). But Cecil also will not allow a "bastard" to associate with the "actual" Colby children, so he'll take Geoff to live in Denver. With great reluctance, Helen agrees.Cecil cruelly forbids Helen from saying good-bye to Geoff and the rest of the Colbys, saying that she must leave before any of them try to convince her to stay. Helen does so, although throughout the years, she would write hundreds of letters to her son and send him gifts - all of which were horded by Cecil. He never let the poor confused child know that his mother was still thinking about him all these years. Meanwhile, the rest of the Colbys, while initially perplexed by Helen's disappearance, arrive at the conclusion that the confirmation of Philip's death must have been too much for her, so they remember Helen with pity.Episode 5:1964 - we don't see this happen, as it's only mentioned in passing, but Helen Colby (25) gets remarried to some rich old man in Europe.1965 - It is the 10th anniversary of Blake and Alexis Carrington (34 and 27, respectively). At the party, at which Cecil Colby (33) is a guest, staring down from the staircase banisters are Geoff Colby (9), Fallon Carrington (7), Steven Carrington (6 - or at least, on the verge of turning 6) and Victoria Anders (5). The four small children observe the world of grownups, wondering when it will be their time to join.All these years, Blake and Alexis have become known as the "ideal" couple, with Blake's business growing ever bigger and ever richer... except it wasn't enough. He always wanted more. And that meant longer working hours, more business meetings, more traveling... resulting in wife Alexis feeling incredibly neglected... and driving her into the arms of one Roger Grimes, who was working on a project with Blake and Zeke (62).Roger was also having an affair with Alexis' younger sister, Cassie Morrell (26). For a while, neither sister knew this, with Cassie making the discovery first. In an act of pure jealousy and spite, she watched and waited until the ideal moment came: the day after having a night of passion with Alexis, Blake went on yet another business trip (the previous night had been an act of "farewell sex" - only neither realized just how permanent the "farewell" part would be), and Alexis summoned lover Roger to her side. Cassie wasted no time in secretly contacting Blake, informing him of his wife's infidelity, and when and where he could find them in a compromising position.Infuriated, Blake abanoned his trip and returned to Cedar Abbey, where he found to his enraged heartbreak that Cassie spoke true: Alexis and Roger Grimes were together in her and Blake's marital bed. Blake's anger got the better of him, and he started beating Roger, and had to be stopped by Joseph (34). While Joseph helped Roger leave the room, Blake turned on Alexis and ordered her to pack her things immediately and get out of the mansion, and never return, stating that he was going to pay her to stay away like the cheap whore that she was.Alexis desperately turned to father-in-law Zeke, but he sympathized with Blake and supported the divorce, saying that it was probably for the best. However, upon learning that Blake intended to keep the children away from their mother, Zeke agreed that that was taking things too far. He agreed to help Alexis say farewell to her children - but he'd do so one at a time, out of worry that Alexis would try to run away with both of them. First, Zeke arranged for Alexis to meet with Steven, who at this point was only three days away from turning 6.Later, at night, Zeke brought Fallon (7) to the cabin where Alexis was having Roger Grimes convalescent. It was raining that night. Zeke leaves Fallon in the cabin with her mother while he goes back to his truck to wait. While Alexis tries to explain things to her daughter, she also ends up getting into an argument with Roger, who spitefully reveals that he had never been in love with Alexis, having slept with her only for a few laughs and that he had more important plans in store. Alexis is so thunderstruck and hurt, unwilling to believe that her whole perfect life had been shattered by something so meaningless. She grabs at Roger's gun, but he manages to knock it out of her hand - simultaneously causing Alexis to fall and hit her head, passing out, while the gun slid over towards Fallon, who watched the proceedings with horror. Upon seeing Roger lean threateningly over her mother's motionless body, Fallon picks up the gun and fires at Roger, killing him.Zeke, upon hearing the shot, dashes back inside, and, after assessing the situation, convinces Fallon that she's just dreaming, having a nightmare. He guides her into the bedroom and tucks her in, reassuring her that she'll wake up back in her own room soon enough. Zeke then returns to the main area where he checks on Alexis, who has a steady pulse, much to his relief. He makes a phone call for an ambulence to come out here to take care of Alexis. Knowing that he still has enough time before they arrive, Zeke turns his attention to Roger's dead body. He wraps him up in tarp and string, drags him out to his truck and drives towards the lake, where he sinks the body. Zeke returns to the cabin once again, and does his best to clean up the blood (it's possible he even improvises by finding some of Alexis' paint and tossing the red one around). When the paramedics arrive, he explains that there had been a burglary but his daughter-in-law managed to fight them off - but not without sustaining a potentially serious injury.Alexis is taken away in the ambulence, and Zeke takes the still sleeping Fallon back to Cedar Abbey, without either group knowing the other was ever there.Episode 6: [SEASON FINALE]1966: Nine months after the Roger incident, Alexis (28) gives birth to Amanda. Alexis has no idea who the father is: either Blake Carrington (35), Roger Grimes or the ski instructor she met when she first left Denver. However, she realizes that regardless of who the father is, if Blake found out about Amanda, he'd take her away from Alexis. Unwilling to let that happen, Alexis already made arrangements for Helen (27) to take the baby.Note: I know in the original, Alexis gave Amanda to Rosalind, but I decided to condense things a little and have it be Helen instead.Meanwhile, Bliss Colby is born to Sable (28) and Jason Colby (36), the former being greatly relieved to have a child whom she knew was genuinely Jason's child.Alicia Anders (28) is finally released from the instituion, and, in a first step to get back on her feet, gets a job and becomes roommates with an older white woman. Alicia would confide in her her whole past; talking about it allows her to figure out what she wants her goal to be: to become the kind of mother her daughter can be proud of. After getting herself a new name, "Dominique Deveraux," she erects a gravestone in the local graveyard with the name "Alicia Anders" with the dates "1938-1966" to symbolize her own rebirth.Dominique then leaves to find her own fortune, starting in a night club and warbling her way onto a cruise ship, where she meets Garrett Boydston. They have themselves a heated romance, although Garrett warns Dominique that he is already married (though it's a strained marriage, as he says). Dominique is fine with that, as she's not looking for commitment at the moment; just a little something to take the edge off. They part ways, never to see each other again... until 20 years later.At the same time, Blake Carrington (36) is sticking his toe back into the dating pool by taking up with Hollywood starlet Diamond Cook (22). Blake does not consumate with her, explaining that he's not ready, as it's only been a year since his wife left. Plus, he has his young children to think about; he couldn't possibly become serious about somebody so soon after the divorce. Diamond doesn't have a problem with any of that... especially since she's also been carrying on with Buck Fallmont (36).Emily Fallmont (27) discovers her husband's infidelity, and decides she doesn't want a divorce (after all, she cheated too). Instead, she confronts Diamond, who is staying in the bedrooms above the Carrington garages (at Blake's insistance, saying that with Fallon (8) and Steven (7), they would need some boundaries). Emily also brought Diamond's back alley doctor in case of a histronic response - which Diamond does indeed have, resulting in her doctor giving her an accidental overdose.The next day, Diamond's dead body is discovered, and though Blake tries to keep the story under wraps, it still gets exposed to the media, creating quite the scandal - and there had already been on surrounding the Carringtons with the loss of its matriarch.Around this time is also when Steven becomes seriously ill (probably due to the stress of losing his mother, with everything else exacerbating it), with Blake taking the time to look after his son, taking care of him and reassuring Steven that, even if Alexis had gone, he, Blake, was still there, and he'll do anything to help his boy.(Interesting to note that this happens in Steven's bedroom... the very same one that Blake would one day kill Ted Denard in... an act that results in the return of Steven's mother.)</blockquote>

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