Hope has already begun bonding, of sorts, with Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson) before that fated cliffhanger episode is shown. This pairing would be challenging to write together for reasons connected to show history and current believability. That’s what makes John Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) a better option.
Hope feels sorry for Thomas, but she doesn’t love him. Writing her toward what would be an unbelievable leap would require Herculean efforts by B&B’s writing staff.
Noelle’s character has often said that she always has Thomas’ hurtful deeds in her mind when she’s with him. Sure, his subdural hematoma diagnosis creates natural compassion in Hope’s heart. But being able to overcome the thought of how he shielded Beth Spencer’s (Madeline Valdez and River Davidson) existence from her and then, erasing the image of him kissing the Hope mannequin, would seem too much to block in order for love to take root.
Finn’s devastation won’t be as painful as Hope’s, after he learns that Steffy betrayed him. Sinn has existed for a much shorter period of time, he’s not married to Wood’s character, never has been, and they don’t have children, or at least it’s not known that he’s going to be a father yet.
Viewers know that Wood is pregnant in real life and that scenes have been shot that include Steffy and her doctor. So, it’s plausible to project that she’ll be pregnant and that a paternity question will exist.
Sure, Finn would be connected to Steffy if she’s going to have his baby. But that information might not become known, or confirmed for months. In the meantime Finn could split from Steffy because of the cliff house reveal. That would position him and Hope in a similar, emotionally vulnerable spot.
It’s challenging to think that Hope might pursue Finn on impulse, or after a longer period of commiseration. But if that happened, a fierce plot point conflict would emerge.
If Hope and Finn would become involved romantically, following a Lope crash, then Liam and Steffy would have a clear path back to each other. If Liam is the father of Steffy’s presumed baby, then pairing Finn and Hope makes all the more sense, verses a more awkward match between Atkinson and Noelle’s characters.
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