parameters. They said back to 1963! If you down think that iconic characters I mentioned didn’t inspire some other characters then I don’t know what to tell you.
Before Carly there was OLTL’s Gabrielle, and Y&R’s Phyllis.
Before Ryan and Kevin there was Adam and Stuart.
Before Jax, Nick Newman there was Tad Martin.
My point is, regardless of the decade— the Carly’s, Sonny’s, Ava’s etc are standing on the shoulders of those who paved the way first. And the actors today do have influence due to social media. Now that I think of it State of Mind likely has influenced countless people and thus MB is influential 😄