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Young And The Restless Discussion Group
I know good people can raise bad children, but there's usually a reason ... WHAT WENT WRONG? I'd have an easier time accepting evil Adam if I knew what happened to send the child of such of moral person so far off-course.
If this had been some boy-off-the-farm gets dazzled by wealth and power, I could have accepted the story a lot better. But they didn't play it that way.
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When he was first brought on I didn't get the idea he was mean or anything, maybe a little smug but that was it. He and Victoria did try to make a go of it in the beginning but the rivalry soon set in when he worked to get Victors approval. He never clicked with Nicholas and i think that was mainly due to Nick being a douche (or the writers lack of imagination by heading straight into the predictable field of sibling rivalry).
It all went to hell when Victor returned from Mexico after Sabrina's death and he shut down and refused to deal with everyone, including Adam who stood by him when Nicholas and Victoria didn't when he married Sabrina. Victor forgot that. Only thing he would remember was Adam's take over of Newman when he was declared dead (which is no big deal as that company changes hands in leader ship just as often as Jabot does). Victor brought him to town then turned his back on him. That's how Jack was able to manipulate him into completely betraying Victor for his own selfish needs.
And this being The Young and the Restless, somebody had to pay. Enter Ashley. Throughout the entire gas lighting sl, it was never really mentioned why he did what he did to Ashley for no other reason than that she was Victor's wife and Jack's sister, and you could only glean that from what he said when Ashley fell, saying she didn't "deserve this", it was just because of Victor and her "jerk brother".
There were times when Adam did express some small signs of remorse but i don't think he allowed himself much the luxury to reflect on what he was doing save when it was all over, when he broke down after thoughts of Hope came back to him after that final act of taking Sharon's baby and giving it to Ashley.
All that being said, i think at this point trying to reconcile any thing that Hope may have taught him along with what he's done since leaving the farm for college would just be futile, there's no point in trying to understand (especially since this is a little soap called the Young and the Restless and contrariness rules the day).
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Of course this is nonsense. As you said, Farmer B., Adam did have a father. Cliff Wilson was his father. And Cliff was "manly" enough even in Victor's terms.
Adam was raised by two loving, kind, smart people with strong moral values. Victor's theory that if only he'd been there to raise Adam, things would've turned out differently is ridiculous.
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IMO Adam would be a much more interesting character if we could occasionally see him conflicted about sharing Goat genes and Hope's more noble ones. The writers have dug Adam such a deep hole and made him so vile, even when they show him blubbering over his mom's picture and saying how sorry he is, I don't buy it.
I like to imagine that the Road Down for Adam started in college. Obviously Hope didn't feel Skye and her ilk were the best influence on her boy. Then came Sri Lanka. Then came Genoa City where rubbing shoulders with the Newmans and the likes of Jackabbott did nothing to hone Adam's character. It's not just how you were raised, it's who you choose to surround yourself with. And Adam has made some poor choices, let's face it. I keep wishing Ghost Hope would show up and read her son the riot act but she's probably way too embarrassed.
There was a time in Adam's life when he fell in with bad company.
The below comments in qoutation marks was taken from soapcentral:
"In May 2007 while Victor was mourning the supposed death of this son, Nick, Hope phoned Victor to let him know that their son, Victor Jr.(Adam), was missing and had been hanging out with a bad crowd. Victor traced the boy to Columbia, but found out Adam had disappeared without paying his rent. Victor then traced him to Sri Lanka, went there, and disappeared for quite some time. When Victor returned, he told those who asked that he had not found his son."
I don't think it was ever explained what Adam was involved with in Columbia or Sri Lanka. Must have been something pretty awful. They never did explain when Adam came from Sri Lanka to New York and became this "great stockbroker."