Todd Manning and Blair Cramer - Impact

Impact

Todd and Blair are often recognized as one of television's most prominent pairings. The two were nominated for "Most Irresistible Combination" at the 32nd Daytime Emmy Awards, and in 2001, were nominated for About.com's couple of the year title. In 2002, Todd and Blair were named the top One Life to Live all-time romantic couple by magazine Soaps In Depth. They are one of the most avidly watched supercouples.

Before Todd and Blair's supercouple status was indefinite, the pairing was often in direct competition with rival couple Todd and Téa, an alternate romantic pairing for Todd. This created an intense rivalry between the two fanbases, which became known as the "T&B vs. TnT" wars. The "T&B vs. TnT" wars were some of the genre's most notorious Internet battles, and left writers and producers with the task of deciding which couple would be the "true love" couple. In addition, viewers enjoyed the battles between Blair and Téa, which became one of soap opera's most entertaining rivalries.

While Todd is the town rapist (having raped Marty Saybrooke in college), Blair herself is the product of rape (as her mentally ill mother was raped and impregnated by an unnamed hospital attendant).

"You know that they love each other, and they know that they love each other…but they're both messed-up people.

Todd and Blair were the original founders of "The Most Pathetic Club" in which they competed for the title of "Most Pathetic." They had their first real meeting at Rodi's Bar in 1994; Blair was drinking at the bar when Todd came up and asked if the seat next to her was taken. The writers also scripted Todd and Blair as best friends before the two ever became involved romantically.

The couple have been legally married three times on the series (once on the beach in Key West, Florida, once in St. James' church, and once in Dorian's living room at La Boulaie). They divorce three times, and their marriage in 2003 is declared null and void because Todd concealed his identity and referred to himself as Walker Laurence during the ceremony. The couple attempts to marry additional times, but each attempt is thwarted in some way, either by themselves or a third party. The most recent of their failed marriage attempts occurs in 2004 when Margaret Cochran shoots and kidnaps Todd before the ceremony. However, the couple finally manage to marry once more in September 2007. Although the marriage is legal, it is also part of a "business" deal, as Todd and Blair agree to marry in the hopes of making Todd look better in the custody fight for Tommy, his son by his rapist, Margaret. Blair demands 5 million dollars from Todd to act the part of faithful wife (a reference to when Todd paid Téa 5 million dollars to marry him), and he agrees to pay her that amount. In 2011, it was revealed the Todd Blair knew from 2003-2011, was revealed to be his twin brother, Victor Lord, Jr.