Welcome home, Ringo, you were very much missed here.
Oh, you write some very SPECIAL DARK SHADOWS publications, and they are beautiful to behold. A trifle superficial, but who needs content when you've got such great covers???
As for David, I think it was a combination of Vicki and Liz that turned him around. Vicki endured a lot of crap at the hands of the little monster, but she persevered, stuck around and won him over. Saving him from his mother went a long way toward engendering David's trust of Vicki, and that despite all the awful things she did to him.
Love, Robin