It's a hard one and hard to speculate over just now.
She's so firmly rooted to Coronation Street that in many ways it seems impossible for Deirdre to leave by any other means than by passing away.
On the other hand, she has past form and has a bit of a wild streak. She could send a letter to Ken telling him she's met the man of her dreams and is never coming back.
Without wishing to sound too high and mighty, i actually think it is a little early to be discussing this.
Give everybody, especially her famiy and friends, a chance to process what has happened and mourn before the secondary issue of the fiction is looked at.
I agree. David Beckett has this evening had the difficult task of telling the world that his wife Anne Kirkbride has died.
Which is heartbreakingly sad and I emphasise with him but this is a soap forum and I was just curious to see what people feel should become of Deirdre.
Anne would love to know people cared what happened to her I'm sure.
Excuse you. AuntieSoap was being perfectly reasonable. Someone has just died, and you're speculating whether their character will get an off-screen death or not? Please, give it a few weeks.
She should get a on screen farewell. Diedre would of never left her family anyway
If we're thinking realistically Deirdre wouldn't of missed her only daughters wedding. One of the most unrealistic things I've seen in a soap. But it couldn't of been helped I suppose if Anne was that ill. I wonder if Anne knew she she was going to die as soon as she left?
It will be done in time, when things have settle and her family can be left to grief and when the time is right I'm sure it will be addressed and done with her family involvement but atm it would be too early to even think about it but yes the most possible out come is a death off screen.
I think she'll have to die and the character can have a proper send-off. It will probably be some time in the future, although I wouldn't have thought it'd take a year. It is hard to see how they could do it since Deirdre's always been portrayed as healthy, it'd have to be something sudden I suppose. But I think we'll get an on screen funeral.
Excuse you. AuntieSoap was being perfectly reasonable. Someone has just died, and you're speculating whether their character will get an off-screen death or not? Please, give it a few weeks.
maybe write a story around the real reason she had a breakdown and went to stay with bev: she found out she had terminal lung cancer and didnt want her family to see her dying. suzie blake could come back as bev to tell ken that she's passed away
r.i.p Anne :(:cry
The character will be killed off eventually, but I can't see it happening until 2016
Part of me thinks this might be hard in the family. Just when they are getting over their grief, the long, drawn out absence of Deirdre is brought to an end with her on screen death and the family have to relive it.
Without wishing to sound too high and mighty, i actually think it is a little early to be discussing this.
Give everybody, especially her famiy and friends, a chance to process what has happened and mourn before the secondary issue of the fiction is looked at.
Part of me thinks this might be hard in the family. Just when they are getting over their grief, the long, drawn out absence of Deirdre is brought to an end with her on screen death and the family have to relive it.
I think, because soap characters are so engrained on the audience's consciousness, they tend to be given on screen goodbyes.
Away from soap, I remember watching a documentary on Only Fools and Horses where they were talking about Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, passed away between series. The first episode of the new series was Grandad's funeral and someone (can't remember if it was a cast or crew member) mentioned that the cast had only attended Lennard's funeral a little while before and then had to film Grandad's for the show.
I think, because soap characters are so engrained on the audience's consciousness, they tend to be given on screen goodbyes.
Away from soap, I remember watching a documentary on Only Fools and Horses where they were talking about Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, passed away between series. The first episode of the new series was Grandad's funeral and someone (can't remember if it was a cast or crew member) mentioned that the cast had only attended Lennard's funeral a little while before and then had to film Grandad's for the show.
It's not the onscreen goodbye I disagree with, it's it happening so far down the road after months and months of a weird pseudo existence within the soap when the family may be finally coming to terms with it and then she dies again, so to speak.
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She's so firmly rooted to Coronation Street that in many ways it seems impossible for Deirdre to leave by any other means than by passing away.
On the other hand, she has past form and has a bit of a wild streak. She could send a letter to Ken telling him she's met the man of her dreams and is never coming back.
Absolutely. They left it quite a while after Maggie Jones died before they 'killed off' Blanche.
Really sad.
Give everybody, especially her famiy and friends, a chance to process what has happened and mourn before the secondary issue of the fiction is looked at.
Calm down.
Which is heartbreakingly sad and I emphasise with him but this is a soap forum and I was just curious to see what people feel should become of Deirdre.
Anne would love to know people cared what happened to her I'm sure.
Excuse you. AuntieSoap was being perfectly reasonable. Someone has just died, and you're speculating whether their character will get an off-screen death or not? Please, give it a few weeks.
If we're thinking realistically Deirdre wouldn't of missed her only daughters wedding. One of the most unrealistic things I've seen in a soap. But it couldn't of been helped I suppose if Anne was that ill. I wonder if Anne knew she she was going to die as soon as she left?
Ok...
r.i.p Anne
Part of me thinks this might be hard in the family. Just when they are getting over their grief, the long, drawn out absence of Deirdre is brought to an end with her on screen death and the family have to relive it.
I feel the same.
I think, because soap characters are so engrained on the audience's consciousness, they tend to be given on screen goodbyes.
Away from soap, I remember watching a documentary on Only Fools and Horses where they were talking about Lennard Pearce, who played Grandad, passed away between series. The first episode of the new series was Grandad's funeral and someone (can't remember if it was a cast or crew member) mentioned that the cast had only attended Lennard's funeral a little while before and then had to film Grandad's for the show.
How long would you stay with a friend without outstaying your welcome & not being with your loved ones?
It's not the onscreen goodbye I disagree with, it's it happening so far down the road after months and months of a weird pseudo existence within the soap when the family may be finally coming to terms with it and then she dies again, so to speak.