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Corrie: Tina, Graham and Xin.

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Anyone else not like Tina and Graham as a couple? I know they have been together for ages now but still i cant warm to them both. I thought tina and david were better.

And the whole Xin storyline is very boring. I dont know why Tina is so obsessed with asking if shes ok.. :confused:

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    Reality SucksReality Sucks Posts: 28,538
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    Xin doesn't seem to have anything else to talk about. It's all me,me,me me and then more me:rolleyes:. And where was Xin when Tina was grieving the loss of her father? It's all completely far feched and I don't think anyone cares whether Xin gets deported or not.

    It's a bit unfair on the actress as they haven't given her a chance to gain any fans of the show. She just seems to have been brought in as a vehicle for the storyline. But for me it's a case of Who Cares?
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    GloriaSnockersGloriaSnockers Posts: 2,932
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    I'd find it easier to take the Xin storyline seriously if she didn't talk with an accent that's bordering on BBC British. None of my Chinese friends (who were born and brought up here) have pronounced Chinese accents either, but their parents (who grew up in China) do. Yet we're supposed to believe that she's only been here for a couple of years, does not understand some common British colloquialisms and grew up in China. Yeah, right.
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    performingmonkperformingmonk Posts: 20,086
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    I like Xin but find Graeme really annoying now. There's something different about him these days. It does seem strange that he's leaving anyway. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes... Yeah, Craig Gazey gives his reasons for wanting to do different things but, come on, it's not like he's been on Corrie for years and years, and it's a secure job, it makes no sense that he would leave atm. Arguments maybe.
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    bel110bel110 Posts: 14,085
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    It made me laugh when Tina said Xin was her best friend the other day .... since when!! If Xin was her best friend she'd know not to touch David with a bargepole!

    As for Graeme and Tina, they've ruined the characters putting them together ... they've lost all the sparkle they had as individuals and when paired with other characters. Tina in particular is so moany now and the pair of them just bore me when they are on screen. I much prefered Tina with David. In comparision by the way David and Kylies partnership is really sparkly and lights up the screen!
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    callumfreemancallumfreeman Posts: 12,399
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    I hope that Xin and Grahem fall in love with each other, marry and run off, that would really annoy Tina.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 268
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    callumfreeman wrote: »
    I hope that Xin and Grahem fall in love with each other, marry and run off, that would really annoy Tina.

    Well he is leaving... you may be onto something. :D
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    EspressoEspresso Posts: 18,047
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    GloriaSnockers wrote: »
    I'd find it easier to take the Xin storyline seriously if she didn't talk with an accent that's bordering on BBC British. None of my Chinese friends (who were born and brought up here) have pronounced Chinese accents either, but their parents (who grew up in China) do. Yet we're supposed to believe that she's only been here for a couple of years, does not understand some common British colloquialisms and grew up in China. Yeah, right.

    Yep.
    And surely, seeing as she's Tina's best friend, the time she's been here has been in Manchester, so surely she'd have a Manc edge to her accent. And not say something as jaaring as "My laaarst chaaaaarnce"

    Why doesn't Tina mary Xin, if she's so keen for someone to mary her so she can stay?
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    mandarulemandarule Posts: 267
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    Espresso wrote: »
    Yep.
    And surely, seeing as she's Tina's best friend, the time she's been here has been in Manchester, so surely she'd have a Manc edge to her accent. And not say something as jaaring as "My laaarst chaaaaarnce"

    Why doesn't Tina mary Xin, if she's so keen for someone to mary her so she can stay?

    Because that would be just toooo unbelieveable for the authorities :)
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    Jewels501Jewels501 Posts: 26,932
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    GloriaSnockers wrote: »
    I'd find it easier to take the Xin storyline seriously if she didn't talk with an accent that's bordering on BBC British. None of my Chinese friends (who were born and brought up here) have pronounced Chinese accents either, but their parents (who grew up in China) do. Yet we're supposed to believe that she's only been here for a couple of years, does not understand some common British colloquialisms and grew up in China. Yeah, right.

    Her back story doesn't make sense to me. She said she had no family or friends in China and her whole life was in England. How so?

    If she's been here on a student visa whilst studying she presumably came from China and had a life there. If all her family are here, on what basis was she living here prior to starting studying?

    All rather confusing and hard to empathise with.
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    boogie woogieboogie woogie Posts: 16,437
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    It's probably the only story on Corrie that I don't like right now. Xin has failed to make much of an impact and is pretty bland as a character, in comparison to the likes of newcomers such as Frank Foster and little Faye.
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