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EE: Felt sorry for Abi..for 5 seconds
Not what I wanted to talk about mainly but her goodbye to Lauren seemed so cold and distant as if Lauren was telling he she'd be going to away for a week or two. Maybe the two don't get on off-set. It seemed to lack any of the emotion I was expected, unless it was just poorly acted.
But mainly the scene with Ben. I felt sorry for her briefly, thinking she'd think she' been used by someone as a beard to prevent him from coming to terms with who he really is. Then it took his and an said "it's fine"
Even I, who dislikes the character thought 'aww that's really mature....'
Then she blew it
It's a shame because when it eventually comes to the big blow-out of the storyline they'll be tears but it's very difficult not to think Abi brought it all on herself. Indeed you could argue she's a malicious influence on Ben now, for encouraging him to suppress his feelings.
Only Abi could take a stoyline where girl is (inevitably in the future #nokiddingspoileralert) heart broken by her boyfriend turning out to like other men and do it in a way that doesn't make me feel sorry for her at all
But mainly the scene with Ben. I felt sorry for her briefly, thinking she'd think she' been used by someone as a beard to prevent him from coming to terms with who he really is. Then it took his and an said "it's fine"
Even I, who dislikes the character thought 'aww that's really mature....'
Then she blew it
It's a shame because when it eventually comes to the big blow-out of the storyline they'll be tears but it's very difficult not to think Abi brought it all on herself. Indeed you could argue she's a malicious influence on Ben now, for encouraging him to suppress his feelings.
Only Abi could take a stoyline where girl is (inevitably in the future #nokiddingspoileralert) heart broken by her boyfriend turning out to like other men and do it in a way that doesn't make me feel sorry for her at all
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If Alexa Smith and those chavy girls tried to start on her this time, who knows what she'd do to them:o
Somewhat ironically Ben seems to have done the same thing; latched onto the first willing person both to act as a beard and for sympathy/support. They're both behaving badly and unfairly to each other but both manage to evoke my sympathy. It's weird, Ben is really horrid in numerous ways but there's just something about the character that makes me feel sorry for him.
Re Lauren, there's something very sad about hers and Abi's relationship. In some ways they get on and can be close sometimes but there's also a lot of envy and resentment, they're never really there to support each other. Many times Abi's been concerned about Lauren and tried to help her but in the end her jealousy, bitterness and feelings of being pushed aside get in the way and she ends up angry and pushing Lauren away.
Her break up with Jay was devastating and he was unusually cruel to her, I thought.
So, she needs someone to love and in her mind that is now Ben. I usually dislike Ben intensely but I admired his effort to be honest with her. But of course she is in denial and now she is helping him stay in denial too.
She is one mixed up girl and I do feel sorry for her but she has become hard and unlikeable in many ways. For all Lauren's faults and mess ups, she is the more likeable of the two. She has genuine feelings for Abi whereas Abi's feelings for her are tainted by her jealousy and resentment of Lauren.
What really put me off her was her warped reaction to killing her dog!!
But she doesn't come off as a bitch like Janine, for example. She just comes across as someone emotionally stunted who doesn't understand real 'big-girl' emotions. She's permanently stuck as a 13 year old who throws strops and snorts under her breath.
If she was 'a bitch' character then she might be fun to watch but she just seems emotionally stunted as if they're doing what Eastendes always does and freezes someone's personality at childhood.
An Abi who was a out-for-herself, conniving, sly young woman COULD be an interesting character. But what we have is an Abi who's 18/19 and doesn't seem to understand how the world works and doesn't seem to have any empathy with anything whatsoever.
There might be some truth in that, Jac posted that meme of Abi saying she battered Lucy and then having a pic of Abi doing that funny pose!
https://instagram.com/jacjossa/
I didn't mind the scene between her and Lauren though at the end. Abi has been a nasty, jealous person in the last few months and it was almost like she begrudged Lauren her happiness and getting to go away off to a new life with Peter. Unless I misjudged what we were meant to feel from the scene which to be honest is a possibility
She's the Meg Griffin of the Branning family.
Have you seen the Brady Bunch Movie? She reminds me of Jan. haha.
Only about 73 times
I hope she doesn't start hearing voices or wearing a huge afro.
Jac Jossa/Lauren just hasn't been as interesting since the character's sobriety began, even with her Peter romance and the Lucy plot. Bad luck for all concerned that she was so close to delivering her baby when the 30th anniversary geared up....she was clearly distracted with or without the hopeless attempts to hide her pregnancy.
Now that both are past the 'squabbling teenagers' age one might think there would be a warmer bond between them. It's too bad the writers didn't develop this more (a la Roxy & Ronnie) instead of relying on sister A to be the foil for sister B and vice versa.