Originally Posted by lovinluka:
“God no.
She's a sanctimonious, hypocritical, silly girl. I've hated her even more since her *cough*excuse for lesbian action*cough* 'love story' began, where it seems everything she says is a speech about how she is "a lesbian" and how unfair everything is. Now, I can't stand homophobia or people being even 'a bit' funny over the idea, (and I find Sally's struggle with it hard to grasp and out of character), but I hate how they write it as if now she's discovered a new side to her sexual orientation, that's how she solely defines herself. She and Sian are Lesbians with a capital L and say it at every opportunity as if their sexual orientation is now their main character facet. Which it is, because they don't have much in the way of personalities.
Sigh. I just wish there could be gay characters in soaps who're allowed to just be people who happen to be gay, and that's it, no big issue storyline, no gay bashing, no solely defining themself as gay - just a person, with a personality, who's allowed the kinds of storylines that any of the straight characters are.
*deep breath* So... yeah, I don't like Sophie.
If you want a nice, different, intelligent soap teenager, there's only been Tamwar and Libby in EE, as far as I can see. That's it. As someone who was a teenager until recently, I find it so madening, because I relate to them far more than to the slutty Rosie Webster or psycho David Platt. Why can't teens in soap be allowed to be intelligent and interesting, and not always desperate to have sex the minute they can as if that's their only interest and purpose in life (ahem, looking at you, Chesney) without being portrayed as geeky, socially inept weirdos?”
'd hardly define Libby and Tamwar as typical teenagers. Both had few friends and Tamwar was always protrayed as "awkward" and socially a little behind.
), just that I loathe how gay characters always have to be Issue Of The Moment characters, and all their dialogue and storyline revolves around their sexuality, as if they can't have any drama beyond that. Of course, I'm not betting on Corrie keeping Sophie a lesbian forever, if she stays for a while, so I suppose it is an of-the-moment thing.”
