Congrats on OP
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I was about to post just as the thread split but luckily (or not for anyone who has the misfortune of reading it) I managed to save my post

Evening all, and welcome back
vf (brilliant post btw)
What are TPTB playing at? Ok, they want to do a gay adoption sl, fine. I've always said I'd love to see Christian and Syed become parents and even though I would have preferrred them to wait at least another 6 months or a year, I can accept that soaps move at a much faster pace than real life, so I can overlook the timing issue and at a push I can accept that we'll never get a proper reason why Christian wants kids so desperately all of a sudden. It wouldn't have hurt to have a 40 second scene offering some sort of explanation, but ok, I can just about accept from the Amy sl that he's always wanted kids but just forgot all about it until NYD 2011. But for Christian to put his need to have children before his relationship with Syed, I'm sorry, I just can't buy that. It goes against everything that happened between that first kiss two years ago and the reunion last year and makes a mockery of the epic love story that is Chryed. And what makes me so angry is that there's no need for it. They could still have done the adoption sl without calling into question the strength of Christian's love for Syed. There's plenty of draaaama to milk from it by having Syed actually voicing his doubts about it, bringing up the religious aspect of it all, which hasn't even been mentioned. There's plenty of scope for conflict, and even a temporary split, in fact they could do it exactly as it sounds from the spoilers, but just leave out the bit about Christian being willing to sacrifice his relationship with Syed for a child. They could just as easily have Christian agreeing to drop the adoption if it's not what Syed wants and Syed then coming round to the idea, so it would be what they both want. It would make no difference to the eventual outcome of the adoption sl, so why destroy everything Chryed stands for in the process?