[lulu g]

Originally Posted by stesteste

Is anyone else sick of Brendan vs Joel? I never minded the rivalry between Brendan and Warren but I find myself constantly wizzing past Brendan/Joel scenes. they are so old hat. boring, done to death.

Far from being sick of them, I can't even remember the last time I saw either Brendan or Joel. I would rarher watch them, either separately or together, than anything that's actually going on in Hollyoaks these days. God, it's dull. And I agree with what Plant said about the kind of relationship, such as it is, that Brendan and Joel have.

[Plant]

I can't believe Ste is going to pick Doug over Adam. Do they really expect us to believe that?

[npd6900]

I like how Ste, Doug and Texas all work together in the new deli, shows how they're getting on with their lives after India, Bex and Rae (and nice that Riley was involved in doing the place up, so shows he's trying to get on with life after Heidi too)

[ally08]

As far as I can tell they were all getting on with their lives about 25 minutes after the bodies were found.

I don't think Texas even had an episode mourning India before she was wearing hotpants and rollerskates in the gym.

They don't like to dwell on things like close family and friends being brutally murdered in HOs, there are dates to be arranged and sexuality to experiment with, who has got the time to be all bereaved?

[whoyouarexo]

Originally Posted by ally08

As far as I can tell they were all getting on with their lives about 25 minutes after the bodies were found.

I don't think Texas even had an episode mourning India before she was wearing hotpants and rollerskates in the gym.

They don't like to dwell on things like close family and friends being brutally murdered in HOs, there are dates to be arranged and sexuality to experiment with, who has got the time to be all bereaved?

BIB- I chuckled /

And can I just say if anyone in HO may be looking, please keep Mercedes as a bitch, shes so much better this way!

[WLB]

Originally Posted by Plant

I can't believe Ste is going to pick Doug over Adam. Do they really expect us to believe that?

When I first heard about Doug and Ste I thought they would make a really good couple (there really is something about Pj Brennans eyes).

I think it has two problems now though...

Doug and Ste just seems to happen too quickly, there has been about three scenes where Dougs growing feeling for Ste is shown, then suddenly it's all going to come out. I really think it would have been better if they had given Dougs building feelings for Ste more time. A couple more scenes of them being there for each other to show a really close friendship, and a few more scenes of Doug feeling jealous, maybe Stes first date being a bit of a jerk, and Doug being there for him, before Adam came on the scene, bringing out Dougs jealousy. It all just happened to quickly.

The second problem is Adam, he seems great and a bit of a looker, and him and Ste do seem to have chemistry. Because of the lack of Doug and Ste build up, you start to question whether Ste would really chose Doug over Adam.

[wackywearhouse]

Anyone else seen PJ tweet about stug and stendan! LMFAO

[wildyounghearts]

What a complete waste of Karen Hassan

There was an interesting story to be told between Lynsey and Riley given their history and links to Silas but this is not it

Real shame

As for Riley and Mitzeee- they are cousins- it's totally inappropriate

[Rain]

Originally Posted by Plant

I can't believe Ste is going to pick Doug over Adam. Do they really expect us to believe that?

Well I do actually - you know.. Adam who he has known five minutes..

It is like some just want to criticise the plot and will pick at anything to do so.

[freespirit0]

They have been gradually building up the friendship with Ste and Doug over the last few weeks, and lots of relationships develop from friendships, this is one of those situations. I find it believable.

[WLB]

Originally Posted by Rain

Well I do actually - you know.. Adam who he has known five minutes..

It is like some just want to criticise the plot and will pick at anything to do so.

I agree that Doug and Ste make a good couple, but I can see where he's coming from. The Ste and Doug friendship hasn't had enough screen time to develop enough. We should all want him to chose Doug, because as you said Adam has been there five minutes, and we should know how deep Dougs feelings are for him, and what a great friendship they have. But Due to the lack of Doug and Ste scenes, it just doesn't work as well as it could have.

But I really hope that they will be able to turn it around when the final reveal happens, and that all the concerns go.

[Sifter22]

Well, another boring ep. Found myself cringing at the Doug and Ste scenes in the SU, it just isn't working at all. The teens were being annoying as usual, and we still have the cycle of Jono treating Ruby like crap and her taking it just to be in the cool crowd. And Lynsey just seems a plot device for Riley and Mitzeee at the moment, she's not had anything proper to do for ages which is a shame.

[lulu g]

Originally Posted by freespirit0

They have been gradually building up the friendship with Ste and Doug over the last few weeks, and lots of relationships develop from friendships, this is one of those situations. I find it believable.

Ste has shown absolutely no interest in Doug, though.

[freespirit0]

Originally Posted by lulu g

Ste has shown absolutely no interest in Doug, though.

At the moment he thinks Doug is straight and therefore probably hasn't looked at him in that way. We'll just have to see how he feels as the story progresses, it's very early days, but I personally don't think it's unbelievable for something to happen between them, they get on very well.

[tinkie]

Originally Posted by Sifter22

Well, another boring ep. Found myself cringing at the Doug and Ste scenes in the SU, it just isn't working at all. The teens were being annoying as usual, and we still have the cycle of Jono treating Ruby like crap and her taking it just to be in the cool crowd. And Lynsey just seems a plot device for Riley and Mitzeee at the moment, she's not had anything proper to do for ages which is a shame.

I agree

[QueenShebaVIII]

Romance often comes from being friends with someone and then realising it could have the potential to be more. Maybe Ste has no interest in Doug now - why does that mean he won't begin to feel sexual attraction to him? Has he shown any real attraction to Adam, really? He's only dating him because he responded to him online and is good looking and friendly enough to have a second date with. That isn't exactly instant love either, or is he supposed to want to be with the first good looking gay man he meets? I've seen no chemistry between Adam and Ste and before Doug started feeling attracted to Ste, everybody was on DS was saying how much chemistry they have.
Really, anybody saying that it's unbelievable that Ste would choose Doug over Adam (um and yes, for some people knowing someone for more than 5 minutes is actually a factor or is it just me who would rather prefer to be with someone I actually know?) is talking crap. Everybody has different taste and to me Doug seems much, much more desirable than Adam, so there's no reason it shouldn't seem that way to Ste as well, whether it does right now and he's hiding it or ignoring those feelings because Doug is seemingly straight and it would be pointless or it will seem that way to him after he's started considering that a relationship between them could be a possibility.
I don't know whether to laugh or just shake my head at the people saying this so obviously because they're obsessed with Stendan.

[Plant]

Originally Posted by WLB

I agree that Doug and Ste make a good couple, but I can see where he's coming from. The Ste and Doug friendship hasn't had enough screen time to develop enough. We should all want him to chose Doug, because as you said Adam has been there five minutes, and we should know how deep Dougs feelings are for him, and what a great friendship they have. But Due to the lack of Doug and Ste scenes, it just doesn't work as well as it could have.

But I really hope that they will be able to turn it around when the final reveal happens, and that all the concerns go.

Plus Adam is miles better looking than Doug and Ste's character seems fairly shallow these days.

[Dare Devil]

Originally Posted by freespirit0

They have been gradually building up the friendship with Ste and Doug over the last few weeks, and lots of relationships develop from friendships, this is one of those situations. I find it believable.

That's the thing though. They worked as friends, not as a couple adn all this awkwardness is very cringey.

But above all, I'm bored of coupling storylines. So tedious.

[Rain]

They ain't going to be married by Friday are they. They will have kissed though and in my opinion that is more than plausible. This is a spur of the moment kiss during an argument.

I'd say in reality people have come into other peoples lives, struck up a friendship, one develops feelings and acts on them in less time than this storyline has platyed out.

I doubt their friends turned around and said "You haven't been friends for long, so I do not believe your relationship" - it sounds ridiculous doesn't it..

People are saying they do not buy it? They have not even given it a chance - because they haven't even seen it play out on-screen yet.

[StarryNight]

Ste used to be one of my favourite characters, now I just find his every scene completely tedious.

[WLB]

Originally Posted by Plant

Plus Adam is miles better looking than Doug and Ste's character seems fairly shallow these days.

I don't know PJ Brennan has amazing eyes, though yeah, Adam is hot.

[mojo5000]

But (and yeah, I'll be watching to find out) why will Ste dump Adam/choose Doug over him when he doesn't even know Doug is interested? Doesn't he dump Adam BEFORE he finds out about Doug? I'd believe Ste choosing Doug over Adam if the kiss happened and then he found himself attracted to Doug.

I feel like Doug's story is (sadly) just Craig Dean's storyline on fastforward. PJ's doing a great job - he does the sad, sullenness very well, but it's just going at a million miles an hour. Well, like every story these days.

I'm yet to see whether they'll have any romantic chemistry. I liked their friendship.

But as I'm a Stendan fan my opinion is invalid so I'll hush now.

[Rain]

Originally Posted by Dare Devil

That's the thing though. They worked as friends, not as a couple adn all this awkwardness is very cringey.

But above all, I'm bored of coupling storylines. So tedious.

How can you say that? They are not a couple yet - they are still friends. For all you know they will over come this awkwardness you speak of.

[Rain]

Originally Posted by mojo5000

But (and yeah, I'll be watching to find out) why will Ste dump Adam/choose Doug over him when he doesn't even know Doug is interested? Doesn't he dump Adam BEFORE he finds out about Doug? I'd believe Ste choosing Doug over Adam if the kiss happened and then he found himself attracted to Doug.

From everything I have read - it plays like this -

They have an arguement and Doug tries to tell him how he feels.

Ste cancels the date because he is taken a back.

Doug tries to backtrack how he feels and they have another arguement leading to the kiss.

[ally08]

I can't say I'm that bothered about Ste, Doug or Adam, and that is not because of Stendan, I don't think I could get behind that at the moment either.

It's just all a big mish mash of previous storylines and it is, quite frankly, a bit boring.

Same as the Riley stuff, nothing seems to make any sense, it's just people getting together for the sake of giving them something to do.

I am hoping this stuff with Brendan, Joel and the new guy Walker is good because at the minute I have no idea why I am still watching.