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Old 04-08-2012, 12:58
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Love the idea of Ste crawling up the bed while Brendan's asleep, then pouncing.

My only concern is that it's been done so last minute they won't have the promo pics for it but then the Stamy stuff was only filmed a week or two ago so...

I wonder if ASD quit suddenly or if they decided to add in those Ste/Doug scenes for a reason
I honestly don't know. It all feels very sudden, but they must have known she wasn't going to renew her contract.

I really wonder how much impact Amy leaving will have on this Doug/Leanne stuff. They must have already had it planned in some form. Maybe they just used the Amy stuff to crank up Doug's insecurity.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:00
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Random question, but when did Dr Browning actually come into the show?

Ally came first, right? Then Browning, then Walker?
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:01
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Random question, but when did Dr Browning actually come into the show?

Ally came first, right? Then Browning, then Walker?
I thought Doc Browning came first, in January, with that stuff with Lynsey at the hospital. Then Ally in Feb?

Walker came last, in May.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:02
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Now I can't remember where I saw about Carl at pride so ignore me I think Karen's in Belfast pride?

I honestly don't know. It all feels very sudden, but they must have known she wasn't going to renew her contract.

I really wonder how much impact Amy leaving will have on this Doug/Leanne stuff. They must have already had it planned in some form. Maybe they just used the Amy stuff to crank up Doug's insecurity.
Maybe they had an alternative leaving story but decided on this to go into the Doug/Leanne plot?

Yeah that makes sense really. Just Ste and Doug seem so unhappy with each other, I can't see the predicted ending of them running off getting engaged instead scenario

Also we seem to be the few who have clicked this is probably a Doug/Leanne wedding
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:03
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I thought Doc Browning came first, in January, with that stuff with Lynsey at the hospital. Then Ally in Feb?

Walker came last, in May.
Okay, thanks!
They all killed Lynsey imo.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:05
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:09
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Yeah that makes sense really. Just Ste and Doug seem so unhappy with each other, I can't see the predicted ending of them running off getting engaged instead scenario

Also we seem to be the few who have clicked this is probably a Doug/Leanne wedding
I was thinking about this Stug bizzo after last night, because it's so odd, how they show them. I think what we're meant to feel is, Ste is reasonably content with Doug, doesn't think there's a problem, but his world isn't exactly alight and he treats Doug a bit like the wallpaper. Plus, he has a lot of other distractions with Amy and the kids and Brendan and Cheryl. So the whole thing just makes Doug really really insecure, and probably at bottom, Doug's real insecurity comes from Brendan.

No doubt when Doug has a massive wobble, Ste will do his usual and reassure him that he loves him, yada yada. But it is so strange that they are so unsexy and uncomfortable on screen. Not that I want to see them try, because they're a chemistry void.

And that's the last time I try to make sense of them.

The Doug/Leanne wedding thing has gone down like a lead balloon on the main thread. I think most posters there just thought it was nonsense.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:11
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Okay, thanks!
They all killed Lynsey imo.
Little did we know they were all lining up to finish her off.

Hannival! That is ... no words ...
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Now I can't remember where I saw about Carl at pride so ignore me I think Karen's in Belfast pride?
You're right, one of the girls who met Kieron asked him to wish Carl luck at Pride, so I guess his band is playing?

And Kieron's going to be in Skegness doing something or other.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:14
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I was thinking about this Stug bizzo after last night, because it's so odd, how they show them. I think what we're meant to feel is, Ste is reasonably content with Doug, doesn't think there's a problem, but his world isn't exactly alight and he treats Doug a bit like the wallpaper. Plus, he has a lot of other distractions with Amy and the kids and Brendan and Cheryl. So the whole thing just makes Doug really really insecure, and probably at bottom, Doug's real insecurity comes from Brendan.

No doubt when Doug has a massive wobble, Ste will do his usual and reassure him that he loves him, yada yada. But it is so strange that they are so unsexy and uncomfortable on screen. Not that I want to see them try, because they're a chemistry void.

And that's the last time I try to make sense of them.

The Doug/Leanne wedding thing has gone down like a lead balloon on the main thread. I think most posters there just thought it was nonsense.
I've gotta agree with you really, that's pretty much it And I just wish they'd cut their losses and split them because Doug works so much better with other characters and likewise for Ste.

I wonder if he'll feel less insecure when Amy and the kids are gone? But then presumably Ste is going to find comfort in Brendan (we think) and neither of them are going to forget that. And as you say, deep down it's Brendan who's the real issue. As long as he's about, loving Ste, poor Doug's never going to feel comfortable

It is really, no matter what way you look at it. Either it's a way in which for them to say actually, we don't work anymore, or it's just another way to strengthen them :sleep: I'm sure we'll find out soon enough anyway...
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:15
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You're right, one of the girls who met Kieron asked him to wish Carl luck at Pride, so I guess his band is playing?

And Kieron's going to be in Skegness doing something or other.
Oh good not just me then

Oh really? I wondered if him and Bronagh had recorded KeeBro yet or if I just missed all that. They normally do it towards the end of the week but we haven't heard much and they've both been on set a lot. Perhaps Kieron's doing a PA? Come to Essex, boy
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:22
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The Doug/Leanne wedding thing has gone down like a lead balloon on the main thread. I think most posters there just thought it was nonsense.
That's interesting. It does feel like a bit of a misstep, but it'll be interesting to see how it comes about, and who is the main motivator, and what the consequences will be for Stug.

I presume they're paying Leanne to do it.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:22
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I wonder if he'll feel less insecure when Amy and the kids are gone? But then presumably Ste is going to find comfort in Brendan (we think) and neither of them are going to forget that. And as you say, deep down it's Brendan who's the real issue. As long as he's about, loving Ste, poor Doug's never going to feel comfortable

It is really, no matter what way you look at it. Either it's a way in which for them to say actually, we don't work anymore, or it's just another way to strengthen them :sleep: I'm sure we'll find out soon enough anyway...
BIB: exactly Ayla. I just don't get the dynamic here at all. Why sell Ste and Doug as this big love, when afterwards, Doug is constantly neurotic that Ste has just settled for second best?

Doug feels more like Father Kieron to me with every passing day really. Ste loves him, sure, but they're not totally happy, ever, because Brendan casts this long shadow over both of them.

The big WTF thing for me is ... why is Doug always so flipping miserable? We've barely ever seen him happy that he's got Ste. He ran away from fancying him, ran away when he thought he'd chosen Brendan, and then ran away from sex. Now all he does is witter away asking for reassurance, do you really want to be with me, am I your type, are we a match? And I just want to say NO, no, you're a disaster, and be done with it. :sleep:
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:25
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That's interesting. It does feel like a bit of a misstep, but it'll be interesting to see how it comes about, and who is the main motivator, and what the consequences will be for Stug.

I presume they're paying Leanne to do it.
Isn't it. I think it was the whole angle of Ste and Doug scamming Doug's parents out of money that made the posters over there do a WTF? Specially after they already scammed Brendan.

God knows what Leanne's role is, she's completely mental anyway so it could be anything. I just can't see anyone coming out of it with any credit, but Jubilee week was just the same. Nuts.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:26
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You know since their making Leanne play along with this they better offer her some of the money as well even if they don't get it in the end, she's doing this rubbish for Doug too.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:30
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I'd be surprised if Doug even finds out who Ste went to/wants to go to for comfort.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:30
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BIB: exactly Ayla. I just don't get the dynamic here at all. Why sell Ste and Doug as this big love, when afterwards, Doug is constantly neurotic that Ste has just settled for second best?

Doug feels more like Father Kieron to me with every passing day really. Ste loves him, sure, but they're not totally happy, ever, because Brendan casts this long shadow over both of them.

The big WTF thing for me is ... why is Doug always so flipping miserable? We've barely ever seen him happy that he's got Ste. He ran away from fancying him, ran away when he thought he'd chosen Brendan, and then ran away from sex. Now all he does is witter away asking for reassurance, do you really want to be with me, am I your type, are we a match? And I just want to say NO, no, you're a disaster, and be done with it. :sleep:
I do strongly suspect KB has come in and said nope, this isn't working. With her working on EE before she knows where the big power couples lie, especially the dysfunctional ones.

Yeah that makes sense, I just feel Doug deserves a lot better than this (not as in Ste doesn't deserve him but as in he could do so much more in another pairing/story) Any love interest for Ste was going to be tricky with Brendan still around and it baffles me that they chose someone as popular and well-liked as Doug but perhaps they were thinking back to the Noah criticisms? But really people wanted someone to challenge the Brendan/Ste dynamic, not to offer it as an alternative and create all these silly divisions.

I just don't think they'll ever find that joy in each other. They seemed to as friends but Doug's only just come out and he's been put straight into this big relationship and I feel like he needs more time to work out what he really wants, and Ste still has too much going on himself with Amy and the kids leaving and confusing feelings about Brendan, wanting to be there for Cheryl.

Sooo yeah, baffling
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:31
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BIB: exactly Ayla. I just don't get the dynamic here at all. Why sell Ste and Doug as this big love, when afterwards, Doug is constantly neurotic that Ste has just settled for second best?

Doug feels more like Father Kieron to me with every passing day really. Ste loves him, sure, but they're not totally happy, ever, because Brendan casts this long shadow over both of them.

The big WTF thing for me is ... why is Doug always so flipping miserable? We've barely ever seen him happy that he's got Ste. He ran away from fancying him, ran away when he thought he'd chosen Brendan, and then ran away from sex. Now all he does is witter away asking for reassurance, do you really want to be with me, am I your type, are we a match? And I just want to say NO, no, you're a disaster, and be done with it. :sleep:
It's a big old puzzle.

It really feels as if there's been a shift in the show's intentions for them. It went from Stug, The Friendship, which led them to think ooh, look how popular this is, it might be a way out of the Stendan problem; then the push for their OTP status, from every PR person, writers, the E4 site, even poor little Kieron; then this turnaround after moustache-twirling slum-buying Brendan, with Stendan very present in a way that's different from when Brendan was stalking and intruding the whole time.

Is it an awareness of the viewers' reaction? I'm never all that sure what the feeling is in the world outside this thread, so I don't know.

Is it Kathleen?
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:37
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I'd really laugh if Doug falls in love with Leanne. She does resemble Bex in a way. I was amazed how insecure he is. It didn't take Ally long to make him insecure. That was a deliberate act by Ally so I wonder why he did it. I really can't make out what he is up to. Plus we should have found out who that telephone call was off as it was a cliff hanger. Its just like Brendan making Amy insecure. We have to wait weeks before we discover the effect the insecurity has on her.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:38
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Aww Emmett had a facial
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:41
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I think we do owe Beedles for the most recent interaction we've gotten. The second her name went on the credits the show began to change ever so slightly and it has improved quite a bit. I think/hope that she has seen that Ste and Brendan have a lot of potential so she's making sure the connection between them isn't lost or forgotten whilst it heads towards Later.

Stug will never cease to confuse me though.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:42
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I do strongly suspect KB has come in and said nope, this isn't working. With her working on EE before she knows where the big power couples lie, especially the dysfunctional ones.
Is it an awareness of the viewers' reaction? I'm never all that sure what the feeling is in the world outside this thread, so I don't know.

Is it Kathleen?
Every bone in my body wants to believe this is a change, seriously. I'd love for KB to have come in and said, yeah, I can see what you're trying to do, suspense and all that, but you can't have your cake and eat it, and we need to get back to the main story, we're losing people. I would love that. And it definitely felt like that, during the Lynsey stuff.

But this Doug/Leanne wedding stuff has really rocked my faith in that scenario. It just feels so much like a Jubilee week fiasco reheat. The real test is going to be this thing about Ste possibly going to Brendan for comfort I think. If there's feeling there, then I think it's a change. If there isn't, and it's naff, then maybe not.

Just such a shame Doug's got so dragged down though. You bet they chose him because they wanted to avoid another Noah. Whereas I just wish like mad they hadn't tried for another Big Serious relationship at all, just had Ste see someone casually and maybe develop it as it went along.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:45
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I don't think there'll even be chance for us to see whether there is any feeling, cos I do genuinely think Brendan will either be too stressed about Declan and be mean to Ste cos of that, or he'll be mean to Ste to keep him safe - or both.

But as long as it's not more of the, oh you've come back to me like I always said you would I am the controlling master of all people and their puppet strings, I'll deal.
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:46
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Aww Emmett had a facial
He needs a facial. Did you see that frickin' massive bruise? Did Neil wallop him for real in the two-hander episode?
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Old 04-08-2012, 13:53
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Every bone in my body wants to believe this is a change, seriously. I'd love for KB to have come in and said, yeah, I can see what you're trying to do, suspense and all that, but you can't have your cake and eat it, and we need to get back to the main story, we're losing people. I would love that. And it definitely felt like that, during the Lynsey stuff.

But this Doug/Leanne wedding stuff has really rocked my faith in that scenario. It just feels so much like a Jubilee week fiasco reheat. The real test is going to be this thing about Ste possibly going to Brendan for comfort I think. If there's feeling there, then I think it's a change. If there isn't, and it's naff, then maybe not.

Just such a shame Doug's got so dragged down though. You bet they chose him because they wanted to avoid another Noah. Whereas I just wish like mad they hadn't tried for another Big Serious relationship at all, just had Ste see someone casually and maybe develop it as it went along.
Maybe they weren't able to cut it because it caused too much reshooting? I know they've had to before but maybe this one ties in to too many plots or something?

I agree, the comforting episode will be key I think on where this is all heading. I shan't get my hopes up just yet

He needs a facial. Did you see that frickin' massive bruise? Did Neil wallop him for real in the two-hander episode?
Maybe! Poor Emmett. Can I also say how lovely it is having Neil Newbon wish his followers good morning? ooft.
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