Afternoon all, I just want to say, I'm still alive, lol. I won't lie. Since Chryed have left, I've been able to let go. I feel awful for feeling like that because I love this fandom so much but I no longer have that impusive need to lurk or post on this thread everyday. I can go days, even weeks without logging onto DS. I guess with Chryed gone now, it's enabled me to move on. It doesn't change how I feel about them and you guys though. Chryedians will always be awesome people IMO and the most loyal and devoted fanbase ever! I know it's only been a month but in a way it feels longer. That's probably because of the huge blackhole and the amount of shit we were put through.

I'll still and always look back on this place with fondness though. That hasn't changed. and I so can't wait for panto in January! It's literally weeks away now. Chryed may be gone but we still have Marc and Johnny.

Congrats on us reaching one million posts. I too agree that I like the idea of us remaining the largest thread on DS, long after Chryed leave - though it is likely the stendan thread may catch up with us.

OMG we've met 1 million posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!! Chryedians still breaking DS records in even after Chryed have left!! Well done everyone! I am truly proud of this fandom!!

Congrats Sylae . BIB I agree. Thanks for working out the stats!

Hello coulditbemagic, NowhereToHide, Shortiefluff, KatrinaK, Romeo and anyone lurking

Hope anyone lucky enough to be at the Albert Hall tonight to see Marc has a wonderful evening

Lovely post Shortiefluff When you think how little screentime Chryed had while BK was in charge, it's amazing we are on part 269 and have just reached a million posts.


You should not feel bad for letting go of Chryed. The story has now come to an end, and that naturally means people have and will move on from posting on the thread, but as you say take great memories with them. I agree, it feels a lot longer than four weeks since we last saw Chryed on screen.

Hope you have a great time at the panto meet up

Hi, you do not hear from Marc at the Albert Hall?

Hello LoveChryed and anyone else around. Great to see us past the 1million mark!


Got a couple of soppy little fics for anyone interested.

Tarragona

Mika'il (part of Happily Ever After)

Hello to anyone lurking and hello to LoveChryed when you look in


BIB: Yeah - I have and I haven't I find I don't think too much about them anymore (I used to make up little stories about them on the train on my way to work - but nothing now) but when I come on here, I still feel fed up with the ending. I wish they had just gone in March 2012 when the story had been wrapped up in that one ep. I feel like Columbo - I'm still trying to figure out the loose ends. Anyway, back to work..

Thanks Will have a read when I get a spare moment..

I know what you mean. I wish they left during thier reunion at 2010. That way we wouldn't have seen them fade into the background for years and slowly character assasinated.

I am pleased they got thier happy ending. I'm just unhappy at what price.

No explanation will EVER make it logical for me to accept Syed could realistically cheat on Christian. Nothing what's so ever but I can bleat on about this forever so I'll shut up about it now.

Instead, I direct most of my venom at BK - for not what he's only done to Chryed but also my favourite show, EastEnders. For all the years I've been watching, I've never seen it in such a poor state.

I must admit, I do take some pleasure with the ratings being so low this time of year, given that Chryed are not in it. To see it drop to 6.8 million a couple of weeks ago was somewhat ammusing since the Brannings and Moons took centre stage. especially since someone on the main forum suggested that with Chyed gone, ratings would increase. :sleep:

I can't believe we are into mid December now - less than two weeks before Christmas - and EE are just getting 7.5 million viewers. That's terrible, especially when you look at the wide gap between the show and Corrie and the very narrow one between EE and E'dale. It's in a dire state and I'm pleased we as well as Marc and Johnny are out of it.

I actually feel for those who have an emotional investment with certain characters on the show because we know more than anyone how difficult it is to turn off when you still care about a character on screen.

bib - There will always be a part of me that wishes they'd left at the end of DC Week. The same part also thinks DC Week should've started with a Chryed bedscene (Rack I will forever hate you) :sleep: but it didn't so I'm glad they stuck around

BIB1: Yes, I know what you mean. I hadn't really looked at any of the classic stuff until after Chryed left, but when I did, the contrast is breathtaking, really. Particularly, Syed - he became mute under BK - why??? I knew that was a big issue, but, boy, it is so striking when you look back. There is no dynamic when one character never states his pov - he did before, why did BK lose that? I felt that Chryed were always going to be a passionate couple, lots of arguments, lots of making up - BK seemed to see them as a quiet, cosy couple - he reserved the 'sparks' for Max and Tanya, IMO. I didn't like that. And, as Syed, as a character, was assassinated in the last few months, I feel Christian had a slow decline. He lost his edge, became obsessed with children. I could understand him wanting to settle with a partner (that's where he was heading when he met Syed - he needed to be heading that way for him falling in love with Syed to be believable) but the obsession with children at any cost was too much - I lived with it, but in hindsight, it was not good. I would have preferred him struggling with settling with Syed's child a bit - see a bit of the old Christian rebelling against the nuclear family - also, that was the 'Christian' Syed fell in love with. There needed to be some 'drama' and Christian's edginess with Syed's 'conservativeness' could have served that better, perhaps.

BIB2: Really? That is terrible! One of the reasons I get so upset about some of the things EE do is because I used to love the soap and I want it to deliver interesting characters and good storytelling and drama. Stories should be told pretty much seamlessly, not shoe horned into exits. When I think of the Chryed exit, I just imagine a meeting with the writers whereby the head storyliner (or whatever title they have) just says, "We're going to do the 'cheating before a wedding' storyline, you'll find the template on the 'S' drive." End of meeting. Bad storytelling shows and it's a shame LN has had to continue with the Kat stuff, and couldn't find a different angle for Derek. Also, I was a bit worried about how pro Alice and Joey she was...I have not heard too many good things about those characters anywhere...


BIB: Ah, yes DC week was so so sweet. You're right, we should have seen them trying the new mattress out

Nowheretohide, you read my mind.

I'll forever have issues with how Chryed were developed during thier last two years on EastEnders, no thanks for BK. :sleep: There are simply no words to describe how they can take Chryed from the multi-faceted story/characters they were to the one dimmentional plot figures they became by the end of it.

I am eternally grateful and happy with what we got under Santer though. The Chryed story will always hold a special place in my heart and not just because of how much I love this couple but the powerful message the story sent.

The bad will always outweigh the good and despite some of the criticisms that Chryed get, there is no doubt that they are a EE success story and I'm confident they will be remembered for the brilliant coming out story and not the latest farce, for years to come.

I still protest that Chryed have set the bar and they will be a hard act to follow in terms of gay partnerships in years to come. Like I've said before, I think it will be a VERY long time before a couple - any couple, gay or not, developes a dedicated following quite like this one. The BBC, Marc, Johnny, DTC and Santer should be proud of what they achieved.

BIB: Yes, you are totally right about that IMO

One of the things I loved about the beginning of their love affair was that a lot of it was done with little looks and touches and frustrated sighs (I'm thinking of Syed and the Bad Boy stuff - when he was looking for who it was, but would rather stay with Christian and have sex) here and there Probably due to discrimination, you never had them just grabbing each other every other scene and racing to the bedroom, but in a way it worked out so well, because they put so much effort into insinuating the sex and passion that it was so so much better. It struck me at the time that they should treat the heterosexual couples a bit more like that, because having two people take one look at each other and go straight to the bedroom is SO LAZY. It's like a sign saying 'Look, they are having an affair/falling in love'. With Chryed, we got to see all those little looks and touches that happen naturally when two people are falling in love - it made so much more realistic and sweet to watch (and sympathetic). It was quite gripping (in a non rude way)

What the looks and touches is very true, so true that sometimes had the
feeling of being so intimate moments are so believable.
Syed expressions are priceless can sense his fear, his
anguish, happiness and love just by looking at it

Those were the days when we could read Syed's expressions before the BK era. How many times did we get mute Syed and because the storylines were so ridiculous we all kept guessing what was on his mind...... Speaking of the lovely Marc did anyone on the thread go and see Christmas with the Stars at the Royal Albert Hall?

Syed mute has been one of the most painful and inexplicable things we could contemplate, yet Marc / Syed has always had a special glow

Hello


Hi Lyra It's always lovely to catch up on the thread and find your fic - Thank you


Hi, I know what you mean, I don't really think of Chryed much now apart from when I catch up on the thread and read the new fanfic. But I still cannot completely get my head around the exit story: the ridiculous inconsistencies from one ep to the next still bugs me for some strange reason


Great posts from you and KatrinaK about both Chryed and EE

I wanted to to re-watch the whole story before taking part in Dessie's survey, but still cannot bring myself to watch anything but the last ep. I am not ready to be confronted with the contrast of classic Chryed to the one dimensional characters they become under BK. Knowing that the chance of that quality of storytelling returning for Chryed is lost forever now- before there was always a little hope.

It never was explained why Christian suddenly needed to become a father so much, that he became blind not only to Syed's feelings but also Roxy's too ( the two most important people in the world to him). :sleep:



Looking back now, I would have preferred if Chryed had left after DC week, even if that meant we never got the bed scene, ABRC or the Masoods making peace with Chryed


It was such a waste of a great actor, poor Marc But hopefully we will hear news of his next project soon

Sorry, I don't know if anyone went to see Marc yesterday.

Hi coulditbemagic Yes, I will never understand it Marc always did his best with the scripts he was given, but it must have been very hard for both he and Johnny to wait and wait for an exciting and challenging storyline and never get a look in.

Good morning! The behavior that the producers had to Chryed is
great mystery that keeps spinning in my head

I wonder if part of the reason for his 'sudden' obsession with having children - though he did take a keen interest in Amy when she was born, so it didn't entirely come out of nowhere - is that he worried Syed might be drawn back to his family at some point. Christian did tell Syed that he worried about Zainab's olive branch 'somehow taking you away from me' so I'm sure the idea of a proper family unit was partly a security thing, as well as a genuine love for children. Even BF - awful though it was - coud have been all bluff on Christian's part, shock and anger taking away his common sense at the time.

It's worth remembering that despite Christian's upset over Yasmin going to live with Amira, in the end, it was Chryed's passion for one another that won through and when Christian said "come with me, come to America" he wasn't thinking of Yasmin at all.

I could never except Christian truely putting kids before his love for Syed because of how deep that love is, neither of them fell in love with anyone else after that first kiss.

I agree with all of this, especially how painful the last 2 years have been, with shoddy screentime and a lack of development for Syed ( friendships and going backwards as a character for his exit ) being particular bugs of mine.

Chryed will be hard to beat in terms of their uniqueness - and hotness too - it's just a pity the producers focused more on the negative aspects of their relationship than the positives - though we shouldn't expect anything different with EE. :sleep: EE isn't the same for me now - even the Masoods will have a different feel to them with Syed and Christian gone - but I won't let go of Chryed that easily, only Janto ( Torchwood fandom ) made me obsess about a couple as much as Chryed. ( I kind of ship Merlin and Arthur a little but not in a serious way and it's not a canon relationship and there are comparassions to be had between the poor way Gwen has been used and the way Chryed have been abandoned in the last 2 years )

BTW - I could have understood Syed being tempted by another man last year - after BF for example - because it would have made a bit more sense.

Hello

BIB: Yes, I wanted to do a massive re-watch before Dessie's survey, but I only got up to Superman (with a few other things watched not quite in order), so I'm just going to have to remember as best I can - the deadline's looming As is everything else Christmassy I think it certainly does show that BK and some of his team had no clue about Chryed as a couple or any ideas as to what to do with them. Some of the obvious sls went to other characters (I'm thinking Team Illness) and the Yusef storyline completely overshadowed them - which was silly. (It annoys me when a plot device character takes over - even if he was interesting at the beginning, sometimes less is more). Anyway, as Katrina has said, it is nice to be able to go back and look at the stuff that was done well The whole Superman s/l was done beautifully, IMO - there were so many heartbreaking and wonderful moments. As for the rest, well, like you I always hoped it would get better, but I guess now it won't get any worse

I know this is very late () but massive congrats to all of us (and especially Sylae) on passing a million posts /proper hardcore


I didn't go but I heard that he was there in the audience but didn't actually go on stage Very bad form by the organisers to imply he would be

I was planning to do a rewatch of the whole sl this past week as I've had a few days off but haven't got round to it and I'm back at work tomorrow I've watched a few old scenes though, as I'm making my way through Dessie's survey, and it's a very bittersweet feeling...so much chemistry, talent and potential that ended up being wasted The good stuff was bloody brilliant though and no one can take that away from us I watched the episode where Christian and Syed first meet last night and had to laugh at Zainab telling Janine "I know my son and, trust me, he's not interested in you." Oh Zainab...so right yet at the same time so wrong

Hello coulditbemagic, towers, NowhereToHide, Jack Nasty and anyone lurking


I did not explain myself very well I was talking about the surrogacy storyline and how it went from Christian bring up the topic of children with Syed, to a few eps later Roxy could be pregnant with Christian's baby. It felt more Roxy's story then Chryed's - to show how lost and alone she felt to set up her new relationship with Michael, then to explore two men thinking of starting a family and surrogacy. Christian behaviour was I felt, just as on New Years Eve with the piper kiss, a plot device for another storyline(baby swap).

Christian had offered to be Amy's dad, but most viewers would not have remembered that story as it happen over a year before. I agree that the adoption storyline showed more clearly the many reasons Christian wanted to have a family with Syed. And that BF was about Christian being very hurt, shocked and upset then him really meaning that being a father was more important then Syed.


Thank you Jack Nasty for letting us know about the evening at the Albert Hall. What a shame Marc did not go on stage but I hope the people who went still had a good evening.

Hope you enjoyed your time off work

*waves to LoveChryed*

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