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Why Would Millionairess Janine want to stay in Walford |
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Why Would Millionairess Janine want to stay in Walford
Totally disliked, with no real family ties, lives in an old terrace house & don't even have a garage to keep her car in. What were the writers thinking about?..
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I'd love to live in the same area I grew up in. . .
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So she can rub everything in Michael's face and watch him turn green.
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Totally disliked, with no real family ties, lives in an old terrace house & don't even have a garage to keep her car in. What were the writers thinking about?..
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Took the words right out of my mouth Otis
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I think making her rich should of been her exit storyline when Brooks wanted to leave. Giving a character everything they want ultimately makes a character stale and uninteresting.
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I think making her rich should of been her exit storyline when Brooks wanted to leave. Giving a character everything they want ultimately makes a character stale and uninteresting.
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She just wants to lord it over those who, rightly, used to look down on her.
She only employs Silly Billy so she can boss him about |
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Because the lovely Michael is there, of course.
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am not sure it's millions anymore.
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am not sure it's millions anymore.
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Because the lovely Michael is there, of course.
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She owns several properties within walking distance of the square where she can keep her car. I think the main reason she hangs around the square is because she grew up there, she probably still has feelings for Michael and her ultimate goal is to own the Vic since that's where she was happiest when she was a kid.
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Sorry, but Her wanting to own the vic is a HUGE retcon since she never previously expressed ANY attachment to it at all.
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In response to the OP: ya' got me.
I haven't seen the show in ages yet always wondered how people in EE would own a Mercedes or BMW yet don't have a washing machine. That's soapland for you
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There is no real reason but hey, I love Janine so I'm not complaining! ![]() Quote:
In response to the OP: ya' got me.
I haven't seen the show in ages yet always wondered how people in EE would own a Mercedes or BMW yet don't have a washing machine. That's soapland for you ![]()
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Well it is pretty obvious EE has grown accustomed to these major retcons :sleep:.
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Alas yes - sign of VERY lazy writers.
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Sorry, but Her wanting to own the vic is a HUGE retcon since she never previously expressed ANY attachment to it at all.
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Giving a character everything they want ultimately makes a character stale and uninteresting.
But you can bet your bottom dollar, sooner or later Janine will come crashing back down. |
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I think making her rich should of been her exit storyline when Brooks wanted to leave. Giving a character everything they want ultimately makes a character stale and uninteresting.
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There was those few episodes when she first got rich and she told Phil she was 'coming for the Vic after everything else' or words to that effect. I assume that was used to justify her staying around, wanting to lord it over the residents she perceived as looking down at her for so long.
Although it's not unusual that someone with decent wealth with a lot of cash tied up in property would live in a decent sized house in London, especially when her office and several business interests are local. |
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Was poor, gold digging Janine not already stale though? Giving her money has rejuvenated her.
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Sorry, but Her wanting to own the vic is a HUGE retcon since she never previously expressed ANY attachment to it at all.
The Vic was where she was happiest as she explained to Archie. So yes she has wanted to own it before |
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I think it is purely so she can be a big fish in a small pond.
If she was mixing with people of equivalent wealth, she wouldn't be able to Lord it over them - owning properties and being able to hold her wealth over people's heads to either play Lady Bountiful or punish them for insubordination makes her feel powerful and she enjoys that. Especially as it is to people who she feels have tormented her and looked down on her in the past. |
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