Originally Posted by GibsonAndy:
“she's the type of character EP's dream of having .”
“she's the type of character EP's dream of having .”
I'm not am EP but i dream of having Katie as well!
Katie ED, past her shelf life?
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Originally Posted by Scorpio87:
“In response to the initial question, no i still enjoy the character of Katie and think shes still relevent to the show. In fact shes probably my favourite character so will always defend her position on the show no matter what. The character isn't to blame for why her popularity is only ever middleing to fair on a good day. The blame is with the producers who always seem to overlook her when decent, long running, innovative and exciting storylines are handed out and shes usually left with a predicatable love triangle where shes either cheated on (Ryan with Maisie; Andy with Jo; Declan with Charity) or is made out to be the villain of any piece just to garner sympathy for another character (Bernice, Adele, Megan). I always feel like the producers actively try to encourage viewers to not root for Katie, which is strange as Sammy Winward is like their media poster girl, she should be being pushed as more a heroine of the show rather than just some bit part pretty girl. Shes the Dales version of Michelle Keegan, i just wish the producers would show as much interest and respect to the character as Corrie did for Tina, but i have a feeling the current producer thinks that sticking her back with Andy and Bernice bitching about her is the same as giving her a proper meaty storyline.
I've said it for years but the character needs some much better and varying storylines. I've always thought a major illness would have been a good character development storyline for her (probably won't happen anytime soon what with Brenda and Donna both recently battled it). Maybe also introduce her Mom, she could do with someone sticking up for her whenever someone decides to call her names and explore their relationship. They need to make her fiestier as well. Not bitchy, SB tried making her bitchier and it didn't work as shes essentially i nice girl, just give her a few killer put downs once in a while, i'm sick of her just smiling and taking any flack the likes of Bernice, Megan, Victoria, the milk man through her way just because shes a push over.
On a side note, it always annoys me about how much people go on about what a 'bike' or 'tart' she is. Shes been in the show 13 years now, and yes she has had a lot of love interests but apart from David and Nathan, shes either been in long term relationships with them or married them. Its not as if she slept with them all in one week and decided she was out of men. The double standards annoy me. Andy has probably had just as many (probably more) love interests over the years and so have Debbie, Chas, Charity and (maybe not to the same extent) Moira, yet they don't tend to get half the criticism that seems perfectly acceptable (both on here and on the show itself) thats aimed at Katie. In fact only a few weeks ago there was a huge debate on how wrong it was that Moira had been 'slut shamed' in the show yet whenever Katie's called a trollop or a tart 9 times out of 10 people tend to think its funny and that she somehow deserves it but when its done to anyone else its not justified.
Sorry about the rant! So no i don't think Katie should leave basically!
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“In response to the initial question, no i still enjoy the character of Katie and think shes still relevent to the show. In fact shes probably my favourite character so will always defend her position on the show no matter what. The character isn't to blame for why her popularity is only ever middleing to fair on a good day. The blame is with the producers who always seem to overlook her when decent, long running, innovative and exciting storylines are handed out and shes usually left with a predicatable love triangle where shes either cheated on (Ryan with Maisie; Andy with Jo; Declan with Charity) or is made out to be the villain of any piece just to garner sympathy for another character (Bernice, Adele, Megan). I always feel like the producers actively try to encourage viewers to not root for Katie, which is strange as Sammy Winward is like their media poster girl, she should be being pushed as more a heroine of the show rather than just some bit part pretty girl. Shes the Dales version of Michelle Keegan, i just wish the producers would show as much interest and respect to the character as Corrie did for Tina, but i have a feeling the current producer thinks that sticking her back with Andy and Bernice bitching about her is the same as giving her a proper meaty storyline.
I've said it for years but the character needs some much better and varying storylines. I've always thought a major illness would have been a good character development storyline for her (probably won't happen anytime soon what with Brenda and Donna both recently battled it). Maybe also introduce her Mom, she could do with someone sticking up for her whenever someone decides to call her names and explore their relationship. They need to make her fiestier as well. Not bitchy, SB tried making her bitchier and it didn't work as shes essentially i nice girl, just give her a few killer put downs once in a while, i'm sick of her just smiling and taking any flack the likes of Bernice, Megan, Victoria, the milk man through her way just because shes a push over.
On a side note, it always annoys me about how much people go on about what a 'bike' or 'tart' she is. Shes been in the show 13 years now, and yes she has had a lot of love interests but apart from David and Nathan, shes either been in long term relationships with them or married them. Its not as if she slept with them all in one week and decided she was out of men. The double standards annoy me. Andy has probably had just as many (probably more) love interests over the years and so have Debbie, Chas, Charity and (maybe not to the same extent) Moira, yet they don't tend to get half the criticism that seems perfectly acceptable (both on here and on the show itself) thats aimed at Katie. In fact only a few weeks ago there was a huge debate on how wrong it was that Moira had been 'slut shamed' in the show yet whenever Katie's called a trollop or a tart 9 times out of 10 people tend to think its funny and that she somehow deserves it but when its done to anyone else its not justified.
Sorry about the rant! So no i don't think Katie should leave basically!
”
That's such a lovely, heartfelt post
LOVE KATIE
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