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Abi Branning is severely underused and has SO MUCH potential...


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Old 15-04-2015, 22:53
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This girl is hilarious.

She was one of the shows many problems under Kirkwood/Newman, but DTC has turned this character into a comedian and probably unintentionally.

From 'Things die', to her constant bickering with Emma, to 'I just bumped into Lucy and battered her', followed by endless tweets of pictures of Abi standing outside the Branning's house at the age of around 8, with 'I just bumped into Lucy and battered her', written underneath.

Seriously, where is she hiding ATM? Every time she comes on screen I laugh and for all the good reasons, and because she is brilliant! Abi has the potential to be the Tracy Barlow of Walford, funny but bitchy. Sorry if you're not a Corrie or Tracy Barlow fan!.

Also, sorry if you don't share my enthusiasm towards Abi, but is there anyone who agrees?.
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:00
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Darth Abi

I like her dark side
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:10
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I love Abii. She's definitely one to watch
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:31
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I can see her being the next Janine several years down the line
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:38
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Lots of characters seem to have taken a back seat recently
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:41
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They should go back to the Abi/Lola friendship. Ben, and Jay before him, make her boring.
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Old 15-04-2015, 23:42
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Potential for the character is there I think, but "Abs, get the door" has been her main role for so long I don't think that can change .. especially now she's lost her I'M REVISING / I CAN'T REVISE / I'M SUPPOSED TO BE REVISING lines. It was a huge blow to her character taking her out of education .. now she only gets the door.
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Old 16-04-2015, 00:58
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I thought they were lining her up as the next soap bitch with the lives and Lucy stuff but that hasn't materalised.
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Old 16-04-2015, 06:56
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DTC doesn't care for Abi.
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Old 16-04-2015, 07:17
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I don't like Abi. I would rather they focused on Lola. I think Danielle Harold is a better actress and Lola a better character. I used to love her scenes with Shirley, Billy and Jay, but alas, we don't see those scenes so much anymore, only on occasion.
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Old 16-04-2015, 07:29
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She's been used a lot sInce moving into the Mitchell house .
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Old 16-04-2015, 07:52
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I personally do not think she is underused at all. I like Abi, but I do not think Lorna Fitzgerald is as good as Danielle Harold, or Shona McGarty, who are both underused.
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Old 16-04-2015, 11:15
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DTC doesn't care for Abi.
Which is why during the show's live week Abi had one of the biggest parts to play in the live scenes, if DTC didn't care for Abi he wouldn't have done that.
Abi has been a revelation these past couple of months, her ''I bumped into Lucy and battered her'' line and ''Things die'; were equally hilarious and dark at the same time. Then we had her playing the obsessive girlfriend in moving in with Ben, she has been brilliant to watch and Lorna has clearly enjoyed playing it like this. My hope now is that if Paul Cocker is gay,Ben turns his attention to him and we see Abi go into full on bitch mode in order to stop them getting together.
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Old 16-04-2015, 11:35
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I've always liked Abi but I like how last year she began to turn dark. We need more of that. Lola needs a lot more use though!
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Old 16-04-2015, 12:40
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Underused? Hardly. As of the last few weeks, yeah but soap characters are rotated in prominence every few weeks. As most Soap watchers should know after decades of watching them.

Lola is an example of being underused.
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Old 16-04-2015, 13:04
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Underused is a word reserved for Lola and Whitney definitely not Abi.
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