Robert is the worst character♥ *...waiting for Rob to have a breathy word in my ear...*





At least I'll die happy

They are really giving Robert and Ross a load of stuff to do involving different characters aren't they.

These two are taking up a lot of air time.

And both seem to be love to hate characters.

I wonder why Charlie Hardwick has decided to leave after all this time?
I thought she was one of those 'job for life' characters.

They are going to kill Val off aren't they?

I don't feel any from them. Well, not from Aaron.
I didn't feel any between Aaron and Jackson either.

I think in a long running soap the writers begin to write some of the characters like the actor after a while, so the character starts to display some of the actors mannerisms etc.

Not in cases like Sam Dingle etc but in some instances I think it happens.

Love this post, especially the part in bold.

I'm so glad you said that. I was starting to think I was the only person in the world who didn't understand the fuss about Robert and Aaron. I can't see anything interesting between them at all - though I love Robert and his desperate determination to hang on to his status and money, that keeps me interested.

By the way, I think that



I don't know why Charley's leaving though, I will miss Val like crazy.

you lot are naughty.

re your spoiler,

Joanie seems to be settling in doesn't she?

Actually, I don't mind. I think she could be a good character.

They aren't lining her up to be with though Zak are they?

She seems to be intelligent, practical and has a sense of fun.
She's a mature woman who has - I assume - had an interesting life.

Team her with Laurence or Rodney - not Zak - and I think she could be good for the show.

Laurence has been woefully underused since he was written in, and Rodney wasn't even missed by lots of viewers during his recent long absence in Amsterdam.

So both of them need something to do.

In fact, team her with both.
Why should Ross, Debbie and Robert be the only ones with more than one partner!!!

Poor old Eric.

I remember his previous wife, Gloria.
She was a good character played well, but if I remember correctly, she fleeced him for all his money and cleared off to live somewhere in Europe.

Thats right. Then she sent him a video of her sitting on a beach drinking a cocktail

The idea of a Laurence/Joanie/Rodney triangle has just made my day.

Maybe Laurence and Rodney could get it on as well, you never know.

Or Natalie Anderson, or Sammy Winward..... who'll be next?

I heard that, yep! I hope they revisit Lawrence's sexuality as a storyline. It seems unresolved to me, and it would be great to do it with an older character.

I did read that they would be revisiting this in some way soon.
In regards to chemistry - I think Robert and Aaron have buckets of chemistry together and both actors get on well with each other which is one of the reasons why they work so well together and are comfortable with the kissing scenes as they have stated in interviews. Aaron and Jackson had very little chemistry.
I never see any real chemistry with Debbie and Ross though to be fair I do not remember seeing any chemistry with Debbie and any of her partners. She seems a bit of a cold fish in that respect.

I want Lawrence to find himself a sexy man! Who's not after his money

I think it's time Edna had some fun too. Maybe Emmerdale could have a 'Winter of Romance'♥♥♥

Thought she won an election and became an mp, then left with a younger"assistant" and Erics dosh

Wasn't there some suggestion Eric had bumped one wife off in the past?

They've mellowed him a lot since so probably would never revisit something too hardcore for him but I'm sure I recall that...

Yes Elizabeth, the rumours implied that he used the airplane crash to cover that up They revisited that storyline when they brought her son Michael back. He believed that Eric had killed his Mum but Eric explained the events of her death

Well chemistry's a notoriously subjective thing! I can see Robert lusts after Aaron, Ryan's a good actor. But I don't get much from them as a pairing at all. But I know lots do. Maybe some people like Ross and Debbie together as well, but I think they're *awful*. She sucks all the life out of him. So there you go, I guess we'll never all agree!


BIB: Hell yeah!

And a Winter of Romance for the, ahem, more mature generation, would be absolutely brilliant.

With regards to Lawrence and


At least we have the cure for homosexuality - a stint in prison appears to cure it according to Kate Oates!


As for Robert & Aaron regarding chemistry - the problem is, that's ALL they have.
ED has gone all out to "prove" that Danny Miller can create chemistry with a man (although we already knew that as it comes across in his scenes with Adam) - so they have delivered a storyline that has been about nothing more than snogging, lingering looks, pre & post coital scenes.
Narratively, Robert & Aaron has been nothing more than delivering homoerotic imagery & screenshots. The fans have lapped it up.
Even during the next part of this upcoming storyline where



Whilst Danny & Marc failed to create any believable "chemistry" between them as a relationship couple - they did, however, both manage to create characters with depth, motivation & believable emotion during the assisted suicide storyline.

The show keeps touting Aaron & Robert as some kind of love-story - and yet neither actor has managed to convey this with any believablity beyond the homoerotic image.

Even Aaron's most recent fall back into self-harming was little more than Danny being made to look all sexily sweaty (more like he was off to do a photoshoot with gay mag Attitude), than portraying a character who was desperately intent on seriously harming himself.

Having chemistry is one thing - creating a believable & compelling narrative is another.

Not when Lawrence first came in, though. We had all that really interesting stuff about Lawrence fancying Robert, and not wanting Chrissie to marry him because he was basically jealous, and then that fantastic reveal that Robert had been playing him for a fool all along.

Then the whole fascinating thing got shoved aside so Robert could go off and make Aaron cry. The first story was WAY better.