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Old 17-08-2015, 13:46
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I had an idea that Corrie could give Nick a kid he never knew about during his time in Canada. the kid could show up take a job as a waiter at the Bistro and unknown to the rest of Platts he could be causing things to go very wrong for the Bistro and in Nick's personal life. Eventually the kid's true identity would be discovered and the boy was seeking revenge because he grew up believing Nick didn't want him in his life.

Does anyone think this would be a good story idea?
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Old 17-08-2015, 14:04
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It's an ok idea. Sounds believable enough that Nick would have a kid in Canada, but if he had a kid he would have known and wanted to see them grow up
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Old 17-08-2015, 14:12
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It's an ok idea. Sounds believable enough that Nick would have a kid in Canada, but if he had a kid he would have known and wanted to see them grow up
I was thinking the mom never told Nick about the kid and the kid grew up assuming Nick just wanted nothing to do with him, which is why he seeks out revenge.
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Old 17-08-2015, 14:22
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I was thinking the mom never told Nick about the kid and the kid grew up assuming Nick just wanted nothing to do with him, which is why he seeks out revenge.
Getting revenge on Nick would be too similar to when David tried to ruin his life for sleeping with Kylie
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Old 17-08-2015, 14:26
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Yes, a Canadian child who has a fear of leaving Canada so Nick moves away with awful Leanne and psychosimonon in tow, never to return again.
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Old 17-08-2015, 14:34
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Getting revenge on Nick would be too similar to when David tried to ruin his life for sleeping with Kylie
It wouldn't be exactly the same, but maybe they could have Nick thinking it was David again.
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Old 17-08-2015, 15:08
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Sounds like a horrible cliche of a storyline, bordering on parody.
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Old 17-08-2015, 15:16
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That's a relief : from the title I thought Corrie was venturing into a completely different area.

How long ago was nick in Canada, and how would the kid find his present whereabouts?

And it just sounds like a terrible old cliché. Unless they varied it, and it turned out it wasn't nick's son after all, but someone pretending to be him.

If he's good looking, then I'm sure Leanne would thake him in, so that he actually lives on the street. He could pretend to be robbed while taking money to the bank, and things like that.
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Old 17-08-2015, 15:59
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And it just sounds like a terrible old cliché. Unless they varied it, and it turned out it wasn't nick's son after all, but someone pretending to be him.


And maybe people found out one by one but no one would tell Nick as he has a brain injury and the shock may kill him?
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Old 17-08-2015, 16:34
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That's a relief : from the title I thought Corrie was venturing into a completely different area.

How long ago was nick in Canada, and how would the kid find his present whereabouts?
NIck was in Canda like 15 years ago right? Given Facebook, Instargram and Twitter it wouldn't take more than a quick name search for the kid to locate Nick.
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Old 17-08-2015, 17:07
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Sounds like a horrible cliche of a storyline, bordering on parody.
Agreed.

Leave that kind of thing to Hollyoaks.
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Old 17-08-2015, 17:09
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I think Nick has reached his peak as a character. When you have to resort to such cliches, I think that becomes particularly apparent. For me, his time on the street (or at least as a front-runner as such) is well and truly up.
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Old 17-08-2015, 18:06
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And maybe people found out one by one but no one would tell Nick as he has a brain injury and the shock may kill him?
I'd completely forgotten about his brain injury. But then, so have the writers.

NIck was in Canda like 15 years ago right? Given Facebook, Instargram and Twitter it wouldn't take more than a quick name search for the kid to locate Nick.
Assuming nick's on any of those. Isn't he a bit old? As in over 20.
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Old 17-08-2015, 18:44
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Assuming nick's on any of those. Isn't he a bit old? As in over 20.
Umm no, My mom, and several of my aunts and uncles are on Facebook and they are all in their 50's, my great aunt is on facebook as well and she is like 75. I think my mom spends more time on facebook these days than I do
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Old 17-08-2015, 23:43
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Umm no, My mom, and several of my aunts and uncles are on Facebook and they are all in their 50's, my great aunt is on facebook as well and she is like 75. I think my mom spends more time on facebook these days than I do
Fair enough, he could be on. But why would anyone on Corrie be on any of those, when they don't know anybody who doesn't live on the street?
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Old 17-08-2015, 23:50
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I think Nick has reached his peak as a character. When you have to resort to such cliches, I think that becomes particularly apparent. For me, his time on the street (or at least as a front-runner as such) is well and truly up.
He just feels like a nothing character for me and I don't know if that's because of Ben Price or the writing. Probably a bit of both.

As with a number of characters, I just don't know who Nick is. The character is nothing to nobody.

Naturally, there's so much potential given his pedigree but the character has not really developed at all since he returned in 2009.
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Old 17-08-2015, 23:50
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Fair enough, he could be on. But why would anyone on Corrie be on any of those, when they don't know anybody who doesn't live on the street?
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Old 19-08-2015, 02:16
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That means they would have to do it properly with the accent and everything this didn't work well for Vicki on EE
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Old 19-08-2015, 02:38
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I had an idea that Corrie could give Nick a kid he never knew about during his time in Canada. the kid could show up take a job as a waiter at the Bistro and unknown to the rest of Platts he could be causing things to go very wrong for the Bistro and in Nick's personal life. Eventually the kid's true identity would be discovered and the boy was seeking revenge because he grew up believing Nick didn't want him in his life.

Does anyone think this would be a good story idea?
Sounds like Danielle from Eastenders or Niall from Hollyoaks.
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Old 19-08-2015, 02:45
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I think Nick has reached his peak as a character. When you have to resort to such cliches, I think that becomes particularly apparent. For me, his time on the street (or at least as a front-runner as such) is well and truly up.
I'm inclined to agree with you, the character has been a bit lost since he broke up with Leanne 18 months ago and 'who's the daddy' storyline ended. So the only thing they could think of was putting him with Carla and doing a love triangle with Erica. And when you start doing cougar storylines you are getting desperate. He really doesn't need to go back to Leanne, been there umpteen times and it hasn't worked out any of them, plus they're better off as friends.

That said I wouldn't want to see him axed as I'm enjoying having the Platts being all back together again for the first time in years but I don't think bringing a long lost child is the answer either as it's been done to death and Nick is not the type of character that would make it interesting as Nick would adjust pretty well IMO. Not to mention we have enough kids on the street as it is.
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Old 19-08-2015, 04:38
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I am unsure as to Nicks feelings towards children, he made his ex-girlfriend abort their baby (Can't remember her name) but was sad when his fling had a miscarriage recently
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Old 19-08-2015, 05:36
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I had an idea that Corrie could give Nick a kid he never knew about during his time in Canada. the kid could show up take a job as a waiter at the Bistro and unknown to the rest of Platts he could be causing things to go very wrong for the Bistro and in Nick's personal life. Eventually the kid's true identity would be discovered and the boy was seeking revenge because he grew up believing Nick didn't want him in his life.

Does anyone think this would be a good story idea?
Lol :')
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Old 19-08-2015, 05:48
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No. It's a bit like the Gavin / Andy and Michael storyline, obviously with differences but similar.
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Old 19-08-2015, 08:23
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I think Nick has reached his peak as a character. When you have to resort to such cliches, I think that becomes particularly apparent. For me, his time on the street (or at least as a front-runner as such) is well and truly up.



When/if he goes, I hope he takes that awful woman with him, the one who is always hanging around him in the bar. Why he chose her over Carla is a mystery.
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Old 19-08-2015, 09:43
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I am unsure as to Nicks feelings towards children, he made his ex-girlfriend abort their baby (Can't remember her name) but was sad when his fling had a miscarriage recently
It was Natasha and I think he now wants kids
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