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Old 18-09-2015, 18:49
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I like Whitney Dean but I kind of think she's a bit past it. She made sense with the Butchers but this idea that she can be subsumed into the Carters isn't going to work. Lee is a tragic character and Whitney is too but they both love each other dearly. It would be one thing for them to split up and Whitney moves to Milton Keynes, but that would be too boring. No. Whitney needs to have a tragic ending and go to the pearly gates with the pearly kings and queens of old. This is a crazy idea but it makes sense.

The theme is really Othello/Winter's Tale. Lee's depression progresses and his behaviour becomes erratic. He never really get's over it. Whitney and Lee end their relationship briefly and Whitney goes back to her old self. Let's say she has a fling with an uncharitable character (for argument's sake Vincent). Whitney ends this and reunites with Lee who is on the edge after losing her. The relationship get;s back to normal but Vincent is jealous and this develops into a feud with Lee. Vincent remains friendly with Whitney and uses this to plant doubt in Lee's mind. He then steals her underwear, plants texts and does this to deliberately wind up Lee. Vincent just wants to break up Whitney and Lee, so he can have Whitney for himself. It get's to the stage where Lee believes that Whitney is having an affair with Vincent (and to be fair, he has enough proof). Lee's so angry and convinced of their relationship that he confronts her about it in The Vic after hours when Nancy is with Tamwar and his parents are out. They have an argument which leads to Lee pushing Whitney down the stairs, killing her. A member of the Carter family (I'm thinking Buster, Babe, Dean or Zsa Zsa - if she returns) comes back in time and helps Lee bury the body. Now there's a murderer in the Carters, what happens to Lee? What does he do? How does he react?

(PS. before you slag this off, it's an idea and I was following the instruction of a soap journalist. Just to create discussion really)
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Old 18-09-2015, 18:51
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She is simply an awful character played by a clueless incapable actress. I would love for Bobby to kill again and go for her.
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Old 18-09-2015, 18:56
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should it not go where the rest of the fan fiction goes or send it to the journalist/your english teacher.

your title is very misleading, I for one like Whitney and do not think she needs to leave and she does actually work well with the carters
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:00
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I think by putting her with Lee they've finally found a place for her. She seems to fit quite well with the Carters. She's not the most exciting character but not everybody can be and with Lucy dead Lauren will need a friend too. I don't think she needs to be axed.
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:02
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I'm neutral on Whitney but I do think Shona is a capable enough actress
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:07
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We've lost enough young characters, and Shona is such a good actress. We need to see more of her. Have her marry Lee and she has a whole new family.
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:15
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I like that they've wrote her into the Carter dynamic instead of simply axing her which is a lazy decision to take with a potentially great character. However I do think it would send out the wrong message to have all of her future storylines involve Lee simply because he's her male counterpart in the show. The actress had already proven before his arrival that she can carry her own storyline and so I think they should work on writing something for her and her alone.

Also Whitney Carter has a serious ring to it.
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:15
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We've lost enough young characters, and Shona is such a good actress. We need to see more of her. Have her marry Lee and she has a whole new family.
I agree.
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:29
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Yeah, the last thing EE should do is axe more young females.

As well as the Carters and Lauren, Whitney also has her ties to Stacey through Ryan and Lily and she worked really well with Kat too when they shared that big episode together in 2013.
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Old 18-09-2015, 19:45
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Either reunites with Ryan or goes to Milton Keynes to live with Bianca?
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Old 18-09-2015, 20:18
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We've lost enough young characters, and Shona is such a good actress. We need to see more of her. Have her marry Lee and she has a whole new family.
I'd love this. I think Shona has been sidelined so much and it's good to see her involved again. And when is the last time we had a young couple meet, get together and get married without affairs, pregnancies, accidents etc. getting in the way?
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Old 18-09-2015, 20:31
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She is simply an awful character played by a clueless incapable actress. I would love for Bobby to kill again and go for her.
Your sick In the ad for saying that, she is a very good actress and if you want to see incapable actresses look no further than corrie
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:10
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I like Whitney myself and her pairing with Lee is suited.
I want her to have these new story lines that show her as a mature changed woman from the vulnerable and sad to say old pikey self, I for one look forward to it a stronger mature classy Whitney is the way forward

EDIT ps Shona is looking very good aswell
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:40
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Keep Shona she is great
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Old 18-09-2015, 22:40
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Your sick In the ad for saying that, she is a very good actress and if you want to see incapable actresses look no further than corrie
Sick in the head? really?
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Old 19-09-2015, 01:31
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should it not go where the rest of the fan fiction goes or send it to the journalist/your english teacher.

your title is very misleading, I for one like Whitney and do not think she needs to leave and she does actually work well with the carters
1) it's a suggestion
2) don't be mean
3) Whitney's shit now
4) I don't have an English teacher, I'm 24
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Old 19-09-2015, 01:53
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Yeah, the last thing EE should do is axe more young females.

As well as the Carters and Lauren, Whitney also has her ties to Stacey through Ryan and Lily and she worked really well with Kat too when they shared that big episode together in 2013.
Here's an idea: get some new young females. Whitney's useless. She's a Jackson then a Butcher now she's the next Mrs Carter. Don't work like that. Whitney made sense with Bianca, she doesn't now.
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Old 19-09-2015, 05:32
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I like Whitney Dean but I kind of think she's a bit past it. She made sense with the Butchers but this idea that she can be subsumed into the Carters isn't going to work. Lee is a tragic character and Whitney is too but they both love each other dearly. It would be one thing for them to split up and Whitney moves to Milton Keynes, but that would be too boring. No. Whitney needs to have a tragic ending and go to the pearly gates with the pearly kings and queens of old. This is a crazy idea but it makes sense.

The theme is really Othello/Winter's Tale. Lee's depression progresses and his behaviour becomes erratic. He never really get's over it. Whitney and Lee end their relationship briefly and Whitney goes back to her old self. Let's say she has a fling with an uncharitable character (for argument's sake Vincent). Whitney ends this and reunites with Lee who is on the edge after losing her. The relationship get;s back to normal but Vincent is jealous and this develops into a feud with Lee. Vincent remains friendly with Whitney and uses this to plant doubt in Lee's mind. He then steals her underwear, plants texts and does this to deliberately wind up Lee. Vincent just wants to break up Whitney and Lee, so he can have Whitney for himself. It get's to the stage where Lee believes that Whitney is having an affair with Vincent (and to be fair, he has enough proof). Lee's so angry and convinced of their relationship that he confronts her about it in The Vic after hours when Nancy is with Tamwar and his parents are out. They have an argument which leads to Lee pushing Whitney down the stairs, killing her. A member of the Carter family (I'm thinking Buster, Babe, Dean or Zsa Zsa - if she returns) comes back in time and helps Lee bury the body. Now there's a murderer in the Carters, what happens to Lee? What does he do? How does he react?

(PS. before you slag this off, it's an idea and I was following the instruction of a soap journalist. Just to create discussion really)
I wouldn't want Whitney to leave, certainly not via death if she were to do so. Otherwise it could be an interesting idea, although Lee wouldn't "have enough proof" at all; if it wasn't true then circumstantial evidence would not be proof.
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Old 19-09-2015, 06:06
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Yeah, the last thing EE should do is axe more young females.

As well as the Carters and Lauren, Whitney also has her ties to Stacey through Ryan and Lily and she worked really well with Kat too when they shared that big episode together in 2013.

I like Shona too, and she has acted well, especially with Kat, her character has been overshadowed of late, but there is more for us to see with Whitney, I am sure.
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Old 19-09-2015, 08:39
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She's a good actress but the character is a waste of space.

They either need to develop the character and give her a storyline commensurate with her talent or send her to Milton Keynes. I'm sick of her mooning around Lee while he's training for the GB Moping team.
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Old 19-09-2015, 09:17
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Lee and Whitney somewhat mirror Mick and Linda. If they play their cards right they could be the future landlord and landlady of the Vic!

I think Shona is a great actress and for the first time in a few years it feels like she has a proper place in the show.
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Old 19-09-2015, 09:35
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1) it's a suggestion
2) don't be mean
3) Whitney's shit now
4) I don't have an English teacher, I'm 24
1. its fan fiction, surely if it was a suggestion you would send it to the bbc
2. I'm not
3. In your opinion not everyones
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Old 19-09-2015, 09:37
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I like Whitney, but I appreciate that not everyone will. However, I do find it in bad taste that people would like to see an actress/ actor lose their job. There are a lot of characters I am not a fan of in soap, but I just skip their scenes, or mute them. If you do not like Whitney, or Shona, fine, rejoice when she has gone. However, asking for her to be axed and lose her job right now is poor.
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Old 19-09-2015, 09:44
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I like Whitney, but I appreciate that not everyone will. However, I do find it in bad taste that people would like to see an actress/ actor lose their job. There are a lot of characters I am not a fan of in soap, but I just skip their scenes, or mute them. If you do not like Whitney, or Shona, fine, rejoice when she has gone. However, asking for her to be axed and lose her job right now is poor.
I always think of it that way too. cannot understand why people take such glee at wanting others to lose their jobs
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Old 19-09-2015, 10:04
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Fitney will become a Carter
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