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Are Robron fans the most pandered to online in soap history?
Since the start of this year, Emmerdale has posted non stop pictures of Robron/Aaron/Robert/Danny Miller/Ryan Hawley on their online sites (twitter, facebook, instagram).
Tonight it seems whoever runs these has noticed a sudden change and receive a bit of an attitude from Robron fans. Tonight they posted this tweet: For all the broken #Robron shippers, remember what our digital producer Diva said 1 YEAR AGO #AlwaysHope #Emmerdale We all have a bit of rainfall in our lives - otherwise, how do we know things when things are good? #AskDiva #Emmerdale @Allabout_Robron 6:32PM 16 April 2015 Goodness me! I'm getting ever so fed up of logging on to these sites and seeing this pairing. It's overkill and overpromoted. Right now I hate this pairing! What about other characters in the show? Sometimes I feel like Danny and Ryan (Danny especially) are the only ones on their payroll! |
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I wonder if they would respond to me if I and some others bombarded them with non-stop tweets about Finn not having anything to do. Obviously, I wouldn't and I don't have a Twitter anyway, but I don't see them posting the same type of messages about other characters.
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Its all about soap awards & voting
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Undoubtedly, they retconned a character to make him a paedophile so they could facilitate them as a couple and make Robert look like the perfect boyfriend which ironically has ruined him more than anyone else. The fact they were willing to exploit something like child abuse to make people get behind them as a coupling so we could see super supportive let's forget everything I did last year Robert be aarons 'rock' is downright repulsive.
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Its all about soap awards & voting
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Undoubtedly, they retconned a character to make him a paedophile so they could facilitate them as a couple and make Robert look like the perfect boyfriend which ironically has ruined him more than anyone else. The fact they were willing to exploit something like child abuse to make people get behind them as a coupling so we could see super supportive let's forget everything I did last year Robert be aarons 'rock' is downright repulsive.
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Yeah, it almost sounds like something Hollyoaks would do. I really don't know what Emmerdale is doing right now.
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Undoubtedly, they retconned a character to make him a paedophile so they could facilitate them as a couple and make Robert look like the perfect boyfriend which ironically has ruined him more than anyone else. The fact they were willing to exploit something like child abuse to make people get behind them as a coupling so we could see super supportive let's forget everything I did last year Robert be aarons 'rock' is downright repulsive.
As for the OP's question, I think it just seems that Robron is being catered to more than other soap couples and that is because of social media. Networks have just started to use social media data as a way to gauge audience interest and Robron is just one of the first beneficiaries of that and there will be other couples that receive just as much attention if not more than Robron. |
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Robron fans might be 'pandered' to online... But they certainly aren't when it comes to the show itself...
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Robron fans may be pampered to online... But they certainly aren't when it comes to the show itself...
Hell - even Danny Miller thought that ![]() The fact that the show is desperately trying to erase the past and using childhood rape as a means to redeem Robert the abusive boyfriend is tantamount to the show's desperation to hang on to the voting power that is the Robron fandom. |
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Totally agree with the OP! I've said that a few times on here.
Especially around the time of the soap awards voting. They promoted Danny Miller over John Middleton and Dominic Brunt quite obviously which is shocking. John and Dominic are a part of the cast too. The Emmerdale Twitter feed reads as if it's been taken over by a squealing girl sometimes! "OH EM GEE!! #ROBRON4LIFE #RELATIONSHIPGOALS #THEFEELS" Also tonight they were tweeting Matthew Wolfenden and made a mistake so tweeted him saying, "We apologise Matthew! (Which is what Aaron should do to Robert" complete with a Robron picture... The tweet originally had NOTHING to do with Robron so why add that in? And now because they have been together for all of 2 weeks - and they don't snog the face off of each other in every scene - Twitter goes into a meltdown. |
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Yes I agree.
I don't go onto most of the Emmerdale sites anymore, simply because of the concentration on this coupling. As i understand it, a couple of weeks ago, the main photo was of them even though they didn't appear that week?! That's just nuts. I do also object to the way Childhood sexual abuse has been used to reunite (however briefly) a couple whose relationship was in itself abusive and destructive - to each other and people around them. |
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Yes I agree.
I don't go onto most of the Emmerdale sites anymore, simply because of the concentration on this coupling. As i understand it, a couple of weeks ago, the main photo was of them even though they didn't appear that week?! That's just nuts. I do also object to the way Childhood sexual abuse has been used to reunite (however briefly) a couple whose relationship was in itself abusive and destructive - to each other and people around them.[ Around febuary last year they really hammered home how close Katie and chas were now chas is perfectly fine with her killer in in her house? Not only that but he utterly humiliated her in the months leading up to her death and absolutely destroyed her life in her last few weeks. |
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Of course they are - this sordid squalid affair should have ended in the aftermath around Robert's shooting - that was its natural end.
Hell - even Danny Miller thought that ![]() The fact that the show is desperately trying to erase the past and using childhood rape as a means to redeem Robert the abusive boyfriend is tantamount to the show's desperation to hang on to the voting power that is the Robron fandom. I don't think the childhood rape storyline was used to reunite them, this story would have always have happened whether Robert was part of it or not.. Mainly because Aaron has to be miserable at all times. I think the story was done well and in my mind I thought once Gordon was sent down and Aaron got back with Robert the story would end and Aaron would be happier.. But that's not how it's gone. They still manage to find something to pile more misery onto Aaron. I never had a problem with Robert being a part of it because at the end of a dark time in any soap storyline you'd think the natural end would be for the character to be happier. What I meant about Robron fans not being pandered in the show is that they're aren't many that are happy with the way things have gone.. Yes in a sense we got we want but at the same time we didn't want this! |
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Totally agree with the OP! I've said that a few times on here.
Especially around the time of the soap awards voting. They promoted Danny Miller over John Middleton and Dominic Brunt quite obviously which is shocking. John and Dominic are a part of the cast too. The Emmerdale Twitter feed reads as if it's been taken over by a squealing girl sometimes! "OH EM GEE!! #ROBRON4LIFE #RELATIONSHIPGOALS #THEFEELS" Also tonight they were tweeting Matthew Wolfenden and made a mistake so tweeted him saying, "We apologise Matthew! (Which is what Aaron should do to Robert" complete with a Robron picture... The tweet originally had NOTHING to do with Robron so why add that in? And now because they have been together for all of 2 weeks - and they don't snog the face off of each other in every scene - Twitter goes into a meltdown. |
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Ok, the fans got what they wanted in the sense that they are back together. It's not necessarily just Robron fans they pander to.. Any soap whatever has gone on if the fans want it the show will put it on.. However far fetched it is! Robron have a big social media following which is why the views of their fans are more listened to.. Not saying that's right but that's the way it is. Emmerdale want votes.. Those on social media are more likely to be the ones voting so they give them what they want. Can you blame them for that? Although all actors up for awards do get mentioned by Emmerdale Twitter/Facebook it's not like they are completely ignored. There are just more comments from fans about Aaron, Robert, Ross, Cain etc than some of the older cast members. ED can't reply to comments that don't exist!
I don't think the childhood rape storyline was used to reunite them, this story would have always have happened whether Robert was part of it or not.. Mainly because Aaron has to be miserable at all times. I think the story was done well and in my mind I thought once Gordon was sent down and Aaron got back with Robert the story would end and Aaron would be happier.. But that's not how it's gone. They still manage to find something to pile more misery onto Aaron. I never had a problem with Robert being a part of it because at the end of a dark time in any soap storyline you'd think the natural end would be for the character to be happier. What I meant about Robron fans not being pandered in the show is that they're aren't many that are happy with the way things have gone.. Yes in a sense we got we want but at the same time we didn't want this! |
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I like Robron (or I used to, I'm kind of getting bored with them due to bad writing and over exposure) but even I find the Emmerdale Twitter feed tedious. It all feels so manufactured, it wouldn't surprise me if Emmerdsle start selling Robron merchandise. There is nothing wrong with promoting a popular coupling, but they are being overexposed now in my opinion, it's Emmerdale, not Robrondale.
Also what is up with the Metro? Every day this Duncan Lindsay writer seems to post a new article about them everyday! |
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I like Robron (or I used to, I'm kind of getting bored with them due to bad writing and over exposure) but even I find the Emmerdale Twitter feed tedious. It all feels so manufactured, it wouldn't surprise me if Emmerdsle start selling Robron merchandise. There is nothing wrong with promoting a popular coupling, but they are being overexposed now in my opinion, it's Emmerdale, not Robrondale.
it wouldn't surprise me either! When Emmerdale had Robron as their banner then changed it to Edna I was shocked by the comments saying, "Awww I'll miss #Robron"... how disrespectful. |
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I agree! Robron merchandise lol, i bet they would if they could!
Also what is up with the Metro? Every day this Duncan Lindsay writer seems to post a new article about them everyday! ![]() If you aren't a fan then it's very off putting. |
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But you'll still vote for them at every given opportunity regardless of how narratively ridiculous the story gets - and that's all Emmerdale need you to do.
It's like, "Oh I can't stand Liv - I wish she'd just leave. She's getting in the way of Robron! She's such an inconvenience... Oh look... Isobel Steele is nominated for Best Newcomer I'm going to vote for her because she's connected to Robron..." |
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The ED twitter account has been an embarassment for a long time. While the general robron hashtag is an embarassment to humankind, you expect an official branded account to be a bit classier.
I did tweet @itv and @emmerdale to ask if they could replace those who run it with grown-ups. I didn't get a reply.
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The ED twitter account has been an embarassment for a long time. While the general robron hashtag is an embarassment to humankind, you expect an official branded account to be a bit classier.
I did tweet @itv and @emmerdale to ask if they could replace those who run it with grown-ups. I didn't get a reply. ![]() https://mobile.twitter.com/emmerdale...3700968308736P I actually think that the ED a Twitter account is to blame, rather than the Robron fans.. The phrase "trying to hard" comes to mind? Emmerdale is milking everything they can out of this. |
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The ED twitter account has been an embarassment for a long time. While the general robron hashtag is an embarassment to humankind, you expect an official branded account to be a bit classier.
I did tweet @itv and @emmerdale to ask if they could replace those who run it with grown-ups. I didn't get a reply. ![]() |
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