what would you like to see?

name your characters/soap involved too

don't post fan fiction on it tho, we all know how I feel about that

Chemsex.

Pokemon go addiction

A few weeks ago at the burger popup Shakil mentioned that he can't see when he's hungry. I believe this was foreshadowing the massive upcoming plot where Shakil only has half a piece of toast for breakfast and goes permanently blind.

Soap fans going mad and wearing their fingers to the bone in a weepsome rage of typing frenzy at the latest outrage unfolding on their screens.

In a totally meta moment Ronnie Mitchell is arrested after her year long campaign to bring back Zoe Tate to Home Farm culminates in tragedy.

go on then educate the oldie and tell me what it is

I said that weeks ago, in fact I started a thread about it

I'm still not entirely sure what it is or the point of it but there we go!

Oldie?! You're not an oldie you daft thing!

This is a good overview ...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...gay-drugs-film

I genuinely think that a soap could and should tackle this as a subject and, in spite of the subject matter, I think it's possible.

whats the issue? does toast cause blindness?

what burger pop up tho?

is this fan fiction? if it is it is absolutely bloody terrible further confirming why my eyes don't need to see it

interesting, could they do it before the watershed tho I wonder?

who would you have involved?

actually just reading what it is about Hollyoaks could maybe have done it with Ste

I think that they could easily focus on the drugs aspect without having to rely heavily on the sex. With intelligent writing, the sexual aspect could be alluded to but not given prominence. It's more about depicting reckless and risky behaviour that leads to serious impacts in a person's wider life. That's either physically through diseases like HIV or other STIs or socially/mentally through losing their job or losing the ability to function 'normally'. Many of the people who involve themselves in Chemsex are hitting some kind of 'self destruct' button, although the majority don't realise it.

There was also a story about chemsex serial killer in London (he's currently on trial for murdering four men and attempting to murder others) that I thought could be covered by a soap. I genuinely thought it could be a good storyline for Sean in Corrie

Off of Eastenders, Lea. The popup burger stand Steven setup when Beale's closed down because he robbed the place.

Shakil ordered one and said that he can't see properly when he's too hungry. The scene was both emotionally loaded and poignant, as it foreshadowed the tragedy of learning that a lack of food will literally sever his optical nerve.

It may come as some comfort to you that the piece of toast that turns out to be the catalyst for his condition is a piece of thick sliced granary with a light smattering of butter.

Thanks.

I could see Todd being more likely to do something like that to be honest

I missed a few weeks. If this really happened I clearly stopped watching at the right time

I don't blame you, it is quite upsetting to watch.

Todd would be a better character for it to be honest, as it would impact more on his character and Bruno Langley is a capable actor.

Actually, when there was all the rubbish with him and Billy this week and Todd was saying he wanted to 'go off and meet someone' I got the feeling that it could have been the start for this kind of story, with him getting into it seemingly by accident because he was angry at something else. Of course, Corrie got Todd and Billy back together within two episodes so any hope was short-lived.

Re: Todd - there is so much potential for him on his own - he doesn't need a relationship storyline at the moment (oh well!)

I agree and dare I say it but I thought Billy worked better with Sean

Regarding Todd - Kate Oates has said she's fascinated by the character and likes that he can be bad and that his insecurities manifest into dark behaviour so I'd be surprised if we don't see Todd go off the rails again.

Not sure if any soap's done autism yet? I think EE, though I'm bias, could do it well

Munchausen's syndrome or munchausens by proxy.

An eating disorder for Whitney as she struggles to shift the baby weight following the birth of Bianca Rihanna Capri.

A blood cancer story for Martin which sees his family and friends unite to support him.

An Alzhemier's story could be really powerful with Dot and revisit her rich history. Old friends could return, like Colin, to help her.

I'm unaware of this behavior but if it's taking such a possible toll that you described on people's lives then let's get it out front in all the soaps and be quick about it. Why do we always have to wait until we see our friends and family dying in hospital if they're lucky or on the street unwanted and despised before we demand public awareness. The tv media has a lot to answer for when it come to the gritty part of life. They would rather feed us pablum than pertinent storylines. For legal purposes kk I would add allegedly if anyone is charged with a crime and on trial.

Care home abuse?