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Least favourite soap pairings
What are you least favourite in recent years, it can be for multiple reasons such as you hate both charcthers and them together multiples the irritation factor, or you like one of the paring and hTe the other so they ruin your enjoyment of a character and another one that I often find is the pairing doesn't feel remotely believable and was such a ham fisted plot device that the suspension of disbelief required is to great to be able to enjoy.
I don't really watch any soap excep Emmerdale, hence all my choices are from them. Robert and Aaron I never really bough Robert as bisexual or gay for starters, I know people can discover their sexuality later in life but I just never bought this from him. ( Kate Oates explanation was that he was alway unsatisfied in relationships so maybe a relationship with a man would be the answer....so by this logic expect Andy,Ross and Cain to also fall into bed with a man) on top of this Robert was actually intresting when he was an embittered bastard, now he's just a dullard. Aaron I always found loathsome. Andy and chrissie The epitome of plot device, no real build up or spark previously between the pair and placed together purely because of who their exes were, didn't matter if the attraction wasnt believable and completely forced from nowhere it would make for some drama down the line. Also chrissie previous to this had been potrayed as some one who a relationship as seedy as hooking up with an ex's sibling and step moms former lover was far beneath her,especially as she is somewhat stuck up and Andy being...well Andy, shewouldn't have been remotely interested in him. When they did get together she acted like a desperate teenager just so we could understand her heartbreak when he inevitabley bonked Bernice and resonate her desire for revenge and transformation to Disney villain.i never believed any of it and just ruined a character I previously liked. Rhona and Pierce Similar to the above, an utterly contrived pairing that never felt believable and on,y together for the show and drama due to who their exes was. So the widowed cuckold for no logical reason moved in with the betrayed wife of his own wife's married lover....why on earth would this ever happen. Zak and Joanie one of the shows only parings with any real history and long term commitment thrown away for the sake of not even interesting affair. The shows desire to have every couple cheat recently has been dreadful and their paring of new couples has been awful.... Belle and the doc just truly awful in every way. Prolonged and tedious story, I can't even remember the docs name as I zone out when this story comes on, reasonably well acted by Eden but none of the people involved in this tragic sorry are sympathetic so it is difficult to care David and Tracey Firstly you got over Alicia very quickly and secondly if a woman doesn't want to get married it's not romantic to try and bully her into it, it's actually quite sinister and controlling...nice work Emmerdale writers. Marlon and Carly Dont insult my intelligence |
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Ross and Debbie- It didn't even compare to Ross and Donna, not much chemistry between them, Debbie is always miserable and she brought Ross down to her level.
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Rhona Kirk and Pierce Harris I can understand as I am sure the man is up to something and still wants Tess Harris' death o be avenged. However whose the victim...
Leo Dingle Paddy Kirk Rhona Kirk Rakesh Kotecha Priya Kotecha Kirin Kotecha Amba Metcalfe Zak Dingle and Joanie Wright. Why they had to ruin Zak and Lisa Dingles marriage and then divorce them to have Zak remarry is absolutely absurd. Why do they think all couples must be unfaithful. Mick Carter and Linda Carter are only unique for that reason. on Eastenders. Belle Dingle and Jermaine Bailey were ok as an affair and then he stayed due to the "baby" but when she is all well again what will keep him around? Love? She acts like a little girl regardless of her mental illness. Jermaine feels like the token black guy of Emmerdale. David Metcalfe and Tracey Shankley are the most mismatched couple on the show. I would have liked for Layla Harding to have got with him or no one at all. She reminds me of the type that would get her own way no matter what. "Can you make Layla move out?" "Can you let my Dad move in?" "Send Jacob back to Alicia!" - That'll be the next one. I don't like the character at all. She is too similar to Kerry Wyatt. Marlon Dingle and Carly Hope. At least for once he didn't steal her off someone else and then act the victim! I'm not a fan of him at all. Get rid. |
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Agree with pretty much all those in the OP.
Others I think are awful are Dev & Erica (CS) I just think he is much better suited to Mary. Brad & Lauren (Neighbours) I hate how we are meant to believe they some great love story that conquered all. Their dalliance was crap the first time. Families were destroyed etc, but it isn't meant to matter because Lauren and Brad supposedly belong together. Personally, I think Lauren can do better than drad Brad! Paige & Fr Jack (Neighbours) Not officially a couple, but the whole storyline of their off limits relationship bores me senseless. Never mund Paige and her whole "God took my man" nonsense. |
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ED. Tracey and anyone; I don't understand why she is still there.
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Emmerdale- Zak/Joanie, Belle/Dr Bailey, Debbie/Ross, Tracey/David, Chrissie/Andy, Chrissie/Robert
Eastenders- Sharon/Phil |
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Neighbours:
Mark/Steph Tyler/Piper Emmerdale: Chrissie/Andy Debbie/Ross - As a Debbie fan it's terrible (mostly because I don't like Ross) and it's no where near as good as Jebbie was. Zak/Joannie Coronation Street: Callum/Sarah Nick/Carla |
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Emmerdale-Tracy and David, Marlon and Carly and Belle/Bailey
Eastenders-Becca and Shakil Coronation Street-Eva and Aidan Hollyoaks-Ellie and Freddie Home and Away-Hunter and Olivia |
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Ross and Debbie
Kate Oates really tried to make them the Romeo and Juliet of the dales last year. Far from it. Tina and Peter I've seen better chemistry and sexual tension between both my dogs, than these two. |
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Ross and Debola Marlon and Carly. |
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Neighbours:
Mark/Steph Tyler/Piper Emmerdale: Chrissie/Andy Debbie/Ross - As a Debbie fan it's terrible (mostly because I don't like Ross) and it's no where near as good as Jebbie was. Zak/Joannie Coronation Street: Callum/Sarah Nick/Carla |
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Rhona Kirk and Pierce Harris I can understand as I am sure the man is up to something and still wants Tess Harris' death o be avenged. However whose the victim...
Leo Dingle Paddy Kirk Rhona Kirk Rakesh Kotecha Priya Kotecha Kirin Kotecha Amba Metcalfe Zak Dingle and Joanie Wright. Why they had to ruin Zak and Lisa Dingles marriage and then divorce them to have Zak remarry is absolutely absurd. Why do they think all couples must be unfaithful. Mick Carter and Linda Carter are only unique for that reason. on Eastenders. Belle Dingle and Jermaine Bailey were ok as an affair and then he stayed due to the "baby" but when she is all well again what will keep him around? Love? She acts like a little girl regardless of her mental illness. Jermaine feels like the token black guy of Emmerdale. David Metcalfe and Tracey Shankley are the most mismatched couple on the show. I would have liked for Layla Harding to have got with him or no one at all. She reminds me of the type that would get her own way no matter what. "Can you make Layla move out?" "Can you let my Dad move in?" "Send Jacob back to Alicia!" - That'll be the next one. I don't like the character at all. She is too similar to Kerry Wyatt. Marlon Dingle and Carly Hope. At least for once he didn't steal her off someone else and then act the victim! I'm not a fan of him at all. Get rid. |
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Ross and Debbie
Kate Oates really tried to make them the Romeo and Juliet of the dales last year. Far from it. Tina and Peter I've seen better chemistry and sexual tension between both my dogs, than these two. |
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HO: John Paul and Scott. Enough said.
Ste and Harry ... and my mind is drawing a blank. I think I need a trip to wikipedia to go through the lists of soap characters!!
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HO: John Paul and Scott. Enough said.
Ste and Harry ... and my mind is drawing a blank. I think I need a trip to wikipedia to go through the lists of soap characters!! ![]() ![]() bib: "I.Really.Love.You.Ste!" *takes his top off* |
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Didn't we just have this subject t'other day? Anyway, I wish I liked more of the couples on ED, but there are some proper shockers at the moment. They've all been mentioned before, but all of these are either dull as dullsville, cringey, unbelievable or plain irritating:
David and Tracey (what, why, where? I DON'T CARE.) Marlon and Carly (FREE CARLY!) Zak and Joanie (kill them both) NuRobert and his Miserable Wife (take them away, please) Top of the list of recent past shockers are also the black hole of doom Ross and Debbie (uuuuunnnngh). The only ones I like right now are Rhona and Sexy Pierce, and he's a psycho. I also like Moira and Cain when they're being foxy and/or angsty, not so much when they turn Moira into a puritanical nag, which she isn't. I don't understand why Ross isn't being sexy with someone. Leyla might be up for it. Though I think she's potentially better with Pete, if she can't have Nickle.
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Emmerdale tried to sell Ross and Debbie as the "new Cain and Charity". IMO, Ross is like Cain but Debbie is nothing like Charity, she is boring and miserable. She looked just as miserable with Ross as she did with Pete. Although that may just be Charley Webb, in interviews I've seen her in she has had a bit of a resting bitch face.
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![]() bib: "I.Really.Love.You.Ste!" *takes his top off* |
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The reason given for her doleful face is 'she doesn't like her smile'
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Home and Away –
Hannah and Chris. OK Hannah is dead now but Chris adored her and she was always messing him around. Actually she was the same with Andy too. Nate and Ricky - Nate was always second best for Ricky and when it turned out that Brax was alive Nate knew it was all over. Emmerdale – Laurel and anybody – nobody deserves to be contaminated by her. Aaron and anybody – nobody deserves to be contaminated by him. |
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![]() bib: "I.Really.Love.You.Ste!" *takes his top off*
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But for that to be possible she'd have to attempt a smile.
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I wish he'd keep his top on
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