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Old 02-12-2016, 17:01
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likes Robert AND Aaron?

It seems everyone on this site wants them to fail.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:03
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Everyone on this site doesn't want them to fail, those that do (on the main forum) just have louder voices and tend to drown out any decent. Thankfully their views are not that of the wider Emmerdale audience.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:13
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I don't like either of them, but I really don't care if they fail or not. But I find their whole 'love story' very artificial and something that was foisted upon the viewers because of social media popularity, and not through organic writing.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:15
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likes Robert AND Aaron?

It seems everyone on this site wants them to fail.
Even if true - it isn't - what's the problem? No one around here likes Kerry or Tracey either. No one HAS to like any character or coupling.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:25
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Even if true - it isn't - what's the problem? No one around here likes Kerry or Tracey either. No one HAS to like any character or coupling.
Exactly. Well said. Why should we have to support/like Aaron and Robert as a couple?

Some people like them, a lot of people don't. Nothing more to it.
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Old 02-12-2016, 17:32
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I'm not a huge fan, but Belle/Bailey, David\Tracy and Marlon\Carly are far worse couples. These pairs are less suited to each other than Aaron and Robert are, in my opinion. At least Aaron and Robert suit each other
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Old 02-12-2016, 18:35
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likes Robert AND Aaron?

It seems everyone on this site wants them to fail.
I have always liked Aaron, and I quite like Robert too. I don't have a problem with them being an item either, especially when they're arguing! I'm not a Robronner though - my world wouldn't fall apart were they to go their separate ways.

Everyone on this site doesn't want them to fail, those that do (on the main forum) just have louder voices and tend to drown out any decent. Thankfully their views are not that of the wider Emmerdale audience.
It's unfortunate that posters are so polarised. I have had the term 'Robron Fan' thrown at me on the main forums as a term of abuse, but I just ignore it. We should all be able to live together!

I don't like either of them, but I really don't care if they fail or not. But I find their whole 'love story' very artificial and something that was foisted upon the viewers because of social media popularity, and not through organic writing.
Everyone is entitled to their own view. However, I do not believe that the 'love story' was 'foisted upon the viewers because of social media popularity'. I seem to recall that Ryan Hawley screen tested with Danny Miller before he got the part, which would seem to indicate that the principal arc of the storyline linking Aaron & Robert was planned before either of Aaron or Robert returned to the show, and hence before any social media popularity had built.

Even if true - it isn't - what's the problem? No one around here likes Kerry or Tracey either. No one HAS to like any character or coupling.
I do not think that the original poster said that liking them should be obligatory. I think that he/she was just feeling rather isolated and lonely!

Exactly. Well said. Why should we have to support/like Aaron and Robert as a couple?

Some people like them, a lot of people don't. Nothing more to it.
No one is saying that you should like them. I think that you'll find that quite a lot of people like them, probably more than dislike them amongst viewers as a whole, though it would take a poll to demonstrate that! I can understand regular viewers feeling uncomfortable with those whose only loyalty to the show seems to be based upon Aaron & Robert continuing as an item, but there should be room for all points of view.

I'm not a huge fan, but Belle/Bailey, David\Tracy and Marlon\Carly are far worse couples. These pairs are less suited to each other than Aaron and Robert are, in my opinion. At least Aaron and Robert suit each other
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Old 02-12-2016, 19:20
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I like them. And I like that Robert is just about the first actual bi-sexual male in one of the big three soaps.
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Old 02-12-2016, 19:23
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likes Robert AND Aaron?

It seems everyone on this site wants them to fail.
They have their fans.
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Old 02-12-2016, 19:46
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Everyone is entitled to their own view. However, I do not believe that the 'love story' was 'foisted upon the viewers because of social media popularity'. I seem to recall that Ryan Hawley screen tested with Danny Miller before he got the part, which would seem to indicate that the principal arc of the storyline linking Aaron & Robert was planned before either of Aaron or Robert returned to the show, and hence before any social media popularity had built.


No one is saying that you should like them. I think that you'll find that quite a lot of people like them, probably more than dislike them amongst viewers as a whole, though it would take a poll to demonstrate that! I can understand regular viewers feeling uncomfortable with those whose only loyalty to the show seems to be based upon Aaron & Robert continuing as an item, but there should be room for all points of view.

Really? Didn't know that. Personally I'm just commenting on what I've seen onscreen so far. The writing for these pair hasn't been of any great substance or strong enough to justify the popularity/hype in some circles such as social media in my humble opinion. That's why it feels like it's been foisted upon viewers, but as I said that's just my personal view here, I'm not speaking for anyone else. For me the whole romance feels forced by the producers.

But there's an implication on the part of the OP and others in previous threads that we should support Robron as a couple and want them to succeed regardless of whether many of us might dislike them as characters or as a couple. As I said, I couldn't be bothered if they succeed or not. I'm not invested enough in them as characters to care what happens to them. Not that I don't enjoy seeing Rebecca being mischievous with Robert. But I don't think everybody "wants them to fail". Characters like them always divide opinion, but as you say there should be room for all points of view, I certainly agree on that point.
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Old 02-12-2016, 21:37
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I have always liked Aaron, and I quite like Robert too. I don't have a problem with them being an item either, especially when they're arguing! I'm not a Robronner though - my world wouldn't fall apart were they to go their separate ways.

It's unfortunate that posters are so polarised. I have had the term 'Robron Fan' thrown at me on the main forums as a term of abuse, but I just ignore it. We should all be able to live together!

Everyone is entitled to their own view. However, I do not believe that the 'love story' was 'foisted upon the viewers because of social media popularity'. I seem to recall that Ryan Hawley screen tested with Danny Miller before he got the part, which would seem to indicate that the principal arc of the storyline linking Aaron & Robert was planned before either of Aaron or Robert returned to the show, and hence before any social media popularity had built.

I do not think that the original poster said that liking them should be obligatory. I think that he/she was just feeling rather isolated and lonely!

No one is saying that you should like them. I think that you'll find that quite a lot of people like them, probably more than dislike them amongst viewers as a whole, though it would take a poll to demonstrate that! I can understand regular viewers feeling uncomfortable with those whose only loyalty to the show seems to be based upon Aaron & Robert continuing as an item, but there should be room for all points of view.

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Interesting read and I agree with most of it.

As for the BIB that has happened to me too. I came to like the paring of Robert and Aaron relatively recently. I never particularly liked Aaron but always liked Robert and wasn't that happy with Robert being lumbered with him but during the abuse story line I became more drawn to them both and after they properly got together and I saw their sense of humour I became a proper fan though not remotely a Robronner however still a fan and I always enjoy their story lines and scenes,

Though I too can ignore being labelled something I'm not I do find the utter hate for them on here frustrating. It's impossible to have a reasonable or normal discussion about any of their antics because if you're remotely positive or keen your view is more or less laughed at and belittled.
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:43
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Yeah, they are ok. I like them
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Old 02-12-2016, 22:52
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Really? Didn't know that. Personally I'm just commenting on what I've seen onscreen so far. The writing for these pair hasn't been of any great substance or strong enough to justify the popularity/hype in some circles such as social media in my humble opinion. That's why it feels like it's been foisted upon viewers, but as I said that's just my personal view here, I'm not speaking for anyone else. For me the whole romance feels forced by the producers.

But there's an implication on the part of the OP and others in previous threads that we should support Robron as a couple and want them to succeed regardless of whether many of us might dislike them as characters or as a couple. As I said, I couldn't be bothered if they succeed or not. I'm not invested enough in them as characters to care what happens to them. Not that I don't enjoy seeing Rebecca being mischievous with Robert. But I don't think everybody "wants them to fail". Characters like them always divide opinion, but as you say there should be room for all points of view, I certainly agree on that point.
Pretty obvious to me that Aaron was only meant to be Robert's dirty secret. It drove the Katie plot pretty well. The whole romance is just contrived shit though. Both characters are boring. I don't care if they fail or swan off, I just want them gone.
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Old 03-12-2016, 02:22
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I don't like Robron as a couple but I don't have a problem with anyone else liking them. I' m not going to hold back of expressing of my opinion on them though! I' m not keen on the ' fandom' accusations that fly around, but that seems to be rooted in Twitter, which I rarely look at so I can't t comment on. A lot of what gets said about Robron fans is pretty nasty though - that bothers me more than what's s said about the actual couple
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Old 03-12-2016, 10:36
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I like them. I'm a huge fan of Robert anyway. I like the pairing, especially more so now they actually act more like a couple.
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Old 03-12-2016, 11:32
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I intensely dislike the villainous Robert and am currently awaiting his major comeuppance. Aaron I can take or leave, one of my favourite characters before, but since his return I cannot take to him. But then I feel that way about most of the Dingles.

I don't like them together but then I don't like them apart. I find them really boring as Robron but I don't care if people do like them. I don't like Tracy or David either or really any current couple but I don't see anyone pulling me up on that.
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Old 03-12-2016, 11:51
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Everyone on this site doesn't want them to fail, those that do (on the main forum) just have louder voices and tend to drown out any decent. Thankfully their views are not that of the wider Emmerdale audience.
Bib. Lovely to see the respect for differing opinions
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Old 03-12-2016, 12:25
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'They fit in to the show; but I don;t like the explicit sexual behaviour that the writers have them performing; that can be left to the imagination, as with straight couples.. Lawrence and Ronnie are now a couple; I hope the writers will leave them as the dignified men they have always been, keeping their sexual life private. .
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:12
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'They fit in to the show; but I don;t like the explicit sexual behaviour that the writers have them performing; that can be left to the imagination, as with straight couples.. Lawrence and Ronnie are now a couple; I hope the writers will leave them as the dignified men they have always been, keeping their sexual life private. .
To be fair that is all in your imagination They don't show any explicit sexual behaviour on Emmerdale or any soaps though it is inferred however in fact they don't actually show anything explicit.
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:40
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To be fair that is all in your imagination They don't show any explicit sexual behaviour on Emmerdale or any soaps though it is inferred however in fact they don't actually show anything explicit.
Yes I agree. I'm not a fan of robron but they don't portray then doing anything that other couples in the show don't do and it's very tame.
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:41
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I like them. And I like that Robert is just about the first actual bi-sexual male in one of the big three soaps.
I think that Marcus did it first in Corrie, either that or he was confused by the 'tache!
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Old 03-12-2016, 13:51
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'They fit in to the show; but I don;t like the explicit sexual behaviour that the writers have them performing; that can be left to the imagination, as with straight couples.. Lawrence and Ronnie are now a couple; I hope the writers will leave them as the dignified men they have always been, keeping their sexual life private. .
Wow what show are you watching i've barely seen them kiss.


There is always one......
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Old 03-12-2016, 14:04
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I think that Marcus did it first in Corrie, either that or he was confused by the 'tache!


They never really defined Marcus as bisexual, more a gay man that fell in love with a woman for a while anyway.

I think Craig on Hollyoaks might have been the first bisexual though I'm not sure he was ever defined as that either.

Robert is possibly the first defined bisexual in UK soaps.
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Old 03-12-2016, 14:39
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likes Robert AND Aaron?

It seems everyone on this site wants them to fail.
I don't watch Emmerdale (but I live in one of the filming locations so I tend to keep an eye on what's going on) and I have to say I love them

Then again, I generally support any show that includes LGTBQ storylines because they should be treated no differently than "straight" ones are and, as someone else mentioned earlier, seeing an openly bisexual male character on a soap is a big milestone.

But there's an implication on the part of the OP and others in previous threads that we should support Robron as a couple and want them to succeed regardless of whether many of us might dislike them as characters or as a couple.
I didn't feel that from the OP at all, simply a request to find out if anyone here actually liked them as a pairing.

'They fit in to the show; but I don;t like the explicit sexual behaviour that the writers have them performing; that can be left to the imagination, as with straight couples.. Lawrence and Ronnie are now a couple; I hope the writers will leave them as the dignified men they have always been, keeping their sexual life private. .
Wow, if you think what's shown at early evening soap time of British TV is explicit, god forbid you watch any American shows.
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Old 03-12-2016, 15:21
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Yes I agree. I'm not a fan of robron but they don't portray then doing anything that other couples in the show don't do and it's very tame.
I also agree. At the time ED is on there's no way they can show explicit stuff. It is definitely left to the imagination.
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