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Old 05-12-2016, 22:56
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Glad they brought her back, excellent character. Hopefully they will pair her up with Brian.
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Old 05-12-2016, 23:24
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Oh god no, she needs to leave And sharpish
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Old 05-12-2016, 23:44
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Any chance Clayton and his knife can return for her?
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Old 05-12-2016, 23:47
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Cheek on her
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:21
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If only they hadn't introduced her previously and had her paired up with Ken - the character might have stood a chance. It'll take a lot of work to get audiences to like her now though.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:25
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I love her.

She's not nice, she's shrill, she's selfish, she's self-centred and she's completely untrustworthy, but she makes for interesting viewing. It's not obvious what her motives are and she fits within the tradition of Coronation Street flibbertigibbets.

More Nessa please!!
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:32
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She could've been good but they damaged her beyond repair.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:34
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She could've been good but they damaged her beyond repair.
Why? So long as the writing sticks to form this stint she has acres of potential... Characters don't have to be redeemable, or basically good at heart... she's a female Les Battersby and there is a place for her on the street.

Great performance... she is deliciously vile. And no she's no replacement for Deirdre!
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:36
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I never minded her, I just didn't like the way they had her going after Ken.

She does work well with Cathy, though.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:39
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I never minded her, I just didn't like the way they had her going after Ken.

This is why she'll never work imo. The show royally cocked up there and at the time it was just to make us want Ken and Audrey to happen instead of 'someone new'. But that didn't happen anyway so the whole exercise was pointless.

And Nessa completely ruined Emily's leaving scene, which is most probably the last ever Emily scene.

The only way I can see her working for the viewers is if they put her with Norris and let her take him for everything he's got.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:44
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This is why she'll never work imo. The show royally cocked up there and at the time it was just to make us want Ken and Audrey to happen instead of 'someone new'. But that didn't happen anyway so the whole exercise was pointless.

And Nessa completely ruined Emily's leaving scene, which is most probably the last ever Emily scene.

The only way I can see her working for the viewers is if they put her with Norris and let her take him for everything he's got.
The Emily leaving scene was perfectly in character! Talk about damned if they do.

Last time round Nessa was there to prove there was life in the old dog Ken, which was perfectly in character despite the fact that many felt it was too soon...

Perhaps some of that was due to Anne Kirkbride's death. Jack met Connie in a similar timeline and although she was much nicer than Nessa, there wasn't an outcry on this forum.

Nessa has bags of potential as a female Les Battersby, the character who is not a nice person. Is totally selfish and self centred and would target a recently widowed man if she felt it would work to her advantage.

Nessa is they type of character Corrie needs right now and if well written can be as funny as she is downright wicked.

If as I am guessing that Roy and Cathy will split, she may have a strong place on the Street with Cathy... another character unfairly maligned on this forum.
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Old 06-12-2016, 00:56
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The Emily leaving scene was perfectly in character! Talk about damned if they do.

Last time round Nessa was there to prove there was life in the old dog Ken, which was perfectly in character despite the fact that many felt it was too soon...

Perhaps some of that was due to Anne Kirkbride's death. Jack met Connie in a similar timeline and although she was much nicer than Nessa, there wasn't an outcry on this forum.

Nessa has bags of potential as a female Les Battersby, the character who is not a nice person. Is totally selfish and self centred and would target a recently widowed man if she felt it would work to her advantage.

Nessa is they type of character Corrie needs right now and if well written can be as funny as she is downright wicked.

If as I am guessing that Roy and Cathy will split, she may have a strong place on the Street with Cathy... another character unfairly maligned on this forum.
It isn't the characters fault, but Nessa wasn't needed in Emily's leaving scene. The fact she was included ruined the moment and thus many people dislike the character as a result. But that's the show fault really.

The time difference between Deidre dying and Ken getting with Nessa felt like weeks - IIRC Deidre died in June/July and Ken was with Nessa by October? Ridiculous of both the character and the show. For once, I think viewers were actually on Tracey's side as she wasn't happy either.

So it's not the character's fault, but Corrie did a lot to make her incredibly unpopular in such a short period of time.
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Old 06-12-2016, 11:31
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This is why she'll never work imo. The show royally cocked up there and at the time it was just to make us want Ken and Audrey to happen instead of 'someone new'. But that didn't happen anyway so the whole exercise was pointless.

And Nessa completely ruined Emily's leaving scene, which is most probably the last ever Emily scene.

The only way I can see her working for the viewers is if they put her with Norris and let her take him for everything he's got.
How the hell they're going to get that piano on her back and on to the bus is beyond me, Peter won't help, he just wants an uber license, not a hernia.
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Old 06-12-2016, 11:36
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Nessie is a truly awful character not helped by the fact she is Kathy another truly awful characters sister, hopefully Roy will come to his senses and send them and Alex packing and they won't be seen or heard of again.
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Old 06-12-2016, 12:51
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It isn't the characters fault, but Nessa wasn't needed in Emily's leaving scene. The fact she was included ruined the moment and thus many people dislike the character as a result. But that's the show fault really.

The time difference between Deidre dying and Ken getting with Nessa felt like weeks - IIRC Deidre died in June/July and Ken was with Nessa by October? Ridiculous of both the character and the show. For once, I think viewers were actually on Tracey's side as she wasn't happy either.

So it's not the character's fault, but Corrie did a lot to make her incredibly unpopular in such a short period of time.
Ken seeking solace with another woman rather quickly was in character, although he came to realise it was not the solution to his grief.

Cathy and Roy I have much more issue with as I don't believe Roy would ever move on let alone find someone so quickly.

Your suggestion that Nessa shouldn't have been in Emily's leaving scene is silly, one thing Corrie has always featured is a life goes on sense to it all and Nessa represented that. To her friends Emily was special but to others she was just an old lady leaving on a trip.

I loved the clever juxtapositioning of those scenes and like Les Battersby before her Nessa will say and do things that are utterly incongruous, but to me the show needs that.

Bravo Nessa. I hope her return is permanent.
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Old 06-12-2016, 13:24
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Ken seeking solace with another woman rather quickly was in character, although he came to realise it was not the solution to his grief.

Cathy and Roy I have much more issue with as I don't believe Roy would ever move on let alone find someone so quickly.

Your suggestion that Nessa shouldn't have been in Emily's leaving scene is silly, one thing Corrie has always featured is a life goes on sense to it all and Nessa represented that. To her friends Emily was special but to others she was just an old lady leaving on a trip.

I loved the clever juxtapositioning of those scenes and like Les Battersby before her Nessa will say and do things that are utterly incongruous, but to me the show needs that.

Bravo Nessa. I hope her return is permanent.
I completely agree. Ken moving on quickly from Deidre's death was very in-character remember he cheated on her numerous times while she was alive, he was hardly going to remain faithful to her once she'd gone. And Deidre was no saint either she had affairs behind his back and would likely have got herself a new fella quite quickly if Ken had died first.

I think the problem was people were confusing Anne Kirkbride with Deidre - they were sad by Anne's real life passing and saying things "Ken being with Nessa is disrespectful to Deidre" no it wasn't. Deidre was not real and had the character been killed off but actress not died there wouldn't have been an issue.

Roy and Cathy though is a whole different story. Unlike the aging Lothario Ken Roy is not the sort of bloke to move on quickly. Hayley was the love of Roy's life, his soul mate and the only woman he'd ever been with. For him to move on and re-marry someone he barely knows within a couple of years of Hayley dying is completely out of character. Roy and Cathy should never have happened Roy should have remained single.
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Old 06-12-2016, 13:58
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I completely agree. Ken moving on quickly from Deidre's death was very in-character remember he cheated on her numerous times while she was alive, he was hardly going to remain faithful to her once she'd gone. And Deidre was no saint either she had affairs behind his back and would likely have got herself a new fella quite quickly if Ken had died first.

I think the problem was people were confusing Anne Kirkbride with Deidre - they were sad by Anne's real life passing and saying things "Ken being with Nessa is disrespectful to Deidre" no it wasn't. Deidre was not real and had the character been killed off but actress not died there wouldn't have been an issue.

Roy and Cathy though is a whole different story. Unlike the aging Lothario Ken Roy is not the sort of bloke to move on quickly. Hayley was the love of Roy's life, his soul mate and the only woman he'd ever been with. For him to move on and re-marry someone he barely knows within a couple of years of Hayley dying is completely out of character. Roy and Cathy should never have happened Roy should have remained single.
I agree. I think Anne Kirkbride's death shocked many of us. She had been onscreen for 40 years but wasn't part of the old guard. Many of us predicted she would be at No 1 for many years after Ken's passing as he was so much older than her. People began to conflate the reality of Kirkbride's death with Deirdre's and were upset by Ken's actions... but they were in character and a repeat of what he did following Val's death.
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Old 06-12-2016, 15:23
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I realky can't Stand her
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Old 06-12-2016, 17:58
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This is the worst decision that Kate Oates has made. Nessa is an irritating character who I cannot understand a word of. I need subtitles when she is on.
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Old 06-12-2016, 18:34
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This is the worst decision that Kate Oates has made. Nessa is an irritating character who I cannot understand a word of. I need subtitles when she is on.
Really? I haven't found that difficult. Tricia back in the day used to be a hughe challenge for me.
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