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Post by buja on Oct 6, 2017 2:48:01 GMT -5
When Aaron came back he and Finn had sex. They were not paired up. Kate Oates left the option open that something may happen between them in the future. So maybe something could have happened. We'll never know. Instead Robert was recast and returned for an affair with Aaron. Clearly tring to recapture the extremely popular, toxic and abusive love-hate relationship between Cain and Charity. The producers caved to Robron maniacs and made Robert and Aaron a permanent couple. Finn and Aaron would never be a thing.
It's possible Kate Oates was just lying. Really Finn was always a support character similar to Pearl, Edna and Sandy or April. He was a gay character for the sake of being gay. He certainly never had any largeer stories relating to his sexuality. Nor was there ever an intended romance for him. He started as a replacement for Amy. A support for Eric and Val. Then Val was killed and the whole BnB group collapsed. Victoria had already moved to the pub. Tracy was eventually coupled with David. Eric was moved to a supporting role for David and Finn was strictly supporting for his family.
ED is following a disproportionate 50% split for non-straight characters. Jackson killed. Aaron leaves. Ruby killed. Ali leaves. Ronny leaves. Finn killed.
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Oct 17, 2017 15:19:20 GMT -5
i still have a feeling that victoria is going to ask aaron to be her sperm donor that could be a good story in the new year and aaron's family will be over the moon for aaron and it would be nice since the robron wedding is in the summer
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Post by jjose712 on Oct 22, 2017 14:34:19 GMT -5
Bad bad idea. Frankly, they will advise any teen in the verge of coming out to not watch soaps, it's frankly depressing the way the kill all gay characters once they don't know what to do with them. Bad writing all over the place, lack of ideas, and waste of the potential of characters. And frankly, they should never ask actors the way they want to get written off, all of them are suckers for explosive finals (i remember the actor who played Reid on As the world turns being shocked at the bad reaction fans had on his final on the show). I know a daily show is hard to write, but they waste opportunities and in my opinion they get so used to kill characters that (unless it's a very central character) that doesn't shock anyone no more
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Oct 22, 2017 15:35:28 GMT -5
that is just me that i will love to see that if it happens even though i dont like vic at the moment but aaron is talking to her i will get their in time to forgive her i just wont aaron to have a kid so bad because he looks so happy and hot when he is with leo aaron will make an awesome father and its the only way it will happen he cant adopt because he spent time or it will be hard to adopt and the whole not finding stories this is aaron dingle we are talking about the main man there will always be a story for him if they wont to keep the ratings up and the reid thing was very upsetting to me also they never slept together either which im still upset o this day about that and also no happy ending for luke but a so so happy ending for noah
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Post by antistatic on Oct 31, 2017 16:51:18 GMT -5
Just had to post this Halloween treat from Dominic Brunt. Jeff Hordley's reaction is pure Cain.
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Post by antistatic on Nov 6, 2017 16:59:04 GMT -5
It was the Inside Soap Awards tonight and Emmerdale were once again the big winners taking the prize for Best Soap for the third year running. Also Danny Miller - Best Actor.Gillian Kearney - Best Bad Girl.John Middleton - Best Exit.Arthur Clarke - Best Young Actor. Dominic Brunt - Funniest Male.Natalie J Robb - Sexiest Female.Motorway crash/James’ death - Best Showstopper.
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Post by Zathras on Nov 7, 2017 0:24:22 GMT -5
Congrats to Emmerdale, Danny M, and the other winners!
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Post by dalphine on Nov 7, 2017 16:47:24 GMT -5
Natalie J Robb... I'm glad she won I voted for her. I think she very beautiful and curvy and a good actress.
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Nov 10, 2017 16:24:45 GMT -5
I'm so glad Danny won and glad that I voted for him he deserve it for the stuff he has to deal with and now I heard he will be bonding with the baby this coming week which is not the baby's fault just Robert watch today's episode great scene with Aaron and Robert loved that Aaron said that Robert would have slept with Lawrence to get what he wanted just like he would have slept with Rebecca again to make her from keeping her to tell Aaron they slept together while he was in prison that is why I believe that Aaron needs to move on and never look back because Robert will cheat again once a cheat always a cheat
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Nov 13, 2017 16:30:47 GMT -5
Never thought I would say this but I was rooting for Lachlan in today's episode and Robert still think he is better than the dingles least they're loyal I mean take a pole which family is better Dingles, Sugdens or Whites
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Post by hfolk on Nov 27, 2017 17:15:38 GMT -5
I'm starting to come around on the idea that it might be interesting to see Robert date other men before returning to Aaron
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Post by antistatic on Dec 1, 2017 19:03:29 GMT -5
Another award. This one from the TV Times:
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Post by buja on Dec 2, 2017 7:05:21 GMT -5
Scrap metal dealer? That's not what Emmerdale says his job is, right? It makes me wonder about how much money he makes. It's probably best not to go down that rabbit hole of soap land. Come to think of it Emmerdale does a lot with cars. Haulage, taxi firms, garage, scrap yard, and always some rich guys with fancy cars, nevermind the Land Rover in the opening. I wonder if they had to pay more or less than McCain for the privilege.
Anyway, has the lighting for Aaron's house changed? It used to be so dark.
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Dec 25, 2017 19:57:01 GMT -5
Okay Christmas episode was just weird it was funny how Robert is so still full of himself after all that he tried to break up with Aaron but then Aaron said he is going to stay with Alex which was a good choice for him I'm not even going to say anything with what Vic said she can just shut up and one more thing the whole Lawrence still in love with Robert is just sad and pathetic but I don't even fell sorry for him never liked Lawrence anyway
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Post by LadyArmand on Dec 26, 2017 1:46:15 GMT -5
Okay Christmas episode was just weird it was funny how Robert is so still full of himself after all that he tried to break up with Aaron but then Aaron said he is going to stay with Alex which was a good choice for him I'm not even going to say anything with what Vic said she can just shut up and one more thing the whole Lawrence still in love with Robert is just sad and pathetic but I don't even fell sorry for him never liked Lawrence anyway I don't understand how you can say that Robert is "still so full of himself". I say that because, when Aaron asked Robert why he was being this way Robert answered him by saying if he wasn't this way he'd be crying on the floor and then throw himself out the window. I think for once in his life Robert is doing the right thing not because he thinks it will get him something in return, but simply because it is the right thing and he loves Aaron enough to want to see him happy even if that means Aaron ends up with someone else. He wasn't trying to make the decision for Aaron, he was making the decision for himself and letting Aaron know. And while Aaron at present may want to be with Alex and thinks he doesn't ever want to be with Robert again, I don't see that lasting, because he still loves Robert desperately. I think part of Aaron's decision to stay with Alex is because of his family. I think the character of Lawrence is a wasted opportunity. His background story and set up was so promising. And they completely ruined him by saddling him with this viper pit of a family. I simply don't care about him, and I loath his family. They can each and everyone of them go, and take Ross and Pete with them.
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Post by hfolk on Dec 26, 2017 11:05:18 GMT -5
so why was Robert wearing Jimmy's boxers?
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Post by Sharingan90210 on Dec 26, 2017 11:41:24 GMT -5
Because Robert told Alex he was letting Aaron go like he wasn't in the wrong it should be Aaron choice he was the one who got cheated on and Vic saying she cares about Aaron was laughable I can't wait for all the whites to be gone
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Post by cheerios on Dec 27, 2017 4:09:38 GMT -5
Because Robert told Alex he was letting Aaron go like he wasn't in the wrong it should be Aaron choice he was the one who got cheated on and Vic saying she cares about Aaron was laughable I can't wait for all the whites to be gone True it's Aaron's choice and Aaron's life and only Aaron should have say over his own life. But they had a connection and Robert still had hope, or maybe not hope but the despair of what had happened. Perhaps he was going through the grief stages and hadn't reached acceptance yet, who knows. They still love each other deeply and even if Aaron had moved on, Robert had to truly accept that and move on as well and not mess with Aaron again. He was respecting Aaron's choices and choices to be with other men, mainly Alex at the moment. Though Alex is clearly a rebound, they have nothing in common, Alex has little personality or much known about him outside of him being a doctor, nice, and interacting with Aaron. Also Aaron isn't getting all the usual excited and happy sweet about Alex/relationship or around Alex or when he thinks about Alex. He's just there, he's a decent kind bloke, whose easily written out after he serves his purpose. Alex reminds me so much of Nicky with the whole Gennie and Nikhil romance, though Nicky had more going for him, the show has given Alex so little other than nice, doctor, and interested in Aaron.
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Post by LadyArmand on Dec 27, 2017 21:31:26 GMT -5
Robert knows he was wrong and has admitted he was wrong several times. However, he thought that because he and Aaron love each other deeply that somehow he could fix things between them. Robert had to get to the point where he realized that he had to let Aaron go. Yes, Aaron has chosen to move on, but that didn't mean that Robert had to accept that. And that was Aaron's journey. Robert's journey was getting to the point where he not only accepted that Aaron has moved on, but accepting that he has to let Aaron move on without his interference. He had to stop being selfish and put what Aaron needed above what he (Robert) wanted.
Alex while nice, he is also about as interesting as floor polish. He's the rebound guy. Aaron wants to prove he can move on from Robert and Alex is that transitional guy. It won't last simply because the show hasn't developed Alex enough for it to last.
My guess is this time the writers will write a redemption story for Robert that will facilitate Aaron and Robert reconnecting down the road.
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Post by carld2 on Dec 28, 2017 1:59:06 GMT -5
The whole story is mostly just stalling and stalling. The show would be wise to have other gay characters to not put all this on just one pairing, although that doesn't seem to be happening (there is Vanessa and Charity but we barely see their relationship). I think bringing in a new gay or bi man who has no sexual interest in Aaron or Robert would be a good idea.
I lost interest in this story a long time ago, but Ryan Hawley did a much better job than I had expected in the Christmas episode. It was nice to see some moments with the Sugden family as well.
It was great to see Val again too.
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Post by LadyArmand on Dec 28, 2017 3:27:59 GMT -5
They had another gay character that they kept pretty separate from Aaron and Robert and they did nothing to develop him so they killed Fin off. Most of these shows don't know how to write for more that two gay characters at a time. Which is sad. Also like Cain and Charity or Chas and Carl before them Robert and Aaron are one of (if not at the moment the only) super couple on the show. Therefore, it's not a matter of "if" they get back together but when and how.
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Post by justinate on Dec 28, 2017 9:22:24 GMT -5
I really wish they'd give Robert a new love interest who's male. But I guess he must remain fixated on Aaron as the only man who will ever attract him. (Never mind that we know Rob has had same-sex flings in the past.)
It's hard to swallow that sad-sack Aaron would attract a successful, handsome doctor unless, as his grandma Faith suggested, Alex is partial to a "bit of rough". What does Alex actually get out of this relationship?
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Post by hfolk on Dec 28, 2017 10:07:09 GMT -5
I really wish they'd give Robert a new love interest who's male. But I guess he must remain fixated on Aaron as the only man who will ever attract him. (Never mind that we know Rob has had same-sex flings in the past.) It's hard to swallow that sad-sack Aaron would attract a successful, handsome doctor unless, as his grandma Faith suggested, Alex is partial to a "bit of rough". What does Alex actually get out of this relationship? I agree, I at least want to see Rob date another guy before returning to Aaron
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Post by bsgnut on Dec 28, 2017 13:03:45 GMT -5
You all are bringing up a very important point. Soaps tend to love coming out stories because of their inherent tension and drama but once the characters come out they don't seem to know what to do with them. A big reason for that is there are not enough gay characters on the show to begin with. Emmerdale failed miserably with the awful Finn-Kasim storyline and then inexplicably killed Finn off. Why not bring in another gay recurring character to pair with Finn and then there would be another gay character to interact with Aaron and Robert? Granted Emmerdale is a small town but there have got be more than just 2 gay men living there. What worries me is that Alex is just another minor character they will get rid of once Robert and Aaron reunite. It's much better for the drama to have recurring characters that grow and develop versus just bringing on temporary gays and writing them out again.
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Post by antistatic on Dec 29, 2017 20:20:37 GMT -5
Emmerdale were the big winners in the Digital Spy Soap Awards, winning every category bar one: Best Soap: Emmerdale Best Soap Actor: Danny Miller Best Soap Actress: Natalie J Robb Best Soap Storyline: Ashley Thomas's dementia Best Soap Relationship: Robert Sugden and Aaron Dingle Best Soap Newcomer: Shaun Thomas (Gerry) Biggest OMG Soap Moment: Finn Barton's death Funniest Soap Character: Faith Dingle Best Soap Stunt: The barn explosion, Emmerdale The only award they missed out on was for Best Soap Villain which was won by the character Pat Phelan on Coronation Street.
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