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Post by Charley Says... on Feb 19, 2016 18:45:58 GMT
Oh, and while we're at it, I don't think for a single second that any Knobronner notices or gives a toss about whether the Robron actors are any good or not. It's purely about the gay relationship and them being perceived as 'hot' and the more gay sex they get to see the happier they are. Jeez, could they not just google "gay porn" and get their kicks there instead of waiting for a soap to provide it? Gay Porn you say... thinking-023
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Post by kitkat1971 on Feb 19, 2016 19:17:27 GMT
Oh, and while we're at it, I don't think for a single second that any Knobronner notices or gives a toss about whether the Robron actors are any good or not. It's purely about the gay relationship and them being perceived as 'hot' and the more gay sex they get to see the happier they are. Jeez, could they not just google "gay porn" and get their kicks there instead of waiting for a soap to provide it? Gay Porn you say... thinking-023 Don't worry Chas, I'm sure that Xmas Party video of you and Uncle Q has been taken down by now....
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Post by Charley Says... on Feb 19, 2016 19:37:42 GMT
Is that like two Lesbians...? Because I'm up for that if it is...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 20:21:16 GMT
I'd love to see Rita and Jenny getting stuck into each other.
I'd chip fifty notes in for that, just so long as I got to shout instructions down the webcam.
In other news, I've just smoked a bunch of crack.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2016 21:33:30 GMT
I'd love to see Rita and Jenny getting stuck into each other. I'd chip fifty notes in for that, just so long as I got to shout instructions down the webcam. In other news, I've just smoked a bunch of crack. Just for you Unc:
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Post by Lady W on Feb 23, 2016 16:45:45 GMT
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Post by sheepiefarm on Feb 23, 2016 17:43:04 GMT
Well, if we thought the Robron fans were annoying before, they're gonna be totally insufferable now, now that they've been told Robron will be a "couple" and that Aaron's wee sister is to become a regular character. And the winner of Best Soap at this years Soap Awards is............................................................................................ ................................pretty much a foregone conclusion now as m/m shipping fans from around the globe vote by the bucketload. I think the show thinks its being clever in harnessing the voting-power of this m/m shipping fandom - but the reality is, they've now lost creative control of their own characters - by giving the fans what they wanted, they've effectively given control of these characters TO the fans. The fans now think they OWN these characters, and they now think the show "owes" them for making them popular. If the show tries to do something creatively different with these characters - the social media backlash will be huge. RIP Robert Sugden & Aaron Livesay - you've now become little more than gay fanfiction characters, destined to be creatively suffocated by a fandom who will abandon the show quicker than snow melting in the rain should the show not keep them together forever...............
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 19:19:40 GMT
Well, if we thought the Robron fans were annoying before, they're gonna be totally insufferable now, now that they've been told Robron will be a "couple" and that Aaron's wee sister is to become a regular character. And the winner of Best Soap at this years Soap Awards is............................................................................................ ................................pretty much a foregone conclusion now as m/m shipping fans from around the globe vote by the bucketload. I think the show thinks its being clever in harnessing the voting-power of this m/m shipping fandom - but the reality is, they've now lost creative control of their own characters - by giving the fans what they wanted, they've effectively given control of these characters TO the fans. The fans now think they OWN these characters, and they now think the show "owes" them for making them popular. If the show tries to do something creatively different with these characters - the social media backlash will be huge. RIP Robert Sugden & Aaron Livesay - you've now become little more than gay fanfiction characters, destined to be creatively suffocated by a fandom who will abandon the show quicker than snow melting in the rain should the show not keep them together forever............... Sheepie, your posts on this topic are interesting, thanks. I had no idea about this whole shipping thing before. Though I'm not an avid viewer I can't help thinking that the above would be such a waste of the new Robert character, who I quite liked. I'd be annoyed if I were the actor, being effectively 'sacrificed' in this way.
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Post by kitkat1971 on Feb 23, 2016 20:18:37 GMT
I do think the Emmerdale producers should try and remember the rule about how sometimes you need to give the Audience what it needs, rather than what it wants. That includes splitting popular characters up or even sometimes killing popular characters off. But god help them if they try and split this couple up I suspect.
I speculated at length about this on DS but I do think that the Emmerdale PTB have their sights firmly set on the Awards (which will shortly open for voting) by promoting the storyline and Danny Miller's 'dedication' to his role and research to the extent, and in the eay that they are.
Thereks nothing intrinsically wrong with this, Hollyoaks very much use Social Media to canvass for stars and show at Awards time but it does seem unfair that actors such as Miller get highlighted more than older, less 'sexy' and glamorous ones who are doing equally (if not better) work simply because they don't have a huge fanbase so are a better 'bet' for bagging awards in viewer based votes.
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Post by CollieWobbles on Feb 23, 2016 22:16:55 GMT
smiley-yikes smiley-yikes smiley-yikes Oh Jesus, oh sweet Jesus no . DS will be un-bloody-bearable m1323 . I am really really not liking the way the new producer is going, he sounds just as sensationalist as KO and from what I've read he is even worse than she is for bending to social media . Let's hope one of the actors decides to leave for pastures new, it's the only thing now that will put an end to this madness hit-smileys .
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Post by Lady W on Feb 23, 2016 22:32:03 GMT
Loving that groan smiley, Collie! Sums up the entire Robron Saga.
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Post by kitkat1971 on Feb 23, 2016 23:42:29 GMT
So much for the child rape plot not being used as a means to reconcile Robron. He explicitly states there that Aaron's confiding in Robert was a "turning point" and the "payoff to the Gordon plot will pay a huge part in what comes next for them".
It might not have been what Kate Oates intended when she started the abuse plotline (though i do suspect it was at least part of it) but the new Producer is certainly ensuring that it will end up as just part of the Robron 'love story'.
Where's the bucket?
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Post by CollieWobbles on Feb 24, 2016 0:51:19 GMT
Is it wrong of me to hope it backfires spectacularly on them? That their plan to pander to the shippers for awards votes goes awry and instead of the attention of the Knobronners, their loud and proud publicising actually draws the attention of a much bigger crowd who are incensed that their using a child rape story as a romance reconciliation plot, and really stir up a shitstorm? Oh and makes sure they come away from the glitz empty handed after boycotting them in protest of course . That'd throw a spanner in their carefully constructed work wouldn't it? smiley-graucho
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 6:10:26 GMT
That is all.
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Post by Lady W on Feb 24, 2016 18:15:03 GMT
Is it wrong of me to hope it backfires spectacularly on them? That their plan to pander to the shippers for awards votes goes awry and instead of the attention of the Knobronners, their loud and proud publicising actually draws the attention of a much bigger crowd who are incensed that their using a child rape story as a romance reconciliation plot, and really stir up a shitstorm? Oh and makes sure they come away from the glitz empty handed after boycotting them in protest of course . That'd throw a spanner in their carefully constructed work wouldn't it? smiley-graucho icq_smiley_041 It'd be nice if the 'saner' viewers kicked up an almighty stink about rape being used as a plot device but I think the "ZOMG! Aren't Robron soooooooooo hot together?!" brigade have well and truly got the upper hand I imagine if the show dares to deviate from their epic love story then there will hell to pay, maybe a 'Cut4Robron' hashtag on Twitter free-rolleye-smileys-323
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