Corrie Breaking Barriers

I've been a Corrie fan probably since the womb, as my mum tells it I used to kick her belly when she was pregnant with me when the ladies were fighting fit on screen.

 However what happens when Shayne Ward and Jack P Shepherd who normally get our hearts a flutter are given a meaty storyline that will both shock , and inform the public all in one go they act their asses off.


Jack P Shepherd's portrayl of David Platt being the victim of male rape at the hands of Josh , both disturbed me, and kept my attention and has been the subject of discontent among Corrie fans,

But what people need to recognize is that its a real issue, that men sometimes face. Its not just the women who've been victims of an act like this.

Personally I think Jack has knocked it out of the damn ball park and I love him and the show raising awareness of this magnitude.

We've also heard that  Aidan Connor  played by  Shayne Ward will kill himself next week and its to be Shayne's exit storyline.


I applaud the shows for raising awareness and making fans see there are signs when things like this happen, people act out of character, and they generally become a worry for those they love.

Being over generous and sometimes pushing people away as well are a couple of signs that prove something isn't right with those you love.

When I watched those scenes of Aidan being discovered it broke my heart. I felt for  Johnny being the one who found him. That is not a discovery any family member wants to make.

But while I think it was heart breaking it made me aware that its the aftermath of such a situation that affects the family members for a long , long time.

Some find it difficult to face it and suffer in silence much like the dear one who took their own lives.

Talking about it is a difficult path for most people to be on when they do contemplate suicide, some feel they can't discuss this kind of thing with their families and don't reach out and the grim reality is sometimes the family's don't read the signs.

Corrie was brilliant with this storyline and for me it helped a little especially when I myself have had loved ones decide to do away with themselves , who left that burning question in my head why?

We can't answer that unfortunately , but what we can do is listen if they seem out of sorts and maybe reach some semblance of understanding and peace if the fall out is them taking their own lives.

In the long run people should never blame themselves, for not knowing, or blame the person who took that route, Something within them just snapped and they couldn't  face things. Some would say its the cowards way out.

But until you walk a mile in their shoes, and begin to understand that depression can't be fixed with a hug then you just don't get it.

The Slaters the ole Baby Switcheroo

Unpredictable , Crazy, fishwives , Slutty chicks with loose morals with a fighting Spirit , you bet your ass those are the words that jump into my brain when I watch Kat, Zoe, Bev and Hayley scenes.

People can bitch and moan all they want about their unruly behavior but for people like me who adore them , there ain't nothing wrong with those Slater chicks.

Since EastEnders introduced Hayley and Bev Slater something just didn't seem right with the whole family dynamic. If you look at the pics of Kat and Zoe and Hayley and Bev, I believe that Viv Slater Kat's mother switched the girls without their mothers knowing what was going on under their noses.

Looking back I never felt that Zoe was anything like Kat, not in looks and certainly not in the way they presented themselves out in public. Kat was always an embarrassment to Zoe It seemed at times she wished that she wasn't her mother at all . 

I believe deep down Zoe had the better deal that what Hayley did and she doesn't seem to grasp the fact that her mother has never fully healed from what Harry did to her. Maybe if Zoe had explored this with Kat they would have healed together and grown closer rather than further apart.

Bev on the other hand was drunk most of the time and ignored Hayley making her fend for herself and that to me ain't right not at all.  When a kid is neglected or made to feel she's nothing, by the one person whose supposed to love her there had to be some huge damn secret that Bev wouldn't want to come out. I think she hated  Kat because of what Viv had forced her parents to do.

Bev throws it in Kat's face about her failings of a mother to cover her own inadequacies, and personally all you have to do is look at Kat and Hayley side by side and you see they look alike.

Kat and Hayley are also like ticking time bombs when things don't go their way.  Kat feels protective of Hayley and I believe deep down she may know what we all suspect that Hayley not Zoe is Kat's biological daughter who should have benefited from having Kat as her mom.

Hayley has so many of Kat's mannerisms and has had the same experiences with a mother who just couldn't care less about her or her grandchild that they would give them away without a single thought of how their daughter would feel about the whole damn thing and to me that's just plain wrong and disgusting on so many levels . 

Yeah I can hear the skeptics keep dreaming sunshine. But I know what I suspect could actually happen. Its ridiculous for people not to even think the same way because of all we have seen, and heard. Kat's and Hayley's interactions with each other are that of long lost mothers and daughters.

Long lost daughters tend to have a disdain for their mothers, lol and the mothers are the ones who have the same misgivings about their daughters as well.  It happened on GH more than once , so I can see EastEnders going there .

I was really impressed how Kat came to Hayley's rescue , the way she confronted Bev any woman who cares about anothers well being would do the same thing. I know I would in her shoes. What Hayley needs is someone to care about her and teach her how to be a good mum, not someone who'd sell a child for money. Clearly Bev is a scumbag with no maternal instinct whatsoever.

 I can smell this storyline coming from a mile off the alarm bells just go off every time Kat speaks to  Hayley or about her . I feel like the writers should be going there and that secret should come out once Kat finds out that Alfie is the father of Hayley's baby. 

Other soaps have had mothers and daughters share fellas why would The Slater clan be any different? Now would be a good time to bring  Zoe back for this storyline and sort this shit out once and for all . Cause I just can't shake it. Please Soap Gods let this happen Pronto I want to see it happen.