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Yeah like I don’t need a full on sex scene but even a morning one or a cute little date ALONE lol to cap off an episode would be nice. I always thinks of their interrupted date for I think it was Carla’s birthday and just how cute and sweet that was and I want them to get something like that. It doesn’t have to be fancy though that would be nice too, but just something private and lovely yk

yep yep totally agree! i know it’s a soap and they don’t think we’d still care if they didn’t throw tragedy after tragedy at our beloveds but some balance would be nice lol

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Do y'all ever read a fic so good that it makes you want to elevate your own craft and also befriend the writer? It's almost like, "Hi! You write so well that you've inspired me to embark on a creative training arc. Also, can I yell about the character in your dms because you get it?"

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i’m begging the writers to give lisa and carla some other people to interact with outside of each other + betsy anytime soon and escape the sapphic curse of becoming one with your partner. i’m BEGGING

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is this the aforementioned stress cure...?

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i love when ppl say “that’s so you” it feels good to know i exist and have a vibe

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Lisa unbuttoning not even 5 seconds into entering the flat and in the living room was so crazy lmao. I need them to get at least one make out soon though because compared to some of the other couples they feel a bit sanitized in that area ngl. And omg I totally forgot about that Calzona scene until now! It was so iconic to me then and after rewatching it still is lol. They hardly got to make out back then either but we’ve come so far like wow

so true anon!! istg that calzona scene came out of some sort of hiding spot in my brain and immediately popped up in my mind when i saw today’s swarla scene, it was iconic for real and made me a bit nostalgic 🥲 baby gay feels and all that

i know there’s a bit of discourse about swarla not having too many intimate scenes and personally i do feel like they need to give them some them-only time without interruptions because we’ve gone from fun dating to married with kids struggles a bit too quickly in my opinion lol but it’s not necessarily connected to physical intimacy to me (wouldn’t be opposed to it ofc but i don’t feel like that’s what’s lacking). if we compare swarla to todd&theo, like a lot of people are doing, i think the writers are trying to portray the two relationships in two very different ways (long-lasting and mature vs horny and cheating lol) and that’s why with swarla we’re getting a lot of family scenes and not so many intimate ones (unfortunately).

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the pipeline from being a baby gay watching greys, shipping calzona and seeing arizona wanting to cure callie’s headache to being an adult gay watching coronation street, shipping swarla and seeing lisa wanting to cure carla’s stress in the same way. beautiful really

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Actually fascinated by Lisa’s parenting style: shouting and screaming whenever Betsy acts out but folding as soon as she realises how hurt she is, what drove her to those actions. And so she just pulls her into her arms and rightfully offers her love, but at the same time can’t bring herself to enforce any consequences for the actions. So Betsy will keep doing it, because she knows it’s the best way to get any attention from her mum. So what if she has to endure the screaming for a bit? She knows she’ll get a hug after, and that’s all she really wants

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being constantly horny is the only appropriate way to be when around carla connor, really. lisa swain, i do get you

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I spent so much time in my twenties convinced that my life was over, that I somehow ruined it beyond repair, that I was doomed to the life I had and nothing more. and now, in my mid thirties, i’m like wow.. this shit has actually just begun! I can and will create the life I want!

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i love seeing characters that are portrayed as focused and in control in one domain of life (see lisa and her job) being completely at loss bordering on inept in other areas (see lisa and being a parent). we’re missing so much information about the swains before carla and yet, from the few snippets of lore we have, we can safely assume that becky was much more involved in betsy’s upbringing, while lisa just kind of took the backseat and prioritized work.

in friday’s episode lisa had to resort to her logical reasoning to explain why becky couldn’t have taught betsy how to drive in a store parking lot because she’s not sure she would have known otherwise. she’d have doubted herself if it weren’t for logical facts because she!wasn’t!there. and betsy knows this is a sore spot and an undeniable truth and in a true teenage fashion, hits where it hurts (there’s no way the police can prove my other mom didn’t teach me how to drive) (there’s no way you can prove my other mom didn’t teach me how to drive) (you weren’t there, to witness that bond).

when almost a year ago lisa told carla, in their first heart to heart, that she was up at night texting a dead becky asking her what to do with betsy, that was not just because she was grieving the shared life with her spouse. it’s because quite literally she had no idea on how to be a parent.

and the guilt she carries around her absence, around her delegating parenting to her wife and retracting to the one place she felt good enough in - her work - and doing it even after becky died, is what i think makes her a questionable parent in the present day. a parent who tries her best for sure, but not a great one. lisa’s authority is non-existent because she’s actually scared of her own teenage daughter. she’s shocked when carla handles betsy for what she is, a harmless teenager under a spunky attitude. lisa, on the other hand, treats her like a bomb about to blow: she tiptoes around betsy because she’s scared that setting rules would obliterate their already fragile relationship and also, deep down she doesn’t feel like she has earned the right to act like a parent because once again, she wasn’t around much. she might get angry but never enforces actual consequences for betsy because she thinks that losing a parent AND being stuck with one that’s clearly not good enough ™️ is punishment enough. she’s too busy constantly trying to prove her worth to her child to actually take an objective look at her, too afraid that she’s going to escape her weak grasp to show betsy that there’s an adult actually in control, for better or for worse.

but yes, i love seeing seemingly put-together characters actually being a hot!mess. makes them layered, human etc etc

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CORONATION STREET | December 16, 2024

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THANK YOU GOD FOR BRINGING MY FAMILY BACK TOGETHER!!!

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saw this today