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Friday's episode of Corrie saw the (very low key) exit of Kate Connor after four years on the cobbles. She left to go travelling on, wait for it, a grand! Blimey I wish I lived in soapland!
Anyway, during those four years, I have to say I don't think I've ever seen such a division of opinion on a character like I have with Kate, people really do seem to love her or hate her and there's not much in between. Saying that, I wouldn't put myself firmly in either of those teams, I'd swing more towards hate than love, but I'm sort of in between really (incidentally that's my opinion on marmite too if anyone's interested).
So, reasons to love Kate is the whole Kana storyline of course, she's part of the iconic Connor family, and she did used to have a few good one liners, but she hasn't had much to smile about in a long while now.
Reasons to hate Kate, she comes across as very selfish and childish in some situations, and, if I'm being honest, she really doesn't seem to have very much about her. Of course that's not a reason to actively hate her, but it's the reason why I personally have never been overly interested in her. You can learn a lot about a person from the company they keep, and if Caz, Imogen and Lolly are the examples here then I don't think Kate is my sort of person at all.
The problem with Kate is that her relationships seem to be the only thing that we do know about her character, we don't really know anything about Kate the individual person. I think her two main relationships were with Aidan and Rana, and since Rana's death it's really been noticeable that writers have had no idea what to do with her.
I'm all for the Kana storyline, it made a huge impact and helped several people, which can only be a good thing. The down side though is the division that it brought amongst fans on social media, and having been on the receiving end myself a few times I have to say that some (by no means all) Kana fans can be thoroughly unpleasant people. As a rule I think it's generally acceptable to voice negative opinions on a soap character, but never, ever, the actor who plays them, they are two completely seperate people and most of us don't know anything about the actor themselves so have no right to comment, plus it's never okay to be nasty to a real person. I don't speak for everyone, but disliking Kate is not an automatic sign of being homophobic, in most cases people have a problem with her personality, not who she's sleeping with.
Personally I've never really been a fan of Kana, as I said before though, each to their own and it's great that it meant so much to so many people, but I never really believed in the relationship myself. Firstly Rana herself had a complete character change from when she was originally introduced as a friend of Alya's, and I found Kate's behaviour at times to be, at best, childish, and at worst, controlling. I've never had much time for any of the Connor women really or their attitude to relationships, although Carla has grown on me in recent years, but they seem to have a family trait of being selfish and just irritating really (I'm sorry I can't back that up with real evidence, it's just an accepted thing for me).
I thoroughly enjoyed Rana's death episode in terms of the drama and the acting, and I don't personally think that it was wrong to kill her, especially as it was at the actress's request. It's a soap, no one really gets a happy ending and I don't think anyone should be immune from that, as that takes away a lot of potential drama and would essentially make them a boring character. Corrie, and probably most soaps, should maybe start to introduce more LGBTQ+ characters so that it wouldn't be so disproportionate if and when any of them died, but that's an entirely different subject and a discussion for another day.
Corrie seems to have made their feelings clear on Kate, as I said she's done practically nothing for six months which makes you think that she and Rana should've just gone of travelling together or something, and her exit was instantly forgettable and felt more like she was going away for two weeks (which would still be a stretch with only a grand to be honest), but it's done now. I think it was a bad week to leave really as the main focus was rightly on Sinead and Daniel and I found myself thinking how unimportant every other scene was in the grand scheme of things, but if I'm being honest, I wouldn't have been overly interested in Kate's departure whenever it happened.
So, to conclude, I won't be missing Kate, and I wouldn't bother to hang the bunting if she decides to return, but I hope she enjoys a really long trip. What are your thoughts on Kate? Are you a lover or a hater?
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Friday's episode of Corrie saw the (very low key) exit of Kate Connor after four years on the cobbles. She left to go travelling on, wait for it, a grand! Blimey I wish I lived in soapland!
Anyway, during those four years, I have to say I don't think I've ever seen such a division of opinion on a character like I have with Kate, people really do seem to love her or hate her and there's not much in between. Saying that, I wouldn't put myself firmly in either of those teams, I'd swing more towards hate than love, but I'm sort of in between really (incidentally that's my opinion on marmite too if anyone's interested).
So, reasons to love Kate is the whole Kana storyline of course, she's part of the iconic Connor family, and she did used to have a few good one liners, but she hasn't had much to smile about in a long while now.
Reasons to hate Kate, she comes across as very selfish and childish in some situations, and, if I'm being honest, she really doesn't seem to have very much about her. Of course that's not a reason to actively hate her, but it's the reason why I personally have never been overly interested in her. You can learn a lot about a person from the company they keep, and if Caz, Imogen and Lolly are the examples here then I don't think Kate is my sort of person at all.
The problem with Kate is that her relationships seem to be the only thing that we do know about her character, we don't really know anything about Kate the individual person. I think her two main relationships were with Aidan and Rana, and since Rana's death it's really been noticeable that writers have had no idea what to do with her.
I'm all for the Kana storyline, it made a huge impact and helped several people, which can only be a good thing. The down side though is the division that it brought amongst fans on social media, and having been on the receiving end myself a few times I have to say that some (by no means all) Kana fans can be thoroughly unpleasant people. As a rule I think it's generally acceptable to voice negative opinions on a soap character, but never, ever, the actor who plays them, they are two completely seperate people and most of us don't know anything about the actor themselves so have no right to comment, plus it's never okay to be nasty to a real person. I don't speak for everyone, but disliking Kate is not an automatic sign of being homophobic, in most cases people have a problem with her personality, not who she's sleeping with.
Personally I've never really been a fan of Kana, as I said before though, each to their own and it's great that it meant so much to so many people, but I never really believed in the relationship myself. Firstly Rana herself had a complete character change from when she was originally introduced as a friend of Alya's, and I found Kate's behaviour at times to be, at best, childish, and at worst, controlling. I've never had much time for any of the Connor women really or their attitude to relationships, although Carla has grown on me in recent years, but they seem to have a family trait of being selfish and just irritating really (I'm sorry I can't back that up with real evidence, it's just an accepted thing for me).
I thoroughly enjoyed Rana's death episode in terms of the drama and the acting, and I don't personally think that it was wrong to kill her, especially as it was at the actress's request. It's a soap, no one really gets a happy ending and I don't think anyone should be immune from that, as that takes away a lot of potential drama and would essentially make them a boring character. Corrie, and probably most soaps, should maybe start to introduce more LGBTQ+ characters so that it wouldn't be so disproportionate if and when any of them died, but that's an entirely different subject and a discussion for another day.
Corrie seems to have made their feelings clear on Kate, as I said she's done practically nothing for six months which makes you think that she and Rana should've just gone of travelling together or something, and her exit was instantly forgettable and felt more like she was going away for two weeks (which would still be a stretch with only a grand to be honest), but it's done now. I think it was a bad week to leave really as the main focus was rightly on Sinead and Daniel and I found myself thinking how unimportant every other scene was in the grand scheme of things, but if I'm being honest, I wouldn't have been overly interested in Kate's departure whenever it happened.
So, to conclude, I won't be missing Kate, and I wouldn't bother to hang the bunting if she decides to return, but I hope she enjoys a really long trip. What are your thoughts on Kate? Are you a lover or a hater?
Guest blog post from Jade Rainbow who is on Twitter: @MissJE1994
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