I don’t know about you but ten minutes out in this heat and
I’m a hot sweaty mess and the last thing on my mind is sex. Ok it’s maybe not
the LAST thing... Anyway going off recent reports it’s far from the last thing
on the minds of some Coronation Street residents as the days grow ever longer
and we approach what looks set to be a steamy few months finally out of lockdown.
OK magazine speculated the other day that stepdaughter and thorn
in Jenny’s side Daisy could be on the lookout for love this summer. She’s been
on the periphery of storylines since she arrived and while I’ve enjoyed her
catty comments and troublecausing, she’s yet to really make her mark on the
cobbles. Here’s a hoping a summer of mischief gives actress Charlotte Jordan
some scenes - and perhaps men - to sink her teeth into.
It’s been hard to portray any real romance or bedroom shenanigans
over the past year for obvious reasons. Purposefully walking toward the same
door with a raised eyebrow and a smirk is as much as we’ve been offered
lately, most recently from Tyrone and Alina, who have been at it like rabbits,
and last night Gary and Maria were doing the come-to-bed-eyes routine. Some of
these scenes sent Corrie fans reaching for the sick bucket. I quite like it as
it balances out the murders, gangsters and other serious stuff quite nicely.
Vera Duckworth was always trying to lure Jack into bed and while he put up a good fight, he often lost the battle and succumbed to his persistent wife's advances. Telly gold.
Anyway with my own love life about as interesting as a
lateral flow test but without the excitement of the gag-reflex kicking in as
the swab hits the tonsils, I’m now going to live vicariously through the sex
lives of our Weatherfield friends by speculating who might be hopping on
top of who this summer...
Dev and Bernie
Some people just don’t look right together. Charles and
Diana. Donald and Melania. Kermit and Miss Piggy. The news that Bernie is setto get closer to Dev is no surprise as they’ve been getting friendly for a
while now. But I just can’t picture them together long term. That said Bernie
has calmed down a lot since her arrival and is now slightly less like a
character from Shameless and certainly settling in well. Maybe she is in it for
the long haul. Poor Dev.
Speaking of Dev. He had another close shave with Sharon recently.
No. Just no.
Jenny and Ronnie
Here we'd be going from Jenny and Johnny to Jenny and Ronnie which is of course ridiculous. These two have already done the deed, and again, I didn’t see it at first. But now they definitely have some chemistry between them and I can kind of see it going somewhere.
If she doesn’t want him I’ll gladly step in.
Peter and Carla
Ok yes he’s just had a new organ inserted but
did you see the love between them before he went into surgery? After everything
they’ve been through it looks like Corrie’s power couple could be about to put
everything behind them and finally be happy. He might be in recovery for
a while but surely the romance between Carla and Peter will be something to
look forward to later this year. They both deserve it.
Asha and Nina
I have no idea if this would ever happen but Asha getting
with Nina, then splitting up, then Nina getting with Seb before Cory killed him
all seemed to happen very quickly. They aren’t on good terms right now but
there’s definitely more to explore with both their sexualities, and perhaps
there’s still love between them. Nina appeared to be asexual at first, then
gay, then we found out she’s bisexual. It would definitely be good to see
bisexuality explored on Corrie.
Sally and Tim
Corrie’s resident sex pots are usually good for a bit of
slap and tickle. When they aren’t falling out they seem to be falling into bed or a hot tub and it’s hilarious, they are a great double act. Last week we saw Sally getting
into a bit of role play when Tim arrived home…with his mum. This is just the
kind of camp silliness I watch Corrie for.
After seeing her ex lover and business partner Ray banged
up, Debbie is now getting on with her life and by all accounts seems to have
been forgiven by those she wronged. I’d love Sue Devaney to stay in Corrie long
term, and if she does, surely some love interests are in the pipeline.
Operation Find Debbie a Man starts here…
George and Eileen
Just get on with it is all I have to say about this one. George has been a great addition to the cobbles and I can really see the pairing with Eileen Grimshaw, she’s a Corrie stalwart and it’s about time she settled down. Chop chop.
There's a conversation to be had about the love lives of Rita, Ken, Audrey and some of our other more senior favourites. Until things get back to normal and this virus does one there's not much chance of that, but it's definitely never too late to find love and I hope that's the case again for some of these characters at least.
Stay safe and enjoy your summer Corrie fans.
@StevieDawson
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