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Post by Nick on Nov 1, 2006 23:15:17 GMT
I'm a bit uncomfortable with this storyline....I can understand jamie possibly having a crush on Frankie..but Frankie has brought him up since he was 5 as her own son...it dosen't seem right somehow..I don't think she would behave like that
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Post by valda on Nov 2, 2006 1:20:01 GMT
to be honest Nick this storyline is makeing me feel ill (running to the bathroom, ,)  (sorry about that) yes I can see how Jamie might have a crush on Frankie, but it`s way out of Frankie,s character to behave as she is doing when she brought Jamie from 5 year`s old (sorry, running to the bathroom again!) |
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Post by sootycat on Nov 2, 2006 13:06:59 GMT
I hate this storyline, it makes my stomach churn everytime I see Jamie making sheeps eyes at Frankie. Lets be honest, for about 20 years she has been his 'mum.' It is only one step away from incest.  |
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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2006 14:08:41 GMT
And a small step at that |
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Post by BillyNiblick on Nov 2, 2006 16:04:10 GMT
And a small step at that Surely it's a pretty large step? The taboo on incest in various societies around the world has its entirely sensible basis in the repercussions of genetically imperfect offspring which can result from incestuous relationships. Most taboos are based on similarly practical reasoning. In Frankie and Jamie's case, it simply doesn't apply - they are not blood relations. Clearly, though, the character of Frankie is still uncomfortable with it, but Jamie realises there is at bottom, nothing actually wrong with it. |
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Nov 2, 2006 17:50:09 GMT
Hasn't there been fuss before in the papers when in-laws get together (son/mother for example) saying it's illegal? No idea where the law stands on steps.
Patsy
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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2006 18:08:28 GMT
And a small step at that Surely it's a pretty large step? The taboo on incest in various societies around the world has its entirely sensible basis in the repercussions of genetically imperfect offspring which can result from incestuous relationships. Most taboos are based on similarly practical reasoning. In Frankie and Jamie's case, it simply doesn't apply - they are not blood relations. Clearly, though, the character of Frankie is still uncomfortable with it, but Jamie realises there is at bottom, nothing actually wrong with it. fair do's Billy..they are not blood related..but even so |
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Post by pearly queen on Nov 2, 2006 19:01:57 GMT
Wonder if Warren would think there was nothing wrong with it..........
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Post by sallywebster on Nov 2, 2006 21:30:58 GMT
This storyline is rather strange. Im sure the law says its wrong even if they arent blood related she has brought him up as her son from a young age. Its the same with step siblings, if they have been brought up together from a young age its still wrong if they got together, like Scott and Kelly in Emmerdale.
This isnt the first time a soap has tackled such a taboo - Brookside anyone? But I suppose they could get around it by saying its not incest as they arent blood related.
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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2006 23:30:42 GMT
I just don't see how you can look at someone you have thought of as mum for 20 years and suddenly want to love and have sex with them..its bizzare,..I have a step father and it would be the last thing on my mind
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Post by RitaLittlewood on Nov 3, 2006 13:20:35 GMT
They'll do anything for ratings. It's a yet another stupid storyline to write someone out.
Patsy
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Post by Cheetah on Nov 3, 2006 14:09:32 GMT
Don't know about a relationship but marriage is definitely illegal in UK - not however in Spain, which by the way also allows half-brothers and sisters to marry - strange or what?  Although I think the storyline is sick who the hell gives a damn these days? Anything to up the ratings and it is a bit different and no doubt we'll watch it out of curiosity - well I will,,,, |
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Post by Nick on Nov 3, 2006 15:42:24 GMT
Can you hear that strange multiple whirring sound??
its Ena,Minnie,Len,Elsie,Annie et all spinning in their graves
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 3, 2006 16:05:13 GMT
lol Nick. I can`t imagine Elsie getting it on with Ivan Cheveski can you?
This storyline is silly, I don`t feel comfortable with it at all.
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Post by CG Wendy on Nov 3, 2006 16:11:51 GMT
The relationship storyline between Sharon and Dennis on EE made me decide to stop watching it. I hope this won`t be the case of me turning away from my beloved Corrie. |
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Post by pearly queen on Nov 3, 2006 16:26:20 GMT
Sharon and Dennis didn't know each other or of each other for about 30 years before they met - so their affair/marriage was just about acceptable.
Jamie and Frankie have a mother and child relationship and it's too weird for words.
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Post by BillyNiblick on Nov 3, 2006 16:46:55 GMT
I've done a bit of googling, and I'm still not absolutely sure what the legal position is in the UK. In certain American states, sexual relations between a stepmother and stepson definitely are illegal, but a definitive statement of what applies in the UK is hard to find. The Frankie/Jamie thing definitely is weird, though, if eperhaps not strictly illegal.
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Post by Nick on Nov 3, 2006 16:50:25 GMT
I don't really care about the legal side of things..it just dosen't 'feel' right
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Post by Cheetah on Nov 3, 2006 18:08:30 GMT
I did post the legal side of this but I think you've summed it up and I agree with you it just doesn't feel right.
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Post by jessi on Nov 4, 2006 21:41:27 GMT
Its hard to watch. Makes me feel uncomfortable. They should know better...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2006 7:04:53 GMT
Personally I don't have a major problem with the storyline as such - yes it's tacky, but they aren't related, and they're closer in age than Frankie and Danny. In fact I don't find it nearly as grotesque as the Scott/Kelly rubbish in Emmerdale, which we still get painfully reminded of from time to time....or maybe that was worse becuase they are/were two very unpleasant people? No, my problem is that I just don't believe it from the characters point of view, particularly Frankie's, and I also feel it's a rather lame way to write Debra Stephenson out of the show, when she's been woefully underused from the very start. I would also add that, like Corriegirl, it was around the time of the Sharon/MiniDen cr@p in EE that I decided to stop watching EE too!  |
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Post by Nick on Nov 6, 2006 16:11:18 GMT
I can't bear it..it makes me feel uncomfortable everytime they are together..and jamie saying 'I want you now'...to someone he thinks of as his mother.......yuk
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Post by valda on Nov 6, 2006 17:20:05 GMT
make`s me race to the bathroom everytime he says that Nick he make`s me feel ill :,(
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Post by sallywebster on Nov 6, 2006 17:58:49 GMT
Im wondering what the hell Frankie is playing at. Its obvious she wants to get away from him and move to Spain with Danny, yet she is only encouraging him other times.
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Post by jessi on Nov 6, 2006 21:02:40 GMT
Exactly. she needs to make her mind up .
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(sorry about that) yes I can see how Jamie might have a crush on Frankie, but it`s way out of Frankie,s character to behave as she is doing when she brought Jamie from 5 year`s old (sorry, running to the bathroom again!) 
