girlofprey

What I'm really hoping happens on Coronation Street is that Tina gets to a certain stage in her pregnancy, and realises that she really really doesn't want to give the baby up. But between Owen holding the money over her head and her not wanting to let Gary and Izzy down, she finds it really hard to actually say so. And then David finds out about it, and starts trying to help her keep it. Because David is a bit psycho about how children should be with their PARENTS, even if those parents aren't entirely the biological parents, and because however much he loves Kylie, I will never believe he isn't just a little bit still in love with Tina. And then we could have a proper feud on the street again, with Owen, Gary and Izzy on one side, and Tina and David on the other, and everyone else taking positions wherever they feel like it. And there could be Gary being desperate and furious to get his baby, and fighting with David over it; Izzy swinging between being devastated and not wanting to take a child away from another woman, and the fact she never entirely wanted to go for surrogacy in the first place; the terrible fight between Gary definitely being the baby's dad, but Tina wanting to be its mother instead of Izzy; Owen just being mental and no-one really being on his side, except in his worst moments Gary; Tommy being useless and just not supporting Tina because he never wanted her to be a surrogate in the first place; Kylie being all furious and insecure because she thinks David still loves Tina, and hates her for not wanting to have another baby; David being absolutely resolute that this is the thing to do, and he's going to make sure it happens; and Tina just not knowing what to do, just that she's not sure she can give the baby up. And everyone else picking sides, or no side at all, or changing sides halfway through the argument.

And it could end with Tina giving the baby up, or keeping it, or having a long, drawn-out legal battle over it, or anything really. But it would be a storyline that would be interesting, and difficult, and not black-and-white, and dreadful, but could just potentially get so much out of so many characters. And I would genuinely be interested and want to watch it. Which is more than I feel for any other storyline at the moment. Except maybe scenes of David talking care of small children. And obviously, they could just write it really badly if they did do that, and put Tracy all over it. But for now, that is what I sort of hope. DAVID AND TINA AND BABY AGAINST THE WORLD. Maybe it will happen.

I miss Becky.

Anyway. In other news, I still haven't heard back from the DWP about my payments. They might not be going to write to me, they just be going to pay me, but I assume they'll write because I asked them to recalculate my money now my grandma's not giving me £40 a month. And they usually write to you every time they change your money, even if they're changing it to the exact thing it was before. I'm hoping if there's a delay it's because they're recalculating the benefits, or processing it or something, rather than because they're gathering the courts to throw me in jail for not informing them about my income changing sooner. Fingers crossed.

Also...I still love Borderlands. And The Binding Of Isaac turned out to be a lot more frustrating than I was expecting. And I still need to buy an advent calendar. Hmph.