one thing i love about kate and rana right now is that you can sympathize with the both of them which i feel is rare in a ship, never mind a couple from a soap. i think they’re doing this story really well and portraying rana’s guilt and kate’s jealousy is such a true way.
Yeah, what always impressed me about this story was that both their motivations were clear, they didn’t go for the cheap trick where if only characters communicated, their problems would already be solved. In fact, they communicated a lot, I loved their conversations around the time of the wedding “you want me to want you but you’ll still marry him”, they were just such different people at such different places, both couldn’t see any option open to them. And slowly with time and more communication they arrived at the same place (to have an affair, d’oh! Soaps, right? I just shrugged at Kate’s inability to just wait it out).
Which is why I was pissed at that two month period post Luke’s death where nothing made sense. But it seems they’re back in the same place they were before, where they both see the problem so clearly from their own point of view and can’t understand why the other can’t get it. And both sides are sympathetic!
Of course it’s weird for Kate to see Rana so much with Zee, but to Rana, she’s already given up everything to be with Kate, she can’t understand why there would even be any doubt. And then Rana is still mourning and missing her family, but to Kate, these are the people who tried to hurt her and no longer deserve her, if they loved Rana they wouldn’t have done what they did, it’s all so clear to her. This is the kind of internal conflict I can get, where the problem isn’t them being nasty to each other but simply unable to understand because of their wildly different perspectives.
one thing i love about kate and rana right now is that you can sympathize with the both of them which i feel is rare in a ship, never mind a couple from a soap. i think they’re doing this story really well and portraying rana’s guilt and kate’s jealousy is such a true way.
Yeah, what always impressed me about this story was that both their motivations were clear, they didn’t go for the cheap trick where if only characters communicated, their problems would already be solved. In fact, they communicated a lot, I loved their conversations around the time of the wedding “you want me to want you but you’ll still marry him”, they were just such different people at such different places, both couldn’t see any option open to them. And slowly with time and more communication they arrived at the same place (to have an affair, d’oh! Soaps, right? I just shrugged at Kate’s inability to just wait it out).
Which is why I was pissed at that two month period post Luke’s death where nothing made sense. But it seems they’re back in the same place they were before, where they both see the problem so clearly from their own point of view and can’t understand why the other can’t get it. And both sides are sympathetic!
Of course it’s weird for Kate to see Rana so much with Zee, but to Rana, she’s already given up everything to be with Kate, she can’t understand why there would even be any doubt. And then Rana is still mourning and missing her family, but to Kate, these are the people who tried to hurt her and no longer deserve her, if they loved Rana they wouldn’t have done what they did, it’s all so clear to her. This is the kind of internal conflict I can get, where the problem isn’t them being nasty to each other but simply unable to understand because of their wildly different perspectives.
I recently watched a playlist of all of Kate’s scenes since she was introduced and had a few thoughts: a) her hair was fab, b) she’s always been a snark with a heart of gold, c) I love how much the Connors adore her, and d) I honestly do not understand how Aidan is supposed to be a ladies’ man (I mean, his much hotter and nicer sister was right there, ladies, make a better choice!)
a) I know, I loved it! I miss it, but I associate it so strongly with the “young” version of her (even though it was only a couple of years ago).
b) Aye, I love nice people, and because of her role she never got into the very scandalous storylines, her current affair with Rana the worst thing she’s done. Both Kate and Rana are actually incredibly lovely people, relatively, as soap characters, and I love being able to ship them so wholeheartedly.
c) Yeah! That is definitely a thing I’ve noticed and loved about her, how much all the Connors adore and baby her, even when she does something bratty, they just roll their eyes affectionately and are back to normal within a few eps.
d) Ah, hah, I remember thinking the same, and sometimes I hate him a lot, but he can be very decent away from the affair and harping on the factory. Given the usual male-female imbalance on Corrie, where the women are on average far more attractive, smarter, funnier, and genuinely better than the men, he’s all right for a Corrie dude.
I recently watched a playlist of all of Kate’s scenes since she was introduced and had a few thoughts: a) her hair was fab, b) she’s always been a snark with a heart of gold, c) I love how much the Connors adore her, and d) I honestly do not understand how Aidan is supposed to be a ladies’ man (I mean, his much hotter and nicer sister was right there, ladies, make a better choice!)
a) I know, I loved it! I miss it, but I associate it so strongly with the “young” version of her (even though it was only a couple of years ago).
b) Aye, I love nice people, and because of her role she never got into the very scandalous storylines, her current affair with Rana the worst thing she’s done. Both Kate and Rana are actually incredibly lovely people, relatively, as soap characters, and I love being able to ship them so wholeheartedly.
c) Yeah! That is definitely a thing I’ve noticed and loved about her, how much all the Connors adore and baby her, even when she does something bratty, they just roll their eyes affectionately and are back to normal within a few eps.
d) Ah, hah, I remember thinking the same, and sometimes I hate him a lot, but he can be very decent away from the affair and harping on the factory. Given the usual male-female imbalance on Corrie, where the women are on average far more attractive, smarter, funnier, and genuinely better than the men, he’s all right for a Corrie dude.
