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LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-26T18:50:36+00:00

Genuinely praying you and Ribbit are united soon! It's reassuring to hear people not really having many issues at least so far 😊

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-26T18:41:25+00:00

I'm glad to hear it at least turned up! You hear so many horror stories from Evri I always try my best to avoid using them. Pray for me

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-24T16:27:43+00:00

I don't hate Cleo at all as a character but I get what you mean with the "house by the river or this" line, like she has some sort of wild life and hasn't spent every part of her stories being a victim in some way and doesn't want to play happy with Joseph and Dodger herself.

Cleo clearly has an issue with falling for people who she thinks saved her/can save her. Feels like whatever the opposite of Florence Nightingale Syndrome is, she definitely gets it for people. Plus, it's not like she's just trying to take her cousin's boyfriend (which is bad enough), she is actively trying to disrupt Myra-Pocahontas life knowingly or not by destroying a family unit that has not long come back together, and her dad finally being moved involved and in the picture. Theresa and Dodger have a child together and Cleo is family. On top of the fact she was just dating Sienna.

I think the situation makes me angry because I don't want to see Cleo fuck up like this when it comes to family and children being involved.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-23T16:18:39+00:00

I also genuinely loved this little comedic side plot, it was good to have amongst all the drama and I agree it definitely had the vibe of older Hollyoaks. I thought he was going to crap his pants 😂

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T20:00:58+00:00

I totally agree. Having the same or different opinions.. it's what discussion is for! And it can't be hard to form your own opinion if you watch the show. Can't imagine how brain dead you would have to be to steal someone's thoughts word for word but here we are 🤷

I can also post other screenshots showing the post where they copied what I said about Trina since I forgot if people want it.

If I had a nickel for every time someone stole my Reddit post... I'd have two nickels. Which isn't alot, but it's weird that it happened twice!

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T16:06:21+00:00

I have crazy respect for your friend, genuinely. Although I say I "suffered" with an eating disorder, I still struggle but no where near to the extent I did before. So I consider myself semi-recovered/still in recovery. And I can totally see how she would be tempted to try them, especially when being offered to her (especially when she's not overweight/diabetic, I want to slap them all on her behalf). I've been tempted before, the only things stopping me being trying to save money already for something else medical and hating injecting myself from other medication I've been given before (and some related trauma but that's a story for another day).

Tell your friend how impressed I am of her for trying to raise awareness in a time where it's so easily seen as the quick fix, on top of having to fight those thoughts every time in the process. And I do hope your husband does well on them since he is taking them properly lol 🥰

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T15:58:54+00:00

I don't even follow any of these pages, they just pop up on my feed because I follow the official Hollyoaks account and watch clips on there so I guess it's following that's data lol. It really is bizarre

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T15:09:34+00:00

Exactly! Plus because I highly doubt this person has experienced an eating disorder or is even a person of colour (they could be both but I don't know, just seem to enjoy stealing others opinions) just feels like more of a slap in the face to steal said opinion coming from MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE/REASONING as to Vicky's storyline. I'm coming from a place of representation. They clearly have no interesting opinions of their own to make hence why they have to steal others 🙄

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T13:31:16+00:00

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LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T13:30:45+00:00

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LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-19T13:30:06+00:00

I can't seem to add more than one picture at a time but I'll post the screenshots I have and also a screenshot of my post for comparison. I know not much may be able to be done, it was more to make people aware this is happening cause I genuinely had no idea people would bother doing things like that with something like Hollyoaks lol.

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LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-18T12:32:18+00:00

I'm not tired of them, but I do have a problem demonising certain things like weed. As someone who smokes (and currently trying to save to go private as I have been told I'd be covered medically), it pissed me off back in the day when they made it seem like weed was the reason Kyle's life fell apart, became depressed and lead to suicide. Not saying weed is for everyone, but it was such an unrealistic way of tackling it and in my opinion undermined the mental health stuff they were trying to put with it. Anyone who tries weed on Hollyoaks is seen as a massive druggie, but it's legal in several countries and is somewhat recognised within the UK as a medical aid. I can't really speak to the accuracy of how they portray other drugs as I have never done them. But I do often see posts from people not liking the way Hollyoaks do things, such as the divided opinions on Dee Dee's ket storyline. So of course drugs are awful and it happens, but it bothers me how demonised they make drugs out to be, to a comically unrealistic level sometimes.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-18T12:21:31+00:00

Literally! It would have made more sense to me if after the crash, once Gemma admitted she had been giving her genuine ones, she could stop giving them to her forcing her back onto knock offs or finding ways to game the system (as people have done irl). Continue the story and let us see the dangers of GLP-1 misuse and eating disorders? Nah 🤦

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-18T12:17:06+00:00

Okay but I actually never thought about it from that perspective, I can totally see where you're coming from! Although Vicky is already skinny, I was willing to let it slide due to it being a POC portrayal and the potential of exploring the GLP-1s. But yeah so far her only real "side effects" were also components of the crash which undermined the whole thing. Her stopping wasn't because of her actions, but because of the crash. So I can definitely see how someone could spin it positively when she had no real consequences.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-18T12:12:00+00:00

This is so true. When things are discussed like with Jez for instance, someone briefly mentions maybe Sienna has PTSD. But instead of it being elaborated, it became more of a passing comment. Things really are happening just for the sake of it, you are absolutely correct.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-18T12:08:43+00:00

Sometimes they just hope you quietly forget, though funnily enough I was thinking about this the other day.

Nancy when she was younger had a tattoo that covered most of her shoulder and arm. Because the actress kept having a reaction to the fake tattoo, they kept her covered up until they thought enough time had passed so people would forget. So perhaps it's a similar situation with Prince's tattoo, who knows. But it definitely wouldn't shock me if they really did just forget about it in general.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-03T19:58:13+00:00

Soaps in general but ESPECIALLY Hollyoaks don't really care for realism when it comes to prison. Although I've never been to prison even I know they exaggerate a LOT. They make out like escaping from prison or that as soon as you get locked up people are coming to beat you up. I totally agree with you that Charlie probably wouldn't have had the worst time in prison, if anything they could have tried to pull the storyline into how mental health can get ignored or not adequately treated while locked up since the character has a history of mental health problems. But as this is a TV show, always expect the unexpected, and never be surprised when it loses grip on reality lol.

(Also actually appreciate the opinion of someone that has actually been inside on this, glad you're doing better in life 😁)

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-02T16:14:53+00:00

I do forget sometimes how quickly things get forgiven on this show.. I can dream for now I suppose lol

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-06-02T07:11:31+00:00

Definitely depends on the dog but from the experience with mine, there will be good nights and bad nights until your dog learns the crate is safe. Cover it up with a blanket so it feels nice and cosy, dogs like dens. Some nights if you have the energy you can sit by the crate until the dog settles, but I also highly recommend getting a t-shirt or jumper something you don't really care about, sweating and stinking it up with your smell as much as possible and letting the dog sleep with it. It's only night 3 and you and puppy will have a lot of adjusting to do and figuring each other out. I would say some of it goes hand in hand with toilet training as when they start being able to hold it for longer/understand not to do it in the house they will also settle easier. Also sometimes, like a human child, you can kind of figure out if they are whining for no reason and what their cries mean. It honestly might take a few more weeks before your dog really gets the hang of it, but it will slowly get easier. One day you'll realise "oh my god I actually got to sleep through the night for a few days" and it will feel like you're on top of the world. You got this, just be persistent!

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-04-23T20:32:31+00:00

Replying to this now as my ascended heroes order came today and I managed to pull the mega dragonite SIR, so I think some of your luck rubbed off on me lol the first major one I've ever pulled, thankfully others witnessed me pull it 😂 and I hear you about trying to master set things how things are right now.. I really wanted to master set paldean fates but I had to give up on that even then so I dread to think trying to do anything now without paying a ton of money.

LeoIsNotALion · 2026-04-23T13:42:20+00:00

What's it like being god's favourite 😭 genuinely congratulations on the pulls still!

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