Your Corrie heroes and villains of the week

It's time to discuss our Corrie heroes and villains from the past week. I've had a lot longer than usual to think about this, thanks to a delightful seven hours on the motorway to London today. 

Imagine my frustration at not being able to blog or even access our wonderful Coronation Street Blog during that time! Anyway, I'm back in That London this week, though thankfully not with Sean and Marcus. However that doesn't stop me dreaming of all things Weatherfield. So here goes. 

If you had to pick one Coronation Street character who you particularly love at the moment and one you particularly hate, who would they be? Only one each please, and remember I am asking for characters, not actors! Let's keep it nice! 

I found it quite easy to pick both hero(ine) and villain(ess) this week. My hero of the week has to be Roy Cropper himself! What a joy old Royston is every time he appears on screen. Sadly, with Hayley mostly absent of late he hasn't had a great deal to do, but David Neilson was back firing on all cylinders this past week. I love the development of Roy's relationship with mum Sylvia. They are at once both very distant and incredibly close, a situation that many of us can probably identify with when it comes to our parents (or our children)! Roy was a delight to watch during the casino scenes and I loved watching him stand up against the world of gambling and defend his mother's honour. I hope their relationship continues to blossom even after Hayley leaves.

So after these lovely scenes, we come to my villain of the week. There is only one candidate for this title as far as I'm concerned - Owen Armstrong. I loathe this character. Yes, I know he cares for his daughters and, we are led to believe, for Anna, but I just don't care for him. His bullyboy tactics and unpleasant aggressiveness leave precious little to like as far as I can see. He just never learns and quite frankly I do not understand why Anna would choose him over poor old Eddie. I mean Eddie made the best cakes in Weatherfield! That would be enough for me! Owen is way out of line with all this Faye business and I hope Anna finally sees him as the control freak bully he is. 

So let's have your Corrie hero(ine) and villain(ess) from the past week in Weatherfield. I'm off to see if Royston will take me out to the casino!

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