What happened to Tom and Johnny?

Don't you just hate it when they hinting a romace between someone and then just... nothing!? Whatever happened to the romance we were going to get between Tom Pepper (Tristam Summers) and Johnny Carter (Ted Reilly)? Well, I don't think it's ever going to happen! So why are you doing a thing of it then? Why Eastenders? Just don't get it...

Timothy Boldt & Lukas Sauer.

It reminds me of all the big fuzz they made about Ringo and Aaron in Unter Uns. It was promoted as they greatest summer romance ever or something and they hade sex twice! Or something... Ringo had a small crush I think but there was no more. And we all felt very deceived. Just rubbish!

Aaron Sidwell as Steven Beale.

Well, we have our hopes on Steven Beale. He is back and he has already had some glimpses on Johnny. But he also brought back a girlfriend! Let's take it from the beginning. Steven Beale is the stepson of Ian Beale and he first showed up in 1989. He has not been a goody goody for sure and when he came back it seems like everybody hated him. Including Christian Clarke (John Partridge) who was back for a couple of episodes (yay!) who apparently Steven kissed back in the days. I guess I have to see Christians early days to really get the character of Steven Beale. No one really knows if he's really gay, but at least he's bisexual. The boring Lauren broke up with him and I hope he won't take her back so he's available for Johnny! I like Steven. He's an interesting character. I hope THAT will be the summer romance of this year! I think he and Johnny would be cute together.

Nothing going on

The Germans have really made the most memorable gay characters in their soaps. I mean, who doesn't love Chrolli, Joscka, DeRo och Cenny? But what are they doing right now? I really don't understand. In the years 2007-2010-ish, there were six regular gay(ish) characters in German soaps. There were Olli and Christian in Verbotene Liebe, Lenny and Carsten in Gute Zeiten, Schlechte Zeiten and there were Roman and Deniz in Alles Was Zählt. How many are there now? None!

Igor Dolgatschew as Deniz Öztürk.

Ok, that was kind of a lie. There har three bisexual characters. Deniz is still a part of Alles Was Zählt, but since Roman died he has just dated women. And not very nice women either. Please Deniz, step back outside of the wardrobe! Or at least have some juicy dreams about Roman!

Mickey Hardt as Dr. Jo Helmke.

And when Verbotene Liebe stopped being an every day soap (or at least an every second day soap) and became a once a week soap, Oliver Sabel left the series as well. I don't know if he did it by free choice or if the writers wanted something else of the show, but I do know that Olli was a very very popular character so they shouldn't have wanted for him to go. But Olli was never really interesting enough without Christian... But, he had a fling with Dr. Jo Helmke, and Jo is still a regular on the show But I haven't really watched the show since Christian left and Dr. Jo Helmke is not a favourite character in any way. I don't even think it's possible to follow his storyline on youtube. And that says enough!

Timothy Boldt who plays Ringo Beckmann.

And of course, there's Ringo Beckmann in Unter Uns. I do love Ringo, and Timothy Boldt hos plays him in the show Unter Uns, but it seems like the character is just part of really boring storylines. Storylines with no male love interests, that is. He dated Yannick and then he wanted to date Aaron (even though I guess he never admitted that to himself) and then there has just been girls. So I don love Ringo but I don't love Unter Uns. I think it's a boring series. It's a shame, because it could have been really interesting with Ringo being a villain and all. But Hollyoaks are good at that. Maybe they could borrow him?

Gay villains

Of course, there are som gay villains in soap operas. But they aren't that many actually. There are some dumb and stupid guys, some dramaqueens and a lot of them are cheaters, but a few of them are real villains.

Emmett J. Scanlan as Brendan Brady.

Let's start with the villainn of the villains, Brendan Brady from Hollyoaks. Well of course, he have som good sides. He can be kind and hearty, but most of the times he is a bit evil. But I lovee him, because he is so fun! He is violent and exposes Ste for domestic abusement, he kills at least three people during the 2.5 years he appeared in Hollyoaks and he is doing a lot of dodgy stuff. Emmett J. Scanlan is doing a brilliant job playing the character and he was shortlisted seven times for the part in various awards, nominated five times and he won six times. In 2011 and 2012 he won for bort Villain of the year and Best bad boy. So actually, this sociopathic, self-loathing, homophobic gay man, was a real villain. And we haven't seen anyone like him, I would dare to state.

Kieron Richardson as Ste Hay.

Well, Brendan Brady is not the only gay villain we have seen in Hollyoaks. Actually, Kiern Richardson was nominated for Villain of the year in 2008 and 2009 years British soap awards. If you have seen Ste the last years, at least since Brendan stepped into the series, Ste has been nothing like a villain. A bit daft amybe, and he has been cheating more than once, but there is nothing evil in him. It is easy to remember him as the drug-addict or victim of domestic abuse, but back in the days he was a bit of a bad boy. Actually he was a bit of a rebell who crashed a car and left Amy in it, and he is sent to a young offender's institute for that. And when he comes back, he is a slacker with no job who abuses hid girlfriend Amy and even cuts her her at one point. But he get's help to deal with his anger and he is growing up to become a decent guy. But he is quite daft and always makes the wrong decisions and hurt everyone who he cares about, but he has a warm heart and he doesn't want anyone to get hurt, really. And I love him, of course!

Bruno Langley as Todd Grimshaw.

It seems like the British are the ones who have the guts to make the gays the bad boys. And heres one more. Todd Grimshaw of Coronation Street is stated to be a not that nice of a guy. Todd (Bruno Langley) was actually the first gay character in Coronation Street and he came out in 2003. Really? The show has been going on since 1960! A bit embarrassing I think. Well, Todd kissed his girlfriends brother, he then had a secret relationship with the nurse Karl, and then he left the series in 2004. But he came back in 2013 and he is now stated to be in a relatioonship with a guy called Marcus. Well, actually, I started to watch the Todd storyline last year and saw some snogging on Canal Street but I really got bored of it and gave up. It was just about sneaking around and not enough snogging. But I might give it another chance. Anyway, Todd is stated to be a manipulative liar, and since he came back he has been called a  "wily man-hunter"^, "manipulative fella" and "scheming man-stealer in Inside Soap. So, a villain he is.

Danny Miller as Aaron Livesy and Ryan Hawley as Robert Sugden.

And when we're at it, we might as well talk a bit about Aaron and Robert. Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) is a Dingle. That would say it all. he is listed as a villain on Wikipedia, but to mee he seems more like a thug. He has been nominated for, and he has won, a lot of awards, but no ne for villain or bad boy. So he can't be that bad. Of what I have seen, he was just a bit of a troubled teenager. But the guy he is seeing right now, Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) is told to be quite a douchebag, and he is "becomming quite the soap villain these days", according to The Mirror. To be continued about these guys.

Harry Reid as Ben Mitchell.

Well, and Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe, Harry Reid)  should be counted as a villain. Ok, I don't think he is deep-laid evil, but he intrigues a lot, he accused Christian of sexual harassment and he killed his stepmothers friend. Proof enough? But he is only 18, and it seems like most of the times, he just makes the wrong choises. I don't think he will be an icurable villain like Ptarick Blake in Hollyoaks. Hopefully he will grow up a bit and start making the right choises.

Timothy Boldt as Ringo Beckmann.

And then we have dear Ringo from Unter Uns. He is both vicious and vile, but to his parents, he is an absolute angel. While he is the perfect son he steals from his neighbours, he hacks into computers, he breaks up couples and he is unpleasant and rude in general. He is quite homophobic, at least for a while, even though he is bisexual himself and have had some flings wityh men. He actually falls for Yannick (Eric Stehfest), but his homophobic ways makes him beat him almost to death. Later on he makes a scheme just to make Yannick leave Köln. But really, I think he is a breath of fresh air compared to all the naive and a bit boring gay characters in other soaps. I like him! I just think he needs some more boy on boy action.

Whatever happened to the summer romance?

Timothy Boldt and Lukas Sauer as Ringo and Aaron.

Well, what happened to Ringo and Aaron? Was it the big summer romance I was hoping to? Not really. They met, they flirted, they had sex and they did some chatting. The last thing I saw of them was in the 20th og August when Ringo borrowed a blu ray from Aaron I was fishing for some snogging I think, but Aaron doesn't seem like a guy that want to go steady. Ringo is usually not a couples-guy either, but if we read between the lines it seems like he is really interested. And his sister Kira tries to matters in her own hands but it ends in catastrophy. There is no more spoilers including Aaron, and there is no sign of Lukas Sauer filming i Köln, and the photo campaign with Timothy and Lukas could have been just some fishing for viewers, but I don't think so. At least I don't want to think so. If Ringo has a crush on a guy I don't think that the writers of Unter Uns will t´let that one go so easy. I think that there will be some more of Aarin, and I really hope that we won't be disappointed.

A new romance

Finally it seems like Ringo, the gay (or bisexual I think) villain from Unter Uns will have a new same-sex romance! It's stated that Ringo,played by Timothy Boldt, will have a flirt with Aaron, played by Lukas Sauer. Lukas Sauer on his hand is actually a model and a reality-star from the German show Mamma Mia, where you can see him and Basti Döhring paired up. So I gay character played by a gay actor? This sounds promising! And I really hope Ringo will not go bananas this time and beat the life out of his lover as he did to Yannick. We'll have to wait until 11'th of July before Aaron enters the show but til then we have some pictures to conteted with. And it's already stated that the couple will be called Aarin. So we already got a name! I really hope this story will last.

Timothy Boldt and Lukas Sauer as Ringo and Aaron in Unter Uns.