This looks fun. I’m going to do this. #eastenders
Day 1: Favourite family - The Brannings - some of my favourite characters are in this family. They have a huge history with a lot of members and being around for so long (25 years!). They’ve been involved in so many different storylines. I think they’re quite underrated tbh.
Day 3 - Favourite Storyline - I cant pick one so I’m totally cheating. Here are my favourites from the 19 years I’ve watched EE:
Kat/Zoe mother reveal & aftermath (2001), Jamie’s death (2002), Trevor & Little Mo domestic abuse storyline (2001-2002), Shannis
(2003-2005) ....
Kat/Zoe mother reveal & aftermath (2001), Jamie’s death (2002), Trevor & Little Mo domestic abuse storyline (2001-2002), Shannis

Leo and Demi’s Romeo and Juliet runaway storyline (2004), Sean’s mysterious arrival (2006), Stax affair and reveal (2007), Stella abuse (2007), Ronnie and Roxy arrival (2007), Ronnie and Danielle (2008-2009), Stacey bipolar (2009-2010), Who Killed Archie (2009-2010) ...
Stacey, Janine & Ryan love triangle (2010), Kat and Alfie return (2010), Baby swap (2010-2011), Sharon return (2012), Joey and Lauren (2012-2013), Stacey’s return (2014), Who killed Lucy (2014-2016), Sheanu (2018-2020) Ballum (2019-), Gray and Chantelle domestic violence (2019-)
And just a few little extras, last but not least - Steve Owens death (2002), who’s the father of Roxys baby (2008), Mad May trying to steal Dawn’s baby (2007-2008), Den Watts murder and aftermath (2005), Sean’s return (2019) and Jeans cancer and love story with Daniel (2019-2020)
Day 4 - Favourite Year - 2006/2007 - I’m cheating again but 2006/07 was the time that Eastenders really turned it around after a “questionable” few years (apart from Shannis obvs) Jack, Max, Tanya, Abi, Lauren, Bradley, Sean, Ronnie, Roxy, Shirley, Jay, the Masoods, the Foxes...
...& the Wicks all arrived in this period as well as the returns of Ben & Grant, we had May May, Crazy Stella, Janets birth, Grant/Jane affair, Stax affair, Denise’s Domestic Abuse & Steven returning to kidnap Ian. Those two years were honestly the golden era of Eastenders!

Day 5 - Favourite Current Character - Sharon Watts/Stacey Slater - I’m cheating through all of this but Sharon & Stacey are my favourites. We’ve seen them go through so much & grow up into strong, amazing, layered characters played by two of the best actresses Eastenders has 


Day 6 - Favourite Past Character - cheating again but Sean & Dennis are the LOMLs. Poor misunderstood babies with more issues than a shrink could deal with. It’s such a shame we had so little of them (less than three yrs each) bc they (especially Dennis) were majorly underused

Day 7 - Favourite Ship - Sharon and Dennis - now I know this may come as a HUGE shock to some of you
I’ve kept it well hidden I know
but my heart will always lie with #Shannis #Eastenders
(of course I also couldn’t resist writing a full essay on why they are my No1
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I’ve missed a few days but I’m determined to finish this - Day 8 - Character you would bring back - (apart from Dennis/Sean) Janine Butcher, Grant & Courtney Mitchell, Little Mo Slater - All these characters still have family in the square and there’s so much storyline potential!
Day 9 - Story you‘d like to see - I always say they should‘ve done a historical abuse story with Dennis. It annoys me they only mentioned it once. It would’ve been groundbreaking! To stop this thread being all Shannis, I would’ve also LOVED a Grant/Kat affair. They had chemistry!