I honestly get where you're coming from, and you’ve explained Lisa’s position really well, especially about her possibly being manipulated by Becky and even ending up cheating on Carla in the process. But I want to try to explain my side too, particularly how I see things when it comes to what Carla should or shouldn’t do.
Carla’s mental health is my biggest concern here. She’s supported Lisa and Betsy from day one without complaints and conditions. She’s been steady, patient, and loyal even in moments when, honestly, I think she should’ve just walked away for her own good. But she didn’t. She stayed. Lisa hasn’t made it easy for Carla to love her, not at all. And yet Carla has still shown up, time and again. To me, that’s who Carla is at her core: she's fiercely loyal, deeply compassionate, and willing to carry emotional weight even when it’s heavy on her. She did it with Peter too, remember? Even through his worst drinking days, when he was cruel to her, she stayed. It was heartbreaking to watch sometimes, seeing her hold on while being hurt over and over again. And that’s the problem people know that about Carla. They take advantage of her resilience. I genuinely think Lisa knows, deep down, that Carla will stick around no matter what and that’s what scares me the most. Because Carla is vulnerable, especially when it comes to her mental health and her psychosis. Her love for Lisa runs so deep, I honestly think it surpasses what she ever felt for Peter. But that love could also destroy her.
If Lisa ever cheated, I truly believe Carla should walk away, not out of anger, but for her own healing. She’s given so much of herself already. She deserves peace. After healing, maybe she can still be there for Lisa and Betsy but strictly as a friend, nothing more. Because getting back together after something like that would be unsafe for Carla’s peace of mind. There’s always going to be paranoia, insecurity, and emotional scars that never quite heal. That’s what I hope the writers see too; that Carla doesn’t need another cycle of heartbreak dressed up as “true love.” She needs healing, strength, and space to rebuild herself. She can care for Lisa and Betsy without losing herself in the process. And let’s be real, Carla’s history shows that when she’s pushed too far, she can spiral. If you've always been a corrie watcher, I haven't, instead I watched YT clips; remember how, during Peter’s drinking and cruelty, she ended up sleeping with his nephew? That was her pain talking, her trying to escape emotional torture the only way she could at the time. I don’t ever want to see her broken like that again.
Carla, for all her flaws, is fundamentally a good person. Beneath the layers of trauma, mistakes, and bad decisions, she’s someone who loves deeply, gives selflessly, and tries her best even when life keeps knocking her down. For once, I honestly believe she deserves nothing less than someone just as good for her; someone who brings her peace instead of turmoil. Is Lisa that person? At this point, I’m really starting to doubt it. Sometimes being selfish isn’t a bad thing, sometimes it’s necessary. Choosing your own peace of mind, protecting your sanity, walking away from what hurts you; that’s self-preservation, not selfishness. And Carla, after everything she’s been through, is absolutely entitled to that kind of peace now.
I really love the way how you talk about what Carla’s been through since the beginning and what she really, truly deserves.
It’s interesting that you mention Carla’s mental health, because you are right. And I’ll be open and honest—it’s not something I really considered a worry—not because her mental health isn’t valid, because of course it absolutely is. But because I see Carla as the strong one in this relationship. In the best place she’s ever been—physically, emotionally and mentally—and I suppose it didn’t cross my mind because I believe that she’s in the best possible place. But I also know that ‘putting on a front’ all the time does no one any good—the people around you, nor yourself and so it’s absolutely something that needs talking about. That needs protecting. She does, yes of course need to protect herself, no matter what.
I’ve not always been a Corrie watcher but I feel like I’ve watched enough and read enough to understand where you’re coming from. I don’t think she’s ever really had anyone who loves her as much as what Lisa does (pre-Becky coming back from the dead). Not Tony, certainly not Frank, because we all know what he did, and not Peter. I think maybe the closest one that comes to what she has with Lisa, would have been Liam—but even then in the moments that he chose Maria, she didn’t deserve that. And then when he was killed, I think it was just heartbreaking because I thought they could have been good together. I think Peter was different. I mean all loves are different, right? But at times Peter was the closest to what safe was, but also at times the furthest away. I think they hurt each other too much over the time they were together, but I don’t think they ever fell out of love. I found it really sad and heartbreaking to watch him leave, because I think they both still loved each other even after he left, and that’s why the divorce papers hit her so hard when she did spiral and there was the whole ABH charges etc, because it really made it real, didn’t it? But I suppose it didn’t mean that she wanted him back, it just made it final.
When she cheated on Peter, yes it was most definitely the pain talking and I’d never want to see anyone broken like that again either—but what if this is Lisa’s pain talking? Again, I’m not trying to justify her actions at all, but just for a minute, can we consider, what if?
Despite whatever happens between them, I’d love Carla to still be in Betsy and Lisa’s life, but I’m not sure how it would work. I’m not sure if Carla and Lisa could just be friends, because look how well that went before they got together? Ultimately, even though Lisa believed she wasn’t in a position to let anyone in, not Carla, not anyone—remember the conversation in the pub? Even then, they couldn’t keep apart. Too much happened, too much of a ‘close call’ and with a little nudge from Roy, Lisa knew she needed more. I just think that perhaps there’s too much love there for them to be ‘just friends’ and that’s what I find most sad if they break up.
But everything you’ve said about Carla, I agree with. She is a really good person, she does love selflessly and her love is absolutely unconditional.
Do you think you’d think any different if we’d seen Lisa’s life play out on screen? Like, we’ve seen basically Carla’s whole adult life. We know enough about her childhood to know that perhaps she’s never really had true love without hurt and pain. Do you think you’d think any different about Lisa if we’d witnessed her marriage to Becky on screen? If the emotional abuse is real, then if we’d witnessed that, her death, Lisa’s trauma and then her finding Carla and us learning that now Lisa knows true love? I sometimes do.
This is why I’m torn, because on one side you’re absolutely right. Maybe this is all too much for Carla, maybe it’s beyond what she deserves and maybe if Lisa cheats, there’s no coming back from it.
But then on one side, I’m like, what if Becky really is a villain? What if she mistreated Lisa in their marriage and she really did emotionally abuse Lisa? What if this is Becky trying to take back control of Lisa and claim ownership on her family?
My Lisa defence side is just hoping whatever happens, that Carla is there for the fall out. That even if Lisa and Carla split up, it’s Carla that saves them both, because I think Lisa and Betsy really need that. Even if they’re not the Connor-Swain’s anymore, I think it’s Carla that needs them both to see that what Becky is giving them isn’t love and that they both deserve more—even if that’s a life apart from what they’ve built over the last eighteen months. ❤️
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