Degrassi will always live on!

Hey!

One of my favourite shows is finishing Degrassi: The Next Generation, I was so sad to see this show ending! This show could go on for like ever, so I was super excited to find out later that it had been picked up by Netflix to create Degrassi: Next Class! I was worried that I won't see what would happen to Maya, Zig and all that crazy lot that weren't graduating but I really do hope that they bring in some of the older cast at time I mean Spinner is still sometimes popping up even now when he graduated ages ago and even got married!.

So I want to list 5 of my all time favourite characters from Degrassi: The Next Generation... And these are in no particular order and there are so many more I like but I think 5 is a good start so I'm not blogging forever!

NUMBER 5 is Maya Matlin played by Olivia Scriven

She is a more new character and will be continuing on in the new degrassi, one of the things I have liked about her is how much she has to go through in Degrassi. She has some really hard hitting story lines and it has been really cool to watch her grow from a very naive girl to someone to knows her self better and she had to go through those times to become a stronger person. I will admit at times she does get a little annoying but overall I really do like her as a character and can't wait to see her story continue. I'm still a huge fan of her and Cam just saying oh the feels! But love her with Zig too there friendship is really awesome to watch no matter what they got each others back. I feel like sometimes she is a new Manny, even though you can't beat the original its cool to see a character like that come back.


NUMBER 4 is Clare Edwards and Alli Bhandari played by Aislinn Paul and Melinda Shankar

I know there is both but they go so well together I couldn't  have one without the other! These two have one of the best friendships in the show and I love how different they are but how well they just understand and have each others back. It makes me think of my best friend, and the story lines they go through separately make them such strong characters. Alli coming from a traditional Indian family, and goes through the whole rebellious teen especially with boys! But through all the drama she becomes such a better person, yes she still makes mistakes but she is a smart cookie and can go so far. Clare started off as the classic nerd, she is smart and was shy but she learnt to let go eventually even though she does come off a little stuck up.  She has been through more physically than Alli and its awesome to see her change into a beautiful butterfly, I would say she has made one of the biggest transformations throughout the show. I love her relationship with Eli I ship it completely and I even ship Alli and Dallas, I can't wait to see how these characters stories will end this season


NUMBER 3 is Eli Goldsworthy played by Munro Chambers

He was such a random character and in the beginning I loved him for his emo goth looks and attitude I mean come on he drove a hearse! He has had some story lines which I can relate to and he suffers from bipolar disorder but it makes him who he is and makes his story so much more real. He is now more easy going and calm but definitely not at the start he came in with a bang and I was sad to see him graduate. I LOVE him and Clare together its just so perfect even though they go through so many ups and downs together they always seem to find each other. I'm really excited to see what the final season has for these too but also for Eli where he needs to finally fully grow up and take responsibility for whats going on around him and be who he can really be. He can be so cool an so different and I like the way he is, dark yet has been through a lot to come out the other side okay, I really relate to his struggles and find him one of my favourite characters.

NUMBER 2 is Manny Santos and Emma Nelson played by Cassie Steele and Miriam McDonald

Again 2 but these two just go together so much that I couldn't not have them together in this countdown. One thing I like about these 2 characters is we see them from the start, the very first episode and I love there friendship!. They are so different and change so much throughout the series that I really admire what they have been through and they are really relatable as the story lines that they went through were. Manny has such a strict family and she just wants to be her own person, she is very naive at the beginning but rebels against her family much in the same way Alli did later on in the series. She finds boys and that gets her into a bit of trouble but she learns from these mistakes and becomes a better person especially the challenges. Emma was the classic good girl environmentalist and then this began to change where she learnt more about the world around her which made her have some questionable choices but by the end she seemed to have it together and yo she did get together with another of my favourite characters!. I like that even though these 2 fought a lot and weren't friends all the time finding there own paths they always cam back together.


NUMBER 1 is Gavin 'Spinner' Mason played by Shane Kippel

He was there from the beginning and I loved him from the beginning, he was funny and at times a little stupid but he gave the cast something different! There isn't a character like him, plus he even still appears in the show now even after graduating Degrassi which I love. He has been through a lot of change over the seasons going from having heaps of friends to being an outsider and having to deal with the repercussions of his actions. He also had a hard story line involving cancer which I really liked to see him from a different side. Yet through everything he always has a smile and a funny way of dealing with it. I did love his long term relationship with Jane, but was glad the way that termed out, I started off shipping it but then it just got eh for me. Spinner is a great guy, sure he isn't always the first to realise things but he gets there in the end and has a really good heart. He loves his friends and even through there ups and downs will look out for them like his friendship with Jimmy which I really liked as they were so different but Jimmy was always there for him in the end and it was cool seeing him grow. One of my all time favourites forever!

There are heaps more I could talk about who have had amazing story line that opened my eyes and made it easy to relate to issues going on. I will always love the show no matter how old I get and I hope it can keep going on for a little bit longer with Netflix

I hope you are doing well and have a great day
Peace : )