Red Ranger 1

Pretty good so far, a lot of incident.Hope you continue.

^^ My thoughts exactly not sure how he would put them both back together after the events of the past couple of chapters Ahem.Er, sorry, people.It's the first time I've split them up so it was probably their turn.

Hey there!Finally finished reading this and thought you might like to know my thoughts.I loved it, it was really sweet.I like how you brought in all the other relationships with Tony and Jazz, Kirsty and Miles, Geoff and Nicole and how you brought Lucas and Brad and Tam back and fitted them into the current characters.And I liked the central romance between Leah and Ceri, I thought you handled it well.The ending with the party and all Leah's family there was perfect.Although I was surprised that Ceri's quest for his mother apparently went unresolved so I'm also wondering if there's going to be a sequel...I'll read it if there is!

^Yes, Gus is a new character.It's always hard finding a name that doesn't already have instant Home and Away connotations.And yes, Kim and Mattie slept together.

Good chapter.Oh boy, Rachel really is cracking up, isn't she?Shame she didn't listen to Leah.Glad to see Sally and the others back.

Ha-hah!Haven't commented before but I've been enjoying this fic, it's something different.Loved that scene with them both being nice to each other for their own reasons and not knowing what the other one was doing.Looking forward to the next one.

^Yes, Matilda had a crush on Kim when he first turned up.It lasted at least until he got together with Kit, I remember her hearing him telling Robbie he liked his sister and getting all excited because she thought he meant her. Sadly, since Ric and Kim are in different universes, I really don't think I'll be able to do a fight between them.

Yeah, they managed to make it seem like the most random thing ever.I know they had that whole lovers backstory floating around somewhere but the way it was broadcast it looked as though someone suddenly remembered "Oh, yeah, the stalker was meant to have an accomplice, wasn't she?That policewoman's not a regular, let's make it her and then blow them up so we don't have to explain it."To this day, I've no idea what the heck happened in that scene.Last time I saw it it looked like Alf caused the explosion.

Really good ending, Belle and Lizzie's final speeches to Aden were just right.

And then I did it again.The real, final, correctly edited version of the new chapter is just below this post.

Um...sorry, guys, I just posted a chapter, tried to edit it and somehow ended up reposting it instead.

Oh boy, really looks like Rachel's losing it.Glad Martha's okay but your earlier comments suggest there's more going on.Looking forward to the next chapter.

Fantastically well-written, captured the mood well.Eagerly anticipating the next chapter.

Okay, that ending left me surprised and ever so slightly worried.Can't wait to see who that was!

I like Annie.People say she and Jai don't contribute much and they're right but that's the fault of the writers, not the actors or characters.Whenever Annie's in a scene she adds something to it and I'd like it if they gave her more scenes with her family rather than just sticking her in the background in scenes with this new teen group that's just sprung up out of nowhere.

Lisa Duffy, guest character from 2007, briefly dated Drew, even more briefly dated Lucas and died the day after they first slept together.The boy never caught a break...

I don't think he's too good for her and I don't really think she's too good for him either.(Not sure if he's got better or she's got worse.Maybe they've met in the middle.)But I don't think they're right for each other and I never have.Typically, it seems that yet again .Sometimes you just have to accept that there's a reason for it. Don't really see why Aden and Nicole would be boring just because they get along.The old idiom that happy couples don't make good television is usually just an excuse for lazy writing.You can make a happy couple interesting if you give them something interesting to do.

Crikey, I'm offline for half a week and I've got three chapters to catch up on! Can't believe Rachel and Angelo slept together.That's really going to cause problems.Couldn't help laughing when Hugo and Charlie turned up and he bundled her into the wardrobe. Glad that Roman's supporting Martha, maybe they're going to be all right.Although that ending has me worried... Poor Charlie's having problems, hope it gets better for her soon.

Good chapter.You're writing this really well.

I think I would say I would be happy.... But we all know, They love each other way too much to be apart from each other for too long. That's probably the most irritating thing about them, they give them all this drama and it never has any lasting effect.I wish they would keep them apart because I just find their scenes together mind-numbingly dull.I've never seen any real spark between them and they're always far more interesting when they're in scenes with other characters.

Wow, was not expecting that at all.Great idea.Really interesting to see how it all turned out for them.

Joey too?My god, there really isn't anyone left alive, is there?So Martha's finally told Roman, what now?What's happening with Charlie?And Sarah?Looking forward to the next chapter.

Yeah, that was the "possibly".I also did it in Light and Shade and Family Matters.(Ahhh, Light and Shade, the only time I was threatened by a reader...although even then they apologised straightaway.)I really hope it's not become an obsession of mine, this one's my least favourite break-up because it does just seem to have come out of nothing.

I liked this because it made the scene between them in the last chapter seem less ridiculous, I found that scene between them to be quite laughable. For Aden to question her respect for him or even be bothered in the slightest by Belle not filling him in on the fact that Geoff was spending an evening with a friend is pretty unrealistic. This chapter helped that. Aden's 'over something that wasn't even important' comment made it like his reaction wasn't about caring about the Tam/Geoff situation but rather his own one with Belle. I liked his thoughts on their relationship. It's very true. It's good that Aden seems to realise how he behaves when it comes to their relationship. I hope this realisation of his leads somewhere. Hopefully Belle won't apologise and if she does then he snaps at her and lets all this out, I could see this happening. I'm sure he'd rather have a fiesty girlfriend who keeps him on his toes rather then one who acts like shes helpless around him. Glad you thought that because that was pretty much my thought.I kept thinking about that scene and couldn't get it to work and then I thought of that bit with Aden and Roman and it was like "Ding-that'd work."

The thing is Aden did commit crimes against innocent parties, namely Rachel and Belle.It wasn't just a case of him wanting to punish someone he thought was responsible for his abuse, he was prepared, if not exactly happy, to mistreat innocent bystanders in order to get what he wanted.I'm not entirely certain that Larry's crimes were more severe than Aden's, certainly from a moral standpoint.Larry might have acted in a cowardly manner but he never deliberately hurt anyone whilst Aden intended to deliberately kill someone.Again, I'm not sure what the court did to rehabilitate him.His counselling started before his crimes and ended before his court case.They just seemed to take the word of a discredited psychiatrist and a counsellor who didn't bother to turn up(what happened to cross-examination?)that he was no longer a threat to society.(On which subject, how exactly was Larry a threat to society?Unless he was planning on getting behind the wheel of a car while drunk again.)On the subject of Sean, it's not too big a leap to suggest that he felt protective towards Aden because they'd both been abused, which is why he beat up Ric for hurting him.Although I agree, that's not directly linked to his abuse.And at last someone admits he deserved to go to jail for what he did to Axel. Sorry, I'm just in an argumentative mood.