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Windy, wet & fffffffffffreeeeeeeezing!

You made them. I shall be using the first icon (as my profile pic, if that's okay? ), as there's no '?' in mind over Tinc as lovers. As for that Lynne/Tinc one, it's hilarious & disturbing all at the same time. I'm not sure how you linked my innocent 'gooseberry' to 'threesome' though. You are starting to corrupt me, Jen.

I just love your colouring on the 'Forever' boat icons. It's beautiful. Also really love the Dani icons, 3rd Hugo one & the Angelo one. Well done.

I just love the sets that you've made, especially the Geoff/Nicole one. Also the 2nd Charlie icon is lovely. The new darker blue colouring you're using on the twip icons is beautiful. These are my favourites of the lot. Love the colouring on the Annie/Scruffy & Martha/Scruffy icons. The cropping on the Trey and Geoff ones. And the style on the Niff icon.

Hehe. I was only kidding, but seeing as your offering then YES, please. I'm loving the new ones too, particularly the Esther & Paul ones. Great expressions on those icons. Oh & loving the new Tinc ones too. Even the ones with Lynne as gooseberry. lol!

Squeeeeeeeeeeee! Tinc. You made some gorgeous, lovely, awesome, perfect Tinc icons & I love you for it. I love them all too. Sooooooooo cute. They used to feature so much in this section, we really started to neglect them of late. Happy to see you put that right though, Jen. Only you've made a mistake on these icons, you're meant to say 'lovers', right? It's okay that's how I read it anyway. Hehehe.

Angelo 91 Charlie 48 Leah 16 With regards to Angelo support, he's been off our screens for too long, out of sight out of mind, maybe? Whereas Charlie's been really awesome of late, especially Like I said I love both, so I have a dilemma, hence why i'm all for a Changelo winner declaration.

When a crime has been committed, they do not only look at the offence that has been committed, and give a punishment accordingly. They also take in to consideration intent & the individual circumstances surrounding the offender, leading up to the crime. Aden carried out his crime (kidnapping & attempting to kill his father) as a direct reaction to finding out that his father was also abused, meaning that Larry could have prevented the abuse from happening to him aswell. He was angry at his father because he failed to protect him. He never actually killed Larry & even after he was stopped, he still believed that what he intended to carry out was the right thing to do. He believed that the fact that Larry knowingly failed to protect him & his brothers from suffering sexual abuse for years, made him just as guilty as his grandfather who carried out the abuse. So in Aden's eyes Larry deserved to pay for his actions (or lack of). It was obvious to other people (pyschiatric staff & otherwise) that Larry's final admission had caused Aden to suffer a breakdown, as even though prior to this Aden had been trying to work through his issues, the truth that he finally learnt from his father, was too much for him to handle. It was then through counselling sessions (that were used to help him deal with his issues) that he actually realised the gravity of what he had done, and how wrong it was. And that his father was dealing with a lot of issues too, as a result of his abuse, just like Aden was. That the years of abuse his father had suffered, had made him so parylysed with fear, that he was unable to confront Aden's grandfather on it, let alone stand up to him & protect his children. Instead Larry buried his head in the sand, failed to deal with his issues, and turned to alcohol. When Aden's case went to court, Aden did not even want to talk about his abuse & use it to explain his own personal circumstance, as he felt too ashamed, found it too confronting, and didn't have the courage to face it in such a public domain. It was only through support from others, that he opened up about it, and explained why he was angry & wanted to hurt his father. The abuse was not an excuse for his actions, it was an explanation of what caused him to carry it out. Had he not talked about it, he would have been sent to prison. But the Judge then realsied that the counselling had helped rehabilitate Aden immensely. Making Aden admit his guilt, realise that the crime he carried out was wrong, and that Aden was no longer a threat to Larry (Aden was never a threat to soceity anyway), which meant that community service was a better form of punishment for him, rather than prison. Larry, however, was also abused by his father and this was probably the biggest contributing factor towards his alcoholism. Yet his crimes were far more severe & were not a direct reaction to the years of abuse he had suffered. Larry's victim was not his father, or anyone else linked to his past, but an innocent bystander who had nothing to do with the abuse. Larry was drunk and got behind the wheel of a car, which led to an accident, that killed a young man & injured another. He also fled the scene of the crime, not stopping to help the other individuals involved, in short a hit & run. Even if his abusive past had been brought up (which it may have done but we never saw his case onscreen), it had no relevance to the case as such, the only thing it could be used for was to explain the issues that caused him to turn to alcohol. The number of crimes that Larry committed, would mean that there is no way his punishment could be community service alone, and so there was no way for him to avoid prison. His charges include drink driving, causing an accident whilst under the influence of alcohol, fleeing the scene of the accident, vehicular manslaughter (killing a young man during the accident) and going on the run (avoiding arrest for a crime). As for Aden's brother Sean, he was also abused, but his crime was again not directly linked to his absue. He beat up Ric and got punished for it accordingly. I'm guessing his personal circumstances were taken in to consideration when punishing him, but he probably did not even bring up his abusive past in court and therefore it had no effect on his sentence. Even if he had brought it up, it may have reduced it slightly, but the crime was still severe & committed on an innocent party (in terms of linked to his abuse) and so he would have still gone to prison. As would Aden have gone to prison for beating up Axel, had Axel reported the crime to the police, and the case gone to court. But that did not happen and I think the writers really messed up on that account & the whole Axel/Melody and Aden/Axel storyline in general. Sorry for the looooooooooooooooooooooooooong rant.

Angelo---------90 Charlie---------47 Leah----------------14 I'd be fine with Changelo declared as winner though.

I your colouring. It reminds me of Bubblegum & Candyfloss. Yes... I know... i'm kinda strange. Lol! Love that you're doing Cassie/Macca icons. These 3 are my favourites though.

The colouring on the twip icons is gorgeous. I especially love the Roman/Leah & Rachel/Martha ones. Great cropping.

I love the colouring on the Nicole icons. It's beautiful. Also really love the style on your last update. Especially these 2 icons. I'm a Cassie/Aden shipper.

^^Have you not seen Wedding Crashers ever Lesley... she's hilarious in that. Almost a scene stealer in a smaller role as as Gloria. She definitely suits comedy. Although i'd like to see her in something different now. Blood Diamond (finally). I thought it was good. Great performances by Leonardo & Djimon. Interesting take on exploitation & redemption. The only negative is that there is less attention given to the story of the African people. Still worth a watch.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! JPC. I can always count on you Amy, to get me all excited about JPC. Reminds me of the good old days of HO. Not like present where i've actually switched off from watching the show. I wish they were back... but atleast they got their SE. So can't really complain. Anyway these 2 are my absolute favourites. Love the cropping on both. The b&w effect on the second icon & the text on the first one. And your colouring on the h&a updates is stunning. Well done.

I've missed soooooooooo many updates Sarah. The TWIP icons are amazing as usual. I really love the colouring you're using at the moment. But I especially love these 2 Nicole icons. The cropping, colouring & expressions captured is perfect.

I love this one... gorgeous colouring. It seems i've missed lots of updates too. I really love the Rhys/Indi icons, the Emma Watson icons and the Jonas Brothers stuff. Perfect cropping & colouring Jen. Well done.

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^Hehehe! I'm missing Changelo too (and just Angelo too ), they were hot & awesome & hot. I agree with you & demand more Changelo scenes asap. And Leah/Roman is heading in the right direction... so more of that please. I'm actually okay with Hugo/Charlie (until Angelo comes back one day ofcourse). But Hugo/Martha is a big NO! I like them as friends alone.

^Hehe Zoe. It seems we're going after Kirsty. Shame you weren't around when I was trying to save Aden. I'm guessing you would have been helpful. Ahh well. Lol! Angelo-34 Charlie-34 Hugo-30 Irene-4 Kirsty-11 Leah-25 Martha-15 Morag-3

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