missiegold

Can anyone remember what was/ where was the local Uni that Danni, Hayley and Co went to? would be nice to have some Uni students in it again. Presume its still around as Liam recently mentioned university houses and getting th smell of their their special brand of cigarettes when he was house hunting.

I think justin is pushing the army issue a bit but only because he sees Aden's life as direction-less which to someone accustomed to a regimented lifestyle would seem a waste. In a way he is right Aden has become very apathetic since Belle's death. He could have reapplied for uni for the next term but didnt. he isnt really interested in his job and as for his relationship with Nicole that is definitely a non-runner. they were much more suited to the brother sister or " friends with benefits" (quoting Nicole) roles of the past. I think Aden will most likely see the benefits of the army and realise that the military does not breed pedophiles and that his grandfather was a sick individual and was not created that way by the army. the full circle being that he will see the army life positively and join up.Not sure how Justin will convince him of that in a short time. Maybe he may take a day out to go visit Roman whom he respects regardless of his background. I am loving the Justin/aden roles and it is interesting to see the interactions and the differences in acting. the guy playing Justin (excuse my ignorance but I have never seen any of his previous work) is a superb actor for the role - his facial expressions alone in the emotional scenes mean that the long drawn out conversations are unnecessary (we need little reminding of how aden feels) basically we have two superb actors together to enjoy but I hope Justin only gets a limited extension in summer bay post Aden's departure I worry that the character would be ruined if this were to happen. (Aden has had so much of the abuse storyline i dont think the audience can take much more of it without loosing empathy or the S/L loosing its believability)

Raining as usual. And its the middle of our "summer"

I think what they are trying to do with all the aden/voilent scenes is to show that he is still a loose canon to keep the character "edgy" and interesting. I agree they are pushing it a bit and it wouldn't hurt to have Charlie give him a good stern warning about his aggression.(I know there was a bit of a one when he attacked Belle's dealer but that was only related to the immediate incident). Have to admit I wish they would distingush him a bit more from Ric's character i.e. responds badly to male agression (even Romans' who was the only man he was close to) and defender of women (the whole Axel/Melody thing and protector of Joey. They should have had a scene with him discussing his experiences with Joey - it would have made her decision to report Robbo much more believable than his " you have no idea what i have been through in my life" quote. Cant imagine his agressive behaviour and one-line would be realistically enough to get her to open up th the police, more likely to frighten her in the vunerable state she appeared to be in... The past incident with trying to seduce a drunken Tam was a huge mistake given his later revolations in regard to his abuse and subsequent intimacy issues - clearly Aden was not intended to be a long term complex character. I agree with other posters - just dropping the whole abuse storyline is a mistake as it shapes who he is to an extent, Im not saying it should be used as justification for bad behaviour but rather justification for his sensitive side. Maybe have him loose his job on the boat and go to college to become school counceller or something (maybe pushing it a bit?) only reason I like his character is because I find Todd's ability to portray a variety of emotions extremely well and convincingly has me glued to the screen. I think if i knew a person like Aden in real life Id be running the other way, hot or not The brother that was in it was pretty ugly dont want him back. Hehe kinda what my stand-alone scene for the comp was: that Aden's sister who he thought had died in a car crash with his mother was actually alive.his mother had kidnapped his sister to protect (thinking she was the only one at risk) her after she witnessed his grandfather abusing her and the father didnt believe her.

Is Mark Furzes' Bebo site real? I stumbled onto it accidentally when looking through the friends of friends facility. It looks authentic to me and the few replies he has given people appear to be short but authentic. He has mis-spelled Indianas'name (Matilda) which led me do doubt it authenticity could be a typo though, anybody know for sure?