Therese K

(I'm catching up on the show and need somewhere to complain, this seemed like the best place. I used the spoiler tag to make my comment shorter, but there is one small spoiler for UK viewers in there as well as in the text below.) Ash: VJ punched Zac! He is out of control and too violent to take care of Luc! Also Ash: ↓

The worst part of Kyle's exit is that it was all for absolutely nothing. Who here honestly thinks Isla will, or should, ever get her kids back? If there was a real chance she could get them back, maybe it would've made a little more sense for Kyle to go down for her, but she has done nothing to prove herself to Kyle. If anything, everything she's done has just proved over and over again that she's a terrible mum and should never get custody of those kids. I'm not going to lie and say I'm super sad about seeing Kyle go, because I think they ruined his character this last year, but this entire storyline was a joke, and he deserved to get a better exit.

Hannah not being the greatest person/character has nothing to do with her having sex a lot. It's about her cheating and not being honest to the guys that she's dating. Don't slut shame.

I think it's 'Forget My Love' by Alex Jacke (and some other artists)

I'm still a fan, don't worry! I just hate drama, so I haven't really been defending her lately... I feel like people make it seem like she and Matt had this huge thing going on behind Oscar's back, and that's in my opinion absolutely not what happened. Maddy's feelings for Matt started after Oscar began to push her away, and especially after Oscar punched Matt. I guess telling Matt she had feelings for him was sort of leading him on, but she also said multiple times that they had to make their feelings go away because she loved and wanted to be with Oscar. And what Maddy said to Oscar, about him "holding on to the fantasy of the nerd getting the girl" (or w/e) was said the head of the moment right after she found out he cheated on her, so of course she was hurt and upset, and she felt terrible even before he went missing. (To be honest, the more people in the show and on this forum make Oscar out to be the only victim and Maddy the only bad guy, the less sorry I feel for him ) Anyway, the most important part in my opinion is that Maddy and Oscar in the end realized that they both contribiuted to the destruction of the relationship, and they still care about each other and they're still friends

I think it's 'If You Wanna Stay' by Mojo Juju

Thank you! That's great. It was probably a stupid question, but I'm so bad at seeing how old people are, especially kids, so I just needed to make sure Sally wasn't 12 and Jack 15 or something.

What is the age difference between Jack and Sally? I need to know if I can ship them together with a clean conscience (I think Pippa mentioned that Sally and Selina are around the same age, and Selina and Jack are a thing, but I still feel the need to be sure)

I think one of the main problems with the recast was that everything happened too fast. I was completely ready to accept Matt Little as VJ, because recasts and SORASing happens, that's how soaps work. But it hasn't worked. He doesn't feel like VJ at all. What they should've done is reintroduced Matt Little as VJ, but given him small storylines where he was more of a supporting character, and showed us that he's still the same sweet VJ we knew and loved. Then, over time, they could make him grow up more. If they wanted him to be angry and lash out, that's fine, people change, but they should've showed us that character progress. He can't be kind and naive Felix Dean one day and big, muscly and angry Matt Little the next. They can't recast a character and change their personalities at the same time, that's where it goes wrong.

I was so shocked when I saw the new outside of the Summer Bay House. Obviously I'm just young and didn't remember what it used to look like, but it looks nothing like what I imagined. It's a lot bigger, and there is so much space outside! I had this idea that there was a lot of bush oustide, and no porch, and I thought that when you stepped out of the house, you were just a few steps away from the actual caravan park. (Why would you place your house right next to a noisy caravan park? Don't ask me, I didn't think this through.) It looks so great. I just want to move there now. Alf Stewart can adopt me, if he wants to.

That was amazing. You almost made me cry. I feel like that video really captured the essence of Maddy's character. She cares so much about everything, like her boyfriends, and school, but then she somehow manages to care too much, so everything falls apart again. Her methods aren't always the best, most of the time they're not even good, but her actions usually comes from a place of caring about someone or something. And I think I just realized that the more people dislike Maddy (on and off show) the more I will like her. I desperately need 2015 to be the year where Maddy she makes some friends. She has Oscar, but he's in love with her so he doesn't really count. At the moment nothing seems to go right for Maddy, and I hope that at the end of next year you will remake your video, but this time showcasing all the happy times she has during 2015. That's my dream Spencer and Maddy did have some scenes at the end of last year, you can see one of them in the video. But it is true that they haven't really had a relationship lately, and I find that very sad, both as a member of the Maddy Osborne Defence Squad (who wants Maddy to be happy), and as a Maddy/Spencer supporter. They are so good together, but lately it feels like the writers only write scenes between them because "they haven't talked in forever and we just need to briefly show that they're still friends", and then they go back to ignoring them for weeks. I'm usually starving for scenes between them, you should see my texts to my Home and Away-watching friend whenever they have scenes together, I freak out a little. It's embarrassing.

The 100 (the one with Bob Morley!). It's so good, I recommend it.

Oh believe me, I really really hope I'm right too I have faith though. It's gonna be good. Precisely. She hasn't been all bad, like there was those times when she tried to be nice to Andy to get him and Josh to be friends again, it's just that lately she's been a little all over the place, so of course that's what people think about when they think about her right now. She has soft sides and she has good sides, as well as bad. Maddy is a flawed character, and it makes her interesting to me, and it makes me like her. She has been cheated on and betrayed and disappointed, and now she's being harsh and taking it out on the world. Probably a little harsher than she has the right to, like her attitude towards Roo. What she needs right now are girlfriends. She has literally none. And I want someone better for her than Holly was. It probably won't be Evie, but I would like to see her hanging out with Sasha. They need to give their friendship another go. (Also, I think the skipping is cute )

The Maddy Osborne Defense Squad has two more members! That's two more people agreeing with me than I expected, haha. My friend at school keeps literally shaking me and saying "whyyyy do you like Maddy." And I just keep saying "because I just do." I agree with you both, she can be controlling and a brat, and I'm not sure why I like her. Everyone has perfectly valid reasons to dislike her. I can't really defend her, other than saying "she's young and confused", but I honestly that makes her a very real character. I think that if Kassandra Clementi stays on the show, Maddy has the opportunity to grow and mature and really find her place in the community. There is a potential for a lot of good character development in Maddy, and I think it can turn into a beautiful character arc.

Does anyone want to start up a Maddy Osborne Defense Squad? No? Just me? Fine, I expected that much. I'll be the leader and only member. Now, to get it out of the way, I understand why people don't like her. Easily. She has done some crappy things. And in real life I would probably hate her. But I have just fallen in love with her, in the way you fall in love with characters, and I will probably always protect her and love her. I'm just stuck with her no matter how much she messes up. She's young. She makes mistakes. She's confused about love and where she belongs. And I often feel like she's the only one who get's blamed in a lot of situations. She wasn't the only one responsible for her and Josh's relationship falling apart. He wasn't always there for her, and when she was there for him, she usually got accused of viewing him as a charity case (or something, I can't remember the exact quotes.) Both parts need to put in work and focus on their partner if they want something to work. I'm not saying she can't be blamed at all (because she can!!), but it takes two to get together and it takes two to break up. And then when Evie stole her boyfriend (also known as serial cheater Josh Barrett), everyone in the show seemed to blame Maddy for what Josh and Evie did, and nobody gave them a hard time for it. I'm not trying to make excuses for her, because she is a piece of work for sure. I just want to throw in a different opinion and say that I really really like Maddy. And as a sidenote, I think she should get back together with Spencer, because they balance each other out nicely and he would bring her back to sanity for sure. She's always better when she's with him.