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Post by missyb on Jan 14, 2008 18:59:05 GMT -5
Question to readers: I just had a enlightening reading from Logan about the character of Ridge. I have some things planned for him but I'm wondering if you, as the readers, think that I'm making him too evil in this story? I just want to get opinions about story. Not the show. In real life, I'm a Bridge fan. But I'm taking Ridge in a different direction in the story. But...is it too much? I'd love to get the readers prespective. This will probably the only time that I'd ask readers prespective about events that may change the story. If it's took much, I can cut the last Ridge scene and make modifications to future events. I'd realy want to know what you think. Thanks! Missy, first let me just say I am a huge Bridge fan. Loved them since day one. But as to Ridge in this story keep him going down that dark road. I love how you've stretched the characters beyond the B&B cardboard cutouts we've all grown to expect from BB. Must confess I'm not sure about the club thing but I trust you to know how it all fits together so i'll wait and reserve any judgement. Looking forward to the next installment. P.S. I'll never feel sorry for Taylor after all she wants Ridge and doesn't care who she has to stand on to get him. She's always been that way. She's quick to blame Brooke no matter who Ridge is involved with.. Well as a Bridge fan I know about all loving them as a couple, but in this story...Bridge is over. I'm sure on some levels those feelings will always be there, but things have changed for Brooke on so many levels. She loved Ridge enough to NOT allow him to destory his family. Of course he doesn't think that. He thinks that she used him so he's angry and not that love is being an obsessive hate. There is a darker side to Ridge in this story. Ridge is used to having Brooke's love and attention on some level and not he doesn't have that, so a darker sinster side of him is emerging. How far will it go? You''ll have to see. But that doesn't mean that I"ve become a Ridge hater, but I'm just pulling him in a different direction in this story. As far as the sex club or the gentlemen's club that he's a part of. It plays into the story. Just wait and see where it's going to take. This club and Ridge invovlement has huge implications in the future. It also gives you a hint that this is beyond anger. " Whipping" someone because they look like the lover who scorned you proves that Ridge feelings are out of control. Now if S&M were a part of Ridge's regular sex life, it may be understandable, but this isn't. So...what's really going on? Now, you know that I'm not a Taylor fan. She's stood by for so many years looking the other way and living the good life regardless of who she's stepped on. Right now if Ridge were giving her attention, she wouldn't care about that he "hated" Brooke. Taylor knows that something happened but she refuses to confront it. She wants to live in this happy little bubble. But things are changing. She's seeing Pierce for the man he's always been. Question is: Is she using Pierce to get a rise out of Ridge? She's not above it! Or is something really happening? Thanks so much for you comments!
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Post by Logan on Jan 14, 2008 19:31:23 GMT -5
Missy can you at least promise in any future story that you will torment Ick The Prick and send HIM to a gay sex club where he can hook up with a big guy named Andre Huh Huh!
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Post by missyb on Jan 14, 2008 19:37:02 GMT -5
Missy, I'm with Mysticbridge I can't feel sorry for Taylor either. She's deserves everything Ridge is doing to her and going to do to her through his plans to get revenge on Brooke. I don't mind the path you're taking Ridge. I can't wait to see where this all needs. I never imagined him ever "hating" Brooke so I'm fascinated. It is a thin line between love and hate. I can't wait for Stephanie, Taylor, and Ridge to meet up with Ian. Oh the fireworks will be popping! One bad word about her and they will get it. I'm sure the family will also be surprised when Bridget jumps on his bandwagon and defends her mother too. I'm so glad both Budge and Taylor are really reevaluating the past and see it for what it was. Waa! Waa! The child molester is upset that Deacon is in love with his wife. Can she give birth to the baby and then die in some horrible accident? Please...Pretty please...With sugar on top.... Poor Brooke, my heart breaks for her and Ian. I know the loss of their baby will just bring them closer together. I hope he remembers these moments when Brooke's full past is revealed to him. Will Ridge find out that his mother kept Brooke's accident a secret? He is very volatile. He's like a ticking time bomb. The Forresters better watch out. Great chapter!! I can't wait for the next chapter. LOL...nobody feels for Taylor? Well, not that I can blame you because she's always acted as if she were better than Brooke. She's blamed, belittle and hulimated Brooke every chance she got. Notice, she's NOT that upset with her husband that she's refused that seat on the Forrester Board, has she? Also, she's lived a good life. She likes being Ridge's wife and all it comes with it...but right now it isn't looking that good is it. Ridge is obsessed in making Brooke pay and taking Forrester, he hasn't given Taylor the time of day. Their marriage is falling apart and she doesn't understand that now that Brooke's gone Ridge has no interest in her. Will Pierce be a pawn in trying to manipulate her husband or will something really develop? Right now...now that it seems that I'm not offending any people, Ridge is going down a darker path. We are going to see a side to him that nobody knew exsisted. It's all about his love and obsession for Brooke. I agree, he'd never truly hate her. It's easy to plot against her when she's afar but will be be able to do it when she get back> Or will his hatred for Ian, and YES...he WILL HATE IAN, get in the way. How far will it go? I will tell you thins, thereis a major batttle coming up! Stephanie, Taylor and Ridge will meet a whole different man when they meet Ian. Ian loves Brooke with all his heart. He wants to protect, love and hderish and keep her from all har. So I can't see him allowing any of these people to hurt her without them paying. Ian's still powerful in his own right and willing to do anything to get the job done. Bridget has really changed her opinion and in a short amout of time. Almost losing her mother has her looking at her relationship with Brooke and the past. She also has realized what loving Ridge has cost Brooke. Now she sees Ian. A man dedicated to her mother's happiness. A man who is strong yet at the same time willing to allow himself to admit to loving Brooke. She wants that for her mother, something healthy, something lasting! She's going to stand by Ian. WOn't HE shocked?
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Post by jrtllf01 on Jan 16, 2008 16:23:19 GMT -5
Question to readers: I just had a enlightening reading from Logan about the character of Ridge. I have some things planned for him but I'm wondering if you, as the readers, think that I'm making him too evil in this story? I just want to get opinions about story. Not the show. In real life, I'm a Bridge fan. But I'm taking Ridge in a different direction in the story. But...is it too much? I'd love to get the readers prespective. This will probably the only time that I'd ask readers prespective about events that may change the story. If it's took much, I can cut the last Ridge scene and make modifications to future events. I'd realy want to know what you think. Thanks! Missy, I owe you full comments to your wonderful chapter--as well as a reply to your comments on La Femme Fatale. However, this question was too juicy to pass up. I have also made no secret of my intense dislike for Ridge. As fan fiction writers, we have the opportunity to develop the characters more fully than Bradley and his team of hacks do. I will NEVER forgive Bradley for destroying Ridge with "Ridget." EVER. While Ridge could be a cad, shockingly self-absorbed and callous, there is no way in the world that the Ridge I invested in would have suddenly looked at the girl he raised as a sexual partner. EVER. That he did it while the two of them talked about Brooke behind her back like a dog incensed me even more. It just totally ruined Ridge for me. As a writer, you have the opportunity to take Ridge to a dark place, but leave enough room for him to develop a conscience. While Ridge's behavior is appalling, I'm reminded of the 70's hit, Thin Line Between Love and Hate. His feelings for Brooke right now are definitely within the realm of possibility and it happens that way all the time in real life. Ridge has always been egocentric and I could definitely see him "acting out" simply because he was rejected where before HE was the one doing the rejecting. Also, unlike Bradley, you have the opportunity to ensure that punishment is appropriately meted out--or karma if you will. I've always thought that Ridge and Taylor both got a free pass on the show for the Venice plot and I was actually stunned that Brooke gave either of them the time of day after that. So you keep right on doing what you're doing with Ridge. I look forward to seeing where you take the character.
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Post by missyb on Jan 17, 2008 16:33:00 GMT -5
I am looking forward to the dark and pervy Ridge!! Whatever you want to do with the character is alright by me, I am just along for the ride!! LOL...Ridge is getting dark isn't he? It's a slipperly slope but what will the end result be? Will he get himself together when Brooke gets back? Will he continue with his plot to destory her? The question is...will Brooke care. She's changing so Forrester may not be what she wants anymore and if it isn't...then what method will Ridge go to get his revenge. And it's all about revenge for him. I'm glad that you are turned off by the dark places I took him. I'm a Ridge and Brooke fan, so for me to go in this direction means that I have something planned. Thanks Barb...I've missed you good to hear from ya! ;D
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Post by missyb on Jan 17, 2008 20:04:10 GMT -5
What a treat to visit B&B in an alternate universe not as degraded as the official one being sloppily served up these days if one can stomach to even watch! I say that even with the addition of the Gentlemen’s Club. Stealing the business out from under Brooke isn’t enough for that slime ball anymore, now the bastard has descended into S & M to assuage his hurt feelings for not getting his own way. It is so Ridge to take out his feelings on someone else rather than the real object of his emotions. His very own whipping girl just like his mother. I got a chuckle out of that crafty little double play. And your writing pointed up beautifully that no matter how much money is spent trying to cloak a spot like that in glamour, you just can’t hide the tawdry sleaziness at its core. You’ve really buried Ridge in a pile of you know what now. And you nailed Taylor too. Such a user. Poor Pierce. Taylor is playing him just like before. Will the poor guy actually get some this time or will Taylor pull her saintly shill so she can still clutch onto that tarnished halo she clings to? Pierce was astute to question Taylor’s motives for inviting him. And despite Taylor’s nattering to the contrary, her actions screamed she was asking for trouble. Another epiphany, so what, once again we see how Taylor actually chooses to handle things (pulling Pierce into her web and involving her children) and that speaks louder than words. I laughed so hard when Stephanie’s first reaction to the news of Brooke’s pregnancy was that it had to be Ridge’s. Darn, I would have loved to see her dance in the wind over that one a good bit longer. Stephanie spends so much time and energy trying to convince herself, Ridge and anyone who will listen that Brooke is only about lust. The lady does protest too much. I’d liked your Felicia, quirky but not the vulgar gadfly Bell and Co. have portrayed her to be. I find your Rick poignant. Ric is so indicative of what far too many young people get caught up in. Too young and trying to do the right thing in a bad situation. And now two innocent children are involved. Yet how long does one pay for a youthful mistake? Especially one where he was so obviously scammed and entrapped by Amber? Amber hasn’t changed a bit, she’s still a skank and numbered among Steph’s stooges. I’d like too see Ric free of that trick, but there are those two children. Are they truly best served by keeping Ric trapped to Amber? Such a sad situation. Deacon and Bridget, the pairing just doesn’t work for me. I liked Bridget’s epiphany and seeing the riff between her and her mother healed. I also like the Ric/Budge relationship. Both of those work, but somehow Bridget shearing Deacon’s bad-boy locks just sucks what I find attractive and compelling right out of him. I don’t find them cute or sexy, but rather a spoiled infantile princess and her tacky boy toy. And in my mind, neither has the juice to overcome the negatives even under your pen. Wish it did. Now to the really good part. It was so good to see Brooke wake up and find Ian’s love shining in her face. He’s alive! Powerful and satisfying. Ian owning up to his feelings for Brooke, yummy. Sacha relegated to the past in his mind and heart where she belongs, wonderful chills. Of course she doesn’t know that, and she can still turn up to stir things up for Ian, but at least Ian is clear in his mind, so let him fight the good fight if he has to. I’ll reserve a seat ringside as long as he doesn’t pull a Ridge and waver. It felt so good to enjoy this breather, a life high for Brooke. I’m not forgetting the miscarriage, but Brooke and Ian are in a good place where they can deal with it and come out stronger and even more in love and committed because of it. Classic soap I hope you use to ratchet up the romance and warmth between them for all it is worth before you throw them into the fray back in L.A. I shiver, a good one, when I think of a strong Ian and Brooke taking on Stephanie, Ridge, and Taylor. Thanks for the respite from the glop official B&B is stinking up our airways with! Fan...it's so good to hear from you. I wasn't sure if you were still reading this story, I'm excited to see that you are. Well, Ridge is becoming more and more of a dark characters. His mission to destory Brooke is showly getting out of control and Ridge is going down roads he's never gone down before. He's going to do some things that are going to cause people to raise their eyebrows. The gentlemen's club will play in the story. But it does show another side to him. He's willing to use another woman's body to work out his anger. What would happen to Ridge's image if his new activities were to come to light? Also, how far will Ridge's obsession take him. He seems to have an empty life. The truth is, Brooke was more than an ex or a lover to him. She was his friend. They talked, they connected and she kept him grounded. But that's gone. You have to wonder what's going on with Taylor. Is this a simple case of her using Pierce, as usual, as a tease to get a rise out of husband OR is it something more? Does she regreat what she sees in her gilded marriage to Ridge or will she simply forgive and forget when or if Ridge starts to pay her attention? As for the children. It was a strange move on her part. Regardless of the reason, it was very inappropriate for Taylor to be taking this man on a family outing. Why did she do it? What is she up to. As for Pierce, you know that he's got to be wondering what he's thinking. Taylor's letting him know in her own way that he can make a move. Will he make it? He's prepared this job and made it...excuse my pun "tailor made" for her. He can't be doing all of this out of the "goodness" of his heart. I just can't understand why he'd want a woman who teased him in the first place. Stephanie was getting ready to have a heart attack at the mere thought of Brooke being pregnant with Ridge's baby. In that moment she saw her whole world falling apart. Brooke and Ridge connected by a child. But then she finds out the baby "isn't" Ridge's and she want information. Stephanie's concern for Brooke went out the door the moment she heard about the baby. Then she went back into plotting mode. My Felicia is fiesty but honest and real....the way the Felicia used to before they started making her Stephanie's clone. My Felicia knew what happened and saw the pain that Brooke was in. She feels sorry for Brooke because she knew how much Brooke loved Ridge and why she let Ridge go. Rick is maturing. He is growing and going places that Amber won't be able to go. He's in his early twenties, good looking and rich. He's meeting smart, motiviated women of all different nationalities all the time. But he's married to a girl who at 15 was exciting to him but at 20, he doesn't have as much in common with. So, he realizes that his mother is right. That doesn't mean that he regrets his son and his new baby but he realizes his life could hae been SO different if he waited. As for Amber, no, she hasn't changed. She's sitting home taking advantage of the money, wealth and power of the Forresters. She sold Brooke out to ge tin good with Stephanie and further herself. She never thought about how this can affect her husband or her family. Then, she almost had a melt down when she found out about Deacon. Unlike Amber, Deacon truly has fallen in love with his wife. My Deacon isn't as much as the bad boy that he started out to be, but there is part of bad boy in him. He and Bridget do love each other and are working throughout their differences. Brooke loves Ian. That much is clear. When she woke up and saw him alive it was like her dreams came true. She could have the life she wanted with him. It was in her reach...and now all those happiness can come true. As for Ian. He is making it clear that this is the woman he wants and the woman he loves with all of his heart. Sasha is in the past for him and Brooke is his future. I will tell you no matter what is happening, his mind is fully on Brooke and I don't see him pulling a Ridge. Ian's a man who knows what he wants. It's a life with Brooke. He's going to find a way for them to work things out. Although they will have to deal with the heartache and the pain of the miscarriage, I have no doubt that Ian and Brooke will turn to each other and support each other. Maybe it was too early for them to consider having a child. But it's clear it is something that Ian wants and I've got a feeling that Brooke does to. Still, it's time for them to go back to L.A and face what's coming. Nothing is going to be easy but with each other, you get the feeling they can overcome anything to be with one another. Thanks again for the comments. I loved reading them.
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Post by missyb on Jan 17, 2008 20:15:15 GMT -5
Missy can you at least promise in any future story that you will torment Ick The Prick and send HIM to a gay sex club where he can hook up with a big guy named Andre Huh Huh! Sorry Logan, I'm not going to torment Rick. As far as Nick...he doesn't exsist in this Fanfiction.
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Post by missyb on Jan 17, 2008 20:20:47 GMT -5
Oh I wanted to add that I also wanted to smack Rick for his he wants to kill Deacon for putting Bridget in this situation. Um Earth to Rick: MORON IT TAKES TWO PEOPLE NOT ONE. Sheesh get over yourself Rick. He can stop with his digs at Deacon and grow the hell up. Rick is worried about his sister. He is looking at his life. He was married too young. And now although he loves Amber, there are times he can't connect her. Naturally, he feels that Bridget and Deacon are the same. They aren't. Of course, he knows that it takes two to make a baby but he's trying to protect his sister.
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Post by Logan on Jan 17, 2008 21:08:22 GMT -5
Missy can you at least promise in any future story that you will torment Ick The Prick and send HIM to a gay sex club where he can hook up with a big guy named Andre Huh Huh! Sorry Logan, I'm not going to torment Rick. As far as Nick...he doesn't exsist in this Fanfiction. I don't want you to torment Rick. I said ICK THE PRICK (that means Ick Nick) LOL I was hoping that maybe in a FUTURE story you could torment HIM
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Post by barbara on Jan 18, 2008 7:23:38 GMT -5
I've been around, I've just been verrrrrry lazy and verrrrry naughty.
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Post by missyb on Jan 23, 2008 6:14:34 GMT -5
Question to readers: I just had a enlightening reading from Logan about the character of Ridge. I have some things planned for him but I'm wondering if you, as the readers, think that I'm making him too evil in this story? I just want to get opinions about story. Not the show. In real life, I'm a Bridge fan. But I'm taking Ridge in a different direction in the story. But...is it too much? I'd love to get the readers prespective. This will probably the only time that I'd ask readers prespective about events that may change the story. If it's took much, I can cut the last Ridge scene and make modifications to future events. I'd realy want to know what you think. Thanks! Missy, I owe you full comments to your wonderful chapter--as well as a reply to your comments on La Femme Fatale. However, this question was too juicy to pass up. I have also made no secret of my intense dislike for Ridge. As fan fiction writers, we have the opportunity to develop the characters more fully than Bradley and his team of hacks do. I will NEVER forgive Bradley for destroying Ridge with "Ridget." EVER. While Ridge could be a cad, shockingly self-absorbed and callous, there is no way in the world that the Ridge I invested in would have suddenly looked at the girl he raised as a sexual partner. EVER. That he did it while the two of them talked about Brooke behind her back like a dog incensed me even more. It just totally ruined Ridge for me. As a writer, you have the opportunity to take Ridge to a dark place, but leave enough room for him to develop a conscience. While Ridge's behavior is appalling, I'm reminded of the 70's hit, Thin Line Between Love and Hate. His feelings for Brooke right now are definitely within the realm of possibility and it happens that way all the time in real life. Ridge has always been egocentric and I could definitely see him "acting out" simply because he was rejected where before HE was the one doing the rejecting. Also, unlike Bradley, you have the opportunity to ensure that punishment is appropriately meted out--or karma if you will. I've always thought that Ridge and Taylor both got a free pass on the show for the Venice plot and I was actually stunned that Brooke gave either of them the time of day after that. So you keep right on doing what you're doing with Ridge. I look forward to seeing where you take the character. Hey JR, glad that you wanted to answer the questions. I'm looking forward for your comments. I certainly know that you aren't a Ridge fan and I know that Ridget changed him from you. I try not to think of that, although do bring it up ITHOTN, so you might went to see Ridge finally paying for that particular transgression in my lastest offering. Anyway, we do have a chance to see that characters pay for their actions. Sometime Bell never does. A woman has another woman raped but is all forgoten and forgiven? A son, who has adored his mother, all but dissed her for the "likes" of supporting a drunk who spouted hatred at that son's beloved ( don't get me started on what I saw yesterday between Rick and Taylor....I thought I was in Bizaroo B&B). So clearly, I escape to my stories. Ridge is going to a dark place but there is a story behind it. There is a reason why and truthfullly, a thin line between love and hate. I don't think he really does hate Brooke, but the anger, the pain and the rejection is eating at him. We are going to see a Ridge who very well may be self destructing. He is going places we've never seen before. But there is always a chance for him to self reflect and change....if that happens,it won't be for a while. He wants to crush Brooke. Hurt her the way she hurt him...but somewhere there has got to be love left. You don't love someone for 20 years and forget all about it. As far Karma...it will come back on everyone in it's on way, no one will be left untouched by it's justice, even Ridge. So...enjoy! People don't have to worry too much, I'm not going too far to the left, after all I am a Bridge fan, but I can take my Ridge in places that he needs to go because HE is different than the one on the show. For some of you, you think that's a good thing.
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Post by missyb on Jan 23, 2008 6:16:01 GMT -5
I am looking forward to the dark and pervy Ridge!! Whatever you want to do with the character is alright by me, I am just along for the ride!! Great...I just love ya Barb
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Post by stellerJ2 on Jan 24, 2008 1:13:12 GMT -5
I'm crying...... Loved it...
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Post by missyb on Jan 25, 2008 5:48:33 GMT -5
I'm crying...... Loved it... Thanks....I wanted to make people feel the emotion and pain that Ian and Brooke are going through. Mission accomplished. Thanks so much for the comments.
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Post by Lexxie on Feb 4, 2008 5:10:22 GMT -5
{{{Missy}}}
Thank you for finally letting Brooke wake up! and even if she will have to spend some time getting back in shape, please let her be completely OK.
Stephanie needs to really get a life! And please make sure that Rick finds out about what Ridge is up to, and that Amber has been passing on information to Stephanie. I don't want Rick and Amber to leave each other, but Amber needs to be totally honest with Rick, and Rick needs to go back to LA and save the day!! Also, wouldn't it be kind of funny if Brooke had made a new proxy while in colorado? Where it says that Ridge is not the one to make decisions anymore, but Rick or Connor or even Deacon? ;D
I love how you are portraying Bridget and Deacon! They are a very cute couple. And Bridget's epiphany was a long time coming. Better late than never. Now, she needs to tell Brooke also, not only think things for herself. I think it would be wonderful for Brooke to hear that Bridget has realized that Stephanie and Taylor have been using her to hurt Brooke. And that Bridget is sorry.
Ian is my hero LOL. And I'm sure he'll be able to make Brooke feel secure enough to relax and have her D&C, and that they will stay together and have another baby one day. (But I guess they have to hurry a little bit, since Brooke is already 43...)
Thanks so much for this wonderful chapter! I loved it.
Ridge and the club is kind of strange to me, but not totally out of character any way. I guess he is so angry with Brooke he'd do anything to get back at her. But he needs to realize that she actually did this out of love. And that he does have a family who loves him and needs him too!
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