Not really because it was not supposed to be a big part of her story. Had it happened on her time there or was a major trigger something more would be done about it. But they had already revealed it in the live episode as well. EE covered this issue best with Kathy, I was not too bothered about the lack of reveal nor did I think it was insulting. Dragging it out when it was clear there was going to be no justice or her getting conselling about it would have been more insulting. I did not like it purely because she said nothing when Amy and Roxy moved in with Archie and I can not believe Ronnie would take a risk like that.

The thing is when we found out in the live episode they left it for a few months, that's what I found very strange about the reveal

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*hyperventialtes*

I don't think it was insulting. I've known a few rape victims and they themselves have blurted it out in anger or accidentally and then regretted it. The scope was there for her to have been raped but I also believe it was a "filler" for the live episode.
IMO the scenes were rushed by some of the writing was good and Sam was just incredible.

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I didn't find it insulting the way they showed her revealing it, I found it just a little insulting how they managed to just make her "got over it" with in one or two episodes, but obviously I know she hasn't got over it, but they made her act so normal which was a bit confusing for me personally

Yeah they did give that impression but I think by then Ron was fed up with living in the past and just wanted to focus on her future with Jack.
The whole Sam/Richard s/l... when Ron told Jack about him possibly being the father kinda showed this imo. The last of her demons was out there in the open and the one person she wanted to believe her eventually did.

Ronnie was never the type to show her emotions anyway so having her act 'normal' seemed a bit in character to me. .

How little are you? I'm not bringing a huge handbag

Yeah true, that's what I actually admired about her character she was strong but weak at the same tine if that makes sense??

Lol I'm very small actually (I think) all I know is that sam had to bend down a little in the picture and even then she was taller than me!!!

Yep it makes sense. Her shield was the ice queen and inside she was broken.

Yeah i wish I was like that (but not too icy)

OMG i havent been on here in ages well i have been lurking but havent posted

anyway Heyy Guys how are we all doing and that?x

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Not sure what to post, but felt I had to post

What about........I LOVE SAM

LWP! Did you notice our brand spanking new part?

Isn't this week three of doing SP? It feels like longer! Wonder how Sam is doing

The reason I was so disappointed with the rape reveal was that it wasn’t focused on Ronnie at all.
The reveal itself was the episode when everything was shouted at and the aftermath of that was about Peggy and Roxy.

I would have liked the focus to have been Ronnie and also more on her relationship with Jack.
How did she feel after this secret came out? This was now Ronnie laid bare, with all the walls coming down and everything she had kept closed off out in the open.
Having Jack find out wasn’t part of her plan so how did she feel. Did she feel ashamed, did she blame herself, did she feel dirty and was she worried what her fiancé made of it.

Guilt and shame is associated a lot with rape/sexually abused victims. A lot of them feel they are to blame and that it must have been something they did to bring this on themselves. Some might have intimacy issues etc.

I think they should have focused on Ronnie, not Roxy or Peggy. Yes they had to explore their reactions too but it shouldn’t have been just about them.
They covered Roxy and Peggy’s journey on getting to accept that it was the truth but not Ronnie dealing with it and most importantly Jack.

Whether one likes Ronnie and Jack or not, Jack was one of the most important players in this storyline and in the aftermath of the rape reveal, yet that whole dynamic was ignored completely.

I feel it was all used and rushed off as a plot for Peggy’s exit rather than used and explored properly with Ronnie in mind. Imo it was all rushed so that the whole thing including Jack’s paralysis was over and done with by September, for when Ronnie was to reveal her pregnancy just before she was off the screen for 12 weeks before she returned for the wedding.
And then off for another 5 or six weeks. Back just at the neck of time for her baby to die and for the swap storyline to begin.

Great post Lily, I agree

This.

Plus the addition of Jodie and Darren in the episode ruined it

I had forgotten about them.
Lol I didn't watch the episode at the time it aired. I had recorded it so I fast forwarded Jodie and Darren.
But I also remember that the duff duff went to Peggy.

I did



Great post lily

Fic updated