Okay, I'm going to revisit my initial rant regarding the terrible writing of Aaron's character from mid-2020 until his departure in December 2021, specifically his relationship with Ben.
This was, in my opinion, the greatest display of laziness from the writers and directors with the character. Aaron's relationship with Ben was supposed to be deep and meaningful, which is why they were given a shared past to overcome and why Aaron was so affected by Ben's death. The problem is that I never saw any depth in their relationship; all their scenes are flat, dry, and lifeless, making it impossible to feel Aaron's sadness at the end. It's a shame because it could have been a very good exit storyline for Aaron, but it was all very lame.
For the record, I wasn't expecting kisses and hugs, since I know this storyline was made during COVID, and for that reason, I was hoping to see good conflict scenes, because these allow the characters to unleash their emotions. We saw it in Aaron's past relationships with Jackson, and especially with Robert. Furthermore, there was a perfect situation when Liv ruins Ben's golden job opportunity; at that moment, I was expecting to see something like this:
However, in the case of Aaron and Ben, we got nothing, just a few curt words and that's it, as if it wasn't something that should have led to a heated discussion where we could see the best of both actors... and that was very disappointing, I really understand why Danny took a break.
Anyway, I'm glad Danny's back and then Ryan, so we can have some good, passionate scenes again. I really hope they never write Aaron as poorly as they did in 2020-2021, fingers crossed (Aaron became my favorite character on this soap, so I'm totally biased, lol).
That's it, I like to rant in random places.
