Lol you're braver than me - can't bring myself to watch the Sydney series, bar a bit of the last episode, which I viewed out of curiosity.
Lauren is odd as far as her loyalties are concerned. I agree - she gave Willow so much wrath based on some clearly false rumour Bella spread about her, yet sucks up to Liv who's been massively disrespectful towards Lauren, and effectively called her trash because she's happy with Tristan. Liv is another level of narcissist - insists for weeks that she couldn't give a toss about Tristan dating Lauren, yet guilt-trips the f out of her, after buying Tristan a completely inappropriate romantic gift. I think Lauren was too scared to confront Liv because she knows how nasty she gets when defensive, plus Ruby would end up going rabid on her too.
As for Tristan and Bella, fair enough to Tristan for having some sort of moral backbone and sticking up for her. Whereas Lauren, who's supposedly Bella's best friend, did f all to defend her or call out Ruby and Rez's behaviour. Even more odd was how she sat there smirking whenever Ruby brought up the topic of getting cosy with Rez. Again, she's being very careful to moderate herself because she knows turning against Ruby and co would be a bad move strategically, and would make her a social pariah among the group.
So glad you're not a Temps fan either haha. His supposed morals are paper-thin and last all of five minutes, depending on who he's sharing the screen with. He's a lot like Liv in that sense. I initially respected him for calling out Yaz and Sam, but now he's up their bumholes like nobody's business. And don't even get me started on his worshipping of Miles
Strange bloke.