Academy Of Armitage Studies - pass the Twiglets...

[Bodenbabe]

Welcome to the new common room! Grab yourself some Twiglets and a glass of Chateau Gisborne or some Polish Cordial and come on in - the water's lovely!

Oyster, edited though it is, it's better than nothing, though, isn't it?

Goodnight, Flowers and Mr T.

When Boden and (I think) Theresa were expressing a desire to nibble Guy and Lucas, I sent them some twiglets. So a twiglet moment is whenever you see anything that is, ahem, good enough to eat.

Oyster - Yes, the amount of tinkering with Mrs Gaskell's prose even in some of the pivotal scenes is galling. Lovely as the final scene of the tv version is, I wish they'd used more of Mrs Gaskell.

Ah - that makes perfect sense!

Not sure I've come across anything yet that doesn't constitute a Twiglet moment personally !

Night night all...

MrsLN, it was specifically the pixie ears that Theresa found which we wanted to nibble.
Here is the picture that started the Twiglet referencing

Oh and Flowers, that was a lovely reading! So, wrt N&S, do you think I need to read or watch first? Or doesn't it matter? Maybe it's better to watch it first, as I can then properly imagine Mr Thornton when I'm reading him. Besides, not sure if I can wait that long before seeing it, as it takes me ages to read a book these days...

Feeing a bit at being the instigator of ear candy!

It was bad of me.

My personal recommendation would be to see N&S first, then read the book. This is how I experienced it, and it added layers of deliciousness to be able to hear the voices in my head as I read.

Now, just to be contrary, I would say that there is also a lot of joy to be had in (as I did) reading N&S first, enjoying the wonderful writing, and then watching the tv version. It means you know Mr Thornton pretty well before you first see him (pretending, for a moment, that you haven't spent a week watching the YT clips on a loop) and then, when you see him, it's extra thudworthy.

It's a shame you can't do both, Flowers!

I have just spent an hour or so in the company of Lucas North, and find myself thinking what a shame they did what they did with him. There was so much there that could have been explored and I mean character-wise, not twiglets etc.

But there again, I am inclined to believe that less is more when it comes to the life-span of characters in a TV series. What I would like is for him to return for one episode, so it can be revealed that all this John business was drug-programmed into him, a layer under the layer so to speak, so his memories were false, and his actions controlled by a puppet master. Finally he could die some beautiful death, like Guy, and then everyone would be happy.

Morning, I am frozen. I need something HOT to warm me up. Any suggestions?

OMG- have only just seen this thread - how yummy in those Cold Feet Pictures???

Vintage disappears off to read rest of thread...

Hmm, Stripey. A hot water bottle, perhaps?

Welcome to the Academy, vintageteacups. Do stick around.

coming up, Stripey, vintage, welcome. We know you may be some time, but come back and talk to us!

Proffers cocoa to go with the hot water bottle.

Welcome to the club Vintage - will you be reading the 5 threads previous to this one too - we are fast becoming a bit of an institution !

Anyone read the article of RA, when asked why he was single, saying he was "just a boring geek who loves DIY"
Hope that doesn't put anyone off!
I'm just imagining him weilding a drill, putting up my shelf

I didn't mean for that last bit about putting up my shelf to sound rude

Don't worry, Vintage, we tend to make similar remarks ourselves.
There is a whole lot of other silliness here some of which you might find puzzling. If so, don't hesitate to ask for an explanation.

Just imagine the other women are actually you!

As the poet says, vintageteacups,

^O, that way madness lies; let me shun that;
No more of that.^

Otherwise none of us will get anything done today!

Thinking it was a bit smutty but oh well. we can but dream

Oh vintage (welcome, btw!) that video should come with a warning, shouldn't it?! Y to the U to the M.

Not smutty, just a little, er, distracting.
So, who is your favourite character?
Has anything to do with your nickname?

I would love to say "yes because of the teacup scene" but sadly no. However, from now on, that will be the reason .

I name changed a while back but I'm a weathered mumsnetter - just had to namechange for ID reason.

Theresa, you beat me to it :) I just came on here to link to that teacup vid :)

Theresa - I think I would have to choose
a)John Thornton - or b)just his voice in the Santander advert. It makes me go all weak at the knees.

In fact, I think I may pop onto amazon and order myself a CD book which is narrated by RA - there must be some!! I can't imagine anything nicer falling asleep to every night.