Archers thread #204: Is Vince mince? Discuss The Archers here.

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Thank you, @PseudoBadger, for kicking off this long, long series of Archers threads.

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Several people on the previous thread, and probably the spoilers thread, have rhymed Vince with mince, so credit to all of you! As I start this thread, we don't know what's going to happen to Vince, and it's looking as if Sunday night is going to last all week, or a good chunk of it. Ah well. We have to put up with this kind of thing every few years. I cling to my belief that the SWs aren't going to kill off another of Elizabeth's partners in a horrific accident - but of course they could be toying with us!

Josh has returned from Patagonia sounding strangely changed by his time abroad. (Angus Imrie is presumably too busy, or perhaps fed up with the limited storylines given to Josh up to now, so the part has been re-cast.)

Will the Brookfield inheritance row start up again now? I do hope so. Josh has been very badly short-changed by his parents' decision to leave the farm to Pip (and Stella). Surely they could have taken the same approach as Pat and Tony and involved both children (with separate provision for Ben, who's not interested in a farming career)?

Over to you!

One can only hope. Anything to squash Poop underfoot

Just had this discussion with my sister. No, Tim Tams are not as good as Penguins, at least as Penguins used to be.

I find the subject of recognising voices quite intriguing. I never have a problem and always know exactly who's speaking (even when I've only heard a voice just once before, for example new Josh). My facial recognition skills, on the other hand, are pretty rubbish until I've seen someone a few times. The brain is a funny thing...

Maybe I am aurally shallow - I wouldn’t have known that there was a new Josh!

It will be annoying if the SWs have Harrison riding to the support rescue of Lily on his pure white steed in her hour of need.

This can also be done with chocolate fingers and to some extent, kitkats. Probably works with a twix, too.

Isn’t it female something eg female character, female Archer, female voice?

Just ‘female’ makes me think of Andrew Tate and his lovely blouse.

Wow. Just wow. Now that is a stupid name.

Sounds like character from a Marvel film or suchlike. Henry probably has the toy.

Could be better: Austen
Could be worse: Boelo

Storm is probably a likely name for a teenage influencer to go with.

Storm Grundy

Did they call the baby storm?

Taught one once, absolute storm. Sister River and brother Rain. Interesting choices.

I'd quite like Harrison to "rescue" Lily from all the current ghastliness and for them to marry. It would serve both of them right!

Poor baby. Named after a turkey poult. He'll have a lot to live up to.

What might the diminutive be - ‘Light Breeze’, ‘Fluffy Cloud’?

Although neither George nor Amber appear to have been graced with one, so maybe he’ll just be Stormy until he’s taller than all his relatives.

How long do you have to register a baby? Surely before he starts walking and talking?

I know I could Google. It just this does seem an awfully long time. (28 days was in my head.)

I googked - 42 days / 6 weeks. Can't remember when Storm was born, though.

is that not a kardashian name...

There was a (male) Storm in my elder DD's class at Secondary, DD's in her twenties now.

There's an author, Storm Jameson. She was popular when I was growing up, but I've never read any of her novels.

‘Storm’ feels a bit tactless. The baby was presumably safe at home with Amber and George while traumatic and damaging things happened to others, including their close Grundy relatives. The name will be a reminder to many of a day when a lot went wrong.

It’s true it may not be terribly welcome to Vince, Elizabeth, etc - but I think Storm Grundy is quite a cute name, and could be cool, depending on how he turns out.

Given the rather deliberate and heavy handed ‘gender neutral’ stipulations the script put into Amber’s mouth, Storm may not always be ‘he’.

And they might entirely reject Gen Whatever’s culture and change their name to Neil / Christine/ Robert as soon as they’re able!

Couldn't we leave that kind of pointless speculation out of this thread please?

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No.

Personally I’d welcome a well-written, well researched, trans storyline.