Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread...

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A new thread for all things Our Girl as we have already filled up another thread discussing everything to do with the show.

Cla, I personally think his antennas pick up her vibes after the first patrol when she's the only (smart and) honest one to describe the situation...from there on, he looks at her differently, and starts really noticing things. The blister scene is when he notices her beauty, and (i think) starts feeling a bit in danger. He's then impressed with the heroic scene at end of ep1....by the time he gives her the lyrics, I think he's cooked up alright but only starts admitting it.
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(Based on memory! I haven't watched any clip today, and for some mysterious reason the iplayer doesn't allow me to download ep4 or 5. May need to buy it on iTunes...)

I think in the tent too. There was looks before that and you could see that she was impressing him more and more but when he called her Dawsey, you knew. Especially with the deep breath he took- you can imagine him thinking 'you are' when she said about her winning him over.

I wonder how many cold showers he had!

hi - delurking to say if you want military heroes, handsome leading men and great story lines Band of Brothers will be good weaning fodder. Fantastic and dh will love it too

band of brothers on dvd, not tv

Not sure you can choose the temperature of the water in a camp like that in Afghanistan...but I agree
(The mouth/tongue thing is recurrent. He does it a number of times in different scenes, when he's embarrassed/lusty. At the restaurant, too, just before asking "did it work"? :-) wonder if that's a CJ or BA thing....)

Is the blister scene in ep 1? When I think back I didn't even notice CJ in ep 1 and actually forgot to watch ep 2! Wasn't until I watched ep 3 that I was hooked! I've only watched ep
1 once since so think a re watch is in order! The way they both are with each other... Do you think that can last in normal relationships? I've been over thinking everything since watching this and realised it's been many yrs since I felt that way. Pre children / family life etc! Can you really feel the way they do snout each other for ever do you think?

Do you want an honest answer, or want to go to bed happy?
(Ask me no question, I'll tell you no lies!)
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(If you don't get the joke, it's in ep3. More Homework! :-)

Second heels99's recommendation of Band of Brothers - brilliant.

I think there was a bit of 'oh' right at the start when she comes out in here tshirt and shorts and he makes the comment about 'not wearing stilletos' he bites his lip...very yummy
when I watch the episodes back now, because I know the story I find myself looking for the little glances, body language etc I bet if they did a screen test with Lacey and Ben it sizzled

Honest answer cherin!

I do like his reaction in this scene- Episode 3

If anyone can tweet Tony Grounds and ask him how many takes they took to shoot key scenes I'd be really grateful (no good at that stuff). I bet not many as the interplay between BA and LT is so natural....

Particularly the medic tent rosabaya one, the don't go breaking my heart song, coco pops and the restaurant. Would be great if we got some more insight...tell him there's a huge MN contingent suffering decompression!

Love that scene Icemist! The biting lips and tongue rolling too! Would love to see a BA interview to see if it's a CJ or BA thing. Maybe that's why its just radio interviews, he is teasing us!

oh and maybe the kiss in the bunker too!

cla my honest answer is "obviously not"
I mean, we all go through ups and downs and argue and say things we shouldn't and once you say them they can't be un-said (clue...where does that come from? First who answers gets 10 brownie points!)
We all have bad breath day, so to speak. And it would scare me if it wasn't like that, because honestly most of the time I would struggle to stay married to myself, let alone somebody else finding me perfect day after day.
(Gosh that came out convoluted)
Anyway
Despite all of that, I think chemistry plays a big part in our over-cerebral word. For some unexplained reason, when I met my DH my brain shut the f+-k up and the rest of the body took control (probably ovaries first, despite me being fairly young. But him being fairly handsome and very healthy could explain it ;-)
Now, I am workaholic cerebral person most of the time, but with him the chemistry is still there. Brain doesn't quite shut up all the time, yet...
The other big plus is that whenever there is an opportunity to stop and reconsider the balance in the couple, I take it. I rub my eyes, try to clear the smoke or dust or whatever, and give him a proper good look. The opportunity may be a period of crisis as much as a particularly inspiring movie or tv series that drags me out of daily grinding mode....:-)
I think if we could all do it, meditate a bit and try to look at each other without tinted glasses (of any shade) we could all be happier or at least more conscious and potentially in control.
"Trouble is, you think you have time"

Not sure that helps at all, cla :-)

He does a lovely mouth twitch thingy in the restaurant when Molly declines his offer to choose for her.

Tumblr is great for little scenes. Loads of screenshots and videos - seconds long- put together to demonstrate the chemistry. There's a lot of love for BA out there. I think whatever he does next (in UK) will be a success just because he's in it

Well, it's been a few days since I've commented but like many people, two weeks in and if anything, my admiration/crush/obsession for CJ/BA has grown. I've also become slightly addicted to this thread, just in case there's some vital information I've missed elsewhere.

Hubby still giving me odd looks as I spend increasing times drooling over my I-pad, trying to convince him with a serious face that I'm just checking the BBC news...actually starting to feel quite guilty, like I'm hiding a sordid little secret.

Love, love, love the Fanfic, never even heard of it before now and boy, what an introduction.

Have updated my FB page requesting that whoever at work has me as a Secret Santa gets me a CJ mug or calendar. The mug would ideally have CJ in full gear on the front and in the bottom, once I've drunk my tea, a lovely 'topless' shot of him. I really hope I get it. If some bugger gets me toiletries or a comedy jumper, I may just throw my toys out of the pram.

Been an odd day today, quite reflective. Was listening to the Our Girl sound track on my headphones at work and suddenly had a really overwhelming feeling of sadness. It's like something has shifted inside me these last few weeks, all sorts of feelings stirred up that I haven't felt in a very, very long time. Feelings of longing that I;ve not experienced since the early days of meeting DH (or at least not since Mr Darcy wet shirt scenes). Kind of feels like I'm on the verge of being unfaithful, which obviously am not and for the record, never have, but I found myself thinking that's what it would feel like if I was.....

Sorry for this very long, slightly depressing comment. Better lay off the red wine and get back to watching duet scene-always cheers me up!

stressybird know exactly what you mean.

Thank you cherin agree with all you said!

Stressybird I've been feeling the exact same! What has OG done to us all!

Really Nickel45? That's kind of good to know that I'm not alone. Have been thinking maybe I'm going through some sort of midlife crisis. I think it was possibly there in the background just waiting to rear it's ugly head and this series (or specifically, my lust of a younger man in Combats and the whole love story) has just brought it out. Hope it passes, feels a bit rubbish tbh.

My obsession is not going away at all. So far I've made a CJ calendar, printed photos off my phone and my request for a signed photo is going in post tomorrow.

Some teen on Twitter has posted a video message BA did for her...

I am not jealous x 10

Stressybird, you expressed it so well. This is so completely unlike me. If anyone I knew, knew how I felt, they wouldn't believe it, I'm usually so level headed, and have no idea why this series has affected me so much. I would never be unfaithful either, but it's in my head. I reckon its maybe because, being married a long time, I don't get that affection any more (not sure DH has even noticed this obsession ... although he did wonder why I had a pic of CJ on my phone!), and something like this just makes it more obvious. Still, that's life I guess, and I am sure it will pass, just tough at the moment!

Stressybird - I am also with you on that. I don't know how old we all ar (I'm nearly 50) but do we feel the way we are doing at the moment because Molly and CJ are so in love and lust, and for most of us, those feelings are so long ago. You did describe it so well. I felt very down this afternoon and have spent ages watching my favourite bits of the series. No wine for me though, just coffee (and not Rosabaya either).

I'm addicted to this thread almost more than the series itself now. Is that good or bad? It's so nice to communicate with like minded souls. When you look on Facebook they all seem to be youngsters whose descriptions only reach such dizzy heights as "He's so handsome" and "Bring back Our Girl". We have dissected it more than I could ever imagine possible and I have loved that.

Trying to wean myself off the episodes and just getting my fix from this thread but not doing as well as I hoped.