Our Girl and Captain James Discussion thread Volume VI

[icemist]

Feel free to join in as we discuss all things Our Girl related

Honorary Members of the CJ Collective:
Ben Aldridge
Tony Grounds
Lacey Turner

rhubarb great idea for a joint effort on the bomb scene. Happy to have a go at one of the characters just let me know which one and I will put something together.

ilove also like the idea of a CJ internal Monologue like the one pixie did so well (although I cannot hope for my effort to be half as good) Just to clarify would it be going on at the same time as Molly's one, while CJ is working out in episode 2, or at some other appropriate time?

I am working on something at the moment, but once I have that done I will turn my mind to one of the above.

nickel have fun tonight, next weekend is my mad 3 nights out on a trot.

I certainly don't make cakes for a living! But I love making them. I end up just trying something new and giving them to friends, or I'll get fat! I do cheat, the marzipan fruits I bought from M&S, life is far too complicated to make them myself. :)

SPO I think you've probably got Smurf if Ilove would like to do Molly, cherin has CJ and I've got Bashira. If everyone's happy then you can write the bits in your own time and post up as before. We can decide how to construct it later - maybe in four parts or spliced together somehow in chronological order. This could get technical! Hope that sounds OK.

ilove as everyone here has said you need to set your filters to all to get the M rated stories.

Sorry to disappoint you but not planning on doing the same scene from CJs POV. I'm not entirely convinced he's aware that he's falling for Molly at this point. I think he likes her, but is seeing her more as one of his platoon, or that's what he's telling himself. I think it starts to change when Smurf gets back and he sees that they have a bond. I think then he will start to realise that he wants to be #1 in Molly's affections. There might be a more pivotal CJ POV later, maybe around/after the Bashira bomb belt incident. They obviously have a bit of a moment when she's administering the eye drops. I could try that as a companion piece.

I haven't watched OG for weeks; I'm planning on having a big revision session after the house move when we will be tv and Internet free for nearly a week. I'm not looking forward to being out of touch. We're moving to the sticks so I don't think there's even 3G (hell, I live in a town now and I can't get 3G here either).

pixie how will survive without Internet and the possibility of not even getting 3G! We were on holiday in Wales with no 3G and it was a nightmare with the kids, however they re-learnt how to play! I think you can one of those booster things that might help with signal. Good luck with the move.

Such creative writing going on, do you think the CJ Collective might be on Richards and Judys summer reading list?????

CJ was definitely realising there was something starting with Molly when he gave her the lyrics. I'd love a fan fic from his POV from when he calls her into the tent till after they sung.

really cos there are soo many missing scenes and with the whole date stamp by the BBC (never explained by anyone) not matching what was said on screen, as well as EP 5 feeling very rushed. you could write for months.

Gonna be a long night . . .

oh dear nickel

OMG, how stupid was I not to alter the filters! And because I forgot to do it, I've now found a few others on there I've not read before so instead of getting on with my Christmas tasks, I've been watching my recording of last night's Graham Norton and flicking through the other fanfics I've missed. None as good as Pixie's though. We're getting some interesting reviews.

SPO I think icemist's suggestion is right to do CJ's POV from when MD goes into his quarters to collect the words for their duet.

I had this ridiculous fantasy earlier that one of the TV chat shows picked up our creativity and that we broke cover, stopped being anonymous, and got ourselves interviewed on the telly..... alongside Ben and Tony Grounds. Who is the other director-type guy who appears on the DVD? Was it somebody Phillipson? He seemed an enthusiastic sort to be on a chat show!

Oh and forgot to say, but there was a very good article in this morning's Telegraph about women going into the front line. Amongst other things, it said the amount of kit they have to carry can weigh in excess of 70lbs. That's more than 3 full size suitcases for your luggage allowance for air travel. Eeeek.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11276970/Brave-choice-a-womans-right-to-fight-on-front-line.html

Richtea - I like baking but you are on a different level. Those cakes are amazing!!

Rhubarb - yes boss lady! That sounds good, I will do Molly but unlikely to be able to make a start before Thursday, though I may have some thoughts buzzing around in my head and will definitely need to watch the end of episode 2 a couple more times.

No wonder molly struggled on that very first PT in ep 1! I knew it was heavy but not that heavy. The stuff they have to carry is staggering

Blimey that is a lot of weight to be carrying, I really struggle in body pump with 7kg!

ilove how many waisted hours have I had reading FanFic.

I must be being dense. What's pixie's fan fic called? I can't find it

Ilove I think we all have similar fantasies. I had a dog walk one day imagining TG picked up on some of the thoughts on here for series 2 and ender up joining in. I mentioned that one of my DS's wants to be an actor and could I take him to watch some filming and DS ended up in a scene playing a friend of Sam-I wish!

It's called Inventory, apsara.

Thanks pixie

Slowly getting drunk ... again!!!

I'm guessing Nickel, as you said you weren't going to get your phone out anywhere near them, that we are getting updates every time you nip to the loo? Quite entertaining!

Careful, nickel they will think you have a uti if you 'nip to the loo' too much. Your code word is "cranberry juice"

70lbs is...30kg? Ish? Thats probably more thsn half of LT body weight. Tought!
I wonder what they have in there! Besides rations and med kit...?

Ah but pixie surely them thinking Nickel has a UTI is better than them sussing that she has an extremely unhealthy obsession with a fictional character and addiction to this thread? I speak for us all...

True cherin and surely Molly's one was different to the others? But she can't have been carrying more.