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Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume VIII

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icemistOBE · 01/01/2015 21:44

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

Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume VIII
Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume VIII
Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume VIII
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icemistOBE · 03/01/2015 19:22

Oh rhubarb thank you.

I dont always review but seeing as we have so many authors here I shall make more of an effort to say its me rather than 'guest'

I remember reading yours cherin

Ill posr the link again to our fan fiction later, hopefully with so much talent here we'll get it finished, its a shame that there is no ff based in smurf as I would love to read his thoughts on it all

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icemistOBE · 03/01/2015 19:23

orphan do not jest about these things... shouts SPO where are you? ???

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Nickel45 · 03/01/2015 19:31

You lot are brilliant, I'm supposed to be putting the kids to bed and have just seen them off to watch TV so I can read this .... Another bad mummy award to me! Hey ho!

cherin I loved your story, but back then I didn't know how to post reviews .. and only found out recently, but post as a guest. Guess I might gonna have to post as me now I know that you lot are authors. So exciting!!

Icemist Echoing your shout to SPO!!!!

Rhubarb01 · 03/01/2015 19:32

Thanks everyone you're all very kind.

Orphan my DD has advised to give the following answer to your question about how I get all the info etc (These are her words):

  1. By being the biggest swot in the world!
  2. Ignoring the rest of the family and all the jobs that need to be done in
the house including occasionally feeding people.
  1. Sitting in my own little bubble for hours at at time.
  2. Shutting myself away and moving whenever anyone comes near me.

Some of this is possibly true. I am a bit of history buff and love all that WWII stuff. I have fed the family occasionally including Christmas day. I did watch the Musketeers yesterday and have been known leave the house a few time during the holidays so that is proof that I did take a break.

I only started the fanfic writing because of this thread. I have done a fair amount of writing for my own enjoyment but never put anything out in public before and its been a learning experience!

Anyway, now its back to the past for me!

Onlygirljen · 03/01/2015 19:33

cherin I read yours a while ago, and remember enjoying it. You covered Mrs James in exactly the way I would want to see her in a series 2!

orphan · 03/01/2015 19:33

OK my imagination is running away with me and I have now convinced myself that spo is indeed BA and unless he comes back on here to deny it, I'm sticking with it! (Cos BA would have a brill sense of humour and also maybe be dying to change direction slightly and star in a zombie film, hence the zombie ff...)

Nickel45 · 03/01/2015 19:33

You lot are brilliant, I'm supposed to be putting the kids to bed and have just seen them off to watch TV so I can read this .... Another bad mummy award to me! Hey ho!

cherin I loved your story, but back then I didn't know how to post reviews .. and only found out recently, but post as a guest. Guess I might gonna have to post as me now I know that you lot are authors. So exciting!!

Icemist Echoing your shout to SPO!!!!

Nickel45 · 03/01/2015 19:34

(Sorry posted twice, network connection collapsed due to over excitement!!!)

Onlygirljen · 03/01/2015 19:35

Oooh rhubarb please go and write some more - I'm desperate for next instalment!

orphan · 03/01/2015 19:39

rhubarb you should be so proud of yourself. Your story is worth your family being neglected. Tell your daughter that unfortunately our need is greater than hers!

Just found and read your story. Loved the implication behind CJ's wood chopping..!

Nickel45 · 03/01/2015 19:39

Brilliant orphan!

Right, really must put the kids to bed .... How many more confessions before I get back, will SPO/BA come back to us, will i be the only one who hasnt written anything, any more lurkers coming back ... duh, duh,duh, duhduhduhuhduh (see, crap at writing, think eastenders duff duffs!!) .... Oops, Wrong show!! :)

moojangles · 03/01/2015 19:39

cherin there is clearly no end to your talents! You could write and illustrate your own book, in several languages, and make your own line of gifts-cream to get CJ soft hands, kissable lips etc

orphan · 03/01/2015 19:40

Sorry last comment re wood chopping was meant for cherin

Ilovelblue · 03/01/2015 19:43

Bloody hell everyone, I disappear for no more than a couple of hours to visit my friend whose Mum died over Christmas, having written a throwaway line about our Acceptance author lurking/declaring herself and then I come back to find she does declare herself and then Rhubarb also confesses she has been doing Another Time Another Place as well! Welcome oneforthegirls and great writing to both you and Rhubarb.

If you think about it, we shouldn't really be surprised that the best stories have come from people on here. This thread is just ace! There has been so much inspiration and support too.

Didn't LaurieLove message NappyValley and say she was amongst us? Is it time we smoked her out as well maybe? Mind you, she has been very quiet since the lovely "My Man" and NappyValley, we wish you would come back to us too!

I have done quite a few reviews but when I tried to create an account, I must have done something wrong and it won't accept my ID. There's no help facility either to get me out of my mess so I am having to review as "guest", sorry.

Been doing lots of boring chores today such as sewing, mending and cleaning shoes but it does mean I have been able to watch all five episodes, though not one straight after the other. For some reason, I started at episode 5 (as I just love the restaurant scene) and then worked back. I'm typing this whilst watching the very first episode. It's not my favourite as CJ comes across as the chauvinistic officer type I have met via MoD and RAF work colleagues as I've said in the past, but I am trying to see his good points. Well, there are one or two...........

orphan · 03/01/2015 19:44

I'd love to be able to confess to writing something, but don't have anything unfortunately. Don't suppose you'd believe me if I revealed I was TG?

Rhubarb01 · 03/01/2015 19:48

Yes Orphan I was rather confused - don't recall any wood chopping, yet!!

Also, DD not impressed - teenagers!

orphan · 03/01/2015 19:55

Am building evidence for my theory that spo is indeed BA. Just had a quick look back at a previous thread and saw that he defended the wearing of aran cardigans when we were all appalled at that clip of BA wearing one...

Does anyone know if BA has ever tweeted a liking for statistics and graphs...?Grin

Ilovelblue · 03/01/2015 20:00

orphan lol. Do you not think his defence of the cardigan was just that he probably had one similar and that he thought he looked the nuts in it?

If he is BA, he is NEVER going to admit it. Not after eight threads' worth of our obsession about CJ/BA. Hahahahaha. Imagine the embarrassment (both his and ours).

Hahahahaha.

elsie3g · 03/01/2015 20:02

Evening, well I can't even nip off for an afternoon and it's confession central! None here I'm afraid, you lot at so much better at it. I've run a few things through in my head, then I read the latest instalments of your quality ff and I put my ideas back in that little box that lives under the stairs!

I was already reading Acceptance - I think I posted a link a few days ago as I liked it so much, so 'hi' oneforthegirls! Great stuff, more more pls!

And rhubarb you are a dark horse!! I actually hadn't clicked your story until someone mentioned it yesterday, since then I've read the whole thing...twice! Loved it and (hadn't thought I would given it was set in another world) but it's so well conceived and fanatically written. As have all the various FF contributions been from the mumsnetters! I promise to leave my review. Now go away and give us chapter 12! Grin

elsie3g · 03/01/2015 20:05

That should read 'fantastically' written, mobiles autocorrecting! but hey ho 'fanatically' could also apply Wink

LovingTheBritActors · 03/01/2015 20:12

Wow great that we have so many talented writers on here. My confession is I wrote Sleeping Handsome ( wish I had thought more about the title) and Christmas Time.
I would start to have an idea and then you would read fanfic and other people would have the same idea. Great minds.
I thought SPO had something to do with Our Girl especially with the lumbar jack shirt exactly as BA wore with the same folds on the sleeves.
Seems day for confessions.

pixieg1rl · 03/01/2015 20:18

Well rhubarb I can only say thank you, I love another time, and I also loved your other OG ff.

I'm in awe of any of you that manage to write so much. I've neglected my family as much as I dare in the last 2 days and have only got a fraction of what I want to write done. Now double away all of you and get bloody writing!

icemistOBE · 03/01/2015 20:18

Anyone else?

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pixieg1rl · 03/01/2015 20:20

I'm Spartacus

elsie3g · 03/01/2015 20:29

No, SPOs Spartacus! ....why not, we've cast hi as everything else