Our Girl and Captain James Discussion Thread Volume IX

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

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

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icemist little did you know what you would start when you posted that pic!

Hope you had a good day in your control centre!

orphan you mean iceHQ

Lots of people living the photos- really wish they had taken the fur off so we could see the trousers and loose fitting top! Maybe that will be on the show? Was 7 photos that were released and 5 had BA in them.

On ep 4... Molly hiding in the wardrobe

Hi. I've been hovering for a while and enjoy how bonkers you are. What has prompted me to speak tonight is your discussion on FanFic. I am an avid reader of FanFic myself.

I agree that those of you who write on here are actually very good. Those of you I can recall are Toffee Crisp, Jenmc, Pinerug, Ski Dreamer and SPO. Apols if I have missed anyone.

What I like about you lot is that you all clearly know how to string a sentence together, punctuate, proof read and don't rely on predictive text which often generates random words. Low gowns springs to mind instead of groans!

There is some utter tripe on FanFic where I think some people are banging out stuff on phones and ipads without checking as they go.

The amount of copy cats out there often leaves me gobsmacked. Whole sentences and phrases often reappear over and over. If I was an author, I would be pretty annoyed.

My biggest gripe lies with the reviews.

Why do the really bad stories still get the same reviews as the good ones? The lazy reviewers just keep churning out the same thing such as Great chapter, can't wait for next.
I am often drawn to stories with a lot of reviews but abandon them if they don't make sense and are littered with spelling mistakes. Some of the best ones have fewer reviews but are actually very good.

Well that's it, rant over. Keep up the good work! You are keeping CJ and OG alive for me.

Hi newbie

Welcome to the madness

I just won't review the bad ones anymore. We mentioned one yesterday...

In the compound now...waiting for the kiss.... My phone keeps shouting Private Dawes... If (a big if) I ever meet BA im going to record him saying Private Icemist (well surname, you know what I mean) that would be soooo good!

I do love Our Girl, still thinking we should all watch an episode at the same time

Icemist been out of room, what have I missed re Molly and the wardrobe. Bit slow tonight, sorry.

Newbie welcome. You must have sneaked in while I was writing.
Thanks for your support.

Should jus warn you .... I'm going to post that picture .....

Sorry if the previous post came across a bit wrong, I was rushing to go out and do the dreaded kids activity taxi service and trying to sum up thoughts about writing the FF but it may have sounded garbled. I suppose I was trying to say that self-doubt and self-criticism are natural and I think everyone feels them and gets fed-up at times with what they are doing. If you know that people are enjoying what you've written and ultimately you enjoy the satisfaction of doing it then don't compare yourself with anyone else just concentrate on doing what you want. OK. Enough.

I did warn you .....

Episode 1, he's all stern & shouty. Pity the OH is in bed dying of manflu...

OMG Nickel where did that come from. What is it related to? Not seen it before.

Someone's been out with the GHDs on the hair for that one!

Anyway .....

Hi newbie :)
icemist wouldn't that we fab if we could get CJ to record text alerts for us! That could be our next dragons den pitch!!
That's interesting that most of the Reign pictures were of AN/BA, I wonder if that's because they are going to make his part a biggie (no euphemism intended!!).
I feel the need to include a pic to balance out the last one

He's a bit Liza Minnelli there....

Rhubarb Don't be sorry, both of your messages are lovely. I too am struggling at the moment to write. Lots of self doubt. You are right, we shouldn't compare ourselves to anyone else. Isn't that what we are always telling our kids!! We should practise what we preach.

I saw that on google and promptly tried to remove it from my brain!! It reminds me too much of zsa zsa Gabor!! Yeeeeeeekkkkk!!!

Am at the end of a bus going home and laughing to myself like a lunatic. The whole toddler grip/shag fur etc is beyond belief. I just wonder how ESPIO is going to weave that in. Better put a big, big warning if he does, so that we don't end up with histeric fits and really loose jobs. One thing is the reputation (gone, already), another one is my share of mortgage repayment ;-)

I wondered that too nickel it's the same company that he did the 'Heavenly' pilot for, so wonder are they possibly lining him up for more.
I have hopes that he'll do another theatre show so we can have a massive meet up (arranged via private message so bodyguards are not in place to keep some weirdo fans with tape measures....)

I think we need to start a campaign to get BA a better agent. Why is HH putting him forward for these things. He is worth so much more.
If lots of Reign photos coming through of "The King" then he could well have a big part ( ho, ho) in series 3.
I hope acting contracts have break clauses. Surely if something better comes up ( ding dong) I would hope he can be released from Reign.

I just want to say that all of you that have written FF are totally amazinig in my eyes. You should all be very proud of what you have done :)

Welcome Newbie all a bit bonkers here, but for some reason I find it quite normal now!

nickel Ahhh not sure about that photo, I hope it was for fancy dress or a dare! I know we dont like the Kevin Keegan perm, but not sure about the slick back look either, sharp cheek bones though.

nickel I'd forgotten that one! Crikey, yes, very Liza Minelli in Cabaret mode. Hmm, think we're def onto something with the animal skin fetish. That looks like another enormous shag rug. He does like to be prepared doesn't he?

Actually, are they ostrich feathers?

We could soon be back to the same level of hysteria as Sunday night with that photo. We've gone from possible leg doubles to drag queen look a likes in the space of 3 days. Does it get any better?

Horrible thought: BA could do his own one man cabaret show. After all he can sing and he clearly likes camp costumes...