Dallas in the 90's

[Presea]

It's a big world, and there is room for having different opinions on these issues!

I think it's great when people pursue (and still are able) to have an active sex life no matter what age they're at! Just imagine if you knew that your love life would completely shut down and be over and done with at 50 or 60? :eck: I completely agree that there's no need to share your most inner personal life with the world! But in a fan fic, other rules apply, IMO! Also, I see no comparison between Bobby and Pam's behavior and those teens in high school or even college who brag about their (often non-existing) sex lives! It's just very different situations, IMO!

I'm on the same page as you when it comes to how on earth the residents of Southfork were ever able to live under the same roof!!! And let's not even begin to get into how they were able to make love while the rest of the family could be listening in!!! And yes, Miss Ellie and Rebecca both need a couple of lessons in how to knock ... ... and when NOT to enter unless you've been invited in! :mo: You know ... ... even if Pam hadn't been present, Miss Ellie could easily have "caught" Bobby in a "private" situation that no mother should have to witness!

I always found it strange how there seemed to be more sex the older the characters in Dallas became. A lot of the kind of stuff in the later seasons of Dallas (examples: Bobby and April's scene in the hotel abroad, Cliff's awful sex tape with Rose Mckay) would have made more sense if it had happened earlier in the show. And while it is true that older people (and Bobby and Pam don't fall under this category) do still have physical relationships, relationship science has proven that a lot of the passion in younger years does wind down for most couples in their later years. That is why the later Dallas years seemed odd to me in that respect when compared to the early years. I thought it should have been the reverse, but I guess things were still more censored then.

Consider yourself fortunate that you haven't witnessed what I have in high school. In both my high school and middle school days, it was not at all uncommon for both girls and boys to taunt others about what they do or don't sexually. And if you did not have a boyfriend or girlfriend and/or not have a detailed understanding of sexual references, you were branded as a freak. (In college, everyone seemed to have miraculously grown up! Lol!) Bobby and Pam's comment sort of reminded me of that, but they did not actually say that to JR and Sue Ellen, which was good of them. The comment just sort of irked me mostly because Pam seems more into relishing seeing JR having any kind of problem than I thought possible in this story. And as for Bobby, well... I'll always hate him, so this was another opportunity for me to attack him. Lol!

Another horrifying, yet somewhat hilarious possibility: What if JR had walked in on them!? He does have a bad habit of not knocking before entering a room. I just hope that he doesn't try convince Bobby to try to be with Jenna again once she finally gets here!

 

[Presea]

Uh-oh! It looks the movie is still alive and well, and on it's way to Dallas! I KNEW that Don Dorkwood wouldn't be able to resist doing this! He lied to Sue Ellen, and yet he still thinks that there might be hope of them staying married after she finds out as long as he moves to Texas!? Please! Don has more chemistry with his hideous leather jacket than Sue Ellen and has been a jerk to her in this story, so he just needs to stay in England and get some washed-up actress from that awful movie to marry him instead! Hey, if he misses Sue Ellen so much, then maybe he could even be with the actress who played her in his movie!

 

[Crazy about SE and JR]

Uh-oh! It looks the movie is still alive and well, and on it's way to Dallas! I KNEW that Don Dorkwood wouldn't be able to resist doing this! He lied to Sue Ellen, and yet he still thinks that there might be hope of them staying married after she finds out as long as he moves to Texas!? Please! Don has more chemistry with his hideous leather jacket than Sue Ellen and has been a jerk to her in this story, so he just needs to stay in England and get some washed-up actress from that awful movie to marry him instead! Hey, if he misses Sue Ellen so much, then maybe he could even be with the actress who played her in his movie!

This movie can be a blessing because Sue Ellen will certainly ask for the divorce and she and JR will have to deal with it together. They might say that Don invented this movie because Sue Ellen filed for the divorce to marry JR again. And of course, they're going to have to get married!

 

[Presea]

This movie can be a blessing because Sue Ellen will certainly ask for the divorce and she and JR will have to deal with it together. They might say that Don invented this movie because Sue Ellen filed for the divorce to marry JR again. And of course, they're going to have to get married!

A part of me is curious to see how some of the other characters will react to seeing this movie. I could just imagine Mitch turning to Lucy and saying: "That guy is nothing like me! What were you thinking!?" Using it as grounds to divorce Don Dorkwood sounds like a great idea!

 

[supermanfan]

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Two rows of ten awesomeness

 

[Ray&Donna]

Tommie, I'm glad that you enjoyed the romantic scene. Although I don't write love scenes quite the way you do them. That is a compliment btw.

Thanks! It took years of reading stories on here, as well as a variety of novels, to figure out what I wanted to say. Practice makes perfect (I hope!)

 

[Ms Southworth]

This movie can be a blessing because Sue Ellen will certainly ask for the divorce and she and JR will have to deal with it together. They might say that Don invented this movie because Sue Ellen filed for the divorce to marry JR again. And of course, they're going to have to get married!

Great idea about the movie (as long as we still get a preview)!

Today, I watched an interview with Karin on YouTube in which she talks about her fan fic. At the time of the interview, there was 84 episodes!!! And so far, Karin has only just begun posting the 4th episode! Thus, I think that each and every one of us will have to prepare ourselves for a long wait, if all the dreams and hopes of this fan group are to come true! But I don't mind the wait!

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. I'm glad to see that this story has sparked so much conversation.

You are the best, Karin!!!
I love it and I love you!!!

Aww thank you that's so sweet. :ch:
Also you are right about the movie, naturally it will alienate Don and Sue Ellen further and bring JR and Sue Ellen closer...

Consider yourself fortunate that you haven't witnessed what I have in high school. In both my high school and middle school days, it was not at all uncommon for both girls and boys to taunt others about what they do or don't sexually.

Unfortunately I do get what you are talking about. There was sexual harassment at my Junior High School too.
So yeah I get where you are coming from now.

Then as for Dallas, yeah some sexy stuff was definitely censored in the beginning. Like I read in the Dallas book by Laura van wormer that an early love scene between Bobby and Pam was cut due to it being too sexy. Oddly enough there was like a screencap/still photo from that scene in the book, which was published like maybe 7 years later.

Don Dorkwood. Good name for him!
You'll find out later how some other characters will react to the movie...

Shan, thank you for yet another high grade.

Tommie, practise does make perfect.

Great idea about the movie (as long as we still get a preview)!

Today, I watched an interview with Karin on YouTube in which she talks about her fan fic. At the time of the interview, there was 84 episodes!!! And so far, Karin has only just begun posting the 4th episode! Thus, I think that each and every one of us will have to prepare ourselves for a long wait, if all the dreams and hopes of this fan group are to come true! But I don't mind the wait!

Oh no! I completely forgot about that interview!
But yeah you are right that you are in for a long series. There's 100 episodes totally and they are divided in like five seasons...
So please be patient, some things won't happen fast that's for sure.

 

[Karin]

At Southfork were Miss Ellie, Clayton, JR, Sue Ellen, Donna, Ray, Margaret and Rebecca having breakfast outside by the pool when Bobby and Pam came out of the house. JR frowned when he noticed that they were holding hands. He so didn’t like that. It’s bad enough that they are carrying on in private!

Miss Ellie on the other hand just smiled knowingly at them, “Good morning Bobby, Pam.”

“Good morning Mama,” Bobby greeted Miss Ellie with a kiss on the cheek.

“Good morning Miss Ellie,” Pam smiled, before they sat down at the table.

Clayton held up the coffee pot and asked, “Coffee?”

“Yes please,” Bobby replied and took the coffeepot from Clayton.

“Bob you over slept or something?” JR asked grumpily.

“Or something,” Bobby smiled, as he exchanged a glance with Pam.

“Well you’d better hurry with breakfast. We need to get down to the office soon,” JR scolded his younger brother.

“But JR, John Ross isn’t awake yet,” Sue Ellen pointed out.

“He’s grounded,” Rebecca said delighted.

“Well I thought we decided that he can follow me to work tomorrow instead,” JR said.

“You decided,” Sue Ellen reminded him. “Still he is your son and you have missed an awful lot of time with him, so aren’t you even going to have breakfast with him before you go to work?”

JR shifted uncomfortably as he was torn between wanting to please Sue Ellen and wanting to get some work done, “Not if he sleeps until noon,” JR finally said and Sue Ellen sighed. JR then shifted his attention to Bobby who was sitting small talking to Pam and Rebecca. “So Bobby, did you close that deal?”

Bobby looked at JR with a puzzled look on his face, as he obviously had his mind elsewhere, “What deal?”

“The McAllister deal,” JR clarified for him.

“Oh that one, yeah they seemed willing to sell,” Bobby said.

“What do you mean seemed?” JR’s eyes narrowed. “Did you make the deal or not?”

“Um…no I missed the meeting,” Bobby admitted.

“Why the hell did you do that for?” JR barked angrily.

“Because I spent time with Pam,” Bobby said sheepishly.

JR snorted, “Great that Barnes woman has only been back in your life for two weeks and she’s already made you lose your head again.”

“JR, Bobby you know that I don’t like business talk at breakfast,” Miss Ellie reminded them.

“Sorry mama,” JR apologized.

“Besides JR it wouldn’t hurt you to be a bit nicer to your brother,” Miss Ellie said, before she turned to Pam and said, “Pam, I want you to know that we are all so happy to have you here with us again.”

“Not everyone,” JR muttered.

But the women paid no attention to him as Pam smiled warmly at Miss Ellie, “Thank you Miss Ellie.”

“Uncle JR, Uncle Bobby is it true that you lost Ewing Oil because you blew up oil fields in Saudi Arabia?” Margaret asked.

Everyone stared at Margaret and JR said, “Who told you that?”

“I overheard Mama and Uncle Dave talk about it before we came here,” Margaret explained.

JR gave Donna a look that could kill but Donna just shrugged her shoulders, “Don’t blame me for your mistakes,” Donna said before adding. “It’s true Margaret.”

“But that’s so…” Margaret started to say.

“Well you heard your grandma kid, no business talk at breakfast!” JR interrupted Margaret.

“Oh I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to offend you!” Margaret then tried to get out of the situation by changing the subject, “So has anybody finished reading my book yet?”

The grownups exchanged looks not wanting to admit that they haven’t finished it when Ray said, “Of course Margaret darling, I finished it yesterday.”

“That’s great daddy did you liked it?”

Ray cleared his throat and said, “Yes of course daddy’s little Angel. I’m very proud of you.”

Donna smiled at that as Bobby and Pam tried their best to keep from laughing out loud.

Picking up on it, Margaret looked from one to the other and said, “Uncle Bobby, Aunt Pam what’s so funny?”

“Oh nothing,” Bobby smiled, “Just an old memory!”

“What memory?” Rebecca asked curiously.

“Oh it’s not for your ears,” Pam smiled at Rebecca who looked confused.

She was just about to ask something else when Miss Ellie finally asked what she had been wondering about since earlier this morning, “By the way Pam should I tell Teresa to move your things into Bobby’s room?”

JR choked on his coffee when he heard that, as that just about confirmed what he’d suspected all along. Pam smiled when she saw the grumpy look on his face. It got so silent around the table that you could hear a needle drop. Everyone stared at Pam who looked at Bobby that nodded and took her hand into his.

“Yes Miss Ellie. That would be kind of you!” Pam smiled, before she threw JR a triumphant glance that seemed to be saying that whether he liked it or not she was back to stay.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Perfect breakfast scene at Southfork! I loved all the various conversations taking place! And the way it was written was so much "Dallas" from the era when the show was at its very peak! I could see the whole thing happening on screen as I was reading! Countless little things that fitted the characters to a t! Loved the lines and the demeanor of especially Miss Ellie and JR! It was just so classic! Well done, Karin and Jenny! :danc: Only thing that I really can put my finger on would have be Ray saying "my little angel" ... somehow I just can't see that go down! (Also, my memory could be wrong, but didn't JR and Bobby already talk about the missed McAllister deal?). But otherwise, I'm extremely happy about everything! Both Margaret and Rebecca were funny (even if they weren't aiming to be)! And JR's grumpiness throughout the whole scene was just priceless!

Please update real soon!


PS. You forgot about an interview that took place probably more than a dozen years ago? Shame on you, Karin! Just kidding ... And boy, you're a fast talker (in case no one hasn't ever pointed that out)! A little piece of advice, if your job as a journalist should get too boring, perhaps you could land a job at the cattle auction in Braddock? :cooler:

 

[Karin]

Thank you so much for your feedback Ms. Southworth.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the breakfast scene. As for Ray calling Margaret "my little angel" I think he called her something like that in the scene when he visited her after she was first born.

Then as for the McAllister deal, you are probably right that they had already talked about that. If so it was in a new scene that I had added since this scene was an original scene where that was brought up. So if so I goofed up!

Well the interview you watched was from 2009. So it hasn't even been a dozen years yet. I guess I was just surprised you had seen it as the thought that you might watch that when I sent you a link to the other show didn't occur to me.
Yeah I know that I talk fast, it's been pointed out to me before and I speak especially fast when I get excited about something.
So now you want me to go to Braddock to help out with the cattle auction and last week it was go to Hollywood to write scripts, make up your mind already! :lolo:

Then here's another update:


Meanwhile upstairs, Christopher opened the door to John Ross room and said, “John Ross, are you up?”

John Ross popped an eye open and yawned before saying, “Chris. What time is it?”

“Almost nine,” Christopher replied.

“Nine?!” John Ross groaned. “But I wanna sleep until ten!”

“But come on man I need to talk to you!”

John Ross sat up in bed looking tired, “Okay, so what’s up?”

“What do you think about us getting grounded?”

“It sucks man,” John Ross said grumpily. “But it’s your stupid sister’s fault.”

“I know,” Chris said angrily as he crossed his arms. “She thinks she can do anything she wants, just ‘cause everyone thinks she’s so little and cute. But she’s really a loud blabbermouth!”

“Totally, she should never have come to Southfork in the first place,” John Ross said.

“I wish. She ought to be grounded for what she did to dad’s tie and those roller blades.”

“Exactly,” John Ross agreed. “I mean we are getting prank calls thanks to her and that damn TV segment.”

“Yeah…well at least your parents only grounded you for a week and a half. Mine gave me two months!” Christopher complained.

“Yeah I know,” John Ross sighed. “It blows man.”

“Yeah,” Chris nodded. “Anyway come on we better put in an appearance at the breakfast table, before they think we’ve sneaked out!”

John Ross sighed, since he knew that his cousin was right. So he pulled on a pair of jeans shorts and a t-shirt and they left the room together, heading for the breakfast table.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Great (however quite short) update!
John Ross and Christopher are really something! They're acting like typical teenagers, pointing fingers instead of manning up! I wonder if they have hair on their chest (and other places) yet?

Okay, now it's time for the mother/son talk, please! This needs to happen, before Christopher finds out that his parents are back together! You know, I wish that Christopher will get to witness the grounding of Rebecca at the breakfast table! I think that he needs to see that he's not the only one in trouble!

Please update soon! Preferably today, because I'd rather read your fan fic than say ... ... Trump's latest encounter with the press!

PS. Karin, your interview was a part of what you sent me the other day! I've only watched "1 x 1" so far, but I'll watch some more later tonight! So far, so good!
PPS. Karin, if Hollywood should happen to call, please take the "red eye" ASAP, okay? The cattle auction in Braddock can wait!

 

[Mrs Bobby James Ewing]

Great updates Karin. I love your story so much and I am so happy that Bobby and Pam are back together but Pam really needs to have that talk with Christopher before he finds out form someone else that his parents are back together. I feel bad for all of the kids in this story because they are all having a hard time adjusting to all of the changes in their lives. Their parents need to sit down with them and talk to them lije mature adults and teach them how respect and love one another and deal with all of the changes in their lives because they are all family whether they like it or not.

 

[Karin]

Thank you for the feedback.

Ms. Southworth, yeah John Ross and Chris are acting like typical teenagers in this story. I guess being a teen myself when we originally wrote it has helped making the teenagers rather authentic. Well yes the interview was on the same youtube channel that's true. I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the show.
You'll find out more about what will happen at breakfast tomorrow...

Sanda, yes the Ewing kids doesn't have it easy that's for sure. But that's nothing new as they went through a lot on the show too. No wonder Sue Ellen sent John Ross to a school psychologist.

Also since that last update was rather short. Here's another short one:



Back in England, Don was going through his schedule with his secretary before leaving for a business trip.

“And then you’ll be going from Rome to Berlin on Tuesday and from there you will be going to Moscow and Japan before flying in to Los Angeles and then you were supposed to be in New York but I’ve changed it to Dallas for you.”

“Thanks Jane, that’s great.”

“So is there anything else you’d like me to do?”

“No just stay here and hold the fort as usual. If someone calls about some important business you know where to reach me.”

“And what if Mrs. Lockwood calls?” Jane wondered and Don sighed, since he didn’t look forward to explain to Sue Ellen that he’d failed with pulling the movie.

“If Sue Ellen calls just tell her that I’m on a business trip.”

“You don’t want me to leave a forwarding number?”

“No it’s better that I’ll talk to her when I get to Texas. I don’t want her to know that we are going ahead with the USA release of the movie just yet.”

“I’ll see. So if Mrs. Lockwood calls I just say that you’re on a business trip?”

“Exactly Jane,” Don said before he took his briefcase, said his goodbyes and left the office.

 

[Honkytonkangel]

Every time Don says or does something I think I can't possibly wanna punch him more and then he does something else and I realise I do.
He is a spineless shit and now I don't want Sue Ellen to divorce him, I want her to shoot him.
Funny as ever to see JR being his usual charming self. I really wish he could sort things out with Sue Ellen soon because frankly it seems like he REALLY needs to get laid LOL.
Bobby and Pam being all gaga over each other is making me wanna puke. They need to haul their horny arses back in the house and talk to their son.
But I have a feeling Chris is gonna find out like everyone else did and as usual be expected to just fall in line (I hope he goes ballistic though).
Funny to see him commiserating with John Ross over their grounding.

P.S. If Jenna's car can't crash, can Don fall out of the plane PLEASE?

 

[Ms Southworth]

Don ... Don ... Don ... ... Sue Ellen will be so much better off without him in her life! I truly hope that she comes to her senses real soon and sees Don's true self! Time will tell, if JR is man enough to earn her love and respect again!

I can't wait for tomorrow's update: Showdown at the Ewing breakfast table!

 

[Presea]

Every time Don says or does something I think I can't possibly wanna punch him more and then he does something else and I realise I do.
He is a spineless shit and now I don't want Sue Ellen to divorce him, I want her to shoot him.
Funny as ever to see JR being his usual charming self. I really wish he could sort things out with Sue Ellen soon because frankly it seems like he REALLY needs to get laid LOL.
Bobby and Pam being all gaga over each other is making me wanna puke. They need to haul their horny arses back in the house and talk to their son.
But I have a feeling Chris is gonna find out like everyone else did and as usual be expected to just fall in line (I hope he goes ballistic though).
Funny to see him commiserating with John Ross over their grounding.

P.S. If Jenna's car can't crash, can Don fall out of the plane PLEASE?

I agree with you about Bobby and Pam. Lol. I wish they would stop taunting JR already. Well, I expect that from Bobby because he always annoys me, but it seems kind of OOC for Pam to be this obsessed with annoying JR. She had let a lot of that cool off in her later years on the show. I want to see JR wipe that smirk off her face! Although his pouting is kind of annoying me, too. Sue Ellen is the only one of the four who is being mature and not getting into it. I thought that Rebecca had inherited her brattiness solely from Bobby, but now I think it might have come more from Pam!

As for Don, he needs to die playing cricket. That is the way to do it!

 

[Presea]

Bobby missed a meeting. This is just another reason in my book why Ewing Oil should only be JR's. He takes it seriously. But as much as I like that, I do wonder how JR will make things work with Sue Ellen since Ewing Oil is still also his true love. Lol. Pam and Bobby seem to have come out of a time machine from the mini-series. Possibly earlier. It's the only explanation I have for their superiority complex towards JR (well, that's really more Pam) and doing things like missing meetings and not talking to Christopher. Seriously, if Pam can have year long dreams and Bobby can come back from the dead, then why not time travel, too!?

I honestly believe that Margaret was only curious when she asked JR about the oil fields. JR was kind scary with how he sort of blew up at her. Poor kid.

I'm glad that John Ross and Christopher are following the rules with their grounding. I thought that they were going to sneak out at first. I totally agree with them about Rebecca. But boys their age should be too busy having fun (when they are ungrounded!) to let something like this weigh this heavily on them, and their frustration at a seven year-old kid does seem a bit immature for their age. Although I'm willing to give Christopher a pass on that due to how personal this is for him.

As for the Don thing: Nooooo!! (lol.) Don Dorkwood seriously thinks he has a chance here and is coming to Texas!? What a loser!

 

[Crazy about SE and JR]

Hi, guys!
I'm a little concerned that JR is more interested in Bobby and Pam than in how he's going to win Sue Ellen back! What does he plan to do? Or will he sit around waiting for Don to explode and Sue Ellen fall on his lap? Where is the love and the romance? Our girl Sue Ellen deserves it!!

 

[Presea]

Hi, guys!
I'm a little concerned that JR is more interested in Bobby and Pam than in how he's going to win Sue Ellen back! What does he plan to do? Or will he sit around waiting for Don to explode and Sue Ellen fall on his lap? Where is the love and the romance? Our girl Sue Ellen deserves it!!

I'm guessing that the plan might be for Sue Ellen to get fed up with Don for bringing the movie to the US, and that that would lead to her divorcing him and turning her attention towards JR. In a way, it is kind of funny when you consider that JR would actually be having an affair with Sue Ellen if they did anything while she is still married to Don. Lol.