Dallas in the 90's

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. :thank:

Ms Southworth, I agree that it's two different things to study the traffic rules and pass a written test and to operate a car. Actually I like our system for practise driving as it has a "learning by doing" approach to it. Typically you start practise driving here when you are 16 or 17 years old and no you don't drive on private property, but you tend to begin with learning how to drive at a deserted parking lot. Then you move on to the smaller roads and eventually to the city traffic, country roads and highway. You do have a sign in the back that alerts other drivers to be extra careful since you don't have your license yet. The role of the parent or the person who teach you how to drive, it doesn't have to be a parent, it can be anybody who has had their license for a number of years, is to instruct you how to drive and well it's best to only have one person who does that. No I guess it's true that the person who sits in the passenger seat can't do much if there's a problem. But usually there isn't. So I don't see a problem with this practise driving system. What I do see a problem with however are people who let their young kids steer the wheel while sitting in their laps, all of these EPA tractors that are more and more like cars and no license and all the people who drives without a valid Swedish license.

I agree about Cliff. He really has a thing for Chinese food. :lolo:

I'm glad you think Rebecca was spot on for a child playing miniature golf. I think Bobby's problem with the family outing is that it didn't turn out like he imagined it would. He thought it would be a quiet afternoon but well when Rebecca and Chris starts teasing each other like brother and sister that so didn't happen. I think a lot of parents can get fed up when their kids argue with each other.

I'm glad that you loved the JR/John Ross scene at Ewing Oil too...

Sanda, you make a good point about that Cliff may need to move fast so he doesn't lose Afton to Mario...
I'm glad you still enjoy the Bobby & Pam scenes and the story as a whole.

Okay so update time and since it's a short scene you'll get a double treat tonight:


Lucy was standing in the middle of the gallery talking to the manager Diane Palmer who said, “The vernissage is set for the 26th of August.”

“Great,” Lucy smiled. “When are the paintings arriving?”

“A week before,” Diane replied. “I’ve also arranged for an ad to go out in the paper two days ahead.”

“Perfect,” Lucy smiled. “You’re really doing a good job!”

“Thank you,” Diane said. “And I suppose we won’t be seeing Mr. Barton at the event?”

“No Alex’ is tied up with the gallery in Rome,” Lucy replied.

“I see,” Diane nodded.

“I’m so excited about this vernissage. It’s gonna be the biggest one we’ve put together in two years,” Lucy smiled. “So it’s really important that everything turns out perfect.”

“Don’t worry Lucy, it will be great. Just give me the guest list and I’ll make sure to have the invitations sent out by next week.”

“You can count on it,” Lucy smiled.

 

[Karin]

On Friday afternoon at Wade’s rented house, Jenna came in through the door carrying lots of shopping bags. “Charlie, Lucas?” Jenna called out. “I’m back.”

Lucas came running down the stairs, “Did you get me anything?”

“Aha,” Jenna nodded, “A new T-shirt.”

“Oh no a soft gift,” Lucas was not pleased.

“Lucas you haven’t even seen it yet. Look here.” Jenna pulled out a T-shirt with cars on it.

“Oh wow cool!” Lucas said as his facial expression quickly brightened when he saw the cars. “Thanks mom,” Lucas hugged Jenna. Next he grabbed the sweater and ran off to try it.

On his way upstairs he met Charlie who was on her way downstairs. Charlie smiled when she saw her mother, “Hi, you’re back. Perfect then I can go meet Randy!”

“Well hello yourself and do you have a moment?” Jenna asked. “I’d like to talk to you.” Charlie looked at her watch and said, “Oh okay!”

Jenna went into the living room and put down the bags in the sofa. Then she handed over a shopping bag to Charlie, “First of all this is for you!”

Charlie took the bag, “Oh you shouldn’t have.”

“Well I just felt like giving you something for babysitting.”

Charlie pulled out a blouse, “Oh nice. Maybe I should do it more often.”

“Exactly what I was hoping you’d say. You see… you can never guess who I ran into at the store today.”

“Ray?”

“No!” Jenna shook her head.

“Another Ewing?”

“No but a Marchetta!”

“Aunt Anna’s in town?” Charlie asked.

Jenna smiled, “No but Aunt Martha!”

“Aunt…Martha?” Charlie asked surprised. “Really?”

Jenna nodded. “Yeah really!”

“But I thought she was avoiding us.”

“Not anymore. Actually she invited me to dinner tonight so therefore I figured you…”

“Oh shit! You want me to babysit tonight?!” Charlie exclaimed. “But I was going out with Randy.”

“I know but you my dear have been out almost every night since we got back into town. I think I am entitled to one night out!” Jenna tried to reason with her daughter.

Charlie sighed, “Fine, I’ll go call Randy and cancel!”

“Thank you,” Jenna smiled gratefully at her daughter but Charlie just looked displeased at the idea of spending the night babysitting Lucas instead of going out with Randy!

 

[Karin]

In the evening at the Oil Baron’s club were JR, Sue Ellen, Bobby and Pam coming out through the elevator doors and Dora Mae greeted them, “Hello, how nice to see you all again, this way please, your table’s ready.”

“Thanks,” JR said. They walked into the restaurant together following Dora Mae as she showed them to their table. JR smiled when he noticed how people who walked by them were staring and whispering quietly about them, when they saw Sue Ellen walk in on his arm. By the time they sat down at their table the gossip was already in full swing.

Cassie then came in and greeted them, “Good evening, may I have your orders please?”

“Bring us a huge bottle of champagne we’re here to celebrate,” JR grinned.

“Certainly do you mind if I ask what’s the occasion?”

“Not at all,” JR grinned. “Baby brother here is getting married...”

“To my former wife, surely you remember the first Mrs. Ewing, Cassie?”

“Of course,” Cassie smiled, “Nice to see you again Mrs. Ewing.”

“Thank you Cassie, likewise,” Pam replied.

Sue Ellen threw JR a loving glance before she added, “Darling aren’t you forgetting something?”

“Oh that’s right, Sue Ellen doesn’t drink. So can you bring her some Club Soda instead?”

“Certainly, it’s nice to see you too Mrs. Ewing,” Cassie replied politely.

Sue Ellen however didn’t correct her that her name was Lockwood nowadays, but simply said, “Likewise.”

They all started to laugh as soon as Cassie had left the table. Pam said, “Did you notice how she was in a hurry to get back to the bar?”

“Oh yeah it won’t be long before everyone knows what’s going on,” Sue Ellen smiled.

“Good that’s the idea,” JR grinned, as the plan seemed to be working just fine so far.

 

[Ms Southworth]

I really enjoyed this part of the update:

• “So what?” Christopher shrugged his shoulders. “I thought that’s what big brothers do, I mean Uncle JR is always picking on you!”
• Bobby sighed since Chris was not totally wrong. “Well that may be so. Still siblings looks out for each other too. You have a choice here pal, you can be a mean big brother or a nice one, so which is it gonna be?”
• “Alright, I’ll be nicer,” Christopher sighed.

Sorry ... ... but I forgot to mention that I was saddened that Christopher supposedly thought that JR and Bobby's relationship is "normal" for sibblings.

I guess that a part of me had hoped that he at some point (by hanging out at his friends' houses) would have realized that his uncle and his dad's relationship is NOT representative for how sibblings treat each other!

I hope that Bobby will have a good father/son talk with him about the advantages about having a sister who will always love you unconditionally and also have your back if needed!

 

[Ms Southworth]

I enjoyed hearing about what Lucy is up to at her gallery! I wonder if this rather short scene is the beginning of something much greater! I know, I know ... ... time will tell! Just be patient!

I hope that there will be more storylines with Lucy on center stage!


PS. The next comment that I'm gonna make has nothing to do with Lucy, as "Dallas" isn't "Dallas" without her presence ... just so we're clear on that!

I think that I've said this a while back, but I often worry that there are too many "main" characters in this fanfic. Af amazing as this fanfic is, I still miss going much "deeper" into the heads of several of the main characters to really get a grasp of what's going through their minds as this fanfic moves forward. As much as I enjoy that the fanfic isn't "standing still" in time, I also miss learning much more about the characters beneath the "surface" (if that even makes sense)! :wink@

 

[Ms Southworth]

Aunt Martha Marchetta is in town!!! Jenna is having dinner with her! And I'm ... ... indifferent!

PS. I should probably just have said nothing! But that would spoil everything, wouldn't it?

 

[Ms Southworth]

Interesting start to the double date at the Oil Baron's Club!
I loved that you included Dora Mae and Cassie, as they are so classic when it comes to "Dallas"!

This threatre performance that the foursome is putting on this evening is almost better than Shakespeare's "Hamlet"! LOL ... well, at least it's funnier!

I'll be looking forward to read (or should I say "watch") the second act!

Please update soon! :loveit:

 

[Ms Southworth]

arty: Congratulations on reaching 40,000 views!!! arty:


I can't wait to see where you'll be taking us next as we go through the 100 episodes that you and your sister have written over many years and so kindly chosen to share with the world!


PS. Trust me, @Karin Schill! With over 40,000 views, you must have close to at least a hundred silent fans, who supposedly read your fanfic, but don't have the decency to give you any feedback! As far as I'm concerned, that's just plain rude!

 

[Karin]

Thank you so much Ms Southworth. :bh:

40 000 views is a lot of course but if you divide it by number of posts it equals about 32 views/post and then I guess some viewers might check more than once to see if there's any new updates. So I doubt we have more than 25 regular readers and I do hear from about 10 of you regularly.
Still that means that we do have some silent readers too. So you are right about that assumption.

It might be sad that Chris thinks JR/Bobby's relationship is the norm for siblings. But considering where he's grow up it makes sense that he thinks that.

You are right to assume that Lucy's gallery scene is going somewhere...

I get what you mean about wanting to go deeper into the characters minds and while it's true that a fanfic that just focus on one pairing tend to do this more, we do go underneath the surface occasionally when we find it warranted. So there will be times when we will offer a bit more depth too. But well it's hard to do that in a scene with many characters without stopping the flow of dialogue and slowing down the pace of the story.

I don't blame you for being indifferent about Charlie's Aunt Martha. But I doubt you'll still feel that way once the season is over...
This season has 25 episodes by the way...

I'm glad you're enjoying the double date so far...

Okay so it's time for an update:


At the City Hall in an auditorium had a crowd gathered. They were listening to Vice-President Al Gore who was standing on a podium holding a lecture. He showed some slides as he talked about environmental issues. On the first row in the auditorium were Donna, Ray and Margaret seated. Ray hid a yawn as he glanced towards the big clock on the wall. It had only been four minutes since the last time he had checked it. Once again Ray wished for the evening to be over soon as he was bored out of his mind. Unfortunately the same couldn’t be said for his daughter Margaret who was taking careful notes in a pad and was hanging onto every word Al Gore said, “To those of you who are here tonight, remember that you have the influence to change things. This is not just a political issue. It’s a matter of giving our children a world to live in. But we need to do this together. Remember that we are one. Thank you very much I appreciate it,” Al Gore finally ended his lecture.

The audience applauded eagerly and Margaret turned to Donna and Ray with a big smile on her face, “Thank you so much for bringing me, this was such an inspiring evening. We all really need to think more about how we treat our planet.”

Ray sighed and Donna smiled, “I’m glad you enjoyed this.”

“Me too so shall we leave for dinner now?” Ray asked.

“In a minute I’m just gonna go exchange a few words with the Vice-President,” Donna said as she got up from her seat.

Ray sighed again and Margaret smiled, “Great, may I come too mom?”

“Of course, why don’t we all go,” Donna said and Ray shifted uncomfortably.

“If you don’t mind I think I’ll go grab our coats instead and meet you in the lobby,” Ray tried to get out of the meeting. But Margaret wouldn’t have it.

“But dad he’s the vice-president don’t you wanna meet him?”

“No it’s okay sweetheart, I don’t know what to say to a guy like him,” Ray said and made a motion to walk towards the exit. But before he could make a run for it, Donna stopped him by grabbing hold of his arm.

“Don’t be silly Ray. You just be yourself and hello is always a good start to open a conversation.”

Margaret took Ray’s hand, “Come on Daddy”

“Alright you two win,” Ray sighed. “Let’s get this over with.”

Ray, Donna and Margaret walked up to the podium. When Al Gore and his wife Tipper spotted Donna they smiled broadly, “Donna! How wonderful to see you again,” Tipper said.

“Yeah but what are you doing down here in Texas?” Al Gore asked.

“Just visiting back home, do you remember my daughter Margaret?”

“Oh certainly you’ve really grown,” Al said.

“Yes the last time I saw you, you must have been like six,” Tipper said.

“Hello Mr. Vice-president and Mrs. Gore, how charming to meet you again,” Margaret shook hands with them and curtsy politely. She then turned to the Vice-President. “It was a wonderful lecture sir. I really enjoyed it. I think I’ll choose to work with environmental issues for my special project at school this fall.”

The vice-president smiled broadly, “I’m so glad I could be inspiring to the youth of America.”

“So Donna will we see you at Cape Code later this summer?” Tipper asked.

“Oh unfortunately I don’t think we have time for the Code this year,” Donna said. “You’ll see we are visiting with Margaret’s father. This is my former husband Ray Krebbs.”

“Oh I see, nice to make your acquaintance,” Tipper shook hands with Ray who said awkwardly.

“Yeah same to you Mrs. Vice-President.”

Margaret giggled, “Daddy you just call her Mrs. Gore.”

Ray hawked, “Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Gore.”

Margaret giggled again and Donna said, “I think we’ll better get some dinner, but it was lovely to see you both again.”

“Likewise, we’ll look forward to see you again at the campaign for ’96,” Tipper said.

“Yes the work you’ve done for our campaigns so far has been really invaluable,” Al Gore smiled and shook Donna’s hand. Donna smiled back proudly, while Ray felt hopelessly out of place.

 

[Presea]

Please, don't get into Charlie's father's family! I really do not care about any Marchetta OCs. Naldo was bad enough, and I was glad when he died!

The JR and Sue Ellen and JR and John Ross updates were good, but I really think that JR and Sue Ellen need some time alone away from a bed so that they can really work out their issues. The past does not just disappear, and a compulsive cheater does not change overnight! If they can't really work on repairing the damage and start communicating better, then they have no business pretending that everything is just fine in public. I just want this to be realistic, that's all.

Clinton and Gore, please come back!! Have you broken the fourth wall with the Ray and Donna scene!? Lol! Don't be so uptight, Ray! Have a nice chat with the guy! You should do a scene with Bill Clinton next.

 

[Ms Southworth]

Please, don't get into Charlie's father's family! I really do not care about any Marchetta OCs. Naldo was bad enough, and I was glad when he died!

I agree with @Presea!

As far as I'm concerned, just the thought of broadening the number of characters in this fanfic yet again makes me wanna puke! :hair:

I want more time with the core cast of "Dallas" and their children. For instance, what's up with Miss Ellie these days? How is Miss Ellie really dealing with having so many relatives under one roof? How is the living arrangement working out for Margaret and Rebecca? What goes on at Southfork at night (besides the obvious ... LOL)? I miss the good ol' days when the Ewings would meet up in the kitchen ... or the den ... or the stables!

I apologize, @Karin Schill! I'm just being honest!

 

[Ms Southworth]

40 000 views is a lot of course but if you divide it by number of posts it equals about 32 views/post and then I guess some viewers might check more than once to see if there's any new updates. So I doubt we have more than 25 regular readers and I do hear from about 10 of you regularly.

Still that means that we do have some silent readers too. So you are right about that assumption.

You don't need to go into the thread itself to find out if there's been a new update posted! :wink@ Anyway, even though your faithful fans may go back and read old updates more than once, I'm still puzzled at the fact that - on some days - this thread has had more than 100 views in just one single day!

I get what you mean about wanting to go deeper into the characters minds and while it's true that a fanfic that just focus on one pairing tend to do this more, we do go underneath the surface occasionally when we find it warranted. So there will be times when we will offer a bit more depth too. But well it's hard to do that in a scene with many characters without stopping the flow of dialogue and slowing down the pace of the story.

I completely agree with you that it's close to impossible to go "deep" inside a character's mind in a scene with lots of "action" without stopping the flow of dialogue! But unlike on TV, it IS possible in a fanfic to have "flash back" scenes with the characters (and yes, for more than just one or two couples, when the fanfic is as long as yours is), for instance when he or she is driving into town, out riding, swimming in the pool, or preparing for bed!

I respect the way that you and Jenny chose to write this fanfic. Honestly, I do! As you already know, there are parts of your fanfic that I absolutely love. And it's no secret that there are parts that I could do without! In my opinion, your fanfic would be next to PERFECT, if the drama focused more on the core cast and thus the ups and downs in their daily lives and less on other characters and their life struggles. I do hope that I haven't offended you by saying so, because that was so NOT my intention! You must know that I look forward to every update of this fanfic!

I don't blame you for being indifferent about Charlie's Aunt Martha. But I doubt you'll still feel that way once the season is over...

I do hope that you're right, Karin! However, if I were you, I wouldn't bet money on it!

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

You don't need to go into the thread itself to find out if there's been a new update posted! :wink@

Do you get email alerts for every new post? I seem to only get them sporadically so I end up clicking the thread when I see the time of last reply has changed (on mobile where I'm not logged in, desktop I get a notification in the alerts bar).

 

[Ms Southworth]

I really enjoyed the update from City Hall! I loved that you included "real" people in your fanfic (which must have meant quite a bit of research to get the facts about Al Gore and his wife straight)!

You wrote Ray so well in this scene! I could just see him yawning, checking the time, feeling tired, hungry and completely out of place, while listening to the Vice-President talking about environmental issues! Great writing job!!! My favorite line as far as Ray is concerned has to be: “If you don’t mind I think I’ll go grab our coats instead and meet you in the lobby”!

Based on the Margaret that we've been introduced to so far, you did an awesome job on describing her ... ... the little professor! She is so precocious for her age, but it's cute in some way, since there really are children like her out there! I often wonder what's going through Margaret's mind as she is getting to know her dad and also her family in Dallas! My favorite line as far as Margaret is concerned must be: “But dad he’s the vice-president don’t you wanna meet him?”

Just out of curiosity ... when you wrote "Cape Code", did you really mean Cape Cod, i.e. in the southeast corner of Massachusetts?

Please update real soon! :bh:

 

[Ms Southworth]

Do you get email alerts for every new post? I seem to only get them sporadically so I end up clicking the thread when I see the time of last reply has changed (on mobile where I'm not logged in, desktop I get a notification in the alerts bar).

No email alerts! :mo: I just check when Karin was on the site the last time! :wink@

 

[Karin]

Thank you everyone for your comments and feedback.

Presea, you know I actually didn't like Naldo either! :lolo:
Yet oddly enough I came to love writing for his sister Martha Marchetta. I am not sure why but I think the actress we cast in our mind might have something to do with it.

I agree that JR/SE need to work on their issues. But if they work everything out too early in the story then what's left to write about?

I really liked Clinton & Gore too. I guess even more now in retrospect when I know what came after them...
But yeah looking back the 1990s seems like a better time period. Maybe that's a reason why I don't mind going back to the 1990's for this story. It reminds me of my teenage years...

Ms Southworth, I agree that there are many characters in this story. I think if you count the kids you have 21 main characters which certainly is a lot. Unless you are writing a daytime soap opera that is...
Anyway you need to separate main characters from supporting characters and think of Martha Marchetta as an also starring kind of character. She is not a main character. Just a supporting one that will help make Jenna and her family's plot more interesting...
I can understand why you are not excited about the character at this point and maybe you don't see the need for her. But believe me the character and the plot that we are doing does serve a purpose...

Margaret and Rebecca likes living together which is why you don't hear much about it. Miss Ellie do the occasional scene where she discusses her family and worries about them still. It's not something that's going to just go away.

Well yeah the thread might have a 100 views in a day, but today it's also had 6 posts. So well maybe people click the thread to look for an update even when there isn't one...

You don't need to explain the concept of a flashback scene to me. We already have some of those further on in this story.

I'm glad you enjoyed the Donna, Ray & Margaret interacts with the Gores update. Yeah we did check up something with Al Gore where he was talking about the environment to get some inspiration for what he would say. We wanted the lecture part to sound as autentic as possible and yeah their meeting of course serves as a way to establish just how well connected Donna is in Washington and which circles she moves in.

Yeah of course I meant Cape Cod. It's just me who can't spell it.

Miss Texas 1967, I also check the board a lot on my mobile and I do the same as you do. Click some of the threads as soon as I've noticed something new has been posted.
On the mobile you can only see when someone's posted, but it doesn't say who posted last.

Okay so it's back to the Oil Baron's for tonight's update:


Back at Oil baron’s had Cassie just served their food and drinks so JR raised his glass to propose the first toast of the evening. “I would like to be the first to toast the happy couple. Congratulations on your engagement baby brother, you deserve all the happiness in the world.”

“Thanks JR,” Bobby smiled.

“Pamela I know you and I haven’t really seen eye to eye on everything. But I hope we can put our differences aside for one evening and have a good time,” JR said and they clicked their glasses together before they started to sip their drinks.

“Thanks JR. I almost believe you mean that,” Pam smiled.

“I do, I want this evening to be memorable,” JR smiled.

“Well as long as it’s not too memorable,” Sue Ellen laughed.

“What do you mean?” JR asked.

“Oh I just came to think about the time when we went out to celebrate our first engagement,” Sue Ellen smiled. “You remember that, don’t you JR?”

“Sure do,” JR laughed. “I mean how could I ever forget that evening?”

“That sounds interesting, do tell us what happened,” Bobby said.

“Oh not the thing you think, Sue Ellen insisted we’d wait until our wedding night for that…” JR grinned and she gave him a playful pat on the arm. “But she was worth waiting for…” he then added, as he looked at her lovingly.

Sue Ellen held his gaze for a moment too long before she looked down. Yet breaking eye contact didn’t help her think of something else and the memories of that night still flooded back to her. But since she didn’t want to think of that, she hurried to switch the topic, “JR I believe Bobby and Pam wanted to know about our engagement dinner.”

“Right, anyway so Sue Ellen and I had planned to have a romantic dinner just the two of us but Patricia invited herself…”

“Patricia?” Bobby exclaimed.

“Ouch that doesn’t sound like a romantic evening to me,” Pam made a face.

“It sure wasn’t,” Sue Ellen laughed and JR joined her too, as they both remembered that evening as vividly as if it had been yesterday and not 25 years ago. “To make matters worse, mama had also invited 50 of her closest friends to celebrate with us.”

“Oh no,” Bobby sighed.

“Oh yes, she had rented the whole place and she expected her boyfriend to foot the bill for it,” Sue Ellen explained.

“Patricia had a boyfriend?” Pam asked surprised.

“Oh yes he was a real nerd who was nicknamed Gopher. Mama only liked him because he was rich,” Sue Ellen explained. “Unfortunately he was also high as a kite and the idiot mixed cocaine with booze.”

“Oh no! What a dumb thing to do!” Pam exclaimed.

“Sure sounds like it was a memorable party,” Bobby mused, “yet it’s strange since I can’t remember it at all!”

“Well you were too busy jet setting with Jenna to attend,” JR explained. “But mama and daddy were there with Lucy.”

“Ah,” Bobby nodded, as it made sense to him why he had no memory of the event now.

“Yeah they were and so was Kristin,” Sue Ellen replied. “The girls were about the same age and they didn’t really get along that well at first. But then they hit it off when Kristin came up with an idea that was to Lucy’s liking.”

“Oh-uh, am I right to guess those two weren’t up to anything good?” Pam asked.

“You can say that again,” Sue Ellen smiled. “You’ll see they decided to play a little prank on Gopher, just to embarrass him some.”

“Okay so what did they do?” Bobby asked.

“They got up on stage and asked people to pay 2 dollars for the entertainment to start. Then once they had collected the money they went to tell Gopher that he had won a prize but would only receive it if he could sing a song on stage,” JR explained.

“Oh no that’s not fun,” Pam sighed.

“I know but they thought it was, to make matters worse they told him he had to make up his own lyrics to a famous song with Texas in the title and the lyrics had to be about me and JR,” Sue Ellen remembered. “Unfortunately Gopher was just high enough to think it sounded like a fun idea. So he went up there on stage and started to slur about how I had won Miss Texas and how much I loved JR and then he collapsed.”

“Oh no,” Pam replied. “Did he survive?”

“Yeah but by the time the paramedics showed up Sue Ellen and I thought it was about time we’d get the hell out of there,” JR said.

“Yeah the whole place turned into a circus, Mama was hysterical, Kristin and Lucy were bawling their eyes out confessing all about their prank since they thought it was their fault Gopher was ill,” Sue Ellen said.

“Yeah mama had to take care of the girls, daddy handled Patricia and Sue Ellen and I managed to escape from it all,” JR remembered.

“But the evening was ruined,” Sue Ellen laughed.

“It sure was,” JR laughed too.

“Oh I don’t know about that, I mean it sounds to me like you had a quite fun time at that party. I mean you even got a special song lyrics dedicated to you,” Bobby said teasingly.

“Yeah can you remember anything from the lyrics?” Pam laughed.

“Not much, just that he sang that I love JR Ewing more today than I did yesterday,” Sue Ellen a said bit too loudly and everyone at the restaurant stared at them with wide eyes and you could hear a soar of voices. Sue Ellen blushed when she realized that the last part of their conversation had been overheard. Sure she wanted to make people doubt that the movie was based on her life with JR. But she hadn’t intended to do so by making people believe that she was still in love with JR. Because that rumor was a bit too close to the truth for comfort…

 

[Presea]

I agree with @Presea!

As far as I'm concerned, just the thought of broadening the number of characters in this fanfic yet again makes me wanna puke! :hair:

I want more time with the core cast of "Dallas" and their children. For instance, what's up with Miss Ellie these days? How is Miss Ellie really dealing with having so many relatives under one roof? How is the living arrangement working out for Margaret and Rebecca? What goes on at Southfork at night (besides the obvious ... LOL)? I miss the good ol' days when the Ewings would meet up in the kitchen ... or the den ... or the stables!

I apologize, @Karin Schill! I'm just being honest!

Thank you! Once too many OCs (original characters) are added, it starts to feel like something else. That is what happened with the TNT Dallas. If Karin wasn't already creating good quality and/or fanservice storylines for the canon characters and still giving them plenty of time as well, then she might have a real problem!

 

[Presea]

It was really nice to see JR, Sue Ellen, Bobby, and Pam getting along so well. None of those "couple competitions" from the show or any snide remarks or taunting from either side. I really like that you made a reference to Kristin in the story Sue Ellen told here. She is one of my favorites. The whole thing with Gopher was pretty funny!

Once again, Sue Ellen (and JR) is simply choosing to dwell on the glory days from years and years ago, and has already forgotten just how how screwed up their marriage really was. I honestly think that Dallas glamorized domestic violence with Sue Ellen and JR's relationship. It is really disturbing to me how many fans (although I'm not saying that they don't see it both ways, too) seem to think that these two had some great epic love story and are "eternal partners", when JR did things more than once to her that actually have a place on the Power and Control Wheel. Not to mention the cheating and multiple divorces. That is why I wish for you to create a realistic reconciliation with lots of discussion and problem solving. I get that you want to provide fanservice with an easy, fluff-filled reunion, but I also think that a lot of people would appreciate my idea, too. If you can spend as much time as you have on Jenna and Charlie, then a realistic JR/Sue Ellen reconciliation is possible, too! You are a good writer, so you can do it, Karin!

 

[Ms Southworth]

Thank you! Once too many OCs (original characters) are added, it starts to feel like something else. That is what happened with the TNT Dallas. If Karin wasn't already creating good quality and/or fanservice storylines for the canon characters and still giving them plenty of time as well, then she might have a real problem!

@Presea, :yw:

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't you mean to say???
"Once too many new OCs (original characters) are added, it starts to feel like something else. That is what happened with the TNT Dallas."

If my instinct about the "forgotten" word is right, then I fully agree with you what you said!

Too many new characters means that there is too little time with each of the original characters we fell in love with! Thus, it's a fine balance to introduce new characters! :wink@

 

[Ms Southworth]

Ms Southworth, I agree that there are many characters in this story. I think if you count the kids you have 21 main characters which certainly is a lot. Unless you are writing a daytime soap opera that is...

I can only come up with 17 main characters! (which is still a lot, btw)

Margaret and Rebecca likes living together which is why you don't hear much about it. Miss Ellie do the occasional scene where she discusses her family and worries about them still. It's not something that's going to just go away.

Maybe I'm the only one who would like to hear Margaret and Rebecca chatting and giggling about this and that in their room? I mean, just imagine what they could come up with about the "odd" things that happen in their family? :lolo:

I've always loved the Miss Ellie scenes ... what can I say?

You don't need to explain the concept of a flashback scene to me. We already have some of those further on in this story.

I didn't mean to sound patronizing! Just wanted to make sure that you knew what I meant! SORRY!