Dallas in the 90's

Karin

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Thank you everyone for the feedback and your comments. It amazes me how much discussion there's been over the characters and this story since the last update. :site:

First of all I am going to address this here since several of you pointed out how Pam should have gone talk to Christopher instead of Rebecca. I can understand why you are rooting for Chris in this circumstance and want them to work things out. But well I think that it makes perfect sense for Pam to start with talking to Rebecca because she has raised her single handedly for 7 years. Rebecca doesn't know the rest of her family that well yet. She is sort of an outsider in her own family and so is Pam. So she has to make sure her little girl is ok with her parents being back together. Also Pam almost lost Rebecca just the other day when Christopher and John Ross threw her into the pool.

On top of that I think Pam knows better than to go talk to her teenage son when he's already upset. If she did it would probably only lead to more arguing and would solve nothing. So it's really better for her to talk to Christopher later when he's cooled off.

Honkytonkangel, you want Sue Ellen to screw Don? ;)
Okay I'll keep that in mind. Also interesting how you liked him on the show but hate him in this story. I guess my dislike for the character shines through in the way we write him as we did turn him into a jerk here!
I agree that Bobby should have stayed and talked to Christopher instead of rushing off to work. But oh well he didn't. Also I agree that Pam is sending out a mixed message to Rebecca about her grounding which might not work so well in their attempt to discipline her.

Crazy about SE and JR, I'm sorry to hear that you hate Rebecca. :(
Then as for Sue Ellen and her relationship with Chris let me just clarify this. Chris already knows that Sue Ellen is his natural aunt. It's not a secret anymore. I don't remember if we saw them telling him on the show but I do remember that someone told Sue Ellen that Chris should be told she was his aunt too somewhere during the Lisa Alden fiasco which brought up his natural father. If Chris wasn't told on the show who his birth mom was I think he would have been told by now considering that he's almost 14. So it's not a secret.

Presea, thanks for giving us your POV on the characters. I agree that JR is protective on Bobby and Chris and doesn't want to see them get hurt again. He has not forgiven Pam for leaving the way she did. Even if he was glad to see her go. Also JR is not as powerless as you might think. He is still the same ol' JR and up to his tricks. You'll see what I mean later on! :bah:
Bobby using physical violence against JR is just the way the character is. He did that on the show too. He is hot tempered and when provoked by JR he usually hits him or threatens him. It's nothing new.
Rebecca doesn't understand what sex is. All she saw was that her parents were kissing each other on the mouth and that's why she said it was a real kiss, compared to the peek on the cheek that Bobby gave Pam the other night. She is not a pervert. She was just happy to see her parents kissing.
Her comment about JR being mentally ill was meant to be funny, since it meant that Rebecca blabbered about something she had heard Pam say. I don't think Rebecca understands what mentally ill is. She was just repeating what her mother had said the way kids usually take after their parents.
But yeah you are right that Rebecca doesn't really know her uncle JR yet and well when she gets to know him she will form her own opinion of him.


Pammy, thank you, I am glad you thought it was amazing writing and that you could picture it all in your head. :)

Sanda, I'm glad that you are still happy that Bobby and Pam are back together again. I understand why you feel bad for Christopher. I think we all do. It's easy to side with him since Pam was wrong to leave him in the first place.

Ms. Southworth, I agree that grounding is not a very effective punishment and I might be wrong about this. But it seems to me that most of the time when I watch American TV the kids over there are grounded when they do something wrong. So I've gotten the impression that it's a common form of punishment.
Thank you for saying that Rebecca is an average 7 year old child. I am glad you think so. You are right that she wants the fairybook ending/lifestyle with her parents together. I think most kids that age does unless they have a reason not to want that. Say for instance one parent treat them wrong or their parents are just aruging all the time and would be happier apart.
I'm glad that the latest update made you laugh at times. Also I agree that Bobby and JR driving too work together is a bit odd. Unless of course someone, let's say Pam had asked to borrow Bobby's car to drive into town. In the first draft of this story Pam, Bobby and Rebecca flew back to Dallas instead of doing the roadtrip so then she didn't have her own car in Dallas. Later we changed it and added the road trip since we thought it would be more practical for her to have her own car.

Shan, thank you all those tens put a smile on my face. :)

Okay update will follow in the next post.
 

Karin

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At Nashville’s Centennial Park were Jenna, Charlie and Lucas standing in front of the Parthenon, which was a recreation of the ancient temple in Athens. Charlie lowered her camera and said, “Wow! This is really impressive!”

Lucas shook his head, “No I think the real temple in Athens was better.”

“Well of course that has more historic value,” Jenna agreed, “but it’s interesting to see here how the temple would have looked in its glory days!”

“Whatever,” Lucas said. “Can we move on now?”

Jenna looked at him saying, “Lucas what’s the hurry?”

“I wanna see the Music Valley Car Museum!”

Charlie frowned, “What’s that?”

“It’s a museum where we can see the country stars’ cars,” Lucas beamed.

Charlie and Jenna were not looking that interested and Jenna said, “Country stars, darling are you sure you don’t wanna see the Music Hall of Fame instead?”

Lucas shook his head, “Nope I wanna see their cars!”

“Figures,” Charlie sighed.

“Well I guess we can…”

“Mom, you promised me we’d look at the Athena statue inside the Parthenon,” Charlie interrupted Jenna, pointing toward the building. “And they have this really interesting art exhibition you wanted to see!”

“That’s true…”

“But Mommy I wanna see the cars!” Lucas whined.

Charlie gave her mother a look and Jenna said, “Well maybe we can do both!”

“Oh brother,” Charlie muttered, as she realized that it was gonna be a long day in Nashville.
 

Crazy about SE and JR

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Crazy about SE and JR, I'm sorry to hear that you hate Rebecca. :(
Then as for Sue Ellen and her relationship with Chris let me just clarify this. Chris already knows that Sue Ellen is his natural aunt. It's not a secret anymore. I don't remember if we saw them telling him on the show but I do remember that someone told Sue Ellen that Chris should be told she was his aunt too somewhere during the Lisa Alden fiasco which brought up his natural father. If Chris wasn't told on the show who his birth mom was I think he would have been told by now considering that he's almost 14. So it's not a secret.

Oh, got it! Another reason for Sue Ellen to try to talk to Chris. It would be the right thing to do, but I don't think it would happen on the show either! :confuse:
Not that I HATE Rebecca, but I think she has a lot of autonomy for a child. There is a consideration for her that is not there for Chris, but he was the one who suffered the most when Pam left. :(
And Bobby is as guilty as Pam!
 

Ms Southworth

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Karin, you already know that I'm quite indifferent and don't care much for the welfare of Jenna and her children! :bag: Thus, I find it difficult to give you feedback on it. But I can say that it was a well written update about their time in Nashville! :danc: Their conversation was believable in my ears! :) It's no wonder that Charlie and Lucas are on completely different pages as to what things they want to explore! They're "fightning" not only the boy/girl thing, but also the fact that she's a whole lot older than him! :D

I do hope that you have a good story up your sleeve regarding Jenna once she gets to Dallas, because I'm not looking forward to having her spend time at Southfork (or with the Ewings elsewhere)! Couldn't Jenna meet up with some guy from her "glory" days in the fashion industry, fall head over heels in love with him, divorce Ray, and eventually live happily forever after with her new husband? If so, Jenna could easily be written out of this fan fic! Same goes for Charlie and Randy, who don't have much in common with the Ewings! Lucas could still see Ray (and Bobby?) on occation! ;)

Sorry, I know that it's your fan fic! :embarrassed: You should do what you see fit for Jenna and her children! :shifty:

Please update real soon! :spinning: I need my daily fix of Dallas in the 90's! :best:
 

Pammy P

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Jenna Wade is a Tramp ...... gold digger like April Stevens was........she booked 1 Ewing, Jenna hooked 2.

Buzz off Jenna back to Europe and reunite the 'Lady and the Cowboy' they should never have parted ways!!
 

Pammy P

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My guess JR & Sue Ellen will be reunited, Donna & Ray, as we have Bobby n Pam back together and Mitch n Lucy, 'oh this is all so exciting!' - Lucy Ewing Cooper, 1978 Mini Series, Diggers Daughter!
 

Karin

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Thank you everyone for the feedback. :)

Crazy about SE and JR, I agree with you that Chris suffered the most when Pam left. Sure it was tough on Bobby too but in a different way.

Ms. Southworth, I still don't get why you don't like Jenna and her kids. But since Jenna is my sister's most favorite character in Dallas and I like her too, it's safe to say that Jenna will not be written out of this story. I think we have some good plots for Jenna and Charlie lined up and yes she's going to have a new love interest!

Pammy, good predictions, I guess time will tell if you are right! ;)

Here's a short update tonight:


In Dallas, at the Ewing Oil building, JR and Bobby finally got out of the elevator. They greeted Kendall good morning before they walked over towards their secretaries. JR smiled, “Good morning Sly any mail, phone calls?”

“Hi JR, the mail is on your desk,” Sly said and checked her notes. “Mr. Beck from Houston and Cliff…Barnes have called!”

“Cliff Barnes?” JR frowned. “What did that idiot want?”

“I don’t know JR, but he sounded grumpy.”

“Morning Phyllis,” Bobby smiled, “any mail?”

“On your desk and Bobby someone from Nelson Oil called,” Phyllis replied.

“Thanks,” Bobby nodded.

Kendall came into the secretaries’ room and said, “Bye girls I’m off for an early lunch.” Then she looked at Bobby and said, “You’re late in today. Had a business meeting?”

“No,” Bobby shook his head not offering any more details.

“Bob I wanna see you in my office in ten,” JR said to Bobby. “Sly will you get Mr. Beck on the phone for me?”

“Sure JR,” Sly said and JR went into his office.

Phyllis turned to Bobby and said, “So Bobby?” Phyllis waited for Bobby to give her some instructions what to do first.

But Bobby misinterpreted the question, thinking she was asking him why they were so late into the office. So he said, “Pam held me up, so we were at the ranch a little longer than expected that’s all.”

Bobby then hurried into his office and the secretaries looked after him with amused looks on their face. “Pam must be getting to him,” Phyllis said to Sly and Kendall, “Do you think they are back together again?”

“I don’t know could be,” Sly smiled.

“He does seem totally distracted,” Kendall agreed.

“Yeah I just asked him what he wanted me to do first and he starts talking about Pam!” Phyllis said and the women laughed.
 

Presea

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Classic Dallas secretary talk! Nice! Does Jenna even remember that she is coming to see Ray? She seems to be having a blast with her tour of the USA here! Lol! Karin, when you give Jenna a new love interest, I am hoping it will be Jack Ewing. I loved his character, and even though I don't like Jenna's character after season 7 (dvd), I did enjoy her scenes with Jack in the dream season. I thought that they were a cute couple and that Jenna seemed really happy with him.
 

Ms Southworth

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Cute update that made me smile! :) I could easily see the whole thing played out in the Ewing Building!

It was funny how Bobby misinterpreted Phyllis, but to tell you the truth, I didn't get what she was insinuating either! ;) But if I'd been Bobby, I would have asked her to clarify! :D Cute how the ladies quickly picked up on the "change" in Bobby! :)
Oh no, what if Cliff is calling JR to form an alliance to split up "Romeo and Juliet"? :bang: Let's all pray that I'm way off here! :mo:
Let's have another update real soon, okay? :thank: :best:

PS. I don't wanna take up all the space on your thread, so I'll tell you about Jenna in private! :r&r: ;)
 

Ms Southworth

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Classic Dallas secretary talk! Nice! Does Jenna even remember that she is coming to see Ray? She seems to be having a blast with her tour of the USA here! Lol! Karin, when you give Jenna a new love interest, I am hoping it will be Jack Ewing. I loved his character, and even though I don't like Jenna's character after season 7 (dvd), I did enjoy her scenes with Jack in the dream season. I thought that they were a cute couple and that Jenna seemed really happy with him.
I beg to differ! (sorry) :eek: To match Jenna up with a third Ewing is just too WEIRD and RIDICULOUS!!!

Also, Jack seemed like a nice guy, and he deserves a whole lot better than Jenna! ;)

It's highly likely that Jenna is still in love with Bobby! :( It's bad enough that she went on and married Ray in spite of the way she felt about Bobby. Thus, Jenna needs to find her next hubba somewhere far away from the Ewings, please! :D
 

Presea

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I beg to differ! (sorry) :eek: To match Jenna up with a third Ewing is just too WEIRD and RIDICULOUS!!!

Also, Jack seemed like a nice guy, and he deserves a whole lot better than Jenna! ;)

It's highly likely that Jenna is still in love with Bobby! :( It's bad enough that she went on and married Ray in spite of the way she felt about Bobby. Thus, Jenna needs to find her next hubba somewhere far away from the Ewings, please! :D
I believe that most people would agree with you about Jack and Jenna. Jenna seems to be having even less luck with Ewing men in this story. Maybe Mark Graison could return from the dead again and start going after Jenna? Lol!
 

Ms Southworth

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I believe that most people would agree with you about Jack and Jenna. Jenna seems to be having even less luck with Ewing men in this story. Maybe Mark Graison could return from the dead again and start going after Jenna? Lol!
Nah ... let's leave Mark Graison where ever he is! ;)

But maybe Jenna could hook up with Maynard Anderson again? :D
 

Honkytonkangel

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I think I have the PERFECT solution to the Jenna problem. She should shack up with Don. They can be whiny and hard done by together and bugger off back to England or Switzerland (see how nice I'm being. No-one is dead LOL. But feel free to keep her and her kids on their road trip as long as possible).
That way JR can romance Sue Ellen (when he stops obsessing about Bobby and Pam), Ray can get back with Donna and everything will be right in the world again (or at least my world).
Jenna is kinda like Dusty for me, didn't mind her originally but then she just got selfish and whiny (kinda like Pam. I wonder if Bobby causes it) . Particularly in the dream season.
Can't wait to see what happens next.
 

Ms Southworth

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I think I have the PERFECT solution to the Jenna problem. She should shack up with Don. They can be whiny and hard done by together and bugger off back to England or Switzerland (see how nice I'm being. No-one is dead LOL. But feel free to keep her and her kids on their road trip as long as possible).
That way JR can romance Sue Ellen (when he stops obsessing about Bobby and Pam), Ray can get back with Donna and everything will be right in the world again (or at least my world).
Jenna and Don??? LOL ... now that could be a solution! :D.

Let's have the "right" couples matched up again ... just like you said! :)
 

Ray&Donna

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Interesting that, even fully-grown and educated, Charlie still seems as whiny as ever. I guess Lucas is so much younger than they just don't have any common ground. :lol:
 

Jessie

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Awesome updates, I'm glad Pam and Bobby are getting close again. I like Rebecca but Pam really needs to think about both Christopher's and Rebecca's feelings. I hope she has a talk with him soon.

I love the family breakfast scenes just like on the show. I'm glad Rebecca was told she was grounded in front of the boys but than Pam takes her out to talk. I understand why but Christopher wouldn't. I think Pam is afraid to talk it out with Christopher but she better soon or he might never forgive her.

I can't wait to see what happens when Sue Ellen finds out the film will be released in the US. The only good thing it might get Sue Ellen to file for divorce.

Jenna and the kids are having fun. I didn't mind Jenna but her showing up at Southfork will cause major problems. I wonder if she will hook up with Don.

Hope you update again soon.❤❤❤
 

Karin

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Thank you so much for the feedback everyone. :)

Presea, I liked Jenna and Jack in the dream season too :)
Even though their relationship really never moved past the friendship stage. I don't think we even saw them kissing once. But nah Jenna and Jack will never be an item in this story. Jack will pop up at some point for a visit and that's all. Also am I the only one who feels like they added Jack to the show to sort of replace Bobby?

I mean think about it, he appeared shortly before Bobby "died", was promoted to the opening credits in the dream season and then when Bobby returned they didn't really have any use for him anymore so they hurried to write him out of the show.

Also rest assured that Mark will remain dead in this story and will not magically reappear. Since well let's face it, Mark only returned in the dream season and therefore I've come to the conclusion that Mark really died in that planecrash and that Pam's search for him was nothing but a wild goose chase organized by JR.

Yes Jenna remembers that she is going to Dallas to see Ray. She still wants her marriage to work out even if she's enjoying a holiday with her kids.

Ms. Southworth, I agree with you that Jenna needs to find a new love interest that's outside of the Ewing family. It really opens up for more storyline possibilities. But yeah first she needs to resolve her relationship with Ray.

Honkytonkangel, Jenna & Don? :lol:
You must be joking as they would be completely mismatched. I liked Jenna the most in the first two seasons too since she seemed really happy when she was with Bobby. I always found Jenna and Bobby to be a better pairing than Pam and Mark. Probably because they were each other's first loves so it was sort of sweet how they found each other again.

Tommie, you are right that Charlie and Lucas doesn't have a lot in common. I guess it's the age difference in combination with them never living together properly, as Charlie was shipped off to boarding school when Lucas was just a year old. So they don't have as close of a relationship as they would have had if Charlie had lived at home longer.

Jessie, I'm glad that you enjoyed the updates. :)
Jenna will definitely not hook up with Don. But yeah you are right that her arrival at Southfork will cause some drama...

Update will follow in the next post.
 
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Karin

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Out at Southfork Ranch were Pam and Rebecca out riding with the wind blowing through their hairs. Rebecca giggled delightedly, as she urged her horse to gallop faster.

“Rebecca slow down!” Pam called out.

“Why, can’t you keep up with me?” Rebecca yelled teasingly.

“You know I can, but we can’t talk if you’re gonna ride this fast!” Pam insisted. “And we are here to talk Rebecca.”

“But I wanna ride fast,” Rebecca whined.

“I know you do, still you’d better slow down now or mommy’s gonna send you back to your room for your grounding,” Pam threatened.

That got to Rebecca who obediently held in her horse before she asked, “Why did you have to ground me mommy?”

“Because your daddy thought it was unfair to Christopher if we grounded him and not you,” Pam explained, as they kept riding while they talked.

“But Christopher tried to drown me!” Rebecca objected.

“No he thought you could swim. He didn’t mean to hurt you,” Pam said firmly.

“Then why didn’t he apologize to me?”

“Because Christopher is going through a hard time right now,” Pam said. “You’ve noticed this morning that he’s not happy.”

“Yeah why is that?” Rebecca asked. “It’s not because of me, is it?”

“No why do you say that?”

“I don’t know I just get the feeling he doesn’t like me” Rebecca pouted.

“That’s not true, it’s just that he doesn’t know you,” Pam said. “You’ve got to remember that you’ve known all along about your daddy and Christopher since I’ve told you about them. But they only found out about you the other week. So it’s gonna take them some time to get to know you.”

“Maybe,” Rebecca pondered that. “But if that’s true, why doesn’t Christopher wanna spend any time with me?”

“Because he blames you for taking me away from him.”

“Why?” Rebecca looked worried. “It’s not my fault you left him, is it?”

“Of course not,” Pam lied. “But it’s complicated Rebecca. Christopher was just a year younger than you are now when I left him. So we have missed a lot of time together and it’s not going to be as easy as I had hoped to win his trust,” Pam sighed. “So I need you to cut your brother some slack and be extra kind to him. Can you do that Rebecca?”

“I will try to.”

“That’s my big girl,” Pam smiled. “Also you don’t mind that I move into daddy’s room do you?”

“Of course not, why should I?”

“I don’t know, I just thought you liked sharing a room with mommy.”

“For a few days yeah, but not all the time,” Rebecca replied. “I mean I have my own room in Los Angeles.”

“True,” Pam nodded. “So now how do you feel about daddy?”

“Oh I love daddy!” Rebecca beamed.

“Good, so then you won’t mind if we stay here at Southfork until school starts?”

“No, I love it here at Southfork!” Rebecca beamed.

“Good,” Pam smiled, as they continued to ride.
 
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