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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Todd" data-source="post: 356606" data-attributes="member: 3926">Great observation, [USER=237]@Lastkidpicked[/USER] !  I love details like this. That's good writing and knowing the importance of details I would have liked a plot in which Miss Ellie feels compelled to stand up for JR because he's Ewing, her son, and to not do so would threaten all of them and their wealth. This would be the result of one of JR's schemes. Privately, she would tell JR how disgusted she is with him, but she would never turn her back on her family, Southfork or Jock's legacy, so she will actively fight those who are taking advantage of JR's scheme being revealed to destroy the Ewings. I know this doesn't necessarily make her meaner, but it would show how far she is willing to go to stand by her family and wealth. This could also set up interesting exchanges between other family members. Clayton would object to JR's scheme and Miss Ellie standing by her son. He would remind her she is a Farlow now, not a Ewing. She would respond that her family members are Ewings, part of her will always be a Ewing, and he's either on the Ewing's side or he'll find himself on the outside. Most importantly, as  @Snarky's Oracle said, it make Miss Ellie something with something to do.</blockquote>