The NTAS ..... Well ..... this year I will not be on the computer eyes looking
Wally. How sad!

Hello dear Chryedville, hope everyone’s fine. Really good to see people popping by to say Hi, especially my dear twin, Zoetje! Lovely to see you post, lookig forwad to reading your writeup too.
So sorry you couldn’t make it to panto MrsP, but good to hear you’re better now and to see you post again.

Just wanted to say a big thanks to everyone posting info etc. about stuff going on. Lovely for example to hear Nina talk about her and Marc possibly working together one way or another, I really, really hope it will come to something.

Also, obviously, a huge, huge thanks to Sylae, Katrina, Jenn and Star for the panto-writeups. So glad all of you seem to have had such a wonderful time(s)! You’re all so worth it.

And, as always, a humongous thank you to Lyra for keeping writing, I hope you know how much I (and many, many others) appreciate you for it! So, so glad that someone can still write and is there to keep the boys alive and well and in such a fab way. (ETA: And any other writer out there feeling the inspiration suddenly would be more than welcome, of course :sleep: )

Anyway, enough babbling from me now, I just hope everyone's doing really well.
Love to all! xxxx

Hi everyone. Don't know if many will be popping in here over the weekend, but thought I'd mention, for those who haven't heard, that Johnny will be on the Lotto tonight. He posted about it on Twitter awhile ago. Also he'll be on Magic 105.4 radio in London, on Sunday at 7 pm. You can listen online.
Hope you're all having a lovely weekend!

Thanks for the info, Mudsie.

BTW for anyone following my fics Chapter 3 of Strangers exists and I forgot to link it. I'm working on Chapter 4.

Lyra I am happy to hear you're working on Chapter 4. I've really been enjoying this story and have read ch 1-3. Love some of the comments from Yasmin in ch. 3!!

Hello


Hi Zoetjetoch, hope you are well Thank you for the info on Pete's next episodes. I am sure they will be very emotional and as Nina said very well written.

Pleased to hear you had a fab weekend in Nottingham. Look forward to reading your write-up


Thank you Mudsie for the info I am so far behind in watching Johnny and Nina's TV appearances, and have not been on Johnny's twitter account since before Christmas So a really big thank you to everyone who has posted links and info, I really appreciate it.

Thank you Lyra Will look forward to reading chapter 3 when I get home And good to hear chapter 4 is on it's way too.

*waves* to Clarkey and coulditbemagic. Hope you are both having a lovely weekend

Thanks LoveChryed! I just saw the episode of the kiss in the alley, so
I'm recreating my melancholy.
Post hundredth! Sometimes it seems impossible to communicate with
everyone in the thread and I regret not having done it before.
** Have a good Sunday!

Chapter 4 of Strangers is up. I can't link it from my phone unfortunately but it comes right after part 3 which is linked above. Be aware that this fic is tagged as mature and part 4 is NSFW if you're at home with kids or anything.

Howdy All

Hope everyone is ok and surviving the cold/snow. Thank goodness it wasnt like this when we were all trying to get to and from Nottingham.

Anyway, just posting the link to my survey again http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HZ5WJ6T

You've still got plenty of time to think about it and fill it in - there's no deadline yet, I'd like to get at least 40 replies so we'll see how long that takes. Just for fun I may post my answers (if I can remember what I put, I go with gut on these things and dont dwell too much).

Q1. Thoughts on Chryed Exit Storyline?

I went for 'Hated most of it' but then I introduced a middle option of good/bad/ugly, and actually I'd pick thisif I could change my vote coz I loved the stag do, wedding, some of the wedding build up, some of the aftermath, but then there were bits that were hateful and just ugh. But the ending was happy and that's what mattered most to me.

Q2. Favourite Chryed Era.

I cant remember the exact order but I'm pretty sure early affair, reveal aftermathand fallout and reunion and DC week were my top 3 though not in that order.
Bottom was the empty months that was most of last year from March to Sept when Chryed were spectacularly ignored and wasted. I think Amira's return got my 2nd bottom vote.

Q3. Ranking thoughts

I agreeed that it's hard to rank really as all the good bits were good but all the bad bits had some flashes of greatness coz Johnny and Marc never once let us down and Chryed's love for each other was preetty evident even when they were doing stupid things.

Q4. Jump the shark moment(s)

I wont break it down but I was ok with everything (even BF) right up to first Syed and the rings, but I got over that, then DTW. I'd always said/thought cheating would be it for me, and had Chryed stayed I dont know how I would have coped, but as it was so close to the end I kept going, and though I HATE the way they did it, lulling us all into thinking it was 'just' a kiss, lying on wedding day, having money issues as well etc I just got sort of numb to it in the end, and still wanted Chryed together coz unlike TPTB I still believed in them and their epic lovestory and their stupid evil twists werent going to ruin it for me.

Ra! Two fingers to the EE 'ideas' team!! (Like they care!)

Q5. BF v Cant Say ILU.

Gosh both were hideous and stupid werent they? Neither fitted with stuff that had gone on before and really just seemed like a very cheap and tacky way of making drama to drag something out a bit. And coz they dragged the Syed cant say ILY over a longer time period (BF was 'resolved' by the end of the episode the horror line came in) and it was soooooooooooooo stupid and made even less sense, I voted for that one.

Q6. Preferred Wedding.

Chryed's. Has to be. Yes I know Syed had a secret but I believe he meant his vows on their wedding day, and it was frigging beautiful and nothng will ever make me not love it.

Q7. Fave Kiss.

Oooo, so tough but I know NYE was top, then I think Bushra kiss then their wedding kiss for the awwwwwws. But I love OT and the first kiss too.

Q8. Most annoying blackhole.

I can cope with blackholes when they're happy or in a good(ish) place. The ones that annoyed me the most were the lack of follow up to actually splitting up, so I voted for after BF, their first break up, and after the reconcilliation last Jan, after their second break up. If allowed a third choice I'd have wished for more to the final post-wedding break up, but coz of PL's awesomness I actually believe they started that, and in some ways it was a more 'easy' fix so I'm more ok with it.

Q9. Best thing about the fandom.

I wont give you all my thoughts but needless to say the groundbreaking SL and the experiences the fandom has led to (meeting Johnny twice now and Marc once) I totally and utterly cant be thankful enough for.

Q10. The dilemma.

No blackholes or no cheating.
I chose no cheating.

*waves* to Lovechryed, mudsie, coulditbemagic, Lyra, Sylae and anyone else possibly lurking...

Just popping in to say...
Big thank you to you Sylae for the survey and for keeping it open. I intend to do it, hopefully this next week. And it was really good to read your own answers too, thank you!

And, as always, thank you Lyra for yet another fab chapter, it's so good to read about them in any of your versions of their story.

Love to all! xxx

Morning


Thank you (and Clarkey), I'm much better now.
Yes, I'm planning to see Johnny very soon

Good Afternoon Chryedville....

Thanks to Zoetje for the Pete episode info, and Mudsie for the Johnny info...and KBambi for the various Nina bits. I listened to Johnny on Magic FM last night, great interview and great song choices.

Congrats to Coulditbemagic on 100 posts. x

It's nice to see people are still dropping in.....*waves* to Clarkey, and LoveChryed and others....

Sylae - thanks for the poll, I've just finally done it.....really good questions, if I can remember my answers I will post them up this afternoon.....x

I'm going to post my Nottingham memories first...so a rather large post coming next - eek.....didn't mean to write so much...but I guess I'll never change.... I've already posted one about on stage stuff on page 56....This one is about various meetings with Johnny and bits about all of us that I remember fondly....all from 3 different trips.....so here goes........

Okay, decided to put these in two separate posts otherwise I won't have enough smilies....so

Panto Memories Part 2 - Meetings with Johnny

The stand out bits I remember because it’s all a bit of a blur......15th Dec evening, 5th Jan evening and 6th Jan morning.....

Sat 15th Dec - lots of hugs, and all of us saying about how much we enjoyed the panto....Johnny taking time with each one of us for a hug and a pic which was lovely. Also posing for a group pic and saying how much he values our support. He discussed ACL, and that they were still deciding whether Zach would be American or English. He told us more about Dames and Dudes and all that is planned for that – (as now revealed in radio interviews).... singing, dancing, flamenco......and burlesque.....(the last one not him, shame, )....Also a policewoman came up and had her picture taken with him as well, after watching all of us with him for ages! At the end, after he’d said goodbye and walked away, he turned back and called out ‘take care of each other’ – so lovely.

Sat 5th – Lots of chat with a huge group of us (about 30)....asking after those he’d not seen in a long time, signing things...meeting Katrina and Carlaborrego for the first time....posing for big group pics with all of us....we also got interrupted by a strange lady who kind of gate-crashed the conversation and didn’t know who he was....that was awkward.... LOL. I also remember him taking his green wristband and putting it on....lovely.....and Zoetje gave Johnny a bar of Belgian chocolate, (but I’ll leave her to tell you more about that in her report!) and Chutneyed gave Johnny a Birthday card for Jon, that we had all signed, as it had been his Birthday on 4th Jan.

Sunday 6th - I actually didn’t see him walking up the road toward us as I was so busy chatting....silly me. He immediately put down the coffee he was carrying and launched into a long chat with us.....

He asked if we’d all had a good night...we’d all been up really late, some finally turning in from the Travelodge Bar at around 2.30am and some people up even later till 4.00am, so a lot of sleepy and some slightly hungover Chryedians that morning! He found all that really funny, and kept saying we were all there for a good time, and so what....lots of jokes from us about Chryedians being noisy in hotel rooms and getting asked to leave the bar and go to bed.

I remember how excited he was about ACL, and also how he was desperate to get into rehearsals.....enjoying panto but also wanted to be with his new cast members (understandable). He told us that Jon was auditioning for ACL and clapped in the most wonderful excited way, and we of course were bowled over by this news! I gabbled on (groan) trying to make interesting conversation and seem proper normal (never easy) saying about how well Jon had done with getting lots of different shows...and also how we’d all been saying how amazing it would be if they could be in something together....Loved Johnny crossing his fingers and saying.....we need to send good Chryedian vibes... (for good luck for Jon’s audition) pronouncing Chryedian perfectly. (Jon did get the part, in case it’s not been mentioned on here before...so yay!!)

He also talked about how he will have a bath in his dressing room at the Palladium, and joking about how he’ll never get out of it, making out he’ll be all grand etc....LOL. We gave him some flowers and a card, (thanks to Meg_icy and kqv for organising this). He also showed us his schedule for all the radio interviews he was doing on the Monday (after every Sunday night since mid Dec he'd been going straight back down to London and having a rehearsal day for ACL on Monday, or doing publicity) and this after 12 shows over 6 days in Panto....so basically working 7 days a week...very hectic!

Then some other people came up with their children and he posed for pics with them and had a little chat with the children, telling them about the flying horse....really sweet....Then he had to go....joking about how he’d have to do a lot to transform himself into Prince Charming (errr, totally not true!) and off he went.

And off we all went, into the theatre, in orbit, floating on cloud 9....

Panto Memories Part 3 - All of Us.

My memories.....lovely trip on the 15th Dec with kqv, meg_icy, Karenb, Jack Nasty, and Jemman.....we also met up with Ditzy Lady, Pink Teddy and Elphie once we were up there. Also we met with Sarah (sorry can't remember your username on DS) for a coffee during the day...Elphie had met up with a friend and brought her along to a meal with us and they also sat up till midnight in the Premier Inn bar with us all after the show....and her friend was very lovely and polite listening to all of us going on and on and on....about Johnny, Marc, Chryed, and EE and lots of enthusiastic chatting and reminiscing...

Nottingham had the most lovely decorations and Christmas market and this amazing ride with chair-o-planes that went up really high on a pole.....it was really pretty and gave a great Christmas atmosphere.

Sat 5 & 6th weekend....everyone meeting in the Travelodge....or else arriving at Zizzi’s where we had our big meal......about 35 Chryedian’s sat round two huge tables....the buzz and the noise and the excitement building....taking pictures.... The biggest meet up since ChryedCon.....Also remember Ardchoile’s quest for a cup with handle....they only served hot chocolate in these glass bowls, and didn’t seem to possess any kind of drinking vessel with a handle....it was so funny........odd shaped glasses and jugs in various Italian restaurants became a bit of theme throughout the two weekends......

In the audience, the amazing cheer that went up when Johnny first came out on stage....all the hands in the air.....with our wristbands on....we all had a new green wristband for Nottingham....

After our meet up with Johnny, everyone camping out in the Travelodge bar till the early hours.........all a bit of a blur (cough) I made an effort to circulate.....talking to people I don’t always get the chance to.......great fun. Sunday morning....saying goodbye to sleepy Chryedian’s at breakfast....always sad when some people have to go. I was lucky enough to be staying so it was Stage Door again, then the matinee - for this I was sat in the Dress Circle, which had great views and it was nice to get a different perspective. Then we had a quick meal at Bella Italia squeezed in and more goodbyes, then the Sunday night performance. Followed by a final chat in the Premier Inn Bar with kqv and Meg_icy, before waving them off as they drove through the night back down to London. Myself, MercuryPhoenix, Elphie, and Zoetje all wandered back to the Travelodge through the midnight streets of Nottingham, and all set off home on the train on Monday morning, able to sit together, which was nice....lovely journey home talking loudly about fan-fiction.....without a care in the world.

The Final weekend of 12th & 13th......a particularly good night in the audience on Sat 12th as we were all sat in the first two rows so all felt really 'together', similar to the 5th, lots of glowband jewellery being made.....and lots of noise being made.....

On Sunday...managed to find the Robin Hood statue and finally take some pictures....thanks to Absacadabra for coming with me to find it......I also managed to find time to buy a thank you card to Johnny and scrawl an inadequate thank you message in it....with a woman trying to look over my shoulder at what I was writing....she could have sat on two other empty benches....we seem to attract people......

Then it was the brilliant mucked up matinee with Johnny dressed as a stag in the woodland animals scene, doing some impressive ballet leaping and carrying Dandini, huge surprise....when he took the headress off as we had no idea...he was brilliant, and it brought the house down....dressed in tights and a mini-dress.....We were sat in a box which gave us a nice new perspective, he spotted us and looked up several times and grinned at us....thank you to LovelyLaura for organising that particular performance and getting the box for us.....it was great!

Also the other bits that were a bit different to normal were Johnny leaving his sleeves off for longer than normal during Runaway Baby (they get ripped off every time but he left them off for much longer....we didn’t complain....:sleep and Cinderella’s magical invitation coming down the chimney attached to a brick....Johnny being made up in white make-up and a white wig for the start of the ballroom scene, so funny.....And the epic line that brought the house down: when Cinderella runs off at the stroke of midnight....Prince Charming stops the orchestra and shouts ‘Dandini – after her’ – usually Dandini comes back and says ‘there is no one there, just a kitchen maid running through the grounds’ – they changed this to a ‘a kitchen maid having a fantasy in the grounds’ – brought the house down......LOL.

We had a big meal (yet again) in Pizza Express and downed our food in a rush.......I think we could now write up a good guide to the Italian Restaurants in Nottingham....
Then it was glowsticks at the ready, and we were seated in the first two rows for the final, final show.....amazing finale with Johnny singing his heart out and giving us a lovely shout out in the final song, I’m a Believer....saying ‘I’m in love with you’....a lovely end!

And then, after all the fake snow we’d had showered on us during the many many performances......we walked out of the theatre and it was actually snowing.....was quite magical......

Many people went home, and I was overnight for a final stay in the Premier Inn and woke up to a very snowy Nottingham on Monday morning....decided for some mad reason to walk up Goldsmith Street in the snow.....just to walk past the stage door one more time and say goodbye to it....then I got on a tram...and it was the last glimpse of the Theatre Royal in the snow as the tram turned away....and it went off to the station.

So, farewell Nottingham......3 trips of epic Johnny cheering and joy, Chryedian chatting and squeezing and drinking, Italian food devouring and tram riding.....it was brilliant.