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Relationships: Grizel and Neil
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Author:  jennifer [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:04 am ]
Post subject:  Relationships: Grizel and Neil

Grizel and Neil meet on a boat when they are travelling to Europe, and reconnect in Switzerland after Grizel's accident. They fall in love, Neil gets a job at the San, they marry and have a son.

What do you think of what we see of their courtship and relationship? Has Grizel been redeemed by finally getting a doctor (and a San doctor at that)? What do you think of the proposal?

Author:  Alison H [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:48 am ]
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It's lovely to see Grizel happy at last - I don't mean that she needed a doctor to make her happy :lol: , just that it's the first time that we ever really see her happy. Neil is really nice, although I found the "masterful" proposal a bit OTT and am not sure that Grizel would've stood for it had she not been weak from her accident at the time!

Author:  CBW [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:47 am ]
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After she left her Grandmother Grizel was always second for everyone. Neil's interest seems to be the first time that someone chose Grizel for herself over everyone else which was nice to see

Author:  JS [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:34 am ]
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Grizel was also one of the very few EBD characters to suffer setbacks in romance - which was analysed fairly thoroughly in a recent-ish thread. So it was nice to see her move on from that disappointment and meet someone, I guess.

I wonder if EBD was casting around for someone to soup up the series at that point and remembered that Grizel had always been a plot-worthy character?

Bit handy that she ends up with a San doctor, though...........

Author:  Becky-MA student [ Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:46 pm ]
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I quite enjoy the passage when Jo tries to remove herself 'tactfully' for the proposal!

I wonder how many patients the San had- there appear to be quite a number of doctors...

Author:  Abi [ Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:49 pm ]
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Well, you see, it was really a dating agency under cover... hmm, plot bunny, anyone??

I'm glad too that Grizel finally ends up happy - after all that she's been through I really think she deserved it. I quite like the bit on the boat, where Neil is obviously really kind to her and as CBW said, he likes for herself and doesn't of course see her with all that CS history behind her.

Author:  Róisín [ Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:54 pm ]
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I love Grizel and I love her late (by EBD's standards! :lol:) marriage. It's possibly the most realistic in the books? (Not that realism is why I read them...) I wish we had heard more of her post-marriage. If anyone has any drabble recommendations of that I'd love to read them :D

Author:  MJKB [ Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Reunion

I loved 'Reunion' and thought that EBD handled Neil's and Grizel's first meeting admirably. That first spark on Neil's part towards Grizel was believable and very much of its time. The proposal however, was toe curlingly embarrassing.
Personly, I think Reuion is in the top ten of the Chalet series and I would have loved a few more out of school stories of its kind.

Author:  Róisín [ Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:56 pm ]
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MJKB wrote:
... I would have loved a few more out of school stories of its kind.


They are my favourite too, and I always wished for the same :D

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