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[wildcolumbine]

THE OUTLAND

Genre: AU
Rating: NC-17
Feedback: Any and all is welcome
Disclaimer: These are Annie Proulx's brilliant original characters and her story, and I have treated it and them (and her) with as much respect as I can muster.
This story is for Canstandit.

THE OUTLAND, CHAPTER 6

In 1916, Henry Charles Twist, five feet four and twenty years old,

Comments

[wildcolumbine]

Thanks, Kathy. I really can't see Ennis being happy with having anyone know what's going on at this stage. OS Ennis's desire for a son has always haunted me.

[sweetje]

You're amazing in the way you wrote this chapter in Bobby's POV. You showed an honest picture of how he was feeling about his daddy, Ennis, and his grandparents, and even his surroundings.
I was wondering if he would get suspicious when he saw Ennis's happy attitude the day after he saw him and Jack walk away together. But, thankfully, he was none the wiser. I am glad that he considers Ennis a friend now. I was a bit worried about that for awhile with the way he was lamenting over everything.

This was another wonderful chapter. I'm looking forward to your next update. : )
Debra

[wildcolumbine]

Thanks. Debra!

I'm in love with this story

[brokeback1963]

Swear to God I have no good adjectives enough to talk about this. Art, just Art. Pure poetry, delicate, precious, fragile

Re: I'm in love with this story

[wildcolumbine]

I'm so glad you liked those things especially - Jack after the divorce, and the smells. They are some of my favourites too.

[rdg64]

This was a completely captivating, fulfilling read. I am very attached to your story and with every chapter it becomes even richer. The opening was so good and sure packed a punch with this:

leaving two dirty shirts behind but taking a broken heart with him,Bobby/Rob's POV was simply a wonderful read and offered so much to the story: the story of this boy and who he is, a strikingly realistic take on POV in general (the meandering thoughts, the putting together of pieces, the seeing some things and not others). Best of all he is not a caricature of a boy his age -- he is sometimes smug, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes clueless, sometimes perceptive, sometimes witty, sometimes bored, not a goody-good but not a lazy-ass, willing to give work a try. And you write so well that this whole time for him was simultaneously trying to see who his dad is, who Ennis is, what Bumfuck, Wyoming is, while also trying to understand his past. And he is not on some grand mission to do those things, it's simply two weeks in a boy's life that get him

[rdg64]

As much as I have already gone on, I have to say that this was hilarious:

"Dad reckons Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid used to hang around these parts. I always figured they had that Etta girl as the love interest in that film so that no-one got the wrong idea about two pretty cowboys keeping each other company, but I never told Dad that because I didn't want to ruin one of his favorite movies."

[wildcolumbine]

Lovely comment. Thank you. The fact that it was just two weeks in a boy's life made it so easy to write. It was a pleasure to think as Bobby for a change.

[rosiet]

No comment of mine could do this justice. Your writing is superb! I could NOT love this more. Thank you!

[wildcolumbine]

And thank you for your ongoing support. I appreciate it.