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glaenconer

Sometimes It Goes the Other Way

Oct 10, 2007 12:04

There were no flies on Lureen Newsome, and she had never heard of the word no. Her daddy let it ride, sly cuss, figuring the new would wear off Jack Twist soon enough and his baby girl would pick out a stud with better breeding to sire his grandkids. Too canny to talk her cowboy down, L.D. played it broad, called Jack ‘Rodeo’ like naming a pet, ( Read more... )

brokeback, sometimes it goes the other way

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sienata October 10 2007, 16:41:04 UTC

Yikes!!!!!!! I don't like it... I believe it, I'm not giving up on it at all, but grrrrrr.... I can totally see all this happening. Hopefully you'll fix it. Somehow. S!

glaenconer October 10 2007, 16:46:30 UTC

In the book and the film, Ennis makes so many sacrifices for Jack, small and large, but could never make the one that really counted. I am so pleased you find the writing in line with the original story. I am going to do my utmost to fix it, because if Jack and Ennis are not together, I am not sure I can stand it.

Sometimes It Goes The Other Way bmshirts October 10 2007, 16:49:14 UTC

AARRGGH!!! Please, please don't let this happen. Get Jack away from Lureen and L.D. and back to Ennis right away. I crawl on my knees to you. Whimper! I've loved this story from the start. I've been hoping it would never come to their parting and dumbass Ennis "being noble". Help!!! Carole

Re: Sometimes It Goes The Other Way glaenconer October 10 2007, 16:54:06 UTC

I have always found a nobility in what Ennis was willing to suffer, or perhaps willing is not quite the right word. I have always found Jack's courage ennobling as well. Both deserved better than they got and I will do my best to see that they get a measure of sweetness to share by the end of this little tale.

bbm_citygirl October 10 2007, 17:29:21 UTC

Gosh, I just love your writing. You really know how to turn a phrase as well as move the plot forward.

He was the belt buckle she’d won, but it appeared he needed a sight more polish.

Broke on the outside, broke on the inside, broke any way you looked at it.

and "iron cure".

Just masterful.

Ennis' doesn't want to be a burden to Jack, which is noble but sad to think that Ennis doesn't know that for Jack there is no sweet life without him in it.

katecaton October 10 2007, 17:38:24 UTC

Uh oh, I don't like this turn of events :(
THis line really seems to sum up Ennis' philosophy, so sad...

So Jack could get busted up some more? And then wouldn’t they be a pair? Broke on the outside, broke on the inside, broke any way you looked at it.

I hope Jack finds him soon,
Thanks for more of your take on J & E,
Kate

God! I adore pithy!!!!! cynical21 October 10 2007, 17:53:05 UTC

Just managed to read this incredible stride through the landscape of "What if?", my friend, and find it compelling and intriguing . . . and remarkably Proux-ish. You definitely speak that terse, poignant, breathlessly simple and totally vivid dialect - and you manage to break hearts along the way with a bare eloquence that makes me pea green with envy.

Can't wait for more.

CYN

Re: God! I adore pithy!!!!! glaenconer October 10 2007, 18:10:24 UTC

I really should not be stealing this time, but when I saw that you had commented on my work, I had to acknowledge it right away. Thank you for writing "The Greatest Love" and showing me Ennis and Jack through the eyes of a poet. It broke my heart like the original in a consuming but utterly glorious catharsis, which is to me the mark of true art.