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lovable subtle details
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on June 10, 2006, 09:17:51 pm ---Yup, the Twists are doing just fine. But I'm sure Jack would give up every dime to live with Ennis in a shack. :-\
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LOL, you read my mind David! I was just about to post something similar.
alec716:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on June 10, 2006, 09:17:51 pm ---Yup, the Twists are doing just fine. But I'm sure Jack would give up every dime to live with Ennis in a shack. :-\
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NO DOUBT! And so would I, for that matter. But do people really think that Jack and Ennis could have lived and worked alongside hateful Father Twist? Sorry if that's OT... maybe it belongs in a different thread. Just a thought.
David:
Well, if they could have built a cabin on the far side of the ranch it might have worked for a while. But I'd bet that the Old man would continue to belittle Jack. And when Ennis saw the way Jack was being treated, He'd want to punch the old man! LOL.
Too bad Jack didn't outlive his father. Then I could easily see he and Ennis moving up to the ranch with his Mom. She'd bake them Cherry cake. Ennis would be so polite. She'd dote after the boys. At least that's how my Happy BBM ending would be.
alec716:
Excellent! Thanks for the chuckle. The Widow Twist could have started the first PFLAG chapter in Wyoming, and Bobby could have had the first "I love my gay dads" t-shirt in the Great American West. Now what if Bobby and Jenny took a fancy to each other over summer vacation?
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: alec716 on June 10, 2006, 09:25:05 pm ---NO DOUBT! And so would I, for that matter. But do people really think that Jack and Ennis could have lived and worked alongside hateful Father Twist? Sorry if that's OT... maybe it belongs in a different thread. Just a thought.
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Welcome to BetterMost alec716, grab a cup of coffee and some cherry cake! I've always thought the issue of Ennis living on the ranch alongside John Twist is a really interesting question. It just so happens that there's already a thread on this subject that used to be quite active. Here's the link... and I bumped it in the Open Forum board here at BetterMost. It's called Ennis and Old Man Twist.
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=1922.0
Thinking about the "what if" question about Ennis and Jack living together at Lightning Flat... I just love the detail that latjoreme once pointed out about the extra building on the property that we see when Ennis pulls up to the house. It seems like a sign that this could have been the cabin where Jack and Ennis could have built a life... But the building is falling apart, un-used. A sign of a major missed opportunity. So, literally, Jack was wanting to live in a shack with Ennis. Clearly they would have fixed the cabin up a bit, but nothing on Lightning Flat would probably ever be as cushy as Jack's Texas house. I've also always wondered whether or not Ennis could have pulled himself out of poverty a bit if he teamed up with Jack to go into business on a ranch. He would at least have been his own boss.
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