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lovable subtle details
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on July 17, 2011, 05:21:47 pm ---I believe this is it:
http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,1994.0/all.html
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Thanks, Lee! It's good to read that again. I also put back two photos that had disappeared along with my old image host. 8)
Penthesilea:
Yay, great you found it, Lee. :)
And Amanda remembered right, it was indeed Meryl.
When Amanda talked about Jack's lamb coat being significant, I thought of this immediately:
"Whadya mean? My jacket being sgnificant? How's that?"*
Seriously, somehow I had either forgotten, or never noticed, that Jack had two very similar lambswool jackets. The color is different, but the jackets are almost identical, especially the collars. The real collars, of course *g*
*Photo manip by Jimmy(gnash), and thanks to Chuckie for sending the pic to me. :)
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: tango on December 03, 2009, 05:29:05 pm ---I think Jack was protective of Ennis too. Until their final meeting, Jack never tells Ennis about Mexico though he's being going for years, nor does he tell him about his rancher "friend" down in Texas. He knows both those things would devastate Ennis and wants to protect him. I think the short leash comment refers to how Ennis gives just enough of himself, time, sex, affection to keep Jack hoping and coming back for more and Jack realizes it.
I'm reminded of a line in a song - "that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse". Sometimes people refuse comittment or offers of love because they don't want to be tied down or are afraid, etc, thinking another option is preferable. And in the end, they still pay a price. Sometimes even a bigger price as in the case of Ennis. Every choice has consequences.
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I still wonder why Jack complains that Ennis keeps him "on a short leash". Isn't that what he wanted, to be tied to Ennis and close to him?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 24, 2011, 11:23:13 am ---I still wonder why Jack complains that Ennis keeps him "on a short leash". Isn't that what he wanted, to be tied to Ennis and close to him?
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I think at that point, he's frustrated. He wants to be tied to Ennis and close to him, but he has also grown to see they'll probably never achieve the sweet life. So failing that he'd like to branch out a little. But Ennis doesn't allow it -- either literally, because he disapproves of things like Mexico, or emotionally, because Jack can't quite commit to someone else while still holding out slim hopes for things working out with Ennis.
Brown Eyes:
Being on a leash to me implies being controlled by someone in an unpleasant way. Where their will overrides yours - or where the don't consider your desires a priority. Unless there's an implication of kinky fun (which there clearly isn't here)... I don't think it's a good thing or meant to imply a healthy, close relationship (which Jack really does want).
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