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who/what in BBBM/real life would you like to "fix "rather than stand?

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optom3:
This post combines the most important,preciuos things in my life. My children,BBM, Heath and music.
In the film Ennis famously says  "If you can't fix it you got a stand it"
There is a beautiful Coldplay song called "Fix you"

When you try your best but you don't succeed,
when you get what you want but not what you need,
when you feel so tired that you cn't sleep,
stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face,
when you lose something you can't replace,
when you love someone and it goes to waste,
could it be worse?

lights will guide you home,
and ignite your bones,
and I will try to fix you.

High up above and down below
when your'e too in love to let it go,
but if you never try you'll never know
just what your worth.

So much of this resonates for me, both with the film and my life.

For my eldest son, "when you try so hard and you don't succed"  but "I will try to fix you"

For Heath 'when you feel so tired that you can't sleep"
also  "when you get what you want" (critical and artistic success)  "but not what you need" (all the fame that went with it ,
which he seemed not made to cope with)

For Jack "when you love someone and it goes to waste" When your'e too in love to let it go"

For Ennis "and the tears come streaming down your face when you lose something you cant replace"

For me ,I would give anything to be able to fix my son,instead of standing it.

I wish that someone had been able to fix Heath,instead of him having to stand it.

It goes without saying,that for BBM I would have loved for them both to be able to fix it. But then would it have impacted the way it has.Had that been the case.

For me personally I would love to be able to fix my personal life instead of standing it.

I would love to hear from you all,who or waht you would like to fix,in any context.Also if the words of the song resonate with you, re the film in the same way they do with me.

All opinions, agree,disagree welcome. I like to see things from others point of view.If you dont know the song try, to listen to it,its on you tube and I just love it!!!!

Mandy21:
Good morning, Fiona, I loved your post, and the analogy you made with the Coldplay song.  I lived in Britain for about a year, got very much into Coldplay while over there, and love this particular song and its lyrics.

What I wish I could fix, rather than stand, is the fact that I let so many people break my heart.  I'm not just talking about actual people that I know.  I'm talking about everywhere I go, I see some stranger, someone working at the library that recognizes me cause I go there every day, some checker at the grocery store cause I go there every day, some elderly woman that I stop to help, some loose dog that comes into my yard that I get back home, some old man walking down my street with his cane.  Just anybody, basically.  My heart breaks, just like that.  I want to help everybody.  And all the while, my life, by most people's standards, is so ridiculously pathetic....  I've always been the kind of person who thinks of others first, long before any thoughts of themself.  Whether it's a blessing or a curse, I don't know.  All I know is it hurts, to feel so much for so many.

forsythia12:
well, i'm not sure if my answer suits the question, but i'm a fixer.  i run to the nearest solution, or quick fix when something goes wrong.  i'm not one for 'standing' stuff.
i get a headache, i pop a tylenol
my kids get sick, i worry, i medicate, i take them to doctor's, even if it's minor.
something breaks, i need it fixed right away.
things don't work out the way i want them to, i'll give up or try something else. 

in fact, i'm not sure what i've 'stood'.  i guess there have been times when i've had no other choice and i just can't fix something, and like ennis said, if you can't, then you've got to stand it....but i scramble....that's for sure.
i don't think i'm one for tolerating things.  frankly , i think if i were jack, i wouldv'e left ennis 'cause i couldn't stand the heartache anymore.......not because i think he should've, or that i blame ennis, i just know myself, and i'm not good at enduring things. 

i think i'm the person who wants everything fixed, and fast because tolerance, patience, acceptance, and all those other attributes it takes to 'stand' something are my weaknesses......unfortunately.

elomelo:
'Fix You' is a beautiful song - thanks for sharing! I think another song by Coldplay that could fit the universe/theme of Brokeback..hmm...possibly 'The Scientist' and the following lines from the song:

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
Nobody said it would be this hard

As for fixing rather than standing...maybe extend Jack and Ennis's stay on the mountain by that whole month they miss out. It would give them more time to bond and to come to term with their feelings, and though the parking lot scene may reoccur, they'd leave with more memories of each other and perhaps, the three year wait could be shortened by...well, a lot!

I wouldn't really 'fix' much in the movie because, as someone pointed out, it would lose its impact and overall 'BAM'-ness. Everything was subtle yet so apparent...ah, I drive myself in circles with this!

I know I can't fix this but if I could, Heath wouldn't have passed away and would have grown and given the world more tastes of his talent, and truly make a mark in the world of cinema.

Artiste:
Interesting optom!

Would I fix it so we, the viewers, would see l o n g e r sex scene?

Would you?

Au revoir,
hugs!

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