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An Accurate Time Line of BBM - Let's Figure It Out Together!!
Shakesthecoffecan:
The Thresher sank on 10 April 1963.
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: southendmd on April 30, 2008, 09:15:16 am ---June 5th...gives me goosebumps now.
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Me too, and Heath died on the full moon, I remember that moon, looking at it from the interstate in Florida while Eartha Kitt sang "Moon River". :o
mouk:
--- Quote from: shakestheground on April 30, 2008, 10:32:35 am ---The Thresher sank on 10 April 1963.
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It ties in: 'the Thesher lost two months earlier' - they talked about it in June, early on in their time on the mountain
First night in the tent shows full moon in the movie : 1963 Jul 6 Sat? (well more likely in the early hours of the Sunday : "the moon had notched past 2")
And the moving to higher pastures happened before that, obviously
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: mouk on April 30, 2008, 11:22:52 am ---It ties in: 'the Thesher lost two months earlier' - they talked about it in June, early on in their time on the mountain
First night in the tent shows full moon in the movie : 1963 Jul 6 Sat? (well more likely in the early hours of the Sunday : "the moon had notched past 2")
And the moving to higher pastures happened before that, obviously
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Thanks mouk! Yep, TS1 is definitely a full moon too (one of the clearest intances I think). And, doesn't the story mention that it's past 2 am? I don't have my story here with me at work ;D so, I can't check.... and maybe I'm imagining that.
Do we believe that TS2 happened the night immediately following TS1? I think that's what we're meant to believe.
And, do we think the "happy tussle" happened the morning after TS2? I know there's been some debate about that in the past.
OK! So, here's the summary time line so far:
June 5, 1963- Jack and Ennis meet at Aguirre's trailer
June 7, 1963- Jack and Ennis's first night on Brokeback
July 6-7, 1963- TS1
July 7-8, 1963- TS2 (do we believe this?)
July 8, 1963- happy tussle (do we believe this?)
August 13, 1963- first snow/ Ennis wakes up in the snow
Fran:
Re the "happy tussle":
I tend to think this wouldn't immediately follow TS2. I'm thinking it would take a little time for Ennis to get comfortable with Jack. I'm thinking along the lines of sex in the tent is one thing and sex out in the open is another. The story seems to back this up:
"They never talked about the sex, let it happen, at first only in the tent at night, then in the full daylight with the hot sun striking down..."
Of course, it could very well have happened the next day, too. I'd like to hear people's reasons for thinking along those lines.
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