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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
MaineWriter:
Oh. My. God.
I have just had a revelation....I think I am the luckiest woman on this board...luckier than any of you. You guys are gonna be soooooo jealous.....
Ellery Ennis
El En
L N
My initials...LN. Oh my god, I am more than an E&E forever type girl, I carry them with me in my name.
So there, everyone!
LN
David:
LOL, OK "L"
I can do that too ya know!
Let's see.... Jack Nasty? Nas-"D" D in David? Yeah that works. :laugh:
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on July 17, 2006, 08:10:08 am ---LOL, OK "L"
I can do that too ya know!
Let's see.... Jack Nasty? Nas-"D" D in David? Yeah that works. :laugh:
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Well, David...we have Ennis Del Mar...Del Mar...D...David
Ellery John Cantrell....um, David, I just realized...I don't know your last name! LOL
LN
MaineWriter:
Stats Time:
Replies: 1621
Views: 9227
With 50 more replies, we'll pass "The person below me" game.
With about 1000 more views, we'll pass "the performance."
We have about a 1:6 ratio of replies to views (1 reply for every 6 views).
We average 62 posts per day, so we should become the 4th most popular thread (replies) sometime today. We average 410 views per day, so we should become the 3rd most popular thread (views) in the next day or two.
All this in 23 days since our inception!
LN
StatsChick
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: louisev on July 17, 2006, 04:41:02 am ---
2) Ellery (the O.C. love interest) is not an "openly gay law enforcement official living in Rural Wyoming." The back story in "Taking Chances" reveals that Ellery's boss and the D.A., as well as selected veterans in the Sheriff's department, learned of his homosexuality when he was forcibly outed by his lover, who caused a disturbance in his office. Due to the recent repeal of the Wyoming Sodomy law (1977) (the fic takes place in 1984) his status as a homosexual living with another man was found to be legal, and attempts to oust him from his job (he was a 12 year veteran by now) were unsuccessful, leading to the firing of those colleagues who refused to work with a "queer." His status in "Taking Chances" is not "openly gay." In addition, Ennis does not live openly with him when they move in together, but they use a "don't ask don't tell" policy with those around them, particularly on the job. Ellery's way of answering people regarding questions of his homosexuality are that due to the sensitivity of his job it is a question he does not answer.
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This is interesting, Louise, and you provide more detail here than you have in the book. Is this something that will be discussed more fully in "Shelter from the Storm"? I know you may not know the answer to that yet, but just curious if this is something that is rumbling around in your mind.
Also, Ellery's boss--I am assuming Wes--this is the first time he learned that Ellery was gay? Was Mel Ruskin the DA at that time?
Leslie
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