Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll

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Ellery is gonna go out of his fuckin' mind!!   
They better not hurt Ennis, he was already hurting from effin' Leon's attack the night before.  Now this! 

I feel so ...

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My son just called up from downstairs, "What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing..." 

_{Just to be clear, I wouldn't know anything about licking computer monitors either!
I have never tried to lick any of Jake's pix over at the Jake jake jake thread.
I wouldn't know anything about that! I swear!}

 

[neatfreak]

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I think this is going to be Ellery's moment to shine. I love it when he takes charge! Shoot, I love it when either one of them takes charge. Makes it easy to enjoy the story, doesn't it? Louise keeps it coming... so to speak.

Edit: typo. I can't leave 'em alone.

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Right you are neatfreak! 

Louise definitely keeps us cucoming back for more!
I can't wait for Book 4 of the Laramie Saga! 

[Bigheart]

Ellery makes Ennis feel safe.

Oh, this is such a perfect little sentence! 

[Bigheart]

The thread is awfully quiet tonight... everyone must be fraught with worry about Ennis.

I haven't read the last two chapters yet...I'm almost too scared to...

[ranchgal]

IT isn't the last two---it is the next two?? that are scarey!! NO LIE!
somewhere between yyyyeeeewwww!!!  and AAAAUUUGGGGG!!!

[Quiplash]

Like Brokeback Mountain itself, I find the developing love relationship between Ennis and Ellery to be one of the most beautiful love stories I've ever read. It is a sign of unspeakable bigotry to say that love between two human beings of the same sex is less valuable than love between any other human beings. Because Ennis and Ellery are homosexual in orientation, their love can be expressed sexually. They have very little gratuitous sex, burned biscuits notwithstanding; almost every part of every sexual encounter is a powerful expression of deep love.

The relationship of Jack to the story of Ennis and Ellery is very important. That Ennis loved one and only one man for twenty years is one of the reasons Ellery fell in love with him. That Ellery respected, honored, and even revered the love between Ennis and Jack is one of the reasons that Ennis fell in love with him. The developing love relationship between Ennis and Ellery is a tribute to the love between Ennis and Jack. With Jack Ennis's heart was opened. Without Jack there would have been no way for Ellery to enter Ennis's heart.

A deep mutuality of love and respect is growing between Ennis and Ellery. As Ellery helped Ennis with his grief over Jack's death, so Ennis helped Ellery come to terms with his grief over the end of his relationship with Beagle. The opportunity for healing and growth that the love of Ennis and Ellery gives to each of them makes it a shelter from every storm that batters them in the cruel world. Whatever happens, they know that they can come home to a safe place with each other. There is nothing in the world more valuable than that kind of shelter in the storm.

Oooh that was beautiful Pastor Fred!  Thank you for your insights. 

"Whatever happens, they know that they can come home to a safe place with each other."
Well, that WAS true until Ennis was kidnapped! 

[notBastet]

Leslie, the picture story was fantastic.  

mild spoiling ahead...




It is almost bedtime for me, hopefully I will wake up to find Ennis safe and sound, gettin' fancy with Ellery.  (somehow medoubts that can all be accomplished in one or two chapters, but Louise can work miracles)

I also think this will be Ellery's moment to shine.   I might go reread that last chapter, just so I'm properly primed for tomorrow morning (let's hope Louise has an easy day at work!)...

[notBastet]

Spoiler ahead...

Oooh that was beautiful Pastor Fred!  Thank you for your insights. 

"Whatever happens, they know that they can come home to a safe place with each other."
Well, that WAS true until Ennis was kidnapped! 

(emphasis added.)

You know, maybe they should move... maybe the house is jinxed... getting shot at, getting kidnapped....

Still, I have faith they will be safe together again!