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

[Bigheart]

I know I'm still chuckling at chapter 30... that was great! 

Oh yeah!! It was absolutely hilarious! 

Great stuff Louise! 

[Lumière]

I am busy reading the latest chapters.. woohoo..

Wanna see the lads a-riding on Brokeback?   

[louisev]

whoo wee!  Ridem cowboy!

Love Hugh on a horse.

[Lumière]

Chapter 30  Spoiler Alert ................





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When Ennis returned from putting the wash in at the motel’s laundry, Ellery was under the sheet, his brace on his back, and sound asleep. He turned on the television set, sound muted, and flipped through the channels, finding one that had a very young Clint Eastwood surrounded by young women in what looked like a Civil War film. He watched, sipping on a shot of scotch as he waited for the laundry to run, enjoying the long shots of bare-chested Eastwood, laid up with a bullet in his leg after being shot by one of the women. That is one fine piece a man, he thought, and glanced quickly back to the bed where Ellery lay, sleeping deeply.


Another Eastwood lover here!!   Clint was so hot in all those westerns..damn!

Here is what Ennis was watching on TV: (love this movie)




And here is what possibly got Ennis pitchin' a tent in them tight cutoffs...lol



Woo..wee..

[Bigheart]

Did you get my pm Louise?

 

[Bigheart]

Wooooweeee indeed Lucise!!!   

[louisev]

Did you get my pm Louise?

 

yup yup!

[MaineWriter]

The first time I ever saw Clint Eastwood in a movie (that I remember) was in Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly). I saw it in Italy, in Italian and had no clue what was going on. I'll be honest, whenever I watch Westerns in English I have no clue what is going on, either. LOL

Maybe next time Ennis flips through the channels this will come on?

Leslie

[louisev]

It is really quite a devilish and sexy story!  And I am not surprised Lucise likes it! I liked it too, particularly all of those makeout scenes with the various women.

It really got Ennis worked up!

[MadLori]

I had a thought today (I know, SHOCKING).

There are a lot of people who, let's say, don't really buy the premise of the LS. They are upset by Ennis moving on, feel that Jack isn't being honored, yadda yadda.

Let's think for a moment about how these same people might view the story if it were not fanfic.  If there was no Brokeback canon, and they were reading about a guy named Ennis who we knew had lost his lover and was still wallowing until he met someone new.

Do you still think that anyone would be against Ennis's new romance?  No.  They'd be saying "Ennis, you need to get OVER that other guy...what's his name, Jack?  It's been years.  It's time to move on!"

My point is that the story on its face, disregarding the backstory, is one in which most readers would root for the protagonist to get on with his life and let go of his dead lover's memory.  It is only the sometimes feverish attachment to Jack that puts a different spin on people's perceptions.