Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 6488987 times)

Offline Meryl

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"L" is legibility
« Reply #13440 on: June 08, 2007, 05:00:29 pm »
The legibility of Jack's handwriting was sufficient for Alma to read his postcard; what she couldn't read, however, was what lay beneath it.
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"M" is mailed
« Reply #13441 on: June 08, 2007, 05:06:10 pm »
Jack mailed his postcard to Ennis with more than a lick and a promise.
« Last Edit: June 08, 2007, 05:15:11 pm by Memento »

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"N" is non-implicating
« Reply #13442 on: June 08, 2007, 07:08:29 pm »
Ennis immediately understood the non-implicating language on the postcard he had just received from Jack Twist in June of their fourth summer since Brokeback.
« Last Edit: June 08, 2007, 08:38:56 pm by Toast »

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"O" is optimize
« Reply #13443 on: June 08, 2007, 08:16:02 pm »
Ennis described Jack as his fishing buddy, perhaps hoping to optimize his chances of keeping Alma in the dark about their relationship on Brokeback.
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"P" is possibilities
« Reply #13444 on: June 08, 2007, 09:16:51 pm »
Reading betwen the lines of the postcard, Ennis could see the possibilities.

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"R" is regulation
« Reply #13445 on: June 08, 2007, 09:19:38 pm »
The "you bet" card that Ennis sent to Jack was actually a postal card, not a postcard, since it had the regulation postage "stamp" already printed on it.

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"S" is subtext
« Reply #13446 on: June 08, 2007, 10:06:46 pm »
The message on Jack's postcard was simple enough, but the subtext was dynamite.
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"T" is tracking
« Reply #13447 on: June 09, 2007, 12:03:27 am »
Jack succeeded in tracking down Ennis even though four years had elapsed.
« Last Edit: June 09, 2007, 12:10:19 am by Fran »

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"U" is unwritten
« Reply #13448 on: June 09, 2007, 09:26:08 am »
What was unwritten in Jack's postcard, was clearly written all over his face when he arrived.

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"V" is vanishes
« Reply #13449 on: June 09, 2007, 10:28:59 am »
When Jack finally shows up at Ennis's address, Ennis's inhibition vanishes with the sight of Jack fuckin' Twist.