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souxi:
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What a mess this is. Ennis is just eaten up with guilt over Jack, because year after year, he said no to him, whenever he talked about the two of them having a life together. Now that Ennis is having a life with Ellery, he feels guily as hell. He,s giving Ellery what he refused point blank to give to Jack. Every now and then something happens to make Ennis feel even more guilty, ie the wedding and now the prospect of a reception. Again something else he would never have even considered for Jack. Ellery is so desperatly in love with Ennis, he,s obviously prepared to not worry about how he feels, just Ennis. He,s putting Ennis before himself all the time. Wes can see this and is obviously not prepared to sit back and let things go on like this. Now he thinks that Ellery is mollycoddling Ennis. He can see that Ellery is feeling like second best to Jack, despite Ennis assuring him hes not second best, and out of love for Ellery, hes not prepared to stand by and watch whilst Ellerys, feelings, in his view, are largly ignored, in favour of keeping Ennis happy at all costs. I think I,ve got that right lol. So, the question is, what to do about it? If Wes talks to Ennis and tells him how Ellery really feels, that will only make him feel even more guilty and wretched. What a mess! I can see both thier points of view though. Ellery just wants to keep Ennis happy, no matter how he feels. So if Wes did talk to Ennis, what on earth would he say to him? "its about time you got over Jack? it,s about time you got over this guilt?" thats never going to happen. I have NO idea what the hell the answer is, I really dont. I,m glad I,m not the one who has to sit and write this. Good luck Louise lol.
MaineWriter:
Siouxi, very good comment and lots of good questions...
Remember when Ennis and Ellery were trying on the rings...the delmarriage, the night before the wedding? And Ellery teared up and said, "God, I feel so stupid." I have thought that there was a big part of conversation that was unsaid there, something along the lines of, "I feel so stupid, because once I realized I was queer, I sort of gave up on the idea of ever being married...but this makes me realize that I want to be married."
Ennis and Ellery are both very traditional people, I think, who value hard work, family, and a stable, monogamous relationship. I think that Ellery denied he wanted to be married because he believed he couldn't be married. But now he is. To Ellery, the reception is important, not to celebrate that he is gay but to celebrate a traditional milestone in life. Wes had a party for him (Ellery) when he got promoted, another traditional milestone, and Ellery was very pleased and touched by that celebration. To me, this is a similar situation.
I think that might be an approach he could use in discussing it with Ennis.
Leslie
louisev:
that is a pretty deep interpretation to put on that line, Leslie. I am not quite sure I would agree with what Ellery meant by that!!!
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: louisev on January 09, 2007, 04:08:18 pm ---that is a pretty deep interpretation to put on that line, Leslie. I am not quite sure I would agree with what Ellery meant by that!!!
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Well, that came to my mind when I first read that chapter, and I have re-read it several times and I still think he had thoughts unsaid, which remain unsaid.
As Wes pointed out, this isn't all about Ennis, only. Or as my husband would say, "There is no I in COUPLE." LOL Ellery obviously has very strong feelings, too, and I don't think it is an issue that he and Ennis are in opposition on this...but that is the way it is feeling right now.
L
louisev:
update!
http://louisev.livejournal.com/198867.html "12. Eclipse"
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