It's finally happened...

[moremojo]

I was just checking back on IMDb, and I noticed that my very first thread on TOB is now gone. I submitted the opening post on February 20th, two days after seeing Brokeback Mountain for the first time, and though this wasn't my very first post on TOB, it was the first one I made after actually experiencing the film. The title of my initial post was 'The tears keep coming'. I know some people now on board here replied to that, and some very beautiful sentiments were expressed in that thread. It was inevitable that the thread would one day disappear, but it's still a bit melancholy to realize that it is now a fact. Thank you all for the warm and tender connections that were initiated on that thread that was so dear to my heart. May those connections endure here in our safer home of BetterMost.

Scott

[serious crayons]

Oh, I remember you, Scott! I loved your posts (still do, of course). And I remember that particular thread.

Well, here it is three months later, and the tears keep coming for me even now.

[moremojo]

Well, here it is three months later, and the tears keep coming for me even now.

Me too...I was just thinking of the scene where Cassie is asking questions of Alma, Jr. in the tavern, and Alma, Jr. says that her daddy perhaps isn't "the marrying kind", and for some reason the memory made tears well up in my eyes. Any scene in the film can be a potential inducer of tears, even three months later. The grieving lessens somewhat, but it never seems to go away entirely. Annie and Ang, what have you done to us?

 
Scott

[Front-Ranger]

This makes me feel sorry for the few valiant people on TOB who work hard to stay ahead of the trolls and engage with the many new people who are just now seeing the film for the first time.

I share your grieving, Scott!

[j.U.d.E.]

I remember that thread too, Scott! I'm not sure if I posted on it, but I did read! Sad it's gone!

~ j U d E

[moremojo]

This makes me feel sorry for the few valiant people on TOB who work hard to stay ahead of the trolls and engage with the many new people who are just now seeing the film for the first time. 

I still check back on TOB occasionally to see how the lay of the land looks there, but rarely feel inspired to participate there as a poster nowadays. My BBM energies seem much more strongly oriented towards BetterMost these days. But I am glad that there are intelligent, sympathetic posters who are welcoming of BBM newbies on TOB, and I only hope they persevere and fully reclaim that once glorious resource from any lingering trolls.

[starboardlight]

Me too...I was just thinking of the scene where Cassie is asking questions of Alma, Jr. in the tavern, and Alma, Jr. says that her daddy perhaps isn't "the marrying kind", and for some reason the memory made tears well up in my eyes. Any scene in the film can be a potential inducer of tears, even three months later. The grieving lessens somewhat, but it never seems to go away entirely. Annie and Ang, what have you done to us?

 
Scott

you know, that scene reminds me of the first bar scene with Ennis and Jack sitting side by side. The way Jr. says "Maybe he's not the marrying kind" is reminiscent of the way Ennis says "Once in a while, when I got the entry fee in my pocket." The look on their faces were nearly identical; no eye contact, a slight worried/guarded brows, melancholy in their voices, both focusing on their bottles. She really is her daddy's daughter.

any how, yes! I completely remember that thread. Some great sharing on that one. I even have it saved.

[moremojo]

any how, yes! I completely remember that thread. Some great sharing on that one. I even have it saved.

Really...saved? That's wonderful! You just brightened my day, starboardlight. Thank you for having the foresight to do that. So very many of our threads have been consigned to oblivion, and here I thought this one had likewise bit the dust. Again, many thanks!

 
Scott

[serious crayons]

you know, that scene reminds me of the first bar scene with Ennis and Jack sitting side by side. The way Jr. says "Maybe he's not the marrying kind" is reminiscent of the way Ennis says "Once in a while, when I got the entry fee in my pocket." The look on their faces were nearly identical; no eye contact, a slight worried/guarded brows, melancholy in their voices, both focusing on their bottles. She really is her daddy's daughter.

any how, yes! I completely remember that thread. Some great sharing on that one. I even have it saved.

Great observation, starboardlight. That is how he looks. (To go OT for just a quick moment, what do you make of that line? He tells his daughters later that he only rodeoed once. Is he just shyly trying to be agreeable to Jack by implying more of a shared interest? And then later feels comfortable enough with Jack to negate it with the "my dad thought rodeoers were fuckups"?)

Back slightly closer to topic, it's true that almost any scene can be tear-jerking. I'd like to hear other examples of not-overtly-sad scenes that make people sad anyway.

[moremojo]

And you can find it in the BBM archives, Scott!! I just checked.

Could you direct me to these archives? I don't seem to be familiar with this resource (assuming it's on BetterMost). Even over a month of membership here, I'm still a newbie in some ways!

Thanks,
Scott