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Tales of Greenlea County - Discussion of All Stories (UPDATE)
louisev:
don't worry about repeats, BBM-Cat! It's what the new discussion thread is for - we haven't really gotten into any in depth discussion on plot points in these stories for quite some time now!
mariez:
--- Quote from: belbbmfan on March 03, 2008, 03:05:57 pm ---Gosh, he's good looking isn't he? I had a poster of the movie 'Another Country' in my room when I was a teenager. He looked just like that!
Yummy :)
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Yes, he sure is. If I remember correctly, he was a successful model at one time (and I remember 'Another Country', too!)
--- Quote from: BBM-Cat on March 03, 2008, 09:05:24 pm ---I'm in the process of re-reading TRS, and since we're in discussion mode, I'd like to know what readers thought about whether Bill lied about having AIDS. I thought this issue kind of got cleared up when Ellery spoke with Wayne in later chapters, but I wasn't sure. Sorry if its been discussed before.
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I think this is a great question! I guess I feel the way Ellery does - we don't really know for sure. I certainly wouldn't put it past Bill to lie about it in order to gain Ellery's sympathy and to get him to visit him in prison....but I don't think we can totally rely on everything Wayne says either; for one thing, some of his assumptions are based on speculation and for another, he is ...Wayne :-\
Marie
BBM-Cat:
--- Quote from: mariez on March 04, 2008, 09:21:37 am ---I think this is a great question! I guess I feel the way Ellery does - we don't really know for sure. I certainly wouldn't put it past Bill to lie about it in order to gain Ellery's sympathy and to get him to visit him in prison....but I don't think we can totally rely on everything Wayne says either; for one thing, some of his assumptions are based on speculation and for another, he is ...Wayne :-\
Marie
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True about Wayne's flighty character, and Bill's for that matter - I didn't know who to believe or if it was meant to stay ambiguous. Maybe you're right, it was a manipulative attempt by Bill to generate sympathy from Ellery. He knew it would create some anxiety in Ellery's mind given their sexual history together. Or, he was truly manipulating for a lighter sentence. Maybe Bill's revelation is more symbolic - he feels defeated and that he has nothing to live for. Or literally, he sabotaged his own health. The inconsistency I find in his revelation is if there was not a blood test available through the town clinic, then how would he know for sure?
louisev:
This question shouldn't really be ambiguous. Ellery has no concerns, since his relationship with Bill was over four years before, and that was not an issue for him. However, Wayne's conversation with Ellery is pretty convincing - if Bill knew he had AIDS at the time he and Wayne had their post-Gene fling, there would have been no reason for Wayne to have been using protection - and he did. If Bill really DID have AIDS then a) Gene would have been at risk and b) Wayne would not have been using condoms.
BBM-Cat:
--- Quote from: louise van hine on March 04, 2008, 05:53:22 pm ---This question shouldn't really be ambiguous. Ellery has no concerns, since his relationship with Bill was over four years before, and that was not an issue for him. However, Wayne's conversation with Ellery is pretty convincing - if Bill knew he had AIDS at the time he and Wayne had their post-Gene fling, there would have been no reason for Wayne to have been using protection - and he did. If Bill really DID have AIDS then a) Gene would have been at risk and b) Wayne would not have been using condoms.
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me.
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