Acceptance
It finally hit me this morning. The need to concluded the Laramie Saga. The Wedding kiss was it. Ennis was happy now. He has accepted his homosexuality by openly kissing Ellery in front of people.
All objectives were met.
From the beginning:
Ennis meets Ellery.
Ellery finds Jacks killer.
Ennis has his closure with Jack on the Mountain.
Ennis accepts his love for Ellery
The Wedding.
And of course along the way we got to meet
many new colourful characters. Plus we got to mix in a few old ones. Ma Twist, His daughters, even Alma.
But now that Ennis is at this happy juncture we need to move onto new characters. We don't need to be with E&E 24/7 anymore. They are going to do just fine on there own. Oh I'm sure Louisev will have Dupree interact with E&E plenty still. I doubt Ellery will sell the Red Stallion anytime soon. Ennis wouldn't let him! He enjoys working there despite his complaints.
But readers are now foaming at the mouth (and pants) at the new adventures of Jeremy Dupree. It just makes sense to refocus the story there. So the Laramie Saga is over. Time to pass the torch to the new stud in town. I have finally accepted that this is not so much an ending, but the beginning of something new and delicious.