The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)

[southendmd]

Jack acts the kowtower when he submits to the stud duck's stud-duckery (ok, I made that up).

[memento]

Jack lends Ennis a helping hand in his sexual initiation in TSI.

[Meryl]

Ennis never thought he was anything but heterosexual until Jack Twist came along and muddied his thinking considerably.

[Toast]

Ennis needlessly carried his fishing equipment around, according to Alma.

[Fran]

"They seized each other by the shoulders, hugged mightily, squeezing the breath out of each other, saying, son of a bitch, son of a bitch; then, and as easily as the right key turns the lock tumblers, their mouths came together, and hard, Jack's big teeth bringing blood, his hat falling to the floor, stubble rasping, wet saliva welling, and the door opening and Alma looking out for a few seconds at Ennis's straining shoulders and shutting the door again and still they clinched, pressing chest and groin and thigh and leg together, treading on each other's toes until they  pulled apart to breathe and Ennis, not big on endearments, said what he said to his horses and daughters, 'Little darlin'.'"  [story]

[memento]

When Ennis finds out about Alma Jr.'s upcoming marriage, he proposes a toast of celebration.

=aside= Toast
Somehow, you snuck into my post.

[Toast]

Jack voiced the questionability of his getting assistance for Bobby from his teacher:

Jack (to Lureen):  "I complain too much. The teacher don't like me.  Now it's your turn."

=aside= Sandy
For a good toast, the friends are more important than the wine.

[Fran]

"The terse postcards exchanged to arrange the men's first encounter since their Brokeback summer -- "We was fishing buddies," Ennis inexplicably fibs when explaining Jack to Alma -- offer so little buildup that when they actually meet again, the rush of emotion packed into the moment is startling and incredibly stirring.  It's Brokeback's turning point.  If this were, say, Titanic -- don't laugh, more than one media outlet has pointed out the similarity between the films' posters -- it'd be the "you jump, I jump" scene."

-- Cheryl Eddy, San Francisco Bay Guardian 

[Front-Ranger]

Cassie was sassy, and she showed it by waylaying comely young men on their way to the bathroom, whipping her hair around, and plopping her bare feet in their laps. But, she was also modest and ladylike: she smiled shyly while dancing, waited for the man to propose, and didn't fall in love with fun.

[Toast]

After the divorce trial, Ennis and Alma had moved past constructive abandonment.