I guess I am at the early stages of BBM grief, so I still am thinking about it all the time, and I had to go take a nice long walk because my head was spinning, being on these boards is very addicting in it self, isn't it?
But of cause I was still thinking all about it on my walk, and I have a few more thought on the topic.
I do realize that part of the point of this thread is on the book to, and I will admit that I read it quickly and not to carefully right after I first saw the film, I guess I was a little surprised and how different the tone is, so much coarser and less melancholy. I do have to go back to it.
Anyway, I really firmly believe that Ennis thought that it would continue, because what was not mentioned yet here on this thread was that his next line after 'what if we need to work for Aquire again' was 'We need to stick it out, Jack'. I think this suggests that Ennis really did think they would be together after the summer and needed to stick out the obstacles. I don't believe the line was just about the sheep.
I realize that it goes against so much to think that at this time Ennis saw a real future for them together, but I do see it this way because Ennis was totally free at this time, with no Alma and no children to be responsible for, and yes Earl was still there but I believe at this time he was so completely and totally in love with Jack that he thought he could deal with it. (the way he was looking at Jack after the sheep incident, with so much love.)
In fact to tie it all together, I have been reinterpreting the 'its a one shot thing, you know I ain't queer line'. My first thought was wrongly of course was that he was saying its a one night stand. Then I thought that he was saying well this is only going to last for the summer, which I think is what Jack thought it to mean. But now I am thinking that it meant that he was so incredibly in love with Jack (yeah even before TS2) that it meant that eveb though he is not 'queer' and there never ever could be nor would be any other man for him (hence, once shot) but that he was feeling so much for Jack, so that Jack himself was the one shot thing with no time limits..
However, Jack didn't understand all the things Ennis was saying and Ennis was not capable of being any more direct, so then all the misunderstandings happened as they were leaving BBM and at the truck.
Sorry for boring any old-timers, I never analyzed anything so much in my life.
What stage am I in???
Don't' mean to be off topic now, but you were posting while I was writing this,