Ok, I hope you won't mind if I mention this, and apologies beforehand anyway. You know that I do really like the difference of opinions about the OS and the characters, given that it makes for more diverse and differently lovely fiction, so I really am not out to try and convert anyone! But you write Ennis so well, this bit is so good, and there is this intense bit: "...just what he had sacrificed to be alive alone in this trailer". *Yes*! Your words convey very well his feelings as I believe you meant to express them. At that moment, Ennis feels exactly that. My point is, I don't think the feeling is correct... I think that what he sacrificed, he did not in order to stay alive, but in order for *the both of them* to stay alive. Tragically, it didn't work out, but that was Ennis' intention all along. Also, in view of the OS, and of the routes gossip tends to take in small-ish communities, I have a definite hunch that Jack's murder was much more a consequence of his individual indiscretions in Texas than his trips to Wyoming. And, as much as I may wish for some glorious coming-out, and love to read about that in fiction, I believe that Ennis' low-profile policy was probably (and sadly) more likely to keep them safe. Which it didn't anyway. Ok, enough sadness for a holiday. Thank you very much, your stories never fail to make me think.
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Date: 2013-03-31 05:44 pm (UTC)But you write Ennis so well, this bit is so good, and there is this intense bit:
"...just what he had sacrificed to be alive alone in this trailer".
*Yes*! Your words convey very well his feelings as I believe you meant to express them. At that moment, Ennis feels exactly that. My point is, I don't think the feeling is correct...
I think that what he sacrificed, he did not in order to stay alive, but in order for *the both of them* to stay alive. Tragically, it didn't work out, but that was Ennis' intention all along.
Also, in view of the OS, and of the routes gossip tends to take in small-ish communities, I have a definite hunch that Jack's murder was much more a consequence of his individual indiscretions in Texas than his trips to Wyoming.
And, as much as I may wish for some glorious coming-out, and love to read about that in fiction, I believe that Ennis' low-profile policy was probably (and sadly) more likely to keep them safe. Which it didn't anyway.
Ok, enough sadness for a holiday. Thank you very much, your stories never fail to make me think.