fancake

Fandom: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Pairings/Characters:
- Alma Del Mar Jr.
- Ennis Del Mar/Jack Twist, Alma Del Mar Jr./Original Male Character(s), Alma Beers Del Mar/Monroe
- Ennis Del Mar, Jack Twist, Jenny Del Mar, Bobby Twist, Jack Twist's Mother, Monroe (Brokeback Mountain), Lureen Newsome, Original Characters
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 48.399
Creator Links:

Eiiri
Theme: fork in the road AU, canon lgbtq characters, female characters

Summary: Junior has a not quite fight with her mother that fuels in her a need to know the truth behind her parents' divorce. The only person she thinks might tell her is her father's best friend, so she gives him a call. From there, everything changes.

Reccer's Notes: This story puts Junior front and center. We follow her navigating her family life, high school, friendships, ... One phone call done by Alma Junior is what changes the course of Jack and Ennis' story, and while their (new) story is entwined with Junior's life, she's undeniably the main character. The author has a great grasp on Jack & Ennis and does an equally good job with Junior, her family and the original characters. The picture it paints of life in a small town in the Rockies during the 80s left a memorable impression with me, bringing me closer to this world. The atmosphere of the film is very much there, but instead of devastating isolation, being there for each other and trying their best at being decent people brings all the characters together.

Content Note: period-typical homophobia, domestic abuse (it's an OC, the person in question gets out of the situation over the course of the story), internalised homophobia

Fanwork Links: Everything Changes

panisdead

Fandom: Brokeback Mountain (2005 movie)
Pairings/Characters: Original Male Characters, Ennis Del Mar/Jack Twist (past)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 2885
Creator Links: Basingstoke at AO3
Theme: Comfortfic, Post-Canon

Summary: After Ennis Del Mar broke his leg that last time, Alma Junior came and got him, told him to stop being such a stubborn old ass, and moved him into her house.

Reccer's Notes: Set years after the events of movie canon, this story is told from the point of view of Ennis Del Mar's namesake grandson, who's also in love with a cowboy and terrified of what happens when people find out. I consider it comfortfic because this story takes the harshness of canon events and mindsets and bends the strength of them toward hope rather than despair. I also love that Ennis's stubbornness and brutal honesty aren't shown as in conflict with loving or striving to do right by his family. Unsentimental yet deeply redemptive.

Contains: references to sexual contact between sixteen-year-olds, internalized and externalized homophobia, use of homophobic language, familial violence that causes accidental injury to a minor (offscreen), fear of familial rejection based on sexuality, familial conflict, religious references, homophobia based in religious beliefs, disclosure of sexual orientation under duress, consumption of alcohol including by a minor.

Fanwork Links: Post Rock.