I just wanted to let you know I crammed both stories into one day of intense cramming and am now going back to read the whole thing again. This is amazing.

great story sofar i really really really hope you continue really really soon.

You make me forget that your story isn't really what happened for Jack and Ennis. It's just so, so perfect that I can't imagine them any other way. I went to TJ Maxx today, just shopping around, and I happened to see a DVD disply. I took a look, and what do you think I saw there? Brokeback Mountain, just sitting there, and all of a sudden it hit me like a brick that JACK IS NOT ALIVE.

Let me tell you, I almost cried. I've only seen the movie once, and I liked it ok, and I found the prequel to this story through someone's favorites and decided to give it a read. It was the first Brokeback Mountain fanfiction I'd ever read, and you sure set the bar high. I don't know if I'm going to be able to find anything of this caliber, I really don't.

So now I'm going to rant about the other story while I'm here, since I wasn't coherent enough earlier today to do so. I was thinking about Liz, and all of a sudden I also remembered that she didn't actually exist in the movie. And what did that make her? An OC. But see, I almost can't think of her like that because you WROTE HER SO WELL that she just kind of...blended into the story. Like she was supposed to be there the entire time, even for the actual movie. I couldn't understand how you created such an in depth person, involved her in the plot just enough to confirm that she was important, yet keep her character so subtle that it was hardly noticeable that she was completely original. Frankly, it's amazing, and you've got a talent for writing that a lot of people would be jealous for.

And gosh darnit, I love Junior. She's so...real. And understanding. And helpful. Honestly, she's so awesome I wish I were her friend in real life.

And don't get me started on Jack and Ennis. There are no words to describe how much I love the both of them AND their relationship in this story. Once again, I find it hard to believe that you fabricated EVERYTHING because it was so well written. I forgot, when I started reading this, that Jack Twist was beat down and killed, and that he and Ennis never got their happily evere after. Not like in this story. It amazes me their love for each other, and how well you portray it in their characters and in your style.

I will also make a comment as to how great it is you've stuck to each character's diction. You chose to write Jack and Ennis' distinct accents (and again, this is my first Brokeback Mountain fanfiction so I'm not sure if every author writes their accent or not), yet you still pay attention to the fact that the people around them are of the New England persuasion and don't speak like that. Or they like them.

So in short: 1. I admire your writing more than I could ever tell you. 2. I really don't want this story to end, because I'm pretty sure I will have a depressing week once this story is finished up. 3. I LOVE ENNIS AND JACK you wrote them to be my heroes. 4. I LOVE THIS STORY SO MUCH. If you couldn't already tell.

So, this is the longest review I've written in my LIFE and I'm pretty sure I will never write another quite as long as this. If this were Facebook, I'd like this story at least 1236987162374619234 times. So.

Thanks so much for making my day, my month, my year. This story will forever be in my mind. I can't wait to read the rest of it. Good luck writing!

~Michi P.

I love this story! Plase update as soon as you can

OMG! I thought you had given up on this! I'm so happy to see you aren't. Giving up that is. :3
This story is wonderful. I'm looking forward to next chap.:D

his brother? Ohno!
so much trouble for my favorite gay couple!
hahah
hope u update soon!
I love it!

This is for all the people out there who love this story and want to read more. Madlori is not posting on anymore due to reasons unknown to me, but you can find new chapters of two crows joy on her homepage: http://community./humaninterest. You can also find the link on her author page.

I love it! i love it!
Please! Update soon! Thanks!

I hope you update this soon because this is one of the best stories I have ever read.Keep it up!

Have really enjoyed what you have written to date!!

Wow! I really love this story! I see it's been a while since you wrote it, will you finish it? I sure hope so. I want to know what's happening on the farm with Lizzie, and how Jack and Ennis will react to that, and how they will manage another week appart, and if Francie will come around in the end. Please, please, please update!

I love this story. I finished Human Interest yesterday, and I love this one just as much as I did it. 5 out of 5 so far. I hope you update as soon as you can, I'm itching to find out what happens next.

I am not a writer so I don't have the words to express what I think about the scene at the end of chapter 26. It is one of the most tender, wonderful scenes I have ever read. Your writing and creative genius is amazing. It is so fitting that Ennis discover these shirts and that Jack mysteriously awakens to join him. It is a crowning scene to the journey these two lovers are on. Thank you for creating it!
Doug

Just a comment about this line:

"She'd never seen Ennis kiss no one else, let alone a man, and she'd never been this close to two men kissing before, so it was doubly disconcerting."

Perhaps this statement will be explained later... but Alma saw Jack and him passionately kissing on the steps to the apartment. Right?

This story is ruining my life! I sit and read until the wee hours because I cannot leave it. This chapter where Jack and Alma collide was so well done, so believable, so correct in every way. It was a pleasure reading this--you are so masterful in characterization! Thanks!