Justin's love of junk food - canon/fandom; beta comm?

[cowboystracker.livejournal.com]

I'm working on a couple of fics and trying to stick as close to canon as possible. I've read a lot of stories where Justin tries to get Brian to agree to order pizza. So my question is: Justin's love for junk food such as pizza, cheeseburgers, etc., is it canon or fandom?

Also, I'm looking for a beta. I have been told there is a beta comm that may or may not be active. What I really need is a beta who is familiar with Simon's 'The Other Foot' series since one of the fics is based on her series. If you know where I can find the beta comm or if you are interested in doing a bit of beta work, please let me know.


ETA: Justin's appetite is definitely canon. From all the comments and a few of the scenes that were cited, I have decided that Justin's love of junk food to be more fandom than canon. As vasilikii pointed out Justin ordered gourmet foods in the NY hotel in season 1. (I did check out the scene, just for the food of course. *smirk*) And more of us remember Brian eating more junk food than Justin. ;)

There is a tag for the beta comm. Thanks Court!

Thanks for all the help! You guys are the best!

Comments

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Brian eats junk food more than Justin in canon. Sounds like a fandom thing to me.

[colourlesshero.livejournal.com]

yeah i think it's more fandom, in canon there are a fair few 'Justin Cooking' scenes which aren't junk food, too.

[cowboystracker.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reply. Yeah Justin had some cooking scenes which always made me think he ate more home-cooked meals than fast food. And I'm sure living at Deb's he would have more home-cooked meals.

[cowboystracker.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reply. I remember Brian eating a lot of junk food with Michael. The problem I'm having is I don't remember Justin ordering/eating anything at the diner. There are scenes of him eating a sandwich or meals at Deb's and in a couple of restaurants (one with everybody at Vic's victory celebration and once with his mother and Ethan), but most of his scenes are him working at the diner.

I'm thinking maybe it is a fandom thing. It's just assumed because he is a teenager that he eats a lot of junk food.

[(Anonymous)]

Right it depends on the timeline. If someone were writing him as Justin in Season 1, it could be argued that he would eat some junk food, food that he'd eaten at his parents' house. But, if you're aging him, he certainly wouldn't have had the same appetite. Even in the show, he cooks for himself in the latter seasons. If you wanted him out of character, he would be eating junk food at a later age. A lot of people make this mistake.

[shangrilada.livejournal.com]

haha, I didn't see this before I replied above. Yep.

[cowboystracker.livejournal.com]

The fic takes place around the timeline of season 5 (Justin's about 21-22) and is AU from episode 3.09 so anything prior to that episode would be canon to my fic and anything after that episode is more or less AU. But I don't want to change the characters from canon if I can help it.

[amelialourdes.livejournal.com]

Ha, that would be me replying above.