Cowlip's intentions about Brian and Justin

[nightvision55.livejournal.com]

Hi, this is the first time I've posted here so please forgive any mistakes ...

I was just wondering; in the UK original, the focus of the series was the Brian/Michael relationship, and they were the ones who ended up together. So, did Cowlip originally intend that in the US version, and did they just go with the Brian/Justin pairing because they realised how hot the chemistry between Gale and Randy was?

Does anybody know?

Comments

[highd.livejournal.com]

I think that cowlip threw Brian and Michael fans a bone as much as possible to keep them watching. Also the line is so out of character for Brian that I don't think even Michael believed him.

I am sorry but I have no clue how anyone can watch 5 seasons of QAF and still want a Brian and Michael. Brian openly rejected Michael's want for a romantic relationship for 14 years. Why would any Michael fan want Brian for Michael? Why would they want to take away the only family Brian has, just so Brian would stick his dick in Michael's ass? I don't get that at all. I watched a show about 2 brothers trying to work out their family dynamic and to read more into it than that seems sort of crazy.

[ryosato.livejournal.com]

The REAL question is, why does other peoples interpretations of a television show bother you so much? Brian/Justin fans are the most active people in the QaF community, they're the loudest, and they create the most content. I really don't get why this vast majority feels so threatened by a much quieter group's opinion on a show. Especially when Brian/Michael fans don't go to any other communities to discuss the pairing. So why do Brian/Justin fans need to?

[highd.livejournal.com]

I am not a Brian and Justin fan, not really. I think that more than anything I am a Brian fan. A Brian fan that wanted the world for him, and Michael wasn't it.

I get peeved at Brian and Michael fans because they don't care about the Brian part of the equation. They think of Brian as some prize that Michael deserves after all the years of waiting. Hardly do you hear a Brian Michael fan say why Michael was good for Brian, how Michael would have made Brian's life better, or how Michael was a good match for Brian because... It's always about Michael and what he deserves and how it would be better for him. Which is quite strange. I have been in a lot of Brian and Michael forums and communities over the years, and this is a very, very common sentiment in those comms.

With Brian and Justin fans you read endless comments about how they balanced each other out and how Brian contributed to Justin's life and how Justin contributed to Brian's life. It wasn't about who deserved what for how much time. It was about looking at the two characters and seeing they were in love and how they both gave to the relationship.

I don't think the vast majority of fans are threaten over Brian/ Michael. I think we are just blown away that anyone thought that those two could or would or should be anything more then brothers and friends.