Cowlip's intentions about Brian and Justin

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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 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.