QaF Timeline Question - B/J's Birthdays

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

I know, I know, trying to establish a QaF timeline is like trying to push a rope uphill. I don't need a definitive answer, but a general consensus would be awesome. What months would Brian and Justin's birthdays be in? We know Brian's was at the time of Justin's prom. Justin and Ben shared a birthday, but when? I have my thoughts but don't want to muddy the water with them. TIA!

UPDATE: Thanks for the perspectives! General consensus for Brian is May. May, 1971 according to a screen cap of his deathday cake from his 30th. Specifically the 21st, according to a report from an original script. Justin is less clear, but either December, 1982 or March, 1983.

Comments

[ragekinney.livejournal.com]

I think Brian´s birthday is in May. And Justin´s maybe march or april.
But it´s only a theory

[highd.livejournal.com]

Brian's birthday would be May or June because prom time in Pittsburgh is at the end of the school year. Depending on snow days and such.

[lattemiele.livejournal.com]

hard to find the right dates btw I found this .I hope that it can help you

http://www.4shared.com/office/IM1LIhqf/timeline_1.html

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks folks. I've always thought May for Brian (based on Prom) but Justin's is trickier. The timeline spreadsheet posted by lattemiele shows Justin's as being Dec 15. I would have put him turning 18 a few months before Brian turns 30, so that would fit, but for some reason I don't remember it being winter for Ben's b-day party or Justin meeting Ian.

Of course that would make them a true May/December romance, and that's kinda poetic ;-)

[camelhaircoat.livejournal.com]

q are you still planning on writing? That would make me all kinds of happy!

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! P3 of Stronger is done, but I am so awfully slow that I figure it's probably best to wait until it's finished before I post again. I'm working on it every day again though! Thanks for caring - that makes ME all kinds of happy!

[camelhaircoat.livejournal.com]

Of course I'm thrilled to know that the story will be finished because your writing always amazes, but even more importantly I'm glad to know that you're around and okay. It seemed that you had just disappeared for a while -- I didn't even see you commenting like I used to.

I'm so glad that you're still with us and that you're fine, and the cherry on top -- there's fic to look forward to!!! This is definitely a win-win :)

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Amy

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

You are too kind, Amy. Thank you so much.

((((hugs back))))

[kinwad.livejournal.com]

It depends on which of Cowlip's timelines you want to go by:
Season 1 had Justin's bday in December
But that's contradicted in season 2 when Justin tells Ben they share a birthday (Ben had already told Michael that he was a Pisces). Continuity,
among other things, wasn't Cowlip's strong point.

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

And Feb/Mar is more my impression of the time as well. Oy! For my purposes, December actually works better, but it's so frustrating. Thanks for the input!

[my2cats.livejournal.com]

According to this Brian's Birthday is May 21,1971

http://miss-alysandra.livejournal.com/29078.html

[ipitydaf00l.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I was trying to find my screencap of the cake, but this will do. :) I knew there was a date on it.

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's perfect! Thank you so much. As many times as I've watched 122, I don't recall seeing the date on the cake.

ETA: Ah, now that I read more closely I see that the date was part of the script and it's not on the actual cake in the eppy. *phew* thought I was losing my QaF mind!



So if we accept Justin's b-day in December, it would follow he turned 18 in Dec 2000, (since he's 18 years old at the prom), making him born in December 1982?

[mander3-swish.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about this too (the new fan_flashworks challenge is horoscope, so i was trying to think of something to write based on b/j)
I knew Brian's was in May, but damn that makes him a Gemini...actually that almost fits with him better now that I read about it.
Personally, I always go with Justin as a Pisces because of the Ben connection.

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

So then Justin would have to have been born in Feb/March 1983 in order to turn 18 in Feb/March 2001 (since he is 18 at his prom).

That actually fits better with the 12 year age difference of fanlore, with him turning 18 just a couple months before Brian turns 30.

[conzieu.livejournal.com]

Here is Justin's:


Brian's is may the 12th.
(Can't get my hand on the pic of his dl...)

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Well now! That's one I haven't seen before. So now we have November, December, February and March as possibilities. :D

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

Don't go by the driver's license -- at one of the Toronto conventions
the writers said that they were created by the prop department and
they just put info on them (there's one for Michael, too). Note the
Ross Street address -- that was the original address on Brian's
loft that was later changed (see 101 when they are leaving the
loft).

Episode 114 they say clear that it's "December" (2000). Michael's
birthday was before that (in 111), so November, and Molly's was
right before that (in 110) -- party decorations Halloween theme, so
the end of October 2000 when she turns 8.

Season 1 is the only year when any timeline actually makes sense,
so that's what I go by.

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Very true about S1, and very interesting about the driver's licenses. I like May/December connotation so I think I'll stick with that. :D

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

This is the Timeline I made after Season 1:

http://www.fortruthis.net/gaelmcgear/qaftimeline.html

[q-dicted.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That's very handy.

[wouldbedorothy.livejournal.com]

Please update your post, as unclear as the answer still may be :)

(I kind of go for Feb/Mar myself, just because I think Justin feels like a Pisces. But basically there is no wrong answer because there is no way to be more wrong on dates than the show was, lol.)