Cowrie Shell Bracelet

[kat-us.livejournal.com]

Okay, I 've just left Ebay and the ever present listings of replicates of Brian's cowrie shell bracelet.

What I'm curious about is there any fic out there that addresses the absence of the bracelet after Justin returns it Brian?

Why did he stop wearing it and when?

Found! Link in comments to fic, thank you!

ETA: I found this quote from Patrick Antosh and thought it was interesting, hmmmm.

www.angelfire.com/home/qaf/cowry.html

Comments

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

He didn't wear it at all in S3 and it was never mentioned again.

In fact, Gale was sick of wearing it -- it was his bracelet
to begin with and not part of the written show as originally
intended.

[kat-us.livejournal.com]

Interesting, how do you know that it was Gale's personal property and that he was sick of wearing it?

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

I've been in the fandom a long, long time and read every
interview.

If you check Patrick Antosh's site he talks about the bracelet
and that it was Gale's and also how it became something all
the extras and fans of the show started wearing. Gale got
tired of wearing it in every scene after two years, which
is natural.

The whole plotline with the nephew accusing him of molesting
him is from the British version of QAF -- but they added
the detail about the bracelet, probably to give the whole
thing a little closure, since it had become an iconic
prop.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

The whole plotline with the nephew accusing him of molesting
him is from the British version of QAF -

Okay, that's new. I've still not seen the UK version, after 4 years, and I didn't realize that, past S1, that they were using plotlines from that version still. I'm curious, are there any others that show up after S1?

[lumcheng.livejournal.com]

Yes, he does.
And that's the interesting part of it - he wears it in 301. You can see it at the end, when he lies in bed and smokes and then the trick, that should look like Justin, bangs on his door.
And then Brian goes to open the door and - he doesn't wear it anymore.

So he took it off before fucking that guy...

[xdunyax.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I think, they used the scene from 215 ep. in 301 (I have no idea why they did)...You know, the one where Brian was waiting for Justin to come home from the comic book store. If you watch these two scenes, you'll see that they are completely identical. Besides, Brian had shorter hair while lying in bed, and when he opened the door to the hustler, his hair were much longer. :)

[lumcheng.livejournal.com]

omg, the hair - you're right.
why do they do this? lol

but then again, they make new scenes for flashbacks (like the ice-cream scene...)
sometimes I just don't get cowlip, lol

[gaedhal.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a reused scene -- it's not really from
Season 3.

He doesn't wear the bracelet after Season 2.

[vlredreign.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm re-marathoning, so I'll be sure to pay very close attention this time around. I think that when you become si used to seeing something, you don't notice that it's gone until it's brought up specifically, eg 304. I thought for sure he was wearing it at Babylon in 301.

Okay, now it's bugging me. I gotta go see!