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[Sep. 8th, 2008|12:31 pm] |
I have created a new asylum called ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) qaf_commentary in which writers add a "DVD commentary" to one or more of their fics. Please head over and leave any ideas you might have about how the asylum should operate, and if you're a writer willing to take part, please let me know!
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| Fanfic Reading Club: From A Safe Distance |
[Sep. 7th, 2008|02:21 pm] |
Welcome to the Angst Hour!!
No one does angst the way bigboobedcanuck does. From Dead Lesbians to Dead Jennifer, she forces us to read against our will, knowing that it's gonna hurt, knowing that we'll cry and wail and gnash our teeth, and somehow making it okay in the end.
I am a sucker for hurt/comfort. From A Safe Distance fulfills that and more.
When I finally look back at the restaurant, Justin is on the steps, frozen. For long moments, he’s like a deer in the headlights, until he suddenly bolts towards the beach, walking quickly. I slam the car door and follow him, the pill bottle clutched tightly in my grasp.
As my feet hit the sand, I call out his name. He looks over his shoulder and speeds up, and I stride towards him, anger fuelling my steps. “Don’t you fucking run away from me!”
At this, he finally turns. He’s too goddamned pale and part of me just wants to get him back inside before the rain really begins to fall. I stop a few feet away and we stare at each other.
“What the fuck is this?” I lift the pills up, still clenched in my fist.
“Zidovudine. It’s an antiretroviral.”
( OMG, WHYYYYY???? ) |
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| FanFic Reading Club… |
[Sep. 5th, 2008|03:57 pm] |
It's almost time to begin our next discussion. Please join us as ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) vl_redreign hosts "From a Safe Distance" by lj's bigboobedcanuck. You can find this wonderful fic starting here:
From a Safe Distance
Just follow the links through all nine fabulous parts. Enjoy and we look forward to seeing everyone at the discussion!
And don't forget that our most recent discussion, hosted bynetlagd, is still open and can be found HERE. If satire and humor are your things, then stop by a join in! |
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| Foreshadowing |
[Sep. 1st, 2008|09:26 pm] |
So I've been holding my own little mini-marathon (to battle the other viewing options on the boob tube) and was watching 112.
Has anyone ever written anything, perhaps Justin POV, about/or utilizing the massive foreshadowing of Brian's behavior when he shoves Michael off the cliff and his downward spiral when it comes to late season 2 fic with Brian shoving Justin off the cliff?
Perhaps retrospective enlightenment early in season 3? |
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| It's Oh So Quiet |
[Aug. 31st, 2008|01:16 pm] |
Music is a huge part of Queer as Folk no shit, Ny, really?. For the most part my love of certain songs was multiplied by suddenly being able to associate it with my favorite show. But in a couple of cases the show took some of my favorite songs and ruined them horribly for me.
Namely Love Song by The Cure, which plays in 218 when Justin is with Ethan, and Human Behaviour by Bjork, which plays in 220 when Justin leaves Babylon with Ethan.
I have really tried to get over it. But these songs were on my ipod long before i found qaf, and now they are utterly ruined for me. i can't listen to them without feeling incredibly sad.
On the other end of the spectrum. There are some songs I already loved, which made me squee with delight when I heard them on QAF. You Look So Fine, by Garbage, in episode 120, for example and Chiquitita by ABBA in 204.
And then there are the songs I'd never heard before, that I fell in love with which are honestly too many to number.
What about you?
Are there songs that you wished you could forever disassociate with QAF?
Are there favorite songs that made you go, OMGYAY _____ is playing! when you heard them on the show?
Are there new songs or artists that you fell in love with as a result of queer as folk?
Are there songs from QAF that now annoy your friends and family as ringtones or answertones?
Just curious. :D |
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| FanFIc reading club, c'mon and tell us what you think |
[Aug. 25th, 2008|09:44 pm] |
The Oxford English Dictionary defines satire as:
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize other people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues."
ETA: requested links now added
( Let's talk about Brian and Justin ) |
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| Fanfic Reading Club… |
[Aug. 22nd, 2008|02:30 pm] |
We're ready for our next discussion, and our host this time will be netlagd! She has selected three fics for your reading and discussion pleasure:
Brian Kinney Saves the Universe by Valerie Lewis.
m!Preg a Satire AND m!Preg the Epilogue by LJ's jane2005.
The Wedding Satire also by LJ's jane2005.
As you can tell by her selections, she'll be focusing on the use of satire in fanfic. So enjoy the stories and get ready for a fun, humorous and thoughtful discussion. Hope to see you all there! |
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| Post 513 Brian |
[Aug. 18th, 2008|01:03 pm] |
I got to thinking about this after reading the last chapter of Directions by xie_xie_xie. When you read post 513 fics how do you envision Brian in your mind? Specifically, what's his hair look like? Does he still look like he did in season 5 or do you revert back to a previous look of his from earlier seasons?
I envision him looking like he did in season 4. (see icon) I can't see him in my mind the way he looked in season 5. His look earlier in the series was too club-boyish and I don't think it would fit with where he is in his life post 513. His season 4 look is still hot but in a mature looking way. |
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| A quick hair!porn referral and request |
[Aug. 16th, 2008|04:56 pm] |
Since I know a lot of the folks here have a particular love for Justin's hair, Brian's love for it, and hair!porn that derives therefrom, and I also know that many of you don't venture to LJ unless you have to, I thought I should point out that you might want to wander over there for this little fic I just read that made me think of you:
"Because" by  Karyn
Enjoy.
And of course, feel free to use this opportunity to extol the virtues of Justin's hair and/or other fics that take good advantage of it.
ETA: I am absolutely horrified to find (and ashamed to admit) that I don't have any good icons showing Justin's long hair except this one. And while that is probably because my personal preference is that I find him much more attractive when it's a bit shorter, it is a sin of omission not to have any icons to represent the important, if fairly brief, occurrence that was his long hair. So please include your favorites in your comments. |
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| ep 208 question |
[Aug. 15th, 2008|11:39 am] |
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why was justin so mean to the love sick fairy in 208 it reminds me of mean girls when she narrates to the audience, "i am not mean, i'm just acting like it." |
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| Psst... |
[Aug. 10th, 2008|09:28 pm] |
Juss for fun, what do you think the seating arrangement was in the jeep on the way back from New York in 110? |
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| head, shoulders, knees and toes |
[Aug. 4th, 2008|10:12 pm] |
Much is made of fic full of "Justin's tiny hands".
In fact, in several places, it is obvious that Justin's body parts are actually larger than Brian. His hands seem huge in 101 where he and Brian first kiss at the loft.
In fact, Justin's head seems larger than Brian's in the same scene.
So whose head is bigger? Justin or Brian?
What other interesting body parts are bigger on the boy wonder?
I wonder... |
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| The Best Homosexual You Can Be |
[Aug. 2nd, 2008|01:52 pm] |
This is what Brian wants Justin to be, a man, the best homosexual he can be, someone who has some balls. So much of the journey of Brian and Justin is the way the become equals over the time of the series. Justin goes from an inexperienced, sheltered teenager to a man who has been through so much, learned to fight for what he wants, defines his own happiness. And Brian pushes him on the journey. He encourages Justin to make decision for himself instead of others, he tells Justin to stand up for himself, to follow his own dreams.
Brian does not see Justin as a child. He most certainly does not think of him the same way he thinks of Gus. Yes, he met Justin the night Gus was born so they are connected in his mind. There are references to this in S1 and early S2. Although I think when he refers to Justin as Sonnyboy in 203 it is simply one of the few affectionate terms he knows, a way to express his pride in Justin in a nonsexual way not a way to show he thinks of Justin paternally. If there are times in later seasons Brian seems to parallel Gus and Justin, please remind me of them.
The point-for the love of Brian and Justin please do not write fic, especially future fic, where Brian thinks of Justin and Gus in similar terms or compares his feelings for them. Brian does not give into Justin's pleading or indulge him or look on in amusement at his childlike behavior. He does need view Justin as someone he must protect because he cannot take care of himself. Brian is Justin's lover and partner not his parent. |
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| Artist!Justin. |
[Jul. 28th, 2008|09:55 pm] |
So, artist!Justin. I particularly like serious!painter!Justin in season 5, espcially the one and only scene of Brian watching Justin paint (511). But we saw him drawing a lot in season 1, do computer art in season 2 and of course Rage became a huge part of QaF.
How much, if any, does the fact Justin is an artist appeal to Brian?
Does he care either way?
Would he have been just as attracted to Justin if he was something other than an artist?
What does the fact he's an artist say about Justin?
Any other thoughts on artist!Justin? |
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| "Justin" |
[Jul. 27th, 2008|04:13 pm] |
Brian doesn't say Justin's name very often. Off the top of my head I can only think of two times when he says Justin's name directly to him (in 122 in the parking garage and in 202 when they're on the porch at the birthday party). I know he says Justin's name a few times when he's talking about him to other people, but to his face it seems like he barely ever says it. This is frequently mentioned in fics. So I'm curious...
How many times does Brian actually say "Justin" to Justin? To other people? When does he say it? |
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| Questions re: Brian's drug use |
[Jul. 27th, 2008|12:12 pm] |
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I just have a couple of quick questions:
Do we ever see Brian using drugs, such as poppers or E after he opens Kinnetik and has cancer?
When is the last time we see Brian using drugs?
If we don't see Brian using drugs after the cancer, does this mean he consciously made this choice (to live a little healthier)?
Thanks in advance for any insight! I WISH I had time to re-watch seasons 4 & 5 right now! |
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| SNARK |
[Jul. 25th, 2008|05:03 pm] |
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So what are your favorite snarky lines and who says them? |
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| *Divergence, Restraint discussion...please join in!* |
[Jul. 19th, 2008|12:41 pm] |
Divergence. I would guess this story has been discussed a million times, yet here I go, doing it again. But, as we all know, my "deep" discussions tend to all end up in the shallow end of the pool, so maybe this one will go a little differently.
Plus, I added Restraint, another of ragingpixie's stories, again post-S4, but with a much different feel overall. Hopefully you'll find something you want to talk about.
( Justin turns twenty-one in California ) |
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| Bottom!Brian |
[Jul. 19th, 2008|07:41 am] |
Of course, we see Brian bottoms for Justin in episode 214. But I believe Brian admits to wanting it from time to time, when in ep 411 he says the following to Lindsay (in regards to her extramarital confession):
"still there is a part of you that once every decade or so doesn't object to a stiff prick. believe me, i understand."
SO! Here's my question: What's your opinion on bottom!Brian? For example: Does he bottom a lot? Once every decade? Only with Justin? I am curious what you all think! Please share your theories and fantasies. :) |
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