| Annoyances. |
[May. 21st, 2009|01:04 am] |
I went stumbling around on LJ tonight, looking for fics I haven't read yet. I found a few, one horrible thing and a couple other quite well-written post-513 fics. They weren't new, but they were new to me.
The thing they all had in common was that they had an estranged B/J who reunite.
I'm talking post-513 B/J who either, quite quickly, or gradually, stop talking completely, don't see each other any more and Justin goes on to have relationships with other men but eventually B/J get back together.
So we've got a post-513 Justin who pursues relationships with other men, we've got a post-513 Brian who lets Justin go to New York and never speak to him again.
We've got another post-513 Justin who is surprised when Brian shows up years later, telling him he misses him and wants them back together. Surprised, because apparently post-513 Justin thinks Brian doesn't really miss him or love him or doesn't make grand gestures...
I'm confused. And annoyed. So annoyed I had to get out of bed at 1am and make this post because I couldn't sleep.
So, WTF is wrong with this picture? That's not right, is it? I mean, Brian already, told Justin that he loves him, propsed to him, bought him a house, told him he looked beautiful, opened up about his "feelings" (although these post-513 Brian's apparently aren't supposed to have feelings beacuse that's "not Brian Kinney"), so why is this post-513 Justin so disbelieving that Brian does actually say ILY and make a grand gesture?
Are we really supposed to think the ILY and marriage proposal was purely out of shock from the bombing? Therefore, he doesn't actually love Justin? I mean, the wedding - bad idea. They acknowledged that, they called that off, but does that therefore also mean we pretend Brian never said ILY? That Brian would never repeat that post-513?
That Brian would happily let Justin move to New York and never speak to him again? Is it really so incredulous that Brian, having already said ILY once and exhibiting all that new and outwardly loving behaviour in season 5 would do it again post-513?
Are we really to believe post-513 Justin, who finally got a verbal acknowledgement that Brian loves him - DUH, he's known it for years anyway - are we to believe he happily goes off to New York and says oh well, Brian's cut me off, it must be over so therefore I'll just start dating new people?
Oh! Also, we have a 50-year-old Brian who isn't tricking much anymore and Justin is shocked that Brian's not tricking much because "that's not Brian Kinney".
Um, I'm not saying that BJ have to be monogamous, but come on, he's FIFTY! Don't you think he'd stop tricking incessantly sooner or later?
Did I miss something, or do I need to just put up with the fic drought and stick to writers I know and trust, because this has messed with my mind!!
What's your take on post-513 Brian? Post-513 Justin? Who are they? What do they want from life? From each other? Your realistic vision of who they are.
Brian is NOT who he was in season 1 anymore, even if some of his actions post-bombing were borne of shock or whatever, it's not realistic to pretend those actions NEVER happened, right? Right? Please help me restore correct world order to my poor sad brain.
And now that I have that off my chest, I'm going to attempt sleep again. |
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