Oh yay! I've been waiting for something like this for a while!
I'm Nicole. I'm fairly new to the fandom. I marathoned the entire series (online and in crappy quality) in 9 days last June mostly because it was summer and I was bored and one of my friends had been telling me I had to watch it for the past 4 years. So I finally caved and since then, this show and this fandom has pretty much consumed my thoughts. :)
I will admit, the first time through I totally had my BJ blinders on and while I didn't disregard the rest of the characters, Brian and Justin were my obsession. The finale gutted me in a way I didn't think was possible but I wasn't outraged at the way the series ended. Just sad that it did.
I've always been pretty ambivalent about LGBT issues but this show rocked my beliefs to the core and made to completely reevaluate my views. I think it was fate because one week later, one of my best friends who I've been friends with since 2nd grade, came out as a lesbian to our group of friends. She hadn't even known I was watching the show.
After that, I delved into fandom since I didn't really have access to the dvds. Fandom was my haven for about 5 months, although I was mostly active on livejournal. I finally caved and bought the complete series at the beginning of December and watched the entire series again. I definitely missed things the first time through because I watched so quickly! I was able to appreciate all of the characters so much more the second time through because I wasn't watching the show for 8 hours straight without having time to absorb anything other than teh BJ sex and teh love. :) And, the second time through I watched in conjunction with reading all the comments over on qaf_marathons. I lurked. :) I've gotten so much insight into things I never would have considered thanks to the people over there.
So that's my story. I was a tad long winded. Oops. I can't pick a favorite scene or quote...at least without extensive research and thought first, but I was recently watching season 2 and seeing as Emmett currently has my heart, this scene/line made me LOL. Teddy's laying in bed after being MIA for a while, jerking his life away and tells Emmett to grab a nipple and squeeze. And in perfect Emmett fashion he replies, "Do I look like a human tit clamp?" I heart him.
Anyway, I'm happy to be here and look forward to getting to know you all!