TOWJWAGABI, Part 5
Here's a tiny, tiny Part 5. Everything up to (and including) Part 5 has been exposition. I think I know what happens from here on in, but it's not totally choreographed, so it might be awhile before Part 6 is posted.
( The One Where Justin's With Another Guy, and Brian Interferes, Part 5 )
( The One Where Justin's With Another Guy, and Brian Interferes, Part 5 )
. I would be very disappointed in Justin if he left Dan for Brian at this point.
I don't want to be coy with what's going to happen, but I will say that Brian deciding he wants to be with Justin (I'd say again, but this is the first time Brian's really decided anything) and Justin leaving Dan for him are oceans apart!
I am purposefully not including Justin's POV in this story. (I rarely include a second POV, but this story sort of demanded it.)
It's really unclear where Justin's head is because all we really get are Dan's impressions of where Justin's head is and Brian's impressions.
You haven't made a case for Brian in this fic as yet.
Oh, I totallly agree with you. Parts 1 through 5 were explaining where we are and how we got here. Parts 6 on are...well... what happens next!
there are a few of us who would like to see Justin have a future with an adult who really appreciates him; not a screwed up dysfunctional psycho who can't get past his childhood even though he is now in his 30's.
I'm with you on this point, too!
To me, fanfic is all about finding a Brian who is self-actualized enough to get the hell over himself. The Brian on the show is untenable to me, so I have to change him into a man I can stand!
That said, I think I should have crafted the break up more sophisticatedly, so that a reunion might seem less out of the range of possibilities. My main goal was to have it play so the readers could not infer that Brian was doing something noble by breaking up with Justin. Sometimes people do crappy things for no good reason--and that's not to say they're totally unforgivable. It's too tidy and unrealistic to make Brian some kind of behind-the-scenes hero. It's one of the things that makes the TV show so irritating to me.
Heavens, my reply to you is longer than Part 5 was!
I don't want to give away anything, but I will say that I'm trying to craft a story that's reasonable and realistic and in the end will hopefully make sense!
Thanks again for the comments! You've given me a lot to think about while writing the next part!
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This is what I've been trying to say. I want the best - not the best Brian, necessarily, but the best future - for Justin.
LeAnn
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