It was very personal and edged on revenge, both in his method and in his choice of venue--in full view of the public, at a party Brian had for him, surrounded by Brian's friends and semi-family and people who knew *exactly* what they were witnessing. It's that vindictive edge that bothers me most.
Except the setting was Brian's choice, just as it was Brian's choice to break things off with Michael at Michael's birthday party. Brian claims to hate martyrs, but sometimes he's really, really good at playing one. He told someone, I can't remember who now, that he was looking for Justin, then headed for the backroom. Said someone told Justin, who went looking for Brian, and found him fucking Rage. There's no way you can tell me that wasn't deliberate on Brian's part, and for all his eye-blinking devastation when Justin walks out with Ethan, some part of me still thinks, "You bastard. You engineered this ending, don't you dare act like you didn't see it coming."
Of course, the rest of me is going, "Oh, Brian! Oh, Justin! My poor woobies!" Sometimes, this show makes me really schizophrenic.
Anyway, I don't know that Justin even registered the setting. I think he saw Brian pushing him away once again, and then he saw Ethan coming to him, and he was too hurt not to do exactly what Brian meant for him to do. He walked out.
The choice of venue was Brian's, not Justin's. Just as it was Brian's in s1 with Michael. So really, the moral of the story is: Don't ever let Brian Kinney throw you a party of any kind, because the real throwing will involve a cliff and you at the bottom of it.
Except the setting was Brian's choice, just as it was Brian's choice to break things off with Michael at Michael's birthday party. Brian claims to hate martyrs, but sometimes he's really, really good at playing one. He told someone, I can't remember who now, that he was looking for Justin, then headed for the backroom. Said someone told Justin, who went looking for Brian, and found him fucking Rage. There's no way you can tell me that wasn't deliberate on Brian's part, and for all his eye-blinking devastation when Justin walks out with Ethan, some part of me still thinks, "You bastard. You engineered this ending, don't you dare act like you didn't see it coming."
Of course, the rest of me is going, "Oh, Brian! Oh, Justin! My poor woobies!" Sometimes, this show makes me really schizophrenic.
Anyway, I don't know that Justin even registered the setting. I think he saw Brian pushing him away once again, and then he saw Ethan coming to him, and he was too hurt not to do exactly what Brian meant for him to do. He walked out.
The choice of venue was Brian's, not Justin's. Just as it was Brian's in s1 with Michael. So really, the moral of the story is: Don't ever let Brian Kinney throw you a party of any kind, because the real throwing will involve a cliff and you at the bottom of it.
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