Don't defriend me, I'm not dead.[-o
I haven't dropped off the face of the internet, just been taking a backseat for a while. Here's where I'm at:
icon by pumahmistress
So. Much. Love. Ye gods but this show is awesome. I wouldn't have picked it, would NEVER have picked it. I assumed it would be very Star Trek-esque and manly and wooden and, well, boring. I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG. Thank Aphrodite that f1renze nudged me toward it or I might never have known. This show is so CLEVER, and well-written, and the storylines are so wonderfully tight and suspenseful. But the characters - PHWOAR. Of course, being the complete shipper that I am, there needed to be a ship for me to follow to complete my addiction. THANK YOU KARA AND LEE. That was some impressive casting. From the very first time I saw those two together (Season 1, Ep 1 - I'd missed the mini-series) I was a total goner. Talk about your goddamn fireworks. Frakk me. But the wonderful thing is that it's NOT just the ship - the whole thing is fantastic. All these characters are so well-drawn and distinct. Plus every episode is chock-full of yummy suspense, twists, drama, angst and humour. James Callis is a comedic genius. Jamie Bamber's biceps are ridiculous and I want to suck on them (and who knew he was British? His accent is flawless. Although once I actually knew that he wasn't American, I noticed a rather silly pronunciation of 'pants' in one line - "A PILOT WHO CAN'T KEEP HER PUNTS ON!!" Twas rather amusing on replay). Katee Sackhoff is my current girl-crush. And yay for a show with its own vernacular! I'm saying frakk all the frakkin' time now. Aida's hoping it'll wear off soon.:| And can I just say that the final minutes of KLG Part 2 were incredible - I actually jumped off the couch when... the thing... happened. LOVE THIS SHOW.
icon by phantomplanetq
The little show that could returns to our screens in a week, and I'm so excited I could vomit. I'm avoiding spoilers like the plague now, because I've been burnt before. I know other fans are worried that the impending romantic triangle between Veronica, Logan and Duncan will overshadow the wonderful uniqueness of this show, and that the mystery element will play a supporting role to what could become just your ordinary teen roma-drama. PTOOEY. They won't do that, I have faith. PLUS - ROMANTIC TRIANGLE... YAY!! Hogwash anyway, I just want my sassy heroine and her Logan-woobie back on my screen.
(Was absolutely mortified for Kristen at the Emmy's - she nearly fell on her ass).
And as it's my birthday today, I think it's about time to:
icon by Cara
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S ARMS
Ye gods, how do I even begin to farewell this show. I guess the answer is I don't. It sounds cheesy as all hell but this show will forever be a part of me. Aside from being completely obsessed with the show itself, if it weren't for QAF I would never have heard the word fandom. Granted, fandom can be a cantankerous HELL-BITCH at times, but it's also been an incredible ride. I've been trying to remember the exact moment that I decided to search for QAF on the net, and why that was, but I can't. I do remember finding a small fic site and being introduced to the wonderful world of fanfiction. AMAZING. I mean, here are all these other fans actually fulfilling all my wildest fantasies about these two gay boys that I'd come to love so very much. There are other people out there that love this show! That love these boys! As much as I do!! It was so unexpected and liberating and exhilarating. I live in a rural city in northern Australia, so gay boys aren't really the talk at the water-cooler, you know? And then I stumbled onto What Love Means, and a little fic by ragingpixie which blew my mind (Easy Out - you all know it). That fic lured me into this completely bizarre little medium called Live Journal. AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY. Suddenly I was a total glutton for fic. I friended with wild abandon and spent hours just poring through as many fics as I could find. bea_nonymous (an incomparable writer and vidder) was one of the first people I got to know - we'd both started LJ'ing at about the same time - she is now my BFF and I luff her. And through her I met meimur and f1renze and thus began my exploration into LJ commenting, and YM chats, and squeeing endlessly about a goddamn TV show. It was so new and wonderful for me. This was back in, what, December 2003 I think? (I love you girls).
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S BACK
And of course, I kept watching QAF like I couldn't get enough of it. I think I knew almost every B/J scene from Seasons 1-3 word for word. Scary huh. BUT PLEASE, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE B/J AND YOU KNOW IT. Just the other day I found a notebook that I used to take to work with me, and in it are scribbled lines of B/J dialogue, and early scraps of some fic I had thought at one time I might post (you will never ever see it). That's how obsessed I was. And although the writing bordered on crappy melodrama (especially in the last 2 seasons), it didn't matter, because the actors threw themselves into it with such energy. Gale Harold, you will forever be the sexiest man alive, and you play Brian with such intelligence, such guarded tenderness, such unabashed sexuality - how could any woman not fall in love with you? And Randy. Randy Randy Randy. I poke fun, but really I'm just another slobbering, rabid fangirl. You are the most beautiful boy in all the world.
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S OUT-OF-CONTROL PUBES
They struck gold with those two actors, and then to throw them into one of the greatest love stories ever told... And yeah, man-on-man sex is not to be scoffed at, clearly, but sweet jesus those two had such 'romantic' chemistry as well. It was such an exquisite, and beautifully crafted relationship, and I just could not stop watching. I remember someone saying that it's a pretty amazing show that keeps its audience's interest when its two romantic leads are essentially together for 5 seasons. Obviously there was no unresolved sexual tension, because hello, humping like Ted on crystal... But the emotional connection was kept just out of our goddamn reach. We all knew Brian loved Justin, but damned if we could get him to admit that to himself. And so we kept waiting for it, waiting for the first time he would say those three little words, waiting for the final pay-off... Jesus they were clever.
THANK YOU QAF, FOR RANDY HARRISON'S PERFECT TEETH
And frakk if this post isn't getting ridiculously long.:| I haven't said anything about the end of the series yet, goddamn it. So. 513. I was OK with it, you know? I mean, at the end of it all, Brian was finally free to love Justin. And hell did he love him or WHAT? So he went a little overboard and tried to change too much too soon, but hello, he knew how long Justin had been waiting. And at the end of all things, he loved him so much that he let him go. Yeah it was a dramatic ploy by the writers - after all, they were writing a show that was supposed to break all the rules. They couldn't have a stock happy ending to their beloved and controversial show. But there could be no doubt in anyone's mind of Brian's feelings for Justin, and that was all the happy ending I needed. Forgive the Harlequin-esque tone of this, but their love was never meant to be constrained, never meant to be white-picket-fenced. For me it was always unbridled and extemporaneous and absolute. Being in love is the prize, nothing else really matters. I am such a sap, clearly. My only regret is that the ending divided the fandom like it did - but even that is a testament to how much this show and this relationship meant to us.
AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU QAF, FOR THIS
So anyway... !! FOR GOD'S SAKE REBECCA SHUT UP. There is so much more that I could say - I'd so love to relive some of this fandom's finest moments, and even some of its worst, but you were all there, you remember. It's been the time of my life, living this show with all of you, and I don't think another fandom or another fictional relationship will ever mean as much to me. Brian and Justin roll as easily off my tongue as night and day. They will always ALWAYS be my OTP. And that is that. I love this show, I will forever love this show. And I'm so grateful for all the unexpected friendships I've made along the way. Queer As Folk? You have been one heck of an adventure.
icon by pumahmistress
So. Much. Love. Ye gods but this show is awesome. I wouldn't have picked it, would NEVER have picked it. I assumed it would be very Star Trek-esque and manly and wooden and, well, boring. I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE WRONG. Thank Aphrodite that f1renze nudged me toward it or I might never have known. This show is so CLEVER, and well-written, and the storylines are so wonderfully tight and suspenseful. But the characters - PHWOAR. Of course, being the complete shipper that I am, there needed to be a ship for me to follow to complete my addiction. THANK YOU KARA AND LEE. That was some impressive casting. From the very first time I saw those two together (Season 1, Ep 1 - I'd missed the mini-series) I was a total goner. Talk about your goddamn fireworks. Frakk me. But the wonderful thing is that it's NOT just the ship - the whole thing is fantastic. All these characters are so well-drawn and distinct. Plus every episode is chock-full of yummy suspense, twists, drama, angst and humour. James Callis is a comedic genius. Jamie Bamber's biceps are ridiculous and I want to suck on them (and who knew he was British? His accent is flawless. Although once I actually knew that he wasn't American, I noticed a rather silly pronunciation of 'pants' in one line - "A PILOT WHO CAN'T KEEP HER PUNTS ON!!" Twas rather amusing on replay). Katee Sackhoff is my current girl-crush. And yay for a show with its own vernacular! I'm saying frakk all the frakkin' time now. Aida's hoping it'll wear off soon.:| And can I just say that the final minutes of KLG Part 2 were incredible - I actually jumped off the couch when... the thing... happened. LOVE THIS SHOW.
icon by phantomplanetq
The little show that could returns to our screens in a week, and I'm so excited I could vomit. I'm avoiding spoilers like the plague now, because I've been burnt before. I know other fans are worried that the impending romantic triangle between Veronica, Logan and Duncan will overshadow the wonderful uniqueness of this show, and that the mystery element will play a supporting role to what could become just your ordinary teen roma-drama. PTOOEY. They won't do that, I have faith. PLUS - ROMANTIC TRIANGLE... YAY!! Hogwash anyway, I just want my sassy heroine and her Logan-woobie back on my screen.
(Was absolutely mortified for Kristen at the Emmy's - she nearly fell on her ass).
And as it's my birthday today, I think it's about time to:
icon by Cara
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S ARMS
Ye gods, how do I even begin to farewell this show. I guess the answer is I don't. It sounds cheesy as all hell but this show will forever be a part of me. Aside from being completely obsessed with the show itself, if it weren't for QAF I would never have heard the word fandom. Granted, fandom can be a cantankerous HELL-BITCH at times, but it's also been an incredible ride. I've been trying to remember the exact moment that I decided to search for QAF on the net, and why that was, but I can't. I do remember finding a small fic site and being introduced to the wonderful world of fanfiction. AMAZING. I mean, here are all these other fans actually fulfilling all my wildest fantasies about these two gay boys that I'd come to love so very much. There are other people out there that love this show! That love these boys! As much as I do!! It was so unexpected and liberating and exhilarating. I live in a rural city in northern Australia, so gay boys aren't really the talk at the water-cooler, you know? And then I stumbled onto What Love Means, and a little fic by ragingpixie which blew my mind (Easy Out - you all know it). That fic lured me into this completely bizarre little medium called Live Journal. AND THE REST AS THEY SAY IS HISTORY. Suddenly I was a total glutton for fic. I friended with wild abandon and spent hours just poring through as many fics as I could find. bea_nonymous (an incomparable writer and vidder) was one of the first people I got to know - we'd both started LJ'ing at about the same time - she is now my BFF and I luff her. And through her I met meimur and f1renze and thus began my exploration into LJ commenting, and YM chats, and squeeing endlessly about a goddamn TV show. It was so new and wonderful for me. This was back in, what, December 2003 I think? (I love you girls).
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S BACK
And of course, I kept watching QAF like I couldn't get enough of it. I think I knew almost every B/J scene from Seasons 1-3 word for word. Scary huh. BUT PLEASE, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE B/J AND YOU KNOW IT. Just the other day I found a notebook that I used to take to work with me, and in it are scribbled lines of B/J dialogue, and early scraps of some fic I had thought at one time I might post (you will never ever see it). That's how obsessed I was. And although the writing bordered on crappy melodrama (especially in the last 2 seasons), it didn't matter, because the actors threw themselves into it with such energy. Gale Harold, you will forever be the sexiest man alive, and you play Brian with such intelligence, such guarded tenderness, such unabashed sexuality - how could any woman not fall in love with you? And Randy. Randy Randy Randy. I poke fun, but really I'm just another slobbering, rabid fangirl. You are the most beautiful boy in all the world.
THANK YOU QAF, FOR GALE HAROLD'S OUT-OF-CONTROL PUBES
They struck gold with those two actors, and then to throw them into one of the greatest love stories ever told... And yeah, man-on-man sex is not to be scoffed at, clearly, but sweet jesus those two had such 'romantic' chemistry as well. It was such an exquisite, and beautifully crafted relationship, and I just could not stop watching. I remember someone saying that it's a pretty amazing show that keeps its audience's interest when its two romantic leads are essentially together for 5 seasons. Obviously there was no unresolved sexual tension, because hello, humping like Ted on crystal... But the emotional connection was kept just out of our goddamn reach. We all knew Brian loved Justin, but damned if we could get him to admit that to himself. And so we kept waiting for it, waiting for the first time he would say those three little words, waiting for the final pay-off... Jesus they were clever.
THANK YOU QAF, FOR RANDY HARRISON'S PERFECT TEETH
And frakk if this post isn't getting ridiculously long.:| I haven't said anything about the end of the series yet, goddamn it. So. 513. I was OK with it, you know? I mean, at the end of it all, Brian was finally free to love Justin. And hell did he love him or WHAT? So he went a little overboard and tried to change too much too soon, but hello, he knew how long Justin had been waiting. And at the end of all things, he loved him so much that he let him go. Yeah it was a dramatic ploy by the writers - after all, they were writing a show that was supposed to break all the rules. They couldn't have a stock happy ending to their beloved and controversial show. But there could be no doubt in anyone's mind of Brian's feelings for Justin, and that was all the happy ending I needed. Forgive the Harlequin-esque tone of this, but their love was never meant to be constrained, never meant to be white-picket-fenced. For me it was always unbridled and extemporaneous and absolute. Being in love is the prize, nothing else really matters. I am such a sap, clearly. My only regret is that the ending divided the fandom like it did - but even that is a testament to how much this show and this relationship meant to us.
AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU QAF, FOR THIS
So anyway... !! FOR GOD'S SAKE REBECCA SHUT UP. There is so much more that I could say - I'd so love to relive some of this fandom's finest moments, and even some of its worst, but you were all there, you remember. It's been the time of my life, living this show with all of you, and I don't think another fandom or another fictional relationship will ever mean as much to me. Brian and Justin roll as easily off my tongue as night and day. They will always ALWAYS be my OTP. And that is that. I love this show, I will forever love this show. And I'm so grateful for all the unexpected friendships I've made along the way. Queer As Folk? You have been one heck of an adventure.