Well of course it would make perfect sense that Mel and Lindz would
instantly fall in love with Justin! He has that quality that just
automatically endears you to him. Justin and Lindsay are both artists
which gave them a connection right off the bat. Art has a habit of
doing that. I’m artsy too and find I’m automatically drawn to that type
of creative eccentric personality. This is just another point to rack
up that ‘Queer As Folk’ is indeed representational of many people,
despite some early critics’ nay-saying. Not that we’re keeping track or
anything!
Lindsay was so impressed with Justin’s artwork that she asked him to
participate in an art show at the Gay & Lesbian center that she and
Mel were organizing. Everyone turned out for Justin’s debut, including
Jennifer, which was a big deal with it being his first art show and
secondly and maybe even more importantly it being in a totally gay
environment. But Justin, although endearing, is still a snotty teenager
and was more interested in Brian showing up than his own mother. Jen
had prepared herself to enter a world that she was totally unfamiliar
with, and perhaps even a little uncomfortable with as well. What she
could not prepare herself for was seeing Justin with Brian and learning
that her teenage son was having sex with a 30 (pardon me, 29) year old
man! Debbie was hanging around in the background eyeing up the whole
affair and realized worlds were about to collide when Jennifer realized
who Justin had been hooking up with. It was Deb to the rescue who sat
Jen down and gave her the skinny on Brian and told her that there
wasn’t anything she could but to let him have the experience and make
his own mistakes and to be there when he needs someone.
I find Justin and Lindsay fascinating characters, but it’s not only
because they are creative, there’s a charisma imbued in the characters
that draws you in and demands that you get immersed in the lives of
these people, and it’s that way too with all of the regulars on the
show. On the flip side of the coin we have Rodger, Ted’s chorus
director piano player boyfriend that he met at an “over 30″ matchmaker
shindig at the Gay & Lesbian Center. Ted drug Emmett along with him
and he said that there was honestly no one there he wanted to have sex
with. Though the guys were nice enough, Em, I totally agreed with you!
I play the piano too and have done my fair share of the choir thing as
well, but although he was sweet and a nice guy, there was nothing that
drew me into wanting to know Rodger or be involved with him. That is
exactly what Ted picked up on. Even though he was “appropriate” by
Ted’s standards, “appropriate” is not always right. But the
“inappropriate” can sometimes do the “right” things, such as Blake did.
When Ted ran into him at Babylon, he found out that it was Blake that
called 911 the night Ted overdosed.
Not being appropriate is what Brian seems to make a second, (uh no…
that’s sex) make that a third career out of. The second Dr. Dave was
out of Michael’s sight, Brian switched into ass—- mode and hit on
him. It’s interesting to see that as much as Brian tried to cause
trouble for Michael and David, that when Ben entered Michael’s life,
Brian was not so much the troublemaker. Could Brian be picking up on
that “something’s not right” with David and Michael’s relationship that
the viewer senses? That David just wasn’t right for Michael? And he was
doing what he always does – looking out for Mikey’s best interests,
even if it is done in an unorthodox and eccentric way that is only
Brian.
But to David’s credit, he wouldn’t be baited. Michael in his boyish
charm apologized to David for thinking they were out on a date just to
get laid. But later on, it was the good doctor himself that decided
it’s time to go to the next step and uses some of his own creative
nipple techniques on Michael… 13 left… 11 right. Oh my… uh well,
speaking of doctors…
In the original British version of the show the Michael character’s
obsession was with ‘Doctor Who,’ the longest running British sci-fi TV
show. Although it does have a large cult following in the U.S., the
producers felt that it was still too obscure a subject to connect with
and so our Michael has a passion for comic books. It’s really quite
ironic in that I had a huge ‘Doctor Who’ obsession when I was growing
up and well into my teens. More about that later, but it happens that
the only place (outside of a convention) to find ‘Doctor Who’ stuff
such as books, recordings, gadgets, games, etc. was in comic book
stores. So I also spent my fair share of time there too. But what I
don’t remember is the guy behind the counter being so damn hot. I
remember them being mostly older overweight Marley-type women! Of
course he would catch Brian’s eye and naturally he would do all he
could to keep it. When Brian hooked up with him at the end he was
living out a fantasy of mine that never came true. Although our
narcissistic friend seemed more interested in staring at his own naked
likeness, rendered (and over endowed) by Justin, that he bought
anonymously at the art show. Or maybe he was wishing it was Justin
instead of comic store guy whose head he covered with a sheet as he
moved further and further down Brian’s torso. Sigh. Shit! Where was
this dude when I frequented comic book stores twenty years ago?
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