Reviewer: Anonymous (Anonymous) · Date: April 12, 2010 09:43 PM · On: Chapter 1
Hi, I'm Patrizia, I'm italian, English is not my language, sorry for mistakes.
Let me say that you had a great idea that I wish was followed by other fans of QAF crazy like us... I met Brian and Justin on 28/09/2008, were more or less the 17.00, I was looking on Youtube of video for "Brokeback Mountain", and I found a video titled: "Brian and Justin" Trough the Eyes of ... "made by the fantastic Doppelganger44,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL1LpwhWmCk, I click curious and from that moment I fell in love with Brian and Justin, after three long months I was able to buy the entire series, I hated with all my heart Michael, Lindsey and the mouseEthan, I cryied when Justin was bashed at his prom, when Justin left Brian for that mouse(Ethan), when he leaves for New York,
I loved when they had sex (although I think they made love), when they danced, when they was togheter they was magic...
I could have written your letter, I felt your own emotions, I did FF too, I was amazed at their first kiss, at the alchemy between them, I thought too that maybe Gale could not resist at the adorable Randy, I also hated the "end" of QAF".
I want to thank Gale and Randy too for making me "feel" again, and I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to say "I'm in love with QAF"!
A big hug from Italy :)
Patrizia
Reviewer: JTSecrets (Signed) · Date: April 12, 2010 04:53 PM · On: Chapter 1
This was a very interesting story of how you found QAF. Welcome to this delicious maddness. I too wrote a season 6+ story that is epic in length posted only here on MW.
Reviewer: shimayo (Anonymous) · Date: April 11, 2010 03:30 AM · On: Chapter 1
What a great idea you had by sharing how you got hooked to Brian/Justin!
I still lived in France when I saw an episode of UK Queer as folk with Stuart and Vince. I said to myself: "Whoa, how come such an amazing tv serie exists and I encounter with it only one week before my coming back for good to Madagascar, it's not fair!"
After I left, of course I missed the serie but there was no way I could watch it again in the place where I'm living, at this time cable doesn't exist yet.
Last year, so years after the first encounter, I randomly flip through my husband's audio magazine and something caught my eyes: they were reviewing last released dvd and among them was season 3 of US QAF, with Brian and Justin's picture as illustration...I ran to google it and came across hypnoweb.net, it was heaven! Then, I found out several qaf-addict communities with wonderful fics. Since this minute, I became officially B/J mad beyond hope. I breathe qaf, my kids know the tune, when I'm stuck with the computer, they all shout:"Don't bother mom, she is qaf-ing again!!!" I even open a livejournal so I can read qaf fictions. (well, not all fictions because some authors have f-locked stories and very few don't friend readers who have empty livejournal, mine is quite empty because I can't write fluently in english, but I comment a lot instead, I think it works!):)
We also got cable, and they're airing season 4 of US qaf on, but it's not enough for me. On july, I have a trip to France and top on my to do list is to buy all seasons of my favorite serie ever. For me, qaf is mainly Brian/Justin story, and B/J is an indivisible pack. I both read fluffy, angst, death, funny, vampire, mpreg, rps fics, but never the B/J ending with other's one. I definitely prefer US qaf, characters are more handsome, lovable and powerful.
About Gale and Randy. Yes, I fully know that Gale is straight, but how could he remain impassive in the face of Randy'shape? Even for 5 secs no "what if" had crossed his mind? No kiddings!
I thank you all great authors who give us the season 6 Cowlip never did.
Reviewer: DavidR (Anonymous) · Date: April 09, 2010 11:52 PM · On: Chapter 1
I first came upon QAF as a friend of mine and his lover taped most of the episodes of season one for me. Each week they would tape it and give me the tape about a week or so after the episode aired. This started about half way through season one. I loved it.
During the early showing of QAF season one I attended a gay event. Sure enough the cast of QAF was there to meet people. They were in a different room from the event. No – I had no idea who they were, and what QAF was, and I did NOT go in to see meet them. That was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I think back and still regret that. Over the years I did some what make up for that by seeing them whenever either one was in New York and on stages. Still …………
I find the Brian and Justin story one of the greatest love story’s of my time. When every asked to name great couples, I always include them. I am, as many of the fandom writers are, ridiculously romantic and that is how I saw the show. At first I was a big Justin enthusiast, but from season 2 ep. 1 when Jennifer told Brian to leave Justin alone, I became as much of a Brian fan as a Justin fan.
I can go on forever, but I won’t. The big question I have of Randy as he often complained that his fans really see him as Justin not as Randy is: over five years I got to know Justin (and Brian), not Randy or Gale. If I had a choice to meet either Randy or Justin, or again Brian or Gale, I choose Justin and Brian. I know I know I know, Justin and Brian are fictional characters. But still --- they are who I got to know and cared about and wished them a happy life together. Add the hundreds of wonderful fics. I have read and to me QAF is the Brian and Justin story. Not just Brian, and not just Justin, but Brian AND Justin.
DavidR
Author's Response: I know exactly how you feel - about the characters, I mean. I know it's wishful thinking on both our parts, but hello! - it's Brian and Justin we're talking about - soo beautiful. I do too love to think of them as an item, rather than two separate characters.
And Gale and Randy - I can't help but wonder if they did the naughty at least once during filming or... maybe they're still doing it now?)))
Thanks for the review))
Reviewer: isabell (Anonymous) · Date: April 09, 2010 01:41 AM · On: Chapter 1
I LOOOOOVE GAY PORN!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewer: Shannon (Anonymous) · Date: April 08, 2010 11:47 PM · On: Chapter 1
I first encountered Brian and Justin while watching a vid for a Harry/Draco fanfiction. I was completely blown away by the sex scenes of two men who actually looked remarkably like what I would expect a Harry/Draco coupling to be. I happened to read a few of the vids comments while waiting for the actual video to load and the maker of the video had commented saying that "Yes, she used Brian and Justin from QaF in the video, so people can stop asking". I was curious and also googled 'Brian Justin Qaf' and it took me to ShowTime's Queer as Folk website. Already being a fag hag I was dying with curiosity about what this 'Queer as Folk' was about. So I youtubed. Then I rented half of Season One from Blockbuster. Then I bought S1 off of Amazon or eBay or something.
That was all probably a few months after the show went off the air. Come July 2006 I went to Australia with some school mates to sing in the Sydney Opera House. We stayed Down Under for a week and, though we didn't have much time to relax and watch tv at the Travelodge, majority of my group of friends all, at different times, stumbled upon Queer as Folk on one of the channels. I was beyond excited and every time I had a chance to watch tv I searched and searched for QaF. Alas, it was never meant to be between QaF and I in Australia.
When I returned home I rushed to order the second season. Since it was such a horrible ending I kind of layed off on QaF for a while, but by the end of 2007 I had aquired the entire series and was heartbroken over the ending, as Brian and Justin were my favorite couple and characters.
What made everything worse was that I didn't really have anyone to have conversations about the show with. However, now, 5 years after the end of the show, 5 years after first discovering the show, I have brought QaF into the lives of my homos, many of whom are around my own age, 20, and wouldn't have been old enough, or mature enough, to watch and enjoy QaF like they can now.
Many of my boys had no idea what Queer as Folk was, or if they did they only knew it was a show with gay characters. Then I showed three of my closest fags the pilot. They were hooked. Now they've all seen the entire series and one is even rewatching it currently with his boyfriend. My friend, who's name is ironically Brian, called my cell at 2 one morning just to inform me that his boyfriend, Aaron, whom had never watched the series before, or even heard of it, DIDN'T cry during S1s finale. He was so aghast he had to call me and one of the other boys that watched my copy of the series.
To be fair, Brian had made Aaron sit about six hours through the show so he was getting a bit ADD by the end. So don't hate him too much.
That's my story. How Queer as Folk brought me through the gay world and culture, which made it completely seamless when I finally venutred out to gay clubs/bars for the first time, and in turn I brough QaF into the lives of the next generation of homos.
Author's Response: Wow... Thanks for sharing, that was really insightful) I want a gay best friend, too)))
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