Apparently, you need girls for romance--who knew?

[mysid]

Not one to do something halfway when I can go overboard instead, I have of late become completely obsessed with Queer as Folk. I haven't posted anything in ages because all my computer time has been spent either watching episodes or reading fanfic. (Thanks again for the recs, secretsolitaire!)

Brian and Justin are simply the hottest couple to ever grace our television screens. Male on male sex with storylines--in other words, porn for women. Wow.

I was watching a clip on YouTube the other day--something tame as my daughter (age 7) was in the room, and she happened to glance at the computer screen just as Brian kissed Justin.

"Did those two boys just kiss?" she asked.
"Yes," I replied.
"Why?"
"They're in love," I said.
"That's creepy." (Creepy is her current word for anything unusual or strange.)

Now, this reaction surprised me, as she's grown up with a lesbian couple next door, is friends with their daughter, and thinks of her friend's moms as just as married and "ordinary" as my husband and I. So I asked her about her reaction pointing out that J. and A. were both women, and she knew that was normal.

"Girls in love with girls is OK, and girls in love with boys is OK, but boys in love with boys is creepy."
"Why?"
"Because to be in love, someone has to be romantic, and boys aren't romantic; girls are romantic."

Huh. Well, I counterd that boys can be romantic, and offered as proof a clip on YouTube of Brian and Justin at Justin's prom. I stopped the clip before the bashing, but not wanting to completely gloss over how bad homophobia can be, I told her in general terms why I was stopping the clip where I did.

The final result, she's still not sold on boy+boy being as sensible as girl+girl or boy+girl, but it's only a little bit "creepy."
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Comments

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

That's how I got into the fandom too, with clips and fic. Once I finally got ahold of the complete episodes, it was quite a different experience. Brian and Justin are still my favorite part of the show by far, but I really grew to love the other characters, and it's interesting to see how B and J fit into the larger storylines.

Looks like used DVD's of the earlier seasons are pretty cheap over at half.com, and I bet you could find the later seasons on eBay at a decent price. Or you could go for it and buy the complete series! I have been very tempted to do that but haven't caved...yet...maybe I'll request it for Christmas. :-)

I know you're not fully comfortable with this option, but just in case you ever change your mind -- you can download eps here: http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/qafdl/. You just need a Yahoo account and to request approval for membership.