This could have happened in the series-this could have been what we saw instead of the garbage they gave us.
Thank you so much for that comment. More and more as I've been writing Reverberations, I've realised that what I've been trying to do ... more to prove something to my own satisfaction than anything else ... is to write the series ... not just the way I would have liked to have seen it, but in a way that incorporates the main plot points ... the growing alienation between Michael and Brian, Brian's realisation that his days as Liberty's No. 1 stud are drawing to an end, the bombing, the proposal and so on, and do it in a way that made sense in terms of the characters.
It's almost like I needed to prove to myself that it wasn't just that the writers sacrificed character to plot that so infuriated and frustrated me about S5, it's that they did it needlessly ... because if they hadn't been so damned sloppy, they could have hit the key plot points, while still keeping the characters that we know and love intact (instead of making them - especially Justin - virtually unrecognisable by the end of the season). I guess I wanted to explore my gut feeling that it was sheer bad writing and lack of any real care for the characters that led to the disaster of S5, not the dramatic direction in which they chose to take the story.
The marriage proposal is a case in point. We were left with no real idea where that came from ... except to believe Justin was right in the first place, and it was purely a reaction to the trauma of the bombing.
I felt from the beginning that Brian might have had very compelling reasons for that proposal ... reasons that were rooted both in his long time insecurities, and in his growth. For me, the only point of that story arc was to show that Brian was finally, finally, ready to lay himself on the line and fight to give Justin what he believed he needed and to make the relationship work.
But we didn't see any of that really (except what we saw in Gale's eyes), because the scenes were so badly written. And then it all went to Hell in a handbasket anyway which totally undercut the wonderful statement it had made about how Brian was finally growing up, and finally starting to believe in a future with his loved one.
I guess I needed to explore for myself how it could have been dealt with better, and I am so grateful that long time BJ addicts like yourself think that I'm succeeding.
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This could have happened in the series-this could have been what we saw instead of the garbage they gave us.
Thank you so much for that comment. More and more as I've been writing Reverberations, I've realised that what I've been trying to do ... more to prove something to my own satisfaction than anything else ... is to write the series ... not just the way I would have liked to have seen it, but in a way that incorporates the main plot points ... the growing alienation between Michael and Brian, Brian's realisation that his days as Liberty's No. 1 stud are drawing to an end, the bombing, the proposal and so on, and do it in a way that made sense in terms of the characters.
It's almost like I needed to prove to myself that it wasn't just that the writers sacrificed character to plot that so infuriated and frustrated me about S5, it's that they did it needlessly ... because if they hadn't been so damned sloppy, they could have hit the key plot points, while still keeping the characters that we know and love intact (instead of making them - especially Justin - virtually unrecognisable by the end of the season). I guess I wanted to explore my gut feeling that it was sheer bad writing and lack of any real care for the characters that led to the disaster of S5, not the dramatic direction in which they chose to take the story.
The marriage proposal is a case in point. We were left with no real idea where that came from ... except to believe Justin was right in the first place, and it was purely a reaction to the trauma of the bombing.
I felt from the beginning that Brian might have had very compelling reasons for that proposal ... reasons that were rooted both in his long time insecurities, and in his growth. For me, the only point of that story arc was to show that Brian was finally, finally, ready to lay himself on the line and fight to give Justin what he believed he needed and to make the relationship work.
But we didn't see any of that really (except what we saw in Gale's eyes), because the scenes were so badly written. And then it all went to Hell in a handbasket anyway which totally undercut the wonderful statement it had made about how Brian was finally growing up, and finally starting to believe in a future with his loved one.
I guess I needed to explore for myself how it could have been dealt with better, and I am so grateful that long time BJ addicts like yourself think that I'm succeeding.
Thank you so much.