David is so self-righteous, smarmy, pretentious, condescending, boring, controlling, stuck-up, and ridiculous. He repulses me so utterly that I can't even stand to see his face--it's hard even to watch the scenes with him and Brian.
It's so obvious, in retrospect, that he and Michael had nothing whatsoever in common. There was no spark between them at all--we never see Michael having any real connection or strong feelings for David. All we see is Michael's unbelievably controlling family and friends telling him how perfect David is for him (as soon as they know David's a doctor, before they even meet him). Michael wants to be with David because he's the "grown up" choice, and sort of half-heartedly pursues him out of obligation. And David wants to be with Michael because he wants a little "girlfriend" to prop him up, with no interest whatsoever in who Michael actually is. They're so painfully, utterly wrong for each other.
And this whole idea that you have to abandon your friends in order to "grow up" and be in a relationship...? Huh?
And Debbie, that meddling bitch...! Her, and Lindsay, and Justin, all these ignorant, banal, wishy-washy people going around self-righteously lecturing others about how to live their lives, as if they have ANY clue!?
And actually, you didn't like Justin by the 2nd episode of your first viewing...and your "love" for him certainly diminished with each scene of whining.
Well, I hated Justin at first, because he was so weak and pathetic and clueless. How naive can you be? To be honest, a lot of my repulsion was self-hatred, because he reminded me strongly of me at that age--the complete utter moron I was at that age. I liked him better when he started to grow up a bit--I liked that his reaction to Brian's rejection wasn't to sit around and mope or use emotional blackmail or whatever, but was instead to get up off his ass and prove himself. That was admirable. But then he got whinier, and his constant harping and wanting to change Brian is just so stupid; Brian shouldn't be nagged constantly to change, especially by someone who's supposed to love him for who he is.
And, y'know, their sex is hot and their power games are interesting because they're pretty much matched at this point. But there's no deep emotional connection there, nothing even close to the Brian/Michael connection.
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Date: 2005-04-27 10:45 am (UTC)It's so obvious, in retrospect, that he and Michael had nothing whatsoever in common. There was no spark between them at all--we never see Michael having any real connection or strong feelings for David. All we see is Michael's unbelievably controlling family and friends telling him how perfect David is for him (as soon as they know David's a doctor, before they even meet him). Michael wants to be with David because he's the "grown up" choice, and sort of half-heartedly pursues him out of obligation. And David wants to be with Michael because he wants a little "girlfriend" to prop him up, with no interest whatsoever in who Michael actually is. They're so painfully, utterly wrong for each other.
And this whole idea that you have to abandon your friends in order to "grow up" and be in a relationship...? Huh?
And Debbie, that meddling bitch...! Her, and Lindsay, and Justin, all these ignorant, banal, wishy-washy people going around self-righteously lecturing others about how to live their lives, as if they have ANY clue!?
And actually, you didn't like Justin by the 2nd episode of your first viewing...and your "love" for him certainly diminished with each scene of whining.
Well, I hated Justin at first, because he was so weak and pathetic and clueless. How naive can you be? To be honest, a lot of my repulsion was self-hatred, because he reminded me strongly of me at that age--the complete utter moron I was at that age. I liked him better when he started to grow up a bit--I liked that his reaction to Brian's rejection wasn't to sit around and mope or use emotional blackmail or whatever, but was instead to get up off his ass and prove himself. That was admirable. But then he got whinier, and his constant harping and wanting to change Brian is just so stupid; Brian shouldn't be nagged constantly to change, especially by someone who's supposed to love him for who he is.
And, y'know, their sex is hot and their power games are interesting because they're pretty much matched at this point. But there's no deep emotional connection there, nothing even close to the Brian/Michael connection.