JenniferC77

(Source: mrsromanoff)

nothing-rhymes-with-ianto:

This scene is such a conundrum.

They say this, and yet, they already have changed for each other. They’ve been changing for each other and changing each other since the beginning. They’ve already sacrificed their lives to be with each other.

Brian was this self-centred, big-shot, narcissistic, damaged hot guy who ruled Babylon and was famous for sex. And when Justin came into the picture, first he rebelled, then he tamed. And he fell in love. He became more supportive all around, more loving, kinder, softer. He didn’t know it, of course, and if he started to realize it, he’d rear back and try to fight it. But throughout the show, you see him going to Babylon less, constantly helping the gang without asking for thanks, supporting Justin and trying not to control him, all this stuff. All this stuff that he wouldn’t have done before Justin came into the picture.

And Justin was a selfish, naive little brat before Brian. And then he explored, he learned, he figured out what he wanted to do in life. He became strong and ambitious. He learned to care for others, learned to help others. He learned to be strong and forward and to fight for himself and the rights of others. At first he wanted absolute monogamy, and then he realized how much Brian meant to him and vice versa, and how the polygamy of their relationship truly displayed how committed Brian was to him.

And I think the reason they’re freaking out here, is because those changes were gradual, they didn’t notice them. Everyone around them did, but they themselves did not. And yet, here these changes are fast, they’re big and immediate and that terrifies both of them. Because they know now how much they love each other and how dedicated they are to each other, and yet they are still unaware of how much they’ve changed. So they love each other for who they are, and yet that’s still who they’ve become, not who they were when they met. They don’t realize that.

So they’ve got this problem of not wanting change, but just Brian changing enough to admit his love for Justin is a problem, albeit not completely unwanted.

I also find it really interesting in this scene that they’re talking about not wanting to change or sacrifice their life, and yet they’re holding hands, cuddling. We never see them doing that in all of the show, really. And yet here, they’re being more honest with each other than they’ve ever been, vocally and physically, and that’s so interesting.

(Source: talithan)