很久以前，被这部同志亦凡人深深的打动着，可惜从未碰到过和我有同好的朋友。心有不甘，就把这份感动写出来，纪念我疯狂追着五季QAF看的日子。

　　As the name of the show Queer as folk indicates, homosexuals are just like ordinary people. There are 6 main characters and in 5 seasons, the show tells the stories of their lifestyle, friendships and relationships or non-relationships.

　　

http://img13.tianya.cn/photo/2011/9/12/41584323_55667190.jpgas Folk 同志亦凡人" TITLE="Queer as Folk 同志亦凡人" />
I was hooked with QAF straight from the first episode of the season one, when the four friends ending a night at a popular gay club, where Brian picks up and has sex with Justin. The latter falls in love with him and eventually their affair becomes more than a one-night-stand. So the story starts, and for me, QAF is always about Brian and Justin.
　　

http://img9.tianya.cn/photo/2011/9/12/41584325_55667190.jpgas Folk 同志亦凡人" TITLE="Queer as Folk 同志亦凡人" />
Brian Kinney, the big name of the show, has the most perfect profile I have ever seen on or off screen, like an ancient Greek sculpture. On top of everything physical, he has a very successful career as an advertising executive. He lives at the moment and has sex purely for the pleasure of it. Brian has commitment issues and he is the Man Who Would Never, until he meets Justin. Brian finds himself falling in love with Justin and the only one he continues to have sex with after the first night.

And then Justin Taylor, my all time favourite boy of QAF, is still in high school when he meets Brian, who is 12 years his senior, and Justin loses his virginity to him on the same night. With blonde hair and delicate feature, Justin is the spitting image of 18 years old American actor Matt Demon. He is nicknamed sunshine due to his bright smile and cheery character. A talented artist, Justin goes to an arts college, instead of business school as his dad wishes. He later works together with Michael, the best friend of Brian, on a new Comic book (Rage), in which Brian is the role model.

　　The scene touches me most in the first season is that Brian shows up at Justin's prom and dances with him, kissing him in front of everybody, with the song “save the last dance for me” in the background. Justin described it as the best night of his life. It is such a sweet and beautiful dance that I still recall it clearly after few years. However the dancing turns out to be an ill –fated one for Justin as he is bashed by one of his classmates shortly after the prom. http://img18.tianya.cn/photo/2011/9/12/41584329_55667190.jpgas Folk 同志亦凡人" TITLE="Queer as Folk 同志亦凡人" />
　　
As Brian constantly struggles with his first experience with the intensity and frustration of real love, the relationship between him and Justin proves to be a rocky road. Despite his young age, Justin is wise enough to accept and stay attracted to everything about Brian but one thing – Brian’s choice to withhold the security of real love. Unlike Justin, Brian twists inside with unfamiliar urges, and not so sure about Justin despite Justin’s repeat attempts to reassure him.

　　

http://img13.tianya.cn/photo/2011/9/12/41584331_55667190.jpgas Folk 同志亦凡人" TITLE="Queer as Folk 同志亦凡人" />
After 5 seasons, their teacher/student, father/son relationship has been replaced by something more resilient and intimate. Finally Brian loves Justin and respects him as an equal. Justin is secure in Brian’s love and solid commitment. They are going to have a wedding and then pull it off as a mutual decision as Justin decides to pursue his artist career in New York.
　　

But that is not the end of their relationship as Justin knows that when Brian said “I will do anything to prove to the one I love just how much I love him.’ In essence, they just got married with a non-exchange of rings – Justin embraces Brian’s philosophy while Brian keeps the rings in symbolic acceptance of values Justin believes in.

　　Some QAF fans do have doubts about the ending with Justin leaving Brian behind and heading for New York. But I think they are made for each other and their fates are locked the moment Brian lays eyes on Justin. Both of them are such dynamic, forceful characters, their bond runs with more intensity, higher peaks and deeper valleys. That’s what attracts and binds them to each other. Knowing that, whatever parts them, they’ll get back together, in shadow or in light, continue to amaze, challenge and love each other in ways wholly and uniquely their own.

So the last episode of QAF completes the journey starting from the very first one.

http://img9.tianya.cn/photo/2011/9/12/41584335_55667190.jpgas Folk 同志亦凡人" TITLE="Queer as Folk 同志亦凡人" />