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Brian wasn't as bad as people made him out to be.

posted 11 years ago by stellastar23
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I watched this show when it premiered, but only watched a few episodes (mainly because it came directly after...secret life? or some other show I use to watch... it focused to much on the love aspect and I wasn't much into it for some reason). Anyway, I came on here once and saw a whole thing of brian bashing. Never really understood it but shrugged it off thinking maybe he acted like a jerk in a previous episode or some episode I skipped.
Someone uploaded all 10 episodes on youtube so I ended up watching it. Brian's a nice guy. He was quite different from Alek but in a good way. Alek is a typical teenage jock with a highly inflated ego. Sure, deep down he was a good guy, but that doesn't make him pleasant to be around. He needed up grow up. Both he and Brian obviously wanted chloe, however, alek was the only one making out or flirting with other girls constantly to make Chloe "jealous". The only time we see brian with another girl is at some sort of lunch after yet again chloe told brian she wanted to be friends or ran away from his advances. It wasn't even expected that Chloe would should up on Brian's part. And we never see her again. He wasn't using her to make someone else jealous, as Alek did with multiple girls. Alek hasn't yet understood the whole "growing up bit". Brian probably outgrew that stage by the time he met chloe. It's a cliche love between the two, but it didn't make it any less sweet. Brian is simply better boyfriend material, and Chloe saw that.
It wasn't a real triangle. If Chloe could be in an actual relationship with Brian without worrying that her kiss would lead to his death (which it apparently did) she's be with him in a heartbeat.
I doubt anyone will read this, but in the end, Brian was a decent guy and would make a decent boyfriend.

it wasn't his fault his dad was an assassin nor was Brian involved in anyway with the 3rd murder of chloe.

[–] Flame-Trees 11 years ago

Most of the Brian hate I've seen hasn't really been aimed at him as a character, it's aimed more at him and Chloe together.

On paper, their relationship is sweet, and some of their scenes did reflect that (their last scene together was, unfortunately, one of those), but the majority of the time watching the two of them together was like watching paint dry. The actors had no spark, there was no romantic chemistry between them on screen (while in contrast, she had a lot of chemistry with the actor who played Alek), so to have the show keep forcing that relationship down our throats like it was *True Love* or something was just annoying to watch, and it made Brian more annoying.

I don't think their relationship was well written and I don't think Brian was cast well (normally they do screen tests to check the chemistry between actors translates on screen, dunno what happened here). It doesn't really matter if he'd be a "decent boyfriend" because it's a TV show, so what matters most about them as a couple is do the audience want to see them together, does the audience root for them--based on the reactions I've seen, the answer to those questions was no for a lot of people watching.

[–] kittykat963 10 years ago

I agree. She definitely had no chemistry with Brian and so much with Alek. I felt like Brian was only using her to help him fine out stuff about his mother. He got mad at Chloe because she chose to help find this missing girl instead of helping him, when his stuff could have waited. Alek was always there for Chloe even when they were not getting along. Plus, to encourage a relationship between a college student and an underage girl is just wrong. Seems like a lot of people forgot about that part.

[–] Flame-Trees 10 years ago

I don't think he was using her, but I do think Alek was the better option (the character and because of the chemistry the actor had with Skyler). It felt like they pushed the Brian relationship because that one was "forbidden" so they could draw it out and give it more obstacles to overcome than with Alek.

The age difference didn't bother me, but I'm from the UK so a 16 year old girl going out with someone 18/19 doesn't seem that bad (and she wouldn't be considered underage here--our age of consent is 16, we can drink at 18, etc).