Being Brian Kinney

Disclaimer:

I've read the an article about Brian Kinney. And it's exactly what I feel about Brian. I've posted some excerpts (okay, almost the entire article...) here, but I want to give credit where it's due. These were all written by another person. But I can feel these words speaking for me too, and so I am posting it here.


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"Brian is MALE. He is at once primal, virile and predatory. His libido is a potent, often threatening force...Brian doesn't measure his masculinity by the ability to subordinate others. It's not that he isn't capable of tenderness; we've seen him demonstrate sensitivity with Michael, Lindsay, Gus and Justin. He is not generally, however, a tender and compassionate guy. That's why it is so thrilling when the writing allows us to see the side of Brian that he generally represses; when his aggressive spirit backs off ever so slightly to reveal a shimmer of his soul. "

"Brian is in COMMAND. He not only creates his own sexual space -- he occupies every square inch of it. Like early Brando or James Dean, he is electrically charged even in repose. Sensuality is not about a striptease. For me, a fully dressed Brian is more sexually alluring than any half-naked hunk flexing his pecs on the Babylon dance floor, because Brian's particular sensuality is about ATTITUDE, and the subtle and scary grace of suppressed aggressiveness. Brian is aware of his body and comfortable in his own skin even when he finds himself in an uncomfortable spot. Brian walks into a room and commands attention with the simple lift of an eyebrow. He OWNS the place. When he leaves, he takes all of the oxygen with him. "

Brian is SEX. It isn't just about his lips or his eyes, despite the feelings of eroticism they evoke. It's not just about the way he moves, or speaks, or how he makes you weak in the knees when he cocks his head a certain way. It's about being a heartbeat away from the sheer intensity of his next action or reaction, whether it's right or wrong.

Brian is FANTASY...Eroticizing promiscuous behaviour is dangerous business because of our modern sensibilties . . . but those notions are also hardwired into our brains. It is also what this kind of fantasy is about. We don't necessarily want it to be in our real lives, but it IS a part of our primitive sex drive. As a heterosexual female, I look to my ancestors in the early cradle tribal societies who mated mostly with ruthless alpha-level males. Nice guys didn't cut it. Nice guys didn't pass on their genes as frequently because they didn't 'fit' into the ongoing battle for survival in a very brutal and dangerous world. The way I see it, it doesn't matter if you're gay or straight; I recognize and appreciate that these instincts were (and still are) a part of basic human nature. Through Brian, I can vicariously AND SAFELY experience 'The Call of the Wild.'

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*Whoever owns the website, whoever wrote this article....I give her all the credit. I have wanted to write my own version of what I think Brian is, but I think she already said it all. AND VERY WELL SAID.

**I wanted to write something like this yesterday, but obviously I just raved on and on and prattled, and gushed about Gale Harold as Brian Kinney. oh well, here it is. How to describe the undeniable attraction of Brian Kinney.