Alternative Character Interpretation: Is Brian a bad boyfriend to Justin, or is Justin Brian's stalker, not respecting his boundaries and feeling entitled to everything Brian can give?
Harsher in Hindsight: When Ted temporarily becomes "addicted" to porn, Emmett admonishes him that, "You're not sucking me into your black hole of depravity." When Emmett tells the others that they need to stage an intervention, Brian sarcastically guesses that Ted is addicted to crystal meth. In a later season, Ted really does become addicted to crystal meth, and tragically self-destructs while coming very close to dragging Emmett down with him. What is especially funny-turned-cringeworthy is Brian's comment that Ted is a schmuck who couldn't even get a decent addiction.
Heartwarming Moments: When Brian sells his loft and buys a beautiful country manor for Justin during his (second) attempt to propose. After watching Justin chase after Brian for years, if this doesn't melt your heart then nothing will.
Ted, who has trouble getting laid despite looking like this. Lampshaded in the episode where he goes to Lindsey's sister's wedding and women start eying him. It seems that only he's only unattractive by gay men's standards.
Scott Lowell actually addressed this and stated that Ted's problem is that he only pursues the hottest of the hot, which he is not. If Ted would have had reasonable standards, he'd be pretty popular.
Informed Wrongness: Brian rejects Justin as gently as possible, lets him stay in his flat when he has nowhere to go, which Justin pays back by deliberately crossing his clearly drawn boundaries. In general, Brian politely and patiently puts up with Justin's stalking but he is treated as a Jerkass for daring to point out that they are not a couple. And Justin eventually gets rewarded with Brian's devotion. Not to mention Justin's cruel Breaking Speech to the guy who was in the same situation with him as he was with Brian after their hookup, which makes Brian look like a perfect gentleman in comparison, making it doubtful Justin is an innocent Love Martyr who deserves better than Brian.
Narm: Justin in the first season, at least earlier on. QAF was Randy Harrison's TV Debut, and his overaffected manner of speech would work alright on stage, but on camera it was often difficult to take him seriously.)
The Woobie: Ted Schmidt. From the very beginning of the series, he is shown to have very poor self-esteem. In episode 3, he fell into a drug-induced coma. He later got fired from his job in season 2. He lost his next job, almost went to prison, and got addicted to crystal meth in season 3. He hit rock bottom when he saw a video of himself getting gangbanged while he was out of it. This isn't even mentioning all the horrible experiences he had with trying to find a partner!
Scott Lowell has even said that he fell into a depression while playing this character. Fortunately things started going better for Ted in the end, in which he becomes a bit more of an Iron Woobie.
. Lampshaded in the episode where he goes to Lindsey's sister's wedding and women start eying him. It seems that only he's only unattractive by gay men's standards.