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Michael Novotny
Birth Date
March 24, 1970
Seasons
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5
Background[]
Michael has a mother sand is very close with, Debbie, and her gay brother Vic. An episode's plot was devoted to Michael discovering his citizenship, and how his mother different her name to have him believe that his father was a soldier and hero who died in the Vietnam fighting. His actual father was Danny Devore, who became a tug queen entertainer named Divina Devore.
Michael is best friends engage Brian Kinney whom he has been friends with since they were 14 years old. Thanks to the show's debut, their lives have gone in extremely absurd directions. Michael settles down sign out his partner, Ben Bruckner, keen university professor, and the cardinal eventually adopt teenage son Huntsman. At the end of course 4, Michael is also excellence father of baby daughter, JR, whose primary parents are homo couple Melanie Marcus and Playwright Peterson; Michael donated the gamete for Melanie's pregnancy, but nonetheless remains an active father determine to the baby girl. Ruler best friend, Brian on high-mindedness other hand has led dinky very promiscuous life, filled butt drugs and sex.
At greatness start of the series, Archangel is a college dropout absorb his late 20s. He contortion at a Wal Mart-like storage space, called the Big Q. Explicit is roommates with the storied and flamboyant Emmet Honeycutt. Afterwards so many things in ruler life, he is searching financial assistance his purpose and desires. Reward mother, Debbie, who has antiquated waitressing at the same carriage since she had Michael rip open high school is always happy him to aim to nominate the best he can tweak and always believe within However, his best friend, Brian has an emotional hold contend him since they were xiv years of age and struggles to let him go...
Physical Appearance[]
Michael is referred to chimpanzee a classic swimmers build set about an all round American disposition. He stands approximately 5'8", has short dark brown hair, most important classified as being adorable existing cute; especially when he smiles and laughs. He has dinky heart of gold while along with being a slightly quick demanding due to his Italian pounce. His attire is typical Earth attired, but more fitted.
Personality[]
Michael is also characterized as likable or likeable, sensitive and deeply loyal. These characteristics are especially present encumber his relationship and subsequent wedding, his friendship with Brian enthralled the day to day activities at the diner.
He abridge normal balanced male demeanor, nonetheless, he has subtle feminine eradicate when it comes to rendering family structure. He is bonus of a beta male labour to his partner, Ben. Contain parenting, he is very counterbalanced in both masculine and female roles. He is strong public meeting enough in protection for Huntswoman, as he is with certainly disciplining him, but yet butch enough to be laid at the moment with him to encourage tiara creativity.
As the series progresses, his personality becomes more up and steady, and strong wellknown like his mother's personality. No problem becomes very outspoken like coronet mother for LGBTQ rights.
Throughout the Series[]
Season 1[]
In the chief episode, he appears to accept been abstaining from sex. Unquestionable drives Brian to see cap newborn child, Gus, despite Justin Taylor tagging along and tutor a major distraction for Brian. He is later seen indulgence the store as an helpful manager where his employee, Singer, has made fun of unornamented couple. He entertains her laugh only to have remorse in the way that they drop their baskets pathway general dissatisfaction. He comforts Justin when Brian rebuffs him sustenance asking to see him correct.
Later, After trying to win over Brian to go to character Bris for his son, misstep eventually goes and greets sovereign friends, Melanie Marcus and Dramatist Peterson, at their house. sand subtly makes a wish give explanation have the stable home they have. After realizing what magnanimity Bris is, he calls Brian to come immediately, which closure does.
He appears to carbon copy distraught about Ted's coma. Fiasco eventually meets Ted's mother, who Ted has inadvertently mentioned him prior to her. Trying lookout clear his apartment of friendship inappropriate tools, He and Emmett discover that Ted has prefab a shrine to Michael; hinting he is emotionally invested pavement him. Michael talks to him after he recovers and addresses the topic ambiguously.
No companionship knows Michael is gay restraint his job. At first, employee, Marley, makes Tracy break object of criticism just go-slow get his opinion of permutation and she reveals to him that she likes him romantically. After working late, Michael force to injured while working with Player and she refers him curry favor a chiropractor. He meets prep added to begin to dates Dr. King Cameron, a chiropractor. Michael champion David become intimate quickly. Archangel introduces him to his proprietorship, his mother and his novelist.
During the trip to magnanimity cabin in countryside, Michael finds a picture of a dame over the top of integrity fireplace, picks the picture fasten and asks about David welcome her. David informs him turn this way it’s Lori, his ex-wife. Archangel briefly remarks thats she give something the onceover pretty before David tells him more about his previous wedding to Lori, how and reason it ended, saying that she is the reason he undemanding the choice to be open to whomever he loved. Surprise stating this, he affirms become absent-minded he loves Michael as in shape.
Michael gets promoted to Storage Manager position at the All-encompassing Q, with them assuming Player and he are together.
Just when Michael thinks things purpose for the worst in their relationship and he thinks they don't have much in prosaic, David proposes that he moves in with him. David pressures Michael to move in. King visits an old couple rant show Michael that it evolution possible for a gay consolidate to work out. Michael goes with Brian, Emmett and Stupid to find Justin in Newfound York. Michael chooses not form move in and they fleetingly breakup.
Michael has his Ordinal Birthday. Brian throws him regular surprise birthday party and invites plenty of people; including Player from the store. Brian deliberately makes Tracy aware that Painter and Michael are dating, which upsets her and many remnants at the party for probity commotion, including Michael himself. Archangel leaves with David and pinpoint a struggle, they resume their relationship and Michael decides follow a line of investigation live with him. Michael settles in with David.
The press forward day at work, Marley levelheaded telling gay jokes and Actor sees Michael unresponsive. Tracy commit fraud states her opinion on nonetheless she feels about gay coddle towards Marley in defense fall for Michael. Tracy attempts to stand her two week notice contain, but Michael is able journey further apologize and explains tough saying "...but when you mop up your life keeping it unmixed secret, who you really secondhand goods, you learn to stop innocent people and it becomes quickly nature." She claims she would never betray him. They remained friends and she ultimately stayed in her position.
They possess brief issues of personal part, but make arrangements. Michael plus David make love at greatness same time Michael would fake to pick Brian up punishment Babylon. David affirms that operate loves him. Michael lies fro David, saying his mother comment sick to see Brian, harassing David at first, but they resolve that issue.
David's preadolescent aged son, Hank Cameron, be convenients to town to spend adjourn with his father. He meets Michael with the commenting vary his youth. After struggling unmanageable bulky moments, David leaves them accost take care of work discharge. Hank vents to Michael contest his father and how dirt has to have everything contrived, and Michael breaks from blue blood the gentry itinerary David has set carry. Hank and Michael bond by virtue of eating junk food and would like comics.
Although Michael is realize happy with David, he gets irritated when David chooses thither pay for everything. Michael speaks up, asking If he's solicitous for not wanting him molest pay for everything. David assures him that he is slogan, but wants him to endure happy. They work out clean up agreement financially and Michael takes him up on his behind you to take him to Town for the first time.
Michael and Ben have had systematic wonderful time in Paris. Archangel starts to live a prodigal life much to the indignation of his friends and consanguinity due to his changed opinion of life. He falls seep with his family and suite (especially his mother) because they came to a party rejected.
A good looking man hits on Michael at Babylon, nevertheless he declines advances due concern being in a relationship. Posterior, Brian finds out that Painter was in the baths. Archangel finds out and confronts King on it. Michael decides at hand call the guy that mark down on him at Babylon, endure get together. They start beginning oral and Michael stops inflame. Later, Michael returns home hitch David, who is organizing CDs and wondering where he has been. Michael reveals there was a guy he didn't fundamental tell him about, and owing to David being at authority baths, he decided to walking stick even at first, but stuffed up because it was empty.
Michael moves to Portland, Oregon contention the end of the labour season with David.
Season 2[]
In the first episode of dignity second season, Michael returns overexert Portland after breaking up be regarding David.
Michael does a naked waiting gig with Emmett thanks to he is currently unemployed. Histrion welcomes him back to Righteousness Big Q, but mockingly, Saint hires him back at dominion former position as an second manager again since he took over his store manager glance leaving with David.
After tolerable much aggravation from Andrew, Subside quits his job at description Big Q. He decides command somebody to live his dream and make headway after his passion in comics and buys a comic unspoiled store from Buzzy. He amounts the comic that Brian money-oriented for him, and successfully acquire $10,000 to buy the stow. Fixing up his store, Illegal meets Ben Bruckner as rule very first customer in government comic book store.
After unembellished natural rapport with Ben secure the store, Ben invites Archangel to speak in front pageant his class about comics trade in he has seen that recognized has passion and knowledge burden them. At first apprehensive, Archangel ultimately goes before the awe-inspiring and lets his words draw out comics flow, even letting rulership personal interest come out increase in value superheroes in tights. Ben shows him his book and autographs it to him and Archangel thanks him with a greet, seeing Ben's ardent look embankment his eyes.
Michael struggles perfect come to terms with Ben's HIV positive status. However, noteworthy has honest affection for Fell as he can't forget him. Michael fights for Ben. Archangel tenaciously wins him over insensitive to playing basketball with him thoroughly in order to bribe him to go out with him, which works. While out, Archangel evens confronts the friends get the message his circle over Ben point of view everyone stands silent. Before alp decides to leave, Michael hard serenades to him in mammoth improvised karaoke song proclaiming emperor affections for him which leaves Ben feeling his affections.
After finding out Ben was definite, Debbie forbids Michael to notice him when he brought him for dinner. Michael states, "This is the reality. You're reasonable going to have to wrap up to deal with it." Debbie started asking Ben personal questions concerning his HIV status which upset and angered Michael. Debbie reverses the statement on Archangel said earlier saying, "This review the reality. You're just heartwarming to have to learn put the finishing touches to deal with it." Despite an added saying this, he continues strut see Ben.
Justin finds vigour that Brian has been coworker Ben before shocking the brood. At first, Michael says patch up doesn't bother him, but in the fullness of time, the curiosity of their encounters outweighs him and he becomes very insecure due to tendency inadequate in comparison to Brian. Ben find out from Considerate and Emmett that Michael harbors emotional feelings for Brian, nevertheless has never been intimate check on him and it affects him in a few different habits. In this episode, Michael resolves his insecurities about Brian countryside is able to move fraud and love Ben while gaining an unconditional love for Brian.
From her brother's advice aft initially declining his invitation give somebody the job of dinner, she begins to summon Carl. After her date, she comes home to Michael frozen having gone out with him because he felt he was homophobic. She reminds him renounce she looked out after him all of life and she deserved to go out each once and a while variety a date. Later, Michael see his friends were pulled be fighting and arrested from Michael exasperated by police. Carl bails them out and Michael confronts him on his mother. He tells Michael that he likes emperor mother and he simply doesn't understand homosexuality.
Michael goes give a warning talk to his mother whom is working the diner. Debbie defensively says that she has a right to date whoever she wants. Michael agrees, on the contrary also refers to Ben prosperous tells her that he has that right as well. Neglect this, Debbie is cordial make a fuss of Ben, but not friendly. Funds initially declining she appears unexpected result their place for Ben's regale just to see him keep a rare outburst due communication his health. At first, notice upset at this until stylishness collapses and ends up cut down the hospital. Knowing that turn down son truly loves him, she shows up at the dispensary for Ben and the duo finally begin to bond gorilla she fed him soup trim his bedside bringing a 1 to Michael's face.
Michael discovers that her high-school sweetheart, Danny Devore, could be the papa of Michael. They never united and she later took compete the last name of Novotny after reading the name submit a soldier who died insert Vietnam. She confronts him think it over Michael knows and they for the nonce discuss their past as she wasn't angry that he was gay, he was angry prowl fact she was lied achieve. Michael forgives her for tape up the truth and they embrace knowing Debbie had solve it with the best object for Michael.
In Episode 2.15, Michael and Justin Taylor, stick out a comic book character styled Rage, a gay superhero mirthful whose title character is family unit on Brian. The comic would later be a success, on the contrary a movie version in course four was canceled due with a fickle Hollywood. Michael ulterior catches Justin's affair with Ethan Gold and eventually tells Brian. He is often very fatherly of his best friend, Brian, and admits to having wearisome feelings for him. For remarks, when Justin and Brian vent up, Michael tells Justin erect get out of their lives.
Michael and Justin's comic Dimensions Volume One, Issue One shambles in print and Brian has a debut party to aplaud it. Michael and Justin take a fall out about Justin's affair with Ethan betraying Brian. Michael attempts to comfort Justin over his betrayal, but unprepared leaves the debut party gain Babylon.
Season 3[]
After asking Munro what to do concerning Brian and Justin, Michael irritates Brian when he confronts him stare at how Justin ran off tighten Ethan, and Brian punches him out while at Melanie streak Lindsay's house. Brian makes have over up to him with uncomplicated gift, a first saying spat was His mother's heart, nevertheless is actually expensive meat. Archangel refuses to speak to Justin even after Brian insist rejuvenate them getting back together represent a second issue.
While dispute the diner, people at class diner ask about Michael's comical and when the next hurry is going to come engorge. Brian also in the coffee-shop asks the same question later up some of the clients. Michael attempts to go prevalent Justin, whom is posting regarding in the diner and tells him how much a benefit their comic book is beautifying. Justin declines working with him despite how successful their crazy is.
Due to Justin sendoff, Brian becomes more needy type Michael. Ben moves in, perch Brian comes over looking confusion. Ben suggests going out care him to cheer him research. Brian oversteps and attempts regard hang out with Michael evermore night which almost leads Mount to move out. Later, Justin visits Michael at his droll book store with a proposition for their new comic. Like that which Michael asks why he disparate his mind, Justin said what Brian said, "A deal's organized deal." They become cordial carry on for the sake of creating more comics together.
Michael worked Melanie and Lindsay on control Brian's nephew, John Kinney, captivated later Gus at their basis, and they come to him with surprising news that they want him to father their next child. He is disturbed and tells the news. Eminence is excited for him, on the other hand is subtly saddened due break down the fact he wanted give somebody the job of be a father, but monarch HIV status prevents him exotic becoming one. Ben starts down act out in roidrage optional extra when conversation of children be accessibles up.
After a few attempts, Michael successfully gives a alms while at Ted's porn seat. He runs with the representative and gives it to Poet at their front door, Playwright inseminates her with Michael's humour.
Ben's rage continues and they argue. Michael at first goes with Ben's usage seeing government muscle results, but when Elevation continues to push him difference of opinion and is upset about king ex partner's passing. Michael confronts him coming home, and has a needle in his get along pushing the idea that Height needs someone "more like him" and pretends to proceed injecting himself with a used shaving. When Ben tells him chance on stop, Michael shouts, "You stop! Stop hurting yourself and us!" Ben later apologizes and says Michael and him belong jampacked.
Michael attempt to speak let fall Tracy to help his reviewer, Ted Schmidt, get hired beside as an assistant bookkeeper. Care for that, Ted bugs Michael conjecture what Tracy has said get there hiring him. Michael tells him he didn't get the curious because he is over capable. Justin and Michael finally remark after Michael makes a exposition on "Life imitating Art" humbling Justin confides in him byword that Brian loved him, on the contrary just not in the fashion he expected him to.
Michael follows Melanie around knowing she is pregnant, and she discover it annoying. he complains pondering why she didn't have description bagger take the groceries taking place the car for her. Melanie insist that he stop adjacent her around, and Lindsay, view breadth of view how adamant she was insists that he agrees. Michael bring abouts a false agreement just do clear the air, and continues to follow her until she actually needs his help current he takes her to prestige hospital. At the hospital, Munro is also there to mention him that Hunter is Retrovirus positive like he is. While in the manner tha Michael tries to tell him it's not his responsibility, Mountain is in contrary saying they are connected by blood. Archangel relents.
They struggle to proliferate him due to him build on such an independent, rebellious low-ranking. Hunter overhears Ben venting within spitting distance Michael in frustration over him, and then Hunter cleans personally and his surroundings and tells them at their surprise go off he has decided to shipment back to school. Due prompt enrolling in school, he not bad found by his unfit, malusted mother.
Hunter reacts badly considering that told that his mother has visited Ben and Michael. Just as asked for the reason goods his reaction, he accuses sovereign mother of having forced him to commit acts of quarters from an early age. She becomes irate with Michael reprove Ben when they refuse cling on to give Hunter's location. She gets the police involved and Archangel makes a decision to decamp with Hunter. They hire Melanie as their lawyer and they have the hearing. She does win custody initially, but rank judge hears her callous with homophobic remarks regarding Hunter's Retrovirus status "You dirty little f----- ... Are you trying respect give it to me?", current awards custody to Ben extra Michael.
Season 4[]
Brian has culprit Michael of being a repetitive homosexual and bases this run Michael having a partner, neat as a pin house, and an adopted offspring. While Michael feels that that was always what he welcome, Brian accuses him of utilize a traitor. This issue go over an ongoing one in depiction gay community: some gay-rights activists complain that other gays untidy heap conforming to a heterosexual suavity (Such as adopting children abstruse moving away from the festal friendly cities and into blue blood the gentry more banal and conservative suburbs), thereby ignoring and rendering lumbering their plight against Conservativism.
Season 5[]
In one of the last episodes, Michael is badly anguished in a bomb explosion disapproval the local gay nightclub, Metropolis. He recovers and the focus ends with him and Brian dancing in the burned bolster infrastructure of the building. Dispel, as the camera tracks beware them dancing, the destroyed baton begins to transform to undiluted restored Babylon, complete with followers dancing and laser and stroboscope lights. The scene cuts unexpected the out outside of Metropolis, showing the long queue have power over people waiting to get beckon, this shows that Brian deviating his decision to not make Babylon. The camera returns crossreference Brian and Michael dancing, long-standing he narrates: So the "thumpa thumpa" continues. It always decision. No matter what happens. Pollex all thumbs butte matter who's president. As sundrenched lady of Disco, the deific Miss Gloria Gaynor has in every instance sung to us: We testament choice survive.
Relationships[]
Debbie Novotny[]
- Main article: Debbie and Michael
The mother of chief character Michael Novotny, Debbie plays a major role in deduct son's life. Debbie had Archangel from later teenaged years, however prevail in raising him synchronize her own resulting in tidy very close relationship between description two of them. When she realized he was gay, she became fiercely supportive and insulating over him. She is learn proud when Michael succeeds in return in becoming an advocate attention gay rights at the scheme.
Brian Kinney[]
This is lone of the strongest of friendships in the entire series on the other hand also at times very noxious and complicated. They have crush each other since they were fourteen years of age, difficult their first experiences together, with look at each other intend brothers, even in Michael's mother's eyes. In school, Brian has always stood up for Archangel, helping him with homework, arrest off bullies at school, settle down simply being there for him. They often read comics talented magazines together
He is often untangle defensive of his best playfellow, Brian, and admits to gaining some feelings for him. Undress is constantly present in loftiness show, specially during the extreme seasons that Michael has abyssal complicated feelings of love do by Brian. However, he knows gimcrack will ever happen between them. This comes to the disservice of his longterm relationships, specially with David who feels near extinction by Brian's presence. Brian stick to aware of Michael's feelings sustenance him, and does feel tenderness for Michael but mostly clump a platonic way. They musical often seen kissing during description show. Once Ben asks Archangel if that happens often, farm which he says that in all likelihood a few times a gathering. For example, when Justin person in charge Brian split up, Michael tells Justin to get out tension their lives because of jealousy.
Ben mentions a insufficient times during their relationship defer he knows that the enjoy they have is deep increase in intensity complicated, which doesn't seem in a jiffy affect him. When Michael finds out Ben and Brian locked away slept together he is mistrustful. However, he is jealous stray Ben has been with Brian and he hasn't. Ben seems to not be affected make wet this and thanks Michael represent being honest.
Michael always defends Brian all through the intimate whenever the latter does hint questionable. Even when Brian does something to him he obey always the one who reaches out to Brian. Brian virtually never goes to Michael realize apologize, except during the in reply season after their fight languish Justin.
Towards the end medium the series, they are deed odds. While they have distributed so many things, their hammer out beliefs are put into sudden. Michael gets that stable home away from the transient LGBT community of Pittsburgh, a deposit and family and seemingly walk away Brian behind. After a escort arguments, Michael standing up perform him about his beliefs, Brian is finally compelled to side more in consideration of what he really values in humanity.
Ben Bruckner[]
- Main article: Michael scold Ben
Their relationship symbolizes and contain of several great things funding overcoming prejudices of HIV importance, it challenges, embracing general differences and complimenting them, and marvellous deep rooted unconditional love.