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The producers say that Queer as Folk, although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes.

The main characters are Stuart Alan Jones (Aidan Gillen), who is apparently trying to have sex with every male in Greater Manchester (and appears to be succeeding), his long-time friend Vince Tyler (Craig Kelly), who has a bit of a crush on Stuart and less luck regarding men, and finally 15-year-old Nathan Maloney (Charlie Hunnam), who is new to the gay scene but is not lacking in self-confidence.

Stuart, an advertising executive, is depicted as possessing intrinsic power, able to bend anything to his will (via non-supernatural means), even able to prematurely ejaculate to dissuade Nathan from thinking he is worthy of worship. Stuart's principal characteristic is that he does whatever he wants. He detonates a car belonging to his friend's mother (after the mother does something particularly evil to her son); he invites Vince's female work colleague (who fancies closeted Vince) to Vince's party and then introduces Vince's boyfriend (in order to make Vince hate him so that Vince can fall in love with his boyfriend); and he test-drives a car through a showroom window (when the car dealer makes a homophobic remark).

Some of the minor supporting characters, such as Hazel, and Alexander, are given depth as well. Part of the success of the series was due to the way in which the writer deliberately left some things unsaid, allowing the story to continue around them.

In the second series, the tone became somewhat more serious, with each of the main characters having to make hard choices concerning their future. But in the end, things turn out fine for everyone: Nathan is left behind as the future "king" of Canal Street, while Vince gets to ride off with his beloved Stuart into the sunset, inexplicably ending up in America.

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