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I am a WHORE for “the love is requited, they’re both just idiots”

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tag the know-it-all oc

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as an empath, my heart really aches when you guys are losers

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oc breakfast time

1. tag the oc who would have a full fancy breakfast (eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, etc.)

2. tag the oc who would basically have dessert for breakfast

3. tag the oc who eats “lunch foods” for breakfast

4. tag the oc who just chugs a coffee/energy drink

5. tag the oc who does not eat breakfast

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tag the oc who would eat cake with their bare hands

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Story: Three Dimensions Chapter fic title: Clairvoyant Timeline: 1995 Summary: As a child, Mark starts to realize that how he can feel things—what he can do—is unusual. 650 words, find it [here].

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Main Story: Three Dimensions Fic title: Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now? Summary: Brandon finds out his family is moving back to Boston--does he want to go along, or stay in Chicago? It’s a tough decision to choose between his friends, boyfriend, band, and his dad and little siblings, but he has to go with the only option that was ever really an option. (Approx. 16.5k words.)

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writing tip #3073:

remember that dyed hair is a great signifier of someone’s personality and importance to the plot. any side characters caught written with a “protagonist” hair colour must forfeit their place in the story and independently start their own

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hey want to read some words? some words in the form of a story? a story about a band, scandal, tragedy and loss, with a helping of time travel as a method to rewrite the past? how about some ~unconventional~ relationships (most prominently gay triad/gay vee) and then some more time travel to rewrite the earlier past?? well that sounds so damn neato i'm gonna link some of it

the story is called 'three dimensions', which refers to the three timelines (not actual different dimensions, but both 'different timelines' and 'different aspects of life') that happen due to two specific instances of time travel. two close friends start a band, which becomes popular; it then comes out in a very public way that they had a sexual relationship, which leads to the depression and ultimate death for one of them. the reminder have lackluster lives...until someone else dies, wakes, and finds himself in the past with the opportunity to alter that event and change the future, save them all. things are great for a while until death takes back the one they'd saved, who then goes back in time himself to alter another part of their past and attempt to pass on his good fortune by saving someone else, not counting the cost to himself, and he comes to realize just how different, but the same, some things can be.

there is always a band and there's always more than two, though in what capacity differs. they don't know how the time travel works and they don't talk about it as most wouldn't believe them; their world is almost the same as ours except that those with a little extra (usually low-level psychic talent) can experience a little extra. (this isn't a focus point of the story and only comes up occasionally.) **addition: their world doesn't include fuckin covid because that ruined the absolute fuck out of a bunch of timeline shit so i'm leaving it out because i can >:\

interested??? some links, and in the cut, some specific story links!

short(ish) timeline that more spells out what happens

cast/characters post

full timeline and stories + soundtrack

profile on dw

keep reading for suggested starting places/best or most important ones of what's posted/good recs. pls rb & also lmk what you think (via comment on posts or dm or whatev)

if they're starred i extra rec them. some are hooked together with a slash but are separate stories/links. some have a tw for s*icide and some have 18+ scenes. word counts are approximate.

clairvoyant (~650) – how 5yo mark comes to realize he is different (psychic tendencies)

that's the one (~3.7k) – brandon and mark meet in a guitar shop

see if i care/resistance is useless- (~1.2k/~1.3k) – mark and brandon's separate pov of a night mark spends comforting brandon after terry's family leaves

**the mark special (~12.7k) – 'a day in the life' sort of story, where brandon and mark hang out, deal with brandon's pot business, and talk about current events

***should i stay or should i go now (~16.5k) – brandon's family is moving and he has to decide if he is staying behind or going along. he decides to stay and he and mark get an apartment in the city together.

**idea (~8.6k) – mark's girlfriend convinces him to ask brandon to have sex with him in front of her for her amusement (18+ for m/f sex, long paragraph near beginning if you want to skip)

futile (~4.7k) – years later, after the band is gaining in popularity, katelan attemps to blackmail them with the photos she took of them; they try to talk to her but it doesn't work

crashing (~1.3k) – jack observes mark as he comes to realize that he has, in fact, been wrong this entire time

***distance (~2.5k) – brandon and mark finally talk a little about the situation, but nothing is resolved

*dealer's choice 4/4: ambitus (~3.5k) – of brandon's relationship with drugs; the highs and the lows (the last in a mini-series but i think the best one/covers more time & other events)

backfire (~2.5k) – mark's dad gets mark and brandon to play a little set in his bar, hoping it helps his son feel better. it doesn't. (tw for s*icidal thoughts)

surrender (~2.9k) – mark visits jack and airs out some of his aching thoughts, asking that jack tell no one, and he ultimately agrees. (tw for s*icide discussion/plans)

***timeless/desire (~13k/~2.1k) - jack dies and wakes up back in time, sending brandon to save mark this time instead of keeping the secret. this time, everything will be different.

**puzzle (~14k) – brandon and mark (and jack) discuss a polyamorous v  relationship (tw for mentions of s*icide)

try (~2.2k) – jack and mark attempt to cohabitate while navigating poly/v

promising/unpromising (~5.4k/~3.5k) – andrew and keith's pov of being told that mark/brandon are together while brandon/jack are still together

**sense (~4k) – on the one-year anniversary of what would have been mark's death, jack confirms his psychic ability (tw for s*icide mention)

**pick (~6k) – terry invites mark and brandon to his wedding; mark accepts but brandon declines

*attached (~8k) – brandon/mark/jack have embryos made and attempt ivf with jack's sister to have their kids

**terrible threes (~13k) – jack deals with toddler trips by himself for a day

**grow (~7.8k) – irina is misunderstood and everyone gets a lesson

flags (~3k) – the trips are bullied at kindergarten for having gay parents

***had a dad (~9.7k) – mark goes to stay with terry during a crisis and thinks a lot about fathers, the past, and himself (18+ for short [2 paragraphs after 'what i live for' if u want to skip] m/m sexual situation) (tw for s*icide & discussion + pov character thinking about past experiences)

and there are...uh...quite a lot of other stories. but these are some of the best imho~ & some of my favs of the ones that are posted already. Some I still badly need to edit and post but I have not got there yet. I also still need to write quite a lot of it but have not got there yet either even tho i've been working on this story for more than ten years, but there absofuckinglutely is more if anyone wants to check out the full timeline links or sm :)

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