Brennan Lee Mulligan does some truly fantastic poly characters
I just love how real they get when between silliness they talk about how you need to take care of people, how trust is essential, how communication is key, how to hash out relationship problems like adults and not expect a perfect world where conflict doesn't arise cause it will, ot's about how to handle them, when they comment on how monogamy itself can be caging as it sort of relies on a kinda sense of ownership over you partner, but that if a relationship is monogamous and accorded to as such, then that promise should be honoured, and if it doesn't fit anymore, then it should be talked about in an honest and open manner
first off, i love ur lightcannon fics!! the way you write lux and jinx is just so accurate to me. i was wondering, how do you think they would feel about a polyamorous relationship?? tyyy!!
Hard sell for Jinx.
I mean there's "possessive, jealous and paranoid" and "gigantic abandonment issues" and then there's Jinx.
Put it this way, her sister started dating a Piltie cop? Jinx staged multiple kidnappings, nuked the government and started a civil war.
You really wanna give her the slightest inkling that someone she's dating might choose someone else over her, or leave her? 😆
If Jinx for a second thinks Lux would leave her for this other person, or that the other person is trying to steal Lux from her, things will get bad. Like apocalyptically bad and it risks taking down everyone in her blast radius in very literal murdery explodey ways.
(Some of my fics, uh, dealt with similar scenarios, without the polyamory aspect)
So take the regular amount of reassurance, trust and communication that a polyamorous relationship requires to be healthy, and dial it to 111111111%.
She would require so much constant lovebombing and reassurance it would border on exhausting, probably also for her.
On Lux's part, she is a very loyal and caring person, she would want to be completely convinced this thing would work, and she would be the kind of person who does all the research, ticks all the boxes, makes all the plans and agreements to make sure everything is consenting and communicative.
She'd be very fussy about that, to say the least, and for good reason, because falling down on the job could lead to mass murder. 😆💣✨
Not saying it's completely impossible and there's a way to make just about anything work in fanfiction.
But oh boy. The third person had better be worth it, lmao. And be ready to make their entire life about not literally exploding this throuple.
Alright; friends, sfth fans, pigeons; an important questions for you all. If I were to hypothetically write a fic about my favourite Characters from Nutcrackers and Cancelled Flights, Frank the drunk pilot, The Pilot bar bartender, & their wife, would literally anyone else be interested?
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They Hardly Have Enough Screentime To Even Count As Side Characters - What? (No)
Do It, Coward. (Yes)
Voting ended onJan 29
(ps if you happen to vote yes and have name suggestions for the Bartender & Their Wife I'd love to hear them)
no no No No No NO NO NO! AGAIN?! HOW COULD YOU HAVE FAILED AGAIN?!
once again. Simon moved on, Betty finally saving her love. This wasn't how its supposed to go.
you reverse hands on a clock, things move in reverse, buildings reforming, people fixing. Your used to it by now.
Betty sees Simon. Perfect.
you kept them safe. Protected. But at the cost of your own life. your bound to your loves for eternity, but at what cost? they do not know you, they can not see you, they can not touch you. Its agony. But a comfortable agony.
Again. Your perfect story keeps being messed up. Ruined. You cant find the exact moment and this frustrates you to no end. Your done. You find your way to Prismo, Finally knowing your wish, that you had been sitting on for a long. long time.
CW: lady whump, medical emergency, choking, fainting/losing consciousness
A child's first birthday party is a funky affair. The child isn't sentient enough to really know what's going on, but all the adults around it are happy and smiling, so the child smiles too.
Today the child was Dusty Miller, celebrating her first birthday with her three dads and their closest friends. She seemed entirely clueless, but perfectly happy to be the centre of attention. Especially when she was given a cake just for her on the table of her high chair, and she was allowed to stick her little hands right into the decorative buttercream.
For the guests, there was a separate cake, so they could also enjoy the delicious-looking confectionery, without having to risk baby drool or half-chewed pieces inside their slice. And after taking a generous amount of pictures and videos of Dusty enjoying her cake, one of her dads headed into the kitchen to cut the second cake, his best friend following to give him a hand.
Iggy Miller was Dusty's biological dad, which was why she shared his last name. Her two other dads were the results of a one-in-a-million chance, a falling out and a reconciliation.
Ethan Ives was Dusty's other biological dad, who Iggy had a falling out with shortly after getting pregnant. And Ryan Marz, Ethan's best friend (with benefits), became Dusty's bonus dad when he and Iggy fell in love.
Long story short, they're a polycule of 3 now and they love to spoil their daughter. With love, attention, and a myriad of aunties and uncles from their band.
Ryan was the face of their rock band Heart Attack. He liked to refer to himself as the beauty and the brains. The others just called him a singer-songwriter.
Ethan was their basist and also a singer. Not just backing vocals, but also frequently his own solos in which he got the chance to outshine Ryan.
Their female lead singer was Piper-Mae Hill-Donovan. She was also quite capable of outshining Ryan with her vocals, often seen playing the guitar.
Lastly there was Marco Sosa on keys and the lovely Sabrina Marble keeping everyone on beat on drums.
Iggy liked to call himself a groupie husband, since he was a fan of the band before he managed to date two of its members. His best friend, Saturn Hill, copied the term, but only because he was literally married to Piper.
Saturn never expected to find a friend in Iggy, but he was glad that he did. First as they were both trying to figure out how to best support their partners as the band was taking off, and later as a source of support and advise when Saturn and Piper were blessed with their own kid.
Their son, River, was also in attendance to Dusty's birthday party, but being only two months old, he slept through pretty much the entire affair, most of it, in his auntie Sabrina's arms.
"Oh he's so cute, I could just eat him up~" Sabrina squealed as Saturn and Iggy began handing out the freshly cut cake.
"Maybe I should get you a bigger slice before you eat my son?" Saturn joked.
Sabrina laughed and asked him to put her slice on the table, so she could continue to hold River, giving Piper a chance to eat cake first.
"You're the best, 'Brina," Piper said, eagerly taking a large slice from Saturn, "I'm starving!"
"I told you to have some breakfast, my love," Saturn said shaking his head a bit.
"I wasn't hungry then," Piper said, sticking out her tongue.
Saturn just shook his head and went off to help Iggy serve out the rest of the cake. Piper chuckled and returned to her conversation with Sabrina while eating her cake.
"So, you were saying?"
"Oh right," Sabrina said, "so I don't think I'll ever be the sugar plum fairy anymore, but the costume cost a fortune so mom wants me to sell it rather than donate."
"I mean," Piper said between bites, "you'd be selling second-hand, it'll still be cheaper, right?"
"She thinks it'll sell for more because we went on tour," Sabrina said, rolling her eyes.
"It's not like you— Cough! It's not like you wore it on stage— Cough! Sorry. Just sell under a fake— Cough! Name— Cough! Cough!"
"Oh sweetie do you need some water?" Sabrina asked as Piper continued to cough.
Piper shook her head, feeling like something was stuck in her throat, pressing on her windpipe, very slowly beginning to cut off her air. Did she breathe in cake? She grasped at her throat, trying to cough again, but then she realised her tongue was swelling.
There were nuts in the cake.
Sabrina had the same realisation, having seen her friend have a similar reaction once before.
"Where's your EpiPen?!" she asked so suddenly that River woke up and started crying, "Ryan!"
Ryan, who was jokingly feeding Ethan a bite of cake, promptly dropped his cake and fork and rushed over. Just before their band took off, he graduated nursing school and worked as a nurse for a while, so he'd always been their go-to for any sudden medical emergencies.
"Pipes?! Come lay down, sweetie, try to stay calm," he said, immediately leaping to action, pulling the woman off her chair and laying her on the floor on her side, "Saturn!! Where's her EpiPen?!"
Saturn had only just appeared in the door opening, initially attracted by the ruckus, and now frozen with wide-eyes as he realised the ruckus was about his wife. He needed a moment to process. Everyone was freaking out, both Dusty and River were crying now, and everyone was staring at him.
"W-what?"
"EpiPen!!" Ryan just said.
"U-uh— H-her bag!"
Ryan snatched Piper's bag from under her chair and rather than searching through it, he just turned it upside down and spilled all the contents onto the floor. He spotted the bright yellow and orange device between her lipstick and a pack of babywipes and picked it up before checking on Piper.
"Where do you want it?" he asked.
But Piper didn't reply. Her eyes were rolled back and she was wheezing weakly for air. Ryan cursed under his breath, quickly jabbing the pen onto her thigh and pressing down, injecting her through the fabric of her tights.
"I-is she going to be okay?" Saturn asked, only now finding his voice back as he stumbled closer until Sabrina grabbed his arm with her free hand to hold him back.
"The epi should reduce the swelling and help her breathe better," Ryan said, "but she needs to get seen by a doctor."
"I'll drive," Iggy promptly said, while Saturn was still struggling to catch up.
"W-why is she unconscious?" he asked.
"Blood pressure can drop with an allergic reaction," Ryan said, "Iggy were there any nuts in the cake?"
"N-no, I specifically chose a cake without nuts! Ethan warned me about her allergy," Iggy said, "There wasn't a warning on the label for any nuts either."
"Maybe it got contaminated after you bought it?" Ryan mused, "I'm not trying to pin blame, but knowing how much she had can help predict a biphasic reaction."
"Um...I'd have to ask my mom if she used any nuts in last night's dinner," Iggy said, "I'll shoot her a text."
"Thanks," Ryan said, "Saturn, when she comes to I'll need your help getting her to the car."
"W-what if she doesn't?" Saturn asked nervously.
"She will," Ryan assured him, "your wife is tough as nails, I've seen her come back from worse and trying to walk it off because she felt fine."
Saturn couldn't help but smile at that. That sounded exactly like his wife. And sure enough, hardly a moment later, Piper groaned as she regained consciousness. Still wheezing a bit, but not as badly as before.
"There she is," Ryan said, "welcome back, Pipes~"
"Ugh....w-wha?"
"Don't talk, save your energy," Ryan said, stroking her hair a bit, "Saturn and I are going to walk you to the car, and we're going to take you to the doctor, okay?"
"Mm...River..." Piper murmured.
"Sabrina has him, he's in good hands."
"She'll...eat him."
"Yeah," Ryan said with a laugh, "who wouldn't? I'm gonna go put your things back into your bag and then we'll try and get you on your feet, okay? Your handsome husband is going to keep you company."
He gestured at Saturn to take his place, which he gladly did, taking Piper's hand and kissing it before squeezing it gently.
"You're going to be alright, my love," he said, "we'll take good care of you."
"Mm...tell Iggy...I'm sorry," Piper said.
"Don't be!" Iggy cut in, "Dusty won't remember this anyway and I already got a bunch of cute pictures. Now let's get you to a doctor before you break out in hives again."
