Testosterone Girls & Harlequin Boys

[jedusaur]

Bandslash, NC-17, ~11,050 words. Pete/Mikey/Ryan, LynZ/Amanda. Thanks to crazybutsound and verbyna for cheerleading and alpha-reading. Note: lalejandra and I came up with the "Harlequin Boys" title independently, and I talked to her when she posted her fic recently to make sure she was okay with me using it. Normally I would have changed it to avoid confusion, but I've been

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[verbyna]

You already know how much I love this. And how many times I've read it as you were writing/editing/just for the hell of it on rainy afternoons.

ALL OF THE LOVE. I CANNOT EVEN. <333

[jedusaur]

♥ ♥ ♥

[psuedo_catalyst]

Wow, the alternative relationships gamut of my dreams. I love Amanda like crazy, and Gerard too, this meshed so well with every au version of him that has ever lived in my head, and the Pete/Mikey/Ryan was sweet and hot as hell. Thanks so much for sharing!

[jedusaur]

Thank you for commenting! I have several ideas for sequels to this, including one about LynZ and Amanda and Gerard's road trip on the run, and the sexual/emotional dynamics between those three characters. idk if it will go anywhere, but it's fun to think about.

[psuedo_catalyst]

always glad to comment on a story that awesome! I'd also love to hear your thoughts about that roadtrip, either in fic form, or just as ideas--one of my favorite things about this story was how ambiguously I felt about LynZ, since she was such a well rounded character, but I'd love to be convinced to love her the way I usually do.

[jedusaur]

I'm not sure I love her in this 'verse! She's very manipulative. I like to play with flaws in my narrators, and this LynZ is a good example of that. We'll see how her character develops if I write a sequel--maybe Amanda will be a good influence on her.

[iamsupernova]

Oh man, this is so interesting! Fresh characterizations that I haven't seen before, but they make so much sense. I really love this.

[jedusaur]

Thank you! "Interesting" and "fresh" are among my favorite feedbacky-type words. :D

[gala_apples]

My favourite detail was the tamagotchi. Not that I didn't find the whole thing interesting, and the art was a great surprise (clearly I don't read the header thoroughly enough). But I think it struck a note to my childhood, and frivolous time wasting strategies. And of course Ryan would have such a literary name for it. And he actually remembers when he's out! Shit, the first time they use him like that, and Pete knows he and Mikey just had sex but wonders if he and Ryan did, that was great writing.

[jedusaur]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. I had a ton of fun writing this. :)

[amisophe]

Okay, I don’t know how you wrote a story that makes going to prison as inspiring as escaping from it, but you did. I think Gerard might have something to do with that.

Actually, this Gerard reminds me somehow of Danger Days Gerard, except also of pre-Danger Days Gerard because he always wants to save everyone, god. So this is “let’s save the world and fuck the system” Gerard. ♥

I love the crazy, and I love Ryan, and this is just sweet. Your writing makes it feel like an epic world of its own. And I love the last line. Understated poetry, it is.

[jedusaur]

Thank you so much! What a lovely comment. :D