Icon from a picrew by grgikau. Call me Tir or Julian. 37. He/They. Queer. Twitter: @tirlaeyn. ao3: tirlaeyn. 18+ Only. Star Trek. Sandman. IwtV. OMFD. Definitionless in this Strict Atmosphere.
best ot3 dynamics include
- dumbass/smartass/just vibing
- chaotic good/chaotic evil/chaotic neutral
- viciously protective/viciously protective/viciously protective
- soft but could kick ass/could kick ass but is really soft/makes jokes
- no braincell/two partners who share custody of the braincell
- everybody has the braincell but they don’t trust themselves with it
- nobody has the braincell so they’re always calling the others
- nobody has the braincell but they’re all certain they do
- smart but a dork/smart but a jerk/smart but a softie
- damsel in distress/villain who kidnapped them/knight rescuing them
- two bitter enemies and someone popcorn enjoying the show
- two bitter enemies and someone who’s on both their sides and sneaking around to be both their partners at once
- matchmaker falls for the pining idiots they’re matchmaking
- everyone thinks they’re the third wheel when none of them are actually dating
- metamours bond over their partner and become partners
- metamours bond over their partner and become inseparable besties
- superhero/supervillain/journalist they keep kidnapping to make a point
- and they were roommates
- “i’m dating my best friend and we invite our mutual friend to dates because it’s way more fun with them, but it’s totally platonic though”
- “my best friends who are dating always invite me to dates because they pity me and it’s totally platonic though”
- believer in ghosts/skeptic/ghost
- “i have a sword”/”i have a magic staff”/”i steal shit”
- chaotic road trip
- chaotic adventure to find a macguffin
- royal/knight/servant
- or better yet, royal/knight who’s secretly helping a coup/servant who convinced them to join the coup
- one of them hits on the other, finds out they’re taken, finds out they’re interested anyway
- “my partner always gets hurt so i call my best friend to help out, dunno what we’d do without them, it’s totally platonic though”
- supernatural creature/supernatural creature/human who’s intimidated and kinda into it
- just any sort of story where they’re all on different sides or have conflicting moral ideologies, then are forced to team up for a common goal, and their own flaws and strengths play off the others’ and show how complex and multifaceted they all are, until they find themselves reflected in the eyes of those they’ve grown to love
- “yes those are idiots but they’re my idiots”
- jock/nerd/goth
i am not accepting criticism at this time