#don x kathy x cosmo

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they're so everything

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my lovelies <333 they love each other i swear to you

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Best Polyamorous Ship Group 1 Round 2

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Singin' in the Rain (1952) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cosmo Brown/Don Lockwood/Kathy Selden Characters: Cosmo Brown, Kathy Selden, Don Lockwood Additional Tags: Road Trip, Polyamory Summary: For @polyshipweek 2023, with an old classic. Kathy joins Cosmo and Don on a roadtrip to their home town. Written for day 1, roadtrip.

Cosmo living with the two of them was a well-kept secret from the fan magazines, though Kathy had been shocked to realize that it was anything but a secret to most of the other actors and actresses. They’d all known about Don and Cosmo for years, all except the ones like Lina, who’d been too distracted by her own reflection to notice the rest of the people she’d worked alongside.

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this one goes out to all my Singin' in the Rain ot3 truthers—

Cosmo Brown had always known it would end like this.

Cosmo was a lot of things—in fact, you could argue he was too many—but he wasn’t dumb.

From the early years, when Cosmo and Don were just kids playing for pennies in pool halls, to their stint dodging rotten vegetables on Vaudeville stages across the very backwaters of America’s backwaters, to their first real breath of success in Hollywood (and then the second and the third and the fourth), Cosmo would catch a glimpse of his handsome, charismatic friend from the corner of his eye—a flash of dark hair, that perfect tooth powder ad smile—and know that for all Don’s protestations, someday the guy was gonna meet a wonderful girl and get married, settle down, and very gently slip off to the far edge of Cosmo’s life.

So yes, Cosmo had seen Kathy Selden coming. Not the details, not her sense of humor or her musical little laugh or the madcap way she really threw herself into dancing with them around Don’s place at 1:30 in the morning—and okay, certainly not the part at the beginning where she had jumped out of a cake at a party, but he thought a fella could be excused for not correctly divining that. 

The general outline of the thing, though, how Don’s eyes followed her around a room...he had been preparing for Don to propose to Kathy ever since she’d tried to throw a pie at Don’s face. And when the happy day came, Cosmo had been ready with his best man suit, his best man speech, a slightly updated version of “Here Comes the Bride” that’d had Don and Kathy laughing all the way down the aisle.

Don and Kathy would buy a house together. They would have a swimming pool and a dog and then inevitably, a small parade of adorable little snot-nosed kids who would call him Uncle Cosmo, and they would spend less and less time with him, not on purpose but busy with the rest of their lives, and ultimately Cosmo would learn to make his peace with it because he’d have no other choice and he would have to try to move on and not live too much in his memories. He could picture it so clearly, he figured if the songwriting gig with Monumental didn’t pan out, he could always return to the backwater circuit with a new act: The Amazing Cosmo of the Cosmos—ladies and gentlemen, he sees the future, he reads the stars, he silently pines for his best married pal and all the while tap dancing!

Don and Kathy inviting him along on their honeymoon, though—that part was a surprise.

“What?” said Cosmo, hands frozen over the piano keys. He’d been busy with a brand-new assignment; on the heels of The Dancing Cavalier, offers were pouring in and he’d taken the first one scoring a movie that didn’t star anyone he was secretly in love with.

Don had looked a little wounded when Cosmo broke the news last week, but a guy had to start making his own way in the world. Besides, orchestrating layers of strings to swell as the camera zoomed in on Don and Kathy blissfully locking lips in radiant monochrome, oblivious to the rest of the world—well, Cosmo knew that dance, he had mastered the footwork, and he didn’t especially feel like a reprise.

It wasn’t lost on him that Kathy had dropped by his rehearsal space alone today. Of course, he had no idea what this meant—he didn’t think it was about the new job; Don didn’t tend to stay sore at him for that long—but Kathy was acting perfectly natural, and so probably the smart thing was to follow her lead.

“It’s a two-week transatlantic cruise,” she said now, gracefully dropping beside him on the piano bench. “We thought it would be nice to see Europe, take in the sights, get away from all the cameras.”

“Ah yes, such a wallflower, our dear Don,” said Cosmo solemnly. “Besieged on all sides by the love of his public, a tragedy of our times, up there with Lear! Hamlet! Caesar! The one with all the Greeks and the giant wooden horse, nay, nay, neigh.” He played a tragic little trill, for effect. Kathy huffed a laugh and smacked his arm.

“You know that’s not it,” she said. “Being watched all the time—we can’t always do what we want. It’s rotten.”

Tell me about it, thought Cosmo.

He was sort of seeing a fight choreographer named Archibald, who came from old money and was a “the third” or a “the fifth” but nice enough Cosmo might even forgive him for that. Archibald was trim and athletic, with dark brown hair that was just starting to go gray at the temples and enough discretion that Cosmo didn’t think they’d get caught. The only problem was that he didn’t laugh at Cosmo’s jokes, seemed to just tolerate them.

“What do you two even talk about, then?” Don had asked, when Cosmo had let this slip over drinks the same night he’d explained about the new movie project. (Cosmo had been trying to spend less time with Don and Kathy since the wedding but Don had said, “C’mon, pal, we miss you” and Kathy had laid one hand on his arm and peered up at him with her big green eyes and Cosmo was only one man.)

Cosmo had frowned, because Don hated Archibald, for reasons that were frankly mysterious. Then he’d looked up and grinned a grin he didn’t exactly feel and said,

“Tell you when you’re older,” and then Don had choked on his dry Martini even though Cosmo knew Don knew about Cosmo’s tendencies. It wasn’t something they discussed, and Cosmo had never properly gone with a guy before, but whenever a big-shot producer started complaining about all the degenerate queers in showbiz, Don always sharply steered the conversation someplace else. It was all very gallant and noble and knightly, and someday Don would play King Arthur and Kathy his lady Guinevere—

“Honestly, sometimes it feels as if we’re living in a fishbowl,” said Kathy now, in the present.

“And so your solution is to relocate,” said Cosmo, “to the biggest fishbowl on this here magnificent earth. The mighty ocean!” He struck up a sea shanty. “Oh blow the man down, blow the man down / way ay, blow the man down…”

Not everyone appreciated his musical flights of fancy, but when Cosmo turned, she was leaning with her elbow on the side arm of the piano, watching him with her chin on her hand and laughing. 

“Just for two weeks,” she said. “So, are you coming?”

“With you two,” said Cosmo, just so there could be no misunderstandings. “On your one and only honeymoon.”

“Yes,” said Kathy.

“As what, your first mate?”

“Sure.” She grinned and threw him a quick salute. Cosmo was almost never attracted to women but in this case, he understood the appeal.

He swallowed. “You are aware of that ancient saying, ‘Two’s company and three’s a fast track to divorce court’?”

“You’re hardly a threat to our marriage, Cosmo,” she said, and he agreed, of course, in both directions, even, but it still stung to hear her say it out loud. For want of anything better to do, he gasped, clutched a hand to his chest and reeled backwards so hard, he threw himself off the piano bench, landing in a somersault on the floor.

Kathy spun around fluidly on the bench to face him, pleated skirt whirling a little, heels of her shoes clicking together. 

“Oh, I said that badly,” she said. “I only mean that it’s more fun when you’re around. We have a better time, Don and me both. Remember the night we decided to make Dueling Cavalier a musical?”

“Do I remember the best night of my life?” Cosmo peered up at her from the hardwood. “Why yes, madam, now that you mention it, I believe it might ring a bell or two.”

“The best—” She frowned for a moment, and he remembered then that as a newly married woman, a newly married woman to Don Lockwood, no less, she’d no doubt experienced any number of evenings that blew that one out of the water.

Even besides that, it felt awfully revealing all of a sudden. Cosmo threw an arm over his eyes. He felt naked. He wished he was naked, because that might at least distract from whatever his face was doing.

“So it beats your time with Archibald, then?” said Kathy shrewdly.

Cosmo uncovered his eyes. He forgot, sometimes, that new as Kathy was to the moving pictures business, she was still a city girl, with a city girl’s worldliness. Also, Don had probably told her; that seemed like the kind of second-hand secrets married people shared with each other. He wasn’t sure how to feel about that.

“Hardly a topic for mixed company,” he said.

There was a pause.

“So yes,” she said and smiled with a smugness that would’ve been unbecoming were she not as cute as a button.

“What do you and Don have against the poor man anyway?” he groused. “He’s never done so much as sneezed in your direction, and if he did, I’m sure he’d use a handkerchief.”

“For one thing, we know you could do better,” said Kathy, folding her arms.

Cosmo elbowed his way back to sitting, brushing himself off with dignity. “Well, better’s not exactly knocking on my door right now.”

“This town doesn’t have an ounce of sense.” She reached down to offer him a hand up, pulling Cosmo to his feet; she was stronger than she looked. “Listen, two weeks away, it’ll be good for you.”

“What about you two?” Cosmo protested as he reclaimed his spot on the bench, Kathy sliding to make room.

“What about us?” said Kathy with wide eyes.

“Two newlyweds might want some alone time?” he offered weakly.

Kathy shrugged. “I told you, there won’t be reporters or cameras. It’ll be plenty private.”

“What about your matrimonial needs?”

“Which needs?”

His eyes narrowed; she was a terrific actress but suddenly he wasn’t sure he was buying it. Kathy wasn’t dumb either.

“You have to know what I mean. Don’t make me play Cole Porter at you,” said Cosmo. She hesitated, and Cosmo began to pluck out a melody: “Birds do it, bees do it / even educated fleas do it…” He wiggled his eyebrows.

“Let’s do it,” sang Kathy, finishing the stanza in her lovely alto, “let’s fall in love.”

Cosmo stopped playing.

“I do know,” she said simply, “of course I do, and we’re not worried about it, alright? Listen, do you want to go?”

Cosmo, who had been carefully not asking himself that question, stared down at the piano keys. Did he want to go? He thought back to that night at Don’s, the three of them giddy with excitement and inspiration and sleep deprivation, running through the house, clowning around and dancing with no audience except each other—he hadn’t felt like a hanger-on then, like a third wheel or an extra limb or a chaperone. He’d felt like he was exactly where he was supposed to be, one note of a perfect chord.

Still.

“I can’t swim,” he said.

“They’ll have lifejackets,” said Kathy.

“I’ll have to work.”

“We’ll bring a piano.”

“All my houseplants will die,” said Cosmo.

“All your houseplants are fake,” she said. This was true, although he wasn’t sure how she knew since she’d never been to his house. She sighed. “Remember the night of that first screening, when you were about to expose Lina and instead of explaining what was happening, Don told me I had to sing, that I didn’t have a choice?”

He winced, thinking of Kathy’s heartbroken, tear-stained face before they’d pulled up the curtain and revealed who was really singing when Lina moved her lips.

“Yes, and I feel just awful about it.”

“Well, Don doesn’t,” said Kathy. “Because he knew it would take too long to convince me to do something that mean to her.”

“Mean?” Cosmo echoed. “She tried to trap you in a lifelong contract and steal your voice. A common sea witch wouldn’t stoop so low.”

“But there wasn’t time,” she pressed. “And anyway, he knew how it would end.”

“What’s your point?”

“We already bought your tickets,” said Kathy.

Cosmo gaped at her.

“We’ve cleared the trip with everyone at Monumental and anyway, like I said, we’ll have a piano on the boat.”

Distantly, he was aware his mouth was still hanging open. Kathy reached over with one light finger under his chin and gently closed it. 

“That’s better,” she said, folding her hands daintily in her lap. It was around this time she seemed to realize it wasn’t some routine, that Cosmo really was well and truly stunned. “Of course, nobody is going to force you to go with us if you truly don’t want to,” she said into the silence.

“These tickets,” he said at last, “are they refundable?”

“Gosh,” said Kathy easily, “I can’t imagine they are, no.”

The thing was, none of them were hurting for money or work anymore, so the fact that Don and Kathy might be out even a few hundred dollars didn’t catch at him the way it might’ve some years earlier. No, the thought that really seized his imagination was the mental image of Don and Kathy planning this together, Don and Kathy discussing the matter with each other, maybe over breakfast—toast and coffee in their dressing gowns, so sure it was the right thing to do that they’d decided to just go ahead and make preparations: oh and a ticket for Cosmo, of course.

He could do it, he realized. He could go. He wanted to go. It was foolish, but Cosmo was an entertainer; he’d been doing foolish things in front of a roomful of witnesses since he was in shortpants.

“I’ll pack tonight,” he said.

“Perfect!” Kathy hopped off the bench and straightened out her dress. “And bring something nice to wear at dinner for a night or two; it doesn’t need to be black-tie formal, a good suit will do.”

He nodded. “I shall leave the top hat and monocle at home. Two weeks, you say?”

“Yes, and another half-day on either side flying to the harbor and back.” She reached into her coat pocket, and pulled out a folded sheet of paper. “The itinerary,” she said. “Don and I are so glad you’ll be coming.”

“Uh-huh,” said Cosmo. “Say, where is that fella, anyway? What’s the big idea, can’t even stick around to ask his best pal to his own honeymoon?”

“He’s planning the trip,” said Kathy brightly. “Last-minute details. Anyway, he thought you and I should have a chat, one on one. He thought it might help.”

He blinked. “Help what?”

“Help us,” she said.

It was all starting to feel like a farce, like one of those old Vaudeville acts with a lot of fast talking.

“Did it?” he asked.

“I think so,” said Kathy warmly. She turned and began to walk towards the door. “See you at the airport tomorrow. Six AM sharp.”

“Six AM,” he said, and then, foolishly, “You know, I can see why he likes you.”

Kathy dimpled. “Oh, likewise!” She tossed him another smile and then she was heading out of sight down the hallway, shoes clacking rhythmically on the tile.

“Well,” said Cosmo to no one. He felt pole-axed, he decided. He wasn’t sure he had ever felt pole-axed in his life before, but there was no other word for it.

He played a chord, then another chord, then a few more.

“Pole-axed,” he sang, “out of whack, when you are near there’s only one drawback: I can’t be clever, no I lack the knack, Darling, I’m pole-axed, out of whack around you!”

It wasn’t exactly Cole Porter, but he’d take it, he thought, reaching for his pen. There was still an hour or two left before he’d need to race traffic home and dig out his suitcase. Apparently, he had early morning plans.

[thebibliosphere]

With hindsight, I probably should have realized I was polyamorous/ambiamorous sooner than I did. (And to be clear, I realized it pretty young. I just didn't have the terminology for it.)

Ignoring the fact that five-year-old me used to watch Signing In The Rain! on a loop and was already making up stories about Don, Cosmo, and Kathy all living together in Don's big house and *gasp* holding hands (maybe kissing), I was never any good at shipwars.

Like someone would ask me, "What's your OTP?" and I'd be like, "Well, I guess I like X/Y, but also Y/Z is good too..."

And they'd be like, "No. I mean your one TRUE pairing," and I'd just blink at them like, I'm sorry, I don't understand the question.

I'm sure they thought I was trying to stir shit or being deliberately annoying, but I just... couldn't wrap my head around it. Why did I need to pick one thing? There were multiple options with different things that made them appealing. That's like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet and just drinking water. Which is fine! If water is all you want, great. But you don't get to go to an all-you-can-eat buffet and judge people for eating different foods...

And when I eventually found out multi-shipping was a thing, I was like, "oh neat, that's what I do!" and while there was a definite feeling of having found my people, it was weird having the moral judgment from other people who seemed to think multi-shipping was a symptom of a greater moral character flaw. Like my inability to settle on just one thing meant I was more likely to cheat irl.

This wasn't helped by the fact that I... kinda already didn't care about monogamy? Not the way my friends did. I didn't mind that my then-boyfriend liked Sarah, too. What I minded was that he went behind my back and kissed her when he'd told me I couldn't kiss anyone else.

It was the betrayal of the agreement that hurt. Because we'd agreed. He'd asked me to be exclusive with him, and I did. And then he... didn't. And my friends couldn't grasp that.

It was all, "How could he kiss someone else?!" and my chief complaint was, "Why didn't he tell me first?!"

Anyway, if I could go back in time, I'd tell teenage me, you're not weird and amoral, you're just queer, polyamorous, and have ADHD, lmao.

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POWER POLYCULE MASTERPOST

people asked and i shall deliver!! here are our brackets - i plan to update each one with the link after they're posted, but do keep an eye on the #powerpolyculeshowdown tag in case im unavailable to do so until later, please!

Also reminder they're programmed to be posted 1min apart from each other, so from 1:00pm to 1:10pm (EST)

Round 1

part 1 (finished)

Tulio/Miguel/Chel (Road to El Dorado) x Yoo/Han/Kim (Omniscient Reader) Winners: Tulio/Miguel/Chel

Mane 6 (My Little Pony) x Sasha/Anne/Marcy (Amphibia) Winners: Sasha/Anne/Marcy

Rey/Finn/Poe (Star Wars) x The Doctor/Rose/Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) Winners: The Doctor/Rose/Jack

Cosmo/Kathy/Don (Singing in the Rain) x Ferris/Sloane/Cameron (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) Winners: Cosmo/Kathy/Don

Dave/Jade/Karkat (Homestuck) x Sora/Riku/Kairi (Kingdom Hearts) Winners: Sora/Riku/Kairi

Amaryllis/Sir Damien/Lord Arum (Penumbra Podcast) x Arthur/Guinevere/Lancelot (High Noon Over Camelot - The Mechanisms) Winners: Amaryllis/Sir Damien/Lord Arum

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow) x Sadie Kane/Walt Stone/Anubis (The Kane Chronicles) Winners: Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi

Star Allies (Kirby Star Allies) x All 1008 Pokémon (Pokémon) Winners: All 1008 Pokémon

Hardison/Parker/Elliot (Leverage) x Geralt/Jaskier/Yennefer (The Witcher) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

Suki/Sokka/Zuko (ATLA) x Sonic/Knuckles/Shadow (Sonic) Winners: Suki/Sokka/Zuko

Sweet/Cap’n/K_K (Deltarune) x Shiver/Frye/Big Man (Splatoon 3) Winners: Sweet/Cap'n/K_K

part 2 (finished)

Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) x Luka/Adrien/Kagami/Marinette (Miraculous Ladybug) Winners: Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy

Wonder Woman/Superman/Batman (DC Comics) x Megaera/Zagreus/Thanatos (Hades) Winners: Megaera/Zagreus/Thanatos

Dekubowl (My Hero Academia) x Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) Winners: Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters

Bocchi/Nijika/Ryo/Kita (Bocchi the Rock) x Tsukasa/Emu/Nene/Rui (Project Sekai) Winners: Tsukasa/Emu/Nene/Rui

Trevor/Sypha/Alucard/Greta (Castlevania) x Heizou/Kazuha/Scaramouche (Genshin Impact) Winners: Trevor/Sypha/Alucard/Greta

Rachel/Chloe/Max (Life is Strange) x Quanxi/Tsugihagi/Pingtsi/Long/Cosmo (Chainsaw Man) Winners: Rachel/Chloe/Max

McCoy/Spock/Kirk (Star Trek) x Frodo/Sam/Rosie (Lord of the Rings) Winners: McCoy/Spock/Kirk

Cassandra/Rapunzel/Flynn (Tangled Series) x Vivi/Lewis/Arthur (Mystery Skulls Animated) Winners: Cassandra/Rapunzel/Flynn

Aizo/Yujiro/Hiyori (HoneyWorks) x Panchito/Donald/José (The Three Caballeros) Winners: Panchito/Donald/José

Catra/Adora/Glimmer/Bow (She-Ra and The Princesses of Power) x Amethyst/Peridot/Lapis (Steven Universe) Winners: Catra/Adora/Glimmer/Bow

Bucky/Steve/Peggy/Angie (Marvel) x Hunter/Willow/Luz/Amity (The Owl House) Winners: Hunter/Willow/Luz/Amity

Round 2 (finished)

Tulio/Miguel/Chel (Road to El Dorado) x Cosmo/Kathy/Don (Singing in the Rain) Winners: Tulio/Miguel/Chel

Sasha/Anne/Marcy (Amphibia) x Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

The Doctor/Rose/Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) x McCoy/Spock/Kirk (Star Trek) Winners: The Doctor/Rose/Jack Harkness

Sora/Riku/Kairi (Kingdom Hearts) x Amaryllis/Sir Damien/Lord Arum (Penumbra Podcast) Winners: Amaryllis/Sir Damien/Lord Arum

Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow) x Sweet/Cap’n/K_K (Deltarune) Tie!! Both move on!

Suki/Sokka/Zuko (Avatar: TLA) x Megaera/Zagreus/Thanatos (Hades) Winners: Suki/Sokka/Zuko

Fred/Dephne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) x All 1008 Pokémon (Pokémon) Winners: Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy

Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure) x Tsukasa/Emu/Nene/Rui (Project Sekai) Winners: Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters

Trevor/Sypha/Alucard/Greta (Castlevania) x Panchito/Donald/José (The Three Caballeros) Winners: Panchito/Donald/José

Cassandra/Rapunzel/Flynn (Tangled Series) x Rachel/Chloe/Max (Life is Strange) Winners: Cassandra/Rapunzel/Flynn

Catra/Adora/Glimmer/Bow (She-Ra and The Princesses of Power) x Hunter/Willow/Luz/Amity (The Owl House) Winners: Catra/Adora/Glimmer/Bow

Round 3 (finished)

Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) x Cassandra/Rapunzel/Flynn (Tangled the Series) Winners: Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy

The Doctor/Rose/Jack (Doctor Who) x Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

Catra/Adora/Glimmer/Bow (She Ra) x Suki/Sokka/Zuko (Avatar: TLA) Winners: Suki/Sokka/Zuko

Panchito/Donald/José (The Three Caballeros) x Wu Zetian/Li Shimin/Gao Yizhi (Iron Widow) Winners: Panchito/Donald/José

Sweet/Cap’n/K_K (Deltarune) x Sora/Riku/Kairi (Kingdom Hearts) Winners: Sweet/Cap'n/K_K

Jolyne/Ermes/Foo Fighters (Jojo) x Tulio/Miguel/Cher (Road to El Dorado) Winners: Tulio/Miguel/Cher

Revival

Round 1 (finished)

Poll 1 Winners: The Doctor/Jack/Rose

Poll 2 Winners: Sasha/Anne/Marcy

Poll 3 Winners: Geralt/Yennefer/Jaskier

Poll 4 Winners: Yoo/Han/Kim

Round 2 (finshed)

Yoo Joonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) x The Doctor/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) x Sasha/Anne/Marcy (Amphibia) x Geralt/Yennefer/Jaskier (The Witcher) Winners: Yoo/Han/Kim (ORV) and Doctor/Jack/Rose (DW)

Round 4 - Quarterfinals (finished)

Tulio/Miguel/Cher (Road to El Dorado) x Yoo Jonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint)  Winners: Yoo Jonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja

Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) x The Doctor/Rose Tyler/Jack Harkness (Doctor Who) Winners: Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy

Sweet/Cap'n/Cakes (Deltarune) x Panchito/Donald/José (Three Caballeros) Winners: Sweet/Cap'n/K_K

Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage) x Suki/Sokka/Zuko (Avatar) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

Round 5 - Semifinals (finished)

Sweet/Cap'n/K_K (Deltarune) x Yoo Jonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) Winners: Yoo/Han/Kim

Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage) x Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

Round 6 (March 8th 2pm EST)

Finals!

Hardison/Parker/Eliot (Leverage) x Yoo Jonghyuk/Han Sooyoung/Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) Winners: Hardison/Parker/Eliot

Third place!

Sweet/Cap'n/K_K (Deltarune) x Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo) Winners: Fred/Daphne/Velma/Shaggy

Congratulations Hardison/Parker/Eliot for the win!!!!

[polyamoryinfandoms]

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[raviposting]

◉ Just anything you have with Don/Cosmo/Kathy this is the last one I promise 😂😂😂

 Yesssss this beautiful trio! 

They go to movie premieres all the time together. Whenever someone asks about how Don and Kathy’s relationship, Don responds by talking about the love of his life - even if they don’t know it, Cosmo & Kathy know he’s talking about both of them there. 

There’s definitely some quiet talk about the three (people assuming affairs, mostly lmao) but there’s nothing big and the trio have talked about the fact that people will have questions so they don’t mind it much. You cannot tell me that Kathy didn’t run through a list of questions people would probably ask and how to curtail them, she absolutely did and it helps them a looot in the future.

Don & Cosmo plan a very public proposal for Kathy. She knows it’s coming, they’ve hinted at it long enough, but she still cries when they’re at their next movie premiere and Don bends down on one knee and asks her to marry him, and she gets to lock eyes with Cosmo, who situated himself behind Don, and say yes. 

Cosmo is a bit swarmed over by paparazzi and reporters who want to congratulate the happy “couple” but he’s happy anyway, but he’s even happier when a week later he comes back home after a meeting to see that the entire living room is pitch dark and there are little tealight candles all around (a definite fire hazard but thankfully, nothing goes up in flames). 

Don and Kathy duet a song to him about how much they love him and want him in their lives forever, and when they’re done they both get down on one knee and hold his hand and ask if he’ll have them and the little shit first says, “Hmm I’ll think about it,” but of course he accepts. 

They have two sets of rings - the one that Don/Kathy wear out in public, and the ones that they have on a little necklace that they each have with them around their neck. <3 

I also feel like back then they wouldn’t have been super into getting tattoos? Like not unheard of but it just wasn’t their thing, but in a modern AU they definitely all have matching tattoos because they’re the biggest saps in the world lol

Oh my god Cosmo comes home one day with a cat that he found just roaming around and they love this little guy (they named him Rufus). They are all also horribly allergic to him. Cosmo came home with tears in his eyes, Kathy will pet Rufus and immediately start sneezing, Rufus takes a huge liking to Don and will climb onto his chest when sleeping which is great but he absolutely gets stuffed up and has to wake up asdfjkl 

They have him for like, 3 weeks and finally one of their studio heads is like, okay, enough, you’re coming to work every day stuffed. They’re very bitter but they end up finding a good home for Rufus with one of the cameramen in the crew, who brings Rufus in constantly because he loves to roam around. 

I love the thought of them having literally just (1) kid. She’s a girl and her name is Scarlett and she looks so much like Kathy that they really don’t know who her biological father is but none of them care because it doesn’t matter (it’s Cosmo, btw, but they don’t have DNA testing nor do they care to ever try and find out). Don absolutely spoils her, Kathy is the actual reasonable parent lol, and Cosmo kind of flits between the two depending on which parent he’s with at the time (but honestly even when he’s trying to scold Scarlett she’ll be giggling a little because it always looks like he’s trying not to laugh, but she listens). 

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[kats-kradle]

Lol I see someone is going through either my singin in the rain tag or the trio tag? XD

YEP ITS BOTH my family and I just rewatched the movie for the first time since I was like... 11 or 12 at least 😂😂 it was a classic in my house and rewatching it now that I’m older WOOOOOO Dan Kathy and Cosmo are so so so in love and I love it like that scene after Good Morning when Kathy kisses Don FIRST OFF I actually thought for a second that Don and Cosmo were about to kiss AND THEN Kathy kissed Cosmo!!! And it wasn’t!!!! A big deal!!!! And the three of them are so cute together!!!!! 

[no-literally]

I can’t overstate JUST how much I love Singin’ in the Rain. (So I made this fanvideo to an Arctic Monkeys song, instead.)

[daintyduck99]

Regal Jewelry + singing in the rain

Reggie slumps in the backseat, glancing apologetically at the woman driving from beneath the brim of his hat. Curly hair spills out of the scarf wrapped around her head, and for a moment, in the mirror, a wry smile flickers on her lips, blooming in the most becoming color, a deep purple.

“You don’t really go about things in the most dignified way, do you? I always thought that motto was more befitting of your girlfriend.”

He wrenches his gaze away from her mouth as he sits straighter, meeting her eyes for a split second until she returns her attention to the road, but the panic in his chest evaporates. She’s only teasing. He’s struck by the mirth in her eyes.

It’s always a lovely girl with beautiful brown eyes, even when she’s just acting, and this girl is right—here he is, tumbling head over heels for them in the most undignified way possible.

[psynom]

i really like the idea that their relationship is so centered around dance and music <33

explanation and original pose under the cut:

only kathy and don are able to be out and open with their relationship, with cosmo having to remain hidden, which is symbolised by the sunlight; only kathy and don are highlighted by the sun, here the metophorical spotlight, while cosmo can only enjoy fame through music credits at the end of films. this, however, does not diminish his role in the relationship, with all members meeting at his elbow, in the middle. this notably is cast in complete shadow, covered entirely by cosmo himself, whose anonymity is also somewhat of a protection for this relationship

[bestpolyshipbracket]

Best Polyamorous Ship Group 1 Round 3

[onlythegeste]

I have been tagged by @awreathofroses - ta muchly, my darling x

Three Ships: I have far too many, but three recently taking up headspace are - Don/Kathy/Cosmo (the OG poly ship), Fitzconte (which I did not see coming but it seems to be here to stay now), and Goodgore (they're so adorable)

First Ever Ship: HMS Trincomalee, lol. That's not actually the question being asked, though - I'll behave. Honestly I'm not that sure, because most of the fic I specifically remember from when I first got into fandom as a whole was very much gen stuff, but it was probably something from Classic Who, and very possibly involving Mike Yates.

Last Song: I thought it would be something by Stan Rogers, but I've just checked my Youtube history and apparently it was actually History Hates Lovers.

Last Film: Um... Might have been Rescued By Ruby on Netflix, tbh. Unless I've had a musical on since.

Currently Reading: Patterns For Guernseys, Jerseys & Arans by Gladys Thompson, insofar as I'm using it as a reference at the moment. Otherwise five or six different Terror fanfics and also theoretically Master & Commander, but I put that down a while ago and I might need to start over because I don't really remember where I'd got to in the plot.

Currently Watching: iZombie. Love that show.

Currently Consuming: A bottle of Black Sheep. Proper beer from Yorkshire. Can you tell I'm a bit homesick?

Currently Craving: A good long sprawl on the sofa with @awreathofroses - specifically I would like to be at the bottom of this catpile if possible, please. And can we put Sunshine On Leith on in the background?

I'm useless at thinking of people to tag, 'cause I always second-guess whether they'd actually want to do it, so if you're reading this and fancy getting in on this tag meme then please consider yourself tagged!

[official-impravidus]

IMPRAVIDUS MISCELLANEOUS MASTERLIST

Last Updated: August 5, 2024

ART

Hook, Line, Sinker - The 355, Mermaid!Graciela/Pirate!Marie

who is that girl i see, staring straight back at me? - Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Transfem!Sinbad/Genderfluid!Yunan

The Destruction of Sakiyama Youji - sweet pool, Mita/Sakiyama, inspired by "The Creation of Adam"

MISC CROSSOVERS

i’d rather die than see you suffer - 3rd Life Grian goes back to Hermitcraft

reunion at the observatory - Sebastian Smythe (Glee)!Barry (The Flash) & Santana, ColdFlash

like father like son - William Clayton (Arrow)/Michael Snart (The Flash)

Dichotomous Trio - Barry Allen (The Flash), Sebastian Smythe (Glee), and Chris Stewart (A Mother's Nightmare) are triplets

[CONFIDENTIAL] - Tess Tyler (Camp Rock)/Tim Drake (Batman)

the ci and the cia - Peter POV Neal Caffrey (White Collar)!Bryce/Chuck (Chuck)

so a vampire, vampire, vampire, vampire, vampire, vampire, vampire, and human get kidnapped— - Shadowhunters x My Babysitter’s a Vampire x Carmilla x I Kissed A Vampire x Teen Wolf

sometimes what is, is meant to be - Dean Winchester, Steve Harrington, Stiles Stilinski, Jason Todd, and TommyInnit are HYDRA supersoldiers + Evan Buckley (in progress)

Welcome to the Neighborhood! - Chase (Lab Rats)/Kaz (Mighty Med) College Neighbors AU

rum and coke (minus the rum) - Natalie (Next To Normal) meets Sam Winchester (Supernatural)

facing the monsters of the past - Myra!Clary (Shadowhunters), Myra/Ryan/Skylar (Girl VS Monster) (in progress)

can’t salt and burn a ghost without a body - Ghostbur (Dream SMP) goes into Supernatural

who wants to be God when they could be a firefighter? - Jack Kline (Supernatural) is Evan Buckley (9-1-1)

ghosts and guilt - Lex Foster (Black Friday)/Stiles Stilinski (Teen Wolf) (in progress)

BAD SAMARITAN

Out - Outsider POV of Sean time-traveling from post-movie

CAPTAIN OF KINGS

repercussions of a rainy day - Athelina/Rowan sickfic

CARRIE

Prom Queen - Fix-It

CHUCK

kiss your pain away - Bryce/Chuck fluff and first kiss

CRIMINAL MINDS

penelope wants another kitty - Penemily 5+1 Domestic Fluff and Banter

DESCENDANTS

Poison - Evie/Dark!Mal

DOCTOR WHO

making up for lost moments - Rose in the Eleventh Hour, Rose/11

DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG

bad at being bad - Fix-It AU, Billy/Penny

ENCHANTED

Tyson Monroe is dating an actual Fairytale Princess - Tyson Outsider POV of Morgan being a daughter of Andalasia

GAME CHANGER

Ratfish Chat - the Ratfish characters in an actual group chat

HEARTSTOPPER

to love is to be loved - Charlie Amnesia

IT

you took my life with you (took my world with you) - Richie and Patty mourn together

clogging the timeline - Losers on Twitter

LEGALLY BLONDE MUSICAL

two in one shampoo - Emmett and Elle Wedding Planning

ARROWVERSE

cherry chocolate cake - Nate Heywood/Ray Palmer

Solstice - Kara/Lena, Kryptonian culture

LIV AND MADDIE

Feeling the Spark - Voltage, Garrison & Tess First Meeting

MADAME WEB

Audentes Fortuna Iuvat - Cassandra, Julia, Anya, Mattie, Found Family, Post-Canon

MERLIN

Study Date - Merlin & Morgan, Merthur

MIRACULOUS LADYBUG

The Life Swap - Adrien and Marinette Swap Lives (ABANDONED)

Exposed - Truth Akuma Identity Reveal

Snowed In A Supermarket - Accidental Baby Acquisition Snowed In Identity Reveal

Blast From the Future - Emma Agreste Time Travels to the Past (ABANDONED)

The Day After - Outsider POV of Post-Reveal Adrienette

Gifted - AU (ABANDONED)

Protector - Adrien (Miraculous Ladybug) is TommyInnit (Dream SMP)

PUPPY LOVE

Itch - post-canon Max character study

ROOM

Beds and Hot Showers - Post-Canon

SEARCHING

sonata - David Character Study

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

Good night, my darlings. - Cosmo/Don/Kathy

SPIES ARE FOREVER

a future we’ll never have - Owen/Curt post torture fluff

SPIRITED

Push - Post-Canon Clint Character Study

STARKID

all i wanted was you - The Trail To Oregon! Titty Mitty/Cornwallis

what it means to be wanted - Little White Lie Post-Canon Fix-It, Trans!Tanya & Kevin

STRANGER THINGS

haunted by a past long gone - Keys (Free Guy) is Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)

Steve’s Kids - Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) in 9-1-1

A Day in the Life of Steve Harrington - Outsider POV of Steve (in progress)

SUPERNATURAL

Convalescence - Post-Cage!Sam Outsider POV 5+1

Dean Winchester, loving husband and father - Four times people think Cas and Jack are Dean's wife and toddler.

Are we there yet? - 1000 words of Plotless Sibling Bickering

sam winchester isn’t an idiot - Sam POV of Destiel Time Travelers

Expectations - Dean Character Study featuring Destiel

sweet - Jess/Sam Character Study and Fluff

Syncopated Soliloquies - Human!Cas and Angel!Dean Role Reversal (ABANDONED)

Facade - No Supernatural AU, Serial Killer!John, Destiel

TEEN WOLF

she is (and will be) so loved - Melissa/Chris/Peter, Pregnancy

awesome - Stiles has Frontotemporal Dementia

THE LITTLE MERMAID (2023)

wonderment - Ariel/Eric Post-Canon Fluff

THE MAD ONES

Go Tonight - Fix It, Kelly lives

TRAVELERS

What Could Have Been - Pre-Travelers Canon Rewrite (in progress)

YURI!!! ON ICE

trust - Bucky Barnes is Victor’s dad

rewrite, revitalize, rival - Yuuri and Yuri Time Travel (in progress)