the delphic expanse

In honor of our newest member, Mr. Smith, I am opening a Archer/Tucker/Reed thread. . .a place to discuss fics and moments and all that goodness.

In honour of me? Yay! I hope I'm not the only one who likes this 'ship!

I love this threesome so much I wonder if it takes the edge over my OTP of just Archer/Reed. All three of these characters have great chemistry between one another, they obviously care about each other, and the elements combine quite nicely.

My (now) wife and I started writing roleplay-style fanfiction together nearly a year and a half ago now when an intended Archer/Reed suddenly had the addition of a lovesick Tucker to throw a spanner in the works. Ultimately, Trip and Jon decided they could work together for mutually satisfactory relationships with Malcolm, and eventually found themselves growing closer. It was an interesting experiment in writing polyamorous relationships and exploring our shared belief that humans weren't meant to be monogamous, it really added a beautiful dimension to the whole story. Since then, we've experimented with a variety of scenarios, some that work out and some that don't work out so well, but it's confirmed the threesome as one of my favourite 'ships of any fandom.

So, now I am a dedicated convert, I wish there was more out there for me to read. What little I've got my hands on was purely porn, usually an experimental threesome, but I want to see more dedicated relationships and the awkwardness that may have led to it. Anyone know of anything?

Funny thing is, I read Archer/Reed and Tucker/Reed avidly, but I can't bring myself to read Archer/Tucker by itself (only sometimes). No Malcolm!

Wow, I went on a little bit, as you can tell I really like this threesome.

Go on all you want! I think you'll find that there are members here who, while they may not actively 'ship for a particular combination of characters, they're open to exploration, and they may look to you for guidance in terms of what's good to read, or even general information about the 'ship.

So it's like you're a pioneer with all these new and exciting ideas!

And face it: three sexy men like R/A/T...and a board full of ladies...you know what I'm saying...? You won't be alone for long!

Linkin and I were discussing this 'Threesome' mere minutes ago.

I don't get out much any more, I'm afraid--are there any new fics lately for this threesome?

Mr. Smith--any word?

Hey there!
I'm pretty new to the forum, and I'm also a pretty big ATR fan. I am also an ATT fan. I write for several fandoms but for some reason I have a really hard time writing just a pair in the Ent. genre. I always feel like someones getting left out. When i do read...or write...just pairs its almost like the third person is just ignored completely. I guess it's better that way then trying to convince myself they shouldn't be in the relationship. Frankly that probably just wont work. So not only do I like this particular thread a lot, this sections is super nice.

My new fic is Titled Damaged, it's on Warp 5 and on FF.net, for some reason I had trouble getting the italics on warp 5, i'll have to go through the whole fic again. so instead, here is a linke to the ff.net one.


22,000 words and NC-17
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7439949/1/Damaged

Hope you guys like it.

-Koken.

Thanks for the heads-up, Koken!

Though not quite the same thing, I really appreciate the complexity of Honeybee's Archer/Tucker/T'Pol/Reed dynamic. I hope more stories are forthcoming there as well.

Yay! More fics to check out.

Welcome, Koken! We're glad you decided to join us.

There's definitely an intense dynamic between those three! Totally worth exploring.

Thanks Honeybee!
This may be a little off topic, but directly relating to your statement, I agree, something with those three men I always found interesting, although recently I was talking to a friend that had a really interesting theory on the matter.

She proposed that, logically, with Archer and Tucker's long standing friendship, and absence of romance, there had to be something to kick them in the but and get them in bed together and the solution is a situation (resulting in an A/T fic) or another person (resulting in usually A/T/T, or A/T/R)

I find this really a compelling argument, and I tend to favor the solution of another person. Mostly because there have been a lot of near death experiences in their past and they still didn't shape up and get it on. They both had other relationship which would inspire jealousy, and they still didn't get there. So I think for me, I really like the idea of that third person. That or I am just a huge sucker for a cheerful no heart broken triangle. My favorite is of course T'Pol, but I also really like Malcolm. Similarly to T'Pol the series presents Malcolm as a very new individual that both Archer and Tucker spend so much time trying to break down into a friend. He also (like T'Pol) goes from that forced stuffy position to a friendly one. In ATT I tend to beat up on Trip because he is always getting into trouble on the series, but ATR....

Malcolm is also always taking the fall, jumping in for self sacrifice, going first and ...sometimes even volunteering for the beating. You know just as a distraction and such. For a writer Malcolm also makes a really fun character to beat the crap out of. Just saying, that it is ... disproportional enjoyable. Trip is innocent, kinda clumsy, altruistic, and bodily harm isn't in his job description if he's doing it right, so he's like kicking a puppy. Archer is a diplomat and leader, although beating him up happens, it just isn't encouraging to knock around your alpha male too much and anyone who punches a guy who offers a hand of peace is just a jerk. In ATT's there is T'Pol...she's a girl, and 10x stronger then the guys which is an awkward combination. Plus it's just so much more fun for her to kick ass rather than take a beating.

Malcolm on the other hand:
I need to punch someone in the face....Oh Malcolm is the fighter.... ::type te type::
Oh I need someone to go first and fall in a death trap to break his leg....hmm...Jon? Nope, Malcolm would insist on going first::type te type::
Ah, Ship has been boarded...yeah Malcolm would jump in that fray...::type te type::
Water? It's close enough to November...throw in Malcolm ::type te type::

(In the interest of full disclosure:just cause I like this/think it's an interesting theory... doesn't mean I follow it. I just realized that ...once upon a year ago...wrote and ATR that not only didn't beat up Reed, but it didn't beat up Tucker either. For some reason I took down the Captain, and it was more situation that the additional person that inspired the relationship...So despite my hypocritical fiction list...I thought I would share this logic, because I think I've seen it illustrated in a lot of ATR's and it might inspire discussion)

-Koken