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*facepalm*
For some reason I just wrote 1500 words of the most depressing White Collar OT3 fic ever, in which Neal is incorporated in the Burkes' relationship post-anklet and everything is fine and happy until it becomes increasingly obvious that he and Elizabeth have EVERYTHING in common with each other, and nothing in common, really, with Peter. She's finally got someone to go to the theater with, and to fancy restaurants, and someone who likes to attend her galas, and someone she can cook interesting, exotic meals for! And eventually they both start to realize that they have a lot more fun without Peter along, and he's never going to be more than an anchor holding them back, so they dump him.
... I NEED PUPPIES AND KITTENS, STAT! D:
(And yet, it's tragically easy for me to see this being a very plausible outcome of the OT3. Nobody has to be a bad guy for it to work out like that, and in fact I really don't think I'm writing them that way -- if you've got two people in the relationship who have most of their interests in common and one person who shares almost none of those interests, it's all too likely that one person is going to end up being a third wheel most of the time. Which may be one reason why I don't write OT3 much ...)
ETA: And what's all the more irritating that this has suddenly become kinda-sorta OT3 headcanon is that it really annoys me when people in the fandom a) assume that Peter is a complete clod who has no appreciation of anything other than beer and sports (he's not! He likes French takeout and he can do wine talk and he knows all about Prada bags!) and b) that even if he is that way, it's a value judgment on his worthiness as a person. I hate that. And here I am basically writing that. *facepalms forever*
ETA2: On the other hand, since I haven't written the ending yet, the above ETA made me think that perhaps Peter goes and teaches himself some of these things (because he really can do that if he puts his mind to it; see the episode where he tangoes, or the one with the wine tasting) because that's what he thinks they want, and he's afraid he'll lose them otherwise. But it's clearly not making him happy, and actually they just want him the way he is. THERE, I FIXED IT. :D (Even though the other way is probably more realistic.)
... I NEED PUPPIES AND KITTENS, STAT! D:
(And yet, it's tragically easy for me to see this being a very plausible outcome of the OT3. Nobody has to be a bad guy for it to work out like that, and in fact I really don't think I'm writing them that way -- if you've got two people in the relationship who have most of their interests in common and one person who shares almost none of those interests, it's all too likely that one person is going to end up being a third wheel most of the time. Which may be one reason why I don't write OT3 much ...)
ETA: And what's all the more irritating that this has suddenly become kinda-sorta OT3 headcanon is that it really annoys me when people in the fandom a) assume that Peter is a complete clod who has no appreciation of anything other than beer and sports (he's not! He likes French takeout and he can do wine talk and he knows all about Prada bags!) and b) that even if he is that way, it's a value judgment on his worthiness as a person. I hate that. And here I am basically writing that. *facepalms forever*
ETA2: On the other hand, since I haven't written the ending yet, the above ETA made me think that perhaps Peter goes and teaches himself some of these things (because he really can do that if he puts his mind to it; see the episode where he tangoes, or the one with the wine tasting) because that's what he thinks they want, and he's afraid he'll lose them otherwise. But it's clearly not making him happy, and actually they just want him the way he is. THERE, I FIXED IT. :D (Even though the other way is probably more realistic.)
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