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   twelfth night but gay 2 (electric boogaloo) by tallpaleandanxious

   Fandoms: SHAKESPEARE William - Works, Twelfth Night - Shakespeare  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, M/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Sep 2024

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   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Olivia/Viola | Cesario (Twelfth Night)
   • Antonio/Sebastian (Twelfth Night)
   • Malvolio (Twelfth Night)
   • Orsino (Twelfth Night)
   • Minor Characters
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Mutual Pining
   • orsino is kind of a creep
   • a lot of pining and guilt for viola because she is so very trans and can't figure it out.
   • genderbent malvolio
   • the inherent homoeroticism of a sword fight to the death
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • sebastian is gay
   • Actually everyone is gay
   • what is gender but a miserable pile of tropes

   Summary

   Viola, shipwrecked and alone, disguises herself as a boy to seek employment in the house of duke Orsino.
   but, when he sends her to woo the lady Olivia in his place, she finds that her new role as a man may have affected her in more ways than she anticipated.
   while Orsino, grows increasingly jealous of Olivia's fascination for his servant.

   The original play-rewritten so that Olivia now ends up with Viola and Sebastian with Antonio.
   leaving Orsino to be a (sort of) villain. There's also about 60% more yearning throughout- a lot of trans subtext in violas general direction, mistaken identity shenanigans, and one(1) very sexually charged swordfight. Also a (slightly) happier ending for Malvolio
   

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,507

   Chapters:

   18/18

   Comments:

   11

   Kudos:

   33

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