Fics like West Side Other Story

I feel there were a lot of untold stories within the framework of West Side Story. Riff was clearly infatuated with Tony. Baby John, portrayed as feminine, sensitive, and unwilling to assault Anita, was coded as gay. 'Anybody' was a baby-dyke or a would-be trans, depending on your interpretation (she may have even been asexual, but she definitely envied and emulated 'the boys'). This fic pokes around those dusty corners with a literary stick. If you don't like dust, skip this one. If you stay, you'll have to excuse the mess ;) This sort of incorporates elements of the original story, but veers off into strange new directions, too. Not my characters. Fiction. I make no money from this work. tentatively finished 3/20/2018 If anyone wants to use my lyrics and add music to them, I give my permission. I mean, they're on the internet, so I'm pretty much giving them away :) At a certain point in the story, the traditional plot slides into an alternate dimension to lead to a different ending. The overlap was left intact to indicate when the reality shifts. It's kinda clunky, but it's what I wrote, so, it is what it is.

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