badritual | shipoween letter (Reply)

Dear Creator,

This is my first time doing this challenge, and I can't wait to see what you come up with! (I'll probably be copying and pasting some stuff from previous letters here. You can find past letters here and here if you're interested.)

If none of my ideas/prompts catch your attention, I'm totally fine with mixing and matching some of my tropes/likes/kinks/etc. to come up with a story! I won't have prompts for every pairing/fandom (I think most of the original works pairings work as their own prompts). If you need some ideas, feel free to reach out to me through the mods.

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
Crimson Peak (2015)
Crossover Fandom
The Dollanganger Series - V. C. Andrews
Final Girls - Riley Sager
Gone Girl (2014)
Original Work
Riverdale (TV 2017)
Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
Winchester (2018)

What I Love: I'm currently really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe really. I also love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings. I love things that make me think, and are not necessarily tied up with a neat pretty bow.

My main DNWs are listed below. Exceptions will be noted:

DNWs:
• extreme underage
• domestic violence/abuse
• violence against animals/animal death
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (I don't mind if you include these kinks in fic but I'm not interested in universes structured around them, if that makes sense i.e. "kneeling is a common occurrence in Regency England" or "the rookie hockey player must submit to his team captain/dom as a rite of passage")
• mpreg
• watersports/scat
• mundane AUs (especially mundane AUs of fantasy/sci-fi/supernatural/etc. universes)
• vampire and werewolf AUs (of non-supernatural fandoms, perfectly fine with vampires and werewolves in supernatural settings)

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
• cosmic horror
• body horror
• monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!! i like monsters!!!
• bodyswap
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining
• mind-games/manipulation
• ghosts/hauntings/etc.
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationships
• enemies to lovers
• enemies to friends to lovers
• unhealthy/codependent relationships
• relationships with a power imbalance (i.e. mentor/pupil, priest/parishioner, older partner/younger partner, queen/subject, etc.)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• casefic
• ensemble fic
• complicated relationships
• power imbalances/power dynamics/power dynamics inverted
• professional/career-related jealousy
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense, not cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

Fic and fan art for all fandoms!

Crimson Peak (2015)

Edith Cushing/Lucille Sharpe/Thomas Sharpe
Edith Cushing & Alan McMichael
Edith Cushing/Alan McMichael

Prompts/ideas:
Edith Cushing/Lucille Sharpe/Thomas Sharpe
     ◊ AU. Rather than attempt to kill Edith when she stumbles on Lucille and Thomas together, Lucille invites Edith to join them.
     ◊ Future/post-movie fic. Edith returns to Crimson Peak to be with Lucille and Thomas—despite the fact they're now both ghosts.
     ◊ Future/post-movie fic. Thomas and Lucille's ghosts follow Edith away from Crimson Peak.
     ◊ AU. Edith dies too, and the three haunt Crimson Peak together. How do they get used to being ghosts together?

Edith Cushing & Alan McMichael
     ◊ Edith tends to Alan's wounds on their journey back from Crimson Peak.
     ◊ AU. Edith dies and her ghost blames Alan for failing to save her.
     ◊ AU(ish)/pre-canon. Edith has always been a little strange. How does Alan react when he learns Edith sees ghosts? Are the ghosts real?

Edith Cushing/Alan McMichael
     ◊ Any of the above platonic/friendship prompts interpreted romantically.
     ◊ Post-movie. After Alan and Edith escape Crimson Peak, they get married and hope to put the past behind them. But their ghosts demand to be heard.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I tend to try and leave art up to the discretion of the artist, but if you have questions or need some ideas please reach out to the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Crossover Fandom

Rydal Keener (The Two Faces of January 2014)/Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999)
Amy Elliott Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)/Emily Nelson (A Simple Favor 2018)

Prompts/ideas:
Rydal Keener (The Two Faces of January 2014)/Tom Ripley (The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999)
     ◊ Rydal Keener meets Tom Ripley while traveling abroad. The two soon suspect the other of nefarious wrongdoings and try to manipulate each other.
     ◊ Tom attempts to scam Rydal, but gets more than he bargained for.
     ◊ Rydal and Tom meet in a bar and, over drinks, attempt to get the truth about their crimes from the other.

Amy Elliott Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)/Emily Nelson (A Simple Favor 2018)
     ◊ Post-movie(s) AU. Amy meets Emily in prison and they soon begin plotting their respective escapes.
     ◊ Post-movie(s). Amy starts up a pen pal relationship with Emily for nefarious reasons. Then Emily escapes from prison.
     ◊ Strangers on a Train AU? Amy and Emily offer to help the other out, with Amy killing Sean (or Stephanie or Faith) and Emily killing Nick. But can they trust each other?

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I tend to try and leave art up to the discretion of the artist, but if you have questions or need some ideas please reach out to the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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The Dollanganger Series - V. C. Andrews

Cathy Dollanganger/Chris Dollanganger
Cathy Dollanganger/Bart Foxworth
Cathy Dollanganger & Bart Foxworth
Bart Foxworth/Jory Marquet
Bart Foxworth & Jory Marquet
Bart Foxworth/Cindy Sheffield

Prompts/ideas:
Cathy Dollanganger/Chris Dollanganger
     ◊ Space Opera AU. Rather than being locked in an attic, Cathy and Chris and the twins are stranded in space.
     ◊ Fairy Tale or Mythology AU. Put Chris and Cathy in a familiar fairy tale, like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Little Mermaid, Bluebeard, or a myth like Cupid and Psyche, or Hades and Persephone.

Cathy Dollanganger & Bart Foxworth
     ◊ AU or missing book scene. Cathy observes baby/toddler Bart and wonders what the future holds for him.
     ◊ Post-book AU. Bart brings Cathy with him on one of his book/television tours.
     ◊ Post-book. Cathy visits Bart, either in a dream or as a ghost.

Cathy Dollanganger/Bart Foxworth
     ◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted romantically/non-platonically (besides the one involving baby Bart).
     ◊ Missing book scene. Bart's jealousy and obsession over Cathy and Chris's relationship becomes dangerous.
     ◊ Book AU. Bart becomes fixated on getting Chris out of the way.

Bart Foxworth & Jory Marquet
     ◊ In If There Be Thorns, Chris discovered Cathy had put twin beds in the attic... What if she actually was planning on locking Bart and Jory in the attic to keep her secrets safe?
     ◊ What happens to Bart and Jory's relationship after the series ends? Are bygones truly bygones, or is there simmering resentment and/or jealousy between them?
     ◊ AU or missing book scene. Bart has always been jealous of Jory. What happens when he takes things too far in an effort to bring Jory down?

Bart Foxworth/Jory Marquet
     ◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted romantically/non-platonically.

Bart Foxworth/Cindy Sheffield
     ◊ Book AU or missing scene. Bart does more than just pinch Cindy after catching her with a boy.
     ◊ Post-book. Bart and Cindy become lovers while on one of Bart's speaking tours.
     ◊ Book AU or missing scene. Cindy tries to blackmail Bart over his affair with Melodie, but gets more than she can handle.
     ◊ Book AU or missing scene. Bart takes Cindy trick-or-treating, or to a Halloween party.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Final Girls - Riley Sager

Quincy Carpenter/Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone (Final Girls - Sager)
Quincy Carpenter & Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone (Final Girls - Sager)
Quincy Carpenter/Coop (Final Girls - Sager)
Quincy Carpenter & Coop (Final Girls - Sager)

Prompts/ideas:
Quincy Carpenter/Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone (Final Girls - Sager)
     ◊ Post-book. Quincy visits Tina in prison.
     ◊ Post-book. Tina gets out of prison and comes looking for Quincy.
     ◊ Book AU or missing scene. Tina blackmails Quincy into a twisted relationship.
     ◊ Murder girlfriends!!
     ◊ A 5 times or 5+1 fic like "5 times Quincy and Tina loved each other and 1 time they hated each other," etc.

Quincy Carpenter & Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone (Final Girls - Sager)
     ◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically.

Quincy Carpenter/Coop (Final Girls - Sager)
     ◊ In the novel, Quincy and Coop have one night together, before Quincy learns the truth about Coop. How does she feel in the aftermath? Does she still care for him?
     ◊ How does Quincy view Coop after the events of the book? Does she feel guilty for killing him?
     ◊ Quincy and Coop exchange Christmas gifts. (Fluff, dark fluff, or no fluff at all. It's all good.)
     ◊ Post-canon. Coop haunts Quincy, either literally or figuratively. Maybe she goes back to Pine Cottage to pay her respects and sees him there—or only thinks she does. Is she able to help his ghost move on? Is he vengeful or regretful? Is he still obsessed with her?
     ◊ How does Quincy view Coop after the events of the book? Does she feel guilty for killing him?
     ◊ A 5+1 fic, like "5 times Quincy and Coop were perfect together and 1 time they weren't" (or the other way around)

Quincy Carpenter & Coop (Final Girls - Sager)
     ◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Gone Girl (2014)

Amy Elliott Dunne/Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)
Margo Dunne & Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)
Margo Dunne/Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)

Prompts/ideas:
Amy Elliott Dunne/Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)
     ◊ After the events of the movie, Amy and Nick cash in on the notoriety of the "kidnapping", with Amy becoming a motivational speaker and children's book author. With Amy being the sole breadwinner while Nick is now a stay-at-home dad, old resentments begin rearing their ugly heads...but now a baby is involved.
     ◊ A few years after the events of the movie, Amy's murder of Desi Collings unexpectedly comes to light. Would love a social media/epistolary take on this. Amy isn't going to go down without a fight, so does she try to take Nick down with her too? Or does Nick finally try to use the opportunity to get out of the marriage?
     ◊ Amy channels her murderous impulses into a baking/mommy vlog, and drags Nick into it—to disastrous results.
     ◊ After the events of the movie, Amy becomes a minor celebrity. And Nick becomes convinced she's taken a lover/lovers. Nick soon starts unraveling, and Amy once again decides to take drastic measures to protect herself.
     ◊ Post-movie. What about Amy's thoughts on their relationship and future after the movie. What does Amy expect to happen when she gives birth? Does she have other ways of keeping Nick in line? What happens when things don't go according to her plans?
     ◊ Post-movie. A few years down the line, Amy decides she's tired of Nick and their child. She can't divorce Nick because, as sole breadwinner, she would have to give him child support. So she starts plotting his murder. Does she succeed? Or is she foiled? (I'd really love something noirish, with a little dark humor.)
     ◊ Future fic/AU. After the movie, a bit of evidence Amy forgot or overlooked is brought to light and she's eventually sent to prison for Desi's murder. I'd love a social media/epistolary look at her trial, perhaps through Nick's eyes.
     ◊ Pre-movie. 5 moments Amy and Nick were wrong for each other and one moment they were just perfect. (Would love something that hints at the darkness within each.)
     ◊ Post-movie. Amy and Nick's child disappears and Nick immediately suspects Amy is behind it. But Amy insists she had nothing to do with it. Is she telling the truth? I'd actually love if Amy was orchestrating things behind the scenes but I'm not too picky about it. She doesn't have to be involved. Nick just has to think she is. (Nick and Amy's kid can be endangered but I'd prefer no real harm actually come to them.)
     ◊ Pre-movie. How Amy and Nick's wedding night really went.

Margo Dunne & Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)
     ◊ What happens to Nick and Go after the movie ends?
     ◊ Post-movie. Go has a strained relationship with Nick and Amy after the events of the movie. When Amy gives birth, Nick starts shutting her out of their lives...but why? Go investigates!
     ◊ Urban Fantasy AU. Nick and Go are twins with psychic abilities. Then people start dying around them. Are they responsible?
     ◊ Fairytale AU. Nick and Go are left in the care of a hungry witch by neglectful parents. Are they able to outsmart the witch and escape? Or are they trapped with her?
     ◊ Post-movie. With Amy struggling with depression after the birth of the baby, Nick invites Go to stay with them and help out. Amy starts making paranoid accusations which causes things to explode in violence.

Margo Dunne/Nick Dunne (Gone Girl 2014)
     ◊ Pre-movie. Five times Nick and Go didn't cross the line and one time they did.
     ◊ Pre-movie. Go visits Nick and Amy in New York and picks up on tension between them. Go's way of relieving tension causes problems between all three of them.
     ◊ Canon AU. After Amy disappears, instead of turning to his girlfriend, Nick turns to Go instead. Things go just as badly, if not worse.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Original Work

Female Heir to a Large Estate/Male Cousin Who Wants Her Inheritance
Female Homeowner Excited To Live In A Haunted House/Male Ghost Disgruntled He Can't Scare Her
Female Mad Scientist/Male Robot That Unexpectedly Gains Sentience
Female Spaceship AI That's Becoming More and More Humanlike/Male Spaceship Pilot
Gruff Older Male Family Friend/Younger Female Virgin Who Asks Him to Educate Her Sexually
Kid Dressed Up As Ghost & Real Ghost
Lonely Old Lady Ghost & Child She Befriends (Original Work)
Mermaid/Shipwrecked Sailor
Priest/Female Confessor
Haunted Baby Doll & Lonely Childless Woman (Original Work)
Melodramatic Female Ghost/Male Homeowner Who Refuses To Believe In Ghosts
Lonely Woman Going Through Books From Her Goth Days/Incubus She Inadvertently Summons
Male Cop investigating a Cult/Cultists/Cosmic Horror they Worship
Backwoods Cult Leader/Young Man Seeking Protection (M/M)

I won't be giving specific prompts for these pairings because I feel like the pairings themselves work as the prompts, but if you need more guidance or a prompt please reach out to me through the mods and I'll reply ASAP.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Riverdale (TV 2017)

Jughead Jones/Veronica Lodge (Riverdale TV)

Prompts/ideas:
     ◊ Jughead and Veronica enter into a frenemies-with-benefits arrangement during college.
     ◊ Future fic or AU. Jughead starts installing hidden cameras and spying on the townspeople of Riverdale, telling themselves it's for their safety. What happens when he sees something at Veronica's that he shouldn't have? Will he intervene?
     ◊ Future fic or AU. When Veronica gets kicked out of her current living situation (college dorm? parents' house?) Jughead takes her in.
     ◊ Gothic romance AU. The people of Riverdale have never seen the mysterious heir to the Jones fortune and some doubt he even exists. Most townspeople no longer know where fact ends and legend begins. A persistent tall tale insists Jughead killed his parents and sister and was locked in the attic...if he even exists. When newcomer Veronica is hired to tutor him, she decides to dig into his life and past and is shocked by what she finds.
     ◊ Future fic. Jughead and Veronica make a big show of disliking each other but they've both been pining for years. With both Betty and Archie out of the picture, they're finally free to be together. But what keeps getting in their way?
     ◊ Future fic. After high school or college, Jughead and Veronica move in together as roomies. Both gamely ignore their feelings for the other, but the situation soon becomes untenable.
     ◊ Future fic/post-series. After graduating from high school, Veronica and Jughead are the two that manage to escape for college. No longer close with their exes or most of their friends, Jughead reaches out to Veronica and they begin a long-distance correspondence that blossoms into romance.
     ◊ Future fic or post-series. Trapped in unfulfilling marriages and dead-end jobs, Jughead and Veronica meet once every month for kinky sex to "let off some steam." What happens when one of them starts wanting more from their arrangement? (The spouses can be Betty and Archie, or original characters.)
     ◊ How does growing up in Riverdale affect Jughead and Veronica after they grow up and leave? Does it draw them together? (For the sake of this pairing/prompt, yes.)
     ◊ Future!fic/post-series, Veronica and Jughead come back to Riverdale for Archie and/or Betty's wedding. The two agree to be the other's plus one.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)

Quentin Beck/Peter Parker (SM Movies)
Quentin Beck/Michelle Jones (SM Movies)
Michelle Jones/Peter Parker (SM Movies)

Prompts/ideas:
Quentin Beck/Peter Parker (SM Movies)
     ◊ Post-movie AU. Quentin survived and kidnaps Peter.
     ◊ Post-movie AU. Quentin manipulates Peter into a relationship for nefarious reasons. Does Peter catch on?
     ◊ Post-movie AU. Peter gets amnesia and soon finds himself drawn to a handsome stranger. But there's something vaguely familiar about him.

Quentin Beck/Michelle Jones (SM Movies)
     ◊ AU. Quentin survived and kidnaps Michelle in revenge or to lure Peter to him.

Michelle Jones/Peter Parker (SM Movies)
     ◊ After the events of the movie, Peter tried to deal with having his identity being exposed. Michelle helps him cope.
     ◊ Future fic. Michelle asks Peter to senior prom.
     ◊ Peter and Michelle go to a Halloween costume party.
     ◊ Peter and Michelle go trick-or-treating.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (SWST)
Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SWST)
Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey (SWST)
Finn/Rey (SWST)
Poe Dameron/Finn (SWST)

Prompts/ideas:
Ben Solo | Kylo Ren/Rose Tico (SWST)
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Kylo kidnaps Rose as a political maneuver, then develops feelings for her. Rose decides to use his feelings against him, to get free, but does she succeed?
     ◊ Future fic and/or AU. Bad guys (space pirates?) force Kylo and Rose to do it. Maybe they want to record it for blackmail material, or they're just lecherous creeps. Not picky as to their reasoning.
     ◊ Rose is sacrificed by the Resistance to Kylo for peace.
     ◊ Rose is transporting Kylo to a prison planet after his capture when they crash land on a Hoth-like planet (or Hoth itself). One or both are seriously injured and must rely on each other for survival.

Leia Organa & Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (SWST)
     ◊ TLJ AU. Kylo makes a split second decision that changes everything. When Leia is attacked by the First Order, Kylo brings her aboard his ship and flees with her.
     ◊ AU or missing scene. Kylo's always been overly devoted to his mother. What happens when he takes that devotion too far?
     ◊ AU. Kylo is unexpectedly de-aged, which makes things even more complicated and troubling than before.
     ◊ Post-TROS AU. During The Rise of Skywalker, Kylo defects to the Resistance, promising information vital to defeating the First Order. While Leia accepts him at his word, and welcomes him back, others aren't so eager to trust him.

Poe Dameron/Finn/Rey (SWST)
     ◊ Poe, Finn, and Rey celebrate the Star Wars version of Halloween together.
     ◊ Poe, Finn, and Rey attend a costume party together.
     ◊ Poe, Finn, and Rey are forced into ritual marriage while on an undercover mission to a distant planet.

Finn/Rey (SWST)
     ◊ Finn and Rey celebrate the Star Wars version of Halloween together.
     ◊ Finn and Rey attend a costume party together.
     ◊ Modern AU. Finn and Rey take their child/children trick-or-treating for the first time.
     ◊ Finn and Rey are forced into ritual marriage while on an undercover mission to a distant planet.
     ◊ After the Resistance wins the war, Finn and Rey get shotgun-married.

Poe Dameron/Finn (SWST)
     ◊ Finn and Poe celebrate the Star Wars version of Halloween together.
     ◊ Finn and Poe attend a costume party together.
     ◊ Finn and Poe are forced into ritual marriage while on an undercover mission to a distant planet.
     ◊ Post-movie/AU. Finn gets abducted either by the First Order or a new enemy. Poe burns the galaxy down to save him.
     ◊ Finn and Poe go undercover as a couple and have to improvise when their cover gets blown.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Winchester (2018)

Eric Price/Sarah Winchester

Prompts/ideas:
     ◊ Eric and Sarah lean on each other after the events of the movie.
     ◊ AU. Eric is a ghost. How does that change things for them?
     ◊ Post-movie. Sarah calls on Eric for help when she finds herself the target of another ghost.
     ◊ Post-movie. Eric and Sarah don't survive the events of the movie and haunt Winchester House together.

Art-wise, I'm not a fan of chibis but everything else goes. I try to leave the art to the discretion of the artist, but if you need more specifics please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.
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Once again, I'd like to stress that my prompts/ideas are only suggestions! Don't feel constrained by them! Mix and match as you please, or come up with something completely on your own without my input. They're just meant as a guide.

You can check out my other dear author letters here for a better idea of the kind of tropes I like! If you need any clarification please contact the mods (or reach out to me, if permitted).

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