badritual | summer of horror exchange

Dear Creator,

I have used parts of previous letters to compose the body of this letter. If none of my ideas/prompts catch your attention, I'm totally fine with mixing and matching some of my tropes/likes/freeforms/etc. to come up with a story! I also may not have specific prompts for every pairing/fandom I've requested. If anything is confusing, or you have any questions or need clarification, you can reach me through the mods!

A lot of these fandoms and prompts/ideas are repeat requests, including fandoms I've already received amazing fic for. I really just love the fandom/idea to be requesting it again; it's not meant to be a slight against the authors or fic I've received in the past!

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey
Final Girls - Riley Sager
La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard - Charles Perrault
Original Work
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Prodigal Son (TV 2019)
Scream (Movies)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
Supernatural (TV 2005)
Taxi Driver (1976)

What I Love: I like gen, het, slash, femslash, and poly-ships (poly-v too). I'm currently really into gothic romance/gothic horror/horror of any stripe really. I also adore romcoms, enemies-to-lovers, difficult/complicated relationships, and questions with no easy answers. I love ambiguous/happy for now/sad endings, 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:
• domestic violence/abuse
• violence against animals/animal death
• A/B/O, BDSM, and kneeling 'verses (fine with these tropes appearing as "one offs", not interested in universes structured around them)
• mpreg
• watersports/omorashi/scat
• mundane AUs (i.e. coffee shop, flower shop, cafe, high school/college, etc)
• vampire/werewolf AUs for non-supernatural fandoms/fandoms where they don't appear or exist (canon vampires/werewolves in supernatural-based fandoms are fine!)
• horror that centers on mental institutions/hospitals/etc.
• inclusion of current real world events (i.e. war in Ukraine, US politics/Trump, covid, etc.)

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• gothic romance/romantic horror
• 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!!!
• What happens after the fairytale ends?
• bodyswap
• casefic
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining / pining for someone while in a relationship with them)
• mind-games/manipulation
• ghosts/hauntings/etc. (literal and metaphorical)
• houses that want to eat you
• nature that wants to eat you
• eldritch architecture/architecture that wants to eat you (fwiw i adore the evilbuildings tumblr, which has some examples of buildings i could see hungering for human flesh)
• morally gray/immoral angels
• the monstrous feminine / female monsters / feminine horror
• miscommunication (within reason)
• poly/poly-v relationships
• enemies to lovers
• friends to lovers to enemies to lovers
• friends to enemies to lovers
• unhealthy/codependent relationships
• obsession/obsessive relationships
• relationships with a power imbalance (i.e. mentor/pupil, priest/parishioner, older partner/younger partner, queen/subject, etc.)
• power imbalances/power dynamics/power dynamics inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has all the power, parishioner has power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• platonic soulmates
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• ensemble fic
• complicated relationships
• professional/career-related jealousy
• Ritual sex/resurrection rituals
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

The Echo Wife - Sarah Gailey

Pairings:
Evelyn Caldwell & Martine
Evelyn Caldwell & Nathan Caldwell
Evelyn Caldwell/Martine
Evelyn Caldwell/Nathan Caldwell

I'll make an exception for non-graphic/offscreen/mentioned domestic abuse and violence given the source material. I'd prefer it not to be dwelled on, or described in detail.

I'd really love to know what happens with Evelyn, Martine, and Violet after the events of the book. What sort of family unit do they try to forge? Do they develop a relationship? Is it strictly professional? Are they able to escape their past(s)?

As I was reading the book, I became frustrated with Evelyn's and Nathan's relationship: what actually drew Evelyn to Nathan and kept them together? Because it didn't seem like Evelyn needed or wanted him at all (and I found her to be somewhat unreliable a narrator). Did she view Nathan as a trophy that was taken away from her by a "better" version of herself? She was dismissive of him, but at the same time, was furious and hurt that he'd left and I spent a lot of time trying to reconcile those parts of Evelyn as I read.

Or you could write a missing scene or AU scene between them. I'd also be fine if you wanted to focus on Evelyn and Nathan's clone.

I'd prefer gen for both groups, but I'm also perfectly happy to receive shippy fic too.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Final Girls - Riley Sager

Pairings:
Quincy Carpenter & Coop
Quincy Carpenter & Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone
Quincy Carpenter/Coop
Quincy Carpenter/Samantha Boyd | Tina Stone

Quincy/Sam | Tina
◊ AU or missing scene. Tina blackmails Quincy into a one-night stand and/or a twisted relationship.
◊ Post-book AU. Murder girlfriends!! Instead of going to prison, Tina and Quincy go on the run together, leaving a trail of blood and bodies behind them.
◊ Post-book. Tina gets out of prison and comes looking for Quincy. What does she want with Quincy?

Quincy & Sam | Tina
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically
◊ Post-book. Tina starts blackmailing Quincy from prison. Does Quincy help her escape? Does she escape to find Quincy?

Quincy/Coop
◊ Post-book. Quincy starts to believe she's being haunted by Coop. Is he a ghost, or something more corporeal?
◊ "5 times Quincy and Coop were perfect together and 1 time they weren't" (or the other way around) interpreted however you wish.
◊ Pre-canon, set shortly after the events at Pine Cottage. In those early days, is Quincy's memory as unreliable as it is during the course of the novel? Does she become better about suppressing certain memories? Was she ever distrustful of Coop? He was obviously manipulating her for some time; did Quincy ever see signs about Coop she just chose to ignore?
◊ I was never totally convinced Quincy had romantic feelings toward Coop, though he was clearly obsessed with her from the start. How does that sort of imbalance play out over the course of their relationship?

Quincy & Coop
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically
◊ How does Quincy view Coop after the events of the book? Does she feel guilty for killing him?
◊ Post-book AU. Quincy tries to summon Coop but the ritual goes wrong.
◊ 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?

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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La Barbe bleue | Bluebeard - Charles Perrault

Pairings:
Bluebeard & Bluebeard's Last Wife
Bluebeard's Last Wife
Bluebeard's First Wife

As usual, I dig IN SPACE!!! AUs. Is Bluebeard a shady spaceship captain, and the dead wives are actually the ship's AIs? Maybe Bluebeard is an eldritch horror or a terrifying alien.

I am really interested in Bluebeard's last wife getting one over on him and earning her happy ending, but I will also take happy-for-now and dark/bittersweet endings for this fandom.

For the Last Wife and First Wife, I would love character studies or backstory for them. What led them to marrying Bluebeard? How is the Last Wife able to save herself? Maybe the First Wife is a ghost watching over the events of the fairytale and helpfully guiding the Last Wife to victory?

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Original Work

I tend to think of the original pairings/groups as prompts in and of themselves, but if you need more guidance please reach out to me through the mods and I'll get back ASAP.

Pairings:
Babysitter & The Madman In the Attic
Brooding Master of the House & Gothic Heroine
Female Instagram Influencer & Her Obsessed Male Stalker
Serial Killing Uncle & His Niece Who Aspires to Be a Serial Killer
Female Serial Killer & Male Cop Hot On Her Trail
Male Serial Killer & Female Cop Hot On His Trail
True Crime Podcaster(s) & Their Biggest Fan Who Aspires to Serial Killing
Fifties Housewife With a Dark Secret & Unsuspecting Neighbor Boy
Madwoman In the Attic & Her Murderous Husband's New Wife
Grandmother With a History of Poisonings & Her Curious Grandchild
Grieving Parents & Android Replacement For Their Deceased Child
Innocent Younger Sister & Obsessed Older Brother
Little Girl Left Home Alone & Nosy Neighbor Next Door
Maid Too Nosy For Her Own Good & Her Reclusive Employer
Newly Married Young Woman & The Ghost of Her Murdered Predecessor
Sadistic Trucker & Runaway Teen
Slasher & Final Girl
Sleepover Party & Peeping Tom
Tortured Priest & Demon Posing As a Beautiful Young Woman
Tortured Priest & Demon Posing As a Beautiful Young Man

I am fine with either romantic or platonic relationships. If teens are involved I'd prefer the teens to be 16 or older if there's sexual content. I love when the character with less power gets the upper hand (i.e. the final girl gets one over on the slasher, the sleepover party gets revenge on the peeping tom, etc.)

I'm fine with any level of violence, but if children are involved I'd prefer it to be non-graphic or alluded to rather than gore-splattered.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Pairings:
Raoul de Chagny & Christine Daaé
Raoul de Chagny/Christine Daaé
Erik | Phantom of the Opera & Madame Giry
Erik | Phantom of the Opera/Madame Giry
Christine Daaé & Raoul de Chagny & Erik | Phantom of the Opera
Christine Daaé/Raoul de Chagny/Erik | Phantom of the Opera
Christine Daaé & Erik | Phantom of the Opera
Christine Daaé/Erik | Phantom of the Opera

I'd love something that explores the aftermath of the movie, and the impact of the events on Christine and Raoul's relationship. Do they struggle through it, leaning on one another? Or are things more difficult? Are they haunted by literal or metaphorical ghosts?

Christine Daaé/Raoul de Chagny
◊ Christine struggles with PTSD after her ordeal with the phantom.
◊ Raoul and Christine cope (badly) in the aftermath of their escape from the opera house.
◊ Was the Phantom real or is Christine suffering from delusions?
◊ After their escape, Christine slowly slips into madness.
◊ For a time, Christine and Raoul are happy together. But it turns out their ghosts followed them from Paris.

Chrstine Daaé/Raoul de Chagny/Erik
◊ Christine chooses to stay with Erik. But Raoul? Raoul wasn't given a choice.
◊ Erik forces Raoul and Christine to have sex in front of him so he can live vicariously through Raoul.
◊ After the events of the movie Erik abducts Raoul and Christine. For revenge? Or for something else?
◊ Christine and Raoul get an unwelcome guest at their wedding.
◊ AU. Christine dies and a desperate Raoul brings her corpse back to the opera house in the hopes that Erik can help.
◊ Erik is dead! So why does Christine still hear him whispering to her at night, while she's lying in bed next to her husband Raoul?
◊ Erik abducts Raoul and Christine and forces them to pick who will be tortured.
◊ AU. Christine and Raoul receive a mysterious guest at their baby's christening. Could it be the Phantom?
◊ Future fic/AU. Christine becomes convinced Erik has followed them from Paris to Sweden to the United States. Is the cloaked figure that seeming stalks them really Erik?
◊ Future fic/AU. Years later, Christine and Raoul finally take the honeymoon they've been putting off since they married. But when strange things start happening, they become convinced Erik has followed them.

Erik/Madame Giry
◊ AU. What happens when the unfailingly loyal Madame Giry finally lets Erik down?
◊ Give me something vaguely Oedipal, twisted, and tragic between Erik and Madame Giry. The more gothic the better.
◊ Missing scene/AU. Erik extracts a payment from Madame Giry too. (I'd love an unhealthy relationship with a power imbalance, but with the younger character (Erik) wielding the power over the older one (Giry).)

Additional notes: I'll make an exception for horror involving mental institutions and hospitals for this fandom. No references to Love Never Dies, please and thanks!

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Prodigal Son (TV 2019)

Pairings:
Malcolm Bright & Edrisa Tanaka
Malcolm Bright/Edrisa Tanaka
Gil Arroyo & Malcolm Bright

Malcolm Bright/Edrisa Tanaka
◊ Edrisa loves when Malcolm pays attention to her. What sort of things does she do so that she never leaves his mind?
◊ When Edrisa is kidnapped or injured on the job, Malcolm loses it a little bit. Is he able to climb back from the edge or does he fall over?
◊ It turns out Malcolm did want Edrisa to kiss him and she missed her shot. What does she do when it appears Malcolm is dating again?
◊ Turns out Malcolm did want Edrisa to kiss him and she missed her shot. When it appears he's dating again, she figures the opportunity has passed her by, but not everything is as it seems.

Malcolm Bright & Edrisa Tanaka
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically/non-romantically.
◊ AU. When Edrisa is certain she's been cursed (by a spell? by a witch? author's chioice), she turns to Malcolm for help.

Gil Arroyo & Malcolm Bright
◊ Malcolm's always admired Gil and looked upon him like a father figure. What happens if that relationship were slightly more twisted or obsessive? (Not looking for anything pseudo-incestuous, just a slightly unhealthy surrogate parent/son bond.)
◊ When Gil is seriously injured and hovers between life and death, Malcolm must struggle with the prospect of losing his surrogate father.
◊ When Gil makes his romantic intentions toward Jessica known, Malcolm decides to see if he's worthy of his mother.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Scream (Movies)

Pairings:
Roman Bridger & Sidney Prescott
Roman Bridger/Sidney Prescott
Sam Carpenter & Tara Carpenter

Roman Bridger/Sidney Prescott
◊ AU. Concealing the fact he's Sidney's half-brother, Roman draws her into a relationship.
◊ Raised Together AU. Roman's always wanted Sidney. He's also always wanted to kill her. He's no longer sure which he wants more.
◊ AU. Sidney can't shake the sensation that she isn't alone. Things move around her house, seemingly of their own will. Her dreams are filled with nightmarish images of violent sex and gore. She soon realizes Roman is reaching out to her from the grave.

Roman Bridger & Sidney Prescott
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted platonically.
◊ Raised Together AU. Sidney's always been a little afraid of her half-brother, Roman.
◊ AU. After the events of Scream 3, Sidney visits Roman at the hospital with the intention of killing him. Does she change her mind? Or does she go through with it?
◊ Post-Scream 3. Roman starts haunting Sidney after his death.

Sam Carpenter & Tara Carpenter
◊ After the movie, Sam and Tara attempt to rebuild their lives, but some ghosts refuse to stay buried.
◊ Sam and Tara leave Woodsboro, but something follows them. Something deadly.
◊ Post-Scream (2022). Tara reveals to Sam that she sees hallucinations of Billy too. What if it turns out Billy is a ghost that's been haunting both the Carpenter sisters?

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types

Pairings:
Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano
Darth Maul & Ahsoka Tano
Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker & Ahsoka Tano
Obi-Wan Kenobi & Ahsoka Tano
Rex & Ahsoka Tano
Obi-Wan Kenobi & Anakin Skywalker

I love psychological horror/ghost stories, as well as literal and/or metaphorical, and Star Wars was plenty of characters ready to be haunted. Perhaps an adult Ahsoka returns to the ruins of Mortis and is visited by someone or something that once haunted her. Maybe she teams up with Maul for some reason, which leads to them confronting clone ghosts, or she and Rex are literally terrorized by Rex's dead brothers?

I also love time travel, undead clones, love that becomes corrupted whether it's romantic, platonic, familial, etc., eldritch nature which wants to eat you... You can also free to mix and match some of my horror likes to come up with something too.

Horror-tinged casefic is always a good bet too, especially TCW-era with the disaster lineage. If you write Maul and Ahsoka, or Rex and Ahsoka, I'd love something set post-Order 66 for those pairs.

I'd prefer gen for the requested groups/pairs, but mention of background canonical romantic relationships (like Anidala and Obitine) are fine!

There's a lot of potential for horror in the SW universe is all I'm saying!

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Supernatural (TV 2005)

Pairings:
Cassie Robinson & Dean Winchester
Castiel & Dean Winchester
Claire Novak & Dean Winchester
Eileen Leahy & Sam Winchester
Dean Wichester & John Winchester
Castiel & Claire Novak
Cassie Robinson/Dean Winchester
Castiel/Dean Winchester
Eileen Leahy/Sam Winchester

I'd love missing scenes or post-canon AUs, especially for Dean/Cassie, Dean/Castiel, and Sam/Eileen. I love haunted house stories for this fandom, especially if the house is more than just a house.

I also love twisted parental/pseudo-parental relationships (nothing incestuous). John turned Dean into a child soldier and we saw some of that perpetuated in Dean's relationships with children/teens. What would Dean do if he realized he was repeating the "sins of the father" as it were through Claire or Jack?

There's also a lot you could do with angelic/eldritch horror. Just how horrific is it to be possessed by an angel? How does that change Claire, Dean, Sam, even Cas (and Jimmy Novak, if you wish)?

I would really, REALLY love gothic horror/gothic romance for this fandom, so if all else fails... go with anything gothic!

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Taxi Driver (1976)

Pairings:
Travis Bickle & Iris Steensma
Iris Steensma & Original Female Character(s)
Travis Bickle/Iris Steensma
Iris Steensma/Original Female Character(s)

I prefer gen for this fandom but if you decide to write something shippy I just prefer Iris to be an adult!

I'll make an exception for asylum/hospital based horror for this fandom.

Travis & Iris
◊ Post-movie. Travis survives the shootout. Years later, he receives a visit from a grown-up Iris. How does their reunion go?
◊ Post-movie. Travis dies at the end of the movie and visits Iris as a ghost.
◊ AU. Years later, Travis visits Iris. Is he a ghost, a hallucination? Or is he real?
◊ Post-canon. Iris finds out her mother's been writing to Travis at the hospital/institution/etc. he's been at since the shootout. How does this impact her?

Travis/Iris
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted non-platonically.
◊ Post-canon. Years later, an adult Iris and Travis meet up and start a relationship. But things aren't quite as they seem. Is one or both of them a ghost, or something worse?

Iris & OFC
◊ Post-canon. An adult Iris meets a woman she knew when she was working for Sport at her support group. They become friends, but Iris begins worrying about who the woman really is. Is she just being paranoid?

Iris/OFC
◊ Post-canon. After Iris returns home and eventually gets her life back together, she starts a relationship with the OFC. They try to work through her trauma together but something isn't adding up.

I tend to leave art specifics up to the individual artist. The only thing I'm not really into is chibi art, but other than that anything goes.
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Once again, I'd like to stress that my prompts/ideas are only suggestions! Please don't feel constrained by them! Mix and match my likes/prompts/ideas/etc. as you please, or come up with something completely on your own without my input. They're just meant as a guide if you need it.

You can check out my other dear author letters here and here for a better idea of the kind of tropes I like! If you need any clarification please contact me through the mods and I'll get back to you ASAP.

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