badritual | summer of horror 2023

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!

Some of these fandoms and prompts/ideas maye be 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!

I'm open to treats! Fic and art for all.

What I Love
DNWs
Stuff I Like
Creep (Movies)
Criminal Minds
Halloween (Movies)
The Menu (2022)
Original Work
Piggy (2022)
Scream (Movies)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Supernatural (TV)
The Winchesters (TV)

What I Love: 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, SCOTUS decisions, covid, etc.)

Stuff I Like:
• gothic/gothic romance/horror/ghost stories!!!
• southern gothic/midwestern gothic/suburban gothic/urban gothic/regional gothic in general
• space gothic (think Event Horizon and the Alien series)
• cosmic horror
• body horror
• monsters!!! sentient monsters!!! monsters that just wanna eat things!!!
• eldritch architecture/houses/houses that want to eat you
• eldritch nature/nature that wants to eat you
• eldritch spaceships/planets/etc. (that want to eat you)
• bodyswap
• gray morality/shady ethics/etc.
• forced/close proximity
• time travel/time loops/time fuckery
• pining
• ghosts/hauntings/etc.
• 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 inverted (i.e. the student in the professor/student relationship has/gains the power, parishioner has/gains power over the priest, subject controls the queen, etc.)
• manipulation/mindgames (especially mutual manipulation/mindgames)
• characters facing/dealing with mortality (of their lives, their livelihoods, careers, etc.)
• age gap
• platonic soulmates
• amnesiafic
• epistolary/social media pastiche
• future fic
• casefic
• ensemble fic
• found family/families of choice
• complicated relationships
• professional/career-related jealousy
• ritual sex/resurrection rituals
• public consummation of marriage
• witchcraft/witches
• scary/creepy/spooky interpretations of fairytales/mythology/folklore/etc.
• deals gone wrong (supernatural demon deals/deals with the devil literally or figuratively... not talking like business deals that fall through, although if that was a metaphor for something...)
• small town AUs (small town in the suburban gothic sense rather than cute, quaint villages and whatnot)

Creep (Movies)

Pairings/groups:
Aaron & Josef / Aaron/Josef
Josef & Sara / Josef/Sara
^*I will be happy with either gen or ship fic for these pairs!

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Comedic Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
Aaron & Josef
What if Josef had let Aaron live? Would Aaron have been able to escape Josef's obsession/fixation on him? Or... what if Josef had tried a different angle in attempting to win Aaron's affections, or at least keep his influence over him?

Josef & Sara
I was intrigued by the final moments of the movie; Josef (Aaron) has found Sara and is presumably stalking her... Does she confront him right there on the subway? Does Sara start stalking him? Is it a mutual game of cat-and-mouse, or something more one-sided? Or, were there missing moments during the movie in which Josef shut off his camera, or moments he edited out of the movie?

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes: I'm fine with violence between Aaron/Josef and Sara/Aaron that doesn't stray into domestic violence/intimate partner abuse. I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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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Criminal Minds (TV)

Pairings/groups:
Elle Greenaway & Spencer Reid / Elle Greenaway/Spencer Reid
Penelope Garcia & Aaron Hotchner / Penelope Garcia/Aaron Hotchner
Luke Alvez & Penelope Garcia / Luke Alvez/Penelope Garcia
Aaron Hotchner & Peter Lewis | Mr. Scratch
George Foyet & Aaron Hotchner

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
Elle Greenaway & Spencer Reid
I love the idea that Elle becomes someone the BAU has to hunt, and how that affects Spencer and perhaps pushes him toward her in a way, or Elle dying of her gunshot wound and becoming a ghost who continues to haunt the BAU, specifically, Spencer. What if Spencer thinks she's a hallucination of his, when he believes he could be schizophrenic?

Penelope Garcia & Aaron Hotchner
I enjoy a good "Hotch was always an UNSUB" or "Hotch becomes an UNSUB after leaving the BAU" AU, but I also like undercover as a couple/married and the various ways that trope can go wrong. Maybe Hotch is wanted by the FBI and, desperate to clear his name, abducts Garcia to help in that.

Luke Alvez & Penelope Garcia
◊ Someone starts stalking Garcia and she leans on Luke for support. The stalker can be someone from her past or an OC.
◊ AU. Penelope is kidnapped and both Luke and Penelope are forced to confront their previously unacknowledged feelings for one another.
◊ AU. The bad guys make them do it (for blackmail material or just because they're bad guys). They're rescued by the team, but things are tense and awkward. Do they work through it, or is their relationship broken beyond repair?
◊ AU, missing scene, or post-series. Luke gets drugged by an unsub and Penelope has to care for him. Things get...dicey.
◊ AU where Luke or Penelope is the unsub and one captures the other.

Aaron Hotchner & Peter Lewis | Mr. Scratch
Post-canon AU, or set any time after Hotch leaves the BAU, where Mr. Scratch survived. OR a missing/deleted scene set before Mr. Scratch's death during Hotch and Jack's stay in witness protection.

◊ AU. Penelope and Hotch get stranded together somewhere. Abandoned building, a cave, a spaceship that's run out of fuel, not picky. Survival horror + trauma bonding?
◊ AU. After Haley dies, Penelope takes it upon herself to take care of Hotch and Jack. But maybe she goes a liiiittle overboard.
◊ AU. Penelope joins Hotch on a case when she gets targeted by the unsub. Hotch tries his best to keep his team safe, but the guy they're chasing just seems to be one step ahead of them...
◊ AU. Hotch is an UNSUB the BAU has captured and Penelope has to work with him for a different case. She knows she shouldn't be this drawn to him but...
◊ AU. Penelope buys some Halloween decorations to put up in the BAU headquarters and inadvertently opens a portal to hell right in Hotch's office. Whoops.
◊ AU. Penelope is watching Jack when they're both kidnapped, and Hotch is determined to find them. Would love Hotch being kind of scary and Penelope protective of Jack.

George Foyet & Aaron Hotchner
◊ Hotch suddenly starts seeing Foyet everywhere. Is he hallucinating or is Foyet's ghost haunting him?
◊ Hotch and Jack conduct a séance to reach out to Haley, but they end up getting Foyet instead.
◊ AU. Foyet survives and makes it clear Hotch will never be free of him.

I ship Luke/Penelope, Spencer/Elle, and Penelope/Hotch. I prefer gen for the other two pairs.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
No unrequested ships involving my requested pairings/groups please. This includes canonical past relationships like Hotch/Haley, Hotch/Beth, Penelope/Kevin, Penelope/Tyler, Spencer/JJ, and Spencer/Maeve, as well as noncanon ships like Penelope/Derek or Derek/Spencer. Brief/passing references to background or past relationships are okay. Also, I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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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Halloween (Movies)

Pairings/groups:
Rachel Carruthers & Jamie Lloyd & Tina Williams
Thomas "Tommy" Doyle & Lindsey Wallace
Jamie Lloyd & John Tate
Michael Myers & Laurie Strode
Jamie Lloyd & Michael Myers
Laurie Strode & John Tate
Jamie Lloyd & Thomas "Tommy" Doyle
Thomas "Tommy" Doyle & Jamie Lloyd
Jamie Lloyd & Tina Williams
Rachel Carruthers & Jamie Lloyd
Tina Williams
Laurie Strode
Jamie Lloyd

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Cosmic Horror
Subgenre: Dark Fantasy
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Monster Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Science Fiction Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
I love family/found family/close platonic relationships (especially if they're a little twisted and codependent. I'm intrigued by the idea of Michael and Jamie developing a close bond (either psychically or not), maybe Michael taking Jamie under his wing and training her to follow in his footsteps. I'm also into the idea of Michael's survivors becoming a found family, like Jamie, Lindsay, Tommy, and so forth. I also love platonic Jamie and Tina, and sisterly bonding between Jamie and Rachel (how does Rachel adjust to having a new foster/adopted sister? Does it take her a while to warm up to Jamie's presence in her home? What happens after Jamie attacks her adoptive mother? Do her parents reject her? Does she remain close to them after she's sent to the hospital?)

Jamie is my favorite character from the original timeline of movies. I would love a story where an adult Jamie is brought back to Haddonfield for a reunion of survivors, or she comes back on her own to look into recent murders that look like Michael's handiwork. I am kind of stuck on the idea of Jamie, Tommy, Lindsey and other survivors working together to defeat Michael (rather than what played out in the Green movies with the vigilante mobs). I also like the idea of Jamie tracking down her half-brother, John, and the mother she thought had died; what are Jamie's motivations for looking for them? Does John trust her? Is Laurie happy to see her or does she turn her away?

I am not opposed to romantic ships but I do love gen in this fandom! Relationship-wise I like Laurie/Michael, Laurie/Jimmy, Laurie/Annie, Laurie/OFC, and Laurie/OMC. I don't ship pre-teen Jamie with anyone, though I'm fine with an older/adult Jamie being shipped romantically with OFCs/OMCs, or other canon characters like Michael, Tommy, Lindsey, or John, for example. I don't ship pre-teen Jamie with adults or older teens, though she can be aged up or the story can take place in the future.

Here are some older prompts:

Laurie & Michael
◊ Missing scene or AU. A young Laurie's adoptive parents take her to visit Michael. Things don't go well.
◊ AU. Laurie discovers she has a psychic connection to her brother when he wakes up out of a coma.
◊ AU. After Laurie fakes her death and leaves her daughter with the Carruthers, Michael goes searching for her.

Laurie/Michael
◊ Any of the above prompts interpreted non-platonically
◊ Pre-canon AU. Laurie starts receiving strange Valentine's cards (or love letters or what have you) from a secret admirer...that get progressively more disturbing.
◊ AU. Laurie is horrified to learn that her baby is Michael's, which adds a whole new complication to their already fraught connection.
◊ Missing/deleted scene or AU. Now that Michael finally has Laurie, what does he plan on doing with her?

Laurie & Jamie
◊ AU. Laurie didn't fake her death and instead raises Jamie. (Maybe instead of Karen in the Green movies, Jamie is the one who gets the paranoid survivalist upbringing.)
◊ AU. An adult Jamie and Laurie don't reunite until Michael begins killing again after a decades-long hiatus.
◊ AU or missing/deleted scene. Some vignettes of Laurie raising and being a mom to Jamie, in between the chaos and death, would be nice!

Laurie & Jamie & John
◊ AU. After years of searching, Jamie finds Laurie in California and learns that she started a new family. How does the Strode-Myers reunion go?
◊ AU. Rather than fake her death and leave Jamie with the Carruthers family, she takes Jamie with her and eventually raises her and John as siblings. How does this change things?
◊ AU. After Laurie dies, her estranged surviving children come together for the reading of the will. And one of them will do anything for the Myers/Strode legacy.

Jamie & Michael
◊ AU. Jamie is taken to visit her uncle at Smiths Grove. How does their first meeting go?
◊ AU. Michael successfully abducts Jamie and rather than kill her, he begins to train her to take over his legacy. Does Jamie fight back or does she accept his mentorship?
◊ AU. Jamie's psychic connection to her uncle is stronger than even Dr. Loomis suspected.

Jamie & John
◊ AU. Jamie discovers Laurie faked her death and started anew in California, with a son. She soon goes to great lengths to track them down.
◊ AU. Jamie and John end up at the same high school in California. And then the killing starts again. Is it Jamie or John? Or is Michael back? (Maybe it's all of them!)
◊ Post-movies/AU. Jamie and John meet for the first time as adults when Haddonfield becomes the site of another string of gruesome murders.

Laurie & Jamie & Michael
◊ AU. Michael brings Jamie and Laurie back together for a twisted family reunion. Will anyone survive?
◊ AU. Years after Laurie faked her death and left Jamie behind, mother and daughter reconnect in a fraught family reunion... Then people start dying in familiar ways.
◊ AU. Years after the events of Halloween 4, Michael abducts his niece and Laurie comes out of hiding to try and save her.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I'd prefer no teens under 16 to be included in graphic sexual content, thanks! I prefer the original series timeline (e.g. Laurie is Michael's sister and was adopted by the Strodes, John Tate and/or Jamie Lloyd are Laurie's children, Laurie faked her death, etc). You can keep or toss the Thorn storyline, the Man in Black/Doctor Wynn, Laurie's death in Halloween: Resurrection, etc) and basically bend canon to fit whatever story you're telling. Also, I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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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The Menu (2022)

Pairings/groups:
Margot Mills/Julian Slowik / Margot Mills & Julian Slowik

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Body Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
Something about that part in the movie about hunger awoke something in me while I was watching and I was suddenly on board this ship and the possibilities. I'm particularly interested in the idea that Julian survives, despite his best intentions, and he and Erin/Margot run into each other a little while after the events of the movie. Margot was able to remind Julian what he loved about cooking, a little bit; what if he grows fixated on finding her to recreate that feeling? What if Margot learns he's alive and searches for him under the pretext of turning him in, but something happens to change her plans?

What if Julian survived or faked his death and goes looking for Margot/Erin post-canon? What if Margot finds out he lived and tracks him down after the events of the movie?

I'm very into the idea of erotic horror for this pairing.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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

Pairings/groups:
Final Girl & Slasher
Once-Popular Actress & Obsessed Male Stalker
Aging Actor Known for Being Difficult & Shy Young Female Assistant
Naïve Female College Student & Her Male Professor Who's Hiding A Dark Side
Romance Novelist & Villain From the Cover of Her Books
Teenage Girl Who Wants to Be a Serial Killer & Her Successful Serial Killer Uncle
Male Kidnapper & Female Captive
Doubting Priest & Teenage Girl Who May or May Not Be a Reincarnated Saint
Devout Priest & Possessed Teenage Girl
Sadistic Teenage Girls & Serial Killer
Monster Under the Bed & Teenage Girl
Old Eldritch House that wants to Eat You & People Exploring the House
Female Kidnapper & Female Captive
Grieving Mother & Her Dead Son Haunting the Living from Beyond the Grave
Scientist Secretly Experimenting On His Assistant & Female Assistant Turning Into A Monster
Lighthouse Keeper & Ghost Ship
Podcast Host & Serial Killer
Nosy Podcaster & Man Who May or May Not Be a Serial Killer
Police Detective's Wife & Serial Killer That's Taunted Her Husband For Years
Retired Police Detective & Serial Killer That's Eluded Him For Years

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Comedic Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Monster Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
I won't be providing individual ideas/prompts because I feel like the pairs themselves act as prompts, but I'll provide clarification or ideas/guidance through the mods, if needed. I will take gen and/or ship for any of these pairs.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I'd prefer no teens under 16 to be included in graphic sexual content, thanks! Also, I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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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Piggy (2022)

Pairings/groups:
Sara & the Stranger
Sara & Claudia
Sara & Asun
Sara & Pedro

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Body Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompt/ideas:
What is Sara's life like after the events of the movie? Do things improve or get worse? Is Sara blamed for her inaction or the killer's crimes? Does she blame herself? How do her relationships fare?

Sara & the Stranger
I'd love an AU where the Stranger survives and reaches out to Sara... I found the movie's ambiguity and gray morality very appealing; I'd love an extrapolation of this in a post-canon reunion between Sara and the Stranger. Or you could explore Sara's attraction to the Stranger with missing/deleted scenes from canon.

Sara & Asun
Any sort of horror focusing on Sara and her mother/relationship with her mother would be wonderful. Asun is uncompromising and cruel; does Sara's ordeal change her attitude toward Sara at all--either for the better or the worse? What happens if Sara and Asun are trapped in a similarly bleak situation like the girls? Would they lean on each other and support each other, or tear each other apart?

Sara & Pedro
Pedro could have been a friend but eventually betrays Sara to save himself--does that come into play post-canon? Does Sara want revenge? Do they become friends after the movie, or more? Can Sara and Pedro trust each other? Or does Pedro judge Sara for her actions/inaction during the kidnapping/rescue?

Sara & Claudia
I was intrigued by their dynamic, and the fact they had once apparently been close childhood friends. By the climax of the movie, Clau's rejected Sara for popularity and Maca and Roci's friendship, and even joins in on the bullying; even while Sara is trying to save the two surviving girls, Clau insults her. What happens after the rescue? Was Clau ever as good a friend as Sara thought? Are they able to repair their former friendship?

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
The movie was not clear on ages, IIRC, but I'd prefer no teens under 16 to be included in graphic sexual content, thanks! Also, you're welcome to include non-nominated characters like Maca, Roci, Elena, Juancarlitos, Sara's father, and Sara's brother. I'd also prefer that fatphobia/weight/appearance not be the main focus; I found the amount of fatphobia in the movie to be upsetting, as it was meant to be, but I'd appreciate a lighter touch here.

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

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Comedic Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
Roman Bridger/Sidney Prescott
I do ship them! And I'll always lament that we didn't have more of an interaction between Sidney and Roman in the movie, though there were some very interesting moments between them. Please expand on that, or create a missing scene or AU (Roman survives? 'What if'? Different first meeting?) to explore the potential. What if they'd met when they were younger, and Roman was able to exert an influence over Sid? What if one of them knew they were siblings but the other didn't? What if Sid was a bit more fucked up than she is in canon... What if Roman haunts Sid after Scream 3 or he survived/never died, and he seeks her out or she seeks him out. What if Roman wasn't rejected by Maureen? What if Sid and Roman grew up together, and their relationship was just as messed up? What if Roman's presence in Sid's life influenced her in unforeseen ways? I also love the franchise's metahumor, so playing on that is a plus. Obsession (mutual and otherwise), toxic relationships, obsessive sibling relationship, stalking, revenge, desire and violence, power dynamics/power dynamics inverted, forced proximity, kidnapping/captivity, canon shift/what-if AUs, relationship of convenience, road trips, one stalking the other (or both stalking each other), unhealthy sibling dynamics, all themes and tropes I love. I also wouldn't be opposed to a healthy dose of gothic romance, with all that entails.

I'll also take the toxic/dysfunctional but platonic angle on this dynamic too.

Sam Carpenter & Tara Carpenter
◊ After the movie, Sam and Tara attempt to rebuild their lives, but some ghosts (metaphorical or literal) 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?

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I ship Roman and Sid but I'm not interested in incest between Sam and Tara; I love the protective sisterly bond. I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom. I haven't seen Scream VI so please don't incorporate that movie/include references or spoilers, thanks! I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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 Trek: Strange New Worlds

Pairings/groups:
Christopher Pike & Erica Ortegas
Christopher Pike & Number One | Una Chin-Riley
Christine Chapel & Erica Ortegas
Erica Ortegas

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Body Horror
Subgenre: Comedic Horror
Subgenre: Cosmic Horror
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Monster Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Science Fiction Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
I am a sucker for found family. Also, found family getting trapped in horrifying situations and being forced to lean on each other to survive. I also like a good fuck-or-die or something-made-them-do-it story that focuses on the horror of the situation, too. (I'm intrigued by the idea that Pike and Ortegas or Chapel and Ortegas might find themselves in a fuck-or-die situation and how the aftermath might affect their relationships; would their friendships suffer? Would they be made stronger for having gone through the ordeal together? Or could it lead to them realizing/expressing feelings?)

With solo Ortegas, I would like to see Ortegas forced into a life-and-death survival situation on her own, with her only connection to her crew being a comm link, or maybe not even that, maybe she's lost contact with them completely.

Super into eldritch and alien horror, as well as eldritch/killer/haunted spaceships! Space horror is [chef's kiss]

I like both gen and ship for these pairs.

Additional notes:
I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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)

Pairings/groups:
Castiel & Dean Winchester
Ruby & Sam Winchester
Castiel & Claire Novak
Castiel & Jack Kline & Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Dean Winchester & Sam Winchester
Michael & Dean Winchester
Alastair & Dean Winchester
Claire Novak & Dean Winchester
Cain & Dean Winchester
Eileen Leahy & Sam Winchester
Meg Masters & Sam Winchester
Jack Kline & Claire Novak

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Body Horror
Subgenre: Comedic Horror
Subgenre: Dark Fantasy
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Monster Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
I do love a good found family story but I also really dig gothic romance/gothic horror, and the washed out, desaturated claustrophobia of S1-3. I also love some Winchester codependency and dysfunction; I really vibe with the idea of the brothers being dangerously, unhealthily codependent (not necessarily in a sexual way).

I love Dean and Cas the most when they're being mean and petty to each other (same with Michael/Dean, Cain/Dean and Alistair/Dean), and basically the same with Sam/Ruby and Sam/Meg. Meanwhile, I prefer my Sam/Eileen to be mostly uncomplicated and fluffy. I also like the complicated potential of Cas/Claire (almost father/daughter but highly fucked up because Cas's wearing Claire's dad like a suit) and Jack/Claire (weird, tense, almost sibling rivalry but not quite because what ARE we to each other).

Dean/Cas
I'm really into s6/Godstiel-era Destiel, so give me all the gothic romance/romantic horror (doesn't necessarily have to be set in that time period, I'm just really into the vibes)! I love canon-compliant/canon-adjacent fic, case fic, what if scenarios, (corrupted love/love that corrupts/etc., and all manner of gothic romance/romantic horror). I love the idea of one or both being obsessed with the other and how that complicates things for them and those in their orbit. I also like when they're on the outs with each other and/or their relationship is deteriorating and how that affects the cases they're working/how the cases they're working reflect the dysfunction in their relationship.

I'm also a big fan of 10x22 The Prisoner. What if Dean actually went through with killing Cas? How does he deal with the guilt and grief? And what if he was completely unaware Cas was resurrected...?

Take things as dark as you want.

Sam/Ruby
Let Ruby and Sam be as terrible to each other as you want. I really dig the idea of Ruby as Sam's pet sociopath, trying to win his favor either during her canon run, a post-canon world where she was resurrected, or in an AU where she never died. I also like the idea of Ruby (1.0/Katie Cassidy) starting Sam on demon blood in S3, and how/if that changes things.

Also, what if Ruby possessed the bodies of Sam's loved ones (Bobby? Cas? Jo? Dean?) to fuck with him/break him down and get him on her side? I'm actually super into the idea of Ruby playing mind games with him and manipulating him through Dean's body. (If you go with Dean I'd prefer they don't have sex while she's in Dean's body, but everything else is fair game.)

I like both versions of Ruby, and both Megs (though I really only ship Meg 1.0 with Sam).

I'm fine with gen and ship for all of these pairs except Dean/Sam and Team Free Will 2.0. Cas/Claire could be interesting from an angel vessel trauma angle, and Claire/Jack could be fun in a fucked up semi-sibling-rivalry sort of way.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I am completely neutral about Claire/Kaia; I don't dislike it but never really felt a connection to it so I wouldn't be sad if you handwaved it away or kept it in the background for shipping purposes or storytelling reasons. I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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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The Winchesters (TV)

Pairings/groups:
Carlos Cervantez & Latika Dar & John Winchester & Mary Winchester
Carlos Cervantez & John Winchester
Latika Dar & John Winchester
Latika Dar & Mary Winchester
Samuel Campbell & Mary Winchester

Freeforms:
Subgenre: Body Horror
Subgenre: Cosmic Horror
Subgenre: Dark Fantasy
Subgenre: Folk Horror
Subgenre: Gothic Horror
Subgenre: Institutional Horror
Subgenre: Killer Horror
Subgenre: Medical Horror
Subgenre: Monster Horror
Subgenre: Paranormal Horror
Subgenre: Psychological Horror
Subgenre: Religious Horror
Subgenre: Supernatural Horror
Subgenre: Survival Horror
Subgenre: Violent Horror

Prompts/ideas:
I ship everybody with everybody (except for Samuel and Mary), but I also love gen. I'd really love to see the further adventures of the Monster Club, maybe follow-up to the John/Carlos implications in 1x04 or what happens while Mary and John get to know each other while on the road. Or, perhaps some backstory for Lata and Mary (or even Lata/Maggie if you wish). I'd also love more on Samuel and Mary's relationship. I'm also always down for more Winchester time-and-dimension traveling shenanigans.

Ship-wise, I like the OT4, John/Mary, John/Lata, Carlos/John, Carlos/Mary, Carlos/Lata, and Mary/Lata, as well as pairs I didn't choose but were nominated like: Ada/Rowena and Samuel/Millie.

I'm also curious about unnominated pairs/groups like Carlos and Lata, John and Samuel, Lata and Maggie, Mary and Maggie, and John and Millie.

If none of my ideas strikes you, please feel free to play with my tags/freeforms/likes/etc to come up with something!

Additional notes:
I'm willing to make an exception to my medical horror DNW for this fandom.

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.

summer of horror 2023

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