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Alternate Universe Exchange 2019 Letter
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Fright Night (1985)
*Charley Brewster/Jerry Dandridge
IT (2017)
*Henry Bowers/Eddie Kaspbrak
*Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak
*Gretta Keene/Beverly Marsh
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
*Noah Czerny/Richard Gansey III
*Noah Czerny/Joseph Kavinsky
Hello! I love AUs! They’re some of my favorite things. So needless to say I’m pretty excited for this. My AO3 is summerdayghost and if you have any questions or need anything clarified feel free to contact me through the mod. Have a good exchange!
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up tooth rotting fluff
Fridge horror
Gothic themes
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Casefic
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Being brought over to the dark side
Fake relationships becoming real relationships
Dramatic irony
Manipulative relationships
Dubcon/noncon
Enthusiastic consent
Dark comedy
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
Hopelessly in love
Dorks in love
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
Fright Night (1985)
Charley Brewster/Jerry Dandridge
Tags: Fright Night: the painting looks like Charley instead of Amy, ALL: Role Reversal, ALL: Role Swap AU, All: Serial Killers
I’ve always wondered how the plot would have gone if the painting resembled Charley instead. The canon divergence would probably happen almost immediately considering that Jerry and Charley cross paths way sooner than Jerry and Amy. Also the movie never addresses this, but who exactly was that person in the painting? Did they have some great romance with Jerry or did they slip away from him? Would Charley be a reincarnation of this person or is the resemblance pure coincidence?
As for role reversal/swap I was thinking AU where Charley is a vampire and Jerry isn’t. Like maybe it could be that Jerry moves into a new neighborhood and begins to suspect that the teenage boy in the house next to him is really a vampire.
The serial killer AU tag would essentially just be a human AU, where instead of Charley realizing he lives next to a vampire, he realizes he lives next to a serial killer. What would this version of Jerry want from Charley and how would Charley’s response differ (if at all)?
IT (2017)
Henry Bowers/Eddie Kaspbrak
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. In the case of this pairing specifically, oh boy that has the potential to get fucked up. Especially since I’m not really thinking of the serial killer AU tag not to be completely distinct from this one in the case of this specific pairing (well, except that with the serial killer AU tag you could have Eddie himself go down a darker path). It’s made scarier by how basically nothing would have to change about Henry’s character. Just make it disturbing as hell.
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. For this pairing specifically I’m sorta assuming Eddie would be the protagonist (although if you wanna do it the other way that also works), and my question is if Henry was even supposed to be a romance option (like as a bad end or dark route) or if this is the result of a glitch or mod?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love me some femslash. Also because the idea of a story like IT but exclusively about girls appeals to me. And the femslash that would come from that appeals to me as well because I’m only human. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? One thing I love seeing and want to see more of is girl characters who are evil and cruel and brutal and fucked up in the exact way we’ll let boy characters be evil and cruel and brutal and fucked up. That’s essentially exactly what I would want from F!Henry. Themes of bottled up emotions and anger and complex mother daughter relationships would be some things that would likely be worthwhile to explore with F!Eddie. As for names I think keeping F!Henry’s name as Henry (or Henri, spelling is up to you) and having it short for Henrietta (whether that comes up in fic or not) could work. I really like the name Addie for F!Eddie. Edie always works for me. If you have other name ideas go ahead. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. Is Henry an actor or is he part of the industry in some other way? What sort of movies are Eddie in and what sorts of parts does he get? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of Eddie Kaspbrak the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of his situation? What are the horrors in his life the studio is determined to never let see the light of day?
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. With this particular pairing my mind immediately jumps to Henry as the vampire and Eddie as the prey who isn’t going down without a fight. Or maybe something involving Eddie resenting his own vampirism. If you have another idea go for it.
Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. Also it’s a situation that would change a lot of things. Like how would it affect Bill knowing that he interacts with the people responsible for Georgie’s disappearance every day?
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. Either of these two would work as the protagonist for me, although I can picture it for Bill slightly easier (because his role in canon is already that of a self insert). How does the protagonist feel about this particular romance option and the stories that play out with it?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love me some femslash. Also because the idea of a story like IT but exclusively about girls appeals to me. And the femslash that would come from that appeals to me as well because I’m only human. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? Whenever I think of the f/f iteration of this pairing my thoughts tend to go to F!Eddie as F!Bill’s muse. I mean, that concept is there when I think about the regular old m/m version, but for some reason when it’s f/f the muse thing is more prevalent. Take or leave that as you please. Themes of bottled up emotions and anger and complex mother daughter relationships would be some things that would likely be worthwhile to explore with F!Eddie. As for names I like Billie for F!Bill. I really like the name Addie for F!Eddie. Edie always works for me. If you have other name ideas go ahead. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. What sort of movies are these two in and what sort of parts do they get? Are they in movies together often? Do they work for the same studio? If not them does one of them ever get loaned out the other’s studio? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of these two the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of their situations? What are the horrors in their lives the studio is determined to never let see the light of day? Was Georgie a child actor as well or was he out of the limelight? Was Georgie’s death publicized or was it something the studio managed to keep the press from talking about and are trying to keep it that way (if Georgie was never a child actor then maybe the studio is trying to pretend there never was a Georgie Denbrough)? I can see either (having his pain be a spectacle or having to suffer in silence) being painful for Bill. On a related note one thing I am always up for is Bill’s grief affecting his romantic and/or sexual feelings towards Eddie. Whether he’s more drawn to Eddie than he otherwise would have been or just as attracted Eddie as he used to be but now that attraction makes him want extra things from him that he didn't want before because he didn’t needa little brother figure those things when Georgie was alive or anything else you can think of. Especially if it has the potential to interact with Eddie wanting an older brother or father figure in his life dangerously. Just make it twisted and I’ll be happy.
As for the serial killer AU tag it’s essentially just the darkest way things can turn out with their fuckedupedness. Would they be a killer couple or is it just one of them that’s the serial killer? Is this something that began during their teen years or is this something that starts in their adult years? If it’s the former then I’m thinking teens running around Derry doing awful things which means everything is normal, and if it’s the latter then I’m thinking it’s a story about them coming back into each other’s lives again as adults and really hitting it off but in the time since they left Derry one or both of them has started killing. If Bill is a serial killer do his kills have anything to do with Georgie or his creative interest in horror? If Eddie is a serial killer do his kills have anything to do with the whole munchausen by proxy situation or bottled up rage?
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. One thing I tend to be interested in are the weird family dynamics that come with vampirism. Like how a vampire’s sire is their father but also not. I’m always here for these two having a fucked up pseudo-familial/pseudo-incestuous relationship (especially if it’s in the form of Bill having a little brother shaped void in his life and trying to fill it or at least distract from it with Eddie while Eddie wants a father figure or big brother and he just let’s Bill fill that role, but also their relationship is romantic and/or sexual at the same time all that is going on). Another thing I’d like with these two as vampires is loyalty. Intense loyalty.
Gretta Keene/Beverly Marsh
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. Is Gretta Bowers Gang adjacent? If so is she aware of what is really going on or have some sort of immunity?
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. Either of these two would work as the protagonist for me. How does the protagonist feel about this particular romance option and the stories that play out with it?
This is the only pairing I requested for this fandom where the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag wouldn’t affect the pairing itself because they’re already girls. What it would change about their story instead would be their interactions with everyone else. Like how would Bev be different if she were a part of an all girl Loser’s Club and so on.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. What sort of movies are these two in and what sort of parts do they get? Are they in movies together often? Do they work for the same studio? If not them does one of them ever get loaned out the other’s studio? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of these two the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of their situation? What are the horrors in their lives the studio is determined to never let see the light of day? I can kinda see them being jealous of one another due to resentment towards their own place in life as opposed to how they perceive the other’s place and having a bit of a rivalry because of it. I could also totally see Gretta not being actress at all in this AU but being otherwise connected to the industry while Bev is an actress. Or maybe the other way around. Well, one or both, either way, they’ll have a lot of tension.
The serial killer AU tag is there because I love stories about women and girls who are wicked, evil, awful, brutal, violent, malevolent, cruel, and awful. Just unrestrained terrible. It doesn’t get much more unrestrained terrible than this. One thing that could be interesting to explore in this context is Bev’s fear of blood (and what are the odds Gretta would mock her for it? high).
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. What has me intrigued is just how awful being a vampire would be for Bev. Considering her deep fear of blood and all that represents she would have such a hard time with it. Becoming a vampire is quite possibly one of the worst things that could possibly happen to Bev. That’s what makes the idea of it so interesting. It’s perfect.
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Noah Czerny/Richard Gansey III
Tags: Raven Cycle: Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Serial Killers
For “Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts”, I’m kinda picturing it as an age swap thing as well, with Adam, Blue, Ronan, and Gansey having all been dead for seven years while Noah is a living high school student. He is being so haunted, but at least he likes it. I like the way this would change the dynamic of things a whole lot in that there is a larger gap in how other people perceive the group vs how the group perceives the group than there is in canon. Because in canon people are just one person short whereas here Noah would look pretty isolated. For this pairing specifically how did Gansey die? In this universe was Gansey the one to befriend and be murdered by Whelk and years later Noah is a student of Whelk’s that he’s particularly fond of? Or maybe Gansey was stung to death by bees as a teenager while Noah narrowly avoided being sacrificed by Whelk (who I’m picturing as being around Gansey’s age) as a child? If you have a different idea go for it, but I would love it Gansey’s death created a connection between them like Noah’s death did.
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love femslash and love the idea of these pairings as femslash. That’s essentially the only reason why but it’s a noble one if you ask me. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? When it comes to names for the girl versions of these characters I have no idea. I think that the characters primarily known by a last name basis should probably stay that way, but other than that just do what you think is best. A lot of Gansey’s character is masks and differing self presentation depending on context, what does that look like with F!Gansey? Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
As for the serial killer AU tag I just really love dark Gansey. I find the idea of Gansey gone to the dark side fascinating, and well it doesn’t really get anymore dark side than this. So just go all out with that. Also how does Noah feel about this? Is he an innocent in this or is this a dark interpretation of Noah as well? The dynamic between a serial killer and a ghost has potential to be really interesting due to them both having undeniable connections to death that twist them closer together even though their relationships to it are at least seemingly diametrically opposed. On a completely opposite note another way you could do it that I’d also be interested in would be an alive Noah who’s roughly the same age as Gansey (maybe slightly younger actually because one thing I find interesting about Noah is how while he’s chronologically the oldest of the friend group he also ends up being the youngest, and in an AU where he’s a living peer of Gansey and Adam and so on if it comes up at all it is more important to me to preserve the youngest part than the technically the oldest part because as a ghost the oldest part manifests in his taste and such while the youngest part manifests in behavior and dynamics which is what would be more important to translate to such an AU) because why the hell not? Go with whichever one you feel would better suit your purposes.
Noah Czerny/Joseph Kavinsky
Tags: Raven Cycle: Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Serial Killers
For “Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts”, I’m kinda picturing it as an age swap thing as well, with Adam, Blue, Ronan, and Gansey having all been dead for seven years while Noah is a living high school student. He is being so haunted, but at least he likes it. I like the way this would change the dynamic of things a whole lot in that there is a larger gap in how other people perceive the group vs how the group perceives the group than there is in canon. Because in canon people are just one person short whereas here Noah would look pretty isolated. Does Kavinsky see Noah as this friendless kid who would be easily used and manipulated like a toy because of the lack of a support system and highly worth going after because no one would care anyway? Or is he somehow aware of the ghosts? How do the ghosts feel about what’s going on between Kavinsky and Noah and is there anything they can do about it?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love femslash and love the idea of these pairings as femslash. That’s essentially the only reason why but it’s a noble one if you ask me. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? When it comes to names for the girl versions of these characters I have no idea. I think that the characters primarily known by a last name basis should probably stay that way, but other than that just do what you think is best. I have a feeling that F!Kavinsky would be irritatingly hot. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
As for the serial killer AU tag, Kavinsky as a serial killer really works for me. Maybe it’s because Kavinsky is already fucked up in ways that are so easy to tweak in this direction that they barely qualify as changes. It’s like seeing him at what his worst could look like. Which could be fun. Or terrifying. Or terrifying in a fun way. Or fun in a terrifying— you get the point. The dynamic between a serial killer and a ghost has potential to be really interesting due to them both having undeniable connections to death that twist them closer together even though their relationships to it are at least seemingly diametrically opposed. Although I’m not sure if Kavinsky can see ghosts. So you can write Noah as a ghost and handwave Kavinsky being able to see him or you can write an alive Noah who’s roughly the same age as Kavinsky (maybe slightly younger actually because one thing I find interesting about Noah is how while he’s chronologically the oldest of the friend group he also ends up being the youngest, and in an AU where he’s a living peer of Gansey and Adam and so on if it comes up at all it is more important to me to preserve the youngest part than the technically the oldest part because as a ghost the oldest part manifests in his taste and such while the youngest part manifests in behavior and dynamics which is what would be more important to translate to such an AU) where you just handwave the timeline and most of canon. Yay handwaving! Whichever way you end up going I have the same question which is how the hell did Kavinsky drag Noah into this (assuming Noah knows what Kavinsky does)? Also is Noah an innocent in this or is this a dark Noah who was happy to be dragged in?
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Fright Night (1985)
*Charley Brewster/Jerry Dandridge
IT (2017)
*Henry Bowers/Eddie Kaspbrak
*Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak
*Gretta Keene/Beverly Marsh
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
*Noah Czerny/Richard Gansey III
*Noah Czerny/Joseph Kavinsky
Hello! I love AUs! They’re some of my favorite things. So needless to say I’m pretty excited for this. My AO3 is summerdayghost and if you have any questions or need anything clarified feel free to contact me through the mod. Have a good exchange!
Likes
Terrible people in love
Drifters
Violence
Blood
Bruises
Fluff with disturbing subtext
Horror presented as fluff
Straight up horror
Straight up tooth rotting fluff
Fridge horror
Gothic themes
Roadtrips
Character study
Guilt
Anger
Casefic
Begging
Taunting/Teasing
Dirty talk
Internal Conflict
Complicated and/or messed up relationships
Being brought over to the dark side
Fake relationships becoming real relationships
Dramatic irony
Manipulative relationships
Dubcon/noncon
Enthusiastic consent
Dark comedy
Secrets
Dirtybadwrong
Power dynamics
Power imbalance
Mentor/protégé
Grand gestures (both of the poorly and well received variety)
Oral sex
Frottage
Riding
Roleplay (the more tongue and cheek while also kinda sincere the better)
Characters being put on pedestals they can’t live up to
Frantic fully clothed take me now sex
Slow deliberate love making
Possessive sex
Cuddling
Hopelessly in love
Dorks in love
DNWs
Recreational drug use (alcohol and cigarettes are fine as are depictions of drug addiction)
Watersports/scat
Bestiality
Unrequested m/f
Unrequested trans headcanons
Pregnancy
a/b/o
Fright Night (1985)
Charley Brewster/Jerry Dandridge
Tags: Fright Night: the painting looks like Charley instead of Amy, ALL: Role Reversal, ALL: Role Swap AU, All: Serial Killers
I’ve always wondered how the plot would have gone if the painting resembled Charley instead. The canon divergence would probably happen almost immediately considering that Jerry and Charley cross paths way sooner than Jerry and Amy. Also the movie never addresses this, but who exactly was that person in the painting? Did they have some great romance with Jerry or did they slip away from him? Would Charley be a reincarnation of this person or is the resemblance pure coincidence?
As for role reversal/swap I was thinking AU where Charley is a vampire and Jerry isn’t. Like maybe it could be that Jerry moves into a new neighborhood and begins to suspect that the teenage boy in the house next to him is really a vampire.
The serial killer AU tag would essentially just be a human AU, where instead of Charley realizing he lives next to a vampire, he realizes he lives next to a serial killer. What would this version of Jerry want from Charley and how would Charley’s response differ (if at all)?
IT (2017)
Henry Bowers/Eddie Kaspbrak
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. In the case of this pairing specifically, oh boy that has the potential to get fucked up. Especially since I’m not really thinking of the serial killer AU tag not to be completely distinct from this one in the case of this specific pairing (well, except that with the serial killer AU tag you could have Eddie himself go down a darker path). It’s made scarier by how basically nothing would have to change about Henry’s character. Just make it disturbing as hell.
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. For this pairing specifically I’m sorta assuming Eddie would be the protagonist (although if you wanna do it the other way that also works), and my question is if Henry was even supposed to be a romance option (like as a bad end or dark route) or if this is the result of a glitch or mod?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love me some femslash. Also because the idea of a story like IT but exclusively about girls appeals to me. And the femslash that would come from that appeals to me as well because I’m only human. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? One thing I love seeing and want to see more of is girl characters who are evil and cruel and brutal and fucked up in the exact way we’ll let boy characters be evil and cruel and brutal and fucked up. That’s essentially exactly what I would want from F!Henry. Themes of bottled up emotions and anger and complex mother daughter relationships would be some things that would likely be worthwhile to explore with F!Eddie. As for names I think keeping F!Henry’s name as Henry (or Henri, spelling is up to you) and having it short for Henrietta (whether that comes up in fic or not) could work. I really like the name Addie for F!Eddie. Edie always works for me. If you have other name ideas go ahead. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. Is Henry an actor or is he part of the industry in some other way? What sort of movies are Eddie in and what sorts of parts does he get? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of Eddie Kaspbrak the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of his situation? What are the horrors in his life the studio is determined to never let see the light of day?
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. With this particular pairing my mind immediately jumps to Henry as the vampire and Eddie as the prey who isn’t going down without a fight. Or maybe something involving Eddie resenting his own vampirism. If you have another idea go for it.
Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. Also it’s a situation that would change a lot of things. Like how would it affect Bill knowing that he interacts with the people responsible for Georgie’s disappearance every day?
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. Either of these two would work as the protagonist for me, although I can picture it for Bill slightly easier (because his role in canon is already that of a self insert). How does the protagonist feel about this particular romance option and the stories that play out with it?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love me some femslash. Also because the idea of a story like IT but exclusively about girls appeals to me. And the femslash that would come from that appeals to me as well because I’m only human. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? Whenever I think of the f/f iteration of this pairing my thoughts tend to go to F!Eddie as F!Bill’s muse. I mean, that concept is there when I think about the regular old m/m version, but for some reason when it’s f/f the muse thing is more prevalent. Take or leave that as you please. Themes of bottled up emotions and anger and complex mother daughter relationships would be some things that would likely be worthwhile to explore with F!Eddie. As for names I like Billie for F!Bill. I really like the name Addie for F!Eddie. Edie always works for me. If you have other name ideas go ahead. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. What sort of movies are these two in and what sort of parts do they get? Are they in movies together often? Do they work for the same studio? If not them does one of them ever get loaned out the other’s studio? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of these two the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of their situations? What are the horrors in their lives the studio is determined to never let see the light of day? Was Georgie a child actor as well or was he out of the limelight? Was Georgie’s death publicized or was it something the studio managed to keep the press from talking about and are trying to keep it that way (if Georgie was never a child actor then maybe the studio is trying to pretend there never was a Georgie Denbrough)? I can see either (having his pain be a spectacle or having to suffer in silence) being painful for Bill. On a related note one thing I am always up for is Bill’s grief affecting his romantic and/or sexual feelings towards Eddie. Whether he’s more drawn to Eddie than he otherwise would have been or just as attracted Eddie as he used to be but now that attraction makes him want extra things from him that he didn't want before because he didn’t need
As for the serial killer AU tag it’s essentially just the darkest way things can turn out with their fuckedupedness. Would they be a killer couple or is it just one of them that’s the serial killer? Is this something that began during their teen years or is this something that starts in their adult years? If it’s the former then I’m thinking teens running around Derry doing awful things which means everything is normal, and if it’s the latter then I’m thinking it’s a story about them coming back into each other’s lives again as adults and really hitting it off but in the time since they left Derry one or both of them has started killing. If Bill is a serial killer do his kills have anything to do with Georgie or his creative interest in horror? If Eddie is a serial killer do his kills have anything to do with the whole munchausen by proxy situation or bottled up rage?
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. One thing I tend to be interested in are the weird family dynamics that come with vampirism. Like how a vampire’s sire is their father but also not. I’m always here for these two having a fucked up pseudo-familial/pseudo-incestuous relationship (especially if it’s in the form of Bill having a little brother shaped void in his life and trying to fill it or at least distract from it with Eddie while Eddie wants a father figure or big brother and he just let’s Bill fill that role, but also their relationship is romantic and/or sexual at the same time all that is going on). Another thing I’d like with these two as vampires is loyalty. Intense loyalty.
Gretta Keene/Beverly Marsh
Tags: IT: Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances, ALL: Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Golden Age of Hollywood, All: Serial Killers, ALL: Vampires
One of the things that endears IT to me the most is how that even without Pennywise these kids’ lives would still be pretty twisted. A mundane AU still has the potential to be a complete horror show. Arguably the child eating monster provided the Losers with much needed escapism. Which is why I’m requesting the tag “Bowers Gang is responsible for all the child disappearances” because that’s technically a mundane AU, there’s no scary clown, but it’s still an urgent and dangerous situation. Is Gretta Bowers Gang adjacent? If so is she aware of what is really going on or have some sort of immunity?
As for “Dating Sim AU with the protagonist being aware” what sort of dating sim would this even be? Like would it be more so a horror game that has romance options that the whole fan base just plays as if it were intended to be a dating simulator? Or was it designed to be a dating simulator but it just has some really fucked up stuff in it? With the awareness part I’m less interested in the protagonist being aware that they are a video game character specifically (although it’s fine if they are) and more interested in them being aware that they aren’t in control of their own choices and that the timeline starts over or goes back from time to time. Either of these two would work as the protagonist for me. How does the protagonist feel about this particular romance option and the stories that play out with it?
This is the only pairing I requested for this fandom where the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag wouldn’t affect the pairing itself because they’re already girls. What it would change about their story instead would be their interactions with everyone else. Like how would Bev be different if she were a part of an all girl Loser’s Club and so on.
I held back on requesting different era AUs because this canon is essentially a different era AU in itself, but when it came to the “Golden Age of Hollywood” tag I made an exception. Because while the Golden Age of Hollywood was a glamorous time that people tend to remember through nostalgic lenses, there was also a lot of ugliness behind the scenes in a way that I think fits this canon and its characters’ whole thing. What sort of movies are these two in and what sort of parts do they get? Are they in movies together often? Do they work for the same studio? If not them does one of them ever get loaned out the other’s studio? Back in that era the studio an actor worked for essentially owned them and would do all they could to control their personal and professional lives so the public only saw the specific version of them that the studio was selling. So what’s the image of these two the studio is projecting how does it differ from the reality of their situation? What are the horrors in their lives the studio is determined to never let see the light of day? I can kinda see them being jealous of one another due to resentment towards their own place in life as opposed to how they perceive the other’s place and having a bit of a rivalry because of it. I could also totally see Gretta not being actress at all in this AU but being otherwise connected to the industry while Bev is an actress. Or maybe the other way around. Well, one or both, either way, they’ll have a lot of tension.
The serial killer AU tag is there because I love stories about women and girls who are wicked, evil, awful, brutal, violent, malevolent, cruel, and awful. Just unrestrained terrible. It doesn’t get much more unrestrained terrible than this. One thing that could be interesting to explore in this context is Bev’s fear of blood (and what are the odds Gretta would mock her for it? high).
I requested the vampire AU tag because I have consumed far too much vampire fiction in my day and yet somehow I still want more. What has me intrigued is just how awful being a vampire would be for Bev. Considering her deep fear of blood and all that represents she would have such a hard time with it. Becoming a vampire is quite possibly one of the worst things that could possibly happen to Bev. That’s what makes the idea of it so interesting. It’s perfect.
Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
Noah Czerny/Richard Gansey III
Tags: Raven Cycle: Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Serial Killers
For “Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts”, I’m kinda picturing it as an age swap thing as well, with Adam, Blue, Ronan, and Gansey having all been dead for seven years while Noah is a living high school student. He is being so haunted, but at least he likes it. I like the way this would change the dynamic of things a whole lot in that there is a larger gap in how other people perceive the group vs how the group perceives the group than there is in canon. Because in canon people are just one person short whereas here Noah would look pretty isolated. For this pairing specifically how did Gansey die? In this universe was Gansey the one to befriend and be murdered by Whelk and years later Noah is a student of Whelk’s that he’s particularly fond of? Or maybe Gansey was stung to death by bees as a teenager while Noah narrowly avoided being sacrificed by Whelk (who I’m picturing as being around Gansey’s age) as a child? If you have a different idea go for it, but I would love it Gansey’s death created a connection between them like Noah’s death did.
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love femslash and love the idea of these pairings as femslash. That’s essentially the only reason why but it’s a noble one if you ask me. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? When it comes to names for the girl versions of these characters I have no idea. I think that the characters primarily known by a last name basis should probably stay that way, but other than that just do what you think is best. A lot of Gansey’s character is masks and differing self presentation depending on context, what does that look like with F!Gansey? Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
As for the serial killer AU tag I just really love dark Gansey. I find the idea of Gansey gone to the dark side fascinating, and well it doesn’t really get anymore dark side than this. So just go all out with that. Also how does Noah feel about this? Is he an innocent in this or is this a dark interpretation of Noah as well? The dynamic between a serial killer and a ghost has potential to be really interesting due to them both having undeniable connections to death that twist them closer together even though their relationships to it are at least seemingly diametrically opposed. On a completely opposite note another way you could do it that I’d also be interested in would be an alive Noah who’s roughly the same age as Gansey (maybe slightly younger actually because one thing I find interesting about Noah is how while he’s chronologically the oldest of the friend group he also ends up being the youngest, and in an AU where he’s a living peer of Gansey and Adam and so on if it comes up at all it is more important to me to preserve the youngest part than the technically the oldest part because as a ghost the oldest part manifests in his taste and such while the youngest part manifests in behavior and dynamics which is what would be more important to translate to such an AU) because why the hell not? Go with whichever one you feel would better suit your purposes.
Noah Czerny/Joseph Kavinsky
Tags: Raven Cycle: Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts, ALL: Genderswap to all female cast, All: Serial Killers
For “Noah is alive while Adam Blue Ronan and Gansey are ghosts”, I’m kinda picturing it as an age swap thing as well, with Adam, Blue, Ronan, and Gansey having all been dead for seven years while Noah is a living high school student. He is being so haunted, but at least he likes it. I like the way this would change the dynamic of things a whole lot in that there is a larger gap in how other people perceive the group vs how the group perceives the group than there is in canon. Because in canon people are just one person short whereas here Noah would look pretty isolated. Does Kavinsky see Noah as this friendless kid who would be easily used and manipulated like a toy because of the lack of a support system and highly worth going after because no one would care anyway? Or is he somehow aware of the ghosts? How do the ghosts feel about what’s going on between Kavinsky and Noah and is there anything they can do about it?
I requested the “Genderswap to all female cast” tag because I love femslash and love the idea of these pairings as femslash. That’s essentially the only reason why but it’s a noble one if you ask me. How would changing this pairing from m/m to f/f change the dynamic? When it comes to names for the girl versions of these characters I have no idea. I think that the characters primarily known by a last name basis should probably stay that way, but other than that just do what you think is best. I have a feeling that F!Kavinsky would be irritatingly hot. Also feel free to mix this specific prompt with any of the other prompts.
As for the serial killer AU tag, Kavinsky as a serial killer really works for me. Maybe it’s because Kavinsky is already fucked up in ways that are so easy to tweak in this direction that they barely qualify as changes. It’s like seeing him at what his worst could look like. Which could be fun. Or terrifying. Or terrifying in a fun way. Or fun in a terrifying— you get the point. The dynamic between a serial killer and a ghost has potential to be really interesting due to them both having undeniable connections to death that twist them closer together even though their relationships to it are at least seemingly diametrically opposed. Although I’m not sure if Kavinsky can see ghosts. So you can write Noah as a ghost and handwave Kavinsky being able to see him or you can write an alive Noah who’s roughly the same age as Kavinsky (maybe slightly younger actually because one thing I find interesting about Noah is how while he’s chronologically the oldest of the friend group he also ends up being the youngest, and in an AU where he’s a living peer of Gansey and Adam and so on if it comes up at all it is more important to me to preserve the youngest part than the technically the oldest part because as a ghost the oldest part manifests in his taste and such while the youngest part manifests in behavior and dynamics which is what would be more important to translate to such an AU) where you just handwave the timeline and most of canon. Yay handwaving! Whichever way you end up going I have the same question which is how the hell did Kavinsky drag Noah into this (assuming Noah knows what Kavinsky does)? Also is Noah an innocent in this or is this a dark Noah who was happy to be dragged in?