desertvixen | Shipoween 2020

Sorry this is s late! It's been one of those weeks/months/well, it's 2020 need I say more?

It's Halloween! Bring on the ghosties and urban legends - feel free to fit urban legends to fandoms. I'm partial to vanishing hitchhikers and killers calling from INSIDE the house... Or just some fall fun!

My general preferences are here.

DNW: extreme/graphic violence, sexual violence, cruelty to animals/children, nominated character death

Seasonal or spooky for all!

Fairy Tail

Gray Fullbuster/Juvia Lockser, Levy McGarden/Gajeel Redfox, Laxus Dreyar/Mirajane Strauss, Evergreen/Elfman Strauss

Think couples Halloween fun!

One of the things I love about FT is all the shippy potential - so while you don't have to use everyone, please at least use them in pairs - Gajeel/Levy, Mira/Laxus, Gray/Juvia.

I'd really like something fun for this - "ghost" scares or haunted houses or scavenger hunts or jump scares to induce a kiss, or vanishing hitchhikers.

I don’t really have anything to add here. I want fun but I am not opposed to a little real scares (maybe a ghost that they realize later is really a ghost?).

The Unknown Ajax - Georgette Heyer

Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott/Vincent Darracott, Anthea Darracott/Hugo Darracott

They laid the ghost to rest, or did they? Or seasonal atmosphere. I love both sets of relationship.

Or another ghost? Darracott Place has several as I recall... A little romance is good too.

Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon)

Halloween in the Realm or just a spooky adventure.

Abandoned castles, ghosts, spooky puzzles...even teasing them with getting home. And some romance, yes. For Bobby/Terri, obviously age them up.

Crossover Fandom

Anthea Darracott (Unknown Ajax - Heyer) & Nell Stornaway (Toll-Gate - Heyer), Jenny Chawleigh (A Civil Campaign) & Anthea Darracott (Unknown Ajax), Jane Marple (Marple) & Maud Silver (Miss Silver Mysteries - Patricia Wentworth), Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) & Jennifer Hart (Hart to Hart), Joe Hardy (Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys)/Jessica Wakefield (Sweet Valley High), Sam Thomas (Baby-Sitters Club)/Jessica Wakefield (Sweet Valley High), Nan Bobbsey (Bobbsey Twins) & Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew - Keene), Nancy Drew (Nancy Drew - Keene) & Hercule Poirot (Poirot - Christie)

See letter but I love Halloween parties, costumes & ghosts.

Jane Marple (Marple) & Maud Silver (Miss Silver Mysteries - Patricia Wentworth) – I feel like these two together could be so good (and they would be good for epistolary as well!). There would be no escape from these two ladies, but I would also be down for a story where they knit together and trade stories. Maybe a stay at a resort?

Jennifer Hart (Hart to Hart) & Jessica Fletcher (Murder She Wrote) – This could be interesting. Bring Jonathan along as well, but I feel like these two could be excellent together solving crime.

Nell Stornaway (Toll-Gate) & Anthea Darracott (Unknown Ajax), Jenny Chawleigh (A Civil Contract) & Anthea Darracott (Unknown Ajax) - Feel free to combine these as needed! Jenny is the anchor for most of them because it seems like she would be the person throwing the most parties – I do love a good house party story.

Joe/Jessica – Go with a light and funny mystery.

Sam/Jessica – Light and funny

Nan & Nancy – I’d love to see Nancy help mentor Nan a little, and maybe a ghost is involved? Or go more seasonal.

Nancy & Poirot – I’d love to see these two interact, possibly at a house party or on some travels?

Original Work

Ghost Cat & Person It Leads to Abandoned Kittens, Pregnant Beekeeper/Controlling Husband & Her Bees, Woman Who Loves Growing Plants/Boyfriend Who Destroys Plants & Her Plants, Harvest Goddess/King/Queen

I have thoughts, all in the letter.

Woman Who Loves Growing Plants/Boyfriend Who Destroys Plants & Her Plants(Original Work), Pregnant Beekeeper/Controlling Husband & Her Bees (OW):

So this is my "jerks from AITA" request. Both of these at their heart are controlling men who get rid of something that their partner love and I would like to have revenge.

I would prefer less graphic, more creepy if death of deserving characters is shown - but I am a-ok with either of the men dying. But maybe being haunted/traumatized to the end of their days would be good as well (being stalked by angry bees? A fear of climbing plants?).

Link to bees: https://twitter.com/AITA_reddit/status/1220800379614646273 (bees are “dangerous” to my pregnant wife who is a beekeeper, and I know she’s attached them, so I’ll give them away while she’s gone so it hurts less; wife and brother get the cops to force the recipient to give back the bees; husband tries to play the “what’s yours is ours card”)

Link to plant: https://twitter.com/redditships/status/1267555908000845824 (thought it was AITA but no – BF wanted to fight and she didn’t play along, so he destroyed her custom plant room, including her great-grandmother’s ivy, and now he’s sad that his best friend is gone)

So what I’d really like is for there to be consequences. Man is chased by bees for no reason. Man found dead in pond where he drowned all the plants.

If you pick the plant one, I’d really like for the great-grandma’s ivy to just reappear to the girlfriend once she’s safe. I just got an excellent story for this in OWO but more is good!

For the bees, maybe they’re her guardian spirit?

Either way: payback please!

I did get an excellent story for the plant one for OWO but I would love more!

Ghost Cat & Person It Leads to Abandoned Kittens:

So for the ghost cat, I have two thoughts. In the past, I've envisioned this one as the ghost of the mother cat leading someone to her kittens, and I am down for that. But I'm also here for the idea of the ghost of the person's recently deceased cat leading them to some kittens who need their help. (Black kittens maybe?) I am good with the person realizing from jump that the cat is a ghost. Obviously the kittens weren't abandoned out of the goodness of someone's heart, but no violence towards them and no dwelling on the dead mother meeting her fate.

So before you ask, I am a big Jenny Jinya fan, and love both the black cat ones ( https://jenny-jinya.tumblr.com/post/189270205740/full-and-finished-short-story-of-the-black-cat#notes) and the “Grief” one about losing one’s beloved pet (https://jenny-jinya.tumblr.com/post/619005580081840128/this-is-about-goodbye-short-story-about-grief-i#notes). They sort of played into my thoughts about the ghost cat. Because not only do the kittens need help, but the person does too.

Harvest Goddess/King/Queen (Original Work):

I want something dealing with the whole ritual sex between king and queen as stand-in for harvest goddess to ensure a good harvest. It's supposed to be symbolic, but what if the harvest goddess did actually come down? Whether or not anyone except the king and queen realizes that she is present is optional. I like the idea of the goddess actually coming down – perhaps she likes the look of the king or he reminds her of someone else? I’d prefer she be attracted to the king – perhaps a reminder of her consort?