Darkest Night 2020

[desertvixen]

My general preferences are here.

I love a story that makes me think twice about climbing the stairs without turning ALL the lights on first.  I'm also into shiny veneers that hide dark secrets.  I like "skeletons in the closet".  I'm also down for characters dealing with things using black humor.

I am a huge fan of "seemingly unrelated group of people trapped somewhere and discover they a) have something in common and b) can't just leave" - see Clue, see And Then There Were None. Even if this is not the fandom we're matched on, I'm always down for a scenario that plays out like one of these movies/books.

Please feel free to get soap opera-ish! Half-siblings no one knew about! Illegitimate siblings you thought were just family friends! Psycho-half-siblings who want to kill you and take your life over! Convenient accidents! Crazy wills and marriages of convenience!  Year-long showers and cracked out "why not" seasons!  (Yes, I'm a huge Dallas fan.)

 I love urban legends - the vanishing hitchhiker in particular, but also "the call is coming from inside the house", "room for one more", and the psycho college killer one.  Return to Glennascaul scenarios are also good.

 I also have a fascination for unsolved crimes/mysteries, people who've disappeared, and bodies with no names.  Yes, I loved Unsolved Mysteries.

Have fun, I know I'll love it!

The Bobbsey Twins - Laura Lee Hope 

 

Dinah Johnson, Richard Bobbsey, Nellie Parks, Nan Bobbsey, Mary Bobbsey

 

Blackmail, Alternate Universe - Serial Killers, Abusive Relationships – Gaslighting, Betrayal, Murder - Murder Mystery, Murder - Victim Murders Perpetrators

 

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

 

Richard Bobbsey, master criminal and how that plays out. More in letter!

 

Serial Killers - Prefer only Richard be the serial killer (think Ted Bundy).  Mary doesn't know…or maybe she finds out.

Blackmail - Maybe it's not the lumberyard that is profitable (Mary can get in on this one, but prefer that blackmail be her only crime, if she is criminal).

Abusive relationships – Gaslighting – This one can tie in with the crime ones, or you can go for more of a Sleeping with the Enemy vibe.

Murder – Murder Mystery – Maybe an unsolved mystery with the Bobbseys at the heart?

Murder – Victim Murders Perpetrators – For this one, I am okay if Richard Bobbsey bites the dust.

They do run a lumberyard, and I’m sure it has a woodchipper…never mind the lakefront. 

For serial killer: Mary doesn't know.  Think Ted Bundy here.

For family secrets: (Not incest, thinking more along the lines of family criminal organization (Richard Bobbsey does run a lumberyard on a lake, and it probably has a wood chipper...) or hidden identities.  Or maybe Richard is BEING blackmailed?

For Bobbsey criminals, I'd really only like to see Mary as a blackmailer or perhaps the family is Richard's victims?

Fairy Tail 

Levy McGarden, Gajeel Redfox, Laxus Dreyar, Mirajane Strauss

 

Alternate Universe - Bad Ending, Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting, Alternate Universe - Mirror Universe, Plot - Heroes Lose, Dreams – Nightmares, Magic - Losing Control Over Magic/Powers, Murder - Murder Mystery, Trapped - Trapped with a Killer, Trapped - Trapped in a Haunted House, Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality

 

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

 

More in letter but a darker story, possibly playing off the doomed timeline we see in Grand Magic Games.

AU – Bad Ending – spin off the doomed timeline we see in GMG.  Check out episode 175 after the credits for the scene with the doomed Levy.

AU – Hunger Games – What it says on the tin, or play off the S-Class trials in a more permanent disqualification.  Would prefer the ships be paired together.

Mirror Universe - see Bad Ending above. Interactions could be good.  I want more “mirror” (like TOS) and less Edolas.

Plot – Heroes Lose – See Bad Ending.  More interested in the aftermath of heroes losing than the actual account of the heroes losing.

Nightmares - I see Laxus as a good choice for this one, given some of his actions and his need to protect his family (and if you wanted to have Mira comfort him, I am totally down for that).  Gajeel would be good for it as well, though.

Magic – Losing Control – Laxus or Mira or Gajeel would be good for this one.  I like the idea of them fighting to keep control so they don’t hurt anyone else.

Murder – Murder Mystery – This one can be lighter or darker, as you prefer.

Trapped in a Haunted House - Their employer forgets to mention one little thing...

Trapped with a Killer - Ivan (Laxus' father) comes to mind.  Freed as the killer could be good too (think more like the One of Us is a Killer tag).

Dreams Bleeding into Reality – Levy would be good for this one, I think, or Laxus.  Tie it up with GMG?

Most of the prompts will work with any of them.  For Nightmares I would prefer either Laxus or Gajeel, and their skeletons in the closet. 

I forgot to nominate it but  “sex powering magic” for Mira and Laxus could be…explosive…

They don’t have to all appear, but please use one of the ships.

 

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983 Cartoon) 

Skeletor, Marlena, He-Man | Adam, Castaspella, Battle Cat | Cringer

 

Alternate Universe - Bad Ending, Plot - Heroes Lose, Alternate Universe - Mirror Universe, Dreams - Dreams bleeding into reality, Trapped - Trapped in a Dream World, Trapped - Trapped in a Haunted House

 

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

 

So looking for something darker, perhaps an ambitious plan of Skeletor's that works better than he imagined it would? Or apocalypse Eternia?

 

More in letter.

 

This is a first-time request for this fandom in this exchange, but I think it could be good. 

 

AU – Bad Ending – Apocalypse Eternia?  Skeletor wins?  Or maybe an outside force

 

Plot- Heroes Lose – Similar to above.  I’m more interested in the aftermath of losing than the actual losing part.

 

AU – Mirror Universe – Think like TOS mirror style

 

Dreams bleeding into reality – This one could be good for Casta, because of her magic, or perhaps Marlena?

 

Trapped in a Dream World – Similar to above

 

Trapped in a Haunted house – maybe interpret a little more broadly, but good mission fic.

 

All characters do not need to appear.

 

Cherry Ames - Helen Wells & Julie Tatham 

Marie Swift, Cherry Ames, Josie Franklin, Miss Reamer

 

Trapped - Trapped with a Killer, Trapped - Trapped in a Haunted House, Murder - Murder Mystery, Ghosts - Haunted Hotel

   

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

 

Ghosts at Spencer Hospital? More in letter.

 

Also first time for this fandom in this exchange.

 

All these could either happen at Spencer Hospital while the nurses are back to work there OR at another job.  Cherry Ames, Ghost Hunter Nurse?

 

Trapped with a Killer – For this one, maybe a fun event that turns dark, OR they’re trapped at Spencer for some reason (snowed in maybe, or bad storm?)

Trapped in a Haunted House – Maybe part of the job

 

Murder Mystery – Starts out fun (like murder mystery party) and turns dark?  Maybe being held at an estate or something while Cherry is working there.

 

Ghosts – Haunted Hotel – Maybe Cherry needs help from ghosts to solve mystery?  Maybe Cherry IS the ghost?