Since it's October, and therefore a time for all things spooky and gothic (woohoo!) I thought I'd give you all a little taste of some horror fics.
Some of these are horror in that the specific piece of fanfiction is horror-based, and some of them are actually based on horror media/fandoms. OK? OK.
Oh, and they're all Queer af.
As I’ve mentioned before, Queer people love horror.
(Not all of us, obviously, that would be a sweeping generalisation, and everyone’s different, but a lot of Queer people do love horror. And I mean LOVE it.)
As always, check the Content Warnings in the original rec'ing post, and the fic tags.
And be aware that neither are exhaustive, so take care.
These are horror fics, so it's always a good idea to pay particular attention to the warnings, and tread carefully.
First up is Dracula - king of the vamps, and Queer af.
no eyed girl by 2space_lesbo1 takes the BBC 2020 adaptation of Dracula (which gave us on-screen M/M in canon, btw,) and runs with it!
This one is heavy on the vamps, blood, and horror elements, and the twisted relationship between Jonathan and the Count.
...I love fandom, and I love fics like this one!
(Check out the original rec'ing post here.)
(Fandom notes: canon = the 'official' stuff in the book/film/TV series/whatever.)
Staying with vampires, let's move on to the 1980s Queer classic, The Lost Boys.
There are extremely few characters in this film that are not Queer-coded - off the top of my head, I can think of the dog, the grandfather, and maybe the small child vampire.
There are arguments that could be made about the mother and Star but I reckon they're Queer-coded too.
Drop by immortalitylost is beautiful, complex, well-written, and enchanting. Complete with the dark relationship between Michael and David that is only sub-textual in the film (because 1987.)
Of course, I can't talk about Queer horror without talking about Jennifer's Body - the beloved Sapphic cult classic.
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in the dark, with your beating heart by femmepire (Dual_Wielding) picks up after the events of the film and is inventive, quirky, and confident.
It really captures Needy as she is at the end of Jennifer's Body, and re-unites her with Jennifer in a way that is both inventive, and, more impressively, doesn't feel forced.
Sandbox love never dies.
(Original Fics Fix post here.)
If you wanna add a dash of horror to your superhero media (which, why wouldn't you? 😉😎) then look no further than the kindness of strangers by deathsweetqueen
This fic has Bucky Barnes (The Winter Soldier) and Tony Stark (Iron Man,) in an M/M relationship - how? Well, who knows and who cares? This is fanfiction baby! Lol - and very much in love (or at least lust - this fic has a lot of sexual content, just as a warning.)
Apropro of nothing, they find themselves stuck in a horror movie trope. Because... why not? Such is the magic of fanfiction. 😏😉
And where would a Queer horror post be without our (my) fave spooky canonically Queer boy, Klaus Hargreeves (from Netflix's The Umbrella Academy (TUA))?
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Klaus' superpower is communing with ghosts - horror fics have this boy's name on it.
hell is empty by UnrememberedSkies is what I referred to in 2019 like this: 'Think The Exorcist meets Del Toro's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, add a dash of general Umbrella Academy-ery, and that's kind of what this fic is like.'
- Which I think pretty much sums it up!
And the last fic I have for you, dearest nerdlets, is a TUA fic set in an American Horror Story: Murder House AU!
(I really do spoil you 😘)
and death i think is no parenthesis by laiqualaurelote is a 10-chapter fic which is worth the read for the sass alone.
There is explicit M/M and M/M/M, with some non-explicit/PG-rated M/F because the Gays™ know what we want! 😅
(Fandom notes: AU = Alternate Universe - an alternative reality to the one inhabited in canon.)
What characters would you like to see in a horror setting?
Do you have any horror fics you love?
Talk to me! 😀💬
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I'm reading a YA book right now about a girl who loves vampires, and The Lost Boys is quoted frequently! I am a huge fan of the vampire trope, so I definitely think I should give that movie a watch!
ReplyDeleteArgh I love that film so much! Def. more of the monster-vamp than the Twilight-vamp though! <3
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