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Trick or Treat 2024
Love For Love's Sake
(Cha Yeowoon, Tae Myungha, The Creator)
What can I say? Love For Love's Sake made my heart ache in the best of ways. It's a genuinely twisty story with an oppressive edge that somehow still manages to be extremely gentle.
- • This is such a meaty canon, I'd be happy with a simple character study, especially for Cha Yeowoon or The Creator (Sunbae), since we don't spend as much time aligned to them in canon
- • Let me be honest though. The ending of this show made me cry. It was lovely, and validating, and I could not shake the feeling that what we were witnessing was a soul learning to love itself after death. So obviously the ultimate fic for me would be anything that convinces me otherwise. Either by sheer force of sweetness or really diving into the concept of true and full alternate realities.
- • Or give me a softer haunting - Tae Myungha glimpsed in our world after his drowning, or echoes of his Sunbae inside his new world. These could be real... or simply remembered.
Note that due to the nature of this canon I'm lifting the following DNWs: Focus on Suicidal Ideation or Self-Harm, Focus on homophobia or other intolerance of the sexual or gender spectrum - however I would still ask that neither be the sole focus of your story, and that any Self-Harm not be described in detail
Odlaws' Morticians
(Mortician who wants decorations, Mortician who finds this distasteful)
Five second fandom of my heart! If you haven't read this one-page comic, here it is.
- • I am so charmed by the Mortician who wants decorations, and so sad for him. Look at his wistful gaze! His very modest and appropriate wishes! Give him a pumpkin. Give him a smooch.
- • Tight-laced mortician absolutely needs to learn how to keep the spirit of the holidays.
- • Or maybe he knows it full well and is just waiting to indulge his friend (more? oh my god are they roommates?) in a more appropriate place and time.
- • If you would like any of their clients, human or supernatural (ghosts, zombies, etc), to have opinions on this, I'm here for it.
He's Coming to Me
(Mes|Med, Thun)
I am going to use the word "charming" a lot tonight, apparently, but what can I say? He's Coming to Me is a very sweet ghost story... slash coming out drama. Slash murder mystery. ...slash Springer episode. On which note, I didn't request Kwan but I'd be happy to see her put in an appearance.
Quick side note: but the translations I watched wrote Med's nickname as, well, Med! While I know it's not the AO3 canonical, I do prefer it.
- • For Thun: I'd love to see what's next for him in terms of coming into his own identity!
- • For Med: while I know Thun was the focus of his time in the graveyard in-show,
and he spent a lot of it asleep, I would love more ghost stories and visitations from this time period - • For either or both of them: Ghost hi-jinx, please! One of my favorite parts of the show was these two messing around and cheating in the most low-stakes of ways. Do they continue to use Med's powers for chaos? Try to solve other murders or help other ghosts pass on -- possibly while being conflicted about Med's status? Are there stupid pranks? Voyeurism? I'm very here for all of it.
- • (Also, Peaceful Property is right down there on my request list. Just a thought.)
Note: For this canon I am OK with discussions of homophobia but would ask that the full work not be angst
The Summer Hikaru Died
(Tsujinaka Yoshiki, Fake Indou Hikaru, Real Indou Hikaru)
I came for the body horror and stayed for the weirdly wholesome (but still incredibly unsettling) vibes. I'm reading along with the official releases and would prefer no major spoilers for anything past that point!
- • This is another series where I just really want to get into the character's heads! 光が死んだ夏 is so long on atmosphere and so slow-paced that it doubles back around to feeling tense - I love that vibe and I think it's perfect for introspection.
- • I also really enjoy how pragmatic our leads are about the body horror ("feels like chicken," what) and am here for just the weirdest teenage fumblings
- • But also - real Hikaru, what was his deal? Give me a slice of his past, or have him
still be around after all as a watcher and commentator in his own right... - • Finally, and quite simply? I love the look of this manga. The style is incredible. Simply to put that atmosphere into words would be a treat.
Note: I don't consider body horror to be the same as real-world ideations of self harm. If there's an outside force or a supernatural element, that's fine and wouldn't hit my DNW.
Sleep No More
(Banquo, Macbeth, Fulton)
My usual opening spiel: The McKittrick Hotel is a dreamspace in real life, fluid in the way that only often-retold stories can manage. It's also one of my favorite places in the world. I am so glad we have it back.
- • In the spirit of the season, I would like to focus on Banquo's haunting from the perspective of any of the three characters listed here. This could be a literal character study of the moments from the show - I am so struck by the way some Fultons just know when Banquo is passing by - or an all new story of some later haunting
- • I'm also shamelessly lifting from past requests because this is still my jam: Maybe it's me, maybe it's the show, but recently I've definitely gotten the impression that Banquo, at least, is more than a little in love with his friend (was Lost Luggage always such a pining dance? And the leadup so intimate?) I'd love for someone to explore this. Make it unrequited or not. Some Macbeths are also very touchy, even leading up to the murder. Especially leading up to the murder - and there's a conflict of interests for you!
Peaceful Property
(Peach, PangPang, Home, Kan)
I have only had these ghostbusters for three weeks, but I love them. If anything happened to them I would... well, frankly, I'd be thrilled. What a good, goofy, gory show this is. I've requested everybody because I could have fun with anybody. (And I could ship anything here, barring the siblings.)
- • This show has major potential for any configuration of "ghosts made them do it." What's "it"? Dealer's choice! I'm here for the creepy, the cheesy, the smutty, the ridiculous, the accidentally kind of romantic but oh, no, the other person is just going along with what the ghost wants...
- • Okay, so this next suggestion contradicts a written DNW. I realized this too late to edit my official signup. I'm giving the go-ahead here, but if you aren't comfortable contradicting what's on AO3 I will understand. If you want to go trick-ier, make one of the main four a ghost! I'm down for anything, from heartfelt goodbyes to the stupidest BS. Does Pangpang find ways to send her fans messages from the other side? Is Home convinced that everyone else is a ghost, but not him? Does Kan scare herself? Or in the ultimate twist, is Peach the ghost, and has the gang lost the means to communicate with the other side?
ETA part 2: man, canon got me good here didn't it. I am still down for this as an AU or down to explore more recent events. You could also see my Yuletide signup (next post!) for more. - • (Also, He's Coming To Me is right up there on my request list. Just a thought.)
Be My Favorite
(Kawi, Pisaeng, Kawi/Pisaeng)
This is the only canon I've requested that had a formally nominated ship, so I've included that to make it very clear that yes, I ship it. As if there was any doubt! If you click through my last few posts, you'll find a couple of manifestos about my love of this show, and plenty of prompts. Feel free to pull from those if you'd like, and I'll add a few seasonal thoughts below.
- • "Nothing goes on this list unless you can work in a haunting," I told myself. And then started looking for loopholes so I could add BMF. So here's my suggestion - no actual death, but what about all those other timeline's Kawis? What if having our Kawi take over their lives for a while left them with a connection to him? Maybe the ability to see them or even be in them, but not fully? Basically: time travel part 2, but make it a case of mistaken ghost-identity.
- • Or go artsy with this. A person can absolutely be haunted by the choices they didn't make. Obviously alt-timeline Kawi or Pisaeng might work best for this, but I could see even our good-end boys having some regrets.
- • Finally, and this is very silly, very vague, but hopefully very them... There's always the classic: "if it isn't the consequences of my actions."