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ok, so first and foremost i love writing Scandal of Existence (SOE) but the issue here is i want it to be darker and less in the realistic way of the world and more like 80's horror movies.
so were going to lean into that a bit more with this Au of my original AU. this will follow the show a lot closer and also introduce characters sooner as it makes sense, Letty is still our main Girly and I'm going to endeavor not to make her overly central but seeing as how we are going to experience most things through her it only makes sense for me to try and carve a groove into the show that she can slide into.
I will probably make an era accurate Soundtrack for chapters just cause i love the moods the are evoked with music. some of this is going to read like a proper book and other parts more like a screen play. I'm trying to get a good middle ground going between what is in the show and what i want to mix into it? I'll also try my best to put in the notes at the start of each chapter what episodes and season are being smashed into one.
There will be graphic descriptions of violence, blood and gore, horror, trauma, medical horror/gore, mentions of abuse, reference to abuse, reference to substance abuse, mental anguish, body horror, some sexual content, descriptions of bile and bodily fluid, and langauge. Canon typical under age teenage shenanigans including but not limited too: Drug use, underage drinking, underage sex (not on paper) and basic teenage fights.
So last but not least i'll probably make a mood board and add it if anyone is interested in it, but for some things im taking direct inspo from:
Movies:
Alien
evil dead remake
The conjuring film series
IT tv series and film
Talk to me
Heathers
Marianne
Mama
Annihliation
the descent
The Thing
Shows:
Dark (netflix)
twin peak
Bly manor
Haunting of Hill house
Books:
Scary stories to tell in the dark
House of leaves
The fisherman
Games:
Bloodborne
SIlentHill 2 and 4
Inside/Limbo
The last of us
Sound atmosphere and inspriation:
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Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts albums or The Downward Spiral for that mechanical, pulsing dread.
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Deftones – “Entombed”, Chelsea Wolfe, or Radiohead’s “Daydreaming” for moodtracking Letty’s emotional unraveling.
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Static-laden whispers like in The Ring or Skinamarink.