fang frenzy '26

[qweermonkey]

dear fang frenzy writer,

i'm crazy about vampires and so excited to see what you write for me! treats of any medium are very welcome :3

i expand on my likes and DNWs in my master letter, which also contains details on all fandoms that i've requested from other exchanges — that's there if you're curious, but only the beginning section is important if not! below the cut are prompts for my requests for this exchange! i've also listed some headcanons for each character — these are ideas i like but don't except you to adhere to!

twilight

this series is such a hot mess, but damn do i love it... the characters are where it's at for me (bella is best girl forever!), they're kind of the only thing that make half of it work at all. i will say that i do love the lowkey and small-scale vibes of twilight and the beginning to new moon — you know, before it all starting going downhill. the platonic and familial bonds here are also just lovely. i would rather see explorations of any relationship outside of the main plot of twilight, or at least not super attached the larger aspects of it.

relationship(s): jacob black/edward cullen
headcanon(s): jacob — bi. edward — gay, trans non-binary

these two my little crackship that grew way out of hand, and now i'm obsessed. unfortunately, they are not that popular much anymore! i love their contrast — visually, personality-wise, their histories. i like that they have a little rivalry going on, but i'm not much a fan of how one-sidely smeyer writes it. her cullens are just unopposed racists. i think removed from that, their dynamic has so much great potential.

ideas:

• leaning into edward/jacob being more monstrous. a dark and moody dracula-esque edward who has a genuine blood-rival in werewolf jacob. they kill people <3
• angsty soulmates au. angsty because edward is always moaning about his lack of soul. jacob is like 'i cannot believe this guy is my soulmate, he's so weird!'
• bella and edward are drawn to each other as friends, and she sometimes brings jacob on their hangouts. maybe their rivalry here spawns from fighting over who's her actual best friend, and then attraction sparks between them.

relationship(s): alice cullen/bella swan
headcanon(s): alice — lesbian, trans non-binary. bella — lesbian, trans

bellice!!! fumbling, bookish girl who loves an airy, whimsical girl who loves her back! there's an earnestness to them both, and they bring out the better parts of each other.

ideas:

• small moments of bella working up the courage to ask alice out, or other awkward attempts to romance her, or her continued flustering at alice's affections.
• alice and bella contending with mortality and bella's obsession with otherness and her perceived plainness. they're in love and maybe they want different things for each other.
• bella's emails to alice after the cullens have left. bella fixating on the loss of their magic from her life, and especially the loss of alice. maybe bella details how her life starts to get better. maybe alice drafts responses she never sends.

cerulean chronicles

these books are just so sweet and cozy, and i love their earnestness. the setting is lovely, and i'm a sucker for fantastical elements in a story so all the children's quirks are like snacks to me.

relationship(s): any

linus is a delightful little man, and so is arthur. the series is quite light on romance, so i'd love to see a more thorough dive into their relationship, how they work to build their relationship and juggle it alongside taking care of the kids. and speaking of the kids, i adore linus' growing closeness with lucy throughout the series, and how they really come to see each other as family. and in the second book i really enjoyed seeing arthur and phee have their moment together, it felt so right. i just love seeing them all interacting as a happy family.

ideas:

• arthur and linus bringing home a vampire child!
  • what quirks does this child have? what kind of hobbies? maybe they don't drink blood, but instead tomato juice, or the color red.
  • how do the other marsyas kids feel about the new addition? do they struggle with confronting a stigma surrounding vampires and their danger?
  • maybe an exploration of how the child came to be a vampire? there's lots of moral implications to be found there...

disco elysium

god this game is so rich!! i love the winding and exhaustive writing style, the quirks of each of harry's skills. the mundanity of all the peoples and their lives and the groundedness to the setting. the realistic and intricate view of systems of belief and institutions and the people that make them up. the communism. the hope. and especially kim <3

relationship(s): harry du bois/kim kitsuragi, harry du bois & kim kitsuragi
headcanon(s): harry — bi, genderqueer

harry and kim... these two are such great foils/complements to each other. harry is washed-up, abstract, with no past he can remember vs. kim who is controlled to a fault and deeply affected by all that has been done to him. harry latches onto kim and scratches an itch he didn't realize he had. i think their relationship is mostly positive for the both of them, but i do love a little mess in all my ships.

ideas:

• kim as a vampire! not much has to change about the main story, but this is something that kim keeps a deliberate secret from harry. fitting vampirism into the existing lore could be fun!
• or an urban fantasy AU? harry has of course forgotten it all, so he has to rediscover living in a world with magic. maybe harry is the vampire!