Fic: Afterwards (Crimson Peak)

Dec. 31st, 2018 04:54 am
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And here's my final story for this fandom, with a Christmas theme; Lucille is of course even more of an unreliable narrator than Thomas...

Afterwards (5473 words) by Igenlode Wordsmith
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crimson Peak
Rating: Teen and up
Genre: Angst/Horror
Warnings: Canon incest
Relationships: Thomas Sharpe/Lucille Sharpe, Thomas Sharpe/Edith Cushing, Alan McMichael/Edith Cushing
Lead/main character: Lucille
Summary: She could not find Thomas. And the world was breaking apart.
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Fic: A Necessary Evil (Crimson Peak)

Dec. 10th, 2018 03:54 am
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A Necessary Evil (3088 words) by Igenlode Wordsmith
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crimson Peak
Rating: Teen and up
Genre: Angst/Family
Warnings: Canon incest
Relationships: Thomas Sharpe/Lucille Sharpe, Thomas Sharpe/Edith Cushing
Lead/main character: Thomas
Summary: It was not the scene he'd planned to play out with Edith tonight. Forgive me, Edith. But your father has your best interests at heart — more so than he knows. You should never have become involved with Thomas Sharpe. Never.
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Crimson Peak questions

Dec. 1st, 2018 05:14 pm
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Does Thomas really come to Boston with the original intent of pursuing Eunice McMichael rather than Edith, or is she (as I assumed ) simply deluding herself as to his interest? She seems an entirely unsuitable target for the Sharpes' schemes, since she has a living mother and brother who are both highly likely to interfere.
(And apparently the Sharpes are able to afford to spend time in fashionable London, despite the state of their finances, since that is where the McMichael family made their acquaintance...)

Why does Lucille object that Edith is an unsuitable target because she is too young? Surely that would make her more naive and malleable?

If Thomas chooses to fix his interest with Edith rather than one of the other girls because he is genuinely attracted to her, despite Lucille's warnings and her father's disapproval (which risks him intervening to prevent the wedding, or else cutting her off without any money in the event of a runaway match), then what on earth does he suppose the outcome of a marriage between them is likely to be? Is he simply shutting his eyes to the uncomfortable fact that his sister is busy killing off every woman she sets him to seduce?
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Fic: If I Don't, She Will (Crimson Peak)

Nov. 30th, 2018 01:56 am
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So I finally saw "Crimson Peak" a couple of weeks ago, and thought it was full of obvious plot holes (Edith's broken leg being the most egregious...) and fairly ludicrous amounts of gore.

And then without actually intending it I kept finding myself thinking about the characters, and the context of certain scenes... and the long and the short of it was that a week after dismissing it I found myself writing fan-fiction about it! (And in this case about the character I originally considered to be a complete cipher; it's amazing how writing from someone else's viewpoint gives you a new appreciation of his existence.)

If I Don't, She Will (1111 words) by Igenlode Wordsmith
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crimson Peak
Rating: Teen and up
Genre: Angst/Drama
Warnings: A lot of blood and knives (it's canon!)
Relationships: Alan McMichael/Edith Cushing, Thomas Sharpe/Edith Cushing
Lead/main character: Alan
Summary: Alan McMichael arrives in England to save Edith from a bigamous marriage, and completely underestimates both the insanity and the danger involved. The sister-in-law puts a knife into him, then sends her brother to finish him off...
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Fic: Wrap The Cloak Of Night Around His Shoulders (Dracula 1968)

Jun. 6th, 2017 09:07 am
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Wrap The Cloak Of Night Around His Shoulders (59744 words) by calliopes_pen
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Dracula (TV 1968)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mina Harker/John Seward, Count Dracula/Jonathan Harker
Characters: John Seward, Mina Harker, Jonathan Harker, Lucy Weston, Count Dracula, Abraham Van Helsing
Additional Tags: When Vampires Attack, Exorcisms, Hypnotism, Possession, Bats, Temptation, Friendship, Mind Control, Jonathan runs away with Dracula, Van Helsing is clever, Mina protects Lucy, Seward needs a blood transfusion and blanket right about now, There's something in the basement, Vampire Bites, Hurt/Comfort, Character Turned Into Vampire, Elements of Lucy/Mina, staking, Vampirism Causes Irreconcilable Differences, Suspense, Nightmares, Fog, Journey to the Castle, Happy Ending, Blood Drinking, Adventure, Alternate Universe
Summary: What if Seward and Van Helsing told Mina about the danger Lucy was in sooner? What if Lucy wasn’t bitten a final time that night, because Mina was in the house? This gives them a reprieve. Everything changes for the better and for the worse. Each takes a more active role in their fate as they fight to keep Dracula away from Lucy, and the darkness closes in around them.

And since Crimson Peak (2015) fits our gothic horror/romance theme, here’s the fanfic I wrote for Yuletide 2015.

Let The Shadows Become Your Shroud (33269 words) by calliopes_pen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Crimson Peak (2015)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Edith Cushing/Thomas Sharpe, Edith Cushing/Alan McMichael
Characters: Edith Cushing, Thomas Sharpe, Lucille Sharpe, Alan McMichael
Additional Tags: Horror, Gothic Romance, Alan shouldn't play with ouija boards, Possession, Ghosts, Vague References of Past Canon Abuse, Friendship, Exorcisms, Supernatural Elements, Blood, Hurt/Comfort, Mind Control, When Ghost Moths Attack, extremely vague reference to canon incest, When Ghost Hunts Go A Bit Wrong, Precarious mental state eroded further in death, Mental Maze
Summary: Two years after the events of the film, Alan and Edith are married. Now that Allerdale Hall has collapsed into the clay, Lucille’s ghost is free to seek revenge against them…but Thomas knows what his sister is planning and will provide them with aid no matter how dangerous things become.

No matter how terrifying it becomes for the living, as souls are imperiled by the grasp of the dead.


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