[FE3H Horror Ex 2025] Pinch Hit #1

[FE3H Horror Exchange]

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This pinch hit is due October 29 at 11:59 PM PST.

Requester: Baskervville

Request #1

Ship: Ferdinand von Aegir/Hubert von Vestra

Body Horror as a Trans Allegory!
Transfemme Ferdinand/Freya is a must. I would expect it to be very Ferdi-centric. Her coming to terms with herself and her identity while her body reconstructs itself. I'd like it to have a hopeful ending.
I would love to see:
-Dark Fairytale Elements
-Post Crimson Flower or Historical AU
-Concerned but caring and attentive Hubert
-Hubert von Vestra being a wife guy
-Attempting to use magic to transition, and the consequences
-Hubert dealing with his own magical consequences
-Inclusion of Demonic Beasts & Nightmare sequences

DNW: Trans Hubert, turning into a Demonic Beast, robot/mechanical body horror, historically accurate homophobia/transphobia, main character death, vomit

Request #2

Ship: Jeritza von Hrym/Constance von Nuvelle

Gothic Horror Romance
For whatever reason, Jeritza and Constance are stuck in a Victorian mansion, alone. And for every little sliver of Jeritza's freak, I want Coco to match his energy!
Imagine if Christine from Phantom of the Opera, or Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle were to match her man's energy from the beginning. That is what I crave!
I want no doubt Constance is into this man, and that her feelings are reciprocated!
Other ideas/suggestions:
-Purple prose
-Disembodied voices and shadowy figures
-Discussions of mental health
-Jeritza being some sort of monster, feel free to keep it ambiguous
-Labyrinthian Manors
-Being given a human heart as romantic gesture
-Someone from Coco's past coming to "rescue" her, only to find her living her best life

DNW: Stockholm Syndrome, violence against animals, excessive age gaps, tragic ending

Request #3

Ships: Ferdinand von Aegir/Bernadetta von Varley/Hubert von Vestra, Ferdinand von Aegir/Hubert von Vestra, Ferdinand von Aegir/Bernadetta von Varley, Bernadetta von Varley/Hubert von Vestra

Campy Summer Slasher!!
Think Friday the 13th, or Sleep Away Camp. Those classic horror movies you think of when you hear "summer camp slasher."
Character death is a-ok, just as long as the main ship comes out alive. No true "final girl," unfortunately.
To help with brainstorming, some ideas:
-Transfemme Ferdinand/Freya (PLEASE)
-"Hubert has a girlfriend? Hubert has two girlfriends?!" subplot
-Garreg Mach Summer Camp, where the students are camp counselors
-70's-80's era (short shorts, bisexual lighting, and an excessive amount of hairspray)
-Elaborate, cartoony deaths
-Slasher Hubert? Slasher Edelgard (Flame Emperor)? Multiple killers??

DNW: camper/counselor relationships, graphic murder of children/animals, era accurate transphobia/homophobia