I have two prompts, and I put the inspiration I was hit by as separate paragraphs. The inspiration really is unnecessary for the prompt, but I wanted to share it with you, brightknightie, and the fandom. One could be a bit darker, one is a bit lighter in my mind, but, er, all of them depend on the author:
Prompt 1 - Reverse AU*: Vampire/human status switch. The vampires are human and the humans are vampires. What's the reason for that? Creator's choice.
Inspiration, but not part of this prompt - Could be Nat's cure in Fever had some, ah, unintended side effects. Could be the universe is totally different from the start, and Schanke is the vampire cop, and Nat is the vampire nightclub owner, with Cohen (or Stonetree or Reese) the vampire sire, while Nick is his human partner and Janette is the human coroner. These are only examples; there are obviously many possible permutations! Is mortal LaCroix a good dad to his beloved daughter Divia? Did vampire cop Schanke get brought across by his sire Myra, who was brought across by her daughter Jenny? The permutations! The changes! The possibilities!
Prompt 2 - Games Vampires (and Mortals) Play: What do our most beloved characters do to while away the nighttime (or daytime) hours?
Inspiration, but not part of this prompt - How have games changed while our vampire characters whiled away their eternity? What games have humans introduced them to? Has the Schanke family ever enjoyed game night and invited Nick over? What happens when Nat and Janette sit down for a friendly game of cutthroat Scrabble? What happens when Lacroix shows up? But, like, for a friendly game. Also, and inevitably: Has there been a long-running Dungeons & Dragons campaign that inevitably gets derailed by Nick's quests for humanity and which vampire is the DM? (Yes, I went there. So sue me.)
*I believe this is a throwback challenge to the FKFIC-L or FORKNI-L lists, but also it's an absolute delight of a prompt and I think it's time to bring it back. Possibly again. I believe I prompted this many years ago for an exchange run of a fkficfest.
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Prompt 1 - Reverse AU*: Vampire/human status switch. The vampires are human and the humans are vampires. What's the reason for that? Creator's choice.
Inspiration, but not part of this prompt - Could be Nat's cure in Fever had some, ah, unintended side effects. Could be the universe is totally different from the start, and Schanke is the vampire cop, and Nat is the vampire nightclub owner, with Cohen (or Stonetree or Reese) the vampire sire, while Nick is his human partner and Janette is the human coroner. These are only examples; there are obviously many possible permutations! Is mortal LaCroix a good dad to his beloved daughter Divia? Did vampire cop Schanke get brought across by his sire Myra, who was brought across by her daughter Jenny? The permutations! The changes! The possibilities!
Prompt 2 - Games Vampires (and Mortals) Play: What do our most beloved characters do to while away the nighttime (or daytime) hours?
Inspiration, but not part of this prompt - How have games changed while our vampire characters whiled away their eternity? What games have humans introduced them to? Has the Schanke family ever enjoyed game night and invited Nick over? What happens when Nat and Janette sit down for a friendly game of cutthroat Scrabble? What happens when Lacroix shows up? But, like, for a friendly game. Also, and inevitably: Has there been a long-running Dungeons & Dragons campaign that inevitably gets derailed by Nick's quests for humanity and which vampire is the DM? (Yes, I went there. So sue me.)
*I believe this is a throwback challenge to the FKFIC-L or FORKNI-L lists, but also it's an absolute delight of a prompt and I think it's time to bring it back. Possibly again. I believe I prompted this many years ago for an exchange run of a