#dead by deadlight au

[irishqueen12]

Don't see many au versions of Anna in swap au's so I wanted to contribute! and I'm really proud of it 😅so here she is! I'll post a few more doodles on her soon! 👀

[abbiebsart]

New survivor just dro- wait a second

(Not sure if I wanna commit to a whole askblog but welcoming ideas for stuff to draw for this ig)

[hungry-and-scared]

DBD X Cabin in the woods Au?

Read right to left:

Role/sacrifices?

Claudette: The scholar

Meg: The Athlete

Nea: The Fool

David: The Whore

Dwight: The virgin

I originally didn't know who to use as the fool, at first I was going to use Jake. (You know, giving up money to go live the woods.) But instead I thought about making him the harbinger in my au.

I only wanted to use the original 4 + the two free dlc characters as the sacrifices. So I had to force them into the role even if they don't quite fit in it.

[gothy-froggy]

Y'ALL OMFG

HEAR.ME.OUT.

Albert Wesker x reader. But Beauty and the Best.

HEAR ME OUT ON THIS PLEASE

I would DIE If anyone made this.

[gravysside]

Swapped AU!

(In order) Trapper/Wraith/Hillbilly!

[deadinsideart]

I GOT OUT OF ART BLOCK ALIVE!!!

Drew my Dbd Killer Layton again and included some perks and name to fill space

I went back to the shortened hat and got rid of the skull I gave him, I tried to picture him with his normal hat length for this but it just felt so weird for this... I don't have an explanation

I just think-

He'd be hella cool as a killer tbh

I wanted to include those flowers but I could NOT figure out how to draw them for this and where to put them, couldn't even work the orange stuff from them into this :[[

[popfantasia]

siblings 🫶🫶🫶🩷🩷

[applecat8]

He’s so hard to draw

Also I think I’m a Blight/Birkin Main on Dead By Daylight now

[aricantswim]

“At least we’re not the only ones struggling,” He sighed and stared back at the instructions.

After getting closer, the blonde snatched the paper out of his hand and frowned at it.

“This is the wrong one you fucking moron,” He scoffed, “It’s color coordinated, I thought you would’ve notice it if I already did so.”

It wasn’t that the words hurt the older but he was stunned that Frank had the guts to insult him – somewhat friendly. With a roll of his eyes, Danny looked at the tiny dots in different colors, the shorter pointed at, that indicated where each piece had to go. And finally, after a couple more minutes, the tent was standing.

Looking over at his partner, he cocked his head: “If you knew it was that easy then why haven’t you told me early on? It would’ve saved some time for sure.”

“I thought it was wrong because you didn’t pay attention to it,” Frank muttered before tossing his bag inside.

[striderepiphany]

My favorite reddie fics masterpost

I have an absolutely insane number of reddie fics saved in my bookmarks for how recently I joined this fandom so I decided to share my absolute favorites with you. Please give these authors some love and let me know which ones are you've read and enjoyed!

the year of the goat and your kid back by derryfacts2

1 chapter, 14,838 words, No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: The day you get the most important email of your life, there’s a new black skidmark on the wall of the stairwell, and you know exactly whose fault it is. “Margaret,” you intone to the harried, wild-haired woman in the lobby. She sighs at you as she tries to jimmy her mail key loose. “I know.” It wouldn’t even be that bad if the kid would just skateboard outside. Or get good at skateboarding. Either of those things. Maggie’s a nice lady, though, and she’s had “trying my best” scribbled all over her since they moved into 6B maybe eight years ago. So you try not to be a dick, even if her son is a gold-standard pain in the ass. He’s good for three things: smells, noise, and reminding you how big Eddie must be by now.

The first It fic I read that made me go "holy shit, this is fantastic" and remains one of my all-timers (hence why its first in this list). Really fun and unique outsider POV from Eddie's estranged gay dad, and tells a very sweet story mostly through dialogue. Young adult Eddie and Richie are very cute.

i think the clock is slow by derryfacts2 (again)

3 chapters, 15,815 words, No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: So there was that reason that work wasn’t boring, too. There was Richie’s soppy campaign of making cow eyes at the back of Eddie’s head as he passed, gently pressing Betty for details about his personal life (“I don’t think he has one. He had this awful fiancé a few years ago, but we’re all glad that’s over”), and chasing the incomparable high of a quiet, muttered “Thanks, Rich” whenever Richie picks something up for him from the copier.

Richie is a wannabe stand-up comic daylighting as the receptionist at Eddie's office. Eddie is a tightly-wound corporate asshole. They are both disasters. Or: five times Richie watched Eddie and one that Eddie watched him back.

I really enjoy workplace dramas and this one satisfied the itch so well. So many good scenes and dialogue, this author characterizes them in a way that really works for me. The perfect read-in-an-afternoon fic.

listen to my heart (can you hear it sing?) by vampirerising

12 chapters, 137,708 words, Major Character Death. Summary: "You need to wake up now,” Stan says softly. “This isn’t real.”

“I know, but I can’t,” Richie sobs. “I don’t want to be here.” Not again. Never again. It is dead, why is It still haunting him?

Stan fixes him with one of those looks of his, the one where he can see his every thought as if it were written on his face. “That’s not true, Trashmouth.”

Alternatively: We all know Richie gets caught in the Deadlights, but do we really know what happens after?

(Deadlights, timelines, Stan’s ghostly meddling—oh, my.)

This one is fucking weird in a way that I absolutely adore. Kind of like a sci-fi novel in that it requires you to pay attention to figure out what the fuck is going on but its so good and worth it. The MCD is Stan, not Eddie, and the last couple chapters are actually a very normal domestic Eddie lives AU. One of the first reddie artworks I made was fanart for a scene from this fic that I really enjoy.

a strange sense of familiarity by Katranga

21 chapters, 103,571 words, No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: "So Eddie, what brings you to the bar tonight?" Richie asked. "Gonna rebound from the divorce? Pick up a hot young twenty-something to feel young again?” “Fuck you,” Eddie said, jutting his chin forward. “What a terrible way to ruin the mood.” “I’m sorry, all my moods are poorly cultivated. What mood were you looking for?” A nervous lump grew in Eddie's throat. He threw back his drink to get rid of it.

Hand wrapped around the glass he’d just slammed back onto the bar, he said, “The mood that gets me leaving with a schlubby forty-something.”

Pre-chapter two, Eddie and Richie meet and don't remember each other, but have an instant connection anyway...

This one is just... so fucking good. Decently long without ever feeling like it's dragging. Part 1 is them developing their totally-casual-I-swear relationship, which blows up right when Mike calls them back to Derry. Part 2 is them navigating both killing a nightmare clown demon and the awkwardness between them. Also everybody lives! So that's nice.

change partners by avacadomoon (with podfic available)

1 chapter, 30,453 words, No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: "Rich," Eddie says heavily. Meaningfully, and Richie holds his breath, both afraid and hopeful that Eddie is about to say something really sappy, like I always knew and it didn't matter to me, or you know I support you no matter what. Eddie takes a deep breath before he speaks, and Richie closes his eyes, braced for it. "I didn't look at your dick pics."

"Well hey, Eds, thanks," Richie says, laughing incredulously. "Thanks for that."

I LOVE THIS ONE SOOO FUCKING MUCH. I urge you to consider this as a rec for this author as well, as they have a bunch of other reddie fics I think are fantastic. I have a weakness for any reddie fic that lets them be just a little mean to each other. As a treat. (Also the podfic is very well done, you should check that out too.)

check raise by avacodomoon

1 chapter, 15,061 words, No Archive Warnings Apply. Summary: "Eddie, not a fan of stand up comedy, not a fan of his beer," Rich says, leaning back on one elbow and squinting at him, like he's lining him up in a camera lens frame, "but what is he doing drinking alone?"

"I was alone, and now I'm not," Eddie says. "Some prick sat down next to me and started yapping."

"Ah, unpleasant to talk to," Rich concludes. "Explains a lot."

I know I meant the last rec as a blanket rec for all this author's works but I'm including this one specifically because it has a twist ending that is well-foreshadowed and it slapped my dick clean off.

Things that Happen after Eddie Lives by IfItHollers

11 chapters, 107,947 words, Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Summary: In a world where Richie manages to save Eddie from It after the deadlights, they still have problems on their to-do list. Featuring everything from Derry to Los Angeles—Richie Tozier's murder trial, Eddie Kaspbrak's divorce proceedings, bedsharing of the platonic and non-platonic varieties, an investigation of magic, a truly disgusting séance, the quintessential morosexual road trip, and OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES.

Definitely NOT your average Eddie lives AU. Drama! Mild peril! Psychic abilities! The ghost of Stanley Uris collect calling from beyond the grave via Richie Tozier's vocal chords! Fun and freaky and weird. Three things that make any fic a Josh favorite.

I'm going to stop there because I'm sleepy but let me know if you want more! Like I said I've got like 70 of these lovingly tucked in my bookmarks and I'm happy to share with the class.

[neibolt-beverly]

Okay, so like ive been planning this au for literally one day so its definitely going to be patchy but basically (ive said from the start this probably goes against about 100 existing laws of the it universe but its an AU and i just wanted to use some of the characters so likeeeee🤷‍♀️).

• Its called the neibolt au because the characters are losely inspired by neibolt Eddie, Richie and Stanley however only neibolt Eddie and richies designs somewhat resemble canon, Stanley will look different.

• Its a no maturin /dead maturin au so umm all of the characters died while trying to kill the clown the first time (sorry to the lucky 7)

• Despite being dead all of the characters are conscious and selg aware, their personalities and morals are the same except theyre kinda all pennywise's puppets now (sorta but like not really cuz they're still sentient abd stuff) they just don't have as much free will as theyd like.

• When the lucky 7 aren't being used as freaky little baby puppets to torment the victims of pennywise they all have individual roles most of which are inspired by the characters canon careers/personalities except for Beverly because shes being constantly tortured because shes my favourite :3

• Bill is a storyteller

• Richie is a jester

• Ben is a carpenter

• Beverly is an entertainer/dancer

• Mike is a historian

• Eddie is a medic

• Stanley is an apothecary

• All of the characters neibolt au deaths are based on when i believe the losers were closest to death in canon

• Beverly died after looking into the deadlights

• Ben died after getting STABBED (WHY DOES NO ONE EVER SEEM TO CARE MY POOR BABY GOT STABBED???)

• Bill died when pennywise took him

• Stanley died when his face got bitten into

• Eddie died when he fell through the floor in neibolt house

• Richie died sometime around the missing poster scene

• Mike died when bowers beat him up.

• Beverly is the only one who's clothes changed after death

• Richie is gay he/it

• Beverly is pansexual demigirl she/it

• Ben is straight ally he/him

• Eddie is gay and a transboy he/him

• Mike is aroace he/him

• Stanley is pansexual he/him

• Bill is bisexual demiboy he/they

• I aged up the losers by three years give or take a little because i felt guilty doing this to 10-13 year old babies

Im pretty sure thays the whole neibolt AU explained

[millylotus]

Mesmerized By A Banshee’s Screams

Rock Star AU

No Memes this time but ✨I MADE A PLAYLIST✨

EXTRA AUS

Full Ghost Danny AU, ie: Danny is possessing his body and the ectoplasm is working as a preservative, he still ages though

Banshee Danny: Spirits that predict misfortune & death with their screams or songs, sometimes causing it, birdlike often beings, Irish in origin

Siren Ember: Spirits that lure sailors to the rocks they perch on, not actually fish or mermaids but bird and or harpy like beings, Greek in origin

Johnny’s just straight up bad luck

Danny's parents aren't all that excepting of the whole ya know being dead thing

They aren't horrible! It like they acknowledge that he's dead and they just decided to act like he isn't

Basically gaslighting themselves and him in an attempt for something normal

This all around a bad thing for Danny, the amount of stress and anxiety it puts him under is just bad

So he makes the first move and moves into the Ghost Zone permanently

Dropping out of school and only keeping in contact with Jazz, Tucker and Sam

During this his haunt just so happens to have naturally placed itself by Ember, Johnny and Kitty's haunts so he ends up hanging out with them more casually.

Eventually it’s like they’re siblings/found family

Ember teaches Danny the bass and they like to sing together

Johnny and Danny bond over bikes, what with Danny’s initially limited knowledge, and Johnny ends up teaching Danny how to ride a motorcycle

Kitty and Danny are absolute fashion geeks together, Kitty was the one to help Danny completely overhaul his wardrobe to fit him

At some point Ember suggests they start a band, Johnny and Danny are on board but Kitty isn’t about being on stage but she does agree to help with other things

The go through a random portal and pop out in Gotham, they set up base in a warehouse and get to working on how get a gig in this city

Dax Chill [Duke’s friend and actually the kid of Joe Chill who killed the Waynes, yes this is cannon] found this new band that’s going to debut as an introduction it Gotham on Saturday

The Flock [We are Robin] like to go out to shows sometimes so they all agree to take a day off and go see the new band “Embers & Dead Kids”

The shows amazing and the WaR are having so much fun just dancing and hanging out

The rest of the party also liked the show

But Duke’s eyes were only on the bassist of the band, and the youngest one who’s the The Flock’s age

The Flock ends up going to a lot of the shows the Dead Kids are in, quickly becoming fans of the band

DEADLIGHTS MASTERPOST, GENERAL NOTES, AO3

[antisociallilbrat]

Been a while since I invaded your inbox with the intention to feed your brain worms lol- ANYWAYS-

I'm not exactly sure if this will be entertainig enough to answer but I've been thinking of this concept for a while now and since I consume your takes on a daily basis, here I am presenting it to you. This involves both The Party and The Losers Club.

So I've been in love with MrHalloween's AU where Mike Wheeler has Pennywise's power and another artist or writer ( I cannot remember who they are and I am ashamed )'s AU where The Losers Club are all adopted by Pennywise for a very long time now and I really REALLY like those kinds of AUs. Now that got me thinking...

What power of Pennywise do you think suit each Party members? And why?

Like we- as in, the IT fandom- knows that Pennywise can do a lot of things. Expected since he's basically an eldritch horror. He can shapeshift, know your fear, control a whole ass town, can probably go toe to toe with Maturin, and he has the deadlights. So similar to Vecna's curse without the bones breaking and immediate death if not countered ASAP. Pennywise has a wide range of abilities that suits him and I am really curious of what you think each of the Party members would have if Pennywise gives them a portion of his abilities.

This ask is mildly inspired by the Mike fanart that I am currently sketching where he is surrounded by the deadlights and by the AU thay I shared to you back then where the Losers are Numbers and their abilities are their Neibolt selves.

Allen I am so sorry it took me so long to respond to this 😭 I fell down the sims rabbit hole and didn't know how to crawl my way out of it

I want to answer your question simply but we all know me and we know I am not capable of that. Also plz someone send me the link to the post where it talks about Mike having Pennywise's power- I wish to dissect ⛏️

So to answer this question it depends on how you're coming at It- literally. Like we know It is an alien but what's the classification of It beyond that? Humans tend to point at creatures that are below our 'intelligence' and call the creature an 'animal' but what do we call something that is obviously beyond our intelligence and even our understanding but it's not humanoid? This was not part of your question at all I'm sorry but this in itself is worth a conversation, I just love talking about the Dead Lights.

Because I believe It acts with animal characteristics, It only fights to ensure It's survival and It hunts 'weaker' prey- children. Yes I know it's bc their fear tastes better blah blah you know what I mean.

Back to your question at hand- for real this time:

To put it simply I don't think It could just give one specific power to each Party member if It turned them all into little Its, little deadlights so I'm going to have to give you a nonanswer.

Unless It was making Neilbolt versions of them but even then I don't think the Neilbolt versions get It's 'power' per say because technically they are still part of It as a whole.

I'll raise you this though Allen: the Party members having a handful It's power, becoming little deadlights. The reason why It did that is up to you, I'm speaking of all of this in a hypothetical.

So the Party members become little deadlights, maybe they favor certain aspects of the powers that come with that. Like I can see Mike really enjoying augmenting reality and manifesting anything at his whim. Lucas would enjoy the physical transformation aspect and Dustin would enjoy being able to get into people's heads in his quest for knowledge. Will would love having the ability to protect himself now (especially if this in an au where the UD is still a thing) and Max would love the ability to subtly control people. She could make sure no one like Billy could ever hurt someone again.

And El? This goes back to the 'is this au set in one where the UD is still a thing'. If Henry is a thing, El would make a deal with It to get It's power, albeit only a little of it, to take him down. She would make a deal with the devil. In fact- I think all of the Party would in a quest to protect the ones they love and there's you're motivation right there for the Party. Just need to decide what It gets out of this deal.

But here's the thing, if the Party essentially became little deadlights...would they need to feed on fear now? Feed on humans? Do they know about that before they make the deal?

I'll let you decide that ;)

[pallasparthenos]

20 and 29?

20. What’s a favorite title for a fic you’ve written?

probably “take me out of the wild”. i always use song lyrics for titles because i can never come up with them on my own, and sometimes i just pick a line that Feels Right, even if the song (or the line) isn’t actually relevant to the fic. but in this case the line is from Basia Bulat’s song Wires, which is one of the songs on my Thorn/Ophelia playlist and is - IMO - one of the most fitting songs on there. i also like the implication of the verso dimension as “the wild”, because there is the implication that when people are stuck there, they revert to their most basic instincts or habits.

alternatively, “your love’s a bunny snare”. the sound of that song (Glen Hansard’s You Be Me, I’ll Be You) is perfect mood music for the fic, and i love the phrase bunny snare. it’s my cellar door.

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post.

im not sure this is the strongest piece of this fic but it is the most succinct. i still love the idea, but my IT brainrot has really left me and i have a hard time imagining finishing it… so this is from the IT Pushing Daisies AU i started ages ago. i wrote 6000 words of it and it will probably never see the light of day lol. but if you like it and want to read more, it never hurts to let me know. maybe i can turn it into a one shot instead of the longer piece i had planned.

Richie gave him the rundown, standing in his bathroom with his back to the curtain as Eddie used his shower to get the blood off. Eddie was back, his life exchanged for Bowers’, cosmic tradesies. And he would stay back, basically forever, as long as he and Richie never touched again.

“This is ridiculous. It‘s like something out of the world’s most fucked up fairytale,” Eddie said. “I’m back, but I’m not… I’m a fucking zombie. You can make zombies.”

“Please don’t use that word,” Richie said, pained.

“What word should I use, dipshit? I’m undead.”

Richie dragged a hand through his hair, resisting the urge to turn around, like seeing the shape of Eddie through the curtain would inspire him to come up with the right word for what he was. There had to be one; a word that didn’t make Richie feel like his insides were being put through a meat grinder. “Something nicer. Re-alived.”

“But I’m not alive. I’m just here. Moving and talking and shit, but there’s no…”

“Risen,” Richie suggested, his voice cracking.

“As in, He is?” Eddie asked dryly.

“As in bread,” Richie said, which was nonsense.

“How long have you been able to do this?”

“Since the deadlights,” Richie said. “When we were kids.”

There was a moment of silence. Just the sound of water hitting the fiberglass tub. Richie imagined it getting clearer, the pink swirling down the drain as the last of Eddie’s lifeblood sloughed away from his cooling body. “It did this to you.”

“I don’t know.” Richie propped his elbows on the windowsill and looked down at the parking lot. He’d need to give Eddie some warning if another Loser pulled in. Bowers’ car was still parked there, and it was a lousy parking job. He was taking up a quarter of the next spot over. “I don’t know if It did this on purpose, or if it was just a side effect. I mean, I don’t think It meant to give Bev visions of the future. Maybe fucked up things just happen to people that get caught in the deadlights.”

Eddie paused. Richie heard the squirt of the miniature shampoo bottle, almost out of shampoo. “Maybe. I kind of can’t believe you kept this from all of us. Bev told us about her visions.”

“Yeah, well, this is different. It’s goes-against-all-the-laws-of-nature fucked up. And I was hoping if I ignored it, it would just go away.”

“Seems like that worked out really well.”

“Fuck you. I never use it, Eds. I swore I wouldn’t ever do it again. I just couldn’t let you stay dead.”

“Thanks,” Eddie said, sounding strangely hollow. “I think.”

Outside, a raven landed on a streetlamp - or maybe a crow. Richie could never remember the difference. Stan would have been able to tell him.

[gravysside]

We'll find we're never too far apart

More of my Killer -> Survivor AU (swapped)