The dead letter office. It's like the pony express. But for dead people.

[madreen_rua]

The Haunted Meme

There are ghosts all around, at any time, lingering in places where they died or that were emotionally significant during their lives. Some of them refuse to give up the life they once lived, some have yet to accept that they have died, and some just want revenge against those who are still living.

Wherever you are, whatever you were doing, you've happened across a place where a particularly strong ghost (or maybe more than one?) is lingering. The ghost might try to possess you, using your body to do what it cannot, it might try to torment you in whatever ways it can, or it might just try to attack you. What will you do? Who you gonna call?

HOW IT WORKS:
Leave a comment with your character's name and canon, and your preferences. Remember that the ghosts can possess your character (influencing their actions or outright taking control of them) or torment them (exerting an outside influence or attacking).

Please respect others' preferences when tagging, and if a thread goes somewhere you aren't comfortable, communicate with your thread partner.


1) ANGRY This ghost either died angry or has become so over time. It might want to take out its anger on someone else, make noise, or hit or break things, whether by itself or using your character's body or special abilities.

2) VENGEFUL This ghost wants revenge. Maybe it's against someone who wronged them in life, maybe it's against their murderer, or maybe it's just against the living. They might mistake your character for the target, or use their body to exact their vengeance.

3) REGRETFUL This ghost is much sadder and quieter, consumed by regrets of things unsaid and never done. They might just lurk about and increase the emo factor, or they could drive your character into despair.

4) DEMANDING This ghost wants something done. Maybe they want a message delivered or a hidden treasure found. Or maybe they just want to force your character to compete a task. Whatever it is, they won't stop demanding it until they're satisfied.

5) LUSTFUL Being a ghost gets very lonely. Maybe they want to possess your character to experience the pleasures of the flesh once more. Maybe the ghosts of star-crossed lovers will drive two people together. Or maybe your character might just feel an intangible hand copping a feel...

6) OBLIVIOUS This ghost doesn't realize it's dead. They might resent your character's presence or mistake them for the real ghost. Or they could accidentally inhabit your character's body and try to continue their normal routine.

7) INHUMAN This ghost isn't the spirit of a person, but something else. Maybe an animal, maybe a creature thought to be imaginary, maybe an alien that hitched a ride on a meteor, whatever it was it wasn't normal. And if it possesses your character, neither are they.

From: knockyoursocksoff

Comments

midnighter | dc (rebirth) | ota.

[thingpuncher]

2

[midnightdoctor]

She's still in the uniform she died in that night with blood dripping from her chest. Some of it was coughed up from her throat.

She's searching for the two men with the knives. She will find them and make them drown in their own blood. Like they did to her.

Tsukasa | .hack//SIGN | cross-canon welcome, can AU

[spriteocarina]

[ anything but 'lustful'. ]

Yang Xiao Long | RWBY | f/f for ships

[awayaround]

[ Either haunted or haunting (ooo vengeful one-armed ghost), just don't give me porn. ]

[starlightfriendship]

(OoC: Would you mind Oblivious with Nanoha here? Have Yang possessed and become a magical girl?)

catelyn stark | asoiaf

[pounding]

[ honestly being a ghost is probably better than what happened to her post death ]

[hart_or_hand]

[Catelyn haunting Lindsey millennia after the series?]

Ianto Jones | Torchwood/Dr Who | ota

[round_tones]

[Probably the ghost, but could work either way. Crossovers/AUs welcome!]

Scarecrow | Batman Arkham Knight

[doctor_terror]

The Dragonborn | Skyrim

[fireandhoney]

Gabriel Starling | OC

[dogamidstmen]

Djem Ahmad | OC | OTA

[fresh_to_deaf]

richie tozier ( it )

[scotchtaped]

Alex Price - InCryptid - OTA

[scales_and_silence]

Eren Jaeger | Shingeki no Kyojin

[preciousbrat]

Wolfgang Mozart | Amadeus

[18th_century_rockstar]

Gabe Goodman | Next To Normal

[morethanmemory]

[ A nice swirl of 1, 2, 4, and sometimes 6. ENJOY. ]

John Constantine | DC/Vertigo Comics

[heckblazer]

[ this kinda thing is his bread and butter, just fuck me up with whatever. ]

2, ghost-Dorian

[sinterpiece]

The Mayfair mansion was undoubtedly haunted. The building was decrepit, trashed and close to rotting on the inside, one of those buildings held in legal limbo because it was owned by an estate holding onto it solely for the property value. So it certainly looked spooky. But that doesn't even get into the strange noises, the sudden drops in temperature, and the lights flickering on even though the power had been cut.

Two uni students had vanished around here a week ago. Their friend managed to escape, telling wild stories about ghosts and doors slamming shut and voices over the phone line and things like that. It was the stories that the cops dismissed but someone like Constantine could see what they were. There was a ghost in this mansion, and it was a pretty pissed off one.

And, it knew Constantine had shown up. Because as soon as John enters the house, there's the tell-tale sound of a door being locked behind him. Whoooo spooky ghost shit from Dorian.

"I suppose you'll have to do," the voice of a young, British man whispers in Constantine's ears.

Robert Small • Dream Daddy • OTA

[encryptid]

[Definitely prefer him being the one who stumbles in on the supernatural. Rob hunts and tries to prove various cryptids are real so this is right up his alley.]

7

[ohmyquad]

( sooo, this really isn't craig's scene. and, okay, he knows robert isn't super big on the whole 'dating' thing. which . . . is fine. kind of. craig doesn't have a lot of time to spare as it is, but if they're actually doing this relationship thing, then he'd like to actually do things. like dates. and, other stuff. (🍆💦🍆💦 ) so, when robert suggests they go on an outdoorsy kind of date craig jumps at the chance. however, what he gets isn't what he expects. but!!! he's willing to give it a chance. and, it will definitely be something to tell the girls once he has them back.

what's nice about spending time with robert is the silence. which, he knows is a really weird thing to say. but, it's true. robert hates unnecessary chatter and small talk. craig just enjoys those golden moments of absolute silence. they're so rare in his life and it gives him a minute or two to just unwind. he feels guilty over it, because he feels guilty over anything indulgent. but, sometimes, craig just needs things to stop. so, on the way to their destination he's lulled into a comfortable state that the only sounds are robert's truck rumbling beneath them, music playing softly on the stereo, and the wind whipping in the windows. it's the most comfortable silence.

when they get to their destination, craig is a little confused. but, curious! the only times he's been to the woods at night has been camping. not . . . whatever this is. which, robert does explain but, it kinda blows right over craig's head. he's not really sure what cryptids are and he doesn't believe in ghosts or whatever. and it's weird to imagine robert so invested. but, he knows it's his 'thing' after being neighbors for so long. and, even if craig doesn't get it, he's super pumped that robert is sharing such a big part of his life with him. that's why he goes along with it. that's why he happily marches through the dirty forest floor, and listens to robert's directions and stories.

that's not why he's a little freaked when both of their flashlights go dead. that's not why he's even more freaked out when he hears some crazy inhuman wailing and growling. everyone might think craig is superdad, but right now he feels like a kid. and yet, he still keeps himself in front of robert like a shield because that's just innately in his genetics. )

Bro, if you're just screwing with me you win. You got me.

leto hawkins ( original character ) ota

[stardog]

Sherlock Holmes || Sherlock BBC || m/m

[desecrated]

davy jones ( original character ) ota

[dweomer]

peter quill ( marvel comics ) ota

[starbuckslord]

Jacob Johnson | A Nightmare on Elm Street

[burnedchild]

((Also available in creepy psychic child version.))

Mahiru Koizumi | SDR2

[truenoonsyndrome]

[voicetesting! the ghost here... well, in a way. it's probably a glitch. most likely to be 1, 3, or 4.]

[aupologizes]

[ As someone who is a bit of a spirit in some sense of the word herself, Hanyuu does not seem to be afraid when she sees Mahiru and instead floats to her carefully. Even if Hanyuu herself is in her tangible human form, that won't stop her from speaking up. ]

Child of Man. Are you lost...?

[ It is quite a rarity, after all, to see a ghost that isn't one of her people, after all. ]

hanyuu | higurashi no naku koro ni

[aupologizes]

( Very likely to have answer arc spoilers. Besides that, Hanyuu tends to lean towards a type 3 as a ghost - it's canon, really - but feel free to have characters haunt her. She'll be able to see ghosts, however, due to her nature. )

Naminé | Kingdom Hearts | OTA

[thememorywitch]

((Most likely the ghost here!))

chiaki nanami | dangan ronpa 3

[classicmode]

( the ghost; most likely 3 or 6, but please ask first before 5! also dr3 spoilers very, very likely. )