On the contrary, I think there's all the ingredients for horror in Avatarverse, particularly because of the spirit world and all the magic. But the fandom isn't interested-- maybe because of the higher youth population, maybe because no one's hit that craze yet. There's been some vampire fics, but I don't think sexy vampires = horror. Hardly ever, actually.
Or maybe my zutara-colored lenses mean I haven't looked enough for gen horror fics. ::makes a note::
You'd think, though, that there would be more. Like, what about the air temples? Or other non-temple landmarks/empty cities used by the air nomads. There's SERIOUS ghost potential. In fact, you could have a damn convenient ghost story right in the WAT. But the downside being that if you wanted to fit it to canon, you wouldn't be able to kill anyone. And where's the fun in that? ::prepared to shameless kill off everyone but the main four+Zuko::
Although, if I was writing a real horror story, (with a slight Zutara friendship flavor), I'd kill off everyone except Toph and Aang and The Duke. I'd make Sokka and Haru and Teo into victims of the murderer/monster/ghost/whatever (maybe Sokka gets killed right before he can reveal the secret to save them all) and then I'd have Toph put up a fight and be wounded, and have Aang and The Duke drag Toph toward Appa/the boat/whatever to escape while Katara and Zuko do a heroic last stand/sacrifice. Thus we preserve the youngest characters (and the Avatar), a great horror film tradition.
But, you know, I'm from the FANFICION IS PAIN school of thought, so I don't think you can really do scary without mega death.
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Or maybe my zutara-colored lenses mean I haven't looked enough for gen horror fics. ::makes a note::
You'd think, though, that there would be more. Like, what about the air temples? Or other non-temple landmarks/empty cities used by the air nomads. There's SERIOUS ghost potential. In fact, you could have a damn convenient ghost story right in the WAT. But the downside being that if you wanted to fit it to canon, you wouldn't be able to kill anyone. And where's the fun in that? ::prepared to shameless kill off everyone but the main four+Zuko::
Although, if I was writing a real horror story, (with a slight Zutara friendship flavor), I'd kill off everyone except Toph and Aang and The Duke. I'd make Sokka and Haru and Teo into victims of the murderer/monster/ghost/whatever (maybe Sokka gets killed right before he can reveal the secret to save them all) and then I'd have Toph put up a fight and be wounded, and have Aang and The Duke drag Toph toward Appa/the boat/whatever to escape while Katara and Zuko do a heroic last stand/sacrifice. Thus we preserve the youngest characters (and the Avatar), a great horror film tradition.
But, you know, I'm from the FANFICION IS PAIN school of thought, so I don't think you can really do scary without mega death.