HORRORVERSE

A sociarchy based on the horror genre and explores the dynamic between the Haunted (the pursued) and the Haunter (the pursuer).This is inspired by misceverse and pastryverse. Some other more specific sociarchies with similar notions include slasherverse and sanguiverse!All interactions are consensual, safe, and rooted in mutual trust.

Created by psychopurr on Tumblr.

DYNAMICS

HAUNTED
The ones who typically carry a high amount of Dread, which attracts Haunters. Can be considered the prey.

HAUNTER
The ones who stalk, watch, protect, or "hunt" the Haunted, and may feed on their Dread. Can be considered the predator.

LURKER
Can both haunt and be haunted, typically carry a low amount of Dread; may have been Haunted that were scorned or cursed.
(e.g. Carrie, Blade, Jennifer from Jennifer's Body)

OUTSIDER
The ones who do not fit into any of the above dynamics. This may be an umbrella term for dynamics outside of the typical three.

SUBDYNAMICS

This list is non-exhaustive, but may be considered the "typical" subdynamics underneath Haunted and Haunter.

HAUNTER SUBDYNAMICS

SLASHER
Essentially killers, moving with silent intent and striking when least expected.
(e.g. Hannibal, Leatherface, Michael Myers).

ALIEN
Extraterrestrials; not from this planet.
(e.g. Xenomorph, The Thing)

ENTITY
Supernatural or paranormal, not of this dimension or universe; might need a vessel or possession to interact.
(e.g. ghosts, angels, demons, eldritch abominations)

UNDEAD
Corporeal beings that died and brought back to life. Everlasting and driven by hunger.
(e.g. zombies, ghouls, vampires)

MONSTER
Beasts that can either be natural (rogue animals) or unnatural (cryptids, shapeshifters, mythical creatures, etc).

PHOBIA
Fears or concepts that manifest.
(e.g. nightmares, Silent Hill?)

EXPERIMENT
This can include mad scientists (Creators) who experiment on others, or anything man-made (Frankenstein's monster, mutants, cloned dinosaurs, etc.)

(HAUNTER) HYBRID
Anything combining the above subtypes.

HAUNTED SUBDYNAMICS

FINAL PERSON
The survivor; may be defiant and face the Haunter head on.
(e.g. Sydney Prescott, Laurie Strode)

VESSEL
The possessed, may be considered a counterpart to Entity.
(e.g. Regan from The Exorcist, Danny from The Shining)

BELIEVER
The one who knows the truth, usually obsessed or try to feed/research the legend.
(e.g. Clarice from Silence of the Lamb, the kids from Stranger Things)

SUBJECT
Victim or product of experimentation.
(e.g. Eleven, Seth Brundle)

DEAD MEAT
Might be doomed, cursed, infected, or fated to die, might be running from their own death.
(e.g. Lucy from Dracula, any bitten survivor in a zombie flick)

WITNESS
Has seen something otherwordly and become a messenger, target, or pariah because of it, like a "chosen knower".
(e.g. Ripley, Mulder)

DREAMER
Often unreliable narrators plagued by waking nightmares, personification of fear turned inward.
(e.g. characters from Jacob's Ladder or Silent Hill 2)

(HAUNTED) HYBRID
Anything combining the above subtypes.

THE DREAD

Dread is an ambient and emotional force carried by the Haunted which the Haunters feed on. Each type of Dread is represented by the four temperaments.
How Dread affect one's behaviour is performative and doesn't reflect trauma, though how one finds or interprets their Dread is different for each individual!

Sanguine Dread

  • Evokes emotions like ecstacy and joy.

  • Might chase the thrill of being watched or hunted, bait or playfully provoke their Haunter.

Choleric Dread

  • Evokes emotions like fear and anger.

  • Might be highly reactive, escaping and hiding in performative ways; may actively resist, challenge, or provoke the Haunter.

Phlegmatic Dread

  • Evokes emotions like calmness and serenity.

  • Tends towards quiet acceptance, showing little resistance or reaction to the Haunter.

Melancholic Dread

  • Evokes emotions like sadness and longing.

  • Passive like Phlegmatic, but with the weight of hopelessness, as if resigned to the Haunter's presence.

Atypical or Xenodread is a Dread type that only be described by something other than emotions (such as time, light, or the colour orange). How this influences one's behaviour is completely up to the individual!

VOCAB

  • Bleeding or Overflowing is the event in which one's Dread becomes stronger.

  • Hunger can either be a Haunter's preference or a heightened desire for Dread, similar to heat/rut in Misceverse or starvation in Pastryverse.

  • Media is when one's horrorverse dynamic is inspired or taken from a specific horror media.

  • Dreadful Attraction is a fragarian attraction where one desires to be in a relationship with horrorverse dynamics with somebody. It is not romantic in nature, but can be felt alongside romantic attraction.

GROUP DYNAMICS

  • A group of Haunters may be called a Gang or a Haunting

  • A group of Haunted may be called a Team or a Drift

PRACTICES

  • Marking involves the act of claiming or selecting a Haunted (can be ritual, gift, sign, scent).

  • Scene is the "setting" the Haunted creates to make themselves vulnerable or appealing.

I would prefer that no flags are made during this time until I have created the templates for the current dynamics and dread types.

Horrorverse Flag

Sanguine Dread

Choleric Dread

Phlegmatic Dread

Melancholic Dread