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andreabaideas · 2 months

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Idea on Who would survive a horror movie/film, DJATS edition

Inspired by Which DJATS character would survive a horror movie? poll by @svvy2003 (tagged).

I'm writing my own idea About It.

First i'm starting with characters and their horror tropes, and according to those tropes, who would survive, and who wouldnt, also who i would save, if i was allowed, which is difficult, because people has to die in Horror movies. I don't like to kill characters when i write tbh, because i get attached to them, thats the most difficult for me when im writing horror. But It has to be done. My fave genre to write Its murder mystery, because Only one dies (the awful one™) and then the others are ALL suspects because, everyone wanted that fucker dead XD.

Also, the physical look of the actors/ actresses playing those characters in Djats show, will be the one taken account for the judging, as It affects also in their survival chances (sadly) :

• The groupies (the groupies "going at It" with Billy, Eddies date the night of the affair with Camila, Graham's beach date...etc).

- Their horror trope : Hot "silly and slutty" girl (as horror writers judge them to be...🙄).

- Chances of Survival : Nope, 🎶nopity noopeee🎶 = 0%. They get instantly gruesomely killed, with unnecessary nakedness (shower or crappy sex scenes).

-Opinion : I hate the trope Its sexist as fuck, but Horror movies wouldnt allow saving too many people, because horror=death, so...They die.

• Lisa Crowne

-Her horror trope : the hot sweet girl.

-Chances of Survival: very low 10%-20% .

Its the female sexy (non slutty) girly girl. Sometimes plans the loss of her virginity , in teen slashers. Writers logic in horror Its : Sweet sexy likeable feminine girl = dies 🙄. Her death Its sudden & tragic, as everyone likes her , her demise always makes you gasp. Usually the first one to die of the group, or the second one, if any of the groupies was a girlfriend of a group member. The Sweet sexy one dies just before the wise one dies, and Its the "Shit just got real moment".

I would like to save her, cause i LOVE her, but her death Its necessary for horror & drama 😭

• Graham Dunne (also adding Tobías here, they have similar vibes)

- Horror trope: the cute loveable guy, sort of little brother for everyone. Sometimes he also gets the trope of final girl's best friend / tough chick complicated boyfried, who crushes on the final girl.

- Chances of Survival: very low = 5% to 10%. Hes young, cute, a guy that everyone likes and is younger brother for someone more prominent or dominant, so...As writers love the drama, he gets killed soon, and Its one of the characters that we care about. He dies, right after the groupies, and the Sweet sexy girl, but way before the wise one and other characters. This character death usually is a catalyst, so.. Its necessary 😭

• Warren Rojas

-His horror trope : the Funny one.

-Chances of Survival: very low = 5% to 10%. The funny character usually lives just to survive the wise one, towards the middle of the movie. He gives some comic relief, and youre sad for him later. Its death Its usually short and less explicit.

In this case, sadly, he's even more fucked, cause he's latino,and he's affected by the racist and disgusting "no pocs alive at the end" trope (popular between the 70's to the 2000's) present at many horror films,still nowadays...He dies.

Again, i dont want him dead, I dont want to perpetuate this trope, I just dont...But the funny one needs to die, to break the audiences Hearts 😭

• Teddy Price ( add Billy's and Graham's mom / Camila's mom here, same vibes.)

- The horror trope: wise one paternal/ maternal figure, loved by everyone.

- Chances of Survival: very low = 10% to 20%. Dies killed in a tragic and epic scene, towards the middle of the movie, probably sacrificing for the rest of the group, maybe because the awful one™ actions.

-Racism in this case doesn't matter (thank God!!) but just because of the ageism trope (😭) , if you're older than 50... you die, period. (The walking dead, im looking at you!!😡)

- I would like to save him/them, as i dont like killing off characters. Having said that, that death in a horror story Its very sad but very fitting, would probably die saving Billy. Devastating one 😭😭😭

• Rod Reyes.

- Horror trope: cool protector "older than the rest" but "still young and hot enough" figure. This character is epic, smart and hot all in one. Example: In vampire movies he/she is the cool vampire Hunter, second smarter after the wise one™.

- Chances of Survival: low to moderate = 25%-50%. He usually dies, towards the end of the movie, and his death Its the catalyst of the evil thingy demise and / or the final girl wake up call (many times Its the final girl's older brother/sister or stranged after divorce father, so yeah). Other times this character survives, but mauled... But in that scenario, at least they get to live (yayy!!). Rod is gay, so written by stereorypical writers, he may get affected by the disgusting "bury your gays" trope STILL common in movies/TV...what the fuck!!! (Deathtrap, Halloween kills, Scream 4...)

-I would like to save him...So he: 1- lives heavily mauled 2- if he really needs to die to adjust survivor numbers...Then he dies an epic death saving people, thus leaving us devastated (think the typical explosion with a big group of zombies surrounding the group, after being bitten himself).

• Eddie Roundtree

-His horror trope : the annoying one, aka The one who always complains and doesn't help at all.

-Chances of Survival: None, 🎶nopity, nopeeee🎶= 0% to 10%.

The annoying one always dies, usually when he/ she stops being annoying and start being reasonable/nice (arc redemption of sorts??) then...he/ she dies towards the middle to the end. Right after the Funny one. People feel sad, because they die just when they started to get likeable .

-As i said, dont like killing, but Eddie goes down 😟

• Nicky (Niccolo) Fitzpatrick- Argento

-His horror trope : the awful one™ aka the one everyone hates , absolutely everyone. May actually be the killer in some teen slashers (Scream). He always fucks everything up, doesn't go with the plan, gets someone killed because of It (tough chick or wise one), Its a fucking coward (see Train to Busan's Yon-suk) , may or may not be obsessed with the final girl (Scream again). This IS the one you want to die during the film.

-Chance of survival: Even less than None, 🎶Nope nopity nopeeee 🎶 = - 100% to 0% 😈. Always has the most gruesome death, to make people slightly happier after breaking their hearts too many times with the rest of deaths. Its also the death we always remember as "holly bloody awesome" when we remember the film, this is where writers puts most of their creative artistic sadism into action... And let's face it, its way more satisfying than It should be.

Because Nicky Its the fucking worse, He dies a horrible death. Byeee!!

• Bernie

-Her horror trope : the nice sporty boyfriend/girfriend for another character.

-Chance of Survival: No, 🎶nopity Nope🎶 0% to 5%. This character, like smart sexy girl and lovey boy, IS designed to die and break our Hearts, always. Plus, in Bernie's case.. In a horror, being black and lesbian ("Vásquez always dies" + "no poc at the end" : Land of the death, The hollow child, the descent, the ridge grave Girls, killing Eve...) with the usual writers, that inhabit fiction (horror)...Lets face it, she's screwed.

-I would like to save her, shes fit and strong, i hate tropes, So she: 1- lives heavily mauled. 2- if she really needs to die (like Rod before) to adjust survivor numbers...Then she dies an epic death saving people, thus leaving us devastated (see Rods death before) . In this case she dies saving Simone 😭 probably from one of Nickys fucked up actions.

• Simone Jackson

-Her trope : best female friend of the final girl.

-Chance of survival: moderate to high = 50% to 100%. Tricky, if Its written by old times male writers, she as a black woman and a lesbian...you already know the tropes. But , if Its written by modern times cool writers (see Hell Fest movie) she survives, maybe hurt/ mauled, but does live. That type of character death follows the tear jecker trope (like lovely boy and Sweet sexy girl)

-I would definitely save her, be It mauled or healthy, but she gets to live. No doubt on that one. She will survive. Period.

• Julia Dunne (add Daisy's daughter and Graham's kids too)

-Horror trope : daughter/ younger sister of the Hero and or the final girl (when is a baby/ kid). If teen or adult, she gets "smart nerdy girl, too clumsy to survive alone" trope. Either case, "damsel in distress" trope.

-Chance of survival: low to high= 25% to 80%

This one was the most complicated to me. Because if we write her as an Adult, then she dies in the Hero or Final Girl's arms, to add drama, or had survived after enduring horrifying torture/trauma at the villains hands.

If Its a kid...

1 - if Its written by old school writers (the walking dead comic , plenty of writers till the 90's) then kid/baby lives.

2 - But if Its new school writers (see the Walking Dead TV show or Game of Thrones to see what i mean) she dies as a kid too. And we bawl our eyes out 😭😭😭😭😭😭.

I really want to save Julia and the other kids too . If Its a baby/ kid written by me, then Its safe, i refuse to kill kids in my stories, period.

If Its Adult... i dont know, may sacrifice her/them to save another person ? Julia definitely would die for others. Depends on the story and genre,.

To me as Adult, Julia survives (mauled) saved by Billy. The kids (Daisy's an Graham's) lives, saved by parents. No kid dies here agenda Its Alive and well.

• Billy Dunne

- His horror trope: the tortured hero™ , he's the hot main man all Girls want. Also Its 1 -the final girl love interest, in which they either dont get along at first or are dramatic exes (Daisy) 2- are a very in love couple in a huge crisis, always because of him (Camila).

In the first scenario they fall (or fall again) in love and defeat the evil.

Second one, they survive and reinforce their relationship (what happened in Djats, but im digressing)

- Chance of survival: moderate to high = 50% to 100%. Its tricky, because , for one part, Billy its physically hot and fit, also brave, and we all know for sure he does know how to fight/ throw a good puch. He's a badass. If he were the main character and got to have "before the 90's writers", he survives 100% (see original Evil Dead series), but if he is the final girl's love interest.. he gets mauled or he dies for her safety, and you all know that Billy would die for those he loves (Julia , Camila, Daisy, Graham, Teddy...)

Its one of the few things that Billy Dunne has in common with Sam Claflin's other most popular character : Finnick O'dair. They both would absolutely die for those they love without hesitation.

Against his survival, there's also... that he is played by Sam Claflin (my beloved❤️) who dies a lot in films ,at the point of being this generation's Sean Bean...😭. I've seen him die more than I can bear... Anyway, because i am not objective , as I love Sam, and i like Billy, i want him to survive, but as writers like to make him suffer, I'm writing him to survive mauled, but very much alive (yaayyy!!!) *cough learn Suzanne Collins cough*.

• Karen Sirko

- Her trope: tough chick.

If Its a secondary character Its usually sidelined. As main character , she shines and saves the day.

- Chances of Survival: moderate to high = 50% to 100%. Depends, again, if Its secondary, then chances are lower (Vasquez always dies trope) But if shes the main, she survives. Also in her case, depends of the horror genre, in Sci-fi shes the absolute main character, and the final girl (see Alien, Karen = Ripley, for real) if Its zombie apocalypse/ Vampires/ werewolves etc fights greatly, but dies in the end (Land of the dead) But if she's secondary and in slasher, she doesn't get a chance, and dies towards the end, because of the awful one character coward actions. Also... she's blonde , they dont do well in horror films.

- I would try my hardest to save her, but only if the story works. If not, then Epic death (Rod + Bernie) might be required.

• Camila Dunne / Camila Álvarez

-Her trope : She has plenty.

1- THE FINAL GIRL (before the 90's).

2- Perfect girlfriend/ wife or tortured hero™ (Billy).

3- Dream girl, too perfect for being real and Too good for this world.

-Chances of Survival: low to very high = 30% to 100%.

1- If Its old time writers (or gothic fiction) and she's the main one, she survives, she's what all Girls should aspire to be, the males LOVE her...Survives 100%.

2- Old times writers... But Billy IS the main one:

a) She survives with him as the LOVE interest who was on crisis with him, but forgives him, and end Up together, marrying (thats why i used her maid surname before) = 100% Survival ❤️

b) She is the girlfriend / wife of "avenging tortured hero boyfriend", after a R&R movie scenario, and dies just for the "man-pain" trope : The Crow , Death Wish (Camila Morrone appears on that one playing Julia's trope role), The Punisher, Mandy, Seeing Justice...Then dies 100%😭

3- New time writers totally kill her type of girl, for shock / drama factor , maybe make her be slightly mean or manipulative to that other "not-like-other-Girls" modern final girl (you know Who i mean), to get that one they like better with the male Hero (*cough literally Taylor Jenkins Reid* and cough *Hello Sunshine writers cough*).

In her favor : she's Hot and brunette. Brunettes are the winning ones usually. Against her : she's latina (poc dies trope, remember?) and is considered slutty(!?) by some audiences for her affair thing with Eddie / the Guy she has a Crush in high school!!! ...Dont go to Twitter / X ever...Seriously, don't. Save yourself the headache, that i just got yesterday.

- I would try to save her without hesitation, tbh. If she has to die (numbers adjustement) , then she resurfaces as a Ghost and Its the narrator of the story. Period. I dont give a damn anymore. She gets to exist...Still better than what canon did for her, tbh.

• Daisy Jones

- Her trope : Also plenty.

1- Modern (90's to nowadays) main girl or final girl aka ~🎶 Not-like-other-Girls™ ✨~ : Slightly insane but unique, feminine But not too much, whimsical, ethereal, but lonely... Its usually written by modern writers (female). Very present at indie movies, romcom, romance in general and Young Adult ex: Twilight's Bella Swan anyone??? Daisy Jones reminds me a lot to Bella Swan: gets everything she wants, does mostly fuck up , she is "Not-like-other-Girls™ ", both have terrible moms . And somehow , they get EVERYONE'S love...Tell me Daisy isn't like that !!! I love her, dont get me wrong, But let's be honest here...That IS Daisy's trope.

2- Possessed by evil entity , because...Well, because....Just because she is a redhead!!!???😱 Apparently demons dig possessing redheaded girls , at least according to horror writers 🙄.

And if you are a woman with mental health issues then...Welcome to "woman with mental health issues= Evil woman" trope. Its still present at fiction nowadays (sadly) Ex: Evil Dead (2013) most Lifetime movies about evil women.

3- Hidden real Evil one, either a Witch, Vampire or a human mastermind killer. She is hot and redhead, I theorize that horror writers hates redheaded pretty women, because they have been rejected by redhead women (as they should) and those men are bitter now...🤣 Proof of the theory Its that there's way too many examples to count here...

-Chances of Survival: high to very high = 75% to 100%.

Let's face It , the series are called Daisy Jones and the Six for a reason, she IS charismatic as fuck, the girl has main character energy in spades,which means that she has a "Big as the Everest" sized plot armor.

I also am old enough and have read enough to recognise that thick plot armor when i see It, Daisy has It , I mean :

1- Dont die of overdose in book nor in the show,

2- As older woman was healthy and still Hot...After that extreme drug use???! Come on!

3- She also got :

clean / sober,

cute little daughter (serie) ,

brilliant career writing (book) / singing (serie)

The hot Guy™ tortured hero aka Billy too!!!! (Book implied, Serie explicitly seen at the end).

So, if she can survive the drugs adiction with 0 to no consequences...Then she survives whatever you do to her...she IS unkillable.

Thats It, i guess. Sorry for the long rant. Feel free to share your opinions or theories about horror and the tropes.

Have a nice day!! 😊☺️

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