#Frank Bannister x Lucy Lynskey

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Seeing as today marks twenty-six years since Frank and Lucy got married in my post-canon fic series Altered Perceptions, I commissioned the lovely @lilvicsart to draw one of Frank and Lucy's wedding pictures. This was taken at their hidden hill in between the ceremony and the reception.

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The Key To His Heart

Okay, so... I’ve been meaning to rub my dirty vore hands on The Frighteners for a while now, and it was only now that I got a spark of inspiration for it. Even if people find it gross, at least I’ll be raising awareness of this criminally underrated movie. So watch the director’s cut twenty times before you do anything else today.

Trigger warning for an attempted suicide at the beginning, references to past spousal deaths, references to canon character deaths, references to canon-typical violence, references to a previous unhealthy marriage (Lucy and Ray), references to past unwilling vore, references to emeto.

Otherwise, enjoy and Happy Halloween!

“What was that in that cell, Frank?” Lucy demanded as soon as they stopped running. “I felt something crushing my heart.”

“I can’t fight him, Luce,” he lamented as he tried to catch his breath. “I can’t protect you.”

Whatever this thing was, it was responsible for Debra’s death.

It had taken his wife from him.

And just now, not only had it tried to take Lucy, it succeeded in destroying Stuart and Cyrus’ emanations.

He looked at the pistol that he had grabbed from Dammers, checking the cylinder and re-cocking it. “There’s only one way to deal with this thing. I gotta have an out-of-body experience...”

“What...” Lucy couldn’t even finish her sentence.

“And I gotta have it now.”

Frank pressed the pistol to his temple.

“No!” Lucy cried, her plea coming out in almost a harsh sob. “No!”

“Go away, Luce, just walk the other way,” he tried to coax her.

Despite the early autumn weather, sweat was beginning to form on his forehead as his finger tightened on the trigger. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

“Wait!” Lucy grabbed his shoulder. “Wait...”

With caution, she reached for the pistol, took hold of his hand, and gently pushed the weapon away from his head.

“There’s another way,” she said.

“What?” he asked, opening his eyes.

“Before you turned yourself in, Agent Dammers told me that you’re a pred lean,” she began.

Frank stiffened at her confession of her knowledge of where he stood on their society’s food chain. His stupid pred senses had told him that Lucy was a prey lean from the moment that he had stepped into her house.

“And I know that it... it would be safe,” she continued. “B-- besides, you didn’t even get to eat anything at the restaurant...”

“Luce...” he was afraid of where this conversation was headed.

Yes, his stomach was bordering on painfully empty; he hadn’t eaten since the morning of Ray’s funeral.

Well, he had... he had gulped Magda Rees-Jones down in order to try to protect her, but the car crash had caused him to vomit her up, leaving the now-tiny reporter at the mercy of the Reaper.

And he knew logically that it was unlikely that his system would make the mistake of digesting Lucy, but... what if she got hurt?

What if she ended up dying anyway?

She could die because of him, and he’d have--

“Frank...”

Her sweet voice dragged him out of his thoughts.

“Frank, you forgot that I’m a doctor,” she reminded.

It wasn’t a scolding reminder, though. It was reassuring, as if telling him that she knew what she was doing.

“This was one of the many things I studied in med school,” she told him. “I know that in cases of protection, preds automatically neutralize the stomach acids for as long as needed--”

Her words were interrupted by a long, low, and loud gurgle from Frank’s middle. Even in the dimly lit alleyway, she could see him blushing.

“Oh my God, you’re really hungry, aren’t you?” she asked.

“Lu-- Luce--”

“Frank, have you eaten anything at all today?”

His belly growled again, and he bent over as a hunger pang hit him. Even though his body had already answered her for him, he said, “No.”

“Then it isn’t just about me, Frank,” she said. “You need to keep your strength up--”

“Luce, you’re already in enough danger--” he tried to argued.

“Frank, please,” she interrupted him, taking his hands into hers. “I’ll be fine; and it would help you. All you would do was drain some energy from me, and when the danger’s out of the way, you’ll be able to spit me up and unshrink me. I’ll be fine. I’ve done this before.”

“Really?” he asked.

“Yeah,” she confirmed. “Ray... he was a full pred. One of his ways of winning an argument was eating me until I agreed with him.”

He saw something sad in her eyes; a dark kind of sadness that suggested that there was more to when she told him that her marriage to Ray “wasn’t good.”

That gave him all the more reason to hesitate, even as his stomach rumbled again.

“Frank...” his name escaped her lips and her eyes landed on his stomach.

He gave a resigned sigh; if this was the only way to protect her...

“Fine, I’ll do it,” he relented. “But are you absolutely--”

“Yes!” she said, beginning to sound a little frustrated.

Gingerly, he placed his hand on her shoulder, too afraid of hurting her. She began to shrink under his touch and he reached out his free hand to catch her.

“You okay, Luce?” he asked almost immediately as she was sitting in his palm.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” she told him, noting the hesitance still in his eyes. “Now... you... you just have to open up and let me climb in. Just let me take off my shoes first.”

As she removed her shoes and handed them to him so he could put them in his pocket, another hunger pang gurgled in his stomach. Despite how small she was now, he could hear Lucy wince in sympathy.

Why was she so concerned about him?

She was the one about to be eaten alive!

“Frank... I’ll be okay,” Lucy’s soft voice pierced that nasty voice in his head that sounded a little too much like Dammers.

Frank could only respond with a small whimper.

“Go ahead...”

He slowly moved her closer to his gaping maw, but stopped.

“Wait...” he said.

“What is it?” she asked.

“Could you just... climb in?” he asked. “I’m-- I might-- I’m afraid I--”

I’m afraid that I’ll bite you.

“I can do that,” Lucy assured him, offering him a comforting smile with a hint of teasing. “Well... open up...”

Frank closed his eyes and opened his mouth as wide as he could. Lucy climbed in, laying herself on his tongue.

His eyes shot open at her taste.

It was sweet-- but not like candy, which always seemed to turn his stomach.

It was sweet like cookies or cake... with cinnamon and a hint of something... flowery...

Lavender or...

“Frank?”

Only when he heard her voice did he realize that he had pinned her to the roof of his mouth.

“Just swallow when you’re ready,” she told him. “Take all the time you need.”

He tried to find it in himself to swallow, to pull her down... but he couldn’t.

He couldn’t.

“Frank, it’s okay,” she continued to reassure him. “Just take your time.”

It baffled him that she was being so reassuring as she was lying on his tongue, but, in a strange way... it was comforting.

With a tightening of his muscles, he swallowed with a “GLRK,” tracing Lucy’s path with his finger.

Lucy kept her eyes closed as she was pulled further and further down Frank’s throat. She landed in a soft, wet chamber with a yelp.

Only when her new sanctuary gurgled did she dare to open her eyes again.

Just as she was about to reach out to touch the wall of the chamber, she froze. But it wasn’t from fear-- it was in absolute awe.

In medical school, she had meticulously studied the organs of the human body with such interest. Besides the gurglings of Frank’s stomach, she could hear his heart beating, the blood rushing through his veins, the air circulating his lungs...

It was incredible!

“Frank,” she called gently, finally pressing a hand to the wall of his belly. “Frank, I made it done okay.”

Above her-- no, around her-- she heard him gasp. His large hand pressed back at her.

“Luce?” he asked. “Luce, are you alright?”

“Frank, I told you, I made it done okay,” she repeated gently. “So far, no burning, no acid... just like I told you.”

He sighed. “Okay... but what about... are you... you comfortable?”

Lucy leaned forward into his touch. “Yeah. It’s really comfy in here. But what about you? How are you feeling?”

Frank looked down at his middle, realizing just what a poor job he had done of taking care of himself over the past five years. It was so obvious that he had acted on his pred instincts.

But he felt better than he had other the last five years.

“Good,” was all he answered. “Now, what do you want me to do now?”

“Go to the medical center, but spit me out before we get there,” she instructed. “If there’s an APB out for you, they’re not gonna let you in. But I know that place inside and out.”

He nodded. “Okay.”

Throughout his short journey, he kept his hand over his belly, to reassure Lucy as much as she had reassured him.

And if they made it through this...

He would love to try this again.

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okay i’m bored but i don’t have the background editor

so i’ll just write all my main LGBTQIA+ character headcanons here for now

- Tintin (The Adventures of Tintin): Ace grey-ro (not sure for who exactly but he definitely likes dudes)

- Captain Haddock (The Adventures of Tintin): Ace aro

- Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (The Adventures of Tintin - 2011): Bi aro (has a preference for men)

- Rex Dasher (Playmobil: The Movie): Bi

- Emperor Maximus (Playmobil: The Movie): Gay

- Marla Brenner (Playmobil: The Movie): Various; pan/lesbian/ace all occur to me

- Charlie Brenner (Playmobil: The Movie): Bi trans boy

- Nola (Playmobil: The Movie): Enby lesbian

- Valera (Playmobil: The Movie): Lesbian

- Del (Playmobil: The Movie): Bi & gay both occur to me (but he definitely likes other dudes)

- Ook Ook (Playmobil: The Movie): Genderfluid/nonbinary; probs bi

- Bloodbones (Playmobil: The Movie): Probs pan

- Palmer (The Thing - 1982): Hella gay

- Windows (The Thing - 1982): Also super gay

- MacReady (The Thing - 1982): Gay (but also open to him being bi with a male preference)

- Norris (The Thing - 1982): Bi

- Childs (The Thing - 1982): Bi

- Nauls (The Thing - 1982): Bigender/demiboy pan

- Fuchs (The Thing - 1982): Gay ace

- Garry (The Thing - 1982): Either bi or gay

- Copper (The Thing - 1982): Probs bi

- Snake Plissken (Escape from New York/Escape from L.A.): Gay or bi (preference for dudes)

- Jack Burton (Big Trouble in Little China): This dude bi

- Frank Bannister (The Frighteners): Bi (probs has more preference for women)

- Lucy Lynskey (The Frighteners): Bi

- Amanda Young (Saw I - III): Lesbian

- Adam Faulkner Stanheight (Saw I): Bi (preference for men)

- Lawrence Gordon (Saw I & Saw 3-D): Gay

- Peter Strahm (Saw IV-V): Bi

Main ships:

- Reximus (Rex x Maximus from Playmobil: The Movie)

- WinMac (Windows x Mac from The Thing - 1982)

- Frank x Lucy (Frank Bannister x Lucy Lynskey from The Frighteners)

- FuchsNauls (Fuchs x Nauls from The Thing - 1982)

- Snack (Snake x Jack from EFNY/EFLA and Big Trouble in Little China respectively)

- Pirate Cave (Bloodbones x Ook Ook from Playmobil: The Movie)

- Nolera (Nola x Valera from Playmobil: The Movie)

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Thinking of starting a Frighteners roleplay blog as Lucy, but I don't know if the fandom' is big enough to drum up that much interest.

So, if anyone would be interested in RPing as Frank, my messages are always open.

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Psst... want to hear the whole soundtrack to Frank and Lucy's special day twenty-six years ago? Listen to it on Spotify here.

Art by @lilvicsart

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Frightober Day 16 - Halloween/Couple's Costumes

Word Count: 357

Warnings: None

Fandom: The Frighteners

Pairings: Frank Bannister x Lucy Lynskey

I will forever die on the Lunnister/Beauty and the Beast parallels hill.

This is what I imagine Lucy's Belle costume to look like (left):

Enjoy!

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"Luce? You sure you don't need my help?" Frank called as he futzed with the wrists of his jacket's sleeves.

"No, I'm fine," Lucy called back from the bedroom. "Laura's just helping me lace up the dress.

"Okay."

Frank looked at himself in the mirror, unable to keep from admiring the costume-- a royal blue 18th century-era court ensemble with golden embellishments that matched the Beast's suit. Hazel had outdone herself; maybe if she hadn't been a teacher, she could've designed costumes for movies or for the theater.

He heard footsteps from behind him, and turned around. A wide smile spread across his face.

Lucy looked like she was floating on air as she walked out of the bedroom, clad in Belle's iconic yellow gown.

Unlike Frank's costume, Lucy had bought hers when she was helping Hazel and Dr. Kamins' grandchildren pick out their costumes at the Halloween store. But, she had purchased a hoop skirt (not a crinoline cage, because apparent they were entirely different things) to add more volume to the skirt.

Her ebony curls were styled in the same period-appropriate half-down half-up hairdo.

She smiled back at him, smoothing her hands over the bodice of the dress.

"You look... God, I'm just speechless," Frank confessed.

"I'm pretty speechless myself," Lucy flirted, going to plant a quick kiss on his lips. "Thanks for coming over to help, Laura."

"Don't mention it," Laura said. "The older kids and I will be over later, and I can't wait to see how Bree will react."

The two women hugged goodbye, and Laura exited the house.

"So... we only have an hour and a half before we got trick-or-treaters," Lucy said. "What should we do?"

"Well... I have an idea," Frank began to suggest.

He carefully took her hand, and led her to the CD player. He retrieved one of the CDs from the display and inserted inside, pressing the skip button to get to the song he wanted. The opening of the title song from Beauty and the Beast began to play.

"May I have this dance?" he requested.

Lucy smiled at him. "How could I say no?"

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This is a lovely illustration by the equally lovely @lilvicsart of my fic, Bundle of Hope, in which Frank and Lucy welcome their oldest child, Julia Hope Bannister. It's probably the first ever Lunnister fan art on this website (at least of what I've seen so far, since it's all Dammers, Dammers, Dammers), but I swear that it won't be the last. I just need to be better at saving my money.

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Happy Birthday to Libby Bannister!

So, today not only marks the 26th anniversary of when The Frighteners was released into theaters...

But it also marks the twelfth birthday of Frank and Lucy’s youngest daughter, Elizabeth Serena Bannister, nicknamed “Libby.” Here she is at age six (fun fact: this is Hallie Eisenberg, who played Marie Alweather in the movie Paulie; Trini Alvarado, Lucy’s actress, played Marie as a grown-up).

And here she is today:

She will be celebrating her birthday with her family, going to the Fairwater Town Center Mall for some shopping and seeing a movie at the Cineplex. On Saturday, she will have her birthday party.

She takes dance classes and hopes to dance professionally one day.

Happy birthday, Libby!

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Happy Sweet 16 To Maddie and Adrian Bannister!

Today, Frank and Lucy’s twins, Madeleine Joy aka Maddie and Adrian Henry turn sixteen!

Both Maddie and Adrian are students at Fairwater High. Maddie plans on going to attend the University of Southern Maine, then med school at Duke with plans on becoming a doctor of emergency medicine. In the summer of 2021, she came out as a lesbian to her very supportive family. Meanwhile, Adrian aspires to perform on Broadway and is very active in Fairwater’s community theater circle.

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WANTED: Artists Willing To Take Commissions For Obscure and Small Fandoms/Ships

Okay... so, am I doing this?

I guess we’re doing this.

As I’ve mentioned before on my Tumblr, I can’t draw to save my life. I’m the living embodiment of “Hermione Can’t Draw” from A Very Potter Sequel.

But, I do love seeing other people’s fan art-- it just sucks that most of the fandoms I’m in are very small and/or obscure.

So, I’m looking for artists who would like to take commissions from me and indulge my ridiculousness.

Fandoms and ships that I’ll probably ask for pieces of:

The Frighteners (Frank/Lucy)

Family Ties (Alex/Ellen, Nick/Mallory, Steven/Elyse)

Back to the Future trilogy (Marty/Jennifer, Doc/Clara, George/Lorraine)

Newsies [musical ‘verse] (Jack/Katherine)

Who’s The Boss? (Tony/Angela)

Bright Lights, Big City (Jamie/Vicky)

Law & Order franchise (Nolan/Sam, Rollins/Carisi)

Spin City (Mike/Nikki)

The X-Files (Mulder/Scully)

Taxi (Alex/Elaine)

Danielle Steele’s Fine Things (Bernie/Liz)

Netherbeast Incorporated (Otto/Pearl)

Days of our Lives (Chad/Abigail, Bo/Hope, Ben/Ciara, John/Marlena, Jack/Jennifer, Steve/Kayla, Eli/Lani, Will/Sonny, E.J./Sami, Eric/Nicole)

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Sully/Michaela)

Eloise at Christmastime (Bill/Rachel)

The Count of Monte Cristo [2002 ‘verse] (Edmond/Mercedes)

The Music Man [1962] (Harold/Marian, Tommy/Zaneeta)

Blue’s Clues (Steve/Miranda)

Here are a few examples of the kind of style(s) that I’m looking for (I can’t remember where I found these, but I loved them so much I downloaded them. All I remember is that they’re fan art of The Lizzie Bennett Chronicles):

Please DM me so we can work things out, and I can give you my first request. But please keep in mind... I don’t want it to get too expensive. I’m not being a cheapskate, it’s just that my family and I are trying to watch our money right now.

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I’m trying to get back into the mood to write for Frank and Lucy. Please send me asks about them!

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A year ago today, I posted the first chapter of Bundle of Hope. I’m so proud of the work that I did on that fic in terms of lore and worldbuilding.

I’m actually planning on going on an official AO3 hiatus until later in the year, but I will be back and I will continue putting out content for The Frighteners.

On another note, I’ve been looking for artists who will take commissions for fan art of Frank and Lucy based off of my fics. If there is anyone who is interested, please DM me. I have some money in the bank thanks to Christmas and my birthday.

Love you all. Hope you have a fabulous 2023 and, to bless the year, here’s a good luck Frank and Lucy GIF.

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Happy 22nd Birthday To Julia Hope Bannister

So, today not only marks Halloween, but it also marks the twenty-second birthday of Frank and Lucy’s oldest child, Julia Hope Bannister.

It took me a while, but I thought that the girl who played Ciara Brady on Days was the perfect choice to “play” her. She looks like the perfect combo of Michael J. Fox and Trini Alvarado (just pretend that her eyes are blue like MJF instead of green like Trini’s-- either way, she’s gorgeous).

At this point, Julia is engaged to Connor Blake, and they had their first child-- a boy named Ezra Franklin-- on February 16, 2021. They live in a townhouse in between the suburban and metro parts of Fairwater, but they’re planning to purchase a house in time for their wedding in December of this year.

Julia is attending classes at Fairwater Community College to become an art teacher at the elementary school. She graduated back in May with her bachelor’s degree, and is currently studying for her master’s.

Read her birth scene here, and look out for Lovers Losing Hope-- a fic centered entirely on her-- this February.

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On This Day In 1997

Frank Bannister and Lucy Alcott, formerly Lynskey, married.

Happy 25 years of marriage, guys!

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As introduced in Chapter One of Our Guiding Star, this is how I imagine Anissa Archer to look like:

Micaela Graham (nee Reinger):

Carson Graham:

The shirt that Frank wore in Julia’s newborn picture on the ornament:

Lucy’s dress and cardigan in the picture:

Julia’s romper and sweater:

The dress that Anissa was wearing in Chapter One:

The nightgown that Micaela wore in Chapter 1:

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Fairwater Medical Center Gala Gowns

Here is the gorgeous forest green number that Lucy wore to the 1995 fundraising gala for the medical center:

Lucy’s full ensemble (plus her clutch and her coat, minus the hair barrette):

Scarlett’s dress

Hazel’s dress:

Laura’s dress (and basically her full ensemble):

Tami’s dress:

Maureen’s dress: