Victorian Horror symbol starters
Send me a symbol for a starter based on Victorian Horror and Victorian Gothic tropes and history! Enjoy a few little references to famous tales as well ~ (If you’d like a drabble based on these, send “symbol + drabble”) - suggested by @junkenghoul
(Triggers present: all manner of death mention, murder, suicide, mental and physical illness)
✍Finding a cryptic, hand-written note in the study
🎩The muse meets a charming stranger for the first time, but something about them is suspicious
🕸 Exploring an old cellar/basement full of secrets
🌕Witnessing a moonlit ritual outside of a manor, cut off from civilization
👂 A descent into madness, prompted by rumors and paranoia
😱A descent into madness, as the character begins to no longer recognize those around them and/or see evil in everyone they know
🦇An eerie meeting between vampire and victim
😓A misunderstood character is ostracized, perhaps even threatened, for their peculiar habits, interests, or studies
💀A character suffering nightmares of their own death, or that of someone close to them
😈A plot about the effects of an ancestral curse never put to rest
😨A character catches sight of a horrible monster, but struggles to convince their loved ones that it’s not just their imagination
👀Everywhere the character goes, they feel as if they’re being watched (by the paintings, behind the mirrors, through every window)
⏳ A character becoming obsessed with their own mortality, age, or waning beauty
🔥 A crowd armed with torches gathering to hunt a monster/witch in town
👥The character has two distinct parts to their personality, one light and one dark, fighting for dominance
🔒A character framed and imprisoned/institutionalized for something they are not guilty of
🔮Receiving a dreadful warning through fortune telling
☠ A ghostly spirit leads the muse to uncovering the gruesome details of their death
😷The muse suffering terrible visions and hallucinations during a deathly fever (bonus if they are confined to their bed or locked in quarantine)
🕛Mysterious events happen every night at exactly midnight
😵The character is forced into a fearful asylum, searching for a means of freedom.
⚰️The suicide of a loved one throws a character into misery and temptation to be with them
🔫After a gruesome plot is uncovered, the character realizes their new friend/lover/spouse is actually a brutal murderer, possibly with the protagonist in their sights
🖤A character in mourning is haunted by the guilt (and possibly ghost) of their lost love
👻The character(s) conduct a seance to speak with a spirit haunting their home
🏘 A character inherits an ancestral home, but the property is not what it seems (bonus: they also inherit an odd, eccentric housekeeper)
🥀A ghostly character has to come to terms with their own death (which they may or may not be aware of at first)
