Serial Killer AU
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| Related tropes/genres | All Human AU, Crime AU, Assassin AU, Prison AU |
| See also | Darkfic |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Serial Killer AU is an Alternate Universe trope where one or several of the main characters are serial killers. It is a subset of Crime AU. The trope is usually found in ship fics.
Common versions of Serial Killer AU include all characters in a ship being serial killers who are either working together or meet each other by chance, or one half of the ship being a serial killer and the other being their victim, a person the serial killer is obsessed with but doesn't kill, or a police officer or detective investigating the crimes.
In fandoms where supernatural creatures are canon, this trope is often a variation of All Human AU.
Example Fanworks
- Body of Work by amybeegood, a Reylo fanfiction featuring Kylo Ren and Rey as serial killers
- the gardener by captcas, a series of Dean Winchester/Castiel one-shots featuring Castiel as a serial killer