Dark-Hunter Series
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | The Dark-Hunter series Were-Hunter series The Dream-Hunters series Hellchasers/Hell-Hunters Lords Of Avalon Deadman's Cross Chronicles Of Nick |
| Abbreviation(s): | DH |
| Creator: | Sherrilyn Kenyon (Lord of Avalon books were published under her other penname Kinley MacGregor) |
| Date(s): | 2002 - present |
| Medium: | books, manga and comic books |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Wikipedia page |
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The Dark-Hunter series is a series of adult paranormal romance books by Sherrilyn Kenyon that encompasses several different series of hers (Dark-Hunters, Dream Hunters, Were-Hunters, Hellchasers, Lords of Avalon, Deadman's Cross, and Chronicles of Nick). It spans over fifty books, using a vast amount of characters and world-building of the fictional mythology Atlantean Pantheon and historically known Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Celtic Mythology, and Sumerian Mythology along with supernatural elements such as vampires (Dark-Hunters), wereanimals (Were-Hunters), and demons.
Fandom
Although the series is constantly on the best-seller list, the fandom for the series is fairly small.[1] Fanfiction is mainly produced on Fanfiction.net, Archive of Our Own, Adult-Fanfiction.org, and Twisting the Hellmouth. Fanart is produced on deviantart, Tumblr, and fanpop. Fannish discussion originally appeared on LiveJournal before fandom migration moved on to other platforms such as Tumblr.
The character Simi is most commonly cosplayed. Fannish Dolls of the characters have appeared.
Shipping
The main canon het pairings of the books:
- Amanda Deveraux Hunter/Kyrian of Thrace
- Astrid/Zarek of Moesia
- Bethany/Styxx
- Grace Alexander/Julian
- Acheron Parthenopaeus/Tory Kafieri
- Archon/Apollymi
- Acheron Parthenopaeus/Artemis
- Sunshine Runningwolf/Talon
The following are fanon pairings that have appeared:
- Nick Gautier/Caleb Malphas
- Nick Gautier/Acheron Parthenopaeus
- Nick Gautier/Kyrian of Thrace
- Nick Gautier/Nekoda Kennedy
- Zarek of Moesia/Acheron Parthenopaeus
- Acheron Parthenopaeus/Strykerius
- Apollymi/Savitar
- Tia Devereaux/Nick Gautier
- Thorn/Drystan
- Xevikan Daraxerxes/Aeron
- Caleb Malphas/Adarian Malachai
- Kyrian of Thrace/Acheron Parthenopaeus
- Zarek/Sundown
- Valerius/Otto Carvaletti
- Dev Peltier/Sundown
Crossovers with Harry Potter has led to some shipping Acheron/Harry Potter.
Gen works are fairly popular, focusing on characters or groups of characters, sometimes even original characters.
Fanworks
Fics
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Art
- Fancast for The Dark Hunter Series P1 P2
- Zarek & Astrid - Dance With the Devil, fancast of Jennifer Morrison (Emma Swan) as Astrid and Colin O'Donoghue (Killian Jones) as Zarek.
- Apollymi :: atlantean goddess | the great destroyer by soullesskeepers, a gifset of Charlize Theron fancast as Apollymi.
- Artemis by fictionalfanart
Fanvids
- Acheron and Styxx by soullesskeepers Fancast list: Styxx - Brad Pitt & Kellan Lutz, Acheron - Travis Fimmel & Chris Hemsworth, Apollymi - Charlize Theron, Archon - Liam Neeson, and Bethany - Eva Green.
Fancrafts
Archives and Fannish Links Communities
- Dark-Hunter series works at AO3
- Dark-Hunter series & crossovers works at FFN
- Dark-Hunter series works at Adult-Fanfiction.org
- Dark-Hunter series works at Twisting the Hellmouth (crossovers with the Buffyverse)
- Dark-Hunters Club at Fanpop
- Acheron Parthenopaeus Club at Fanpop
- Dark-Hunter-Addicts at deviantART
LiveJournal
- dhsanctuary
- darkhuntercntr (defunct)
Tumblr
- Dark-Hunter, Dark-Hunters, Were-Hunters, Lords of Avalon, Hellchasers, Chronicles of Nick tags at Tumblr
- soullesskeepers
- darkhuntersanctuary
- Fuck Yeah Sherrilyn Kenyon
Resources
- Official Website, also contains canon resource
- Dark-Hunter Wiki, a fanmade wiki canon resource
References
- ^ Is there even a Dark Hunter fandom? Dream Hunters? Were Hunters? ... tumblr post by kitsune528.