Where to find it: Now playing at your local theater.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Fic about Astrid and Jeremy, two characters who only appear in this film. SPOILERS BELOW for the rest of this post – since this is still a relatively new film.
Jeremy is the love interest of Astrid Deetz, Lydia's daughter. During their first kiss, Astrid smiles for the first time in the film's runtime! Then she notices that the pair are floating off the ground of his attic – he was a ghost this whole time who died around the year 2000! I thought this would then turn into a cute romance subplot, like a teenage and gender swapped version of 'Corpse Bride.' But instead he turned out to be a murderous villain. I'd love to see an AU where Jeremy isn't evil and they get up to wacky goth hijinks together as a couple....OR if you do want to go the canon route of him as evil, a fic of Lydia (and Beetlejuice? Or her ghost dad Richard?) attempting to cheer up Astrid post-breakup could also be fun.
If the Juletide challenge runs again this year, I've always headcanoned Lydia as Jewish due to her actress Winona Ryder. Something about her or Astrid or Astrid's dad at Chanukah could be fun.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Movie 2024)
Media: Feature film
Approx length: 104 minutes (or 1 hour 44 minutes)
Where to find it: Now playing at your local theater.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Fic about Astrid and Jeremy, two characters who only appear in this film. SPOILERS BELOW for the rest of this post – since this is still a relatively new film.
Jeremy is the love interest of Astrid Deetz, Lydia's daughter. During their first kiss, Astrid smiles for the first time in the film's runtime! Then she notices that the pair are floating off the ground of his attic – he was a ghost this whole time who died around the year 2000! I thought this would then turn into a cute romance subplot, like a teenage and gender swapped version of 'Corpse Bride.' But instead he turned out to be a murderous villain. I'd love to see an AU where Jeremy isn't evil and they get up to wacky goth hijinks together as a couple....OR if you do want to go the canon route of him as evil, a fic of Lydia (and Beetlejuice? Or her ghost dad Richard?) attempting to cheer up Astrid post-breakup could also be fun.
If the Juletide challenge runs again this year, I've always headcanoned Lydia as Jewish due to her actress Winona Ryder. Something about her or Astrid or Astrid's dad at Chanukah could be fun.