What is My Friends In Bantry? My WIP
Okay, in light of my recent revelation that I am not doing nearly enough to share my writing, here's a sneak peak.
My Friends In Bantry is a TV show I created in 2015, began developing in 2017, and am currently shopping around for an agent to see about getting it pitched (once the WGA and SAG-Aftra strikes are over of course). So far I’ve submitted it to three screenwriting contests and it still hasn’t placed (oh well, gotta keep trying). It’s a story that is near and dear to my heart and I am anxious to share. For now I can only tell you vaguely what it’s about.
My Friends In Bantry is a multi-cam sitcom. It follows the lives of Cory McBrown, Alex MacDonald, Samantha McBride, John McBride, Dan Smith, and Barty McBrown (shown above by their dream cast, which includes myself, Alfred Enoch, Eliza Bennett, Ryan Cartwright, John Francis Daley, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Cory, Alex, Sam, John, Dan, and Bart, respectively). They navigate life through love, laughter, pain, heartbreak, and even trauma and become each other's family through it all. While the show does cover some pretty heavy topics and storylines, it balances itself with silly shenanigans from every member of the cast.
While I shop around for an agent, you can expect the first back story book- written in first person narration from Cory’s perspective- Cory McBrown: Year 1 on October 2nd, wherever you find you eBooks. I will also continue to share chapters from the subsequent back story books after its release, and possibly even some script excerpts from the show!
Hope you enjoy following my work in progress, and hopefully it won’t be long before MFIB makes it to the small screen!
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“A Sweet, Perfect Scream”: Fanfic Preview and Soundtrack
This is kinda, sorta a follow up to this post, this one is for another upcoming fic I'm planning “A Sweet, Perfect Scream”.
Like Still Here Breathing, this is another spinoff/prequel to one of my WIP's, Love's Sacrifices.
This time, it is a crossover between Pitch Perfect, Sweet/Vicious, and Scream (both the movies and the MTV show).
CW: If you’re unfamiliar with Sweet/Vicious, this post will have mentions of SA and Rape Culture, given the shows own content. And if you’re somehow unfamiliar with Scream, it’s a slasher franchise, so it’s content should go without saying.
Anyways, onto the preview
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It’ll be set in 2018, a year after Pitch Perfect 3, and show how Beca, Chloe, Stacie and Aubrey became the polycule they were in Love’s Sacrifices. It will also feature Bella Conrad from when she’s just starting to toddle, with Stacie looking into Bella’s biological father for medical purposes.
There is a supernatural element to the story, but it probably won’t be that prominent. Mainly because this fics "verse" already includes supernatural shows and movies; Carmilla: The Series, Ginger Snaps, TVDU etc. Though most supernatural stuff will be in the background.
This is also also a continuation fic of MTV’s Scream, ignoring a plot point in its Halloween special, and Sweet/Vicious. It see’s Lakewood survivors, Emma, Audrey, Brooke, Gustavo and Noah, attending Darlington University.
As it turns out both, Emma’s parents are alumni. But of course a Ghostface is following after, hoping to finish what started in Lakewood.
Meanwhile, Jules and Ophelia, in their crusade to bring street justice to Darlington, would begin to uncover a series of coverups. As Jules and Ophelia’s vigilantism gains attention and support, both from current friends and new. Basically, creating a Sweet/Vicious “Bat-Family”
The discovery of these coverups coincides with Ghostface’s appearance in Darlington. The higher ups at Darlington using this to bring negative attention to the Sweet/Vicious vigilantes. Especially after Ghostface kills a would be rapist and their victim.
Darlington University and township still has a rape culture problem. Darlington’s higher ups are still concerned about protecting their image/reputation than they are protecting and helping victims of sexual assault. In their eyes, the vigilantes fighting back against Darlington’s rape culture, are a bigger problem than the rape culture itself.
This system is as much an antagonist as Ghostface(s).
It would turn out that Darlington does a little more than turn a blind eye to sexual assault. They have cover ups going as far back as the early to mid 90’s. It gets a little absurd how low Darlington’s system will sink and how far they’ll reach...just to protect the reputation of their university and prized students.
Back when Emma’s parents attended Darlington, one of them confessed something that made the higher ups reach out to Lakewood, and help aggressively cover up the truth about Brandon James’ supposed killing spree. This is one of the reasons Ghostface shows up in Darlington.
Meanwhile, Bellas (Beca, Chloe, Stacie and Aubrey) pay a visit to both Darlington and Lakewood, as Stacie is trying to find out who Bella’s biological father is. It turns out, when Bella was conceived, Stacie slept with six guys (“and three girls”), two of whom lived in Lakewood and resided in Darlington.
Bella’s biological father is ultimately gonna be narrowed down to a canon character from either MTV’s Scream or Sweet/Vicious...and there’s a good reason Stacie wants Bella to have nothing to do with him.
Still, Bella’s father may feel entitled to her, and doesn’t care how low he’ll sink to have her. Stacie wasn’t raped (not in her mind, at least), she just didn’t know the guy’s true colours until long after their fling. This gets Stacie, Beca, Chloe and Aubrey targeted by the story’s antagonists.
What brings Jules, Ophelia, and the Lakewood Five, and the former Barden Bellas (once they get roped into this) together is uncovering and dismantling the conspiracy. When Ghostface first kills is a would-be rapist, and their would-be victim. Darlington’s higher ups use this to try to turn the public against the vigilantes, using the murders to distract from the SA reports/allegations. Especially someone catches the knife wielding figure, in a black hood on camera,.
It’ll take some tweaks, but the backstory MTV’s Scream is gonna have a connection with that of Scream films.
The killing spree supposedly committed by Brandon James will connect to what happened in Woodsboro. It all dated back when Woodsboro and Lakewood had an interstate high school football game, before Maureen Prescott’s murder. The resulting systematic coverup not only reaches Lakewood, but Woodsboro. When word reaches them, Sidney, Dewey and Gale are forced to step into the fray. Which of course puts (another) target on their backs.
As per Scream 2022, it would also be shortly after Sidney had her daughters with Mark Kincaid. And if I did my math right, Sidney could be expecting baby number three at this point. Mark himself may get involved, but I don’t see much of what he can do. He’s a Detective, but both Darlington and Lakewood are outside Mark’s jurisdiction, but I don’t think Mark would be against vigilantism. His wife is Sidney F. Prescott after all.
I already have my own answer for the killer(s) in Brandon James’ alleged killing spree. However, there's also the modern Ghostfaces. More than two in fact. Some are initially unaware of the other and catch eachother off guard, with different characters taking up the mask for their different agendas.
From simple revenge on past survivors; covering up the truth about Brandon James; to de-crediting Jules and Ophelia’s work. Or taking Baby Bella from her mothers; they all have their own reasons for donning the mask. But no matter who's behind the mask, they'll all be canon characters.
Because this is a prequel to Love’s Sacrifices, and set before Scream 2022, the only characters who are “safe” are Sidney, Dewey, Gale, Beca, Chloe, Stacie, Aubrey and Bella.
Pairings include…
1. Bellas Squared. Since this is a Love’s Sacrifices prequel, it without saying. It starts out being Bechloe and Staubrey, but over the story we see two pairs of two become four. It’s not a spoiler if it’s Foregone Conclusion.
2. I’m kind of flip-flopping between Emery or Braudrey. Neither are set in stone.
I’ve also been planning on a crossover ship with Noah and Kennedy, though I’m not to big on them rebounding off eachother. I’d just like to see their dynamic.
3. Sidney is with Mark in this story, though I don’t know if they’ll be a prominent romance. I want to write Dewey x Gale, but I’m kind of desensitized by how they broke up between movies. Even at my most optimistic, Forgone Conclusion weighs them down too much.
4. I am currently aiming for a Julphelia endgame, but I like their canon boyfriends (Tyler and Evan), so it’s not like I’m gonna demonize them or anything. And I'm not the kind of writer who'd just have Jules and Ophelia hook-up after killing off their SO's. Not my speed.
I’ve also considered including Scream Resurrection in the crossover, but as of this post, I couldn’t think of a believable reason to include it’s characters.
Only about half the story is thought out, and I’m to think out the rest come Scream VI. This is just the stuff set in stone.
And now for a hypothetical soundtrack.
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1. “Your Number's Up” by Ice Nine Kills.
2. “I Will Take Care of You” by Amy Sky.
3. “Heaven Knows” by The Pretty Reckless.
4. “Don't Fear The Reaper” by Gus Black.
5. “Unstoppable” by Sia
6. “How Do I Deal” by Jennifer Love Hewitt.
7. “Tess Timony” by Ice Nine Kills.
8. “Angels” by Within Temptation.
9. “She Said” by Collective Soul.
10. “Titanium” ft. Sia by David Guetta.
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