"Heads Will Roll!"

Independent and original take on the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. Even though I am a big fan of the first season of the Fox series Sleepy Hollow, this take on the Horseman has little to do with the Horseman in that show. There will be similarities but they're seperate. Same for the Tim Burton Sleepy Hollow. Due to the nature of the Horseman, this blog is a very hard r and I will NOT rp with minors. Mun is a 34 year old female from SoCal. As penned by Spooky!

[hcrseman]

Horseman Rules, Info and Links!

Hey guys, Spooky here with yet ANOTHER sideblog for yet another obscure guy lol. Though everyone knows this one....The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow!

Fun fact: Long before I loved Michael Myers and Red Hulk, my killer crush was a strapping headless man and his giant axe. And so...here he is!

Now, the way I base the Horseman is...a bit of a mix. The Fox series is an inspiration, but outside of the first two seasons, there's nothing that explores the Horseman past that so any similarities are going to be from there.

Plus Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow is an inspiration but not as much as Fox.

I will have verses set in the Fox universe though so if anyone wants to plot Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills stuff with Abraham Van Brunt, I got you covered.

Now, as with all my other blogs, I gotta set up the rules. So....here are the rules.

Once again and I cannot emphasize this more....I DO NOT write with minors. I don't believe kids should be anywhere near stuff like this, especially given my personal experiences with writing the Horseman in the past (I was not a very PG writer even way back in the day.) Even if you're 18 I probably won't write with you because I still think you're too young.

The Horseman, given that he's a slasher, is very violent and sadistic. I won't pull my punches when it comes to him so if gore upsets you this isn't the blog for you.

I work part time but my hours are wacky, depending on my schedule. I'm also having stuff going on IRL that will take a good chunk of my attention away.

I have Aspergers Syndrome so I'm terrible at trying to discern body language, even more so trying to figure out emotions over a keyboard. If I go too far or you're uncomfortable with something, let me know. IMs exist for a reason.

I'm not the biggest shipper and while I won't say no to something developing between muses, it'll take a LOT of trust for the Horseman to bond with someone. He's been alone for centuries with only his horse for company so he's very stunted.

6. Mun is a 34 year old female from California. Just wanted to mention this so everyone knows what they're dealing with when plotting lol.

Info

Verses

Haunting Headless Harmonics

Head(less)cannons

[whippykiyay]

FOR EVERY PERSON THAT SENDS ME ✭ I WILL GIVE YOU A RANDOM HEADCANON ABOUT MY MUSE.

[wretchedhearted]

⤏ send me “plots please”

… and I’ll respond with  3  (or more)  interesting  plots / relationships / connections  I can think of for our muses!   There is  no pressure  for us to write any of them,   but it’s a great starting point for you to get a sense of how I think our muses might interact and what sorts of plots I’m most interested in happening between them  -  so don’t be shy!

for multimuse blogs make sure to specify who you’re looking to plot with

[siempreminta]

“ Human, demon or angel…it matters not. All will die by the Horseman’s blade.”

( @hcrseman)

( For Pen!)

"..."

"I'm sorry?"

[hcrseman]

“ You may act the part of a redeemed soul, but you drag Hell wherever you go. It took destroying a soul for you to ascend. Now more souls must be destroyed to allow your partners to enter.

So choose. Which soul must be destroyed next for a demon to enter into paradise?”

The Horseman seemed particularly tense about this. He had been under the thumb of a demon king of Hell before being released….however trapped as a Horseman of the Apocalypse forever.

If he couldn’t be saved…why should anyone?

[antioceas]

"Listen, I'm not saying it's a lie that killing a Death's Coach Horse beetle forgives seven of your sins, but it's important to know two things. One: those seven sins are your most recent sins, so you'd have to be pretty quick to find the beetle after doing one of the big ones. Two: one of those sins is killing the beetle in the first place."

[hcrseman]

“ Coming from a Horseman, no amount of beetle sacrifice can absolve one’s sin. Believe me, I would have buried myself in bug juice if that was true…”

[themasterofmemeing]

"Mhmm. That's right. That's me, baby."

"Are we gonna be here... all day?"

"Look who's shitting in the tall grass!"

"Kiss my grits!"

"You have no idea what I have planned for you. It'll be in the news for weeks. I'll make sure of that."

"Seven minutes. Seven minutes is all I can spare to play with you."

"Smartasses get killed. We always see to that." "Listen to me if you don't wanna end up on a hook."

"Physics isn't the most important thing."

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."

"Probably stings like hell but it aint gonna kill ya. Up and at em solider."

"Evil's got a target on my back the size of Tiger Stadium."

"I promised to keep you shitheads safe and thats excatly what I plan on doing."

"I've never missed a race, I always reach the finish line!"

"I'm not dying here in this hellhole!"

"This is my world. And you can't ever leave."

"Buck and Wild, swing to be free, your hands just cant keep a hold of me."

"Buckle up Fuckos! Let's roll!"

"After careful analysis, we’re getting the hell out of here!"

"I've dealt with psychopaths in suits. You're just uglier and worse dressed."

"No excuses, no equivocations… No crying."

"Its not our time to die…probably"

"Here's a sketch on a piece of wood I saw by the side of the road. Felt like it got a story to tell! And it didn't waste its second chance."

"The pioneers used to loot these babies for hours!"

"The night assists me and it's endless here."

“ I’ve looked for people to protect me…never again."

"Shit! I dropped the gauze!"

"There won't be nothing to fear soon. Till then, fear me."

"You've fooled them, haven't you (Name)? But not me."

"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it."

"There is no need to worry. I've been preparing my whole life for this."

"YOU WILL HOLD NO DOMINION OVER ME!" 

"I tire of wasting my time with you."

"You would last if you were worthy."

 "You won't be a nuisance to me anymore."

"You're merely postponing the inevitable!"

"Lets keep this game go on for longer, shan't we?"

"I was going easy on you. Now you Die!"

"No more games, time to get serious."

"I'm not done toying with you yet."

"I hope you bleed out."

"Blinded by your own cowardice."

"You really have a lack of awareness don't you."

"You were only a worthless thorn in my side. Never worthy of anything."

"We have to work as a team, I need you to survive so that I can survive!"

"Pain melts with fear in a most horrid way."

"Damn them as they would damn us" 

"You called death to your door the instant you done me wrong"

"Deals made in desperation are paid for in madness" 

"Though Death is focused, he has been known to blink"

[honorablehyde]

Of course a headless man wasn’t going to be able to talk but he pointed his axe at Edward. He wasn’t happy about the hulking brute’s latest endeavors towards areas claimed by the Horseman.

(@hcrseman)

The Englishman raises one thick brow staring at the headless man holding a axe.

“The hell am i looking at ‘ere?” Edward almost chortled, “ah never mind then, what ever it is your trying at it’s not going to work. You think some damn axe is going to scare me off?”

[hcrseman]

You can't bargain with a headless man....let alone a headless HORSEman. The Hessian stared....or the equivalent of....daggers at Hyde.

Even without a face...the aura of anger was seeping inside this living corpse. A rasping echo from long-dead lungs as a deep, ethereal voice rumbled.

" By calling it 'just an axe' reveals how much of a dimwitted fool you truly are."

[honorablehyde]

“Oh, oh ho my mistake. You named then?” The great beast sneered, he was caught off guard only for a second by the voice coming from god knows where. He’s dealt with aliens and god knows what else the past few years. “Now, why did you come to me? Surely you are looking for a fight or something else?” Although the latter was mostly something HE went in search for. He had hours to kill so whatever this fella wanted he was free until the League called him and returned like the massive guard dog he was.

[hcrseman]

A low huff-like noise of annoyance echoed.

" No, I did not. These are forged in Hell and can cut through any flesh. A life taken by them....is absorbed by the axe.

So I suggest you give them the respect they deserve.....or it might be YOUR head that rolls next."

As for why the Horseman was here...

" This is my home, beast. I may have come here from a distant land but I have lived in this place for centuries. And I really don't like it when....how do the Americans say it....someone pisses in my porridge?

He visibly shuddered.

" How Ichabod can stand this time is beyond me. It's filthy."

[honorablehyde]

Of course a headless man wasn’t going to be able to talk but he pointed his axe at Edward. He wasn’t happy about the hulking brute’s latest endeavors towards areas claimed by the Horseman.

(@hcrseman)

The Englishman raises one thick brow staring at the headless man holding a axe.

“The hell am i looking at ‘ere?” Edward almost chortled, “ah never mind then, what ever it is your trying at it’s not going to work. You think some damn axe is going to scare me off?”

[hcrseman]

You can't bargain with a headless man....let alone a headless HORSEman. The Hessian stared....or the equivalent of....daggers at Hyde.

Even without a face...the aura of anger was seeping inside this living corpse. A rasping echo from long-dead lungs as a deep, ethereal voice rumbled.

" By calling it 'just an axe' reveals how much of a dimwitted fool you truly are."

[hcrseman]

I’m sorry but this is so unintentionally hilarious. Headless about to throw down some Scrappy Doo hands even though he’s chained to the wall.

[hcrseman]

Headless Verses

Here are the verses for the Headless Horseman!

Fox's Sleepy Hollow: After the death of Katrina Crane and the return of his head, Abraham Van Brunt is free from the control of the demon Moloch. But the curse that turned him into the Horseman of Death is permanent, leaving him an undead spectre that roams the forests.

The loss of Katrina left Abraham devastated. As arrogant as Abraham was....he truly loved Katrina and her dying such a senseless death really broke him further. His hatred of Ichabod still remains but honors Katrina's wish and avoids his former friend as if the other was the plague.

He doesn't go out of his way to find or talk to people and the few that do never return. But......maybe one day he'll emerge from the forest, ready to finally talk to the man that used to be closer to him than a brother.

Dead By Daylight:

The Entity is always on the look out for new killers to add her collection and she turned her eye to the creeping forests on New York state. The legend that rode there, a headless soldier on a creeping ghastly steed, searching for his head as he took the heads of others. Oh she was going to enjoy bringing this evil soul into her realm....

Fear Street:

The Goode's had run the settlement of Union, and later Shadyside and Sunnyvale for centuries. They cursed the locals of Shadyside to sacrifice souls in exchange for wishes and power. But one Goode ventured away from the settlement....and made it to the distant forests of Sleepy Hollow. There, the location was different....but the curse stayed the same. And so, he chose someone from the town in exchange for his own taste of power....

A man with a horse....and a missing head. The curse was later destroyed bu the legend lived on...and who knows? Maybe a headless rider is emerging in Shadyside to join his distant brothers....

[nightprompts]

&. 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐬* 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  dialogue  prompts  taken  from  thunderbolts*  (2025),  directed  by  jake schreier.  feel  free  to  edit  and  change  as  you  seem  fit.  ) 

❛ there is something wrong with me. an emptiness. ❜

❛ you weren’t listening to me. it’s like your mind is somewhere else. ❜

❛ do you think i like taking orders? ❜

❛ you shoot, i dodge. ❜

❛ you guys can never aim for shit. ❜

❛ can you please just say it normal? ❜

❛ how long has it been, huh? a year? ❜

❛ so you… you feel fulfilled? ❜

❛ look around you. i’m miserable. ❜

❛ the light inside you is dim even by eastern european standards. ❜

❛ i've just been wondering, you know, like, what… is the point? in any of this? ❜

❛ the point of work is fame and fortune. fortune buys friends, and love, and a lot of cool clothes. ❜

❛ why do you have this photo out? ❜

❛ we were so bad. ❜

❛ you were happy. ❜

❛ i’ll make you something. ❜

❛ yeah, this just isn’t working for me anymore. ❜

❛ i need you to follow the target inside and find out what she intends to steal. ❜

❛ you’re not even my target. ❜

❛ i’m not here for you. ❜

❛ i know who you are and what you’re doing. ❜

❛ what am i doing? ❜

❛ you’re working me. you’re trying to get me on your side. ❜

❛ you say you know who i am, so you know my story. and you know i didn’t have a choice who i worked for. but you do. ❜

❛ it’s my business card. in case you need some help or you wanna share some secret hidden evidence. ❜

❛ i’m not sure what’s happening here, but you’re all exhausting and my job is done, so... ❜

❛ god only knows the blood on your hands. ❜

❛ pretty ludicrous coming from the dimestore captain america. ❜

❛ that was funny. thank you. we needed that. ❜

❛ it was getting so tense in here for a second. ❜

❛ all right, um… tie yourselves up. ❜

❛ next time, why don’t you just text me like a normal person? ❜

❛ we don’t need to go rogue in the darkness, or whatever you people do. ❜

❛ what exactly are we looking for? ❜

❛ we’re looking for not stupid questions. ❜

❛ hey. didn’t think you’d come back. thanks. ❜

❛ are you hurt? ❜

❛ no, i’m fine. i’m fine. ❜

❛ you do not seem fine. ❜

❛ yeah, well, we’ve only just met. this is… this is how i am. ❜

❛ well, you guys should just go without me. it’ll be easier. ❜

❛ we all feel like shit sometimes. and loneliness, i get that. and that that darkness gets... pretty enticing. ❜

❛ you shove it way down. you just... push it down. ❜

❛ let’s just stick together until we make it to the surface, and after that, you can start a fight with a super soldier. get yourself killed. i don’t care. ❜

❛ so, none of us fly? what, do we all just punch and shoot? ❜

❛ you do not want to start the whole sob story game. i win. ❜

❛ well, you were just a kid, so… ❜

❛ i just think it might be nice to know that you didn’t really know any better. ❜

❛ cucumber, cucumber, cucumber. ❜

❛ growing up, somebody told me that you can stop a sneeze if you confuse your brain. i always just yelled “cucumber.” ❜

❛ you’re the boss now? cute. ❜

❛ anyone else have any pointless childhood stories to tell? ❜

❛ i will fight. you stay behind me. ❜

❛ i’ve always had these episodes since i was a kid. there’s a high, then there’s a big low, and then my memory just goes blank. ❜

❛ you were right, she definitely wants us dead. ❜

❛ this has the makings of a team that can raise to glory. a team that can bring light from the darkness. a team of heroes that can be on the wheaties box and have little kiddie toy… ❜

❛ let’s just forget about them, and let’s focus on you. and how perfect you are. ❜

❛ isn’t that what you want? to be accepted? to be chosen? ❜

❛ no one else sees it, but i do. and i think maybe your past is what makes you so perfect. ❜

❛ look, i’ve been where you are. you can run, but it doesn’t go away. sooner or later it catches up to you, and when it does, it’s too late. so you can either do something about it now, or live with it forever. ❜

❛ you want to be good? or do you want to be somebody who changes the world? ❜

❛ you can do anything. ❜

❛ i'm the only one who knows what your true potential is. and it’s limitless. ❜

❛ i don’t wanna hurt you guys. why don’t you just turn yourselves in? ❜

❛ you can trust me. i know you. ❜

❛ they’re not a threat to me, so why do i need to kill them? ❜

❛ there is no “us.” there is no “we.” ❜

❛ you’re not a hero. you’re not even a good person. ❜

❛ why would a god take orders from anyone at all? ❜

❛ i’m starting to think maybe you don’t know what i am. or what i’m capable of. ❜

❛ i'm not afraid of you. ❜

❛ well, then, chase me forever. ❜

❛ If you cared, you would have called. ❜

❛ i’m sorry. i don’t know how to do this. i’m not good at it. ❜

❛ i didn’t think you wanted me. ❜

❛ i’m late, but i’m… i’m here now. ❜

❛ all i do is sit and look at my phone and think of all the terrible things that i’ve done. ❜

❛ when i look at you, i don’t see your mistakes. ❜

❛ aren’t you tired of fighting? let me help you. ❜

❛ you can’t outrun the emptiness. ❜

❛ it’s what you said. we’re all alone. all of us. ❜

❛ i have these good days, you know? where i feel invincible. but then there are a lot of bad days when i remember that nothing matters, you know? ❜

❛ so you’re just gonna sit here and let it take over? ❜

❛ well, there’s no use in fighting it. ❜

❛ at least i found a nice room. the other rooms are much worse. ❜

❛ you can’t stuff it down. you can’t hold it in all alone. no one can. we have to let it out. ❜

❛ even if it doesn’t make the emptiness go away, i promise you it will feel lighter. ❜

❛ we can find a way out of here together. will you try and leave here with me? ❜

❛ there’s no death here. the pain only gets worse. ❜

❛ i have a great past, so i’m totally fine. ❜

❛ the most shameful thing of all was thinking you could be anything more than nothing. ❜

❛ wait. you think they care about you? you don’t matter. to anyone. ❜

❛ i’m stronger than you. ❜

❛ you thought you were gonna be some great man? some savior? you can’t even save yourself. ❜

❛ we will always be alone. ❜

❛ i’m here. ❜

❛ it will always be just us. ❜

❛ we’re losing credibility. which we had very little to begin with. ❜

❛ we’re running out of space? It’s impossible. this building is enormous. ❜

❛ i did the dishes though. ❜

[recordmemes]

༘⋆｡ where it hurts starters.

caretaker.

i'll  stay  until  you  fall  asleep.

you're  not  a  burden.  not  to  me.

you  don't  have  to  act  tough  with  me.

let  me  help.

if  you  need  to  cry,  i'll  look  the  other  way.

you  don't  have  to  talk.

let  me  handle  it,  just  for  a  minute.

rest,  i'll  watch  over  you.

i  don't  care  if  you  think  you're  fine.  i'm  staying.

deep  breaths.

just  lean  on  me.

you're  safe  now,  okay?  just  breathe.

i  know  it  hurts.  i'll  sit  here  as  long  as  it  takes.

i'm  not  leaving  until  i  know  you're  okay.

you  don't  need  to  hide.

let  me  take  care  of  you  this  time.

shh.  i'm  right  here.

you  don't  have  to  put  on  a  smile  for  me.

i  don't  think  less  of  you.

i'll  be  here  when  you  wake  up.

you're  allowed  to  lean  on  me.  that's  what  i'm  here  for.

you  don't  have  to  be  okay.

scoot  over,  i'm  not  letting  you  sleep  alone.

your  hair's  a  mess.  let  me  brush  it.

don't  apologize.

cared  for.

i'm  tired,  that's  all.

please  don't  go.

i  don't  know  what  i  need.

you  didn't  need  to  come.

you  shouldn't  have  to  see  me  like  this.

i  hate  feeling  like  this.

i  was  trying  to  push  through.  i  think  i  made  it  worse.

this  is  so  embarrassing.

can  you  just...  stay  a  little  longer?

i  didn't  think  anyone  would  notice...

i'm  not  safe  in  my  own  head  right  now.

why  are  you  being  so  gentle  with  me?

i  don't  want  you  to  fix  me.

today's  just...  one  of  the  harder  days.

i  didn't  know  i  needed  to  hear  that.

can  you  stay?  after  i  fall  asleep?

sorry.  i  didn't  mean  to  flinch.

i  don't  always  know  what's  going  to  help.

this  is  the  nicest  anyone’s  been  to  me  all  week.

i'm  sorry.  i  know  i'm  a  lot.

i  don't  even  know  why  i'm  crying...

i  think  i'm  broken.

you  didn't  have  to  do  all  this  for  me.

i  don't  want  to  be  a  burden.

i  didn't  think  anyone  would  stay.

[hcrseman]

Haunting Headless Harmonics

Just a bunch of songs that help inspire me to write the Headless Horseman! Hopefully they inspire you guys too!

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow Theme

Sleepy Hollow Theme (extended) OST by Brian Tyler

Melancholia by Ryan Creep

Massacre on the Lighthouse-The Darkness OST

The Darkness OST - Lower East Side Action Mix

The Darkness OST- Grinders Lane Action Mix

The Headless Horseman Song

Van Helsing OST-Transylvania 1887

Journey to Transylvania-Van Helsing OST

Beowulf Theme-Alan Silvestri