WHAT THE SLASHERS SMELL LIKE
Except I get too realistic and carried away
Authorās Note: No seriously. I got carried away. Didnāt intend to write for this many slashers but the thoughts kept coming. If you all want a part 2, let me know!
Characters: Jason Voorhees, Bo Sinclair, Vincent Sinclair, Lester Sinclair, Rufus āRJā Firefly Jr., Baby Firefly, Otis B. Driftwood, Captain Spaulding, Pinhead, Hannibal Lecter, Will Graham, Bubba Sawyer, Thomas Hewitt, Art the Clown, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Ash Williams (I know heās not a slasher, shush), Billy Lenz, Brahms Heelshire, Mitch/The Ghost, The Driller Killer (for more slashers check pt. 2: here )
Warnings/tags: Realistic takes on the body odor & hygiene of various horror characters, mention of sex on Freddyās part (and alluded to in Otisās part), gender neutral reader, not beta read
Word count: 1.7k
Jason Voorhees
Jason smells bad. Like really bad. He smells like mud, mildew, blood, and a rotting corpse thatās been soaking in lake water. It takes a long time to be in such close proximity to him. Personal hygiene isnāt his strong suit at all. But once you come along heāll definitely try. His clothes can be changed and washed but Jasonās body stinks in a way that a shower and soap simply canāt fix (at least not fully). Itās possible to get the smell toned down to somewhat tolerable levels. But realistically I think heāll always have a bit of a smell to him.
Bo Sinclair
Bo, for the most part, smells fine. He takes regular showers, washes his hair with a generic shampoo, brushes his teeth, etc. When he hasnāt been working, heāll smell like cheap cologne and whatever scented soap you keep in the shower. But if heās been working at the mechanic shop heāll come home smelling like sweat, oil, and gasoline (and blood if heās killed someone that day). Thereās also always a faint smell of cigarettes. The smell seems to have seeped into his clothes permanently after many years of smoking. You donāt have to coax him to shower, he heads there without a fight. After a long day, a shower can make him feel better anyway.
Vincent Sinclair
Vincent doesnāt smell too bad but he doesnāt always smell great. He often smells like beeswax, which isnāt a bad smell. But he can get quite sweaty as well and doesnāt shower as frequently as Bo. So itās not the best smell combo. I mean, heās constantly working in a hot basement/workshopā¦in a sweaterā¦in a maskā¦with long hairā¦ā¦in Louisiana. Yeah, sweating is a common occurrence. Heāll probably increase his amount of showers for you. He gets so caught up in sculpting that he forgets sometimes though.
Lester Sinclair
Lester is the worst Sinclair brother when it comes to smell and hygiene. When you first meet him smells like roadkill, sweat, and dirt. His hygiene isnāt great. He doesnāt shower often, nor brush his teeth often. But when you come along he definitely starts caring about his hygiene more. Heāll take showers and brush his teeth. Maybe heāll wash his clothes moreā¦maybe.
Rufus āRJā Firefly Jr.
Rufus smells fine for the most part. He showers regularly and uses deodorant. By the end of the day though he might have a slight musky smell to him but nothing too bad usually. Sometimes he would stink after working on cars all day in the Texas heat. Heād come home smelling like sweat and oil and you might have to ask him to take a shower. Occasionally heād have a faint smell of beer or whatever alcohol was lying around on his clothes.
Baby Firefly
Baby takes frequent showers and bubble baths (when sheās not on the run with the family). She likes soap with a fruity scent, often opting for something that smells of berries. Sometimes sheād smell like blood but usually, sheād smell rather good. She has a variety of different perfumes snagged from the luggage of different victims. Just like her soap, she often goes for things with more of a fruit scent.
Otis B. Driftwood
Otis doesnāt smell good often. In fact, a lot of the time he smells straight-up bad. Like corpses, blood, alcohol, and tobacco. Otis does take showers though so the smell is temporary. He doesnāt take them often though and sometimes youāll have to ask him (or mildly threaten him) to shower. If heās being stubborn and you really, really want him to shower then you can coax him by getting in the shower and asking him to join you. Heāll never say no to that offer.
Captain Spaulding
Captain Spaulding smells okay usually. Heās not the best smelling out of the Firefly family but heās not that bad. He often smells like fried chicken from making it so often at his shop. There are some faint hints of alcohol, blood, and maybe even cigarettes. His dental hygiene isnāt great but he does take somewhat regular showers.
Pinhead
Pinhead smells like blood, leather, and metal. Itās not an overbearing smell like some of the other slashers but itās there. You can smell it when you hug him close. I donāt think he gets very sweaty. Honestly, do Cenobites even sweat? He doesnāt shower, doesnāt brush his teeth. Hell, he barely even removes the leather he wears. Heās not human and he doesnāt care about human concepts of hygiene.
Hannibal Lecter
Hannibal smells really, really good. He takes regular showers, wears deodorant, and brushes his teeth twice a day. He sometimes splurges on more expensive shampoos, soap, and cologne. He goes for colognes with woody scents. Sometimes thereās a small hint of vanilla thrown in. A majority of the time he smells really fresh. He doesnāt often smell like blood because he takes the cleanup process very seriously. Occasionally the smell of whatever heās been cooking might linger on his clothes.
Will Graham
Will also smells good for the most part. He often smells like the outdoors and cheap cologne. He obviously has a big sweating problem so that can make him not smell as great. But he takes regular showers, especially when heās been sweating a lot. He likes to smell good but he doesnāt give it much thought.
Bubba Sawyer
Bubba often smells like sweat, meat, and a heavy dose of decomposing bodies. Showers are infrequent but not nonexistent. When he does shower he smells fine but that smell can quickly disappear in the Texas heat, especially if the Sawyers are dealing with unwanted visitors. He doesnāt really notice the smell unless itās pointed out and heāll shower and change clothes if needed.
Thomas Hewitt
Much like Bubba, thereās often a smell of sweat, meat, and blood. In fact, those smells are stronger on Thomas compared to Bubba. Heās a rather musky guy. He doesnāt shower frequently. Itās a rare occurrence. But when youāre in the picture he might do a little better hygiene-wise, especially after a heavy dose of scolding from Luda Mae. And heāll smell better (probably never great though).
Art the Clown
Oh, donāt get me started. Probably one of the worst-smelling slashers out of the bunch. Art smells like shit. Literally. And blood. And not just a little blood. The smell can be so strong sometimes that you swear you can taste iron on your tongue. Sometimes heāll have faint scents of gunpowder and oil but those smells are often overpowered by others. Surprisingly though, Art isnāt that opposed to showers. He does the absolute bare minimum though, just standing in the water and rinsing off the remnants of his victims. He doesnāt mind getting all of that off of him but heās not doing it to smell better. If anything, he likes the smell.
Michael Myers
He smells bad. Whether weāre talking about the OG or the RZ version, I canāt imagine this man smelling good when you first come across him. He smells like a corpse. It overpowers any other smell there could be on him. He doesnāt shower, heāll wear the same coveralls for years if they last him that long. Hygiene is the last of his priorities and heās not easily convinced at all to bathe or wash his clothes. Maybe (and thatās a very strong MAYBE) you could entice him to do something about the smell. Itāll definitely be a trade-off. He wonāt give in easily.
Freddy Krueger
Freddy doesnāt smell great. He smells like ash and burnt skin. He almost smells like a campfire but with the added smell of blood and death. The smell is always there. Itās kind of permanent. And no, he wonāt be showering. Donāt even suggest it because heāll laugh in your face. Itās not that heās against it, he just doesnāt want to nor does he feel the need to. The only way heāll get in the shower is to have shower sex and thatās it.
Ash Williams
Ash smells good 90% of the time. He smells like pine shampoo, aftershave, and whatever cologne he wears. Itās not expensive but it smells nice. The other 10% of the time (when heās hacking away at deadites), he smells like a mixture of gasoline, oil, blood, and whatever hellish smells come out of deadites. Itās not great and heās aware of it. The last thing he wants is to be covered in brains but itās just another day in his life. He honestly canāt wait to shower it all off.
Brahms Heelshire
Upon first meeting him, Brahms didnāt smell good. He smelled like a combination of sweat, dust, mothballs, and mildew. A direct result of constantly staying in the walls and lack of showering. If the smell bothers you though, Brahms is more willing to bathe than most slashers. He can be stubborn sometimes but he rarely puts up a fight.
Billy Lenz
Much like Brahms, Billy has a strong odor of dust, mothballs, and whatever other lingering smells are in an attic. Old boxed-up books, cardboard, mildew, the faintest smell of cologne (not sure if itās his or it's just rubbed off from some clothes in the attic). The smells have stuck to his clothes and he doesnāt wash that sweater. He wonāt put up a fight if the smell bothers you though. Heāll happily take a shower for you.
Mitch/The Ghost
Mitch smells fineā¦usually. He showers regularly, wears deodorant, etc. He usually smells of whatever soap is in the shower. The only time that he ever really smells bad is after long nights of running the Haunt in October. On those nights heāll smell strongly of blood, corpses, and whatever acid they use to dispose of all the unlucky haunt visitors. Other than that, he smells fine the rest of the year.
The Driller Killer
The Driller Killer smells like cigarettes, leather, and blood. He smokes often. Itās not like heās going to get sick from them (not 100% he can even die). Sometimes when you hug him, you swear you can smell the faint scent of a woody cologne. Or maybe itās his hair gel. Youāre not fully sure. But thereās definitely something there.
