So I was thinking of what if the lost boys were magical girls, like actual magical girls! Like the boys are human and their earrings are magical objects that lets them transform into magical vampires!
Kind of like a dark version of any magical girl anime with a twist of them being vampires and eating bad people!
I sound absolutely insane right now and I’m going to hide somewhere now bye!👋 
Little surprise snippet from the next chapter of Big bad vampire and his little witch!
Title: The potion incident
He blinked at you sceptically. “Have you done something like this before?”
You sent him a flat stare. “Pain meds for vampire migraines? No, I haven’t. But I’ve spent centuries studying herbs and natural remedies, and I’ve created the composition for every potion I sell. I think I can figure this out, thank you very much.”
This earned you a chuckle.
“So what? I’m going to be your guinea pig for this experimental new potion of yours?” He replied, his voice taking on a teasing tone.
The corner of your mouth twitched. “This,” you pointed at your notes, “is not an experiment. It’s pretty simple actually. I just need to tweak the doses of a few ingredients to count for your body’s stronger resistance. That,” you pointed at the little jar sitting tucked away at the back of your counter, “that is an experiment.”
it's so wild to me that you absolutely cannot force a hyperfixation to happen. like you'll watch the most perfectly tailor-made-for-you content that everyone says you'll love and feel absolutely nothing, and then the thing you watch on a whim to fill time will reach through the screen and put its damn fingers in your brain and start rearranging the neurons right in front of you and every single time you're like THIS??? THIS??????? and this happens like every 6-12 months forever
Minor pet peeve: Y'all really gotta start looking up when things are invented. I am SO happy about all the new fics in The Lost Boys fandom. Great writing, great characterization. Big fan. But oof. Guys.
There was no "putting someone on speaker". It was a landline, you either held the receiver up between the two of you, or someone picked up another receiver in the house.
Waterproof eyeliner? That was invented in 2006. 30 years after The Lost Boys.
It really only drives me wild because I was born prior to The Lost Boys coming out and I have very vivid memories of the early 90s and what life was like pre-internet and pre-cellphone.
The slang is also positively hilarious. "Cringe"??? No, that's a strictly 2020s word. People were "uncool", "weird", or the f-slur.
Fun 80s words that I distinctly remember actively being used by my older cousins: rad, gnarly, bogus, clutch, ditz, warped, to veg out, scarf down. There's a bunch out there. They just sound boring to 2026 ears because they've been around so long. They were new once.
Seriously, it's not a big deal. I just find it so funny reading 1987 vampires saying "Ugh, don't be cringe." Or someone just "looking something up". No babes, that involved a library, card catalogs, the dewey decimal system, and microfiche or microfilm. And a phone number? That was the yellow pages or the white pages. Boy was it not a good time if that book wasn't tied down to the payphone or if the pages you needed were ripped out. Best to have those numbers memorized.
Cannot begin to tell you the amount of time research over even small things has taken up in writing a fic, just to make it feel set in the world at the time. ESPECIALLY THE FASHIONS AND AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY.
If you're writing about queer identities for a fic involving the Boys, or any fic set in the 80s (yes, looking at you, Stranger Things fans, I know we're a big crossover) then you NEED to do some research into the queer community of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It was NOT like it is today, not even close. Labels were different, flagging/markers were different. The movie was not being made for or played for a modern audience - it was made for a straight, summer horror flic audience of the mid to late 80s. The Boys are villains for a reason.
Anyway. Yeah. And research can be very fun! Go learn about the beginnings of the internet and stuff like 'phone phreaking' - it's really cool!!!
Tension is high as Alan follows Eddie into the house. He's trying to keep his cool for the kids' sake but internally, he's freaking out. He never expected to see Alan again, hoping that the guy would rot in prison for the rest of his life.
But of course, he guesses that he shouldn't be surprised because his father has always been a leech. Especially when it comes to money. A memory that sticks out is when he got some cash in a birthday card from his maternal grandparents in the mail.
Eddie will never forget the panic he felt when he went into his bedside table and saw that the twenty dollars was no longer there and only after grilling his father, he found out that he was spent on some alcohol. For years, he hoped that the man had changed, but he hasn't and never will.
He can't believe that he spent so many years missing the guy when Wayne was the one who felt like a father to him. He spent so long thinking about what could have been and only with therapy has he come to realize the kind of guy his father is.
"Gigi, can you please take your siblings upstairs?" Your voice is calm but Eddie knows that you're fucking livid. He envies the way you're able to level your emotions when everything has gone to fucking shit.
Gigi gathers up the kids and leads them up the stairs despite her suspicion of the strange man who's in the kitchen. She knows who it is, there's no doubt considering that he could be her dad's clone.
You take a deep breath, your hand grabbing hold of Eddie's to make an attempt to calm him down but it's clearly not working. This is the most angry you've ever seen him and you can't even blame him for it. Alan really hurt him and the man deserves to know how Eddie feels once and for all.
His face is red with anger and Alan doesn't seem to know or care about what he's done. He's always been selfish and tonight is no exception. If it were up to you, he would have been gone a long time ago, but you feel like Eddie needs to let the man know what he's done.
"What are you doing here?" He already knows but just wants Alan to admit it.
"What, am I not allowed to visit my boy?" Eddie can't help but scoff at that, hating to hear those words come out of his mouth. They sound so wrong and fake. Alan has never said anything genuine when it comes to Eddie besides his insults.
"Oh, so you finally want to acknowledge me as your son now that I have my own life? Just tell us what you want and get the fuck out of here already." This is the exact kind of thing that Eddie expected when he thought about Alan showing up out of the blue. Because of course he'd want something that's not just visiting his son the family he created.
"I'm in a bit of a bind." Years ago, he would have given the man anything he wanted but now he's just a small, pathetic man who doesn't care about who he hurts and now he does it as long as he's gaining personally.
"So you came all this way just for some money. You don't care about us or your grandchildren. All you've ever cared about is yourself." Alan is truly flabbergasted by his son's words. He's never been stood up to, especially not like this. That's the main reason why he always came to Eddie with his problems, because he'd do anything to make his dad happy. But apparently that's not the truth anymore.
"That's not true and you know it. I gave you a roof above your head and you never went hungry." Eddie can't help but laugh at that because it couldn't be further from the truth.
"Actually, Wayne put a roof above my head and made sure I never went hungry. You were too busy doing shady drug deals and cheating on mom."
"I never cheated on your mother."
"Oh, so then who were those women I always saw you bring back to the house when mom was at work? You never cared about her, did you? You only stuck around so you wouldn't look like a deadbeat. Well, you ended up being anyway so I don't know why I was surprised."
Alan's jaw clenches as he balls his fists, his facial features mimicking Eddie's as his cheeks turn red. He's never been called out like this and he really shouldn't be surprised that Eddie is so angry with him. He's done nothing to deserve his love.
You feel like you should leave the two of them to work this out but you know that appreciates that you're here for him. He needs you to be the buffer when things inevitably get too heated. You need to hold him back from doing something he really shouldn't.
"Well, you didn't exactly give me anything to work with. You wouldn't play baseball like I wanted you to. All you ever cared about was that nerdy game and your band. By the way, how's that working out for you?"
"It's going great, thanks for asking," yoy reply before Eddie can get a chance. "In fact, they have a show next week."
"Oh, you still need your girlfriend to speak for you?"
"Wife," you correct. "And Eddie doesn't mind if I speak for him because he knows that that means that I care about him, something you'd know nothing about."
"Listen here you little bitch." He stomps toward you, stopping himself once he gets closer, seeing the complete disappointed look on Eddie's face. He's even smaller now as Eddie looks at him, even more pathetic. Alan can disrespect him all he wants, but when he disrespects you, that's where he draws the line.
Everything happens so quickly. One second Eddie's by your side and the next, he's right in front of Alan, his fist connecting with his father's face, square in the nose. You let out a gasp at the action, watching Alan clutch his nose as Eddie rubs his fist.
"You don't get to come in here after years of no contact and you especially don't get to do it and disrespect my wife. Now get the fuck out! I never want to see you again."
"I'm really disappointed in you, kid," Is all Alan says as he makes his way towards the front door.
"Well, the feeling is mutual," Eddie replies as he watches his father leave, pulling you into his chest to comfort you the second Alan is gone. He chose you over his father and he'd do it a million times. You've been there for him through everything and you will continue to until the end of time.
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