Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency

Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency is a popular Bandom epic ongoing AU verse, originally created by jjtaylor, with some parts co-created with podficcer pennyplainknits.
It is set in an alternate supernatural reality where magical 'midnighter' creatures (such as vampires, werewolves, zombies etc) share the world with 'daylighters.'
The first story focuses on Gerard Way's investigation of the murder of prominent midnighter advocate Pete Wentz, with the help of Frank, his newly-turned vampire valet.
Writer's summary for the first part:
== Cast and pairings ==
The verse features an ensemble cast of pan-Bandom characters from My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, The Hush Sound etc.
The main pairings represented throughout the verse are Frank/Gerard, Pete/Mikey, Lindsey/Jamia and Bob/Ray.
== Chapters ==
As of October 2018 the series comprises 11 parts, the first having been posted in June 2009, the latest dating from June 2018.
* Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency. Originally posted as part of bandombigbang in June 2009, it comes with fanart and mixes.
* The Detective's Secret and the Mystery of the Dancing Flowers. Sequel originally posted to Dreamwidth in December 2010.
** Outtake #1:The Midnighter's Baking Companion, a meta ficlet referencing jjtaylor's Buy Handmade story.
** Outtake #2: Fifth Grand Sorcerer of the Ancient Order of Magic.
** Outtake #3: The Governor's Desk, a femslash pwp interlude.
* Your Neighbors in Apartment 27 B, Transitional Zone 12, a Bob/Ray side story.
* Spin the Wheel of the Year (Close Your Eyes and Point), a Pete/Mikey story.
* Sound Experiments in Transmutation with pennyplainknits for pod together.
* The Tower and the Arena with pennyplainknits for pod together.
* Origins of the Secret Language of Breakfast, a Lindsey/Jamia prequel
* Single and Double Cross Knotting the Reins, a Brendon/Spencer story
== Writing Style ==
The writer uses a variety of styles and techniques that break traditional linear narration, allowing her to enrich the world-building, present background information and foreshadow plot twists in a light, often humorous manner. This gives the story a quirky, mixed-media feel.
For example, from Part 1:
The second story in the verse uses the same principle, but the excerpts are from formal documents authored by Brian Schechter, one of the supporting characters, as part of his application to become a certified mage. This provides two layers of additional narration: the content of the documents gives background and additional information about the universe, the Way family and the events of the story, while the interspersed footnotes provide dry, long-suffering commentary that adds humour to the story.
== Related works ==
The verse has inspired fans to create many related works, for example:
=== Podfic ===
In addition to the parts of the verse which were co-created as part of pod together, many podfics exist in the verse:
* Gerard Way's (Vampire) Detective Agency by fayjay
* The Detective's Secret and the Mystery of the Dancing Flowers by pennyplainknits
* Outtake #1:The Midnighter's Baking Companion by pennyplainknits
* Your Neighbours In Apartment 27 B, Transitional Zone 12 by pennyplainknits
* Spin the Wheel of the Year (close your eyes and point) by pennyplainknits
* Fifth Grand Sorcerer of the Ancient Order of Magic by pennyplainknits
=== Fanart ===
* Art by poseys_demise, posted as part of the original Bandom Big Bang post.
* Art by lilth, posted as part of the original Bandom Big Bang post.
=== Fic ===
* burning up in the sun, a story by akamine_chan set in the same universe.
== Fan Reactions/Reviews ==
on Epic Recs, 2010:
Tumblr rec, 2012:
a few of the reviews of the first story on bandflesh, 2009:The reviews were either collected for, or originally written in, a google doc spreadsheet that was shared with the community. All reviews are anonymous and were apparently written on or before "6/19ISH".
from one of the 123 comments on the original livejournal post, 2009:
== References ==
Category:Panic! at the Disco Fanfiction
Category:Fall Out Boy Fanfiction
Category:Slash Fanfiction
Category:2009 Fanfiction‎
Category:2010s