Top 5 Wednesday: Ideal Mash Ups

Today Ideal Mashups is the Top 5 Wednesday topic. Ideal mashups are mashups we would want to see, similar to when book synopses say something along the lines of "For fans of _____ and ______." This topic took me foooorever to come up with, but I finally thought of some I liked.

1. The 100 (TV Show) and Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare. I really love the idea of The 100's post-apocalyptic world and I think it would be interesting to see some kind of paranormal group (like Shadowhunters) in a dystopian setting as paranormal dystopian isn't something I've ever seen happen before in a book. I would also love to see more badass female characters like Emma and Clarke.

2. This one is an ideal musical mashup - Deftones and Godsmack. Nothing would make me happier than to find a band that has the same sound as Deftones with a voice that's soft and eerie like Chino's, but that can also growl like Sully and has the same lyrical genius as Godsmack.

3. The shows - DeathNote (anime) and Riverdale. I think it would make for a very interesting story to have something with a dark kind of power like a death note fall into a town that is already creepy and has a subtle paranormal vibe like Riverdale. Imagine what that kind of power would do to a character like Betty who, although outwardly perfect, has a dark side. And every small town story has that perfect Betty character.

4. GTAV and Left4Dead. I love how interactive GTAV is and I love the storyline and world of Left4Dead. I want to see a zombie game with a world as big and developed as the one in GTAV. Instead of only being able to explore the areas that will advance you in the game, having the ability to move freely around an entire map and interact with other survivors, maybe forming alliances/communities would be really cool.

5. This mashup is a song/author combination. Avenged Sevenfold's song Nightmare and the author, Stephen King. I think the song lyrics could inspire a really creepy, old-timey mental asylum set story. An author like Stephen King who can write creepy and weird fiction well would do a great job, in my opinion, of bringing a story like that to life.

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