Night of the Seance

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Night of the Seance is an short Alternate History/Fan Fiction about ABBA written by Beta_Mat_86. It takes mainly takes place in Paris, France nearly five months after Frida gets the devastating news about what happened to her 'band-mate' sister. Understanding this could be a chance to meet once again, Frida goes along with the seance and ends up getting more than she bargained for.

The work can be found here at Wattpad.

Tropes used in Night of the Seance include:

• Afterlife Antechamber: It's depicted as a holding center, and souls already know they're dead. Only those who died naturally, such as an illness, can be allowed in the afterlife... depending on their actions in life. If they died violently, they're often allow hang around with the living for awhile.
• Dead to Begin With: Agnetha... the work does explain about it.
  • Death Fic
• Demonic Possession: Not actually demonic, Agnetha is just simply looking for a way to speak with the living once again, and Frida just happened to be there.
• Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Though not upset, Agnetha simply just want those who miss her to just move on. Just because she's gone, it doesn't mean others have to stop their lives.
• Due to the Dead: There was a funeral pyre.
  • Actually Pretty Funny/The Fun in Funeral: Agnetha saw her own funeral, and she thought the chase scene was kinda funny.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Agnetha did this for a fellow passenger.
• In Spite of a Nail: Despite the death of a well-known singer, time hasn't seemed to be affected as it's implied at the end... except... it ends with three men all wrestlers and were getting ready for Wrestlemania
• It Is Not Her Time: Due the condition her body was in, Agnetha couldn't stay, even if Frida was willing to sacrifice her career to care for her. It was going to be too much of a burden, which Agnetha felt she shouldn't be.
• Jacob Marley Apparel: According to Word of God, Agnetha still wears the clothing she had during the bus crash... the ones she was stripped down to thanks to an attempt to keep her alive.
  • Shout-Out: Bonus points to the film about that dentist who gains the abilities to see ghosts, thanks to Jeff Hiller's character.
    • Maybe for Fan Service...
• Near-Death Clairvoyance: Pretty much happens to Agnetha... how else would she had found out about her body. Frida has as well when Agnetha took over her body for awhile.
• Our Ghosts Are Different: Ghosts here who died violently who opted to return pretty try to do the things they once done when they were alive. The first thing Agnetha does upon being given this... go be with her children.
• Precision F-Strike:

"Forgive me for saying this, but holy shit!" Andy said.

• • Later after learning what two guys did to Agnetha's body after her death.

That sick bastard... David said.

• Reincarnation: This is given to those who died violently.
• Shown Their Work: All one needs to do is read the tragic story of Frankie Campbell to understand how Agnetha's injuries proved to be deadly.
• Sick and Wrong: What happened to Agnetha's body, thanks to two guys on a pub dare.
• Talking Down the Suicidal: The reason Agnetha had to show up.