Making sure no kids drown on his watch.
Camp Counselor Jason is an Alternate Universe Friday the 13th Fan Webcomic where Jason Voorhees isn't an undead, unstoppable killer who hunts down horny teenagers and anyone who dares enter Camp Crystal Lake, but rather a big, friendly camp counselor who's now running the camp alongside his mother Pamela. Jason is determined to make sure the kids have a fun summer at camp and that none of them will drown on his watch. Of course, while things are a lot Lighter and Softer than in the main franchise, that doesn't mean that horror and bloody deaths won't occur (or at least try to occur).
The comic is written and drawn by Janie Lee (a.k.a Junkmix
) and can be read on Twitter (here) and Webtoon. You can also support the webcomic (and other projects) on their Patreon.
Tropes
- Adaptational Heroism:
- Jason here is a Gentle Giant who loves Camp Crystal Lake and wants to run it as clean and fun for the campers as possible. Of course, there are still moments where he spooks some people and often forgets how strong he is, but he is not Ax-Crazy and never intends nor wants to murder anybody.
- Only mildly applied to Pamela, while she's still murderous as she was in the original universe, her son Jason is at least able to qualm her murderous tendencies.
- Michael Myers gets this treatment in the Halloween crossover comic. Instead of a brutal, sociopathic, silent murder machine, he's a much more affable, protective man and a skilled mechanic to match. He also has a much better relationship with his sister Laurie Strode instead of her being his prime target in the films.
- Carrie White, by virtue of Jason giving her a Cooldown Hug before she infamously snapped and went on a killing spree, calming her down and then she uses her telekinesis to douse out the fire.
- Averted for the escaped criminals from The Last House on the Left crossover; they're just as evil and violent here as they were in the original film (and, by extension, the remake).
- Adaptational Villainy: Dr. Loomis acts like how he did in the movies, seeing Michael Myers as pure evil and seeking to kill him before he can harm others...except Michael Myers is just a friendly mechanic in this continuity, so Loomis just comes off as the murderous nutjob he accuses Michael of being.
- Adapted Out: Krug's son never shows up in the Last House on the Left crossover, nor is he ever mentioned.
- Attempted Rape: Much like the Last House on the Left films, Weasel attempts to rape Mari and Phyllis at knife-point. Unlike the films, he (and, by extension, the rest of the convicts) doesn't get to go past "attempted" thanks to a well-timed flying axe blade to his crotch.
- Cheer Up Episode: Jason decided to take his childhood friend Officer Jane Miles (a character created by Fairloke) to see some of the bear cubs he befriended to cheer her up after she got shot by a criminal while trying to prevent a bank robbery from happening.
- Childhood Friend Romance: It's evident that Jane Miles has developed romantic feelings for her childhood friend, Jason. However, she hasn't communicated nor confirmed these feelings. It is uncertain whether Jason shares the same feelings or not, but what we can be sure of is that he deeply cares about her.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Jane Miles constantly feels the need and the responsibility to protect those who are in need, but it really affects her negatively mentally when she fails to do so.
- Cooldown Hug: Right as Carrie begins her psychic rampage at the school prom, Jason walks up to the stage, wipes off the pig's blood and gives the girl a hug. This calms her down enough to let the other students leave and put out the fires.
- Crossover: With The Last House on the Left (specifically the original 1972 version), the 1976 film adaptation of Carrie, the Halloween franchise and the Scream movies so far.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation:
- The escaped criminals in the Last House on the Left crossover are killed indirectly by Jason whereas in the original film, they were intentionally and brutally killed by the vengeful Collingwood family.
- Margaret White is implied to have been murdered by Pamela Voorhees at the end of the second part of the Carrie crossover. Usually, Carrie herself is the one to kill her mother by the end of her story.
- The sinister old man from Night of the Demons (1988) is implied to have been killed by Michael through the latter making him to eat one of the apples he put razor blades in. In the original film, the old man's wife did the job by making an apple pie made from those apples and had him eat a piece without his knowing.
- Eating the Eye Candy: A lot of people tend to ogle Jason, whose ripped body is on full display (especially in those tight shirt and tiny shorts).
- Easter Egg: If you look closely on Michael's wrist as he carves up the Summerween sign, you can notice that not only does he have the Cult of Thorn tattoo on it but the logo also has a scar on it too.
- Foil: Margaret White and Pamela Voorhees are both nutcase maternal figures with a thing for knives. However, their differences end there:
- Pamela is definitely a deranged woman who is quick to violence...but she's a genuinely protective mother who actually wants to help her son get strong, and is happy to see him become kind and outgoing.
- Margaret is a woman who is also prone to violent outbursts...but she directs them towards her daughter for any perceived "sin" and causes Carrie tremendous emotional and physical harm. Naturally, Pamela isn't too fond of that kind of thing...
- Grandfather Paradox: Canon Jason butterflies himself out of existence by saving his past self from drowning at Camp Crystal Lake
- The Heart: In the crossover with Scream, Jason stopped Billy Loomis and Jane Miles from arguing, by agreeing to participate in Billy's low-budget slasher movie along with Jane and Tommy so that they could all make up and have a common goal. This film could help him get a scholarship at Windsor College and become a director.
- Tommy Jarvis showed concern about Billy's future when he realized that he could potentially not get the scholarship he wanted.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Jason and Tommy Jarvis are shown to be good friends in this universe; Tommy even helped Jason discover his iconic hockey mask in one comic.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Billy Loomis was acting like a jerk to Jason and his friends, rushing them, yelling at them and at the end blaming them for not finishing his film before the deadline and quit. After Tommy encouraged him to come back by explaining to him that Jane and Jason were good and that his film had potential but needed improvements, he apologized to everybody. As it turns out, he was experiencing anxiety because he wanted to make his mother proud. Jason was able to relate to him and encouraged him to continue. Billy made new friends that day.
- Karma Houdini: Chris and Billy seem to receive zero comeuppance for pulling their (almost) Deadly Prank on Carrie, unlike the novel and its adaptations, although they do have to live with the knowledge that Pamela hasn't forgiven them and is looking to kill them for what they did.
- Kick Them While They Are Down: After Weasel dies from a very painful Groin Attack, Mari and Phyllis proceed to angrily kick his corpse, seemingly unaware that he's dead.Phyllis: Get to know my foot, you creep!
- Knight Templar Parent: Pamela, as usual. It is implied she straight up kills (albeit not without reason) Margaret for her treatment of Carrie.
- Lighter and Softer:
- Downplayed. While Jason is a good guy in this AU, there are still some moments of bloody terror, albeit without any innocents being slaughtered like flies.
- The Carrie crossover sees Jason calm Carrie down with a hug, averting her rampage and allowing her to walk away with Jason and Sue as true friends.
- Shout-Out:
- While looking at a job offering for camp counselors at Crystal Lake, Jason is in his Part 2 outfit (sackhead and overall) and he just so happens to be standing right beside a large poster of The Town That Dreaded Sundown. When a mother and her kids see him, the kids immediately start crying.
- When picking out a different mask to replace his rather scary sack mask with the help of Tommy Jarvis, one of the masks Jason tries on is none other than the Shape's, which becomes
Hilarious in Hindsight when a different take on Michael is introduced later on in the series.
- Spared by the Adaptation:
- Pamela Voorhees notably does not get beheaded like in the first movie.
- In the crossover arc with The Last House on the Left, Mari and Phyllis end up surviving completely unscathed, thanks to an unknowing Jason.
- Carrie White herself survives in her crossover arc, along with everyone else who attended the prom. Again, all thanks to Jason.
- A pic on Junkmix's Twitter shows that Michael Myers' older sister Judith, who was his first kill in the films, is still alive and well.
- Stab the Scorpion: In one comic, Michael Myers stabs a knife just next to Jason's head, only to reveal a black widow skewered on the end of it. He then tries to gross out Laurie with it.
- Swapped Roles: In the plot of Scream 2, the main protagonist, Sidney Prescott was a student at Windsor College, while the main antagonist Billy Loomis died in the first film. However, in this AU it is Billy Loomis / Ghostface's goal to get a scholarship at Windsor College, instead.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite Tommy Jarvis being a child, he was very mature and he managed to convince Billy Loomis not to give up on his dream and pursue it. He made Billy change his mind and trust Jane and Jason, he helped him to be more accepting of constructive criticism about his script and lastly, boosted his ego by patronizing his ability to potentially create his own horror franchise with many sequels.
