You know those posts about one of Bruce’s kids getting kidnapped and him having no idea which kid they have based on the vague descriptions he’s given? Well now I can’t only imagine Bruce getting the dreaded call and immediately pulling out a guess who board filled entirely with his kids. Like
kidnapper: we have one of your children
Bruce: I have so many of those you need to be more specific
kidnapper: the loud and annoying one
Bruce, flipping down Cass and Duke: that does not help as much as you think it does
kidnapper: well he has black hair?
Bruce, flips down Steph: keep going
kidnapper: uhhhh? He’s short?
Bruce, flips down Dick and Jason leaving Tim and Damian: more specific
kidnapper: he’s been condescending and judgmental since we got him
Bruce: yeah they both tend to do that
kidnapper: he keeps throwing around words I don’t understand
Bruce, realizing that Damian and Tim are significantly more similar than he thought: uhh more specific?
kidnapper: more?? look just wore us the mon— WHERE’D HE HIDE A KATANA???
Bruce: ah you have Damian
Now from what I can tell there are two main explanations for Danny’s ghost powers.
The first one is the “canon” version. As in it’s more accurate to the explanation in the show but this is the phandom so it obviously differs somewhat. This one says that when Danny turned on the portal it put him in direct connect with an unlimited supply of ectoplasm as the portal opened on top of him. At the same time, massive volts of electricity ran through him, binding the ectoplasm to his DNA. Honestly I like this version less but I think it makes more sense from a logical perspective if you want a like actual explanation.
The second version is my favorite. It’s much more fantasy and mystical. And in my opinion is better for angst, which everyone knows is the most important thing in the phandom. Anyway this theory says that when Danny turned on the ghost portal it opened inside of him, not just on top of him. This caused him to simultaneously exist in the ghost zone and the material realm. When this happened, Danny was hit with a huge surge of electricity, killing him. But things don’t affect people the same way in the ghost zone so can you really expect that nothing weird happened when he was in both. It caused him to die in one dimension but survive in another, making him a paradox existing as both dead and alive. I like to think that perspective changes depending on which dimension he’s in.
Anyway that’s just my take on it and whoever came up with all this is a genius.
Comic Commission for @frootysparkycakes
Someone with the ability to see when people die meets someone who already died a long time ago.
This is loosely inspired from the battinson and corenswet’s superman, a possible scene in the batman 2 perhaps? 👀
one thing i absolutely adore from the first part of this run is something i wish i saw more
Damian having an actively different accent
Damian having perfect voice mimicry is cool and all, but the idea of Damian still having an accent that is 100% identifiable as being 0% gotham when being comfortable and acting casually is so good.
he's arab chinese and taught in multiple languages since he was a baby so I'd imagine he'd have a mix of stuff
An eldritch horror!Phantom au in which Danny's boyfriend is a monstrosity beyond human comprehension and he makes that everyone's problem lol
I just love the thought of everyone else being horrified when they see Phantom yet Danny is so nonchalant. He just wants to cuddle with his boyfriend why is everyone screaming??
How I imagine the dynamic:
Green Arrow #22 - "Fresh Water Kills V" (2025)
written by Chris Condon art by Montos & Adriano Lucas
I’ve definately seen fanfics where he’s been cast in plays, specifically Snow White for some reason? I would pay to read him as Elsa tho.
Just pure crack, he doesn’t care anymore.
Okay hear me out but Danny singing Let It Go. He has the ice powers and everything. He could just be messing around maybe singing into a hairbrush when he throws his hand up and ice grows everywhere.
Extra props if it’s just him randomly losing control like he did in the beginning of the show. Then he’d really be Elsa.
I just imagine him going to school trying to pretend everything he touches isn’t turning into ice. Actually that could make pretty good angst…
Clark opened Batman's contingency plans, how you make a contingency plan for yourself he didn't know, but Batman managed to make two dozen. The league looked on behind him nervously, if this didn't work they'd have to make a plan themselves. Making plans was something Batman had always been the best at and a skill he'd retained mind contolled.
The first contingency plan only contained 2 things; a phone number and... Another phne number. Barry voiced the words all of them were thinking "Just two numbers, That's all? Whose are they?
Dinah sighed "only one way to find out." Clark called the first number, on the third ring someone picked up.
"Who is this and what do you want?" The voice was young, way too young.
"This is the Justice League-"
"What happened to Batman?" The voic- no kid, it had to be a kid. But why would Batman put a kid's number on his own contingency plan? -asked, taking on a more urgent tone.
Oliver spoke this time "He's being mind controlled, your number was in his first contingency plan"
The voice gained a little tone of surprise. "My number was in the contingency plan? Was there anything else?"
"Just another phone number, ____"
"That's agent A's, I'll make my way over now" The whole league was stunned. Did the kid just hang up? Since when did Batman know kids? Batman would have a lot of questions to answer when this ended.
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Sure enough, half an hour later a kid walked into the watchtower. The kid was wearing a red, yellow and green costume and sported a domino mask.
Barry felt very dumb at the moment. "Are you a hero?"
"I'm Robin, Batman's partner"
"Doesn't Batman work alone?"
"Batman is in denial about being a big softy and doesn't like telling you anything." Did the kid just- "Also you should annoy him more, he keeps telling me I should stop and he uses you lot as an example" This kid must have no survival instincts.
Robin walked up to the big computer and logged in... How did this kid have access? The next thing they knew footage was pulled up- Was that from Batman's cowl?! "The footage got cut off, what I saw before that suggests Batman didn't lose any of his intellect under the mind control.
"Is that bad?" Superman didn't know why he trusted Robin's analysis but he did.
"He'll be a harder opponent to deal with but it might be easier to break the mind control or anticipate his next move" The boy's eyes kept darting across the screen, taking in information- Communications offline, Villain Profiles, Street footage -before he stood up.
Robin looked at each of the heroes individually with a calculating eye. "I have a plan, but I'd prefer to have your help than do it without" The members of the Justice League shared a hesitant glance.
Bonus:
"Don't ever make me have to fight you again!"
"I can remove you from the continge-"
"That's not what I meant! ..I'd be more worried if i couldn't do anything about it"
"I'll try to not get mind controlled again."
"...I forgive you"
I have been paying zero attention to who I have and have not booped. I’m a hundred percent sure I’ve gotten a couple of people several times.
Apologies your honor but I literally cannot stop.
I wonder what Danny thought after he had died? Like, reasonably, he wouldn’t come to the conclusion that he’s half dead. Sure he’s died but he’s still kind of alive so it’s fine. No. They all would have thought that he was a ghost. But that means that they must have searched for Danny’s body. Sam and Tucker would have been the ones to try the portal obviously but the off button’s on the inside. They can’t shut it down to check.
I wonder how long they thought that Danny’s body was just rotting behind the portal or floating somewhere in the ghost zone and knowing they can’t do anything about it. What if someone finds it and uses it against Danny? And what did they think when he turned back?Was he possessing his own body? Is that why they couldn’t find it? Or is he just shape shifting subconsciously?
Also, how the hell did they figure out he’s a halfa. In what world is that a logical conclusion? Oh yeah don’t worry guys I think I only kind of died. Half died. Like, what?
Moss * She/Her * Current hyperfixation is Danny Phantom * if I stop posting either the hyperfixation has taken a walk and I'm waiting for it to come back or I'm dead
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