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Younger Siblings Tournament Bracket Reveal
A few things I want to mention before I reveal the bracket (and make the post really long because all the matchups will be listed in text):
Seeding of fictional characters in tumblr polls is inherently subjective. I did try to make it so that more popular characters/media would (most likely) face off against each other in later rounds, but I may be overestimating or underestimating the popularity of some characters/media, especially ones I'm not familiar with. There are some round 1 matchups that are probably a closer match but none of them are between the strongest candidates... I think.
The more niche characters will probably get obliterated in the first round as per Squimbus' Law. This is a tumblr poll and I do fully expect more popular characters to sweep, but that doesn't mean you can't encourage your friends to give your niche faves a fighting chance.
Also there are some matchups I literally just thought would be funny. Please don't take this too seriously.
I'm sorry BNHA fans.
(Preliminary Patch Notes 3/14: Swapped brackets 2 and 3, and brackets 19 and 21.)
[Image description: A 64-person tournament bracket labeled "younger siblings tournament" with a smiley face. The top-left quarter is labeled "quarter A" and color-coded red, the bottom-left quarter is labeled "quarter B" and color-coded green, the top-right quarter is labeled "quarter C" and color-coded purple, and the bottom-right quarter is labeled "quarter D" and color-coded gold. The starting brackets are labeled 1-32 and are as listed below. End ID]
Quarter A:
Ritsu Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Ame (Wolf Children)
Malo (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) vs. Cat Valentine (Victorious)
Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) vs. Fern (Adventure Time)
Skeletor (Masters of the Universe) vs. Shuri (Marvel)
Ryotaro Nogami (Kamen Rider Den-O) vs. Princess Luna (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Lilo Pelekai (Lilo & Stitch) vs. Sir Agravain (Arthurian Legend)
Dewey Wilkerson (Malcolm in the Middle) vs. Siobhan "Shiv" Roy (Succession)
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) vs. Razputin Aquato (Psychonauts)
Quarter B:
(9) Maya Fey (Ace Attorney) vs. Louie Duck (DuckTales)
(10) Falin Touden (Dungeon Meshi) vs. Saburo Yamada (Hypnosis Mic)
(11) Noelle Holiday (Deltarune) vs. Krel Tarron (Tales of Arcadia)
(12) Melinoë (Hades) vs. Han Yoohyun (The S-Classes That I Raised)
(13) Abel (The Bible) vs. Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6)
(14) Lisa Simpson (The Simpsons) vs. Greg (Over the Garden Wall)
(15) Dante (Devil May Cry) vs. Alisaie Leveilleur (Final Fantasy XIV)
(16) Shoto Todoroki (My Hero Academia) vs. Kofuku (Real Life)
Quarter C:
(17) Luigi (Super Mario) vs. Genji Shimada (Overwatch)
(18) Yukio Okumura (Blue Exorcist) vs. Saki Tenma (Project Sekai)
(19) Fleabag (Fleabag) vs. Emerald Haywood (Nope)
(20) Sam Winchester (Supernatural) vs. Jiang Cheng (The Untamed)
(21) Nico Di Angelo (Percy Jackson) vs. Gaz Membrane (Invader Zim)
(22) Manny Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) vs. Jimmy "Saul Goodman" McGill (Better Call Saul)
(23) Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs. Sunny (Omori)
(24) Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs. Mugman (Cuphead)
Quarter D:
(25) Michelangelo Hamato (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) vs. The Knight (Hollow Knight)
(26) Vash the Stampede (Trigun) vs. Ruby Rose (RWBY)
(27) Sensei Wu (Lego Ninjago) vs. King Clawthorne (The Owl House)
(28) Dawn Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) vs. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
(29) Jinx (Arcane) vs. Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)
(30) Damian Wayne (DC) vs. Alluka Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)
(31) Hop (Pokémon Sword and Shield) vs. Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)
(32) Rhyme Bito (The World Ends With You) vs. Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Round 1 is ongoing! Matchups are linked (or if you prefer to scroll through the matchup posts, go to the "younger siblings tournament" tag on my blog)
#i think i like this bracket but if you have constructive criticism its subject to change#which is why round 1's start time hasnt been decided exactly yet#polls#younger siblings tournament#i will do my best to answer legitimate questions#info post
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Woo! Just got my first fic for dp side hoes week done! Today was Day 1 Tucker Foley/Power Up. I spent way to much time deciding on an idea. It's also my first time in a while trying to be funny, so hopefully I hit the mark.
Ao3 Link, then full story.
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The second time he went on patrol with Danny, Tucker chased a ghost-coyote down for an hour. He ducked under branches and jumped over bushes. He vaguely remembered thinking it was a lot like being in one of those old school 2-D platformer games. He called Danny when he caught up to it, but Danny was in another part of town trying to deal with a ghost-roadrunner, so Tucker tried to fight it himself with the Fenton fishing rod. Maybe it would be like some kind of boss fight. If you hit it enough times, it would just poof? That seemed right.
That was the night they decided to start making more Fenton Thermoses.
It turned out, hitting a ghost-coyote with the Fenton fishing rod only got its attention. Hitting it more than once only made it mad. Hiding in some bushes until it went away worked okay though.
A couple of hours later, Danny was able to shove the ghost back in the thermos. That was the first time Tucker really felt jealous of Danny’s ghost powers. It was like Danny actually had the tools to play the game while Tucker didn’t.
Three weeks and a nasty encounter with a genie later, Tucker found out that it was very, very bad to want ghost powers. Apparently a Tucker with ghost powers was an overpowered asshole and Tucker wasn’t sure if that was because of himself or the genie. Being a half-ghost did not agree with him.
Maybe any power was too much power. Afterall, this time had been even worse.
This time it had been an Ancient Egyption curse. All he had wanted was to be listened to and he ended up dragging the entire school into a weird desert. He just wanted his friends to see him and he managed to be tricked by a mummy into enslaving his classmates. What the hell? Maybe the problem was him. He couldn’t risk it.
As soon as he was back on the stage, he had conceded the race to Dash. It was only right. He couldn’t be trusted with power after all.
“You good, man?” Danny asked. He looked worried. Danny shouldn’t be worried. Danny was fine with power. Danny was an actual superhero and he never enslaved his classmates.
“Yeah, I’m good. Just wished the person I was conceding to wasn’t Dash, you know?”
Out of the corner of his eye, Tucker saw Sam’s face screw up. That was her Opinion face. Whether it was about Dash, him, or high school elections, Tucker couldn’t guess. The only thing he knew for sure was that she had Opinions about it.
He braced himself.
“Tucker Foley,” a glowing green eyeball boomed directly in front of him. Tucker jumped. One second, he was walking through an empty back hallway and the next it was full of three green eyeballs in fancy robes. What the fuck?
Tucker felt the blast of cold air as Danny shifted next to him. Thank goodness they were alone.
“Observants,” Danny hissed.
The observants ignored him.
“Tucker Foley,” the observant at the front of the group repeated, bowing low, “You are the new ghost king.”
It said a lot about Tucker’s life that his first thought was not again. Like, he had literally just gotten out of a situation almost exactly like this. His second thought was What the Fuck!?
He said that second thought out loud and was promptly echoed by Danny and Sam.
“No,” said Tucker, “I am not the new ghost king. You’ve got me confused with someone else.”
“No, we don’t.” The observant was unwavering in their certainty and Tucker wasn’t exactly sure how to shake their conviction. Actually, why was it this convinced? This didn’t make any sense. What the fuck!?
Thankfully, his friends seem to be just as confused as he was. “What do you mean Tucker is the new ghost king? How is that even possible?” Danny said less than a foot to his right. Having his glowing, superpowered friend next to him was a comfort, even if Tucker really did not want another ghost fight happening in school this week. They were still cleaning up the basketball courts from the last one.
“Silence, ghost child,” the observant to the right of the front observant said, “You had your chance and you lost it.”
“Lost it? What are you talking about?”
“The kingship,” Left Observant spoke again, “You had it and you lost it; in a human game called Mario Kart.”
Tucker winced as Sam’s combat boot slammed against the linoleum of the high school hall. “Explain,” she ground out. And, oooh, she was pissed. This was going to turn into a confrontation if they weren’t careful. Danny was getting better about shooting not-actively-attacking ghosts on sight, but he was already transformed and his hands were pretty damn glowy. A riled up Sam was enough to set him off.
Tucker heard the murmur of a crowd coming towards them. Dash must have finally stopped congratulating himself and the assembly was letting out. This was about to go from probably-a-fight to definitely-a-fight and definitely-a-fight meant no answers and a wrecked hallway.
“Yes, explain” Tucker said, his voice more panicked than he would like it, “but explain in here.” And Tucker chose the nearest door and gestured. Oddly enough, the observants just bowed slightly and entered. Tucker slammed the door closed as he, Sam, and Danny bunched in after them. The murmuring was getting closer, but seemed to turn toward another corridor. It still wasn’t a good idea to have a confrontation where anyone could see.
The nearest door turned out to be the janitor's closet. It was cramped and the only light was coming from Danny’s still glowing hands. The observants had managed to arrange themselves in the same order they had been in the hall. A mop fell on the right one. The observant ignored it and Tucker chose to do the same.
“Okay,” Tucker sighed, keeping an ear out for anyone that could possibly be a problem, “Now, yes, please explain. How can I, Tucker, a techno-geek human boy, possibly be the ghost king?”
“And how does Mario Kart factor into this?” Danny added on because, yeah, that was weird.
Front Observant somehow looked miffed, which was an impressive feat for a single giant eyeball. “You have won it by rights. You bested the last ghost king in a test of skill. As Wuunda said, the skill was the human video game Mario Kart.”
“Okay, I definitely did not play Mario Kart against Pariah Dark. I would have remembered something like that. There is no way, right guys?”
Danny shook his head, his glowing green eyes leaving streaks as his head moved, “No, you definitely would have remembered that. The man was not subtle”
All three observants shifted nervously. Tucker exchanged glances with his friends. They saw it too.
“So,” asked Sam, leaning not-at-all casually against the door, “Who exactly did Tucker beat in Mario Kart.”
“The last ghost king.”
“And what was the last ghost king’s name?”
More nervous shuffling.
Sam sighed. “It was Danny wasn’t it?”
“Yes,” the front observant ground out. They were glowering.
Tucker felt more resignation than surprise. Yeah, he knew that was where this conversation was going. Based on the tightening of Danny’s fists beside him, Danny knew too.
“Just so I’m clear,” Tucker started, “Danny had this epic, all out battle with Pariah Dark in his parents battle suit and won.”
“Yes.”
“He became the next ghost king.”
“Yes.”
“A week later, I beat him in Mario Kart and became the ghost king.”
“It was actually four days later, but yes.”
Tucker folded his hands by his nose and breathed in slowly. “Okay, so first question. I have definitely been beaten at stuff by people since then. How am I still king?”
“It didn’t count.” Front Observant’s tone was flat. Tucker got the feeling they had searched for ways to make it count. Tucker was sure they hadn’t looked hard enough.
“I’ve lost to Danny since then. At Mario Kart even.”
“The throne cannot be won by that king who had just lost it. It doesn’t count.”
“No take-backsies then. Got it. I lost to Sam, also at Mario Kart.”
“There were other terms. If you lost, you had to eat a whole package of tofu. You cannot lose the throne if there are already set terms. It doesn’t count”
“I literally just lost an election.”
“Ghost King is not an elected position and you were competing for something specific. It doesn’t count.”
Tucker sighed. He could try to exploit technicalities later, but for now, he’d accept at least that bit. “Okay, question two. I’m human? How can I be ghost king. It’s literally in the title.” Tucker really hoped the answer wasn’t along the lines of “that can be fixed”. By the way Danny was moving in front of him, he’d had the same thoughts.
“We’ve had living kings before. Your human status is of no consequence and will eventually fix itself.” Okay, well at least the problem was going to fix itself and not be fixed.
“Third question. Why now? Danny defeated Pariah Dark like three months ago.”
“Yeah, seriously,” Sam piped up from where she had been unusually quiet against the door, “Shouldn’t you have been having this conversation with Danny like the day after it happened?”
The nervous shuffling was back. Tucker glanced at Danny. Danny shrugged. The trio stared at the observants.
After five more seconds of awkward silence, the right observant blurted, “It took us a while to get the crown of fire back from Plasmius.”
“Koshno,” the left observant hissed. The right observant had obviously let a secret slip.
The front observant cleared their throat, “The important thing is we have it now,” they straightened to their full height, “Now come Tucker Foley, we must get you ready for your coronation.”
Tucker took a step back into the door. He was suddenly very aware of how small the closet was.
It suddenly got a lot brighter as well. Danny’s hands had been dull embers, now they were blazing with green light. “He’s not going anywhere,” Danny yelled, and Tucker hoped no one was outside.
“Hmph,” the Front Observant shook their eyeball, “You have no stake in this ghost child. Move.”
Sam stepped in front of Tucker too, and all Tucker could think was how grateful he was for his friends. “Fuck no,” she said, “Tucker isn’t doing anything he doesn’t want to.”
“Yeah,” said Tucker, thankful for the backup, “And I don’t want to go anywhere with you.”
All three observants drew themselves up. “Tucker Foley,” the front observant started, “ You must-”
“Nope,” Danny cut the observant off, “He said no. Now get going, or get souped.”
The observants looked at each other before seemingly coming to an agreement. “Fine,” the front observant said, “but this is not over. You will be crowned.”
Then, Danny, Sam, and Tucker were alone in a closet.
“Well, that was something,” Sam said. Tucker could only nod numbly. He wasn’t good with power and here it looked like he had just been handed a whole lot. No. He hadn’t been handed power. He’d won it. In Mario Kart.
Light flashed as Danny changed back. “I’m sorry, Tuck,” he said, “I’ve gotten you wrapped up in my weirdness again and-”
“Don’t,” Tucker cut him off as he slowly opened the door a crack and checked to make sure no one was around. All he could hear was the distant squeaking of sneakers. The coast was clear. “I’m your best friend, Danny. I’m here for your weird and this isn’t your fault. Besides,” Tucker flashed a grin, “it’s not like you let me beat you in Mario Kart.”
“Oh yeah? How do you know I didn’t? I’m amazing at Mario Kart.”
“Please you only beat me, like, a quarter of the time.”
“And I beat you both all of the time,” Sam said, draping herself over both her friends.
“Yeah, you curb stomp us in video games, that’s why we never play against you.”
“Pssh. Wimps. I just know how to get all the cool power-ups,” Sam shifted more of her weight to Tucker. “Of course, you got a crazy power-up yourself.”
Tucker chuckled, “Yeah, ghost king is a way cooler power-up than the blue shell.” It wasn’t. The blue shell was powerful enough.
Danny smiled over at him. “Mario Kart is a way better way to win it, too.” Danny’s eyebrows knit. “Want to stay over at my place tonight?”
Tucker thought of green eyeballs, and promises of return, and potential power he definitely shouldn’t be trusted with. “Yeah man, I think that’d be a good idea.”
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Danielle has disturbing news for Danny. After D-Stabilized.
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19
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"Don't come near her again," yelled Danny, pointing in Vlad's face. Vlad continued to smile, looking smug with his hands behind his back.
God, Danny hated that signature smirk of his.
He took off, flying up toward a window of Vlad's mansion and phasing right through it.
"Dani, that was awesome!" he cried, expecting to find Danielle waiting for him. He frowned when he didn't see her anywhere.
"Dani?" He scanned the sky, spotting Valerie in her red and black techno-battle suit standing on her hoverboard.
"Valerie, where's Dani?" he asked, flying up to her.
Danielle popped out of invisibility right in front of him. "Boo!" she squealed.
Danny jumped, causing both Danielle and Valerie to crack up with laughter. Danielle clutched her middle as she giggled.
Danny smiled with relief and placed his hands on his hips in mock irritation. "Ha, ha. Very funny."
"Thank you both!" said Danielle. "I would've been baked into a puddle of nothing if you hadn't saved me."
"That's what family's for, cuz!" said Danny affectionately, only realizing just now how much he had missed seeing her. "So, uh, now what? Heading off?"
"Yup!" said Danielle without missing a beat. "Now that this Phantom is fixed—" She pointed both thumbs at her chest. "—she's got places to go."
Danny hid his disappointment, keeping a smile on his face. "Well, just be safe, okay?"
"Aw, Danny, nothing can hurt me now!" Danielle flew toward him and kissed his cheek, then she backed away, her entire expression changing to something more melancholy. "Promise me you'll be safe too, okay?"
Danny creased his brow. "Is something wrong?"
"It's just… I was so worried you were dead," she whispered, silver lashes lowering over her glowing green eyes.
"Dead? Me? Why would you think I was dead?" Danny glanced at Valerie. "Did you think Valerie killed me when she captured me?"
"No, I knew you'd never let Valerie kill you," said Danielle. "Not before you could rescue me, anyway. I knew you'd figure out some way to come get me."
"Then what made you worried I was dead?"
"Because…right before I came here and met Valerie, I saw your body. You were dead."
Danny's mouth fell open as he straightened and leaned away from her. Valerie folded her arms.
"Or I thought I saw you," said Danielle. "There were several dead bodies, all of them you. And then I didn't know what to think." She started panting, clutching at the front of her suit. "And they were all sticky and melty and some didn't even have eyes and some were just skeletons and—"
Danielle covered her eyes with her hands and started bawling. Danny stared at her, trying to make sense of what she was telling him.
"And they all had different numbers tattooed on their arms." She hiccuped and sniffled. "The ones that still had skin, anyway."
A memory flashed through Danny's head: his dark ultimate enemy unzipping his suit and lowering his sleeve to reveal a stark white 26 on his upper arm.
A deep chill rushed through Danny's veins.
"Phantom?" said Valerie, her voice uneasy.
"Danielle." Danny placed his hands on Danielle's shoulders. "Danielle, I need you to show me where you saw this."
Danielle's breath caught several times as she tried to speak. "No—I can't—I can't see them again—please don't make me go back—"
She broke into more sobs. Danny shook her shoulders, his own eyes misting.
"You have to," he pleaded. "Danielle, you have to show me. Right now."
Danielle's sobs quieted as she rubbed her ecto-shot eyes, already puffy around the edges.
"Danielle, please," said Danny. "This is very important."
Danielle wiped her nose with her sleeve. "I can't, Danny. I really can't show you."
Danny sighed, hanging his head, his fingers curling as he continued to hold onto her shoulders.
"But I can tell you," she whispered.
Danny lifted his head, his gut knotting as he stared into Danielle's swollen eyes.
"It's on Vlad's property," said Danielle. "I was checking out all of his different places, scouting so he couldn't surprise me. I can tell you where to go."
"Vlad," murmured Valerie. She then gasped. "Mr. Masters! I forgot about him! I hope he's okay." She zoomed off on her hoverboard back toward Vlad's mansion, leaving Danny and Danielle alone.
Danny watched Valerie disappear before turning back to Danielle. "Yes, please," he said frantically. "Tell me where to go."
Danielle swiped one sleeve over her wet eyes and nodded. Danny didn't let go of her. He couldn't. Not yet.
He had never been so certain in his life that something terrible was about to be revealed.
Part 21
#danny phantom#danny fenton#danielle#dani phantom#valerie gray#planned au#imekitty writes#angst#vlad masters
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Let's Rewind!
Toast watches Voltron: Defender of The Universe (1984)
I now have access to pretty much every animated version of Voltron and now after around 7 years of being a Voltron fan and amateur archivist, I'm finally sitting down to watch (or rewatch) every Voltron show to see how it's grown over its legacy, starting with Dotu!
Season 1, Episode 1 - Space Explorers Captured
Starting off strong, the intro is pretty cool in my eyes, no wonder this was burned into so many kids heads when it was airing
It also reminds me of Danny Phantom and how the backstory was in the opening, same thing here to get into the action lol
It's Hunk and Keith! NOT, the first shots we "see" of them aren't actually them! It's reused footage from Vehicle Voltron of the characters Jeff and Rocky, you can tell by the uniforms (and y'know faces)!
This feeds my hc that the boys originally were part of the explorer though >:D
I love the way this art style, or like any 80s-90s anime, draws space, it's so pretty like CMON
Also, I never realized that the boys got to Arus WHILE it was being taken over, I swear I remembered that Arus was already a wasteland so-to-speak by the time they got there
GOD SVEN'S DOPEY ACCENT IS SO NICE TO HEAR, I'VE MISSED IT SO MUCH
I did notice that the city destruction image was later reused for Balto, which in the original GoLion anime is from Earth's destruction!
NOT THE EIFFEL TOWER JUST BEING DESTROYED WHILE KEITH IS SAYING THE ARUSIANS GOT TO SAFETY MY GOD I KNOW TOO MUCH
First look at the pilots! Very 80s from what I think the vibe is, but also very personalized! Knowing their character traits, it fits them pretty well for the most part
"This isn't the first time [the team] has been in a tight spot"
NOT THE FIRST TIME, YOU SAY? INCH RESTING
"[There was a legend that a castle of lions] held the secret of the super robot Voltron, Voltron could save them"
YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR FAITH IN A LEGEND THAT MAY NOT EXIST?? LIKE EVENTUALLY THEY'RE RIGHT BUT OOOOO IS THE GARRISON USELESS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY ONLY SENT A TEAM OF FIVE INTO AN ACTIVE HOSTILE TAKE OVER
ignoring the fact that they said they were too far to help anyway
The team literally got captured and yet the dialogue they chose was "we need to eject, it's better than crash landing, let's go!"
??? I think this was reused dialogue from episode 2 that they just plugged in
What a rad design for a villain, like he looks so fucking cool. I generally forget that he's reptilian almost vs his barbie doll looking son
Maybe the subspecies of Drule he's a part of is reptilian!
Holy shit Zarkon's eyes started flickering, is this guy cybernetic too??
PIDGE'S SQUEAKY TOY VOICE IS STILL SO FUNNY TO ME AND IT'S EVEN BETTER BECAUSE HIS VA (Neil Ross) ONLY TOSSED IT OUT FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES BUT THE PRODUCERS LOVED IT SO MUCH THEY FUCKIN KEPT IT
My god is the voice acting funny, Commander Yorak's weak grunt when slashing at slaves is everything
The Doomites are VERY different looking compared to Zarkon or even Lotor, probably another subspecies of the Drule race
This time they look kind of batty? Yeah, that's it
I wonder what era their clothing is inspired by, obviously there's some creative liberty, but a lot of these clothes scream nobility to me
also screams clowns but shhh lol
"What should we name this new robeast your Majesty?" "Uhhh Blue"
Really had no creativity with this robeasts name guys
More really cool alien designs, I have to remember I can let loose when designing other species lol
Oh interesting, I thought the team fought alongside the rest of the slaves in the ring but Zarkon saved em for last
Also, the fact that the guys were legitimately branded is insane, the dialogue makes it seem like they were all separated for it, but I refuse to think they'd let any of each other get taken away for it
also they're called tattoos not brand, definitely censorship
ah yes Pidge's mad hops. Knowing he's from Balto, this is just telling me that my high gravity hc for the planet was right because there are only a few but very specific reasons why he'd be able to do that and being human ain't one of em
"Ugly virds" -Sven
again some of these line deliveries are so funny, like every single one of svens just makes me laugh
the sound effects for Pidge jumping back down is also peak comedy oisndv
Lance's sass is always welcomed on this blog omg, the moody tendency is showing from his GoLion counterpart
"We're space explorers and we need space!"
CATCH ME CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP, THERE'S A REASON WHY THAT'S ON THE DESC OF MY BLOG NOW
If you hear laughing it's me LMAO
But actually, though, they're being treated kind of well in terms of being captured. The team never fights in the arena and when they're pretending to sleep as the guards are coming to take them over they just leave them be and reason that the boys will fight better tomorrow
those are some weak ass bars if Hunk can bend them
[Lance hands Keith a rock] "Don't miss"
my humor is broken, and I'm laughing too much at a simple line
Hunk being afraid of heights is such a human characteristic to give him, and I mean that like it really feels like he's a person by giving him something that lots of people find silly or even relatable! (like me ha)
Their plan to escape was going level by level down with rope, except Keith fucking GETS DOWN WITHOUT THE ROPE
It's ok, they hitched a ride ON A GIANT FLESH EATING BIRD THAT SWOOPS AT THEM
Hunk slips off his bird and reaches for PIDGE OF ALL PEOPLE TO GRAB HIM, but somehow that doesn't dislocate the poor boy's shoulder and they both go PLUMMETING TO THE GROUND AND SOMEHOW SURVIVE THE FALL
Hunk lands in a pile of bones which OW and Pidge BOUNCES OFF THE GROUND BECAUSE OF HOW HARD HE HIT IT
if that doesn't kill em, fucking nothing will good god
Everyone else lands fine though, bastards lmao
Keith is Catholic™️ confirmed
Animal lover Keith over here being kind to mega vultures
"I'll alvays think they're veutiful" -Sven
You literally just called them ugly but ok
PIDGE'S KAZOO PANTING I CANNOT LMAOO
They're running in formation (kinda), how cute!
Oh they really are all trained
Sven and Keith knock out some guards with kicks
Lance straight up tosses one without a sweat
Hunk is also kicking but he's taking more down by himself
AND PIDGE STARTS CHOKING A GUY OUT FROM BEHIND
10/10 would love to see more hand-to-hand combat
Straight up murdered a few guards by taking off in the slave ship, but shh they're robots it doesn't matter
AND THEN THEY DESTROY PART OF THE CASTLE WHILE TAKING OFF AMAZING
Pidge sees a lion statue with a castle behind it and immediately just solves part of the legend that really shouldn't be a legend, the part with the castle anyway
So the team knows of the legend, meaning they were sent on a wild goose chase for basically nothing except that they did FIND IT
Fun.
I think it's funny that they're describing Voltron before the split as a defender of justice but in GoLion he was literally the most egotistical bitch that after taking down basically everyone in a fight to prove his strength he got nerfed into those five lions
Episode over! Looks like I'm doing one episode per post with how much I'm talking lol
That's all the time I have tonight for the rewind, but tomorrow I have a lot more free time, so maybe I can get like 2 more episodes at the very least
#Let's Rewind!#voltron#80s voltron#voltron defender of the universe#voltron dotu#toast talks#im going in order btw#so dotu then vv then v3d then vf and finally vld#then the original animes for voltron#beastking golion and armored fleat dairugger xv#this is gonna take a loooong time
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Your Louis/Armand headcanons my goddd you get them so well 🤌🏼 despite the fact that they built Trinity Gate together and lived there for over a decade I’ve always seen them as more of an Upstate couple yk, the poster boys of cottage core/sad girl autumn, all cozy sweaters and giant scarfs and piles of books and fireplace cuddles. To their Upstste neighbors they’re this impossibly beautiful gay couple with a slight age difference (not the kind of age difference that would really get people talking though). The auburn haired one is a little standoffish at times and the brunette one has to pull him by the arm so they can say hi to the neighbors during their nightly walks. Louis insists they leave housewarming gifts by their neighbors’ doors whenever someone new moves in (it’s usually an apple crumble pie they get at Trader Joe’s, with a little card in Louis’ handwriting). Armand rolls his eyes at first but he secretly loves and craves the attention people give him and Louis together (“see Lestat? You’re not the only one turning heads with him by your side”). People start noticing they don’t really talk to each other a lot and seem to communicate with looks which they think is incredibly romantic but really it’s just them quoting erotic literature bangers back and forth in their heads . It’s the type of thing they don’t have the opportunity to do with their disaster blonds so they make the most of it whenever they’re together. Them getting away from all the noise and the people and the expectations and just having the opportunity to decompress together in a little (ridiculously expensive and meticulously designed ofc) Upstate love nest is my JAM 🥹 xoxo DA 💋
Awww DA, always so nice to see you! 🥰 I apologize for taking a minute—I've been outside roasting like a little lizard now that summertime has arrived here on the East Coast (apparently... I don't question it).
YES you get it, they're such an autumn couple! A 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, close bosom-friend of the maturing sun' (Keats; Louis would approve imo).
Armand and Daniel to me are much more summer, with humid late nights, beaches, and just the exciting highs of life. Lestat and Armand are spring, I think... renewal, rebirth, and hope (literally if we think about what Lestat represents to Armand).
It's so funny to consider how much practice Louis and Armand must have blending in, like I wonder what their neighbors on the Upper East Side think of them... what's the cover story there?
Louis is such a gentleman, he would so be the one introducing himself to the entire village! (Because rumors get started real quick in those sleepy little towns where not much happens, best to nip it in the bud). LMAO at the age difference 😭 Louis probably skates right under the radar at an entire twenty-five years old (RIP, Danny). Armand deserves to have Louis be his trophy husband from time-to-time, and in a childish sort of way, it soothes some of his insecurities that must stem from knowing their kind sees Louis as Lestat's consort first and foremost.
PLEASE tell me more about this erotic telepathic foreplay. 👀 I'm not ready or maybe I am for Louis to go all James Joyce on Armand (iykyk, otherwise shush) but he must've made him blush at least once right over the Headless Horseman Bridge. 🥹
*btw thought you might be into the L/A/D snippet I posted last week 💖 I'm a disgrace and don't have anything new to share since, but I hope to get back to it after banging out a kink meme prompt rip
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Do you any idea of the purpose of the- basically all east of essos?? Some people believe the Others are going to come from the Grey Waste somehow, bcs idk the Five Forts standing ground there like the wall.
To be honest i don't know how this part of the world have something to do with westeros and D@ny, i don't think she going to defend the land from the Others in the East when the story begs for her to balance the scale by being The Fire Menace.
Perhaps is only worldbuilding from Grrm, with traces of terror like h.p lovecraft.
Also it's funny how you can turn the map to the side and d@ny is like going "south" to westeros like the Others.
GRRM discussed the purpose of those places East of Qarth in a 2022 podcast (transcript by kellyvela):
GRRM: I think I invented half those lands, of course, because of the map book, you know, we did Lands of Ice and Fire a few years ago. These are the secrets of publishing that'll probably shock your listeners who think it's all real, but, so we've done The World of Ice and Fire, which had done well, and so my published said this to me, "oh wait, let's do a map book,” the maps are very popular, oh, okay, that sounds fun, we'll do a map book. So I had these maps that I'd hand drawn on typing paper, you know, and I'd been adding to them over the years, and so, I had, you know, I not only had the north and the south, but I had a little, little stuff from the free cities and I sent them all to Bantam and they blew them all up and said, well it is nice, but when we blow up to poster sizes, they're kind of blank, can you like put in more stuff? You know, cities and rivers and mountains and stuff, so, you know, so I did, I went back and I put in a lot more stuff, and, you know, of course, as I'm putting in stuff, that fucking muse in the back of my head is thinking, oh, this is good, yeah, look at that, that'd be a story there, oh, that might be, that'd be interesting, you know, and I'm venting all this damned stuff, and I send it to them and it goes pretty much as far as Qarth, you know, I've done all this and that's fine, and then my editor calls me up and said: “Well, this is great, but we noticed something, there's this scene where the Qartheen Xaro Xhoan Daxos gives Danny a big tapestry of the entire world on it. And I said, yeah, I remember that scene, yeah. "Qarth's in the middle." Yes, Qarth's in the middle. "Well, it's only on the edge of your maps, the readers are gonna wonder what's on the other side of Qarth. So could you do more maps to fill out the rest, and you've mentioned these places let's see them." So, you know, so now I'm doing maps that, you know, and I know Asshai had to be on it, there had been mentioned many times, and a few mentions of Yi Ti and Leng, so I'm putting them in and then, you know, I'm, what are the cities named? What are the mountains named? You know, at a certain point, my brain was rotting. So I started stealing things from Lovecraft and, you know, Carcosa, which is actually from Robert W. Chambers's The Yellow King, but Lovecraft borrowed it, and, oh, that's a good name for the city. I'll put in Carcosa. I'll put in Leng of course, I made it an island, it's a plateau in Lovecraft, a horrible Plateau, but it seemed a good name that would ring. I did tell you the truth, I didn't know that anybody would even notice, but there it is. And, you know, then at some point, I guess I thought I can't just have Asshai with nothing but sea below, there should be another, so, I put in a little corner of all those there. And still, of course, you've noticed that there's still more maps. So, you know, I do get whether what's beyond the Grey Wastes and what's, what is the shape of all those? What is that? And you know, I don't know. If I live to 105, and the story takes us there, or one of these other shows takes us there. I will make up stuff that hopefully will be good stuff if my muse cooperates and throws up some fun stuff for me.
From this quote, aside from a few mentions of certain places (Asshai as a city of dark magic), GRRM didn’t know about those lands until he had to come up with a map book (not published until after ADWD). The idea that the Others will come from the Gray Waste doesn’t seem like it’ll pan out in canon, because GRRM doesn’t seem to really know what’s there (and certainly thinks the characters in the main series won’t go there) beyond some references to other works like Lovecraft. There’s some foreshadowing for Dæny going west to Volantis and probably Pentos (rather than east of Qarth), as well as destroying the Yunkish army in Meereen. It’s implied in TWOIAF that there were children of the forest and giants in North Essos, so maybe there were Others in the Gray Waste (although the Five Forts analogous to the Great Wall of China are supposed to keep out “raiders” analogous to the people called the “Xiongnu”) ; but I don’t think that will be relevant to the main series, which GRRM has stated (for better or worse) is centered on Westeros.
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Hello! I just saw your two posts and I was wondering if you would like to do a comfort scenario/headcanons for when the reader had their heart broken and the dream smp members, platonically friendship or a platonic friend to lover, if that makes sense? If not, then can you do the same concept but with just a story and the entire dream smp is the reader's friends and try to comfort them? Sorry if it is quite a strange request! 😅
Heart Broken
Warnings: A little sad
Requests: danny-yagami
Some Dsmp characters X Y/N
Pronouns: None
Songs: None :3
You've gotten heart broken so many time before but this time was different. You two had been best friends forever. You really thought you two had a connection. You slammed you phone to the floor, tears rolling down your cheeks. All those text that you two shared over the years meant nothing. You started to yell, not because you were scared or worried just sad. After a few seconds of crying you hear a knock on the door and a head pops in.
Tommyinnit <3 (platonic)
He would for sure come in with a worried look and you favorite snacks. Asking if you are okay.
You would cry to him and explain what had happened.
He would give you a weird look but still try to calm you done.
After you were done he would ask if you were done.
Not to be rude but to make sure wouldn't interrupt you.
He would ask if he could comment
Yes
He would give his opinion and be like "He was such a jerk" Or "I don't know what you see in him"
Then he would be like "I don't know why you need him when you have a Big man like me!"
Then he would get some comfy cloths for you and take you on a walk in Brighton while having snacks to calm you down / give you a breather. While talking about funny moments you two have had or funny moments in the dsmp lore.
(People sometime gave you guys a weir look bc you were eating chips and Y/F/S while going on a walk but you and Tommy didn't mind)
No
He would smile and say "Okay... brb"
Definitely give you a hug before walking into his bedroom.
Would come back with pillows and some popcorn he had made earlier for himself
Put Y/F/M and watch it with you
Would probably knock out half way through the movie
Wilbur <3 (Friends to Lovers)
He would't really wait for a "Come in" he would kinda just barge in
Probably holding a book or his phone because he didn't even think to put it down.
He would sit down by ur bed and ask "Darling,Love, are you okay? what happened?"
You would cry and put your head in his chest and tell him everything, all the way from you and your heartbreakers friendship. (if that makes sense)
He would probably wait till you were all done to say something like "I'm so sorry Darling. Is there anything I can do for you?" Or he would stay quiet.
Before you would be able to answer he would walk out of the room and get his phone out.
At first you thought he was just being rude ad you were about to start crying again when you hear a loud bang.
Then, Wilbur would come back in with his guitar and with a large smile on his face.
He was trying to explain that the reason he was holding the top of his head was from banging in with his guitar on accident.
Then he would sit down next to you and start playing
Humming calming lyrics to calm you down. Later resulting in you sleeping.
When you wake up there would be a plate of Y/F/F and Wilbur would be asleep beside you. guitar still I hand.
He had called Y/F/F's restaurant to order you Y/F/F without you realizing.
On the plate of food was a sticky note saying "I can be better than them Love"
(Sneaky little Wilbur)
You quickly eat it and go back to sleep with Wilbur.
Dream <3 (Friends to Lovers)
He would come in looking very worried and scared.
He would right away hug you
Probably sit there in silence while you cried your eyes out
Once you were down he would take you to his room and set you down on his bed
He would leave you and come back with a tea or Y/F/D
Cuddle you and try to comfort you
"I love you" or "Y/N I've always loved you."
You would be in pure shock but he would just keep cuddling you.
you both fall asleep together feeding off of each others heat.
Niki <3 (Platonic)
Come in with a soft look and Zuko (her cat)
"Are you ok?..." or "What's wrong..?"
I think she would have brought you a comfy burrito blanket and wrapped it around you as you cried.
she would nod in between your talking/sobbing/cry-sobbing thingy
She would say "It's okay" or "I know, I know"
after you were done she would put on Y/F/M
And put the cookies on your lap telling you to eat
Then, once you were done eating you two would watch the movie and cuddle Zuko
Maybe draw or do your favorite small hobby in between the movie.
The you two would sleep on the couch or bed together while watching the movie.
Thank you for the 1st request!
Its a-bit messy (sorry about that) I was kinda in a rush
I Hope you all have a lovely day or night! -Jovie >:]
#dsmp#pov#wilbur#niki#dream#tommyinit#yn#heart brocken#wilbur x reader#dream x reader#niki x reader#tommy x reader#dsmp x yn
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Let the man LIVE Shaun xdd
Like idk, if they spend this much time on it and it's nothing that would be kinda weird but at the same time I think just thing after thing? Shaun might be reading into it
Oop o.o but yeah you do have to decide if he's a danger to his patients
Hmm I bet Shaun's just gonna be seeing things that have always been there but in this light now
Or at least for some of it he might
😬😬😬 but also c'mon y'all it's just a pause
No it's a trust issue if everyone else finds out Shaun's suspicions xdd
Ughhh I hope this all works out okay and I hope Glassman is okay 😭😭❤️
That's the last of my last thoughts! Now it's time for the. . .
REVIEW
I really enjoyed this episode! I thought it was great :D. I'm glad we got to see everybody working together by the end :)). Though the drama with Lim and Andrews seems to jus tbe getting worse o.o. Also of course the Shaun and Glassman scene were amazing - heartbreaking and adorable a lot of the time :')). I'm so glad he's okay cancer wise 🥰🥰, but okay period doesn't look like it's gonna last o.o. I'm scared xd. Anyway, I loved all the storylines this episode :). But I hope we don't get another huge fight 😭.
By the way, everything after the first line was now, a little over a half hour before the next episode, so this'll be pretty short lol. And also because I don't remember all the details of what happened xD.
Now time for the individual parts!
Jerome and Dalisay! Our two favorite nurses 🥰. We didn't see much of either of them, but what we did was great :D. And in Jerome's case heartbreaking for some of it 😭❤️. Anyway, I love them both :)). They were great at their jobs :D. Hopefully we get more of them soon!
Lea! It was great to see her supporting Shaun, of course :')). And also, great idea sending them out together to look at cribs XD. Thank you you queen lol <3. I love her 🥰. And I'm sure she was great at her job :)). Also AAHHHH their nursery is coming togetherrrr :'DD I literally can't take it 😭❤️❤️.
Park! We didn't see to much of him, but he was great :'). I do think his opinion on Morgan picking the gender had its points, but both sides did. I'm glad we got to see them all have that discussion though, it was cool :)). I love him ❤️. He did great at his job :DD.
Asher! I would put him with he other residents but that's just too many lol. Anyway, he did great :)). He was great at his job 🥰, and AAHHHH the karaoke scene at the end was so cuuute :'DD!! Also SLAYY on his talk with Kalu 👀. I figure they both had their points, but yeah - sometimes you just have to take risks. I'm glad it all worked out :)). I love him 🥰❤️.
Andrews and Lim! O.O. Y'all the D R A M A!! I was thinking they'd made up a bit but then that ending scene o.o. I really hope this doesn't last too long - those two are good friends, and I hope they can keep that <3. Also I simply just do not deserve it <3 😭 XD. But, besides all that, they did slay :). They were great with their drama xD. I love them both :). And they were both great at their jobs (though that was in contest by each other lol).
Morgan! My girlll 😭😭😭. Her storyline was so sad this episode <333. Not completely, and the picking the sex conversations were cute :), but the fact that after all that hard work, how much of her soul she put into that baby, it ended in tragedy? 😭😭😭💔. I'm really interested to see where her staying with Eden goes though :')). And I do hope that she ends up going through with the appointment, since she's come so far with it. But if she doesn't, she doesn't <3. Anyway :'). I love her <333. She did great at her job this episode :')).
Jordan, Perez, and Kalu! The newly founded love triangle is together here XD. I can feel that the drama with that is just STARTING up, but I do think it would be funny if Perez and Kalu became besties xD. Well, you know, good friends lol. Anyway that whole situation was THE TEA O.O. I am glad Danny apologized and explained though, that was great :')). And once again, Jordan slaying xD. Sometimes soon she won't know everything though, lol. Anyway, I'm also proud of Kalu for being able to take that risk and be confident in himself :'). He did the research, he knew the facts <33. Slay :D. They all did amazing at their jobs :)). I love them all <333 🥰❤️.
Shaun and Glassman! Y'all their scenesss 😭😭😭❤️❤️. That honest conversation in the crib store though 😭 :'DD. And just in general Glassman trying to pass on all of his knowledge and advice while he can? Heartbreaking and so sweet 😭😭😭❤️❤️. I literally can't with them <33. I really hope nothing's up though :'((. And that it doesn't cause too big of a rift xd. Because honestly, I don't know if I'd prefer Shaun to be right or wrong. But even if he is right, I think there will definitely be some things he's looking too far into. Anyway, I'm glad they worked everything out this episode :')). Even if it looks they're just gonna do it all again xdd. Yes, I live in fear, why thank you :')). Of everything with what's to come xD. But, still :'). They did great. Shaun was great at his job :')). And I assume Glassman was too lol. I love them both so much ❤️❤️❤️. And as a pair :')). My babeys <333.
Overall, I really enjoyed this episode! I thought it was great :D. It definitely carried the drama, and while it looked like everything was resolving (like, on all three drama fronts, maybe even Morgan too if you count her), it swooped in last second and made even bigger drama XD. Seriously though, I hope it all works out <33. Even for all my nervousness though, I am excited for the next episode :D. And to see where this all goes! But yeah :)! I loved all the storylines, and the cases were great too :D 🥰. Certainly very interesting! And despite the heartbreak with Eden, I'm glad everything mostly worked out :'). Worked out on the other side, and partially there xd. But I think the highlight really was the characters and their relationships with each other :). As it pretended to clarify and improve them and then ultimately showed them getting worse and/or more complicated XDD.
So yeah! I loved this episode, I thought it was great. I'm nervous for the next one! This has been my review of. . .
The Good Doctor, Season 6, Episode 19: Half Measures
It was great! I'm excited to see what happens next, but I'm scared too. I'll be back next week with my review of. . .
The Good Doctor, Season 6, Episode 20: Blessed
See you next week!
#the good doctor#tgd#oasis's tgd chatter#aka see you in 9 minutes xD#crap forgot to make the liveblog announcement post thing#I like to do it earlier in the day but eh I'll do it right after this#anyway!!!#great episode 10/10 :)))#btw it'll be more like 7 minutes by the time I post this XD#I love you all :DDD ❤️❤️❤️❤️!!!#byeeee :))) 🥰🥰🥰🥰 <333!!!!
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So, I’ve had a request from Floral for Danny and spicy foods :D
I definitely headcanon that the accident did a LOT to our boy- I think Danny’s body chemistry is different enough that he doesn’t technically count as really human anymore.
In the real world, scientists have recently discovered that every human (except those from sub-Saharan Africa) has roughly 2-3% of Neanderthal DNA in our genetic code… and we’re all still human. So Danny could have some significant changes to his biology and still debatably be within the range of Human vs Non-Human.
In another post, I’ll probably get into the other side-effects I think his powers have given him… migraines, chronic pain, etc- I’ve put them in my fics too. I also think that as his body tries to figure out if it’s alive or dead, his metabolism would jump all over the place. Some days, it would be really slow, and other days, he wouldn’t be able to stop eating, or moving.
Some days, his metabolism is so fast that it burns through the pain meds he takes on his bad days, and when he gets older and starts drinking, he figures out that some days, he’s completely toasted after half a beer…. Other days, he’s like Steve Rogers and can’t get drunk at all.
Another side effect of his powers- and his ice core- is that he runs cold… several degrees colder than normal humans. He doesn’t notice so much, except for that one time before Undergrowth. He tries to use his cryo-powers enough that it’s not a problem, but he can’t turn off his core, and his chill, without putting his existence in danger. From what we see, Danny doesn’t get hugged a lot… and his external body temperature might have something to do with it.
I think he is a big fan of cuddles and hugging… but he spends so much of his time helping other people that he forgets to ask for what he needs. He doesn’t want to be a burden, so he just doesn’t ask.
But Danny also isn’t really aware that the inside of his mouth is cold too- warmer than the rest of him, since that’s the case for normal humans… but still pretty cold. His tastebuds are severely dulled… and as a result, he can’t taste a lot of things.
For a LONG time, Danny doesn’t really notice. The cafeteria food is only “food” in the sense that it’s technically edible, and theoretically contains calories. And growing up, he’s eaten enough ecto-contaminated food over the years that didn’t taste quite right, so he’s not really used to the normal tastes of food anyway.
But after the accident, he loses a lot of his sense of taste. It’s not until he starts squeezing half a dozen packets of Nasty Burger Special Sauce on his burgers and nuggets that Tucker points out that something might be up. Yknow, because Danny says that he can’t taste it otherwise, and Tucker and Sam both look at him like he’s nuts. Which is saying something, because they’ve rolled with a lot of punches.
And then there’s the day that the A-Listers are suddenly nice to him… and kick Nathan away from the loser table in the cafeteria, and bring Danny his lunch. And stand there and wait to watch him eat it. Danny knows that with his mother’s lack of cooking skills, the ecto-contamination at his house, and the fact that he can literally reach inside his stomach to pull out anything that he really shouldn’t have eaten, whatever they’ve done to his lunch won’t really hurt him. And it might get him a couple days free from bullying if he goes along with it… so he does.
Only, as he eats it, he can’t tell that they’ve done anything to the food. It actually tastes… good. Way better than the cafeteria food normally tastes. And even though some part of his brain knows that this is suspicious, he can’t bring himself to care. It’s been months since he enjoyed something he ate.
Turns out, the football team thought it would be funny to put ghost peppers in his lunch… because of the “ghost” part. Except… ghost peppers come in at over 1,000,000+ Scoville units (standard unit for measuring spice/heat levels), over 400x hotter than jalapeños. Danny knows that a normal human’s mouth would practically be on fire right now, but he feels fine.
…and he knows he shouldn’t. He knows from Tucker’s ravings about food that ghost peppers can (and have) killed people from eating them. But he thinks they’re delicious. Which is when he figures out that maybe his powers have done something to his tongue.
As Danny gets older, he starts to learn what exactly happened. And exactly what the rules are. Spicy food is great- the capsaicin is hot enough to warm his tastebuds to the point that he can taste the food again, so he just starts drenching everything in hot sauce. When Tucker tells him that he can’t put hot sauce on ice cream, Danny listens, because if even Tucker won’t eat it, it’s probably gross… and learns that he can taste cold things too.
Temperature extremes mean that he can actually enjoy food… and to anyone who doesn’t know his secret, he’s just one of Those People who put hot sauce on everything… which is by far the least weird thing about any of the Fentons, so everyone pretty much lets it go.
#danny phantom#danny phantom headcanon#might do the ski safety eyes next#unless someone else has a request#i love this fandom and all of you
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Hi hi can I req Danny, Leon and Steve with a male s/o who's a real goofy guy? Cracks jokes during chases, just can't take things too seriously, laid back and chill guy who prioritizes having fun
absolutely, thanks for requesting!! :D this is cute haha. i hope you like it!
danny, leon, and steve with goofy m!s/o
𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍
danny would consider himself a pretty fun guy, though perhaps his idea of fun would not be the same as a normal person's. so i wouldn't take his word for it if i were you.
honestly? he thinks you're the shit. he genuinely likes your bad dad jokes great puns, will banter back and forth with you, and he might even give you the hatch instead of a mori. although he would love to have your picture, it can wait until the next trial. or the next if he still doesn't feel like it. who knows?
he likes that you're not too serious about everything. since danny is the entity's golden boy, he never has to worry about anything! he likes it here! and it's cool that someone else has a similar mindset about things. although he might have misunderstood "making the best of the situation and just being a goofy person" for "liking it here". you never really clarified which one it was, and why should he ask?
when danny finds out that you act basically the same way with all the killers, cracking jokes and laughing things off in chases, he gets all pouty. he thought he was special. well, looks like you're getting that mori now.
he still likes you though, and he gives you even more special attention now in the form of tunneling and camping! he means well <3 (no he doesn't he is a little bitch and a loser)
but then he hears stories from the other killers about you, and is pleased to find that you are significantly more fun with him, and, dare i say, flirty!
but he still wants to tunnel and camp you.
when you realize what he's doing, you don't get mad about it. what's the point? in fact you think it's really funny.
the first time danny proximity-camped you, you found it rewarding to just talk and talk and talk until he finally talked back. it took a while, but he did finally respond.
you would just say dumb shit, and then you would say more dumb shit, and then it got annoying and danny had to tell you to shut up. and then you would just dramatically whisper something like "okay, pissbaby."
and danny thought maybe he should be angry with you, but he just wasn't. he couldn't be mad at you, because even if he was, you wouldn't care. you weren't scared of him.
so when he finally left and you got unhooked, he tunneled you obviously. it makes sense, okay?
"wow, am i that handsome and gorgeous and attractive?" you monologued while smashing a pallet onto danny's head. "i'm really just so irresistible that you want to tunnel me? honestly, danny, i'm flattered. i'm touched."
danny couldn't remember since when you were on a first name basis, but he let it slide. just because maybe he thinks you are that handsome and gorgeous and attractive.
dude danny is kinda fucked up but like. he's funny. and charming. and he also let you take off his mask once, and so now you know he's also hot. he has a few things going for him as long as you ignore the part where he chases you with a knife.
𝐋𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃𝐘
leon, our favorite rookie :D he's so cute!!! sorry im gushing i just cant resist i love him !!
and you love him too, so much. that's why you accidentally distract him during trials by goofing off and almost getting him killed
it's out of love. leon knows that. you don't really mean to.
while leon's doing a generator, you are probably somewhere nearby trying to find something even remotely interesting to do. and that might involve climbing a tree, then falling out of the tree. but it wasnt your fault! you swore the crows were attacking you, they didn't want you up in that tree because they knew you were just so cool up there and the Entity couldn't have somebody being better and hotter and funnier than itself so high in the sky.
leon could only smile and shake his head, inspecting you for the wounds you inevitably had. when you said you were fine, he was very skeptical, because your version of fine was never the same as his.
the killer knew where you were now because of your very loud "FUCK!" as the crows supposedly attacked you and forced you out of the tree, so you immediately put on your game face and got ready to command some attention.
leon said no, you were not in the right headspace to get chased. you only shrugged at him, slapped his ass, and ran towards the killer yelling, "HEY YOU WANNA HEAR AN AGGIE JOKE?"
leon was used to this by now, and he found it rather endearing. you were an enigma to him, really. how you could be so laid back about this whole murder-die-sacrifice thing was beyond him, but it was refreshing. he liked your enthusiasm.
since he had just come from raccoon city, he was still in his "i have to do the right thing and save everybody because it's my duty" kind of mood. you made sure to lighten up that burden and remind him that it's okay to chill sometimes, and he can't save everybody, especially not here. if you were in a particularly bad trial, you always made sure to get him to crack a smile.
likewise, leon wasn't always too jazzed about your "funny guy gets killed so the team can live" complex. he knew you didn't care, or at least you said you didn't, but he still hated that you constantly sacrificed yourself and acted like it was no big deal. to him, it was. he hated going back to the campfire alone and waiting forever for you to show up again; he cared about you and it hurt to see you sacrifice yourself so much even if he knew you would return.
leon didn't have a stick up his ass or anything--he had his fair share of humorous moments (i mean have you seen infinite darkness ashdjshdf that man just wants love and food). he just wants to save everybody, you included. it's frustrating to come to terms with the fact that he can't.
he loves it when he can hear you yelling at the killer mid-chase from afar, be it a pun or a swear or both. you've even influenced him to crack his own jokes while being chased sometimes--it comes out more often if he's being tunneled. if you ever happened to see him do it, you would wipe a fake tear from your face and start clapping. you were very proud of your rookie.
𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍
the killers hated you and steve, and i mean like despised you
you were so chill. and for what???? why do you have chill???? nobody else has chill, what makes you think you deserve to have chill????
they could never make you angry and that made them super angry
you and steve would quip back and forth between chases, sometimes going so far as to pretend the killer is not there and talk about something like what kind of cheese you missed eating the most. let me tell you, that did not make the trickster happy.
he was a star!! a star, and here you two little shits were, ignoring him to talk about cheese. honestly, the audacity.
you and steve ran to the killer shack with the trickster on your heels, still talking about cheese. how the conversation had gone on this long was a mystery, and it continued to be a mystery while the two of you shared a chase in the shack.
steve was very happy to have found someone to share his sentiments with. everybody was so serious all the time, and while he was similar to leon with his altruistic streaks, he was slightly less responsible and occasionally enjoyed doing dumb stunts just for shits and giggles.
you can bet that whenever you are in a trial together, it's a competition to see who can hold the killer's attention longer. your teammates don't mind--all they have to do is complete gens, so their job is fairly easy. and it's always entertaining to catch sight of one of you sprinting with a new flashlight in your hand to go annoy the crap out of the killer.
there's no question that steve would die for you a hundred times over, and you would do the same for him. you didn't see it as a very big deal--you didn't see anything here as a very big deal. steve was the only important thing you had, really, and you cared for him a lot. saving him? kapeesh. no sweat.
scenario: steve is being chased, you throw yourself in front of him, the killer has noed, you are hooked, you give him a thumbs up as you die, he flips you off because why the fuck would you die for him what is wrong with you he's supposed to die for you and you know that?? why would you do that???? great, now steve gets to escape and it's all your fault.
you would simply smile. he was so cute sometimes.
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Inspired by Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA. The first time my family was supposed to have dinner with my sister’s boyfriend, I pretended to be sick because I couldn’t handle the idea that she’s going to move away and get married. I just stayed home and cried for the entire four hours that they were out. That was like six months ago and I still cry sometimes.
After Sam and Danny left, you were left alone. You were going to college in the morning, and it scared the hell out of you. Sam promised that the two of you would go together, major in different things but always make time to hang out at least once a week. But he ditched you. There was no anger or resentment for him or Danny, but there was a twinge of pain. You pretended to be unbothered, but it pained you.
You stared at the photos you’d collected over the years. They covered the wall behind your desk so when you worked on homework, his face was there to keep you motivated. Instead, though, you usually thought of something funny to message or call him about. He would respond quickly, a paragraph the same size as yours. Most times it was longer and even more intricate, like an essay instead of a text. His phone bill would skyrocket if he had to pay per letter.
The photos started in the top left corner from the fifth grade. It was from the field trip to the science museum. You, Sam, Danny, and Mr. Wagner were in one corner of the group photo, smiling. Sam held up bunny ear behind you and Danny as he was the tallest of the group at that time.
By middle school, the next few pictures, the three of you went through that awkward phase of bangs, bowl cuts, braces, and the disproportionate limbs. There was a photo of the three of you, Sam’s sweater tied around your hips. You’d had your first period at school and instead of making a big deal, Danny sprinted to Sam two classrooms over to get his sweater. Danny would have given his to you, but he hadn’t worn an shirt beneath his hoodie and the dress code didn’t allow for shirtless pubescent boys. Sam was quick to take it off, sending Danny back to you.
By high school, that was where ninety percent of the photos came from, the three of you had grown even closer. You joined the dance team for the first two years. The two boys came to every football and basketball game, cheering louder during your performance than during the game. So many photos were from post-game meets and dinners where you were still in your spandex leggings and sparkly top. Junior year, the new captain was ruthless and snarky, so you quit the team. The pictures then shifted to the three of you in the crowd together. The back of each photo was dated and marked with the events from that night. Labels included ‘first joint with S, D, and Jackie from math class’ or ‘Sam’s first shotgun- threw up afterward in Bethany Vick’s rose bushes’.
The spirit week photos were all aligned on the side. The photos of twin day, which you made triplet day, and wearing identical outfits. Another favorite of yours was gender swap day where you would wear khakis, just like how Danny and Sam would wear almost every day, and a polo of Dan’s choice. The two of them, in turn, would wear jeans and a blouse of yours. The outfits always made you laugh as they looked like the character from Drake and Josh when the Drake’s band member wore Megan’s top. Senior year, Sam wore one of your dresses, pinching the top part with a clothespin on his back as he couldn’t fill it out. He offered stuffing a bra with socks but that would be far too much for a spirit day.
The photos from graduation and prom were still being processed at the print shop. You hadn’t noticed that you were crying, missing the days of old when you were together, hanging out all the time. You carried the box of Sam’s things downstairs. You’d turned Danny’s things in before he left, but Sam had so many more things. You placed it on the red wagon, pulling it onto the sidewalk and behind you. You made the three block walk to the Kiszka home.
Karen opened the door a few minutes after ringing the bell, shocked to see you on the doorstep. “Y/N? What brings you here?”
She and Kelly had practically become empty nesters overnight and we’re not sued to the silence. She let you in, offering some pie from the fridge, which you politely denied, knowing that you’d spend the entire afternoon there. Walking in, you noticed that she’d already done some redecorating. The fragile items were no longer on high shelves, but on the coffee tables and end tables.
“I came to return this,” you said, pulling the red wagon into the mud room. The radio flyer had a lot of memories, like when you sent Jake flying down the hill and he broke his arm. The box on top was full of Sam’s things from over the years. “I was going through my closet and I think I had more of Sam’s stuff than my own.”
Karen peeked into the box. “I think most of that is the other two’s stuff.”
You laughed. “And I wanted to give this back since I won’t be needing it anymore.”
You took the Kiszka house key off your keychain. She looked down at it. “When did you get that?”
You shrugged. “I think it just appeared one day and I used it when- can we talk about that? Is it time for our wild high school antics to come to light or is there a time requirement?”
Karen let out a laugh. “Oh, Y/N. Sam asked if he could give you a key, but I didn’t think he would.” She handed it back to you. “Just keep it. You never know when you might need it.”
You took it back, putting it into your pocket. “Thanks, Mama K. I’ll cherish it forever.”
She smiled. “Are you sure you don’t want to stay?”
You shook your head. “I have papers to sign for college and I have to sign up for registration and move in times before double checking that I have everything.”
She nodded, giving you a final hug. You bid her goodbye, promising to come back around during the holidays.
On the walk home, you checked for any texts from Danny or Sam. Unlike before when you could have up to fifty messages in the spam of ten minutes, there hadn’t been anything in weeks. You hadn’t heard from them since the Fourth of July when they sent you a ten second video of a fireworks show in Los Angeles. The messages before then were short, barely qualifying as a sentence. You remembered sending them off at the airport. Sam had his school backpack on his back, stuffed full of hair products and personal items rather than school supplies. He had the same dopey grin on his face, promising that he’d send at least one text a day. The promise fell through quickly, but you still held out hope. Danny was better at texting back. It just took him a day or two to get back to you. He knew about your crush on Sam, sending updates when he had time. With the way he worded things, you knew that the amount of times Sam talked about you was far less.
At home, you plucked your favorite photos off the wall. You noticed how you looked at Sam. In almost every photo, you had a hand on him, and if you didn’t, you were looking at him. You sniffed, looking through all of them and putting them in a box that would travel on the front seat.
After putting everything in your car, checking your list, you were happy. You cuddled with your parents before bed. You’d be leaving before breakfast in the morning, unable to handle goodbye. When the sun was barely over the horizon, you left and drove on the highway. You always expected to be in the car with your two best friends, chittering about the new chapter, but you were by yourself and scared shitless.
Pulling into the parking lot, you signed in with your RA and rented a cart to put your boxes in. You had an apartment on the end of campus, and you’d be living with two other people. There were a few boxes in the living room already and two rooms were taken up. You looked around for someone else but couldn’t find anyone. The front door opened and familiar laughter broke through the air. You couldn’t believe your eyes as you looked at the two people you’d be living with.
He held out his hand. “I’m Sam, your roommate.”
“And I’m Danny, your other roommate.”
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You will remember my name
Part 2 of Ember
A/N: Hello everyone! I’m so stoked y’all liked my first fic! I really appreciate all the love and support you guys have no idea. (This might have to stretch to three chapters lol)
Tony Stark X daughter!reader
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Tonys pov
A tense silence filled the halls of the Avengers tower. It’s been a week since Y/N left the tower in tears. It’s been two days since anyone has seen the girl to think of it. The first few days it was thought the girl was just staying with a friend while she cooled off. But after the third day, a bad feeling settled in the stomachs of the heros. By the fourth day, they asked some of Y/Ns closest friends.
No one has seen her.
Pepper called her aunt, Pamela Isely, but the women said that the last time she spoke to her god daughter was a week before this whole mess happened.
By the time the week was over, it was concluded that Y/N Stark was missing.
Tony Stark was not a perfect father. He knew that, of course he knew. I mean, he didn’t exactly have the positive male role models growing up other than Jarvis. He knew he wasn’t going to be a perfect father. He just never thought he’d screw up this badly.
He found out he had a daughter four months after the Battle of New York. He had gotten the news that an old fling of his had died during the attack. leaving behind a daughter. Feeling bad for the kid, he began to set up a college fund for her, as he knew what it was like to lose someone in a tragic way. At first he thought nothing of it, just simply seeing it as a good deed. But then one night, during one of his restless nights, he began doing the math and figured out that the age of the girl was just about nine months off from when he had...met her mother. Needless to say Pepper was shocked when she woke up to Tony passing out.
After a few minutes of being yelled at by Pepper and another hour of coming to terms with this discovery, Tony made plans to find the girl.
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Y/n pov
After explaining your situation with your father to the boy, you realize that you still didn’t know his name. Turning to him you ask for it.
“Oh, my name is Daniel, Daniel Winston.” You snort as you realize the irony of this ghost boys name.
“You mean to tell me that your name is Daniel, and you’re a ghost with white hair??” He glares at you for a second then a small smile creeps on his face, “Well, despite the circumstances, it is kinda funny.” You hum in agreement and let a comfortable silence take over as you try and figure out where you are and if you’re even in New York.
“Hey Danny?” You ask, “Where are you from?”
“Bludhaven, I was walking home from school when I was taken. Why do you ask?”
“Because” You reply,” I was taken from New York.” A heavy silence falls over you both as you realize that you’re both unfamiliar with your surroundings. There weren’t any markings to indicate where you were. The base was nestled in a corner of abandoned buildings that looked like factories. The sky was dark and you couldn’t see any stars. There was a strange scent in the air that you chalked up to air pollution. You both continue walking when you see a building with its lights on.
“Danny, that’s the only building so far that has any lights, we should go check it out.” He looked hesitant, and he wasn’t wrong to be. The building was an old shoe factory, it was dark and looked as if a sneeze could take the whole thing down. Whoever was in there probably wasn’t good company.
“ Are you sure you want to go in there?’ Danny's voice full of doubt, “Maybe we should keep going till we actually get into town.” While his idea was the more logical one, you were starting to get tired, blowing up a building with freaky ghost powers takes a lot out a a young girl.
“I think we should go, I need to rest up and we don’t know how far the town will be. We don’t even know what town this is.” And with that, you start to make your way to the building, a hesitant ghost trailing behind you.
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Tony's POV
Tony realizes locking himself up in his lab really isn’t going to help find his missing daughter. He just can’t believe he screwed up this badly. His own child, thought she wasn’t loved. He did that to her. A rage filled his body as he angrily swept everything off his work table. The clatter of wrenches and pens filled his ears as he stared at the wall.
The sound of the door opening caught his attention. He turned to see Steve Rogers walking in with a box of chinese food and a stern face. Quietly, the blond man took a look at the state of the lab, shook his head and placed the food on the table.
“We picked straws to decide which one of us had to come convince you to come out.” Steve said breaking the silence between the two men. Tony said nothing as he continued to look at the wall.
“You know, you have some nerve to lock yourself away.” Tony jerked his head over and stared at the man . “ What did you just say?”
“You damn well heard what I said.’ Steve shot back. “ Your daughter is missing. She disappeared into thin air. And you’re in here doing what? Throwing your tools around?”
“Are you going to lecture me?” Tony said in a bored voice.” Because of you are, i want to take notes”
“You know this is your problem. You don’t care.” Steve said angrily. “ You don’t care that your daughter is missing. You don’t care that for eight years, the longest conversation you’ve had with her was when you were introducing her to this team.” Steve stood up from the table and walked back to the door before Tony could say anything. “It’s been a week Tony. She’s been missing for a week. We need to find her.” He walked out without another word.
And again, Tony was alone. Alone with his thoughts, and alone with his regrets. Then he realizes, if he wants a chance to make up all those years, he’s going to need to find you first.
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Y/n POV:
Getting into the factory wasn’t too hard, considering you can just walk through walls now. The real hard part finding someone to help, as there was no one in the building. In fact, the only living thing in the factory was the surprising amount of vines and greenery over taking the space.
“hey, Y/n.. maybe we shouldn’t be here...” Danny whispered, ‘” this place is creeping me out.”
“D, you don’t have to whisper, I’m the only one who can hear you.”
You answer as you look around, the room you were in seemed like an office of some sort. Then you noticed something.
“Danny, those vines...they lead out of the room”
And with that you start walking towards the door, but before you can make it you hear loud voices, two women from what you can tell.
“....mmy you can’t keep doing this to yourself....”
“i....never let her go with him....”
You can’t hear what they’re saying, you take a step forward and accidently step on a vine.
“wait...there's someone here.”
Oh shit. You look at Danny in surprise as there was no way these people would have known you were here.
Then suddenly, the room of plants came to life. Vines started thrashing around, searching for the intruder.
“WHAT THE FUCK” Danny yelled as a vine goes through is body. “Y/N lets get out of here!” In your panic, you forget you can literally turn into a ghost, so you look for a window to get out of. Before you can climb, a vine suddenly wraps around your leg and pulls you out of the room.
“Y/N!!”
You thrash as you are pulled down the hallway, around corners, and painfully down stairs. You scratch at the floor, desperate to find something to cut the vines. Then your eyes start glowing. Your skin melting to a pale blue. You blast through the plant as you start floating upwards. You shoot the plants around you with a blue mist like energy.
“What is that?” “Aye whatta you doing here?” Wait. You know that voice.
Looking up, you get distracted and a vine wraps around your body, restricting your movement. You struggle for a while till you hear it.
“Y/N?” You stop and look up. You change back to your normal appearance, shocked.
“Aunt Pam?!”
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TONY’S POV
After Steves not lecture, Tony got to work. He had FRIDAY look for anything suspicious in and near New York. By doing that, he found out that there has been an influx of missing people ranging from ages twenty to fifteen. They were going missing from three specific cities: Bludhaven, Gotham, and...New York. Seeing this had Tony's heart sink. He ran into the conference room where the rest of the team was conducting their own investigation. But before he entered, he stopped to listen to the teams conversation.
“How can she just...disappear into thin air..” Sam said in a sad voice. The rest of the team sat in silence.
“Maybe we missed something. There has to be something there.” Natasha said with a desperation no on has heard from her. “It’s been a week Steve, she wouldn’t just leave like that.” And that when Tony decided to make his presence known.
“Maybe she didn’t” He said making everyone jump, “There has been an increase in missing person cases in the cities of Gotham, Bludhaven, and New York. All around the same age as Y/N.”
“So,you’ve decided to step up” Clint said sarcastically. “Where have you been this past week Stark?”
“ Look I know I haven’t been the best parent” Tony said.
“that’s an understatement”, grumbled Clint.
“I love my daughter. I hate the thought of her not knowing that.” Tony finished looking around the room to see the disapproval of the team.
“Fighting isn’t going to find her.” Wanda said quietly. “We need to work together.”
“Wandas right.” Steve said, “FRIDAY ,can you find any abnormal activity in any of the cities?”
“I did a widespread search specifically in the Gotham bludhaven and New York areas. A building in the indrustrial area in Gotham spontaneously collapsed. When authorities searched through the rubble, they found bodies of thirty out of the ninety reported missing people.”
“Was there anyone matching Y/N description,” asked Natasha anxiously.
“FRIDAY bring up the missing kids files”
A long minute went by, and all the files uploaded. The Avengers were all on edge as they flipped through the thirty files. They were relieved when they realized that Y/n was not part of those thirty kids.
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Curious. What do you think of Vlad masters/Vlad Plasmius? I feel like he got dirty in the show. Especially in season 3. And especially the season 3 finale. But what are your thoughts?
honestly: i don't care about vlad that much? getting into specifics depends on what angle we tackle how to analyze his character and how he's portrayed from episode to episode. but in general, i don't think about him often because... i mean... why would i? jack is a far more interesting and complex character. i'd rather think about jack.
i find that vlad was never a well-balanced, coherent or nuanced character at any point - not even in his introduction - nor did they ever make an attempt for him to be. and while i often disagree with takes that certain main characters are under-characterized, inconsistent, superficial - or that plot points or story writing isn't great - but vlad is a character i can't help but feel that those statements are accurate in relation to. i don't think there was ever going to be any direction they could have taken his character that wouldn't have in some way felt at odds with the tone of the series or with his characterization, because i feel that the intersection of his characterization, backstory, and role in the series and how they effect each other is not one that was as well-thought out and planned as people take it to be.
and to that extent, i personally don't feel he was done any more dirty than anyone else was in season 3 - season 3 was just overall kind of a tonally incoherent and strange season, with d-stabilized being the only one that really felt like it fit in with the first two seasons. but at the same time, vlad is not really a character in which i feel there was any other way for his character to go without completely changing his character suddenly and abruptly in a way that would have broke continuity (last thing anyone wants in a serialized cartoon) and then at that point it really might as well not be vlad anyways.
vlad is, in theory an interesting character and i see the value he can add to the narrative of the series! i get the appeal of his character from that perspective! but in execution? i kinda don't think he does a good job at being an antagonist you're meant to take seriously as a credible threat and sympathize with to some degree. while i confidently believe every other antagonist introduced in the first two seasons has a solid role and place in the series and it's narrative and that they feel like coherent and nuanced characters that i can sympathize with to some degree no matter how absurd their concept, antics, or escalation, vlad is not such a character.
when he's pathetic, whiny, and ineffective as a minor role in an episode i can enjoy his presence because it's funny to watch him be a pathetic loser. but in episodes where he is meant to be a more credible threat or otherwise take on a major role, i find him to be unenjoyable and out of place due to how little thought anyone put into writing or conceptualizing him especially in regards to his backstory or how he relates to danny and his parents in theory - or how he interacts with anyone, those characters in particular or the world at large. and don't get me started on his involvement with valerie's arc (or do, i'm not your mom)
1/10 vlad wishes he had an iota of the swag any of his spiderman influences (norman osborn, dr. otto octavius, morbius) possess. pick a struggle already. perhaps if the writers had relied on his influences less, he would have been a more well-rounded and balanced character. perhaps he is embodiment of what they mean when they say too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. whose to say.
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D&D: By wastefulreverie: Lester, Mikey, and Nathan were standing beside him. Mikey was fumbling with three jagged-sided dice while Lester and Nathan glared at each other. Realizing that he was awake, Lester broke eye contact with Nathan. Awkwardly, he put his hand on Danny's shoulder. "Do you want to join our campaign?" he blurted.
Danny tilted his head skeptically, "Join your what?"
Additional Tags: Dungeons and Dragons, friendship, humor, [really enjoyed the irony in this one]
Making Something Out of Nothing: By wastefulreverie: When Ishiyama calls Danny into her office, the last thing he expected was to be offered a job.
Additional Tags: Post-reveal, Teacher! Danny,
Tiny Little Pieces of Ours: By Bellovebug: Danny Fenton was a dreamer. A dreamer of stars, of galaxies, of spaceships and sunsets and snow. He was a dreamer of wildflowers in the forest, of messages left on the insides of folders set up to take a test, of Polaroids an unknown person has dropped on the street. He was a dreamer of the things that didn't matter, because the things that did scared him.
But dreams don't last forever. And when Danny is gone, he leaves many in his wake.
(Or, a look at Danny's death, and the lives of the people in his life afterwards.)
Additional Tags: Major Character Death, hurt Danny, grieving, Sam and Tucker Centric, [This one hurt so much, but is very beautifully written. Still hurts even now lmao]
A Play to Remember: By AppleScentedLazers: When Danny's drama class puts on a play and Fenton is cast as his own crime fighting counterpart, what's the worst that could happen? With a new villain rising and lines to learn, the people of Amity start to see that there may be more to their resident ghost boy than meets the eye.
Additional Tags: Angst, [interesting reveal concept! more in-depth A-listers]
I’m Still Here: By Cordria: Buried in the backyard, Danny's locked away in a forgotten Thermos. When it's finally found seventy years later, Danny is released and he needs to learn to deal with his new life. Can he survive what the future can throw at him?
Additional Tags: Angst [definitely nostalgic angst]
The Scrapbook: By Dragon Elexus: Fearful of Jazz's idolism of the ghost-boy, Maddie tries to protect her daughter by stealing her Phantom scrapbook. But the book sparks strange questions in Maddie's mind, and she finds herself stumbling on secrets she never knew existed. Pre-PP.
Additional Tags: Family
Exposed: By ADraconicScribe: A mysterious caller has revealed that the infamous Danny Phantom is half-human, placing a five hundred thousand dollar prize to the one who exposes Phantom's secret identity. Coupled with Vlad's disappearance, the ghost fighting, and all of the efforts to capture him, Danny and his friends must tread carefully if they are to make it out with their secrets, and their lives, intact.
Additional Tags: angst, BAMF Danny Fenton, Identity Reveal, Sam and Tucker are good friends, [I cannot stress how amazing this fic is, extremely well written, such an intense plot. Endless twists and turns, so so good.]
Maybe We’ll Find Each Other: By DP_Marvel94: Phantom, the adoptive son of Clockwork, doesn't remember his life but wishes he did. Jack Fenton, ghost hunter, lost his only son at a young age. When the portal activates, a newly half-human Phantom stumbles into Jack's lab, barely a painfully familiar blue-eyed, black haired form.
Additional Tags: Full ghost to half ghost Phantom, Ghosts think halfas are abominations, father-son relationship, but neither know they’re parent and child [very very interesting story, super cool concept!]
Katzenjammer: By DannyPhantomSG1, sapphireswimming: Danny's had enough. Of everything. But thankfully Tucker understands.
Additional Tags: Oneshot, Half Ghost Angst, Hurt/comfort, Friendship
Hope Can Be a Heavy Thing to Hold: By DP_Marvel94: " I woke up here, wherever here is, with no memories. He told me my name is Daniel James Masters. He told me I am a human-ghost hybrid, like him. He told me he is my father. But I know that’s a lie; there is no way Vlad Masters, my captor is my parent. I know I have a real home somewhere out there. I have a family and friends who love me. Too bad I can’t remember anything about them."
Additional Tags: Amnesia, child abuse, Diary/journal, poor Danny can’t remember anything
Abigail the Tree Girl: By EchoGhost: Danny didn’t see his first ghost at 14.
Additional Tags: Haunted Amity Park, Danny has always been weird, clueless Danny
Just Fourteen: By aniura: Danny Fenton is an average high school student whose biggest worry is getting the grades needed to become an astronaut. That is, until his friend Sam convinces him to step inside his parents' broken ghost portal...Updates bi-weekly on Sundays. Covers Danny's time at Casper High before the accident and the month afterwards.
Additional Tags: Angst, origin, the accident, Danny is NOT okay, [really cool fic that fills in the gaps that weren’t delved into during the show]
The Phantom and the Knight: By savya398: After two years Danny Fenton finally felt like he was getting this whole superhero thing under control. So of course something had to come along and ruin everything.
Additional Tags: Danny Phantom/Young Justice, DC Animated Universe, [little twist on Danny’s origins]
Six Degrees of Separation: By Miss_Nihilist: Valerie Gray was not one for doubt and regret, but that was before she fell in love — and then, promptly and without a second thought, threw it away.
She wasn't looking for them to get back together or even to automatically be friends again. But maybe, just maybe, Valerie could get a second chance at being a decent person. For Danny, for herself, and for all the mistakes she had made.
Additional Tags: Moving On, Post break-up, hurt/comfort, identity reveal
Three for the Price of One: By Marsalias: They had only meant to summon ONE ghost...
Additional Tags: cult, summoning
When the Kingdom Comes Calling: By blueh: The Ghost Zone population assumes that Phantom took the crown with dignity. What they don’t know is fifteen year old Danny Fenton just wants to graduate high school, is constantly ready to throw hands with an army of eyeballs, and absolutely will not be crowned the Ghost King without a fight.
Additional Tags: Not PP compliant, ghost king Danny Fenton, fluff and humor, reluctant king au, [so funny and so on character for a little shit like Danny oof]
#lets pretend its friday and not saturday ok lmao#Phanfic Friday#Danny Phantom#danny phantom fanfiction#fics recs#danny fenton#valerie gray#sam manson#Tucker Foley
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Hope you guys are not too busy with Fictober 😄 thank you, as always, for your amazing feedback!
Felix Felicis
MSR. AU. PG-13. | tagging @today-in-fic | read on AO3
Chapter 26 - A Pivotal Peppermint Mocha
[ DS ]
He respects my wishes, of course he does, and I don’t see him before or after Thanksgiving break, except for a few glimpses from afar, across the school yard or at the farmer’s market. As time passes, each time I see him, it gets less and less painful and my funk begins to lift. My kids at school breathe a sigh of relief and my friends stop tiptoeing around me. The nights get easier, too, and I manage at least a few hours of shut-eye.
I just got home from school, a little earlier than usual and I can hear the girls chatting and laughing in the kitchen.
“…and then Squirrel rolled her eyes and said: ‘But Felix, that’s impossible, no-one can stuff 100 marshmallows into their mouth, not even your dad!’ I get such a kick out of this kid, he insisted over and over again that Moose could do it and he’ll prove it to her. You should’ve seen the exasperated look on Squirrel’s face!”
What the hell? That conversation is eerily familiar because I’ve just had it this morning at recess. Why the fuck are they referring to us as Moose and Squirrel?
They jump about a mile as I step into the kitchen, guilty looks plastered all over their faces. Sarah, who just told the story, starts to speak first. “Uuuh.. hey D, you’re home early…” My hands on my hips, I give them each a long, hard stare.
“Who. The Fuck. Are Moose and Squirrel?” They share a look I can’t decipher and Holly pulls out a chair.
“You better sit down for this, D.” I do as I’m told and glance around the table, waiting for someone to start explaining what’s going on.
Sarah and Holly both make it clear by silently staring at Alex, the calm one of our group, the one they trust can explain in a way I won’t kick their asses afterwards.
Alex folds her hands in front of her and takes a deep breath. “Okay. I’d like to preface this with stating that everything we did was done with love and because we care about you and your happiness.” ‘Oh goody, I can’t wait to see where this is going…’
“We’ve been talking about Moo- Mulder a lot at our Friday night dinners and we could tell that you liked him. When nothing happened and no-one made the first move, we thought we’d give fate little pushes in the right direction.” I stare at her, starting to panic.
“Oh God, what did you do? Is anyone else in on this thing? Is he in on this whole thing?”
“No, no, no-one knows except for us. And Miss Hannigan, but only because we needed her help with the costumes and we swore her to secrecy.” I snort, you can’t swear the town gossip to secrecy.
“So the Halloween costume was your doing? That we went to the town fair in a couple’s costume?” Alex nods. “What else?”
“Just little things, I swear. Remember when we were at the Farmer’s Market and we all had various errands to run? We saw Felix and Mulder were heading over, so we scattered to give you some alone time.” Which led to our first quasi-semi-let’s not call it a date-date, yes I remember.
“So what’s the Moose and Squirrel business then?”
“Well, since it was all a secret operation, we needed codenames. Sarah came up with a play on the first letters of your last names and we thought it was cute, especially since there’s such a big height difference between these characters too. This was how Operation: Bullwinkle was born. Of course, after the basketball fiasco, we called it off… are you mad, D?” I sit in silence for a while, taking in the things my friends came up with to set Mulder and I up.
They eye me anxiously, trying to gauge my reaction and if they should run for cover right about now.
“No, I’m not mad. It was actually a really clever secret operation and I’m kind of sad it didn’t work out the way we all wanted.” Holly lifts her shoulders, relieved that I understood that they didn’t mean to cause any harm.
“Never say never, D.”
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[ FM ]
My mom has taken Felix with her while she’s out grocery shopping, which gives me a good part of the afternoon to leave the house and roam the streets. A good way to clear my head. It’s the first week of December, but New England hasn’t been graced with snow yet, just a misty cold that seeps into your coat and straight through to your bones.
My hands are freezing because I forgot to take my gloves, so when the green logo of the local Starbucks catches my eye, I go in to warm up and get a cup of coffee.
Usually, I avoid this place like the plague, I don’t possess the fast decision making skills required to choose from the 999 combinations, just to have a cup of freakishly overpriced coffee.
I can barely get through the door, the place is jam packed and soon, I can smell why. Peppermint Mocha season starts today. The prospect of standing in line for hours almost makes me turn back, but something stops me from leaving.
Most of the people are holding a cup in their hands gleefully already, so I push my way through the crowd to where the line starts. When I reach it, I find myself dumbly staring at the back of a fiery head of hair, a shade I’d recognize anywhere in the world and in the most crowded places.
Shi-hit, does this break the ‘giving space’ rule? No, I’m just getting a cup of coffee on a cold winter day, no big deal. I don’t even have to talk to her. Yeah right, who am I kidding?
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[ DS ]
I’m way too excited about the start of Peppermint Mocha season, so here I am, in a place packed with people, patiently waiting in line to finally get my hands on that glorious to-go cup of Christmas Spirit.
I’m next in line when the person in front of me turns a little too quickly, making me take a step backwards to let them pass, bumping into the person standing behind. I mumble a “I’m sorry!” over my shoulder and freeze when I hear a familiar voice respond with an “Don’t worry about it.”
Counting to ten in my head before I turn my head, I come to face with a grinning Fox Mulder, who adds “Fancy bumping into you here!” His silly pun elicits the first genuine smile I’ve given in weeks.
“Technically, you didn’t bump into me, I bumped into you.”
He grins even wider and nudges my shoulder with his index finger. “There. So, I’m new in town, what’s good here?”
I order my Peppermint Mocha with sweet cream foam and an extra espresso shot while he pretends to gag, he orders his black coffee to my snort and the barista’s comment on what kind of first name ‘Mulder’ is. We move to stand at the end of the counter to wait for our coffees.
“Sometimes, I just want to tell them my name is Bob, just so I don’t have to explain Mulder or Fox to another barista.”
“Don’t ask me how many time’s I’ve been Donna, Danny or Dinara and one time, Daniel. I think they do it on purpose. At least yours is easy to spell, Eff - Oh - Ex.”
“Oh I bet you were a regular hit at the spelling bee, with those mad skills of yours!”
“I’m a woman of many talents, Bob.”
The barista calls out our names, ‘Peppermint Mocha for Daisy, black coffee for Mouldy’ and we reach out to accept our respective cups. Pushing out way to the crowd, we continue our conversation.
“Daisy? That's not even remotely close to my real name… but Mouldy is freaking priceless!” Her giggle at their slip up almost makes it worth it to have a shitty first name.
“Yeah, yeah, make fun of the guy with the funny name. I kind of like Daisy, though, it’s a pretty name!”
I’m so happy to see that we turn to head in the same direction, strolling along the crowded sidewalk, sipping our coffee. I have to walk pretty fast to keep up with his long strides.
“It is, yeah! So tell me, Eff- Oh- Ex, how much flak did you have to take way back in the day, when “What does the Fox say?” came out?” I shudder at the memory.
“They didn’t tease me with it. Much. Just a lot of ring-ding-dingalinging. It became a thing in my friend group, whenever they asked me something, they’d add ‘So what does the Fox say?’. It went on a long time and they still do it sometimes, when we get together, just to drive me nuts!”
“I hope for your sake that Felix never discovers that song, he’d have a field day!” Oh God, she’s right. Must keep him away from it at all costs. At my panic face, she laughs an evil laugh. “We do listen to a lot of music at recess…”
“Oh no, you wouldn’t!” I point an icy finger at her. “Promise me you wouldn’t!”
“Well, it does have a lot of educational material in it, with all the animal sounds…”
“I’ll have you know that you hold my sanity in your hands, handle with care!”
“I hear they have a lot of fun pills at the asylum, maybe I’ll come visit so you can sneak me some!”
We come to stand at the junction where we have to part ways and she raises her cup.
“Have a good day, Mouldy!”
“You too, Daisy!”
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[ DS ]
I think about the strange but fun encounter all the way home, the world didn’t end like I thought it would when we met again and it was a rather pleasant conversation. Like a conversation between long-time friends, even though friendship is not exactly what I’m looking for here. But it’ll have to do, for now. It’s just nice to talk to him again.
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Have you been asked yet to rank Trust eps? Cos I'm asking! But your the criteria for ranking I leave to you to decide.
Ahahahaha I’ll have you know I put way too much thought into this. :-D
Ok so first of all, there is no such thing as a bad episode of Trust. The whole thing is really tightly written, every character and plot thread has a purpose, and even the episodes that I haven’t watched over and over again are important to the overall story. And a lot of the impact of the show comes from things that are cumulative over multiple episodes.
That being said, I do have favorites. Since the definitive ranking of Primo’s outfits has already been taken care of, here is my ranking from least to most favorite based on some nebulous criteria of artistic/narrative effectiveness and emotional impact, my judgement of which is obviously highly subjective and also correct.
Under the cut because this got ummm unbelievably, ridiculously long.
10. The House of Getty (episode 1)
Sorry Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, the pilot is my least favorite episode. Still think it was the wrong choice to open with a flashy (and, I can tell, expensive) sequence showcasing the death of a character we literally never see again. And, look, I’m an impatient viewer. If I don’t get someone to root for/emotionally identify with/otherwise catch my interest early on in a narrative, I’ll tune out. And Old Paul is not only unlikeable--far from a mortal sin in dramatic storytelling--he’s boring. I don’t care about any of his rich people problems, and I’m not the kind of viewer who can be kept engaged just by hating someone and watching them be terrible.
Some of the secondary characters in the Getty household do have interesting plotlines, but we don’t get to learn very much about them in the first episode. And I do think things get interesting once Little Paul shows up (although I maintain that the whole episode is more interesting if we understand what the stakes are for Paul getting the money), but if I had started watching this show with no context I wouldn’t have made it past Old Paul’s pre-coital erotica listening routine.
If this had been anything other than the first episode I might not have ranked it last, but extra penalty points for leading with your least interesting characters.
9. Lone Star (episode 2)
This episode is, I think, saddled by the fact that it has to do a lot of heavy lifting in terms of exposition and setup. It mostly works because Chace is an entertaining narrator, and once we get to Italy with Gail I think things zip along at a pretty good pace. Opens with an attempted rape to show how Bad the Bad Guys are, which is...not my favorite trope.
Once again, I think a lot of the information in this episode would have worked better if episode 3 had been episode 1. (We’d already know who Berto was when Chace meets him; we’d already know about the box of guns in the apartment; we’d know when certain characters are lying.) This whole show runs on the suspense of the audience being the only party who knows what’s going on with all the characters at once; I think trading mystery for suspense here was the wrong move. I also can’t help thinking there was pressure to front-load the well-known American actors in the beginning of the show at the expense of the strongest narrative choices.
Imo the best thing about this episode is the sort of...multiple competing images of Paul that emerge. His mom sees him as an innocent victim who couldn’t possibly have planned any of this. Chace sees him as a spoiled rich kid trying to swindle his granddad. Neither one of them has the complete truth.
Next we get into some episodes that are certainly not bad, but their greatness is more on the level of some bangin’ individual scenes than a whole package.
8. John, Chapter 11 (episode 6)
Again, this isn’t a bad episode. The main reason I put it near the end of the list is that the first time through I got sort of impatient during the first half. We, the audience, by virtue of our extra-textual knowledge, know that Paul can’t be dead, and we spend about half the episode before we know what really happened to him, which felt a bit too long to me.
This episode does have some fantastic individual scenes including: Leo talking Primo down in the farmhouse, Leo and Paul’s conversation about Angelo’s death, Gail being an absolute badass, and the meeting between Salvatore and Old Paul. A lot of these scenes are essential on a thematic level, but I don’t think the episode as a whole is the most streamlined.
7. Consequences (episode 10)
I debated for a while where to put this episode because the overall feeling of 57 Chekov’s guns going off in the space of one episode is SO satisfying, and the resolutions of some of the individual plotlines are delicious. Ultimately I would have liked more space for Paul and Gail and less Old Paul being grumpy about his substitute child museum’s mediocrity (although the scene with the bad reviews is hilarious). Once again I feel like the show creators felt they had to pull the focus back to Old Paul to wrap things up and I just. don’t care.
That being said. The resolution of Primo’s storyline? SO SATISFYING. And tbh I don’t dislike the scenes that exist with Paul and Gail; even the happy scenes have this poignant tone to them. I think they were trying to deal with the fact that his irl story is just...incredibly fucking tragic, and you can see a bit of the strain showing.
6. Kodachrome (episode 7)
I know episode 7 is not one of your personal favorites, but it’s the one where I think jumping between multiple plotlines/sets of characters is used to the most satisfying dramatic effect. It has this sense of dramatic irony that feels like some Shakespearean family tragedy. The whole episode, we are hoping that Paul Jr. will finally do the thing we want him to do, which is stand up to his father. And he does it--but at the absolute worst, most selfish and destructive moment possible.
Paul Jr. may be the literal worst, but I do have compassion for him in the flashbacks, mostly because it seems painfully apparent that no matter what he does, he will never be able to please his father. But he doesn’t seem to realize this, and he keeps trying, even as it’s destroying him and his relationship with his family. Credit to Michael Esper for his performance for making me feel a smidgen of compassion for this bastard.
I think the other thing this episode shows is how both of Paul’s parents keep putting him, a child, into roles and circumstances that he shouldn’t really be in. He’s wandering around through what seem like very much adult environments with his dad and Talitha in Morocco. In the Trust version of events he’s there when Talitha ODs and is the one trying to revive her while his dad is having a breakdown in the corner. Gail seems like the more responsible parent but there’s something about her bringing Paul as her “date” on a night out, and the understanding that this is a thing that happens regularly...to me the disturbing part is not so much bringing a young kid to a party with adults but the unspoken expectation that Little Paul will fill the void of companionship that his father has left empty. (Gettys expecting Little Paul to step in to cover for the failings of his father is a repeated theme, and it even plays into the ear thing. His family has failed to pay the ransom, so this is now a problem he has to solve himself.) Combine this all with Leonardo going, um, excuse me but what the actual fuck is wrong with your family? and I think it makes a very effective episode. And the last couple minutes had me yelling NOOOOOOOO GODDAMMIT because you can see what’s going to happen and you’re just watching it unfolding like a car wreck. Also has one of my hands-down favorite scenes, of Paul and Primo in the car waiting for the ransom.
5. White Car in a Snowstorm (episode 9)
The ~ D R A M A !!! ~ This episode is an opera. I mean this whole show is dramatique but episode 9 really leans into the vivid imagery--that snowy highway in the mountains above the sea, the all-white ransom exchange, Paul clinging to the pole at the shuttered Getty gas station, some Very Serious Mobsters throwing the ransom money around like idiots in a moment where you’re encouraged to be happy along with them.
This is also one of my favorite episodes for Primo and for Primo and Paul’s weird sometimes-alliance. Primo walking away from Salvatore to go tell Paul “they always pay in the end”? Primo and Paul teaming up to argue with Salvatore about why Paul shouldn’t die? Primo being all threateny to the doctor treating Paul because somewhere deep down he is worried (that’s my take and you’ll never convince me otherwise)? Primo dressing up to fake-scab on a postal strike in order to find a misplaced severed ear? All gold.
Fun fact: the letter Gail writes to President Nixon did happen in real life, but as far as I can tell the phone call did not. The real details of who convinced Old Paul to finally pay (some) of the ransom are considerably less cinematic. They’re the same amount of sexist though!
Ok now we are getting to the top tier...
4. That’s All Folks! (episode 4)
This is definitely the episode that took me from “ok this is fun” to “oh holy shit I’m invested now.” It’s the episode where we get introduced to most of the Calabrian characters and their world. It’s also the episode where we start to realize that Primo is not just a fun antagonist but is really a parallel protagonist to Little Paul, with his own set of relationships and motivations that we start to see from his POV. (I’d argue that, with the exception of his very first scene, we’ve mostly seen Primo through other characters’ gaze up until episode 4, and this is the point where we start watching him as like, the character whose pursuit of a goal we’re following over the course of the scene.)
This episode ranks high for capturing so much of the weird mix of tones that makes Trust work. It can be very funny. (I never fail to fuckin lose it when Fifty is on the phone with Gail the first time and when he’s talking to the thoroughly unimpressed newspaper switchboard operator.) It has this weird unexpected intimacy between characters you wouldn’t think would connect with each other. (Primo and Paul, Paul and Angelo; in retrospect the arc of the relationship between Primo and Leo gets started in that scene in Salvatore’s kitchen.) And it has one of the show’s absolute best record-scratch tone shifts when Primo gets the ransom offer. I remember saying “oh FUCK” out loud the first time I watched the end of that episode, when Primo comes back to the house, visibly drunk and clearly furious. We’ve seen him be violent plenty before now in the show, but always in a controlled, calculated way. This is the first time we see his potential for out-of-control rage-fueled violence and he’s terrifying!
3. La Dolce Vita (episode 3)
I stand by my claim that this episode (with a few minor continuity adjustments) should have been the pilot. Can you imagine a title card that’s like “Rome 1973” and then away we go with Paul snorting coke and taking racy photos and jumping on cops and fucking his girlfriend in what is definitely not proper museum etiquette, and then the smash cut to Primo intimidating and robbing and murdering people? And that’s the opening of the whole show? And you’re like how are these characters connected and then they meet each other and it’s the fucking sunflower field scene??
Anyway aside from the fact that I think knowing the information in this episode would have made episodes 1 and 2 more interesting...it’s just a great fucking episode. It’s kinetic and propulsive and funny and tense and violent and features Primo’s sniper skills and his ass in those cornflower blue trousers. I rest my case.
2. Silenzio (episode 5)
I’ll be honest, I went back and forth on the top two a bunch. Silenzio is definitely my personal favorite episode, and I’d argue that it’s the best written, in terms of what it accomplishes narratively, which is to keep you emotionally invested in both Paul and Angelo trying to escape with their lives, and Primo and Leonardo hunting them down. That’s so fucking hard!! And yes some of it is great acting but it starts from the foundation of the writing. It’s just such a perfect little self-contained horror movie, and it has this profound sense of fatalism to it, because you know from the beginning (if only by virtue of only being halfway through the series) that Paul is not going to escape, and you sort of know that there is only one way this will end for Angelo. And yet they escape by the skin of their teeth so! many! times!
It’s also the episode where you see how much power the ‘Ndrangheta has over people’s lives in this community: Salvatore is like God, calling his servants to him with the church bells. Combine that with the visuals of two characters running for their lives mostly on foot through this unforgiving landscape, and you really get the sense of this environment as a harsh place where most people have a very constrained set of choices, and the claustrophobia of that. You get the sense in this episode that everyone is trapped in these expectations of violence and duty and honor. Angelo did what anyone with compassion would do, and saved Paul from what seemed like certain death, and he’s doomed for it. At the same time Primo is doing exactly what anyone would expect him to do in response to a subordinate who disobeyed him. In some ways the end of the episode feels inevitable, unsurprising, and yet they do SUCH a good job of winding up the tension until the literal last seconds of the episode, and then releasing it with a big dramatic bang. It’s so good!!
1. In the Name of the Father (episode 8)
Ok I’ll be honest the ONLY reason In the Name of the Father edged out Silenzio for the top spot is that it is really clear they pulled out all the stops in terms of making this episode feel extra heightened in a show where everything is already heightened. Like, the cinematography is different? They still use handheld a lot but I swear there are more still shots and more extreme, editorial camera angles like that shot of Francesco looking upward in church where the camera is looking down from above him. I can’t tell if they actually tweaked the color grading or if the bright white and blood red just stand out against the Calabrian color palette which is mostly earth tones, browns and greens and blues.
There are just. So many layers to this episode. The imagery! The literal sacrificial lamb at the beginning, Francesco being guided by Leonardo through an act of violence against an animal, something that I’m sure they don’t even see as violence but just part of farm life, part of survival and in this case part of a celebration, but something that fathers teach their sons how to do as part of becoming a man in this world. Paul as the metaphorical sacrificial lamb later, drawing parallels to Jesus (the lamb of God), Isaac (a father sacrificing his son), any number of martyred saints, pick your Catholic imagery. The blood of the lamb on the tree stump and Paul’s blood on the stone. The communion wafer (the body and blood of Christ) and Francesco at the end with Paul’s blood and a literal piece of his body held in his hands the same way.
And then there is like, the suspense of watching everyone marking time through the steps of this community ritual that’s supposed to be a joyful, communal celebration, while we know that there is a secret ticking away under the surface. The slow unfolding of the lie told to one person spreading to everyone in the village, and then the knowledge that Salvatore knows spreading to all the people who’ll be in trouble for that. The relationship arcs between the main Calabrian characters...not resolving, but sliding into place for the final act. Primo finally being done with Salvatore. Primo and Leo’s alliance being cemented and Leo physically stepping between Primo and Salvatore, to protect Primo. (No one ever protects Primo!! Still not over it!!!!) The confirmation celebration as a mirror of the Getty party in episode 1, the parallels drawn between the 3 Pauls and Salvatore-Primo-Francesco and how Primo reacts to being passed over as heir vs. how Paul Jr. reacts. Little Paul having two whole minutes of screen time and managing to break your heart with them. Regina! Just...Regina’s whole everything. The music going all-instrumental for an episode and having this haunting, dreamlike but still tense quality to it. And the fact that we never cut away from Calabria to another plotline gives the whole episode this hypnotic, all-encompassing quality. It’s just. SO GOOD!!!!
#fadagaski#asks answered#trust fx#long post#so so long omg#i can't believe how long i spent writing this but HERE IT IS#trust alternate watch order
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