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basilf1res · 1 year
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DP x DC Prompt (wow another one??)
(dp x dc: Except I flipped over the table I was playing Scrabble on)
Jack Fenton is Kryptonian (or perhaps a meta? Up to you). He certainly doesn’t know it. Take that as you will.
Let me set the scene for you;
Kite Man, the nemesis of Spoiler (Spoiler would say otherwise), was currently face down on the concrete. The kite on his back was ruined and torn, but he was still alive nonetheless, albeit bloody and bruised with a broken arm and sprained ankle.
There was a fire burning somewhere in the background, maybe a fire hydrant or two taken out by a monstrous armored vehicle (no, Red Hood didn’t take the Batmobile for a spin) which was an unholy cross between a tank and a minivan.
What kind of company would construct and sell such a thing? Legally???
The bats had yet to show up, but Gotham’s citizens current savior was this built man in an eye-burning orange suit of some kind. His midnight black hair, greying at the roots; kind, warm, and icy blue eyes like the delicate frost on a windowsill; focused on passing out homemade fudge to the street children who nearly got caught in the crossfire.
Who is this kind man? Did the smog and heavy clouds really part to shine down in this out-of-towner? Who’s his cheery polite wife with fire orange hair, warming the coldest of criminals hearts and treating any physical injuries.
Who are his kids? Peeking out of the tank of a van, spiky black hair with eyes that match his fathers, ginger hair and sea foam green eyes that reflect her mothers - however, the wife’s eyes, Maddie’s eyes, are a rich lavender unlike her daughters.
Kite Man attempted to sit up, dazed and probably concussed, only to get shoved down again and tied up by the hazmat suit power couple that roamed Gotham’s streets. Now sporting a broken and bleeding nose, Kite Man groaned in defeat, muttering about how he’ll be back for vengeance.
The city spirit tilted its eldritch head, it purred with satisfaction in what it managed to draw into its city limits. Gotham had found its new golden child, and it wasn’t about to let him go.
TL;DR: Jack Fenton beats Kite Man’s ass with super strength and his wife before handing out homemade fudge.
I feel like Jack and Maddie would be genuinely nice people, unfortunately the cannon stuff doesn’t really represent them that way, making them ignorant and neglectful.
Imma just twist that a bit, they care for their children, they’re good parents and they have their moments where they get wrapped up in a project for hours… but when someone needs help, the Fenton’s can’t say no. Jack unknowingly starts to develop powers that aren’t ectoplasmic based, he hides it well enough. (Coughs- sound familiar but the powers are ecto-related?)
Point is: the Fentons care, they care for the people of Amity Park and by extension, Gotham. They love their kids and are always giving back to the community. I feel like they should have been depicted as better parents, however, there is this thing called headcannons I heard about… :)
See y’all next time, I’m probably gonna disappear for a couple days as I go back into school ‘n stuff. 🫡
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walks-the-ages · 2 years
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Danny Phantom Writing Prompt:
Jack Fenton finds an injured Phantom in his son's bedroom when Maddie and the kids are away on a camping trip.
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zylev-blog · 2 months
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Masterpost
This is the masterpost for everything that I have posted, not reblogged or added on from someone else.
DCU Only
The Batkids hide in Batman's cloak: here
DP Only
Ghosts as a separate species: here
DpxDc
Danny-centric
Young Danny: here
Danny really hates Christmas: here
Failed Ghost Danny: here
The Purge: here
Secret Arms dealer: here
Danny is Jon Kent: here
Martian Danny: here
Danny's being followed: here
Danny is Bruce Wayne: here
Danny is the clone of Barry and Hal: here AO3 link: here
Danny is Ace the bathound: here @bloggerspam wrote a beautiful fic for this!
Danny goes back in time to kill villain Tim: here
Danny is Diana's daughter: here
Danny arrives during DCeased: here
Danny is Alfred's son: here
Danny is centries old: here
"My name is Danny Fenton, and this is Jackass.": here
Danny is the son of Clark Kent and Lana Lang: here
Danny is convinced Batman is a vampire: here
Danny is Deadshot: here
Danny infiltrates the Light: here
Danny is Jason Todd: here
Danny pays Diana a visit: here
Dan-centric
Dan meets Jason Todd: here
Red Lantern Dan: here
Dan raises Kal-El: here
Jazz-centric
Jazz gets drunk: here
Halfa Jazz: here
Jazz is Lex Luthor's daughter: here
Tucker-centric
Tucker is Amity Park's protector: here
Dani-centric
Dani wants to get arrested: here
Dani is from the future: here
Dani is the clone of Bruce and Danny: here
When Dani destabilizes, Superman stabilizes her dna. She doesn't appreciate this: here
Danny is Clockwork's assistant
Clockwork's assistant au: here
Apprentice of time au: here
Green Lantern Danny
Adult GL Danny: here
GL Danny in Justice League: here
GL Danny helps arrest his parents: here
Danny and others:
Danny and Jazz go to a gala: here
Danny and Dick talk during a stakeout: here
Damian's rant: here
Cujo steals Jason's gun: here
Danny haunts Batman: here
Wally crosses into the DP universe: here
Bruce trains with Phantom: here
The Phantom siblings like to throw things: here
Gotham is on fire: here
Danny and Sam make a bet: here
Flash, Batman, and Joker accidentally cross into the DP universe: here
Danny and Bart are from the future: here
Dani and Dani decide to crash Bruce's interview: here
Mind-controlled Superman crashes Danny and Sam's date: here
Damian and Danny are best friends: here
Danny haunts Batman: here
Dick and Danny talk: here
Dick and Danny are childhood friends: here
Danny rescues Bruce in 1732: here
Jason and Danny kill the Joker: here
Deaged Danny
Danny escapes CADMUS: here
Danny and Dani are adopted by Aquaman: here
Oliver adopts Danny: here
Clark adopts Danny: here
Barry adopts Danny: here
Teen/Adult dad Danny
Ellie and Damian's forced friendship: here
Single Dad and toddler Ellie meet Single mom Kara and baby Kal: here AO3 link: here
Danny is Klarion and Nabu's Dad: here
Danny is Zeus, and Diana's father: here
Other:
Dick throws a party for his 30th birthday: here
The Batfam discover the GIW's warehouse by accident: here
Freakshow and Joker are brothers: here
Tim accidentally creates a portal to Amity Park: here
Dick accidentally saves Danny instead of Tim: here
Danny becomes backup Red Robin: here
Deaged Dick: here
Jazz, Harley, and Bruce are in medschool together: here
Halfa Tim Drake: here
Villain Fentons au: here
Valerie doesn't want to be on a hero team: here
Dick and Damian are ducks: here
Kryptonian Jack Fenton: here
Amity Park is its own nation: here
Villian Fentons: here
A Turkey ghost sends the Fentons on a country-wide chase: here
Little Baby Man Danny: here
Conner is Phantom and Superman's clone: here
Kryptonian Danny: here
Ships:
Dash/Danny: here
Tim/Danny: here
Tim/Danny gods of Krypton: here
Damian is Jazz and Bruce's son: here
Valerie/Danny raise Dani: here
GL Jazz/Bruce: here
FBI Agent Jazz Fenton(Nightingale): here AO3 link: here
Stephanie/Danny: here
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rainybyday · 1 year
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Pt 1
Jazz was the original troublemaker in her family before Danny. 
Well, troublemaker is kind of a stretch, but if you were to ask any other adult that wasn’t her parents then they would have told you otherwise. 
I mean, who would want to befriend the toddler who sprouts biosciences facts to an agitated classmate who just wanted her to move from the Lego box? How else would you explain how a police officer found a child with red hair in the middle of the night saying that she wanted to follow the pretty voice in the woods? What would you say when the pretty dolled up girl talks about what her brother is going to look like when nobody, not even her mother, knew that she was pregent?
No one had an answer to that, and they all tried to stay away from the weird pretty girl with amber fire hair and deep teal blue eyes with a mind that was too smart for her own good. 
Most of the adults chalked it up to be the parent's fault for her ‘quirks’ while the children wanted to stay away from the freak who didn’t understand that they were more afraid of her then the burned victorine women walking through the streets. 
For a while, even with the birth of the boy the girl predicted to be true, was known as the witch of her family. The weirdo, the cursed child and freak of nature. 
But then her brother started to grow from being a toddler into a child and the girl was seen less in the streets and more at home. She drove her attention to her brother and her brother alone which helped the town to relax a bit when they no longer saw a wisp of red hair at the corner of their eyes. 
(There was always a slight feeling of uneasiness that came with the presences of the girl. No one can explain what it meant or what caused it but whenever she entered into a room somehow it was like the feeling of tension and hands gipping at them ghosted their throats and opened their eyes. It was the feeling of a prey watching the walk of a predator in their home yet were unable to understand why said predator never strike.)
(The hint of teeth and to bright eyes and burning sun hair was as equally as enchanted as it was terrifying.)
Then her brother grew, and the girl was more isolated, preferring to stay in her brother's company or to bury herself in a book and slowly the town relaxed. Not so much that they don’t stop search, but enough that they don’t fear to step outside their homes without the phantom sensation of eyes on their very being. 
Suddenly the town was quiet and that was okay. 
It was okay until the brother started to act strange, the presences of ghost entering their own, and a group of men in white started to invade their town. 
Suddenly eyes were on the new threat that invade their home, suddenly it wasn’t so quiet anymore, suddenly there was another set of predators stalking their lands.
But the town learned to adapt, have to adapt as they were no longer able to leave so easily anymore, trapped in their own home with the dead and by the men with black glass over their eyes watching them. 
Suddenly the Fenton’s were their least important problem and they left it at that. 
That was until the town woke up to something that left shivers down their spine and ice in their throats. 
Jasmin Fenton was dead, Daniel Fenton was missing, Madeline Fenton was screaming, and Jack Fenton was silent. 
Pt 2 (in a bit, jazz’s pov/centric)
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Fanfic Master Post:
Life, Death, and In Between
DC X DP: Demon Twins AU (Danny Fenton/Damian Wayne Twin AU)
Teen Titans/ Young Justice/ Danny Phantom inspired
Alternating POV
Lots of Angst
Experimentation/Dissection
BatFam
Ghost King!Danny
Ghost Biology/ Ghost instincts
Identity shenanigans
Large Overarching mystery plot
Current Word Count: 80,149
Current Chapter Count: 23
Updates Bi-Monthly
~2k-5k Word Updates
Last Updated: 04/27/2024
Next Expected Update: 05/15/2024
r/AITA for not wanting to clean the BASEMENT?
DP X DC
Inspired by a Tumblr Prompt
Crack treated seriously
Alternating POV
Danny posts on Reddit about being forced to clean the basement.
Superman to the rescue
Hero Shenanigans
Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton
Found Family
Current Word Count: 11,685
Current Chapter Count: 8
Updates Weekly
~1k-3k Word Updates
Last Updated: 04/27/2024
Next Expected Update: 05/05/2024
Ghost Owl
DC X DP
Alternating POV
Danny adopted by Lincoln March AU
Lab accident happens earlier AU
Talon!Lincoln March
Trained as a Talon!Danny
Child Danny Fenton
BatFam Centric
Bruce Wayne and Lincoln March are brothers
Uncle!Bruce Wayne
Angst
Found Family
Current Word Count: /
Current Chapter Count: /
Updates Monthly
~10k-20k Word Updates
Last Updated: //
Next Expected Update: 05/05/2024
Current WIPS and Upcoming Fics:
Jason Todd escapes the league with Damian, Mara Al-Ghul, and Respawn. Featuring: Big Brother of the Year/ Parental Jason Todd, Good Mom Talia Al-Ghul, Bruce Wayne and Slade Wilson Coparenting, terror twins Mara and Damian
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stelleinthestars · 10 months
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DCXDP Fic Recs Complete Works Only
Gaslight, Guilt Trip, Girl Ghost (6646 words) by PunzAnonymous Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: Danny Phantom, DCU, Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Danielle "Dani" Phantom, Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Damian Wayne, Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Bruce Wayne, Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Alfred Pennyworth, Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Cassandra Cain, Danielle "Dani" Phantom & Tim Drake, Alfred Pennyworth & Clockwork Characters: Danielle "Dani" Phantom, Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Cassandra Cain, Alfred Pennyworth, Blob Ghost Characters (Danny Phantom) Additional Tags: Gaslighting, guilt tripping, a girl ghost, Danielle "Dani" Phantom is Called Ellie, short for Elizabeth, Dani tricks everyone into thinking she's always been part of the family, Alfred always knows, Danielle "Dani" Phantom-centric, dpxdc Summary: Ellie saw the narrative foil of Vlad (an eccentric billionaire with suitable hobbies like crime fighting and orphan adopting) and decided to get adopted at all cost.
Dash "What the Fuck" Baxter, Officer on Duty (531 words) by Gremlin_bot Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Dash Baxter, Black Bat, Damian Wayne, Robin (DCU), Bruce Wayne, Jim Gordon, Cassandra Cain Additional Tags: Gotham City Police Department, Bat-Signal (DCU), Police Officer Dash Baxter, Prompt Fill, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Damian Wayne is Robin, Dash Baxter Redemption, Ecto-contaminated Amity Parkers, I'm Bad At Tagging Summary: Dash is an unusual officer, even for Gotham PD standards. Yeah, he's not the smartest but that's normal. What gets Dash the promotion to the bat spotlight and bat informant is that almost nothing scares the guy.
Ghosts? As my therapy animals? More likely than you think. (21463 words) by bamboozledeagle Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Batman - All Media Types, Danny Phantom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne, Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Danny Fenton Additional Tags: Family, Hurt/Comfort, emotional support blob ghosts, Jason Todd Has Issues, The Blobs are working on it, Comedy, Angst and Feels, Swearing, it gets progressively worse with jason's mood Summary: Jason is minding his own business, picking up strange green glowing goops with eyes, and living his not-very-best life. Meanwhile the Batfamily is tracking down flying dogs, overpowered Metas calling themselves ghosts, and someone is having far too much fun with the boxes around Gotham. But this ain't about them.
Lamentation (5591 words) by Olive_of_Vanders Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Amity Park Residents & Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton & Bruce Wayne Characters: Amity Park Residents (Danny Phantom), Tiffany Snow, Lance Thunder, Justice League (DCU), John Constantine, Bruce Wayne, Danny Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Jack Fenton, Jazz Fenton Additional Tags: Gore, Graphic Description of Corpses, Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Ghost King Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Angst, Bruce Wayne is Good With Kids, Protective Amity Park Residents (Danny Phantom), Corpse AU Series: Part 18 of Furtive – Danny Phantom series Summary:
He glances towards the well.
Danny forgets that his words impact others, but hey at least people like his grave??
[Read the tags]
(Honestly all of their works) You'll Find a Rainbow (62674 words) by DisillusionedDanny Chapters: 25/25 Fandom: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel, Danny Fenton & Harleen Quinzel, Jazz Fenton & Harleen Quinzel, Pamela Isley & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton & Pamela Isley, Danny Fenton/Damian Wayne, Jazz Fenton/Stephenie Brown Characters: Danny Fenton, Harleen Quinzel, Pamela Isley, Jazz Fenton, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Bad Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Vivisection, Harley Quinn is Danny Fenton's mom, Past Joker (DCU)/Harleen Quinzel, BAMF Harleen Quinzel, Parent Harleen Quinzel, Protective Harleen Quinzel, Protective Pamela Isley, Soft Pamela Isley, Danny Fenton-centric, Hurt Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Tired Danny Fenton, Good Sibling Jazz Fenton, Protective Jazz Fenton, Jazz Fenton Needs A Hug, Adopted Danny Fenton, More tags to come later, no beta we die like danny, mental health, Therepy, Trauma, Healing, this got a lot heavier than I imagined lol, if you’re looking for something fun and crack like it’s not this, Joker is Danny’s biological father, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst Series: Part 4 of 51 Fic Challenge Summary: Hurt and on the run after telling his parents the truth, Danny and Jazz go to the only person they can trust to keep them safe from the Fenton's. Danny's birth mother. Harley Quinn
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ao3feed-brucewayne · 21 days
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Family is not an Important Thing. It's Everything
by Luvbug321456 Danny Fenton sometimes felt like his life was too crazy to be real. It's not like he was raised by assassins and killed by his grandfather or had a secret twin brother that no one else knew about..... oh wait. As if all of that weren't enough, he's also dead and just keeps getting deader with every life-changing event that happens to him. Things are going at least semi-decently in his life...... until they aren't Words: 2560, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Characters: Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Maddie Fenton, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Jack Fenton, Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Alfred Pennyworth, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Barbara Gordon, Duke Thomas Relationships: Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne, Batfamily Members (DCU) & Danny Fenton Additional Tags: Danny Fenton and Damian Wayne are Twins, Lazarus Pits are Ectoplasm (Danny Phantom and DCU), Vivisection, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Major Character Injury, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Talia al Ghul, Protective Talia al Ghul, Damian Wayne Speaks Arabic, Past Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne, Talia al Ghul is Not a Rapist, Evil Ra's al Ghul, Sexist Ra's al Ghul, Danny Fenton Loves Space, Ghost King Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton Needs A Hug, Danny Fenton-centric, Neglectful Parents Jack and Maddie Fenton, Oblivious Jack and Maddie Fenton, Jack and Maddie Fenton are corrupted by ectoplasm exposure, DC stands for Disregard Canon, Inspired by Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Competent Guys in White | GIW (Danny Phantom), President Lex Luthor, Impeached Lex Luthor, Anti-Ecto Acts (Danny Phantom), Batfamily Members (DCU) & Danny Phantom, Ecto-Contaminated | Liminal Jazz Fenton, Ecto-Contaminated | Liminal Jason Todd (Danny Phantom) via https://ift.tt/CcmtlXP
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ghostly-cabbage · 2 years
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Proximal Chapter 1
As promised! @artistfingers and I’s new fic, titled Proximal, is now up! An angsty Jack and Maddie centric reveal fic! I’m so excited to share! (and a special thank you to @loreshark for jumping in and beta reading on short notice!!)
Summary: There's an old superstition that bad things come in threes.
Finding a gravely injured Phantom in her lab, then the realization that no one has seen her son for nearly twenty-four hours...
Maddie doesn't want to know what the final nail will be.
Additional Tags: Identity Reveal, No One Knows AU, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Body Horror, Mild Gore, Feral Danny Fenton, let danny be creepy, Jack and Maddie centric
Chapter: 1/3
Words: 14,292
Ao3
Read a snippet below!
“Phantom,” she breathes.
Phantom doesn’t hold her gaze long before his attention flits back to whatever it is he’s holding. She lowers her weapon, and watches Phantom try to manipulate the object with shaking hands.
She moves a few steps closer. 
She’s never seen him so injured. 
“What—what are you doing?” she asks. “What do you have?”
It’s long, thin. Phantom is pointing it inwards, the way someone might to stab themselves.
Everything is so covered in ectoplasm it takes her getting closer still for her to realize—it's a syringe—full of liquid that glows the same toxic green as ectoplasm.
She can only think of one thing it could be. 
The small, empty vial rolling to a stop at the toe of her slippers only confirms it.
Ecto-dejecto.
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shamelesslymkp · 2 months
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REC: AKelaNakamura - Not Everything Is As It Seems
URL: https://ift.tt/wXrYEDV by @akela-nakamura
Jack and Maddie Fenton finally have what they need to put their research, their life’s work, in the scientific spotlight.A captured ghost, ready and waiting for the knife. While Maddie goes to inform the GIW and give them the chance to sit in on the dissection, Jack is left alone with the ghost in his basement.
It doesn’t take long for things to seem off. And when he finds his son trying to free the ghost—well, things might never be the same. (Words: 6,760)
!!!fandom, !!fic, |site:archiveofourown, +fandom:danny.phantom, ::rating:teen.and.up.audiences, ~author:akelanakamura, character:danny.fenton, character:jack.fenton.(danny.phantom), character:surprise.ghost.guest, relationship:danny.fenton.&.jack.fenton, relationship:danny.fenton.&.jack.fenton.&.maddie.fenton, ::category:gen, \no.archive.warnings.apply, ~ao3:pov.jack.fenton.(danny.phantom), ~ao3:not.phantom.planet.compliant.(danny.phantom), ~ao3:mentioned.guys.in.white.(danny.phantom), ~ao3:jack.fenton.is.not.an.idiot.(danny.phantom), ~ao3:implied/referenced.dissection, ~ao3:no.actual.dissection.takes.place, ~ao3:jack.fenton.tries.to.be.a.good.parent, ~ao3:jack.fenton-centric.(danny.phantom), ~ao3:ghosts.are.sentient, ~ao3:worldview.whiplash, ~ao3:maddie.is.in.this, ~ao3:briefly, ~ao3:ambiguous/open.ending
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inthememetime · 2 years
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Fic Masterlist- I'll reblog every time I add a chapter or add a new WIP.
For all of these, feel free to interact with me about them! I may add/remove/change things based on your comments. Except maybe H(a)unted.
H(a)unted - AO3 link here. Summary: My most angsty/messed up fic ever! Are the Fentons Haunted? Or are the halfas Hunted?
Danny is shocked when he, his parents, and Jazz are taken to court by Vlad Masters in a custody battle. Ridiculous! Right?
Not as much as Danny would like to think. As the trial goes on, Danny discovers he and his sister aren't who or what they thought, that their parents are not as they seem, and Vlad, his enemy, may be their only shot at survival.
This story is told primarily through dialogue and epistolary storytelling as an experiment. Throughout the story, please expect body horror, illegal and nonconsensual experimentation on human beings, murder, and kidnapping. Mind the tags, please.
Darcy Lewis' Adventures Dating Dracula- AO3 link here. Summary: Follow Darcy Lewis and Vlad Masters as they start dating- and deal with everything from ghostly serial killers, the Things In Crybaby Creek, Politics, the Addams Family, and international spyassasins.
The Fantabulous Emancipation of Danny Phantom- AO3 link here. Summary: The Fenton family journeys to Gotham to get Jazz settled in her dorm at Gotham U. Things go a little sideways when Danny lets something ghostly slip, and his parents try to shoot the 'evil ghost' out of him.
Danny can't go home. But his sister's 18 and willing to rent a campus apartment, Gotham has a layer of ectoplasm so thick it's almost as good as Amity Park, and he's already made a new friend!
Harley was just going to get snacks for Bud & Lou, her hyenas. She did not mean to befriend a tourist, but the kid's almost as crazy as she is!
Join Danny and Harley in a journey of friendship, crime for good reasons, and kicking Vlad and the Joker's ass.
Jack, the DILF of Amity Park- AO3 link here. Summary: AU where Vlad doesn't lust over Maddie. No, he's obsessed with Jack, and since college (minus a 20 year gap), they've fought over the man's affections like two cats.
However, as Maddie would kill him in 2 seconds, tge shenanigans are more sitcom-esque competition, conolete with Danny begging for brain bleach multiple times, and Vlad realizing Jack isn't the only Fenton he's in love with.
Jack, of course, is completely oblivious to the fact his visiting very friendly people causes Vlad and Maddie to stalk him amd talk for once. Or is he?
Danny Phantom in Showghost!- AO3 link here. Summary: Tucker Foley was having a perfectly normal day- until he runs into Narrator, a ghost who is possibly as powerful as Clockwork or Ghostwriter. The problem isn't Narrator- they just want their book back.
No, the problem is the GIW. And the possibility that the town of Amity Park was sucked into a mini-universe outside of time. And, to add more problems to Tucker's day, he seems to be the only one who realises what's going on.
"We are on a timeline, though," Narrator said cheerfully.
"What?! When were you gonna tell me that?!"
They scowled. "Those idiots in white broke my book. If we don't wake everyone up before we run out of pages, everyone dies here."
Not Broken, Just Bent- AO3 link here. Summary: The sequel to Vlad & The Accidental Family Acquisition and Darcy Lewis' Adventures Dating Dracula, NBJB is a Jazz-centric fic about growing up asexual, and the trials and tribulations of being asexual in a very sexual culture. On hiatus until DLADD is complete.
Pending fics (planned, but not written yet, or in draft stage) will be added in reblogs.
Questions about the fics, suggestions, or just have aome ideas? Hit that ask button or ask me in the comments!
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acanfullofspiders · 1 year
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Summary: Danny’s family had always been weird. After all, he doubted anyone else’s parents spent every waking moment trying to build a portal to summon ghosts into their world. But lately, things had gotten weirder than usual. The sudden shut down of experiments on the aforementioned portal being the first example of such weirdness. That had been closely followed by forbidding Danny from entering the lab at all. 
Chapters: 1/1 Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Fandom: Danny Phantom Relationships: Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton & Jack Fenton & Maddie Fenton, Danny Fenton & Tucker Foley & Sam Manson Characters: Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Tucker Foley, Sam Manson, Jack Fenton, Maddie Fenton Additional Tags: Human Danny Fenton, Danny Fenton-centric, Family Secrets, Halfa | Half-Ghost Jack Fenton, Halfa | Half-Ghost Maddie Fenton, Halfa | Half-Ghost Jazz Fenton
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mrowsters · 1 year
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Fanfiction MasterPost :3c
All fanfics under the break! I hope you enjoy!
Current fandoms:
Linked Universe
DPxDC
Linked Universe:
True Courage:
A Wind-Centric fic that tells how Wind finds his way back to the Chain after getting separated in a shift. The only problem? He's stuck in the middle of nowhere in Wild's world a mere five years after the Calamity. How will he make it back to them in one piece?
Pls mind the tags on individual chapters for different triggers. Also, I feel the need to mention that this is OC-centric as well.
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Lost and Found :
A Wild-centric oneshot related to True Courage that details the steps Wild is taking to find the Chain scattered throughout Hyrule. This also gives some context. HOWEVER, it is recommended that one reads this AFTER CHAPTER 36 of TRUE COURAGE to avoid spoilers to the plot.
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A Team Bonding Exercise:
Oneshot. VERY FUN AND FLUFFY. Also one of my first pieces! Legend gets put on "babysitting" duty while Time, Twilight, and Wars run to town to get supplies. Legend takes full advantage of his leadership position to goof off with his brothers.
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A Question For the Chosen:
Oneshot. This made me cry when I wrote it. Flora and Sky are besties and I WILL die on this hill. Flora has something she needs to say to Fi and Sky. ITS SWEET.
Danny Phantom x DC:
Lotus Corniculatus :
Multi-chaptered. Chaotic, there will be angst and arson in heaps. Stay tuned.
"Danny wanted one week. Just one. That didn’t end up a complete disaster. He was so close, so close, to being able to fully relax. "
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Danny Fenton was finally getting a break. That is until Jack and Maddie Fenton packed up the GAV to investigate strange "energy surges" occurring in and around Gotham. Now, forced to come along, will Danny and Jazz be able to find the source of the disturbances and stop it in time before Batman catches wind of Team Phantom being in town?
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Oneshot. Inspired the fic above! From the prompt made by @/stealingyourbones; ""Danny gifts Ivy an extinct flower as a thank you gift."
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do you have any favorite dp or young justice fics you would recommend to your readership? or even fics outside of those two fandoms.
thank you! deathly weapons is one of my favorite things to read- and i especially love reading your meta on the subject- so anything you’ve read that you think is great/ has an interesting premise would be cool to see.
(Young Justice: Deathly Weapons)
💜🤍🖤 Thank you as well! 
I’m always astounded and delighted when people tell me they're rereading Deathly Weapons or anything else I wrote.  To me, one of the elements of a good story is it being something that you can return to, and it’s lovely to hear that I’m doing something right on that front. 
(Also I’m just so humbled that you would give my story your time like that.  I put a fair bit of my own time into Deathly Weapons, but that’s still a little piece of your life in return and it’s just… amazing.)
For me writing and meta are things that kind of ouroboros together.  I tend to engage with stories in a very inquisitive/ interrogative way - I want to understand the characters/ events/ world it’s trying to create as well as the mechanics behind the curtain - and I have a special place in my heart for stories that were constructed with enough thought to reward that kind of curiosity.  Which then reflects in my own writing and the behind-the-scenes planning work I do to make sure things hold up to inspection by other puzzlers.
3WD's Meta Collection
Danny Phantom Maddie & Jack | Vlad | Tucker | The trouble with Sam (+ follow ups) The Asexual Appeal | Reboot Thoughts | Ageswap AU
Young Justice Season 1 (and also DW) Let’s Analyse the Light | A Different Take on Martian Bigotry
Actually Critical YJ Analyses Masterpost | Invasion: a Detailed Dissection | Antithesis of Heroism (Bonus Rhyme)
And now…
Fanfic Recommendations
This one is actually a bit of a challenge for me because I consume media (and analysis) quite widely across a lot of fandoms.  I tend to draw eclectic inspiration from my whole ‘source-pool’ and its meta-patterns, so it’s hard for me to point to any one thing and say: ‘that specifically inspired part of DW’.
It’s also a little tricky because Deathly Weapons was partly inspired by me having some specific itches that I couldn’t find any stories to scratch. “People won't write the books I want, so I have to do it for myself” and so on and so forth. If you would like to make any recs based on DW then please do so, I would love to see them.
That said, my FFN Favourites and AO3 Bookmarks double as general recs lists - I tend to use my bookmarks/faves as quick-access for stories I want to revisit, so you can take anything on there as something I would potentially recommend to other people.
What I’d like to do now is give a more specific list of stories that are somewhat DW-adjacent or are doing interesting things with their premise/execution/characterisation:
Danny Phantom
Alibi (FFN) by MyAibou Gen | Complete | Post series (no PP) He was Dash Baxter. Football star. King of Casper High. The world was supposed to have been his oyster for at least another decade. So how did he end up in the basement lab of FentonWorks working for the dad of the kid he used to beat up in high school? And how far would he stick his neck out to protect that kid and whatever secret he was hiding from the government?
A Ghost Story (FFN) by Cordria Gen | Complete | Slowburn mystery AU Maddie finds a strange toy airplane in a field, and it leads her to learning some very interesting things about her family.
You know how I said I can’t usually point to something as direct inspiration for DW?  This is one of the exceptions: Maddie’s realisation very much inspired Robin’s similar one in CH12: Answers.
What Little Girls are Made Of (AO3) by Haiju Gen | Complete | Dani-centric reveal fic Phantom and his younger double save Amity Park from a monstrous ghost, nearly destroying themselves in the process. The Fentons have always hunted ghosts; now it's time to save one.
Young Justice
Before we begin, I would like to share this AO3 filter I use for YJ fics published pre-2019.  It won’t pick up any still-updating fics or older fics that might have migrated to AO3 since, but if you want to revisit what the fandom felt like before the Fire Nation attacked then this will come pretty close.
Age of Heroes (AO3) by VelkynKarma Gen | Complete | Zombie Apocalypse AU The apocalypse has come and gone and the Age of Heroes is long since over. There’s not much left to live for, but Wally’s never been one to give up without trying, and maybe there are still a few miracles—and heroes—left in the world.
The Fedora Verse  (AO3) by itsxandy Gen | Series | Complete | Villain!Wally Elseworld Wally West is the newest, fastest thief in Central City. His biggest offense so far? Making crime look this good.
No One Said Flying Was Easy (AO3) by Wrtrmd2 Gen | Complete | Robin origin story Eight year old Richard Grayson has just watched his parents fall to their deaths. Hurting and alone, he struggles to adjust to the new life he's thrown into. Bruce Wayne takes him in, but seems to have no idea what he's doing. Can they help each other put the pieces of their broken lives back together?
Morals (FFN) by WonderWalrus Spitfire | Complete | CW: graphic depictions of violence When a mission takes a turn for the worse, Wally is captured by Shadows and held captive in a secret base. Alone and afraid, he finds himself talking to the only person who will listen: the blonde archer guarding him who refuses to give her name.
Coming of Rage (AO3) by BlackFriar Gen | Complete | CW: graphic depictions of violence Batman is infected with rage, leading Robin and Kid Flash on a mad dash through Gotham to find the cure before Batman destroys either himself…or someone he cares about.
Danny Phantom x Young Justice (or Teen Titans)
Turning Tables (FFN) by Blackwolfhunting TT x DP | Gen | Complete | Post TUE AU | CW: experimentation When the Teen Titans face a new apprentice from Slade, what are they to do especially when this one can turn Invisible and hide from their sights. Though they receive surprising help that just might help reveal the mystery around this new apprentice and why exactly he hates one Vlad Masters' guts.
Shoutout to this as the first proper fanfiction I ever read and the one that started me on the path into fandom.  If you’re wondering where ThreeWaysDivided began, you can look here.  (I ask that you not hold it against them: they knew not what would happen and no doubt meant well).
Unfair Justice (FFN) by Daruku Janubu  DP x YJ | Gen | Discontinued |CW: Post-dissection fic Within the cargo box of a missing truck, the team found something that would redefine their view on justice. For sometimes, believing you are doing what is right makes innocent people suffer; and sometimes, saving people's lives is not enough to make you their hero.
Not the first YJ x DP fic I ever read but this is the first one I remember really sticking with me.  Warning for heavy content but lovely style.  Also, coincidentally, by the artist who drew the cover which first enticed me into checking out Turning Tables.  Because life, like fic, is sometimes very well written.
The Heart of a Hero (FFN) by Rookey DP x YJ | Gen | Hiatus/ Discontinued | Post TUE AU With the whole world blaming him for an accident that killed thousands, Danny Fenton finds himself living day-to-day in a rather peaceful city he thought to be widely overlooked by the Justice League. But the heart of a hero knows no bounds, and Danny finds staying hidden to be much harder than he anticipated; especially when Happy Harbor isn't nearly as "overlooked" as he thought.
Control (FFN) by nikodark  DP x YJ | Gen | Abandoned | CW: kidnapping & violence Dick Grayson gets kidnapped a lot. A whole lot. We all know that tired trope. But this time he gets kidnapped by a ghost.
The Half-Finished, Half-Assed Guide to Being Half-Dead: By a Half-Ghost (AO3) by ItsyBitsyBatsySpider DP x YJ | Gen | Ongoing Dick Grayson is thrown into a world he didn't even know existed, with powers that he can barely understand, and Danny Fenton did not expect to become a ghost mentor when the Justice League came knocking on his door.
Red Eyes (FFN) by art-is-a-bang-yeah  DP x YJ | Gen | Complete | Post TUE AU | CW: abuse During a benefit Bruce and his charge meet Vlad masters and his son Daniel, a boy with blood red eyes. When Bruce notices a few things seem off about the teen, he decides he should investigate and what he discovers is much darker than he thought possible.
Ghost of A Chance (AO3) by MirrorandImage TT x DP | Gen | Complete | CW: PTSD & former abuse At a financial gala, Robin finds a curious girl who only has one thing to say: "Tell Danny I'm alive."
Other fandoms and crossovers
E.Nigma Investigations (AO3) by Gh0stWriter, zorasublime (Dr_Skeletons) Batman Elseworld | Gen | Series | Quasi-1940s Noir Mystery Recently-reformed and even more recently-released from Arkham Asylum, Edward Nigma is struggling to find work as a Private Eye. A changed Gotham greets him; marred by the scars of a harrowing catastrophe that put real fear into the public and shifted the dynamic of the Rogues. Cobblepot is on the rise and, with the Joker leaving burned bridges in his wake, the city's underworld is more dangerous for Harley Quinn than she wants to believe. Police, doctors and former friends on all sides, suspiciously-specific fires breaking out in the slums and Whispers of something more horrifying on the horizon. What a time to try to go straight.
What the Cat Dragged In (AO3) by Kryal Miraculous Ladybug x Early MCU | Gen | Complete Tony's pretty sure it's written into cosmic law somewhere: superheroes are not supposed be cute. Apparently, no one's told these two. He’s okay with that.
They're Us (FFN) by Goldenbrook15  Young Justice x Justice League Unlimited | Gen | Abandoned When Young Justice’s Team land themselves in another dimension by accident and then manage to escape the entire Justice League (who strangely don't know them at all) and flee into the world outside, Batman can only come to one conclusion, "They're us, from a different world."
Happytown (AO3) by TMBrown Zootopia | Gen | Complete | Buddy-cop investigation A special assignment leads Judy and Nick into a tangled web of history in Nick's childhood home, while Judy deals with the consequences of her fame back in Bunnyburrow.
Good Neighbors (AO3) by PitViperOfDoom My Hero Academia | Gen | Series | Complete | Leverage AU Sometimes you miss your calling, but that doesn't mean you won't find it again in an unexpected place.
the family brooklyn (AO3) by tactfulGnostalgic Spider-man: Into the Spiderverse | Gen | Series | Complete A series of fics set in the Spiderverse, about home and its variations.
Developmental Milestones (AO3) by audreycritter Batman (comics) | Gen | Complete | OC Centric Dr. Kiran Devabhaktuni is a neurosurgeon. He's the neurosurgeon that cut a tumor out of Bruce Wayne's skull. At first, Dev was just coming around for tea with Alfred. But somehow he's now working as the doctor for the Wayne Family. And the Wayne family? Also the Batman Family.
I don’t usually recommend OC-centric fics but Dev is one of the best support characters I have ever encountered.  10/10 very good Batdoctor.
Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach (AO3) by Nnm Good Omens (TV) | Gen | Complete As soon as Aubrey Thyme, psychotherapist, had opened her office door and seen her new client, Anthony J. Crowley, sitting in her waiting area, she was observing and assessing him. At first glance, she paid attention to the following: --His clothing was expensive and stylish; --He wore very strange but noticeable cologne; --His relationship to the seat he occupied could only, very loosely, be described as “sitting;” --He looked angry; --He was wearing sunglasses. What Aubrey Thyme, a professional, thought, upon first seeing her new client was: you’re going to be a fun one, aren’t you?
Other media recs
Going to finish off with a little tangent (as is my wont).  Sometimes I get the sense that Deathly Weapons is built a little different from the average crossover fic, and I think part of it is that I draw a fair bit of inspiration and stylistic influence from traditionally published media across a bunch of genres.  Here are a few of those:
Works that directly influenced Deathly Weapons
The Millennium Trilogy Book Series | Mystery/ Modern Noir | Trilogy | Complete | CW: MA15+ Millennium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures.  Enigmatic delinquent security specialist Lisbeth Salander is a genius computer hacker who tolerates no restrictions placed on her by individuals, society or the law. They were men who hated women, and she was the woman who hates men who hate women.
This is one of my favourite mystery/ crime series and provided a fair amount of inspiration for DW in terms of structural, tonal and stylistic elements (especially in chapters like the Prologue and Phenomenon).  People familiar with this series might recognise some direct stylistic homages in future chapters. Trigger warning:  This series deals heavily in subjects of bigotry (especially misogyny), abuse (personal, sexual and institutional) and violence against women, and includes explicit depictions and discussions.  MA15+, reader discretion is advised.
The Kingkiller Chronicles Book Series | Fantasy | Trilogy | Incomplete (2/3 Published) I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me
One of my favourite fantasy series, and a big inspiration in terms of prose and style as well as some character dynamics.  Fans may recognise direct homages in some of DW’s chapter titles, such as Roads to Safe Places and Ill-Lit Ships.
The Book Thief Book | Historical Fiction | CW: War, Nazism/ Antisemitism, Death It’s just a small story really, about, among other things: a girl; some words; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist-fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. I saw the book thief three times.
This book has my all-time favourite prose in terms of lyricism and imagery, as well as its ability to speak to loss and find beauty in the human condition even under horrific circumstances.  I sometimes re-read it as part of preparation for writing emotionally heavy chapters like Roads to Safe Places, and fans might recognise some direct stylistic homages.
Avatar: The Last Airbender TV Series (Animated) | Fantasy/ Martial Arts In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
What can I say about A:TLA that hasn’t already been said by a million other writers and story analysts?  I certainly took some structural and emotional cues from this show and the discussions around it when planning DW’s overarching story.
Other ones you might like
I’m going to bundle Psychonauts 2, Leverage and Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse together as I have discussed them at length in another recommendation post but if you enjoyed any of the story flavours in Young Justice Season 1 then these will probably scratch some similar itches.
If you like young adult spy stories that are played more for tension/ intrigue than fantasy then you may enjoy the Alex Rider book series.  I reread the first book, Stormbreaker, while working on the last third of the Black Gold mission.
The Bartimaeus Sequence is a very entertaining series of YA Urban Fantasy political intrigues featuring magic and demons, narrated mostly by a djinn who has some pointed comments to make about humanity.   Those who like their Urban Fantasy with intrigue/ crime elements, villain protagonists and/or banter may also like the Artemis Fowl series (YMMV on the last 2 books, which were written later and somewhat divisive for their shift in style and focus).
Speaking of morally ambiguous intrigue-heavy Urban Fantasy, the Death Note manga is a fun cat-and-mouse murder-thriller between two ruthless strategists.
Fullmetal Alchemist is another deservedly well-renowned modern fantasy manga with mystery/ political intrigue elements, which has some broad-strokes overlaps with A:TLA in terms of structure, tone and general thesis on humanity.
Spiritfarer is a cozy indie management game about dying.  This might seem like a bit of a dark horse offering but a major component of DW Arc II’s planned main character thread is about the journey through (and specificity of) grief.  If that is something you enjoy then Spiritfarer is a concentrated dose of that in an exceptionally executed, insightful, gentle and touching form, with a gorgeous soundtrack.
Another dark horse offering coming in to land (heh) is Air Crash Investigations (also known as Mayday: Air Disaster), a documentary series about aviation forensics.  As discussed here, it’s a very good example of fair-mystery style investigative storytelling grounded in human tragedy - especially from Season 11 onwards.  Fair warning: if you have issues with planes or flying then you may want to tread carefully here.
And with that I think we’ll stop for now.  Hope you find something you like in the list.  Please feel free to add on any recs of your own!
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Ectoberhaunt 22- Day 4: BOX
[warnings: none. Rating: T Jack Fenton centric, crack treated semi-seriously] [I’d like to thank Nitzan from the DP discord for this wonderful AU idea]
Way before the portal to the Ghost Zone started working, Jack Fenton had a minor hiccup while building it. He hadn’t felt it important to let Maddie know, after all, he was fine, thank you, and the hiccup itself hadn’t had any significant impact on the machine as well, so…
It took him far too long to realise that maybe, just maybe, getting zapped by the ecto-technological miracle and not checking it out had repercussions on his health. When he started to develop what he would later call ‘cool superpowers’ he was…
You guessed it! Ecstatic!
After all, having superpowers over gravity and density meant he was far more equipped than the average ghost hunter to catch those dreadful spooks (that no doubt would show themselves eventually with the portal running). But work was plenty, and plenty stressful so Jack forgot to let Mads know about them. 
He thought he told her, he really did! He swears!
Cut to now.
It’s just another work-filled day and Jack needs some time to unwind. He thinks he’ll just go zero-gravity with his powers, maybe get his transformed ⁠— and what an incredible day that was when he first transformed! ⁠— blue hands on a few boxes. Maybe play some harmless pranks on those punks loitering around Target’s parking lot. Perhaps that’ll teach them not to graffiti the GAVs of innocent people with fake swirly moustaches. 
Jack Fenton’s face is not made for facial hair, okay?
In any case, Jack goes out for a zero-gravity late evening walk, vowing internally to be back for Maddie’s no doubt delicious dinner⁠— God he loves his wife! An hour and a half is more than enough to have some fun and have some time to do some gadget-to-scrap-and-remake-into-ghost-weapons shopping.
Just as predicted he finds those very same delinquents hanging out drinking diet soda ⁠— what are those kids’ parents even teaching them?! ⁠— squatting at the side of the parking lot under an old tree that has seen better days. 
“BEWARE!” he shouts in his echoey voice and zero-gravitys a few empty boxes from the recycling bin to float menacingly around him. 
The teens startle and look at him with wide eyes. 
“THE BOX GHOST IS HERE TO REIGN DOOM WITH MY ARMY OF SQUARE CONTAINERS!” 
Oh, man this is going to be fun! He’s not really a ghost, could never be such an ectoplasmic scum of post-human consciousness but the kids don’t know that and he’s going to use that to teach them a lesson not to deface people’s things. 
Let’s just hope that that spook Phantom doesn’t show up to trap him in that soup thermos again… 
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Okay so I think it was you who said we need more Jack Fenton as something other than a vague support characters so! Have you read Between Fudge And Needlepoint on ao3 yet? It's a pretty sick Jack-centric series that deserves more attention
No have not read that but that is now a top priority
Thank you for the substance
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    Danny Phantom Fic
Gen | Danny Fenton centric with his his relationship to his parents | Sort of a what-if introspective | ~700 words
    It was hot in the house. It curled around on Danny’s shoulders and rested in the bottom of his lungs. 
    The spot on the couch was warm too. Just a little bit. His body temperature never returned to normalcy after the accident. The accident his parents were all too aware of.
    Danny had kept Phantom secret for a couple years, managing the town & its ghost invasions as easily as Doomed.  Tough at first, but no longer felt overwhelming. 
    Danny’s fingers flew effortlessly on the controller in his hands. The living room TV yawned in before him, displaying a generic fighting game. Behind, the clink of dishes reminded him that Maddie was making dinner.
    The heat settled in his stomach. 
    Danny would be one of the first people to defend his parents. Despite all their faults, they cared, and as he grew older, he came to appreciate all they had sacrificed, all they had done to make sure he and his sister had everything they needed. While admitting that outloud was one thing, Danny had allowed the thought to rest comfortably in his normally troubled mind. 
    “Danny,” Maddie called, “do you want any sausage?”
    “I’m fine.” Danny mumbled. 
    Then, his parents had found out his secret.
    ‘Found out’ was a strong word. Danny had been fed up. Fed up with his parents’ snide remarks about the humanity of ghosts. Fed up of the way his parents so routinely treated it as a science project instead of a real question that had an answer.  Fed up of concealing his ghostly features around his own home when all he wanted to do was exist as what he was without being scared. 
    So Danny told them.
    And they cried. But not for him.
    Danny supposed they had tried to understand. However, Maddie had a face he had only seen once before. Her eyebrows furrowed in determination, her face becoming red with  the strain of holding back tears as she delivered the news of her father’s death. With the news that she would never see this person she loved so dearly ever again.
    Maddie had that face with Danny. 
    But Danny was still here. He just had this part of himself that he couldn’t allow them to ignore anymore. Especially since they inadvertently campaigned for his death.
    A long talk spent justifying himself, explaining what it meant to be a ghost, pleading with them to understand that this is who he was, that he couldn’t change it. 
    Maddie had apologized. She acted like her parenting had something to do with it when that didn’t matter in the slightest.
    Jack had promised to fix it. That he would build a contraption that would cure Danny of his ghostliness.
    Neither of them understood it was something that couldn’t be changed. So when Danny refused treatment, when he told Maddie her apology wasn’t what he was asking for, his parents…couldn’t understand it.
    His parents told him that Phantom was a parasitic entity that needed to be gotten rid of. Danny refused.
    The next day, Maddie & Jack acted like the talk hadn’t happened. The same with the next day, and then the next. 
    Danny confronted them about it. 
    And Maddie told him, with that damned face, that she hoped he would come around and make the right choice about Phantom.
    Danny expected many different reactions. He saw himself gunned down and caged like an animal. He saw his parents tearing him apart for the audacity to exist as something they hated. 
    Now that he had their reaction, Danny wasn’t sure what was worse.
    If they actually did something, then Danny could be mad. He could be angry. He would know where they stood and in turn, take a stand. Like he had against so many evils before.
    However, this pseudo peace left him wavering. He couldn’t bring himself to be mad. But he couldn’t act like it didn’t hurt either. 
    His parents refused to acknowledge him.
    What was he supposed to do? When his parents were loving aside from pretending that a big part of who he was didn’t exist?
    “Dinner’s ready.” Maddie said in a sing-song voice.
    The heat wrapped around Danny’s throat and choked him.
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