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pa-pa-plasma · 24 days ago

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ah, I actually figured out why I dislike the "territorial ghosts" headcanon. it completely ignores & excuses the fact that Danny views ghosts as evil because of his parents bigotry. saying "it's just in his nature" gives less room for character development than the actual show does.

#like. headcanons are cool & all but personally i draw the line when the headcanon is so far removed from canon #that it's barely even the characters anymore #Danny doesn't actually love fighting. he might enjoy taking his pent up aggression out but he canonically repeatedly states wanting to quit #because being a hero is ruining his life #him learning that ghosts AREN'T actually all evil & he doesn't need to fight most of them is much deeper than ''ghost instincts''#it's also why i hate the whole ''protection obsession'' thing #Danny in canon WANTS to help but doesn't NEED to. you're saying it's the opposite #like okay so you're just saying that the Fentons' bigoted views of ghosts are correct then #like the whole point is that they're wrong. but you're saying that they aren't. that's what those headcanons say to me #''ghosts are inherently violent & dangerous & Phantom specifically doesn't actually WANT to help people but NEEDS to or else he dies''#that is what these headcanons say to me. that Maddie & Jack are completely correct in their assumptions. don't like that

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