#And I think that mental oversight is soooo delicious to discuss

[mandareeboo]

You know what would be fun?

Valerie and the Fenton parents creating a support group of "Wondering Why TF Danny Stayed" because I think about this a lot.

All three of them love Danny. All three of them have or want t beat the crap and kill Danny. It doesn't really matter that it's Phantom, it's still Danny. And he still loves them and stays with them (I hc Jazz's own love is extremely tense, with her having a bag ready to get tf out if her parents found out and reacted badly).

Like, that would mess them up.

I think it's so fascinating that most reveal 'fics I've read have focused on the Fentons' innate ineptitude as an explanation for why Danny forgives them. Because, like. Think about that! Danny doesn't hold a grudge because they weren't able to hit him. The intent was still there! More than once the Fentons got seriously close to injuring him! But forgiveness is based off of the fact that they didn't.

And then we see 'fics where they did. They manage to hit him, experiment on him, strap him down and do what they always threatened. And he still usually forgives them! It's not often that Danny doesn't forgive in these stories.

Valerie, meanwhile, Danny blames himself for. Valerie blames him for losing her status and home, when it was really just a big mistake! If Danny hadn't been there, Cujo would've done far worse to the building. Danny managed to do damage control. But 'fics where Valerie finds out, he bases his forgiveness on the fact that she was just angry.

Danny thinks it's okay for people to fire at him if A.) they miss or B.) they're mad at him. That's kind of fucked up????