#DP paranormal AU
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I have a DP au idea that gives Danny an honorary uncle.
During his mid teen just as summer break ended, Jack Fenton got a job as a employee in a general store (built in front of a haunted graveyard) with another teen (let's call him Dave Wilson) to earn money for college(Jack don't know where to go), while I don't know if Jack knows ghost exists at the time or not, Dave is a normal teen in this job to earn enough money to buy a cool car. While they are on their first night weekend shift, spooky things happen to both teenagers as things are floating and thrown at them and after getting away and becoming very sure that floating thing is real, decide to find a reason for that as they want to keep their job ( also Jack wants to study about that experience and learn about ghosts) learn how to sense ghost (Jack made a ghost radio with a compass taped to it, and Dave just got thing like salt chalk to draw circle to trap ghost (and it is easy to clean) and learn some minor magic to 'talk' with ghost about why they haunting the stores, and after everything been taken care of (turn out the graveyard having trouble with a demon, so Jack and Dave destroys the demon with a ectoblaster prototype and putting a cross (while reciting the bible in Latin (this event take place near summer break)) in the chest) Jack trusted Dave enough to consider him as his brother even while mile away in college with his friends ( Maddie and Vlad).
Jack didn't see Dave again until he noticed Dave in a grave yard in Amity Park as a groundskeeper. Jack are very excited to get his family to meet Dave so much that he introduced Dave as his honorary brother and uncle to his kids.
Dave is having a chill life in Amity Park until ghosts appeared a lot and having his life becoming weirder then usual like learning that his honorary nephew is a half ghost and the cause of the ghost portal opening ( Dave while understanding that Jack wants to know about ghosts, don't understand why build a ghost portal), and having to fight a ghost who look like a vampire for the honor to be Danny uncle.
More info for Dave Wilson.
He always carries a shovel as an emergency hitting weapon, some cross and bible, salt, iron, salt chalk (easy to clean), and a magic necklace that make him immune to possession.
The minor magic he knows is enchanting a weapon ( for example a shovel) to hit a ghost even while intangible, and making a drink taste better.
To help the drawer to imagine him he has a full beard and wears a groundskeeper suit even while meeting people with a cap. He is also below average height and thin to contrast Jack being huge and big.
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There were reports of paranormal activity once again in Gotham, and it was getting more annoying than usual. Thankfully, the approval for establishing a franchise in Gotham had gone well, and it was usually went off after something had gone wrong. It did.
Just not in the way the Ghostbusters expected it to go, but as a citizen of Gotham, you could’ve seen this coming a mile away.
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Daniel “Danny” Fenton (Phantom) decided to transfer over to Gotham, after Phantom had been unexpectedly banned by superficial “moralistic” people who were full on crazy. Once he transferred, he, along with his friends, transferred to Gotham, hearing that it had a lot of paranormal activity in the area. They were warned that the “average” criminal element was usually handled by either the Gotham City Police Dept., or by the elusive “Bat-Man”.
Only two days into working as a Ghostbuster in Gotham, and their first fight with the cult, dubbed the “League of Shadows”, and they believed that Ra's al Ghul is somehow immortal. While it sounds far-fetched and insane, it’s later revealed that the science behind it is pretty sound. The nasty side-effects as they find out, outweigh the help to restore vitality like it does to Ra’s. So when they summoned up ghosts, they handled it pretty well. That was when the Bat Family decided to drop in.
Batman (Bruce Wayne) at the time, thought that the Ghostbusters were a bunch of con artists, mainly due to the fact that he did do deep digging into the product that was Ghostbusters. That changed the night the League of Shadows tried to summon a deity. It didn’t go so well, and instead an army of ghosts were causing a ruckus, thus causing the Ghostbusters to arrive on the scene. They tried talking the LoS down, and when that didn’t happen and they stuck their ghost on them, the GBs handled it like pros, capturing the spirits and trapping them easily, including a few experimental products that they decided to field test right then and there (the tripod dual trap worked like as easy as a store bought pie). It surprised Batman that these Ghostbusters were legit and not some kind of hoax.
Meanwhile, the Bat Family was trying to figure out the four new Ghostbusters while handling Ra’s al Ghul’s plan.
#fan fiction#crossover#ghostbusters#danny phantom#DC Universe#writing prompt#dp x dc x gb#paranormal#dc x dp au#dc x gb au#ghostbusters franchise#batman#crossover au#danny phantom x ghostbusters crossover
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okay, so, I've collected a bunch of DP fandom stuff that I remember off the top of my head, specifically in chronological order & colour coded here in this post (fics/comics, tumblr posts, important imo) for no reason other than I saw a post asking for Phandom history & it triggered my biggest, most long-running hyperfixation & now I'm curious if anyone else remembers stuff.
this link is going to be the permanent version I will be updating, but I'm posting what I currently have (gonna go through my old laptop later for more) just to let people know. you can also find the link on my blog, but only on desktop. It isn't colour coded there, sorry.
please share more if you got anything else cuz I'm 100% sure I'm missing a lot of stuff & am too interested now. the biggest reason a lot of stuff isn't here is that I simply can't find it. second biggest reason is i forgor. things not included here aren't "unimportant," this is just the first stuff that comes to mind.
putting it under a cut 'cause it got kinda long
Mars by JadeRabbyt (2005)
Checkmate by pearl84 (2006)
Conversations of a Ghost Gabber by Cordria (2006)
The Foley Maneuver by bluemoonalto (2007)
One Thousand Years by Nylah (2008)
Lab Rat by AnneriaWings (2009)
Lost by Cordria (2010?) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Phantom of Truth by Haiju (2011)
Ghost Deaths (2012)
Through Coals and Rain by Kakawot (2012)
Shadow of a Doubt by Haiju (2013)
Pink Pants (2013?)
Wes (2014) [original] [1] [2] [3] [4]
this "I'm Inevitable" gif (2014)
Space AU (2014)
Treading Water by The Full Catastrophe (2014)
Danny, you dead IDIOT!! comic (2014)
wash away the darkest days by anthrop (2014)
Reverse Trio (2014)
Inverse Trio (2014-2016) ALT
Halfas are "feral children" (2015)
Burn the Streets, Burn the Cars by anthrop (2015)
It's Not Gay if He's Dead by phantomrose96 (2015)
You Smell Like Death by starfleetrambo (2015)
Ghost Bird AU by @rest-in-peachs (2016?)
Things I Can(not) Do In Amity Park by RedHeadsRock1010 (2016)
KEtTLE by Cordria (2016)
Deeper, Darker by Silvermoonphantom (2016)
Danny Phantom Punches Butch Hartman In The Face by MistressVintage (2017)
Dannypocalypse (2017)
Ghost Train (2017?)
Ghost Physics by jayrockin (2017)
Ghost Infographics (2018)
The Taxonomy of Ghost Cores: An Observational Study (2018) Communicating with Ghosts Professionally: A Study (2018)
Species in Danny Phantom (2018?)
Diddles Piddles by diddly-darn-ghost (2018)
Broken Ectoplasm by ghostanimal (2019)
Ghost of Heroes by Enigmaris & ScarletNightFury (2019-2020)
do not stand at my grave and cry (i am not there, i did not die) by blueh (2020)
Undercover Phantom by artistfingers (2021)
Corruption is a Two Way Street by datawyrms (2021)
Things That Bleed by artistfingers, kkachis, & Perfectly_Inconspicuous (2022)
10,000 works on AO3 (2022)
Ghost Speak:
Danny's handwriting (2015?)
Cordria (2015)
Fiver-Rivers [1] [2] [3] (2019)
Rubber Chicken Sounds (2019)
#Danny Phantom#Phandom History Archive#do you even understand how hard it was to find the original Wes post????????#i spent like 2 hours on that alone#Wes Weston why are you so hard to find#just realizing that a lot of shit happened in 2014#like. 2014/2015 ish#i joined somewhere between 2014 & 2016 so i guess i literally came here right at the peak of phandom activity#the height of tumblr's paranormal activity. you might say#i think i'm just biased though#should i put my own fics on here. Phantom is pretty important to me being my first DP fic#& also the thing that got me back into writing#it's not very good but by god if i dont love it. & anyways i put Bird AU on here lol i think i can put Phantom up at some point. as a treat#also if any links are broken tell me cuz i'm not checking them again. it's 4am#reminder: gotta find those Bird AU fics i read & put em here. there ARE actual Bird AU fics. i know there are. i did not hallucinate that#it just might be the hardest thing on earth to do since that was years ago & i have no idea what they were called#anyway gonna add a fuckton of fics & (hopefully) tumblr posts when i go through my old laptop. i got everything bookmarked on there#like. so many fics. i had them organized too based on what kind of fic it was. but they all have stupid names cuz i was like 15#me: i should do my stencil art today. just to be a bit productive & also maybe make money#my brain: what if you organized Danny Phantom fandom posts into a big archive for people to look at? for free. until 4am.#me: you know what that sounds so much better let's do that
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Honestly the implication of Dib (and by extension Invader Zim) existing adds a whole extra layer of chaos.
Like Dib and Wes are the viewers spouting the most unhinged "theories" that Soup is actually a ghost or some other type of monster, but everyone brushes them off as being part of the bit.
I'm now just imagining an Invader Zim sub-plot with Dib being so focused on Danny that Zim is off doing Irken Invader stuff with plans that end up either getting on the Justice League's or the Guys in White's radar and the shenanigans in the background. (Maybe Zim, to tie him into the main prompt, is making his own Tiktok channel and believes becoming the top Streamer on the platform will let him conquer the planet.
So Zim is trying to do basically whatever the existing top steamer is doing by "cleverly mimicking their actions to ensure dominance of this Tik of Toks will belong to ZIM!" (So he's become a Diet Tucker which, given the Irken's own intelligence, is kinda fitting for Zim to run a tech streaming channel)
Meanwhile Zim only becomes the second best on the platform because his own viewers go crazy for GIR who, like Danny/Soup, is basically doing random shit in the background in his dog suit with Zim more focused on maintaining an illusion of normalcy (his constant screaming that he's normal make people think this is part of a bit)
Maybe it peaks where Zim and Tucker do a colab talking technology with Zim is trying his best to act normal, but Tucker's perception of normal has become so warped that he doesn't notice anything off at all even as Zim does the most unhinged stuff.
The Viewers
Danny and Tucker move in together for college in Gotham
Tucker decided to make tiktoks just for fun, he could teach people about technology and help give tips.
He didn't realize that his viewers could see Danny in the background in some clips.
Danny being Danny was never caught doing something normal instead it was always something weird.
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Tucker: "So you just switch this piece here-"
Danny in the background more than half his body in the fridge, the fridge is very noticeably growling
Tucker who is so used to it, it doesn't even register in his mind that it's not normal.
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Tucker fan-boying about the new Wayne tech
His viewers looking behind him at Danny
Danny running around fighting his food which is also growling & flying
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Tucker modifying his tech for the viewers
Danny's voice in the distance: "Bye Tuck, I need to go soup this guy real quick!"
Viewers: "Cannibalism?!"
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Tucker: "Ah yes a very normal video!"
His viewers watching Danny:
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Just an Idea
#dp x dc#dc x dp#dpxdc#danny phantom#batman#danny fenton#dp x dc crossover#dc x dp crossover#tucker foley#gotham#dp#dp au#dp x dc prompt#dc x dp prompt#story prompt#prompts#writing prompt#dib membrane#invader zim#invader zim mention#wes westley#paranormal speculation team#youtuber#youtuber tucker#< previous tags#honestly you had me at mentioning Invader Zim#and awakening an old hyperfixation from Middle School#Zim becomes a streamer to match Tucker#he thinks this will lead to him conquering the entire planet for some stupid reason#l reason his channel gets any attention
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Demon Twins AU
- Maddie was trained by the League of Assassins and was sent back to America to pursue her theory that Lazarus water was ectoplasmic residue. She joined the only paranormal studies course in the country and met likeminded scientists Jack Fenton and Vlad Masters.
- Maddie fell in love with Jack and they pursued their research together, attempting to break into the “ghost zone”, the hypothetical in-between where the energy of death collected in order to collect pure ectoplasm samples. (And possibly capture a ghost for study.)
- They Sort-Of succeeded (sorry Vlad but science marches on) and Maddie proved ectoplasm and Lazarus water were related. LoA allowed her to stay and continue her research, providing her with funding so long as she sent reports. Occasionally she had to do a mission since she was in the area, but it was usually simple and low stakes.
- Then, when Jazz is 2 years old, Maddie is called back to the League to witness the birth of the Demon’s Heirs. The babies were grown in LW using her data so she basically has to become a physician for the babies.
- The younger twin’s heart stopped when he was pulled out of the water. She rushed to save him, using pure ectoplasm from her research and it worked. Even though Danyal is deemed the inferior twin, he’s kept alive and trained to act as a benchmark/motivation for the true heir Damian.
- Maddie falls in love with the little boy whose health she’s in charge of. Talia notes that this researcher cares for her child as if it was her own.
- When Ra’s decides to have Danny and Damian duel as a sort of initiation and trial to prove his worth as the heir (something that leaves psychological scars on both Danny and Damian, thanks Ra’s.), Damian kills Danny and Maddie is devastated over the body.
- Talia grabs her and the body and sneaks them into the Lazarus pits to bring her child back. Then she hands Danny to Maddie and tells her to raise him as her own, protect him as her own, and she will erase Maddie’s debt to the league.
- Maddie runs with her new son back to America and tells her family that the job she had is completed and “hey Jack sorry I forgot to mention our son I was so caught up in my work! Yeah, whenever I visited five years ago I got pregnant and forgot to mention it! Whoopsie daisy!”
- Jack believes this because he’s forgetful sometimes and also why would his lovely, beautiful, brilliant wife lie to him. He welcomes five year old Danny into his life as his son despite him only superficially looking like him and for some reason having much darker skin. Who knows, genetics isn’t his area of expertise!
- Besides even if Maddie lied to him she probably had a good reason! He’s always wanted a son anyway!!
- Jazz is far more suspicious of this but she’s all of seven and also this poor kid looks terrified and traumatized so. She’ll let it go. And also help him settle in, as is right for a Big Sister.
- Danny has psychological and physical scars but grows up loved and cared for. He misses his brother, but he wasn’t worthy to stand beside him—grandfather said so and it must be so. He didn’t want to be a weight on his brother’s neck, dragging him down
- He makes friends with Tucker and then Sam who don’t judge him for strange mannerisms and who like him for who he is.
- Maybe it’s not the life he would have chosen for himself, but it is a good life. He decides he can be happy here in Amity Park, secure in the knowledge that his brother was off conquering and thriving.
- Then Maddie and Jack finish the Portal, which would theoretically allow travel into the Ghost Zone to continue their work. The pinhole fractures they can now reliably create to power weapons and technology prove the theory and this is the next step!
- Danny Dies In The Portal and a hole is ripped open between worlds. DP series takes place as normal!
- Mixed Reveal since Maddie and Jack are researchers first and foremost. They don’t want to hurt their children but they want to study! They capture a different ghost so they can learn more about how the anatomy works, because they need to take care of their half-ghost son.
- Danny is appalled and horrified to find them dissecting some struggling specter. They are so fucking earnest about it, trying to tell him that they want to make sure they understand how he’s put together so if he gets hurt they can help and it’s not like they can Kill ghosts so it’s only a temporary necessity in pursuit of knowledge!!
- Danny releases the ghost and later, steals their research and destroys the portal. He flees. He knows they won’t hurt him but he thought they wouldn’t Do That either and they did so he’s terrified.
- Danny’s friends help him escape and set up a fake id and passport. His plan is to get to Gotham and find the Bat who will hopefully be able to Adult this situation. He’s not expecting to be welcomed as his son; by all accounts the Batman has no idea Talia even made children with his DNA so he isn’t even going to mention being his son.
- Meanwhile Damian has been Robin for four years and slowly adjusting to his new normal. He doesn’t think about his dead brother; he isn’t allowed to, and though he’s left the league, the league has not left him entirely.
- He is patrolling with his father when an unknown teenager flags them down. Batman is suspicious of course but the kid seems to be earnestly calling for help. He has Robin hang back out of caution and approaches the unknown himself.
- Holy Fuck He Looks Like Damian
- He doesn’t act like a clone or anything. He has an impressively obvious midwestern accent and uses slang like a typical teen. He tells him, a little hysterically, about his parents being scientists and the fucking portal to hell they opened in their basement, about finding them experimenting on an inter-dimensional being that may or may not be an actual human spirit, and briefly details taking his sisters car across four states in a manic road trip to find the Batman.
- Batman is like, why me? There are closer heroes. Why not call the justice league hotline?
- “Hoo boy Mr. Batman see the thing is Amity Park is Dangerous and full of ghosts so I didn’t want metas showing up where they’d get overshadowed and I’d have to? Like? Fight a possessed Superman or something.”
- Why would you be the one fighting??
- Danny is impressively bad at keeping his mouth shut about secrets but to be fair, he’s meeting his father for the first time and the Batman is super cool and intimidating and also he’s remembering his mom and his brother and that’s reminding him of his new family and how everything has probably irreparably fallen apart and oh no
- Oh no he’s crying in front of Batman. Oh fuck, he’s sobbing in front of his father and this is his first impression. Oh ancients he’s never gonna want anything to do with Danny after this mess and it’s not like he was going to say anything but apparently there was this small hope at the bottom of his heart that he’d be welcomed and loved. That somehow his Father would just know this was his son and hug him and make everything better.
- Batman is awkwardly trying to decide if he wants to risk hugging a dangerous unknown, unstable possible-meta-adjacent teenager while he’s having a breakdown on a rooftop when Robin lands next to him and says something that freezes the blood in Bruce’s veins:
- “Brother?”
#au: demon twins#au: LoA!Maddie#fandom fusion: dpxdc#dc x dp#just trying to plot out how demon twins would work because I love the concept#Danny is not ethically alright with dissecting conscious spirits even if they are already dead#Maddie worked for LoA so her morals are a little skewed#Jack is. Jack.#not a bad reveal exactly but impressively Awful nonetheless for poor Danny#Danny’s hysterical sobbing is what reminds Damian of his brother Danyal hilariously enough#Danny gets a bit of his accent back when he’s in panic mode and also Danny was Exactly The Same when trying to explain something#that he did wrong to their Mother
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anyway dc x dp is my new fixation hell and i've had so many ideas for aus but one that's really sticking with me is a classic "danny has to run away to gotham because his home is no longer safe" au where danny is explicitly looking for other ghosts or at the very least is pulled to gotham because there are so many of them there.
he flies around for a while and finds this manor and he can sense so many nice ghosts! so he just. goes there! and stays! and this can be human danny showing up at their door injured or it can be ghost danny just flying in but regardless, the waynes would never turn him away. bruce would get suspicious absolutely, but he's seen enough traumatized abused kids to know the signs. thomas and martha? they think this new ghost kid is adorable!!
there could be angst sure but idk i love the idea of danny getting hurt by his parents or the giw and being so wary of more humans, and this place full of friendly ghosts would be so enticing. ghosts that don't try to immediately wreck his shit? ghosts that get territorial but are also extremely welcoming and have a habit of letting new kids into their haunt? the batfam who've dealt with the paranormal before and wouldn't give a shit? that's a normal tuesday for them babes. like please, danny just found heaven and it's in gotham.
despite all the "batfam adopts danny" aus i've seen, i rarely see people mention the ghosts of dead family members who would absolutely still be there and would definitely want to help danny :(
#anyway unrelated but as much as i love the concept of the batpham i do hate how all of it is soo ooc for the bats#like bruce may think danny is a meta at first but he wouldn't discount ghosts or Not believe him#and cmon the whole 'this bat doesn't even believe in ghosts' like babes santa clause is real in the dcu#ghosts is normal actually#and usually it doesnt bother me that much like i get that most people arent here for the bats#but i do really hate seeing hurt danny aus where the bats are just so... callous and uncaring about danny#like i get that its for the angst but like. the blorbos would Not say that ajkdhg#like they are The Protectors of Gotham and you seriously think theyd ever act uncaring or rude to an injured kid?#i feel like people forget that that batkids fighting each other has everything to do with family sibling issues#and specifically not wanting said siblings to be their siblings#and not like. them just being assholes to random strangers#like i get them maybe being rude if its an adoption au or secretly related au but even then#danny is also very nice and likeable and he's not gonna fight for their roles or try to insert himself in their dynamics#he's like the best random kid bruce Could pick up#anyway very unrelated to the post im just feeling some kind of way :(#i love the bats and i wish the fandom cared about them more :(#ANYWAY i love this little idea im specifically thinking alfred would be the first to figure it out#he just does man. he just Knows that someone else has been added to the family#i think itd be fucking hilarious if a new random tombstone got added to the family grave#bruce visits and he's mourning his parents and then he just sees daniel fenton and he's like who the fuck#'do i have amnesia?? concussion?? dementia????? who the fuck is this ancestor???????'#danny is eating alfred's cookies in the background and sweat laughing#danny: do i tell him or nah?#alfred: if you don't you'll get to see master bruce's detective skills in action 👨🏼🦳#.txt
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Okay I noticed the only time I get like and reblog if I post Danny Phantom idea. I have a DP post canon au about Tucker.
Post canon (not phantom planet canon here) for some reason that Tucker Foley had to move to another town with a highschool that has a weird rule that every student had to go to a club to get them among other with same interests. Tucker finds most of the clubs is boring compared to Casper high but he finds a club about investigation for things, sure he finds it boring but it is the better option as all clubs about gaming and computers are full. As it turns out the investigation club is as disguised as the true name of the club called supernatural and paranormal investigation services (or SAPIS) and while SAPIS at first don't know what to do with Tucker, they let him join for his technological skill and his unusual experience with ghosts.
SAPIS is a 6 ( now 7 with Tucker as the tech guy) people group that study supernatural stuff as one of them goes out to personality investigate and hunt supernatural (after giving himself a lot of advantage beforehand) and the other stay back to study the item ( slowly) the hunter find.
After a few months Tucker is feeling fine as he talk about his experience with SAPIS to his friends in Amity Park when the hunter carried a strange suitcase that he got after defeating a cult, the suitcase can turn into different kinds of weapon and SAPIS learn that it is called Pandora box ( it is from DMC 4 if you are wondering) and when Tucker hear about the name he's confused that he saw Pandora box and it is different then the suitcase. I want to know what Tucker will do about it.
#danny phantom#story ideas#paranormal#fanfic ideas#supernatural#hunter#tucker foley#Pandora box#club of investigator
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I posted 3,291 times in 2022
That's 1,668 more posts than 2021!
982 posts created (30%)
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I tagged 1,455 of my posts in 2022
#jackal shenanigans - 458 posts
#danny phantom - 220 posts
#skeh - 101 posts
#orv - 45 posts
#bbc merlin - 40 posts
#dp x dc - 38 posts
#kim dokja - 26 posts
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Longest Tag: 140 characters
#omfg is danny the wolf girl of casper high??? lmao??? like he be ghost growling at people in the halls and they’re just like🙄 classic danny
I sent 3 gifts in 2022
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Danny doodle
2,353 notes - Posted July 19, 2022
#4
Uhhhh Arkham Security Guard Danny
The bats have been writing up the drop in Arkham breakouts to the weather, but as time stretches on to like a few months they’re like,,,, are they ok??? And idk they send someone to go check on their bad guys only to find all of them in their respective cells and rooms.. and also this dude
He’s doing the fortune paper game with Harley ::)
2,484 notes - Posted February 2, 2022
#3
Fanart as promised
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3,013 notes - Posted November 14, 2022
#2
Uhhh au where Merlin glamours aithusa in to a big white dog that he just has now. He convinces Arthur to let him keep it bc “stupid luck won’t keep the bandits from clobbering me over the head forever y’know” which accidentally touches on a secret fear of that exact thing happening and Arthur complies easier than expected.
It maaaay be a bit difficult to explain why the dog occasionally coughs up soot but like,, don worry bout it
3,417 notes - Posted March 22, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
When ppl write fics where characters look up “Daniel Fenton” I wish they’d include a scientific article written abt him that has nothing to do with the paranormal, but his species preserving discovery with the purple backed gorilla… come on thats so funny as an aside
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COVER REVEAL
PROPERTY OF BLADE (Kings of Anarchy MC: Alaska) by Author Kathleen Kelly
🔥 ❄️ 🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥 ❄️ 🔥
Title: Property of Blade Release Date: August 4th 2025 Genre: MC : paranormal : romance.
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Paranormal Romance MC Romance Good Girl/Bad Boy Photographer: JW Photography and Cover Designs Model: Ryan Harmon 🔥 Designer: Covers by GChelle – Glenna Maynard Blurb: Blade Alaska is my kingdom, and as President of the Kings of Anarchy, I keep control of my men and secrets that could tear our lives apart. Life here is simple: no one asks questions, and I don’t offer answers. But when I find Hannah, stranded and out of her depth, everything shifts. She doesn’t belong in my world, yet I can’t stop thinking about her. Hannah I came here to escape my life in Los Angeles. A fresh start away from friends, family, and him. After my accident, he left me because I wasn’t “perfect” anymore. For over a year, I tried to make it work, but every time he looked at me, I saw the revulsion in his eyes. So, I sold everything I owned, packed up my cat, Grace, and moved to one of the remotest places I could find—Alaska. Can Hannah accept the beast inside of Blade and the broken men he leads, or will the brutal truth of their worlds rip them apart? Get ready for a raw, gritty ride through Alaska’s wild terrain, where danger lurks at every turn, and love is anything but easy in Property of Blade, Kings of Anarchy MC Alaska.
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Our Equipment and Recommendations
At Deamons and Ghosts Inc, we use several pieces of standardized ghost hunting equipment. Let's take a look at our main pieces below:
Spirit Box
Our spirit box is a more sophisticated version of a radio that connects to a blue tooth speaker. We only use this when Alexei isn't present because it can conflict with his psychic abilities. If you want to create one at home, you can do a little DIY on a standard radio by disabling the part that stops between station or you can get a cheap one on Amazon to get started! We have found that this is the best way to communicate with spirits when our medium isn't around.
Make sure you always record everything when using a spirit box. Video and audio are important, you never know if you'll catch a flicker of a spirit in the background right when they say something.
We use the below spirit box from Amazon:
You can find the same one here.
Cameras
At every haunt we investigate, we set up stationary cameras in every room that are constantly recording, as well as motion activated cameras that take photos and videos every time something moves across our light fields. Any high quality recording device will work for the stationary cameras. We personally use go pros for continuous recording and streaming directly back to our home computers.
For our motion activated cameras, we use doorbell cameras for smaller rooms and motion sensor security cameras in bigger rooms. We use Halloween and Christmas light projectors for the light fields.
Most of these can be bought cheaply and easily online or second hand, just make sure that you test them before bringing them to a haunt! We learned that the hard way when a ghost walked through our light field in front of us, and not a single one of our cameras was actually recording! That's lost evidence and a lot of people not believing you afterwards.
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) Recorder
One of the most important things to have in your kit is an EVP recorder. These machines are crazy, they can catch sounds and noises that you didn't hear while you were on location. We recommend listening to all recordings from these devices multiple times and running them through an audio processor such as Audacity to view the noise waves and potentially locate any changes or especially different sounds.
We started with one, but saved up overtime to get about 4, so we can keep them in the most haunted rooms even when we aren't around. We love our EVP Recorders from Olympus, but there are several options. You'll just have to look into what works best for you!
EMF or Gaussmeters
EMF or Electromagnetic Field Readers are used to detect the subtle changes in the air around us and potentially reveal a spirit. Gaussmeters are more sensitive versions of the same device. Personally, we only use EMFs in our investigations, as ours have always worked perfectly fine. We use one from Amazon, but you can typically get one from a hardware store as well, as many people are concerned about the electromagnetic waves in their houses. Even a cheap one can act fairly accurately, it's just important to research and check reviews online. We use the one from Erickhill on Amazon.
And of course, you will always need a good video editing program and audio editing program. There are tons of free programs available for both, so choose one within your budget!
As always, be careful while ghost hunting, don't trespass, and if you think it might be a daemon, tread carefully! Daemons are much more dangerous than ghosts!
Sources:
Mills, B. (2023, October 23). Ghost Hunting Equipment: What you need to know according to an electricity expert. The Warwick University. https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/?newsItem=8a1785d78b3cae4d018b5c0ed4101f46
SB7 Spirit Box for Ghost Hunting - Newest Model with FM+AM (n.d.). Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/SB7-Spirit-Box-Ghost-Hunting/dp/B07THLDF1Y
Hall, B. (n.d.). What is a Spirit Box? – A Complete Guide. Paranormal Authority. https://paranormalauthority.com/spirit-box/
Olympus EVP Recorder with USB and LIVE Listening. (n.d.). GhostStop. https://www.ghoststop.com/olympus-evp-recorder-with-usb-and-live-listening/
ERICKHILL EMF Meter, Rechargeable Digital Electromagnetic Field Radiation Detector Hand-held Digital LCD EMF Detector, Great Tester for Home EMF Inspections, Office, Outdoor and Ghost Hunting(Blue). (n.d.). Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/ERICKHILL-Rechargeable-Electromagnetic-Radiation-Inspections/dp/B08BLJM28J/ref=sr_1_6?c=ts&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CxT-hxnmHwDKBF83yEc4QQrwSOYINxH8R81-7wL-1iQo-CuIrbSrhWi6S-UEPFGSHKDfQz-P51m3s4FNCdHFsQzuJQeol-QGJK6vowbLnK7TSJHvmH-WUgs9JgybZ5nMB5UKnasaB68tMCUiTOPSsfa_kFqIs8BWGKzxGMqy7gw04h6ZqRScU_t9kxMfdwTUBTUfVjWu1BEDHCdFzhVgO5ZQZbM18uMKjjGl-LP6OO6GcPUVND3cSiLPfWjib8m7ARHZo-1zl2zGAp12zWJSP60nc07zN_wNcWAyIkpIF00.cZeRAtR5PgqCMQZYvIa3VPryz-Eg5iYSjCr46-wdt0g&dib_tag=se&keywords=EMF%2BMeters&qid=1731211050&s=industrial&sr=1-6&ts_id=5011676011&th=1
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*ੈ𑁍༘⋆The Dragon’s Omega (Deathless Gods)
Rhea Watson
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𑁍 Forced Proximity
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𑁍When I left home on the eve of the summer solstice, I didn’t expect to learn monsters were real—nor did I plan on getting kidnapped by one.
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𑁍A hot, wounded, furious alpha dragon who triggers a heat the moment I scent him.
*ੈVidar.
𑁍He makes me weak. He makes me burn.
I don’t understand it. Alphas rarely get a smile from me, never mind an insta-heat.
*ੈIs this a fated mates deal, a rare and beautiful scent match?
𑁍Or has my first encounter with a real alpha made me totally delusional and this—the way my body screams for him, craves him, needs him—is just embarrassing.
*ੈEither way, the pack courting me thinks my explosive heat is for them, and when I’m at my most vulnerable, they try to force our bond against my will.
𑁍But in the storm of flame and fury that follows, I learn the truth:
*ੈTonight, the only thing that will soothe my heat, mend my broken heart, and claim my very soul—is fire.
Deathless Gods is a paranormal romance series set in the Evermore Omegaverse. These spicy bite-sized insta-love romances are heavy on fated mates and scent matches, alphas devoted to their omegas, and low relationship angst.
Each standalone novella takes place on a date during the neo-pagan Wheel of the Year.
No bullying, cheating, or OW/OM drama. Always a HEA, because fate is forever.
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ALICETOWN
Dana Müller
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Als Hannahs Oma stirbt, ist nichts mehr wie vorher.
Von heute auf morgen muss sie ihr gewohntes Umfeld verlassen, um nach Alicetown in das Haus der Großmutter zu ziehen. Zwar ist sie so ihrem Freund Joe nahe, doch sie fühlt sich mit jedem Tag unwohler.
Plötzlich steht Hannah einer mysteriösen Macht gegenüber, die sie an ihrem Verstand zweifeln lässt. Alles deutet darauf hin, dass etwas Böses mit ihnen in dem alten Gemäuer Haus ist. Und das hat es auf ihren kleinen Bruder Holden abgesehen.
Geplagt von übernatürlichen Erlebnissen wendet sie sich an Joe.
Wird er ihr helfen können, einen Weg aus der albtraumhaften Realität zu finden?
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Ever since Phantom brokered a peace treaty between Amity Park and the Realms Valerie has become a kind of paranormal bounty hunter working on behalf of the Infinite Realms.
She’s in Gotham tracking down some amateur demonologists who got their hands on a hellhound summing circles and have been causing all kinds of problems for the local ghosties.
Now if only this pasty faced blonde chick would leave her alone Valerie could do her job.
And All Hell Breaks Loose
Harley was just wandering through one of the areas of gotham where cults tend to hold meetings when she ran into a clearly lost teen girl.
The girl had dark skin, darker hair, and was wearing a yellow and orange outfit with a purple backpack.
It wasn't all that strange to see her in this area given that there happened to be some hotels a few blocks away, but those people normally were better at hiding what they were feeling and doing.
She decided to find out if the girl wanted help. "Hey, kid! You lost?"
The girl looked startled and asked in a suspicious tone, "Why do you want to know?"
"You just don't look like you're from around here, is all," Harley replied, keeping her body language open and non threatening as possible.
The girl was about to answer when a large bright red and black dog jumped through a window and charged at the girl. It seems like she had pretty good reflexes because she shot it with a gun she'd pulled from seemingly nowhere. The dog immediately backed off and ran away.
From the building the dog had come from, Harley could hear someone yell, "Good job, Mark! This is why we don't summon hellhounds without preparation!"
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★🤍★ RELEASE TOUR★🤍★
The Sacrifice They Made
Imprinted Mates Series Book 2
By Jade Royal
Genre: Paranormal
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Within the heart of the Wessex pack, Maddox, loyal beta, has long bided his time, avoiding the quest for his destined mate while he awaited the alpha's victory in this pursuit. With the alpha's own mate now secured, Maddox is finally free to seek the one who completes him.
But Enya is not looking for a protector. She's on the run, hiding from a fate she never wanted. A fiercely independent spirit, she refuses to become a 'kept woman' in a world where the pack's expectations loom large. Her path diverges from their traditions as she searches for opportunities beyond its boundaries.
And the concept of fated mates? She dismisses it as nothing more than a myth.
In this unfolding romance, a clash of wills and desires, their paths collide. Maddox is determined to prove that love is undeniable, even in a world ruled by instinct and tradition. Enya is determined to chart her own course, untethered by fate. But as they grapple with their budding connection, an unknown threat haunts their territory, and Maddox must step up to protect them.
Can Maddox, a wolf who's always followed their ways, find a way to lead his own destiny, convince Enya of their connection, and safeguard their home from this mysterious menace? They'll both learn that sometimes, destiny has its own plans.
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Anna Belfrage Times of Turmoil #AmericanColonialHistory #timetravel #historicalfiction #historicalromance @abelfrageauthor @cathiedunn
FEATURED AUTHOR: ANNA BELFRAGE I am delighted to welcome Anna Belfrage as the featured author in The Coffee Pot Book Club Blog Tour being held between October 24th — November 14th, 2023. She is the author of the Historical Fiction / Time Travel Romance, Times of Turmoil, released by Timelight Press on September 29th, 2023 (382 pages) Below are highlights of Times of Turmoil, Anna Belfrage's author bio, and her fascinating post about indentured servants in Colonial America. Tour Schedule Page: https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/blog-tour-times-of-turmoil-by-anna-belfrage.html HIGHLIGHTS: TIMES OF TURMOIL Times of Turmoil by Anna Belfrage Blurb: It is 1718 and Duncan Melville and his time traveller wife, Erin, are concentrating on building a peaceful existence for themselves and their twin daughters. Difficult to do, when they are beleaguered by enemies. Erin Melville is not about to stand to the side and watch as a child is abused—which is how she makes deadly enemies of Hyland Nelson and his family. Then there’s that ghost from their past, Armand Joseph Chardon, a person they were certain was dead. Apparently not. Monsieur Chardon wants revenge and his sons are tasked with making Duncan—and his wife—pay. Things aren’t helped by the arrival of Duncan’s cousin, fleeing her abusive husband. Or the reappearance of Nicholas Farrell in their lives, as much of a warped bully now as he was when he almost beat Duncan to death years ago. Plus, their safety is constantly threatened as Erin is a woman of colour in a time and place where that could mean ostracism, enslavement or even death. Will Duncan and Erin ever achieve their simple wish – to live and love free from fear of those who wish to destroy them? Buy Links: This title is available on #KindleUnlimited. Universal link: https://myBook.to/ToTABG Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ7FYQVL Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CJ7FYQVL Amazon CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CJ7FYQVL Amazon AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CJ7FYQVL AUTHOR BIO: ANNA BELFRAGE Had Anna been allowed to choose, she’d have become a time-traveller. As this was impossible, she became a financial professional with two absorbing interests: history and writing. Anna has authored the acclaimed time travelling series The Graham Saga, set in 17th century Scotland and Maryland, as well as the equally acclaimed medieval series The King’s Greatest Enemy which is set in 14th century England. Anna has also published The Wanderer, a fast-paced contemporary romantic suspense trilogy with paranormal and time-slip ingredients. More recently, Anna has been hard at work with her Castilian series. The first book, His Castilian Hawk, published in 2020, is set against the complications of Edward I’s invasion of Wales. His Castilian Hawk is a story of loyalty, integrity—and love. In the second instalment, The Castilian Pomegranate, we travel with the protagonists to the complex political world of medieval Spain, while the third, Her Castilian Heart, finds our protagonists back in England—not necessarily any safer than the wilds of Spain! The fourth book, Their Castilian Orphan, is scheduled for early 2024. Anna has recently released Times of Turmoil, the sequel to her 2021 release, The Whirlpools of Time. Here she returns to the world of time travel. Where The Whirlpools of Time had Duncan and the somewhat reluctant time-traveller Erin navigating the complexities of the first Jacobean rebellion in Scotland, in Times of Turmoil our protagonists are in Colonial Pennsylvania, hoping for a peaceful existence. Not about to happen—not in one of Anna’s books! All of Anna’s books have been awarded the IndieBRAG Medallion, she has several Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choices, and one of her books won the HNS Indie Award in 2015. She is also the proud recipient of various Reader’s Favorite medals as well as having won various Gold, Silver, and Bronze Coffee Pot Book Club awards. Find out more about Anna, her books and enjoy her eclectic historical blog on her website, www.annabelfrage.com Author Links: Website: www.annabelfrage.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/abelfrageauthor Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annabelfrageauthor Instagram: https://instagram.com/annabelfrageauthor Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/anna-belfrage Amazon Author Page: http://Author.to/ABG or http://amazon.com/author/anna_belfrage Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6449528.Anna_Belfrage POST: INDENTURED SERVANTS IN COLONIAL AMERICA In 1681, William Penn sailed across the ocean to found his colony, Pennsylvania. Armed with a royal charter and with a host of enthusiastic Quaker colonists, Penn’s ambition was to create something of a utopian society, as evidenced by the conserved plans for Philadelphia, a town that was to be clean and spacious, ensuring the health of its inhabitants. William Penn was a Quaker, and most Quakers had firsthand experience of discrimination and persecution, none of which would ever be a problem in the fair colony of Pennsylvania. The Quakers also believed in equality. One of the reasons they were often thrown in jail was because they refused to address anyone with anything but “thou”. When faced with someone higher up the societal scale, one should use “you” – a bit like in French, where “tu” indicates familiarity and equality, “vous” respect. The Quakers insisted on “thou”, no matter if talking to their neighbour or the king. (Not that all that many Quakers ever spoke to the king, but still) As a religious movement that believed in everyone’s equal value no matter gender, Quakers had—at least in theory—a problem with slavery. However, upon finally reaching their new colony, it soon became apparent that unless they found labour—preferably cheap labour—colonising all this new land would be almost impossible. There was an established solution to the labour shortage problem, namely the practise of indentureship. This had been around for centuries. In essence, it was a contract whereby one person voluntarily entered the service of another person for a stipulated period of time. In general, any payments for the service were paid out in arrears, which meant an indentured servant who absconded could not claim on his back pay. By the late 17th century, indentured servants had been around for almost a century in the New World. Initially, many came voluntarily, pledging themselves to work for seven years or so in return for getting a grant of land after their term of service was up. Thing was, the demand for new indentures exceeded the supply, which was how people were sent over without their consent, deported as it were. An efficient way of ridding the homeland of unwanted elements while also ensuring cheap labour for the colonists. Whether forced or voluntary, the life of an indentured servant was no walk in the park. For a woman, there was the constant risk of being raped – these were societies with a chronic shortage of women – and should she become pregnant her term of service would be extended. The men ended up in the fields, disposable beasts of burden who were often worked until they dropped. A disobedient (or “wilful”) servant was punished – in some cases so severely as to permanently maim the servant. Trying to run away was a serious offence that could lead to beating so brutal the person in question died, and on top of this the reluctant immigrants had to cope with food shortages and unknown ailments. On average, four out of ten indentured servants died before their terms of service was up. I have written at length about the plight of indentured servants in Like Chaff in the Wind, where my protagonist, Matthew Graham, effectively ends up as a mistreated beast of burden. Times of Turmoil, however, is set more than fifty years later than Like Chaff in the Wind. Slavery had to a large extent replaced indentureship as the backbone of the economy in colonies like Maryland and Virginia, but in Pennsylvania indentureship still prevailed, albeit that some Quakers were beginning to reassess their take on slavery. Penn himself came to advocate slavery, saying that if you bought a slave you had a servant for life, which was a good thing. Hmm . . . In Times of Turmoil, I have two indentured servants who play significant parts. One is Hans, the silent and enigmatic German indenture who is treated almost as family by Duncan and Erin Melville. Hans has lost everything he ever had back home and is determined to build a new life far from his past. He is also very anti-violence, having been a reluctant witness to the ravages of war. Duncan came home to upheaval. Tim was sporting bruises and welts, there was a dead man wrapped in sacking in one of his sheds, and his wife . . . He suppressed the rage that lived inside of him, a snarling thing that growled and snapped whenever he caught sight of Erin’s swollen and bruised face. She looked as if she’d not slept a wink since the incident, and Mrs Andersson hovered round her like a worried mother hen. Only Hans seemed his normal, unruffled self, explaining tersely what had happened. “Caleb will say you shot his father,” Duncan said with a sigh. Hans actually smiled. “Ja. But with this, I shoot no one.” He handed over his pistol, and Duncan almost laughed. The flint was missing. “Giles and Sivert will testify. Keine flint, ja? Never.” “Then why carry it?” Duncan asked. “People see what they want to see. A man pointing a pistol is an armed man.” Hans shrugged. “I have enough of killing.” The other indentured servant is Tim. Some of the most vulnerable indentured servants were the children. Because they were so young—and therefore rather useless to begin with—they could be indentured for up to twenty years so as to recoup on the cost of transportation and bed and board. Tim is twelve when my Erin intercedes to save him from yet another brutal beating. Years of mistreatment have rendered him almost mute, and he flinches at any touch, having been conditioned to expect only pain. Sadly, in real life there were many Tims, lost boys and girls who had no one in their corner. No one. Tim, therefore, is lucky. Because once Erin had saved him, she had no intention of ever letting anyone hurt him again. A happily ever after to that particular indenture story—but then, I am partial to happily ever afters! Instagram Handle: @thecoffeepotbookclub Read the full article
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