#Fanon Ruined Valerie Gray's character

[thestraydwanderer]

Come on... You’re Angry Because Valerie Didn’t End Up With Danny, Right?

I find it hard to believe that so many people in the Danny Phantom have so much hatred over one character Sam Manson. And yet all that praise goes to Valerie Grey and how much more cooler she is than Sam. I’m embarrassed that people who are fans of Sam are apologists of said character. Instead of having an opinion or a backbone a lot of people agree to avoid a heated argument or fight. It’s Baloney!! I clearly didn’t like Valerie Grey’s character all that much and still don’t to this very day. Probably that’s because I found the character very distasteful. Not only was the character’s uncontrollable anger and hypocrisy unpleasing but I found her pushy attitude problem and high opinions of herself very dissatisfying. A lot of Valerie fans come forth and spill their hatred and angry into posts, art, and writing. What a complete waste of talent that you’re so angry that your “ship” didn’t sail off into a happily ever after. 

Being a veteran of the show when it first came out, I was a wallflower and stayed out of all the posts and fights of One True Pairings and what is canon and what is fanon.

Here are my 5 top reasons why Danny and Valerie wouldn’t have a Happy Ever. Why I personally strongly dislike Valerie. And Finally why I think she’s the worse character to grace cartoon history.

1. Valerie’s ANGER

The girl cannot let a grudge go. This girl was crazy filled with red rage. Anger and hurt clouded her judgment maybe rightfully so, but to have it carry out over a couple years on something as soooo petty as losing your high school status and a nice home and her dad’s cushy job. It’s just plain stupid. No one she knew died. Her family wasn’t homeless. It was all a matter of her pride and ego being wounded. Again when Danny had her identity revealed to her dad, it was a pride and ego thing. In the words of Elsa from Frozen “Let It Go”. (If Danny and Valerie ever did for any bizarre reason got together they’d fall part from the lies and distrust they have in one another. Valerie wouldn’t be able to let it go. Why? Again because she can’t let go of grudges and being angry.)

2. Egocentric

Valerie thinks very highly of herself. She states in D-Stabilized that she’s a better ghost hunter than the Fenton’s. And yet we see throughout the three seasons, the Fenton’s remarkable technological advances and are pioneering the field of ghost study and ghost hunting. We see Maddie Fenton and Jack Fenton kick some ghost butt in their defining episodes such as “Maternal Insticts” and “Million Dollar Ghost” respectively. Definitely not some crackpot scientists studying ghosts. We also see in “Shades of Gray” Valerie calls Danny and his friends losers after approaching her when she supposedly loses it all she has and wants to help her in her time of need. And later on in “Reign Storm” after “Life Lessons” and Danny and her have a better understanding of one another she still a complete dickhead to Danny’s friends. “What’s there problem?” she asks Danny in the hallway with Tucker and Sam. The problem was you girl. You were a complete and total jackass of a person and you’re blaming Sam and Tucker are the ones with issues with you? It maybe a stretch but whose to say, but off screen Valerie was just as bad if not worse as the A-Listers being a bully and being NASTY to Danny and his friends? That’s all suppose to be cleared and done with because Danny and Valerie are somewhat better acquaintances now? And no apologies? Nuh Uh! Forget that Nastiness! 

3. Her Weird Dislike for Sam

I don’t understand this one? Is she jealous that Danny and Sam have a special bond? Is she jealous that she knows that secretly Danny likes her but is too worried or embarrassed to act on it? I find it humorous that everyone talks a big game and puts Sam down and saying she doesn’t have character development. But in Flirting With Disaster Sam demonstrated far more maturity in her pinky than Valerie did in the entire show. Sam put her differences aside and her distrust with Valerie so that both VALERIE and DANNY could happily date. I CAN NOT say Valerie Gray would do this. I couldn’t. Because we know Valerie only really cares about herself. Which brings me to my fourth point...

4. Giving Up On Love

She gave up being with Danny to hunt down his alter ego Danny Phantom. Why? Because her revenge was more important than to give up ghost hunting and be with Danny. And to all the naysayers but she said, “she WAS going to give up her ghost hunting”. BUT SHE DIDN’T. Saying and doing are TWO completely different things. Like for instance with our government right now they say their going to change the age limit from 18 to 21 to purchase a gun. But this week we saw that our government has failed to do so. They said they were, but they didn’t. Just like Valerie said she was going to give up ghost hunting to be with Danny she did not. She wasn’t doing any good to protect Danny from herself or the ghosts, because Danny never needed it. Valerie doesn’t know that, but Danny and the audience does. Which makes the whole “I love you but I hate you,but I love you” triade thing so dumb. So so sooo dumb. It makes it really BORING! The Hate you/ I Love you thing has been so over done and beaten to death. 

5. Her Fans

I don’t have to go too deep into this one. Take a look it’s all over any artistic platform an artist or writer posts stories about Danny Phantom. Abuse writing material and art. Good examples are drawing Danny and Valerie together and making Sam cry about it or get jealous. It’s so tacky. I think they purposely do it to piss people off too. Look up Danny and Sam art and you’ll find DxV in it. Look up DxV art and you won’t find any DxS art? I find it all just trashy and NASTY! Just when I think a Valerie Fan or a Danny and Valerie couple fan couldn’t top off their hatred and stupidity, I am proven wrong. It’s okay to like Valerie or “DxV”. No one’s stopping you or silencing you on it. But I do find it hypocritical just like the character herself to flame and bash and ridicule people who happen to like Danny and/or Sam. It’s silly. You don’t see the crazy things like this from Sam fans. Well, at least not anymore. And I blame that on younger people back in the hay day. But what makes it terribly sad is that these fans are grown women belittling and patronizing other fans on their opinions and different opinions. O