#I did take some obvious inspo from Dan

[twilight-deviant]

Pompous Pep Week - Day 5: Age Swap

This is over a week late, but I finished it, which is a win to me. xD

My thoughts on this universe of teen Vlad and adult Danny...

Vlad is a teenage boy constantly trying to appeal to his crush, Maddie, though she seems to have eyes for their friend Jack. The three still have a ghost portal accident like they did in college, occurring earlier in life due to more available technology in the modern age of 2004. A little less unstable as well, no ecto-acne.

Vlad, still a victim of Jack's impulsiveness, hides his emerging ghost powers as he figures them out. He does not yet have the crooked notion to use them robbing banks and getting rich.

One day, while in his ghost form, he encounters and defeats a low-level ghost. Maddie and Jack happen to observe and find it fascinating. Maddie thinks the winning ghost is strong and remarkable, worth studying further. This leads Vlad down a hole of instigating more fights with ghosts to impress her, with eventual plans to reveal his true identity. When he can't get fights going organically, he begins bribing ghosts into it or summoning them with ghost tech/magic, unmindful of all the collateral damage caused by these battles. Over time, he devolves further into wanton damage and cruelty to the losing ghosts.

Enter Danny Phantom, a (formerly retired) ghost hero who can't ignore the new influx of ghosts and what this new ghost boy is getting up to. Plot twist? Turns out he's half-ghost too... and Maddie's father. (No, obviously he's not also Jack's father. lol.) Their introduction is a battle, one which Vlad swiftly loses, causing him to transform back human. [See above art]

Danny is shocked to meet another half-ghost (and it's his daughter's friend!) and tries to take Vlad under his wing, teach him how to use his powers. Naturally, Vlad fights the implication he needs help— and fights Danny too. They become unfortunate enemies, with Danny constantly torn over the question if it's okay to hit a kid. Haha. But the boy is being evil! He at least needs a time-out.

I imagine parts of canon plot still transpire. Things like Vlad researching the Ghost Zone for ways to become more powerful but it backfiring, leading to him running to Danny for help. Danny always assists, but he rarely receives a thank you.

On a personal level, Maddie can't understand why Vlad hates her dad. Meanwhile, Danny has to watch the very apparent tragedy of Vlad having a crush on Maddie, knowing she likes Jack. He can't give advice or suggest Vlad look elsewhere for love because the teen bites his head off anytime he tries to help him. None of it will end well.

For Danny's backstory, it can't transpire along canon lines with an accident in his parents' lab. I therefore decided he received his powers through magic and the occult over science. And we can blame Sam for that. Haha. When the Satanic Panic of the 80s/90s hit, she rebelled even harder against her parents and bought every dark tome and trinket she could find. Yes, this led to her summoning a portal to the Ghost Zone, and yes, Danny was caught in a reaction when the portal destabilized.

After half-dying and becoming infused with ghostly aura, Danny worked to develop his powers and stop any ghosts who made their way into the human world. I imagine that, like a Ouija board without a goodbye, the portal is open (sometimes in various locations) until they realize to close it properly. This actually takes years for them to do. In that time, Danny likes to play that he's a hero. (Ooh, fun to imagine things like meeting Ember when she was still alive.) But eventually, they did close the portal and the need for his heroics... ended.

Eventually, he and Sam got married. They had a daughter. They got divorced. (It's complicated~) If you want to ask how they have a red-headed child, go look at Sam's parents again and discuss with me whether her hair really is naturally black. Hmm.......... Also maybe they have another, older daughter named Jazz. Hahaha.

If it's necessary to pick a day job for adult Danny, he still wanted to be an astronaut. Especially with an adjusted timeline and him being alive during the thrill of the moon landing. Unfortunately, the program required incredibly thorough medical examinations, something his half-ghost biology could never pass without serious questions. So he did the next best thing with all that training. He's an airplane pilot. Flying comes pretty easy to him, after all.

He retired from ghost hunting. But also lately there seem to be new ghosts showing up in town?

[mrs-nate-humphrey]

ok so we have seen over and over again people's assumptions about how gg main characters's instagrams would look like but how do you think their secret tumblr blogs would be? 👀

hmm! i just went over tumblr in general, because i don’t think all of them would have ‘secret’ tumblrs per say? everyone’s thing under the cut, cause it got SO long. i did not mention chuck because i don’t rlly see chuck as having a tumblr in any universe tbh - i feel like he would think it takes away from his businessy vibe or something.

dan's main would be something with a ts eliot url, like, a snippet from one of his poems, or it would be a whitman url, a snippet from a poem again (i see him with a whitman url of some kind & maybe his blog title is an eliot reference.) dan would 100% have the whole dark academia thing going in some ways, i think his blog would be organised as a grid, and he would reblog pictures of libraries, museums, occasionally of art, and also, quotes. so many quotes. so much literature. if you've been on tumblr long enough you know exactly the kind of blog i'm talking about.

dan's tumblr sideblog, on the contrary, would have nothing to link it to him. it'd probably be the tumblr default theme, pastel colours or something... i feel like dan is the specific genre of trans kid who uses a different set of pronouns online for anonymity purposes and then goes "wait a minute i like these pronouns BETTER". his url would be something extremely mundane and random like coffeeaddict779 or something, and it would be all #vent and #dont reblog. nobody who's following his sideblog knows what his main is, and vice versa.

serena would i think have one of those "be kind, do no harm :)" kind of hipster tumblr blogs, except she's incredibly sincere. she wouldn't have a sideblog, i don't think? and i don't think she'd attach her name to it in any way, probably just pronouns in bio and maybe a 'call me S'. she and dan would be mutuals on dan's main! her blog will be very, uh. aesthetic pictures, reblogs of dolphin videos and music and WIP art videos and anything else that'll catch her eye. she'll tag blair in fashion vids, nate in sailing posts, dan in literary stuff, and vanessa in film related/photography related things. she's having fun! every now and then she'll post a vent post but it's extremely vague and it's either something everyone who knows her irl already knows about her ('i hate my mom so much') or something that says practically nothing ('i am so worried about my brother and wish i could do more to help him.')

jenny's fashion inspo blog!!!! what more do you want me to say. she'd make it big in the fashion community and get anons all the time and she'd probably also have an etsy where she sells things she's sewn and made. everyone sort of knows she's an up and coming designer and she'd find a good community online hopefully!!! her blog would be something simple, with a url like jennydesigns or something (i bet that's taken rn, i havent checked) and her theme would be one of those themes that allows for u to have big images. she would probably post vents in the same way serena does, tag them #personal or #rambles, and have that neat code that allows for the tag to be filtered out whenever anyone views her page on desktop, you know?

i think eric would not have anything specific that he posts. he would just reblog random things - memes, things he finds interesting, jenny's original posts, stuff serena tags him in, cat videos, lgbtq+ positivity, etc. he'd try and stay out of drama (i think he'd turn anon off eventually.) he’d also post a lot of music reblogs or links, i feel?

vanessa's main blog would be one where she posts her own photos and films. because she's professional about it, it'd probably just be @ vanessaabrams. she'd have a sideblog specifically for reblogging other people’s work because she wants to support other artists, and it would be vanessareblogs or something like that, and her bio would mention “main tumblr @ vanessaabrams”. she’d be much adored in the photo/film community and just in general, because she’s one of the few people who hypes up other creators all the time and leaves nice comments in tags and all that. every now and then serena reblogs vanessa’s photography onto her blog and it almost always blows up, but vanessa doesn’t mind. i don’t think vanessa would have a vent blog or even a personal tag, she gives me big ‘i wanna keep my business totally off the net’ kind of vibes.

nate’s blog would be a lot like serena’s except, uh, more openly wanderlusty i think. a LOT of ocean reblogs. every now and then he reblogs keroauc quotes from dan which the girls find extremely hilarious. he talks a lot about sailing and gets a lot of sailing anons. he’d reblog a lot of positivity (mostly because he knows his friends are following him and he wants to brighten up their dash.) dan and vanessa jokingly dm him weed aesthetic posts all the time, but every time they do he reblogs and tags it ‘sent to me’ or somehting like that, and they cant decide whether to be flattered or embarrased. i think nate would also attract a lot of anons who ask for advice and it is something he never expected people coming to him for, but he definitely listens and shares whatever he’s got to say all the same. he’s this blog who should be weirdly niche but everyone sort of knows him and likes him.

saving the best for the last, lol. i have SO many thoughts about blair’s tumblrs. 

i think she’d have a main tumblr that’s solely for classic film stuff (audrey! and more) and that’d be @ blairwaldorf, because, well, duh. i think she’d pay for a tumblr theme and get one of those really fancy and cute ones, like a floralcodes ms paint theme. i think she’d also have a sideblog that’s less serious, where she’d reblog things from tv shows, reblog things serena or nate have tagged her in, write her own meta for fandoms she’s in, just generally be a multifandom mess with a #personal tag but nothing too personal. it would still be classy, because she’s blair, but on this blog, she’s just a girl having fun.

and then she’d have a THIRD blog, a sideblog that doubles up as a vent blog. and this one isn’t linked to her other two in an obvious way, nobody knows it’s her, etc. on here she’d probably post a lot about her ed (but i think in a  ‘i am struggling and i want to bitch’ way, not in a thinspo way - that’s a whole conversation i have no spoons for, so let’s not go there), she’d post about her insecurities and worries but it would be extremely untraceable. she’d have a fancy theme on this one too, despite it being a vent blog. 

hm. now im thinking of the potential of like. dan and blair interacting super frequently on their vent blogs and neither of them knowing it’s the other person!

[sydv1cious]

LITERARY INSPO   ///  COMPLETED READS

doctor  sleep     -      purpose     :       character inspiration, foundation for character development and the source for lore / powers.

themes / motifs:       overcoming addiction, righting the wrongs of your past / not letting the past define your present self, facing one’s fears  takeaway:      overall a decent narrative; not something to look to for prose inspiration, but poses as something of a glossary and a point of reference for sydney and her powers. after finishing the book, i had a clearer idea of exactly what sydney was capable of and was able to lay out her abilities in much more detail in comparison to abra. in terms of character inspiration, there are many similarities between sydney and dan’s younger self. 

reread   ?    yes, for the sake of the development of dynamics or for a more in - depth look at she shine for further understanding. 

carrie     -       purpose      :      character inspiration, an observation of the shine from a different perspective / era, the utilization of symbolism and motifs. 

themes / motifs:       biblical themes, blood, bullying, pig’s blood, the supernatural / the unexplained  takeaway:      an excellent book; short and straight to the point, but a good example of the descent into ‘ madness ’ and the hunger pains of vengeance. this will more than likely be my primary inspiration in terms of the execution the shine through writing (versus how i use doctor sleep for a more theoretically). carrie’s explicit humanity contrasted with her constant dehumanization from her mother and peers alike truly encapsulates the feeling of isolation and the loneliness that she felt. ‘forgive but never forget’ is a good take away - as carrie was willing to let go of the past in the place of acceptance, but it was short lived. this moment was not about carrie’s peers giving her a chance, a taste of normalcy, but rather their last chance to prove their humanity and kindness to her, which they inevitably failed.   reread   ?    a thousand times over. even if st*phen k*ng is fucking nasty.  

the  secret  history     -      purpose      :       black comedy inspiration / delivery , writing style. 

themes / motifs:      envy, guilt, isolation, manipulation, social class, and the link between beauty and terror. takeaway:      not my favorite book, but i’m blown away nonetheless by tartt’s attention to detail and her dedication to her craft. she implements the elements of her inspirations of the greek tragedy, as well as elements of the great gatsby and even draws inspiration from dostoevsky’s crime and punishment ( a favorite book of mine ). i’m fond of the characters and the group’s dynamic as a whole. unexpectedly, i did find myself amused the further into the book i got as the absurdism grows the closer the reader gets to the climax, and she pulled off the humor effortlessly.  reread   ?    yes, for genre’s sake, and because it’s a fun book in spite of its faults.  

the  goldfinch      -       purpose      :      first person perspective, prose and vocabulary, use of motifs, the representation of mental illness 

themes / motifs:      before and after, why do bad things happen to good people?, we can’t help who we are, loss of parents / gaining parental figures , coping with grief, the meeting point between life and reality  takeaway:       one of my favorite; the themes and elements of the story tie together seamlessly toward the end of the book. not only is the writing excellent, but the characters feel real and personable. so many of the conflicts that theo deals with are almost identical to what sydney has in the aftermath of the passing of her father, including the feeling of guilt or direct responsibility for their parents’ respective deaths. 

reread   ?   yes, not only for my own enjoyment, but because this book is rich with inspiration to pull from a million times over. 

sharp  objects     -     purpose      :     first person perspective, writing style, study of mother - daughter relationships & the representation of mental illness

themes / motifs:      harmful coping mechanisms , the urge to communicate what cannot be spoken aloud; a cry for help that goes unheard and unseen / small - town horror.  takeaway:      talk about blind - spots.  the inability to see what’s right in front of you; the unsuspecting. i saw the show beforehand, so i knew what to expect going in. i visited this book specifically for the first - person perspective provided and to dig a litttle further into the themes of the stories. in some ways, sydney has things in common with both camille and amma, so it’s easy to draw inspiration from both characters, if need be, but not a lot.   reread   ?    maybe; i feel like i’ve gotten all i’ve needed out of this book, but i���d come back to it maybe as a refresher for the elements that i look for in sydney. 

 we  need  to  talk  about  kevin     -     purpose     :     first person perspective; unreliable narrator, mother - child relationships

themes / motifs:     the american dream / the deconstruction of the ideal nuclear family / happiness in marriage tropes / “a pet that bites”  takeaway:     like sharp objects, i looked into this book specifically for a look into mother / child relationships, but found myself drawn to the aspect of the unreliable narrator.  the there’s tension between mother and child, and then the matter of perception on behalf of the mother, eva. the question being is everything she’s saying to be believed? it’s obvious that her perspective is skewed from the beginning, as she claimed an infant had a vendetta against her from birth. even after we’re shown who kevin truly is, could the way he turned out have been differentt had his mother shown him the love and care she should have in their developmental years?  reread   ?    probably not. i feel like i’ve walked away with everything i needed the first time. 

the  metamorphosis     -     purpose     :     TBA !

themes / motifs:    TBA ! takeaway:    TBA  ! reread   ?    TBA  !

speak     -     purpose     :     TBA !

themes / motifs:   TBA ! takeaway:   TBA  ! reread   ?    TBA  !