#Pariah and Clockwork are more in the background tho

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Tim, officially, does not have a new caretaker.

Tim, unofficially, does have a new caretaker.

A large, large man with long flaming purple hair that was capable of touching the floor if it didn't move like fire with sharp glowing green eyes and a neutral, if a bit of a resting bitch face, expression on his face.

Comparatively, he was not dressed oddly. Nothing but a white compression shirt, grey sweatpants and a pair of black sandals. The only thing odd about it was the sword constantly strapped to his waist, though Tim ignored it when he saw the man using it to chop ingredients.

Fright, he called himself, and Tim never asked if it was his actual name or not. He was just glad someone came over as constantly as he does.

He doesn't know where the man goes at night, after making sure he's tucked into bed and asleep, but he never pried. Mostly because he wasn't supposed to know that, and he doesn't want Fright to catch onto the fact that he was constantly sneaking out at night either.

So they'll both keep their secrets.

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Fright Knight was at a loss with himself.

His master, Pariah Dark, had been once again released from the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep and he wasted no time to return to his side. Even with his previous betrayl.

The events that followed were unexpected.

His master did not continue his eons long war with life. Though it had long since turned silent with his imprisonment, it was still brewing under the current of 'peace' that the Ghost Zone fell into.

Fright Knight knew that well.

So, what exactly was he supposed to do when his master returned to his time as naught but a humble farmer and started to rebuild the bridge he had long burnt with the Master of Time?

He felt... conflicted.

Of course, reconnecting with the Ghost of Time was a good thing, and he has been subject to witness just how much passion they had for each other during days long past.

But his master picking up a life that was not one honed through blood was always an odd thing for him to experience. Two peas in a pod, as some would say they were.

War and Fear.

Where War went, Fear followed. Rivers of flowing blood with storms of fear promised was something too tempting for him to resist.

Fear was a sword, and he was War's blade.

So it was not something easy for him to adjust to when War settled down into peace and sought prosperity instead of his namesake. Of course, he, as always, adjusted regardless of the situation and followed his master in his newest endeavor.

It was much harder to preserve a life, than it was to end it. They both came to realize. On his master's part, farming was something he pondered over and donned for a brief time eons ago, the new methods of today clashing wildly with what little he knew of the activity before War sung to him again. For Fright Knight, he had not a single nail's worth of experience in the act, never having had an interest like War did and as such, never learned.

It felt rather odd to use his blade to cut gifts from the land, but if he replaced them with images of enemies long since snuffed, it wasn't exactly hard.

He could not stay there for long; however, it was just too... different, from what he was used to. The Ghost King knew this and told him he was free to be left to his own devices so long as it did not affect the rules the Master of Time had set for them.

Or rather, War. But as Fear was in his service, he was not exactly exempt from said constraints, either.

So he wandered, keeping to his 'human' persona he was told to set for himself here. He was thankful that these beings called Meta's existed as no one gave him more than a second glance.

Though if that was more something to do with his height he did not know.

He came upon a city, one of shadows and filled with curses in numbers that even made him pause in slight bafflement. Lady Gotham, the city's spirit, brushed against him as soon as he stepped foot within her haunt, and it did not take long for them to reach and accord.

Fear was allowed to stay, so long as he did not do anything she did not permit. He was fine with said rules, after all, what was another constraint compared to those set by Time itself?

He had a favorable view of this city, just the ambient fear alone made it worth stepping inside. It was better than War's attempt at peace, though it was nothing due to the being itself he was just... used to being surrounded by fear.

Then he met a human child by the name of Timothy Drake. A meeting by chance and nothing else, but he did need something to do by Lady Gotham's suggestion.

So he became the boy's 'caretaker' though if he were a good one was something he could not comment on.

He did not need sleep, his new ward did, so when night fell, he always stepped out of the city to go back to his master and reappeared the next morning.

The thing about his new master's attempt at peace, was that he was quite willing to give away the gifts he received from the land. Which was helpful, considering he had no idea how to acquire money in this new age.

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So, originally, I was thinking of how much the events that happen to him would impact him as Damian. But then I realised something, the events that happen to him don't have to be super traumatic to him specifically.

When he arrived to his Father’s house, Danny was, admittedly, a little worried about getting attached and not being able to leave. He didn't have much attachment towards anyone in Ra's cult tho. He wasn't fruitloopy enough to actually buy any of their teachings despite associating with Vlad.

Anyway, he whispered about his worries to Clockwork a day before he left to Bruce and thought long and hard about what to do. And well, he wasn't a Heir to the Demon for nothing. The training did bear fruits. All he had to do, is use the background the adults in his life so far were actively making for him.

He was supposed to be a child assassin that believed that he had to fight for his Father's affection and his rightful place, wasn't he? So that's what he did. He did feel very guilty regarding what he did to Tim in his first few weeks there. Stubbing him in the shoulder and then "attempting" to end him later on was going against everything Danny stood for but he had to do it.

It worked and the family, despite their attempts to connect, couldn't really see past the "Stubby baby ninja". The closest anyone had gotten, was Dick. On numerous occasions, Danny wished that they met as Danny and Dick and not when he was Damian, in fact, he found the whole family quite fun to hang around with. (He may or may not be planning on how to go about meeting them later when he becomes Danny again. Let's just say, he wasn't that successful in coming up with a plan).

He found a way to distance himself from them and stuck to it.

Damian was killed by Heretic and went to hell for a some time.

Welp, in order to actually reconnect with his ghostly side, Danny needed to die and Clockwork arranged for that. His trip to hell, which wasn’t revealed to others until he had to talk about it (not in detail mind you), was actually him going back to Infinate Realms where he spent some time catching up with his Rugues and checking the Realms over. The scary part of hell he passed through, when he was with other heroes, was just a small part of the territory he was in (if we take it post AGIT, then he knows he is a Bridge and was doing some much needed maintenance. If he's GK, then his presence there was even more understandable).

So, He was there and got revived but because it was done using Chaos Shard and not Lazarus Pits like he thought he'd be, he was back to being almost fully human with just some ghostly trates picking through (a little bit better at blending into thr shadows, some occasional intangiblity or invisibility, not much). It was... a bit disappointing.

When Bruce was lost in time, he helped Tim with finding him because he knew how to. Originally, he was going to just let Tim do his thing but then he saw just how much it took out of the teen, he couldn't do it. He just couldn't let him destroy himself over this, especially when his family wasn't believing him at all.

Damian helped Tim much to the latter's surprise.

The whole Lizard Cult Death Match debacle is also a lot less about him proving to himself that he wasn't a monster and more about the fact that he needed a sure way of becoming a Halfa again. It worked. After his first death during the Death Matches, he absorbed the ambient Ecto and was once again a freshly 14 Half Ghost.

Getting to know his crazy Grandma was an expected thing but oh well.

Learning that Pariah Dark was actively trying to escape through the Pits and wasn't just asleep was also a shock.

So since the Matches, under the pretence of finding himself like Bruce did, Damian traveled all over the world locating and closing the Pits.

He learned that Respawn was his brother and allowed himself a moment of weakness. He saved him when he was about to die and hid him with Frostbite (please, help me work this point out. I don't know enough about Respawn yet but the happiness on Damian's face when he learned that he had a Biological brother was too much not to include.)

Anyway, 16th Bday rolls around and... he leaves.

He didn't even wait for the cake or anything. (If we take it that Alfred is dead, then off. If Damian saved him because he was more skilled, then nice. You choose).

Damian left nearly everything but a few momentos behind and left. He suppressed the longing for the life he built, as dysfunctional as it was, and disappeared, fully intending not to see anyone again.

A few days later Danny was back in Amity Park and was telling his friends how he was on one heck of an adventure from Clockwork just now. Oh, and meet my new Brother.

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Unbeknownst to him, he was a very loved part of the Batfamily. He tried to be snobbish and rude and they bought it for the first year or so, but then he helped Tim and it started the trend of other members noticing his awkward kindness.

They loved their little Stubby brother.

They were distraught when he disappeared again. Completely disappeared. No trackers, no chips, no camera ever saw him leave (he used his Halfa powers to leave and Amity is so enveloped in Ecto, it'salmost on the line between the Realms and mortal world. Normal people arents even aware it exists).

Needless to say, they are frantic and are searching for him

Danny is reborn as Damian Wayne except he has zero plans of staying as Damien

There was an incident when Danny was 16 that caused him major injuries. in a deal with Clockwork as a way to technically rejuvenate him with no repercussions and as a way to still watch over Amity with full power. he needed to be reborn.

He is reborn back in time as Damian Wayne. Danny has to do certain things as canon events but by the time he reaches 16, he can leave and go back to Amity. which will not have even realized he has been gone.

Danny goes through all the normal plot points like being raised by the League of Assassins and going to train with his father as Robin but instead of treating it as his entire life's purpose he is treating it like a Clockwork mission. Danny has done a lot of missions where no time has changed at all between his leaving and coming back to the present so he is not very concerned.

Unfortunately for Danny he did not think of the loose ends he would leave. The bat family wakes up one morning expecting for Damien to be at breakfast only for him to not show up. They check rooms, Friends and trackers but they cannot find him. 

While Danny is reuniting with his friends and about to start his senior year, the entire hero community is trying to figure out where Damian has gone.

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I was going to just send an ask but then I kept thinking of more. @lexosaurus woe! AUs be upon ye

Also these are only ones I've personally seen. I'm not making any of these up myself. Absolutely wild.

Master of Space AU (Danny is to space what Clockwork is to time)

Adopted by Pariah AU

Danny IS Clockwork AU

Ancient Danny (Danny is one of the ancients who sealed Pariah away or related to them somehow, I've seen reincarnation, their child, and actually one via time travel)

Possessed by Phantom (halfas are just the ghosts, the humans are dead, but the ghosts might have their memories - also comes in Just This Halfa, Not The Other Ones form)

Vlad is being controlled by Plasmius, but still aware and full of regrets

Vlad was with the Guys in White post-accident (AU bc his canon interactions with them don't show this, but it's still a common thing people do with Vlad)

Spectra made Vlad hate Jack (Same reasoning as above, not shown at all in Canon that Spectra went after Vlad post accident but something commonly done in fics to help redeem Vlad)

Halfa Spectra (Spectra is a halfa, or was until Jazz blasted her with the peeler in My Brother's Keeper)

GIW Danny AU (Danny gets a job with the GIW)

GIW Valerie AU (Same as above but with Val, tho they are sometimes seen together - and can be further applied to any of the characters)

Full Human AU (Danny isn't a ghost he's just a guy, same with the other Halfas)

Pitch AU (Danny is a human with an owl named Spooky, rides a motorcycle, and has a psychic connection with Sam. This one gets submitted to Phic Phight every year)

Danny and Val Swap AU (Val's the halfa, Danny's the hunter, Val gets main character rights like she DESERVES)

Halfa Wes AU (Wattison Wrath? is that just something one person does or is it more widespread?)

Trio Swap (Vlad, Maddie, and Jack are the teens, Danny, Sam, and Tucker are in their 40s)

Human Ghost Swap (Humans are the ghosts, ghosts are the humans, pretty basic premise)

Soulmates AU (Ghosts in particular have one or more soulmates, to varying degrees of platonic/romantic relationships. They go kind of feral if something happens to their soulmate. Not as common as it used to be tbh)

Artist Danny AU (Danny is some kind of artist, usually drawing or singing, sometimes uses Phantom as a way to Hannah Montana his way into being a celebrity)

Circus Danny AU (Danny never escapes Freakshow)

Oops! All Dannys (Danny - possibly split into Fenton/Phantom -, Dani, and Dan are all living together as siblings)

Feral Ghosts AU (Ghosts are more animalistic and are considered, to some degree, animals. Basically treated like dolphins or crows who can speak. Not to be confused with ghosts growling or purring, which is common as a background element in fics)

Trans Danny AU (Not in the sense of 'oh btw Danny is trans in this', in the sense of Danny being trans plays a large part in the narrative. Sometimes paired with Trans Vlad or Trans Sam)

Packers Plasmius AU (Instead of being obsessed with Maddie/Danny and killing Jack, Vlad's sole ghostly goal is to own the Greenbay Packers)

Ghost School AU (All the teen/child or equivalent ghosts have to go to school, either used as a plot point where ghosts have to go to school in Amity or a pre-existing thing for a full AU where there's a How To Be A Ghost school in the Ghost Zone)

Ghost Form Differing Ages (Comes in two forms - either Phantom stays 14 while Fenton ages, or Danny's ghost form only ages if he's in it, making him either a blob or a literal baby in his ghost form.)

Evil Trio AU (Plant Sam, Pharaoh Tuck, and either Dan or Void Danny simultaneous team up)

Adaptable Core (Danny doesn't have an ice core, he has a core that sees other ghost powers and then learns to mimic them)

Phantom/Fenton Twins (Phantom is, or is perceived to be, Danny's dead twin)

Ghost of the Week AU (Danny is just another gimmicky monster of the week who thinks he's a superhero that the real town protectors need to fight off)

Ghost Fenton AU (Either Maddie, Jack, or Jazz pre-reveal die, become a ghost, and are trying to cover it up)

Need All Danny Phantom AUs

Hello I found this list of AUs from @the-stove-is-on-fire and I am copy and pasting it under the readmore.

I know there are other AUs out there. What is this list missing?

Astronaut Danny

Badger Cereal / Daniel Masters 

Father&Son Vlad and Danny bonding, can be evil

Banshee Danny AU 

Danny's ghostly wail is his dying scream

Blue Danny 

Danny is blue as a halfa/ghost

Clockwork's Apprentice

Clone AU 

Danny's just another of Vlad's clones

Coffee Ghost AU 

Phantom haunts a college as a tired, caffeine addicted ghost

Corpse AU 

Danny Going Ghost leaves behind an actual corpse/Danny is still a halfa but his portal accident left behind a corpse

Cryptid Danny AU 

Danny/Phantom is the local cryptid

Cyborg/Halfa Valerie AU 

Valerie's ghost turns her into either a cyborg or a part-ghost

Dani Masters

Vlad decides to raise Dani as his actual daughter 

Disabled Danny

Dual Obsession AU 

Danny has 2 obsessions: usually space and protection

Dragon Danny 

Danny always has been, or is turned into, a dragon 

Electric Core AU 

instead of ice powers, Danny gains electricity powers

Everyone Knows AU 

Everyone knows that Danny is Phantom

Family Breakfast 

Vlad/Maddie/Jack

Full Ghost Danny

Full Hazmat AU 

Danny half-died while wearing an actual hazmat suit

Ghost Hunger AU 

halfas/ghosts must consume ectoplasm

Ghost King AU 

Danny (or someone else) is crowned the new ghost king

Ghostly Adoption AU 

Phantom gets adopted by the ghosts

Glowing Freckles AU 

Phantom has freckles (can look like constellations) that glow

Good Vlad/Mentor Vlad

Halfa Jack AU 

Vlad marries Maddie and Jack is the halfa

Halfa Jazz AU 

Jazz was the one who went into the ghost portal

Halfa Trio AU 

All three of them got hit by the portal

(Half) Human AU 

Danny starts out a ghost and the portal turns him into a halfa/human

Immortal Danny AU 

Danny turns immortal/never ages

Inverse Trio 

Tucker is the halfa, Danny is the goth, Sam is the nerd

Lab Rat / Dissection

Fentons experiment on Phantom and/or Danny

MerAU 

The ghosts are actually mermaids

Monster Appearance AU 

Danny’s ghost form looks grotesque or like a monster

No One Knows AU 

No one knows Danny is half-ghost

Pitch Pearl AU 

Danny and Phantom are separate beings (usually a ship)

Portal Danny 

Danny is the Fenton Portal

Reverse Trio 

Sam is the halfa, Tucker is the goth, Danny is the nerd

Secret Experiment AU 

Maddie and Jack intentionally turned Danny into a halfa

SCP AU

In which Danny is either captured by the SCP FoundationFenton Works is a branch of the SCP Foundation and Danny/the other ghosts are SCPs

Space AU 

Alien or mass effect style

Void Danny 

Nocturne gets ahold of Danny https://dpaucollection.tumblr.com/post/159463078196/void-danny)

Werewolf Tucker/Witch Sam AU 

Tucker is a werewolf and Sam is a witch

Wings AU 

Danny grows wings/Everyone has wings