#THEY BECOME A SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY

[we-re-always-alright]

any time I see people tying minor world events to economics I’m like. that’s not how economics works. I know you want it to be how it works so you can blame someone. but that’s not how it works in any country or global economy.

[bet-on-me-13]

Fenton, the Ghost Hunter Hero

So! When Danny first saw a Ghost attacking his school, he was still terrified of his parents finding out about his Powers.

He looked exactly the same in his Ghost Form, sounded the same, he even had the Hazmat Suit his parents had custom made for him on as a Ghost. There was no way anybody wouldn't immediately find him out if he tried to stop Lunch Lady with his Powers, it was so obvious!

But he couldn't just leave her there. She had crossed through the Portal that he opened, and was attacking his friends. He needed to stop her somehow!

So he tried, he just didn't use his Powers. He stole a bunch of his parents Inventions, fixed the broken ones so they actually worked, and ran in to stop Lunch Lady as a Human. The battle lasted far longer than he would have liked, but eventually he managed to stop her and shove her into the Thermos.

And from there on out, he just kept doing it. Danny became the Town's defacto Hero, since his parents were too Incompetent and he had the ability to actually beat the Ghosts, he had to protect the people he had endangered.

Soon enough people began to notice his Heroics. Mr Lancer didn't stop him when he ran out of the classroom, Dash stopped shoving him in Lockers, and his parents were Ecstatic when they found out he had gone into the "Family Business".

He still kept his Ghost Form hidden from his parents and the Public though. It was still too dangerous.

He only ever used his Ghost Form while in the Ghost Zone so he could blend in, and avoid being attacked by the multiple Ghosts who he had forced back in there. Danny Fenton was a Ghost Hunter, Phantom was just another Ghost wandering the Ghost Zone.

(Though he did gain some infamy by defeating some powerful ghosts, like Aragon or Plasmius)

Years down the line, Fenton remained the respected Ghost Hunting Hero of Amity Park, his greatest accomplishment being the defeat of Pariah Dark, the Ghost King.

That battle had actually drawn outside attention to the town for a change, and it wasn't long before Danny was offered a spot on the Justice League's Junior Team. It wasn't every day when the evil Ruler of another Dimension was defeated by a non-powered Human, so it actually sparked some interest in the Town.

Unfortunately, Danny couldn't accept the Invitation.

If he joined the Justice League, it ws only a matter of time before one of their multitude of Magic Users realized the truth and outed him as a Ghost. He couldn't take that chance.

He was content staying as a small town Hero dealing with a "minor" Ghost Problem, no need to overcomplicate matters.

That is, until the JL contacted him again a few months later. Apparently, their Time Travelers had warned of an Evil Ghost known as Phantom, who would one day grow so powerful he would destroy the world and leave it in ruins. They needed his help as an expert Ghost Hunter to track down Phantom, for the safety of the world.

Problem. This version of Danny had never actually met Dan, since his history went so differently. Now he is terrified of what event could have led to him becoming the Worst Supervillain in History.

[thirdtimed]

double life pearl in this fit..

[adhd-merlin]

I am obsessed with this

[brucie-baby]

anyways steph is doomed by the narrative, jason is haunting the narrative and bruce is narrating the narrative. does this make sense.

[metanarrates]

shoutout to yjh for overcoming failed stories btw. very cool character. continues to be Transgender As Hell

[rollforjackass]

i could KILL him for this. motherfucker's every interaction with children has him being, if not nice, then at minimum kind and forgiving and genuinely invested in their wellbeing.

he asks crying kids what's the matter, he's afraid to hold a baby because he's worried he'll drop it, he goes after people who are mean to kids without a second thought. his whole mentorship with timothy hunter is him trying to do right by that kid no matter how he feels about it at the time. man would be the most loving dad in the world but because of his own awful goddamn father and the ways he thinks he takes after thomas, he doesn't think that's true. i hate.

[teen-heart-throb-mr-hyde]

oh you hate tgs book inaccurate adaptations? do you want an award? should we throw a party? should we invite robert louis stevenson?

[edwardshundredyearoldspunk]

I'm so sorry to the dead boy detectives fandom. netflix has created an environment that makes it inhospitable for good, long lasting tv and I'm sorry dead boy detectives is yet another victim to it. tv has always been a numbers game, but when you gain a reputation for being serial cancellers, you create an environment where potential viewers just don't want to risk falling in love with something that is likely to be cancelled. when you do absolutely nothing to improve that reputation and instead continue cancelling good shows just because you don't think they have wide enough audiences, that is BAD. when you blame subscribers for not watching fast enough, when you hold fans hostage under the uncertainty, that is bad it's bad for tv, it's bad for jobs, it's bad for the niche audiences who see themselves represented in these shows. it's bad for art. but netflix stopped pretending to care about art a long, long time ago, hasn't it? so I'm sorry to the dead boy detectives fandom, because I know this was a queer show. and I know it was a special show. and I know sometimes it's hard to not take the cancellation of these special shows that feel personal personally. just know that the love was there, it didn't change anything, but it matters that the love was there

[makotonaegiunderstander]

going to tear my room apart thinking about how Makoto Naegi genuinely is a normal guy. Even more so in the games where he doesn’t quite have the same explosion he does in the anime adaption— he made up his mind before the trial even started that he wasn’t going to give up no matter what happened to him because his friends had given their last trying to live, and he had to survive for them. He didn’t see surviving but choosing despair as surviving, he wanted to do what they entered the room prepared to do, he wanted to fulfill the declaration he made when he survived his execution: as long as he was alive, as long as he was breathing, he wasn’t going to give up. He saw Junko, he saw everything she presented, and he’d already felt that utter despair. He had the chance to give in as early as Mukuro’s first trial, where he could have chosen to suspect Kirigiri. But he refused to be manipulated anymore, he refused to play the game, even if it meant everything he had, and that’s where he changed from hiding to fighting. When he made the decision to hide Kirigiri’s lie (he did NOT know he was going to die, actually!!! He thought they’d be able to work out the trap bc there was never a time limit before that trial!! That said it’s still incredible that he refused to break even when he realized it would cost him his life.) that was when he broke from his fear completely. That was when he officially bowed out of the game. He wouldn’t be subject to the game’s demands anymore, he was going to win no matter what. He chose to have reckless faith in his friends no matter what, he chose to pursue a truth that would end the game for good. It’s not entirely normal for anyone to do, for sure, but that doesn’t mean he was the only one capable. I’ve said that before in a previous post, that Makoto didn’t do anything that was impossible for any other person. Just like despair was innate in every person and everyone was capable of it, so was hope. That’s what Makoto brought out. But even he stumbled. Even he needed his friends there. And the other survivors are the ones that took Makoto’s prompt and used it to break free of Junko’s influence, Makoto didn’t force them to. He didn’t brainwash them or manipulate them or do anything to influence their thoughts any more than reminding them hope was still there for them, that it wasn’t over yet. They did the rest themselves.

And then they left, and the title Ultimate Hope got away from them all, into a world ideologically influenced by Junko’s despair, and in its absence after her death, it latched into the next powerful force one to replace what it has lost, but it needed a figurehead. So Makoto was chosen, as the one that refused to submit in the face of Junko. He was viewed as an ultimate, elevated, the world placed on his shoulders, and the same wave that brought about the Tragedy turned towards Makoto. People may have needed something to hold onto that felt as powerful as what they’d been facing, but Makoto wasn’t the only one that fought, and he wasn’t possessing some inhuman ability to always resist despair or anguish. Makoto is both exceptional in his determination and stubbornness to keep moving forward and being optimistic, and also not in the slightest, because it isn’t a talent. It isn’t an ultimate ability, it isn’t something no one else can measure up to. His uniqueness comes from his ability to choose that even if he’s standing alone. But, like I said, he’s not immune, he’s not incapable of falling. He will just do everything in his power to resist up until the end, because that’s the decision he made.

It’s weird how he’s Schrödinger’s normal. He’s the most normal guy in the world, but his view of himself as such is also flawed. He isn’t nothing. In fact one could say it’s abnormal that he’s so normal. And he DOES have something that is unique about him, even he can’t deny that fact despite trying to downplay it. He’s optimistic. He’s chosen to try and be positive or at the very least choose to keep going forward in life. That IS abnormal to an extent, despite not being some ultimate, or something no one else is capable of. It is abnormal to never entertain the idea of slowing down, getting bored, or giving up. But at the same time, Makoto DID have moments like that in the game. The only time he really stopped doing that was in the final chapter, when he was pushed to his absolute limit and those parts of him exaggerated themselves so that he could feel like he could survive. He’s the weirdest normal guy alive, I guess.

Anyway I’m rambling and this probably doesn’t make sense bc I pulled an all nighter for the final class trial but I’m losing my mind over Makoto Naegi all the time

[poison-into-positivity]

I won’t lie it’s depressing the hell out of me that people on my dash are literally begging others to watch certain queer shows in an attempt to stop them from getting cancelled.

Neil Gaiman is on here asking people to tell their friends about DBD so that the likelihood of the show getting axed becomes lower. That show hasn’t even been out for two whole weeks - people have barely even had time to enjoy it before worrying about whether it’s going to be renewed.

It just really sucks that we’re finally getting good, diverse queer representation on TV but now we have to learn how to play the game and fight for it to stay there.

[entities-of-posts]

I found a gutted crow on the sidewalk, and my life and mental health started going to shit almost Immediately.

No way that just happened to that crow naturally, so I've felt like something was trying to tell me something. An omen, if you will.

I couldn't stop looking for these "omens," and I couldn't go outside without trying to read a message in the clouds.

Lately, though, it began to clear up until

Yesterday, when we saw a hawk essentially beheaded,

And now I'm genuinely worried again

Coincidence?

Ps. WTF AS I WAS WRITING THIS A BIRD CRASHED INTO MY BEDROOM WINDOW

The End

[firesidefantasy]

a lil aawiab snippet bc i am endlessly amused by this idiot

taglist: @serendipminie-writes, @sparrow-orion-writes (mssg/comment to be added/removed <3)

[buttercupart]

i destroyed the bond of friendship and respect between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye now I laugh and make a fortune off the same ones that I tortured and the world screams; "Kiss me, Son of God"

[aquickstart]

choosing to answer the question of "what was oliver doing all those 16 years" in perhaps dumb but sort of poetic way drawing from brideshead revisited where charles paints old houses of the rich and noble before they are demolished. i choose to think that at least in some way, not as the main stream of income of course, but to pass the time and heal his ego, oliver wrote and published novels and novellas. i mean, he was a (failed) oxford english major after all. but anyway, they definitely weren't that good. cheesy, derivative, uninspired and mimicking the gothic romanticism of the classic stories but i think he could write of rich families and young bright fellas making use of the dying upper class and setting things right. the stories weren't good because they lacked the substance and clinged to the aesthetics, because he wrote to convince himself of his righteousness, not see into the heart of what infatuation with status really means. it's also very much an undergrad thing, to sort of get the basics and the tropes but not really understand what makes them work yet, and i sincerely don't think he ever graduated. but yeah. he probably sought catharsis before he could encounter elspeth again, he probably craved resolution immenseley. i choose to think he wrote it out.

[allthethoughtsandstuff]

okay listen I’m just thinking about the way that dr. gaul saw coriolanus as someone who was smart and charming and influential, someone who knew how to manipulate people and someone who was capable of making change, and how she did everything she could to make him hers, to make sure that he’d make the kind of change she’d want, because he was too dangerous to leave alone but too valuable to get rid of. she saw someone who had the potential to be her biggest enemy so instead she turned him into her strongest ally by making him write all those damned essays, making him ruminate on the ideas that would benefit her so that he’d believe in them too. bc when he goes to 12 as a peacekeeper and he’s surrounded by better people, when he’s removed from dr. gaul and her ideas and he’s not constantly being told to justify them, when he’s not trying to prove himself or live up to a name or uphold a reputation, when he’s not trying to be the person he thinks he’s supposed to be, he can see how wrong those things are