#Vlad death pan ask him

[ecto-stone]

You guy ever realize how dangerous Vlad is if he is written like the out lier to the silly kid cartoon villain formular that DP have. Like imagine, He actually trump Danny when it come to Planning. Like Danny have no Problem taking down Vlad Lackey. But if it the actual Vlad. Oh He lose on every Fking encounter. Even if he manage to out Wit Vlad for a temporaries win. Vlad Would turn that rare win into a Huge L in the long run for Danny. Like oh the major shot me the poor weak defenseless boy and reverse the town back to normal. But the next episode The fenton is sued by the whole town. Reason the Weapon Vlad use is a FENTON GHOST hunting Weapon. And being a Ghost hunting Weapon Which mean it is not supposed to harm Human According to the ghost hunting weapon regulation rule 23. Added to the mattered of Fact that they have been parading around town with those dangerous weapon and mindlessly use them. As Expected countless charged comefrom the neighborhood and the town people are lauch again them after the trial fo live. So Jack and Maddie life completely ruin, Ghost portal forced Shut down. They're not allowed to hunt ghost in amity park or any states that matter. But but there is still ghost problem. so this is where the ghost hunter from out of town and GIW comeback into the picture armed with DALV ghost hunting weapon created by Vlad Completely harmless to human and organic matter as tested on live demonstration. And effectively the town is clean off ghost after 3 months. At this point Vlad got What he wanted. Jack life completely absolutely ruin. Danny and Jazz might have grudge again him for ruining their parent life. But he reply to that by fully sponsored all their education up to college "reason he don't want their kid to suffer for the parent crime"

[call-me-strega]

How to Become a Step-Dad in 5 Easy Steps: part 1

Jason meets Single Dad Danny who is taking care of a de-aged Dani while trying to get his degree at Gotham U. Both of them fall hard, hijinks and shenanigans ensue, simping on both sides.

Edit: background info/lore found here

Edit: part 2 now found here

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Step 1: Meet an attractive single parent

As a Crime Lord/vigilante Red Hood had multiple safe houses that he used in and out of the mask. Some were for each exclusive identity to prevent anyone from linking them together and others used for both. Currently, Jason was walking out of his 2nd favorite safe house and the mostly permanent residence of “civilian and non-profit worker: Jason Todd” with a plate of cookies and a pan full of lasagna for his new neighbors that moved in two doors down. He may have been a street rat but he’d be damned if Alfred and Talia hadn’t taught him hospitality (it was a fact of life that grandparents and Asian people would try to feed their guests like their honor depended on it). Plus it was a great way to do some reconnaissance on whether or not these new neighbors could potentially pose an issue. The apartment complex was on the border of Crime Alley and Burnley meaning the people who lived there weren’t doing too hot money-wise but were at least able to avoid the worst of Crime Alley. Jason was just planning to go over introduce himself, hand over the homemade food, and head off to a different safe house to get his gear and patrol. However, he was not expecting to see his new neighbor standing outside struggling to open his own door, a six-year-old on his hip, arguing with someone over the phone. The young man had a lean build and appeared to be no older than 20, give or take a year or two. He had black bangs that cast a shadow on his face making his eye-bags appear even darker and startling blue eyes clouded with anger and resentment, likely towards whoever was on the phone. He was so occupied with his conversation he didn’t seem to notice that someone else had stepped into the hallway. He was wearing dark blue jeans and a loose white shirt with a NASA logo on it that slightly hung off his shoulder. He also wore a black hoodie with a white hood and neon green accents that seemed to be subject to his sister(?)’s death grip. Despite his disheveled state, there was something about his new neighbor that drew him in. His aura washed over Jason like a cool breeze on a hot day making it hard for Jason to look away. He would have continued assessing the man if he hadn’t made eye contact with the identical blue eyes of the young girl perched on his hip, who looked at him with a curious sparkle in her eyes. He discreetly turned back around to lock his own door, trying to eavesdrop on the conversation the elder (brother?) seemed to be having. It could provide some info on these new neighbors.

“-shut up Vlad! I’m not moving into your rich guy penthouse! I wouldn’t be taking any of your shady money if I didn’t need child support for Ellie!”

Huh. So her dad/guardian then?

“ Of course I have to do this Vald! What’s the other option, sending her back to a Frootloop like you?! … I’m not going to abandon Ellie for something that wasn’t her choice. She didn’t ask to be created Vlad that’s why she gets a chance.”

Okay so setting aside the rather concerning parts New Neighbor Guy™️ was definitely that child’s parent. Seems fairly rational as well.

“How do I know you’d be a terrible guardian? Plenty of reasons, do you want the list chronologically or alphabetized! You violated me, who you said you wanted to adopt despite me having two living parents, you created Ellie and several other failed attempts without my knowledge, you hid her from me, you tried to teach her to hate me before we even met, you named her Danielle after me instead of giving her her own identity, the list goes on and on Vlad! Do you want me to continue because that’s just the stuff that involves Ellie— I was 14, you middle-aged vampire look-alike! Of course I wasn’t jumping at the chance to become a teen dad! I was a freshman in high school! Besides you know what my parents are like, lab safety regulations were more like a healthy suggestion to them. I was in no position to be taking care of a child!”

Rage flashed in Jason’s eyes as he tightened his grip on his glass Tupperware pan full of lasagna. This conversation was not painting a pretty picture about his neighbor’s situation. He took a deep breath trying to calm himself before belatedly realizing his neighbor had gotten real quiet. He turned around, catching the tail end of his neighbor’s conversation as he finally succeeded in opening the door.

“Whatever Vlad, just keep paying your child support and for Ancients’ sake please stop trying to date my mom. …. Yeah, yeah screw you too Count Chocula.”

The neighbor set his daughter down, likely so she could enter the apartment, and slipped his phone from between his head and shoulder into his hand to hang up on that Vlad guy. Now seemed like as good a time as any to approach. Jason walked up the the young man and coughed trying to get his attention. The young man met Jason’s eyes with a somewhat surprised look. As if he wasn’t unaware of Jason’s presence but hadn’t expected him to talk to him. Jason decided he should start speaking now before things got too awkward.

“Uh- Hi, I’m Jason. I live a few doors down in 357,” he said glancing at the 353 on his neighbors’ door before he continued. “I heard you moving in a few days ago and thought I’d swing by with some food to welcome you to the building.” He stuck out his hand for the other to shake.

“Hi I’m Danny, Danny Nightingale,” he said taking Jason’s hand and ‘Wow his hands are cold’, “ and this little munchkin here is Ellie!” Danny and Ellie flashed him matching smiles like twin suns making Jason's heart melt. He returned their smiles before extending the food to Danny.

“ I don’t know if you’ve had time to get groceries yet but here’s some homemade lasagna if you need a quick meal while you’re getting settled,” he then crouched down to Ellie’s level and stage-whispered in her ear conspiratorially “ and there are some chocolate chip cookies on that plate too.”

Ellie giggled out a thank and threw her arms around Jason’s neck, giving him a quick hug before letting go and dashing into the apartment. Jason watched her go, stunned but feeling warm and fuzzy inside. He turned his attention back to Danny, who shook his head and huffed amusedly. They made eye contact as Jason rose and realized he was a head taller than the guy. He felt the heat expanding in his chest and crawling up his neck, curling behind his ears. He decided now that Ellie had gone in it would be a good time to talk to Danny about what he overheard.

“ So it really wasn’t my intention to do so but I overheard some of that conversation you were having over the phone earlier,” he watched Danny’s smile drop a bit as he winced. Jason awkwardly brought up his hand to scratch the back of his neck and continued.

“ Look I don’t wanna insert myself into your situation but if you ever need help I’m just a few doors down. And if that guy gets pushy or stops sending his child support I can help you find a couple of avenues you can take. Plus, although we’re technically outside Red Hood’s territory I’m sure he wouldn’t mind extending protection over you like he does for the other Crime Alley folk if ya really need it.”

Danny’s face smoothed out looking a bit flushed and appreciative as he went on. He gave Jason a small smile and replied, “ Thank you for the offer. I really do appreciate it. Might just take ya up on it at some point. As for Red Hood? I think I’ll avoid needing the protection of a crime boss vigilante if I can help it. Don’t worry too much about Vlad though. I’ve got him handled currently and he’ll behave if he knows what’s good for him!” Danny smiled threateningly towards the end of his reassurance. (‘His canines are peaking out that’s so cute’)

Jason chuckled with Danny as their eyes locked once more. They stayed lost in each others’ eyes for what seemed like hours before they heard a thump followed by a small “oof” coming from inside the apartment. Danny turned to the door and called out to Ellie,

“Ellie, what was that? Are you okay”

“I’m fine! My shirt just fell!”

“That sounded heavier than a shirt?”

“I was in it!”

Danny sighed, shaking his head before turning to Jason once more.

“Thank you again for the food, any chance you’d like to come in and have something to drink?”

“Thanks for the offer but I’ll have to decline. I need to start heading out for work.”

“Well then, I shouldn’t keep you. I’d hate to make you late for work.” He waved goodbye as Jason nodded his head and started walking down the hall.

His neighbors seemed entirely harmless he decided as he walked away. ‘The kid was cute’ he thought to himself. A smaller voice from the back of his head that sounded vaguely like the Pits chimed in ‘Her dad was even cuter.’

~~~~~ Please let me know what you guys think and if you want to see more of this. I thrive on feedback so feel free to leave any notes or comments!

[reading-wanderer]

Ectober Day 4: Goo

Content warnings: implications of ghost death

After seeing the picture from their first trip, Maddie thinks the cave warrants another look. Unfortunately, no cryptid this time, but they do find something else.

Ectober Masterlist

They were back at the cave. This time, though, Maddie had demanded to come along after seeing Vlad’s picture. They were also better prepared with a lamp for each of them, the two extras supplied by Maddie, and each of them carrying their own cameras as well, though Maddie and Jack’s were cheap disposable ones. The spray cans of “Masters-Fenton Glow Spray” had been topped off and increased in number after a couple afternoons in the chemistry lab.

“Alright!” Jack whooped as they came to the mouth of the cave once more, “time to catch us a cryptid!” Maddie and Vlad shared a look behind him, their own excitement tempered by the fact that the creature might not be as civil this second time around— especially not if Jack was going to try catching it.

“Now Jack,” Vlad chided, “don’t forget to stay with us this time, okay?” Jack winced at the reminder. They had gotten lucky that Vlad had managed to make it out on his own unharmed last time— a fact that Maddie had spent the last week drilling into their heads at every chance she got.

“Okay,” Maddie said pulling the backpacks out of the car and handing the other two theirs, “I made sure we have rope, walkie talkies, glow spray, and snacks for each of us.”

“Sweet!” Jack cheered, “thanks babe.” Vlad rolled his eyes.

“Did you pack the other spray?” he asked her in an undertone.

“Better,” she grinned, pulling a taser out of her own bag and putting it in her pocket, “Gift from daddy.”

“Rad,” Vlad grinned back, “and I managed to borrow a foil from the fencing club.” He ducked into the car for a moment before pulling the short sword and an inexpertly altered belt from the boot. “I’d rather have a sharpened rapier, but better this than nothing.”

“Alright, let’s Go!” Jack called, already a couple feet deep into the cave. The two outside laughed and chased him in.

-x-X-x-X-x-

The first part of the walk down is just as uneventful as the first time. The glow spray from last time had long since faded, but it leaves a pale grey goo behind that they use to retrace their steps. With three times the light, they also manage to catch glimpses of some cool rock formations. It’s not until they pass into the area Vlad got left at the last time that they finally find something.

“Were those… there before,” Maddie asked as she panned her flashlight over the wall near where he had seen the creature. Large gouges were taken out of the wall, almost like something had raked their claws through the stone. They were weirdly smooth too, but—

“They would have been in the picture,” Vlad answered as the hand not gripping his flashlight went down to the hilt of the sword at his waist, “that’s about where the creature was standing.”

“Hey dudes,” Jack called from a bit farther down as he crouched next to another of the deep holes, “what do you think this stuff is?” Vlad and Maddie shared a look before hurrying to his side. At first, Vlad thought he had just placed a pile of their glow spray on the edge of the hole to prank them, but, as he got closer, it was clear to see that this stuff was something else entirely.

It was some kind of goo and it glowed green, but that’s where the similarities ended. The goo glowed several times brighter than any batch of spray they had ever managed to create in the lab. It was also more of a blue-green or cyan and had several darker patches. Jack scooted a bit closer to the edge and glanced down. “There’s more trailing down the side of the pit,” he reported.

“Hold on,” Vlad said, slinging off his bag, “I have some jars we can use for samples. Let’s take it back to the lab on campus and analyze it.”

“Good idea,” Maddie praised, “is this going to be enough, or do you think we should try grabbing some of the stuff from lower down?”

“More would be better,” Vlad hummed, “but I’d rather not take the chance of one of us falling over the edge.”

“Don’t worry,” Jack announced as he proceeded to lean right over the edge, “there’s a huge glob right here.” Maddie and Vlad lunged for his legs, pinning them to the ground so he wouldn’t just tip over and fall. “Got it!” He sat back up with a large orb of goo in his hands. The chunk seemed a bit more solid than the rest, holding shape rather than oozing all over the place.

“Here,” Vlad said, shoving one of his jars towards Jack, “put it in there.” Given that Jack was the only one of them wearing gloves, Vlad didn’t bother complaining about the fact that he had picked up an unknown substance with his hands. Maddie, on the other hand, immediately started berating him for doing something so stupid.

-x-X-x-X-x-

Despite their little discovery, the rest of their trip remained uneventful and they quickly made their way back to the dorms, promising to meet the next morning in the lab they had commandeered for their experiments.

Vlad ended up being the first one down in the lab, not that it was a new thing. His mother had long since impressed upon him the importance of an early start to the day. It gave him time to examine the goo they had found as well.

He had left it in the samples fridge, hoping that the lowered temperature would prevent any deterioration of the material. Thankfully, the goo looked just as vibrant and glowing as when they found it. Interestingly, it seemed like they had grabbed more than Vlad remembered, the goo filling up three fourths of the jar. Pulling out his notebook, Vlad sat himself at one of the stations and started writing down his initial observations including where they had found it and when.

He was soon joined by Maddie, who pointed out a couple of her own observations. “So what do you think it is?” Vlad asked, prodding the sample with a glass rod as he attempted to remove some of the slime without dislodging the larger, more solid chunk, “do you think it’s, like, the monster’s spit or something?”

“It can’t be,” Maddie pointed out, “or you would have noticed the creature as soon as it opened its mouth last time you guys went down there.”

“Maybe it’s from something else entirely,” Jack boomed, startling both of them.

“Jack, are those chips,” Vlad asked, capping the sample jar preemptively, “you know you aren’t suppose to have food in the labs.”

“Maybe it’s from a Ghost!”

[aliypop]

Blood Lust (Part 3)

Word count: 2,855 

Warning : Language 

A/N : Part 3 ! I dedicate this tp @kayte-wren, @a-supernatural-writer, @pitiful-anonymous-vampire and @ocfairygodmother You guys are all amazing!, also I’m glad to have rewritten Tiffany’s past of 1906 and yes I know Vlad and Drac are the same but I made them twins, also pay attention to the mention of gloves and fans *wink won*

"Well, let's just say there was a reason Max taunted me so much," Tiffany grumbled, "If you'll excuse me, I'm tired, and that's a story for another time." she giggled.  Tiffany curled back up on the couch as Angelica grumbled, "It would've been nice to know more..."  her fingers playing with the ring, tracing the stones, "Not that you're my sister who I'm trying to know more about..." she poked Tiffany's cheek watching as brown eyes panned to see that the boys agreed with Angelica's tantalizing words,

 "Alright, fine, you wanna know more..."  Tiffany rolled her eyes as Marko and Paul both sat on the armrest, getting comfortable, "I'll take that as a yes..." Both Dwayne and David sat on the floor next to Angelica Jasper sat on the other sofa curled up in a tattered blanket. "Alright, Well, a few months after the engagement of Dracula and I had company..." she smiled, " An adorable lawyer named Johnathan Harker... " Tiffany giggled, "What a fool he was..."

 It was a stormy night in Transylvania. The moon was high above the night sky as owls and wolves who'd and howled amongst Castle Dracula. There in the grand dining hall sat Johnathan Harker, dark brown hair and a pure young lovesick look in his eyes caused by his lover Mina. Tiffany sighed, watching the two talk, her immortal heart yearning for what they shared, cold hands wrapped around her waist as the silk fabric of a cape brushed against her arms. "You aren't dressed yet. Why," Dracula asked, laying his chin on top of her head, "Not hungry..." she replied, looking at him, "Besides, they're your guests. I wouldn't want to intrude." she laughed, breaking from his grip as she went to their "Shared" room.  Dracula, however, made his way down the stairs joining the couple. 

"Do forgive my lateness... My betrothed has fallen ill and won't be joining us..." 

"Is she okay..." Mina asked, her eyes focused on the vampire, a bashful blush coming across her face. "She's just a bit tired, is all..." he smirked, his eyes averted to the pulsating vein in her throat. His hands caressing hers while Johnathan's eyes averted to a shadowed figure in the candlelight, rubbing his eyes, he felt his mind was playing tricks on him much as they did before when he went exploring on his own around the large castle. As the shadow crept closer, the hairs on his neck began to stand still as the air around them shifted while the candle lights no longer flickered. The feel of deaths nurturing cold hands reached out to the lawyer. A long metal pointed ring at his neck. Johnathan turned to look back, but nothing was there yet again. Dracula only grumbled, knowing who was behind it all. 

" Is everything, okay my Count? Mina asked,

"Nothing to worry about, my pet..."  Dracula smiled pouring, glasses of " wine."

"Seems we have a visitor..." Dracula mumbled the silhouette of well-kept hair from the balcony peering down at him. Both Johnathan and Mina were "drunk" as Dracula made his move to sweep Mina away to give her death's sweet kiss upon her neck.  "Funny since I started trusting you, nothing good has happened..." Tiffany laughed, making the blood inside Dracula boil, 

" Careful, aren't you..." he scoffed, his lips nearly meeting Mina's lips for a kiss.   "I could kill everyone in this town before they could even rise to their feet: skills like that do wonders for self-confidence," Tiffany responded, cutting a gash in Johnathan's neck, her teeth sinking to the fresh dark red oozing down. Droplets formed around her lips as she flashed a smile towards the other vampire. Dracula took Mina by the hand as he kissed her, eyes wide open as his eyes looked towards Tiffany. He could see the subtle feelings for him crack right in the windows of her eyes. The Harkers both laid there lifeless as Tiffany had only stormed up the steps. 

"How could you..." she turned to face him.

"How could I what," he smirked, "You're just an experiment ..." he leaned in closer, " A lover when I need you to be..." he whispered, tilting her chin, "You're nothing...but my bride of course." he kissed her as she fell into his grasp. 

"Woah, wait, you two bickered then made up..." Paul blinked. Tiffany smiled as she reached out to touch his hand, "I talked back, and he threw me in the cellar with his brides..." she shrugged, "Was it bad..." Angelica asked, sitting in Jaspers' lap. 

 "Well, with Draci, it isn't easy, his tempers short, and his brides are sleazy..." 

The year was 1905. Sitting in the cellar was Tiffany, brides surrounding her, taking nearly every drop of blood. It became her punishment every time she denied Dracula a propper wedding, her skin growing pale as veins covered her features almost as if she were dying. "And who do we have here..." A tall, lanky man asked, standing next to Stewart.  

"This is Tiffany..." 

"Stewart..." She whispered, her eyes fluttered, looking at the brown-haired man who by stature looked rich as well as a vampire. "Let's get her cleaned up..." he smiled at the familiar, lukewarm water had touched her skin as Stewart washed her hair from dirt and residue. "Tiffany, we're gonna get you out of here..."  he smiled as she hummed, "You're the best..." she slurred. As Tiffany was made up and dressed, she stood in front of the well-renowned businessman. 

"Maximillium... Carmilla's prodigy." Tiffany cleared her throat of Stewarts' blood.  "At your service, Countess..." he kissed her hand, "The Count and I aren't married actually..." she interjected, tapping her nails on her ring, "Oh, sorry for the mistake..." Max mumbled, 

"What did you come here to do, Lord Maximilian..." she yawned, Stewart still standing in front of her,

 "Perhaps you'll join me in America... Santa Carla, California, I'm making a  grand haven hotel if you will." he smiled, "To have such a refined vampire as yourself would be an honor ..." a devious smirk from beyond his lips.

"And when will it be done... "

"1906..."

Santa Carla 1906, the mundane capital of the world, was what they called it. As the bustle of Trollies and people fled the beach city streets, there stood a cliff with a grand hotel with a view of the ocean. Standing in front of it all was Tiffany, who was 135 white pearls graced her neck in the finest of french fabrics as her hair was in the Gibson girl, styled with an emerald jeweled comb.

 "Well, mother, I made it..." Tiffany mumbled as she walked across the bustling streets towards the hotel. 

"Wait, Tiff, we know this story we were there..." David smirked, keeping the drying compress on her forehead,

"You only know some of it, Mr. David...  and besides, Angelica never heard it ..." she looked over towards her sister as she laughed. 

"Where was I?"  

"1906." Angelica smiled, "The era of romance!" her doe eyes sparkling, "Eh, the era of cowboys... and the earthquake ..." Jasper shivered while Tiffany waited while watching the two love birds converse. "Well... I remember coming out of my carriage. It was a Winston motor carriage, to be exact." Tiffany smiled, her eyes looking over at Stewart whose hands were shaking behind the wheel, sure she could have just flown in, but Tiffany was more for the dramatic flare of humanity.  "Are we there yet..." Stewart mumbled, 

"I should be asking you that non?" Tiffany asked, sitting in the passenger seat as her luggage sat in the back. Sunny California had seemed like the place for her. It was new and a bit dusty, but it was a gold mine, and it would soon be hers.

 There were trains and riverboats, the advancements of the new world, and there sat Tiffany and Stewart in the middle of it.  The feather of her hat flowing in the breeze as Stewart parked the carriage, children running by while men tipped their hats to Tiffany.  "Stewart être un cher and get my bags, please..."  she asked, Stewart, grumbled, pulling out the large duffle bags of dresses and hat boxes, wishing that Dracula hadn't let her go to Paris for a shopping spree.

"I'm glad that you could make it, Mrs. Monroe..." Max said, nearly making the younger woman jump. "Ms. Monroe... Mrs. Monroe was my mother," she said as Max took her by the hand, leading her towards the main street of what would one day be the boardwalk. Tiffany couldn't help but imagine all the summer events one could get into, from the waves of the beach to the romantic sea air even Stewart was impressed. 

"I think this is it..." he lugged everything onto the luggage cart. There stood Tiffany in the middle of the lobby, watching as patrons went by, some human and others looking for sanctuary. Tiffany could hear Stewarts' heart stop when she saw his eyes focused on a pretty well dressed curly-haired blond, 

"Parle lui maintenant..."

"Tiffany non... what if he doesn't isn't ..."

"Isn't what..." Tiffany got closer to the brunette.

"Balancer dans l'autre sens..."

"I don't know he's swinging his eyes your way..." she laughed, pushing him over to the guy. 

"Good luck, mon amie!"

"Wait... Wait, You played matchmaker for Stewart and me?" Marko asked, "No fucking way!" Tiffany let out a gut-wrenching laugh, "Actually, you're the reason he wanted to turn..." she smirked, "But we'll get to that eventually ..." she smiled.

 "You are how Armand and Lestat described you..." 

"All good things, I do hope..." Tiffany chuckled as she walked towards Vlad, Dracula's older brother.

" A splitting image of frumuseţe itself."  His thick Romanian accent made her laugh a bit, reminding her of the man she'd never return to,

 "Perhaps you'd like to meet the others..." 

"Others?" 

"Like us."

Tiffany only laughed as she then blinked, "You mean ..."  she watched as he nodded, Clare de Lune playing in the background while Tiffany stared at Vlad, almost identical to his younger sibling. All he was missing was the cloak.

 "Well, at least let me change into something more formal." she nearly screeched at the idea of being seen in high society in her traveling attire. "Dwayne, come..." Vlad gestured the dark-haired vampire over. Tiffany's eyes had nearly dilated as both Max and Vlad talked about their dinner plans.  "I bet gals are always all over you huh," Tiffany moved a loose curly strand of hair from her face twirling it around her finger, her brown cheeks flustering up from a blush. "Some do." he winked, "Is that so..." she smirked, pulling on her right glove, her thumb a bit exposed,

"Hey, Dwayne!"  he turned around to see his brother behind him, "The guys need your help..." 

"With..."

"Well, paul stole a lady's necklace... and "

"To your room Ms. Monroe..." Stewart joked, watching in the gaze of the woman's eyes. 

"Stewart, do you think this will do..." Tiffany asked as she held up a beaded black evening gown, "Or perhaps it's too formal, non?'' She mumbled, pacing back and forth in the spacious room. Stewart laughed at the woman as he helped her tie her corset, his heart still set on the man he met earlier, "Why not make an entrance. It is what you do best." He watched t as Tiffany puffed out her cheeks, "But I want to blend in ... and, You are still human, so surprise me." she frailed her hands up, "Until tonight..." he mumbled, helping her with the beaded gown. "What do you mean not for long..." Tiffany shot her head up

"You look stunning, madame. " Stewart smiled, trying to change the subject, "Ribbon, Pompadour, or perhaps the Gibson ?" he asked. 

"They're all my best looks, Stewart, but why not... is this about the mystery man..." She poked fun at her familiar "It's not about him besides... you haven't been in love for over a hundred years an-" 

"Ah-ha..." 

"What..." 

"I never asked if you loved him." 

"And I never asked about what was his name... oh right! Dwayne." 

Standing in the grand ballroom were Vlad, Max, and the most youthful-looking boys she had ever seen. Three with golden hair and the one from earlier. " Boys, This is Lady Tiffany Monroe, the pearl of Orleans." he introduced her as she tipped her black feathered hat to the boys, her fan hanging and closed from her left hand. "Salutations, and please call me Tiffany," she suggested as she walked down the stairs, Stewart standing next to her, " Well, introduce yourselves..." Vlad nudged his newly turned Vampires, "They're a bit shy..." 

"I was shy myself when I first turned ." she laughed, playing on the nature of the two as she walked towards Dwayne and his brother. She could smell the disparity of them all. They were lost boys orphans in different ways, "That's Dwayne; he's not much of a talker. I'm his brother Jasper." the young boy smiled.

 Tiffany laughed a bit as she looked at Jasper, "Well, sometimes few words are better than a mouthful." she glanced at Dwayne and winked her fan in front of her face.  

Her eyes then caught on towards two playful blondes clearing her throat as Tiffany approached them, first the taller one, he was covered in a bit of dirt and looked to be around 18, gesturing to shake his hand, Tiffany watched him flinch, 

which told her a bit about him, wavering trust she knew that all too well from her previous upbringing and engagement.

"I'm not going to hurt you at all."  she placed a hand on top of her heart, noticing the dangling necklace from earlier.  "So tell me, what's your name?" 

"Paul Campbell." he gave her a grin, "And the short one over there is Marko."  She watched as Marko rolled his eyes, doll-like features but chaos behind his eyes. She could see why Stewart was so smitten with him, " Trying to rescue us or somethin..." Marko nearly spat, annoyed by her presence.  

"I don't even know why I'm here." she shrugged as she then saw from the corner of her eyes caught the stare of icy blue eyes looking towards her way, " Who's he..." her breath hitched, 

"That's David, but if you're interested, don't be..."  Jasper whispered, 

"And why not..." 

"He's in love with Anastasia ..."  the four all said in unison in annoyed tones, "He must talk about her a lot, huh," she asked, watching as they nodded. 

"Anastasia's so pretty... stars even outshine her..." Paul mocked him, 

"Hey! she was pretty..." David pushed him off the couch, 

"Chill, man: I'm just joking..." Paul hit him back as Tiffany shook her head. 

"David Paul cut it out..." Tiffany glared at them both, a dry cough escaping her.  

"What happened next, Tiff..." Angelica whispered. 

"She talked to David," Jasper answered.

"Stewart, don't wait up for me..." her dark brown hair tied up in a ribbon,  "Are you going out to feed ..." he asked, his eyes adjusting to his new powers. 

"Ah, no. "  she smiled, her dressing robe trailing behind her. Laying on the restaurant floor were David and Marko, who seemed to be bumbling like an idiot about his lover Anastasia, "It's bullshit..."  David grumbled, "She's not gonna want a guy like me..."  

"I mean, you can't shoot for shit, and you can't even die with her." he shrugged, "Pretty useless if you ask me." he began to laugh until the candles around them thinned out,

  "Mind if I join you, men..." Tiffany asked, standing in the doorway, "As a woman myself, I'd say if she loves you, she won't care what you can't or can do..."  Marko only looked over his shoulder as he blushed, "And you are..."  David asked.

"Tiffany,  you seem to be a bit in a bunch about this girl," she said, laying out on the floor,

 "She's perfect, rich, perfect ..." he sighed, moving a hair from his face, "Sounds like utter shit... " Tiffany laughed. David looked at her, shocked at her use of swears, something he had never heard a woman such as herself use. "I mean... rich and perfect could mean the taste of a chuck steak... for Christ sakes... but when you're dead, you fall for the soul..." her eyes looking up at the ceiling, "Passion... sensuality ... But I wouldn't know anything about that !" she turned to look at David.

 "I guess your right Darlin..."  he laughed, "Smoke?" he asked, pulling a cigarette from out his pocket. Taking the cigarette, Tiffany inhaled as her eyes watered a bit, laughing as she coughed in between, 

"It's inhaled then exhaled."  he smirked, "Got a last name, Darlin."

"Monroe and you..." she leaned in close.

"Har-"

"Ms. Monroe, a letter from Dracula..." Max smirked 

"Then what happened..." The boys asked as Tiffany swooned, "I fell in love with two amazing men... I broke off my engagement to Dracula, and I've been lost in the shadows ever since."

[vanhelsingenthusiast]

I have no specific Dracula questions, but since I feel like every fan has thoughts on it. What would you do if given infinite budget to adapt Dracula to film?

Oh BOY (in a gender-neutral way, ofc). Ok I’m glad you asked. Also this is going to be very long and I’m so sorry.

 I’m an aspiring screenwriter, and part of the reason why is bc I really wanna make a Dracula adaptation, so here’s some Thoughts: 

First off, I’d probably make it a series with multiple parts, as opposed to a movie. Honestly, I don’t know if one can keep the slowburn ambience of Dracula whilst making it a film. Some of that is due to the epistolary style of the novel, which can’t be adapted properly into any sort of video style, but part of it is also just that there is so much content to unpack in the book. Taking away scenes or characters also takes away from the slowburn aspect. That’s part of what gives Dracula it’s power, imo. The creeping sense of dread you have the entire time you’re reading it. So I’d want something that’s longer in order to really explore that. 

I think one thing I would do would dedicate an entire episode to Jonathan’s time in the castle, just because it’s arguably the most interesting part of the book, and even though most movies do capitalize on it, I just would like to give my own twist as well. It’s really the only time we get to see Dracula up-close and personal, and it’s a great time for characterization. It sets the tone for the rest of the story. 

Of course, in Dracula we get all of his characterization second-hand, which is important. A big part of why he’s such an effective villain is because we don’t know him, we know people’s interpretations of him, so I think I’d keep that aspect as well, mainly by not making him a main character, per se. I won’t do anything like what BBC Dracula tried to do by making him the “hero” of his own story. Also, we’d never see the full extent of his powers, I think, or anything about his background (and he wouldn’t be just Vlad the Impaler. That’s so overdone). Humans fear the unknown, so if someone wants a scary Dracula they have to keep him as unknown as possible. Part of the appeal of Dracula is there are so many different ways to interpret him because we don’t know anything substantial about him. 

I’d also like to tell the story of the Demeter. Maybe I’d dedicate a whole episode to it, or have it be the primary plot and have Lucy and Mina in Whitby be the sub-plot. This would probably be episode 2. Of course, going off of keeping Dracula unknown, it would focus more on the sailors, and they wouldn’t know Dracula is among them. I’ve been thinking and reading more about different interpretations of what actually happened on the Demeter, and one theory that has struck me as very interesting is the idea that (I think?) the second mate went kinda “insane” (for lack of a better term) whilst trying to find Dracula onboard, and he was the one who committed the murders, not Count Dracula. And while I won’t have it so that only the second mate kills everyone, we do know from Renfield that Dracula has a corrupting influence, so I think I’d play with the idea that Dracula influenced to kill some of the sailors, and Dracula killed the others. 

Of course, I’d have Vancula. I’ve been toying with the idea that they’re ex-lovers and Van Helsing left him years prior due to Dracula killing people, but I’ve also been toying with the idea that they have no prior knowledge of each other, and I’ve been toying with the idea that they know of each other and both view each other as formidable enemies. Van Helsing knows of Dracula due to his research (I’m sure he has former experiences with vampires), and Dracula knows of Van Helsing because, well, I’d imagine he’d be very cautious about any potential vampire hunters. Especially when said vampire hunters have, like, four doctorates and intimate knowledge of vampire anatomy. 

I’d also add elements of Westenray, because,,,,,,,,imsuperfrickingayandilovethem. Lucy would be more like she is in the book -- very caring, sweet, innocent, and less like how she is in most adaptations. She is (in my mind) almost definitely pan and polyam, and in love with all the suitors and Mina. I want that to shine through. 

Mina and Van Helsing would be portrayed as the smartest characters, because,,,,they are, lmao. And I would definitely have Mina be one of the most important characters. Like, she’s the entire reason why they’re able to kill Dracula. I’ve been thinking a lot about her going off kind of on her own after all The Boys tell her she’s not allowed to participate in the whole hunt anymore, and it maybe culminating in an altercation between her and Dracula where she finds out something vital about him. Idk, I haven’t figured it all out yet, but I think Mina is capable enough to do Shit On Her Own. 

Ok, well this has gotten long enough, so I’ll end it with this:

Lots of religious symbolism. Also symbolism around white and red roses. Dracula’s death is very ambiguous (just as it is in the book). Do with that what you will. 

[phantomphangphucker]

Phango - Phabulous Phashion

(”It’s not gay if he’s dead + Tucker punches Vlad + Identity Reveal)

Danny’s gonna use the school hallways as his personal fashion runway.

Danny’s walking by a store but jerks to a stop, walking backwards some to stare in through the window; lips twitching up into a lopsided smile.

-Next Morning-

Danny walks up to his locker with a cocky grin, spotting Sam and Tucker. Danny quickly leans against the lockers and puts his hand on Tucker’s shoulder, “hey”.

“Did you just...give me the shoulder touch?”, Tucker snorts, “dude, that’s so gay”.

Danny just wiggles his eyebrows dramatically and waits for Tucker to notice. Sam notices first however and promptly facepalms. But her eyeballing gets Tucker to look down at Danny’s shirt, reading ‘it’s not gay if he’s dead’. Tucker blinks once, twice, three times, before curling up and laughing; clapping Danny on the shoulder multiple times in the process.

“Dude! Where!”, straightening up, “also, that was the single best joke you’ve ever made”.

Danny smirks, the joke really only works because he knew what Tucker would say, “lets just say, there’s a wonderfully spooky new store in town and I am broke”, Danny waits a bit while his two friends shake their heads with mischievous smiles before he picks back up, “I also need a bigger closet”.

Sam and Tucker share a look before Tucker looks at Danny, “so you’re actually going the wear different clothing every day for once?”.

Sam smirks, “do we need to set up a fashion runway? I’m pretty sure there’s actually one in my house”.

Danny smirks almost cruelly, “wonder how long it’ll take before people start questioning my fashion choices”.

Sam and Tucker sigh, speaking in unison, “this is going to end badly”.

--Line Break--

Danny’s pulling books out of his locker and quickly hides his smirk as his two friends approach. Speaking as Tucker opens his own locker, “so the new Pokemon game’s coming out. Who you gonna choose?”.

“The rabbit thingy I think, you?”.

Danny closes the locker door and smirks. Tucker, remembering yesterday's bullshit promptly looks down. Danny’s shirt reading, ‘CHOOSE DEATH’, Tucker can’t help but laugh, “now that’s a little on the nose”, pointing at Danny, “and you didn’t choose shit”.

Danny huffs, “hey now, I went in knowing full well what would happen the second time. And y’all never forced me to go it in, in the first place”.

Tucker rolls his eyes, “debatable. Plus, you’re not technically dead. At least not entirely”.

“Yeah, I guess death isn’t one of those things were a half-off coupon really applies”, Danny smirks slightly, “and if y’all think you’re even slightly truly responsible, then maybe you two should get ‘Reaper Crew’ shirts. Thinking you’re my little personal reapers and shit”.

“Danny dude, we literally reap ghosts. As in we gather them up? You really should study vocabulary once and a while”, Tucker slightly regrets his words as he watches a wicked smile spread across Danny’s face.

--Line Break--

Danny’s still trying to figure out how he’s going to make a joke out of today’s fashion choices when Dash practically hands it to him. Overhearing Dash jeering at some freshman, “what you think hiding around your tall friend’s gonna make you bully-proof?”.

Danny snaps his head around painfully and near inhumanely fast, Sam and Tucker exchanging a glance as Danny strides over and floor slides dramatically to be in front of Dash. Danny grins, “everybody knows I sure as shit ain’t, but guess what I am?!?”, Danny gestures at his shirt because he knows Dash is an idiot.

Dash looks down and reads Danny’s shirt ‘Death Proof’ and mutters, “goddamnit Fentoast”, and restrains a chuckle.

Tucker leans over to Sam, “I like how yesterday’s shirt basically said ‘I’m dead’ and today’s says ‘I’m not dead’. Not to mention subtly hinting at the whole probable immortality thing”.

Danny smirks at them as he dodges out of the way of Dash trying to grab at him. Both of them running after him to hide behind the school.

Danny digs in his pockets and shoves t-shirts at them. Tucker quirks an eyebrow, “seriously? I thought you were broke”.

“I’m broke-er”.

Sam looks over the black ‘Reaper Crew’ shirt and shrugs. Pulling it on while gesturing at Danny’s pans, “why do you guys always get to have such massive pockets”, looking down at the shirt before quirking an eyebrow at Danny, “did you memorise our clothing sizes?”.

Danny rolls his eyes, “I’ve literally worn your bodies, I know how they fit”.

Tucker blinks, “you know, that sounds way creepier when you actually say it like that”. Danny just chuckles.

--Line Break--

Danny’s laying in his desk as Mr. Lancer comes in. Quickly calling attendance and ignoring how Danny smirks when he says, “here!”. But he can’t help but chuckle, amused by Danny’s antics, when he gets fed up with Danny’s inattentive resting and calls on him to sit up straight. Actually having to pause and laugh to himself a bit at Danny leaning back in the chair and throwing an arm over the back of it. Making his shirt, which reads ‘Here Lies’ over the image of a tombstone, very noticeable.

Lancer grumbles to himself, “I wish he’d put as much effort into his classwork as jokes”, then raising an eyebrow ever so slightly over Daniel suddenly looking a little sheepish and rubbing his neck; pretty well sure Daniel has somehow heard Lancer's mutterings.

--Line Break--

Danny planned out his next apparel choice with precision. Waiting till Red was in a pissy enough mood to go after Phantom a bit more aggressively before school. Struggling to keep the smile off his face as he slips out of the bathroom after changing back human and fixing up his wounds.

Sam grumbling at him as he gets to his locker, her looking at her phone -going over today’s morning ghost news- all the while, “she’s going after you pretty aggressively again. What did you do to piss her off now?”.

Danny shrugs, “might be because I kept stealing her captures”.

Tucker elbows him, “one of these days she’s going to genuinely get you good, you know”. The girl was cute and he knew Danny still liked her but she was really a threat.

Danny smiles more earnestly then, sighing almost wistfully, “maybe she’ll really be the death of me”, shrugging, “not that I mind”. Since, apparently, he liked danger even in his love life. Which yes, was absolutely stupid, but he did stupid damn well.

Sam rolls her eyes and sighs, she really wished Danny would cut it out with his soft spot for the huntress, “you should mind”, glaring at his soft-looking smile, “and you better not still be interested in her. She hates ghosts, no matter what that’ll get in the way”. Tucker firmly decides not to comment on that.

Danny just grins wide and you could practically smell the mischief wafting off of him. Sam pinches her nose but Tucker bursts out laughing just before she looks to Danny’s shirt. Danny just grins smugly as she groans at reading, ‘Death Cannot Stop True Love’. Glaring at Danny, “I hate you, you moron”.

Valerie walks by and comments with a smirk, “well I don’t”.

Danny sticks his arms out dramatically at Val’s retreating form, “at least someone loves me”.

Both Sam and Tucker replying, “she just doesn’t know any better”. Danny just rolls his eyes exaggeratedly, though he honestly loves all the shit they give him.

--Line Break--

Danny makes a point of massaging his sore shoulder and thusly covering up the chest of his t-shirt as he walks over to his two friends at the being of school.

The two give him worried looks over what looks like blood having seeped through the side of his white t-shirt. Tucker frowning as it doesn’t really look right, “you really should just stop wearing white”. Sam, being more sensible, asks the more important question, “are you okay?”.

At that Danny smirks, as he’s finally close enough to them that he knows they damn well will pick up really quickly that the ‘blood’ is just part of the shirt's design. Lowering his arm to the side so they can read the ‘I’m fine’ written across the shirt. Both of them promptly start hitting him.

Though they both do have to admit, as the day goes by, that everyone doing double takes over Danny’s shirt is rather hilarious. Even if everyone’s used to Danny’s shit enough to not freak out too much.

--Line Break--

Sam and Tucker chuckle at Danny’s ‘Ghost Gym’ Gengar gym shirt, pretty sure the only reason Tetslaff is letting him get away with it is because the design is workout related. Well that, and, if you knew what to look for, Danny was clearly extremely physically fit.

Tetslaff looks around at everyone and nods curtly, “alright you maggots, it’s gymnastics day. So I want to see some serious acrobatics and running!”.

Dash gapes as Danny does a clean and one of the fastest obstacle runs in the entire gym class. Shaking his head before shouting, “you cheated Fentwerp!”. Dash is honestly only more annoyed as Danny locks eyes with him, grins wickedly and walks into the changing room.

Dash was about to storm after the little freak when Danny exits the changing room, still grinning a bit manically. Dash scowls but can’t help but feel a little less interested in beating the weirdo up. After reading the sweater, ‘CHEAT DEATH’. That is until Danny speaks up, why did the little freak have to have such a damn mouth on him? And why’d he have to use it to diss him? Why didn’t the weirdo know his damn place!

Danny flips Dash off, “there’s only one thing I cheat bitch”, before booking it off. While Dash shouts at him, “why you little-FENTON!”, and runs after him.

Tetslaff is far too pleased over the physical improvements of what was formerly the worst excuse for physical fitness, to really care about reprimanding him for his language.

--Line Break--

Vlad walks into the Fenton household, he’s a little early but that hardly matters. Gives him plenty of time to scope out any new inventions or lord his mental and ghost power prowess over Daniel’s head.

Looking around to quickly spot Daniel and those two friends of his all sitting around the living room. All three promptly getting up, Daniel snapping, “you’re early frootloop. What? Cat brush you off for date night?”.

Vlad rolls his eyes but stops halfway and stares at Daniel’s shirt ‘WANTED DEAD & ALIVE Schrödinger’s cat‘. Shaking his head, coming to stand in front of Daniel and gesturing at his attire, “I know you’re reckless, but isn’t this a little on the nose Daniel?”.

Danny grins almost wickedly at that, “nope, but you know what is?”. That’s the perfect set-up for their little ‘no one expects the geek’ plan.

Vlad quirks an eyebrow as Daniel leans to the side; only for Tucker to punch him in the nose. Daniel chuckles, “that was”, while Vlad steps back, hand over his now bleeding nose, and glares at the teens.

Tucker looks back at Danny with a giddy grin, just as Jack and Maddie come in trough the door.

Maddie smiles slightly over seeing the creepy old Masters bleeding, she’s got no clue what’s happened but she’s sure that whoever had more than good enough reason. While Jack, bless his heart, takes Vlad into the kitchen to help fix up Vlad’s nose.

Vlad glares bloody murder at the teen trio from a stool, while Jack honestly just makes the bleeding a bit worse. Maddie eventually taking pity and actually helping.

--Line Break--

Tucker closes his locker door and immediately looks at Danny’s shirt as he approaches. Tucker raising an eyebrow over the simple grey shirt with a tiny grim reaper poking out of the chest pocket, “what? Ran outta joke shirts already?”.

Danny snickers, “naw, just figured I should stop brushing off other body parts”.

Both turn as Sam slams her locker door closed rather aggressively. Tucker muttering, “well someone’s clearly in a piss poor mood”.

Sam flips him off, “I’m a ray of fucking sunshine, fuck off”.

Danny beams, yet another perfect setup, “is it something I can shoot?”.

Sam sighs, “not really, but...”, Sam throws a flower-girl behavioural Guidebook into Danny’s locker which Danny wastes no time in shooting an ecto-ray at while giving Tucker a shit-eating grin.

Sam slams Danny’s locker door shut on his hand when she sees why he’s smiling like that, reading the words on the backs of his gloves ‘Death Rays’, and then storming off.

Danny rubs the forming bruise on his hand, “worth it”. While Tucker wheezes.

--Line Break--

Mr. Lancer stands at the front of the class, “alright everyone, as you know there is a group assignment portion to your grade. Now I will be assigning the groups...”, glaring at a few jocks in the room, “due to certain actions last year”.

Dash and Kwan glare at Danny as he snickers but don’t say anything as Mr. Lancer lists off the different groups, eventually getting to the jocks, “Dash, Tucker, and Danny. And for the final group, Kwan, Sam, and Valerie”.

Sam, Valerie and Tucker all look horrified; Kwan doesn’t honestly mind all that much.

Dash grins cruelly while Danny looks down at his shirt, reading ‘this is booshit’ and grumbling, “this one was a bad idea”. Deciding not to waste his opportunity, he shouts, “oh that’s booshit!”, and uncrosses his arms to throw them out to the side.

Lancer sighs and shakes his head, slightly confused as to why no one’s told Daniel to change his shirt; it’s definitely against dress code. Pointing at Daniel’s shirt, “please change your shirt, Mr. Fenton”. While Dash sneers at Danny, “you should be thankful, not often shoe scum actually gets to work with Highschool perfection, Fentenisshoe”.

Danny blinks, he firmly can’t believe his luck, before turning and giving Dash a slightly manic open-mouthed grin. Promptly ripping off his top shirt -of course he expected someone to call him on the first shirt- revealing the second shirt underneath. Revealing what he’s sure is just an Amity version of an online ‘pop culture’ shirt, reading ‘ECTOPLASMIC SCUM’.

Tucker slams his face into his desk, wheezing slightly. Both Sam and Valerie burst out laughing, multiple people joining them. Dash glares around at everyone, making most people shut up; but really, Sam, Tucker and Valerie just laugh harder.

--Line Break--

Tucker takes one look at Danny’s shirt the next day, ‘let’s have a wail of a good time’ and promptly claps a hand over Danny’s mouth, “no”.

Danny tilts his head down and makes a show of seeming completely downright defeated. Speaking as Tucker removes his hand, “awwww”.

--Line Break--

Sam and Tucker shake their heads at Danny’s shirt ‘this is my ghost costume, I’m just dead on the inside’. Tucker gesturing at Danny’s shirt, “okay this one is definitely pushing it, dude. It’s literally literal”.

Danny rolls his hand in the air and tilts his head around, “not quite, I’m not literally in my ghost costume. Unless you want to say that my Screaming Fan form is a costume my ghost is wearing”.

“Dude, that's basically correct. Frying Pan is closer to who you really are. This”, Tucker pulls on Danny’s black hair gently, “is pretty well just your disguise at this point”.

Danny shrugs, they weren’t really wrong but smirks as the new ghost drill alarm goes off. Snickering as everyone pulls ghost masks/costumes on quickly, as part of a new plan for dealing with any ghosts. Because someone had the ‘brilliant’ idea of ‘tricking’ ghosts into thinking the students were ghosts. Ghosts were not this stupid. Not even kind of.

Mr. Lancer, who always gets stuck playing the role of the ‘real’ ghost, stops and stares at Danny. Who just gestures at his shirt with a wily smirk. Mr. Lancer shakes his head, “that would never work”, remembering the role he’s supposed to be playing, “boOOoOOoOooOOOo”.

Danny chuckles and grabs Tucker's red ghost mask, pulling it off his face slightly and snapping it, “neither would this”. Tucker just turns his head and glares slightly at Danny, even if that didn’t really hurt.

--Line Break--

Danny saunters into the school with a massive lopsided grin on his face. There was absolutely no way he’d be able to make reference to his shirt today but the recent situation he’s found himself in made it too good to not get this shirt.

Valerie pauses as she was walking past, looking at Danny’s shirt ‘I for one welcome our new ghost overlords’, squinting slightly, “you’ve sure had some interesting clothing choices but what could this one even be referencing?”, glaring slightly, “the ghosts defiantly do not rule us or this town”, glaring a bit more, “and why would you support that?”.

Danny chuckles, in the eyes of the ghost Phantom had always ‘ruled’ Amity Park. Shrugging, “well if you wanna get technical about lairs and shit...”, Danny trails off as Val just glares even harder.

Valerie snaps slightly, “Amity is not a ghosts lair”. Danny can’t help but snort and laugh a bit.

Danny sends her a bit of a sympathetic smile, not really looking to get into it with her. Instead deciding to throw her through a loop and throw her a bone at the same time, putting a hand on his hip, “got nothing to do with that though”, smirking at her raised eyebrow and leaning his elbow on her shoulder, speaking with a slightly sultry look, “don’tcha know? The ghosties got themselves a knew high and mighty king”.

Danny winks as he walks off, Valerie gapping at him before speed walking to catch up with him. Sticking her head around to be in front of him, “who?!?!???”.

Danny tilts his head back and laugh exaggeratedly, “who do you think? Literally only one reckless idiot went and fought the previous one”.

Valerie mutters, “oh my Zone”, before walking off, clearly a little in her own head.

Not even seconds later Sam and Tucker punch him in the shoulders. Tucker smirking, “fucking congrats dude, but you are also an idiot”.

Sam shakes her head, “we all really shoulda seen this coming. Why did you tell her though”.

Danny smirks, “tell me about it and because of timing”, slapping a hand on his chest, “I had a joke to make”.

Tucker looks at the shirt and shakes his head, “we should be the ones wearing that. You’re welcoming yourself”.

Danny just smirks as the sit down in class.

--Line Break--

Sam and Tucker both facepalm as Danny walks towards them like he owned the entire damn school. He was decked out head to toe in ghostly fashion. ‘I AM A GHOST’ t-shirt, ‘I’m dying inside’ beret, ghost emoji leggings, knee-high ‘#LITERALLY DEAD’ socks, ‘the ghost inside’ shorts, blood and ectoplasm spattered shoes, ‘monster mortuary’ jacket, coffin sunglasses, and a ‘BOOOO!’ choker.

Danny poses dramatically in-front of his friends while Tucker groans, “Danny dude, you are practically begging to be shot or found out at this point”. But Tucker gestured to his own t-shirt, Ash vs the Evil Dead ‘Ghost Beaters’ design. Danny smirks and gives an approving nod. Sam takes this as her queue and gestures to her T-shirt with a little ghost nurse carrying bandaids reading ‘Boo Boo Crew’. Danny looks over and laughs.

Danny claps them on the shoulder as they start walking to class, “so y’all found the store huh? Spook Spot is a name I certainly approve of”.

Sam smirks, “damn right we did, this town is the only damn place we’re a ghost focused apparel store would actually be profitable. Fucking capitalism”.

Danny chuckles, personally he was glad, there was so many good jokes to be made and it really would get lots of business. “Think I should collect part of the profits? Seeing as I’m the entire reason why it’s able to be successful”.

Tucker, ever interested in a quick buck, “you damn well should!”. While Sam just grumbles about, “not feeding the man”.

Dash glares at the little Fenton freak as he enters the classroom, “what you think all that’s gonna make you cool enough to be like Phantom? Fentoenail”.

Danny chuckles darkly, “oh I’m certainly spooky enough”.

Sam smirks, “a spooky baby”. While Tucker elbows Sam, “more like spooky babe, riiiiiight Sam”, he wiggles his eyebrows at her earning a glare from the goth.

The two friends stop and gape a little as Valarie walks in and pelts Danny in the face with a t-shirt. Danny just letting it fall off his face and onto the floor. Raising an eyebrow at Valarie while she says, “you absolute fool, I can’t believe you”, before taking her seat.

Danny looks down at the t-shirt, one half has a skull on it the other half reads ‘only half dead’. Danny chuckles, picks it up, stuffs it in his pocket and mutters into his hand, “well damn”.

Sam and Tucker exchange a glance and then facepalm.

—The Previous Night—

Valerie crawls into her bed, puts a sore arm over her eyes and sighs. Snapping her eyes open seconds later before blinking and jerking to sit up, muttering, “oh my Zone, he fucking winked at me. And halfas and she looks just like Phantom but black hair and blue eyes and oh my Zone, Danny.....”. Thinking over the past weeks before shaking her head after a beat, “I dated the most colossal idiot ever”.

Glancing to her computer before scrambling over to it and heading to google to find some joke shirt, muttering at it, “I have to get you back, you damn Spook”.

End.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 202: Rival Break and the 3rd Set

Previously on BnHA: Momo made a giant cannon and used it to fire a bag of emergency supplies over the onomatopoeia wall back to her pals. The bag contained some fungicide which Tokoyami and Hagakure doused themselves with to ward off Toadette’s horrific quirk. It also contained a pair of night vision goggles which Toko used to track down Toadette and Kuroiro. For a moment it looked like he had them both contained, but then Toadette sprouted some mushrooms in Toko’s fucking windpipe, cutting off his air supply and causing him to release them. Meanwhile Kendou showed up to rescue Manga from Hagakure’s flurry of invisible attacks. She’d managed to knock Momo out, but not before Momo sprouted a bunch of steel cables from her left side to tie Kendou up and attach herself to her while she herself was still attached to the giant cannon. So basically she slowed her way down, and tbh they would have had this if Hagakure and Tokoyami (and Aoyama, who got captured before any of them) hadn’t dropped the ball. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. But anyway, so the round went to B Team, and now the classes are tied and we’re about to move into the third round.

Today on BnHA: Since Momo and Kendou’s teams absolutely trashed the battlefield, Aizawa and Vlad announce a short break before the start of round 3. All Might takes Deku aside and asks him if things are all right with his quirk. Deku says he’s fine, only to be interrupted by Kacchan who’s all THE FUCK ARE Y’ALL DOING HAVING THIS WEIRD CONVERSATION SO CONSPICUOUSLY and he makes them fill him in. Kacchan’s response to the whole OFA situation is to basically egg Deku on to become stronger already, and it fucking works is the thing, so y’all know this one-page conversation is easily the most “!!!!” I’ve been about this series in fucking ages omg. But anyways, so then round 3 starts up with Team TetsuPonyHoneSen VS Team TodoIidaShoujiRo. Shouto briefly thinks back to when he was like six fucking years old and Endeavor was trying to teach him a new fire technique by being an abusive dick. Shockingly this method didn’t pan out, but Shouto’s been thinking about it again recently since watching his dad battle the Noumu at Fukuoka. Meanwhile Iida is hyped to win since he’s representing his brother as the successor to the Ingenium name. And Tetsu is also hyped because he’s always fucking hyped! So basically everyone is getting ready to do their best and this should be good!

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my mostly-unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’m caught up with the manga now at chapter 223, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

oh wow Toadette is actually offering Tokoyami a throat lozenge like I was joking about earlier. haha. only the reason it was a joke on my part is because I thought it was fairly obvious that a fucking lozenge wasn’t exactly going to do much to help after you sprouted fucking mushrooms all along the inside of his goddamn windpipe! these kids are fucking savages I swear to god. they’re out for blood

anyways he’s still coughing and hacking and she’s telling him to go see Recovery Girl before this turns into one of those hanahaki fics

meanwhile Momo also appears to be ill after using her quirk as much as she did, and she’s shaking and doesn’t seem to be able to stand, so two sarcastic asshole robots are wheeling her off to RG as well

yeah I’m gonna need you two to shut up. were they specifically programmed to be douches? this is someone’s idea of a joke isn’t it

anyways I hope my girl Momo is gonna be okay. Kendou go with her please!

Shinsou’s all “wow everyone got really fucked up” and Aizawa’s just like “yeah that’s just how it goes with hero training” as though this is in any way acceptable lol. well I guess it’s been a little while since U.A. did anything outrageously irresponsible though, so maybe we can cut them some slack this time around. plus ultra?

(ETA: nope I take it back. within three chapters all four teachers will be idly standing by shrugging their shoulders and hoping none of the kids fucking burn to death by accident. lesson learned, never ever cut the U.A. faculty any slack whatsoever.)

btw I almost forgot to mention it but it’s super cute that Shinsou is hanging out next to Aizawa. they have clearly built up some kind of bond by this point, and as usual I’m delighted by any and all instances of Aizawa being a dad

looool

did I mention that Manga’s quirk is seriously unbelievably strong though?? is there an onomatopoeia for “All for One-destroying weapon” that I don’t know about that he could speak into existence perhaps? hmm?

also smh at these teachers being more concerned with the property damage than with the attempted murder. Tokoyami’s fine by the way. but sure let’s scold them for doing some mild damage to your industrial training site which you specifically created for this very purpose

so apparently they’re going to change the stage? or “move the stage” at any rate? does this mean they’re cleaning up the training ground, or are they moving to one of the other areas? I’m not quite clear here

but at any rate, Vlad says they’re going to take a short break which I’m all for because it means more chances for the kids to interact!

look at them interacting!!

so I’m just going to assume the two speech bubbles on the right are Kirishima and Tetsutetsu, yes?

also, Manga, I’m gonna need you to stop whining about how your ultra-powerful and crazy broken quirk gives you a sore throat. fuck outta here with that nonsense son. I assume the only reason no one gave OFA to you is because the series would already be over

Deku is happily taking notes on everyone’s growth while Ochako watches, and it’s super fucking cute. I am shipping this more these days now that she’s not losing her damn mind any time she thinks about him and he’s not on the verge of passing out whenever she gets within two feet of him

and now All Might’s coming to say hi to his apprentice!

are y’all gonna talk some more about the Avatar State. because if you are then I’m the one who’s gonna start taking notes omg

so he’s beckoning Deku over so they can have a quick private chat in the corner

Mina’s all “well aren’t they close~” and I know she’s just making a mild observation, but once again I’m reminded of how these two are just the absolute worst at hiding their secret. like for real though

so All Might’s asking Deku if anything has felt off since their last conversation

and Deku says “nothing in particular”, which is a bit of a curious answer since he could have just gone with a straight “no”

All Might says he’s planning to ask Gran whether or not Shimura ever mentioned anything. I doubt it though, otherwise you’d think he’d have brought it up before now. not everyone is as cagey as you when it comes to passing on vital information

anyways, he says for the time being Deku should take care since he’ll be facing off with Shinsou

and interestingly, he says Shinsou is a piece of the puzzle as far as the Vestiges/Traces are concerned

really? I mean it’s true that Deku first saw them during his initial fight with Shinsou, and now he just so happens to be fighting Shinsou again on the same day that he had that crazy dream. but is that not just a coincidence? how could Shinsou actually be involved with this?

OH MY GOD

(ETA: speaking of onomatopoeia, Kacchan has his very own complete with exclamation point lol. what happens if Manga uses this. do the letters explode)

KEEP KACCHAN IN THE LOOP 2K19!!!! OH MY GOD YES PLEASE THANK YOU MANGA GODS

holy shit I was wondering if he was gonna get annoyed since he could hardly fail to notice them sneaking off to chat while he was right fucking there

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

OH MY GOD YOU GUYSSSSSS

IT DID!!!! AND NOW THEY’RE FINALLY GONNA TELL HIM WHEEEEE

oh my god. Kacchan/Deku rivalry. it has been so fucking long you guys. it’s been 80 fucking chapters!!

things I love:

DON’T KEEP ANY MORE SECRETS FROM KACCHAN ABOUT ONE FOR ALL, HE OFFICIALLY GETS ANNOYED ABOUT IT. HE WANTS TO KNOW SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP HIM POSTED

for reals though, he’s making sure they remember that he’s part of the OFA squad now. that wasn’t just a one-time thing, he wants to actively be involved. I don’t know if they actually realized this before, but now they’re aware so I hope Deku tells him the next time without having to be asked

also him yelling at them to be more fucking secretive for christ’s sake lol. RIGHT?

and him immediately getting competitive and reminding Deku of what his goals are. they always do this with each other, and it’s honestly so important. the shounen rival relationship is, at its core, one of constant growth. if done right, the two rivals will each be the one person who can always unfailingly push the other when they think they can’t go any further, and nudge the other back on track whenever they start to go astray. and that is so, so important, and it’s especially important for them to keep establishing this relationship now, when for once things are actually calm and there aren’t any villain plots or other angsty things going down for the time being. because this quiet period is not going to last. and there will come a time when Izuku will need this type of push again, when the fate of the world might even depend on it. they help each other to focus and they keep each other grounded, and this shit right here is why it’s my favorite relationship, and I can’t say enough good things about it

lastly, this is fairly subtle, but you can see that this is Katsuki’s way of reassuring him. like, he realized Izuku was... not unsettled, exactly, but certainly confused and still trying to figure out what the hell is going on. so he immediately sets onto distracting him. and I’ve gotten completely distracted by my own excited ramblings and I haven’t even finished the damn conversation yet, but I bet you anything that it worked, too. because that’s the power of rivals, dammit

yeppppp

I fucking love it you guys. every damn time. this is what keeps sucking me back in. this is why I’m reading. give me some good old fashioned shounen rivals showing their concern for one another in the most indirect way possible and it fucking works

PREACH IT ALL MIGHT!

NO, HE DEFINITELY IS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I’M SAYING. SEE, ALL MIGHT GETS IT

like, I don’t really have much more to add other than what I already said, lol. although I will say I’m fairly sure that not only is he not actually pissed off, but he’s actually relieved that Deku did smile, and it was the exact effect he was going for, which is why he called attention to it before immediately trying to play it off like h was mad

anyway, so that was everything to me you guys, but the show must go on, and we are now all set to begin round 3! and it looks like we will be staying in Ground Gamma and that they’ve just relocated to a different part of the stage, or something. idk

so Sen is the only guy in this round who we haven’t already met, although I don’t think we actually know Pony’s quirk. Honenuki’s quirk is of course the quicksand quirk of cavalry battle fame, and I’m looking forward to seeing that in action again

meanwhile they’re up against these legends!

once again I can’t for the life of me figure out how they can possibly screw this up. but we know they will somehow! guess they’ll just have to get creative

and now a quick flashback of Tokoyami, who you can tell is feeling better because he’s coming up to Todoroki and just rambling on and on for no real reason

no you don’t you boob. calm the fuck down man. go eat some ice cream and lie down

well what have we here

friendly reminder that I ship these two. by this point I think I ship Todoroki with almost as many people as Bakugou and I’m not quite sure how that happened. this boy is more social than I give him credit for

so now Shouto’s thinking back to his dad’s battle against High N’ Tight Noumu

and what’s this?

the prominence burn thing? or the flying thing? I personally think he ought to learn the flying thing first

and now some flashbacks to Endeavor being abusive

jesus christ. please tell me Shouto is smoking from his own quirk. please tell me you didn’t actually set your child on fire you utter trashpile of a man

and what the hell is with the shinai? because the fire wasn’t fucking enough??

props to Horikoshi though for showing this. it’s not pleasant to see, but the fact that he doesn’t shy away from it even after starting Endeavor’s redemption arc is really important. none of his past deeds have been erased. he’s not pretending it didn’t happen or that it’s okay now because things are finally starting to get better. it’s such a fucking mess, and I really, really appreciate that we’re being confronted with it even now and nothing is being swept under any proverbial rugs

correct me if I’m wrong, but I feel like this is pretty rare for redemption arcs, both in Eastern and Western media. usually once the former bad guy starts down the right path, the story stops addressing those past sins, presumably in the hope that audiences will eventually forget about them. but not only is Horikoshi not doing that, he’s actively showing us the bad shit again in vivid detail, the resulting effect being something like “hey, just in case you forgot...”

anyway, so here’s more confirmation that Todoroki Touya is in fact Dabi

just fucking confirm it already you cowards. it’s not like you’re trying to hide it; you purposely alluded to it so overtly at the end of the Endeavorhawks arc that no one could possibly fail to miss it. so I really don’t know why you’re playing games with it at this juncture. he must have some sort of plan here but idk

anyway, he says that Shouto is the one, and that he can pass this technique on to him and only him

I wonder if Touya accidentally immolated himself with a failed prominence burn. god I want to know what happened so bad uggghhhh

ahhhhhhh

they’re so cute omg

Ojiro says he had no idea anything was wrong because Todoroki’s expression “never really changes that much”, and he’s impressed Iida could tell

it’s because they’re lovers, Ojiro! but not really, but do you agree with me that they should be? because if not then I really don’t know why you’re wasting my time here tail boy

Iida’s all “but of course!” and says he’s the class president and is always there to lend a hand to a classmate in need. and sure. but also, lovers

AHHHHHH

SUDDEN TENSEI MENTION MY HEART WASN’T READYYYY

(ETA: his face is so cute here too oh my god. fucking adorable.)

so now he’s putting on his helmet, and he says he’s also representing Ingenium’s good name

is this in reference to what Tokoyami said earlier about him and Todo representing the #1 and #2 heroes? did your feelings get hurt bud lol

and he’s reminding everyone that he placed third in the sports festival, “so allow me to show you all!”

damn, somebody sure is fired up

you better watch it son, this enthused 40-year-old nerd is stealing your boyfriend before our very eyes

now we’re cutting to class B!

and Tetsutetsu is also all fired up!

no one thinks you’re dumb, Tetsu! just passionate!

lol but he is acknowledging that this is one of the less strategically balanced class B teams

but he has a plan to address that!

kick some ass!!

yessssssss

and stfu Sen. he has exactly one specialty so of course he’s gonna lean into it. nothing wrong with that

now I’m honestly starting to wonder how he would fare against Todoroki. he might be the only one who could actually stand up to the Prominence Burn attack if it turns out Shouto does have it

...or he might melt. but surely Shouto wouldn’t actually fire a potentially lethal blow during a training exercise... right?

(ETA: ...)

so now Vlad is grumbling about how THEY JUST SAID not to destroy the whole fucking stage, and here Tetsu is, destroying the stage

nice hero name! but it definitely is a misspelling! I’m sure it’ll be corrected at some point later on though

lol this group is something else

this is definitely my favorite class B team to date lol. and Honenuki’s personality is in such stark contrast to his somewhat terrifying appearance, who knew

also props to my boy Sen for having the appropriate reaction to being pitted against Todoroki freaking Shouto. though you could have had it worse, bud! it could have been Bakugou or Deku. at least you guys are somehow going to win which I still can’t get over

lol because it’s literally their only choice given the makeup of their team

well, bring it on!

[laurawritesandgames]

Project Element Recap: Year 20

Abigail Talbot

A new weakness to sunlight leads to her death. Thanks to Tristan pleading with the Grim Reaper, she gets better.

Officially sires Victor Feng and her best friend, Penny Pizzazz.

During the vampiric training process, Abigail uses her Command ability to take over Lily’s mind to get her to leave Victor alone. It’s a small moment, one Abigail doesn’t even think about, but it looms large in Lily’s mind.

To smooth things over with the Vampire Council after Lily Feng refuses the vampire life, Abigail gets pregnant by J Huntington III.

Slips up and drains one of Tristan’s school friends. Covers it up by saying Daphne drained her.

Once they’re of age, Abigail turns Tristan’s high-achieving, powerful former high school friends: the wealthy Alexander Goth, the genius Elsa Bjergsen, and the ambitious Olivia Spencer-Kim-Lewis.

Learns, thanks to Anas Al Majbouri, that Lily Bao (formerly Feng) is contacting some unusual people.

Nylah Sato

Breaks up with Candy Behr, though she struggles with the decision--and the demands vampiric life places on her.

As the original Good Timers get older, Bjorn recommends that Nylah take over the club. Nylah accepts.

Accepts Candy into the Good Timers a few years after their breakup.

Tries to be a good caregiver to Tristan and Rhys and help them learn empathy and kindness.

Snake Eyes

Helps her best friend, Nylah, out after her breakup with Candy.

Gets abducted by aliens.

Memories of her parents make her break down after a training session with Caleb. She realizes she has more friends than she thinks she does.

Takes Tristan and Rhys on a camping trip to Granite Falls. Being their sole caregiver provides more challenges than she expected!

Remembers that Granite Falls is her true home.

Daphne McAllister

Grows in vampiric power, which ends in her burning up from the sun! If not for Tristan pleading with the Grim Reaper, she’d be dead.

While training Victor Feng and Penny Pizzazz in vampiric combat, suffers a humiliating defeat from minor vampire Victor Feng. She goes to the gym a lot more after that!

Learns how to make many special draughts and elixirs with her vampire lore, and demands more plants from Snake Eyes’ garden.

Is reminded by Vlad, the head of Project Element, that she actually has to do her job and educate the children of the project. Does not enjoy this and makes sure everyone knows it.

Diego Lobo

Unofficially sires up-and-coming artist, Ulrike Faust.

Unofficially sires Maaike Haas out of pity...without asking if she wanted to be a vampire.

He visits Windenburg with Ulrike and sees the rivalry between opposing clubs the Paragons and Renegades in action.

On Ulrike’s advice, he unofficially sires Max Villareal. But he can’t help but stir up some drama....

Playing on the Paragons’ fear of the Renegades, Diego unofficially sires Paragons Luna Villareal and Siobhan Fyres. Appealing to Wolfgang’s follower nature, he unofficially sires Renegade Wolfgang Munch (without clearly explaining what he’s doing).

When Maaike finds out she’s a vampire, she calls Diego out on turning her without her consent. Enraged, he slaps her. She and Ulrike leave.

Later, when Maaike catches him siring a drunk Wolfgang, they have a vampiric duel which he handily wins.

He dodges any responsibility for teaching the fledgling vampires anything.

The Windenburg Gang

Ulrike vows to get back at Diego for hurting her friend, Maaike.

Luna Villareal joins the police force, angering her criminal brother, Max. He definitely doesn’t like that they’re both vampires, and drains his older brother Hugo in an attempt to get more vampiric power than his sister.

Gunther Munch has to deal with his brother (Wolfgang) and his best friend (Maaike) being vampires. He encourages Maaike to let her friends help her.

Renegade Morgan and Paragon Siobhan are sisters who’ve been on opposite sides for a long time, but Siobhan’s vampirism might be bringing them closer together.

Sergio quits his relationship with Siobhan and the Paragons. Morgan Fyres quits the Renegades.

The Paragons and Renegades get new mission statements, since almost all their members are vampires. The Paragons want to practice vampiric powers relatively peacefully, but the Renegades get very dark, indeed.

Thanks to Maaike’s honesty and the Renegades carelessly feeding at Discotheque Pan Europe, Yuki and Candy Behr realize vampires exist.

Maaike Haas gets a visit from Lily Bao (formerly Feng) and accepts an offer to pool their resources and learn more about vampires--and how to stop them.

Morgan Fyres gets a visit from Lily and offers to help her stop vampires in any way she can (except hurting her sister).

Penny Pizzazz

Is offered vampiric life by her best friend, Abigail Talbot.

Becomes a vampire that just can’t drain others without asking, and she definitely isn’t interested in vampiric sparring matches.

After Victor Feng’s divorce from Lily, Penny starts a relationship with him.

Lily Bao (formerly Feng)

After learning about vampirism and seeing its effects on her husband, Lily decides it’s not for her.

During the vampiric training process, Abigail uses her Command ability to take over Lily’s mind to get her to leave Victor alone. It’s a small moment, one Abigail doesn’t even think about, but it looms large in Lily’s mind.

She divorces Victor Feng.

She buys a new place that’s known for growing plants, makes lots of garlic braids, and starts looking into who else has been negatively affected by vampires.

She starts contacting people such as Maaike Haas and Morgan Fyres, letting them know she’s interested in stopping the rise of vampirism in their communities.

Victor Feng

Becomes a vampire.

His vampirism unfortunately costs him his marriage to Lily.

Starts a relationship with Penny Pizzazz.

Officially sires two members of his political party, Miko Ojo and Zoe Patel; his former campaign manager (and CEO of an international bank), Brantley Miles; and Paolo Rocca, member of Powerhouse. The latter siring confuses some on the Vampire Council, but they go along with it.

Unofficially sires Anas Al Majbouri, who has a unique way of grabbing people’s attention. Anas also seems to think they’re living in a simulation, for some reason....

Pays Anas to keep tabs on his ex-wife.

Nancy Landgraab

Wants to start her official vampiric family (as opposed to her unofficial vampiric crime family, the Legitimate Businesspeople).

She sires fellow one percenters Kareem and Rhonda Bowie, her wealthy frenemy Tanya Brinson and her dirty cop brother, Pelham.

Tristan Talbot

Has to plead with the Grim Reaper to spare his aunt and his mom when both women underestimate their resistance to sunlight. He winds up promising to be Grim’s friend.

When he reaches puberty, he finds out once and for all that he’s human.

Starts a homework club, the Honour Rollers.

The issue of his humanity gets under his skin sometimes...and sometimes it gets under Rhys’s.

He hangs out with his club friends while dealing with crushes and embarrassing little brothers.

As far as Tristan knows, Auntie Daphne drained one of his school friends when she came over to Element Mansion.

All the feelings of alienation and lack of self-confidence he’s been struggling with burst out during a camping trip to Granite Falls.

Comes back angry and angsty after the camping trip. Nylah’s parenting helps him through.

Becomes a young adult.

Starts thinking a bit more about romance.

Has a few conflicting feelings about watching Rhys grow into a fully-fledged vampire, but tries to keep them to himself.

Rhys Talbot

Loves soccer, hockey, making friends and, occasionally, being a brat to his older brother.

Embarrasses himself in front of the cool kids at the Humour and Hijinks festival! Also, falls in love with the idea of living in the big city.

After cutting comments from Daphne about his intelligence, 10-year-old Rhys vows to become the greatest vampire ever.

Doesn’t deal with incipient vampire traits and his new little brother, James, very well.

Goes on a camping trip to Granite Falls. Mocks someone dressed in a bear outfit and throws a temper tantrum or two, but generally has a good time with his family and learning about the outdoors.

Deals much better with James after the camping trip.

Grows into a teen during an awesome family party, committing himself to athletics and becoming the best vampire he can be.

James Talbot

Is born

Is cute

[scientifically-strange]

Legends

Logan had been around long enough to hear every legend that’s been past down for who-the-fuck-cares. He’s also witnessed the birth of several others. Ghost Rider, Captain America, Thor, and about twenty other tight-wearing supers out there in the world doing Odin knows what. Gods, aliens, it’s all old news.

However, ghosts are new.

It was on old town in Illinois called Amity Park. Wildly known for being the biggest paranormal hot spot in the United States, and probably not worth the mutant’s time.

That thought occurred to him several times before but it still didn’t stop him from checking in to a motel and searching the town, digging up some research.

The Amity Ghost Kid (nicknamed Inviso-Bill) had been a long running story, turned and twisted by bloggers who didn’t know what they were talking about. But a few things in the variations of the stories were consistent. There was a lab accident, an explosion, and now he was apparently some kind of poltergeist who refused to move on. Some say he was still living, some say he died in the lab accident, and some say he’s both living and dead. The story’s been around for about twenty years or so, according to the internet. He didn’t doubt that some of it was true.

Despite the trouble finding the town, he had no trouble finding the old Fenton place. It was a tall, run-down building with a satellite looking thing on top and a giant neon green sign that said Fentonworks.

That sure was helpful.

He had left his bike back at the motel, and a part of him wished he had brought him and saved him the walk if it was nothing, but it was too late now. He walked up the old, broken steps and knocked on the door. Nobody answered, but when he tried the door knob it was unlocked. The door swung open with only a little resistance from the neglect over the years, and he stepped inside.

The first thing that hit him was the smell.

It was rotten and moldy and had an underlying scent of...He didn’t even know.

He wandered through the house, and easily found the living room, the kitchen, and the bathroom. When he explored upstairs he found the master bedroom, a girl’s room with an abandoned bed and a boy’s room with NASA posters everywhere. There was something glowing green in the trash bin, so he went over to investigate.

They looked like some kind of...Bandages? Rags? They were torn and stained from the dust, but it had definitely been used to keep some kind of bodily fluid inside. It had that dull smell of the thing he couldn’t identify earlier. There must have been tons of this green stuff everywhere. Or remnants of it, at least.

He slowly made his way back down the stairs and into the basement, where there was a lab.

A lab?

Dusty ray guns and tools were strewn everywhere, and his eyes almost started watering. This was the source of the smell. The green stuff that made it was everywhere. On the walls, the floor...Even the ceiling. On the far wall was a giant octagon attached to the wall, and he couldn’t help but go check it out.

Now, when he had first entered the home it was the smell that hit him. This time he was pretty sure it was a frying pan.

He tumbled to the side, catching himself on one of the counters as he whirled around, his claws coming out of his right hand.

It was a well built adult with white hair and intoxicating green eyes that matched the shade splattered all over the walls. He was well built and tall, and would probably be an even match for Logan.

“Who are you?” The man asked, a frying pan in one hand and a glowing, green ball of energy in the other. It illuminated his face in an almost terrifying way. His voice was deep but had a tinging, echo-like sound to it.

“Are you Inviso-Bill?” Logan asked, straightening up a little bit. He may be short but he was still tall.

“You gotta be kidding me,” he mumbled. The green energy dissipated and he set the frying pan on the counter, not appearing at all afraid of Logan’s silver claws. 

“Geez, Halloween isn’t even for like, another six months! Why can’t you guys just leave me alone?”

He brought his legs up and sat cross legged in mid air, looking at Logan expectantly. The shorter man sheathed his claws and straightened out the old leather of his jacket.

“So you’re real,” Logan said evenly.

“Obviously. Now, what do you want?” The spirit replied wryly.

“Just wanted to see what the excitement was about, Bub.”

“Well, it’s just me. Name’s Phantom. Not that dumb media name they gave me forever ago.”

“So you...You’re a ghost?”

“Yeah. I used to be a halfa-both human and ghost-but then I died. Again. It was kinda rough, but I think it’s safe to say that the first time hurt more. This was my home. These were my parent’s cool inventions-which by the way were only cool when they weren’t being used on me. They were ghost hunters and didn’t know that I was the scrawny superhero running around and beating up other ghosts.”

“What happened to them?” Logan thought maybe he killed them. If they hunted him, that would be plenty of reason to murder, right?

“Old ghost named Plasmius. He was going for dad, got mom instead, and then out of anger killed my father. He was obsessed with my mom. But with his obsession dead, he just kinda...disappeared overtime, I guess. I haven’t seen him since. He was a halfa too. Vlad Masters.”

“So, you’re a ghost that hangs out in your dead parent’s basement?” Logan asked. There was an implied joke there, but he wasn’t going to take it further than that. Phantom chuckled to himself.

“Pretty much, but it’s not like I’ve got anything better to do. The town thinks I’m a myth and I don’t need to eat or sleep anymore. The Zone got boring a long time ago, and the politics there are all in order. Plus, it’s nice sometimes, you know?”

Jesus, does this kid ever shut up?

Logan sat there letting the kid talk for a while. It was obvious he hadn’t had any normal interactions with people in a long time. He talked all night about the Ghost Zone and Amity and his friends Sam and Tucker who had their memories erased so they didn’t remember him, and about how he died the first time and got his powers and all of the different ghosts he fought. His sister was one of his favorite subjects to talk about, right up there with space, and his parents came up a couple times, but not much, really. He didn’t tell Logan about his second death that made him full ghost, but he told him of his coronation.

Huh, Logan thought, It’s not every day you meet a ghost king.

When Phantom finally stopped talking it was the break of dawn, and he looked kind of sad again.

“What’s wrong?” Logan asked, leaning back to pop his vertebrate.

“You’re leaving. It’s morning, you should go back home. All you wantwd to do was find a legend, right? Well, hell, he talked your ear off all night. You should go.”

Phantom floated up towards the ceiling before doing a loop and headed towards the portal.

“You know, you could always come with.”

Logan didn’t know why he offered. He felt kind of sorry for the kid, dying at an early age and living alone for so long. His only friends either don’t remember him or are dead. He was depressed and lonely being locked away in the ghost world and in the human world without something to do. Someone to protect.

The sentence made Phantom stop dead in his tracks.

“What?” he asked, flying back over to Logan. He looked calm and confused, but his eyes showed excitement.

“To the Xavier Institute. You can be a teacher or whatever. Save the world, all that good shit.” Logan put his hands on his hips and waited patiently for an answer. But he hadn’t slept in two days, and it was finally starting to get to him.

“Yeah,” Phantom answered with a shrug, trying to be chill about it. “I mean, it’s not like I have anything better to do.”

“Good. That means you get to teach some of ‘em how to drive.”

Logan didn’t think it was possible, but Phantom seemed to get three shades paler.

Logan just chuckled.

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It’s amazing what you can do when you’re bored

-SS

[sasslightertm-a]

Belladonna & Aconite (1993) — Inkubus Sukkubus

A series of lyric starters taken from indie pagan/goth rock band Inkubus Sukkubus’s album released in 1993.  Contains some dark themes, sexually suggestive lyrics, themes around Paganism and Witchcraft, and one song is anti-medieval Christianity.  May be edited as necessary.

Beltaine

“Underneath the neolithic sky where the beasts are so proud to die, across the sea of a million dreams where nothing is as it once seemed, I hear the Pan Pipes playing in what the wind is saying.”

“Here comes the fallen angel.”

“Here comes the long-dead god back from the years in exile.”

“Here comes the wild Pagan heart.”

“And the May Queen sings her song for her consort who is gone.”

“Children mourn the loss of Pan whom Death banished from this land.”

“It has been two thousand years.”

“The earth is soaked with blood and tears.”

“The once-great Lord of the Hunt lies slain. His bride's a-burning in the flame.”

“Mother Earth lies raped and poisoned.”

“The final day draws ever closer to a time of ice and fire.”

“She shall be a funeral pyre.”

Midnight Queen

“In the forest, in the night underneath the full moonlight she's always there: Nature's child in the woodland air.”

“Fade into the dream.”

“And when your heart is filled with fear, close your eyes for she is here.”

“She's always there.”

“The stars shine in her raven hair. Fade into the dream.”

“And on a night like this you'll find her burning kiss.”

“Her hair all wrapped around you. Your dreams are here to drown you.”

“And in the winter and autumn time, sing your song, drink your wine for she is here.”

“The Midnight Queen is dressed in green. Fade into the dream.”

“Does the cold air chill your spine?”

“And to the truth you are blind.”

“For she is here: The naked spirit of the forest glade. Fade into the dream.” 

Trinity

“Oh, mysterious ladies, hear unto my prayer and grant me live and to love as you do.”

“May your magical souls overwhelm the night air to cast off its shroud and reveal your dark truths.”

“Diana, sweet maiden, so pale and so pure, we welcome your fresh silver light. Tho' deceit may be hid in your innocent lure, the love of the huntress is right. Your light is shining on your children in the night.”

“No-one could hope to know the secrets that you hold.”

“Moon Mother so full is your milk-white breast. So safe are your warm open arms. Tis now that your lover, the Sun, fully rests in the radiant pool of your calm.”

“The wisest of all is the Crone on the wane. The others are under your power. Tho' there's death behind both of your ebony gates, the gift of new life is your flower.” 

Belladonna & Aconite

“Belladonna and aconite, give to me the gift of flight. Take me up, airborne in the night.”

“In a dream, across the sky a hundred-million miles high, take me ever onwards in the night.”

“Dark sisters join my night flight.” 

“See how far you can climb.”

“Holt's with us on this bright night.”

“Ride with him 'cross the sky.”

“As a screaming horde we cut the scape.”

“The Devil's Apple exacerbates to the sabbath on a demon steed I ride.”

“Across the astral plane we race. The universe my fingers trace, and I am lost forever in my mind.” 

Soul Inside

“Waking in the still of night, darkness all around. Cold walls whisper to my soul of pleasures never found.”

“I scream your name to shrouded ears.”

“You hear what charms you most.”

“And though I know what gifts you hold I cannot love a ghost.”

“I felt your spirit in me. It thrilled me so.”

“If I ever can touch your skin, my love will surely grow.”

“Wrapped within your lucent arms, there safety with my love. Asylum for a bleeding heart though limbs not flesh nor blood.”

“Oh, let me just be close to you. Of what else do I care? And if it means another world, then that will be my prayer.” 

Song of the Siren

“Draw near, closer now into my painted wings.”

“What man can resist when the Siren sings?”

“Let not your ears be deadened by the ocean's roar. Just hear my sweet lament and I'll ask no more.”

“Give up your will to me!”

“You've travelled far, my love, and the sea's been cruel.”

“Come rest with me awhile.”

“Why act like a fool?” 

“For I will guide your ship to my welcome shore.”

“So give your soul to me when you hear the call.”

“Upon this crimson rock your body lying still, and from your broken veins I will drink my fill.”

“Your love has given me meaning to my song.”

“Within my empty heart is where your blood belongs.” 

Vampyres

“In the hush of the gloaming as the young sleep without a care, dark lovers greet the cool night sky and drink of the liquid air.”

“The time has come for the eternal young to leave the still of the earth and rush through the night in their nocturnal flight.”

“Wild beneath the midnight sun, those who have tasted it satiates.”

“It's an experience you won't want to miss.”

“So cast out your fears, they're ever near.”

“So much can change with a single kiss.”

“They come on wings of black kid leather.”

“Anaemia adds haste to the flight.”

“The sky is alive with anticipation.”

“Another soul will join them tonight.”

“With one fatal kiss of exquisite bliss your body is left pale in the wake, but the vampyre catalepsy is brief and pretty soon you'll join the feast of blood.”

Eternity

“Lying 'neath the trees your arms enfold me.”

“There's some sweet magic in the way you hold me.”

“I feel the power in your midnight eyes.”

“Let me drink deep from your witch’s potion.”

“Like the trees we will sway in motion.”

“Watch our souls tumbling from the sky.”

“Wrap me up within your cloak of myst'ry.”

“All nature holds is breath whene'er you kiss me.”

“Hear my secrets uttered in my sighs.”

“You know I'll always love you as the Moon shines far above you.”

“You know I'll always love you.”

“May her light shine on our love.”

“Fall with me into deepest ocean and let our bodies drown in pure emotion.”

“I feel that I'm immortal by your side.

“We'll live this life and then we'll live another.”

“For all of time I hope you'll be my lover.”

“We'll be as one long after we've died.”

Incubus

“I feel you drawing near and I will show no fear.”

“No pleasure be denied me. A hunger grows inside me.”

“I need your fiery kisses.”

“Thrill me with your icy touch.”

“What mortal lover would ever hope to give a woman this much?

“Dream lover, dream lover. Deceiver, Reliever.”

“Dream lover, dark brother, I'll open my soul just to give you my whole.”

“Man's greed has known no boundaries.”

“His cruelty has no end.”

“I feel desire as you do, so why need it so offend you?”

“Speak not your words of anger; carnal acts by the Devil's will.”

“I don't hear your accusations.”

“Someone slipped me a happiness pill! “

All the Devil’s Men

“All the Devil's Men. In Christ's name they do their evil.”

“All the Devil's Men. Still mad and medieval with their swords and with their guns and poisoned words upon their tongues.”

“All the Devil's Men hear the children scream, for they shall teach them Christian values—put monsters in their dreams and subject them to pain and torment.”

“With their straps and with their canes they shall teach them fear and shame.”

“All the Devil's Men...”

“If they can't burn you at the stake then your children they will take.”

“Will the malice of their lies. They are here to defile, to destroy all our lives.”

“What they do, they do for Christ and we are all the victims: every man, woman and child.”

“All the Devil's Men, their twin gods are Christ and Satan.”

“All the Devil's Men... Hide your babes for they shall take them.”

“With the law upon their side they bring death and genocide.”

“All the Devil's Men... By the sword and by the lash they will break you, they will take you.”

“In the shadow of their cross lie the victims of their tortures.”

“In the churches and the schools they still take us for their fools.”

“All the Devil's Men clutching to their dying empire.”

“All the Devil's Men clutching at their blood-stained bibles.”

“Their final days have come at last and they shall fade into the past.”

I am the One

“I am the One from the dark side of your dreams.”

“I am the One, the one who hears your screams.”

“I am the One, I am the One.”

“I am a vampyre a-calling for your love.”

:I am the fire that burns within your blood.”

“No bars or chains can keep me from your bed.”

“Nothing on earth can get me from your head.”

“I'm the angel of your desire burning in the night.”

“I'm the pyre, I'm the fire come to set you alight

“I'm the One.”

“Forget the past, live only for tonight.”

“How many loves have shared such pure delight?”

“Rest now, my love, let troubles slip away.”

“I shall return on the darkening of the day.”

Old Hornie

“A breath of wind has stirred me from hypnotic lands.”

“The cup falls from my hands.”

“I feel your spirit come a-rushing through the trees; your call upon the breeze.”

“Let us sing to Herne tonight.”

“Come join his dance of life.”

“Let us sing to Herne tonight and join his dance of life.”

“Proud horned one come now with swiftness and with mirth. Be with us on this earth. We praise the phallus that has brought the gift of life. Join with me in this rite.” 

Vlad

“How I've loved you and will always love you.”

“You were the one to light the stars in my night.”

“Why can't one of such beauty live forever?”

“Hear my soul scream its plight.”

“You were the gift of joy.”

“You were my light.”

“You gave so much to life, my angel of the night.”

“Oh hear me call you. I'll always call for you.”

“Though you are no longer here may my voice be carried to your spectral ears.”

“I need to know you are near.” 

Samhain

“From the west comes old Death a-riding on the storm with hungry eyes for funeral fires to burn till the morrow's dawn.”

“For tis the night, here comes the dead unbound from the Underworld and the children dress as the babes of Hell.”

“All the boys and all the girls and the fires shall burn. And the wheel of life shall turn, and the dead come back home on Samhain.”

“In the night sky on the lunar light they fly, and the dead come back home on Samhain.”

“At the Sabbat high on the funeral hill wait the witches at the feast for the first winter's day, the first winter's sun a-rising in the east for Death has come for the summertime and to take the leaves of spring.”

“Hecate, Nemesis, Dark Mother take us in.”