#and i know Danny made some typos that's on purpose

[rogueofsoup]

Chapter 6 of Homework on The Moon! TW: BODY HORROR

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Bruce had simultaneously expected this situation to end up both significantly worse and significantly better than it had. At best, he expected Jason to be perfectly fine and pissed off at him for showing up, maybe even attacking him. At worst, he expected him to be too hurt to bother being angry at Bruce for showing up at his actual apartment, and thus needing serious medical attention ASAP. What he did not expect was the door to be answered by a feral teenage girl that promptly bit him and would not let go until Jason calmly walked over and literally scruffed her. He was now sitting on Jason's couch, the two gift baskets he brought sitting on the coffee table as Bruce nursed the bite mark awkwardly with the culprit glaring daggers at him for simply existing.

Jason re-entered the room with some mugs of hot cocoa for everyone. At the very least Jason seemed fine, completely unharmed even. At worst he seemed tired, so very likely the angry sharp-toothed teenager was completely responsible for his absence. Jason sat down in the chair he had set up on the other side of the coffee table after setting down everyone's hot cocoa, the girl snatching up hers and immediately cradling it like it might be stolen by someone if she didn't protect it. Bruce cautiously lifted up his own mug, quietly thanking Jason.

"So, as you can see I'm not more dead than I was before," Jason said in a somewhat joking manner. "I'm going to assume you have significantly more questions than just that now and resign myself to the fate of having to answer them or face whatever research you're going to pull up to figure out all that's going on here."

"Hm," Bruce nodded, taking a sip of his drink first.

"First off to start this shitshow, this bear trap over here is Ellie," Jason explained, gesturing to the girl. "She's been helping me with my undeath, since I apparently fall into a category I hadn't heard about before."

"And what category would that be?" Bruce asked, his voice very level and serious.

"It's a little something called 'liminal', which is somewhere between 'living' and 'halfa'," he explained. "I'm apparently slightly more 'alive' than your average 'halfa', of which in the world there are three known. Ellie is one of those, so she knows a ton more than I do." He gestured to the girl again, and Bruce turned his attention to her.

" 'Halfa'?" he asked simply, an eyebrow raised slightly.

"Half human half ghost," Ellie explained, still glaring at Bruce. "Somehow dying and coming back didn't make him fully a halfa, and that rank ecto he got doused in seemed to just fill in cracks rather than fully let him toggle between dead and alive. See how he's got a white streak?" She pointed at Jason's hair. "That streak means his ghostie-ness is sorta combined with his human side. Though if he fully went halfa, I honestly don't know if it'd go totally black or not when human. Who knows, maybe his ghost form would have a black streak?"

"It'd probably actually be red," Jason interrupted before taking a sip of his cocoa.

"What? Why?" Ellie asked, confused.

"My natural hair color is red," Jason explained. "I dye it black. For some reason dye doesn't stick to the white part, though."

"Why would the colors switch?" Bruce shoehorned in, getting them back on topic.

"Oh, 'cus that's what happens when a halfa switches to ghost mode," Ellie explained. "Why the hell do you dye it black? Why not just white if you want it to be uniform?"

"Because white looks like shit," Jason replied flatly, looking Ellie directly in the eye while hiding his smirk.

"Oh fuck you, my hair looks awesome," she scoffed in a tone that said their jabs at one another were meant to be all in good fun.

"What does 'switching to ghost mode' entail?" Bruce asked, knowing how to work with people that just seem desperate to have more than one conversation happening at any given moment.

"Well, usually you just manifest your ghostly will into the world, altering your form to be more ghostly," Ellie explained casually. "For me and my brother, that means a color swap of our hair from black to white and our blue eyes turn ghostly green. The third halfa we know about is actually able to be a lot more ghostly, changing his skin to be blue and his eyes to be solid red. He also found out how to make his hair look supremely stupid, as well as give himself a completely dumb ugly costume. He also keeps trying to kill and or adopt my bro, and probably take over the world too I guess." She took another bored sip from her cocoa.

"Would this third 'halfa' happen to wear a primarily white costume and go by the name 'Plasmius'?" Bruce asked carefully, cupping his warm mug in his hands.

"Oh good, you've had the displeasure of meeting," Ellie said flatly, rolling her eyes. "He's really cringe. You're rich, right? You know other rich people?" Bruce nodded with a grunt. "Know Vlad Masters? White hair? Blue eyes? Always talks like he's planning something evil? Possibly claims he's dating or married to someone named Maddie?"

"Good to know he has a civilian identity," Bruce nodded. "I do know of Masters, I haven't spoken with him personally. I'll start keeping tabs on him."

"Good, the Fruitloop needs to be taken down a peg," Ellie snorted, taking another sip of hot cocoa.

"You said your brother was also a 'halfa'," Bruce said, leaning forward a bit. "Would you mind telling me more about him?" Ellie grinned in the way only a gremlin truly could.

"Oh, you mean Danny?" she said, having been texting with him and had gotten the whole story. "He's sort of famous? Royalty of the Infinite Realms and all that. Dad's favorite. I'm not jealous of that or anything, I don't get forced to attend political meetings."

Well.

Now they have a Feral Ghost Princess.

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J'onn J'onnz knew upon his first questioning of Danny that he was in fact the actual Ghost King through the simple act of reading his mind to get his real answers to J'onn's questions. The medical scan he did of the boy turned up a lot of questions neither of them could answer, though it did also allow J'onn to start figuring out what sort of medical treatments would work on his unique physiology. He had briefly planned on telling the Justice League all about the joke Danny was playing that would undoubtedly end badly, but the absolute love for the green alien that sparkled in Danny's eyes and ran through the boy's head gave him pause. He thought long and hard about it, wondering if his one true fan would still think so highly of him if he put an end to a currently fairly harmless (and increasingly hilarious) prank so suddenly. He ultimately decided not to ruin the boy's fun, but promised himself he would put an end to it if the situation was getting out of hand. J'onn wondered if it would be beneficial for him to merely pretend he had no idea, thinking about the possible case in which Danny could be isolated from his main connections and have to work exclusively with the League for any reason, having to pretend to be two different people with no rest. It would most certainly be beneficial for the boy's mental health to have someone on the Watchtower he could confide in as the young King to an Infinity. J'onn could be that someone, be a comforting reminder to the boy that he wasn't alone. And then, and idea struck him: It would most certainly make the boy's day (possibly even more) to have a Martian prank buddy.

Once J'onn was finished with the tests and scans he had been planning to do on Phantom, he decided to tell him while they were still in private, telepathically so to keep anyone with super hearing from overhearing the conversation.

~~Your ruse will not last long without sufficient aid.~~

Danny jumped, very suddenly remembering Martian Manhunter had mind reading and telepathy. The jig was up, he'd forgotten the most important base abilities of his favorite hero, he was probably going to tell the whole-

~~I am willing to supply such aid.~~

He looked up at the hero with wide eyes, joy filling him to the brim at the thought of having the most powerful Justice Leaguer on his side in this prank. He almost couldn't believe it, this was the best thing ever. This guy can shapeshift! Maybe he could convince him to help with any other-

~~I am willing to join happily in on other juvenile activities, as long as there is no harm done. In exchange, you will inform me if there are issues caused by your royal or heroic duties.~~

Ah drat, babysitter. That's exactly what he didn't want to-

~~I do not wish to 'babysit', I merely wish to be a possible confidant. I will give aid only when requested, and listen when needed.~~ J'onn smiled comfortingly. ~~I trust your judgement and ability. You are much stronger than most give you credit for, Danny Fenton.~~

Danny smiled wide. He was internally screaming and crying with excitement, physically vibrating externally. This was officially the best day of his life. He wanted so bad to lunge towards the alien and hold him happily. The Martian's arms opened up for the incoming tackle, inviting the boy to give in. Danny wasted no time, immediately sending himself directly into the alien and squeezing as tight as he could while squealing with excitement. J'onn was briefly reminded of the children he lost as the boy held him, and a small hole he had long since forgotten was suddenly filled a bit. Well. Now he knew how Bruce felt.

"Aww, ain't that sweet," Flash said as he entered, amused by the expression of parental affection J'onn now wore. "Kid just couldn't keep himself from hugging his favorite anymore? Everyone that saw his face when he saw you knows he's been wanting to hug you since the start. Physical affection treating you well?"

"Was there something you needed, Flash?" J'onn asked, ignoring the other questions.

"Constantine's here to take a look at the kid too, Supes asked me to fetch him," Flash gestured back through the door as he leaned against the door frame. "You just about done in here?"

"We have finished medical scans, I will be able to get to work on finding 'ecto' materials to keep on hand just in case," J'onn nodded, then looked down at Danny. "Are you ready for more observation and questioning, Danny?"

"Yup!" Danny said, getting in a few more seconds of hug before finally detaching.

"Excellent, I have work to do here so I will not be following for the time being," J'onn explained, mildly disappointing Danny. "However, if you need me at any time, just call out. I will hear." Danny smiled again and nodded, then went with the speedster to meet up with the tired occult detective.

J'onn was left to himself, and he immediately went to work analyzing the scans for anything particularly pertinent. The boy was most certainly cold, though according to the scans he seemed to have a localized spot the cold was coming from. Perhaps this was his 'core'? It wasn't spherical from what he could tell, there seemed to be a slight hint of edges based on the thermal scan alone. It seemed to have five protruding points, almost like a star...? How fascinating, he'd have to learn more about-

'help'

It wasn't just a thought J'onn was hearing that was meant for him, it felt like it was an order from some kind of higher power.

'HELP'

The pleading order became louder, impossible to ignore. J'onn was already flying from the computer, phasing through walls to get to the source faster.

'PROTECT ME'

J'onn flew up to a frozen stiff Danny and a very confused Constantine, placing himself directly between them.

"What are you doing," he said with such conviction and quiet rage it made heroes and Watchtower staff alike immediately stare at the Martian, watching in horror to see what he might do.

"Wh- I just approached him and he started panicking," Constantine defended himself, not wanting the rage of J'onn upon him.

"WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE THAT WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOUR CORE" Danny screeched, clinging desperately to the Martian's cape. Constantine paused, then sighed.

"Ok, maybe Clockwork severely understated how bad my soul looks," he groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. Now understanding that there was no real danger, J'onn calmed down.

"Apologies, I did not mean to overreact," he said in a much kinder tone, then turned to Danny while completely blocking the view of the horrible entity that was apparently John Constantine. "Danny?" he asked, crouching down a bit and carefully putting a comforting hand on the boy's hair. "Would it be alright for me to see what you saw, so that I might understand your panic?" Danny nodded, shuddering. J'onn put both his hands on either side of the boy's head, focusing on the memory to see what was so horrifying.

[TRIGGER WARNING GORE NEXT PARAGRAPH]

Skin peeling off of flesh in ribbons, flesh peeling off of bone in strands, teeth moving individually with a shattered jaw, fingers peeling apart to reveal fractured bone just barely holding itself together, the flesh moving like seaweed underwater, green blood dripping from EVERYWHERE staining EVERYTHING, a shape in the gaping cavity in the chest too broken to even recognize the original form of it, each piece inscribed with a different sigil. All this overlapping the form of a normal (albeit very tired) looking man.

"H'RONMEER- S'TET FOLUR'RE?!!" J'onn swore loudly, pulling his hands away from Danny's head in horror before spinning around to face Constantine. "GO! GO INTO ANOTHER ROOM!" No one argues with the yelling Martian, so Constantine very quickly moved into a different room.

"Holy cow, did we just learn a Martian swear?" Flash muttered to a nearby onlooker.

"Flash, be quiet," J'onn said hauntedly, pointing directly at the speedster without even looking and causing a primal fear to bubble up in him. "He was peeling. Everything was peeling. He will not be in the same room as the boy until that is fixed."

"He was what??" Superman asked, having been stopped from coming to Danny's side by J'onn suddenly and angrily showing up.

"You know, I was wondering why Deadman was so adamant about never being in the same room as Constantine," Green Lantern mumbled before quickly shuffling out of the room.

"Danny, do you-... see people's souls before you see their bodies?" Superman asked, very worried about the boy.

"I see their cores, yes," Danny shuddered, staring at the door Constantine left through with a haunted look. "What the hell happened to his??"

"Ah, well, Constantine has a sort of... habit, regarding selling his soul to every demon he contacts," Superman cringed. "Apparently, 'Clockwork' had said he needed to stop fracturing it?"

"Fracturing?!" Danny exclaimed, horrified. "That thing is shattered! What all demons has he sold it to?! I'm telling Dan." He pulled out his phone, tapping on it furiously.

"Who's Dan?" Superman asked, curious.

Welp, now Danny slipped up a bit and had to come up with a lie on the spot. What was he going to say?? He should have just said 'dad', that would have been so much better-

~~Secretary.~~

Martian Manhunter to the rescue already. This was going to be a very good alliance.

"My Ghost Dad's secretary," Danny said.

"Would that not be an advisor for a King?" J'onn asked. Danny got the hint of the situation the Martian put together for him, glad the Martian picked a word he'd probably use anyways.

"Eh, technically, but he's the secretary because it's funny what with his past of performing crimes against the Realms," Danny shrugged, quite giddy and getting very good at hiding it. "Anyways, he's really good at threatening people, so he'll probably be able to fix that core problem."

Superman, Flash, and Martian Manhunter were... concerned by that information. J'onn quickly checked Danny's mind for information about Dan, able to ease his worries with the knowledge of his reformation. The League just couldn't stop learning horrible things about Danny and the people around him, could they?

- hey dan buddy man guy with a plan   - for destruction   - i have a request of you   - actually no a royal order of you   - there's a guy named jon constantine   - *john   - he fucning shattered his core by selling his soul to a shitload of demons can you like   - threaten them   - and get the pieces back   - so he's not in a million pieces   - poppop told him to sop selling his soul apparently but fucking hell   - homeboy be FUCKED

Danny waited a little bit before seeing the little popup that informed him Dan was typing.

- Why do you have to type like a Tumblr user.   - Yeah, fine. I'll put Humpty Dumpty back together again.

Danny scoffed, texting back.

- you bismirch my honor   - *bismerch   - *bismurch   - fdsnlknskdln   - *tarnish

- *Besmirch. Pay attention in English class, Lancer isn't that bad.

- what is he ur bestie now

- Yes. I'm in the same book club as him. We're in the middle of a meeting.   - Do your fucking homework Danny.

- tell your new boyfriend i said hi

Danny's relationship with Dan seemed... interesting. J'onn would have to learn more one day.

"Sooooooo, we gonna do this like a game of telephone, orrrr...?" Flash finally asked.

"I could volunteer to be the telephone," J'onn said, imagining he could send information to and from Constantine telepathically and essentially have him do his job through him.

Nobody got that just by hearing the suggestion alone. It was a jarring and sudden strange suggestion that made no sense and they didn't have a Bat available to decipher. Thankfully, the man had mind reading and quickly realized how silly that sounded without context.

John, standing awkwardly in the other room, pulled a flask out of a pocket and took a sip. Maybe, just maybe, if the Ghost Prince of the Infinite Realms was freaked out by him, he shouldn't ever be seen by the King. Ever. Man, he was not paid enough to be yelled at by a Martian horrified by the memory a teenage boy had of the look of his soul. He suddenly received a text from Batman, which made him nearly drop his flask as he shoved it back into his pocket, almost as if Batman himself was about to walk in and scold him for drinking. He quickly checked the message to see if it was important new information.

- Phantom has a younger sister. Her name is Ellie, and she bites and causes problems on purpose.

Great. Wonderful. Lovely. Feral Ghost Princess. PERFECT.

-

Ellie suddenly received a text from Danny. Deciding checking her phone was much more important than listening to a conversation she was still in, she checked it.

- hey ellie there's this dude named john constantine his core looks MAJORLY fucked up   - if you wanna see the gore come check him out he's in the watchtower rn it's so messed up it's literally SHATTERED

Oh HELL yes.

"Alright, this interrogation has been fun, but I think I'm gonna go get traumatized," Ellie said, standing up and stretching. "Bye losers." White rings spread out from her midsection as she went ghost, then she completely faded out of sight.

"Wh-" Bruce stuttered, standing up and looking around.

"Well," Jason said, lazily looking around. "That can't be good."

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Sorry if I went a bit overboard on the trigger warnings, I really wanted to put in the gore and I didn't know if I was doing too much so I wanted y'all to most certainly be ready for it. (In case you're curious, J'onn said "GOD- WHAT THE FUCK?!!" There isn't any canon swears in martian I could find, but I did find a god, so I invented a swear for him.)

AND! Since this thing is now lagging both my phone AND my computer, I'll be moving this to AO3!

I will still post links to the new chapters every update, so everyone tagged will still be tagged about the new chapters! I'm still willing to tag even more people if desired so you don't miss an update!

However, I must say that I will need a month or two break so I can figure out how this fic is gonna go, as well as edit the past chapters for posting on AO3. It's quite exciting, and I'll post my AO3 name and link once I've got the first two chapters up! I will likely be posting one or two edited chapters a week until I run out, and after that I'll be posting new chapters weekly! (until my next hiatus that is)

Thank you all for your support, I love all of you and I'm so glad you like this dumb thing I just started in my free time! Again, I'll be posting links to each new chapter on AO3 every week with everyone tagged who still wants to be, and new chapters will resume in a month or two when I have enough chapter outlines written so I know where I'm actually going with this!

See you soon! <3

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Short DPXDC Prompts #837

Danny was just relaxing doing his homework on the moon. (It was quiet and had minimal distractions. Perfect for studying). He didn’t expect to see anyone during his studying but after seeing movement out of the corner of his eye he went to check it out. To his surprise: Superman was just sitting on the moon looking down at earth. Chilling.

[lunagalemaster]

Danny Phantom Pairing Names

- FrDP has weird pairing names. I’ve seen a few lists floating about but they’ve either been incomplete or not up to date. One night, we were talking on the slack and one of said lists were brought up... and I may or may not have got annoyed at the organization of said list, made my own list, and then updated it. 

This was the result of said mess. Enjoy, phandom!

(Updated as of April 17, 2018)

Organized Alphabetically Based On the First Ship Name in Each Section

Sections: 

(M/F) Human Pairings [25 different combos]

(M/F) Human and Ghost Pairings [24]

(M/F) Ghost Pairings [14]

(M/M) Human Pairings [15]

(M/M) Human and Ghost Pairings [35]

(M/M) Ghost Pairings [14]

(F/F) All Pairings [23]

Poly Parings [21]

Misc Pairings [34]

All Pairings With Danny [77]*

All Pairings [204]

*I may have missed one or two of the Danny pairings. Excuse me if I did. 

(Note: The first name is usually the more well known name for the pairing, and for the purposes of organization, halfas are being counted as humans. Original chart and names came from here (x). Many pairings names taken from this (x) fic. Other name changes/additions are from phandom conversations, private decisions for a new pairing name, and/or new, recent trends for pairing names).

WARNING: This is just a list of pairing names and whether I condone said pairings is irrelevant. That being said, some pairings listed may not make you comfortable. I am including all pairings for information purposes. 

If you want to add any names or if there are some alternate names I’m missing, submit them to me, or message me directly. I will not be taking names in the tags anymore. 

With that, I hope you guys enjoy!

(M/F) Human Pairings

Amethyst Ocean, Violet Haze, Fakeout-Makeout- Danny/Sam

Brains Over Brawn- Jazz/Dash

Carbon Copy Quarterback- Dani/Dash

Cloned Romantic– Dani/Tucker

Cream Cheese- Vlad/Dani

Dumb Founded- Dash/Sam

Gothic Vampire- Sam/Vlad

Gray Ghost- Valerie/Danny

Hunter Silly- Tucker/Valerie

Jock Goth- Kwan/Sam

Makeup Honor- Dash/Paulina

Misplaced Faith, Secret Disaster- Valerie/Vlad

Moronic Genius, Brain Cookies- Maddie/Jack

Phantom Satellite- Danny/Star

Psycho Cereal, Obsessive Meddler- Vlad/Jazz

Restrained Romance - Danny/Pamela

Pink Astronaut- Paulina/Danny

Sibling Secrets- Jazz/Danny

Sports Satellite- Kwan/Star

Spurned Affection- Vlad/Maddie

Sue Killer- Dani/Danny

Teacher's Pet- Lancer/Jazz

Techno Smarts-Tucker/Jazz

Twinkle Techno- Star/Tucker

Veggie Burger, Ghost's Absence- Tucker/Sam

(M/F) Human and Ghost Pairings

Circus Freaks- Freakshow/Lydia

Classic Cliche- Jazz/Ghostwriter

Dark Gray- Dan/Valerie

Evil Goth- Dan/Sam

Ghost Envy- Jazz/Freakshow

Ghostly Menu- Danny/Lunch Lady

Haunting Desire- Danny/Desiree

Mama’s Boy- (Romantic) Danny/Maddie

Maternal Instincts- (Paternal) Danny/Maddie

Misery Motivated- Vlad/Spectra

Oedipus Complex - Maddie/Dan

Pandora’s Ghost- Danny/Pandora

Phantom Dragon- Dorothea/Danny

Phantom Feline- Kitty/Danny

Phantom Rocker- Danny/Ember

Pitiful Delusion- Dark Danny/Paulina

Purple Prose- Ghostwriter/Sam

Phantom Psychology - Danny/Spectra

School Spirit- Spectra/Lancer

Techno Babble- Jazz/Technus

The Freak Behind Blue Eyes, Dark Fire- Ember/Freakshow

Timely Intelligence- Jazz/Clockwork

Young Bloodthirst – Dan/Dani

Young Love- Dani/Youngblood

(M/F) Ghost Pairings

Black Cat- Johnny 13/Kitty

Girl in the Tower, Timeless Love- Dora/Aragon

Guard Granter- Walker/Desiree

Hunter's Flame- Ember/Skulker

Insane Asylum- Walker/Spectra

Melancholy Assistance- Spectra/Bertrand

Night Sky, Destroyed Satellite- Dan/Star

Packaged Food- Box Ghost/Lunch Lady

Pirate Food- Youngblood/Box Lunch

Punk Poet- Ember/Ghostwriter

Punk Rock- Youngblood/Ember

Retro Movie Do- Poindexter/Dora

Talkative Treacherous– Technus/Desiree

Traps Desired- Desiree/Skulker

(M/M) Human Pairings

Badger Cereal- (Paternal) Vlad/Danny

Go Packers- Dash/Vlad

Lance Lancer- Lancer Thunder/Mr. Lancer

Literature Lovers- Danny/Lancer

Not So Useful Distraction- Kwan/Vlad

Nu Goth- Elliot(Gregor)/Danny

Pac Man- Jack/Vlad

Phantom Fumble- Danny/Kwan

Pitched Tent, Publicity Stunt- Danny/Freakshow

Pompous Pep, Endangered Species- (Romantic) Vlad/Danny

Quacker- Tucker/Kwan

Savant Par, CyberSpace- Danny / Tucker

Swagger Bishie, Locker Bruise, Teddy Ghost- Danny/Dash

The Wrong Sick- Danny/Jack

Tight End- Dash/Kwan

(M/M) Human and Ghost Pairings

Anonymity Park- Danny/Amorpho

Boxed Phantom- Danny/Box Ghost

Callous Query- Danny/Skulker

Cosmic Cyborg- Technus/Danny

Dark Side, Control- Dan / Freakshow

Dark Times- Freakshow/Clockwork

Doubly Evil, Bitterly Broken- Vlad/Dan

Halloween Phantom- Fright Knight/Danny

Haunted Past, Enslaved Exemplar- Dan/Danny

Heroic Amusement, Great Divide- Super!Danny/Fun!Danny

Iambic Prose- Danny/Ghostwriter

Jail Bait, Ghostly Prisoner- Danny/Walker

Lactose Intolerant- Vlad/Dairy King

Locker Buddies- (Platonic) Poindexter/Danny

Lost Time- (Platonic) Danny/Clockwork

Lucky Accident- Johnny 13/Danny

Mad Scientist- Dark Danny/Kwan

New Master - Vlad/Fright Knight

Noodle Nerds- (Romantic) Poindexter/Danny

Oreo Cookie, Phriendship, Pitch Pals - (Platonic) Fenton/Phantom

Phantom PDA- Phantom/Tucker

Phantom Shadows- Shadow/Danny

Pitch Pearl, Photonegative Narcissus- (Romantic) Fenton/Phantom

Red Pearl- (Romantic) Fenton/HypnotizedorEvil!Phantom

Rich History- Vlad/Clockwork

Royal Pain- Danny/Aragon

Spaghetti and Meatballs, Hypnotic Shadows- Freakshow/Johnny 13

Striking Fear- Masters/Plasmius

Techno Geeks, PDA, Technological Advancement- Technus/Tucker

Teenage Dream- Nocturne/Danny

Temporal Trust- (Romantic) Danny/Clockwork

Tireless Dedication- Ghostwriter/Vlad

Tyrannious Hope- Danny/Pariah Dark [I don’t know if the typo is intentional or not]

White Fang- Wulf/Danny

(M/M) Ghost Pairings

All the King’s Men - Pariah Dark/Fright Knight

Blood Red Ink- Dan/Ghostwriter 

Dark Dark- Pariah Dark/Dan 

Delusions of Grandeur- Pariah Dark/Nocture

Dream Time- Clockwork/Nocturne

Electric Hunter, Sparks, Generator- Technus/Skulker

Esperanto Code of Conduct- Wulf/Walker

Goodnight Moon- Nocturn/Ghostwriter

Gun Magazine- Skulker/Ghostwriter

History Books- Ghostwriter/Clockwork

Meddling Minutes- Dan/Clockwork

Penslammeter- Walker/Ghostwriter

Science Fiction- Technus/Ghostwriter

Tricky Pseudonym- Amorpho/Ghostwriter

Unlucky Author– Johnny/Ghostwriter

(F/F) All Pairings

Butch-ers, Steak Sit-Ups- Lunch Lady/Tetslaff 

Burning Buds- (Platonic) Dani/Ember

Dora^2, Panned Doras- Dora/Pandora

Dragon Tattoo- Dora/Lydia 

Famous Satelite, Shallow Orbit– Star/Paulina

Feline Grace- Jazz/Kitty

Goth Princess- Sam/Paulina

Gothic Dragon, Medieval Gothic- Sam/Dora

Hide n' Seek- Sam/Valerie

Hot December- Desiree/Ember

Hunter's Facade– Paulina/Valerie

Hypno Therapy- Ember/Jazz

Kith Kin- Sam/Jazz

Mythical Wishes- Desiree/Pandora

Painful Desires- Spectra/Desiree

Perfect Pitch, Pitch Perfect- Paulina/Ember

Platinum Punk- Dani/Ember

Posh Scientist- Maddie/Pamela

Psycho Analysis- Spectra/Jazz

Pussycat Dolls- Kitty/Ember

Royal Wishes- Dora/Desiree

Somber Sear- Ember/Sam

Vengeful Babes- Valerie/Dani

Poly Pairings

3D- Dan/Danny/Dani

Bittersweet Redemption- Dan/Danny/Vlad

Blacks and Blues- Ember/Jazz/Sam

Enchanted Circus- Desiree/Dora/Lydia

Everlasting Trio, Eternal Trio- Danny/Sam/Tucker

Family Breakfast- Jack/Maddie/Vlad

Ghostly Time Machine- Danny/Clockwork/Ghostwriter

Halfas Just Want to Have Fun - Masters/Plasmius/Fenton/Phantom

Hourglass Chess, Chaotic Chess- Clockwork/Dan/Freakshow

Just the Right Amount of Crazy- Clockwork/Dan/Danny/Vlad

Misery Punk Rock- Kitty/Spectra/Ember

Personalized Gift Baskets- Vlad/Maddie/Danny

Phantastic Four- Danny/Tucker/Sam/Valerie

Pitch PDA- Phantom/Fenton/Tucker

Pompous Pearl- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Vlad

Rebel Riders- Danny/Johnny/Valerie

Rocker's Boys- Dash/Ember/Kwan

Striking Pep - Masters/Plasmius/Danny

Technical Star Player- Star/Tucker/Kwan

Triple Blossom- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Sam

Misc Pairings (Mostly Not Organized Alphabetically)

Clone Conspiracy- Dani/Wes Weston

Cryptid Hunting- Valerie/Wes Weston

Overbearing Redheads- Jazz/Wes Weston

Spy Satellite- Star/Wes Weston

Unidentified Flying Ship- Danny/Wes Weston

Employee of the Month- Vlad/Walter Weston

(Daniel Masters in whatever context whether he be from another timeline or a clone son or your choice. As long as the original Danny Fenton and him coexist in some way or at one point had separate identities.)

Bad End- Dan/Daniel Masters

Clone Wars-Daniel Masters/Dani 

Perfect Clone-  (Romantic) Vlad/Daniel Masters 

Perfect Son- (Paternal) Vlad/Daniel Masters

The D- Danny/Dani/Dan/Daniel Masters

Paranormal Facade- Wes/Daniel Masters

Ectodragon- Danny/Draco Malfoy [Harry Potter]

Ectoham- Danny/Randy Cummingham [Randy Cummingham: Ninth Grade Ninja]

Going Dragon- Danny/Jake Long [American Dragon: Jake Long]

Halfworld Royalties- Danny/Raven [Teen Titans]

Invisobilly- Danny/Billy Joe Cobra [Dude That’s My Ghost!]

Ocean Spirit- Danny/Moana [Disney’s Moana]

Spooky Nerds- Danny/Jimmy [Jimmy Neutron]

Spongeboo- Danny/Spongebob[Spongebob]

Ghost in the Shell- Danny/Jenny [My Life as a Teenage Robot]

Robot Techie, XJ-PDA- Tucker/Jenny[My Life as a Teenage Robot]

Green Ecto Splat- Danny/Lee Ping [Detentionaire]

Cold Hands, Ice Ice Baby, Phantom Frost - Danny/Jack Frost [Rise of the Guardians]

Pastel Corpses- Danny/Lars [Steven Universe]

World Wide Web- Tucker/Peter Parker [Spider-man]

Spider Phantom, Radioactive, Friendly Neighborhood Phantom- Danny/Peter Parker [Spider-man]

Delsa, Frozen Core- Danny/Elsa [Frozen]

Fourth Wall Portal- (Platonic) Danny/OC

Ghostly Touch, Phantom Kiss- (Romantic) Danny/OC

Cream Soup-Danny/Fenton Thermos

Love Sucks- Ghost Weasel/Fenton Thermos

Pink Pearl- Danny/His Pink Pants

Technical Difficulties- Tucker/His PDA

All Pairings With Danny

3D- Dan/Danny/Dani

Amethyst Ocean, Violet Haze- Danny/Sam

Anonymity Park- Danny/Amorpho

Badger Cereal- (Platonic and/or Paternal) Vlad/Danny

Bittersweet Redemption - Dan/Danny/Vlad

Boxed Phantom-Danny/Box Ghost

Callous Query- Danny/Skulker

Cold Hands, Ice Ice Baby, Phantom Frost- Danny/Jack Frost [Rise of the Guardians]

Cosmic Cyborg- Technus/Danny

Cream Soup- Danny/Fenton Thermos

Delsa, Frozen Core- Danny/Elsa [Frozen]

Ectodragon- Danny/Draco Malfoy [Harry Potter]

Ectoham- Danny/Randy Cummingham [Randy Cummingham: Ninth Grade Ninja]

Everlasting Trio, Eternal Trio - Danny/Sam/Tucker

Fourth Wall Portal- (platonic) Danny/OC

Ghost in the Shell- Danny/Jenny [My Life as a Teenage Robot]

Ghostly Menu- Danny/Lunch Lady

Ghostly Time Machine- Danny/Clockwork/Ghostwriter

Ghostly Touch, Phantom Kiss- (Romantic) Danny/OC

Going Dragon- Danny/Jake Long [American Dragon: Jake Long]

Goodnight Moon- Nocturn/Ghostwriter

Gray Ghost- Valerie/Danny

Green Ecto Splat- Danny/Lee Ping [Detentionaire]

Halfas Just Want to Have Fun - Masters/Plasmius/Fenton/Phantom

Halfworld Royalties- Danny/Raven [Teen Titans]

Halloween Phantom- Fright Knight/Danny

Haunted Past, Enslaved Exemplar- Dan/Danny

Haunting Desire- Danny/Desiree

Heroic Amusement, Great Divide- Super!Danny/Fun!Danny

Iambic Prose-Danny/Ghostwriter

Invisobilly- Danny/Billy Joe Cobra [Dude That’s My Ghost!]

Jail Bait, Ghostly Prisoner- Danny/Walker

Just the Right Amount of Crazy- Clockwork/Dan/Danny/Vlad

Literature Lovers- Danny/Lancer

Locker Buddies- (Platonic) Poindexter/Danny

Lost Time- (Platonic) Danny/Clockwork

Lucky Accident- Johnny 13/Danny

Mama’s Boy- (Romantic) Danny/Maddie

Maternal Instincts- (Paternal) Danny/Maddie

Noodle Nerds- (Romantic) Poindexter/Danny

Nu Goth- Elliot(Gregor)/Danny

Ocean Spirit- Danny/Moana [Disney’s Moana]

Pandora’s Ghost- Danny/Pandora

Pastel Corpses- Danny/Lars [Steven Universe]

Personalized Gift Baskets- Vlad/Maddie/Danny

Phantastic Four- Danny/Tucker/Sam/Valerie

Phantom Dragon- Dorothea/Danny

Phantom Feline- Kitty/Danny

Phantom Fumble- Danny/Kwan

Phantom Rocker- Danny/Ember

Phantom Satellite- Danny/Star

Phantom Shadows- Shadow/Danny

Pitiful Delusion- Dark Danny/Paulina

Pink Pearl- Danny/His Pink Pants

Phantom Psychology - Danny/Spectra

Pitched Tent, Publicity Stunt- Danny/Freakshow

Pompous Pearl- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Vlad

Pompous Pep, Endangered Species- (Romantic) Vlad/Danny

Rebel Riders- Danny/Johnny/Valerie

Red Pearl- (Romantic) Fenton/ [Hypnotized/Evil] Phantom

Restrained Romance - Danny/Pamela

Royal Pain- Danny/Aragon

Savant Par, CyberSpace- Danny / Tucker

Pink Astronaut- Paulina/Danny

Sibling Secrets- Jazz/Danny

Spider Phantom, Radioactive, Friendly Neighborhood Phantom- Danny/Peter Parker [Spider-man]

Spongeboo- Danny/Spongebob[Spongebob]

Spooky Nerds- Danny/Jimmy [Jimmy Neutron]

Striking Pep - Masters/Plasmius/Danny

Sue Killer- Dani/Danny

Swagger Bishie, Locker Bruise, Teddy Ghost- Danny/Dash

Teenage Dream- Nocturne/Danny

Temporal Trust- (Romantic) Danny/Clockwork

The D- Danny/Dani/Dan/Daniel Masters

The Wrong Sick- Danny/Jack

Triple Blossom- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Sam

Tyrannious Hope- Danny/Pariah Dark

Unidentified Flying Ship- Danny/Wes

White Fang - Wulf/Danny

All Pairings 

3D-  Dan/Danny/Dani

All the King’s Men - Pariah Dark/Fright Knight

Amethyst Ocean, Violet Haze, Fakeout-Makeout- Danny/Sam

Anonymity Park- Danny/Amorpho

Bad End- Dan/Daniel

Badger Cereal- (Platonic and/or Paternal) Vlad/Danny

Bittersweet Redemption- Dan/Danny/Vlad

Black Cat- Johnny 13/Kitty

Blacks and Blues- Ember/Jazz/Sam

Blood Red Ink - Dan/Ghostwriter

Boxed Phantom- Danny/Box Ghost

Brains Over Brawn- Jazz/Dash

Butch-ers, Steak Sit-Ups- Lunch Lady/Tetslaff

Burning Buds- (Platonic) Dani/Ember

Callous Query- Danny/Skulker

Carbon Copy Quarterback- Dani/Dash

Circus Freaks- Freakshow/Lydia

Classic Cliche- Jazz/Ghostwriter

Clone Conspiracy- Dani/Wes Weston

Clone Wars-Daniel Masters/Dani

Cloned Romantic– Dani/Tucker

Cold Hands, Ice Ice Baby, Phantom Frost- Danny/Jack Frost [Rise of the Guardians]

Cosmic Cyborg- Technus/Danny

Cream Cheese- Vlad/Dani

Cream Soup-Danny/Fenton Thermos

Cryptid Hunting- Valerie/Wes Weston

Dark Dark- Pariah Dark/Dan

Dark Gray- Dan/Valerie

Dark Side, Control- Dan / Freakshow

Dark Times- Freakshow/Clockwork

Delsa, Frozen Core- Danny/Elsa [Frozen]

Delusions of Grandeur- Pariah/Nocture

Dora^2- Dora/Pandora

Doubly Evil, Bitterly Broken- Vlad/Dan

Dragon Tattoo- Dora/Lydia

Dream Time- Clockwork/Nocturne

Dumb Founded- Dash/Sam

Ectodragon- Danny/Draco Malfoy [Harry Potter]

Ectoham- Danny/Randy Cummingham [Randy Cummingham: Ninth Grade Ninja]

Electric Hunter, Sparks, Generator- Technus/Skulker

Employee of the Month- Vlad/Walter Weston

Enchanted Circus- Desiree/Dora/Lydia

Esperanto Code of Conduct- Wulf/Walker

Everlasting Trio, Eternal Trio- Danny/Sam/Tucker

Evil Goth- Dan/Sam

Family Breakfast- Jack/Maddie/Vlad

Famous Satelite, Shallow Orbit– Star/Paulina

Feline Grace- Jazz/Kitty

Fourth Wall Portal- (Platonic) Danny/OC

Ghost Envy- Jazz/Freakshow

Ghost in the Shell- Danny/Jenny [My Life as a Teenage Robot]

Ghostly Menu- Danny/Lunch Lady

Ghostly Time Machine- Danny/Clockwork/Ghostwriter

Ghostly Touch, Phantom Kiss- (Romantic) Danny/OC

Girl in the Tower, Timeless Love- Dora/Aragon

Go Packers- Dash/Vlad

Going Dragon- Danny/Jake Long [American Dragon: Jake Long]

Goth Princess- Sam/Paulina

Gothic Dragon, Medieval Gothic- Sam/Dora

Gothic Vampire- Sam/Vlad

Gray Ghost- Valerie/Danny

Green Ecto Splat- Danny/Lee Ping [Detentionaire]

Guard Granter- Walker/Desiree

Gun Magazine- Skulker/Ghostwriter

Halfas Just Want to Have Fun - Masters/Plasmius/Fenton/Phantom

Halfworld Royalties- Danny/Raven [Teen Titans]

Halloween Phantom- Fright Knight/Danny

Haunted Past, Enslaved Exemplar- Dan/Danny

Haunting Desire- Danny/Desiree

Heroic Amusement, Great Divide- Super!Danny/Fun!Danny

Hide n' Seek- Sam/Valerie

History Books- Ghostwriter/Clockwork

Hot December- Desiree/Ember

Hourglass Chess, Chaotic Chess- Clockwork/Dan/Freakshow

Hunter Silly- Tucker/Valerie

Hunter's Facade– Paulina/Valerie

Hunter's Flame- Ember/Skulker

Hypno Therapy- Ember/Jazz

Iambic Prose- Danny/Ghostwriter

Insane Asylum- Walker/Spectra

Invisobilly- Danny/Billy Joe Cobra [Dude That’s My Ghost!]

Jail Bait, Ghostly Prisoner- Danny/Walker

Jock Goth- Kwan/Sam

Just the Right Amount of Crazy- Clockwork/Dan/Danny/Vlad

Kith Kin- Sam/Jazz

Lactose Intolerant- Vlad/Dairy King

Lance Lancer- Lance Thunder/Mr. Lancer

Literature Lovers- Danny/Lancer

Locker Buddies- (Platonic) Poindexter/Danny

Lost Time- (Platonic) Danny/Clockwork

Love Sucks- Ghost Weasel/Fenton Thermos

Lucky Accident- Johnny 13/Danny

Mad Scientist- Dark Danny/Kwan

Makeup Honor- Dash/Paulina

Mama’s Boy- (Romantic) Danny/Maddie

Maternal Instincts- (Paternal) Danny/Maddie

Meddling Minutes- Dan/Clockwork

Melancholy Assistance- Spectra/Bertrand

Misery Motivated- Vlad/Spectra

Misery Punk Rock- Kitty/Spectra/Ember

Misplaced Faith, Secret Disaster- Valerie/Vlad

Moronic Genius, Brain Cookies- Maddie/Jack

Mythical Wishes- Desiree/Pandora

New Master - Vlad/Fright Knight

Night Sky, Destroyed Satellite- Dan/Star

Noodle Nerds- (Romantic) Poindexter/Danny

Not So Useful Distraction- Kwan/Vlad

Nu Goth- Elliot(Gregor)/Danny

Ocean Spirit- Danny/Moana [Disney’s Moana]

Oedipus Complex - Maddie/Dan

Oreo Cookie, Phriendship, Pitch Pals- (Platonic) Fenton/Phantom

Overbearing Redheads- Jazz/Wes Weston

Pac Man- Jack/Vlad

Packaged Food- Box Ghost/Lunch Lady

Painful Desires- Spectra/Desiree

Pastel Corpses- Danny/Lars [Steven Universe]

Pandora’s Ghost- Danny/Pandora

Paranormal Facade- Wes/Daniel Masters

Penslammeter- Walker/Ghostwriter

Perfect Pitch, Pitch Perfect- Paulina/Ember

Perfect Clone-  (Romantic) Vlad/Daniel Masters

Perfect Son- (Paternal) Vlad/Daniel Masters

Personalized Gift Baskets- Vlad/Maddie/Danny

Phantastic Four- Danny/Tucker/Sam/Valerie

Phantom Dragon- Dorothea/Danny

Phantom Feline- Kitty/Danny

Phantom Fumble- Danny/Kwan

Phantom PDA- Phantom/Tucker

Phantom Psychology - Danny/Spectra

Platinum Punk- Dani/Ember

Phantom Rocker- Danny/Ember

Phantom Satellite- Danny/Star

Phantom Shadows- Shadow/Danny

Pink Pearl- Danny/His Pink Pants

Pirate Food- Youngblood/Box Lunch

Pitch PDA- Phantom/Fenton/Tucker

Pitch Pearl, Photonegative Narcissus- (Romantic) Fenton/Phantom

Pitched Tent, Publicity Stunt- Danny/Freakshow

Pompous Pearl- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Vlad

Pompous Pep, Endangered Species- (Romantic) Vlad/Danny

Posh Scientist- Maddie/Pamela

Psycho Analysis- Spectra/Jazz

Psycho Cereal, Obsessive Meddler- Vlad/Jazz

Psychotic Sues- Danny/OC

Punk Poet- Ember/Ghostwriter

Punk Rock- Youngblood/Ember

Purple Prose- Ghostwriter/Sam

Pussycat Dolls- Kitty/Ember

Quacker- Tucker/Kwan

Rebel Riders- Danny/Johnny/Valerie

Red Pearl- (Romantic) Fenton/ [Hypnotized/Evil] Phantom

Restrained Romance - Danny/Pamela

Retro Movie Do- Poindexter / Dora

Rich History- Vlad/Clockwork

Robot Techie, XJ-PDA- Tucker/Jenny [My Life as a Teenage Robot]

Rocker's Boys- Dash/Ember/Kwan

Royal Pain- Danny/Aragon

Royal Wishes- Dora/Desiree

Savant Par, CyberSpace- Danny / Tucker

School Spirit- Spectra/Lancer

Science Fiction- Technus/Ghostwriter

Pink Astronaut- Paulina/Danny

Sibling Secrets- Jazz/Danny

Somber Sear- Ember/Sam

Spaghetti and Meatballs, Hypnotic Shadows- Freakshow/Johnny 13

Spider Phantom, Radioactive, Friendly Neighborhood Phantom- Danny/Peter Parker [Spider-man]

Spooky Nerds- Danny/Jimmy [Jimmy Neutron]

Spongeboo- Danny/Spongebob[Spongebob]

Sports Satellite- Kwan/Star

Spurned Affection- Vlad/Maddie

Spy Satellite- Star/Wes Weston

Striking Fear- Masters/Plasmius

Striking Pep - Masters/Plasmius/Danny

Sue Killer- Dani/Danny

Swagger Bishie, Locker Bruise, Teddy Ghost- Danny/Dash

Talkative Treacherous– Technus/Desiree

Teacher's Pet- Lancer/Jazz

Technical Difficulties- Tucker/His PDA

Technical Star Player- Star/Tucker/Kwan

Techno Babble- Jazz/Technus

Techno Geeks, PDA, Technological Advancement- Technus/Tucker

Techno Smarts-Tucker/Jazz

Teenage Dream- Nocturne/Danny

Temporal Trust- (Romantic) Danny/Clockwork

Tricky Pseudonym- Amorpho/Ghostwriter

The D- Danny/Dani/Dan/Daniel Masters

The Freak Behind Blue Eyes, Dark Fire- Ember/Freakshow

The Wrong Sick- Danny/Jack

Tight End- Dash/Kwan

Timely Intelligence- Jazz/Clockwork

Tireless Dedication- Ghostwriter/Vlad

Traps Desired- Desiree/Skulker

Triple Blossom- Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom/Sam

Twinkle Techno- Star/Tucker

Tyrannious Hope- Danny/Pariah Dark

Unidentified Flying Ship- Danny/Wes Weston

Unlucky Author– Johnny/Ghostwriter

Veggie Burger, Ghost's Absence- Tucker/Sam

Vengeful Babes- Valerie/Dani

White Fang- Wulf/Danny

Young Bloodthirst – Dan/Dani

Young Love- Dani/Youngblood

(Again, if you want to add any names or if there are some alternate names I’m missing, submit them to me, or message me directly. I will not be taking names in the tags anymore. Thanks for going to the bottom of this long list! See ya next time, dudes!)

[cafephan]

the danny situation/explaining my hatred of april 1st

okay here’s a post i never thought i’d be typing up. i can count on one hand with fingers to spare, how many people know this story, and none of them are family members or anyone i have any form of contact with anymore. yet here i am sharing it with the internet, but i feel like i need to articulate it and note it down somewhere rather than still trying to repress it even years later when it’s clearly not working and recently it keeps coming to haunt me more than ever

just a pre-warning some of you are going to think i’m pathetic for this still affecting me and will think it’s no big deal and it’s not worth posting about but i think it’s important for myself to finally just write it all down, judge me if you want i’ve gotten enough of it before

so, i’m wildly unattractive, i don’t feel as if i have to prove that to anyone. and if highschool movies have taught us anything about the typical ugly girl, what is it? that they always end up crushing on the cute guy (obviously this is a cliche movie trope and doesn’t apply to real life except it did to me, very much so). 

i considered changing his name for the purpose of this, but no like what’s the point. his name was danny and he was in my form group for the duration of the five years of secondary school, meaning we saw each other every day. he was also in my maths group (shout out to other people in set three, forever average) and little old me just used to fawn over him and not so subtly stare at him the entire time. though, having no friends, nobody was there to call me out on it, which looking back is both a blessing and a curse. 

like i said, i’m wildly unattractive now, so take a moment to imagine me in 2008. puppy fat aplenty, the chubbiest cheeks you ever did see and resting bitch face (which still hasn’t left me). i was a mess. but i saw danny as some kind of god - which he definitely wasn’t, i hate myself for ever thinking that lmao - and though i was always terrified to try and strike up conversation, it never stopped me smiling whenever he looked my way (we were only one person apart in the register too which helped in assemblies) and the odd times he did the polite thing and smiled back i would practically melt on the spot. 

the not so subtle crushing continued for four years, which takes us to our second-to-last year of secondary school. for some reason i had been forced to do a resistant materials gcse because i was apparently in ‘the cream of the crop’ in my year group throughout the past years’ DT (design and technology) classes, and still to this day i have no fucking idea why they put me in there because all i did was use the sanding machine. but anyway, DT god danny was also on the course, and he noticed me struggling with literally every part of it that wasn’t done on computers and took to helping me with little tasks alongside his own projects and unsurprisingly i was internally screaming because oh my god our hands just brushed on the desk vice and other cringeworthy shit like that which i’ve probably used in an early fic or two. there’s nothing more really to note on that year just remember that he started being nice then. another thing worth saying is that this is the year i started to wear a bit of makeup and when i came to maths class one day with pale eyeshadow on, he said that he didn’t like it and so i never wore it again (you should never change yourself for anyone, if something makes you feel good then you keep doing it okay, you dont need anyone else’s validation, i just wish younger kirsten knew and believed that)

the year after is where things happen so it’s late february 2013, and i came home from my grandparents’ house to find a new message in my facebook inbox. without being dramatic because this literally happened, i swear my breath caught in my throat because danny had just messaged me saying ‘hey babe’ i remember it distinctly, and i squealed into a pillow. i replied immediately, then flopped back on my bed wondering why this had happened, there’s never been anything appealing about me either in appearance or personality, so the reason why was a mystery, but i was so wrapped up in being completely head over heels heart eyes i didn’t really give it a second thought, because he replied a second or two later with another pet name.

these casual messages with petnames continued all through march and stupidly i started saying petnames back (which in itself is a reason to repress this whole thing), and on march 31st we were chatting and suddenly he says ‘can we skype tomorrow?’ and i literally cried, i was so happy. i’d heard girls in school talking about skyping with boys and a small very petty part of me wanted to be one of them and i felt as if i just might have the chance. obviously i said yes and we both logged off.

aaaaaaaand around rolls april 1st. the lovely lovely holiday of april fools day. what a fucking delight. 

i’m sure you can see where this is going, right?

so i dressed up nice and waited for the skype call to come through, and when it does i desperately try to calm myself down, and look to the ground and take deep breaths. my blood ran cold when i heard multiple boys’ laughter coming from the other end of the call. there were six of them, including danny.

without even addressing i was there (obviously they knew i was there) they started reading out the messages that it turns out they had been taking turns to send to me from his account, and put on a really high pitched voice reading my responses. 

(sidenote: i’m genuinely crying right now as i write this i’m sorry if there’s any typos from now on my vision’s gone blurry)

when they finally finished - i don’t know why i didn’t end the fucking call myself, i was just frozen out of fear and embarrassment and mortification i guess - they all burst into laughter, danny laughing probably the loudest. i was crying, and i opened my mouth to say something, but i was crying too heavily. this caused them to laugh louder, and one of them said “and even now she can’t fucking say anything, freak.” they laugh again and one of danny’s friends leaned in close to the webcam. “did you honestly think he liked you?” he asked, and i stupidly nodded, because at some point i’d let myself believe it, again because i had no friends to tell me how stupid and dodgy the whole thing was. 

then his friend went back and danny himself leaned in close. “april fools” he said with a horrible grin and blew a kiss to the webcam before the call ended, and i. fucking. lost. it. 

still to this day, i don’t think i ever cried that much. i had panic attack after panic attack, i didn’t get any sleep, and nothing could calm me down. it still holds the top spot of worst night of my life, and trust me it’s had many many challengers for that title since.

the next day, because i shut myself off from the internet that night, i woke up to three new facebook messages. from three of his friends who were on the call with him. ‘happy april fools, sweetheart’ one of them said, ‘i can’t believe you thought you had any chance with him lol nice try darling’ said another, and the final read ‘just kill yourself already. babe’. all petnames ‘danny’ used at one point.

so that is the reason i beg you all to not send any form of prank on april fools day to me. because it brings back the memory of that. every april 1st i cry myself to sleep, and though i know you all mean well, any involvement with that holiday, no matter how small, sets me off. 

this incident is the reason i couldn’t accept compliments in the early days, long time followers will remember, i’m sure. this incident is the reason i’ve not been able to have crushes on anyone. i’ve never let myself because in the back of my mind i’m always worrying things will turn out the same way. if i start to feel anything for anyone i back away and leave them alone completely. this incident is the reason i struggle to form friendships. tied in with the bullying and the fact i had no friends to teach me what friendship was, naturally.

in case you were wondering, danny’s engaged now, he’s happy. i think i saw on facebook they’re trying for a baby. which is good for them, but i can’t help but feel like it’s not fair. he’s off playing happy families and living life whilst i’m still here suffering from a stupid fucking prank when he knew full well i was crushing on him.

it was only three years ago, so i suppose it’s understandable, and i’m in a much better place with myself now than i was which helps, but it’s something that’s really etched itself into my brain and is still affecting me to a certain degree. i feel like now i’ve typed it all up, i might be able to sleep easy, it does feel as if a huge weight has been lifted. plus, i think i’ve made allusions to this story before various times but none of you pried about it which i really appreciate, you’re all so incredibly lovely and i can’t thank you enough.

so there’s the danny story and the reason i hate april fools’ day.

if you read this far, then thank you, and if you think i’m overreacting still, you’re more than entitled to your opinion, i’ve been judged on many things before and what’s one more to add to the list by this point. 

i love you all very much and hope you have a great rest of your day and i’m sorry if this dampened anyone’s mood in any way. i hope this has given you a little more insight to me, i don’t know why it would’ve but who knows. sorry.

xx

[sephirajo]

writer ask meme: 1, 5, 51

1. Tell us about your WIP!

The working title is Penny and the Golden City because I suck with titles and the file had to be called something and I already used that gag once upon a time naming a character... and, well, the important stuff:  

It’s set 200 years in the future, in an America where the United States is not a thing, I am pulling some inspiration from Fallout, the setting is Southern California, bombs were dropped by 45 on at LEAST LA, Sacramento and San Francisco.   Penny’s from a city in what used to be the Anza-Borrego National Park really close to the expanded Salton sea, which is now the Salton Bay and oops, there goes almost all of Mexicali.  The city is built into the ground and into the rocks there and hosts a doctor from one of the Domed cities that now house people who can afford to get into them and people who are desperate enough to be willing to take a deal to get in.

That’s important because Penny’s little brother has had TB pretty much all of his life and it’s reaching the point where he’s dying.  Given a tip by the Doctor (who in my head is totally played by Danny Trejo) Penny and her BFF Sam go to get put in touch with a group whose purpose is to help them steal a bunch of medicine from the local mega-Dome city and bring it back out to the Wastes. A heist that will save a ton of lives, if they can pull it off.

The Dome cities are Corporation run Authoritarian hellholes run by a group of three people named after the Greek fates.  No one knows outside of a select few, mostly board members, who these leaders are, only that there are three of them, and the position is one that is heavily competed for and comes with a very high mortality rate.  

Because there’s always a need for fresh labor, these cities contract people from the wastelands into work for all sorts of jobs from the menial to the highly technical, with the self taught and most talented able to compete and win a place inside with more rights than average Contracted Worker and Penny’s talented enough to try for that, giving them a way in to the city and on to the next part.  

So about the characters a bit, Penny’s full name is Penelope Pines, she’s half Indigenous Mexican and half African-American.  Her best friend, Samantha Zhong is half Chicanx/Chinese.  She’s transgender and thankfully has had access to hormones and a supportive family and friends and town because damnit in the future some things are going to be better. Once in they meet Emily Bartlett, the disaffected daughter of one of the ruling families and the one showing Penny the ropes in her new job.

Penny is a highly, highly talented programmer and robotics engineer, which bleeds into mechanics too.  Her father helped teach her, but she’s largely self taught and her crowning achievement is the recovery bot she rebuilt and reprogrammed with her father, which they named Cucaracha.  On account of him looking like a cockroach.  He acts like a corgi though. 

And um, I have a lot written already for character profiles and I’m still working on it and I worry it sucks and all that fun stuff, but yeah, still working on it.   Have it open and jot down ideas as they come to me, add notes, tweak the outline,  Next I have to start actually writing it.

5. Top five formative books?

Oh jeeze, this is hard. Um, Lord of Light, though reading it now makes me want to puke as Sam is a terrible person and the entire book a skeeve fest, but Zelazny had a talent for description t hat made me really hunger for his stuff, and hence A Night in Lonesome October is also on this list.  And at least there’s a lot less to hate about a dog.  His master being Jack the Ripper who is on a mystic crusade with all the other characters from horror and detective pop and folklore in one place? Sign me the fuck up.  There’s still tons of problematic shit in it but it happens through the lenses of the dog and really made me think of how you’d go about writing an animal that is relatable but still an animal. Then there’s War for the Oaks, which is even set in Minneapolis. :D I’ve read that like ten times.  Almost anything by @neil-gaiman.  The Great Gatsby, which is a study in characters that aren’t likable but a story that is still engaging and it’s description of 1920s Jazz Age America.  I swear, Zelda wrote more of that one that Scott. I will die on that hill.  When it comes to Star Wars and Sci-Fi writing, Timothy Zhan is my go to guy, he is also hella good.  And responsible for Thrawn. Mmmmm. Thrawn.  *cough*

51. Are you a secretive writer or do you talk with your friends about your books?

LOL I spam the shit out of my friends. I think my anxiety is part of it. I want to know what I’m writing is at least decent.  So yeah. :/ They get bothered. A lot. I will send entire blocks of text again because I found a typo.

Jeeze, @serenity2132 how do you put up with your broken hermana, lol. xD