#c: pariah dark the ghost

[charlietheepicwriter7]

Hey, does anyone remember that one episode of the OG teen titans where it was that contest of champions or whatever? Becuase...

"Welcome, champions all! I am the Master of Games, and you are hereby invited to compete in the Tournament of the Strongest! Each of you have been specially chosen as the smartest and strongest each species has to offer."

"Hey, isn't that a fourteen-year-old?"

[ryoalouette]

Danny, in Gotham U, in need of funds coz A) He doesn't want Vlad to fund him, B) Using what treasury gains he get from defeating Pariah Dark would make him unsure if they're cursed or nah and he doesn't want to chance it, C) etc, etc. So he came up with the idea of using his ghost ice power to create ice cream!

Added with him wanting to walk around (or mayhaps it's class scheduling in Gotham U, idk), we have Andre (from Ladybug)-esque ice cream half-ghost travelling all over Gotham.

Aka

Danny the travelling ice cream man with no apparent scheduling where he pops up when selling ice cream. The Bats and Birds are Very Suspicious when this ice cream man's ice cream got Lazarus Water sheen on it. In the rooftops half the time when selling his ice cream too at that.

Shenanigans would happen ofc. It's Danny, his ridiculous luck, and Gotham.

[bee-a-garbage-shipper]

Dc x dp idea 12

Danny sealing away the previous ghost king came back to haunt him. Someone freed him. He also has the crown and ring again. Maybe the fruitloop maybe a cultist who knows. Danny has words.

No one is able to stand up to him. His rouges tried his allies tried. I like the idea of ghost speak so they just can’t do anything. Danny and Vlad have a natural resistance to his orders as half human.

Background knowledge Giw is a huge thing. Like it’s supported by a lot of ppl. They have actually had Danny at one point before sam and tucker busted him out.

Danny and pariah are in a fight. It’s an official one on one fight. They end up in the human realm. Danny realized right away that they changed locations.

Danny went from attack to protect. Majority of his power is going to protect the people. Ice walls, shields anything he can. Danny is stopping the crazed lunatic from destroying houses and entire cities. This continues for a long time.

With a blast from both pariah and Danny they both disappear.

Reform is brought. Sam tucker and jazz lead it. No longer are the anti-ecto laws a thing. Time passes and the reformed laws are the bases of the meta human rights. Phantom is remembered as a hero who stopped pariah. Everyone thinks the two took each other out.

Danny’s friends and family are long gone at this point. But a portal opens and out the two come. They had fallen into a portal that lead them to future.

So now there fighting yet again in the human world. Danny managing to get more offensive as others are dealing with the humans. He doesn’t necessarily notice this.

He is to focused on pariah to notice the flying cosplayer and the furries.

In the end danny gets the crown away from him. The two only work when both are wielded. This time danny forces pariah into his core which ends the duel.

Pariahs core glows and fizzles out of existence. Danny is now king.

So now the justice league has to deal with a newly crowned king. One who has no trust in the government has been displaced in time and all his family is dead.

[scourgefrontiers]

*dragon balls your danny phantom*

so anyway dbz au under cut

danny is a half saiyan but his parents dont know b/c jack, the saiyan parent, actually had his tail removed as a child and completely forgot about his heritage. danny learns he's a saiyan when he accidentally turns super saiyan for reasons to be determined and he chooses to fight crime with these powers but he's afraid to let his parents know bc theyre actually alien researchers and dont talk very friendly about aliens. they literally just think danny's tail is a weird mutation and nothing else LOL sure this kid's human i guess. also danny's super saiyan alter ego is named pimetto!

vlad is also a halfa but is VERY proud of his saiyan heritage, and he's super angry at jack for forgetting his own heritage. so he tries really hard to instill saiyan pride in danny where he can but man is he bad at not being a jerk about it (he's one of those "saiyans should use their power how they want" kinds)

in this au, dan is a full saiyan version of danny from the future! his family and friends were killed in an accident similarly to tue, but since this au has dragon balls, he used the dragon balls to turn himself into a full saiyan and remove his human half so he could forget the pain associated with it. he also changed his name to pepron to further distance himself from humanity. he uses a time machine he stole to go back in time and try and influence danny to do the same by any means necessary (trying to kill his family and friends again).

clockwork is a supreme kai of time! not much to say there lol it fit the best

the ghosts in this au are actually just random aliens, not necessarily saiyans but aliens of all kinds! they're (mostly) led by pariah dark who is an icejin like frieza lmfao

uhhh so yeah enjoy my insanity

[madametamma]

In order to become the ghost king by conquest you need to do the following.

A.) Actually challenge and win a battle against the current sitting monarch.  They must accept the challenge. No sneak attacks.  You can bring any armor or weapon you want to the fight so long as you don’t bring it out as a surprise in the middle.

B.) It must be a one on one duel. A fair fight. You don’t have to beat them to non-existence or shatter their core, just beat them into submission where they cannot get back up.

C.) The sitting monarch must be wearing their crown and ring during the fight. The win only counts if you manage to beat them while they’re using the ring and crown’s power.

I like to use these guidelines to explain why it is that even though Danny has lost a few fights since beating Pariah Dark he still does hold the title, also why it is that none of the ancients managed to become king after sealing Pariah dark away the first time.

[batpham-discord-highlights]

Ambassador Danny

source: #ghosts-and-bats channel

G Brain: I have a weird idea Me: okay, what is it now? Brain: I know you don’t really like the Ghost King Phantom trope, but hear me out. What if, when Jason comes back to life, King Phantom personally goes to see Bruce and is like… “so, one of my subjects is missing… and I’m pretty sure he’s yours” I need to go to bed

W YES! YES! I LIKE THAT!

S Ghost king is specifically to liaison with the living and Pariah Dark took that as "invade" it's a glorified ambassador role

W EXACTLY!

S Basically no humans took ghosts seriously without some kind of centralized government so they made up a fake one W Danny: explains his role and responsibilities as ghost king The justice league: isn't that just an ambassador? S Danny: Humans respect a powerful title ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

C if it works for king cobras, it can work for ghosts G lol I wasn't expecting my random thought process to take off… but you know, I like the idea of Ghost King = glorified ambassador ….. I now just have this image of the Justice League doing stuff in the Watchtower after the Superboy Prime incident, and Danny, just appearing with all the bells and whistles to go inform Bats that his dead son isn't so dead anymore Constantine is in a corner trying to completely avoid catching the attention of this ghost S It's not the fact that it's the ghost king, but the fact that it's Phantom he's an enigma c He's the megalodon of the infinite realms St yes S Halfas are fucking weird St "The megalodon of the infinite realms" I'm gonna have to remember that one S the magic users are glad that neither halfa was particularly interested in anything like world domination or the end of the world St Lol yeah G So, I have to go to bed. Cuz work. I'm curious what's going to become of this idea S smarmy capitalism is a small thing when they have the power to destroy everything Vlad gave up wanting to be ghost king when he figured out it would involve him needing to be nice to people

[bee-a-garbage-shipper]

(Damian and Danny are Twins AU)

Snippet that won’t leave my head

Danny, explaining his past with the league, the horrific training he endured, the final fight to the death with Damian before he fell through the Lazarus pit and ended up with the Fentons: “So yeah. That’s what happened.”

Batfam + Team Phantom: (horrified silence)

Danielle: “I thought…”

Danny: “hmm?”

Danielle, shocked and offended: “I thought that I was the most fucked up thing to ever happen to you!”

Danny: “Lmao kid you don’t even make top ten.”

Danielle, even more offended: “I am a violation of your bodily autonomy- I tried to KILL YOU!”

Danny: “And Damian succeeded. Take notes from your uncle. Though that’s not number one either.”

Danielle and Damian, who is now also offended: “What IS?”

Danny: “Burger Sauce Incident.”

Danielle and Damian: “We got beaten by BURGER SAUCE?”

No, seriously, Danny’s got a messed up life, ESPECIALLY when considering the implications of this AU. Heres a list of worse things than Danielle’s creation, in no particular order:

Burger Sauce Incident (Dan) (and I’m counting the MULTIPLE horrible things from that episode as one thing)

I mean like- ghosts came from the future to kill him, he watched his family blow up, he got told he would evolve into a monster, he watched his soul KILL HIS BODY AND DEVOUR VLAD, THE WORLD IS DEAD ITS ALL YOUR FAULT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT THIS INFINITELY MORE POWERFUL VERSION OF YOURSELF-

Burger Sauce Incident. 😀

Fanon-inevitable vivisection

First Death

Second Death

watching Danielle MELT BEFORE HIS EYES

Watching his other clones melt before his eyes

Therapy Incident (Spectra)

Clown Incident (Freakshow)

Forced back into fighting (a world he left behind)

His parents shooting at him/saying they’re going to destroy him

Food attacking him, defense system targeting him, even after escaping the league he will never know a home where he is safe-

Forced to fight the INFINITELY POWERFUL Pariah Dark

Abandoned by the JL if this is the same universe

Accidentally becoming Ghost King if you’re into that

That one time he split himself in two and had a traumatized response to “Damian,” bc i think that would happen in identity crisis in twin au’s 😇

Whatever messed up nonsense happened in the league

I mean his first kill was at like probably 2

You could argue for a third death if the training was harsh enough and Talia brought him back with the pits

[dekalko-mania]

Danny Fenton is a prime example of an unreliable narrator/protagonist. Like for real, it’s crazy how much he sells himself short. He’ll say phrases such as “if I wasn’t a C student, I would’ve figured this out sooner,” “So much for the Fentons being a family of geniuses,” and make jabs at himself for not doing enough as a hero. Which is wild to hear when his every action contradicts those statements. 

Like I’m serious, actually paying attention to his fights and methods of overcoming adversity, it becomes pretty clear that he’s actually incredibly intelligent. He’s a quick thinker, resourceful, and honestly? Although he’s the good guy in the show, he really is quite good at manipulation and finding other’s weaknesses.

Examples:

He’s won plenty of fights where he didn’t even have access to his powers for extended periods (Maternal Instincts, Life Lessons, Pirate Radio, Micro Management, etc.)

Clever af plans (Maternal Instincts, One of a Kind, What You Want, Lucky in Love, Pirate Radio, etc)

He’s tricked foes into a friendly fire (Memory Blank, Million Dollar Ghost, Life Lessons, etc)

He’s been shown to still have fighting ability and weapons training as Fenton, also just catches on quick (Pirate Radio, Flirting With Distaster, My Brother’s Keeper, etc.)

There’s times where he seems to know his parents’ inventions even better than they do 

Whole reason I’m pointing this out is ‘cause a pretty good portion of fights aren’t won just because he’s powerful. Plenty of ghosts overpower him, especially in S01 and with mega ghosts like Pariah Dark. He wins consistently because of clever strategy, and quick thinking.

Danny is super smart and I feel like it’s very important to his character to state that. Says a lot about him and his upbringing if he perceives himself as anything less than that. 

Might be a stretch, but I have a theory that perhaps he thinks this way because he’s been taught to equate performance in school with intelligence. Jack and Maddie both come from heavily educational backgrounds, and they do sometimes place a lot of pressure on their children to live up to the expectations of being a Fenton. I.E. the whole speech his parents gave him about Fentons only getting A’s (B-’s if you’re Jack).

So when Danny’s grades plummet, even when there’s a perfectly valid reason for that happening, he immediately assumes he’s not intelligent anymore. I wonder if prior to becoming Phantom, he may even have been an A or B student considering even a C leaves him completely mortified. Lancer also reported that he hasn’t had any records of bad behavior before that.

It’s just a very problematic way to view intelligence, to simply equate it to one’s grades, because that’s certainly not the case. (Literally when he passes Lancer’s test, the first thing he says is, “I’m not an idiot!”) And I think his parents may have done him a huge disservice in that regard. There’s plenty of factors that would make someone struggle in school. Home life, accessibility to resources, stress, financial burdens, mental illness. Like, there’s A LOT. 

I even wonder if perhaps, along with struggling with his double life, Danny may have an undiagnosed mental disorder. There’s plenty about him that feels relatable in that regard, but that would be a post all on its own and some really great ones already exist here and here. We've already seen how horribly his parents react to signs of MI, it wouldn't surprise me if they overlooked that. I just think he’s really going through it, and could honestly use more responsible adult figures in his life. Someone who can help correct the way he thinks of himself, and who can give him the proper means of getting help and feeling comfortable to ask for it. We have Jazz, but she’s a kid way in over her head too who I feel may also benefit from talking to someone.

[thehauntingofkilloch]

DEMO

The Haunting of Killoch is a supernatural horror-comedy interactive fiction game currently in development. It is published on Itch.io using Twine. The game is currently rated 18+. So far, only the prologue has been published.

The game includes triggering content which will be listed at the bottom of this masterpost.

Credit for the Twine template used for the game goes to @cerberus-writes. Linked template.

Haunted by trauma and the ghosts of your family, you were raised alone by your Aunt Lucia in the south of England. Your family all died in a tragic accident when you were young, and you were there to witness every gruesome detail. Now, as a young 20-something, you claim not to remember their deaths, or that experience at all. Because you don't. Right?

Memories flash by you when you sleep, nightmares choking you in the depths of darkness, bloody details you'd wiped from your mind. But the night is never as bad as the day, where visions and sounds that no one else can see or hear plague your waking hours. Are you haunted or just unwell? Only time will tell.

Now? You're a paranormal investigator with your two closest friends. Known on the internet as the Supernatural Sleuths, you have an up-and-coming Youtube channel and travel the world in search of paranormal mysteries, hoping to one day prove that this world isn't all it appears to be.

One day, your friend Marzena finds the latest story for you to follow. A woman has been found murdered on the outskirts of a forest in a secluded part of Ireland. No one knows who she is, and nobody has claimed the body. The closest village feigns ignorant. Apparently, this woman is a ghost. Worse still, there are reports that the woman was covered in occult markings and tattoos.

Will you get to the bottom of this mysterious woman's death? Will you uncover the terrifying secrets hidden within the village of Killoch? Or will your own demons consume you before you get the chance?

It looks like you've got your work cut out for you.

Customisable MC: choose your name, gender, pronouns, appearance, personality, degree choice, specialism, and whether or not you believe in the paranormal.

Save (or doom) your soul.

Live out your dream as a paranormal investigator and a Youtuber.

Live out the dream of having 2 best friends.

Discover the meaning behind the strange things you see and hear (are you gifted or has your sanity been affected by your intense trauma?)

Uncover the mystery at the heart of the village of Killoch.

Grapple with human evil and supernatural entities.

Romance 1 of 4 different characters.

The Sceptic | Teddy Bradshaw | They/Them | RO

An old friend from university, Teddy is a spoiled socialite who lives off their rich parents. Charming, disarming, and endlessly hiding behind a facade of humour, Teddy is the known sceptic within your trio. Still, you can't hold that against them when their wealth is what funds many of your paranormal investigations.

The Believer | Marzena Lipniska-Navarro | She/Her | RO

Marzena has been your friend since you were 15 years old, you've been with each other through thick and thin, through joy and pain. And now you're paranormal investigators together. Marzena is scarily smart, with a dry, sarcastic humour that can take you by surprise sometimes. She's a passionate believer in the supernatural and the group's linguist.

The Lady | Mairead Fahy | She/Her | RO

Mairead Fahy is the head of the Fahy family and the lady of the Killoch Manor. She's aloof, yet charming, and even the ghost of her smile has rendered visitors speechless. One of the mysteries you intend to solve in Killoch. Could she be hiding horrors behind that kind mask?

The Pariah | Daithí Fahy | He/Him | RO

The younger brother of Mairead and the lord of the Killoch Manor. Daithí is unpredictable, cruel, and prone to outbursts of rage. You swear that when he smiles, his teeth seem sharper than they should be. But is it possible that there is more to him beneath the surface?

CONTENT WARNINGS UNDER CUT (more added as game progresses)

Death

Gore

Murder

Graphic depictions of violence

Ghosts

Paranormal entities

Demons

Hallucinations (visual and auditory)

[impyssadobsessions]

1) hilariously enough, there is actually a fic where Dani and Danny both (through alot of plot points) become half Kryptonian and half Martian.

2) about Danny not knowing about the JL, can you imagine how pissed he'd be if this happened after Pariah Dark? Like "so what? An entire town disappears of the face of the earth into another dimension and you don't even check it out????" Though I bet all if Amity would be pissed then.

(1) OH YEAH I read that one! It was a cool idea~ I like how things pieced together. I'll link it for anyone who wants to read it~ Lazarus Green Eyes (2) LOL Yesss He be soooo pissed! But can also see the JL be so confused. Also a good way to say why no one noticed is A. Small city B. Danny saved everyone rather quickly C. Time in ghost zone works differently. So it could have been just mere moments they were put back. So Danny just like UGHHH. And now has the JL checking out his town which he does just fine defending now no thanks to them! Stop treating him like a child! "Oh gawd, I sound like Jazz."

[bee-a-garbage-shipper]

Bruce, Stephanie and Tim don't want you to do anything about Danny they both want to date him.

Steph because he's hilarious. Tim because he pisses Jason off and he is petty.

And Damian just wants Cujo.

Only Dick and Jason want something to be done.

After defeating Pariah, Danny finds out he's the new ghost king when his royal guard shows up and refuses to leave.

Given that the ghost king is historically not the kind of person who requires much protection the royal guard tends to be somewhere between honor guard and vanguard as well as a showcase of the king's closest allies. That doesn't mean they won't throw hands (or swords) if anyone attacks their king.

Danny's got Fright Knight representing the Ancients, one of Frostbite's warriors, one of Pandora's warriors, one of Dorathea's guards, and Cujo as the main body of his guard.

In Amity Park this is... not inconspicuous exactly, but it isn't too hard to make it a little less obvious they're protecting Danny specifically. There are plenty of ghosts around, after all, and they only get involved when someone is being attacked. Their presence makes it a lot easier to drive the GIW out of town.

But then college application time comes and Danny has to account for things like ambient ectoplasm levels and how likely an eight foot tall flaming knight is to cause a panic when he decides where he wants to go.

There's really only one choice unless he wants to go to Amity Community College and for all the advantages there (access to the portal, ghosts are normal, cheap) they don't have much in the way of engineering or astronomy classes.

Danny is going to Gotham.

(Sometimes it really is just impossible to avoid the rogue attacks. Unfortunately most ghosts don't care or understand much about Phantom and Fenton being separate identities. Fright Knight sending people to the nightmare dimension for attacking Danny Fenton is going to be hard to explain.)

[nocturna-starr]

Prologue - Story for Children

This is a truce gift for @five-rivers​! I am so sorry its late!

The prompt I did was Prompt#3: Pariah Dark decides Danny has all the qualities he wants in an heir and forcibly adopts him. I know I’ve done it before, but I think this version is better... I really hope you enjoy! Happy New Year!

Once upon a time there lived a wicked king. Now this king was the baddest of the bad, I mean really bad! He was the type of person who would butt in line when you were waiting for five hours. He liked to pick on kids. He could never get a date because everyone thought-

“I get it, I’m not stupid!” “Okay, fine…”

Now this king wanted to conquer the whole ghost zone. Because he was the biggest and strongest, this king believed he could do so easily. Guess what? He was right! Nobody wanted to fight the king! Like cowards, they fled into the human realm. Those idiots didn’t realize they led the king to a whole new world to conquer. Fortunately, the human world had a hero willing to fight!

“Like a Prince?” “I guess so?” “Was he like you Danny?” “You could say that…”

This hero was strong and brave and handsome! He was the type of person you could depend on. He fought evil ghosts nearly every single day! One problem though, he was WAY WAY WAY younger than the king. The wicked king saw dinosaurs, the hero didn’t even know who the Beatles were.

“Beatles?” “I think they were a famous in the human realm- That or they were a weird kind of bug.” “Oh, okay.”

The king was a master of battle tactics while the hero had a C average in math class. The king could memorize all his plans, while the hero couldn’t remember what he had for breakfast that morning. The king had an army, the boy had a rag tag team of rogues. The situation was pretty hopeless…

Yet the hero challenged the king.

“The hero was pretty stupid.” “No, he wanted to protect the town! What would you do in the situation? What if our castle was the one under siege?” “Daddy would never let that happen!” “You’re missing the point, Danielle!”

It was a brutal fight. The king fought the boy with little mercy. The boy was thrown into so many walls… he definitely had a concussion…

During the fight, something grew within the boy. He knew he had to win for the people of his world, his friends and his family. Unfortunately, the power he had been granted by a bumbling old wizard was way too much-

“Where did the wizard come from?” “I forgot to mention him… Umm… he was a really smart man when it came to magic, not so smart when it came to talking to other people.” “You suck at telling stories” “Just let me finish!”

He realized that if he used it correctly, that the power wouldn’t be too much.

“What a concept!” “Shut up Danielle!”

So, with some help from his enemies and a major creep, the hero locked the evil king away. The hero went… somewhere… I think home? The creep went to go spy on the hero’s mom. The hero would end up kicking the creep’s butt. I don’t know after that, maybe the creep would get flung into space. Jury is still out on that. I think I might have dreamed that last part. Maybe it was in the book?

“Okay...?”

But our story isn’t over. The wicked king stewed in his prison about how to get revenge. He plotted to see how he could get his throne back. (Because the hero won against the king, he was now the king.) he came up with a strange answer. Once his planning was complete, he broke free and paid a visit to the ghost government.

They weren’t happy at first. But as they heard the king’s request, they became more and more pleased. See, they didn’t like the king, but they didn’t really like the hero either. This was a way to get rid of the hero and appease the king. The king wanted to adopt the hero, soon to be a prince. He felt that he could influence the prince to do what he and the government wanted. The prince would become a puppet king. The people would grow to hate him and wish for the days of the government or even the wicked king. I don’t quite get the plan? Maybe they were afraid that the ghosts would revolt against their government if they killed a beloved king?

“What if they were afraid the wizard guy would help the hero? Maybe they thought this was easier?” “Most ghosts aren’t afraid of the wizard guy.”

They called in their Time Master who suffered from their tyranny. He didn’t like the idea, but he knew there was nothing he could do to stop it. His last request was to test the hero’s family to see if they were worthy of their son. He gave them three trials. One of faith, one of hope and one of love. They only had to finish one. They failed all three. 

The time master was forced to kidnap the boy. He reversed the boy’s age until he was an infant. The king wanted to influence the child as young as he could. Then he put the baby in a time freeze until they could find his twin sister. “Twin sister? The hero was a twin just like you and me?!” “Yes. The hero loved his sister a lot. She liked to travel too. That’s why she wasn’t captured right away.” “I want to travel one day! But how did you know that she liked to travel?” “I dreamed it. I’ve been having a lot of weird dreams since I got that book.” “Maybe you should stop reading the book? “Nah.”

They found her and reversed her age too. The king then took the twins and put them in his castle far away from anyone who may recognize them. As time went by, he came to love his children. He was a lot nicer! The people loved the fallen heroes now children and called them the blessed.

Then everyone lived happily ever after, except creep guy who was still stuck in space.

“I didn’t like that story.” “It was the first story in the book that we found in my room. You wanted me to tell them to you, right?” “Not anymore, the stories are too weird!” At least they don’t have sad endings?” “What’s this that I hear about sad endings?” “Daddy! Danny is telling weird stories again!” “Why don’t I be the judge of that? Son, tell me a story.”

Once upon a time there was an evil chef who wanted to serve poisoned food…

...

Pariah Dark smiled as he watched his son Daniel sleep soundly. Who would have thought that he would be smiling so kindly at his enemy? Who could have seen the love that he would have for a boy that stole his crown? Who could have known that the former hero could have such an active imagination? Unless… these were memories?

The Observants assured him that there was no way for Daniel to remember his former life. He wouldn’t recognize his family as he conquered the human realm. He wouldn’t know the people of the Far Frozen as they begged for mercy. Even the Master of Time would not get a kind eye from the prince…

Still, maybe he would convince Daniel to be one of those kings who stayed at home and tried to belter the people through laws. Daniel didn’t seem like the type to want to take over anything. Maybe he could convince Daniel to appoint his sister, who didn’t have any attachments to the real world, to go and conquer for her brother.

Maybe she could take the crown from him?

NO! Daniel would wear the crown and his sister would be happy to give up her life for him.

Who would have thought that he would favour his opinionated enemy over his enemy’s timid sister?

Pariah sighed. His son rolled over in his sleep. The king’s eyes widened. He had never seen that book before. He had made sure to approve all the ten books in the castle, just in case his children were triggered by anything that was written. So far, he had been successful in keeping his kids in the world he had created just for them.

He snuck into Daniel’s room and carefully untangled the book from his sheets. He took the small pouch from his pocket and took a pinch of its content and concentrated. He needed Daniel to forget all about the book. With one last mental push, he sprinkled the powder over his son’s head. If he approved the book, there would be no harm. But if that book was a way for someone to try and reach his adopted son…

Well, there would be hell to pay.

Originally, It was going to be longer... But I didn’t like the direction it was going in. I’m planning on continuing the rest of the story in 2022! 

[chaos-is-my-lifeblood]

For the no excuse writing ask game. THE END

THE END — i’ll make up an ending, or post the ending if i’ve written it

Oh no, endings, my one weakness-

Alrighty, one Daniel in Denial ending coming right up.

As Sam crouched over Valerie, desperately attempting to staunch the flow of blood from her side, she had to wonder. Where was Phantom? He hadn't appeared with the flow of ghosts seeking refuge, nor had he appeared when Pariah's army had attacked.

Which left the humans to resist, when the Ghost King himself had come. Right now, he was out there, separated from Valerie and Sam by a few sheets of wood. And now that Valerie was down, and the Fentons were busy repairing the shield, there was only one person left.

...and Fright Knight. Kind of. Sam didn't know what the deal there was.

A sound, near inaudible compared to the exchange of fire just past those few sheets of wood, caught Sam's ear. She spun her head, glaring at an innocuous doorway. Seconds passed, with no further movement.

Until Vlad emerged. He looked impressed in that condescending way of his, hands high in surrender and lips pulled back in a smirk. "My, my, how attentive. Don't worry, it's just little old me. You should be more concerned about your friend there."

Reluctantly, Sam conceded the point. Making a scene here would probably draw Pariah Dark's attention, and nobody wanted that.

Still, she couldn't help tensing when Vlad sauntered closer. Valerie was her patient, and Sam didn't know what was up with Vlad, but she did not trust him. Her voice was clipped and short when he crossed the imaginary line that was 'too close'. "Go do something useful. I'm sure you got better to do than hang out with little old me."

Vlad laughed, a fake thing. "Oh, how c-gakkk"

Sam looked up just in time to see Ellie drag Vlad back into a portal that had definitely not been there the last time she looked. In a second the portal closed, and both Ellie and Vlad were gone.

...Okay. That was a thing that happened.

__

Danny could say, with a solid 99.9% certainty, that this day Kind Of Sucked. Except replace 'Kind Of' with 'Really'.

And it didn’t look like it would improve anytime soon. Pariah Dark swung his mace down once more, and once more, Danny barely managed to evade it. He’d have to ask Ellie to pass on thanks for Clockwork’s gift; if not for that, he wouldn’t be able to use any of his powers in human form, and he’d be even more Absolutely Fucked than he already was. And that was saying something.

Danny flung another wall of flames, which were promptly shrugged off. From the small peanut gallery of one, he could hear a considering hmmm. “Your flames must have intent, when you use them. You are here to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies.”

“Thanks, Fright Knight, but I really don’t think that applies here.” Pariah’s mace came flying at Danny once more, and he made sure to grab the handle before it passed him. Danny had learned about its boomerang-esque properties the hard way, and he wasn’t forgetting that anytime soon. “Is there not anything else you could do? Stabby stab?” Ooh, if Fright Knight would lend their sword, that may actually be helpful, even if they didn’t do any fighting themself. “Maybe-”

In Danny’s momentary distraction, one of Pariah’s hits finally connected. The next thing Danny knew, he was on the ground, arms pinned to his sides. Pariah loomed over him. “It was a well-fought battle, but you have lost. Do you concede?”

Danny wrinkled his nose. “What happens if I concede? What happens if I don’t concede?” Would it be like sitting out in a game of dodgeball at school? Because now that he thought about it, that sounded pretty nice. Maybe he could just hang out with Fright Knight. Play a few rounds of Doom, catch up on lost sleep, possibly even work on that overdue essay.

“Should you concede, you will become part of my army, and serve me.”

Oh, damn, there went Danny’s hopes to chill. “Not really interested in being drafted, thanks.” And if Danny was going to serve anyone, he at least expected to get paid. Something told him that Pariah wasn’t in the habit of giving his skeleton soldiers that good old cash money.

The pressure of Pariah’s foot on Danny’s chest increased. “And if you refuse, then I will make you a ghost, and you will serve me anyway.” Pariah drew the sword strapped to his waist, hefting it with ease.

Oh. Pariah had not just said that. Danny felt himself settle into a long-practiced calm, face easily adopting an expression of slight befuddlement.

“Wait, what? Ghosts are fake.”

Pariah’s pressure let up, just for a moment.

And it was in that very moment that Kyle Weston, wearing the Fenton Ecto-skeleton, crashed right into Pariah Dark.

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After the battle was over, and Pariah Dark was... properly disposed of, Danny left. Not far; barely past the edge of Amity, really. He just needed to think. Above, countless stars covered the sky, and the moon was just short of full.

Gravel crunched beside him. “Wassup?”

Danny hummed noncommittally. “Not much. Not anymore, at least.” Now that all - or, well, most of the ghosts were cleared from Amity, it was calm. Except for reconstruction efforts, but those were always happening, anyway. Amity Park was renown for its infrastructure.

Besides Danny, Johnny nodded. “That must’ve been a fun past day. Very eventful.”

That got a groan from Danny. “Don’t remind me.”

Of course, Johnny ignored the request. “You know, I heard the funniest thing, earlier. A human defeated the Ghost King. Do you know how ghost royalty works?”

Nope nope nope nope-

“The one who defeats the previous ruler inherits their position. And I met with Fright Knight earlier, and he said that it was a human who defeated Pariah. That’s the funniest thing, isn’t it? A human as Ghost King?”

Danny slumped back against the grass. “No, shut up, I know what you’re going to say. I don’t want to be Ghost King.”

Johnny’s face held a frown, but his voice was bright with mischief. “Awww, but I think it would suit you perfectly. You’re so goodhearted, so responsible. Just what the Infinite Realms need.”

“No, I’m not fighting him.” Danny let his lips curl, side-eyeing Johnny. “Besides, I think ‘Ghost King Kyle’ has a nice ring to it.”

[silver-bunny6958]

Day 21: Host vs Relic

It had been awhile since Zatanna had seen a book this old, the intricate detailing to the front and back cover was a testament to its importance. The person in the dark green robes behind the stand the book was on ordered others in black robes around as they scurried like ants, all carful to avoid stepping on the intricate circular design on the floor.

“So this is an occult summoning thingy?” Zatanna nodded, “Don’t you usually handle this on your own?”

“Yes but these guys are the cult that worships The Ghost King. This is not their first attempt to summon their deity but they seem to have a rather legit summoning book this time.”

“PTFFF, GHOST KING HAHAHAHAHA!”

“Keep laughing like that and Batman might think you're the joker.”

“Heh heh, ok, ok- but for real, the ghost king?” By now Nightwing had noticed that Zatanna had not found the idea as funny as him.

“Yes, The Ghost King.”

“Alright, what’s so important about him?”

“The Ghost King, Pariah Dark, is a being bent on destroying the universe. He disappeared nearly 20 thousand years ago, due to the loss of wizards in the world, if he is successfully summoned it´s over.”

“Oh shit.”

“Exactly, now I need you to mess up that circle pattern,” Zatanna handed Nightwing some cheap looking paint, “and distract them.”

“Ok cool.”

The two of them went to different sides of the building, getting ready. Zatanna went into the building as the congression began to form a circle around the summoning circle. She said quickly into her earpiece, “Now!” Nightwing went into the building and, using his grapple, spreading the paint all over them.

“Keep Chanting!” The head of the cult said.

They chanted harder and louder now.

Zatanna came in and opposed the Master, the two began tussling as the master repeated himself.

Light filled the room glowing from the summon circle.

“NO!” A cry from Zatanna and Nightwing.

When the light died down the congression was kowtowing, and the Master was bowing at a nearly ninety degree angle with straight legs and back “All hail Lord Pariah Dark!” they cried out in unison. Nightwing and Zatanna stood in battle ready positions.

None of them were expecting a scrawny, tired, floating, teen to appear from the light, who yawned and said “Nope, sorry He is not I.”

A moment of silence eclipsed the room, before the Master looked up. He was baffled for a moment.

He made a quick walk over to the book on the podem, “But- I- We- we did everything as the book commanded-”

The black haired teen floated behind him, looking at the pages, “Ahhh, this is to summon the Ghost King, and that is me.”

W h a t ?

‘What do you mean this child is the terrible king of all ghosts?!”

“Uhhh, what?” it was Nightwing that spoke up.

“Pariah tried to invade my town, I defeated him and just got coordinated yesterday- I’m only Ghost Prince until I’m like two thousand though.”

S i l e n c e

“Maaaan, that book looks like it belongs in a museum!”

[bee-a-garbage-shipper]

I feel like what makes it worse is it turns out the kids love Tim but they still love him.

So he and Tim end up spending a lot of time together and it's very awkward for the big fat crush he's been trying to ignore.

clockwork: *shows up with no warning*

cw: here's a list of tutors for his majesty

cw: *disappears after patting danny and elle on their heads*

jason: his fucking WHAT ??

Baby Danny: I beated up bad King now I prince.

Jason: WHAT?

Elle: *baby babbles*

Baby Danny: yesth!

Jason: *crisis* *Looks at paper* Okay, so TIM is on this. Alright, alright... how do I convince him to help?

Babs: *over coms* well, you accidentally left your coms on so all of us know.

Jason: ... oh.

[arashikitten]

Danny Phantom: on the “Angry Eyes”:

Listen, I know it’s been a hot minute since I made something for the Danny Phantom phandom, and I’m sorry to everyone who followed me for DP content for just ghosting y’all like that. I promise that I will attempt to post DP content more often: that is the main reason I made this blog, after all, and I shouldn’t be ignoring you guys. You all have given me so much support, and y’all are the main reason my blog is at almost 230 followers! Thank you.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get to the main focus of this headcanon/theory: Danny’s “angry eyes”.

One of my most popular posts on this blog was the one I made discussing how Danny most likely displayed some more ghostly traits long before the portal incident ever happened, due to the fact that he would have been constantly surrounded by and exposed to ectoplasm and ectoplasmic radiation from a very young age. We learn from the Christmas episode that there has been at least one incident where their food had enough ecto-contamination to come to life and attack the family, which suggests that most, if not all of the food that the family eats, is contaminated to at least some degree. 

We also know that, while the two Fenton parents are almost always wearing ecto-resistant hazmat suits, Danny and Jazz do not. The only time we see Danny wearing his suit prior to the portal incident is literally when he’s going in the portal. He doesn’t wear the hazmat suit any other time, as far as we know, meaning that both Danny and Jazz were exposed to what would usually be lethal levels of ecto-radiation. 

Of course, that level of constant exposure to any form of radiation would have some sort of long lasting side effects, and in that original post, I said that the side effects would most likely be Danny and Jazz exhibiting ghostly traits, such as an echoing voice whenever they get particularly angry, or in Danny’s case, running a fair bit cooler than your average human (I would say that pre-accident, Danny’s typical internal temperature was about 95.7 degrees F, or 35.4 degrees C).

Now, why do I bring this up?

I bring this up because, in that post, I said that one of the more obvious ghostly traits that Danny would’ve shown was the “angry eyes”, when his eyes glow that bright neon green in his human form. If I remember correctly (feel free to correct me on this), the first time we see Danny’s “angry eyes” in the show is during the season 2 hour-long special, Reign Storm, when he confronts Vlad about his manipulation of Valerie outside of the Fenton household. As any of us who have watched the show know, Danny’s relationship with Vlad is a complicated one, and Vlad is one of the few ghosts that can really rile Danny up and pinpoint his insecurities. We almost never see Danny’s eyes glow when he’s human, and the few times we do see it happen are when Danny is incredibly pissed.  So here’s my little theory: Danny’s angry eyes are a instinctual stress response, kind of like a dog baring it’s teeth or a cat puffing up it’s tail: it’s meant as a sort of warning for others to back off. With other ghosts, this tactic is usually very effective, especially after the big battle with Pariah Dark. After all, no one wants to mess with Phantom when he’s in a bad mood. Which is great, because it usually means that Danny has a day off from fighting ghosts! 

What’s slightly less fortunate, however, is the fact that the glowing eyes are an instinctual stress response, meaning that Danny often struggles with keeping his eyes their usual icy blue whenever Dash shoved him in a locker, or Mr. Lancer gives him another detention, or his parents begin ranting about how Phantom is an emotionless monster that cannot be trusted. This has led to more than one incident where, in a moment of anger, Danny loses the tight grip he has on his more latent ghostly attributes and scares the piss out of whoever decided it would be a good idea to get on Danny’s bad side that day.

 Dash is the most often recipient of the legendary “Green Eyed Glare”, to the point where he knows for a fact that there’s more to it than just a trick of the light. Just about everyone at Casper high knows about Danny’s glowing eye trick, and its become a hot topic for gossip and theorization among the upper echelons of Casper High. Just about everyone has their own ideas as to what causes the glow, ranging from the widely accepted ecto-contamination theory to the bizarre “he’s secretly a vampire” theory (the only one who’s 100% right is Wes Weston, so of course absolutely no one believes him). It has even become a conversation point amongst Danny’s teachers, who have a small betting ring going on who the next person to get the “ghost eyes” will be.  Danny, of course, is completely oblivious to all of it.