#kryptonite is catnip to ghosts

[fanaroff]

Dp x DC Prompt: Space Like An Ocean

An alien had taken up residence outside of the Watchtower. Its first appearance immediately started a panic with most of the heroes that could survive in space converging on the station to see whether it was friend or foe. In the end, it did not seem either.

In fact, it seemed fine with just basking and napping wrapped around parts of the Watchtower that made up the outside. It wasn’t the size of the Watchtower, but off and on it was a very near thing.

Humanoid, yet distinctly inhuman. White whispy hair sat atop its head, pointed ears, and the only feature that could be made out of its face were two bright green glowing eyes. A color that sent Batman into a research frenzy. Its skin was void-dark. Almost looking as if a piece of space itself had separated from the cosmos and took and almost snake-like form. Or maybe an eel?

The most notable thing about the creature were its injuries. Multiple lacerations covered it, leaking a green that never touched the Watchtower and seemed to evaporate not long after leaving its body. Any silent attempts to collect it for study and to figure out what it was were met with emotionless green eyes and a bare hint of fang. They backed off quickly.

Flash liked to call it a mer-eel. “Cause it’s got an almost human torso, two arms, and the rest just kind of curls up!”

Wonder Woman was unimpressed with this. “That would suggest it is more like a naga.”

To which Green Lantern replied, “No, no, he’s right. There’s an almost white fin-like bit that goes down the tail like an eel’s does.”

Any more attempts to identify the creature led to nothing and soon the “eel” became a silent fixture of the Watchtower.

It was ages later when Zatanna entered the Watchtower to discuss a completely non-connected case when she stumbled immediately upon leaving the Zeta Tube and had to lean against a wall, breathing heavily.

“Something feels like Death.” Was all she could get out before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she dropped to the ground. She wouldn’t wake up, dead asleep. Immediate worry all around lead to Justice League Dark being contacted in full.

Constantine with Deadman in tow were ultimately the ones to solve the mystery. It took but a moment for Deadman to be seen thanks to Constantine’s “magic” and awe was the first thing apparent on his face. Deadman didn’t even need to leave the Watchtower to know what it was.

“Oh,” he whispered like a prayer. “So that’s where he goes when he takes a break.”

Queue questioning.

“He” turned out to be Phantom, the Ghost King who had apparently decided the Watchtower was a perfect basking spot. Confusion was abound at this.

“No, see,” Deadman tried to explain. “He has two Obsessions and the Watchtower feeds into both. Heroes who protect, as he is a protector spirit himself and probably feels a kinship, and space.”

Constantine and Deadman explained as best as they could, but when the questions finally settled, the last was “Why isn’t Constantine affected like Zatanna? Why aren’t the rest of them affected like Zatanna?”

“That’s easy!” Deadman piped. “None of you are attuned to death magic! I’m a ghost, he’s my King. Zatanna is a magician with experience in most magics. And Constantine doesn’t own enough of his soul to feel the death!”

In the end, a request from Deadman was all it took for things to change. With barely a rumble, Phantom pulled himself from the Watchtower and drifted far enough away for his aura to no longer affect Zatanna. The heroes could only watch in awe as the eel-like god returned to the open ocean of space.

Addition:

There were a giant green eyes observing the conference room. Every hero inside was frozen in place, staring back at the eyes and trying their best not to move a muscle. Phantom had moved from atop the station. Phantom had acknowledged them. Phantom was staring at them from a window of the Watchtower.

No one knew why he was there. Just that suddenly he was. The bright green lighting the entire room with its shine was the only warning they got. They stared. He stared.

Slowly, he moved. A hand-shape pointed with a claw. They were confused. The hand made a pointing motion again.

The table?

Ah. Several shards of kryptonite sat on the table. The topic of the discussion as someone had somehow gotten ahold of the shards and used them against Superman. They needed to know who supplied them.

The hand pointed again.

Why did Phantom want the shards?

Apparently, it wasn’t up to them to question as the pointing hand phased into the room, palm up. Waiting. No one moved for a moment until a white narrowed slit formed in Phantom’s eyes.

Green Lantern was quick to grab the shards (Batman made a token protest, those were his damn it) and placed them in the palm. He shivered as his finger brushed the skin, ice cold washing up and down his spine.

The hand closed, retracted and approached the face. The eyes stared as a large mouth opened (fangs, sharp sharp fangs laid in green) and a tongue popped out. The shards were placed on the tongue and the mouth closed with a sharp crunch.

Phantom grinned almost smugly before he drifted away from the window and back to the top of the Watchtower.

“Did- Did Phantom just ask for a snack?”

[fanaroff]

“I’m serious! B just casually has more than a few handfuls of these shards!” Nightwing exclaimed, leading Red Robin through the Watchtower halls. In one hand, he holds aloft a shard of kryptonite, uncaring of any chances he could possibly run into Superman. The hall they are in is currently closest to the kitchens and provides a lovely view of space via the huge (indestructible) glass windows.

“Contingency plan this, contingency plan that!” Nightwing continues. “We have to expect that he has one for everyone and be happy about it!”

“Be happy about what?” A voice came from their left, startling Nightwing so hard he dropped the shard of kryptonite. Red Robin flinched as well but was quickly more focused on cackling at how high his brother jumped.

A sheepish figure popped into view. It was Phantom, the ghostly teen hero who had become a member of the Justice League a few months before. He floated about a foot off the ground and his green eyes looked apologetic, a gloved hand rubbing the back of his neck.

Nightwing could only wheeze out, “Jesus, Phantom!” He was doubled over for a moment before straightening. “I swear you’re going to give someone a heart attack!”

“Sorry, sorry!” Phantom looked half panicked and half amused. “I was exploring and kind of forgot I was invisible for a moment.”

Phantom, at this point, was notorious for his space walks. He always came back from them brighter, happier. It made it easier to ignore that he was the ghost of a dead teenage hero.

“You’re fine, you’re fine! You just have to pay me back by spooking Flash.” Nightwing waves him off and took an exaggerated breath before letting it out. “Anyways, after that brief brush with death, what’d you ask Phantom?”

“I asked what you had to be happy about?” The teen said it like it was a question.

“Oh! Yeah! B’s contingency plans- ah fuck.”

“What?” Red Robin piped up.

“I dropped the shard, it had to have rolled nearby.” This was a given, but Nightwing cut off any explanations he had for Phantom in favor of looking for the shard of kryptonite.

“What are you looking for?” Phantom asked, floating over one of Nightwing’s shoulders.

“Shard of kryptonite,” Red Robin answered, eyes on the floor. “Your color green, looks like a rock.”

Phantom gave a messy salute and the search was on. It didn’t take too long, the shard was thin and barely the length of a pinky finger but noticeably shiny.

“Found it!” Called out Phantom who picked it up, giving it a curious once over. “You’re right, it is definitely a rock. But it looks more… like… rock…”

Nightwing and Red Robin’s attention were grabbed as Phantom’s voice concerningly trailed off. The ghost was frozen in place, staring at the shard.

“Phantom?” Nightwing called out. No answer, no movement.

Red Robin gave a silent curse. “What if kryptonite affects ghosts? That hasn’t been tested yet!”

Slowly, the two approached.

“Hey Phantom, you okay buddy?” Nightwing reached out a hand to grab the ghost’s shoulder.

Before he could, Phantom gave a full body shiver and turned his head to the two. Startlingly, his pupils were blown wide. Very wide, almost covering the sclera and the glow coming off of them was almost blinding.

The ghost blinked, took an unneeded breath and crowed, “ROCK CANDY!”

Before the two bird could react, Phantom chomped down on the shard with sharper than normal teeth and loudly crunched away at it in with two short bites. A single thought of “Uh oh” was all Nightwing and Red Robin could do as the ghost’s glow brightened, pupils even more wide to the point of uncanny valley, and shrieked a laughed before tearing off down the hallway.

The two were too stupefied to react at first. Then came a crash, a yell of “Give me back my fuckin’ coat you bloody ghost wanker!” and Phantom came back into temporary view before skidding to a stop mid-air to look out at space from the window. In another moment, the ghost was outside of the Watchtower doing an amazing physical rendition of a cat high off of catnip, floating slowly into the distance.

Nightwing and Red Robin exchanged a look before sprinting down the hallway.

High on Kryptonite

"We kind of have a problem.." Nightwing exclaimed as he entered the watchtower's meeting room.

"What kind of problem?" Green lantern asked.

"Danny's outside the watchtower." Nightwing said.

"Okaaay? he already does that everytime he's here, what's new." The speedy hero asked, as he relaxed back on his seat.

"Yes, But it's different this time, I- um"

"He's high on kryptonite" Red robin interjected.

"What." Superman spluttered out

"I said, what i said."

Meanwhile outside of the watchtower:

(Quick drawing of danny)

[leafyeyes417]

I decided to create a masterpost or two with all the reblogs that I like in hopes that when someone sends out the “help me find that post” I can find it faster. It will be added to slowly because I do not have the patience to do it all at once. Also in no particular order of preference.

Keep in mind none of these posts are my works and I do not claim them as such.

If you see *** they are really good prompts with lots of reblogs.

Will be edited later, last updated: 7-21-24

Masterlists

Multi-story masterlists

dcxdpdrabbles

Hdgnj

Tu-turu-turah

Specific Story lists

Jason is Catnip to Danny

Hyena Danny

Finally Getting Help

Wrong Robin

Badger Day

Man has needs

Almanac

Take out for Dummies

Danny is just some guy

Changling AU (part 5, other part links at bottom of post)

Fast Car Driver Danny

Haunted Car

Harmless Series

Don’t eat anything

Hero Tweets

Just a Bite

Single posts

Ellie-centric

Ellie realizes how dangerous Danny’s home is

Danny’s Rescues from the Infinite Realms

Green Lanturn & crew stuck in IR

Dead on Main

Jason courting Danny with a casserole

Overprotective Fenton parents shovel talk

Danny courts Jason by giving him wine cups made from the Joker’s kneecaps

Jason becomes a Ghost Summoner after giving Danny food***

Dream Lover***

Soulmate summoning ring gone wrong

Dead Tired

Coffeeshop accident

Dead Serious

Dead Silent

Danny kills the joker with his thighs

Danny on the run from the GIW

Superman startles Danny and gets a concussion***

Danny In Gotham

Sleepwalker Danny who escapes all traps

Unknowing Fae Danny works at coffee shop

Danny pretends to be a Vampire***

Feral McGee

Danny only gets a Vacation from work in Gotham

Danny seems like an Oracle of Delphi***

The GAV affected by Fear Toxin

Tucker streams while Danny does what Danny does in the background***

Danny is kidnapped(?) by Batman***

Danny gets hired for a money laundering front***

Portal is built in Gotham, not Amity

Naga Danny

Villain Danny

Danny’s obsession is twisted, forcing him to be a villain

Danny teaches heroes their mistakes by being the villain***

Adopted Danny (as in not Bio Fenton)

Danny is Hal Jordan’s son

Harley asks Batman to take away her son

Harvey Dent is Danny’s bio parent

Danny adopted by Bruce Wayne

Danny distribution system

Danny makes a sales pitch to join the Batfam

Reincarnated Danny

They wake up as Talons

Reincarnation

Clockwork reincarnated as Alfred

Misunderstanding’s that end in chaos

High Danny mistakes Batman for Jack

Mis-text-derstanding

Summoning Danny

Number is not in service

Danny: Please get that stalker (Ra’s) away from me

Demon Twin/Brothers

Damian is normal by Amity standards

Maybe(?) his lost twin

Nyssa steals Danny

Danny undercover in Amity

Jazz decided she wanted a brother

Tim Twins/Brothers

Danny and Tim are half-siblings

Danny sleep teleports to another dimension

Jason and Danny are brothers

Jason is a Baby ghost, adopts babier ghost Danny***

Ghost King Danny

Danny needs to take care of the Lazarus pits

Danny finds out there is a Ghost LOA

Miscellaneous

Danny possesses the president

Danny takes Jason’s online cooking class

Danny forgot what is regular human

Jack was a hitman named Phantom

Ghost Calls

Danny & Jason have the same scars

Superman was supposed to wait for the JLD

Water Core Tim

Fenton Driving curse still applies

Danny asks Wonder Woman to make him a grave on Themyscria***

Kryptonite is actually trapped souls

Danny and self-fulfilling prophecy

Danny pretends to be a demigod son of Hades

Danny gifts Red Robin a jar with Ra’s eyes

Vlad Cloning Danny was actually a much worse offense, breaks oldest ghost law

Amity got put back in the wrong place after the Pariah Dark fight.

Jason involuntarily taken to the ghost hospital

Phantom Letters

Danny learns Astral magic

Miscellaneous Angst

GIW succeeds in shooting the portal

DPxMarvel

Loki falls through to the IR and is adopted by Danny

Pure DP (not crossover)

Danny was Eldritch the whole time

Danny gets sprayed with a chemical where he hallucinates the person he hates

Demon!AU (with Art)

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Space Like Ocean

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/CTWR8j3 by skripsy An alien had taken up residence outside of the Watchtower. Its first appearance immediately started a panic with most of the heroes that could survive in space converging on the station to see whether it was friend or foe. In the end, it did not seem either. In fact, it seemed fine with just basking and napping wrapped around parts of the Watchtower that made up the outside. It wasn’t the size of the Watchtower, but off and on it was a very near thing. Humanoid, yet distinctly inhuman. White wispy hair sat atop its head, pointed ears, and the only feature that could be made out of its face were two bright green glowing eyes. A color that sent Batman into a research frenzy. Its skin was void-dark. Almost looking as if a piece of space itself had separated from the cosmos and took and almost snake-like form. Or maybe an eel? The most notable thing about the creature were its injuries. Multiple lacerations covered it, leaking a green that never touched the Watchtower and seemed to evaporate not long after leaving its body. Any silent attempts to collect it for study and to figure out what it was were met with emotionless green eyes and a bare hint of fang. They backed off quickly. Words: 928, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Fanaroff's Danny Phantom Plot Bunnies and One-Shots Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Other Characters: Danny Fenton, Batman, Superman, John Constantine, Deadman, Zatanna Zatara, Bruce Wayne, Nightwing, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) Additional Tags: Ghost King Danny Fenton, danny is the ghost king, Eldritch Danny Fenton, Eldritch Ghost King, mer ghost, Mer Danny, eel mer danny, kryptonite is ghost catnip, kryptonite is ghost rock candy, kryptonite is ectoplasm, prompt, Plot Bunny, One Shot read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/CTWR8j3

[maybemaybemartian]

Bio

Everything you ever wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) about Sokovia Rising’s M’gann M’orzz.

CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS: M’gann M’orzz alias Miss Martian FACECLAIM: Jane Levy AFFILIATIONS: Nomads, formerly Justice League AGE (physical age as well, if different): 25 SPECIES (human, metahuman, alien, etc): White Martian, appears human IS YOUR CHARACTER’S IDENTITY SECRET OR PUBLIC? Public IF SECRET, OR YOUR CHARACTER IS A CIVILIAN, DO THEY HAVE A CIVILIAN OCCUPATION? Librarian at the Matchak Library IF YOUR CHARACTER LIVES IN THE FORTRESS, WHAT ARE THEIR DUTIES? Yes. Cooking, food preparation, and pigeon keeping in the dovecote DESCRIBE SIX TRAITS (3 positive, 3 negative) YOUR CHARACTER HAS AND HOW THESE AFFECT THEM:

-Naïve

+Hardworking

-Lonely

+Kind

-Sensitive

+Empathetic

POWERS AND/OR ABILITIES: Shapeshifting, telekinesis, telepathy and telepathic empathy, camouflage (nearing invisibility now), intangibility (becoming more reliable now), Martian vision (energy blasts fired from the eyes, by far M’gann’s most exhausting ability), and flight. These abilities are rooted in Martian physiology, but, much like the Martian Manhunter’s abilities, M’gann’s have far, far surpassed their expected boundaries.

Sound does not travel efficiently through the thin, dust-heavy atmosphere of Mars. Instead of evolving to speak as humans do, Martians evolved to communicate telepathically. M’gann learned to silence surface thoughts within four months of arriving on Earth. However, she is unable to stop detecting people’s emotions and telepathic signatures. She also uses it as a universal translator. M’gann’s own telepathy is dangerously powerful and can be used in many ways, but she has a strict ethical code for how to use it and to whom it may be applied. M’gann does not use telepathy, her native language, to hurt people. She does not enter minds without consent, does not steal, alter, insert, or erase memories.

M’gann can shapeshift on a molecular level, but she needs to have at least a basic understanding of what she is shapeshifting into if she wants the form to be more than surface level. For example, M’gann can fly innately. But, if she wanted to shift into a sparrow with functioning wings, she would need to know a little about aerodynamics and birds. Luckily, she’s a quick study and she’s between practicing for a long time.

It is very, very important to note that M’gann started hiding her powers after the Chitauri Invasion in 2014. A character who has not worked with Miss Martian or the Martian Manhunter would find video footage of these powers through a quick Google search: M’gann telekinetically lifting a car, flying, and doing a bit of shapeshifting, J’onn using energy beams, using superstrength without visibly shifting, shifting into a massive dragon to save an airplane in 2006, and a video of J’onn communicating telepathically with an off-world ambassador.

WEAKNESSES: All Martians have a big problem with fire and excessive heat. M’gann is unable to use her powers near open flames and becomes heavily weakened during heat waves. She is also negatively affected by certain things which would pose little or no threat to humans, including caffeine (makes her molecules buzz like static on an old TV set), alcohol (unpredictable results), cigarette smoke (gunks up her cells and makes her feel physically ill), and many human medicines.

WHAT BROUGHT YOUR CHARACTER TO SOKOVIA? M'gann attended the riots in DC as a civilian. When things got dicey, she initially helped calm the crowd through telepathic signals. Shortly after, at the behest of Wonder Woman and Batman, M’gann joined the two of them at the Fortress of Solitude where she carefully used her detail telekinesis removed shards of Kryptonite from Clark. 

DID THEY SIGN THE ACCORDS? WHY OR WHY NOT? No. Neither M’gann nor her uncle, J’onn J’onzz, signed the Accords. At first, they were able to avoid legal repercussions on the grounds of diplomat status and discontinuing visible hero-work. J’onn retired to the Watchtower a short time later and the ISA began to focus more pressure on M’gann, but as Miss Martian had disappeared from the public eye there was little they could do but monitor her closely and wait for her to slip up. PROVIDE 3-5 HEADCANONS RELATED TO YOUR CHARACTER:

Martians families use telepathy to connect with each other. During sleeping hours, they share dreams psychically. M’gann hasn’t had anyone to dream with since leaving Mars, but she still creates a dream for herself every night.

M’gann has never eaten an Oreo. M’gann’s uncle, J’onn, warned her of ‘Choco Madness’ when she was new to Earth. She genuinely believes that Chocos, or Oreos, are cripplingly addictive to Martians and that withdrawal symptoms include loss faculties and hulk-like rage. In reality, Oreos are essentially Martian catnip.

Mars is a dying world. It has been in decline for hundreds of years and the end is certainly close at hand. Outbreaks of fire plague still decimate entire households and villages of Martians sharing the same thought-stream. Rain is virtually non-existent. The people depend on dwindling supplies of groundwater. Increasingly common dust storms ravage the fields. Food is scarce. People are angry and frightened enough to take desperate, even irrational action. All this profoundly affected M’gann’s early life. She and her family worked long hours on their homestead and still often failed to make ends meet. M’gann’s natural form is fragile and short from childhood malnourishment. Technically, she is still promised by contract to a wealthy White Martian family seeking genetic diversity in exchange for food and supplies they gave to her family.

Green and White Martians, as well as Red and Yellow Martians, have been at odds throughout Martian history. Despite long perpetuated stereotypes and misconceptions, the only real difference between these people is the color of their skin at birth. M’gann is the White Martian daughter of a male White Martian and a female Green Martian. Between her coloring, her hardworking nature, and her rapidly advancing powers, M’gann spent much of her childhood being viewed by non-family members as either a monster or a potential weapon.

CHARACTER BIO —

M'gann came to Earth in 2009 to be protegee to her maternal uncle, J'onn J'onzz. She lived with him in a Chicago suburb and fully intended to be a public superhero with ties to the Martian Manhunter as well as Wonder Woman. As such she did not attempt to hide the fact that M'gann M'orzz and Miss Martian were one and the same. Unfortunately, that openness made her an easy target of anti-alien sentiment after the Chitauri Invasion in 2014. She withdrew from social media and stopped using her powers publicly as a way to mitigate the damage.

When the Accords were passed, J'onn and M’gann both declined to sign. J’onn retired to the Watchtower while M'gann stayed in Chicago to finish her undergraduate degree and then a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois.

The exact nature and extent of her abilities is known to only a handful of people, but the ISA does know that M'gann is a powerful telepath because of a video recording of J'onn using his telepathy to communicate with an off-world ally. The ISA made their interest known with repeated attempts to have her sign the Accords as well as an increasingly aggressive surveillance campaign.

M'gann attended the riots in DC as a civilian. When the situation went south, she initially helped calm the crowd with telepathic signals. Shortly after, at the behest of Wonder Woman and Batman, M’gann joined the two of them at the Fortress of Solitude where she carefully used her detail telekinesis removed shards of Kryptonite from Clark. Knowing that the ISA would be after her, M’gann hastily resigned from her library in Chicago, withdrew her life savings from the bank, packed a pair of suitcases, and flew to join Diana.

Here in Sokovia, M'gann is rebuilding the Matchak library and preparing to open to the public. She does most of the cooking in the Mousehole and takes care of the pigeons and most food preparation. She is absolutely, unequivocally overworking herself.

During the Ghost in the Machine event, the communicators were taken out by the disembodied code of Arnim Zola and M’gann revealed her telepathy to all present Nomads in the form of a mind link. 

[radiance1]

Now you see, Jack shouldn't have let his son eat an unknown glowing green rock that he found from, wherever he did in the dead of night. But one side was fighting with the other in the name of science and not letting his kid put random things into his mouth.

And the latter was wining, until Danny pulled the most devious trick in the book.

Puppy eyes.

Jack folded almost immediately, but swore to himself he would instantly pull it out of Danny's mouth if he saw something going wrong. So, his kid starts a munching, then that one superhero, Superman if he remembered correctly, popped up from nowhere to try and stop his son.

But it was too late for that, as Danny took a giant bite out of the glowing green rock that he found. Then, to both of their surprise, he started acting like a cat on catnip.

Jack got into an accident that booted him out from his own universe, leaving him stranded in an entirely different universe. Danny came along with him, but is pretty much weakened by whatever situation they were in before where he wanted to keep his dad alive.

Jack searched around for what he had on him, a few ecto-batteries, a Fenton thermos and his jumpsuit.

Luckily around him laid the very destroyed yet salvageable parts of a machine that was brought along when this happened. So he took it apart and decided to make something outta it.

Danny meanwhile is not doing that hot, so he took to sleeping his fatigue away, he doesn't know how long it'll take but eh. So when his father built a coffin he very happily climbed in and started napping away.

Which, it wasn't supposed to be a coffin nor for him to sleep in, but Jack just went what the hell and decided to modify his original plan. Installing the ecto-batteries he tinkered them to draw in the ambient ectoplasm from their surroundings (which is far less than Amity Park but eh) and release it into the coffin to act as some kind of recharge station for his kidd-o. At least he hopes, then added some straps so he could put it and voila.

There strapped to his back was the Fenton-coffin, bound to (hopefully) recharge your ghost kid from either sickness, loss of power or both! Call now and you can get on for-

Now with Danny safely secured to his back and in a safe (enough) environment. Jack went on to (hopefully) find something to get them back home.

It is weird seeing superheroes that aren't ghosts though.

[theteaisaddictive]

It just hit me in a flash that i never asked for your thoughts/rankings of the Cats 2019 soundtrack. Please forgive my ignorance and bestow the gift of your wisdom upon us

i have been caught in a whirlwind of events, which is why i have not responded sooner, but i’m currently home sick so what better excuse is there to wax evangelical (evan . . . jellicle??) about the cats movie soundtrack than this precise moment

i. jellicle songs for jellicle cats

i mean. well. first things first, it was recorded in advance (i assume that the 90s version was a live recording, but i could be wrong here) so of course it is going to sound awkward and stilted. this is nothing compared to how awkward and unnatural it is to see a bunch of actors naked save for cgi fur and ken-doll-like crotches singing and . . . uh, i think they’re dancing? -- around the white cat victoria, who did not have nearly so big a part from what i can digest of the 90s youtube clips. my favourite part has to be the fucking techno beat though. god damn. party on, you funky little abominations.

ii. the naming of cats/the invitation to the jellicle ball

yes, i will be smushing the exposition-related songs together unless i feel like separating them. this is my life, these are my choices. idk, it was fine?? i guess? munkustrap (aka The Main Cat Who Isn’t Victoria or Judi Dench and Quite Frankly Deserved Better Because He Was Giving This Performance His All) kind of just says the naming instead of it being a company-wide thing. they did not include bombalurina or demeter’s names in the naming, and this was the point at which i realised that the big name stars were not, in fact, going to lounge around in the background for the entirety of the play like they do in the musical. :(

the invitation also sees my Sweet Boy mr mistoffelees get his first solo line, which is good bc i fell in love with his sweet little face over the course of the film, and bad bc it marks the start of the absurd victoria/mr mistoffelees subplot which i am convinced was put in because of course a plotless weirdmageddon like cats needs a romantic subplot

iii. the old gumbie cat

something that needs mentioning is that idris elba shows up as macavity at various points in-between songs. i’m pretty sure he shows up for the first time here and like, tries to lure victoria away?? i think?? anyway it obviously does not work bc unfortunately we are stuck with victoria for the entire film, so onto the gumbie cat song we go.

what can i say about the rebel wilson song that hasn’t already been said. she unzips her skin. the cockroaches are uncanny in the extreme. there are slater-sized mice played by children. there is no funky tap routine, or if there is it was erased from my mind by the frequent awkward gaps in which rebel wilson attempted to be funny. dear god. 

iv. the rum tum tugger

miiiiilllllkk

ok, ok, fine. jason derulo gave a fun, lively performance and didn’t even have the decency to do a bad english accent, which means there is at least one song which i have to genuinely like and can’t just like ironically. but also miiiiillllkkk why is there a milk bar in london which is perfectly cat-sized whyyyy. 

v. grizabella

i am going to be honest. i think that this song appeared later in the movie, but the soundtrack only lists ‘highlights’ so it doesn’t appear in the track list. idk what to say. there are some girl cats (unnamed, although i think they have names in the stage version) who are mean to grizabella and then they say that she started working for macavity?? i’m not sure if this does or does not imply that he became her pimp, although he certainly has the coat and hat for it, which only raises more questions which i dare not put voice to.

vi. bustopher jones

fuck james corden. what the fuck did he do to the refined, fat old cat who frequents gentleman’s clubs and only dines on the finest stuff?? he made him dig around in the rubbish bins and interrupt the song twice to make ‘jokes’ about how fat he is. god i cannot fuckign stand james corden and i do not think he’s funny so i’m aware i may be biased but still. god. 

oh yes and then at the end macavity lures him over to a giant bin (in full view of the other cats, might i add) and thanos snaps him out of existence, but sadly not out of the movie. rebel wilson also got thanos-snapped earlier i just forgot to mention it.

vii. mungojerrie and rumpleteazer

i understand that this melody is the original melody and that the melody used in the 90s recording was a change made for broadway; however, this was the most boring fucking song in the movie and they should have used the broadway version, good night. also victoria is there while they burgle the house, for some reason, bc having an audience surrogate means she needs to be in Every Fucking Scene, so that was a Choice.

viii. old deuteronomy

a nice, sweet song introducing judi dench, sung by munkustrap in such a manner that i began to wonder if he was like, her boytoy or something. also the nuzzling is, like, out of control. i know there’s nuzzling in the stage version, but onstage they're also all crawling around on all fours and stuff whereas here they’re bipedal most of the time. it makes it look like everyone is constantly going in for a kiss when they’re actually just being sociable, and it is fucking disorienting.

ix. the jellicle ball

by the way, the jellicle ball itself takes place in some sort of cat-friendly dilapidated theatre, and it is both the weirdest and least weird thing about this whole movie. 

idk, it was fine?? oh wait, i actually forgot -- so waaaaay back at the start, victoria has a famous solo which wasn’t actually a solo in this version but danced with munkustrap, which . . . .was a Choice. so now she dances with like five different male cats, and it gets frantic, and Every Single Cat is just tearing it up on the dance floor, seriously the dancers in this are incredible, and then i think they all collapse on the floor in a heap, and it was at this point that i learned to be thankful i was not subjected to watching a cgi cat orgy while sitting next to my horrified sister

x. grizabella the glamour cat/memory (prelude)

like i said, i can’t remember what order this happens on the movie, so i’m taking the tracklist from the olc on genius. anyway victoria sneaks out for . . . reasons, and she sees grizabella. and grizabella is sad, and sings her song in the first person, because demeter got cut, because fuck demeter, i guess. oh yeah, and tom hooper, he of the masterful subtlety, had jennifer hudson sitting at a lamppost with withered leaves collected at her feet which she pointed to at the relevant lines. i’m surprised he didn’t add a sound effect of a moaning wind.

xi. beautiful ghosts

this was the song that taylor swift wrote for the movie and by god can you tell. it is incredibly jarring and serves no purpose (beyond, i guess, the purpose of deepening the nothing character of victoria), and -- ugh. look, it’s a pretty little song, and both victoria and taylor swift sing it well, but it’s thoroughly unnecessary. it’s like ‘suddenly’ in 2012 les mis -- why is this here??

xii. gus the theatre cat

i am not ashamed to admit that ian mckellen ‘singing’ gus the theatre cat was enough to bring a tear to my eye. because, well. the man may not have sung, but by god he acted. i challenge anyone with a heart to sit through all of cats and not even feel the slightest tug at their heartstrings when gus’s song plays. not even judi dench lifting one leg in appreciation could completely break the mood. oh wait. it did. (also gus got thanos-snapped by macavity immediately after exiting the stage)

xiii. skimbleshanks the railway cat

oooooh fuck YESSSSSS this is the single best song in the whole damn film. skimbleshanks himself?? wonderful. iconic. beautiful. his tap routine?? inspired. he’s skimbleshanks the railway cat -- the cat on the railway train! he inexplicably is wearing red dungarees, making him the fourth cat to be wearing clothes for no reason, and at the very end he spins like a top all the way into the air, before being thanes-snapped out of existence (but happily, not out of the movie) by.....

xiv. macavity the mystery cat

taylor swift is there. she’s undressed except for her cgi fur and a pair of stage heels. she starts tapping her little container of catnip over the collective of cats, causing munkustrap to make the sort of face you see reeve!superman make when he’s being poisoned by kryptonite, except that he is a cat being drugged with catnip and it is hard to take him seriously as a result. the song itself is a perfect guilty pleasure. taylor swift’s accent is shitty enough that you can enjoy the ridiculousness of the entire situation. idris elba cuts in to join the final chorus on ‘the Napoleon of criiiiiimmme’ and then he takes off his pimp coat and is . . . distressingly nude for the rest of the film. he dances briefly with taylor swift. it’s a thing.

anyway they thanos-snap judi dench to a boat on the thames bc she won’t let him go to cat heaven and the rest of the cats are left discombobulated. this is when Local Sadboy mr mistoffelees is uh, peer-pressured into attempting to magic judi dench back to the cats. bc mr mistoffelees has an arc now, you guys. and his arc?? is about getting his mojo back.

xv. mister mistoffelees

this song is also sung in first person by mistoffelees, which makes less sense when you get to the second verse, but whatever the movie only has about twenty minutes left let's just do it. it’s a solid song, but they keep pausing after every chorus to see if he can get judi dench back yet, which really dampens the groove that they have going on. anyway, they get her back, mr mistoffelees believes in himself now, yadda yadda yadda. meawhile back on the boat, this dickhead apparently didn’t bother to teleport the other cats back, so they fight their way out and rebel willson unzips her skin again. at this point in the cinema i was praying for mercy.

xvi. memory

memory was a song. it was clearly sung with a lot of emotion. for me, personally?? that emotion did not connect. sorry jennifer hudson. oh yeah also victoria has a verse in this song and i mentally wanted to s c r e am because this is not your fucking moment victoria, let the sad jennifer hudson cat belt her lungs out in peace

xvii. the ad-dressing of cats

god. let it end. let it end. this last ‘song’ was dragged out minute after minute after minute. judi dench looked into my very soul when she told me a cat was not a dog, and i still don’t know what she found there. when she started talking about cream and pie i could see munkustrap, he of the Giving This Performance His All, continue his impeccable acting by making faces of delight at her words. oh, munkustrap. even now, at the very end, you brought me joy. thank you, dear cat. thank you. 

[radiance1]

Hey yall got a new hc for ya.

Or maybe it isn't new I have no idea but basically.

Kryptonite is catnip to ghost, and it's the very high quality stuff.

Like so high quality that it's basically legendary in the ghost community and if it's found ghosts would fight over it. Hell, it's not even made 100% from ectoplasm but it'll get any ghost acting like a cat as soon as they so much as take a nibble of the shit.

The only one able to somewhat resist its effects are the Ancients and most powerful ghosts, but even they struggle with it from time to time.

On another note, if Kryptonite makes ghosts act like this, well. When consumed by a halfa it basically straight doubles the effects.

If Lazarus Water is vintage wine, then Kryptonite shall be catnip.

Both are basically the stuff of legend to the ghosts of the Infinite Realms.

And curiously enough, only those specific ghosts get such a kick outta it.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Ghostnip

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/JAQvafX

by morningafternoon

Danny abruptly paused, head perking up and looking around like something was in the air. Tim and Kon glanced at each other before turning their gazes back at Danny just as the ghost boy turned back around the way they came and sped walked down the hall.

They trailed in pursuit behind their teammate and friend. Neither knew what had suddenly gotten into Phantom, but when the ghost took a sharp left and stopped, Tim figured they would find out soon.

Phantom didn't move, staring at something in the room. Tim followed his gaze, becoming slightly perturbed when he noticed that Phantom's pupils had dilated, similar to a cat's. Phantom was staring at Batman and Wonder Woman; the two engaged in some discussion across the room.

Or, more so, he was staring at the stick of kryptonite in Batman's hand.

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Kryptonite, to some ghosts, is just like candy. To others, it's like catnip. And sometimes, it's both.

Words: 4968, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Danny Fenton, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Diana (Wonder Woman), Barry Allen, John Constantine

Additional Tags: Other Character Tags to be Added - Freeform, Danny Fenton is a Justice League Member (DCU), Danny Fenton is a Little Shit, Kryptonite (DCU), Frostbite (mentiond), Zatanna Zatara (mentioned) - Freeform, rated T for swearing and 'weed' i guess, Crack Treated Seriously, i think? I dont post ever lol enjoy, I suck at writing so feel free to send tips, Confused Danny Fenton, Everyone but John Constantine is Confused

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/JAQvafX

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Space Like Ocean

by skripsy An alien had taken up residence outside of the Watchtower. Its first appearance immediately started a panic with most of the heroes that could survive in space converging on the station to see whether it was friend or foe. In the end, it did not seem either. In fact, it seemed fine with just basking and napping wrapped around parts of the Watchtower that made up the outside. It wasn’t the size of the Watchtower, but off and on it was a very near thing. Humanoid, yet distinctly inhuman. White wispy hair sat atop its head, pointed ears, and the only feature that could be made out of its face were two bright green glowing eyes. A color that sent Batman into a research frenzy. Its skin was void-dark. Almost looking as if a piece of space itself had separated from the cosmos and took and almost snake-like form. Or maybe an eel? The most notable thing about the creature were its injuries. Multiple lacerations covered it, leaking a green that never touched the Watchtower and seemed to evaporate not long after leaving its body. Any silent attempts to collect it for study and to figure out what it was were met with emotionless green eyes and a bare hint of fang. They backed off quickly. Words: 928, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 3 of Fanaroff's Danny Phantom Plot Bunnies and One-Shots Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Other Characters: Danny Fenton, Batman, Superman, John Constantine, Deadman, Zatanna Zatara, Bruce Wayne, Nightwing, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) Additional Tags: Ghost King Danny Fenton, danny is the ghost king, Eldritch Danny Fenton, Eldritch Ghost King, mer ghost, Mer Danny, eel mer danny, kryptonite is ghost catnip, kryptonite is ghost rock candy, kryptonite is ectoplasm, prompt, Plot Bunny, One Shot via https://ift.tt/CTWR8j3

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Ghostnip

by morningafternoon

Danny abruptly paused, head perking up and looking around like something was in the air. Tim and Kon glanced at each other before turning their gazes back at Danny just as the ghost boy turned back around the way they came and sped walked down the hall.

They trailed in pursuit behind their teammate and friend. Neither knew what had suddenly gotten into Phantom, but when the ghost took a sharp left and stopped, Tim figured they would find out soon.

Phantom didn't move, staring at something in the room. Tim followed his gaze, becoming slightly perturbed when he noticed that Phantom's pupils had dilated, similar to a cat's. Phantom was staring at Batman and Wonder Woman; the two engaged in some discussion across the room.

Or, more so, he was staring at the stick of kryptonite in Batman's hand.

-----

Kryptonite, to some ghosts, is just like candy. To others, it's like catnip. And sometimes, it's both.

Words: 4968, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Justice League - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Danny Fenton, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Diana (Wonder Woman), Barry Allen, John Constantine

Additional Tags: Other Character Tags to be Added - Freeform, Danny Fenton is a Justice League Member (DCU), Danny Fenton is a Little Shit, Kryptonite (DCU), Frostbite (mentiond), Zatanna Zatara (mentioned) - Freeform, rated T for swearing and 'weed' i guess, Crack Treated Seriously, i think? I dont post ever lol enjoy, I suck at writing so feel free to send tips, Confused Danny Fenton, Everyone but John Constantine is Confused

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/47598091

[fanaroff]

He becomes a really, REALLY good way to dispose of cursed items. They probably make him just a bit stronger each time he eats them too.

Dp x DC Prompt: Space Like An Ocean

An alien had taken up residence outside of the Watchtower. Its first appearance immediately started a panic with most of the heroes that could survive in space converging on the station to see whether it was friend or foe. In the end, it did not seem either.

In fact, it seemed fine with just basking and napping wrapped around parts of the Watchtower that made up the outside. It wasn’t the size of the Watchtower, but off and on it was a very near thing.

Humanoid, yet distinctly inhuman. White whispy hair sat atop its head, pointed ears, and the only feature that could be made out of its face were two bright green glowing eyes. A color that sent Batman into a research frenzy. Its skin was void-dark. Almost looking as if a piece of space itself had separated from the cosmos and took and almost snake-like form. Or maybe an eel?

The most notable thing about the creature were its injuries. Multiple lacerations covered it, leaking a green that never touched the Watchtower and seemed to evaporate not long after leaving its body. Any silent attempts to collect it for study and to figure out what it was were met with emotionless green eyes and a bare hint of fang. They backed off quickly.

Flash liked to call it a mer-eel. “Cause it’s got an almost human torso, two arms, and the rest just kind of curls up!”

Wonder Woman was unimpressed with this. “That would suggest it is more like a naga.”

To which Green Lantern replied, “No, no, he’s right. There’s an almost white fin-like bit that goes down the tail like an eel’s does.”

Any more attempts to identify the creature led to nothing and soon the “eel” became a silent fixture of the Watchtower.

It was ages later when Zatanna entered the Watchtower to discuss a completely non-connected case when she stumbled immediately upon leaving the Zeta Tube and had to lean against a wall, breathing heavily.

“Something feels like Death.” Was all she could get out before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she dropped to the ground. She wouldn’t wake up, dead asleep. Immediate worry all around lead to Justice League Dark being contacted in full.

Constantine with Deadman in tow were ultimately the ones to solve the mystery. It took but a moment for Deadman to be seen thanks to Constantine’s “magic” and war was the first thing apparent on his face. Deadman didn’t even need to leave the Watchtower to know what it was.

“Oh,” he whispered like a prayer. “So that’s where he goes when he takes a break.”

Queue questioning.

“He” turned out to be Phantom, the Ghost King who had apparently decided the Watchtower was a perfect basking spot. Confusion was abound at this.

“No, see,” Deadman tried to explain. “He had two Obsessions and the Watchtower feeds into both. Heroes who protect, as he is a protector spirit himself and probably feels a kinship, and space.”

Constantine and Deadman explained as best as they could, but when the questions finally settled, the last was “Why isn’t Constantine affected like Zatanna? Why aren’t the rest of them affected like Zatanna?”

“That’s easy!” Deadman piped. “None of you are attuned to death magic! I’m a ghost, he’s my King. Zatanna is a magician with experience in most magics. And Constantine doesn’t own enough of his soul to feel the death!”

In the end, a request from Deadman was all it took for things to change. With barely a rumble, Phantom pulled himself from the Watchtower and drifted far enough away for his aura to no longer affect Zatanna. The heroes could only watch in awe as the eel-like god returned to the open ocean of space.

Addition:

There were a giant green eyes observing the conference room. Every hero inside was frozen in place, staring back at the eyes and trying their best not to move a muscle. Phantom had moved from atop the station. Phantom had acknowledged them. Phantom was staring at them from a window of the Watchtower.

No one knew why he was there. Just that suddenly he was. The bright green lighting the entire room with its shine was the only warning they got. They stared. He stared.

Slowly, he moved. A hand-shape pointed with a claw. They were confused. The hand made a pointing motion again.

The table?

Ah. Several shards of kryptonite sat on the table. The topic of the discussion as someone had somehow gotten ahold of the shards and used them against Superman. They needed to know who supplied them.

The hand pointed again.

Why did Phantom want the shards?

Apparently, it wasn’t up to them to question as the pointing hand phased into the room, palm up. Waiting. No one moved for a moment until a white narrowed slit formed in Phantom’s eyes.

Green Lantern was quick to grab the shards (Batman made a token protest, those were his damn it) and placed them in the palm. He shivered as his finger brushed the skin, ice cold washing up and down his spine.

The hand closed, retracted and approached the face. The eyes stared as a large mouth opened (fangs, sharp sharp fangs laid in green) and a tongue popped out. The shards were placed on the tongue and the mouth closed with a sharp crunch.

Phantom grinned almost smugly before he drifted away from the window and back to the top of the Watchtower.

“Did- Did Phantom just ask for a snack?”