#platonic everlasting trio

[hugsandchaos]

Classic “Danny accidentally eats something that makes ghosts as h!gh as a kite in space”, but as long as he’s with Sam and Tucker, he’s content with just... doing weird stuff and generally clinging to them. Laying on top of them, listening to them talk just because, holding their hands, hugging them, randomly saying that their happiness and love is the best emotion flavor, looking absolutely crushed and lost when they both try to leave him alone at the same time, ramble about space, and trying to keep them both in his sights because his obsessions with protection and space are harder to resist in the state he’s in.

And then they show him a video later when he’s back to normal and tease him a little.

Danny: You know, your happiness tastes amazing.

Sam: ...

Tucker: ...What?

Danny: Whenever we hang out and you two are happy, it’s like... It’s like having a milkshake after a day of eating bitter foods, sometimes after a week of bitter foods!

Sam: I’m... glad you like it??

Danny: You have no idea what you’re missing out on. Like when we’re cuddling and watching a movie together, the love from you two is probably the best flavor there is, and I’d fight God and win to prove it.

Tucker: I think this is his new way of saying “I’m going to keep you two safe and happy whether you like it or not”.

[lonelygrayrose]

"I got it set up!" Tucker runs into frame and sits on the bed between his friends, facing the camera. "Phantom Log One. Last week we defeated a ghost named Desiree and then Sam got me and Danny sick."

Sam sets the book down. "Are you sure about this? It seems risky."

Tucker turns to her and grins. "I'm positive! Someday, they could make documentaries about us and this is the best way to make sure they get it right!"

Danny lifts his head. "Also, if I die hunting ghosts you'll have this as evidence that you didn't murder me."

"That's kinda morbid, Danny," Tucker says, "but accurate."

"I think it's also a great way for us to get caught." Sam folds her arms and looks at Tucker skeptically.

"Well, that's just insulting," Tucker tells her with a joking smile. "What kind of technogeek do you think I am if I can't even keep a few videos secure?"

Danny sits up, rubbing his tired eyes, "The reason I think these logs are important is because we know ghosts can mess with our minds and memories now. If that happens, we can watch these and get the truth directly from ourselves."

"I'll show you how to record them, so we can make our own private logs too." Tucker says before looking to Sam mischievously. "Then Danny can talk about Paulina all he wants and we don't have to listen to it."

Sam chuckles. "You should have started with that." She sits up and looks at the camera, "Okay Future Amnesiac Danny, here's what you need to know."

Danny groans, "Here we go..."

[iguessthisisanewobsession]

On the outskirts of Gotham a farm is made.

No one can pinpoint when it was started but it was clearly bountiful.

New orchards of plums apples and several other fruit whisper promises of fruits in the years to come.

Bee houses buzzed with life and ducks quacked and scurried to and from their pond, coop and the garden.

Vegetables by the rows with seasonal berries brushes spring up at the corners of the property.

Greenery that almost seemed to glow with how lush it was.

It was like a small oasis in the desert of Gotham’s dirty land.

And it was ran by only three people.

The woman’s name was Sam. She was known as an activist who seemed to do the primary care of the plants. The property was in her name and she went out of her way to invite people to take what they need.

Danny was the most well known of the trio. He brought the produce into the heart of the city. Anywhere that would take the food, kitchens, pantries, school cafeterias even people’s doorsteps.

Tucker was the technical mastermind, hidden but equally important. The sprinklers, planning of the pollination rotation, harvesting planning and statistics were his main focus on the farm. Not a single square inch of the the land was not under his watchful gaze.

All the food was fresh or properly stored and most interesting of all free.

Of course people were going to talk.

[onlytibki]

Torn between two types of Everlasting Trio

“Three way mutual pining until the accident when they all realize they nearly lost their chance to tell each other how they feel so they immediately dive headfirst into a relationship in a way that’s frankly unwise and started a few fights but they got through it all anyway”. Love with roots in history bloomed too soon by fear and grief that settles into something fire-tested and solid.

And

“Trio wasn’t quite as close before the accident but afterwards through the trials and tribulations of ghost fighting became one fluid machine and tripped-slipped-fell into each other while protecting and tending to each other”. Love blossoming while wiping blood and wrapping bandages and taking blame to save the other(s), care shown through meticulous work and reading to elicit laughter when it’s been a Bad Day

[crowsontheloose]

Do you get the urge to (platonically) kiss your friends sometimes?

I do, I'm projecting

[lavendarlily]

18 for everlasting trio (platonic or romantic, you decide)

i wrote this in like twenty minutes here u go

18. excitedly grabbing eachother’s hands during a concert, jumping up and down together | everlasting trio (platonic)

Tucker walked up to his friends that morning with a smug look on his face. “I got them,” he said, not needing to say anything more. 

Danny’s eyes widened. “No fucking way! Really?”

Tucker nodded, smiling. “For real, dude.” He turned to Sam. “And I got a ticket for you too, Sammie, since it’s for Danny’s birthday and all.” 

Sam crossed her arms. “What on earth are you referring to?”

Before Tucker could answer, Danny was bouncing up and down in her face, struggling to stay calm. “Olivia Rodrigo! We got tickets to see her! Oh my god, I could kiss you Tucker!”

His friend made a face. “Please don’t dude.” 

While Danny was off the walls, Sam’s flat expression hardly lifted. 

“If I must,” she said with an eye roll. 

Danny’s arms wrapped around her and Tucker, bringing the trio into a tight circle. “Thanks guys, AH! I can't wait.” 

He turned to Sam. “It's on Friday, so you have three days to learn her songs.”

“I won't, but okay.” 

She didn't need it.

—----- 

“GUYS! You're walking so slow,” Danny complained as he waited at the entrance for his friends to catch up. 

“I swear, if it wasn't his birthday he'd be in the thermos by now,” Tucker said to Sam as they walked towards him. When the two had come to his house, Danny had shoved identical concert tees into their hands then practically threw them out the door. His excitement was…aggressive. 

The three bypassed the ticket scan, with Sam and Tucker  trying desperately to keep eyes on Danny through the crowd. It wasn't hard actually - he was an eighteen year-old boy in a throng of thirteen year-old girls. 

They found him at the merch booth, harassing the employee with more requests than they could keep up with. Sam’s eyes wandered towards a bundle of pins with different icons and lyrics written on them. They were admittedly cute. 

“Hey Sam, you ready to go to our seats?” Tucker asked, with Danny behind him, arms full of new Official Olivia Rodrigo merchandise. She put the pack of pins back down and followed the boys to their seats. Her stomach turned at the amount of young girls in the audience and the amount of screaming she was about to be subjected to. 

She was seated next to Tucker, who was in the middle between her and Danny. She was grateful for the barrier - she wasn't sure how much more of Danny’s energy she could handle.

The lights dimmed, and a loud cheer erupted from the crowd, causing Sam to wince. The speakers came to life with an intro and the air was thick with anticipation for the beloved pop star. 

All of a sudden, she was on stage, belting out the words of her latest hit. Tucker felt his hand getting crushed and screaming from beside him. He was about to finally lose it on Danny, but realized it was coming from the other side of him. 

Sam was screaming her head off, jumping up and down with the largest smile he'd ever seen on her face. 

He was flabbergasted. 

For the sake of the moment, he grabbed Danny’s hand and the three of them fully immersed themselves in the experience. By the end of the night, the three were voiceless, sweaty, and full of adrenaline from the excitement. 

Walking out of the stadium, Tucker quickly excused himself. He came back a moment later and passed something into Sam’s hand. 

“A pack of pins?” she asked.

Tucker grinned. “Only for Olivia’s biggest fan. Come on Sam, you know you don't have to hide that from us!”

She blushed. “What, I just learned a few songs, it's-”

The look Tucker gave her shut her up instantly. 

“Fine. I might listen to her every now and then.”

She whipped her head around. “Wait, where’s Danny?”

On cue, he bounded over to them excitedly, sharpie writing all over his arms. “Guess what?! I just got so many girls’ numbers over there.”

“Really? Nice work, dude,” Tucker said, high fiving his friend.

Danny grinned. “Yeah! We're all going to the next fan meetup together! You should come, Sam, now that we know you're such a big fan!”

She shuddered. 

“I'll stay in my closet, thank you. It's nice and dark in there.”

Tucker placed a hand on her shoulder. “Don't worry, your secret’s safe with us.”

[bloggerspam]

Hi hello it's been a while everyone, thank you for waiting! Here it is, the finale!! hopefully everyone is happy with this one.

===

Danny’s not actually sure what he’s here for. 

After the BatCave debacle—and Danny sternly scolding Grunkle John for being dramatic and seeing things that were clearly not there—he had given his number to all three of the teenage heroes out of pure spite. 

Danny had found himself added to a variety of group chats, one of Gotham Heroes, one of Teenage Heroes, and for some reason one very inactive chat for Justice League Dark. 

He was a little overwhelmed by the sheer amount of texts flooding through though, so he decided to do what any self-respecting 17 year old socially awkward half dead boy did: He set the chats to mute, and occasionally lurked. When he had the spoons. 

RR and Superboy had him in a separate group chat (SB had named it A Trois a couple days in, but he’s not sure what that is a reference to, and is too afraid to ask at this point), and that one was way more manageable in his opinion. 

The weirdest part was how often they would reiterate how single Superboy was, and as a result Red Robin being single was brought up in response just as often. 

Danny felt compelled to point out that he knew, and made a joke about single’s club, but he doesn’t think it landed despite the amount of ‘lol’s and ‘haha’s he got in response. The vibes just felt so off. 

But he likes Superboy and Red Robin. They’re fun! 

Kon-El is a frankly phenomenal sparring partner, and Red is astoundingly intelligent. It’s honestly intimidating, but it’s like meeting a more mechanically inclined Tucker in a weird way. It’s honestly like watching an Alternate Universe’s version of him and Tuck. If Danny were an alien instead of a ghost, and if Tucker were more stoic and emotionally closed off. 

And if Danny and Tucker were wholeheartedly and hopelessly into each other. 

Because he’s pretty damn sure that Superboy and Red Robin are like, super into each other. 

And look, he gets it, okay? It’s that whole ‘don’t want to ruin a long-lasting friendship’ thing. The whole ‘what if I lose everything’ thing. The dumb ‘I’d rather suffer a one-sided love than have my feelings out there and ruin the one good thing in my life’ thing. 

Danny reads fanfic. He knows about the tropes. 

The point is: he’s hung out with couples before, without being a third wheel. 

So why is he here, feeling like the biggest wheel to ever third wheel on Kon and Red’s not-date?

When Superboy and Red Robin had asked to spar and hang out to get milkshakes at a local diner after, Danny really wasn’t expecting this. 

Danny sips noisily at his mint chocolate chip milkshake as he watches the two teenage heroes squabble over each other on the other side of the diner booth. 

“Rob, please, as if you actually believe you have no game.” Superboy scoffs, crossing his arms and raising an eyebrow. 

“You’re the one bringing my ability to ‘game’ in question! I did not bring it up, not once have I brought it up—we were talking about your ability to flirt, not mine! Right Phantom?”

Danny blinks slowly, meeting both their eyes in sheer confusion at how they even got here. 

“I’m not sure I’m at liberty to really answer that question?” Red Robin tilts his head questioningly, and Kon-El leans on the table towards him. 

“What do you mean?” Superboy’s tone is confused, and wary. Danny’s not sure what to make of that.

“Well, it’s not like I’ve actually seen you flirt.” Danny shrugs, finally pushing his drink away. 

There’s a long silence, Red Robin and Superboy meeting each other’s eyes before quickly looking away as if embarrassed. 

Danny sighs. He’s used to mediating fights between Sam and Tucker, in comparison awkward silences were a piece of cake, so he fills in the silence by changing the subject.

Thankfully, the rest of the hang out goes by swimmingly, and he heads home feeling pretty pleased with himself. He even managed to get them laughing so hard they were leaning against each other for support, causing Red to blush a little bit (it was hard to see, but Danny has really good vision) and Superboy to grin widely. 

By the time he gets settled in for the night, he realizes that maybe they need a little nudge. 

He lays in bed, searching for a fic to read himself to bed to and thinks that maybe they’re just testing the waters. Maybe having someone new, someone who didn’t know them as well allowed them to be a little freer with their affection. 

Well. If they needed a buffer, all that had to do was ask. 

He filters the fics to Friends To Lovers and decides yeah. Yeah, he could totally do this!

He falls asleep to single beds and roommates and a wistful little smile on his face.

===

“I’m not talking to you.” Danny says, crossing his arms and furrowing his brow. He turns away from the hand offering a lemon flavored hard candy. 

Grunkle John heaves a heavy sigh, stuffing the candy in his pocket and hunches his shoulders. 

“Look, mate, I’m sorry, okay?” Danny huffs, refusing to respond. 

“Danny, c’mon, they were all sniffin’ around you and beggin’ for any type of scrap from ya!” 

“That’s not true and you know it Grunkle John!” 

“Your Majesty, come on, I know yer Ace and Aro, but yer not blind.” 

Danny sputters, and very maturely sticks his tongue out at the older man and blows a raspberry. 

He steals the lemon hard candy for reparations.

He deserves it.

===

“So, what, you’re gonna get them together?” Tucker says through a mouthful of fries. 

“Yeah, I figure it shouldn’t be that hard, I've done a lot of research on it.” Danny takes a bite of his Nasty Burger Special with relish, savoring the weird flavors that are alarmingly good for an establishment such as this.

“Danny. Danny, that’s the dumbest idea you’ve ever had. And you literally ate Dash’s stinky underpants.” Sam presses her face into her palms, trying to smother herself the way she does every time she thinks Danny or Tucker is doing something stupid. 

With that kind of abysmal lack of confidence, he hopes she asphyxiates. (No, he doesn’t, but that’s not the point! It’s the lack of trust! The utter betrayal!)

“What kind of research we talkin’ here? Romance novels? Science papers? What else does he read?” Tucker thinks aloud, before gasping dramatically and pointing a shaky, ketchuppy finger at him.

“Danny. Danny no. Danny, please don’t tell me your research is fanfiction. Did you search up Red Robin/Superboy RPF?” Danny doesn’t answer, which causes Tucker to slam his hands on the table to lean over to him. 

“Danny, shipping real life, actual people is kind of cringe, dude.” Tucker says, sitting back down when Sam pushes his face back. 

“Coming from a furry? You gonna kiss the high horse you’re riding in on too?” Sam snarks, stealing a fry. Tucker immediately lunges for her, and they start a frankly pathetic looking slap fight. 

Sam must be in a forgiving mood.

“With friends like you, who needs ghosts?” Danny mumbles into his next bite, not expecting them to hear over the sounds of skin slapping painfully as they bicker. 

“Butchering a proverb to make it fit your life is not clever. It’s overdone and frankly, below you.” Tucker says primly, dashing his expectations. 

Sam scoffs, “From a guy who regularly drops puns not only in his fights, but in his daily life? I’m not sure there is a below for him to have.”

“Ha. Ha,” Danny rolls his eyes after he swallows his bite. He takes a sip of his drink to wash down the taste of utter and complete lack of faith in his skills.

Hm. No, still bitter. He finished his burger sulkily, instead.

===

John is having a cuppa in his Kitchen, when he hears the House creak and a door slam open. 

The open archway shifts, the room that was previously there (the living room) stretching passed to admit directly to the mudroom with the back door exit. 

His Majesty King Phantom stomps in, dumping what looks like a hastily packed duffle bag and three different backpacks (is one of them spider shaped? John won’t think about it). Danny steps back out before John can make a joke about moving in, but pops back in relatively quickly. 

This time, there’s a whole dresser with the drawers all sloppily taped shut for transport. He blinks as Danny dumps it right in front of the archway, partially blocking the view. John gets up with his coffee to stand in the archway and watch, deciding to wait until Danny stops long enough for him to say something.

The boy king repeats this process, once with a truly ludicrous amount of stacked books and once more to dump what looks like a wicker basket full of Fenton-Tech. B

When Danny pauses to survey his ‘loot,’ John is finally able to say something. 

“Mate, what’s going on? Fumigation happening or somethin’? Usually you leave the furniture…” John’s voice must surprise the lad, considering he jumps into a spectral tail. 

“Grunkle John!” Danny says, despairingly. John is immediately on alert. 

It’s been a couple months since the young king last visited, both of them just missing each other on their various and respective missions. John with Dark, Danny with Clockwork. They just didn’t align, but all missions were simple, if time-sensitive. There shouldn’t have been anything wrong. CW would have told him if it had.

But John is pro at thinking the worst of things, and his mind whirls. 

“Grunkle John, I’ve made many terrible mistakes.” Danny moans, clawing at his face. John awkwardly squeezes over and through the furniture currently in his path to comfort the boy, firmly grabbing the hands causing a bloody mess over soft cheeks. 

Danny whines, the shallow cuts healing instantaneously, and thumps his head against John’s chest. “Danny, you’re going to have to give me more than that, I’m trying hard not to lose it right now—is this a salt and brimstone situation? What are we up against? Is it your parents? You said you would tell me when you would—” 

“Grunkle John! Grunkle John, calm down, I’m sorry I—”John’s mouth clamps shut. John is man enough to admit he’s panicking, and thanks gods he doesn’t believe in that Danny interrupts him before he can pick his kid up and just leave. He watches as Danny breathes a sigh of relief, before freezing abruptly, looking suddenly very shifty and embarrassed. 

They stand there, surrounded by bags and taped up furniture, in loaded silence. The young King fidgets, not looking at John, growing greener and greener as is normal for a Realms being of his coloring. The constellations that make up the markings of his skin are growing more and more pronounced, and the boy seems to grow smaller and  smaller in his apparent shame. 

 What could be bothering him so much that he’s reluctant to share it with John of all people? Danny has never been ashamed or shy about anything other than that time he wanted John to visit more. Did something happen with his parents? 

“Danny?” John tries, unsure and honestly a little scared.

At the sound of his voice, Danny hiccups in surprise, shrinking suddenly into…what looks like a baby naga. A little baby half snake? John instinctively catches the boy in his palms of his hands, despite the fact that Danny could float on his own. 

“Danny…what—” Danny curls into his palms into a little pile, eyes going wide and teary, looking up at John with a bright green blush glowing on his face. “Danny, whatever it is, I’m sure it will be fine. Was it your parents? Did….Did something happen?”

At this, Danny covers his face with his tiny little…paws? And whines. He almost melts into a puddle, hiding his face into his ghostly little tail, and mumbling something in a child-like voice.

“I didn’t catch that, mate. Could you be a little louder?” John asks, bringing Danny up closer to hear better. Danny grumbles a high pitched whine, before finally sticking up straight with his eyes shut tight and an expression like he might die from mortification.

“RED ROBIN IS TRYING TO SET ME UP ON A DATE WITH SUPERBOY!” Danny screams, the House helpfully offering an echo in the ensuing silence. 

“....Come again?” John asks, dumbfounded and left with nothing else to say. Danny peeks open an eye, still with that mortified look, before frowning even, almost on the verge of tears from the embarrassment. 

“Red Robin and Superboy have been asking me to hang out with them every weekend and I thought they just needed someone who wasn’t part of their regular friend group as an excuse to hang out with each other because clearly they have crushes on each other but are too shy or afraid to take the first move—” Danny doesn’t actually need to breathe in this form, but here he takes a deep breath, “---so I thought I could maybe help wingman for them so I researched a lot of fanfiction and was trying to set up a lot of little tropes but it was harder to execute in person than I thought, so then I figured subtlety is out the window and texted them to watch this romantic movie together, and then bailed and told them to watch it without me and tell me all about it—” Another breath, “---but then Red Robin showed up in my throne room in the Realms somehow and told me he was disappointed because hewastryingtosetmeupondatewithSuperboy!!!!!!” 

Danny is panting now, and John is still trying to compute what he’s just heard. 

When it finally hits him, well. The only thing he can really actually say in response is laugh. 

So he does. 

He laughs for so long it’s a genuine fear that he would pass out from the loss of air. 

“It’s not funny!” Danny whines, high pitched and indignant, hitting John on the wrist. John is crouched on the floor now, still holding Danny in his little baby man form aloft in his palms. John is literally shaking. 

“I—” John tries to not laugh, but simply cannot. “I t-told you so m-mate!.” He takes a deep breath, calms himself down more firmly, and straightens up to look around them.

“And? What was the mistake that caused you to try and move entirely to the House?” John asks, on closer inspection he realizes this furniture is from the Keep, and not from FentonWorks. John recognizes the furniture. 

“He told me he was tired of me being obtuse, and didn’t want to third wheel us anymore.” Danny grumbles, pouting. “I told him if anyone was third wheeling, it was me.”

John waits for the rest, because surely that can’t be it. “...Okay? That hardly warrants a move, Your Majesty.” 

“...Red Robin then proceeded to try and tell me that the chemistry between me and Superboy was insanely palpable, and pulled out a tablet to do an entire powerpoint presentation on it.” Danny flicked a glance at John, before resolutely looking away. “I got into a fight with him about it, and made my own powerpoint on the spot. We got a little….heated and I opened a portal to Mount Justice and we ambushed Superboy to talk about his feelings.”

Danny flew up, shoving himself into John’s shirt pocket like that’s a perfectly normal place to be. Somehow, he fit. “Superboy, apparently, took this as an elaborate confession and asked us both to be a polycule.” 

“....and then you told him you’re Ace and Aro, yeah?” John asks, despite knowing the answer. 

“.....I said over my dead body.” Danny hisses. “And Red Robin pointed out I kind of am dead.” 

John snorts, but stays silent. “And then?”

Danny sighs. “And then I grabbed one of Red’s masks, put it on and turned into my human form.” Danny grabs said mask (now strangely miniature and white) out of his chest to wave it around, “And then I told him not to drag me into their weird kinks, and ran away.”

John pauses. He’s….not really sure what to say about that. Except. “Ah.”

Danny phases the mask back into his chest and seems to shrink even further. “They know where I live, Grunkle John. So I’m moving here. This is an order. From your King.” 

The House, ever helpful and playing favorites, decides now is the time to shift everything around. John suddenly finds himself standing in the middle of a room he wasn’t aware existed before, all the bags and furniture neatly arranged with a matching four poster bed and desk included. 

Sticking his head out of the door, he realizes the room is right next to his. Lovely. He walks back in.

“Who am I to deny a Royal Decree?” John says, amused, fishing Danny out and placing him gently on the bed. He mocks a formal bow, before grinning at the Young King sulking on the sheets and trying his damnedest not to laugh. He’s largely unsuccessful, but he still manages to get himself together.

“Welcome to the House of Mysteries, Your Majesty. Mi Casa estas Su Domo and all that.” John says, massively butchering the Spanish and forcing some Esperanto in there into some kind of abomination just for the hell of it.

Danny unshrinks, and throws a pillow at him. 

===

When Ellie and Sam and Tucker find out, they laugh for 30 minutes straight. 

Sam and Tucker almost choke from the lack of air. 

Danny doesn’t lift a finger to help them. 

===

Monday - 11:37AM

RedRobinYUM: Phantom, we apologize if we have given you offense SuperStud: Could we please meet?

Wednesday - 6:13PM

SuperStud: Please? RedRobinYUM: No pressure, if you don’t want to please feel free to say no, if we make you uncomfortable please tell us and we will leave you alone.

Saturday - 12:44PM

SuperStud: Come on Your Majesty, throw us a bone here RedRobinYUM: What Superboy is trying to say, Your Majesty, is that we’re really sorry and didn’t mean to ambush you  SuperStud: Speak for yourself, you totally meant to ambush him SuperStud: And I didn’t ambush ANYBODY.  SuperStud: I was the ambushee!! RedRobinYUM: We also didn’t mean to force you to reveal your human status(?) SuperStud: We were just trying to shoot our shot! RedRobinYUM: We were trying to shoot YOUR shot, SB. Stuperstud: You guys were the ones with full on powerpoints about the chemistry between us.  RedRobinYUM: I was trying to be a good friend, not trying to instigate a polycule! SuperStud: Oh stuff it, you think he’s cute too! RedRobinYUM: just because I have EYES does not mean automatic interest SuperStud: Be honest. You were totally considering it when I suggested it—come on, Rob.  RedRobinYUM: Not the time nor place, Superboy. SuperStud: Look me in the eyes and tell me you don’t think his engineering prowess and ability to kill me was hot af. I know you, competence kink a mile wide!  RedRobinYUM: NOT THE TIME NOR PLACE, SUPERBOY. SuperStud: Should I make a powerpoint about the chemistry between you and Phantom? RedRobinYUM: NO. PhanDUMB: Please, stop. Gods, PLEASE. SuperStud: Only if you agree to meet with us. PhanDUMB: FINE. 

===

There is a sullen teenage King draped all over the sofa. 

“Rough day, Your Majesty?” John asks, because he might as well. He was, after all, heading towards the Kitchen from his room only to walk straight into a coffee table. Clearly, the House wants him here. Either the House is playing favorites again, or Danny is in so much of a state it’s getting annoyed by the moping. 

The boy is in his human form, a more common occurrence nowadays, and is mumbling something forlornly. 

“You’re mumbling again, lad.” John crosses the room to sit in the armchair beside the sofa, making himself comfortable. “Did the talk with Red Robin and Superboy not go well?” John might have to inflict a terrible curse on the lads, if so. Bats might kick up a stink about it, but John will pull out the diplomatic immunity card if he’ll have to. Even if he doesn’t have to, he would do it anyway. Nobody messes with his neph–ahem—with the King of the Realms and gets away with it. It simply won’t do. 

“The talk was fine.” Danny huffs, rolling over to contort in a very uncomfortable way in John’s eyes. “Ellie tagged along for moral support.” John snorts, wondering where the lass is now. 

Ever since Danny moved in a couple weeks ago (John was amused to find that Danny has been telling his parents he’s living in dorms, nevermind that he’s going to the Amity Park Community College for his first couple of years) she’s been visiting on and off again. There’s even been some talks about enrolling her into high school, though Jazz has been talking to him regarding the pros and cons of high school vs GED.

“How kind of her.” John drawls. Danny gives him a look.

“Her version of moral support is apparently immediately going up to Red Robin and saying to his face, for someone who works with the World’s Greatest Detective, you sure aren’t detective-ing great.” The lad covers his eyes with an arm, flailing about with the other.

“When Superboy asked what she meant by that, she did the Will Smith pose at me and said he’s Ace and Aro, dummies!” John blinks. 

“...Will Smith pose?” John hesitantly asks. Danny gives him another look, this one almost disappointed.

“For someone who use to be in a band you’re losing a lot of cool points to me right now. It’s an exaggerated jazz-hands pose, Grunkle John. Get with the times.” John coughs, still confused but getting the gist of it.

“Well, at least they know now, right?” Danny groans. 

“Yeah, and now Red Robin keeps sending me gift baskets for the faux pas, I think he’s afraid they started some kind of interdimensional incident. And Superboy is trying to find, and I quote, the exact flavor of aro and ace, because apparently he wouldn’t be opposed to some casual make out sessions if Red Robin is willing. Which apparently, he is.”

“...Do you want me to hex them for you?” Regardless of Danny’s answer, John suddenly feels like pay the Kryptonians a little visit. He contemplates the pros and cons of messing with one of the Bat’s kids, but ultimately comes to the conclusion that even the Big Bat himself wouldn’t blame John. Diplomatic immunity could go a long way, if he plays his cards rights. 

It would only be a little hex. Maybe. Probably. He wonders if that Sam girl that Danny talks about would like to learn some curse magic. She seemed to be of the ilk. 

“Bad Grunkle John. Bad. No hexing!” Danny hisses, transforming and flipping around to float over to John to drape over his shoulders and head, as if to weigh him down and prevent him from moving. As if John would go now whilst Danny was visiting, as if Danny weighed anything in this form. 

John feels fondness flow through him, and pretends to try and get up, which causes Danny to hiss a little more and wrap tighter around him like a toddler having a little tantrum. 

“Fine, fine. Just this once.” John pretends to acquiesce, causing Danny to purr a satisfied rumble. Hexing can wait. What Danny doesn’t know, won’t hurt him. 

Maybe he’ll even call over Clockwork and the girls over for dinner. That’ll be a nice treat.

For now, he sits back, plopping down more securely, with his new nephew scarf. 

Warm.

DPxDC prompt: Danny Phantom is an extremely high-level threat due to his capabilities and experience battling against his ghostly enemies. Batman is creating a contingency plan for him and Constantine's advice, as the one who dances the tango with the Infinite Realms? A bone-weary sigh of "plop him down a telly and put on a NASA documentary or something. It's like you haven't been dealing with teen kids for decades now fer fuck's sake."

[hugsandchaos]

AU where Jazz is an only child and ends up becoming a halfa, but not from another portal incident. Not like Danny’s, at least. Where Jazz went straight to her parents, and now they’re doing their best to help her control her new powers. Where Jack playfully calls her ghost form “Jazz-O-Lantern”. Where Jazz tries to do little nice things when she can like a friendly ghost for the town. Where Jazz accidentally bumps into a kid she’s never seen before and finds it strange that her ghost sense goes off whenever he’s around.

Where the Everlasting Trio are from another town and ran away for Danny’s safety. Where the three of them figure out that Jazz is a halfa before she realizes that Danny’s also a halfa. Where Danny constantly runs from Jack and Maddie because they’re ghost hunters, where Danny tries to better help and teach Jazz. WHERE THERE’S QUEERPLATONIC EVERLASTING TRIO (one of my favorite parts, that’s why I’m yelling it).

[zillychu]

Hi! Love the fire core au you have going! I saw one of your long hair phantom pics and I couldn’t help but fall in love with it! It made me follow your account for more! I was curious if this au was a platonic or romantic everlasting trio thing? The ‘wake up covered in bitches’ art honestly felt like it could be interpreted either way, so I felt like I had to ask. Phantom will be getting the love he deserves either way though~

(Feel free to ignore if it’s irritating that I asked this.)

Haha no worries you're fine!

Everlasting trio in this AU is very much "accidental queer found family polycule", with varying levels of platonic/romantic and sexual/nonsexual feelings between them.

These are my personal headcanons for them! You're welcome to make your own interpretations though, I don't mind :')

Danny is amab non-binary (he/him) asexual aromantic. (no he doesn't know much about this until after he starts re-integrating into society lol)

Sam is afab genderqueer (she/her) demisexual grayromantic.

Tucker is afab trans boy (top post-op)(he/him) pansexual panromantic.

(By the way, I'm still compiling a basic AU summary doc and I'm including info to answer everyone's questions they've sent in! So if I haven't responded I promise I haven't forget or am ignoring you I'm just very slowly chipping away at a more comprehensive post. I've gotten this question several times tho so I figured I'd answer it right away!)

[stealingyourbones]

Submitted Prompts #98

Danny and Raven are both hybrid supernatural creatures. Which means, they end up meeting during a couple of pagan celebrations.

They get to talking, and realize they get along really well. So, since on Raven's side of things, she still hasn't met the Titans yet, Team Phantom just essentially adopt her. Sam adores her new goth friend. They help her feel normal, and she gives them precious advice on magic and how, sometimes, defeating an enemy comes at the cost of their life, because they might not give you much of a choice...

Soon, Raven meets the Titans, while Danny goes along his usual business of keeping Amity Park safe. They keep meeting up for celebrations, birthdays and random meetings for no reason other than a slightly feral sense of "I missed your presence at my side" they all have with each other.

The Titans are very curious on why she keeps disappearing every year at the exact same time, but all they know is the bare bones "magical meeting of magical entities that practice magic".

Until one day, when Raven almost tore Titans Tower apart while desperately trying ANYTHING to contact a friend who seemed to be "gone, and nothing can reach him. What did that idiot do?!?!?!" They are...justifiably concerned...and Robin smuggles the Batplane out of it's hangar so they can help their friend, who's always so composed, actually get to Amity with some backup in case things are going wrong.

Nothing would have prepared them for the SMOKING GODDAMN CRATER in the ground where a town should be. Raven can't reach past the Veil. The way seems to be blocked (since Amity, in the Ghost Zone, has the Ghost Shield up and running) and her powers are going a little wonky and unstable, random rocks lifting and orbiting her and the town limits as the Titans investigate as much as they can.

Until, with roaring thunder, Amity is thrown back into it's proper spot. But something's wrong. Phantom is easy to feel. He's always been a shimmering beacon in Raven's senses, but right now he feels...subdued, and yet swelling with new power...

It's not until Twam Phantom goes to meet her, that raven realizes what's wrong. She knows that Crown, and the Ring her friend is cradling in his hands. Ectoplasm is staining his hands, his suit, and, most noticeable, his teeth.

He looks like he'd rather be anywhere than here, and Sam goes in for a hug, and tells Raven they're calling a "Code Panda" (because pandas have a startlingly high chance of abandoning their Cubs before adulthood, and are generally idiots).

Robin volunteers to destroy the portal when they're ready to go, while the rest of the Titans start closing ranks around the seemingly traumatized teenage hero in case he needs help. The most he reacts is to let Raven float to him and hug him as he whispers a soft "Hey Ray...I had to follow your advice..."

(I imagine that Raven's own experiences would help Danny come to understand that, even if his Rogues can be reasoned with, there will eventually come a time where a new one might not. So they have to be prepared for that eventuality. So Danny treats Pariah's Core like one of those chewing gums with the liquid in the center of it, when he realizes the Old Tyrant King isn't going to go quietly, nor will he listen to reason. And hearing his parents talk about how Phanton would have to be exterminated soon before he "got too powerful" leads Danny and his friends to get out of Amity ASAP. Luckily, they have a friend who's very happy to have them around. Is this an "Everlasting Trio+the DC character they fell for" thing? Not necessarily, but my brain pictures them as starting to date while Raven got busy with the Titans, and when they're all together, they platonically drag Raven to their cuddle pile, where they romantically confess their shared feelings for her. But it's really up to interpretation of whoever reads it.)

[lets-summon-danny]

I love every addition to this post and I'd like to add a spin: Another Reverse au

Where school names and all are the same and Danny (probably) still becomes Phantom but Everlasting Trio are the jocks. I think the timeline would be more recent than the 2000s.

Sam would totally be the main sports jock, Tucker making creative insults to anyone who doesn't know about technology enough (everyone keke) & generally acting like he's above everyone and Danny.. being a sarcasm master? Idk. He can be a harmless cinnamon roll that died and came back (he would totally get influenced by Sam's fashion sense but green) I also see Valerie as a loser turned into a loner jock/popular kid. She is the one to turn her back to her former friends and now has 'tons' of friends (they are only here for her fame and she knows it but doesn't wanna admit that she did wrong and go back to her 'loser' friends) The only friend she actually have at the moment is Star and everyone else is just a mess. (Love's gonna get you killed... but Pride's gonna be the death of you~)

Paulina would have a distant but destructive mom that makes her feel ugly about her body. She would be still super pretty with low self-esteem and body image issues. She is still into cheerleading and in the team but she isn't the captain and gets really anxious. Dash definitely has an abusive dad and while Dash is strong he doesn't want to physically fight anyone in school bc he wants to go as far as possible from his dad once school ends and he doesn't want to get suspended. Kwan has caring parents but probably gets racist comments and/or harsh treatments from his peers because he is a giant softie. Star is friends with both Paulina and Valerie but she is just a regular student, doesn't get into any dramas or fights at all and the cheerleader captain probably.

But these two groups get into some kind of accident or something and Dash, Paulina and Kwan learn their own worth and the information the Trio is also really insecure and shit. (Idk I got tired.) They get a confidence boost, trio gets humbled (they are now cooler) Valerie gets over her pride and apologizes, Star sticks for people she cares for and realizes while grades are important, friends are superior.

All of this au because I want to see Danny wearing Sam's purple-black letterman jacket (and if possible while kissing Tucker or sitting on his lap asjdfdgf <33)

I used to wonder why Casper High's school colors are red and white because those don't really seem to match the Raven vibe. It seems like purple or blue would be a better choice over red.

But then I remembered that Dash's letterman jacket is red and white and I'm wondering if Butch designed Dash first with the most typical letterman jacket colors ever and then he was like "oh well now the school colors have to be red and white ig lol."

And he couldn't just change Dash's jacket to be purple and black because those are Sam's colors and she would never wear the same colors the jocks and cheerleaders wear.

[theglamorousferal]

Absolutely love the idea of the tradition of trading locks of hair amongst people you care about. The idea of having two strands of your hair embracing one of theirs. Chopping it off as a sign of betrayal/vengeance.

I have this polycule where one of my oc’s that I live vicariously through has two partners and a missing brother. I like to think that it’s a tradition their brother started with them when he left on his first voyage and he’s been missing six years. I like to think that they passed that tradition on to their partners and maybe even their crew. They still only has two braids, one with their brother’s hair and one with both their partner’s hair.

I also have an oc from a backstory of my owlin d&d character that has a lock of their half-elf deceased spouse braided in his hair. He’s a dwarf who took her in when she was stealing from him.

Anyway, just throwing this into the aether. I do have ideas for certain ships I think would have this dynamic. Everlasting Trio most likely. Possibly Everlasting Insomniacs. Either romantic or platonic Team Seven. Honestly platonic Sannin I could see as well. I could see Spike allowing a small bit to grow out to have a rat tail or a temple braid with Buffy’s hair and she would have some of his braided behind her left ear because he’s always covering that side of her. They both probably would also have braids with Dawn maybe.

I feel like it has to be a soul-deep love that gets these braids. Anyway, it’s bed time. I’m gonna tag everything mentioned in this post in the hopes that somebody picks it up and runs with it.

[chaoticdonutexpert]

Just a random thought I had

This is just a Thought that passed through my mind, and I want people's opinions on it a band au where the everlasting trio are basically the Hex Girls Danny as Thorn Sam as Dusk Tucker as Luna And they travel around the DC world where they gain a lot of traction and if I throw in a bit of clockwork shenanigans there can be records of them playing in different time periods and they keep the outfits they each get from those time periods in Danny's haunt maybe we can throw in a bit of Jason maybe Klarion cause I like him and Danny in a platonic relationship just very, very fluff for their platonic relationship or, or maybe platonic Klarion and everlasting trio that run into each other constantly anyway this is just a thought I'd write and post here cause Tumblr will have more fun with it then just letting it pass through my brain and fizzle out

[fairy-lights-and-blobs]

He'd always known this day would come. It was expected, really.

Damian was the older one. The Heir.

Danny was just...the one that came after. Competition for a position he didn't even want.

Grandfather believed the Pits to be mere tools. Father had run away, disgusted of it all. Mother feared and respected them. Damian believed them to bring nothing but Rage to those that bathed in their waters.

But he knew. They were a voice in his ears, advice and encouragement.

To him, the Lazarus Pits were Hope.

"Do not forget your sword, Little One. You might need it in the future. Just because your dear brother was so gracious as to bestow you with his own blade, lodged in your stomach though it is, does not mean a second sword wouldn't be useful."

Right. Of course. The attempted fratricide. And would've been successful, were Mother not quick to act and throw him in the Waters to reverse the damage done as his thoughts began to fade.

Of course. I won't soon forget this "lovely present" my dearest brother left me with. Spite and anger dulled the grief of abandoning all he's ever know. Grandfather's sage advice, and Mother's grieving hope for his life to be better than this chased his every step, heart growing lighter as the distance to Nada Parbat increased ever more.

At least now Damian couldn't try to kill him again.

And then, some years later, Fate laughed in his ears as he died to keep his best friends from following him into The Great Beyond.

In nights of shared trauma over a friend's death and harrowing return, Danny al Ghul Fenton would share with Sam and Tucker about his origins. Plans to visit Father were made in the tender hours of the night, tangled together for the comfort of Danny's still beating heart, and his purring Core...

Only to be dashed, as Danny spotted Robin darting over Gotham's rooftops, while Danny himself flew over the city to scout out apartments to move into with Sam and Tucker.

Father had taken in the kinslayer.

His brother was older now, no longer a bite-sized murderer. But that sword at his back? The gleaming engravings of it's sheath, that revealed themselves as Damian hovered over Gotham in the peak of his next swing?

The little bastard had a new sword. One made to mirror every painstaking detail of the other that had been buried in the lowly Spare's gut.

Gotham could have her killer. There were other places to live other than Gotham.

Dc x DP

in the Danny, as Damian, had twin idea.

Most make that he was sent away to protect him from the League or Ra.

Did you not all think the protection was from Damian? and not Ra or similar. Like, I could see Damian before Robin tried to kill Danny to be true Heir or similar.

[my-name-is-calypso]

HOLD ON I JUST THOUGHT OF A BANGER AU OF DANNY PHANTOM!!!!

Okag so this Au can be mainly used for everlasting trio (platonic or not), but you can use anything else

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Alot of things are basically the same, EXCEPT this is halfa trio au, BUT THERES IS ONLY ONE PHANTOM/HALFA HERO! Or at least thats what everyone else thinks, BECAUSE SAM, TUCKER AND DANNY ARE ALL HALFAS

But theres something missing here right? How are they all halfas but theres only "one" ghost hero?

My friends...THEY ARE KINDA OF AN AMALGAMATION BUT ALSO NOT, their main form is a mix of the tree of them BUT they can also shapeshift a bit

Not enough to change their WHOLE appearence, for example:

if they are gonna deal with a ghostly tech (or magic) problem, the ghost will look more like Tucker, if its a nature the ghost will look like Sam (and other theme that you think will fit Sam, because i want to give at least 2 themes for each) one), if the problem is Space/Ice they will look more like Danny.

But it will still be a mix, only that more traits of each of them will appear more (if the problems is focused on the areas of only two, both traits will appear more)

And their thoughs? Can they each think separetly or not? Well i like the idea of their thoughs beaing separed, which will cause a lot of problems at their start on being a hero.

OH AND ALSO!! The main form will have 2 legs and 2 Arms, and the body will look human, but certain times, if 2 arms are -for example- stuck, at least 2 more país can appear, i think it will look good if that mainly happen with arms and legs, but fuck it, anything else works, like their head will just turn in a less fucked up version of like...v0ldemort face being on the back of that one professor head.

ANY WAY GETTING THIS OUT OF THE WAY, lets give more details!!!

The Start:

Their backstorys and family relations is all the same, danny parents are still the "crazy" scientists that believe in ghost, and all that jazz

We know how it goes, the portal gets ready, does not work, The Fenton parents get sad and bla bla bla (you can choose the details here)

But the trio wants to check it, they go see it and for whatever motive you choose they wnat danny to go inside the portal, AND THATS WHERE THINGS CHANGE

Because danny refuses to go unless the three of them go, they agree, take on of the others Danny's extra HAZMATS suits, and they go inside (they hold hands because its dark and they don't want to get hurt)

Their death:

The portal turns on with the three of them still inside, and well they go trough alot of pain and well they have one form and they are tripping everywhere and can't use their(?) body very well, and everyones panicking and hearing each others thoughs and crying and they see a mirror (you choose how they look like exactly but i think their form is changing constatly, and the faces is not exactly right ...until they open their eyes, and are all fallen in the floor, human, breathing and most important, normal!

Other:

So everything is the same, except some details, like when vlad sees danny, he doesnt see that danny is an halfa like him, but knows that he is not exactly normal, so he keeps his eyes closes to him, but nothing happens. UNTILL HE SEES PHANTOM (and think the name should be only one and still be phantom) and realizes that is danny, so he follows while hidden to talk to him, and sees the trio destransform

His obsession still has something to do with marrying maddie and adopting Danny (be it him wanting a family, and being delusional that only these two will love him), but he ONLY wants danny to be his halfa son, so he kinda wants to find a way to only have danny as an halfa (be it killing Sam and Tucker)

And then he goes to cloning, and Danniele is born, she is still mainly a clone of Danny, but she still has Sam and Tucker DNA (Vlad failed to truly get rid of these two DNA, so he stuck to having just the minumum of their DNA), they help Danniele (who chooses to now be named Ellie) and she goes to travel the world (in this, she has a phone, and keeps in touch with the trio)

Jazz still is the one to first fully alive person to find out their secret, she doenst change a lot, she just worries more because of the trio

Valerie still is Red Huntress and hates ghosts, but she gets a truce with phantom sooner and gets rid of her hatred of ghost earlier (her Dad still loses his job, and she gets kicked out of the A-Listers, and she still works a part-time job at Nasty Burger)

Amity park thinks Phantom is one person and just shapeshifts (not that crazy of an idea once you realizes ghost exists) and so does the ghost at their first meeting untill they se the trio destransfrom.

The G.I.W is not much of a joke here, because goverment, but they suck ALOT on catchin ghosts

If you wanna go with dissection, i have no idea what will happen so be creative

May add images later?

[lixxen]

hello beloved mutual lixxen. im curious of about danny phantom! ive seen your reblogs of it, and i was wondering if you could explain the premise of it? bc my memory of it was a kids show from nickelodeon, but it seems super popular. is it still running??

anyways it seems kind of fun, im thinking of starting it

Welcome back to Lixx explaining hyperfixations!!

Danny Phantom is a children's cartoon from 2004 that has three seasons and a graphic novel (that came out last year) (the show has been done for twenty years)

It focuses on Daniel Fenton, who is a 14 year old who lives in a small town somewhere in the northern Midwest of the US (near Wisconsin but not in it). His parents are scientists/inventors who are obsessed with ghosts. They create a portal that should bring them to the Ghost Zone, a special realm that ghosts come from, but it doesn't work. Danny does inside of it and turns it on, which turns him into a Halfa. A Halfa is a half ghost, half human. He canonically dies twice in the show. I will not elaborate on how this kid just dies a few times.

The show follows Danny and his friends (and various classmates and reoccurring cast) as he learns how to use his powers and fight off ghosts along the way!

The cast includes:

His older sister Jazz, who is actually a really good big sister who cares a lot even if she's overbearing

Sam, his main love interest who is a Jewish goth girl and doesn't eat meat

His best friend Tucker, who is a techno nerd who loves meat

The A-Listers, who are the popular kids

Valerie, who is a love interest and enemy at certain points

His parents Maddie and Jack, who are overbearing and can be kinda crazy at times

Vlad, his not uncle who is fucking insane and a main bad guy. In love with Maddie

Plus various others!!

The fandom is very active and old. There are regular Tumblr/AO3 events that happen every year with a schedule and there is a steady fanon that has been built around the show that is basically canon (or supported by the canon). The creator, Butch Hartman, is a bigoted asshole who everyone hates.

The show is very fun and it is bingeable. It has a specific formula and is predictable at times. But also, it's very grim because you slowly realize that this 14 year old kid is literally carrying the weight of a realm on his shoulders and is living a double life where his parents basically want him dead and gone while loving his alive self

The fandom loves gore/whump.

I'm not kidding.

I have written a handful of gore fics for this show and tbh they're not even the worst things ever. If you've ever want to see some of the most jaw dropping whump and gore, this fandom has it.

We have fics that are literally the best written alternate universes and have nothing to do with the original show besides characters and death. Like. There's bound books of that specific fic. I haven't read it but it's long and it will make you sob

Some things that are lore building/fanon shit that everyone knows:

Ghost obsessions (you'll know it when you see it)

Ghost cores having specific effects on ghosts (it's canon but not really talked about in canon for more than two seconds)

Danny having allergic reactions to blood blossoms outside of his ghost form

Ghost speak being a ghost language all ghosts speak

Wes Weston and Kyle Weston being unnamed background characters that the fans took and made into full characters. It's actually cool as fuck. They're fully functioning characters and I love them

Death echoes/death days

I will warn that whatever feelings you have regarding to ships needs to be kicked to the side. All things go for ships here. Don't like the ship/don't condone it, don't interact with ir. You will waste your breath trying to play police over ship

Ships also have names. Platonic AND romantic ships. Here's some I can name off the top of my head:

Pitch pearl: Danny/Phantom (Danny gets split into a ghost and human form at one point)

Amethyst ocean: Danny/Sam

Savant Par: Danny/Tucker

Everlasting trio: Danny/Tucker/Sam

Badger cereal: Danny & Vlad (I think????)

Swagger Bishie/Golden Twinkie: dash/Danny

Pink astronaut: Danny/Paulina

Gray Ghost: Danny/Valerie

So yeah lol

This is my most read fic I think. I am gonna start writing again for DP soon. I love reading them

(here's my AO3 fic tags from my bookmarks for DP)