#rip vlad's car

[wandixx]

I had so much trouble with this one tbh. My markers don't agree with my line art tools and make it all smudgy, so I have to put colors before fully erasing sketch and I usually find a way to make it work but here I just couldn't. And she doesn't look as feral as I wished she did

I like there hair though. Hair is probably my favourite thing to draw on characters

What do you think about it?

[saphirafoxgirlspost1]

(Open Rp) Kp X Dp Crossover in” The Ultimate Enemy”

Its been 2 years Since she Moved away from Middleton to Amity Park, Saphira Is Being Disguised as a 14 year Old Human Girl with white hair and blue eyes and transfer to Amity park High..there She met danny and became good friends...real good friends..No one Even Knows that She’s a 129 year old Kitsune..However..Her fathers Good friend and a good partner Name “Vlad Masters” Already Knew about Saphira’s Own Disguises..One day...The Day of the C.A.T just arrived, But it was no problem with her..She’s extremely smart and studied very well indeed...but However She sees Danny acting alot strange lately During the test..but then..She use her kitsune eyes and saw The Older version of the ghost form just comes out of his back and Vanished...She should’ve Swore She saw something that was..Unfamiliar...But then that Night..She hears the explosion...and next day..The death of fentons family was shown in the news..and Danny is a Soul Survivor...She goes and check on Vlad masters in human Disguises...She can tell when Vlad was Worried about danny..She sees Her good friend danny asleep in the Operating table.strapped in..

Vlad told Saphira that He need to get Danny’s “ghost” out of him and rid it off..but then..Saphira said Saphira:”Vlad..are you mad!?..His ghost Wasn’t stable!..I’m warning..if you rip His “Ghost” out of him..It’ll be Unstable..and It’ll hurt you..and take your ghost and fuse with it...i beg you Vlad..Heed My warns...If your going to do that...there’s going to be  Dire Consequenses...it’ll fuse yours..and turn into something..you don’t want to see..”  Saphira “DID” warned him though..after she left and Drive her camaro out...until..She hears Danny’s Ghost screaming...” OH SHIT!” She said in the panicked Tone and began To floor it as her camaro drives Faster as a race car...Her heart was racing..until she sees the explosion and Him flown off..and saphira said “ we are in serious trouble.” She was scared and began to drive off passed Amity park..but she called Valerie (Whom she knew about saphira’s disguises as well) to keep an eye out on fentons home.. and then..She disappeared to the swamps Where she began to hide from the new Phantom that was threatening to come after her...10 years later..Saphira Drive back to Amity park..She went through the ghost shields and parked to the fentons home..it was a Night time..and she wears a Black Cloak and began to knocking on the Door..and she said” Valerie...Valerie,, please open the Door..” She looked left and Right with Worried..the whole town is Safe under the Protection of the ghost shields..but it won’t be Long..valerie opens the door and lets her in..She was relieved that saphira had return safely..Until the Next day..Something happens...Saphira woke up and Heard the Ghostly Wail..Saphira began to get out of the home and got on Her horse and said” I gotta get out of Here! He’s coming!!” but then...She turns to her Watch as it began to Show him the two red eyes in the dark..and His voice was grimmed and he said...

[chitty-chitty-bang-bang-bang]

Vlad, Viago and Deacon as parents [pt. 3]

[part 1] [part 2]

Requested by @italakthoughts (btw, is it pronounced like “eehtalak” or “aytalak”?)

Author’s note: There will be some angst in this part, sorry guys, couldn’t help myself. This is probably the last part of this as headcanons, but I might make a one shot later. Also, I am still open to requests, but I will be a bit slower with posting, bc college is kicking my ass so hard it’s ridiculous.

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All three have their favourite game to play with you.

For Deacon it’s tag. You run around the whole house, climbing walls and ceilings, turning into bats or dogs and always trying to outsmart each other.

With all the excessive energy both of you have, this is literally the perfect activity to get you to fall asleep faster, because your tag is hardcore. A human wouldn’t stand a chance.

With Vlad it’s blind man’s buff. Because of vampire’s heightened sensitivity, this game becomes all the more challenging for the one hiding, because you have to move very smoothly and be completely silent.

Of course, Vladislav still senses where you are, but he likes to give way to you. Your happy smile whenever you win is absolutely worth it.

Viago always goes for hide and seek. At first, you weren’t a very good at it and chose the most obvious hiding places. But with time you improved to the point, where Viago sometimes legitimately wonders if he lost you.

When he can’t find you for way too long, he just gives up and asks you to come out of your hiding place.

You also do a lot of tea parties together.

Just imagine the three of them sitting at a tiny table with toy cups filled with blood.

You usually made up some kind of weird circumstances for the party. For example, you pretend that you’re aristocratic mice, who conquered a cat’s lair and now celebrate your victory with a tea party. Or you are all wives of a wealthy king and you plot his murder to share the power between the four of you.

They really get into their imaginary roles. Though sometimes this can lead to them getting a bit carried away and actually starting a fight over a fictional event.

Nick and Stu often join in as well.

You really like playing with Vlad’s hair, since he has the longest out of the three and that means you can do a lot of funny hairdos. He doesn’t really mind, as long as you’re careful to not rip anything out (it grows back very fast, but it’s still an unpleasant feeling).

Deacon often gives you piggyback rides anywhere and everywhere. You basically use him as a jungle gym and while it sometimes annoys him, he rarely protests.

In winter, Viago always takes you ice skating. Even though you’re a vampire and you can’t catch a cold (or feel cold for that matter), he still insist on you wearing very warm clothes. People might think he’s not taking good care of his kid!

When they go to New York for the vampiric council duties (shoutout to wwdits show), they take you with them. Viago definitely takes you to see a musical. He’s not bailing on that. And it’s probably going to be something incredibly campy. Probably Andrew Lloyd Webber too.

You and Deacon have an absolute blast in the NY subway, scaring random people to death with little to no repercussions or getting into the last car and drinking whoever dared to sit there alone.

Some random blogger accidentally caught you and Vladislav turning into bats in an alleyway of Manhattan on video. So you had to hunt him down and hypnotise his whole audience into forgetting about the existence of that footage. It felt nice to be famous even if only for a bit.

As any flatting situation, these three have a lot of bickering and arguments.

They really try to avoid having any of those arguments in front of you, but sometimes it gets out of control. In those cases, they try to either deflate it or just ask you to leave the room and let them sort this out.

Petty or not, parents’ arguments are not something a child should be watching.

If you ever die from being burnt by sunlight or get killed by a vampire slayer they will be utterly devastated.

Vladislav is probably the best at handling it. He grieves silently by himself, reminiscing about all the fun silly things you’d say and do when he wasn’t in the mood. With time, the sadness numbs. But there is still that gaping emptiness somewhere in his immortal soul.

Viago would never forgive himself. Maybe if he took better care of you, if he paid more attention, if he took more precautions, if he kept a closer eye on you, if he was just by your side at the right time… maybe you’d still be running through the halls of this dusty house…

Deacon is just furious. He’s furious at whatever caused your death and he’s furious at you for being so reckless and getting yourself killed. Why do his closest ones keep leaving him so suddenly?

But that won’t happen obviously, you’re not dumb enough to die twice ;)

Genuinely, your time with them could be considered one of the happiest periods of your life. And if you tell them that, they will feel very proud of themselves.

All three of them really mean well and want to give you the childhood they never had.

[dead-lights]

deadcanons: the vatores (earlyish stuff)

I've been slowly typing up headcanons lately while I'm waiting on renders - I'll put them up as I finish them! These are my ramblings about what I think the vatores' early vampire years were like, starting a bit before Lilith turned and ending around when Caleb was a prime vampire. This is pretty long.

Caleb, Lily, and Lilith were born in Veronaville in the late 1930s/early 1940s, meaning they came of age as occults in the 1960s.

Lilith met Vlad shortly after her parents, along with Lily’s, died in a horrific car accident back in the good ol’ days before cars were required to have seat belts (which btw, in the US wasn't until 1968). He preyed on her grief and her fear of death and human weakness. At the time, Lily was lost in her own grief and Caleb was jealous of the attention Lilith was getting from Vlad.

While Vlad was absolutely manipulating Lilith, she did ask to be turned.

Caleb was super naive when Lilith first turned. He thought he’d be able to spend time with his sister as usual and didn’t recognize the danger in being the lone mortal barhopping with a bunch of unruly vampires. Lilith used to hang out with the Rebellious Vampires amongst others, soooooo...

Lilith told her new vampire friends that Caleb was off-limits. No feeding, no turning.

Caleb had fairly recently finished culinary school, and was working as a sous chef in an Italian restaurant. He was so stoked.

Though Lilith respected the fact that becoming a vampire would destroy Caleb’s life - you can be a vampire, you can be an Italian chef, but you definitely cannot be both - she quickly realized that she didn’t want to do the occult thing or live the immortal life without the people she loved. Shortly before Caleb was turned, he and Lilith talked it out and decided that he should become a spellcaster, with the hope that he could cure Lily with magic and make her a spellcaster too, and then they could all be immortal together. Miss Hell got to him before he could figure out where the portal was, and their relationship with Lily only got worse from there.

Miss Hell was turned a few years before Lilith was, but they became minor vampires at around the same time. They were rivals for Vlad’s approval, and he had fun playing them off each other. Very much a "Daddy loves ME best!!!" kinda dynamic.

Miss Hell is kind of a shitty vampire - like I get big Team Rocket vibes off of her. Caleb surpassed her within a few decades.

After some petty disagreement between Lilith and Miss Hell, Vlad suggested that turning Caleb would be a hilarious prank and a great way to get back at Lilith. Vlad wanted Caleb turned because it would give him an extra level of control over Lilith, but he didn’t want to do it himself because he thought (correctly) that Lilith would never forgive him, and might even leave the coven.

Caleb felt comfortable around his sister’s new vampire friends because he didn’t think any of them would go against Lilith’s order not to harm him. He didn’t realize that Miss Hell was more of a frenemy than a friend, so one night when she asked him if he’d like to find somewhere a little more private, he really didn’t think it’d be his blood getting sucked.

Lilith was not amused by Miss Hell’s “hilarious prank.” After she found Caleb and got him safely home, she stormed over to Vlad’s mansion and tried to beat Miss Hell to death with her bare hands in front of the entire coven. At this point, Lilith had started to develop supernatural strength, and she would’ve ripped Miss Hell’s shriveled heart right out of her chest if Vlad hadn’t called her off. Vlad was very impressed by Lilith’s ferocity. She gained his favor, but he lost her loyalty. Miss Hell wound up sidelined.

Caleb has always served as Lilith’s moral compass. She is aware that she is selfish and lacks empathy - she has trouble truly caring about anyone except Caleb and Lily - and she doesn’t like that about herself. She deeply loved and respected her parents and feels bad that she struggles to live by the values they taught her. Caleb, on the other hand, has their father’s compassion and patience (as well as his ambitious and materialistic traits), and she generally looks to him as the authority on what their parents would’ve wanted. After Caleb turned, he got fully caught up in the chaos and debauchery, turning his back on the person he was. Without Caleb to moderate her worst impulses, she fully embraced her darker side.

Caleb’s journey back to the light started when he developed his guilty drinker weakness as a minor vampire. I don’t see this as just switching on like it does in-game, but rather developing over time. He had trouble figuring out what was happening to him for a long time, and it’s not like Vlad had any advice for him beyond “stop being a goddamn baby.”

Caleb met Inna at a gala the Bloodvein coven was hosting when he was a minor vampire. Bloodvein, her owner at the time, had her mesmerized and was more or less showing her off like a trophy or pet (like this promotional render). Something about that made Caleb deeply uncomfortable, though he wasn’t entirely sure why.

At that point, Caleb was struggling to maintain his place in the coven - Vlad was increasingly disappointed in him and Caleb badly wanted to win back his approval, so he had the idea to pull a hilarious prank against Bloodvein for some perceived slight. He thought it would make him look cool in front of Vlad. At first he thought about drinking from Inna - feeding on another vampire’s thrall is an enormous mark of disrespect - but something about that made him feel deeply uncomfortable, so he decided to turn her instead, essentially doing to her what Miss Hell did to him. He still feels deeply conflicted about the whole thing - he legitimately was not trying to help her and he didn’t ask permission, and yet it ended up being the best thing that could’ve happened to her. They've remained friends, though he feels incredibly guilty when he's around her.

Lilith started coming back to herself when she realized just how miserable Caleb was. If feeding on humans made Caleb feel that bad, they must be doing something horrific, even if it didn’t feel that way to her. She started making plans to get her and Caleb out of the coven.

[olath124]

I can't take a picture of him without him looking like a smug ass.

•Name

Elroy Vincennes

•Nicknames

Usually people call him Mr. Vincennes. His friends call him Elroy. His CLOSEST friends call him Roy. 

•Age

42 in 2077

•Pronouns

He/Him

•Sexuality

He doesn't care about what people have in their pants, but what's in their head. So he's pansexual, but in truth, he isn’t really interested in sex and he definitely doesn't have sex with people he's in a relationship with.

•Hair Color and style

Dark red, usually worn short and combed back.

•Eye Color

Light brown with a hint of gold. It might sound like a surprise, but they are his natural eyes. He has very little chrome and it's just aesthetic.

•Height

178 cm.

•Body Type

Quite average. He's used to creating art with metal, glass, and whatever inspires him, so he's used to some sort of hard work, but he doesn't work out.

•Personality

Clever, extrovert, enthusiastic about the best things in life. Extremely hedonist. Loves to observe people and molds himself on them. So his tone and behavior might change according to who is in front of him. Has a hard time forming romantic relationships and at this point in his life he doesn't care at all about it. 

•Tattoos

A series of paint strokes that from his fingers run through his arms. He designed and tattooed it himself and every stroke represents a close person he lost or drove away.

•Piercings

A golden stud.

•Any definable features such as: Birthmarks, Scars, Freckles, Beauty Marks, Accent when they talk, Lisp, Natural slurring of words, Walk with a subtle limp, etc.

A few scars on his face, gifts from a chaotic youth.

•Hobbies

Everything that's good in life. The thing he loves the most of course is art, but he's also passionate about music (old French classics he sang with his mother and classical music), fine wine, and fine dining. Literature and poetry. Vintage decors, vintage cars, high-end clothing. He truly is an eclectic character who knows and is passionate about many things.

He also consumes a few high-end drugs, as a habit at this point. A hit every morning to keep him balanced and focused.

•Gang/Occupation {Mox, Max Tac, etc}

He's really independent. Everyone who can pay is welcome to do business with him. Since 2070 he has had a close cooperation with Kurt Hansen.

•Do they smoke?

Yes. Rolled-up cigarettes, pipes, or cigars.

•Do they drink? If so, what's their poison of choice?

Yes, of course. Wine, French, and especially red.  Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon. He also likes the Beaujolais Nouveau, especially for the ritualistic party that he has every year with his friend Vlad (and well, the rest of France).

•What do they usually wear on a normal day?

Usually, he wears suits in dark gray, red, or black. Always with fancy fabrics. At home, he usually wears an open shirt and dark pants or a silk robe. If he's working on his artistic projects… well, tank tops and old ripped jeans. But nobody can enter his studio at this point in his life so nobody has seen him in that outfit.

•What do they wear when they "Get dressed up"?

And what would be considered a "special occasion" to them {such as an "Oh they're gonna be there so I have to look my best." Or an "It's our anniversary".}

The suits tend to turn more eccentric and a bit more colorful. He loves brocade and tends to gravitate to autumn colors. Copper, gold, bronze, dark red, and green are colors that he loves and suit him.

A special occasion for him is usually a big party he's hosting. Usually on New Year's Eve. That's the only thing he considers fancy enough to spruce his outfit up at the maximum level. He dresses well anyway, but that's an over-the-top special event.

•What do they smell like? {For example: they smell like cinnamon-flavored liquor, cigarettes, leather, and motor oil.}

He uses a particular perfume his buddy has gifted him. Oud wood with patchouli and musk, with a lavender’s and saffron’s hint. 

Without it probably tobacco and alcohol.

•How do they walk? Do they sway their hips? Do they walk with a sense of determination? Do they bounce as they walk? Etc.

Confident, really relaxed, and often smiling. He doesn't have a fast stride and doesn't need to be intimidating. The pace of someone who truly believes in himself and has nothing to prove.

•Are they more of an early bird or a night owl?

He's a “not sleep at all” guy. He sleeps from 6 to 9 every day and to him, it's already too much.

Not really, but it explains the dark circles around his eyes. 

•If you had to use one word to define them, what word would you use?

Eclectic.

•What words or catchphrases do they say that's unique to that character?

He doesn't have any particular catchphrase. He's used to change easily the way he talks, and even his accent, according to who is in front of him. But when things don't go the way he wants a muttered: "Merde". That's the only thing he says in every dire situation.

•Favorite Season

Autumn. In France. 

•Favorite type of weather {Thunderstorms, sunny, etc}

Foggy mornings that turn into cold sunny days.

•Do they have someone they're with relationship-wise? If so, who?

Not actually. He isn't interested in love at this point in his life. He has friends and likes to observe them live their lives.

•Main Ship/Pairings:

None.

•Side Pairings:

He had a girl when he was young (16-21), Sophie. They were quite close, but she died of an overdose when she was 21 years old. He feels really guilty about it because he was the one procuring her drugs. Later, in his 30s he had a relationship with a young art student named Azure and a seminarist, Lasse. They were his muses and he was their mentor. He loved them in his own way but ended up driving them away because he used to have an obsessive and toxic behavior at the time (he was also way more addicted to drugs than now).

•Favorite/Self-indulgent Pairings

The BrOTP with Vlad. Their relationship is weirdly positive and enriching for both of them. It's cozy.

•How do they show affection to their loved one? 

He spends time with them, sharing the thing he loves the most. Eating together, drinking together, and talking a lot. He loves to show them beautiful things: art in every form, nature, and cities. And he's also quite generous with gifts. There are really few people he cares about, but he likes to share everything he can with them.

•How do they sit in a chair?

Comfortable, calm, leaning on the backrest, legs often crossed. If it's an armchair he'd spread his arms on the armrests, if not he rests them on his lap.

•How do they sit in a chair {uncomfortable version}

The same as before. It's really hard to make him feel uncomfortable… and even if he is, he is really good at masking it.

•What do they wear to bed?

A few drops of Chanel n° 5. Kidding, but he doesn't wear anything. I'm afraid that some of his guests have seen him wearing only an open silk robe when he comes out for breakfast.

•How do they usually sleep? {Side sleeper, back, fetal position, backward, nest sleeper, blanket mountain, etc}

He takes his space. Usually on his back, his arm spread over a lot of cushions.

•How do they sleep in a place they don't know? {Can't due to anxiety, in small bursts of sleep that are short-lived, holding themselves, etc}

He usually doesn't sleep in places he feels uncomfortable (or he feels comfortable everywhere…).

•Do they have to have a form of "white noise" in order to sleep? {The sound of a fan, the sound of rain, the sound of a city, etc}

No, he doesn't need to. If he's in France during the summer he opens the windows and listens to the sounds of nature.

•What's a place they go to feel comfortable, that's their "spot" they always go when they're upset?

France. His family estate is in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. He loves that place, it reminds him of his mother.

•What do they do when they're nervous? {Fidget with jewelry, pick at nails, bite nails/lips, play with knife/zippo lighter, etc}

He's rarely nervous, but when he is he tends to joke and laugh more.

•What is their "tell" for lying?

None. He's used to lying and is extremely good at it. He practically wears a mask in every social interaction, so you could argue that it's hard to differentiate when he's lying because he's always lying. So probably 2-3 people on earth know how he is while he's not wearing a mask.

•What is their favorite color?

Warm and autumn tones. Copper and gold fit him a lot and he likes them.

•Favorite flower/plant

He likes lavender and vine.

•Favorite sweet of choice

Not really a sweet person

•Do they have any pets? If so, tell me about them

He has animals in his estate in Provence, but I wouldn't call them his pets.

•What are their triggers {If they have any}? If so, what calms them down?

He has a tiny tendency to get obsessed by people he likes… they become his muses and he tends to create a series of art pieces on them. All while being extremely ambivalent in his relationship with them. One moment he's an obsessive presence, the other he can shut himself in his studio and you won't hear from him for a week or more. He is never honest with them, he doesn't show his true feelings and he is quite cold and manipulative. He doesn't deal well with romantic relationships (or well, whatever you like to call what he does with people he loves). It's truly easier to have him as a friend. Friendship doesn't trigger this side of him.

•If they could visit anywhere in the world, where would they go and why?

He's been around a lot. When he travels for pleasure, he goes back home.

•What is their favorite comfort meal?

He likes a lot of different dishes, but the one that speaks to his heart is roasted chicken. His grandma during his family vacations used to make it and he remembers fondly that the chicken was running around the yard at 11 and at 12.30 was on the table. 

He didn't know how she prepared it so quickly, but it had a different flavor from anything he tasted in his life.

•Do they have a food they hate?

Everything industrial-made, or made without care.

•What is their favorite {non-alcoholic} drink?

Nonalcoholic??? Water rusts bridges, you know? But probably sparkling water. Not the type for soft drinks.

•What are their plans for the future {if they have any}?

Keep things as they are now. He's in a good place. Calm, self-content, enjoying friendships and a good life.

•What's a song that "fits" them?

Only one???? Bastlle - The Poet

•Give me 5 facts/random bits of information about them

He loves to sing old French love songs.

Every time he meets with Vlad they come up with some silly thing to do together. I think that the most idiotic one so far has been going around with some vintage scooters, while dressed in the Frenchiest way. Vlad was not amused. Roy had the time of his life.

Every year on New Year's Eve he has a big party. A. BIG. PARTY. Something super lavish and extravagant, in a new location every year, with new different attractions every year. He calls it “La Fête de la fin du Mot” or “World’s End Party”.

He has a vintage Polaroid camera he brings around everywhere. He likes to take pictures of whatever tickles his interest. He rarely lends it: the only people he trusts with it are Vlad, Jago, and barely Violet.

He'd never put it into Kurt's clumsy big pawns.

When he was young his mother pushed him to explore “real life”. So at 14 years old he went to live alone in Night City’s suburbs and joined a gang. That's where he met Kurt and later Violet for the first time. When Kurt left for the army he got stuck with Violet. He wasn't the most protective and secure figure for her, and she ended up resenting him a little for his ambivalent behavior. But when he finally left she understood how much of a safety net he was for her. Things turned to shit pretty quickly after.

•Give me their backstory {can be long, or brief.}

Born in France on the 19th of November 2034. His mother was an eccentric and quite famous actress at the time. His father came from old money and had a good position in Eurobank. He grew up in France and after a probably too sheltered childhood, his mother took him to NC and pushed him to explore real life. He ended up joining a gang at 14 years old. Here he met Kurt for a few years. A quick, deep connection, but at the time he was smarter and more careful and observant than anyone else in the block, so Kurt asked him and a girl of the block, Sophie, to keep an eye on the at the time 3-year-old Violet. He didn't like having a little girl depending on him, but he liked how close she brought him to Sophie. They ended up together. First big love, lots of feelings. Elroy wanted to please her in every way possible, so he leaned into her addictions and was the one with the means and connections to give her drugs whenever she wanted, being addicted himself.

So when she died at 20 years old of an overdose he internalized the blame of having led her to and enabling her ending. He got back to France at 21, leaving a 12-year-old Violet alone, entered rehab, and started his art journey with the support of his mother. He had his first big art show in Paris at 24 years old, where he met Vlad. Elroy’s works about the loss and pain of love made them connect and they turned into real good friends for the rest of their lives. At the same time he adjusted himself and started to intertwine different relationships in the corpo and criminal world, understanding pretty quickly that, even if art was a nice income, he needed something more to maintain the standard of life he wanted for himself. He turned pretty quickly into some kind of high-end fixer. The kind of person to turn to if you wanted something nobody else could find. 

Already quite famous at 32 years old he met Azure and Lasse who were his second true art muses and loves. But at this point, he was already detached from love and deepest connections, so he ended up driving them away pretty quickly. 

Since then he definitely decided to avoid other romantic relationships, limiting himself to focus on work, enjoying friendships, and having an overall good life.

In 2070 he got back in contact with Kurt Hansen, offering his help to establish the new Dogtown empire. A big gamble at the time, but it quickly ended up paying him well for his efforts.

•Free Space! Give me any sort of extra information about them you'd like to share

I think I've exhausted pretty everything about him XD

I thought... But! Even if Roy is super Frenchie when I created him (an embarrassing amount of time ago, he's a long time companion of mine) his name originated from a distortion of "Ellroy", the noir author, and Jack Vincennes, a character in LA Confidential (by guess who, Ellroy!). Oh, blessed my noir era.

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[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

What do you think happens to a vampire if just one limb is destroyed? Say their arm is ripped off and burned but they survive, would they grow a new arm or do you think the venom would just seal up the wound and they'd be an immortal amputee? Assuming vampire limbs aren't completely solid stone, I doubt they'd want venom leaking out like a broken car

We don't see any vampire amputees but on the other hand every vampire we see has a policy of "no survivors". If they fight you and start tearing off your limbs, and don't hand that limb back to you, you gonna die.

So who knows.

That said, I think vampires are hedonistic and violent enough that there would be stories. We have multiple vampires in the series who have been to war and have talked about those experiences. We have Jasper, Peter, Charlotte, the Romanians, the Egyptians, and even the Volturi.

Granted, it never really comes up, but Vlad and Stefan are talking about fucking everything including "oh you see our eyes are not as petrified because we were deposed which makes us better than that Volturi scum! AH HA HA HA HA!"

I believe they'd talk about how to best humiliate and make use of the Volturi in death and burning their limbs and leaving them amputees would certainly have been on the agenda.

And probably something they'd say in front of Bella Swan because why not.

They're already talking about how great it will be to be golden gods again who can feast on the human race.

All this to say, while I don't know, venom is weird shit and we know they have cells. I'm not completely opposed to the idea that, eventually, you get your limb back.

It's probably just going to look really weird for a while.

[autisticsupervillain]

It's Fictional Throwdown Friday!

This Week's Fighters...

Frankenstein's Monster vs Count Dracula!

Conditions:

Original novel versions are used.

Scenario:

After learning of an ambitious college student who discovered a way to create life, Count Dracula decides to travel over to vamprize Victor Frankenstein so he can utilize his genius. The Monster refuses to let this strange beast interfere with his revenge.

Analysis: Frankenstein's Monster

Let me ask you a question. When does science go too far? If you were to ask Victor Frankenstein that question, he'd answer that science went too far when man dared to create life.

Victor Frankenstein is a brilliant young scientist of the late 1700s whose thirst for knowledge spiraled out of control once he got to college. It got so bad that he decided that he was ready to play God and create his own human being from scratch. After robbing a staggering number of graveyards and stitching their pieces together, Victor spent nearly an entire year perfecting his creation until it was a beautiful undead hulk of a man... with the only defect being a pair of obviously inhuman eyes.

Fearing the gaze of what he's created, Victor flees in terror of his monster, leaving only a confused man-sized child behind. As the monster was left to blindly wander his surroundings, he eventually began to teach himself in much the way a child would. He's arguably a rival to his creator in terms of intellect, quickly able to teach himself concepts like fire and even language. This of course means that the Monster is quick to learn that his presence is not wanted in this world, as he is dreaded and feared by all humans he interacts with. He is a horrible monster and his very existence is a crime Victor Frankenstein must pay for.

The Monster carefully and methodically ruins Victor's life after this, systematically killing those that Victor is close to and even framing other people for his crimes in an attempt to get Victor to face consequences for his actions and make him another monster for the Monster to spend the rest of his life with. After all, the Monster is an artificially made human and was a completely accurate one at that. Despite Victor's insistence that he failed and what he did was a crime against nature, the Monster is arguably a complete success. He feels emotions just the same as we do, Victor's just too blinded by pride and grief to see it.

If the Monster were just an extremely smart flesh golem with a deep seated desire to hurt the ones who hurt him, that would be bad enough, but he's physically much more than that. He's physically strong enough to rip off people's limbs, which would require 30 kilonewtons, or 30000 joules of energy to achieve.

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Though sadly, the Monster's superhuman strength and intelligence wasn't enough to get him the happy ending he desired. Dr. Frankenstein went back on his deal to make the Monster a bride, forcing the Monster to make good on his threat to destroy Victor's life one loved one at a time. This inspires Victor to chase the Monster all the way to the north pole, wherein the elements promptly kill the mad scientist. The Monster watches coldly as Victor recounts his life story with his dying breath, before plunging himself into the icy depths of the ocean. Though he could never find a place for himself in this cruel world, the Monster could at least get his revenge on the man who brought him into it in the first place.

Analysis: Count Dracula

Vampires. One of the most infamous creaturez of the night to ever haunt the vast mythos of mankind. From Transylvania to Castlevania, the dreaded the Vlad Dracula and his undead kin have haunted the halls of fiction in countless forms over the centuries. But, long before Christopher Lee or Bela Lugosi brought the nightmare to earliest silver screens, there was only one Count Dracula. And this humanoid beast that haunted the darkest depths of Bram Stoker's mind is far more monsterous and inhuman than any adaptation after him ever dared to be.

Jonathan Harker was nothing more than a real estate solicitor taking a trip to the abode of a mysterious Count in Transylvania in 1893, obliviously writing to home about what he presumes will be an uneventful business trip. His naiveté and British old fashioned politeness keep him oblivious to the Count's true nature for a good long while, the suspicious occurrences keep mounting up and Harker soon discovers he's entered a nightmare that would change the shape of horror forever. When Harker sees the Count climbing up the wall of the castle like a lizard one night, Harker discovers that he's the guest of a vampire, an unholy creature of the night. Jonathan discovers Dracula's plans to use several boxes of Earth to let him board a boat so that he may travel to London and feast on the British to his heart's content. And with Jonathan barely able to escape Dracula's vampiric wives and everyone onboard the Demeter swiftly slaughtered,no one would be able to stand in his way.

And given all of Dracula's powers, he very easily could've slaughtered all of England if given the chance. He's strong enough to kill a man with a single punch, durable enough that no man made weapon made of the era could kill him, he can hypnotize with a glance, and can shapeshift into almost anything, from a wolf to a cloud of mist. As the original vampire, Dracula naturally has a lot of the classic powers we've come to associate with the creature over the years. He's been immortal and young for hundreds of years and he can turn other people into vampires with a bite in a slow process that gradually gives him control over his victim's mind and eventually turns them into child eating monsters like himself. But there's his frankly bizarre powers that never made it into later vampire lore. Dracula can squeeze through narrow gaps, ride moonbeams, create thunderstorms, and has telepathic control over animals, from wolves to insects.

Unfortunately for the Count, Dracula's attempt to feed and vampirize one Lucy Westenra only incurs the wrath of her three boyfriends and the brilliant Abraham van Hellsing, who recognized all the signs to look for in the case of a vampire attack and had a proficient understanding of all of their weaknesses. Again, a lot of the classics can be traced back to here. Dracula can only enter a building that he's been explicitly invited into and garlic and holy objects and symbols can keep him at bay, for instance. But sunlight doesn't kill him in this version. It just removes his powers and weakens him, potentially even keeping him from shapeshifting. Putting a rose on his coffin can trap him inside it, drowning him will kill him, and of course, holy bullets and a strak through the heart will kill him permanently.

Even Dracula's telepathic link to his vampirized victims worked against him eventually, as his attempt to bring Lisa Harker under his thrall only let her lead Hellsing and the gang to his final resting place, where they staked him in the heart, ending his terror for good.

Yet, Dracula's legacy lives in. As immortal and everlasting as the Count himself, the legend of the vampire lives forever. Always returning to haunt the night once more.

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Between these two classic monsters, only one can rise to the top.

The Creature has the strength and intelligence advantage. Dracula can kill a man in one punch. The strongest punch ever recorded by a human being was measured 1600 joules, so Dracula would have to be hitting much harder than that. But the Monster can muster up 30000 joules, making him much stronger. That, when combined with his almost superhuman intelligence and learning rate, means he'd likely be able to outsmart Dracula and rip him to pieces if given the chance.

But he'd have to get his hands on the Count first and that's much harder to do. Dracula can shapeshift into fog to get out of his grasp, turn into a wolf or bat to either quickly attack or make distance, and create a storm to lessen the Monster's visibility. Given the Count's own treacherous nature, he'd be quick to resort to these tricks once he realized just how much stronger the Monster is.

The Monster is certainly smart enough to adapt to these tricks given time, but he'd need to figure them out first. Remember, we're familiar with Dracula's tricks because we generally know what a vampire is. The Monster wouldn't. Dracula is the story that codified those tropes and Frankenstein, both the book and the character, predates them significantly. Without that kind of culture context, he's not going to have the thread of logic that ties Dracula's seemingly random powerset together. There's no consistent theme from creating storms, turning into mist, and commanding wolves other than them being vampire powers. It's going to take the Monster a lot longer to figure out what to do in this situation than it would for a modern human.

Frankenstein's Monster wouldn't think to hold out until morning because, baring a stroke of lucky circumstances, there wouldn't be any obvious indication for him to piece together that weakness. And if he did draw together the conclusion of "unholy powers = unholy being = weak to holy objects", he's not exactly well equipped to take advantage of them without outside circumstances in his favor.

But the final rose sealing the Monster in his coffin is thus. Frankenstein's Monster bleeds. Not only does he bleed when wounded in the original book, but it's even noted his blood vessels are visible beneath his skin. So he'd be just as susceptible to vampirism as a human, even if it'd take awhile. While the Monster's massive strength would make getting that bite off difficult without getting ripped apart, eye contact hypnosis and shapeshifting can give him those openings. After that, Dracula can just leave and wait until the process is complete to accept his new thrall.

This Throwdown's Winner is...

Count Dracula!

[sunnys567]

Friends in Strange Places, Ch 1

Summary: AU where Vlad turns out to be friendly instead of evil.

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All was quiet in Amity Park that night. That is, until the silence was broken by a 14 year old on an electric scooter.

"Finally!" he said, checking his watch. "It's only 9:57. I'm about to make it home one night without ghosts getting in the way of my curfew!"

Not 2 seconds after he said that, a familiar chill ran up his body and out his mouth in a puff of mist. Filled with a sudden mixture of dread and annoyance, Danny looked up to see three green birds whizz overhead.

"Ugghhhh, why??" he groaned as he ducked behind a car and transformed. It didn't take long for him to catch up with the birds.

They turned out to be three ghost vultures, who were all wearing red fezzes.

"Hey, any chance you guys lost?" he asked.

One of the birds turned it's head to look at the leader.

"Ask him for directions." It said in a Turkish accent. Danny hadn't expected an actual answer, he was just being snarky.

"Ve don't need any directions!" The leader answered. He suddenly dove out of the sky. The other two birds followed him, Danny not far behind.

The birds phased through the roof of a monorail train. When Danny entered the train he saw the birds perched on the seats, having a heated debate. It was a good thing this car was empty.

"I know vere I'm going!" the leader snapped, his head thrown up in indignance.

"Ve've been flying avound in circle for an hour. Ve could've been halfvay to Florida by now. Ask him!" The vulture pointed his wing at Danny.

"Ask me what?" Danny asked.

The birds phased through the roof and Danny followed them. Why couldn't they just stay still?

The leader ghost sighed in defeat.

"Ve are on a surveillance mission. Could you help us find dis guy?" He pulled a ripped corner of a photo out of his neck fluff and handed it to Danny. The person in the photo had much longer hair, but besides that he looked just like-

"Dad?" Danny exclaimed.

"See, I told you he'd know!" The bird with the glassed smirked.

The bird's smile was quickly wiped from his face as Danny threw and ecto blast at him. He managed to dodge and flew off, the other two trailing behind him. Danny gave chase.

The vultures manage to elude Danny for a bit, until they came to the clock tower. They tried to circle around it to lose Danny, but he saw what they were doing and circled the other way without them noticing. They squawked in surprise when they saw him, but before they could do anything, Danny managed to grab them all by the ankles. He swung them around his head like a hammer thrower and tossed them as far as he could into the sky. The birds were dazed, but they managed to fly off as fast as their wings could take them.

"And how about you do everyone a favour and stay lost!" Danny called after them. He'd forgotten the thermos at home, so scaring them away would have to do. They seemed pretty harmless anyway.

Danny pulled the photo out.

"I wonder what those guys wanted with Dad..."

His musings were interrupted by the chime of a bell. He looked over at the clock tower and saw it was...10:15! Oh no! He was late! Again! His parents were not going to be happy.

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Sure enough, they were not happy. They were waiting for him at the door with unimpressed faces. They brought him to the living room to have 'a talk'. Well, his mom talked, his dad was working on some green boiler-looking machine whose function Danny was too afraid to ask.

"Danny," she said "this is becoming a problem. You're constantly late,"

"You're shirking from your chores," his father popped his head out from behind the machine to say.

"You're grades are slipping," his mother added.

"You're shirking from your chores,"

"You already said chores." Danny raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, but when you don't do them, I get stuck with them."

"The point is," his mother interjected "this behaviour is unacceptable and has to stop."

"Look, I'm under a lot of pressure." Danny knew that was a lame excuse, but he didn't have a better one prepared, and he certainly wasn't going to tell them the truth. "You guys have no idea what it's like to be a kid these days."

"Oh come on Danny, that's the oldest excuse in the book." His mom was rolling her eyes, so she didn't notice Danny's arm sinking through the arm of the couch. He quickly pulled it out and was relieved to see that Jazz was occupied with a book, so no one noticed. "There's nothing you're going through that you're father and didn't go through as well." "Oh yeah, I beg to differ." Danny muttered rubbing his arm.

"The reason Danny thinks you can't relate to him," Jazz closed her book "is because you never talk about your childhood."

"Jazz." Danny knew this couldn't go anywhere good.

"Did you ever tell him about where you grew up, your first date,"

Danny watched in horror as a thoughtful look crossed both his parents faces.

"Jazz!"

"Where you went to college?"

"You know, that's a great idea Jazzy-pants." Jack said.

"It is?" Jazz asked.

"What is?" Maddie raised an eyebrow.

"This is!" Jack pulled a gold-trimmed flyer out of his pocket. "Our old college bud Vlad is holding a reunion in Wisconsin! We can all go down together!"

"Wisconsin?" Jazz echoed, horrified.

"All together?" Danny horror equal to, if not greater, than Jazz's.

Jack pulled Maddie close to him. The kids could tell from her face that she also thought this was a great idea.

"Yup," Jack chirped, oblivious to their tone "Just the four of us in an RV for hours. And, while we're driving, your mother and I can talk about our college days, and I can blather on about ghosts!"

As if on cue, the boiler-thing he'd been working on sputtered to life and began lurching horribly. Green goo shot out of one of the pipes and landed on Jazz's face. She did not look happy.

"Awesome! It works!" Jack cried, seeming unaware of Jazz's predicament. "I cant wait to blather on about that too!"

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They managed to set off the next morning with only one semi-major incident (Jazz may or may not have gotten covered in ecto-goo again, and it may or may not have been Danny's fault).

Wisconsin was pretty far away, though, so they'd had to park somewhere to sleep for the night. The kids weren't exactly stoked about sleeping in the RV.

"It's the Fenton Family Ghost Assault Vehicle." Jack corrected them.

"And more importantly, hotels are a rip-off." Maddie said. "Why pay 200 dollars to sleep somewhere when an air-mattress for four only costs 80?"

"Aren't you guys loaded?" Danny asked.

"It's the principle of the thing, Danny." His mom replied.

"Alrighty, rest up everyone." Jack said as Jazz emerged from the bathroom. "I want you all bright eyed and bushy-tailed when we meet Masters tomorrow."

"Wait a minute," Jazz froze mid-step "Masters? As in, Vlad Masters? As in, Time magazine's billionaire of the year?"

"Yup, that's the one."

"You mean, you were friends with a billionaire in college?" Danny asked, suddenly getting Jazz's shock.

Jack seemed unaware of the looks of stupor on his kid's faces and continued speaking.

"Well, back then he wasn't 'billionaire Vlad Masters'." Jack said. "Back then he was just good old 'Vladdy'. Yup, we were pretty popular guys back then."

Jazz and Danny finally broke out of their shock to give each other looks of doubt.

"Back then, your mother, Vladdy, and I were an unstoppable team. We were the only ones brave enough to dive into the budding field of ecto research."

Danny resisted the urge to crack a joke. Jazz seemed like she was doing the same.

"Yes indeed, we even had our own research laboratory to build and test our inventions in!"

"Well, it was more of an abandoned classroom that no one stopped us from using." Maddie said as she pulled some pillows and blankets out of a compartment Danny hadn't even know existed until now "but, still, it was ours." She hugged the pillow she was holding with a far-away look on her face.

"Yup, we had a good thing going." Jack beamed. "That is, until the fat fingers of fate jammed themselves into Vladdy's eyes."

Maddie's dreamy expression turned somber. Jack started to tell the story:

"We'd finally finished the construction of our very first ghost portal."

Danny's eyes widened when he heard this. Jazz gave him a concerned look. She didn't like how easily her parents seemed to forget about his accident.

"Well, it was really more of a proto-portal. It was a lot smaller than the one we have back at home. We didn't know nearly as much as we know today about ecto-technology, especially not something as complicated as a portal. I also may have gotten a bit over-excited and rushed some of the calculations. The thing went haywire when I turned it on. Vlad was standing too close and took a blast of impure ecto-energy directly into his face. It resulted in a horrible case of ecto-acne."

"It devastated him." Maddie said. No one noticed that she had made up the air mattress while Jack was talking. "Vlad wouldn't allow any visitors in the hospital. Including us." She looked absolutely crestfallen when she said that. "The week after he dropped out without a word to anyone. We haven't spoken since."

"But the good news is, after all these years, I think he's finally forgiven me. Goodnight kids!"

On that note, Jack flicked a switch and the RV lights shut off.

Danny wasn't sure why, but he couldn't shake an uneasy feeling as he drifted off to sleep.

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When Danny first saw Vlad's mansion, he thought it was a castle. The building was constructed entirely out of grey bricks. Green and gold banners hung from four turrets as well as above the entrance. Actually, Danny wasn't completely sure it wasn't a castle.

As they all climbed out of the RV, the wooden double doors swung open and out stepped Vlad Masters. He was wearing a suit and had long silvery hair that was swept back into a ponytail. Danny was surprised by his hair colour. Vlad was the same age as his parent, but neither of them had even started to go grey. He wondered if it had anything to do with the portal incident. Not that he was going to ask.

"Ah, the Fenton family." Vlad smiled as they reached the top of the stairs. "Jack, Maddie. It's been too long." He looked down at Jazz and Danny. "And these must be Jasmine and Daniel. It's nice to finally meet you two. Come in, come in." He turned around and gestured them to follow.

An irritated look flashed across Jazz's face. For some reason, she didn't like being called by her full name. Danny didn't understand why. He didn't mind being called by his.

The entryway was also adorned with green and gold. A red carpet that led to the stairs. Pictures of football players lined the walls. The pictures simultaneously felt tacky and decadent. There was also a football resting on a pedestal near the end of the hall with a signature Danny couldn't make out.

"What's with the green and gold?" Jazz asked. "You're a billionaire, surely you can afford an interior designer?"

Danny hadn't realized the name thing ticked her off that much. Maybe the trip had made her irritable. Still, he felt Jazz was being pretty harsh to their host.

"Jazz, hello? Notice the football stuff? He's a Packers fanatic."

"Fanatic is such a...strong word, Daniel. But, yes." Vlad stopped by the signed ball.

"Oh yes," Maddie said "I remember, back in the day, you and Jack were always going on about football. Vlad actually played quarterback on the college team, kids."

Danny shuddered internally at the word 'quarterback'. Vlad seemed a lot nicer than Dash, but still.

"Yes, but that was a long time ago Maddie." Vlad said "I'm afraid my quarterbacking days are long over."

"Aw, come on V-man. Don't be like that." Jack grabbed the football off the pedestal. "I'm sure you've still got some old moves left in ya!"

"Don't touch that!" Vlad snapped, snatching the ball out of Jack's hand with surprising speed. His warm welcoming aura suddenly turned hostile.

Everyone stared at Vlad for a few seconds, not really sure what to do. Vlad's expression melted from rage to a dignified shame. He cleared his throat and straightened his posture.

"My apologies," he said setting the football back on its stand "I know that reaction was...inappropriate. The truth is I was forced to stop playing because of the accident." A look of guilt flashed over Maddie's face "I didn't realize it until now, but I think I was subconsciously viewing this football as a sort of..." Vlad spun his hand in the air, as if trying to summon the correct word "...consolation prize. It has always been my favourite piece of Packer's paraphernalia. It's signed by Ray Nitschke himself." The warm grin made it's way back to Vlad's face as he stared at the ball.

"It is also very expensive, and I'd rather it not be damaged." He added quickly, snapping his gaze back to his guests.

"That was impressive." Jazz said "You must be seeing a really good therapist."

"Jazz..." Maddie scolded.

"Quite alright, Maddie." Vlad waved his hand "It's been a while, but yes, I've had access to some of the best psychological minds in the field. The accident in college was quite the upset on my life, but it also gave me the opportunity to work on myself. In a way, that accident was responsible for making me the person I am today."

Danny wasn't sure why, but he felt creeped out by that last sentence. It kind of felt like Vlad was making a private joke to himself. Sort of like he was hiding something.

"Anyway," Vlad checked his watch "I'm afraid I can't stay for dinner, but I'll show you you're rooms before I'm off."

"Aw, you're leaving already, Vladdy?" Jack pouted. "But we've barely even had any time to catch up."

"Time is money, I'm afraid, Jack. Don't worry, we'll have plenty of time to catch up tomorrow."

Jack didn't look cheered up at all. Vlad came over and put a hand on his back.

"You know Jack, this house is very old. So old in fact that there's rumours that the ghost of the Wisconsin Dairy King himself may haunt these very halls." Vlad tilted his head upwards.

At the top of the stairs there was a rather large portrait of a stout jovial-looking king whose scepter was shaped like an ice cream cone. Jack's face was instantly lit up with glee, and he was suddenly gone.

"Thought that'd do the trick." Vlad grinned.

"Thanks Vlad," Maddie said "That really cheered him up. It'll be nice to talk properly at the reunion tomorrow." Maddie's voice was level, but it was hard to miss the manic look in her eyes.

"No need to be polite, Maddie. If I know you, I'm sure you're just as anxious to investigate this potential paranormal activity as Jack."

"Don't be ridiculous." Maddie cracked each of her knuckles individually as she spoke. "I, er, should at least see where are rooms are before I run off."

"Ah, yes. Right this way then. I'll make the tour quick."

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Danny was glad to finally be getting some sleep. His room was decorated in green and gold like the rest of the castle (Mansion? Danny wasn't really sure how to classify this place). His room had a purple double bed with drapes. There was a large glass door on one wall that led to a balcony. It was much more glamourous than sharing an inflatable mattress with your family.

Just as Danny began to drift off, he felt his ghost sense go off.

"Oh great," he said to no one "We go all the way out to Wisconsin and you guys still find a way to bug me." Danny focused and the familiar rings came (around the whole bed for some reason) and he was out of bed and flying through the wall in no time.

The mansion was big, but Danny's ghost sense gave him a general sense of where to look. It wasn't long before he found what he was looking for; three ectoplasmic-green ghost...vultures? They were turned away from Danny, various machine parts clutched in their talons.

"You guys again?" Danny exclaimed. The vultures turned around, startled. "Are you following me or something?"

"Aie! It's that ghost kid!" One of the vultures shrieked.

Danny charged up an ecto blast, but he was too slow. The vultures all turned intangible and flew off in different directions.

"Hey," Danny shouted "I want answers!"

"As do I." Came a voice from behind him. Danny spun around.

Floating a few feet away from him was a humanoid ghost. His skin was blue, his eyes were red, and he wore mostly white including a full-body cape. His pitch-black hair was styled straight-up, giving it the appearance of devil horns.

Danny had to admit, he looked pretty impressive, floating there with his arms crossed, cape flowing out behind him. The glare he shot Danny from his glowing red eyes was actually quite scary.

Not that all ghosts weren't kind of scary...

"I was aiming for the birds, but you'll do."

Danny charged at the ghost, fist-first. To his surprise, the ghost caught Danny's fist and redirected him, causing him to crash into a wall.

"You're a lot more competent than the other ghosts I've fought, I'll give you that." Danny said as he got up. He made another attempt at the ghost, charging straight for him. "But I'm done playing around."

Before Danny could hit him, the ghost caught him again, this time by the neck.

"As am I." The ghost said as he threw Danny to the ground. "Danny Phantom, is it?"

"You...know me?" Danny quickly recovered, floating back up to the ghost's level.

"Of course!" The ghost flew backwards, phasing through the wall behind him. Intrigued, Danny turned intangible and followed him. The room they ended up in was a giant library. There were so many bookshelves that it was more of a maze.

"Every ghost in the ghost zone has heard of you. You're that ghost child who's been defending the humans in Amity Park ever since that portal opened. Imagine my surprise to find you here, harassing my vultures."

"Hey, they're the ones that started it!"

"Is that so?" the ghost raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, and I intend to end it!" Danny said shooting an ecto beam.

The ghost raised his hand and Danny's beam bounced off of a pink square that appeared in front of his hand. Danny tried firing more beams, but the ghost simply moved his hand around, along with the pink square, deflecting all of Danny's blasts.

"Ectoplasmic energy blasts." the ghost fake-yawned. "So, year one?" he closed his fist and the square disappeared. "Tell me child, can you do...THIS???"

Suddenly, another ghost, identical to the one Danny was fighting, popped up beside him. Startled, Danny began to back away, but two more clones popped into existence behind him.

"N-no, I can't." Danny replied, gobsmacked. "How can you?"

"Years of practice." The four ghosts replied in unison. They all raised their right arm and fired their own pink ectoplasmic energy blast at Danny.

Danny crashed to the ground. He looked up to see the four ghosts fuse back into one, but it didn't matter. That last blow had knocked any chance of winning the fight out of him.

Danny felt his consciousness slipping away...

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"No, stop, get away!" Danny yelled as he untangled himself from the blankets, sitting bolt right up in bed.

"Everything all right in there, Daniel?" Vlad asked from the doorway.

"Huh, oh, uh, yes Mr. Masters. I must have just had a nightmare, sorry for disturbing you." Danny spoke quickly, still dazed.

"Quite alright my dear boy. You needn't worry, I was awake anyway. You're sure you're alright?"

"Yeah, I'm good now thanks. You can go back to bed."

"Yes, I think I shall." Vlad said, turning around "Sleep tight little badger. We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow."

Once Vlad was gone, Danny breathed a sigh of relief. So the ghost attack had just been a dream. It didn't feel like a dream, Danny thought, as he laid back on his pillow. Then again why would those ghost Vultures come all the way from Amity Park to Wisconsin?

At least he didn't have to worry about facing that terrifying ghost again, he thought as he drifted off.

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The next day went off without a hitch (aka, ghost attacks).

At the party, Jack and Maddie introduced Jazz and Danny to their friend, Harriet Chin. Danny cringed in sympathy when his dad made a joke about her name ("Harry Chin. Get it?"). Jazz actually seemed interested in Harry, though. The two of them talked for a bit about Harry's career with the Milwaukee Journal. It seemed pretty high-level.

After a while Harry and Maddie found some other old friends to catch up with. Jazz went to Vlad's home theatre (man, he was rich) to watch a documentary on the Packers. Danny popped in to check it out, but saw that the film was in black and white. It was a close-call, but he decided the get-together might be slightly less boring.

While most of the guests were getting reconnected with long-time friends, Danny sat at a table by himself, his chin resting on his hand. His eyes glazing over as he watched the various 30-something-year-olds "shin-dig" around the auditorium (seriously, who has an auditorium and a theater in their house?). The novelty of a bunch of adults with blocks of cheese on their head had worn off about an hour ago.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he felt a hand rest on his shoulder.

"Bored are we, Son?"

"Wha- uh, no sir, Mr. Masters." Danny startled "Also, it's just Danny. 'Son's' what my dad calls me."

"Hm, very well then." Vlad smiled. He was always smiling. Danny was sure if he found that comforting or creepy. "Anyway, I've got something upstairs that I've been wanting to show you. Interested?"

"Oh, um...sure." Anything was better than sitting around here.

"Excellent. Right this way." Vlad said, turning towards the auditorium exit.

Wait, Danny thought, was Vlad taking him up there alone?

"Uh, Mr. Masters," Danny said as he caught up with Vlad in the hall "Aren't you going to get my parents?"

"No, Daniel." Vlad said as they started to ascend a curling set of stairs "They're busy catching up with old friends, I don't want to disturb them."

"Oh. Should I get Jazz then? She's probably not doing much either."

"Oh no, don't bother her." Vlad said as they reached the top of the stairs "I have something that I'd very much like to show you, and only you."

"Why me?"

"Don't worry my dear boy, it will all make sense when we get there."

Something wasn't right about this.

Danny did not like how secretive Vlad was being. He probably would have run away by now, but his curiosity was getting the better of him. Besides, if things went south he had his ghost powers, something Vlad didn't know about.

They stopped in front of a statue of the Wisconsin Dairy King. Vlad put his eye to one of the buttons on his coat. A red beam shot out and scanned it.

"Personal Recognized: Vlad Masters" A voice said, making Danny jump.

"Sorry about all this security, little badger. " Vlad said, as the wall in front of them slid to the side, revealing an enormous safe-like door "I've got some...valuable things in there. Things I really wouldn't want others to find."

"Well now I'm definitley interested in what you want to show me." Danny muttered as Vlad punched in a code on a keypad.

The door slid open. Vlad walked inside and Danny followed, cautiously eyeing his surroundings. There wasn't much. Unlike the flamboyant decadence of the rest of the mansion, this room, although large, was empty besides for another keypad on the back wall. The floor was white and the walls were made of metal. It kind of reminded Danny of something, but he wasn't sure what.

The door slammed shut behind him. Danny felt his eyes go green, as they sometimes did when he was startled. He quickly blinked them back to blue. He hoped Vald hadn't seen.

"Now then," oh good, he hadn't. "Now that we're alone, I wanted to ask you a few questions."

"Okaaaay..." Danny raised his eyebrow, what could Vlad possibly want to ask him of all people?

"Your parents did tell you about my little...accident back in college, didn't they?"

"Yeah, my dad says you haven't spoken since that day." Danny responded.

"Indeed," Vlad sighed "Jack and Maddie are dear friends, but it was hard to face them after what happened."

"So, you're still mad at them?"

Vlad laughed. Danny hadn't been expecting that reaction.

"Mad? Daniel I was never mad at them. I just called them 'dear friends' didn't I? What happened was an accident."

"You seemed pretty mad at my dad earlier."

"Sure, your father has always had a habit of getting on my and, frankly, everyone else's nerves." A far away look washed over Vlad's eyes. "But he made up for that with his sheer joyful enthusiasm. He may come off as an unaware oaf, but he really does have an incredible knack for ecto-technology. It could be hard, but it really was a delight to work beside him and Maddie."

Vlad sighed.

"Ah, Maddie, what a brilliant mind. You know, she could have chosen to study anything. Become a doctor in any field of her choosing. In the end she chose to pursue what mattered to her, even though the rest of the world called her work nonsense. That's truly an admiral trait, being true to oneself in spite of other's expectations. I don't know where she found the patience to put up with your father and me, though. I imagine she's an incredible mother."

"Um, yeah, I guess she is." Danny wasn't really sure how to respond.

"Anyway, enough reminiscing" Vlad said, returning to the present. "The past is in the past."

"Isn't reminiscing the whole point of this reunion?" Danny asked.

Vlad laughed again.

"Oh, Daniel. You're as clever as your mother, you know that? Both you and Jasmine." Vlad shook his head "Ah, look how easily I get distracted. This is what happens when you spend too much time alone. Anyway, I was wondering if they ever took up trying to rebuild that old portal."

"Um, yeah." As Danny spoke, Vlad turned around and started typing on the keypad on the back wall. "They actually got one working in our lab about two months ago." Vlad paused his typing, but didn't say anything.

Danny felt weird. It was odd to be talking about ghost stuff with someone who wasn't an immediate friend or family member. Usually that would result in him getting punched.

"Well good for them." Vlad's tone shocked Danny out of his stupor. There was almost something...forced about it. Maybe Vlad wasn't as over the accident as he said he was.

Before Danny could decide whether to confront Vlad about it, he pushed a green button on the keypad and the wall in front of him split into two and began to slide open, revealing a swirling pink, fully functional-

"Ghost portal?" Danny gasped.

"Yes, and that's not all." As Vlad spoke, tables began to emerge from hidden panels in the floor, and sections of the wall spun around revealing shelves. The tables and shelves were all filled with familiar green test tubes, as well as strange devices that glowed pink like the portal. If the devices had been green, and the whole space a little shabbier, it would have looked identical to Danny's basement.

"Wait, you've been a ghost hunter all these years too?"

"Well, more of a ghost researcher than a hunter, but yes, basically."

Danny walked up to the portal and brushed his hand against the metal frame.

"That's incredible. Do my parents know about this? This place would blow they're minds!"

"No, Daniel. You are the only other human who's been in this lab."

Danny stopped rubbing the frame and turned to face Vlad.

"Mr. Masters, why would you tell me about this place and not my parents? I mean, no offence, but they're the ghost hunters, and I'm 14. I feel like you'd get more out of showing them than me."

"Daniel when your parents got their portal working," Vlad's face suddenly turned serious "were there any...complications?"

Danny's eyes widened.

"I-"

Before Danny could think of an answer, he felt a familiar chill escape his mouth.

"Look out!" he shouted as an ecto-blast shot through the portal. Danny barely had time to jump out of the way as it whizzed by where his head used to be and crashed into one of the tables, shattering the beakers.

"Butter Biscuits!" Vlad cursed, grabbing an ecto gun off of another table and pointing it at the portal. "What is it this time?

As if to answer his question, three giant green yeti-looking ghosts with massive tusks lumbered out of the portal, the largest one leading the other two. They walked on all fours, and Danny noticed razor-sharp claws on their front paws.

The ghosts stopped to look around, and Vlad seized the opportunity and shot at the one closest to him. It yelped as the beam hit it's face and the front one (who Danny assumed, based on his limited knowledge of biology, was the Alpha) roared and swung it's paw at Vlad, launching him into the air. He crashed into the wall next to Danny and slid to the floor.

"Mr. Masters!" Danny cried, rushing to his side. Before he could help him up, Vlad brushed him away and pushed himself up into a fighting position.

"Alright," he grimaced "Time to stop playing around."

Danny gasped as a black ring suddenly appeared around Vlad's waist, crackling the air around him. The ring split into two and went up and down Vlad's body, changing him into the ghost Danny had seen last night.

Danny stood there, awestruck, as Vlad flew into the air. The yeti he had shot at let out a challenging roar. Vlad raised his arm and shot a pink ecto beam directly into it's throat. It let out spluttering yelp and ran directly back into the portal. The other two turned intangible and went off in separate direction. The Alpha one phased through the floor while the smaller one went through the back wall.

"Finger sausages! They've split up!" Danny almost jumped out of his skin as Vlad turned to look at him. "Daniel, the leader is headed to the auditorium. You distract it while I take care of the other one. Make sure it doesn't hurt anyone." Vlad said as he turned intangible. He flew through the wall before Danny had time to respond.

"Okay, not only is Vlad a ghost hunter, he's also apparently a ghost-ghost." Danny put his hand on his forehead "How long has he been a ghost? How is this even possible?"

Danny shook his head to snap himself out of his stupor.

"I don't know how this is even possible, but I'll have to figure it out later. For now, I'M GOING GHOST!" Danny shouted as he transformed. The rings had barely left his body before he was diving through the floor.

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Meanwhile, at the party...

"...And then I..." Harry blathered on about a story she was working on to Jack who, not possessing an ounce of subtlety, let his chin sink down into his cup.

"Am I boring you, Jack?" Harry asked, irritated by his lack of tact.

"Quite frankly, yes." Jack replied.

Suddenly, a giant green beast dropped from the ceiling and landed in the middle of the dance floor, silencing the chatting adults. They all stared at it for a moment, before it let out a terrifying roar, sending everyone into a panic.

"Suffering spooks! I didn't expect to see one so far out here." Jack immediately jumped into action "Maddie, get the RV! I'll hold it off!" he cried, pulling a mini ecto gun out of his jumpsuit pocket.

"Come on!" Maddie cried, grabbing the awestruck Harry by the arm as she ran by. "That gun won't do much, we're gonna need the Fenton Family Assault Vehicle!"

Harry was bemused, but intrigued.

Just as they left the room, Danny poked his head through the floor (or, ceiling, he supposed). Party guests were running everywhere, and his dad was shooting the yeti with a small ecto gun. The gun didn't seem to have much effect, in fact it only seemed to make it angrier.

This was bad news. The ineffective ecto gun meant Danny would need to help his dad fight the ghost, but unfourtunately Jack was likely to start attacking Danny as well if he saw him.

Danny had an idea. Turning invisible, he flew towards his dad and dove into his body. Blinking a few times to adjust himself, he raised his hand. Ever since he'd discovered that he could overshadow people, Danny had wanted to see if he could still use his powers while inside someone.

Danny aimed for the yeti and was pleasantly surprised to see a green ecto beam shoot out of his now enormous gloved hand.

"Yes!" he shouted as it made contact with the yeti, who yelped. The good news was that he now had a way to fight the ghost without his dad trying to kill him. The bad news was that the yeti now had it's attention turned on Danny. He barely managed to jump out of the way as the yeti lunged at him, crashing into, and destroying, another table.

"Woah," Danny wobbled a bit as he landed. "Jumping around in Dad's body feels so different." His musings were interrupted by the yeti throwing a chair at him. He ducked just in time. "But I better get used to it quick."

Danny looked around and saw that everyone had fled the auditorium, leaving him alone with the yeti.

"Perfect," he said, smiling at the yeti. "That means I don't have to worry about anyone seeing my dad do THIS!"

He punctuated his sentence by launching another ecto blast at the yeti. The yeti yelped again as it was hit. Danny launched a few more, but the yeti had wised up and began darting around the room, making it way harder to hit. It moved surprisingly fast for such a large creature.

Danny was so busy trying to hit the yeti that he failed to notice how close it had managed to get to him. Just as he realized what was going on, the yeti pounced across the remaining distance, pinning Danny's wrists to the ground with it's paws.

"Uhhh, any chance you want to just, talk this out?" Danny asked nervously, the yeti opened it's massive maw (which was uncomfortably close to Danny's face) and gave out another incredibly loud roar. "That's not exactly what I meant." Danny remarked, silently sweating.

Suddenly a pink ecto beam hit the yeti in the face, knocking it off of Danny. Danny pushed himself off of the floor. It took a second since he wasn't used to how heavy this body was. When he got up he saw Vlad had arrived, glove still smoking from that last ecto blast.

Before either of them could say anything, a loud honk stole their attention. He turned and saw the Fenton RV smash through the wall that used to hold the auditorium entrance. His mom's head was poking out through the driver window and she looked furious.

"Get away from my husband you filthy ecto abomination!" she shouted as three mechanisms that all looked vaguely like guns popped out of the roof of the vehicle. There was a brief whirrr sound before the one in the middle shot out a green ecto beam that was much bigger that the ones Danny fired. It his the yeti square on and sent it flying across the room.

"Way to go Mo- uh, Maddie!" That was close. It was weird how easy it was to forget you were in someone else's body.

Maddie got out of the RV, a much bigger ecto-gun than the mini blaster Jack had been using in her hands.

"Jack, you drive the RV." She commanded running past him, her goggles blazing with determination. "I'm going to give this ghost a piece of my mind!"

Danny looked around the auditorium. Vlad was nowhere in sight. He turned his attention to the RV.

"Ok," he said to himself "I'm technically too young to drive, and Mom and Dad seem to have this handled, so I'm going to go find out where Vlad went."

With that, he invisibly flew out of his father. Danny hovered near the ceiling and watched the panicked Harry yell Jack out of his stupor. Jack shook his head and jumped into the RV, weapons blazing within seconds.

"Wow, I almost feel sorry for the yeti." Danny cringed. "I wonder if Vlad went back to his lab."

Danny phased through the ceiling and turned visible. Vlad was indeed there waiting for him, still in his ghost form. Danny would've been lying if he'd said he wasn't a bit intimidated.

"I assume Jack and Maddie have the situation under control down there?"

"Yeah, and all the guests are safe." Danny looked around. He felt a twinge of guilt at the sight of the smouldering tables. "Sorry about the damage to your lab." he said sheepishly.

"Why apologize? It's hardly your fault. And anyway this happens every other week. Comes with the 'ghost researcher' territory." Vlad grinned "Fourtunately, I am immensely wealthy."

Vlad stared at Danny for a minute. It made him a bit uncomfortable, but he wasn't really sure what to do. What do you do when you're a half-ghost, and you meet your parents estranged college friend who also turns out to be a half-ghost?

"So I suppose your parent's portal did this to you?" Vlad finally asked. Danny's eyes widened.

"I, uh, don't know what you mean..."

"You can give up the ghost Daniel, I know it's you." (:D)

Danny sighed. There was no escaping it.

"Yeah," he answered, rubbing the back of his neck "Sorry, I just, you're the first person- I mean, I've...never really told anyone before. They couldn't get it working at first. One day I went inside of it, I guess because I was curious. I was kind of running my hand along the wall and it...turned out that they had put the 'on' button on the inside."

Vlad paused for another moment.

"Yes, that does sounds like Jack and Maddie. Well, maybe more so Jack, but your mother has her moments." Vlad mused. "So you've been like this for about two months then, correct?"

Danny nodded.

"And, how did you, you know..."

"The proto-portal from college." Vlad raised an eyebrow playfully "Duh.

"So that means you've been a half-ghost for, what, twenty years?" Danny spun that information around in his brain. "Oh jeez, that's a long time! I can't believe that's even possible! I thought I'd be the only human with ghost powers ever! I never thought I could meet someone like me!"

"As did I." Vlad said "Of course I'd heard the rumours of a ghost-human hybrid in Amity Park. In fact, it was these very rumours that prompted me to hold this reunion. Thinking of Amity reminded me how long it's been since I'd seen Jack and Maddie, or anyone else from college, for that matter. Imagine my surprise when I see the fabled ghost-child, the only other member of my kind, floating through my very halls last night." Despite his regal composure, Vlad's tone was filled with excitement.

"Oh, uh, speaking of which," Danny said "sorry for attacking you last night."

"I believe it's the vultures you owe an apology to."

"The vultures?"

As if waiting to be mentioned, an angry ghost bird's head suddenly popped through the wall.

"Yea!" he screeched as two more heads popped out above and below him " 'Vere's our apology?"

"Hey!" Danny snapped "You're the one's who showed up looking to attack my family!"

"Ve did no such thing!" the lead vulture retorted, phasing his whole body into the room, his two friends following him.

"Ve vere only dere for invormation on da Venton's, ve never planned on attacking dem!"

"Well how was I supposed to know?" Danny shot back "Every single ghost I've ever met wants to either kill me or my friends."

"Well not all ghosts are evil, doncha' know?"

Danny turned around and saw a stout kingly-looking ghost floating a few feet away. He looked familiar...

"The Wisconsin Dairy King?" Danny said, remembering the painting in the entrance hall.

"Aye." the king answered jovially "I, fer instance, have been roaming these here halls fer centuries, not bothering a soul."

Danny blinked at him.

"What he's trying to say Daniel," Vlad cut in "is that, like humans, all ghosts have different motives and desires. You tend to only see the evil ones because they're the ones who go looking for trouble. The not-evil ones tend to mind their own business."

"And how can you be sure of that?" Danny asked.

"I've been dealing with ghosts for 20 years, Daniel. I've learned a thing or two along the way."

"Well, how do you know which ones are evil and which ones aren't?"

"Same as you do with humans."

Danny bit his lip pensively.

"It seems," Vlad said as a black ring formed around his waist, morphing him back into his human form "that you have a lot to learn about ghosts. Especially if you're going to continue in the business of keeping the malicious ones out of Amity Park. Even though I live quite far from you, I'd be willing to offer my support where I can, if you're interested."

Vlad finished his offer by holding a hand out. Danny shook it and morphed back to human as well.

"It's kinda nice, not being the only one." Danny smiled as he let go of Vlad's hand.

"Likewise, my boy." Vlad beamed back. "Now let's head back to the party. I'm sure your parents are looking for you."

"And you. My dad's probably already started crying about how 'the ghosts kidnapped his best friend'." Danny said as the lab door slid shut behind them.

"Awww," The Dairy King cooed. "T'wasn't that sweet".

"Ve still didn't get our apology." The lead vulture griped.

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"...and even if I did believe you, which I don't, why on earth would a ghost be a yeti?"

"I don't know Jazzy-pants. Your mother and I may be leading ghost experts, but there's still a lot we don't know. It's too bad the spook ran off, though. I'm sure we could've learned a great deal if we'd been able to examine that behemoth more closely!"

"Sweetie, all the other guests saw the ghost, too. Surely you'd believe over fifty eye witnesses."

"Sure." Jazz rolled her eyes "Why wouldn't I believe a bunch of drunk people who ran screaming from the room before they could even get a good look? There's not even enough proof for your friend Harry to write a decent story, and she's a professional journalist!"

Danny watched his parents and Jazz argue from the bottom of the mansion stairs. He'd known this was coming and did not want to get involved.

"I assume they don't know?" a voice said from behind. Danny turned around and saw Vlad standing behind him.

"No."

"Do you plan on telling them? Jack and Maddie are very loving people, you know they'd accept you, no matter what."

"Are you going to tell them?"

Vlad paused.

"Touché. I stand by what I said, but I won't push it."

The pair watched the argument by the RV ("...crowds can be susceptible to suggestion! A group of scared teenagers once managed to convince an entire town they were attacked by a giant alien that turned out to be nothing more than an owl!").

"I must say, it's rather nice having someone else who knows." Vlad said after a minute. "Well, someone who isn't a ghost. It's a shame you couldn't stay longer."

"Yeah," Danny sighed "but you know how my parents are. Can't stay away from their research too long. They didn't even change out of their jumpsuits for this trip."

"That's the Jack and Maddie I know. I wouldn't change them if I could." Vlad smiled. "Still, I'm sure we'd have had lots to talk about."

"Maybe...maybe you could come and visit sometime?"

Vlad made a strange face. It only lasted a second before it shifted back into his usual smile, although it wasn't as bright as before.

"Much like you parents, I would be remiss to leave my work for too long. Amity is quite a way's off from Wisconsin."

"Oh." Danny couldn't really hide his disappointment. A pensive look crept onto Vlad's face.

"Perhaps..." he hesitated. "I can't guarantee it'll work, and it would take some time to figure out, but now that your family has a portal, it could work as a much quicker route between our locales."

"Wait, really? How?"

"Well, the Ghost Zone doesn't follow the same logic as the human world. This, theoretically, could allow for faster travel between the two portals. However the Ghost Zone is also rather...difficult to navigate. Quite dangerous and confusing."

Vlad noticed the excitement on Danny's face.

"Now don't go getting your hopes up quite yet, Daniel. I can't truly guarantee there even is a quicker route via the Zone and, even if there is, it will take time to find."

Danny still felt pretty pumped at the possibility. He noticed a strange look on Vlad's face. It was hard to identify. It was like he was thinking about something that worried him. Danny wanted to ask him what was wrong, but that felt kind of awkward. He figured Vlad might not want to confide in some 14-year old he'd just met.

That being said, they were just about to leave and Danny wanted this visit to end on a happy note.

"Hey, um," Danny rubbed the back of his neck nervously, not sure how Vlad would respond to this "How long did it take you before you stopped accidentally phasing though stuff?"

Vlad laughed loudly.

"Goodness, I'd forgotten all about that. Oh, that was awful. I lost count of all the things I'd dropped my first few months as a ghost. I remember once, when I thought I'd finally gotten my powers under control, a dear archeologist friends invited me over to see her research. She let me hold a genuine Ming Vase and it slipped right through my hands!"

Danny's eyes went wide.

"Did it break?"

"Absolutely shattered. The only positive note was that she was too stunned to notice my hands were translucent. We never spoke after that. I assume she was angry, but, truth be told, I was too embarrassed to ever check if she'd forgiven me."

Danny figured it would only be fair if he shared an embarrassing story of his own.

"A few weeks ago, I asked the most popular girl in school to the dance, and my pants went intangible fell off right in front of her. Well, her and the whole school." Danny chuckled hesitantly. It had been an incredibly humiliating experience, but enough time had passed that he could see the humour in it.

Vlad laughed hysterically when he finished telling his story.

"And that is why I locked myself in a castle for twenty years. I honestly don't know if I could have survived if I'd gotten my powers as a teenager."

Their conversation was suddenly interrupted by the most obnoxious car horn.

"C'mon Danno, time to hit the road!"

Danny sighed. He didn't want to leave, but he didn't really have much choice.

"I hope I get to see you again soon." he said to Vlad as he made his way to the RV.

"As do I, little badger." Vlad replied, following.

Unbeknownst to them, the three vultures had been perched on the banister, invisibly eavesdropping.

"I hope he does visit the kid soon. If you ask me, dat guy could really use some more human vriends." the raspy-voiced one said once they were out of ear shot.

"Yeah, I haven't seen Vlad dat happy in a vile." the one with the glasses added.

"That Plasmius is vun tough egg to crack fellas." The leader said. "but who knows? Maybe dat kid really can get trough to him."

Danny climbed into the RV as his parents said their goodbyes to Vlad.

"Well, Vladdy, it was good to see you after all these years." Jack reached his arm out the window and wrapped it affectionately, but tightly, around Vlad's neck. "It's like nothing's changed!"

"Yes, indeed." Vlad said, shoving himself out of Jack's grip.

"It's a shame we didn't have more time to catch up." Maddie sighed. "We'll have to get together again real soon, Vlad. Maybe you can come down to Amity Park next time."

"Yeah, V-man! You wouldn't believe the ghost activity down there!"

"Oh, I gave up the ghost research long ago." Vlad waved his hand. "But a visit with the Fenton family does sound enticing. Whenever I can find the time, of course. You don't become as rich as I am by sitting around all day, after all."

They did that thing that adults do where they talk about nothing for forever after they tell you it's time to leave. Eventually, Jack rolled up the window, and they were off. Danny waved at Vlad from the back window. Vlad waved back as the RV went around a corner.

Once Vlad had disappeared from sight, Danny sat back in his seat, beaming. Jazz raised an eyebrow at him, but didn't say anything, instead cracking open a book

Danny felt lighter than he had in months.

[laura-the-yellow-cat]

MSA X DP: The Ultimate Enemy Chapter 13: Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan's backstories/A Second Chance/Meanwhile in Present/They going to the Nasty Burger/Jazz, Arthur and Jane with Portable Fenton Ghost Peelers/Arthur saids "That's the dark ghosts in the disguises!"/Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan captures Families, Friends and Teachers

Old/Future Vlad VO: If it's any consolation, they went so quickly. They felt no pain

Old/Future Juleka VO: even No painful life

Old/Future Diesel VO: or No painful lie

As Vlad, Juleka and Diesel speaks we see a newspaper spinning out of the darkness, the Amity Park Angle. The headline story is reads NASTY ACCIDENTS FOR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS, with a picture of the crater where the Nasty Burger once stood. The other frontpage stories read THE SOLE SURVIVORS", and "SURVIVALS WHO SURVIVED FROM EXPLOSION"over a picture of Danny, Sophie and Dan, and "Families and Friends", with a photo of all the Fentons with Sam, Monty, Susie, Elise, Henry and Tucker

The image fades to one of Vlad's mansion, Juleka's manor and Diesel's palace. A car pulls up in front of it

Old/Future Vlad VO: With nowhere else to go, you three came to us--

Old/Future Juleka VO: and we saw you three

Old/Future Diesel VO: Even you feel hopeless and lonely

We see Danny, Sophie and Dan standing sadly in the driveway with their luggages

Vlad VO: --the only person on the planet who could possibly hope to understand your situations

Old/Future Juleka VO: Yeah, you're situations is gonna be differents

Old/Future Diesel VO: Even you feel hopeless and lonely

Vlad, Juleka and Diesel puts a hand on Danny, Sophie and Dan's shoulder and smiles, but after glancing at them Danny, Sophie and Dan just looks dully down at the photo of their Friends and his friends in front of the FentonWorks

Old/Future Vlad VO: All you three wanted was to make the hurt go away

Old/Future Juleka VO: You three will forget the hurtful things go away

Old/Future Diesel VO: Even bad things will go away

Vlad, Juleka and Diesel's face saddens. The scene switches and we see Vlad, Juleka and Diesel wearing a medical apron and facemask, then zoom out to see Danny, Sophie and Dan unconcious in a large machine, hooked up to a breathing apparatus and a beeping heart monitor.

Old/Future Vlad VO: We honored your wishes

Old/Future Juleka VO: We promise to your wishes

Old/Future Diesel VO: Even We'll do the best your wishes

Vlad, Juleka and Diesel wearing the Ghost Gauntlets, raises both hands and the Gauntlets glow purple, dark violet and dark purple.

Old/Future Vlad VO, Old/Future Juleka VO and Old/Future Diesel VO: No more painful human emotions to drag you three down

Razor claws spring out of the Gauntlets. They sticks both Gauntlets into Danny, Sophie and Dan's torso, closing their eyes and turning his face away, sweating with effort. Finally he pulls out a smoking, transparent forms of Danny Phantom, Sophie Kingsmen and Dan Turner, and stares up at it, wide-eyed. Phantoms' eyes go wide and they rips the Gauntlets out, leaving greens gashes and light yellow gashes in his chest and throwing Vlad, Juleka and Diesel into the wall, the Gauntlets falling off. They looks up to see a furious Phantoms with both fists glowing

Old/Future Vlad VO: Sadly, that freed you three up to rip the ghost out of us

Old/Future Juleka VO: It's so hopeless you three up to rip the ghost out of us like this

Old/Future Diesel VO: And one by one, you three up to rip the ghost outta of us

Grinning maniacally, Phantoms dons the Gauntlets, picks up Vlad, Juleka and Dan by the shirt, and rips their ghosts and humans halves apart, flinging the respective sides into opposite walls. Dropping the Gauntlets and going intangible, Phantoms flies into Plasmiuses, who opens blazing green eyes and blazing light yellow eyes and crackles with energy, then takes Phantoms' form.

Old/Future Vlad VO: And when my evil ghost half mixed with yours, and my evil side overwhelmed you…

Old/Future Juleka VO: When my evil ghost from mixed with yours, and my evil side overwhelmed you…

Old/Future Diesel VO: Even When my evil ghost from mixed with yours, and my evil side overwhelmed you…

Phantoms' eyes open, glowing solid greens and glowing solid light yellow. They screams as his face begins to crack, their skins turning light blues and white and white hair and even, light yellow and gold orange hair blazing into fire. Rings of energy ripple out around them. Below, Vlad, Juleka cowers in terror.

Danny: What happened to my human self?

Sophie: and What happen to my human self?

Dan: Then, what happened to my human self and next?

Vlad, Juleka and Diesel closes their eyes and turns away, putting up a staying hand.

In flashback

Old/Future Vlad VO: Some things, my boy, are better left unsaid

Old/Future Juleka VO: Same things, my girl, are better left unsaid

Old/Future Diesel VO: The some things, my boy, are better left unsaid

Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan's shadow looming over a trembling Danny, Sophie and Dan. Phantoms stares down at him for a moment, then lunges toward the camera with red eyes and a lolling snake tongue, there is a ringing scream and we see Vlad's mansion, Juleka's manor and Diesel's palace explode in a blast of green and dark yellow and dark gold orange. From it Dark Danny, Dark Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan flies, laughing

**Flashback ends**

Old/Future Vlad: If any good came out of this, it's that ten years without ghost powers [he picks up a photo of himself with Jack and Maddie in college] have given me a chance to see what a fool I'd been.

Old/Future Juleka: If any good came out of this, it's that ten years without ghost powers [she picks up a photo of herself with Eddie and Anita in college] have given me a chance to see what a fool We'd been

Old/Future Juleka: Yeah, it's that ten years without ghost powers [she picks up a photo of herself with Patrica and Dennis in college] have given me a chance to see what a fool We'd been

Danny: Maybe that's all anybody needs...a second chance. You still have those Ghost Gauntlets?

Sophie: Maybe that's all everybody needs...a second chance. You three still have those Ghost Gauntlets?

Dan: Yeah, and right?

Vlad, Juleka and Diesel's eyes go wide.

**meanwhile in present**

Scene change: Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan slaps their C.A.T. answers sheet down on Lancer and theaters' desk, smirking challengingly

Lancer: [flatly] Finished already, Mr. Fenton? Ms. Kingsmen? Mr. Turner?

Disguised Dark Danny: [leaning on the desk] Is that a "problem"?

Disguised Dark Sophie: [leaning on the desk] Got a "problem"?

Disguised Midnight Dan: [leaning on the desk] What's that "problem"?

Lancer How should I know? I don't have all the answers. [They face off over the desk.] Do you?

Smirking, Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan steps away, tossing one last challenging glance over his shoulder at the door. Sighing, Lancer reaches for his cell phone and dials 555-1221 for FentonWorks with Kingsmen Family and Turner Family. It rings once.

*meanwhile in dark future**

Old/Future Vlad: So you're saying there's a medallion lodged within you, keeping you rooted in this time period? [pulling on the Gauntlets]

Old/Future Juleka and Old/Future Dan: Right? [pulling on the Gauntlets]

Danny: Yes. And I can't reach it. But I'm guessing if you could reach into me and rip out my humanity -- which, by the way, sounds totally gross -- you can get the medallion out too! Then I'll pop back to my present like Tucker and Sam did

Sophie: Yeah, and even Elise and Monty did

Dan: Even Henry and Susan too

[raising the gauntlets] Or I could just destroy you now and prevent this future. Didn't think of that, did you?

They hauls back and brings the claws down. We hear Danny, Sophie and Dan scream and see green light blazing and yellow light blazing out of the mouth of the cave

**meanwhile in nasty burger of present**

Maddie: Mr. Lancer sounded urgent on the phone. Danny, is something wrong?

Patricia: What's wrong, Dan?

Eddie: Is this true, Sophie?

Disguised Dark Danny: Not yet.

Mr. Lancer: Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, Mr and Mrs. Turner, Mrs and Mr. Kingsmen, Daniel, Dan, Sophie, this is the Nasty Burger. When people fail, this is where they end up-- whether they fail because they don't study, or because they cheat. [holds up Danny, Sophie and Dan's test]

Jack, Maddie, Patricia, Dennis, Anita and Eddie gasp.

Jack: Danny! Is this true?

Maddie: Did you cheat?

Dennis: Dan! It is true?

Patricia: Why did you cheat?

Anita: Why, Sophie? Did u just cheat again?

Eddie: Did you just cheat again?

Sam: You have to get out of here!

Monty: Yeah, it's gonna blowing up and destroy us all!

They turn to see Tucker, Sam, Susie, Henry, Elise, Monty and others running to them

Tucker: The Nasty Burger's gonna blow, and we're three feet from it!

Me/Laura, Sarah/You and others: Yeah

Lancer: South Beach Diet, people, what's going on here!

Jazz, Arthur and Jane's foot slams down, encased in the Fenton Peelers

Jazz: We'll tell you all what's going on

[Everyone looks over, surprised, and in Disguised Dark Danny, Disguised Dark Sophie and Disguised Midnight Dan's case, angry]

Arthur and Jane: Or better yet, we'll show you all

[they fires the Peelers at Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan, peeling away their disguises and revealing their true form. Everyone looks on in shock]

Jazz: These are not Danny, Sophie and Dan!

Arthur: That's the dark ghosts in the disguises!

Jack,, Maddie, Patricia, Dennis, Anita and Eddie go from stunned to angry, and immediately train weapons on the fallen Dark Danny, Dark Sophie and Midnight Dan

Jack: Where is he? Where's our son?

Maddie: What have you done to our boy?

Dennis: Where is he? Where's our son?

Patrick: What have you done to our boy?

Anita: Where is she? Where's our daughter?

Eddie: What have you done to our girl?

Dark Danny: [laughs and looks up at Maddie] I am your boy!

Midnight Dan: [laughs and looks up at Patricia] I am your boy!

Dark Sophie: [laughs and looks up at Eddie] I am your girl!

Eddie, Maddie and Patrick: What?

Lancer, Sam, Tucker and others look on, shocked. Evil!Dan, Evil!Soph and Evil!Dan springs into the air, where the clouds are starting to swirl green

Dark Danny: What kind of parents are you anyway? The world's leading ghost experts, and you can't figure out your own son was half ghost!

Dark Sophie: Yeah, and you both cannot figure out your whole daughter was half ghost!

Midnight Dan: Even you will not figure out your own son was half ghost!

Dark Danny: Hello? Danny "Fenton"? Danny "Phantom" ? Ever notice the similarity? [looking sidelong at Jazz] Jazz did.

Midnight Dan: Hello? Dan "Turner"? Dan "Phantom" ? Ever notice the similarity? [looking sidelong at Jane] Jane did.

Dark Sophie: Hello? Sophie "Kingsmen"? Sophie "Phantom" ? Ever notice the similarity? [looking sidelong at Arthur] Arthur did.

Sam, Tucker, Susie, Henry, Monty and Elise: They did?

Me/Laura and Sarah/You: With what?

Jack: Liar! Don't move!

Dark Danny: Actually, nobody's going anywhere! Not until it's time for you to be blown everywhere

Midnight Dan: And no one's going anywhere! Not until it's time for you to be blown everywhere

Dark Sophie: Yeah, and nobody's going somewhere! Not until it's time for you to be blown anywhere

Me/Laura: Sarah! Guys, get duck! **ducks**

They flings out a strand of ectoplasm, Me/Laura, Sarah/You and others are ducking, binding Jack, Maddie, Dennis, Patricia, Lancer, Sam, Tucker, Monty, Elise, Susie and Henry to a tank, then releases five more blobs of it from their fingertips, gagging them. Jazz, Arthur and Jane attempts to punch them from behind, but their flesh moves around her fist, leaving a hole in their chests, Their gasps and pulls back their arms

Dark Danny Nice try, Jazz. [his chest springs back to normal] But me, [turns his neck 180 degrees to look at her] myfuture, [he turns the rest of his body around] We're inevitable

Midnight Dan: Nice try, Jane. [his chest springs back to normal] But me, [turns his neck 180 degrees to look at her] my future, [he turns the rest of his body around] We're too inevitable

Dark Sophie: Miss it, Arthur. [her chest springs back to normal] But me, [turns her neck 180 degrees to look at him] my future, [she turns the rest of her body around] We're so invincible

Two copies manifest, surrounding them. One seizes their helmets and yanks it off. They screams and another copy covers their mouths with an ectoplasm gag. The three copies reunite and they lassos them with an ecoplasm ropes, swinging them suits and all to join the others. They laughs at them evilly

For @sfcabanasstarcgs and @mysteryideasgroup

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All my msa ocs and new msa ocs belongs to Me

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[burntoutclutch]

The Belgrade Phantom: Yugoslavia’s Ghost 911.

In the 1979, during Yugoslavia’s Socialist Dictatorship, a man by the name of Vladimir Vasiljevic gained notoriety for stealing cars. He earned the nicknames “Vlada Opel” for his love of stealing Opels and “Vlada Kljuc” which roughly translates to “Vlad the key” for his ability to hotwire almost any car.

At one point in his boosting career, Vlad came across a white Porsche 911 Targa owned by Serbian tennis player Ivko Plecevic, a car that was a particularly rare sight in Yugoslavia. Being an almost professional car thief, Vlad was up for the challenge of stealing the 911.

It’s unknown how long he actually had the car days but for about a week to 10 days, Vlad would take out this phantom 911 after 10pm and rip through the city streets. Local police gave him the name of the Belgrade Phantom because he would taunt and tease them in chases until late hours of the night before disappearing. He would call in to local radio stations and tell people where to stand for the best view of his driving “performance.”

The fun and games all ended when police setup a trap using empty busses that Vlad ultimately crashed in to. Even after the crash it wasn’t until 2 days later that police caught him after an anonymous tip was called in. Hardly any images or video exist of this phantom except for his final joyride and crash which ran in the newspaper. I’m 2009 a documentary film was made and many of the stories were recreated.

[ycurkxng-a]

This Isn't How It Was Supposed To Go!

Characters: (Payday) Hoxton, Jimmy, King, Sokol, Bain, Vlad, Captain Winters

Warnings: Major death

Notes: I'm only writing this because my friend was sobbing and shaking and begging me not to, and bc of Roblox. I can't even remember what she did

Something was wrong. That's what Bain had deduced quickly as the gang went ripping through Murkywaters building once more, they'd already robbed it silently, now Vlad had sent them back in. For what? He didn't know, Vlad kept his lips shut tight until they found just what he wanted. Goddamn nukes.

Bain's rage was unmatched then and there, just overheating the container they were in would've been enough to blow them all to hell nine times over, but Vlad seemed rather uncaring. It was too late to pull back now, so they persevered, throwing the warheads onto forklifts and driving off to another vehicle, which was then used to bring the warheads to a train. All of this was done while avoiding an endless hail of bullets from turrets, snipers, and swat teams.

This cycle repeated until they had gotten all but two of the nukes to the train, currently stuffed in the trunk of a car that Jimmy was speeding in. It was a quick argument between the heisters when he jumped into the driver's seat, Hoxton being the one to say that he felt safer shooting himself in the leg and running than letting the cokehead drive, but after nearly getting his head blown off by a sniper he figured that it was the fastest way to get out.

With Jimmy and Hoxton in the front, King and Sokol had gotten into the back. Shooting out of the windows for suppressing fire, most bullets whizzed by the cops they were aimed at, but it was enough to make them back away into cover. Of course it wasn't for very long, but any breather from getting shot at was nice.

Hoxton had one hand clutched tight onto his assault rifle, while the other one held onto the door. "Fucking hell Jimmy- did you ever learn how to drive?!" He shouted, turning to see Jimmy hunched over. Even with the mask over his face, the smile underneath was obvious. "YOU KNOW IT ISNT THAT BAD, MATE!"

A scoff was returned to Jimmy with that, Hoxton regretted not just dragging him out of the car and getting in himself. "You two okay back there?" He asked, turning his head to glance back at King and Sokol. "I'm fine! ...doll, are you alright?"

"Sokol is fine, do not worry!" The Russian assured, in the moment he was more worried about crashing and burning thanks to Jimmy's reckless driving. For the moment he had no choice but to trust him with his and the others lives, even if it was hesitantly.

Luckily enough for them, the train was just up around a corner, which was quickly drifted around by Jimmy. The backend of the Longfellow slammed into the train but didn't slow him down, he sped up ahead and then slammed on the brakes, forcing all the passengers to jerk forward and hit whatever was in front of them. "You goddamn twat!" Hoxton yelled, pulling himself back up and smacking the cokehead upside the back of his head.

It was taken lightly despite the real anger behind it, causing Jimmy to laugh out as he got out of the car and slammed the door shut, rushing to the trunk. The others followed suit, Sokol was the first one to grab onto a bagged warhead to haul it inside of the train, which doubled as their getaway. His movement would've been faster if it wasn't for how heavy the nuke was, that and the bullets coming at them from Captain Winters crew, standing dead ahead of where the car was.

"IT'S THE MOTHERFUCKING CAPTAIN!" Hoxton screamed out, using the front of the car as cover to avoid the bullets coming towards them. King used an open door to protect himself, ducking behind it while he grabbed onto a grenade from his belt. He set down his AK and stood up, pulling the pin to the grenade and throwing it at the group of shields. "GRENADE OUT!"

The explosion that followed was enough to rip through most of the group, Winters still stood, but next to more corpses than living men. When he realized that, he immediately started backing out of the area. "He's retreating!" King shouted, even though the gunfire had stopped momentarily which gave Hoxton the go-ahead to step out of cover and look over at the youngest heister, who turned around to see the others. "Get that last fucking n-"

One shot rang out, stopping Kings speech immediately. His head twitched and his entire form went limp, Hoxton froze up as King hit the ground with a thud. In that position, the Brit saw what had happened.

A bullet had gone right through the back of Kings head, splattering his blood on the inside of his mask. Looking at where the bullet had come from, Hoxton got to see Winters, standing there in awe of his own work. Of course he knew it wasn't safe, so he hurried out with the rest of his team.

"What just happened? Why is King- fuck!" Bain shouted out, getting a good look at the scene. Hearing the mention of King is what brought Sokol out from the train, his eyes immediately darted to stare at the body on the floor. "Cub?" He called out, jumping down and rushing forward past Hoxton.

The rest of the gang stayed silent, they'd dealt with heisters being brought into custody- but never dead. Sokol continued to talk to Kings body, crouching down and grabbing onto the back of his suit, shaking him. Whatever he was saying was lost on the others, as it had been in his native tongue, things such as "Вставай, давай!" and the likes.

Jimmy didn't really understand what they were silent before, assuming that King would just be getting back up. Death was nothing more than a second thought to him, being able to jump from clone to clone in seconds. But King didn't have that same ability, no, that was it. He had one body, and it got dropped. While they all stood around, Jimmy threw the last nuke inside of the train, slowly, but it was done nonetheless.

"Come on! Let's get the fuck outta here, lads!" He shouted to them, jumping onto the train and staring out at them. "What the fuck are you all standing around for?!" Jimmy continued, the gravity of the situation still being unable to truly crash down on him. The stare Hoxton shot towards Jimmy was like daggers, making him even further confused. "The kids.."

Hoxtons attempt at speaking was a failed one, going quiet as he looked back to the corpse that Sokol still sat by. "Yeah, he fuckin' died, he'll get better- NOW GET THE FUCK ON!" He yelled, gesturing for the two to follow him. Unfortunately, all that did was drive the two into an even deeper pit of rage.

Moving quickly, Hoxton dropped his gun and jumped onto the train with Jimmy, but not to escape with him. That was made clear when his arm cocked back and swung forward, his fist cracking the other in the jaw. The sudden force of Hoxtons punch knocked Jimmy down to his ass, "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"

"What? What did I say?!" Jimmy asked, backing up and putting his hands up. "THE KID IS FUCKIN' DEAD- AND YOU JUST DONT GIVE A SHIT?! I SHOULD KILL YOU!" He snapped, the veins in his neck bulging out with his rage. The only reason he didn't continue to attack Jimmy was because of Sokol behind them, in one hand was the corpse of King, in the other- the last nuke. The thing he'd died for.

Everyone went silent as Kings body was set down on the ground, Sokols rage and grief radiated off of him in waves while he set down the warhead. "Is that all of them?" Bain finally mumbled out, the train beginning to move on the tracks, slowly at first- but picking up speed quickly. "What the hell happened?" He asked, looking through the container. "It... It was the Captain," Hoxton began, "the motherfucker got a stray shot and... He hit the kid."

"Fuck." Bain sighed.

"Yeah..."

In the quiet was where Jimmy finally began to realize just why this was such a tense situation, he could come back, he had clones, King didn't. King was a normal human, not some mad scientist like he was, he didn't have backup bodies to jump into. That was his only life, and it had been taken in an instant.

That's why it had such an effect on everyone, it's why Sokol and Hoxton were so angry, he was dead. Shit.

..there had to be some way to get him back. He just needed a bit of time.

[popculturebuffet]

Next up for Nickelodeon era of shows, who is your favorite character from each of the early to mid 2000s Nicktoons shows you've seen like: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius, Chalk Zone, All Grown Up, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Danny Phantom, Catscatch, The X's, and Avatar the Last Airbender?

Jimmy Neutron: This is the entry for jimmy neutron... gotta blast.. arf arf you know the rest. Faviorite character is Hugh, an easy pick I know, he was in ASB1 for a reason, but the fact the man can make any scene memorable by opening his mouth says something. Sheen is a close second. The show itself is great and having rewatched an episode recently, stay posted for that review, I was reminded how.. timeless it feels, it's 50 sci fi feel meaning that apart from some slight age on the cgi, it feels like it could slot in anywhere in time. It's got great jokes, a standout cast, and a really intresting lead who does screw up but more because he thinks he knows everything rather than being a jerk as is sometimes common in cartoons.

Chalk Zone: Hi hi hi to you all, who else could I pick i'ts gotta ne skrawl. Intriguing origin, hell of an introduction and a silky singing voice. It's concept was a tad dated even for the time, but I love chalkzone too much, from said concept allowing for endlessly creative ideas, to giving a character godlike powers in a way that isn't SUPER op. Truly great show, dearly miss it and i'm sad it probably won't be back in some form.

All Grown Up: I really wanna shout it out all grown up with you. God this block is stacked. Dil is the easy winner here. His plot lines were always funny, his weird friendship with vice principal pangborn that evolves from "He thinks their freinds" to "Actually they kinda are", and his easy charm: he gets flak from the twins for being weird as shit.. and just lets it bounce off either not noticing or more likely not carring. As for the series as a whole.. i'ts pretty good from what i remmeber. Admitley the kids ages are weird, probably should've bumped them up to all being 12, but the series itself is a lot of fun: it's neat seeing where everyone ended up, having Kimi and Dill get fleshed out more as characters, and see how they've changed and what hasn't. (I.e. Phil's still gross, but lil is growing out of it, Chucky's still anxious but ti's now more social anxiety, tommy's curosity has turned to filmaking. ) I'ts good stuff and something I should revisit , and should watch on this blog at some point.

My Life As a Teenage Robot: Her teenage robot, life. And this one was a bit hard. The series honestly has a great suply of characters but my pick is.. armagedroid. A bit left field as he basically has one appearnce.. but it's such a great concept: a giant robot designed to bring peace.. but not able to do so without destroying everything and his fight with Jenny is easily the series best as she's down to her HEAD fighting this monstrosity. The series itself is genius and one of Nick's best and how it was treated sucks hard. Jenny is a likeable, fun protaganist who will screw up, being a teen at all but in relatable ways, nicely blending slice of life teen issues with high concept robot shenanigans. I also like Brad quite a bit being a fun sidekick with extra points for not being shipped with the protaganist because 'THAT'S WHAT YOU DO I GUESS'. NOt saying it can't work (if we get to disney they had easily the best around this same time period), but god was it overdone. The series itself wasn't, having art deco style for days and is in need of a revivial stat.

Danny Phantom: Gonna catch em all because he's danny phantom gonna.. you get the bit. Vlad. Nick's best villian ever, and the perfect green goblin to danny's spider-man. His episodes tended to be the series best and martin mull, rip, was a dream as him. The series itself is a stellar superhero show, probably the best of this excellent era for them. It has some age spots (most of these shows do, you may sense a pattern), but it's a great action show with nice continuity, a killer rogues gallery and a nice sense of progression. It's top tier and reviewing a good chunk of it has only helped my opinon.

Catscratch: LALALALALALA CATSCRATTTTCHHH. This is one I need to revisit as I don't remember it well but it has an all star voice cast up front. I mean it has Wayne Knight , Kevin McDonald, and Rob Paulsen as your leads and Maurice LaMarche and Liliana Mumy as your supporting cast. What else do you need?

The X's: don't really have one. This isn't a bad one I just.. dont' remember it hardly at all other than having a great art style.

Avatar the Last Airbender; Sokka. Your faviorite jokey hot mess boy wins this one easier than he should> He was one of my faviorites as a kid, that stands now, Sokka deserved better in Korra. We deserved to see his kids if any. The show itself is one i've been meaning to revisit for years now and is one of Nick's best period: Gorgeous, has one of the best built worlds in fiction, well plotted aside from a few filler feeling episodes (Which i'm gunshy on as Steven Universe got this accusation FAR too often. You can't call every episode that's a break from the main plot filler.. but you can call some of avatar's side adventures filler for sure), including the one they outright mocked, and some shipping issues that were fine when I was a kid but now aged badly, everything else is immaculate and makes for good tv. There's a reason both this show had a second wave of popularity form netflix, and that both it's sequel and reamake have struggled to reach this level. Though Korra as we'll ge tto is still pretty good. More on that later.

[ghostpill79]

3/18

1:20 AM

Just read the first few pages of Megan boyles line blog book. I definitely want to try out the format for my writing and songs. I want to go on a drive and see what happens. I’ve already resorted back to my crazy person sleep schedule. After sleeping normally for a week at home I’m now right back to where I was before spring break. Yay!

1:24 Am

Pissing

Gotta remember to wash my face tonight

Think I’ll go on a drive

Gotta make sure my phone is charged enough firs. I’ll read for like ten more minutes then I’ll go.

Saw a guy from Charlotte on tick tok show a cool guitar lick. I want to be able to come up with cool guitar licks.

Feeling like I have to shit now

Why the fuck is RFK jr. On Vlad Tv

I should clean up the pizza I massacred earlier it’s still on my floor.

1:36 am

Could not scrub off hot honey and crust and sauce from pan so put it in the dish washer. It is not working for some reason… Emma probably fucking broke it , god damn it.

Texted the group chat.

Going to also text that girl if she’s had luck finding an apartment .

1:50 am

Trying to figure out dishwasher

Tried flipping switch to no avail

Oh there we go

Texted Emma back the group chat with a yes? Instead of a yes! Thought both sounded bad. So send a fist emoji to imply triumph?

Going on drive now , want to get drunk. Perhaps will buy alcohol if a store is open. I guess it would have to be a gas station. We shall see!

1:54

I guess I could go to cook out and get food so I don’t have to tomorrow. Sitting in drive thru is not something I like doing though. I wish I didn’t eat that whole pizza. I hate that I did that. Atleast I didn’t eat the whooole thing though. Drinking three cups of water did not surprise my appetite enough. I should have cut it and just put half in the fridge. Next time I’ll do that.

1:59 Am

I never just driven like this at night before well I don’t think so. Not alone. I did with that Anna girl. I can sing to myself in the car. Practicing.

2:16 Am

Looks like most gas stations are closed. It is cool to see things at night. The Christian book store had an Israel flag up which I guess shouldn’t be a surprise.

2:20 Am

I front of another circle k I can’t see the person through the window so unfortunately going to have to get out of my car.

They were open! Now to look at alcohol.

It’s cheaper than I thought.

You can’t buy alcohol after 2 apparently. So many rules that I’m clueless of. Cashier was nice though.

2:36 Am

I’m back at my apartment and want a snack. The calories that will come from the snack should be equivalent to the amount that would have been in the alcohol. Cheetos. I’m going back and writing AM even though it’s probably obvious.

6:08 am

Had a dream where I pulled a long either guitar string or plastic twist it from my back. It just kept going and going. When I looked in the mirror with each string I was ripping out of me my other arm was getting worn away. I was in the bathroom of my old Mitchell glen house. My room was super messau and I had an Echidnas that was giving birth out of its mouth in my bed. It was also my sloth beanie baby. Charlotte was in there. Stuff was just everywhere. Lots of toys. I looked out of the window and

I’m done too tired to continue

4:40 PM

My mom is texting me about if a guy who was looking for a roommate she talked to texted me. Nope. I really hope we find someone so I don’t have to do anything. Especially if it’s all done by them. that would be great.

Exporting a demo of new song called “charlotte “ and emailing it to myself. I like how it sounds so far. Trying not to overthink it. Trying to keep it simple. I’m almost out of storage in my gmail. I try to delete every unnecessary email I get but it doesn’t seem to be working.

I accidentally left the synth base that I’ve decided to cut in the demo. Fuck. Whatever It’s fine.

I have to take a shit. I hope I’m not stealing too much of Megan Boyle’s voice when I do this. I feel like I’m being myself. But who can really know that? Definitely not me.

The reverb on this sounds nice. Trying to make it too drowned out but I want that really dream poppy vibe. Coctu twins style.

Sent the demo to my mom , for possible sense of approval. Will most likely not receive. She probably won’t get what it is. Maybe though.

4:49pm

Turning on sink so Emma can’t hear me shitting. If she’s near by.

Going on a walk to hopefully burn off the Reese cups and muffins I ate earlier. And to enjoy the weather!

It appears to be nice out.

4:57pm

It is cold but not too bad. The “ pet waste station” is overflowing with shit bags. My mom said the demo was “nice “. Have not responded yet. I said “ cool”

5:24pm

It was too cold so leaving early. Don’t know why my car smells like cat piss.

I have a hair in my mouth I can’t get out. My teeth look kind of gross. I forgot to brush them last night. I’ve also eaten nothing but sugar today. Going to try to not to eat too much more today. Will get regular food tomorrow I guess.

5:38pm

Just kind of want to lay down.

Going to masterbate , hopefully will knock me out, need a reset.

FaceTime at 8:45 will probably be 9:00 so will have time to work on track some more before bed.

[evilminji]

*slams open the door* I WAS SUMMONED?! My trash fire ship? My bespoke suit wearing war criminal beloveds? Babies!

And Vlad is the worst bridezilla you have ever known. Lex makes so many marriage planners CRY. They can't agree on SH!T and call each other tacky. The UST is palpable and probably wanted in fifty states for tax evasion. The talk ENTIRELY in Villianous Subtext. So much Fancy Scotch and luxury goods everything.

Like the world's most Unethical Crime Commiting Peacocks.

Except Vlad is needy and you have to pay attention to him NOW and Lex? Haaaates being mocked or ignored. Would ABSOLUTELY fall for Vlads "I'm texting you to let you know I'm ignoring you know and btw the servers at this restaurant(that I'm NOT inviting you too) are HOTTER there you. You are dead to me" high school, petty dramatics bullshit.

He'd HATE it. Everyone, SWEAR it's NOT going to work on him. He is a business mogul for God's sake. A literal genius. One of the most powerful men in the world.

.............what do you MEAN "hotter then him?" Preposterous. He's the most attractive man you'll ever MEET, Masters. And you can't tell him what to do. Maybe he feels like eating out. Mercy, get the car!

They can't STAND each other. But OBVIOUSLY one of them has to WIN. See the other groveling and defeated at their feet. Maybe chains. Why are you looking at them like- * Realizes their plans have taken on a Highly Violent & Homoerotic Subtext* ........this means nothing. NOTHING!

This wedding is making both Phantom and Superman cry. They are bonding over this fresh new traumatizing hell. Superman has promised to punt Phantom into space if Vlad decides he wants to STILL kill his dad after all this is done. Try the poly thing with his new villainous husband and Phantoms mom. They've made a pact to keep the other from drinking at this point but dear God has it gotten close.

Royal weddings are less well attended and cost a fraction. Have fewer criminals... probably. It's devolved into a horrific Gay Chicken/"I won't admit to SH*T unless you do first" situation. Do they even like each other? Want to defeat each other?

They certainly plan to [REDACTED] each other. Possibly assassinate each other after. Or during. The Heros almost feel bad for the mercenaries who DEFINITELY are gonna get dragged into this. Better you then us, they guess. You poor, poor, bastards.

These f*ckers are going to be one upping each other till they DIE. Trying to rob each other blind. Kill, maim, and rip the secrets out off.

......AND they can make Clone Babies. So look forward to their kids.

Welcome to Hell, Heros. The Masters-Luthor Household is a NIGHTMARE FACTORY and God laughs. Mockingly.

(I love them so muuuuuch~☆)

@stealingyourbones

Short DPXDC Prompts #757

Vlad and Lex fake being married to cover up a scheme. This means they have to publicly keep up that appearance… It works a little too well.

[im-totally-not-an-alien-2]

Citizens of Amity Park finally hear Phantom muttering the words they've been dreading since all this ghost business began.

Someone overheard Phantom grumbling to himself about wanting to quit and leave to greener pastures and the city finally decided to take a stand.

Not against the ghosts mind you. Just the Fenton parents and thier nightmare portal. No one could have expected a flash mob to break down the Fentons front door, storm down to the basement and start ripping apart the portal with thier bare freaking hands.

CPS was called at least 30 times about the Iron Maiden alone and probably another 60 just for the sentient food monsters.

Dannys life is turned upside down as his parents are arrested and the portal destroyed. Jazz comes in for the save accusing Vlad of abuse (which is very true and Danny backs it up) so the court would deny him godfather status.

After the dust settled and Jazz managed to get a "trial period" as his gaurdian his life was actually...kinda great.

He found himself smiling more and his grades shot up. His friends and sister kept reminding him that his parents deserved to be in jail, which he knows but doesn't like.

He was happily flying around after stopping a car wreck from occurring when the guys in white shot him. He was about to defend himself when the town swarmed around the agents with actual pitchforks and torches. Danny wasn't sure where those came from but it was nice seeing the GIW getting chased out of town...

[inthememetime]

Know what would be a funny AU? Amnesiac Vlad from before Bitter Reunions.

Disclaimer: yes, I know this isn't how amnesia works. This isn't real-world amnesia, it's trope amnesia.

Vlad gets hit with something like a car in public he couldn't avoid without drawing suspicion. Everyone is shocked he survived, but he's got partial amnesia.

He can remember his name, the year, and most stuff about Dalv Co, but when it comes to his personal life? Nothing. Well, the reunion is coming up (why did he plan this, anyway? Were these people his friends? Did he want to one-up them?), and unfortunately for him, a doctor breaks HIPPA laws for money so everyone knows.

The worst part, though? He's pretty sure he died in the car wreck, because he keeps walking through walls and there's a bunch of ghost vultures that call him 'boss'.

In comes Jack, Maddie, and the kids. Danny, of course, immediately picks up on the ghost thing, figures out pretty quick the dude doesn't know he's dead, and runs interference every time his parents pull out ghost weapons.

That's right. Vlad, Danny's mortal enemy, has pinged the protection obsession, so the dynamic between Danny and Vlad? Completely switched. Vlad is, ironically, the only adult he feels he can trust.

Over time, Vlad starts remembering things: not all at once, or in order, but one day he knows nothing, the next he knows he was oddly fascinated by vampires for the past few years, especially the capes. Why the capes? No clue. A week later, he's remembered how to do shields, so he teaches it to Danny. Wait a minute, he dated like 30 women who all looked like Maddie? That's a little concerning.

Then, Danny can't reach his ghost friend for a good 2 weeks because Vlad suddenly remembers dying. No, not when he took a car to the face. In the hospital, 20 years ago. And all over again, he's pissed off at Jack and Maddie, this time. He died in a portal accident (and he can acknowledge it was an accident), and 20 years later, their son dies in a portal accident.

They didn't notice either time.

Vlad comes to his 'abandon your father and come to ME' plan, but it adds abandoning Maddie and bringing his sister. And it's considerably more tempting because, by this point:

Vlad took him and Jazz away on Christmas so they could actually enjoy the holiday (both Danny & Vlad low key hate it for different reasons, so it was basically a few days of just relaxing)

Vlad has helped him learn how to deal with bullies, something his parents and teachers never cared to do

Any of Vlad's houses are way safer, and he can actually sleep there because there aren't weapons going off randomly

Vlad already knows he's a halfa, and is a halfa too- they're both learning the ropes here. And unlike his parents, he doesn't want to destroy/rip out his ghost half.

Danny and Jazz are really, honestly considering the offer. (Unlike cannon, Vlad has never tried to hurt Jazz in this). That is, until Desiree comes along, and somebody (it would be extra cruel irony if it's Vlad, Danny, or Jazz), wishes Vlad had his memories back.

Suddenly, Vlad is stuck, and his core is messing up, fighting with itself because his obsessions are now conflicting. Kill Jack and marry Maddie? Killing Jack is fine, but how's he going to keep the two teenagers safe from Maddie if he marries her? Love and care for the kids? Or control Danny, and get rid of Jazz as an unnecessary witness?

Up until now, it's been fine. But now that he remembers everything, not just parts and pieces, his past comes to bite him. It turns out Vlad, who always thought of himself before the accident and before gaining his memories as a pretty decent guy is actually pretty evil.

So what does he do? There's heartbreak any way you slice it. Does he try to pretend nothing's changed and force his old memories to the backburner? Turn his back on the changes he's made in his life? Try and release Desiree so she can take these damn memories back? Hunt down CW or anyone else powerful enough to get rid of them? Probably even debates taking a dip in the river Lethe.

Does his core just shatter at the conflict between his obsessions, truly destroying him? (If so- Danny's guilt would be...ouch)

What about Danny and Jazz? Suddenly, the only adult they ever really trusted is completely different. Tough but kind Vlad has been replaced by a cold, cruel monster right in front of their eyes. But sometimes, they can see the Vlad they know peaking through. Do they try to help him?

Are Vlad and Danny inevitably enemies, or is there a way for them to get along?