#tue rewrite ;;

[littlebadger]

TUE!verse || START 》 @fruity-hub-blog / @lordfruitloop

A deep ache had settled into his bones, every muscle stiff and sore as he lay in the hospital bed, the sheets tucked too tightly around him. His eyelids felt heavy, barely open, and his vision blurred under the harsh glare of the fluorescent lights above. He’d been drifting in and out of consciousness for what felt like hours, but now his mind refused to let him slip back into sleep. Everything hurt.

Where am I? He shifted under the covers, his vision slowly adjusting. The steady, rhythmic beep of a heart monitor filled the room, its sound grating on his nerves. He turned his head to glare at the screen—it was too loud.

No, what was loud was the ringing in his ears—the deafening blast of—

A sharp gasp tore from his throat as his entire body tensed. Instinctively, he tried to sit up but was met with a surge of pain, forcing a pained hiss from his lips. His trembling body collapsed back onto the mattress, every nerve screaming.

The Nasty Burger. His parents. Jazz. Sam. Tucker. Mr. Lancer, too?

“Hey! Help! Hello!?” Danny’s voice cracked with desperation as the heart monitor beside him spiked, its alarm shrill and piercing, calling the nurses to his side.

[pokelolmc]

The Ultimate Enemy is a Disappointment (and How I'd Fix It) (Part 3)

Happy holidays, everyone! Welcome to part three of my analysis on The Ultimate Enemy. If you want to check out the previous parts, you can start at part 2.5 and go backwards. After this, there's only two...maybe 2.5....more to go! To make up for the long waffle on why the "Dan is a fusion" plotline doesn't work, this one's relatively shorter.

(Part 2.5), Part 3, (Part 4)

This one is about the issues with the episode's time travel. To be honest, I couldn't find much to say about it logistically because it was so vague/poorly defined. I have more to say about the time-travelling characters and their decision-making, which will be part four.

Problems with the Time Travel:

The events leading to Dan’s timeline only happen in the episode because of the very time travel used (in an attempt) to prevent them

The episode never actually shows us how Danny’s tragedy started in the alternate timeline itself, outside of Vlad’s flashback of what happened at his castle. But that was the very end of the chain of dominoes that led to Dan. However, we do get to see the alleged events leading up to that play out in the main timeline (before Clockwork saves Danny’s loved ones)—as part of the episode’s plot. The only problem is, the way it happens in the main timeline was only possible because of time travel.

(Clockwork is literally the only reason this happened)

In the main timeline, Danny’s alleged cheating—the first major event in the alternate timeline—only happened because Clockwork set it up. He wanted to give Danny a “moral test” of some sort. And it only happened, logistically, because he sent Boxed Lunch back into the past to attack Danny.

Then he sent back Skulktech, which facilitated the trio hitching a ride to his tower and getting access to the alternate future. Which facilitated Dan realising that his creation was in jeopardy and coming back into the past to cheat in Danny’s place.

The second major event, the Nasty Burger explosion, also only happened because of time travel. Arguably, in order for Danny to go to Vlad (assuming he went un-coerced/of his own choice), everyone that was there had to die. At least one survivor would’ve enough to change his fate.

If he still had Jazz, for example—they could’ve been moved into an orphanage or with Aunt Alicia or some sort of temporary care but (hopefully) still at least had each other. Sam and/or Tucker surviving would’ve given Danny social support and an external voice of reason against going to Vlad. At least one of his parents surviving…that’s a no-brainer—he doesn’t leave their care.

But in the episode, Danny’s parents and Lancer were only at the Nasty Burger because Dan time travelled back and cheated on the CAT in Danny’s place. Sam and Tucker were only there because of their own time travel (they learned of their deaths in the future, and came to the NB to warn everyone), and Jazz because of Dan’s (she came to warn everyone “Danny” was an impostor).

The episode makes these events specific consequences of time travel. There’s no indicator of whether Danny would’ve come up with cheating on the CAT/getting the answers without Clockwork’s prompting, or just given up and flunked the test in frustration (and Danny failing the test couldn’t have led to the parent-teacher meeting at the NB because the results wouldn’t have been out yet). While you could argue Sam and Tucker have reason to be at the Nasty Burger without Dan (because they hang out there regularly), Jazz doesn’t really have one…unless I guess she wanted in on the parent-teacher conference…? Why?

But even then, the newspaper article in the alternate timeline implied that Danny, his loved ones and Lancer were the only ones caught in the explosion (they died and Danny was the “sole survivor”). So that means no one else was at the Nasty Burger.

The explosion happened on a school day, in the afternoon/evening after school, with all of them having a different reason to be there and there was no one else at the restaurant? Not even any staff?

In that case, it’d have to be closed…but it was only closed in the main timeline because of the smaller explosion from the Boxed Lunch fight. And if another previous Nasty Sauce incident somehow closed it early in the alternate timeline, that means Sam and Tucker had no reason to be at the Nasty Burger for the explosion. Why go hang out when it’s closed?

I guess we just have to assume there was some other offscreen reason that they happened in the alternate timeline, with little prompting or explanation…but I still argue that if Danny cheated of his own volition in the alternate timeline, then Clockwork shouldn’t have given Danny the answers in the main one—and the "what could've been" in the alternate timeline would’ve been the better/more compelling story to tell. And Danny’s loved ones lining up for the explosion just feels…it feels like it’s busted there. Without the time travel seen in the main timeline, it just couldn’t happen the way the episode said it did. But the episode can’t be a time loop (where the time travel happened in the alternate timeline) because it would’ve been broken at the end.

Unfortunately, I don't have any real ideas on what to do about this except for my now-repeated insistence of Danny steals the answers of his own volition and gets to finish cheating. And there's probably some way to change the circumstances of the explosion/whatever kills Danny's loved ones so everyone has a reason to be there without time travel.

2. The Boo-merang shouldn’t be able to reach Danny in the alternate future because it didn’t time travel. It could even potentially risk a time paradox.

The Boo-merang takes Jazz’s message from the present-day events of the episode (main timeline) to Danny in the Ghost Zone of alternate future, without using any time travel. Instead, it simply waits the long way around. It seems clever and creative at first glance, but it doesn’t actually make sense.

The Boo-merang’s ten-year wait to reach Danny runs simultaneously to the school day, the CAT and the final fight at the Nasty Burger, which differ from the events that led to Dan’s birth. By the time the Boo-merang had only been in the Ghost Zone for a few hours, Danny’s loved ones would’ve been saved and the future it was headed to would’ve been/become non-existent. Reaching Danny’s destination in Dan’s timeline would’ve been impossible. He never would’ve gotten the letter.

How it’d affect the timeline/events of the episode if Danny didn’t get Jazz’s letter…well…it depends. All Jazz’s letter did was remind him of Vlad, so it’s still possible he could’ve figured it out on his own if given more time. Jazz’s letter not arriving would just remove the guarantee that Danny found Vlad. Assuming that he could’ve eventually thought of Vlad on his own, or found someone in the GZ to help him remove the Time Medallion, there’s still a chance he could get back to the past without Jazz’s letter, Vlad or the Ghost Gauntlets. But that leaves a problem:

Without Vlad, he never would’ve heard about Dan’s backstory. He’d have watched his loved ones die (or been sent back to the past by Dan, in the aftermath of their deaths) and been liable to follow the path to Dan’s existence (not knowing that he had to avoid going to Vlad and the fusion). However, that would’ve created the alternate future, resulting in the Boo-merang’s destination in the future existing in the main timeline, and being able to reach Danny just by waiting. Danny would’ve then found his way to Vlad, and resulted in an eventual victory over Dan (and avoiding the alternate future) as per the episode’s ending (making the Boo-merang unable to reach its destination again). This creates a time paradox.

I'm not really sure what to do about this. It was what the writers set up the Boo-merang for (outside of outing Dan to Jazz because it doesn't react to his ectosignature) and it feels like they were really trying to be clever. I feel like you'd have to give Jazz some other role in the story. Maybe Dan brought a Time Medallion back as his only way of accessing the past (stolen from Sam/Tucker, instead of canon where he seems to just open a portal to the past??) and she gets a hold of it? I don't know I'm just spitballing here.

[peachy-rambles]

For @techzaweek day one prompt: childhood! Featuring Prince Phil and arena slave Techno

Summary:

Today was the day.

The day when Phil finally got to choose his first arena warrior.

Phil already knew what he wanted in a warrior - someone big and cool, who would be better than Redza’s warriors. After all, they’d be meeting in the arena one day, in a duel to the death. If Phil’s warrior lost, it’d look bad for him. Or, at least, that’s what his father said.

So, he’d have to choose wisely.

[nonbinaryphantom]

ah woops that’d be the 5th au here sorry everypony

[just-a-ghost00]

Your future spouse : Who? Where? When?

Group 1 - Van Gogh

Letters : E M D E R U O E P W T Y

Words/signs/names : deputy, Rudy, Emery, Roy, power, true, Morty, drum, poetry, proud, meet, WED, route, pure, Tower, remedy, dom, prom, word, rude, drop, rope, dye, eye, TUE, wet, pet, pouty, muted, dope, prude

Recommended songs : Fly me to the moon Frank Sinatra, Sweater weather The Neighborhood, Snooze AGUSTD, MIA Bad Bunny ft Drake

WHO? - White Numen / Ask body / Magnesite : get your mind right.

Oh this person is powerful and stubborn AF. The bull and the panther may be spirit animals of this person. If not, they like these animals or their personality matches those. In terms of astrological placements, we have Taurus and Aquarius, as well as Earth signs in general (Taurus Virgo Capricorn). They are a boss ass B. They are masculine. Like reaaaallyyyy masculine. They have BIG DADDY energy. Jupiter might be very well aspected in their chart or the sign in which Jupiter is in their chart matches well with the energy of Jupiter. That would be Sagittarius, Pisces and Cancer. This person is a creator and a good manifestor. They think a lot. They are cerebral. They may strugg with overthinking but their mind reminds their best asset. They are the epitome of brains are sexy. This person would know everything from ancient languages and art skills to the newest knowledge in technology and medicine. They can do anything and everything they set their mind to. In terms of their looks, they are definitely tall. They would tower over you and lift you up like you were a feather. They are strong in all aspects. Their torso is bigger than the lower part of their body. They have broad shoulders, big hands, big forehead and nose, prominent jawline, regardless of their gender. Maybe for the women identifying people the bum and chest would be bigger than other features of their body. And for the men identifying people, the pectorals would be juicy. With the ask body card, this tells me this person works out a lot. They are also very spiritual. They give off a lone wolf energy when really this person has a lot of love to give they just know what they want and they have strong boundaries. So they would never let themselves be walked over or let in people who would bring more BS than anything. This person would keep you on your toes for sure. I feel like they would have a bold fashion style. Something that stands out from current trends or that is unusual for people who are like them. For instance, let’s say this person is quite old, maybe you’d expect them to wear suits and fancy watches. But instead this person has a very casual look or dresses like the younger people. They could be your boss or at least someone who has a higher status than yours. It wouldn’t surprise me if they already had kids. They are well established.

WHEN? - Page of pentacles / Higher perspective / Bismuth : rewrite your code with rainbows.

In terms of timing, the page of pentacles represents several months. Now if we look at the meaning of the page of pentacles, it talks about education. The page is a learner, a student in matters of material aspects. Combined with the Higher perspective card, this definitely gives me the feeling of going back to college. Or getting a training in something very specific. Potentially something involving spirituality. Like taking reiki courses or tarot reading lessons. So I feel this person is a teacher or a mentor to you. With the Bismuth card, I feel like this person will be opening doors for you. And that could be litteral because the door of my room opened out of nowhere as I was trying to get more information from the card. Higher perspective is related to Ether. This means to me that you will meet at a point in your life when you wish to evolve, to embody a better version of yourself and seek to gain knowledge or power.

WHERE? - King of cups / The Explorer / Malachite : claim your success.

We already had kind of a hint with the previous section. And I feel like it’s further confirmed by these cards, especially the Malachite card. Now if we talk about geographical indicators, water seems to be relevant. Also on the Explorer card there’s a compass. So it tells me that where you meet them, there is either a plan or something related to navigation or orientation. Also when looking at this card I heard "you already know where to find them". So it gives me the strong feeling that many of you already know this person and already met them. It’s just that you didn’t consider them your FS. Also the malachite card mentions the workspace. So you could work together. Or you’re doing the same job and you go to them for advice. Also the king of cups card depicts a man sitting on a thrown spilling water in an ocean of sharks. So this also tells me there’s a lot of competition where you meet. And it’s like this person is trying to educate or heal the sharks somehow.

Group 2 - Monet

Disclaimer : I kept confusing you with group 1 and there were cards of group 1 that kept wanting to come into your reading so you might want to check group 1 as well. I think there are two people that have the potential of being your future spouse.

Letters : L I S G E S T M S I E K

Words / signs / names : Selim, time, lies, mess, Tess, seek, kisses, misses, meets, lists, sees, skies, ski, Mike, miles, gems, glee, mist, melt, GSM, kit, leek, miel (French for honey), TMI, MIT, Stiles, geek

Recommended songs : Easy Camilla Cabello, Life goes on AGUSTD , Hall of fame Stray Kids

WHO? - Ace of pentacles / The Seeker / Aragonite : find your center.

Earth signs are being shown here. On the ace of pentacles card there are 8 hands reaching for the pentacle. So your person is wanted by many. They feel younger than you. They are possibly a student or a young active. With the Seeker card I feel like this person hasn’t found their true calling yet. They feel lost and out of balance. Maybe they got a job that doesn’t make them happy or their studies aren’t as fulfilling as they thought. They are super shy and reserved. They may appear as cold when they are just a softy. They have trust issues. They feel really cute to be honest. But also they are lonely. It’s like they keep searching for the one, when they have so many prospects. I feel like they have a lot of high standards and they know that other people don’t match the vibe they’re going for. I feel like this person only has eyes for you but you don’t see them. Again, this group knows their FS already. In terms of physical traits, I feel like this person has good hands. But their body might look out of shape a little. They’re more on the chubby side. They look comforting. Like the type of person that would give the best hugs. Their gaze is really soft. Like a puppy. They feel pretty needy tbh. But not the suffocating type of needy. They just want to be loved and crave for connection. Someone that will share their interests and values. Who will match their crazy and feel safe in their presence. I feel like this person has faced a lot of rejection in the past and they kinda are stuck with this idea that no one wants them. They are an introvert. They like to isolate and be in their bubble. I feel like people have an idea of them that is completely false. Like maybe they think this person is a flirt and parties all night when in truth they’re a couch potato and a gym rat. They only go out of truly needed and they would rather be alone than surrounded by tons of people they barely know. This person wants a family of their own so bad. Like a big family with the white dog and pretty little house. They’re a hopeless romantic and an idealist.

WHEN? - 2 of pentacles / Reclaim / Scolecite : dive into your dreams.

On the 2nd of a month, two months from now. It feels like you may be going back and forth with this person before fully knowing them or being close to them. There’s a chase and run type of energy to this connection. You’ll meet them when you or they are reclaiming your/their power and changing something in your life. So moving houses, changing jobs or getting back to studying. When you start chasing your dreams. Also you could meet them in your dreams before meeting them in person. During any earth sign season.

WHERE? - Queen of pentacles / Power / Amethyst : get drunk on your highest self.

In a places of power or worship such as Cathedrals and Churches, Mosques, temples, town halls, or in a place of education. Also monuments came to mind. Like the Eiffel Tower, the leaning tower of Pisa. There were many stars on the Queen of pentacles’s dress so Europe came to mind. The US and the UK as well. Other places include : Siberia, the Far East, Brazil, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Mexico, Australia, South Korea, India, Austria, Germany, Italy, Canada.

Group 3 - Hokusai

Letters : C Q T E C S L I G A L I

Words/signs/names : Ali, Alice, Alicia, Cecilia, Scilla, Giles, Gael, Gaelic, sigil, sea, sail, Lisa, aigle (French for eagle), Elisa, Elias, Cali, cast, list, tails, IQ, Tesla, sage, Isac, Lila, lilac, cis, alt, ciel (French for sky), call, site, Lise, teal, lace, acts, sell

Recommended songs : Mon amour GEMINI , 3:00 AM Finding hope , Dark on me Starset

WHO? - 6 of pentacles / The Revolutionary / Honey calcite : break through your limits.

First of all, your person might have a white dog. Second of all, they have tanned skin. Thirdly, they could work in law enforcement or they are studying at Law school. They could be doing humanitarian work. They are balanced and grounded. Both in their attitude as well as their personality. They know when to give and when to take, when to talk and when to listen, when to act and when to observe. With the revolutionary card, this tells me that they are pretty determined and ambitious. This person likes to stand for greater causes. So you’d bet that they advocate for children and women rights, for the LGBTQIA+ community, for the respect of nature and animals as well as the end of wars. The signs of Taurus, Aries, Sagittarius and Leo are significant. This person is very sweet. Almost to the point where sometimes they put others needs before their own. Especially if it’s about being fair and giving retribution for wrongs caused by previous generations. This person feels like they have a debt they need to pay. Also they might have suffered abuse in the past so they want to have retribution for them but also for the people who were wronged like they were. In terms of physical traits, their body is harmonious. So for female presenting individuals, they would have kind of an hour glass body type. Same for male presenting individuals. This person feels gender fluid. They are a minimalist. They like to keep things simple when it comes to the way they look. Honestly if they could be naked on a daily basis they would be. They’re in touch with nature. Animals love them. They have a very comforting aura. This person really is as sweet as honey. They could be a creator, a designer, a public speaker. They like to use their voice and their status to raise awareness about things they care about and value. They could be a teacher as well or someone that works with kids.

WHEN ? Page of swords / Paradox / Hematite : align with your wholeness.

When stars align. When you finally let your guards down. When you align with your calling, your soul mission. During any air sign season. Within a few weeks from now. When you’re on your period. When you let go of your old beliefs on love or when you move on from a past love, an unrequited love or a crush that would never have evolved into anything more than friendship. When your spiritual beliefs change drastically (i.e. you decide to convert to a new faith, you no longer believe in God, you choose to follow a spiritual path).

WHERE? - Queen of swords / Get wild / Emerald : point your heart toward grace.

In terms of countries, we have : Colombia, Brazil, Zambia, Zimbabwe, USA, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Australia. Now, in terms of where you could meet, I'm not getting much from these cards. It's like your FS wants to play hide and seek. They're not really comfortable sharing where they are. The only thing I'm picking up on is somewhere where the law is involved. So it could be an administration, a police station, law school, a lawyer's office, a prison. With the get wild card, the only hint I can get is that it can get intense. I asked for a card to clarify the Queen of swords and I got the 9 of pentacles. So law and money are involved. So maybe a bank or an insurance company. Or somewhere businesses and entrepreneurs go to get advice on how to invest their money or know if something they intend to do is legal or not.

[csmicletters]

Oh god! If I don’t have the best friends in the world I don’t know who does. 😭😭😭😭

ok, roomie: revamped edition

a tim social media au

renny was more than glad to get rid of her satan's spawn of a flatmate. especially, when her friends promised her they help her find someone more on the sane side of things. so, how was it that she ended up with a pseudo-dj with a knack for nudity, random historical rants and a penchant to rap his thoughts out? but, what did it matter? living with him wasn’t hard nor was it boring. at least, he wasn’t trying to actively kill her.

「 profiles 」 「 moodboard 」 「 renny 」 「 renny/tim 」

parts: 「001」  「002」  「003」  「004」  「005」 「006」 

「007」  「008」 「009」 「010」 「011」 「012」

「epilogue」

— for @csmicletters , hbd! we're celebrating the countdown to that amazing day with this series. i've made a few changes here and there. but it's mostly the same.

[kining-the-evil]

Darling, You’re The Luckiest Person In The Room

Summary: You and Johanna watch the announcement for the 75th Hunger Games

An: This was a Request, but it got deleted so i had to rewrite it

Warnings: Yandere!Johanna, reader has been kidnapped by Johanna, physical anger, emotional abuse, Alcohol drinking, fem!reader

Johanna had been antsy for the past week. She wasn’t an overly relaxed person as it was, but when it got close to the Games she got worse; and the Quarter Quell wasn’t helping. She was barely sleeping, Coming to bed late at night and being long gone when you woke up. When she left the house it was for short periods, and when she was home she was short with You. Given That She was the only person you saw, it got boring quick.

“It’s starting.” You called out from Where You were sitting on the couch. The broadcast showed Snow, already giving his bullshit speech on the Quarter Quell, how It’s a reminder of the rebellion and how the capital is strong and all of the other bullshit with it.

“Why should I care?” She had a cup of whiskey when she walked in, and despite her comment she sat down next to you. Normally, she would pull You to her side, keeping an arm tightly wrapped around you. But she didn’t today. Instead she left a few inches of space between you both.

“…and so, for this years Quarter Quell the tributes will be reaped from tue existing pool of victors for each district.”

Your eyes went wide at his words and Johanna’s body tensed. That couldn’t possibly be What He meant. The couch shifted lightly as she sat up next to you.

“Johanna-“ your words were cut off by the slight scream You let out when she threw her cup across the room.

“Mother fuckers!” She screamed while standing up. “How fucking dare They!” You just watched as she yelled, stomping around the room. She picked up a vase and threw it, making it shatter on impact.

“I win the game,” a vase is smashed. “I’m told they’ll leave me alone,” a chair is tipped over. “And They do something like this!” You jumped to your feet when she smashed a mirror.

“Johanna!” She finally stoped her pacing to Look at You. “Just…Take a breath-“

“I swear to god y/n, if you tell me to calm down I will break your fucking neck.” You fully believe her threat, immediately closing Your mouth.

She paced for another few minutes, mumbling to herself angrily. You were too afraid to move, not wanting her anger to be directed at you.

“Do you know how lucky you are?” She had walked towards you, looking stray at you.

“Lucky?”

“Ya, Lucky. I risk My Damn life to keep You Here-“

“I Never asked you too.” You pointed out to her. Her Hand shot up to grip your chin in her hand. Her nails dug into your face lightly, making you let out a small yelp.

“If i didnt, Snow would have killed you. I give you the best food from the capital, You don’t Ive to work, You live in fucking luxury! So ya, you are lucky.” As she talked, a bit of spit Shot into your face causing you to flinch. Her eyes were Nothing But anger, And for a Moment you wondered if you’d finally pushed her to far. But she just pushed you away lightly.

“And remember, if they choose me, who’s going to come back here for you?”

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Your eyes were glued to the monitor in front of you. Johanna had left earlier that morning, leaving you completely alone in the house. The first tributes were being picked, and it had finally gotten to distract 7.

“For the women…Johanna Mason!”

“No…” A single tear ran down your cheek as You Tried to proses The information. There We’re other victors, What We’re the chances She would Be chosen?

“No,” you mumbled agin, This time standing up. You ran to the front door, trying to pull it Open. It was locked.

The back door? Locked.

The windows? Every single one locked and covered.

Everyone knew what happened after being chosen. A short goodbye to any family, and immediately boarding the train. Johanna would be gone, and no one would knew you were here. The odds were not in her favor, and apparently they hated You Even more. She was going to die in the Games, And You would die alone im the damed House.

You spent the rest of the day going through the house, seeing what you could find. Johanna must have woken up early and restocked food for you. There weren’t any weapons in the building that could help you, nothing to get you out of the house. Did she really think you’d survive being locked in the house like This?

You grabbed a bottle of alcohol and started towards the living room when something banged on the front door. You froze, unsure of what to do. You couldn’t actually Open the door, so If They wanted in they’d have to break tue door down. But That was the next question, who was it? No one came near the Victor houses, and all the other victors were on their way to the capital.

You started to open your mouth, but quickly shut it. What would you say? You didn’t have long to think of an answer because there was a large crash sound from the door, and the door practically collapsed. You jumped back when 5 peacemakers stormed their way in.

“What’s happening?!” They didn’t answer you, but two of them went to your sides and they each yanked an arm back to lock together.

“Are You y/n y/l/n?” You nodded at the one who spoke, and he smirked lightly. “Well, congratulations. You Get to See What the capital looks like.” He motioned for the men to leave, and they dragged you along with them. From one captor to another.

[hahligirl56]

A Glitch in Time Spoiler Discussion pt. 2

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I had to remember where I left my thought process at after the first post, but these panels at the end after the confrontation just break my heart. I’m not sure about you guys…but I have thoughts (that I hope are coherent and make sense as I share them).

I love (well-written) redemption arcs. Not for the sake of of having a redemption story, but for it to serve a purpose and have a point. This isn’t Dark Danny’s redemption story, but Vlad’s. Maybe. If it sticks and they decide to explore this story further.

But a big focus in this story is the point of having a purpose, and the idea that ghosts have obsessions. Danny and (hopefully) Vlad found their purpose and with it more power. And Dark Danny’s obsession is explored.

In the original TUE special, Dark Danny is a creature of mass destruction, with no rhyme or reason for doing what he does. Even when his creation is shown it doesn’t really logically lead into his current actions. I think this graphic novel does a hand at trying to fix that.

I find it interesting that Danny’s original face is revealed for brief glimpses during these panels. And he’s frightened. You never see Dark Danny being frightened, but if this is what I’m thinking and showing everyone his true self. Well…I’d say I agree with our Danny at trying to find another solution. Dark Danny tells him that he’s lost everything, even things unspoken (his family? As Danny notes). And why did Dark Danny lose everything in his timeline and our Danny didn’t? It’s a valid question. If our Danny didn’t receive the support and guidance from Clockwork and the truth of his future wasn’t revealed to him, he would have walked into it blindly.

It’s not explicitly stated why Dark Danny was obsessed with gaining more power, to become more destructive. But just like vlad notes from his own demons that also make up a part of him, seeking power was a way to prevent further losses from ever hurting them again. I wasn’t sure if Dark Danny would have tried to use Clockwork’s powers to rewrite his own history (although his obsession with his power and his dialogue with Jazz makes me doubt that), but maybe a part of him wanted to, even if he didn’t want to admit it.

I’m really curious as to where Danny Phantom is going to be going in the future. I think this graphic novel was received well enough that Nickelodeon can perhaps realize “Oh, okay then. People actually are still really invested in this show. Let’s see what else we can do.” At least, that’s what I’m hoping for.

But I’m really interested in your thoughts as well, if you have any that you’d like to share (even if it’s just disagreement). Thanks for listening! :)

[themculibrary]

Fics With Christine Everhart Masterlist

Acquaintances (ao3) - d_aia T, 2k

Summary: Moments in the lives of Christine and Tony.

break loose of loss and longing (ao3) - victoria_p (musesfool) steve/bucky G, 3k

Summary: "What do you think of the speculation that you and Steve Rogers were lovers?"

"What? Who thinks that? I don't think about that. Why would I think about that?"

Concession (ao3) - obsession_inc pepper/tony M, 26k

Summary: An AU diverging from canon after the first movie: Christine Everhart investigates the disappearance of Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. No warnings, no guarantees.

Exclusive (ao3) - megamatt09 christine/tony E, 1k

Summary: Tony Stark helps Christine Everhart get to the bottom of the story. Or the bottom of something.

Eyes Only (ao3) - Meatball42 G, 819

Summary: While on an international assignment, an investigative journalist makes a dangerous discovery about someone who shaped a century.

Honey, I'm Home (ao3) - DobbyRocksSocks tony/rhodey T, 1k

Summary: Tony really hates walking the red carpet. Thankfully, Natasha is there to help him deal with the press, and there’s a surprise waiting for him that will make his night a million times better.

Humanity's Unlikely Ambassador? (ao3) - Rozilla jane/thor G, 4k

Summary: An article for Vanity Fair written by Christine Everhart profiling Jane Foster, with Darcy making sure no one a) slips up and over shares or b) makes her boss look bad.

I am Iron Dad (ao3) - cpt_winniethepooh pepper/tony, steve/bucky T, 2k

Summary: Let's put all the canon nonsense aside and imagine Tony going back to 2008 and having to do the "I am Iron Man" speech... but because he basically became the (un)official Dad(TM) in the MCU, he accidentally reveals more than he had planned.

I Came to Win (ao3) - Philyra T, 13k

Summary: Pepper Potts inherits a failing hockey team at 25. She builds her staff and team her way, screw what anyone else thinks. She wants a Stanley Cup.

Interviews (ao3) - HIAParker phil/tony G, 866

Summary: The first thing Christine notices is he looks much better since Stane and Afghanistan. The second thing is that there is now a wedding ring on his finger, an abundance of ink on his skin, and he’s smirking.

Iron Man (ao3) - mcsquared789 minor pepper/tony T, 72k

Summary: "Welcome Tony Stark, the most famous mass murderer in the history of America." Stark’s eyes widened, but he said nothing.

The leader continued, sneering. Yinsen spoke up over him. "He is honored. He has a request of you… to build the missile. The one that you demonstrated."

Stark turned to look back at the leader, who seemed to be growing impatient — but now, so was he. He had already made up his mind… and if he was about to die, it was time to show a little dignity.

Stark glared at him. "I refuse."

Tony Stark — genius billionaire, eccentric playboy, CEO of a global company specializing in production and distribution of smart weapons. But when he is kidnapped and forced to rebuild his ‘magnum opus’ against his will, he is forced to reckon with the consequences of letting them be put in the wrong hands, and his place in the world. But by donning the armor of Iron Man, will he be able to change his world for the better — while he still has time?

A canon rewrite of the original movie: bigger, longer, uncut. Fully completed.

OUT EXCLUSIVES (ao3) - 17826 steve/bucky G, 3k

Summary: OUT EXCLUSIVES

Oh Captain, My Captain

War hero turned terrorist scapegoat turned Avenger: James ‘Bucky’ Barnes on history, legacy, and the new Captain America.

BY CHRISTINE EVERHART

TUE, 2020-10-06 11:00

Public Perception (ao3) - TenSpencerRiedPlease bucky/tony N/R, 6k

Summary: Christine, since she was a child, has always been interested in the truth. She’s made it her business to track down the facts and to tell people about them even before she was a reporter. Some people didn’t take their jobs very seriously, reporting half-baked stories before they had every angle and that was their stupidity.

Rumor Has It (ao3) - Faustess tony/rhodey, pepper/steve G, 1k

Summary: Rhodey wakes up to find Tony reading aloud to Pepper and Steve about his (supposed) wild, playboy lifestyle and their respective roles in it. Jim Rhodes is not caffeinated enough for this kind of hilarity.

Stark: Solving the Energy Crisis? (ao3) - Starfire (kalypsobean) N/R, 1k

Summary: Stark Industries came under a cloud after Tony Stark announced his company would be taking a new direction. In an exclusive interview, our reporter gains an insight as to the personal reasons for this change and what impact it might have.

the other eight (ao3) - closingdoors pepper/tony T, 6k

Summary: IM1. A kiss on a balcony.

The Vanko debacle (ao3) - Mitsuky christine/tony T, 14k

Summary: Stark Tower opens its doors in New York. A spy appears. Tony takes down a gangster. SHIELD gets on his nerves some more. Oh, and someone tries to kill him, again!

Two Vodka Martinis: Extra Dry, Extra Olives, Extra Fast (ao3) - PinkEasterEggspepper/tony G, 5k

Summary: “Well, Tony Stark, fancy seeing you here.”

Tony’s expression went blank as he searched the woman’s face, a hand moving out as he took a guess at her name. “. . . Karen.”

“Christine,” she spoke over him. “You have a lot of nerve showing up here tonight. Can i at least get a reaction from you?”

“Panic,” Tony supplied, looking to the side and trying his best not to look at his young son’s confused face. “I would say panic . . .”

Tony takes his son, Peter, to the Stark Industries' Annual Benefit for the Firefighter's Family Fund where they run into a face Tony would rather forget.

Unrepentant Flirt (The Lois Lane Remix) (ao3) - Prinzenhasserin christine/tony T, 1k

Summary: Christine Everheart knows how to get her way with men in particular, and nothing is going to stand in her way.

What happens in Vegas...We'll discuss later (ao3) - RaccoonCati pepper/tony T, 8k

Summary: Between too many drinks, gambling and running from the busy schedule, Tony and Pepper forgot for a second that they are to maintain a professional relationship between the two of them. The result: a marriage certificate.

But the playboy billionaire has to leave in a couple of days and his PA won't deal with anything until he's back.

[suite-purgatory-a-hh-what-if]

Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel rewritten

Hi there everyone, if you know from my OG account @eriartsworld I have been making some Hazbin Hotel Redesigns and I really like Hazbin Hotel but I do feel like the story is very...flawed; I DO ENJOY THE SHOW DONT GET ME WRONG.

I really enjoy the show the music, the characters, and some of the writing for some parts are good, but I feel like the show needs some time to slow down and build the concepts, especially for its first season.(Like why are we having a concept that would be good for a season 2??)

This blog is meant to be for me to make my own sort of rewrite/what if? Like how would I write things like the story, the characters, plotlines, and what not and I will also be using some of the concepts/beta characters/characters who we haven't seen in the show as of yet(some of them could be used in the show but I also feel like some won't so yeah)

I do have some general rules for this blog though since while I do enjoy for people to come visit ask me questions and like/reblog there are some limits I do need to put in just in case:

One I would like it if people don't reblog my redesigns or any of my rewrite ideas with #anti-vivziepop or #anti-hazbinhotel tag mainly because that isn't what my blog is about.

Asking any sort of questions about the redesigns, lore, or ideas is appreciated anytime

No weird spam comments, please.

No hate or slurs are mentioned in any of the notes or reblogs please.

This Blog is 16+ so while 75% part, it will be sfw there will be posts or stuff that will be marked with mature posts things that are NSFW like violence or something intense/trauma-related (I will make sure to mark trigger warnings on the posts and tags so that if anyone sees what's in it I'll make sure you aren't seeing something that triggers you and that you can skip it.

Updates with Art/Story/Posts and Ideas will be made at least once or twice a week on Tues/Thurs/Sat.

[hypocriticaltypwriter]

Guys this freaking fic is gonna be the death of meeeee I think I forgor how to write 😭😭

Its already wayyyy too long... AND NOTHINGS HAPPENED what the hell

I want to make it soooo bad and actually get to show yall my Lost Girls AU to see more of tue family I can't reach in art, I just have no idea where to start with what I have or if I have no choice but to rewrite and start from square one.

[pokelolmc]

The Ultimate Enemy is a Disappointment (and How I'd Fix It) (Part 1)

A couple years back, I started analysing a list of DP episodes I thought had missed potential--and my analysis on TUE got SO big I made it its own thing. I rewrote it to death and could never settle on something concise enough, so I abandoned it. But I'm BACK baby. I can't remember where it is now, but I came across a poll on whether Reign Storm or TUE is the better special and the discourse reignited my passion for this analysis, and gave me motivation to trim off some of the fat.

Don't get me wrong, at the end of the day I do like this episode--or at least its ideas. I really liked the episode the less I thought about it, but now I see issue after issue in its execution. Hence, the "disappointment": it could've been great, but it missed the mark. This won't just be a one-sided roast of TUE, though. I have a ton of cool ideas for how to rewrite plot holes or fill in the gaps. The best roasts are constructive! (Though I would be rewriting it in a more mature fashion compared to canon's writing--keep that in mind).

Part 2 is now up: you can find it here.

So here we go: Part 1--the general plot contrivances/contradictions unrelated to Dan's character or the time travel system.

The episode introduced taking off the Time Medallions as a way to immediately return to one’s native time period, but then forgot this late into the second act.

Technically this plot hole involves time travel devices, but I'm counting it as a plot hole by character decisions.

The episode gives no explicit rules on lag time between removing the medallion and returning home, but it takes only one to two seconds to return Skulktech to the future after they dropped theirs, and it had to have been instant for Sam and Tucker to return to the past in time to escape rubble falling from FentonWorks (which was only roughly two to three stories high, not counting the Ops Centre).

Danny should’ve been sent back almost instantly when Dan took his medallion off—which would’ve completely defeated the purpose of Dan’s attempt to trap Danny there in the first place.

If they wanted to keep the plot point, they could’ve just had Dan grab the medallion and turn it intangible while it’s still around Danny’s neck…and that’s assuming that making it intangible while Danny’s still tangible doesn’t count as “removal”. That’s it. He never needed to remove it to begin with.

2. The Nasty Sauce explosion just…sucks. In my opinion, it’s too silly for the tone the episode’s trying to go for (and as a cause of major character death), and it wrecks the worldbuilding.

I tried to put it in way more verbose ways in my previous drafts, but I found another post somewhere on tumblr that did what I couldn’t—say it in three words:

“It’s just stupid.”

Assuming that semi-realistic laws exist in-place in the Danny Phantom universe (so it’s BASICALLY similar to ours) the Nasty Burger shouldn’t have been able to stay in business without a LOT of red tape, cover-ups and NDA’s. They had an explosive substance on premises, being taken care of by unqualified, minimum-wage part-timers instead of trained chemical safety specialists. Forget handling it, they shouldn’t have even had it in the first place! If they got it by going UNDER the law and covering everything up, then one of their employees shouldn’t have been able to just CONFESS to it at a public school assembly.

It also sounds ridiculous that a “certain combination of secret herbs and spices” could catastrophically combust in the first place. They could’ve made the explosion ghost-powered/altered; they could’ve made it not the sauce itself, but a pressure issue with its containment vats; they could’ve made it a gas leak or malfunction of cooking equipment starting a fire, or something. They could’ve made the explosion a Fenton invention at their home (where the whole family had reason to be at once, and Mr Lancer could hold the parent-teacher conference there like in Teacher of the Year). They've used more serious threats of explosion in previous episodes (like the Ecto-Filtrator in Million Dollar Ghost).

And instead they decided “Yep! This commonly sold and digested sauce is a dangerous explosive, and even a small handout serving is enough to blow clean through a wall when it’s heated up!” This is how we're going to kill all of the main characters' loved ones to send him on a villain arc!

Like what?

Nowhere else after TUE did the show acknowledge the Nasty Sauce in worldbuilding. There were no consequences of its risk being publicly revealed, nor did it ever pose a hazard again. It’s understandable, given the show’s episodic nature. Bu at least in The Ultimate Enemy itself, they should've thought about how it affected most of the previous episodes.

During his fight with Boxed Lunch, one of Danny's ectoblasts to a sauce packet demolishes an entire section of wall in the Nasty Burger. So how hadn’t any ghost fights ignited any Nasty Sauce before—or damaged the main vat, god forbid—and caused an explosion already?

If the sauce was always a part of the Nasty Burger’s recipe, then the entire restaurant was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off since season one, and nothing short of a miracle could explain why it hadn’t happened before.

3. This episode committed character assassination of Mr Lancer, for the sake of setting up stakes in the plot. And contradicted his personality changes in previous episodes (such as “Teacher of the Year”).

Mr Lancer, in my opinion, is the character done the single dirtiest in the episode. It warps his entire character around the plot, and turns him into a contrived mouthpiece for how important the CAT is. It leaves him even more malicious and mean-spirited than his behaviour in the first episode of the entire show—leaving him even worse than he started.

He didn’t have much character development, but there were some more positive changes happening in his personality as later episodes occurred. He started out as a selfish, corrupt authority figure (think Mystery Meat, Fright Night and other S1 episodes where he deliberately lets the jocks off the hook for their behaviour), but unwittingly acts in favour of the main characters in “Fanning the Flames”—although ineffective and easily taken down by Ember.

By the time of “Teacher of the Year”, we finally got a glimpse into his (albeit scant) ideology as a teacher around helping his students succeed, and his concern for Danny’s failing grades.

It even revealed his personal interest in Doomed, which gave him more in common with Danny and Tucker and humanised him in way a few other episodes hadn’t. Season two even demonstrated his (albeit brief) willingness to stand up and defend his students from a ghost attack in “Memory Blank”. Lancer, for a brief period of time, became more than just his job, book title swears and his frustration with rebellious students.  

We're talking about the teacher who, in the early 2000s, kept a picture of himself crossdressing at school to convince his students to try their best with a "story about his sister".

The Ultimate Enemy, however, took Mr Lancer’s humanity towards the students—particularly Danny—and flipped it all on its head. It turned him into an elitist, mean-spirited asshole who verbally attacked his students (past and present) based on their performances on this single. Fucking. Test.

They made Mr. “there is no cheat code in school, or in life” Lancer into a cruel enforcer of the hamfisted and childish importance of the CAT. Actual “get rich vs dead-end, minimum-wage job” propaganda.

(Teacher of the Year)

And... one season later:

(that sure sounds like a cheat code in life to me)

To add insult to injury, TUE used Lancer’s death as the butt of a joke directly after spending the majority treating him like a total asshole—following up character assassination with literal assassination , and excluding him from the rest of the explosion victims in their memorial.

It feels to me, that it'd make more sense for Mr Lancer to be sceptical of the importance of the CAT based on TOTY. Replace him in the assembly with Principal Ishiyama or something. A stickler-for-the-rules school administrator looking to boost the school's image by pressuring kids on a standardised test? That ABSOLUTELY makes sense.

Mr Lancer could still be seen as a threat (or someone Danny can't reach out to for help), but in the department of simply being an authority figure Danny's used to dodging around with his ghost activities. Someone who'd still enforce consequences for Danny getting caught cheating. Someone who'd get his parents involved. He's the closest thing Danny could have to any level of support at Casper High, and Danny could think he's even lost THAT.

4. The way Danny got the CAT answers was contrived, and broke the previously established rules of ghost intangibility.

To cut a long story short, Boxed Lunch’s fight with Danny shouldn’t have gotten the test answers stuck to Danny’s back. Danny immediately turned intangible in anticipation of the explosion, and was thrown outside the Nasty Burger and through Mr. Lancer’s briefcase before turning tangible again.

That didn’t make sense; the series previously established that ghosts (in this case, halfas) were physically unaffected by explosions when intangible. “Million-Dollar Ghost” even demonstrated it when Vlad escaped his castle’s explosion in the same manner, and was left completely unmoved from his position at ground zero. The sauce packet explosion shouldn’t have even moved Danny out of place, let alone flung him out of the building (especially not compared to Vlad and an Ecto-filtrator explosion).

On top of that, the test answers couldn’t have gotten stuck to his back while he passed through the suitcase, as Danny was intangible and the answers sheet was solid. Even if it were possible for already intangible ghosts to grab onto tangible objects and bring them into intangibility, that’d certainly require conscious intention that Danny didn’t have in the episode.  The test answers got stuck to his back by sheer accident on his part. Bringing other objects into tangibility always previously involved a tangible ghost grabbing hold of other tangible people/objects and consciously willing them intangible together. Ergo, he should’ve simply passed through the suitcase and its contents all at once—go to the other side, pass go, do not collect CAT cheat sheet.

The solution for this one is pretty simple—just remove the scene entirely. Not only does it break the lore, but it’s entirely pointless and redundant (more on that later when I talk about Clockwork—giving Danny the answers was his idea, and it was a terrible one). Instead, it would’ve been much more compelling if Danny stole the answers on purpose with his ghost powers—being put under so much pressure to succeed that he felt like he had to forgo his morals and use his powers to cheat.

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[canofspooks]

you can tell Butch Hartman has never gotten a decent grade in his life bc of the way Jazz is written. in a realistic TUE rewrite, she pulls Danny aside and teaches him how to cheat on the CAT test without getting caught

[loopspoop]

Finally! I guess it’s only fitting that I had to rewrite Chapter 7 about 7 different times before I was happy with it. I feel like it might be short but it’s MY AU and I do what I want 😤

Disclaimer: I used google translate for the French so don’t beat me up if anything isn’t correct

TW: uh…mentions of asking for death ig?

The group stood around Lupin, cautiously trying to wake him. They knew moving him too much would be bad for his injuries and if his pain meds had begun to ware off then it would hurt him to be moved too. Jigen reached down, feeling Lupin’s forehead carefully before frowning a bit.

“His temperatures back up.” He sighed softly, shaking his head as he gently tapped Lupin’s cheek a few times.

“Damnit..he was fine last night.” Zenigata mumbled, grabbing the medication bottles as he popped a few pills into his hand.

Lupin slowly opened his eyes, his gaze unfocused. He cringed at the light from the window, whining as his body trembled. He thought they had rescued him…he had to still be in the lab…bright lights meant he was on the operating table again… he clenched his eyes shut, panting as he tried to cope with the pain from his limbs.

“Lupin? Hey, Lupin? You with us?” Jigen frowned, tapping his cheek again carefully.

“S-S’il vous plaît- plaît pas plus…” Lupin groaned out weakly, cringing away from Jigen’s touch.

“Shit.” Jigen frowned, moving back slightly. “He’s out of it again.”

“It could be the fever.” Zenigata frowned. “We need to get him stable again.”

“We need him calm first.” Goemon frowned, gently smoothing Lupin’s hair back.

Lupin whined low in his throat, tears streaming down his face from his organic eye as he shivered and trembled. His body ached…even breathing somehow hurt. He thought he remembered flashes of his friends but…could it have been his mind? He was so, so tired. He wanted to rest. He wanted his friends. Even the gentle touch he could vaguely feel right now could be the doctor toying with him…he had toyed with him on occasion..

“…fa-fait mal…çal fait mal…” Lupin panted, opening his eyes as he anxiously searched ceiling with a pained expression.

“What is he saying..?” Goemon frowned, glancing at the others. He was still learning French from the thief…he wasn’t very fluent.

“…he needs his pain meds..” Jigen frowned, trying to sit Lupin up. They had to get him sorted…

“Jigen, we need to take some time with this or he’ll freak out again.” Fujiko frowned, grabbing his arm anxiously.

“If we wait too long he could have another seizure! And look at him, he’s in pain. We need to do this now.” Jigen frowned deeply, moving his arm away from her.

Lupin flinched at the raised voices, head swimming as he was moved into a seated position. He curled forward, trembling violent at the strain in his back. His spine…god, it ached. Another procedure would be too much…he wanted someone to come for him…he wanted a way out…

“Stop, stop.” Zenigata frowned deeply, trying to move Lupin back to lay down a bit. “He’s too out of it to understand, I don’t even think he knows where he is. This isn’t right.”

“Pops come on!” Jigen hissed, frowning as he watched anxiously. “We don’t have time to try to convince him-“

“…tue-moi….s’il vous plaît….fais que ça arrête…..” Lupin begged, voice cracking as more tears streamed down his face.

Fujiko paled, covering her mouth with her hand as she looked down at him with wide eyes. She knew he wasn’t well off but…she never expected him to beg for…that. Jigen bit his lip hard, pulling his hat down low as he backed away. He couldn’t do it. Not with Lupin saying things like that…not begging for something like that. Not Lupin. Zenigata hesitated, expression growing stern. His French wasn’t great but he understood well enough…they had no choice but to move slowly with this.

“…what….what did he say…?” Goemon asked softly, gently taking Lupin’s hand as he glanced at them.

Fujiko bent down beside Lupin, gently cupping his cheek as she stroked it with her thumb. “Tu es en sécurité ici avec nous, mon amour. Vous n’êtes plus au labo. C’est nous et tu es en sécurité, je te le promtes.” She mumbled softly to him.

Lupin hesitated slightly, whining softly as he glanced toward her. Was it a trick? He was sure it had to be but…what if it wasn’t? Were the flashes of the others real memories and not hallucinations? His head hurt…it was hard to think about it. He wanted nothing more for them to be here with him…

“C’est moi, mon amour. Je suis ici. Nous sommes dans votre cachette française. Peux-tu me dire où nous sommes?” Fujiko asked gently, stroking his cheek softly.

Lupin panted, weakly grasping at her hand as he shivered. “La….la cachette…..nous sommes dans la cachette…”

“Bien!” Fujiko smiled, kissing his cheek as she took his hand gently. “Nous sommes tous en sécurité et dans la cachette.” She assured softly.

Jigen watched, biting his lip hard. Well…this seemed to be working a bit…maybe it wasn’t a bad idea to take it slow? He was just so worried about getting Lupin taken care of. Zenigata watched, glancing between Lupin and Fujiko. He had never seen the thief so out of it before…it was kind of scary…

“…Lupin, je suis vraiment désolé que cela nous ait pris trop de temps.” Jigen crouched beside Fujiko, frowning a bit as he spoke.

“…Jigen..?” Lupin breathed, looking toward him anxiously. He hadn’t seen him in so long….

“Ouais, je suis ici. Nous avons besoin que tu prennes des analgésiques pour nous, d’accord? Peux-tu faire ça?” Jigen took his hand, squeezing it carefully.

Lupin nodded weakly, more tears welling up as he reached out for him. So it was real…it was real and they were free and safe. Thank god…he had been so worried about them. We just wanted to keep them close and know they were all safe… Jigen moved closer, holding onto him carefully as he glanced back at Zenigata and nodded. They could give Lupin the medications with no issue…

“Easy, Lupin.” Goemon rubbed his shoulder gently, getting him the water from the bedside table.

Lupin whimpered, carefully taking the pills and water as they were given to him. They were all here with him…he just had to remind himself that they were all here with him and it would be okay. He laid back, wincing as he moved. He shivered, grasping for his group as he groaned slightly. He needed them closer… Goemon frowned, carefully adjusting Lupin’s blankets as he sat close beside him.

“Easy, boss.” Jigen sat on his other side, carefully patting his shoulder as he leaned against him slightly.

Fujiko kissed his forehead, making a spot for herself among the group. “How’s this?”

Lupin relaxed slightly, moving closer to them as he rested his head on Goemon’s shoulder. He glanced over at Zenigata through fuzzy vision, hesitating before pointing to a spot on the bed for the inspector to take. Zenigata faltered slightly, smiling a little as he sat down with them.

“Better?” Jigen glanced at Lupin, peeking out from under his hat slightly.

Lupin nodded faintly, muscles twitching from time to time through pain flares as the medications slowly kicked in. He closed his eyes, breathing evening out as he dozed against them. Jigen sighed softly, glancing away. They would have to take a more gentle approach than he had thought. Goemon wrapped a secure arm around Lupin gently, rest his head on the thief’s gently. It was good to seen him awake, even if not fully coherent…

“Sorry…about trying to pick a fight over treating him again.” Jigen mumbled, glancing toward Fujiko.

“I understand why you did. We have to do things on his terms though, not ours.” Fujiko nodded a bit. “It’ll be a slow process.”

“We can handle it though.” Zenigata looked at them pointedly. “Lupin would do the same for any of us.“

Jigen nodded a bit, sighing softly. “He would. You’ve got a point.” He rubbed his nape, glancing at Lupin.

They would have to wait and see if he would be more conscious again later. Hopefully, that would give better reactions than it did this time. The group wanted nothing more for Lupin to get through this and heal well…even if they couldn’t do any more heists. They just wanted him to be alright.

[phantomaniacal]

rewriting TUE's plot for my reboot/AU fic

So I've already asked about this partially before and concluded that Mister Lancer is at FentonWorks discussing Danny's consistently bad grades when something in the basement lab explodes, instantly killing Maddie/Jack, Jazz, Lancer, and Tucker/Sam in one go, but Danny alone somehow survives it.

It has nothing to do with the stupid SAT test or anything like that, though that's still happening at the same time. There is no potential cheating on the test. So what's the deal with Clockwork and the Observants? Why are they telling CW to destroy Danny? What "wrong decision" did he make that prompted this? I don't wanna make the Observants the incompetent villains of my AU like most others seem to like to; I think they exist for a reason. Otherwise, Clockwork would not bother with them, y'know?

Please help me brainstorm.