#youngblood

[sleepy-chaos-child]

I started listening to roles laying with Roman. I've had Roman and Youngblood for two hours but if anything happens to them I will seek bloody vengeance.

[stars-obsession-pit]

…do you think Captain Marvel would be able to see Youngblood?

Billy is a kid, but Youngblood has implied that kids who see themselves as adults don’t count (hence why Jazz couldn’t see him), so that might disallow Billy from seeing him while transformed.

Because if he can, that could create some fun shenanigans with the Justice League where only he (and any sidekicks if they’re present) can see Youngblood and Billy can’t explain why he can without revealing his real age.

[eschergirls]

Just looking at this is just the funniest thing, like they're talking while having a body-building pose-off, which, they might be. Nice that Cougar gets to have a somewhat revealing outfit & be in that ridiculous pose too, but I think Masada wins by having her spine do that < thing.

And because I know it'll probably come up in the comments, despite the tiny triangle feet on Riptide, this is again not by Rob Liefeld (though I suspect the artists on Youngblood were being told to imitate his style, but also a lot of people were drawing like him at the time even artists that would go on to have their own styles).

(Panel from Team Youngblood #1, Image Comics, submitted by anonymous)

[jcshallenqb]

happy 13 years 🤍

[warnadudenexttime]

I had a vision

[mjso-soupp]

Young Blood Ch 8

Credits: @fangsforiris @chestnut-trotter @moosh2727

It’s really nice seeing so much expression in the boys younger faces, especially in how they all interact with each other in desperate situations

[infinizero]

Ok so

There is this trope about ghosts not reaching maturity until they've been ghosts for several centuries

There is ALSO the trope that ghosts fight as a sort of way to communicate

With the power of these two tropes combined-- I give you this strange headcanon:

Ghosts become mature adult ghosts after 500 years.

Danny and his usual troublemakers are all in the same "daycare".

He's just the youngest + most unique ghost so they like playing around with him the most. In other words, it's the ghost version of older siblings ordering their younger siblings around

As far as ghosts go,

There are blobs, ghost animals, shades (those are ghosts as we know it) and ghosts (aka Infinite Realms Beings) etc etc

The blobs and etc are, well, blobs and etc

But ghosts need a while to fully grow up and be considered adult

And so, if these ghosts are children, they need guardians or caretakers at the daycare right?

Correct

Baby ghosts are under the care of the nearest authority (Ancient or Leader or etc etc)

Except baby ghosts usually stay near where they were born and Danny and Co just so happen to be near Pariah Dark

Pariah Dark is asleep

But Fright Knight is there!

Except Fright Knight is also sealed

And it's one thing to wake up the ultra powerful megalomaniac tyrant kinda parent figure but not really you're supposed to have and another to drag your oldest adult sibling out of their room to touch grass

In other words, the surrounding authorities just went eh the babies can contact fright Knight if anything happens

But then Danny defeats Pariah and inherits his authority

So he technically becomes the caretaker of baby ghosts in the area while being the youngest baby ghost himself

Hence the other ancients visiting and *playing* with him to see if it's ok to leave the babies with this other baby

And since they're ghosts who don't have human guidelines or morals, decide that since he's that strong it should be fine to leave it alone

Besides he has Fright Knight! Good 'ol Frighty will definitely help out this new baby kid ghost with doing everything!

Meanwhile, Fright Knight waiting for Danny to come claim the crown and ring: ...

Cue Danny's rogues coming up to him to show him shit they accomplished

Youngblood : Phantom look at this cool baking soda volcano that spews out real lava!!

Danny: It does WHAT

Youngblood: Look!

Danny: NO

Ember: Hey Babybop wanna listen to the new song I wrote? It compels humans to start cults based on my name!

Danny: Ember, no

Ember: I think you mean Ember YES

Skulker: Ghost boy I have skinned an alien and brought you a pelt turned into a coat

Danny: ...you did WHAt

Skulker: It is nearing winter time and one must always be ready for winter time

Danny, having an existential meltdown after seeing his parents and Vlad get it on together: Desiree what the actual fuck??? Did you do????

Desiree: I merely fulfilled a wish

Johnny: Hey Phantom look we got matching tattoos to celebrate our anniversary!

Kitty: Wait what did you just say?

Johnny: uh, we got tattoos for our anniversary?

Kitty: ...our anniversary is in TWO MONTHS. THAT was for my DEATHDAY.

Johnny: ...oh shit

Danny, about to soup them both: Man, get good

Lunch Lady: Phantom have you eaten your proteins today?!

Danny: uh... Yeah?

Lunch Lady, already throwing meat at him: EAT MORE

Danny:

Box ghost: WITNESS! THE GREAT BOX MECHA!

Danny: oh come on seriously

And on the other hand,

Walker, dumping ten piles of paper in Danny's room: Phantom, here are the latest forms that need revisions

Spectra: What do you MEAN you're not allowing me to open a beauty salon in order to dig into other girls' insecurities and maintain my own beauty?! That's why it's called a beauty salon!!

Cujo and Wulf who are both the best boys and favorites, with smug faces:

Fright Knight still waiting for Danny to accept the ring and crown:

Plasmius: What the heck is this weird feeling my ghost side keeps making me feel??

Plasmius: is it... Is there perhaps a ghostly way I can adopt the little badger??

[hellofriendhawke]

My tarot design for Page Of Wands in the @dptarotproject Phantom's Fates and Fortune project!

[smhmyheaddude]

[dp-references]

The shape-shifting skeleton ghost who hangs around Youngblood.

[paulsebert]

[worldofhurt]

Youngblood (1986).

[eschergirls]

Psilence (the girl on our left)'s left leg looks like it's coming out of her crotch, and I don't know what is going on with Riptide's torso, it's clear the only thing that mattered when sketching the panels were their butts.

But also, moving Psilence's telepathic "speech" bubble all the way across the panel just so it can censor out what would otherwise be Riptide's cameltoe is very very very funny, and honestly makes the entire existence of Youngblood as a franchise worth it.

(Panel from Team Youngblood #18, Image Comics)

[tofuingho]

I once mentioned the idea of the Batfam mistaking Danny as Damian's imaginary friend, but I've had a brain blast.

Youngblood as Damian's not-so- imaginary friend.

Damian seems kind of lonely to me. Does he have any school friends? I think canonically he's friends with Jonathan Kent, but he lives in a different city, so they can't hang out a lot.

Youngblood somehow ends up in Gotham and sees a kids with a SWORD!!! And immediately launches into a play fight. Damian probably doesn't realize that it is a play fight. He's just being attacked by some random meta.

Then Danny comes to get Youngblood and he complains about having to go home when he's having fun (like that one episode of Star Trek TOS). That's when Damian realizes that Youngblood is an actual child and was playing with him.

But, Youngblood comes back again and again. He even comes to Wayne Manor. That's when Damian finds out that adults can't see Youngblood.

That's all I've got. I think that Danny would approve of Damian and Youngblood being friends because it keeps Youngblood out of trouble. The Batfam would be concerned because it looks like Damian is training a lot when he's actually teaching Youngblood how to swordfight properly.

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