#just a ghost passing through

[quadrantadvisor]

Even after learning their secret identities, the hero community always insisted that there was something inhuman about the bats. No one doubted that their intensive training had a lot to do with it, but it never quite explained how they could evade a Kryptonian's super senses, how they could melt into shadows, how they could function so long with little food, little rest, little oxygen if need be. Most people dismissed their uneasy feelings, but there was something strange about the bats, something uncanny, something that made them different from the arrows and other vanilla human members. And, slowly enough that no one really noticed, it was getting stronger.

Until one day, during a diplomatic meeting with the ruler of the Infinite Realms, when High King Phantom turned to Batman and his brood and literally brightened. "Oh! I didn't know you had liminal members!"

Or: through a variety of factors (proximity to death, their own death/near death experiences, exposure to the Lazarus Pits, the favor of Lady Gotham, immersion in Gotham's own cursed ambient ectoplasm, being a close knit group who continued to expose eachother, etc.) the batfamily have been becoming liminal/ecto-contaminated without noticing. The powers they're developing have been subtle, and align with the skills they expect to have, so no one brought it up when they started being able to hold their breath beyond human limitations, or got so sneaky that they literally seemed invisible, or had a lucky miss when they expected a bullet to go right through them. And they always exuded an unsettling aura of fear, so no one else thought anything was out of the ordinary either. By the time they meet Danny, Gotham counts as one of the most fiercely defended ghost haunts on the planet, with so many territorial liminals patrolling the streets.

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[vwildmage]

Just stumbled headfirst into the Indie Cross story and wanted to throw an idea out into the wild

What if Nosk shows up

It seems to be set up that we won't get more than one character from each individual story (unless they're a package deal like Madeline's got going on) but that rule doesn't apply when in universe (damn near all the fnaf animatronics pulled up)

Episode 2 ends with characters getting tossed into portals

So if any of those portals drops them in the wrong part of Deepnest, someone might see a familiar figure and rush to meet them because "friend! You're okay!"

Only for that horned figures head to snap sideways, body distorting, and suddenly there's a screaming Nosk barreling towards them.

We have too few episodes to work out any world hopping patterns, I don't know if they'll travel to any of the current groups own worlds, so maybe not. But I'm an angst gremlin and the idea of the gang thinking their friend is back only to be met with some exorcist level horror has me in evil mode.

[lethalchiralium]

stares in a distinct way. like in a way that my head is at a 90 degree angle

[roseofithaca]

Hahahahaha that is horrifying actually hahaha fucking let him rest.

[rantsramblesandrandomthougts]

Hey does anyone else think Lockwood and Lucy were meant to parallel Orpheus and Eurydice? Or am I just going a little crazy?

[meowrimo]

the day the earth stood still is the day i felt your presence leave it, and then every day after that.

[ckret2]

think my favorite off the new album is Umbra, but I've only listened through the whole album once. De Profundis Borealis is up there. what are y'all's thoughts

[ad-astra-per-aspera-1389]

I started watching dead boy detectives and I just finished episode 5, and Edwin's hand on his chest after Charles hugs him, followed by "I wasn't talking about you" UM?!

[cream-and-tea]

planning ghoststory book two and asking myself “does the intensity of pallas and calliopes hatred for each other come out of nowhere???” as if there isn’t a whole scene in lay me down where calliope tries to kill pallas by dropping a potted plant on their head looney-tunes style

[trans-yllz]

the thing about amtrak is that when you eat meals in the dining car you're seated with strangers and the thing about that is that sometimes they're very lovely and sometimes they're the worst guy on earth

[bluejaybytes]

[Guy who was supposed to go to bed 2 hours ago voice] what if I OCposted...

[imaginejolls]

i'm really fucking lonely and i don't know how to fix it anymore! i keep trying so hard

[localwhiskeyuncle]

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[hallaslin]

Nevarras whole "when a person dies a spirit in the fade is displaced" like hasssss to be somehow related to the truth of what happens in Thedas when someone dies. A warped idea of the truth maybe but there's something there looking us right in the face I can feel it

[ghostickle]

When I went to the er for passing out constantly a few months ago they did a whole bunch of tests before telling me to “just move slowly” but I’m like 99% sure one of the tests they did was the poor man’s tilt table test but they didn’t tell me what they were doing at all just said stay laying down and ten minutes later had me stand except with the tilt table test ur supposed to like relax completely when laying down not still fidgeting moving legs playing on ur phone talking to the person your with and like while I did not pay close enough attention and don’t know what my heart rate was or anything for it that was def not an accurate test cause like sure I was laying down but I was Not lying still