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[fyeahthewalkingdeadocs]

fyeahthewalkingdeadocs The Ones Who Live Celebration Event

In honor of the newest The Walking Dead spin-off, The Ones Who Live, coming out this year on February 25th, we decided it would be the perfect first event celebrated here on this blog!

[What are event celebrations?]

This Event will start on February 25th, 2024, and end on March 31st, 2024.

Event Details: For this event, we wanna see something that tells us where your OC is at the end of season 11 of The Walking Dead. How did their story end? Did it end before that? If so, how? What are they doing now? Are they with a new group of survivors or a current member of a group, like Maggie, Daryl, Rick, or even Michonne?  

PLEASE read the Rules before creating and use the #towl 24 when you post it. Happy creating!!

[mikkaeus]

[sixofclovers]

hecate

[yupokaysuremhm]

op turned off reblogs but I want this forever

Edit: reblogs have been turned back on!

[yuttikkele]

hey gamers I’ve started watching star trek does anyone else see the romantic tension between captain kirk and mr. spock

[briarruler]

These tags by @rainosa

#and the coming out metaphors do NOT STOP BABEY

#I do think I’ve seen a couple that do touch on this but pretty sure they’re short one shots#and definitely not really hitting on the emotional aspect of it#the ones I remember were a little more horror based ie. danny thinks he’s accepted until they do too many tests

#and I’ve heard the ‘ghosts are people’ idea used in fic a bunch but I think not quite to the extent this is looking for

#I agree I would really love to see a fic that unites all this#like yeah he’s afraid of his parents not accepting him but also#he’s afraid that his parents will continue to believe that his ghost friends aren’t people#and Danny is nothing if not protective#so he doesn’t reveal until his parents can learn to accept that ghosts are sentient beings#THEN he can trust them completely

I liked your tags.

(Tilts head consideringly) I wonder if part of the reason this isn't a plot line explored often is due to the canon narrative's inconsistent portrayal of ghosts as people and Danny's own internalized prejudice against them?

I've always considered the humanoid ghosts of the Danny Phantom universe as much people as the humans of the Danny Phantom universe but I know some of the fandom doesn't. Which I think comes from a combination of the moral weight of the narrative being bias towards humans and fans comparing the ghost's behaves to real-life humans instead of the in-universe humans who should serve as a baseline. I don't consider the ghosts uniquely obsessive and one-dimensional because the cartoon's humans regularly behave the same way - which indicates to me that this is simply how people are portrayed as behaving in this setting.

For the Ghosts: why Danny keeps his secret.

I saw a really interesting take on why Danny keeps his identity a secret in Teamwork for Beginners a Danny Phantom crossover with Young Justice by Synaps; which is that he needs to be a ghost hero so he can prove that ghosts are not inherently malevolent because most non-malevolent ghosts stay in the Ghost Zone so humans don't see them.

A similar but different version I've seen somewhere (unfortunately don't remember which fic) is along the lines of 'Danny doesn't tell his parents because they wouldn't harm their son but that isn't what he wants, he wants that they wouldn't hurt a ghost that was proven to be not only non-malevolent but actively benevolent towards humans'.

The idea that Danny isn't keeping his secret because he's afraid that his parents won't accept him but because he wants his parents to see past their biases and stop trying to murder members of a species that he knows are the intellectual/emotional/moral equals of humanity is one that deeply appeals to me.

I like the 'whole Danny is afraid of his parents' reason, it adds tension and it feels realistic but given that canon also gives strong signs that the Fenton parents would accept and be unwilling to harm their Half-Ghost son this gives another, in some ways deeper tension to his secret identity and his parents' ghost bias. Because Danny has friends and allies among the ghosts and even with his enemies he acknowledges their 'humanity'. But nothing about revealing that Danny Fenton is Danny Phantom guarantees that they will rethink their biases, it would be so easy to brush it aside with a 'oh, your half-human sweetie, that's why you're good unlike those evil ghosts'.

A plotline exploring Danny's secret identity where his fears are less about himself personally and more about ghosts generally would be really interesting.

You are a good person and you want, oh how you want, how you've clung to this hope, you want your parents to be good people too and oh, wouldn't it hurt to have proof that they're not. They'll make an exception, because they love you, of course they really do love you, so they make an exception for you, but they have no mercy for those you know can feel and reason just like you.

In a way this would be more heart-breaking then a reveal where they immediately hate Danny like they hate all other ghosts. Because that would hurt, it would be traumatic and horrific but at least it would be clear-cut and he wouldn't have to choose. Because his parents love him, they won't hurt him but they want to do horrible things and one day he's going to have to choose between stopping them and letting something unforgivable happen to a person and I don't think Danny could live with himself if he let his parent kill or experiment on a human-like ghost.

[hopepunk-humanity]

“Humans are inherently selfish--" Then why do so many cultures value hospitality, to the point of dictating it in their religions? Why is it so common for hosts to offer their visitors their best food, and as much of it as they can? At some point, multiple cultures decided that they knew what it felt like to be alone and vulnerable, and promised each other to never let those who stay with them feel that way. That doesn't sound very "inherently selfish" to me.

[emiemi345]

[oc-challenges]

WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY CHALLENGE!

By my fault, this challenge is super late and only three days long, from the sixth to the eighth. However, I am already planning for next year so it should be much better and everyone should have a lot more time. Thanks to @come-along-pond, a new admin on this blog, for doing everything but the gif and the post itself lol.

Rules

DO NOT copy others edits

If you are doing crossovers, PLEASE make sure that the creator of the other oc is okay with crossovers.

If you want your post to be reblogged onto this blog, it must contain the hashtag #owc2024.

Feel free to ask questions!

Everything is up to the creators interpretation, although I have tried to include some examples for help!

Have fun!

if you only do some or post them on the wrong days, shake it off!

Note: although we’ve used feminine pronouns for the descriptions, non-binary and gender neutral ocs are welcome to participate!

Challenges Below

Day One: "I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this." (March 6th)

Everyone had someone they looked up to growing up, for lots of us, that was someone in the media, and for lots of girls across the country, they came in the shapes of Disney characters. For this day, we want you to show which female media icon your OC looked up to as a little girl. Whether that be Megara, Princess Leia or even Katniss Everdeen.

Day Two: Girls Love Each Other Like Animals (March 7th)

“We don’t guard ourselves like we do with boys”. Today is all about female relationships! Which women held your OC together in times of need? Who loved her when she needed it most? Was it, her mother, friends, partners? Or even a girl she met in the bathroom who fixed her makeup and told her not to get back with their ex.

Day Three: "In March I'll be rested, caught up and human." (March 8th)

Happy International Women’s day! Women have influenced society from its beginning, and a large part of that has been through literature. We want to know what quote/s by women represent your OC! Or even, what quotes or lyrics does your OC use to ground herself. Feel free to use any female made quote, it doesn’t have to be from poetry or a book!

[irate-iguana]

Yesterday night, I asked my parents to remind me to return The Terror (2018) to the video rental store. This morning I woke up to two — momentarily confusing and concerning — text notifications:

[yardsards]

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

[staffs-secret-blog]

[pookapufferfish]

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LESBIANS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle”

[phaideimos]

cunty sukuna