#Pariah and Clockwork have much more than a friendship going on

[radiance1]

I've been having a thunk about Pariah Dark.

Specifically, the hc about how he loves horses that goes hand to hand in my farmer au.

Then I thought about mlp and.

Well.

Alicorn Pariah Dark.

Not literally, of course, he just takes the form of one because he loves horses, has seen both a unicorn and pegasus and decided to combine the two.

Hence results in Alicorn Pariah Dark.

Well, that's after being pardoned from his eternal rest for being a war spirit who did too much basically. Why was he excused? Because he had a change of heart, realizing the error of his ways and that forcefully unifying the Zone for a war against humanity under his tyrannical ruling was wrong?

No, not really.

Instead the Ancient of Time vouched for him, and because he's well, Time (and one of the ogs) he held a lot of sway. Enough for everyone else to take it into consideration.

Not everyone was pleased with it, but they had to shut up since Clockwork said he would take personal responsibility if Pariah decided to do too much again.

And, well. It is the Ancient of Time you know? A being that not even Pariah Dark tried in his goal to wage war against humanity, and who just left him alone for most of his conquest and only requested verbally for Clockwork to join him instead of trying physically with force?

They already know there was a reason for that, and so they take Time's word for it.

Pariah Dark, freed from eternal rest and monitored personally by time itself, decided to form himself into an alicorn (unknowingly) in an attempt at it being a disguise.

Clockwork is also an alicorn, because why the hell not.

And before you say anything, nobody told Danny that the ghost king was released from eternal rest and that Clockwork was personally monitoring said ghost king, so he's left outta the loop.

Then they (really Pariah mostly) decided to bugger off to another dimension, that dimension being that of DC. Pariah decided to mostly keep to himself and not interact with any kind of civilization. He decided to stay in a random forest in a certain area he hid with magic, obviously Clockwork came along as well.

Clockwork decided to fill his 'friend' in on all that he had missed, both in the human realm and the ghost realm because of his long absence in eternal rest.

Which would take a long, long time if he included every single little detail.

It has been eons since he last heard his beloved's voice, and it wasn't like he had anything to or had the risk of old age thanks to his immortality.

So, he had time to simply sit and listen as Clockwork recounted everything that happened after his sealing.

A while later, after countless tales they were interrupted. Pariah was prepared for a fight, while Clockwork was content to just stay behind and watch. However, contrary to both of their expectations (Clockwork isn't constantly watching the timestream here, since he left his lair) it wasn't an enemy of any great magical might.

But a human child.

Said Human child was Billy, who got separated and lost from his group during their school field trip and managed to stumble upon the barrier erected by Pariah Dark, not that he knew that.

He was warned by Solomon that the barrier was constructed by someone powerful, and if he went in to be wary of any attacks. Billy does go in after a moment's thought, his curiosity got the better of him and if it came to blows, he was prepared to turn into Shazam at any moment.

Then he met Alicorns.

Who he thought was only real in comic books, even Solomon can't tell him everything about the two beings in front of him, as Alicorns are very, very rare beings and he urged Billy to be careful and wary of the two in front of him.

Fortunately for Billy, the aggressive one backed down, seemingly bewildered by Billy. Which makes sense, really, he is a kid who just stepped through a magical barrier that was probably supposed to keep others out.

So, he tries to make friends rather than enemies here.

[my-name-is-calypso]

This is mostly crack but anyways...

Another AU where Danny is the ghost king! ..right?

Pariah Dark proclamed himself the ghost king, not because he was crowned, or because the zone choose him or whatever

"Ghost King" is just a title! He is powerful enough to defeat the Ancients! (when they are alone ofc) Ghost are scared of him! He's not actually the king of the ghosts (just don't say that to his face)

Do you know how hard it would be to choose a ghost to represent ALL of the Infinite Realms?? Is called "Infinite" for a reason! The Observants alredy have a hell of a time trying to get ghost to listen to them!

So when Phantom defeated Pariah! He didn't become the ghost king by right of conquest or whatever, so people didn't care about that (they were happy for pariah dark being gone again of course, he was an asshole!)

So everyone is happy, the evil is defeated, friendship are made and all that jazz (HA!)

Everything is calm now! ..right?

Well the ghosts - the one familiar with phantom at least, most of the others don't care about it to much - decide to prank him

"Hey you know what would be really funny?"

Anyway the gjsot go on their way to prank Phantom, they are giving their best! They are all dramatic bitches! It would be impossible for someone whos not a ghost to not believe it!!

"Phantom you are the ghost king now! Fix our problems xoxo"

"w..what did you say?"

Anyway Danny believes their lie, and the ghosts surprised that Phatom believed them, decide to take advantage.

So Danny goes and...does a really good job! He fixing personal problems, ending fights between groups and ghost, fixing literal political problems in the Zone! He is 100x more tired now of course, but he helping people, he is protecting them! He is the ghost king now! He has to do his job, its probally his fault that this is happening anyway

The ghosts now have another problem in their hands

Having to tell Phantom that this was all a joke, that putting all these problems on his back, calling it his job to fix it, was all a prank!

The don't know what to do! The effectively put a 2 year old on an made up throne! And its worse because the 2 year old is doing an hell of job! He making the Zone a better place!

(They are also just a bit scared of telling him, he defeated Pariah Dark, one of the strongest ghost on the Zone, and two Ancients! How is he so powerful alredy???)

So...what do some of the other ghosts who do know Danny but didn't participate in the prank

Clockwork? They are seeing all of this and thinks its the funniest shit ever, and they see that this mishappen leads to a bright timelime, so he is not interveining, just giving advice here and there

The observants are all having a collective mental breakdown, how can a CHILD do their job way better than then????

Frostbite and Far Frozen? The are overjoyed! The know that this Ghost King stuff is not actually real, but they are happy that Phantom is some of the most powerful ghost now! Would you like to hear more about him? Our lord and savior Phant- wait where are you going? They are not a cult! He swears! Please come back here-

Back on the living realm, team Phantom (which is just Tucker and Sam now, Jazz went to college, and Danny didn't want to worry her) also believe the lie! The ghost sounded very truthfull! Why would the lie about this anyway? The dance number was very convincing after all!

But they are very worried about Danny, he somehow managed to become even more overworked! So they are trying to help him as always...

Okay so, sumary:

Danny thinks he is the "Ghost King" because of a prank by his ghost frenemies and does a way to good job at it (despiste being, technically, a ghost toddler)

The ghost now don't know how to tell him the truth because it will be very awkard

Clockwork finds this funny, the Observants and sobbing, Far Frozen is a cult happy for Phantom, Team Phantom are confuses and worried, Danny is on the verge of his limit, but he never seens to tip over line because his obsession is being fullfilled (in a very stressfull way)

[currentlylurking]

anxiety hasn’t kicked my ass about this yet so rambling about how a d&d campaign where you play as the ancients vs pariah could work

or a fate campaign. fate might work better.

Or pathfinder. I have all the pathfinder books- but I also have most of the D&D 5e books- and they have an official gunslinger class. I’ve just never done anything with pathfinder so I have like. half a clue how it works.

sticking with d&d for the moment bc most of my knowledge about fate comes from the good old mcelroys and they’re. not the best example.

rambling stream of consciousness ahead, if it. if it wasn’t super obvious.

okay so: I have the dp ghost race habato and I made a while ago, but it’s a bit... unbalanced. and I need to fix that. I think the idea I have for the dp ghosts would work better as a class, but that provides one of the same problems that I have with it as a race; there’s not enough diversity

a party of an elf ranger, dwarf cleric, tabaxi rogue, and dragonborn fighter is so much better than one of a phantom ranger/cleric/rogue/fighter or an elf + dwarf + tabaxi + dragonborn phantom set. everyone could multiclass, I guess, but having to decide whether to level up your ghost powers or your other skills is pretty :/ and why I went with it as a race originally.

also what does it have to offer as a class besides ghost powers?? those aren’t special. they’re kinda special. not special enough to be their own class.

maybe it could be an additional thing? like you’re a ranger but you’re ALSO a phantom!! it doesn’t give you any specific bonuses other than ghost powers and flight but it could be set up like a class still. you’d just level it up as you level up, instead of having to choose between that and your other skill set

main problem there is what I’m thinking of isn’t actually a thing and holy shit do I suck at explanations. if I homebrew an entirely new element on my own I’ll confuse the shit out of everyone

another option: it’s a feat. but then you don’t get to get stronger as you level up, which is. upsetting. that’s the fun part.

you could gain skills at certain points as you grow as a ghost? like ‘ah yes, you’re in danger, now you can fly!’ or maybe when you act on your obsession a certain number of times you go stronger--

that one’s actually really good I might use it

but the ghosts in general. or phantoms as the race is called. what kind of powers should they have? thinking flight, and either what I have in the races where they get a power based on their core (inspired by the dragonborn’s breath weapon) or they could get a certain selection of spells they can cast a couple times a day? and the types of spells change depending on their core?

maybe it’s a choice. you can have the best of both worlds you just have to pick one when you level up- oh!! that’s what you can choose with the class option, instead of leveling up your stats you can level up a ghost power!!

races can be what kind of ghost you are, appearance-wise. like, ghostwriter’s an elf (drow? drow seem like they don’t go outside and so does he). Pariah’s either a goliath or a duergar (they can cast enlarge on themselves!!), danny’s a half elf. poor boy doesn’t even get to be human he’s still a halfa.

this also means that if you’re playing as a tabaxi you died and turned into a cat which is fucking hilarious. if you’re a kenku you’re a literal shitty bird person. you died and became a bird that can’t even speak normally. it’s great.

if you’re a gnome or halfling you died and shrunk.or you really liked the hobbit.

ideally you would like. have a race that reflects your death somehow. but I don’t super know what the plotline will be yet so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ maybe not that

I also think death wounds/stuff relating to that would be cool. like if someone rolls a natural 20 against you they hit the scars of the wound that killed you and it fucks you up. stuff related to your death also fucks you up. lots of stuff can fuck you up. blood blossoms can kick your ass.

we could also use this fantasy disabilities chart bc messing your character up is fun

obsessions are a thing too. Like, say your obsession is your family, and you learn that your brother’s a ghost- you’ve got to drop everything to go check in with your brother!! maybe wisdom save to do stuff that doesn’t get you closer to your target (once activated? by... some shit? it can’t always be on), and advantage on rolls directly involving it? idk. that might be too weird.

if something happens that shatters your obsession you either die or get royally fucked up. 

I like making things overtly complicated I guess meanwhile in my main campaign I keep forgetting how the barbarian’s rage works and fUCKING IT UP

idk how clerics would work, either. probably worship vague concepts? either that or there’s a cleric of clockwork and I bet he’d fucking love that.

maybe vecna’s a ghost someone can worship... I love me some vecna

also warlocks. same boat. someone could be a warlock of the observants and get true seeing at some point far too early on. that’d be a mess. I love it. I’d have to homebrew it.

hooooooly shit someone can be a warlock of PARIAH. or pariah’s a warlock of something? vecna? probably not vecna.

OH HOLY SHIT!! a warlock of Clockwork would be a normal-ass ghost with time powers. hot damn Timekeepers can be used here. I’d have to homebrew that too.

shit.

anyone wanting to play ranger would probably have to use the unearthed arcana version of them bc the official version is like. bad early on.

a druid would be a literal shapeshifter, or vortex maybe. that’d be neat. a bard would be Ember. Ghostwriter’s enough of a nerd to be a wizard. 

the fentons are gunslingers and using Matt Mercer’s stats for that bc I really love how it works in critical role. everything about it is good.

I don’t know gunslingers would work with this point in time but also like. yknow. I like them. maybe it’s a time travel thing.

probably shouldn’t do a time travel thing.

probably shouldn’t also do the ‘random gun, one bullet, does massive amount of damage bc let’s be real. it’s a gun.’

there are a lot of possible plot hooks to start off, with two main options for what the ‘end goal’ can be- join the ancients or become the ancients.

or defect and join Pariah. follow ur dreams.

but like, from the start to get the party together

you could die.

you could wake up dead all together and not know what tf is happening. who is this tall asshole. why does he have skeletons.

yall could be in a village, which is a thing, for plot reasons, when suddenly pariah attacks

one of the ancients gives a really moving speech and the party all decides to join up

best of the last two or something

pariah stole some of everyone’s shit. how dare he. everyone decides to kick his ass.

everyone actually works for pariah and defects via the... the power of friendship? yeah that seems right

everyone is forced to work for pariah and is saved by the power of friendship (x2)

you’re in a tavern. there’s a revolution brewing. this is normal dnd shit literally every game I’ve played in but one has started in a tavern please save me they’re everywhere.

this rag-tag group of fucks gets pulled into a general plot hook. guarding a caravan or some shit. tavern 2.0. summoned by the king- that one might work actually.

there’s probably more but it’s almost midnight

there’s also an option for this that I haven’t touched on but like. I could... not use dp ghosts. could just use pariah and the ancients and go from there, or Pariah could’ve forced everyone into these powerless roles... but I’m Not About That Life tbh. I want as much fun nerd shit at once as I can have.

I’m gonna figure out the ghost powers instead of sleeping at a normal time or wrapping presents like I should. this is what I do after finals yall. I made 4 batches of cookies earlier and they’re all amazing.

I think that’s most of what I wanted to say. if not there’ll be more of these rambles. unless anxiety beats my ass there probably will be lmao.

I’ll let yall know when I figure shit out but if you’re interested in being a part of this then like. tell me. it’ll be fun. 

[generic-insane-fangirl]

Danny Phantom Headcannons

Sooo a few days ago i asked if anybody wanted to hear some of my danny phantom hc’s, and a couple people said yes so here y'all go :]

A/N: HEYYYYYYY!!! Did I get your attention? I just wanted to let anybody know who has read this list before now know that I recently added a few things and did some basic editing to make my post more readable. Nothing big or anything, but I just thought that I should let y'all know incase anybody is curious.

On the subject of ghost cores:

·       Vlad has a fire core

·      Danny has an ice core

·      Dan has an unstable electric core that dangerously fluctuates between fire and ice when he is weak or tired out.

·      Skulker does not have a developed ghost core due to his small size and his lack of exercise regarding his real ghost powers in favor of relying on his suit.

·      Technus has an electric core

·      Ember has a fire core

·      Clockwork has a time core, which is unique in that only he alone possesses such a core.

·      Pariah Dark has a core of decay, but the combined power of the Crown of Fire and the Ring of Rage also gave him temporary control of a fire core.

On the subject of Ghost and Ghost Zone qualities:  

·      On top of teaching Danny the bare minimum of ghost core control, Frostbite also neglected to teach Danny about ghost common knowledge (G.C.K.) like core flares, heat cycles (for the more beast like ghosts), ghost hunger, ghost obsession, ghost lair possessiveness, etc.

·      All ghosts instinctively know ghost common knowledge (G.C.K.) upon death. This is due to the fact that all ghosts are somewhat connected via the ghost zone. Upon death, they are re-made from the ectoplasm that runs through the viens of the Ghost Zone and are no longer human in any way.

·      Halfa’s unfortunately do not instinctively know G.C.K. because they are not fully death and thus are not “one with the ghost zone”.

·      All ghosts share a common pansexual nature. They do not care for gender or apparent age since in the ghost zone the ghost of a teenager can possibly be much older than the ghost of an elderly person.

. However, there is a small exception to this rule. Ghosts of children who died before puberty usually share an asexual nature, since they died before they could really understand and discover human carnal desire.

. Ghosts are stuck in the mindset that they died in. They can learn new tricks and strategies and just be clever in general, but they will never mature emotionally or mentally. This is why no matter how many times Danny defeated the Ghosts or tried reasoning with them/saving them, their attitudes toward him stayed hostile. Ghosts cannot "learn valuable life lessons" and grow up. They are stuck and dead. Growing is for the living.

·      On the other side of the sexuality coin, most ghosts also share an almost aromantic mindset. It is very hard for a ghost to express many human emotions outside of territorial possessiveness or obsession. This makes romantic relationships extremely difficult to create, especially since if a ghost is faced with a decision between its obsession and its partner, it will always choose its obsession.

·      Halfa’s can of course experience and express human emotions and thus are exempt from a ghosts aromantic lifestyle however, they do have trouble with prioritizing their obsession over any relationships they may or may not have. This is why Vlad and Danny have such trouble retaining relationships and friendships.

·      Ghost’s by design cannot ever feel satisfied, or rather the only way to for a ghost to feel satisfied would be to obtain/achieve their obsession. This results in a feeling of inner peace and a prompt ascension to the unknown.

·      Halfa’s are not fully exempt from the ghostly dissatisfaction. They will always feel a slight unease no matter how happy they are unless they are actively pursuing their obsession. This can be a factor in why Vlad, despite being unbelievably rich and decently handsome, is still a bitter, lonely bachelor. His obsession with Maddie and Danny, coupled with his need for power and control over his life has left him forever wanting.

·      The Observants are a hive mind race created from the Ghost Zone itself in order to ensure its continued existence. Their responsibilities include watching over the human world as well as the Ghost Zone since life and death are intertwined and the Ghost Zone’s health is a reflection of Gaia’s.

·      The Observants, while immortal, were not powerful enough to ensure the safety of both worlds on their own, so they used their ancient power and created Clockwork from the ambient ectoplasm of the Ghost Zone. By gifting him the power of time Clockwork became able to control the fate of both the living world and the Ghost Zone.

·      Clockwork, like the Observants, is immortal, but he is also all-knowing. Mastery of Time has allowed him to gain all the wisdom and knowledge that humanity will ever know and all that it won’t know. He is a God in all but name though few know of his existence.

·      Clockwork finds himself helplessly drawn to the beings called Halfa’s. This attraction is caused by the fusion of life and death that make up a Halfa’s DNA, a very similar mixture to the one that makes up his own existence. Clockwork is a ghost in the sense that he is made of ectoplasm, but at the same time he cannot be killed unlike all other ghosts, whose forms can be destroyed and assimilated back into the Ghost Zone, making him neither a member of the dead or the living. Clockwork was not born from a human like every other ghost, and he was also given his own conscious unlike the Observants who are nothing more than an extension of the Ghost Zone itself. Clockwork is very fond of his kindred spirits for being completely unique beings like him. Niether live nor dead and yet both anyway. He saw kinship in their shared contradictions and wanted what was best for both of them, even if they are somewhat annoying and/or evil.

·      The existence of Halfa’s defies all laws of Nature and Natural Order, and their presence can potentially unbalance the scale between life and death. They would bring about the destruction of both worlds if their population should rise. When the Observants informed Clockwork of these ticking timebombs, he merely smiled and assured them that everything would be okay.

On the subject of the Halfa’s:

·      Nobody really knows what will happen to Halfa’s post mortem. Vlad has guested that they will simply turn into full ghosts.  However, he has also speculated that the Ghost and human DNA will conflict upon death and result in the destruction of the Halfa’s soul. There's no real way to be certain since he and Danny are completely unique beings.

·      On that note, Vlad is frustrated with the lack of Halfa’s to experiment on. He has experimented on himself for years, but can only do so much alone, even with clones to aid him.

·      Vlad has thought about kidnapping Danny to use as a lab rat, but can never bring himself to act upon it because of his feelings for the boy (and his trauma caused by being a lab rat himself for the government)

·      When Vlad was admitted to the hospital for ecto-acne, doctors noticed his unstable ghost powers and notified the government. Vlad was taken to a secret government facility and experimented on. Vlad was stuck there for 3 years as he struggled to control his powers enough to escape.

·      Vlad’s escape from the government facility lead them to create the Guys in White Division to specialize in ghosts and ghost hybrids.

·      The GiW primary mission was to re-capture Vlad and other ghosts samples in the process for experimentation, however years later Vlad invaded the facility and wiped all of their ghostly information and his identity from their data banks after copying the intel for his own use.

·      Vlad then hunted down and destroyed all of the GiW facilities and killed all who knew of his ghost genes. That is why the new GiW did not know about the existence of any ghost-human hybrids until they discovered Danny.