#dp x yj

[hugsandchaos]

Y’all, there’s a severe lack of fics where Phantom reunites with Dani while being the newest member of Young Justice and Conner sees Phantom being such a good big brother to her despite knowing fully well that she’s his clone and eventually wants to be Phantom’s brother, too.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is,

Prepare yourselves.

Edit: Done! It’s called Seeing Double, and the first part is out! I think it’s only going to have two, maybe three parts. Maybe.

[cinnademon]

Lately @threewaysdivided 's OlderBrotherDanny!AU has been occupying the majority of my brain space so I've just had to draw a few somethings for it 🥰🥰

We've been volleying ideas and headcanons back and forth about this AU and we've come to a consensus about a few significant features:

With the exception of his eyes and nose, Danny is the spitting-image of John Grayson while Dick has mostly inherited Mary's facial features

Danny and John share the Grayson family tradition of Big Bushy Brows™️

Since 3WD and I are big fans of the Danny-Has-Very-Light-Blue-Eyes train, @threewaysdivided has come up with an awesome headcanon that Danny's unusual light eye color is a weird recessive trait that pops up every few generations in the Grayson family

The reason that Danny was adopted out at birth is that he was born premature and with congenital defects that would have made it unsafe for him to be part of the troupe, least of all a traveling circus

I have to say, drawing baby Danny with his little messy mohawk has given me a lot more joy than I expected it to, I can't stop looking at it 🥺 I love looking at Brother!AUs, they never fail to make me reach for the Kleenex.

If you guys want, share some of your favorite Brother!AU headcanons in the tags or notes! All these juicy new headcanons are making me itch to draw them ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[batpham-discord-highlights]

A PSA for tagging DPxDC Content

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[cypherscript]

Wrong number.

*Ding*

Konner sits on the couch with a few of the young justice team. He pulls our his phone, not recognising the number he checks the subject that just says help. Konner opens the text, curious now.

'Hey dad, can you help me? What do you do when you get stuck halfway intangible in an object?'

'Sorry but you have the wrong number but I might be able to still help.'

Konner taps Miss Martian on the shoulder, "Hey M'gann, can you help someone who is phased into something? Like halfway into an object?"

"Someones stuck? I should be able to help or my uncle J'onn could."

"You up for a trip then?" M'gann nods as the rest of the team lets them up. "Lemme just find out where they are."

'Hey, i got someone with me who can help with your phasing problem. Can you send your coordinates?'

'Locate.satlocal has been sent.'

'Alright, were on our way.'

"Got it, lets go help them."

[stormikitty]

DP/DC prompt

Klarion goes to the YJ team and tells them that not only is he leaving the Light, but he'll help the YJ team take them down it they help him take down the people who hurt his new best friend, Danny.

A k a, Klarion and the YJ team work together to take down the Light, the GIW, the Fentons, and Vlad Plasmius.

[wandixx]

I want to write a Christmas fluff one-shot with Danny introducing the YJ cartoon version of M'gann and Conner to some Christmas traditions because M'gann asked him nicely, and this boy is weak to pretty girls asking him nicely (or not) to do stuff. However, he would draw a line on Santa. Sorry, not sorry. I'm just not sure how he would do it, so help me decide.

Option two means that Santa is like this goat that gets burned.

Also, I kinda struggle as a Catholic-raised European because I have no idea what my traditions are also things he would introduce. Like, do you American atheists have Christmas Eve big dinner? If yes, then you probably don't have 'no meat' rule cause it's Catholic tradition and in historically more protestant countries it's not a thing but then what do you eat? When do you exchange presents? Do you wait for the first star to begin celebrations?

There are some of my traditions I can rule out, but still, I struggle.

So, my dear American or at least more knowledgeable reader, what's YOUR favourite Christmas tradition that Danny could introduce his alien friends to?

Write in the comments I beg you

Also, Merry Christmas if you celebrate it. All the best for you

[torscrawls]

Infinite Trust

This is for Dannymay 2022 day 6 - Space.

Phantom has started teaming up with Young Justice but he still refuses to go with them to their meetings at the Satellite Watchtower in space.  It would mean revealing his obsession to them and he's not ready to make himself vulnerable like that.

The team on the other hand is convinced that Phantom is deathly afraid of space.

Also available on my AO3.

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"Hey, Phantom! You coming with us?" Robin asked over his shoulder as the team started to move out; the threat having been neutralized.

Danny froze where he was hovering off to one side; having been fully intent to just go straight back home. "To the Watchtower?" The one in space.

"Yeah,” Robin said casually, “It's time, don't you think?"

"I—" Danny stopped as he tried to control his voice, dampening the instinctual excitement. This was a dangerous topic. “I don't—"

"You don't like space?" Miss Martian asked with a frown and talking to a real alien really wasn’t helping his case.

"Yeah, I do,” Danny immediately answered, voice slightly strangled, before he could stop himself. “I do. That's why I can't—" He cut himself off with a grunt of frustration before he could say too much. "I have to go." 

 And before they could say anything else, Danny dropped off the visible spectrum and zoomed off as fast as he could, covering his now glowing freckles with his hands for good measure. 

  ——

  Danny descended into his room, let his transformation pass over him, and stepped out into the apartment he shared with Sam and Tucker. 

 As soon as he stepped into the living room, Sam tilted her head back over the headrest of the couch to look at him. "You’re back. How did it go?" 

 Tucker looked up from his computer at the dinner table as Danny heaved a sigh and sat down on the couch next to Sam with a defeated, "Good. They wanted me to come with them to the Watchtower after the fight." 

 "The one in space?” Tucker asked incredulously, “And you turned them down??" 

 Sam placed the book she was holding down on the table before turning to him with a frown. "I'm sure they just want you to join in the debriefing." 

 "Yes, of course! But I can't—I can't let them see me like that." 

 He had started working together with the Young Justice some time ago and even though he had started to trust them more and more—they hadn’t even been digging into his background, and Tucker had checked—he still wasn’t comfortable with sharing his... weaknesses with them. He would be powerless to stop them if they decided to use it against him, or if they decided to go to their higher ups with the information. Batman was still one of the scariest people he had met—and he had stood up to the ghost king and won!

 Sam frowned at him for a second before placing a light hand on his shoulder. “Danny… I get what you mean, as much as I can understand it, but… Don't you think they would understand?”

 “They’ve told you their secrets, right?” Tucker added on, coming over to plop down on the couch next to them. “You’re part of the group! They won’t use something like that against you.”

 And they were right; he knew most of the Young Justice’s secret identities by now (and the perk of being a ghost was that no one suspected him of having one too) and they hadn’t done anything so far to warrant his distrust. But it was hard after so many years of being hunted by everything from his parents, to the government, to old family friends and crushes.

 “And besides,” Sam continued hesitantly, “It might… be good? To have some more people to… You know…” She trailed off as she looked away, but Danny understood. It would be good to have some more people who could take him out if something like Dan happened in this timeline.

 Danny knew that it weighed heavily on them to be some of the very few people who even had a chance to stop him. Could he really deny them this? And besides; additional security would be good. Not to mention that if Danny was really honest with himself, he wanted to trust them; to tell them everything. He was just so tired of hiding.

 Tucker brought him out of his thoughts with a light shove to his shoulder. “Come on space case, it’ll be good for you.”

 “Maybe… Maybe I can start by telling them about me being Fenton?” Somehow, that didn’t feel as personal. And he knew that the Young Justice and their older counterparts were good at keeping identities secret. It would be a good test. He had enough connections by now, both in the human realm and the ghost zone that he would be fine if he needed to lay low in either dimension for a while. It was a risk he was willing to take, but sadly it wouldn’t only affect him. “Would that be okay with you guys?”

 Tucker shrugged. "Do whatever you feel is right, man.”

 Danny frowned as he clasped his hands tightly in front of him. “But they might be able to connect it back to you.” That wasn’t completely true; they almost certainly would.

 But Tucker merely smiled. “Then maybe I could finally secure that internship at Wayne Enterprises.”

 “Yeah, Danny,” Sam agreed easily, “We’ll be fine.”

 “Well,” Danny leaned back on the sofa, “with any luck it won’t come up again.”

 Sam laughed. “You just jinxed it stupid!”

  ——

  “Hey! Phantom!” Robin, Dick, greeted as he waved Danny into the Bio-Ship. “Sorry about last time.”

 Danny smiled and waved him off. “No worries. Sorry for ditching.”

 He took his place in one of the seats while greeting the rest of the team that was present; Conner, Wally, and M’gann. He was almost starting to feel like a part of the team and found that he really, genuinely, liked them.

 As the ship took off Danny leaned back and had almost managed to convince himself that the rest of the team had forgotten all about the conversation from last time when Conner leaned over towards him before asking bluntly, "Are you scared of space?" 

 Danny heaved a sigh, of course they hadn’t forgotten—and they had apparently talked about it without him—but before he could respond Wally also leaned over from the other side with a frown on his face, "But wouldn't you be fine there? You don't need to breathe, right?" 

 "Oh!” M’gann exclaimed from the front of the ship, “Are there ghosts in space?? I’ve never seen any!" 

 The fondness he felt for the people around him was quickly getting replaced with annoyance.

 "I—I'm not scared of space," Danny cut in with raised hands. "And sure, maybe there are? I mean, I've been there. Before."  Oops. Maybe that was too much info. He tried not to be too open about all his powers—having a trump-card and all that.

 Maybe Jazz was right; maybe he did have some trust issues.

 "You have??" Wally asked excitedly.

 For once, Danny tried not to get swept up in Wally’s enthusiasm. He looked out one of the windows of the ship, careful to keep his eyes down and away from the tempting expanse of open sky above them. "Yeah…" 

 Dick frowned as he twisted around in his seat in front of Danny. “How?”

 “I flew there?”

 “Yeah, sure, why not,” Dick rolled his eyes as he turned back around in his seat and muttered under his breath, low enough that Danny was sure he wasn’t meant to overhear it, "Man, you never cease to surprise." 

 "So…” Conner was still leaning in towards Danny, a bit too close for comfort. “You just don't like it?" 

 "How can you not like space??” M’gann cut in again, “It's so beautiful!" 

 Danny made a strangled sound. It was very beautiful, wasn’t it? With all the stars and planets and empty nothing that was as dark and calm as—

 Danny shook his head and buried his head in his hands, hoping that the others were too busy to notice his freckles which he just knew were glowing and giving him away.

 Wally jumped slightly in his seat, "Well, ghosts are from another dimension. I'm sure he doesn't think space is anything special." 

 Danny peaked through his fingers to see Conner frowning at him. "Isn't your dimension called the Infinite Realms? Doesn’t that mean that it’s a lot like outer space? Being infinite and all?" 

 "I… Haven't really thought about it like that." But it made some sort of sense, didn't it? It was possible to move freely in any direction as long as you had the means to do so, the emptiness was occasionally dotted with lairs and islands, just like planets, it was all just colored in a different palette. Not to mention it was, indeed, infinite. "I guess it kinda is?" 

 "Is that why you spend so much time on earth and not in your dimension?” M’gann asked, sounding inexplicably sad, “Because you don't like it?" 

 "I—" What was he supposed to say to that? Should he just come clean about the whole ‘being part human’ thing?

 But before he could work himself into a panic, Dick cut in with a sharp, "Guys, stop harassing him!" 

 "I'm not harassing him!” Wally defended himself, but he did lean back in his seat. “I'm just curious."

 Dick shook his head, but they could all see the small smile on his face. “Save it for later, all right? We need to focus on the mission. We’re soon there.”

 “Yes boss,” Wally gave Dick a cheeky salute.

 Danny cleared his throat and jumped on the opportunity to change the subject. “So, who is it?”

“Well, funnily enough, we think it might be a ghost. Hopefully you might recognize this one, Phantom. He’s apparently been screaming your name for the last thirty minutes.”

 Ah, that explained why Dick had been so adamant that he joined the mission this time. “Oh, joy.”

  ——

  Danny had not been counting on running into Skulker today when he got out of bed this morning and he wasn’t too happy about it, but apparently he had been away from his home town for a bit too long and the other ghost had decided to go looking for him. If you count going to the neighboring town, destroying a bunch of property and screaming for Phantom to stop hiding and come fight him as looking.

 Normally, this wouldn’t have taken nearly as long as it had—and wouldn’t have resulted in nearly as much pain (he hadn’t really had a problem fighting Skulker since he graduated high school)—but then again; he hadn’t ever fought the other ghost while he was overshadowing Superboy before. Apparently, the one-of-a-kind clone had been too much of a temptation for Skulker to resist.

 And of course, after confirming that the rest of the team couldn’t even touch the enemy, most of the fight had been left up to Phantom.

 Danny winced as he pressed a hand to the wound in his side, holding the thermos with the other ghost inside tightly in the other as he sat on the ground and tried to get his breathing back under control.

 He looked over and saw Dick and M’gann help Conner to his feet and let out a breath of relief when he saw that Superboy wasn’t too badly hurt. Danny had done his best to hold back, but it was hard when his opponent had been so strong.

 Wally groaned and reached a hand down towards Danny. “Maaan. That sucked.”

 Danny gave a grunt in agreement and as he smiled and grabbed the offered hand—allowing himself to be pulled upright and doing his best not to wince as the motion tugged at his wound—Danny had the sudden realization that he trusted these people with his life. Half-life. Whatever. In light of that realization, it seemed ridiculous not to tell them the truth.

 “Oh, sorry, man!” Wally looked mortified. “I forgot about your wound. You okay?”

 “Yeah, yeah, I’ll be fine. I’ll heal soon.”

 “Alright…” Wally didn’t look convinced, “If you say so.”

 They slowly walked over to Conner, who was holding his head in one hand, M’gann, and Dick who were both supporting him. Danny knew how disorienting it could feel to be overshadowed; especially the first time.

 As they came to a stop next to them Dick nodded at the thermos, “What are we gonna do with him?”

 “I’ll take care of it,” Danny hedged, not wanting to admit that he most likely would just end up letting Skulker out again in a few days.

 Dick looked like he wanted to argue, to demand more answers, but then he… didn’t.

 They all just trusted him and he almost wished they didn’t, since it really made him want to trust them too.

 Conner straightened up and M’gann let him go with a frown before turning towards Danny. “Do you know why the ghost was after you?”

 Dick nodded and added, “And why he was in this town specifically?”

 Danny frowned down at the thermos. “Well, we are kinda close to Amity Park.”

 “Okay? What’s in Amity?” Wally asked.

 There really was no hiding it anymore. This would be as good a start as any, and his parents already knew about him and that he was working with the Justice League. He was positive that they wouldn’t mind him telling his teammates about them. Danny looked up from the thermos and med Dick’s gaze. “There’s a portal there.”

 Dick blinked and it wasn’t often that Danny managed to render the other speechless. Wally cut in with a slightly panicked, “To the Ghost Zone?!”

 “…Yeah.”

 And this seemed to be enough time for Dick to reboot his brain and when he spoke he was all serious business, “Why didn’t we know about this??”

 “Well, they—the people who built the portal—they are a bit… weird.”

 M’gann frowned at him, hands on her hips. “That’s a bit rude, isn’t it? If you’re using their portal?”

 “No, they are. And I would know.”

 “…Why?” Dick asked slowly, obviously trying to connect the dots.

 Danny hesitated.  It was now or never. “Well, they are— They are my parents.”

 "Your what?!" Wally was blinking wide eyes at him. "Do ghosts have parents?" 

 "Where did you think I came from?” Danny asked with a raised eyebrow and as much of a casual smile as he could muster.

 “Another dimension?! I didn't know that ghosts had—" Wally cut himself off, the color draining from his face. "Oh." 

 "Yeah…" Danny trailed off awkwardly, rubbing his neck. "People tend to forget about the being dead part." 

 Wally looked down on the ground with a shameful expression on his face. "I'm so sorry."

 "It's fine, it's nothing new." 

 M’gann hesitantly asked, "But not that old, if your parents are still around?" 

 "Well, about that…" Danny cast a quick glance around, seeing that it was still abandoned after the fight, and let his transformation pass over him and slowly opened his eyes to take in the shocked faces of his teammates.

 “You have a heartbeat,” Conner said faintly and Danny raised a hand to self-consciously rub at his sternum.

 “Yeah… I mean, I am human right now.”

 “You’re telling us that you’re alive?” Dick was asking with wide eyes.

 “Well…” Danny grimaced. “Kinda? Half?”

 “Don’t do this to me, man!” Wally wined, “I have just managed to wrap my mind around the fact that ghosts exist and now you do this?!”

 Danny smiled wryly, “Sorry I’m not dead?”

 “That’s a new one,” Conner frowned, looking slightly troubled by the news and Danny decided to wait a while before breaking the news of Dani to him (even though he was fairly certain that they would get on like a house of fire).

 Dick seemed to be processing for several quiet seconds before landing on a very formal, “Thank you for trusting us with this. We won’t tell the others if you don’t want us to.”

 “You would keep it a secret?” Danny asked in surprise. “Even from Batman?”

 Dick hesitated a split second before nodding. “Yeah. We know you’re trustworthy and this doesn’t need to change things.” Danny smiled as he felt gratitude well up inside him, Dick sent him a put-upon glare as he crossed his arms across his chest and continued, “I still think you should, though! The more info we have the better we can help you if you get hurt or something else happens.”

 “I’ll think about it.” The thought of other people knowing about him, and caring about him, made him feel uncomfortable. “Let’s just go.”

 M’gann opened her mouth and Danny cut her off with a smile and a, “Yes. You can ask your questions on the ship.”

 She beamed back at him and Danny felt that maybe it would all be ok.

  ——

  It had been several weeks already and the team hadn’t told anyone about him being Fenton. Danny had reluctantly admitted to Sam and Tucker that they probably were trustworthy and that there wasn’t really any more reason to keep his weaknesses from them; especially since him refusing to join the meetings was starting to take a toll on the team spirit.

 So that was why, after the latest fight, Danny found himself agreeing to come up to the Watchtower with the rest of the Young Justice for a debriefing.

 He stepped off the transporter pad before immediately taking a step backwards, away from the huge windows that were spanning the circular room and providing a great view of the space surrounding them on all sides. “O—Oh. I—I don’t—”

 “Phantom?” Dick asked with concern clear in his voice as he turned back to watch the newest arrival to the base. Almost everyone else had already entered the conference room—it was only him, Phantom, and M’gann.

 “I just—” Danny finally managed to close his eyes and couldn’t hold back a groan at the herculean effort it took to keep them that way. He almost violently showed his hands in front of his face and took another, stumbling, step backwards. “I can’t be here.”

 This had been a mistake. He should have told them about his obsession before agreeing to come, he should have—

 “What? But we just got here.” And Dick sounded so confused and worried.

 “Phantom?” he heard M’gann ask as she approached the two of them. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”

 Danny couldn’t take it anymore as he snapped his eyes open and lowered his hands, fully intending to reassure them but getting stuck halfway as his eyes sought out the great expanse of black behind them.

 “Oh,” he heard Dick say. "Your freckles are constellations! How have I never seen that before?!" 

 Danny distantly had the wherewithal to feel embarrassed, but before he could find the focus to cover his cheeks with his hands again, he heard M’gann’s happy voice say, "That's so cool!" 

 "So you do like space!" And Dick almost sounded accusing as he said it.

 Danny wished he could focus enough to reassure them that he was fine, or maybe to tell them to get out of his way so that he could see better. It had been such a long time since he had seen so many stars at once. He opened his mouth, closed it, using all the focus he could muster to stammer out, “I—I just—”

 “I’m sorry,” someone said, but Danny was too far gone to be able to tell exactly who it was that said it. “Are you okay?”

 But Danny couldn’t answer anymore, only shaking his head numbly with his eyes glued to the spectacular scene outside the windows.

 Someone grabbed his arm and Danny reluctantly followed where it led him; it took all his energy not to fight back as whoever it was that was leading him took him away from the windows.

 “Is that better?”

 Danny blinked.

 He was standing in a gray hallway together with Dick and M’gann, who were both looking at him with worried expressions. Danny let out a long breath when he could only see the walls surrounding them. No windows. His core ached slightly, but he ignored it. “Yeah. Yeah. Sorry about that.”

 “…What happened?” Dick asked slowly, but considering his expression, and the fact that he still had his hand on Danny’s arm from when he led him here, Danny had a feeling that he already had a guess.

 "You know how—" Danny trailed off. This was hard to talk about, especially when he was still blinking away the afterimages of stars from his eyelids, but he owed them this much. "You know how some ghosts have… themes? Or interests I guess?" 

 Dick nodded. "Like how Skulker likes to hunt and Ember to play music?" So he had done some research, then. Danny wasn’t surprised. M’gann was frowning with a slightly confused expression on her face, but she didn’t interrupt.

 "Yeah, exactly. Well, there's kind of a reason for that… Have you guys heard about obsessions?" 

 "Like compulsive behavior?" M’gann asked.

 "I mean… kinda? But ghostly obsessions are a bit more… a core part of who they are I guess you could say. It's something they have to do to exist, essentially." 

 “Okay…?” Dick trailed off with a frown before his eyes widened in realization. “Aaah.”

 “Yeah…”

 “What?” M’gann asked as she glanced between the two of them.

 Thankfully, Dick stepped in and said it so that Danny didn’t have to. “It’s your obsession, isn’t it? Space?”

 Danny nodded and it was like a huge weight lifted from his shoulders at the admission. It was still hard to talk about it so openly with someone who wasn’t Sam or Tucker, but he would try. “I don’t— I can’t control it. And I can’t really focus on anything else. It’s… ”

 Dick nodded. “Yeah, I can see why you don’t tell people about that.”

 M’gann looked thoughtful before adding, “It’s almost as if Superman would be drawn to kryptonite.”

 That startled a laugh out of Danny. “I mean… Not really? It doesn’t really hurt me, or I mean, it can if I don’t fulfill it, but it’s just… Yeah…”

 Dick’s eyes widened in worry as he asked, “Did it hurt you when I dragged you away from the windows?”

 His core had calmed down again; the proximity to space was probably helping, so Danny shook his head. “No, you’re fine. Thanks for that, by the way. I don’t know if I’m ready for the whole League to see me like that.”

 “It’s okay,” M’gann assured him with a smile, before sending Dick a questioning look and adding, “We can probably make sure we have the debriefings you’re a part of on earth if you want?”

 Dick nodded and Danny smiled at both of them—grateful for their effort to accommodate him. “Thanks. Maybe for now that’s a good idea? I’ll try to get used to it a bit so I can come up here.”

 Dick nodded, easily accepting this. “You know, we will never use this against you. You have my word.”

 “Mine too!” M’gann added happily and earnestly.

 “I—Well—Thanks.” Despite everything, he was not ready to tell them about Dan. He just had to trust that they would know how to stop him if it came to that.

 “You know,” Dick continued, “I would have thought it was protecting people or something?”

 “What?” Danny frowned in confusion.

 “You obsession?”

 “Well…” Danny rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment, “I kinda have two?”

 Dick heaved a sigh, but he was smiling as he said, “Of course you do.”

  ——

  Danny pressed his face against the glass, wide eyes eagerly taking in the stars outside.

 Without really making a conscious decision he floated through the hull and ended up outside—in the middle of the stars and the quiet. 

 He smiled broadly as he slowly turned around and around with wide eyes, taking it all in. It had been far too long since he had been up here. He had almost forgotten how much he missed it. 

 "Should we call him back inside?" Wally asked as he laughed at the ghost floating out in the open space; shining brighter than any star.

 Dick shook his head as he turned back to his paperwork. "Let him be for a while. He looks happy." 

[threewaysdivided]

I don’t have many strong thoughts about Danny x Kaldur outside of it being a rarepair crossover crackship with the potential to be cute.

However,

Deeply Disappointed that the ship name isn’t Sleeping With the Fishes.

[mrmrsman]

I'd love to see a dpxdc story where the Justice League knows about Amity Park and the Ghosts the whole time, and does think the ghosts are rogues to be addressed. Doesn't agree with the GIW, maybe doesn't even know about them? THE IMPORTANT PART.

The Red Huntress is the only active vigilante in Amity Park, according to the JL. Phantom is marked as one of her rogues. Maybe the Fentons even are marked as rogues from all the property damages and random shooting/sliming of citizens. Valarie is the only person successfully taking care of the ghosts, masking and suiting up in the classic vigilante way the whole time.

[ew-selfish-art]

DPxDC Au: Normally when Danny vandalizes ancient cave walls and historic places on his 'favor' missions for Clockwork, he gets sent back to erase them. But no, apparently this time, when Danny added his actual phone number into some painting, he's not allowed to go back and fix it. Ugh.

...

Tim has had the painting of Bruce professionally reviewed a few times since the old Bat was retrieved from the time stream. He's not entirely sure how the painting still exists, he's not even sure that it matters any more... But one day Tim catches something new in the painting.

It was small, and it could've just been the light at first but... Is that a phone number in the background?? It looks like black marker on the black curtains and it makes him feel feral. The family is kinder this time about how they think he's gone crazy- but each one of them admit that they can't remember a phone number ever being present.

The lab reports that the number was added over the paint- and that it's an ink based marking akin to a sharpie but like, hundreds of years old. So... It's been added recently but not at all recently enough for Tim to have an explanation.

Tim doesn't want to hear any more of his family members opinions on the matter and he certainly isn't going to just, stop investigating or something stupid like that. So, he takes the painting to the tower, gathers his team (Cassie, Kon and Bart), and they call the number in the middle of the night after a lot of planning/back-and-forth/catastrophizing.

It doesn't answer until the final ring, and the static that comes through the phone is bone chilling. A deep, monstrous groan which echoed with agony fills the room.

"I have a math test in like, three hours, who the fuck are you and why the fuck are you calling in the middle of the night?" The voice now complains, still sounding vaguely inhuman despite it's very human word choices.

"Your number is in a historical painting, we had a few questions but uh, you can call us back later?" Tim cringes as he says it but he hadn't planned on having to reply to someone trying to go back to bed. Or someone who was apparently also a teenager. (He had so, so many contingency plans for like, every kind of villain, alien or demon. lame.)

"...Ugh. might as well." The voice calls out, agreeing with a sigh that echos so deeply the team can feel it in their bones.

"Cool. Good luck on your test?" Tim offers.

"Mph." And the line hangs up.

...

Danny is at lunch with Sam and Tucker when he remembers the late night call. He'd spent the morning bitching about never getting a full night of sleep and it finally occurred to him what had happened. Of course his friends think it's hilarious that CW wouldn't let him erase his number. Of course they do.

They stop laughing when Danny calls the number back.

"Hello, this is Red Robin of Gotham. I have Superboy, Wonder girl and Impulse present with me. How did your math test go?"

[ghostboidanny]

I've seen a few times in Dp x DC fics when Danny is first introduced to the Justice League and meets Captain Marvel, that they both know the other is actually a kid and not an immortal being, but pretends to be old friends so as to not be outed and tricks the JL together.

Now I bring you, neither of them know the other is a kid and both Actually think the other is immortal but still somehow ends up pretending to be besties. How? Time travel.

This is their actual first meeting, but in the future, Danny will time travel back to the past and meet past Champions of Magic. Billy, as the current Champion of Magic, has inherited the knowledge of these meetings, but thinks they happened chronologically = Phantom is immortal. So he use that knowledge to bullshit his way into pretending he's been all those old Champions and greets Danny as an old friend to sell his Old as Shit act before the JL.

Danny in turn doesn't know about those past meetings but he Does know about time travel. So when Captain Marvel greets him like an old friend and start recounting their different meetings throughout history, Danny assumes he's gonna time travel and do all those things one day (accurately). But he's pretending to be immortal, not a time traveling teen, and so has to pretend that he Totally Remembers That One Time In Greece, Yup!

[hugsandchaos]

Seeing Double

Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Summary: A ghost who looks a lot like Phantom comes to him in search of protection, and their newest member instantly agrees. He calls her his little sister, and sooner or later, Phantom also might end up with a new brother.

*bangs pots and pans together* @vixen-uchiha, @starlightcat04, @blueliac, COME GET Y’ALL’S JUICE!!!

Phantom smiled to himself looking up at the night sky. The event he’d been waiting for finally started a few minutes ago, the top right “corner” of the moon was dark with the tiniest hint of red on the “edge”. He was pretty grateful for being allowed to go outside for the lunar eclipse. Especially since the other members of Young Justice got to tag along as well. He could hear Wally explaining the specifics of the event to Conner below, but ignored it.

Phantom was well above the trees so he could get a perfect view of the lunar eclipse, so it wasn’t very hard to ignore them. Especially since he was so happy about what he was going to see soon. And by soon, he meant an hour or so. Since they were so far out from the city the civilization in general, Phantom also had an amazing view of the stars. It seemed like every second he spent looking at them instead of the moon, a new one would pop into existence. Or he’d recognize another constellation.

He leaned back so he was floating with his back facing the ground and crossed one of his legs over the other. He folded his arms over his abdomen and smiled fondly, acting as if he was laying on solid ground instead of being in midair. Then a small blue fog of smoke came out of his mouth.

Phantom quickly swung himself upright and looked around. He really didn’t want to deal with any ghost fights right now, he just wanted some peace. As he scanned the area around him, he noticed something in the distance. It definitely wasn’t a star, and it was too small to be a pod. It might be the ghost he had sensed being nearby.“Phantom?” Robin called out. The ghostly hero glanced down below.”Everything alright?” He asked.

Phantom nodded and went back to looking at the ghost.”Yeah, just a second. I think I see something.” He yelled back. He squinted his eyes to try to see if he could recognize the ghost. It didn’t take long for him to figure out who it was, and when he did, a huge smile broke out across his face.

“Danielle!!!” Phantom called out.

He quickly rushed towards his younger clone. He didn’t notice his friends calling for him, but he noticed that Dani had definitely spotted him since she was also hurdling towards him. They reached each other somewhere midway and Phantom slowed down enough before they practically collided with each other. Dani didn’t really slow down as soon as him and knocked him back a little, but he wasn’t too fazed by the impact and wrapped his arms around her.

He hugged his sister considerably tighter than he usually hugs people, and spun around a bit as a small way to release some of the new, excited energy. Dani laughed a little as they spun, then he stopped.”How have you been?!” He asked excitedly.

“I’ve been great!!” She said. They both ended the hug with big grins on their face, very happy to see the other after months had passed. Phantom was about to ask her about her time apart from him, but she opened her mouth to speak.”I’ve seen so many cool things that I wanna tell you about, and guess what?!“ She asked. She held her mouth open and pointed at the upper part. That’s when Phantom noticed her canine teeth were a bit bigger than a regular human’s.”I’ve grown fangs, like yours!” She exclaimed. The older halfa gasped softly. He wasn’t quite sure what emotion had just swelled up in his chest a little, but he’s felt it before, and it was definitely positive.

Was it pride? Was he proud of her? He wasn’t sure if that was it or not, but the feeling remained.”That’s so cool, Dani! They’re fang-tastic.” He said.

Dani’s grin grew a little bit wider when he said that.”Why, fang you!” She said. Suddenly, her expression changed drastically from pure excitement to what looked like distrust. Her eyes looked at something behind him, and Phantom quickly turned around to see what or who it was that caused her reaction.

Megan was floating there.”Who’s your friend, Phantom?” She asked kindly. Phantom calmed down a little and smiled again. He glanced back at Dani again and noticed how she looked a little confused, but still defensive. He floated back to be next to Dani.

“Hey, Megan! This is my little sister. She has the same powers as me.” He said. Him talking with his friend so calmly and casually seemed to help Dani relax. Which was what he was hoping for.

Megan’s smile grew as she looked over at the other halfa.”Really?! You’ve never mentioned your relatives before!” She said. She held a hand out.”It’s really nice to meet you, Danielle. I’m Megann! Well, Megann is my Earth name.” She introduced herself. Dani glanced over at Phantom. He knew what it was she was asking and gave her an encouraging nod. With the affirmation that it was safe, Dani smiled and shook Megann’s hand.”Nice to meet you too.” She said with a small smile. For a moment, Phantom was happy that they hadn’t met her in some kind of fight or had a misunderstanding. Then he remembered something pretty important. Not wanting to make it awkward, though, he decided to try to play it cool.

He gave Megann a slightly apologetic look.”I’m sorry, but would you mind letting us chat for a bit? We have a lot to catch up on and talk about, and something tells me it’s going to get a little personal.” He asked politely. He tried to make it understandable and reasonable, and to him, that sounded like a good explanation. He’s been pretty private about his life before he joined Young Justice, anyways.

Megann nodded.”Oh, yeah, of course! I’ll let the others know what you’re doing if they ask.” She said. The older halfa agreed with that idea and nodded to show it. The martian turned around and flew back to the others, and once she was gone, Phantom glanced over at Dani.

She turned to him at the same time, also looking pretty serious. Seemed like they both had something to say.”You go first.” Phantom said. Dani remained silent for an extra minute. Phantom waited until an idea of what it was entered his head, and he didn’t like it one bit.”It wasn’t Vlad, was it?” He asked. Dani shook her head.

“I was... I was spotted by one of them.”

Those words briefly made Phantom’s core stop. The sweet moment suddenly turned way more sour than he was expecting. His eyes widened in shock and horror and they both floated in silence for a while. With each passing second, Dani looked more and more like she’d start to cry. Tears were slowly starting to form, but she was holding back.”I don’t want them to catch me... We both know I can’t go into the Ghost Zone, so... I didn’t know what else to do.” She said. Her voice came close to cracking at the end.

Phantom quickly pulled his mind back together. An urge to protect his sister began to block out the fear he also felt for her and he pulled her into a hug.”They won’t get the chance. I’ll do everything to make sure of it.” He said. He wasn’t entirely sure how he’d be able to actually protect her against part of the government, but he wasn’t lying. He was going to do whatever he could to protect her from the Guys In White. Dani hugged back.”Thank you.” She said.

“Anytime.” Phantom said. It was practically obvious to him. As long as his core was still vibrating and his heart was still beating, he’d protect her against anything.”But listen, my team doesn’t know I’m a halfa. They only think I’m a ghost. I think you should say the same.” He said. Dani nodded.

They soon ended the hug and Dani looked better than before. Phantom noticed something above and pointed behind her.”Look at that.” He said. Dani followed his gaze and let out a small, amazed “ohh” under her breath when she saw it. The lunar eclipse wasn’t complete yet, but it was getting there. A part of it was still white, but the majority of it was getting more and more red, and even looked a little orange.”I saw one of those before. Lunar eclipse, right?” She asked.

“Mhmm.” Phantom confirmed.

The two remained there for only a few minutes, watching the moon change ever so slightly, before Dani filled the silence again.”Can we meet the rest of your teammates?” She asked, turning to face him.

“Duhh! This way.” Phantom said, then flew to where his friends had set up camp.

It was a pretty short flight, and once there, his teammates were already looking at them. The group had used Megan’s bioship to fly out an hour or so away from the mountain and brought their own tents, and obviously some campfire snacks along with other necessities. They were all aligned in a circle with a sort of “entrance” facing the direction of the bioship. Phantom landed with Dani close behind and glanced back at her to make sure she wouldn’t get overwhelmed or anything. He wasn’t entirely sure how good her social skills were. She looked a little bit surprised, but overall okay. Phantom turned to his team.”Hey, guys! Hope you don’t mind one more.” He said, gesturing towards his sister. Dani smiled and waved at them.

Megan was the first of them to speak.”Not at all! Come on over, the eclipse is getting closer.” She said. Dani accepted the invitation and began walking over to them. Phantom obviously followed.

He noticed Conner looking a little surprised, but brushed it off since everyone seemed a bit surprised to learn that he apparently had a sister. Dani floated off the ground to be more at eye level with his friends.”How come all of your friends are taller than me?” She asked, glancing back at Phantom. He just shrugged and grinned.”I guess you just got the short end of the stick.” He said. Dani rolled her eyes and looked back at them.

“I’m Danielle! It’s nice to meet all of my brother’s new teammates.” She said. Robin held his hand out and Dani accepted it.

“It’s nice to meet you too. I’m Robin. That’s Wally, Artemis, Conner, Kaldur, and you’ve already met Megan.” He said. Phantom leaned closer to Dani and pointed at Wally.

“He doesn’t really believe in ghosts, so feel free to bug him when he’s not training or on missions.” He whispered.

Wally glared at him and Robin and Artemis both muffled a laugh behind their hands.”Hey!” Wally snapped. Dani gasped almost slightly offended, then grinned mischievously.

“Oh, I’d love to!” She said. Before she said something else, though, Conner spoke up.

“Megan told us you’re his little sister, but I didn’t expect you to look practically just like our friend. You could be mistaken for twins if it wasn’t for the age difference.” He said. He didn’t seem upset, and Phantom was a bit relieved about it. He didn’t think that Conner would start anything, but he had anger issues and had... negative reactions to being reminded that he’s a clone of someone who doesn’t like him.

Dani shrugged a little. “Well, yeah! I’m his clone, so of course I look like him and have similar powers.“ She said. The camp went quiet. The atmosphere wasn’t exactly heavy or intense, but it certainly wasn’t as happy and calm as before. Dani noticed the change and at first was confused, then she started to grow nervous. She glanced between Phantom’s teammates.

Finally, one of them spoke.“You said she’s your little sister.” Wally said. Phantom immediately hopped onto the defensive, but tried to remember about their treatment towards Conner and not mistake his confusion in his voice for something negative.

Dani seemed to make that mistake, though, since she began floating closer to him with a pretty nervous expression.”Yeah, because she is. Just because there’s no legal documentation or something doesn’t mean she can’t be my family.” Phantom said. Dani stopped right next to him and nodded in agreement. To her surprise and not her big brother’s, his friends all seemed almost a little heart warmed by this. Conner just looked surprised.

“That’s nice of you. To give her a family.” Kaldur said.

“I don’t see why I wouldn’t, but thanks?” Phantom said. Dani suddenly flew upwards and looked at the sky.

“Enough with the sentimental stuff, we’re going to miss it!” She said. The older halfa quickly remembered the reason they’d come outside in the first place and let out a small “oh”. He followed her lead and smiled at the moon once he was above the trees.

It was now completed and fully red. Sure, there was still a tiny bit of lighter red, but the huge majority looked a lot like blood. It was a little creepy, but Phantom still couldn’t help but admire it. It was amazing, and made him almost forget about the talk he’d need to have with Kaldur and Red Tornado, and possibly the rest of the league later. He’d think about that after the eclipse was over. For now, he was just going to enjoy the sight.

[cinnademon]

HERE WE GOOOOO!!! 🥳

I finally got around to finishing my Fanfiction Appreciation Day gift for @threewaysdivided​ for her lovely and super amazing DP x YJ crossover Young Justice: Deathly Weapons. Go and read their fic and send them lots of love and cookies ❤️🍪

The first one is the new one I just finished for Chapter 18: Black Gold. In the previous art pieces I did for this story, I realized I made a grave transgression: I didn’t do any images focusing on our favorite speedster! So here’s Wally, in all his imagined glory after sucker-running(?) two henchman against the wall. Let this serve as a reminder that whatever Wally may or may not do in future chapters (side-eyes 3WD), he is still the lovable and heroic speedster that we all know and love. Remind me to never draw anything using a wide-angle lens perspective ever again.

The second image is (sort of) a happy accident! I was rooting through my hard drive the other day, looking at all of my files from the past few years, when I came across this image that I originally drew as part of the first set of images I did for YJ:DW! I have no idea why I didn’t post it along with the others, or how I could have forgotten about it, but here’s an extra super-bonus image for Chapter 6! 

Thank you for all the effort and love you pour into your amazing stories, and I hope you are doing well!✌️

[batpham-discord-highlights]

How to use the Tumblr Tag Blocking and Content Filtering functions with nifty screen shots

[with small about dpxdc venting/hate posts at the end]

First, what is Filtering Tags and what is Filtering Post Content.

Filtered Tags: the tags you hide here will be hidden from you dashboard and in search.

Filtered Post Content: Post content filtering searches the entire post for the word/phrase you add. Not just the tags.

Below is a series of screen shots showing where the blocking/content filtering option are and how to use them.

DESKTOP: got to setting and scroll down. Tag filtering and Content Filtering are right above the Community Labels and under where your birthday is displayed.

MOBILE: Click on the gear in the top right corner of your dashboard → go to General Settings → scroll down until you see Filtering. There you will be able to see all of your blocked tags and filtered content once you add it in.

You add a tag or content to filter by, by clicking the plus sign and typing in the EXACT phrase or tag you want to filter out. As you can see in the video below, if you only block Jazz Fenton/Jason Todd only things with that exact tag (for tag filtering) or phrase in the post (content filtering) will be hidden.

Therefore you CAN block Jazz Fenton/Jason Todd and still see Jazz and Jason content respectively.

Jazz/Jason Content Filtering.mov

Here is an example of tag filtering we did with the dpxdc tag so you can see how it will look if you have a blocked tag, and how to UNBLOCK a tag very easily. Note that it’s really easy to block and unblock tags, and the change takes place IMMEDIATELY so it’s easy to block/unblock at your leisure.

dpxdc Tag Blocking.mov

A helpful cheat sheet for words/phrases to filter by!

On another note: PLEASE DON'T tag vents or hate about dpxdc as "dpxdc" or as "dp x dc" as those are the main fandom tags.

Thank you!!! 🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇👻🦇

[wonderwomanpleasesteponme]

I made fake dcxdp tweets set in the universe of the young justice cartoon, but instand of Danny or Ellie being apart of the team it's Dan post agit.

[stormikitty]

Can there be a fic where Clockwork, as Chronos, tells Wonder Woman to save Phantom from the GIW because his survival is important to the safety of the world? He also tells her to bring a member of The Team with her instead of the Justice League, but doesn't explain why. So she takes Kaldur with her and saves Danny and then soon after that Danny joins the YJ team from season 1. They don't know that he's half ghost until he tells them later on because Clockwork didn't tell Wonder Woman much about him except that he's 16 years old, being unjustly experimented on, and that his survival is important to the safety of the world. Kaldur is the only one on the team who knows about the Y-shaped scar on Danny's chest or knows just how bad his injuries from the GIW were. Can someone write this?