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[dr-futbol-blog]

Our hero, Major John Sheppard is stationed at McMurdo base in Antarctica at the start of the series. We learn that he likes it there. Sheppard himself tells Teyla in Sateda (S03E04): "Well, that [having no social skills] is why I enjoyed flying choppers in the most remote part of my world before all this craziness."

This is what John Sheppard tells us but we learn that what he tells us is not always the truth and certainly not the whole truth.

The alien AI that created a hallucination from Sheppard's own subconscious in Remnants (S05E15) poses him the question: "You're either someone with a death wish or someone running away from something. So tell me: what are you running away from?" Running away to the most remote part of his world, running away to another galaxy.

In fact, he has both been banished to and self-isolated in the most remote part of his world ("You torture yourself every day, John.") due to his "black mark" acquired in Afghanistan. We are never explicitly told what this black mark was, only that it bothered Gen. O'Neill and was something that Dr. Weir could live with. We are left wondering.

While we are shown something of what happened in Afghanistan during the episode Phantoms (S03E09), through the hallucinations from Sheppard's past of him failing to save Capt. Charlie Holland, it isn't until toward the end of the series that we find out what happened through the mirror of a parallel reality in Vegas (S05E19), where alt!Rodney tells us "You were a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan but were dishonourably discharged for disobeying orders and trying to rescue a field medic trapped behind enemy lines. You were shot down – obviously survived, but unfortunately the crash killed four American soldiers along with eight civilians. You avoided jail time; the record was sealed for various political reasons."

The field medic in the Vegas-verse, one where "infinite variations of our own known reality where alternate versions of you and I play out events", is female; this revealed in a mumbled 'ur' (I didn't even catch it on first viewing even though I knew about the gender swap in advance; it might just as well have been "knew 'em") in alt!Rodney's line: "That field medic – the one you defied orders to go back and try and rescue. You knew her personally. You were... involved."

This was one of the differences between the two realities, perhaps even the most defining one of them, the point of divergence.

Vegas Sheppard dies to the tune of Johnny Cash's Solitary Man because that's what he was, a recluse (and note that the importance of Johnny Cash was underlined in the episode by Sheppard taking nothing but his poster, the same Johnny Cash poster that our Sheppard had in his quarters for all of the five years, with him once he walked away from his job; it carries weight):

I know it's been done havin' one girl who loved me Right or wrong, weak or strong Don't know that I will, but until I can find me The girl who'll stay and won't play games behind me I'll be what I am

But our Sheppard is not a Solitary Man (he has self-confessedly found something of a family in Pegasus). He's the Man in Black (in fact, he is dressed in black throughout the series even in situations where other fatigues would have made more sense; it is only in the very last episode that we see him in lighter colours):

I'd love to wear a rainbow every day And tell the world that everything's okay But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back 'Til things are brighter, I'm the man in black

We know the background. When the series begun, DADT was still in full effect, the franchise had a long-standing co-operation with the USAF, Prop 8 was still several years into the future. The non-normative sexual orientation of an All-American Action Hero was never going to be main-text. Even heterosexual romance between characters was mostly eschewed by the franchise. But damn if the subtext doesn't lay it out thick for us.

There are so many obvious parallels and comparisons in the show that I need to write them down somewhere, and while this is a day late and a dollar short, this fandom could do with some meta. So this marks the beginning of my journey through Stargate Atlantis with an eye on its bisexual protagonist.

[elexuscal]

obsessed with how in Danny Phantom

when the network (i presume) went to the show's writing staff and said, "love the show, but the kid's a superhero, give him a logo, we need a logo"

they clearly thought. but uhhh chief his super hero costume is the outfit he died in. we can't change it.

but they *had* to change it.

and instead of any half-dozen solutions i can think of off the top of my head (e.g. season 2 power up, take advantage of his already canonical light shapeshifting powers)

they went "okay so a ghost genie re-writes reality so he never met Sam and therefore neve rdied so Sam convinces him to die all over again but not before slapping her own home-made logo on his chest"

ridiculous. awful. love it.

[deadsetobsessions]

Of all the places he could have been summoned to, Danny Phantom had never considered a private school’s bathroom to be one of them.

With glowing green skin, a shock of flickering flames for hair, and a suit made out of the spaces between collapsing stars, Danny stared down at the stupefied faces of Gotham Academy’s finest students. One of them had their face in their hands, having caught sight of him and undergoing all the stages of grief in but a moment.

They sat around a circle that he was appropriately impressed with considering the limited space they had to work with. Danny could see the empty stalls, some of which were adorned with drawings and writings that were left by the, no-doubt, extremely busy caretaker.

“Seriously, a bathroom?” Danny wrinkled his nose.

“Holy shit, that actually worked?” One of the kids blurted out, then slammed their hands on top of their mouth.

“Did you expect it not to?” Danny squinted at them, frowning. It’s Friday, so it’s not like he had much to do, but Danny would prefer it if his time wasn’t wasted.

“No- no, your… uh, highness?”

“All of that schooling and you’re still uneducated,” one of the other ones hissed at the red headed kid who spoke. It’s “Your Majesty.” He’s a king, idiot!”

That was a pretty solid burn but, “It’s actually just Phantom. Did you guys want something? I’m busy.”

He’s not busy, but who cares?

“Uh…” the kids exchanged glances. The one in the back sighed and spoke up. He adjusted his glasses.

“We’re sorry for bothering you, Phantom. You wouldn’t happen to have a solution for dimensional separation, would you?”

“Huh.” Danny tilted his head, face souring. “I hate dimensional issues. They’re the worst. Who’s causing them?”

“His name’s Klarion!” The one who slapped a hand across his mouth earlier piped up.

“Oh! The lords of chaos or whatever. Yeah, I can help, for a price.”

Danny is against unpaid labor. Extremely against it, considering his side gig is being a half-dead vigilante. Then again, are you really a vigilante if you’re not half dead on a regular basis?

“What do you want?” Despite the reluctance from earlier, it’s clear the one with the glasses made the big decisions in this weird friend group.

“… A hundred dollars.”

“That’s it? No stipulations?” When Danny nodded, the kid had a calculating expression. “Deal.” The teen said immediately. He pulled out cash and wow, Danny’s definitely in a place with a different tax bracket.

He snatched it. Nasty burger money!

“Deal’s a deal. Also, don’t ever summon me again, but if you do, don’t ever do it in a bathroom again. You kids are so weird.” Danny floated out of the circle, grinning sharply. He formed a small bird- he doesn’t know why, but it felt right- of ice and handed it to the kid with glasses. “There. Proof of the deal.”

With that, Danny disappeared. Private school kids were so fucking weird, but… Dash and his goons were probably worse. What’s a little ritualistic summoning in the face of teenagers?

——

“I leave you guys alone for ten minutes and you summon the king of the dead?” Robin narrowed his eyes at his teammates, traitors who had the good graces to look sheepish. “How could you?! I wanted to try, too!”

Kid Flash patted him on the shoulder, a granola bar appearing in his mouth now that the possible world ending terror disappeared. “Sorry, Rob. Maybe next time! Magic still isn’t real though.”

“I’m not doing this shit in a bathroom again,” Artemis rolled back to her feet. “He sounded like he was going to rip our bones out if we ever summoned him in a bathroom again.”

“Ugh…”

[theillustraitor]

Hey yall, i can't seem to find this ep anywhere? I swear i remember watching it...

This is a gift for my friend @sugarviv! Its a fake title card for her ep idea (now dubbed "Divide and Conquer!" as seen above) where Vlad goes through the ghost catcher 👀👀

Also if anyone is interested we have a discord server where we discuss fake ep ideas, this one included! Dm me or viv for an invite :D

[redactedgoose]

Clark is aware that spying on others is more Batman's thing.

However... it's his little niece and nephew, okay? Just because they live in Illinois now (and aren't his blood relatives) doesn't mean anything. The Walker family's always been close with the Kents, even if only Grandma Walker still even lives in Smallville. So, just like he always keeps an ear out for Ma and Pa, he keeps an ear out for Alicia, Maddie, her husband Jack, and his cute niece and nephew's heartbeats.

It's easy enough and a pretty good indicator of their well-being, even beyond the obvious.

Clark really can't be held accountable for the chair that punched through the wall of the Watchtower's meeting room when he shot up out of it. He figures that he's being quite restrained, actually, since his nephew's heart literally just stopped beating.

In the time that it takes to pacify the rest of the assembled League members, though, Danny's heart starts beating again.

But it's different. Slower. Dangerously so.

He needs to get to Amity Park right now.

[ghost-ruin-zone]

rewatch time

[brettanomycroft]

Anyone else? No, just me?

[sugarviv]

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[nicelytousled]

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[dr-futbol-blog]

The Brotherhood, Pt. 11

Sheppard places his hands on the pedestal and out pops the ZPM from the wall in front of him. We get another close-up shot of gently laying a hand on something, which seems to be a theme in this episode. For some reason, they want us to see these two men in particular touching things in a tender, somewhat erotic fashion. Sheppard is touching the thing we saw McKay touch earlier, which makes them touch by proxy. If we compare the two scenes, Sheppard is much more hesitant as he has seen touching kill a man. This may be symbolic of how they have approached more than just the ancient puzzle.

Sheppard's fingers seem to be longer than McKay's but their hands still fit together perfectly.

As the ZPM pops out from the wall we also get a reaction shot from Sheppard and McKay alone, and not from any of the other characters. Sheppard lets out a breath that he had apparently been holding in, and this whole thing is honestly pretty suggestive. You don't need to read layers of subtext to understand what this is a metaphor for. He found... release for his tension. They both did.

McKay seems to be likewise out of breath, and as excited as he is to see an actual ZPM which may be a key to saving them from the wraith in addition to just being an object of great interest to him as a scientist, he turns to look at Sheppard instead. And the look on his face expresses awe. We see the briefest flicker of relief on Sheppard's face.

Kolya approaches the object, his attention focused on it even though he does not really understand what it is, and McKay steps around Sheppard to get closer to him probably to make sure that he doesn't accidentally break it or something. But this gives Sheppard an opportunity to proceed with his original plan.

He gives Teyla and Ford a nod, and they spring the flash bangs while only the three of them know to cover their eyes and ears against the stunning effect. Make note of the fact that again a part of the story happens only through looks and body-language, and if you're not paying attention to them, you are missing a portion of the story. Before Sheppard gives the order, he does the thing with his lips that seems to be a self-soothing technique. He is preparing to take out Kolya, and hopes that no one catches any stray bullets. He is especially worried about McKay, as we shall soon see.

While he ducks down, he does actually place himself between the flash bang and McKay although it seems to do very little to shield him from its effects. As everyone else in the room is temporarily stunned, they proceed to take out Kolya and his men.

Teyla and Ford take out the others where Sheppard focuses on Kolya. It's good that he does, too, as even stunned he is a very dangerous man and manages to land a couple of strikes on Sheppard. We have actually seen him training blind-folded so it tracks that he would be able to put up resistance even after being blinded. It is only the fact that the P-90 is more familiar to Sheppard and he has training in using it that sways the bout in his favour.

The very first thing Sheppard does? The very first? Is to check up on McKay. While Teyla and Ford are still taking out Kolya's men, while he really should be keeping his entire attention on Kolya and keep him literally in his cross hairs, while he's still catching his breath, he checks up on McKay who has been blinded by the stun grenade like everyone else. Like, he actually takes his eyes off Kolya to glance at McKay:

McKay: What the hell just happened? Sheppard: Are you okay? Allina: Yes. Thank you. Sheppard: Sorry, Rodney. I had no way of telling you what was coming.

The thing is, Allina responds to him like Sheppard had in any way intended his question to include her. Like he had even been remotely aware of her existence just then. When he asked the question, his entire world had narrowed down to two things: Kolya and McKay. He was not asking them if they were alright, he was asking McKay in particular. And as she answers the question he wasn't asking her, he has to specify who he is talking to by mentioning Rodney by name. His first instinct is to check up on McKay, and his second instinct is to apologize for what he had to do to keep him safe. He doesn't even really ignore Allina, she's just not at all on his radar. Like, they actually want us to come to this conclusion by how he mentions Rodney's name getting a response from the wrong person for his first question.

What a strange thing to emphasize if we are to believe they are just co-workers. The more dangerous we believe Kolya to be, the more significance it puts on Sheppard's actions here. He cares about McKay so damn much. And not just about his physical well-being but also his emotional well-being. Of everything and everyone currently in the chamber, Rodney McKay is the most important to John Sheppard.

So, yes. McKay responds by whinging which probably tells Sheppard that he is not seriously injured. Having been forced to let McKay get hurt does not feel good to him so as he tells McKay to get the ZPM, his tone is more about his self-incrimination than directed toward McKay (we can compare this scene for when he, however unintentionally, shoots McKay in Phantoms (S03E09); the blame he lays on himself is crushing). There's someone he wants to protect and keep safe--at this point, it's not even hyperbole to say more than anyone else in this whole damn galaxy--and he has been called to put this person in danger.

As relieved as he is to hear that McKay seems to be fine (through his actions, if not his words), he should never have let any of this happen in the first place. But above anything else, by telling McKay to get the ZPM he is once more giving him a task, giving him an occupation to focus on, which Sheppard knows by now is the best way to get McKay through a potentially traumatic experience. We saw him do this at the end of The Defiant One (S01E11), and we will see him do it again. You can tell that he's doing it for the benefit of McKay by how he removes his eyes from Kolya for the second time to look at him as he does it. Also, he knows getting his hands on a ZPM is like Christmas morning to McKay, so he does not want to miss seeing that.

And, as to underline this point, McKay notices Kolya eyeballing him from his position on the floor where he is held at gunpoint by Teyla, so he tells him: "Don't look at me". He hadn't been in on this. But he is drawing attention to the person who was just looking at him and not at Kolya. And, as McKay gets the ZPM and they prepare to get out and Sheppard has a dozen things he should be keeping an eye on at that moment, he again turns to check up on McKay.

Before they leave, he lets Kolya know that he's going to be left alive:

Sheppard: We're going to send a villager to pick you up in about an hour. Kolya: The smart thing would be to kill me now. Sheppard: You're right. I tell you what—I'm going to want points for this in the future. But if you ever do this again... I will kill you. Deal?

The thing is, Sheppard had very much wanted to kill Kolya. He told him in no uncertain terms in The Eye (S01E10) that he was going to do that. As a matter of fact, he had thought that he had already accomplished this and hadn't lost a wink of sleep over that fact. But like I mentioned before, Sheppard seemed to catch on to the fact that Kolya had not intended to kill McKay here (everyone else, yes, but not him). That McKay is valuable enough for the Genii to take him with alive. This, along with his desire not to start another all-out war in this galaxy (not knowing that Kolya was not here on any official Genii business), are among the reasons he decides not only to leave Kolya alive at the end of this, but to let him go. The smart thing probably would have been to kill him but Sheppard is not an executioner and, with McKay being alright and them having a shiny brand new ZPM, he's feeling too good to even entertain the thought.

Still keeping his eyes on Kolya, Sheppard calls back to the others:

Sheppard: Are we good? McKay: Yeah, as far as I can see. Sheppard: Let's move out.

Although Allina seems not to have understood that Sheppard was talking to McKay alone earlier, McKay himself seems to. Or at least he responds like Sheppard had intended this question specifically to him. And again, given just a moment's respite from a life-threatening, intensely dangerous situation, they fall right back into this world of their own where other people are not invited.

McKay: I can't believe you never mentioned the Mensa thing. Sheppard: I took the test. I never joined. McKay: But you passed. Sheppard: Yes. McKay: Well, do you know we have a chapter on Atlantis? You could become an honorary— Sheppard: Rodney. Rodney, up the rope.

I can't believe you never mentioned, he says. Like he thinks he knows everything about John Sheppard by now. Like he was completely blindsided by there being a side to Sheppard he had never witnessed. This confirms that they have been spending a lot more time in each other's company than we see on screen. And, to be sure, they later try to explain this by "the game," that they had been playing a game together after and between missions. For sure, spending a lot of time in someone's company would make you better acquainted but it does not explain the intimate nature of some of the details they know about one another.

Anyway, by this time Rodney McKay is, at least, convinced that he knows most things there are to know about John Sheppard. And make no mistake, Sheppard is willingly sharing personal information with McKay here. It's true that Mensa as a concept will be entirely incomprehensible to Kolya but regardless, Sheppard, who previously made damn sure that Kolya would know as little as possible about any of them, shared personal information about himself in front of an enemy just because he also frequently forgets about their surroundings around McKay.

It's also interesting that as he returns to McKay by the rope, he hands his gun to Allina who does not seem to know what to even do with it. He hands a gun to someone he likely suspects has never held a gun in her life (which is not exactly true, as it turns out). Because, the thing is, he's making sure that McKay gets out of the chamber first. He even tells Rodney to get up the rope, and like.

Women and children first, is the polite thing to do. It's at least an unofficial code of conduct of the military. But notice that neither of them suggests that she (or Teyla, but we have seen that Sheppard does not see her as a woman first but as a warrior) should go first. Sheppard is making sure that McKay gets out safe and sound, and McKay just doesn't care enough about her for it to even occur to him that he should offer to let her go before him. Sheppard is also securing the rope, making sure that it is safe for McKay to use. Please explain to me how any of what happens right here makes any sense if they are just co-workers.

Sheppard has to call Rodney's name twice to get him to focus on their surroundings, has to look at him directly and to direct him with his expression. In order to get McKay to not focus on him right now, Sheppard has to get McKay to focus on him as he is right at that moment, which is some inception level antics right there. McKay is too focused on what Sheppard had said about himself to be able to focus on what he is saying to him. He is too focused on Sheppard to be able to focus on Sheppard.

Once out of the hole in the ground they walk out into an ambush that Allina, who is the new Master Handler of the Brotherhood is leading them into. But what happens just before that is interesting:

Sheppard: You know, I'm going to sleep pretty soundly tonight. McKay: Not me. I'm going to be up all night... getting every system I can back online.

Sheppard just... completely randomly lets everyone (and by everyone he means McKay since his "you know" was pretty obviously spoken to him, as he looks at McKay before he says it) know how he is going to be spending his night when they get back home, and also lets us in on the fact that he is thinking about sleeping. Maybe he's all tuckered out. But then McKay responds by telling Sheppard what he is going to be doing tonight. Because for some reason they just have to know the other's plans for the night. The way McKay also says "I'm going to be up all night" is also pretty suggestive which is why he has to specify what he is going to be doing with his night.

But alas, their joy is short lived. They are surrounded by members of the brotherhood with weapons, and Allina takes the ZPM with the intention of hiding it on another world. What's noteworthy here is that she is paralleled with Chaya. McKay tells her, "Allina, you can't believe that. Look, come back with us. Let me prove it to you." Sheppard asked Chaya to come back with them, to prove to her that they were worth helping. Chaya came to Atlantis, Allina does not, but both Sheppard and McKay ultimately failed in convincing these women to help them.

McKay does not attempt to charm her the way Sheppard did Chaya but instead tries reason and logic because, while Allina seemed infatuated with him, this was never about him even trying to influence her like that. He wouldn't know how even if he had been called to do it, he doesn't think he can be charming like John Sheppard can--which is precisely why Kolya had taken a barb at his attractiveness earlier. But he does feel betrayed because he had been convinced that the woman liked him. Was it all just a lie? Had he been used?

What is notable about this scene is that Sheppard is likewise trying to reason with her. They are working as one, they are arguing as one person. They are trying to reason with her as a tag team. As a matter of fact, when they return to Atlantis and explain the situation to Weir, he describes it with "I tried. Believe me, we tried." However you interpret the nature of their relationship, whether you believe there is a physical component to it or not, these two men are together.

Sheppard: We come from the city of the Ancestors. That ZPM was intended for us. Allina: No. You live in Atlantis, but you are not the Ancestors. Sheppard: What'd you tell her? McKay: Atlantis might fall if we don't take this ZPM back. Then it would serve no purpose. Do you really think the Ancestors would have wanted that? Allina: None of us can know their plan. Sheppard: They don't have a plan. Do you think getting attacked by the Wraith and chased out of the galaxy is something they planned for?

Faith cannot be overcome by reason, this McKay already knew. It is cruel for them to almost have what they so desperately want, to have it in his actual hands, only for it to be taken away. And McKay thinks that it's his fault. Sheppard's words indicates that he realizes McKay had fucked up somewhere (he really didn't, he just had not guile enough to lie) but it's clear that Sheppard doesn't blame him for this.

He very much makes sure McKay understands that they are in this together. It seems like his question is actually more about the fact that he didn't know about something that had happened between them, did not know about this conversation, than laying any blame on him. He has definitely made McKay's business his business by this episode. He also really doesn't like how McKay ignores him as he starts arguing for their right to take the ZPM. Sheppard also sounds really rather angry as he makes his retort about the Ancients not having a plan to her. This, too, seems to connect this scene with Chaya, and Sheppard is definitely still feeling soreness about that whole affair. Sharing her essence certainly seems not to have made him more sympathetic toward the Ancients, perhaps even to the contrary.

Sheppard is really not happy as she approaches McKay to take the ZPM even though she had just given her gun to one of her people and should pose no real physical threat to him. She takes it, turns and walks away. McKay doesn't so much watch her leave as he watches the ZPM leave with all of their hopes with it. McKay and Sheppard exchange a glance and no words are spoken. They don't need words to know what they are both thinking.

This is probably the clearest example so far of this silent communication between them, this unsettling ability to read the other's thoughts from their face.

They return to Atlantis empty handed and learn about the A-plot happening. Sheppard is extremely unhappy to hear that while they had been away, they've lost both a Jumper and two of his men. He blames himself for that.

While they walk up the stairs to the control platform fresh out of the gate, Sheppard checks up on McKay twice. He wants to know where the other man is. When McKay changes from his left side to his right side, his head follows the movement. It seems as though he is worried about him. It isn't simply that he wants to keep McKay close to him, he is clearly watching out for him. Perhaps he's worried how McKay would react to losing the ZPM given how very excited he was over finding it.

At no point while they were on the planet being ambushed or now as they walked with Weir and attempted to explain what had happened was Sheppard particularly upset. Either he was keeping calm for McKay's benefit or just had a Comme ci, comme ça attitude about the whole thing. But as soon as he hears about the death of his men, he is upset. He's upset and takes it out on Weir.

The thing is, if Sheppard was worried about McKay and checking up on him as they walked up the stairs, it is now McKay's turn to be worried about Sheppard and to check up on him. He looks concerned enough that I wonder whether among those intimate details about each other's lives they apparently have been exchanging by this time, something of Sheppard's past was already known to him. Sheppard has lost flight craft and "his men" before so while, yes, even normally this kind of news would be upsetting, his upset is on a whole other level due to past trauma.

When they are informed that there are three hive ships approaching Atlantis and that they will have two weeks until they reach them, McKay and Sheppard exchange another glance. Only, this time it's framed so that we have Sheppard's perspective on Weir and McKay, and McKay looks at the camera--to where Sheppard is. Sheppard is looking at Weir as long as she's speaking but as soon as McKay looks at him, he shifts focus and we see this by how the camera changes focus from Weir to McKay. Again, a clever bit of editing is used to conceal the fact that they are looking at each other. And indeed, while everyone else is looking at the hive ships that Zelenka had just put up on the screen because they are rather significant and really pretty curious to look at, we end the episode with Sheppard looking at McKay. With this look on his face. He is terrified. He is terrified and he is letting McKay see it on his face.

Yes, perhaps Rodney McKay did have a reason to be so surprised that he hadn't known about the Mensa thing yet. He certainly seems to know Sheppard very well. Perhaps better than anyone ever has. And John Sheppard cares about Rodney McKay. Maybe more than he has ever cared about anyone else. And now, they risk losing it all. Would fate really be so cruel?

[quirkle2]

every time i see any fan-made content for danny phantom i think wow that looks right up my alley that scratches All the itches and then i watch danny phantom and it fucking sucks

[xynczachrome]

When one decided to draw a childhood crush

[theillustraitor]

Silly idea i had for a fake ep, i definitely want to draw a lot more for it(and i will), but ive been sidetracked by another idea for now :’)

A long ass explanation is below the cut for those who want it, but the basics are that it’s an Ember vs Vlad music competition with plenty of flashbacks to Skunk Punks because damn we need more backstory on the college trio *and* i just think itd be really funny

(Also Sam is only supporting Vlad because its "the first time he’s ever been cool" lmao)

So a few notes to start:

- This is for my au(though this ep is fairly canon compliant)

- This is set well after AGIT so Vlad is (mostly)redeemed and willing to help out on occasion

- Vlad's secret is out to Jack and Maddie(the accident, ghost form, everything). Things are tense, but better than when everything first came out(generally they tolerate each other, and while none would admit it they do kinda want to be friends again)

With that out of the way, the episode itself goes like this:

(Cold Open) Danny, Sam, and Tucker decide to do ghost helping with Ember! She is not having it though and blasts them away everytime. They end up asking Vlad for help since he used to be in the Skunk Punks, and maybe a fellow musician could get her to listen?

(A Plot) It did not work. Ember hated Vlad too and called him "Gramps" amongst other things. In mutual anger they set up a competition. Vlad wins, Ember has to listen to the kids, and if Ember wins... she gets to beat up Danny! (surprisingly Vlad did *not* set that bit up). Competition happens, but in-between songs/rounds Vlad and Ember start talking about their lives. Ember actually ends up spilling about the bad parts of hers before their last round. She doesn't want to play anymore, but Vlad manages to cheer her up and they play her last song(her signature one) together. The main trio are happy Vlad was able to help her(and that Danny will not be beat up).

(B Plot) When preparing, Vlad goes to Fentonworks hoping that Jack kept his old instrument. Jack can't seem to find it so Vlad leaves. Jack is determined not to fail Vlad again though so he keeps looking(Maddie joins the search too). He finds various old things that bring up memories of the Skunk Punks. The flashbacks would show when they first started, practice, stuff like that.

(Finale) After everything Vlad is looking sadly down at an old Skunk Punk photo, and Jack is doing the same. Vlad then surprisingly is back at the Fenton's door. After some talking(and Jack giving Vlad his old keyboard guitar back), Vlad plays the last song he never played from the competition with Jack while Maddie watches and listens :)

[thebandghostofficial]

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