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puppetmaster13u · 6 months
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Prompt 41
Hear me out, DP and DC crossover where Scarecrow is cousins with the Fentons. 
 His mother was siblings with Jack’s father, and both Jazz and Danny met ‘Uncle Jonathan’ during one of the many Fenton-Nightingale family reunions that happens every few years. Honestly, perhaps it’s what gets Jazz interested in psychology, hearing from her ‘uncle’ about fear and its effects.
 And honestly once they start having to deal with ghosts and having had to deal with their parents for years it’s not really hard to talk with their uncle. Crane still doesn’t know how he became these kids’ favorite uncle, or even all of the family kids’ favorite uncle-cousin, but that’s just how the family is. 
 Really he’s not even the only villain of the family, with both Jack and Maddie being close but not quite, even if they’re definitely mad scientists. Their son becoming a local hero, even if they’re not aware of that fact, is just ironic. 
 John knows. The two kids told him when they found out that Danny may or may not need to feed on fear now that he’s half ghost, and well he’s the specialist about the emotion so…
 At least they have someone to stay with when Jazz goes to Gotham university and brings Danny with her, even if the local vigilantes are concerned as to why Scarecrow attacks have suddenly took a nosedive…
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ectokelpeigh · 2 years
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You know that fic trope where Danny has to be near a portal because the ambient ectoplasm sustains/recharges him etc etc and if he’s too far or away for too long he gets tired and weak
What if we had the opposite: he needs to visit the GZ or be near a portal because he generates more energy internally than his body can handle, and it needs somewhere to go.
If he doesn’t have that outlet, his powers go haywire. It’s like the beginning of Urban Jungle where his ice powers are overloading, but it’s not restricted to the ice
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olivethetiger · 8 months
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Halfas are fueled by both ectoplasm and regular human necessities, but one works as a backup for the other when needed
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vala-dreams · 1 year
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✨Rewriting the Daniel Masters AU ✨
(a little less sleep deprived this time, here's the og sleep deprived post )
So the whole premise of this AU is that Vlad's main obsession was getting revenge on jack (in the og post I said it was family but I'm changing it a bit here) and a ghost's main job is to fulfill their obsession right? That's how they grow stronger, that's how they survive and even half ghosts are no different.
But let's just say that being half ghost does make your obsession have a little less control over you, which is why Vlad isn't straight up trying to kill Jack from the get go.
So Vlad just kidnaps toddler Danny
His whole plan was to kidnap Danny, turn hik into a halfa too and then raise him as his son and bask in Jack's sorrow– the only problem is that his portal isn't complete yet.
It takes exactly one year to complete the portal. By the end of it, Vlad and Danny have bonded a lot, with a lot of tired dad and chaos badger shenanigans to show for it. (And unbeknownst to him, his obsession slowly shifts from revenge to family)
And Vlad finds he can't go through with his plan anymore. Maybe it's because he genuinely cares for Danny. Maybe because he's learned to love Danny like a son. Maybe it's because he remembers what it was like when he was slowly inching towards death in a hospital ward.
Whatever the reason, he can't do it.
And so he doesn't.
Life moves on, Vlad and Danny grow together until Daniel's 14th birthday, when he finds a secret room in his basement and it all comes crashing down.
Turns out, Vlad never fully disabled the portal.
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@little-pondhead figured you'd be interested???
Damn I just reached max limit on the tags ;–; wdym I can't add more tags I need them
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alumbianchronicler · 4 months
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And here we are with EctoImplosion fic 2!
To Sing The Stars
Danny thought the troubles he faced when developing ice powers were the last he was going to have to worry about his Core's maturation. As it turns out, an Elemental affinity isn't the final stage of a ghost Core's development. Thankfully, Danny knows who to turn to this time when his Core begins shifting gravity around him. Ecto-Implosion 2023 Fic
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Fic for Art #113: New Power, by Icarus_is_dying (Tumblr: @chloeisdoingthings)
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absolutely-esme · 8 months
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My Headcanon for Liminals
I've been having a lot of fun posting headcanons, and I'm starting to realize just how many I've built up over the years, so here's another one.
So I've stated before that part of the reason why Danny and Vlad are so different is because Danny was inside of a portal when it turned on whereas Vlad just got a face full of energized Ectoplasm and other assorted nastiness. The still human and already ghostly halves of Danny fused into a cohesive whole in order to survive the opening of the portal and continued supporting eachother. Vlad's human half forcibly integrated his resistant ghost half as it formed in an effort to survive. Rather than a cohesive whole, Vlad is two dischordant halves.
That said, I do not consider Vlad's state the default result of humans being exposed to ectoplasm.
Part of it is because the exposure was violent and his human body was so incredibly unwell that it made sense for the part of him with less emotional attachment to it to want to escape. This illness did not stem directly from the ectoplasm. We know this much because other people exposed to ectoplasm did not get ecto-acne, and figuring out the involvement of the cola was what allowed the Fentons to cure it.
Part of it is because Vlad has a superiority complex. This means that, in any given state, Vlad considers his current way of being superior. As a human, Vlad considers humanity superior. As a ghost, Vlad considers ghosts superior. This leads to a whole lot of clash between the parts of his psyche which each consider the other half to be lesser. Combine this with the fact that each half despises the illness and associates the illness with the other half, and you get a whole lot of internal toxicity.
For the average person with ectoplasm exposure, there wouldn't be so much of a clash. They would take on some ghostly traits (more and more over time, with continued exposure) and maybe start doing some prep-work for ghosthood, but they wouldn't be trying to leave their human lives early. They probably won't have insane healing factors like Danny, but they won't be tearing themselves apart like Vlad either.
They're preparing for the afterlife, but they wouldn't be so eager to discard the human life they are still living. If you've ever had a favorite hoodie that you wore all the time until you loved it to pieces and it came apart at the seams, that's kind of the feeling. It's not the end of the world when you can't wear it anymore; you can wear other jackets when you're cold, but you want to hold onto it for as long as you can.
The more someone is exposed to ectoplasm (in terms of both frequency and amount), the more ghostly they will become over time.
A random person who just happens to live in Amity Park on the opposite side of town from Fenton Works and and was somehow never at the sight of a ghost fight, will probably just experience a slightly increased awareness of ghost-related stuff and perhaps a slightly smoother transition when their time comes.
Other kids at Casper high, who attend school with Danny every day and get caught up in ghost attacks sometimes will probably start to form the wispy beginings of their ghostly self. Sometimes you just catch a glimpse of what sort of ghost they are going to be. They may also develop some slight powers while still alive.
You look at Paulina carefully shaping and lacquering her nails into something both beautiful and dangerous, and for a split second you just know that, someday, she's going to be all claws and glittering scales and passionate pursuit of her goals. She will transcend the human form and shape herself into a work of art of her own design and a powerhouse none can deny. Then she turns to her friend and giggles over a funny story, and the moment passes; she's just another kid steadily making her way to adulthood.
She's just another kid until some jerk at the mall oggles her a little too blatantly and her jewelry flashes brighter than the lighting should allow, blinding him so that he trips into a fountain, and Paulina smugly watches him sputter before turning to walk away with a satisfied spring in her step.
Sam and Tucker, Who hang out with Danny every day and frequently explore the ghost zone with him, will start forming more of the foundation of their ghostly selves and probably develop more powers sooner. They are more likely to develop to a point of being able to take on a ghostly form while still alive.
Typically, a halfa formed through extreme, prolonged exposure like this would have a bit of separation between their human and ghostly halves, but without much discord between the two. However, with Sam and Tucker spending so much time around Danny during their formative period (and having so much less contact with any other ghost than with him), it's entirely possible that they would subconsciously learn the integrated system approach, in much the same way people pick up habits of speech from the people around them.
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metalotaku-da · 2 months
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so a song fic part of my story i've had planned for a while but i just couldn't hold off any longer it had to be written. and it went more off the rails than i thought orignally. so off the rails i actually have no idea how to describe what was happening. but it was funny to me.
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itsyaboighostie · 2 years
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Ghost purr hc but instead of purring they aggressively growl. Sam and Tucker find this out when they were hanging out in Danny's room one night and just hear this really loud growling coming from him, freaking out thinking there was a ghost nearby only to notice the resident Ghost Boi™ half(a) asleep looking calmer than they've ever seen him since becoming a halfa.
The only difference between a threatening growl and a content one is that the latter is ironically louder and more aggressive. It's technically not even a growl, Ghost cores just start bugging out and making this weird sound.
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tachvintlogic · 1 year
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Some parts of fanon: Danny's heart doesn't need to beat because he's part ghost so it sometimes stops and he ANGSTS about it
Me, whose headcanons about half-ghost biology are incompatible with this idea: Poor Danny. He has a heart condition his ghost half won't let him die from but doesn't know how to fix. He won't even go to a half-ghost friendly doctor about it because he's not sure if it's a problem or a normal thing.
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ayamari-no-goshi · 2 years
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You know, I’m surprised I didn’t post this here.
Was super distracted the one night and could only imagine what ghost cores looked like in the “Whispers-verse” (aka this fic and it’s DLC). They vary between ghosts, but my brain somehow jumped to gem stones… probably because I like gems and it’s easier to explain colors with them, but I also imagine them swirling, like how stars and the gas giants do.
Did you know stars thrum/hum? It’s a thing with how they spin. Which might be why I describe the sensation of a core like that instead of the more common purr. Anyways:
To me, Danny’s looks like green fluorite. Why? Cuz it also somewhat reminds me of ice.
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Vlad’s looks like this - it’s actually a ruby. They often refer to ones that look like this as rough rubies
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And this one is Jason’s. It’s malachite jade. As time goes on, the dark sections will lighten for him
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vladdyissues · 1 day
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I guess, one day halfas have to find a simple way to hide their ectoaura from hunters nerby (mostly: Jack and Maddie). I'd suggest for Vlad to possess the indicator with by a weak clone. We don't know how good Danny will be in cloning (my hc: 4 is forming except snow and ice is too tough for him), but he can try to decrease temperature around the indicator.
What would you suggest for them?
A way for Vlad and Danny to hide their ecto-signatures (spectral frequencies) from ghost-detecting technology, correct?
I think it would be a simple matter—at least in theory—of masking their ghost signatures by using their human signatures as a shield. Basically just like signal jammers. I imagine Vlad already knows how to do this, which is why Danny's ghost sense has never gone off when Plasmius was nearby*.
I think Vlad would be willing to teach Danny this trick—for a price, of course.
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*I'm 99% sure of this, but I haven't checked all the Vlad episodes yet.
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new-revenant · 1 year
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AU Maddy and Jack find out that Danny is a ghost, and they accept it and stop hunting him.
They knew that ghosts are territorial, but they didn't know how much. And they find out that Danny in ghost form, like the rest of the ghosts has some animal-like habits, so they all mark their territory with body odors and ectosignature. And Danny, after getting used to his parents and the whole situation cuddles with his parents, rubbing his head against them, marking them as part of his territory. Maddy and Jack are both interested and confused by this behavior.
And then Jazz points to head and warns of Danny's "rough" tongue as Phantom (Danny catty licks the hair on Jazz's head, Sam and Tucker also as a sign of affection)
Danny is a cat confirmed? Little baby man? Both? Yes please that’s both very weird but oddly adorable.
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stormhaven257 · 2 years
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So you know how people say that Danny is more powerful than Vlad because he died slowly to prolonged exposure while Danny died in an instant? Well you also know that most people say ghosts form when someone dies around ambient ectoplasm and usually the more ectoplasm the more powerful?
Well what if the reason Danny is more powerful is because he died instantly to the force of the entire ghost zone being forcibly shoved into his body. Unlike Vlad, Danny died to a fully functioning ghost portal that had a shit load of ectoplasm running through it at all times. Vlad had a small (but probably condensed) amount of ectoplasm shoved into every orifice of his body that they tried to remove.
Danny could be considered a perfect halfa- he was dead and alive at the same time, he was in the ghost zone and was in the human world at the same time too. Vlad was partly on both accounts.
But that's just my thoughts on the whole thing- I want to talk about Dani but she's... a bit harder to explain.
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danny can summon ectoplasm just fine, it formes like a floating ball in his hand or shoots out of his fingers and what not. but absolving ectoplasm is a little....weirder. danny has to physically eat the ectoplasm. for example if he had a ball of ectoplasm in his hand, he would have to eat it like and apple. or he can drink it. and other. (listen i just need unconventional ways danny eats ectoplasm and everyone that isnt used to his weirdness gets confused as hell)
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vala-dreams · 2 years
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Okay y'all I'm running a fever of idk what temperature and can barely type but I've had another ghost biology idea and therefore, I, in a highly feverish state, present to you
✨Another Ghost Biology Headcannon✨
So this may or may not be connected to the void cores au (I'll decide when my brain isn't fried) buuuut yk how ghosts children are rowdy af. I think I remember the box lunch episode I watched a long ass time ago and I think she caused a lot of havoc and was really outta control.
(Tbh that's every kid ever so it doesn't really matter if I remember correctly or not this hc is still valid. I think.)
Anywho, ghost parents absolutely need a way to calm down and control their rowdy af kids who can generally do a lot more damage than a non ghost kid can.
Therefore I bring forth this revolutionary idea:
Cores. Of course it's cores. Hang on lemme explain
Ghost parents can control their children by touching their cores and it's basically like a mom cat picking her kittens up by the scruff.
Now imagine Jason (who is basically a corrupted ectoplasmic entity that all ghosts including danny fear) instinctively getting Danny to stop running away from him by touching his core. And then imagine the freakout Danny would have later cause nobodys ever done that before.
Now imagine clockwork (from my void cores au) calming down Danny after Pariah Dark (spoilersss) by touching his core. And then imagine the freakout Dabby would have later cause that's never happened before.
Anyway my brain is fried and everything is very cold see y'all later
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Danny Phantom HeadCannons
I have a lot of ideas for Danny Phantom but no ability to organize them. Formatting might be off since im on mobile. Enjoy!
(Note: it's been years since I watched the show itself so most of what I know is based off of fan content and vague recollections from when I was 10)
• Ectoplasm is highly reactive. It freezes and burns easily and quickly. It bonds to organic and inorganic matter before quickly dispersing. The best way to stabilize the bond amd make it permanent is with a catalyst like an electric shock or chemical agent like that which is used in soda.
• The development of cores in ghosts is a means to utilize this. Cores process materials that may interact with ectoplasm and influence the behavior of the material. They contain the information needed to form a ghost and keep them functioning. Cores are simular to nuclei or the nucleus in organisms in that every ghost has one.
The simplest of ghosts/ecto-entities are cores surrounded by a thin layer of ectoplasm that reacts to their environment. The more complex the ghost the better control they'll have over their ectoplasm. An example of this in a comparison would be: a Will-o'-Wisp vs Spectra.
• Neither Dani or Vlad are true halfas like Danny is. As in neither is a true 50/50 split.
Vlad is a more human than ghost. A 55/45 split (though I'd reckon its closer to 60/40). Yes, he got hit in the face with the portal but he wasn't absolutely drenched and surrounded in it. He didn’t die and be reborn in it like Danny was. His half-death was slow, only taking place after he was out of the portal itself. Not quite spreading fast enough to leave him a straddling the line between life and death rather than tiptoe-ing just beside it.The veil tied into his hair like ribbons.
Danielle, however, was born in death and pushed into life. It's why she and all the other clones were so unstable without the proper DNA adjustments. She's made out of ectoplasm, she's not supposed to be alive. She's split closer to 45/55, with ghost being more dominant. Her split is a bit more unstable, wanting to lean further and further into the ghost half but meaning she just turns into non
-sentient puddle of ectoplasmic goop. She'd need to undergo procedures atleast once a year to re-stabilize her. She circles the line but is never quite able to touch it without crossing too the otherside.
• Danny died in the portal, in the veil. He was born in there too. He was immersed completely in death and grasping life between burnt, infant hands. The veil is where his grave lies, it is his birthplace. The Old One. The universe reached out and said that one is ours. He will have death and life and be everything in between. Liminal child. Veil Guardian. Little Prince. Ours.
• Danny would've died from hypothermia, if the electrocution didn't get him first.
The ghost zone is cold. Irrespective of small area's of warmth or extreme heat, it's possible to get frostbite within seconds if you aren't ecto-contaminated or have some resistance to extreme climates. The temperature is one of the reasons the Fentons deemed the spector speeder necessary to travel the ghost zone rather than just going into the zone with jet packs and carry-on bags of equipment.
Danny got hit with it full force, wearing only a hasmat suit. The cold would've killed him if the electricity hadn't gotten a chance.
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