#just because he doesn't remember doesn't mean Danny and everyone else doesn't

[kettlefire]

A Panic in Time (DP x DC)

This is all thanks to the awesome @tkiesai for basically being the foundation of this idea! This is probably going to be long, and probably won't delve that deep into my ideas about this idea. Largely so it's not insanely long. But here I go!

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Bruce's head felt like it had been shoved through a straw and spit out on the other side. The throbbing was annoying, but it wasn't anything the man couldn't handle.

His mind was muddled, memories of what happened prior to him awaking was blurry and unsure. Bruce knew it wasn't something good.

He vaguely remembered a league meeting, a threat, something looming. It wasn't world ending, or at least that's what Bruce remembered. It should have been something they could handle.

But now, here was Bruce. Waking up in the grass of some random park. He was dressed in casual attire, something he'd wear in public as Bruce. Although last he remembered he was in the Batsuit.

The sun felt too bright in the sky. The sound of families filled the air and children's laughter. No one seemed to blink twice at Bruce as he pulled himself together.

It took a moment to steel himself, to gain composer again. It took a few sweet lines, and a charming smile for a nice mother to slide him a few painkillers. The lies rolling off his tongue like second nature.

To his luck there was a newspaper at the top of the trashcan. He was in some town called Amity Park, and the year... the year was the problem.

It was 1996. Whatever had happened had sent Bruce back in time. There was a few suspects Bruce can think were the cause of this. But something in his gut kept drawing his train of thought to the Flash.

It seemed like each time the League had any time related problems, Barry was in the center of it. Which also leaves Bruce with the question if he was the only one sent back in time.

God, he could only imagine the nightmare if the others were sent back in time. Yes, they can be professional. They understand the risk of changing things in the past.

But Bruce also understands that his team can be less than... intelligent at times.

Despite that, Bruce needed to find a way to get back to Gotham. He might not know for sure where everyone was right now, but he knew Alfred was the safest bet.

A plan laid out in Bruce's mind, a list of people he knew wouldn't be a risk to approach. He just needed to find a way to get to them. He had barely made it to the gates of the park before a shrill cry pierced the air.

There was just one loud outcry, before it quieted down. Bruce glance around the space, spotting a young boy curled on the ground. Tears streamed down the boy's chubby cheeks.

And no one even moved to the boy's aid. Not a single mother spared more than one glance in the kid's directions. No parents came rushing over to the boy's side.

Bruce almost walked away, he really did. This wasn't his time, anything he does can cause immense damage to the timeline. But when Bruce caught sight of blood bubbling from a scrape on the boy's knee, Bruce couldn't ignore him.

Maybe it's just the father in him, but Bruce barely even notices when he's crossing the small distance. His mind zeroing in on a hurt child that needed help. Kneeling before the small boy with a gentle smile, and pulling his handkerchief free from his pocket.

"You're alright there, buddy. It looks like you took a bit of a tumble there." Bruce slipped into the same tone he used to use when his kids were young. Gentle and understanding, as he pressed the handkerchief to the small scrape.

The boy sniffled, tears slipping from his eyes. Bruce was more focused on the way the kid was looking at him. Like he couldn't fathom someone coming to his aid.

That look had Bruce's heart breaking slightly. He's seen a similar look before. The few times he's come to the aid of a hurt child that wasn't used to getting help.

Something no child should ever feel or experience.

"Where's your parents, kiddo?" Bruce asked after a moment of silence from the boy. He had waited until the kid's breathing settled down when the boy's chest stopped pumping so quickly.

Except his question only seemed to bring a new wave of tears to the boy's eyes. The small child just seemed to curl into himself further, ducking his gaze away from Bruce.

And as much as Bruce didn't want it to be true, it was clear the kid didn't have the support he needed. It might not as be as far as some of Bruce's kids have had in the past.

But it was clearly not good.

"That's okay, it's alright. What's your name?" Bruce tried again. The boy's silence was leaving an uncomfortable pit in Bruce's stomach.

"D-Danny..." The boy spoke out his name between sniffles, and Bruce felt a wave of relief hearing the boy speak.

In hindsight, Bruce can see how strange the scene might look. A slightly disheveled man comforting a lone young boy in a park. It wasn't exactly perfect.

But with the lack of reactions from the parents around, Bruce had a feeling the town had an idea who this boy was. The whole situation just didn't feel that right for him.

It took a few more comments before Bruce managed to get the boy to crack a smile. A laugh had felt like breaking a massive wall.

Before long, Bruce had Danny actually like any other boy he's known. Carefree and happy, just like a child should be.

"You didn't tell me your name, mister." Danny had suddenly cut down the relaxed moment they were in. A pout laced the boy's lips as he looked up at Bruce, almost accusatory.

"I'm Bruce. Bruce Wayne." Bruce responded without missing a beat. He knew this might cause problems in the future. He wasn't supposed to be here.

But when his gut is telling him something, he can't just ignore it. He checked his pockets, finding no business cards anywhere. So, Bruce fell back in plan B.

"No matter how long it's been from now, you can come to me for help. Just look for Bruce Wayne in Gotham City, and when you find me... just say Fairbanks sent you."

Bruce wasn't sure if he'll ever see Danny again when he goes back to his own time. Wasn't even sure if this was the same universe as his own. But he couldn't walk away without at least offering the boy help in some way.

When Danny's eyes filled up with tears again, Bruce thought he said something wrong at first. That was until the boy was suddenly clinging to his shoulders in a tight embrace, muttering 'thank you' over and over again.

Bruce felt himself almost close to tears just from that alone. His heart was aching for the small boy. Even if Bruce couldn't help Danny anymore than this, he was hoping the boy would have a better life.

One where he wasn't clinging to a stranger for comfort that family should be providing him.

THWAMP

It didn't hurt, but it did cut their hug short as Bruce suddenly pulled away. Turning his head to see a young girl wielding a wiffle bat, and another young boy standing behind her.

Her purple eyes glared at Bruce like he had done the worst thing in the world. Her grip on the bat was threatening and ready to swing again. Her knuckles white from the tight grip alone.

Maybe leaving this time era might not be as easy as Bruce thought as the young girl probbed him with angry and scolding questions. Not that Bruce could blame her.

He just hoped this hiccup didn't get back to the league. They'd have a field day hearing about how Batman got scolded by a child with a wiffle bat.

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Danny wasn't sure if this was the best idea. It's been years since he met Bruce Wayne. So many years. Danny had just been a kid, not even ten, when Bruce had introduced himself.

When he had an adult, actually check in on him. Yet, it was a memory Danny couldn't forget. Maybe it was just the kindness that Bruce radiated.

Or maybe it was when Sam came to his "rescue" near the end. Regardless, it was cemented in his mind. A core memory that Danny cared with him through the years.

Now, here he was, roughly seven years later. Standing in front of a manor that put even Sam's place to shame.

It took a lot of courage for Danny to knock. Barely a second later, an old man answered the door, an accent Danny was certain Bruce hadn't had.

A stuttered explaination of being here to see Bruce Wayne, that the man knew him, barely left Danny's mouth before the old man ushered him inside.

The man, Alfred, told Danny to wait by the door before vanishing further into the manor. It took a lot for Danny to not just vanish.

Being half ghost nowadays had its quirks, Danny could just vanish, and no one but Alfred would know. But he couldn't.

It had taken a lot for Danny to make the journey to Gotham City. He hadn't even thought to look up a current picture of Bruce either. Which was probably a big mistake on his end.

Danny didn't even know if Bruce was offering this kind of help. But Danny didn't have many allies to turn to. He needed help.

Not just for himself but for his family. For Amity Park. He couldn't be afforded the ability to run away. Not now.

Danny felt all the air leave his lungs when Bruce entered the area. The man didn't look a day older than what Danny remembered. Bruce looked a bit more put together, not like he had just jumped out of a moving car, but it was Bruce.

"Uhm... I don't know if you remember me. But my name's Danny... we met when I was a kid." Danny started trying to explain himself before Bruce could speak. He recognized that confused look anywhere, and Danny didn't have the guts to go through with this if Bruce asked any questions.

"You told me if I ever needed help, to come find you. Bruce Wayne in Gotham City... you, uh, told me to tell you Fairbanks sent me?"

That came out more like a question than Danny would have liked. But it did ease his nerves a bit as he watched Bruce's slightly confused expression turn to alarm and surprise.

Danny wasn't sure what this would do. If Bruce could truly help him. But he was out of options. Just seeing Bruce recognize something he said was enough to calm the teen's anxiety slightly.

"I'm sorry, Danny... I don't remember you. But I believe you and I want to help you. Come inside, have a seat, and tell me what's going on."

That response was enough to have Danny's eyes fill with tears. His chest filling with a sense of hope he hadn't felt in weeks now.

Maybe, just maybe, everything would be okay.

[often-daydreaming]

A Quick Chat

'Absolutely not!'

'I'm just gonna talk with him!'

Following the quickly escalating shouts down to the Batcave Bruce found Dick and a heavily armed Tim at each other's throats while their siblings oh so helpfully egged them on.

They were arguing about Wally and their last universal saving mission for some reason and Tim had nearly every contingency he could think of to handle a speedster on him.

-nna talk, that's it!'

'Then you can leave the gear here!'

'What's going on?'

All of his children froze, finally realizing he was here before they started shouting over each other.

'You remem-'

'-ick's trying to-'

'Father Dr-'

'-ng crazy, just because the universe re-'

'Enough!'

'Now, can someone tell me what's going on or do I have to get Alfred?'

And Jason was happy enough to tell him. 'Replacement's pissed because we finally discovered a pretty big difference with the universe after the League hit the reset button.'

Multiple screens on the Batcomputer held information on new heroes, a Junior JLD and everything Tim could dig up on two individuals. The first one was Phantom, a new addition to the Titans and had a number of detailed conspiracy theories tracking his appearances through time while the other held the detailed background information of a recently graduated Daniel James Fenton. Tim had dug up everything from his kindergarten grades to... Oh... Oh no... That explains why they were arguing about Wally.

Most of Daniel's latest online post covered his move to Gotham, his new job offer working in their engineering department and his new boyfriend Bernard. Looking at it all made it painfully easy to piece together that... 'They stole my life!'

And Dick and Tim were arguing again but Bruce knew it wouldn't get too heated and focused his attention on the gathered information. It was easy to see that a number of encounters his kids (mainly his oldest three) should have had with the Titans were adjusted just enough to fit Phantom now and Tim's involvement with the Children of Dionysus had been shifted around to involve Daniel in this new universe.

'-e universe reset doesn't mean you can ruin their lives. Phantom seems like a good kid.'

'Dowd would have left you eventually.'

Dick had to hold Tim back from launching himself at Damien while Jason and Steph stood by egging the two of them on, but then Tim got that look in his eye when Duke brought up the idea of reintroducing himself and everyone noticed.

'No.'

'Come on. Tim, you don't need another restraining order.'

'But it didn't happen in this universe so it doesn't count.'

'It counts if we still remember it!'

But Tim wasn't listening, too busy changing out of all of his gear as a plan quickly started forming together in his mind.

Why waste time with Wally when he can just as easily win over the new couple while ignoring everything else he's learned from his friends.

He'd figure it out one mess at a time. After he won Bernard back he'd figure out the situation between Red Robin and Phantom.

-_- -_- -_-

Reading over the sticky note Danny couldn't help but wonder what Clockwork meant when he wrote 'Have Fun'.

Again, I blame my medication for this, but this came from a couple of different prompts about Tim, Bernard and Danny and I just sort of went with it. Basically the main roster of the League has to stop (Pick a threat) and end up resitting the universe again. The problem is they still remember the old universe so they spend a week or two looking up any big changes and a sleep deprived Tim starts believing he barely knows Bernard in this universe when he's actually dating him and Danny. He just hasn't dug deep enough to figure out his own connection.

[radiance1]

De-aged Mothboy Dannyo.

Except this time, he isn't in Jump City and Killer Moth is sadly not his kidnapper turned parent.

Instead, he's in Gotham.

He doesn't really do anything in the City of Crime. To everyone else, he's just a street kid who was unfortunate enough to be abandoned because of his meta status.

Danny's little home is literally a dumpster in an abandoned alleyway that he cleared out of all the trash. He has a mat that he uses as a makeshift bed, and a corner where he stores all his pretty little marbles he gets from dumpster diving, as well as an old backpack he found somewhere to hold all his other stuff.

He did use another Dumpster to expand his little home though, he doesn't know what he'll do with all the extra space really, but he'll find a use for it, probably.

The use was pulling in a bunch of other soft (enough) mats that he managed to find, filling the extra space with all of that, and then laying down on all of it in joy.

How did he make said Dumpster extra space? Simple, he just tore off one of the walls, and stuck them together with a drill and a few nails he managed to buy with his limited amount of money.

Danny... doesn't remember a whole lot. He remembers red, people in white, people who he thinks he knew laying so still. He doesn't try to remember any more than that, it usually hurts.

So, he's just one little kid trying to live his life in the City of Crime. He usually tries to stay away from any gang-controlled area, he couldn't do it all of the time, but he managed good enough. He meets some other street kids, and tries to make friends, but they aren't very receptive to his efforts.

So what does he do?

Bribery!

He has enough money to buy some snacks and stuff, and he does pay for it, no matter how cashier looks at him as if he were going to steal something, to be fair she does that to everyone but still! He's a law-abiding street kid!

Bribery worked very well! The first few times it wasn't anything too special, but after that, they decided that he was one of them now! They tell him stuff about the various gangs and stuff, which ones to avoid, and which area to not go towards because of one incident or another.

They also helped him that one time when he was chased by some really mean people who wanted to take him somewhere and apparently sell him? He didn't wanna hurt them, so he was trying to lose them and go back home, so that he could then get off those weird cuff thingies they put on his lower set of arms that made him feel a strange disconnect for some reason.

So he was running, didn't expect for one of them to have a gun, tried to evade the bullets, one hit him in the leg, then another in his other one, and he hit the pavement. Then they caught up and put some cloth to his face and he started to feel loopy and really tired.

Before he fell unconscious, he heard a loud smack. Then he was woke up to his friends, those weird cuffs gone, his legs having been bandaged and a really nice bed.

So he thanked his friends, and went back home. He gave them each their favorite snacks for their help!

About a month after that, he meets this really kind old guy that he helps carry stuff to his car, he took most of it, puffing out his chest and saying he's got this because he's really, really strong. Then the old guy invited him to come with him for a thank you dinner.

His friends told him not to accept any suspicious offers from strangers, but he helped the guy and he just wants to say thank you. Plus, food.

So he says yes.

He didn't know the old guy- no Alfred, had a giant mansion! His jaw-dropped, awestruck face practically showed what he felt. He then looked at himself, back at the mansion, and almost didn't wanna step in because he's afraid he might dirty it, before being gently pushed inside by Alfred.

[laxxarian]

Danny, is by all means, forgetful.

It was the same reason from time and time again that he gets beaten up quite easily before actually remembering certain skills that he could use like his intangibility and ectoshield.

And the fact that he was a bit of a not so smart person, didn't help him defeat Desiree quickly ages ago.

So Danny may have powerful skills in his arsenal, he can't really use them because of his frequent forgetfulness or that he's a C minus student.

So whenever Danny helped in fighting villains with the Young Justice or the Justice League, they became quite concerned for the young halfa (if the ghost really is young).

The way Danny crashed into buildings, punched and blasted, stabbed and electrocuted, they couldn't help but feel worry. Danny heals quickly and the pain gets numbed whenever he's Phantom but for the heroes, it seemed painful by the way Danny is acting and that's mostly because of the human side of his, it's still thinks he's alive and had to create expressions appropriate for the situation he was in.

Not only that, the heroes deemed him to be weak but can't do anything about it since he's not in the team or in the league. Danny was a solo hero, he told them that he's only here, in Gotham, for a 'vacation', (it's a school field trip), and will be away after a few days.

But what's more is that Danny and Phantom are split once more, Danny decided to use that dreamcatcher like machine made by his parents and split into two. Having Fun Danny to focus on the field trip and Hero Danny to focus on protecting him and everyone else and that was why Phantom is always with the heroes defeating a villain.

And then, by the end of it all, when the field trip ends, Hero Danny bids his farewell to the heroes and goes to an alley. Phantom doesn't know that he was being followed by the heroes and when they saw a kid with a machine next to him, they all got curious.

Fun Danny: Wassup, dude.

Hero Danny: Greetings, weak human!

Fun Danny: Seriously?

Hero Danny: No time to dilly dally now! We have to get back to the bus or we'll be late!

Fun Danny: Relax, man. We can just fly our way back anyways.

Hero Danny: And that's the kind of an irresponsible son would say.

Fun Danny: Okay, fine, let's get this over with.

And that's when those hero stalkers saw that a human boy got possessed by the hero ghost with the help of the machine.

And a misunderstanding ensues, causing the heroes to make plans and go to this place called Amity Park.

[misteria247]

I need professional help at this rate I'm gonna end up writing an actual fic based on this bullshit when will I learn smh-

When Timmy loses his memories everyone reacts differently.

Spongebob is immediately upset and actually ends up breaking down. Because Timmy's one of his closest friends and his fellow free spirit of their team. So having essentially his other half of fun look at him unsure or uneasy like hits the sponge right in the chest. Despite his heartbreak over Timmy and his condition, Spongebob is the first one to try and reconnect with the magic user. He'll talk and ramble and recall events that they all experienced. In the vain hope that it might spark Timmy's memory and help him. But alas magic isn't always fair but that doesn't stop Spongebob from trying. Even when late at night when Timmy's gone to his room and everyone's retired for the day and he goes to his room and just sobs over the agony of losing Timmy, SpongeBob will continue to try to help for Timmy's sake.

Danny's reaction on the other hand is rage. Rage on behalf of Timmy, his little brother. Rage towards the threats that caused all this devastation amongst them. He's already planning on making them suffer in a nasty way. Because no one hurts his family and gets away Scott free. Other than anger, Danny also can't help but grieve. In a sick twisted way, Timmy not remembering any of them is like seeing his little brother die. To look at his guarded blue gaze is like looking at a stranger wearing Timmy's skin. And when Timmy flinches from Danny, it's like having a bucket of ice water thrown on him. Because Timmy has never done something like this. Never shown fear to the man who's partially dead and who has urges that can hurt someone when he's a ghost. It's an awful and bone chilling experience for Danny that makes him stare into the bathroom mirror wondering if Timmy had always been afraid of him that entire time. He doesn't go to Timmy right away, but he does become more protective of him.

Cosmo and Wanda's reactions is pure devastation. The two fairies can't help but grieve and torment themselves over Timmy's condition. Because they're his parents, they're supposed to protect him and instead they failed him. Wanda will hover around him, always keeping her distance to not make him comfortable. She's always fretting a bit, not wanting Timmy out of her sight. Cosmo on the other hand takes up the role of reassuring everyone that'll it'll be okay. Putting on a brave front for his wife and scared son because they need the support even if one of them doesn't realize it. Both fairies are scarily protective of him now, and work tirelessly to try to figure out how to help their son.

Yet out of everyone Jimmy takes it the hardest. He's immediately filled with guilt and frustration over the situation. Guilt for not being on top of his game and failing as a leader, and frustrated that Timmy Turner once again put himself in harms way to protect someone else. Timmy losing his memories essentially knocks Jimmy's world off its axis. Everything feels wrong and Jimmy suddenly feels so very alone as it becomes painstakingly obvious how much space Timmy took up in his life. He'll find himself lost on how to approach Timmy, not wanting to have him look at him like he's expecting Jimmy to hurt him. Experiencing it once was enough to last the genius a lifetime of haunting nightmares. He'll lock himself up in his lab, researching nonstop to try and fix it. In a way Jimmy will throw himself into denial about how bad this situation is because facing the reality is just too much for Jimmy to process properly. He works himself to the point of exhaustion because nothing is more important than Timmy. He'll literally tear the multiverse apart if it means saving Timmy's memories. He refuses to think about the other option. The possibility that Timmy will never remember them.

[whyreyousoobsessedwithme]

503 spoilers + theories edited

So it was just a translation error, they're not cousins. I need to know why Danny's gramdma hates jinyoung. Did something happen to Daniel's dad that involved Jinyoung? Or maybe it was charles as usual? Did Charles also try to kill/harm Jinyoung reporter Kim, she clearly seems to hate him(completely valid)?

Damn, he just keeps suffering.

Tbh. This isn't proper evidence, I feel like ptj is just rushing this. And it is a little suspicious that Daniel doesn't remember jinyoung.

I was right once again.

I hope vin gets revenge on all these hoes

She's going to die. Ptj's gonna kill her off like he does to all good parental figures.

There could be a possibility that, just like gun now, the previous head of the yamazaki clan also worked for charles. I mean, we see him fighting Jinyoung's men, and we know that at one point, Jinyoung and charles became enemies.

Bruh, how did he get taller. This means he's going to have a rough history with charles and is possibly a fighter too. Past Steve Hong coming up soon.

How does he know Heather's mom, though?

Is she trying to get custody of Yenna, i hope not.

Heather stayed with Hostel for so long because she felt suffocated around her mother. She didn't tell her about the pregnancy out of fear of what would happen to her and eli. This woman really isolated her daughter from everyone. I swear Asian parents will do anything but take accountability. I mean, yes, I love blaming charles for everything, but in this case, it wasn't just him.

Miss Ma'am, where is your seat belt?

Should've known. Gun is like an urban legend, I swear. "If it is raining, the white demon is nearby."

There might be a slight chance that Daniel also is not carrying the red paper with him. He might have predicted this and given it to vin or someone else from Allied.

[dwtsfun]

Dancing with the Stars Season 33 Week 7: Something's Gotta Give

So Jenn was eliminated and I honestly was not shocked. She was the most obvious choice for elimination last week, even with the overscoring of 4 couples. She had her best dance of the season though, so it was a good note for them to go out on. Now before I get into anyone else, I need to vent a bit about the mess that we dealt with last week.

The scoring was atrocious. I am still frustrated by it. Let me tell you why. Ilona came out and while she gave a respectable routine, there were some issues. A 24 was a normal score and definitely deserved. But when you look at Dwight, Joey and Danny's dances and how CAI gave them all 10s (and Bruno giving Joey a 10 as well) while they all had OBVIOUS technical issues, it makes it seem like Ilona was horrible while they all completely knocked it out of the park. And while they did well, they were closer to Ilona in terms of execution than the judges made it seem.

So you think that's it, right? That it can't get any worse? Well, we get to Chandler's dance and it was perfect. You couldn't see a mistake under a microscope. And yet CAI tells her that she can't give her a perfect score because it has more criteria than contemporary and the Argentine tango. What that means? None of us know. She doesn't even know. It's also bull because the Argentine tango has quite a bit of criteria in order to be good and she KNOWS how to properly judge a contemporary dance. And when questioned by Chandler on what she can do to improve (because this is maybe the 4th week that she hasn't gotten an actual critique from her), instead of answering, she hid.

So here's where I'm at. We cannot play these foolish games on this show. Not with scoring. This is how you get dumb results. This is how someone like Tinashe or Demarcus gets eliminated early. This is how you get someone like a Joe Amabile getting 5th and a Bobby Bones winning the whole thing. Is anyone this season like those two? No. BUT, there was a legit chance that we could've lost Ilona or Chandler prematurely. Heck, we still can lose them. Y'all remember how Nastia and Simone were both unjustly eliminated in the semis on their respective seasons? That's because the judges kept zeroing in on complete nonissues in their dances (the same exact thing they're zeroing in on for Chandler). After a while, GP starts to believe it and they vote that way too. I refuse to let them do this and then continue to blame us for wonky results when it's on them! The judges shoulder the vast majority of the blame when those things happen. Yeah, the viewers have blame too. But when the judges' scores count for 50% of the overall total, they have to be more responsible with this. I'm sick of them just doing what tf ever, just like CAI basically admitted to last week. Dwight was out of sync at points. Danny was hunched over and his footwork needed a lot of work. Joey also had footwork issues and his lifts were kinda rough. Jenn was probably the cleanest of them all, but there was one part that was kind of messy toward the end. We need to call things out across the board.

So where does that leave us? Simply put, we need a 4th judge on the panel that can keep everyone in check. Bruno is not that cuz he has his moments too. Derek clearly can't be that person and he be on some bs too. We need someone else that is going to force the judges to respect the integrity of the competition and the dances. Things like this can quickly turn folks away from this show. I've been watching for almost 20 years and I damn near gave up on the season and probably the show at the moment CAI whipped out a 9 for Chandler after giving out 4 undeserved 10s while also acknowledging they were undeserved and also letting us know she had no real reason to not give Chandler a 10. You see how stupid that looks? It felt stupid for me to type that out.

Listen, I sound like a broken record at this point. But the scoring has to be better and it has to be consistent. I'm more mad this week because this was the most egregious occurrence that I have ever seen. You don't get that together, you kill your show. Conrad, come here. Get your talent together. Y'all flying a little too close to the sun right now.

That's all that I have. I pretty much gave my thoughts on each dance in this rant, so I won't do too much more. I'll just say that Stephen had a great night and I'm glad he got a moment to have a really great dance.

My Scores

1 Chandler and Brandon- 30 2 Stephen and Rylee- 28 3 Jenn and Sasha- 27 4 Dwight and Daniella- 26 5 Joey and Jenna- 25 6 Ilona and Alan- 24 = Danny and Witney- 24

[twoidiotwriters1]

Almighty (Leo Valdez xFem!Oc)

A/N: Re-reading the fic and realizing the first book is 400+ pages and the second is 500+PAGES??? you are the strongest soldiers frfr -Danny Words: 3,377 Series' Masterlist Previous Chapter // Next Chapter Listen to: 'Girl Against God' –by Florence + The Machine

XLVllI: So Many Languages and Yet I Talk Bullshit

"Are we going to pick up Jason?" Lester asks.

"No need. Besides, he's in school."

"You're not."

"I'm moving, remember? As of next Monday, I'm enrolled at Tahlequah High. Go, Tigers."

Ara frowns. "So he's going to be up here all alone? That doesn't feel right. Everyone else is in groups. He shouldn't stay here if you're leaving."

"Yeah, well, you tell him that," Piper says. "I won't be the girl who decides where he can't and can stay. He'll be more likely to obey you anyway, you understand each other on a deeper level."

Piper doesn't sound resentful, she's way over the negative emotions that probably once plagued her, but Ara feels bad when she says that, as if she could've done something other than watching from afar, and to be totally honest, there is no rule saying she couldn't have tried to warn them... 

"Ara," Lester calls. He's looking at her skin, and Ara discovers she's faintly glowing pink. "Don't stray."

She shrugs it off. "So where are we off to right now?"

"To the entrance of the maze Jason and I found," Piper says.

"And when you went inside before, what happened?" Lester asks.

"The usual Labyrinth stuff—traps, changing corridors. Also some strange creatures. Guards. Hard to describe. And fire. Lots of that. Should be a breeze for you, Birdy—you always liked a deathly challenge, right?" Ara sticks out her tongue.

"You didn't actually find the Oracle?" Lester continues.

"I didn't. But there was a short time when we got separated, Jason and me. Now... I'm wondering if he told me everything that happened to him. I'm pretty sure he didn't."

"Why would he lie?"

"He doesn't lie, he withholds information," Ara rolls her eyes. "Jason's always been like this—he doesn't like to speak before doing thorough research so he knows he's not mistaken. Certified overthinker."

"See?" Piper sighs. "You know him well."

"Only because we're total contraries," Ara insists. "He's always been hesitant and guarded—and you know me, I jump into things, I say what I mean, we clash a lot."

"No, you complement each other. You make it work with everyone," the girl argues.

Ara is too aware of Lester's affectionate glimpse when Piper says that, and she has to suppress the need to jump out of the car. "It's either that or dying," she replies curtly. "Don't have much choice but to pretend I don't want to strangle people most of the time."

"The Hall of Records?"

"Yeah. But we're not going inside. Just park in the fifteen-minute loading zone over there."

"What if we're not back in fifteen minutes?" Grover asks.

"Then I'm sure the towing company will take good care of Mr Bedrossian's Escalade." Piper grins. 

They follow the girl out of the car, and once they reach the corner, she quietly gestures at them to take a look. "What the—fuck—is that?" Ara mouths in horror.

"That guy isn't human," Grover squints, trying to get a better look at the creature.

"Give the satyr a prize," Piper says quietly.

"What is he?" Meg asks.

"That's a good question. But they can be real trouble if you don't take them by surprise."

"They?" Lester asks in alarm.

"They must be those big ears we heard about," Ara says quietly. "Immune to charmspeak, maybe?"

"Yeah." Piper shakes her head. "Last time, there were two. And they had black fur. Not sure how this one is different. But that door is the entrance to the maze, so we need to take him out."

"Should I use my swords?" Meg questions.

"Only if I miss. Ready?" Piper shoots with her blowpipe, hitting the creature square in the leg. He falls flat on his face a few seconds later.

"Poison?" Lester asks, impressed.

"Grandpa Tom's special recipe," Piper nods. "Now, come on. I'll show you what's really weird about Fuzz Face."

"What is he?" Meg asks once they approach him. "He's fun."

"A kid," Ara states disapprovingly. "The fur is thin and fluffy—can't be an adult. What's so special about them?"

"Think how keen his hearing must be!" Lester says. "And imagine all the guitar chords he could play with those hands. How have I never seen this species before? They would make the world's best musicians!"

"Hmm," Piper tilts her head. "I don't know about music, but they fight like you wouldn't believe. Two of them almost killed Jason and me, and we've fought a lot of different monsters."

"Fast?" Ara asks. "Or strong?"

"Fast," Piper eyes her. "How are you doing in that department?"

"Still human," she declares with annoyance. 

"What do we do with Big Ears?" Grovers asks.

"Kill him," Meg says right away.

"Normally, I'd say yes," Ara places a hand on her shoulder. "But this is a kid, Meg."

"He works for the emperors," the girl differs. "He's a monster. He'll just dust back to Tartarus, right?"

"He's a living being that feels and thinks," Ara clicks her tongue. "As far as we know, he hasn't done anything—they could be testing him, and if that's the case, it's not fair that they put him against all of us. He had no chance."

"You're right," Piper's eyes narrow. "Seems odd there's only one guard—And why is he so young? After we broke in once already, you'd think they'd put more guards on duty. Unless..."

Ara sighs. "Walking right into a trap."

"Piper, what does your poison do, exactly?" Lester says, nudging the limp creature before them.

"Judging from how it worked on the other Big Ears, it will paralyse him for a long while but won't kill him. It's diluted coral-snake venom with a few special herbal ingredients."

"Remind me never to drink your herbal tea," Grover mumbles.

"We can just leave Big Ears. Doesn't seem right to dust him to Tartarus," Piper agrees with Ara.

"Hmph." Meg puts her weapons away unwillingly.

Piper opens the metal doors before them. "Okay, just so we're clear, I'll show you where Jason and I entered the maze, but I'm not doing the stereotypical Native American tracker thing. I don't know tracking. I'm not your guide."

Ara frowns. "Geez, who do you take us for?"

 "You? I suppose you're our designated caregiver, so by all means," Piper gestures at the entrance.

Ara makes a face. "Yeah, sure, not like I can die anyway... but just so you know, if I use too many blessings, you will be left to carry my feverish body—and I get hot."

"Sounds like a joke Leo would love to get all over," Piper smirks.

"Are you sure this thing goes to the Burning Maze?" Lester asks. "Because I didn't bring any rawhide chews for Cerberus."

"You had to mention Cerberus. That's bad karma," Grover complains.

"That's okay, G-man, hold my hand," Ara offers playfully.

They get in an elevator and start going down in a rattle of metal and sparks. "This first part is all mortal. Downtown Los Angeles is riddled with abandoned subway tunnels, air-raid shelters, sewer lines..." Piper explains vaguely.

"All my favourite things," Grover mutters.

"I don't really know the history, but Jason told me some of the tunnels were used by smugglers and partyers during Prohibition. Now you get taggers, runaways, homeless folks, monsters, government employees."

"Now that sounds like my kind of people," Ara says sarcastically. "You know, I haven't been in LA since my first time out in a quest. Remember, Grover? I was ten."

"You were three apples tall," He says, reminiscing about good old times.

"Feels like a whole other lifetime..." the girl muses.

They reach a hallway that looks a bit too much like a liminal space. "Doesn't seem so scary," Meg comments.

"Just wait," Piper sighs. "The fun stuff is up ahead."

Grover clings to Ara's hand like his life depends on it. "Yay."

"Are those dryads?"

"Agave? Money Maker?" Grover gasps, rushing to their aid.

"Grover!" Agave cries. "Help Money Maker. Please!"

"Grover's here? Grover... we got so close." Money Maker speaks feebly.

"What happened?" Grover's voice quivers. "How—?"

"Down there—Flames. She just came out of nowhere. Magic—"

"She?" Ara frowns, looking on.

"I'm going to scout ahead," Piper offers. "Be right back. I do not want to be caught by surprise."

"Careful," Ara rummages through her things, but there's nothing there that can help nature spirits, which feels like an oversight. "Grover, we need to get them out..." Her voice tightens a bit. "I... I don't have anything."

"I can help Agave," Meg nudges her way in and touches the plant to seal up injuries. "I can't do much for Money Maker down here, Ara's right."

"I'll get them to the surface," Grover says, carrying the dryad gently.

"I'll help," Meg tries to stand.

"No."

"Grover—"

"No! Once I'm outside, I can heal them as well as you can. This is my search party, here on my orders. It's my responsibility to help them. Besides, your quest is down here with Apollo and Ara."

If Agave and Money Maker were her demigods, Ara wouldn't abandon them either, but she would also keep the group from staying behind for their sake. "Alright," she closes her octopus bag. "Pan's blessing be with you, Grover."

"And you. Though down there..." he makes a face. "You'll need something else entirely."

"Let's get going," Ara gently pulls Lester and Meg forward.

"Where are they going?" Piper returns to them.

"To safety," Ara's expression has darkened, and Piper is all too familiar with that look to make any more inquiries. The girl is irked, and someone's going to pay the price.

"We'd better keep going. Stay alert. Heads on a swivel."

Ara catches up with her sister in firm strides, her hand squeezing the compass in her pocket. She's starting to see red—she's glowing red. "Ara, you're..." Lester begins anxiously but pauses as they reach a new area. "Wait... Is this an underground parking garage?"

"This is the place," Piper comments. "Where Jason and I got separated."

Ara's eyes change colors so fast they become kaleidoscopic. "Smells like nature in here... and magic. Magic fire... like... dragon's breath..." The girl tenses, adopting a fighting stance. "She's here."

"Who is?" Lester asks in alarm. "You know that smell?"

"There's only one creeper that loves abandoned structures of this kind," she draws out Almighty. "Where did you go last time, Piper? What happened?"

"Nothing much—we got separated by a gust of flames, I panicked and ran out—I'm sorry, I didn't mean—"

"Don't worry about it. Then what?"

"Then Jason simply walked out. He wouldn't talk about what had happened. He just said going back in the maze wouldn't accomplish anything. The answers were elsewhere. He said he wanted to look into some ideas and get back to me. That was two weeks ago. I'm still waiting."

"Typical Jason," Ara mutters. "Well, he can't have run into her, he would've told you, so that means he must've found clues about the oracle, or perhaps the oracle said something that scared him..."

"That's what I'm wondering. Maybe if we go over to the side Jason took last time, we'll find out."

"Why is she here, though..." Ara asks, looking at every entrance. She thinks of the mall where they met, and something clicks. "Cages. She keeps magical things trapped."

Lester's mind seems to catch up with hers. "Agave said she just came out of nowhere—a woman—a sorceress?"

"Medea," she points ahead. "She's coming—careful!"

"I knew it!" Piper's voice tightens. "Mom warned me we would see her again some day. But she couldn't possibly be—"

"She's got her dragons back." Ara's pulse is skyrocketing as she listens to the chariot get closer. "She's the only one capable of entrapping powerful beings, and she wants me dead, possibly more than the bad guys, of course Caligula would hire her..."

"Medea is a grandchild of Helios," Lester says, looking frightened. "Yes, she'd be the only one capable of summoning his essence."

"We can't fight her." Ara is already retreating. "She's the trap!"

The chariot comes into view, pulled by two imponent golden dragons. The girls withdraw but pull out their weapons while Lester stands helplessly right beside them. The woman stops the chariot and cackles. 

"Piper McLean, you darling girl! This is Apollo, I take it? Oh, you've saved me so much time and trouble. And after we're done, Piper, you'll make a lovely snack for my dragons!" Her gaze darkens with predatory pleasure. "Arae Jackson... I'm going to drain you to the bone."

"Medea! It's been a whole year..." Ara steps forward. "Honestly, I didn't miss you at all."

This is certainly not the first time someone's threatened her life, one of her closest friends actually did it several times before she was even a daughter of Olympus, so now every time someone claims they'll kill her, it's just a bell letting her know work hours have begun. Instead of running, she draws out Almighty and stops feeling anything other than the urge to rip Medea a new one.

"Don't look at the dragons in the eye!" She warns Lester and Meg.

"They'll paralyse you," Piper explains additionally.

"You know, Medea, one would've thought killing you was enough for you to get the hint that I don't want to keep running into you," Ara says, turning Almighty into a crossbow.

"Such insolence, even when you're about to die! I'm not surprised, of course," Medea looks at Meg and pats the seat beside her. "Come up, darling. You needn't fear me. I'm friends with your stepfather. I'll take you to him."

Ara's grip on Meg's shoulder closes up like a vice. "She's a charmspeaker, Meg. Sorry about this—you won't listen to anyone else but me for the next hour."

"Cheap trick!" Medea exclaims with irritation. "I would've thought you're above this vulgarity, Arae Jackson!"

"I'm a New Yorker," the girl smiles. "Vulgarity sort of comes in the package."

"You weren't born there!"

"Your accent isn't real either, so who cares?!" Ara points and shoots.

Medea dodges it easily. "Look at yourself, Apollo. Look what your father has done to you! This girl is the real threat, and you don't see it! Not to worry, though. Your misery is at an end. I'll squeeze out whatever power is left in you and then finish her, and put it all to good use!"

Meg looks at them warily. "What does she mean?"

Ara hasn't told her about the way things are bound to fall between Lester and her, but now it's not the time for it. "Nothing, she wants to confuse Lester."

Medea laughs. "Shall I tell her, Daughter of Olympus, or should you? Surely you know why I've brought you here."

"There is no need to tell her," Ara says, maintaining eye contact with the woman. "Because it's never going to happen."

"Oh, it will. This wholesomeness in you, that won't last. Power will consume your thoughts, your values... if I don't take you down, you will only get worse. At least with me, you get to die a martyr, and that's what you've always wanted, right?"

Ara lifts the crossbow again, arm steady. "Why don't you come closer and find out?"

Medea smirks. "Last year it was annoying how you'd show off as if you had any skill, but now... Oh, even with all that, I'm still going to cook you for dinner." Medea races her carriage towards her.

Ara shoots again, but doesn't point at the sorceress. The dragons shriek and crash against each other, arrows blinding one eye of each. Ara switches back to a sword and climbs one, slicing its throat before switching Almighty and tossing it as a spear, piercing the other's neck. Last time, Almighty wasn't put to use because she'd been busy taming Pollo, but now she's got no distractions.

Ara jumps into the woman's carriage and punches her in the face, making both of them lose balance and fall off. She hears the chariot crashing and Medea's screams. Ara punches her in the mouth. "Use charmspeak on Meg one more time," she lifts her fist menacingly, glowing golden. "I dare you."

Medea's eyes flash with anger, but instead of talking, she waves her hand, sending Meg flying and crashing straight into a pillar, knocking her out. Ara growls in rage, but as she lowers her fist, a second wisp of air takes Piper. "Punch me and I make sure this one breaks her neck!"

Ara moves back, knuckles bloody and eyes the color of gold.

"Don't worry about Meg," Medea pants as she gets up. "The descendants of Plemnaeus are of hardy stock. I won't kill her unless I have to. Nero wants her alive."

Lester stands next to Ara, and Medea laughs at the pathetic sight, moving her attention to the girl she's caught. "Piper, you remember my aerial servants, the venti? I could simply have one throw you and break every bone in your body, but what fun would that be?" She tilts her head. "Actually, that would be a lot of fun!"

"Too scared?" Piper asks angrily. "Of facing me yourself, woman to woman?"

"Why do heroes always do that?" Medea rolls her eyes. "Why do they try to taunt me into doing something foolish?"

"Because it usually works," Piper continues. "You keep saying you're going to kill Ara. You keep telling me how powerful you are. But we keep beating you. I don't see a powerful sorceress. I see a lady with two dead dragons and a bad hairdo."

"You did me a favour by destroying my home in Chicago last year. Had it not been for that, I wouldn't have found my new friend here in Los Angeles. Our goals align very well indeed."

"You can't do both, Medea," Ara says. "You can't trap us and keep Piper flying. I'm way past being an easy catch, you know you'll need all your power to subdue us, and that won't happen, because you'd be giving Piper an entrance to mess you up. You can't win."

"Caligula wants to kill you and Jason Grace, you know," Medea tells Piper, ignoring Ara. "It would be simpler. But I convinced him it would be better to let you suffer in exile. I liked the idea of you and your formerly famous father stuck on a dirt farm in Oklahoma, both of you slowly going mad with boredom and hopelessness."

"You're going to regret letting me live."

"Probably," she looks at Ara. "But you know, Jackson, your group can't win either. The last time those two were in the maze, we granted him access to the Sibyl. That's the only way to find her, you know. I have to allow you to reach the centre of the maze—unless you're wearing the emperor's shoes, of course. And, really, they wouldn't go with your outfit." She laughs. "Anyway, he spoke to her, she told him more than he would've liked to know. The truth was enough to break Jason Grace. He won't be a threat to anyone now. Neither will you, once you hear what's at stake."

"Are you done?" Ara tightens her grip on Almighty, watching out of the corner of her eye how Meg sits up groggily behind the woman. She continues, but she's not speaking to Medea."Snap out of it and fight."

"Oh, okay!" Medea continues, releasing Piper. "I'm feeling generous, so I'll grant your request. A duel just between us, woman to woman. Choose your weapon. I'll choose mine."

Piper chooses her dagger. "A pretty weapon," Medea hums. "Pretty like Helen of Troy. Pretty like you. But, woman to woman, let me give you some advice. Pretty can be useful. Powerful is better. For my weapon, I choose Helios, the Titan of the sun!"

"And I choose Meg," Ara says. "Tackle her!"

Meg pushes Medea to the ground, but by then, she's already summoned her grandfather, and he is angry. Ara summons Hephaestus blessing and pulls Lester back, Piper seizes Meg and runs to safety behind a pillar. They only have a few seconds before Medea gathers herself again, so Ara shouts. "Piper, ask me to help!"

"What?"

"Just do it!"

"Help me fight Medea!"

Ara's vision zeroes in on Piper's blowpipes. "Shoot!"

Piper doesn't think, she acts. Ara releases Lester's wrist and lifts both palms. She wills the flames to open just enough to get a full view of Medea, and Piper sends the projectile straight to the woman's chest. Medea collapses, and the room gets hotter. Ara whimpers, realizing she's the one holding Helios's essence now. Her palms begin to sting, her legs quiver, and her retinas are burning.

"Run!" she shouts. 

The group retreats, and Ara follows them without turning her back on the fire. She pushes back, pressing the fire into a small corner before letting go and struggling out of the room. Ara places all of her might into staying conscious while she runs to her friends, the blaze roaring and engulfing the room behind them. Titan fire is more damaging than the regular one, because her hands are blistered and tender, and they aren't healing.

As soon as they reach the elevator, Ara collapses.

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[deadbydangit]

This might be strange and you may not even know what I'm talking about, but could you write characters with an S/o who acts like Jinx from Arcane?

Maybe this with Ghostface and Leon? Feel free to add any and all people if you do take the request. Thank you ^^

I did a bit of research on this character. She sounds rather chaotic but intelligent. So I'm going to go with that. I hope that's okay if I add one more to it as well. I hope you enjoy it.

With a Reader who is chaotic and intelligent.

Ghostface, Leon, Legion (Frank)

Ghostface

Yeah, let's fuck some shit up.

You and Danny are like the same person.

Much to everyone else's dismay.

Your collective appetite for chaos knows no bounds.

You could both be asleep when Danny shakes you to wake you up.

"Hey I remember this fucked up joke and wanted to tell you."

And you're both just going to laugh.

And then go right back to sleep.

You're both inseparable.

If he could sneak you into every trial to help him, he so would.

"Like, babe, think of the ways we can kill survivors together."

The Entity, much to everyone's delight, refuses to let that happen.

So you both go terrorize whoever happens to be in the woods at that time.

Not as fun, but still entertaining.

Your intelligence has helped him numerous times when it comes to constricting any sort of trap he'd like.

And he won't have to worry if his precious camera ever gets damaged.

The pranks you pull in each other are great.

The pranks you both work on together are masterpieces.

You are the bain of everyone else's existence.

And you both wouldn't have it any other way.

Leon S Kennedy

He has his hands full with you.

He may have the intelligence to match.

But he's a hero, not... Whatever you are.

He'll often walk in on you building some crazy invention or trap.

He is highly concerned.

More about everyone else.

Because that does NOT look safe.

He does take interest in some of your inventions.

Watching you build and explain them, watching how passionate you are about your craft.

It's super cute to him.

Leon is absolutely going to do that stereotypical hero thing where he tries to make you 'see the light' and 'renounce your evil ways.'

Good luck with that buddy.

Leon is very agile, alert, and fairly smart.

So pulling a prank on him takes some work.

If you do manage, he'll applaud your determination and creativity.

Provided it isn't something dangerous.

If he wants you to hold still for a while, he'll challenge you to a boardgame or chess.

This is where his competitive nature shines.

But it's all in good fun.

He never goes easy on you though.

Just because you love him doesn't mean he's going to let you win.

You've already won his love.

Legion (Frank)

Anarchy! Anarchy!

Frank has no idea what that word means, but it sounded cool and he heard you say it once.

He might not be the sharpest tool in the shed.

But he loves you for the chaotic crazy you are.

He's so down to pull pranks too.

And he's always willing to help you whenever he can.

Need him to sneak into Caleb's workshop to grab supplies for your newest invention?

On it!

"Hey. Want to go put mentos and coke in one of Herman's test tubes?"

That's the closest thing to a science experiment you're going to get from this boy.

Just be honored he's making an effort for you.

You might even see him trying to make inventions of his own.

You inspire him.

His lack of regard for the safety of himself or the safety of others might be a concern to others.

But the both of you couldn't give less of a shit about it.

You only live once.

Well, technically not in the realm.

But it's the principal of the matter.

Frank doesn't know what you mean when you say that, but you're smart and it sounded cool so he's going to say it too.

And, he knows you're cool, so he'll say it.

[marswasnothere]

thanks to fairy anon and everyone else for welcoming me into the court!! It is a pretty random assortment of things but then again one mustn't question our ability to put daniel in the kinkiest situations imaginable>:)

I got around to reading the white satin panties addition to my og ask this morning, and I fear you've made it so much better... It got me thinking non stop about danny having little leaks that aren't full-on accidents on his white undies

Of course when he was young and still in perth he could tiptoe around the house at night and handwash the little yellow spots on the front of his underwear off before his mum saw the dirty pair in the laundry basket. He was fine just wearing the diapers at night, thank you for asking, he wasn't about to go back to full day protection or his mates would definitely notice

When he moves to europe it's not that much harder (lie, it is considerably harder), but he keeps repeating to himself that it's fine, he was just distracted and forgot to take a bathroom (potty?) break, it's not a big deal if there's a little yellow drop in his boxers and it's definitely unrelated to the other three pairs of boxers he's had the same problem with, this week alone

I imagine maybe baby badger gradually getting mad that he doesn't feel 'fully grown up' and after a particularly frustrating session with his therapist/a stupid comment form a journalist after a bad quali or whatever, he's so worked up that he goes to Max's driver room. I'm picturing full tantrum, screaming about how he's tired of max babying him and he's a grown adult and screw his stupid diapers and that he doesn't need them (they're fun diapers with fun drawings and wetness indicators but danny would never admit that rn because he's MAD).

And max being max very calmly gets up from his couch, tugs dannys pants down and points at the yellow drops clear as day on the white fabric, and raises an eyebrow as if to say 'are you sure about that, danyul?'

ANYWAYS i hope that made sense and the court approves, I am thoroughly enjoying reading everyone's contributions

Btw i can confirm it IS an orange and not a tangerine 🍊

I don't remember what mars wanted to call me (orangenon? It wasn't that but it was sorta like that) but I remember being amused by it so by all means go ahead

-🍊

the more the merrier in the freak4freak court, all hands on deck to do Things to Those Men

Shorter answer because everything is perfectly written out right there oranonge 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

I sooooo want to get more into how the bedwetting effects Daniel's mentality, even if the porny stuff is so fun, I also want to see how the constant leaking gets to him throughout the day, how he can be scared to stand up and look back at his seat, hyperventilating in a toilet stall because he had an accident on the way there and now he's sat there with ruined jeans and the only real option out being to call someone in the team to ask for some clothes. AND THEN!! The frustration (tantrums) and yelling and he's unable to muster up a smile and laugh when Max asks to check him, he just want to punch something.

[thatphantomwriter]

Danny Phantom Panel Notes- Nostalgia Con

I was able to attend a Danny Phantom panel where David Kaufman and Butch I defy you Hartman were able to speak a bit about the show. I neglected to remember to record the panel, but I took some notes. It's definitely not all new but maybe there's some tidbits in here that might be interesting.

David had auditioned for the show over a year before he actually booked the role and therefore forgot what it was by the time he was told he got it

Development for the show happened between 2000 and 2003

Butch told the story about how he came up with the Danny Phantom name on a car trip (I know he tends to bring up this story in many interviews)

The interviewer asked about the reference to The Shining and asked for more information on that and had to clarify she meant Danny and Jack's names. Butch denies this being a reference, and reiterated that Danny just sounded cool with Phantom

I don't remember the exact phrasing, but I believe Butch mentioned he didn't want to make the ghosts dead people

The interviewer asked about the design for Danny, but Butch kinda redirected/never answered this question. He asked David if he knew what Danny looked like when auditioning, and David says he didn't

David had asked if Danny would need a different voice when he was Phantom vs when he was Fenton, but was told it can be the same.

Butch says they kept adding powers to Danny over the course of the show because they were fun and cool despite not wanting to give him too many powers

Butch says that ghosts were designed by their personality. He used Poindexter, Desiree, and Skulker as examples (though not by name) (I think he means to imply here that their designs are more like "themes" to tie better to his ghosts aren't dead people thing...)

Butch's favorite title card was for My Brother's Keeper. He mentioned very briefly that other artist would "compete" to make the best title card (I would like to note this is the only time he mentioned anyone else who worked on the show)

David "fell into" voice acting. Danny Goldman was casting director who told David he seemed like a good match for Marty McFly for the Back to the Future show

On advice for voice actors, Butch says to have a choice ready if you're going in front of him and that your job is to make his job easier by really bringing the character to life. David says to find the qualities of how your character speaks, and once you find that you have to let it go an approach it as an actor

The topic of a reboot came up. Butch asked the audience to vote on if they would prefer a reboot to be live action or animated, and seemed pretty surprised when the votes were overwhelmingly for animated. He also asked how many would like an older Danny and an "anime" Danny Phantom. David said it would be interesting to explore a college-age or a little past college-age Danny. Butch mentions Phantom Planet and how everyone would know who Danny is because of that. David adds that maybe people from all around the world would be calling on him to help.

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I was able to meet David afterwards for an autograph, but was too flustered to ask about what he thought about the graphic novel (if he's read it). I know he's aware of its existence, and to my understanding its canon, so I thought it was interesting (though not surprising at all) that Butch kept talking about Phantom Planet and how the show would continue if they stuck with that ending. It's also to my understanding that Butch doesn't have a say at all with what would happen with DP in the future.

[mdhwrites]

Do you agree with the idea that Luz is a people pleaser? Or is it just something the fandom made up to make her seem more likable/relateble/interesting with no real basis in canon?

GOD NO! But that's not necessarily a bad thing as the protagonist archtype she's hailing from normally isn't. The problem comes from the fact that she is so ANTI people pleasing that it clashes with her backstory, rare moments in the show and she also just NEVER LEARNS ANYTHING.

This is also a problem for Randy Cunningham: Ninth Grade Ninja. Him and his best friend make a declaration at the start of the year to be popular. They don't care if they're liked or disliked, the goal is for EVERYONE to know their name. This fuels a bunch of teenage shenanigans that are meant to impress people or make them look cool by the definitions they have in their brains rather than what reality is.

Cookie from Ned's Declassified did stuff like this a lot, Danny and Tucker from Danny Phantom are also prime examples of it. It is just a teenage protagonist archtype for them to be trying to live out a fantasy of being special when the reality is that they're just nice nerds who should be happy being who they are. This is Luz. Period.

And there's two sides of this archtype. The first is the FIRST THING WE KNOW ABOUT HER. They will do things to stand out from a crowd because they think it's cool regardless of if it's right. We are literally shown FOUR instances of this back to back from her book report to the montage of her fuck ups. Each time, she is actively looking at what others are doing and going "Nah. Hold my beer and watch this." I mean... She brought fucking SPIDERS to school and looked at best confused as to why everyone ran off screaming and that's not talking about the play she RUINED.

This is then reinforced in Episode 2 when she tells King and Eda to go suck eggs because she is totes a chosen one. She does save them at the end which brings the other half of this archtype when it comes to their fuck ups. When they fuck up, they fix it, commonly so as to not get people killed but also to make sure that either people in general or those closest to them don't HATE THEM. Now, that might sound like a people pleaser... But it's not. It's seeking forgiveness, not permission. I mean in S1 alone you have her explicitly ignoring Willow's wishes in both Understanding Willow and Wing it Like Witches so that she can have her fun before then someone gets hurt or upset and fixing it in someway.

As a note: The moment you realize that SO MUCH of Luz's character is motivated by tropes she likes or be special, a lot of actions she takes take on way worse connotations. A perfect example of this is when she declares in Lost in Language that she'll be friends with Amity come hell or high water... A minute later she's fucking around with Amity's siblings who Amity has shown clear disdain for. Or you can go with Adventure in the Elements where despite her trying to get along with Amity and impress her, she STEALS FROM HER so that she can get the instant gratification of casting magic. And this sort of recontextualization is ALL over the first season especially of Luz just doing bat shit crazy things because it lets her be cool and she never really learns to stop, even PROUDLY stating in Reaching Out that she'll always choose the option that leads to the most chaos. The most adventure, the most tropes. A season and a half in and instead of growing at all, she is still defiantly against reality.

This is also all inherently AGAINST being a people pleaser. A people pleaser wants everyone to LIKE them. Sprig spends half an episode being a people pleaser like this, even if I don't think it's quite who he is. What Luz is after is just to make sure people don't hate her. At best, she doesn't want people to actively dislike her but she mostly cares about if you remember her name. If she left an impression bigger than anyone else.

But I don't blame the fandom for making her a people pleaser. All of what I've said is based on her actions. By her words, she's meant to be someone who has had to hold back who she is. Who has hid from the world so as to be liked by society. Being a people pleaser IS a part of that archtype and that's where we get "Oh no teenagers" and "I'm gonna get made fun of again" and... That's about it. It's actually why those lines annoy me so much because they happen over a season into the show and she has NEVER held back on who she is for even half a second during that ENTIRE TIME. Even Adventure in Elements isn't about pleasing others, it's about not being embarrassed. Being brought low.

But those are literally the ONLY moments in the entire series where she gives a fuck. The Collector and Belos angst? It's not about how no one will like her anymore, it's that they'll hate her because it needs to be that drastic for her to care. It also makes her less of the paragon hero that she sees herself as. And that's laughable because she only has like TWO moments in the entire series where she actively seeks out a way to help someone without them asking. The cure for Eda's curse at the end of S1, where she's trying not to have Eda die in return for watching over her which is just kind of basic kindness and going after King's stuffed rabbit in Titan Where Art Thou. At that point though, the show claims they're siblings so it's just being kind to your family... You know, right before she effectively tells Eda to go rot because she won't let her go fight Belos.

All the while, she is learning NOTHING. The teenage dumbass archtype is GREAT as a main character because it allows so much room for growth. It's part of why Anne is such a good protagonist because while she embraces the lazy side of it more than trying to appear special, she is still a teenage dumbass. As such, S1 spends time teaching her morals and making her grow up so she can be better.

Luz never grows up. Then again, she'd either have to actually face consequences for her actions or care more deeply about others for that to happen. That isn't going to happen though, not when she, and everyone around her, are solely focused on letting her live the isekai fantasy that she's always wanted.

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[azreactstowormtheserial]

I should probably do this at more regular intervals! [5.7-6.X]

Guess how I spent my sunday afternoon! I'll try and do this every, like, 3 chapters, maybe? Because fuck, there's a lot to talk about. Let me try and do it in order. Arc 5 (.7 onwards) So, the Lung rematch honestly took me by surprise. The whole arc did, really? Going from a pretty depressing but harshly real depiction of what happens to girls like Taylor, to 'Fuck it, let's fuck shit up', to Lung is back! Already! It's Arc 5! I was so sure his escape and reappearance was going to be a big thing the characters dreaded and came back to bite them at the last moment, but-- And yeesh, was 5.9 a chapter. There's a certain passage in the introductory page for Worm: "Morality isn’t black and white, Taylor and her acquaintances aren’t invincible, the heroes aren’t winning the war between right and wrong ..." Every fight has me at the edge of my seat. Last year for me's been pretty brutal for media depicting major-character-deaths like it's no big deal-- and the moment Lung came back, I was so sure someone was dead. I thought it might've been-- and after the interlude, real glad it wasn't-- Newter. But somehow, everyone managed to get off scott-free. And after the fiasco that was Arc 6-- we'll get there!-- I just don't know how long this'll last. Even for the Undersiders. Which makes me want to predict deaths. I think because of the phrasing of the opening page, I know that Taylor is the POV character as a standard, and interludes are the exception. So unless this does some huge POV-shift, I think she's safe. From death, not from anything else. I am not entertaining the thought of Lisa's death. Brian and Alec, though? I don't know. I don't know about Alec at all, actually. He's kind of a scary guy? Horrifyingly subtle power, but really scarily applied in Arc 6. He's low-key one of the strongest, at least potential wise, in The Undersiders. I think Brian is going to have more story to him, now that his past's all been laid out? But later on, I just can't say. I really hope he doesn't, he means a lot to Taylor, and he's a good shoulder to lean on. Rachel-- 'Bitch'? I can't remember if she prefers one or the other... -- is a little harder to talk about. It was hard to like her after how she introduced herself! Mauling the POV character practically unprovoked isn't a good first impression. But, like Taylor's described, I feel, she's started to grow on me. Arc 5 touched on her character and personality in a nice way. I'd already started to sympathize with her come the end of Arc 4, rather than just view her as a begrudingly amazing tool for the team, but the dynamic between her and Taylor in Arc 5 was peak. She gave her her jacket!

Arc 5 Interlude This is really sweet! It left Arc 5 off on a high note. 'Kinda. I don't know what to make of the 5.X interlude. It was interesting. Newter was nice to see again. Flatline was intriguing to get a closer look at. Gregor is a strange person, but so-- I don't know if blunt is the right word, but 'sincere'-- almost refreshingly so given the web of deception going on in every other Arc-- that I liked him by the end. What I don't know what to make of in particular is the tattoos. Does it imply that there's a different-type of origination for parahuman powers? Is it artificial? I don't know! But I'm interested in finding out! Arc 6 Anyway, that was what, 4 chapters' thoughts? Let's talk about Arc 6. I started off my liveblog talking about how one of the most interesting plot threads was the growing inner-struggle Taylor has of working with The Undersiders and having agreed to double-cross them. Something I neglected to mention as well, was Taylor's dad, Danny. Straight from the get-go, both of these are the spotlight. They almost seem to slowly be intertwining the further the Arc goes on-- something I felt especially towards the end, and a final decision Taylor makes. If it wasn't painfully clear already, I like how this arc brings to the forefront how muddy the line between traditional 'good and evil' is. Armsmaster is blatantly not-good. He does not seem to value what is right and what is wrong, and-- while we do not see inside his mind-- Taylor does, and that his reputation is above all else is very telling. Luckily, he gets what he deserves. Cue my favorite passage of the serial so far:

Actually has me grinning while reading this chapter. It is unlikely Armsmaster is the only Hero that isn't all too much of one. I'm certainly not the most researched on the subject, but the parallels between Heroes and the Cops of today seem to be a major theme. With Coil entering the picture-- and, what a fucking reveal, by the way!-- I can't imagine this idea is going to take a backseat any time soon. I don't know much about Coil, and by his own words, he is not a good person. But as the only person striving for meaningful change-- whether his methods are morally sound or not-- I think I'd feel more comfortable with Skitter under his wing than, say, Armsmaster's. From his actions and his one-chapter-of-glory alone, he's a character I'm interesting in looking out for. Arc 6 made me cry! This will likely be a running theme, as I'm warned. 6.9 in particular is where it got me. That shit was crushing. As someone that struggles with anger, I admire Danny for keeping as collected as he did given the circumstance. He really does love her, and it's awful that Taylor's gotten so deep into things so quickly that she just can't be honest with him. Not until he knows what she is, and what she does. I thought Danny and Taylor's relationship was going in a healthy direction, after the incident in the mall, but I think that was just far too wishful thinking, with how everything was going to play out. ..Conversely, it looks like Taylor is figuring herself out. Writing that letter I think finally helped her analyse what she was doing, what she cared about, and what she wanted-- contextualized after finally learning about Coil and his intentions, and everything she and The Undersiders'd been through up until now. It was a powerful moment-- burning it especially. And maybe my favorite ending to an arc so fa-- Oh! Wait! There's an interlude! This is horrifying! It sure didn't shy down from takes about law and justice! The idea of a Rogue is interesting, and one I didn't even consider in the context of the world just yet. Apparently, the world's still working on that front, too. 'Making an example' of someone in a legal context is terrifying enough. That example being that the use of powers in any altercation, if you aren't grinning and willing to be part of the governments personal army of upholding the status quo, is LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN THE MONSTER DUNGEON-- like, fuck. If this is the system Heroes are defending, it's a little bit beyond muddied good and evils, it's a swamp.

Here is a bisexual Newter as a treat for making it this far among my ramblings. (thank you, mischievious magpie.) I'm sorry that they're so -rambly-! I had a lot of thoughts, and couldn't even get all of them down! Like, here's a few more bonus-thoughts: -The way Taylor via Newter-poison fucking owned Lung was rad as hell! - This!

But, yeah. I just wanted to get this out so I could keep going this evening, and on my walk. I'll stop again at 7.4-ish, and write my thoughts so this doesn't happen again. I certainly won't do more than an arc at a time. Az out!

[macchiatosdumptruck]

"Crackerjack" Terry with Daniel from "The Outsiders" interview is what I'm here for. Handsome, stubbly tousled-haired Alpha and tiny doe-eyed, shaggy-haired little angel of an Omega. They look soooooo good togetherrrrrrrr. Make it a crimeverse alongside Omegaverse...maybe this Daniel is the son of some prominent gang leader and Terry the hired cop/bodyguard who protects him...except maybe Terry is the leader of a rival gang, and takes Daniel as his mated Omega. Or maybe he really is just a bodyguard, but he gets Daniel with pup...

Mob princeling Daniel who has a secret torrid love affair with his bodyguard. They have to keep it secret because otherwise Terry would be in big trouble.

Poor Daniel was just so lonely and bored, being kept locked up in his little tower away from anyone who could hurt him. And then Terry gets hired. Terry knows it's not a good idea to fall for the kid. He's innocent enough, but he pretends he's not.

The poor kid is asking for it. He just wants some attention, someone to treat him like a person rather than a doll. He also is desperate for some excitement, as much as you would think a mob baby would have that in their life, he is coddled.

So when Daniel lazes around in his skimpy clothes, cut off tank tops and jean shorts, he plays the innocent coquette waiting to be ravished. But is it really playing if that's what he actually wants? If he's desperate for it. The boy is 19 and spoiled rotten but not naive.

To be pushed around a little by someone not afraid to break him? Because Terry always takes care of him, but he never treats him as if he's weak.

So one day when the two of them are at home, everyone else out doing work, and Daniel is lazing about in his comfy clothes that show far too much skin Daniel noticed Terry looking at him, despite the man doing a good job of acting nonchalant, Daniel takes a risk.

He walks up to where the other man is flipping through the paper sitting at the table.

"Isn't it your job to keep me happy?" Daniel asks.

Terry snorts. He can sense trouble in the air.

"it's my job to keep you safe. Those two things aren't the same."

"Would it be so dangerous for you to give in?"

"what are you talking about Danny?"

"I see the way you look at me. I know you want it I know you know that I want it? What's the problem if we have a little fun? It doesn't have to mean anything."

But Terry knows better. It would mean something. Because he already spends all of his time with the kid l. He's already too soft on him. And Daniel doesn't know what he's asking for. He's never been in a relationship before, and he's unaware of just how much Terry wants.

Terry puts up a good fight, but once Daniel seats himself in Terry's lap, Terry knows he should push the kid off. He doesn't. He says it's because he doesn't want the boy to bruise. He's like a peach. But the truth is Terry likes the weight on his thighs. Daniel reaches up and plays with Terry's waves, a s nose of false confidence pouring from him.

"We shouldn't be doing this kid." Terry says. But he can feel in his bones that he's breaking.

Who would have to know? Maybe he was signing his own death warrant but there were worse ways to die right? Other than being buried deep in a wet and willing omega with a face like a sweet doll and an attitude anything but.

The blush is high on Daniel's cheeks as he nervously works his hips back and forth over Terry.

"But it feels so good doesn't it? How could it be bad if it feels so good? "

"just remember you wanted this Danny boy." Terry says as he stands and lifts the boy easily in his arms.

Some time later, when Daniel is crying on his knot from over stimulation Terry wants to say "I told you so," but he wants more than anything else to be able to do this again and again.

Terry rubs his hand soothingly over Daniel's side, and then again over the side of his face and pushes back the brats sweaty bangs. Daniel is gasping wide eyed and teary at the curling as his hands dog into Terry's shoulders in desperation.

"be careful what you wish for baby, because I'm going to have you like this all the time now." Terry says.

It's no surprise to Terry when the kid ends up knocked up after a few months. He's not dumb, but something about Daniel makes him throw his cautions to the wind. He's been taking him bare far too often, only remembering to pull out half the time.

They should get an abortion and call it off, but the truth is that he's unbearably sweet on the kid. With Daniel's resources and Terry's skills there is a possibility that they could run off together. For a time at least. But Daniel refuses. The family is wrapped around his finger just as much as Terry is , and he's keeping the baby. And Terry.

It's not what was planned. The entire thing is a mess, actually. Business deals go south, and alliances are tested. Some are broken. It gets worse before it gets better. But Daniel tends to get what he wants in the end.

And, eventually,that's how terry ends up accidentally marrying into one of the most powerful crime families on the US east coast.

[vmures]

Thinking about Teen Wolf and it's funny (funny-strange, not funny-haha) to me how vicious some of the meta and discourse gets and how defensive people get over their favorite characters. Then you add in fanon and fandom creep with a nice dash of "this is how I understood that scene and that is the only way it can be understood (aka my headcanon is canon)," and you get a hot mess of ugliness.

Of the episodes I've watched, pretty much everyone on the show is a dick at one point or another, which tracks because they're teenagers and I remember the horrors of puberty and emotions all over the place. I find most of the fully adult characters worse because they don't have the excuse of youth--with its general lack of experience and fluctuating hormones. But there is not a single person who doesn't have several scenes where you go "wow, that was a dick move." And if you really look at the actions and words of the characters, there isn't anyone particularly nurturing either.

Stiles has those he considers his and he'd probably burn the world down for them, but most everyone else he can care less about. We do see moments where he does go out of his way to help someone not necessarily his (the scene in the library with the kanima and him running over to check on Erica comes to mind). Scott does try to look after others, even strangers, but also has moments where he blatantly manipulates those around him for his own gain (he blatantly uses Danny at the dance in season one to keep Finstock from kicking him out of the dance and the implication, at least to me, was that he knew Finstock wouldn't make a scene about kicking out Danny's date for fear of seeming homophobic). You can find examples of kindness and assholishness from each and every character is this show and the tendency trends towards asshole for all of them. Different types and varying levels of assholes, but still assholes. But you know what? That is okay. They're very human characters in that regard. Every single person on the planet has someone who thinks they are an absolute dick. Their complexity makes them fun to write.

But just because they're all assholes in their own way, doesn't mean I have to like them all. Just like shows that are comprised of characters that flip this metric (mostly nice with moments of dickishness) can have characters that just don't vibe with you. Just like in real life there are foods you don't like, music that isn't to your taste, and people who just grate on your nerves for one reason or another. It's just a matter of personal preference. The world would be very boring if we all liked the same things and reacted the same to everything.

So some people like some characters and focus on those points of view and their takes on the characters may be wildly divergent from your own, but it doesn't necessarily make them wrong. Where it gets even more tricky is the fandom creep and headcanons as canon additions. Because if you are willing to debate the merits and behavior of a character and you cite something that doesn't ever happen on screen, some are going to get frustrated because they don't see that as canon. We all have to add conjecture about what happened off screen to make a story make sense, but that is still conjecture and it's going to vary widely from person to person since everyone views a story through their own experiences and issues.

Sadly we seem to have culturally misplaced the art of debate and the notions of civility. In particular the "agree to disagree" notion where each side acknowledges that they are unlikely to persuade the other side and people move on to other things rather than rehash the same material over and over or devolve into outright harassment and suicide baiting. Muting tags and blocking people who frequently have takes you can't stand is so much better for your peace of mind.

So that's my take. I do not think this is the only way to interpret things, but it is one of the ways you can interpret it and it's what shapes my headcanons when I write. You can have different takes, but I am not required to agree with them and you are not required to agree with mine.

[itsbansheebitch]

I can't even. This article doesn't even make him look good. He admits he's still messaging minors. He is so disconnected from reality.

“Quickly, please name five famous male gay celebrities from the ages of 20 to 25,” he says. “You can’t because they don’t exist.” - James Charles

Remember this is the guy who defended Colleen Ballinger and called Adam McIntyre a liar. He was fine with a 30 something year old sending lacy underwear to a 13/14 year old. He could easily date someone older, but he CHOOSES to message minors. This is so disgusting and spits in the faces of everyone he's affected.

He complains about being "canceled" but then is dead silent when Adam, Johnny, Becky, Oliver, Ella, Alex, and more come out about their stories. Not to mention the victim blaming in this article. he is AN ADULT he should know better! I don't care if he's in his 20s, as someone younger than him, I find his behavior to be REALLY WEIRD at BEST.

Not to mention Colleen's Ballinger's lawyer may or may not have defended Armie Hammer, Prince Andrew, Brian Singer, Danny Masterson (and maybe Bill Cosby, can't confirm though). :/ The lawyer also sent a cease and desist to to the WRONG email. The email of a fan account of the H3 Podcast (Ethan's Basement). That's some Onision energy lol (Wrong Chris Hansen)

I'm so done with YouTubers (Especially OG ones) being creeps and predatory. Someone needs to crowdfund a lawsuit fund for these kids. Some of these kids have JUST turned 18. Colleen and her family KNEW that Trent was at LEAST creepy towards kids, enough for them to warn him against messaging people under 18 years old. He literally told Oliver that when HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD. You don't even want to know what else he messaged them.

I want to add that Johnny, Becky, and Oliver are not "Weenies" (one of the group chats), however, this does not make their experience any less valid, in fact I'd say it is even more horrifying since that means THERE ARE EVEN MORE VICTIMS.

This situation is insane and my heart goes out to those effected. Both the "direct" victims, those speaking out AND those staying silent. My heart also goes out to former fans of Colleen, I know how it feels to find out a creator isn't who you thought they were. I hope you all find peace. <3

It should also be said that Colleen has children. She has a family channel, a vlog channel. I'm not saying she or her family should be harassed, but we need to hold them accountable for their actions. If Adam is telling the truth about being sent Trisha Paytas' nudes at ~15 years old (which I have no reason to believe otherwise, however, I am open to the truth no matter what side it come from) then Colleen may have committed a FEDERAL CRIME.

This isn't YouTube drama, it's crime.