#screaming into the never ending void

[manitapaleta]

Hey what’s up, I’m still crying over this

[hinamie]

doodles

[little-pondhead]

Thinking about if Dani ever gets added to the Villain Everlasting Trio au, like how would she fit in? Obviously the JL would have to figure out she's a clone and try and figure out why she exists ("maybe fenton is just that narcissistic?" flash asks, meanwhile batman is already texts agent a to get ready another room in addition to the three already prepared). Maybe she acts like the innocent kid in danger until heroes get close? batfamily trying to pspspsps her away from fenton? The trio collectively calling her their daughter?

I love this au so much, even if I still don't fully forgive you for making Tucker hot.

The way I SPRINTED to my computer.

Disclaimer: This particular AU has nothing to do with Fun Sized and Feral by @nutcase8691 or my Dani Fenton redesign from a while ago. This isn’t really important, but I thought the plot of this au might be straying the tiniest bit too close to the Feral AU (which I love btw) and I just didn’t want to cause confusion.

TLDR: Dani had to mature too quickly in their home world, so when she arrived in the DC universe, she finally got to slow down and be a kid. :)

Okay okay. Give me a moment. Since everyone is acting like the opposite of their usual self when they're playing villains, your question was, how would she fit in? To backtrack to this earlier post, I said that each of the trio's specific gimmicks somehow ties into their everyday lives. They looked at their immediate friends, family and acquaintances, picked out the traits they saw as 'villainous,' and then applied that to themselves.

Danny became a mad scientist because even though his parents love him through and through, they still hurt him the most. The threat of capture and dissection from the GIW didn't help, either. He wears a suit similar to his parents, pushes his hair up so he can see better, and his white lab coat looks a little like the GIW's suits. The suit is also red, which is the opposite of green, distancing himself further from his hero life as Phantom and connecting him more to his civilian self, where red is present on his shirt. He refuses to use his powers, as well.

Sam looks like an angel, which seems odd given her completely goth look and slightly pessimistic attitude. And if she uses her plant powers (shut up, she totally has them) as part of Team Phantom, then that rules out using them as a villain. They want to completely separate these alter-egos from each other. Well, one of the most significant sources of strife in Sam's personal life is her parents. In the show, they're seen constantly fighting with Sam, trying to mold her into their perfect daughter, when Sam is very obviously happy with how she is right now. So as a silent fuck you to her parents, Sam gets a hold of a Realm artifact, the halo, which gives her a pair of ghostly wings and the ability of flight. Now, she's the one in the air, and Sam is still doing what she does best, even as an angel. She tries to show the world that not all angels are perfect, and in fact, they can be downright monstrous. (This is where her more aggressive and destructive attitude comes in.)

As far as I'm aware, Tucker doesn't have any trauma related to his parents. (The lucky bastard.) He is the tech-nerd stereotype, however. And since he's from a cartoon from 2004, that means he gets bullied. A lot. The show focuses mainly on Danny, but you cannot tell me Tucker wasn't bullied like that, either. For the sake of the au, let's say Danny was taking all the beatings for Tucker. Maybe he was in canon; I can't remember. But not only is Tucker being physically bullied but so is his best friend. (Eventually lover!) And imagine his feelings when Team Phantom shows up to a ghost fight, and Tucker is absolutely useless the entire time. He just can't help at all. Danny and Sam are on the front lines, redirecting hits and doing damage control, and here he is, waiting for the Wi-Fi to catch up on his PDA. It eats him up. He wants to be helpful in more ways than one, and that's what the DC universe gives him. He takes another Realm artifact; this time, it's actually his by birthright, and the artifact drastically increases his physical power, just like he's always wanted. He learns Egyptian magic and dresses in a way that gives homage to his time in Egypt-which was traumatizing by itself, but hey, he has sweet beetle magic now.

Basically, Fenton, Manson, and Foley are all the results of the trio's frustrations and fears. They become the things they stress about the most to help cope with their everyday lives. The DC universe is their outlet.

So where does Dani fit in?

Well, Dani is a clone, as we know. Her creation and introduction to the world were rather sudden if you compare her to a typical baby. And that's what she is; a baby. Unless you jumped the timeline far into the future, Dani is barely a year old in canon (I think.) And after her team-up with Danny to defeat Vlad, she makes the decision to leave Amity and travels the world. She has to navigate an entire world independently, even if Danny wants to help her. So now, plop her in the DC verse. What's the opposite of an independent clone who's had to fend for herself from a very young age and has had almost no real familial bonds?

A kid. A scared, touched-starved child who's had no one to look after her for who knows how long. (Vlad doesn't count here.) Dani gets to the DC verse and cries because she and Danny can finally bond like she always wanted to. She doesn't have to put up a strong front because the trio is there to protect her. Dani is extremely young, and now she can finally be a kid. It's not mental age regression; instead, Dani no longer has to hold herself back from doing childish things or crying. Both are things that could be a danger when you're living on the streets. She spends almost all her time here now.

The Everlasting Trio had already missed her before, but they had just fully adopted her in this new world. Dani is their baby. Their little girl. She didn't ask to be born-she shouldn't have to suffer because it was unsafe at home. Well, they can make a new one, just for her, here in this universe. And look! There’s more clones for her to bond with! The GZ is more accessible than ever, and their commute between universes really isn’t that bad. They like it here! And the heroes and villains will never take her away, no matter how hard they try. Sure, Dani can have playdates with some of them, but she will wail and scream if anyone so much as suggests she stay the night without her parent's permission.

Oh, and she never stops being a little shit. If anyone doubts that Fenton and Dani are related, they are simply ushered online to see that one viral clip of Dani latching on to King Shark with her teeth and not letting go in the middle of a shopping plaza. The camera pans to the left a moment later, and the audience spots Fenton doing the exact same thing to John Constantine.

The first time the Justice League meets Dani, it's right after she got lost during a spacewalk with Danny and Sam. She enters the first place she sees, the Watchtower, and breaks down in front of Wonder Woman about how she can't find her parents and doesn't know how to get home. The heroes are baffled and try to comfort her until Danny comes barging in five minutes later, panicking over his baby girl missing. They reunite, the heroes are reeling, and Superman mentions he didn't think Fenton was old enough to have a kid.

Fenton looks up from his bear hug and goes: "Huh? Oh, no. I'm only seventeen. (work with me here) Dani is technically my clone, but we adopted her properly as soon as possible."

And now the League has two issues. Their most annoying enemy is only seventeen. And he has a clone.

What the f u c k.

Extra analysis: Dani's outfit is cleaner and a little fancier than what she wore in the show. She ties her hair up like Tucker and pins her bangs back like Sam. She already looks identical to Danny but likes to wear his sweaters, especially in cold weather. The oversized clothes remind her of her time with Danny in Amity Park, and helps hide her physique better, so it's hard to tell how old she is. She wears leggings to show that she no longer has to fight for her life every day on the streets. Now that the trio adopted her, she can relax and let someone else take the hits for a while. (We all know how fast leggings and tights can be ruined when doing literally anything.) Fright Knight gifts her a cursed doll that helps protect her in stressful situations and functions like an SOS beacon. JLD hates the bear. (She named it Strawbeary.)

She acts on her impulses more often, which the trio sees as a good thing. Even if that impulsive desire gets her in trouble, it gives everyone a chance to learn and grow as a family. Dani also refrains from going ghost at first, following her dad's wishes. Right now, she's just giving herself a break from her previous nomadic lifestyle. After a bit, she and Danny will bond over their halfa status, and she'll grow into her own unique core and powerset. The heroes dread the day the littlest Fenton decides to join her parents in their shenanigans.

[shummthechumm]

ommgg fallen leaves being possessive and slightly unhinged is so good. like, over the course of holly's stay in the tunnels there are signs--but holly also refusing to move on and be with her loved ones.

then hollyleaf realizes: "wait he's a little crazy, actually" . like, an omen of what could happen to her if she doesn't leave the tunnels and confront her past mistakes.

so in the end, fallen leaves' own self-destructive behavior further pushes the first friend he's had in decades away--and hollyleaf's decision to amend for what she's done/learning to live with her identity directly contrast's fallen's.

living in denial for what, a century? just exacerbates fallen leaves' fixation on isolating himself. he refuses to move on because doing so would mean he has to acknowledge that he made a mistake in his own ambition to become a sharpclaw. him impatiently going into the tunnels for his assessment ultimately resulted in a world of pain for his mother and groupmates--which also led to them leaving the lake and going to the mountains. (you could also rewrite his backstory and he still serves as a decent parallel to holly.)

plus it's deliciously dark to have fallen want to keep holly in the tunnels so she can die (and stay dead in the eyes of her loved ones) so he doesn't have to be alone anymore. alone with your mistakes for possibly eternity OR project yourself onto the next living thing within a 5 mile radius so you can BOTH live with your mistakes. TOGETHER.

[thebrokenpapergirl]

IWTV S2E7

It took me two fucking hours to watch this motherfucking episode. I kept having to pause 'cause this shit got so overwhelming.

Ant it still hurts so much, how little consideration was given to Claudia in her own fucking murder.

It was never about her and it still isn't.

She's sitting there as a prop, an extension of Louis, the damning piece of evidence that declares him guilty. They stripped her of the little agency she had in planning Lestat's goddamned assassination. They took away her brilliance in outsmarting both Lestat and Antoinette. Her ruthlessness in how she handled the poisoning. They took away her achievement of freedom, all so they could paint Louis as the masterful villain. She isn't even given recognition for her "crimes".

She's sitting there watching her life play out as they reduce her to an even smaller part. No longer a supporting character, just a barely present side character with the written depth of a prop. They made her Chekhov's gun.

They even had the audicity of making Madeleine's sentence revolve around Louis. She was given the Gift without the Maître's permission, by Louis, no mention of Claudia. Except Madeleine accepted the Gift for Claudia. When they tried to take even that away it didn't work. It was the only moment where anyone on that stage gave Claudia any recognition of personhood. Madeleine chose vampirism for Claudia, without her there would be no point.

And after all of it. All the torment, the humiliation, the torture. When they finally kill her. Santiago takes her dress as a trophy, but it's not a trophy of her, it's his perceived victory over Louis.

They fucking killed her. Desecrated her remains.

And it still wasn't about her.

[akkivee]

cute bad ass

[the-sparkling-diamond-satine]

i'm only kinda sorry but if i'm reading fanfic and the writer puts faith in a dress without a Very Good Reason (ex. the mayor made her wear it, she's trying to impress buffy, she's a bridesmaid in somebody's wedding) i am taken out of it so quickly. that tiny detail bugs me so much what are you even doing?? faith hates dresses!!!! free her!!!!!

[gyokujyn]

CATWS 10th Anniversary | March 31st » Prompts: Wings for @catws-anniversary

a loving homage to A Softer World and @asofteravenger

[eldrtchmn]

...3, 2, 1 personal rant incoming

(it's depressing I'm sorry)

[distant-screaming]

palmnueng are written as an inveitable tragedy and a work in heartache because every aspect of them is made to hurt and pull them apart and end in tears BUT they take destiny or prewritten fate or maybe just expectations and they love each other so fiercely and so much and so deeply that they change the narrative. they make mistakes and act stupid but it's just. they love each other so much. that in the end it doesn't matter. their love for each other is the thing that is the driving force in a story that doesn't need it to work and god isn't that just the most romantic thing of all. to love despite and because of. to love so much it lets them both survive to the end.

[sleepdeprivedsimp234]

~Somewhat Massachusetts-centered incorrect quotes cuz he’s amazing and a lil’ too underrated for my liking~

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Mass: Real life should have a f(speaks Boston)in’ search function, or something. 


Mass: I need my will to live-

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Mass: I’m gonna mix a can of Red Bull with seventeen shots of espresso in a fishbowl and then chug it while Kids by MGMT plays in the background so I can perceive twenty-three spatial dimensions and fight my own soul.

York: That’s disgusting…. Can I join??

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Florida, throwing a pokeball at Mass: Mass, I choose you! 


Mass, not looking up from his book and catching it: You need an Ultra ball to catch this Legendary Pokémon.

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Mass, laying in bed: Get out of my room. 


York, standing just outside of the door frame: I’m not in your room.

Both:…..

York: *knocks something over and runs away*

Mass: *sighs and gets up, cracking his knuckles as he gets up to go deal with his little brother*

*insert screams*

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Mass: What do you call a dictionary on drugs? 


York: If you say "addict-ionary" I swear I will cut you. 


Mass: I was actually going to say "high definition", but your answer's much better. 


York: ...

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Penn, skipping rocks on a lake with Mass: It’s such a beautiful evening. 


Mass: Yeah, it is. 


Mass: *whispering* Take that you f(speaks Boston)in’ lake.

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York: *casually taking four stairs at a time* 


Mass, falling behind, taking two stairs at a time: F**k you f**k you f**k you f**k you fu-

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Mass: Caffeine no longer keeps me awake while I work, so instead I have Yorkie periodically send me texts saying ‘we need to talk.’ 


Mass: It gives me the right amount of adrenaline and fear I need to keep going.

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Mass: If I die, you can have what little I own. 


Jersey: Wait. What do you mean "if" you die? 


Mass: My unending existence is fuelled by pure spite, that of which the painful experiences of life have rendered me full. 


Jersey: 


Jersey: *Sighs* Let me call your therapist again.

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York: I need life advice. 


Mass, sipping Gatorade and eating cookie dough: You came to the right person.

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Virginia: Mass, no. 


Mass: Mass, yes.

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Mass: I don’t remember that. 


York: Do you remember that night last week when you passed tf out in a revolving door? 


Mass: ...No. 


York: Okay, do you remember when you were chased by those wild dogs for two miles? 


Mass: Not especially, no. 


York: It was in between those two things.

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Mass, talking about the Boston Tea Party and basically the entire Revolutionary War: Connie likes to say ‘you can be part of the problem or part of the solution,’ but I happen to believe you can be both.

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When York was in senior year of high school:

Mass: How’s class going? 


York: Terrible. I want to stab everybody there. 


Mass: Okay, just don’t get any blood on your clothes. 


York: …you shouldn’t be condoning this. 


Mass: Don’t tell me how to live my life.

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Gov: Remember everyone, violence is never the answer. 


Mass: You're right, Gov.. Violence can't be the answer. 


Gov: Correct, Massachusetts. Now, on to the next-


Mass: Violence is the question. 


Mass, pulling out a gun: And the answer is yes! 


Gov: Mass, no!!

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Tex, helping Mass after he broke his arm and fell down 6 flights of stairs: You have an impressive pain tolerance. 


Mass: Thanks, it's the trauma.

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Mass: When life gives you lemons, what do you do? 
Jersey: Make lemonade??
Mass: No, throw them back up in the sky and make life deal with its own sh*t.

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[branches-in-a-flood]

I had an itchy spot on my wrist. It turned into a bloody hole somehow (mysteries abound! How could this have happened?!)

And now it FSCKING ITCHES AGAIN

[bubblybloob]

I can't help now but imagine that when Cold finally falls prey to the hibernation scheme (as they all will, eventually 👁👁) Hunted will take the opportunity to put him in the washing machine until the mange crust is all gone.

First of all, who’s to say they fall to the hibernation? 👁️👁️

Secondly, NO DON’T WASHING MACHINE MY BOY I’VE BEEN THERE IT IS HELL HE WON’T SURVIVE-

[tinogiehd]

ok

[mymp3]

okay I got feelings out of my system. I'm a changed man now.

[tardis--dreams]

The french subtitles are getting it so right i should switch to french in order to avoid killing myself out of frustration over the Sie/du distinction