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late Dannyversary drawing for all of you 💚

happy 21st anniversary

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ANATOMY (2016)

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I'm gonna be real I don't think anyone is ever gonna figure out Danny Phantom is living teenager Danny Fenton unless they see him transform. Because like. What the fuck is a half-ghost. Makes no fucking sense. If Danny Fenton is dead surely someone would have noticed by now.

What I think is more likely is that someone notices Danny Fenton bears a striking resemblance to Danny Phantom and delicately (or not so delicately) asks if he has an uncle or something who died young and that's why his parents are super into ghosts.

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I'm going to write the essay on why I think Danny and Valerie should have been endgame one day. The highlights are going to be:

Their build up (the best in the series)

The ghost x the ghost hunter dynamic

The similarities in their personalities

They way they both tried to hide parts of themselves from their parents

The Valerie-Danielle-Danny bond which I wish was explored more because it was so freaking cute

The evil future Danny and future Valerie angst and the way Valerie's eyes went soft the second she saw Danny as the boy she once knew 😢

They way they actively worked to understand each other

Their mutual desire to protect the other even if they hurt themselves in the process

They way they let their guards down and be vulnerable with each other. We see Valerie at her most vulnerable when she's with Danny because she trusts him enough to be soft with him

The genuine love and care they had for each other. It wasn't just some delusional puppy love like the Technus episode tried to claim. Over the course of the show they went from disliking each other to being reluctant allies which resulted in begrudging respect and a slow-moving friendship then romantic feelings. It wasn't just a one time product of Technus' manipulation.

Also in terms of Danny not being allowed his understandable feelings of regret or frustration over being half ghost due to everyone around him shutting him down everytime he tries to express it. I think out of everyone Valerie would be the most understanding about Danny feeling conflicted as she would have conflicting emotions about Danny being Phantom herself. He'd needs someone around that allows him to be upset without resulting to guilt tripping. I'm just saying Phantom Planet would have went a lot differently had Valerie been more involved.

Anyways, their relationship was a hidden gem in this show and I wish they went all the way with it

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Danny Phantom Hot Takes

Now that I've finished Danny Phantom,  here are my biggest takes on the series as a whole:

Season 1 is the best season of the show. 

I believe that Danny Phantom is an overall good show, but its a show that would have benefited from being more serialized.

Reign Storm has a better story than Ultimate Enemy though the latter has a much better villain since Pariah is forgettable

I’ve heard a lot of criticisms about Tucker and Sam but I found them to be entertaining. Sure there’s some grating moments and poorly aged jokes with them, but I found both to be fun characters with a fun dynamic with both Danny and each other. I legit ship those two together more then Danny x Sam. 

Danny x Valeries > Danny x Sam (along with Valerie being a cooler character then Sam). 

I don't think Danny x Sam is inherently bad as they do have some  fun interactions and I enjoy their friendship, but the show didn’t commit as much time to their relationship as they should have been given that this pairing was endgame. They’d get a cute moment every couple episodes, but their relationship never got much focus with their romance only being pushed until the last few episodes. The biggest problem I would say about the relationship is that there was no reason for them to not get together until the series finale since the show never explained or explored what was stopping them from finally getting together. Now I know that some people think that Sam only likes Danny due to his ghost half but for as little as I care about this relationship, I wouldn’t go that far. I do think that Sam likes him for who he is as a person rather then for his powers. 

Penelope Spectra is one of the best villains of the show and she should have had more episodes. 

Season 3 is regarded as the worse season, and while that is true, the writing for the show started to go downhill halfway though season 2. Its only in season 3 does it get truly bad. 

Reality Trip was absolutely pointless. As bad as Phantom Planet was, at least that special shook up the status quo and later gave us A Glitch in Time. 

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The Gray Ghost Square

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A sketch I started last night

I may finish this later who knows

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Ooh could you draw Danny and Valerie in that pose from twitter called draw your fav ship like this?

So I tried drawing the pose BUT IT TURNED INTO THIS LMAO

May come back to this particular prompt later 👀

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Since Danny Phantom is trending, I've got this to say once again. Valerie was a better love interest than Sam, and Sam honestly had more romantic chemistry with Tucker than she ever did with Danny.

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Worst dog name, go.

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Matt McCreary

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Anyone who's ever done anything creative needs to fucking see this.

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brought some fruit for the potluck

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[raspy Vlad voice] I’d Hate To Interrupt

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“…I gotta admit, man. Viewing my evil future self was traumatizing, but seeing this…this is somehow worse,” Danny told him. Danny B Fenton frowned.

“It’s the sweatpants, isn’t it?”

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Phantomverse doodles, inspired by @mysteriie

Redeemed-and-guilt-ridden!Phantom Noir was requested by @ecto-american