There has been a series of murders across the country. Each death was varied and self-inflicted. At first, they all seemed like suicide but each had a strange range of symptoms before death.

Sudden paranoia, incoherent mumbling, screaming or yelling, going in and out of their homes sporadically, random fixations, and finally self-harm.

The victims were teachers, parents, businessmen, truckers, and even a crime novelist. All unrelated and in different states.

Each victim didn't seem to have a connection until an investigation discovered that each one had been an active serial killer. The body counts ranged from as little as 5 to as much as 23. The killer was named the Serial Serial Killer which wasn't creative but it was catchy. Some called them the Angel of Vengeance but most thought it was cringy and overdramatic. Many people didn't want them to be caught but others hotly debated letting a killer dispense justice when their crusade could easily turn into them killing people for innocuous things.

The police were still questioning whether this killer even existed. One thing was clear, there was a trail and it led straight to Gotham. A goldmine for them. Naturally, Batman had gotten a hold on the case and began an investigation.

The biggest question was how the killer found their victims and how they knew that they were killers.

The answer was obvious. They didn't need to figure it out. They just needed to wait. Why just in the effort to investigate when a serial killer tries to convince you to leave with them? So bars are the obvious place. But that's shaky at best since there is a period of torment that takes place that allows the victims to return home. The killer doesn't care if the victims could call the police, perhaps because they know their victim won't.

Bruce started to build a profile. He saw a pattern here. Each of the victims had a preference for their victims as well. They targeted young people, mainly boys. Odds are the Serial Serial Killer matched that description or age range. So bars weren't the hunting ground. So parks were more likely to go unnoticed and boys tended to hang out there longer after dark.

The killer was more than likely a victim himself so he may have a few scars but probably not noticeable enough that his would-be assailants would be turned off. There is no ignoring the predatory nature of the victims. Each killed children for gratification in some form. It's not that the boy is attractive but he probably has traits that the victims found attractive in children. So babyfaced, short, native, and polite.

There was much else Bruce could get. There was nothing concrete and he still didn't understand the method that was used. So far this was guesswork.

It wasn't until a few weeks later while he tracking another killer that he found his answer.

Dr.Kinder a Biologist by day and a killer who experiments on his victims at night had picked up a promising new lab rat a week ago. He had intended to slowly dissect the boy. He had gotten so used to the screams he stopped using anesthetics besides he wanted to see how the fear response caused the organs to shift.

To his surprise the boy didn't fight, in fact he seemed to jump to the table and say he didn't need restraints. Disturbing. But he was restrained anyways.

As the doctor cut him open the boy didn't react, only humming to himself as he watched the doctor.

"What are you hoping to find?" He asked. "I'm getting bored and this bearly hurts."

The boy annoyingly never stopped talking and never missed a chance to ruin the moment. There were never any screams or cries but incessant talking.

Dr.Kinder found the boy disturbing so he simply took an axe and chopped the boy into pieces. Not once did he make a sound. The doctor thought it was over but the next day the boy was back. He sat on the autopsy table kicking his feet in nothing but his bare skin.

"What the hell are you?" The doctor gasped in horror.

"I'm bored. Play with me again." The boy purred.

Bile crawled up his throat as the doctor restained this...thing again.

This time the boy spoke differently.

"You cut me up last time. Did you do that to the last boy. After you...you know." A sick grin spread across his cheeks.

The doctor cut open his neck this time and let him bleed out.

Everyday he came back and every day the doctor killed him until the time between his death got shorter and shorter. The days began to blur and he had no idea how long he had been doing this. But that thing kept talkimg to him.

Dr.Kinder stared down at his desk at the papers trying to think of anything but-

"I wonder what people would think about what you've done. You're a disgusting and depraved man doctor. Look at what you've done to me." The sing-song voice of that demon called out.

He could feel those blood-soaked arms wrapped around his neck.

He flinch as he pushed the thing away.

"Oh, are you going to beat me or stab me this time? Ooo, or are you going to put me through the woodchipper again?" The demon asked as the doctor wrapped his hands around his throat.

He just kept squeezing until the boy went limp. It never ends. The blood never goes away. It covered every surface of the room. Dripping, conjugating, and spreading into every corner. Whenever he turned his head he could see body parts spread across the room in the pools of blood he could they the faces of the others that he had killed. Each face wretched in agony.

"You hold on better than the others. I've been eaten, torched, and disemboweled before but after coming back a few times they usually end it after a few words. But every time they don't feel guilt. They just don't want to face consequences." The boy said. "Do you even remember my name? The one I told you when you picked me up on the side of the road or was I just another body to use and discard? I used the name of your first victim. I hoped you'd notice."

The doctor knew he couldn't kill the boy but he could end himself. He had tried it once but just like the kid he came back without a scratch.

"Not yet. This is your life now. Come on, let's taste death together. Again and again and again and again and-" he repeated over and over.

This was hell. This was his hell.

But it came to an end eventually. Dr.Kinder put an end to himself in a gruesome display.

Batman had only caught the tail end as he faced a young boy standing an a pool of blood.

****

"Yeah, that thing is like a worse version of a revenant. Doesn't really have a name yet to describe it. It's undead for sure. You kill it and it just comes back." Constantine said "Why did you bring it here?"

After a long bath and some new clothes, the kid looked normal as played on a phone given to him.

"Look, I didn't know what else to do." Bruce explained.

"You leave it alone!" Constantine said exasperated "Look they are harmless to anything they don't bear a grudge towards. Think of it as a force of nature." Constantine said.

"I just want to know how to stop him." Bruce said.

"Well you can't kill it but you can't bring him back entirely. You can just soothe it 'till it stops targeting its victims. It must have died pretty gruesomely to go to these lengths. You need to find where it died and lay it to rest. Properly." Constantine sighed knowing that appeasing this soul would be more than just difficult.

"Danny, come on. Let's go." Bruced said putting a hand on the boy's head as Danny stood up to leave.

"Okay. Bye!" Danny waved to Constantine.

Okay, hear me out!! VLAD!

Vlad has always been able to do nasty things to satiate his obsessions and wants, he tried kidnapping and trapping Danny and Maddie. Hell, he cloned Danny and tortured him in the process! It is canon that he willingly risked earth in the finale in order to get what he wants. And he wants Maddie more than anything.

But he can't have her...not in the traditional way... but then here comes Danny.

Danny, who grows to look like his mom more and more everyday. He gets her height, her lithe form, her sarcasm, her smarts. Sometimes, Vlad thinks that with a few tweaks, Danny would be the spitting image of his mother. And Vlad gets more obsessed, fixated on that point. He reasons that it technically is Maddie since Danny has her DNA, then those tweaks come to mind again. What if he just did this, a slight hair cut and a dye job, and he'd have Maddie's hair! Then it escalates. It escalates until there is little left of Danny.

ok when you mentioned Vlad an idea came to me but not at all the same as yours:

Vlad cloned Danny again but this time the clone is screwed up in a new way: his body is functional, he clearly lives/ n It's not an empty envelope (like what will be given to Dan) but his personality.... is problematic. But Vlad doesn't care about that, no the problem for Vlad is that his new Danny can't seem to transform into a ghost form, even though they have access to these powers without much problem, he is stuck in human form.

Vlad tries to correct this. with scalpels and other unethical experiments but continues to call the clone by sweet name as well as Danny

thus the Danny clone assimilated that: Vlad behavior is normal behavior to have.

when the real Danny saves him by punching Vlad and giving poorly worded advice then letting him go explore the world like he did for Dani...

New Danny then integrates that it is normal to take revenge if he is harmed and that as Danny he must in some way save people... but his sense of normality is more than messed up and the absence of guidance he ended up being the killer killer who relaxes in Gotham, enjoying the latter's atmosphere and its ghostly nature so as not to have eaten.

ho and he apparently got the Fenton luck as a bonus which means he doesn't really hunt, he just waits for trouble by vibrating quietly in his corners

Thats so creepy. I love him already.

I'm going to call him Davey.

Little guy has probably never been on his own and trying to do what feels natural to him. Which would be waiting for someone like Vlad to tell him what to do.

In a twisted way, he loves Vlad but only because Vald is all he knows. He unintentionally attracts adults like Vlad who hurt kids because he feels at home there. When bad people lure him in they call him with sweet words and praise that remind him of his creator. He plays with them until they are all used up and dead because he's a child who doesn't really understand what he's doing.

He likely followed Bruce because he smelled like dead children (Jason and Damian) and thought he found someone new to play with. But Bruce doesn't try to kill him, or hurt him. He didn't even try to physically touch him. All of this is new and weird.

He also becomes an Ipad kid later.

He also becomes an Ipad kid later.

Now all I can imagine is him doing all those weird poses that kids do when they're playing with their iPads. I don't want him to be one of those gross smelly sticky kids that smear everything they have on their hands on the screens 😭

Also what are the reactions of the batkids to Davey?! Like are they weirded out? Some of them are definitely concerned and curious. But what about Damian and Jason(the aforementioned dead children) are they hostile, ready to brawl like the other ghosts with Danny, or are they just wary of him being another loa spy?

Kinda wanna see Dani and Danny's reaction to Davey tho. Like Danny fully thought that he's just going to travel around the world like Dani and he did travel but with the additional adventure of tormenting child murderers/abusers/rapists(I love Davey for that! Good for him!!).

Would Danny blame himself for leaving Davey and letting him go and assuming that he'll be like Dani and then Dani finds out that she got another clone brother but this one is a little more unhinged and wouldn't hesitate on tormenting criminals to their deaths. What would their meeting be like? Is it angsty, fluffy, a perfect mix of both or just a plain mess? Idk...

Bringing back another black-haired and blue-eyed boy was met with a round of sighs but acceptance.

Little Davey looked only a few years younger than Damian. 12 years old at the most. The boy was pale, slightly gaunt, with large eyes and matted black hair.

Davey was strange. He didn't understand social cues or how to exist in public. He knew next to nothing about how the world works or how to stay safe. Cars were familiar enough but only because he would be dragged into them or put in the trunk. He was very excited when he was allowed to touch the buttons.

Damian wasn't ready to be an older brother especially not to something like that thing. Davey felt wrong to Damian. Something that shouldn't exist.

Damian was proved right when the boy looked him right in the eyes and said.

"Play with me." He pulled Damian's drawn sword to his neck. "Cut me open!"

Bruce snatched Davey back from the blade and told Damian to put it away. Davey was forbidden from entering the Batcave and any dangerous items.

Damian was freaked out. Davey was too mentally disturbed to be here. However, the revenant is fond of his older brother and follows him around and begs him to play. Damian has to try pawning him off on the others but Davey is like glue.

Then there was food.

Davey didn't understand food. He had been fed a mostly liquid diet for his short life by Vlad. The liquid was made from nutrients and ectoplasm. After escaping Davey didn't know what food looked like. When strangers came up to him offering candy he took it. So he learned that candy was also food. But that wasn't enough to make him full, so he resorted to the closest form of ectoplasm he could find. Human blood. He learned that he could drink it for sustenance.

Feeding Davey for the first time was...sad. He was like a toddler learning what different flavors were. Sour, salty, and savory. All so new a wonderful.

Tim let him him have a sip of soda and Davey was hooked.

Tim is also banned from giving food to Davey after letting him try coffee and making him sick.

Stephanie is also banned after giving him spicy chips. Mostly because of Davey's need to harm himself caused him to eat himself sick.

Davey's issues are more than concerning. Dick was supposed to watch him while Bruce was investigating the last suicide linked to Davey. Davey didn't know how to talk to someone not trying to kill him. But Dick felt like him. The blood on his hands was the same as his. But the lingering scent of another pulled Davey elsewhere.

The other revenant.

One that felt a similar drive.

Bruce debated if Jason should meet Davey. It could help them both but it could easily make them worse. Davey was impressionable, to say the least, and Jason didn't need to bring someone else on his crusade.

Jason wouldn't use Davey like that but Davey would surely agree to it.

But Davey wasn't like Jason. He didn't kill. He gets killed. He lets himself be tortured until he drives others insane. Jason could never use him to kill the Joker. In fact, the clown must never know of Davey's powers or Davey might find his eternal playmate.

But it doesn't change that Jason and Davey will meet.

"Yeah, he's coming with me," Jason said picking up the boy under one arm.

"You can't just take him!" Dick yelled

"Do you guys think you can control him? That he'll stop wandering around looking for more targets. He can't and he won't. It's a part of him. At least I can get to his targets before they can kill him first. If he can sniff out any predator then he can use his powers for good." Jason said .

"He's not like us. He's a child and mentally he isn't ready for the outside world yet. I love you but I can't let you drag him into your mess." Dick said.

"And what? Fix him? He is a revenant and he's going to seek out his obsession. In a place like Gotham, he will find another target. He needs it." Jason barked.

There is no clear answer. They could try to preserve any innocence Davey had left but that same innocence led him to being tortured. They could also tell him what he's actually doing and he'll then do it on purpose knowingly killing others. What was better for him mentally because they all knew by this point Davey would strike again? It's his nature.

The only answer they had right now was finding where Davey died originally and calming his spirit. If they could find his original killer or make a grave for him then he'd settle.

Constantine was firm that Davey couldn't leave even if they calmed his soul. His life and death were too traumatic for him to disappear.

On the other side of the country, Danny had a bad feeling. He knew he should leave his clones to themselves and wait for them to come home on their own but his most recent clone brother bothered him. He wasn't like Elle at all. He was...odd. Danny decided not to worry too much since the clone was stable.

But then Vlad talked non-stop about losing his "precious boy". The word made him feel sick. Then there was the first death. Some offender that lived on the outskirts of town ended their life. The only reason anyone talked about it was the state he was found in. Blood was everywhere more blood than a single human body had and unknown chunks of meat scattered the ground.

Danny brushed it off but more started happening and they led a bloody trail.

Of course, Danny knew something was up. This all lined up perfectly with the clone's escape. But at the same time, all the victims were serial child murderers. It was hard to feel bad about it. He had found his obsession and it was such a bad one.

But Danny was still worried. A bit of investigation wouldn't hurt.

(This all came out as a stream of consciousness)

ok, several ideas that I don't yet know how to organize:

*Danny can't really leave his town but on the other hand Dani is already traveling. Dani takes finding the new clone/cousin as a part of "Where's Waldo?" life size

*Davey is a sort of lightning rod for getting kidnapped (literally next to a Wayne in public, at a gala etc) or other crime (found by chance in the middle of a shootout when lost at the mall, random assault, wandering by chance in a place trapped by bombs while walking, hostage situation ect)

*he's also incredibly easy to lose, even with all the bat concentration . This ultimately adds to his supernatural abilities

*luckily for the batfam it is also ok to wear trackers H24 (Davey doesn't know what a tracker is but doesn't care enough to ask)

*Davey releases interference when he uses his ghost abilities, usually his regeneration. The batfam quickly learns to rush to its location when it happens

* The first time Davey sees dialysis he seems to become extremely happy then jealous: Davey associates dialysis= "game" with Vlad or just after a session. He thinks they "played" without him >:( not fair

*Dani finally shows up and checks on Davey quickly and thanks his adoptive family and plans to leave as well. The batfam interrupts her in her lightning thanks to ask her who she is, she replies: uh, sister or cousin I guess? then turns to Davey waiting for his opinion

*giving a name to a supernatural entity seals a sort of contract between the entity and the person who gives this name if the entity accepts this name (fae rule). By giving him the name Davey the Wayne family tied Davey into a bond that neither party is aware of and therefore defined. Constantine groaned upon hearing this.

*Davey can see the weak but vengeful ghosts of children, that's how he knew the name of the first victim in the first post. Mayba Danny/Dani/Vlad can not do that

*Davey gets along surprisingly well with street children. Subconsciously the children know that they are safe with him because if anything bad happens it will ALWAYS fall on Davey

Danny goes to a new School

So! When Danny got expelled from his High School, it wasn't really a big Suprise. He had missed for too many days or just walked out in the middle of Class, and his grades were lower than anyone else in the school. It was just a matter of time really.

When confronted by his Parents, he had just claimed that it was the constant ghost attacks getting to him (not a total lie) and that he was sorry.

Well, his parents tried to help.

After hearing about his supposed Fear of Ghosts, they decided that it was a good idea for him to go to school somewhere outside of Amity Park, so he could focus on his Schoolwork and not be distracted by the constant Attacks.

Of course no School wanted to accept a problem student like Danny, so they were forced to look into alternative schools to find one that would accept him. And they did! So they had Danny pack his bags, promise to call regularly, and shipped him off to his new School.

HIVE Academy.

Titans: Why are you doing this??

Danny: Extra credit :)

Titans: ???

Danny: Look, when you're a small town vigilante forced to attend supervillain school, you need all the extra credit points you can get

Titans: ?????????

Danny could totally attack GiW bases with the rest of his study group under the excuse of wanting to crush the competition

The rest of his study group isn't totally convinced that Danny is evil but he's clearly chaotic enough on top of

- be able to repair or improve their equipment on the fly on the battlefield

-be good at hiding if things get out of hand and then free them AND can drive almost any vehicle for their escape AND loyal enough to do it!

-is a good cool-headed support shooter but is also surprisingly good at dodging or taking melee hits

So even if Danny is not a big evil mastermind, his whole group is aware that he is a valuable ally to keep at their side so if to keep him happy they just have to blow up meta racist assholes, the question to do or not doesn't even arise

Little Dick and his chips in Batman #54

⬆️ Tags I agree with

Everytime I see this panel shared, people makes jokes about how unprepared Bruce is and how Alfred is the one with the knowledge, and implying what Bruce has done here is bad, not awful but not great. I strongly disagree.

Dick is grieving, he is depressed. As someone who grew up with depression, I know how hard it is at time to eat with the big sad™, how cooking seems like impossible, how grabbing a plate and a fork is too much. And they are TONS of posts online telling depressed folks that anything is a meal, it's okay if it's not healthy, it's okay with it's just chips, at least you have eaten something today. Bruce also does experience all of that and he knows how it works.

So, confronted with a kid suffering from the same pain he knows so well, he finds him a food he can eat in this state. Chips, Dick likes chips. Easy to eat, no need for a fork or a plate, or to wait for it to cook. Perfect. Dick is eating a meal, and that's all that matters. Of course, he should eat more and healthier meal, but that'll take some times and he isn't in the right state of mind right now.

And that's why Bruce is actually doing a good job parenting here, and also why he is smiling. He found something for Dick to eat in this state. He got him to eat something, anything, and it doesn't matter what it is, because he got him to take care of himself a bit.

the compromise that Alfred could have proposed would be healthy sauces for dipping chips or other foods that are eaten in the same way or even vegetable chips

in short, offering options that require little or no physical or intellectual energy/additional emotions.

never forget, small step and no guilt

especially given Alfred's past, he would have tried to put the child in a meal situation with several types of forks and knives. If I was in Dick's situation I would also have found it too much effort and not eat at all then snack on a random packet of chip

Bruce is in...an unfortunate circumstance. So is everyone else. He can honestly say he has no idea what is going on, and judging from the barely suppressed rage, confusion, and hostility, neither does anyone else at the table.

He's sitting at the head of a table in Wayne Manor, which definitely does not exist anymore and is glowing a strange green. At the table are Damian, Jason, Dick, Tim, Duke, Cass, and a random teenager he does not know.

Alfred, who has been dead for years, is serving them food that is...glowing slightly green. Just like the house.

The second the spell is broken Danny jumps in to help his friends kick ass. The Waynes get a nice reunion with Alfred, then go join the teenagers and ask what the fuck just happened. After an explanation Team Phantom gives the Waynes a ride home, and Bruce gives Phantom a JL emergency beacon

When the beacon lights up a month later, every JL member is confused why there’s a beacon in the middle of nowhere until Batman says “the child superhero needs help” and they all drop everything and help him fight off a massive threat

why is Danny/team phantom calling for help?

*GiW?

*Vlad?

*revelation that goes wrong?

Yes yes but it's classic, why not instead

*Dani becomes destabilized and the ectodejecto only slows down/pauses the process? Danny doesn't have any technology to fix the problem even if he had ideas. then remembers the beacon and activates it in stress and despair

*Danny gets harassed and the beacon falls to the ground and activates or Dash picks it up and activates it. If Danny recovers the beacon AND realizes that it has activated, he doesn't know how to deactivate it / it's too late Batman and co are already on their way

hey writers & creators, because this is something i'm struggling with right now:

please still make your beloved stories even if someone else's is similar or more popular. your story deserves love too. i will die on this hill.

damn yes!

As a reader or young writer being able to read another interpretation of the same idea, even very close interpretations, is just brilliant!

Remember that the same story can be told a thousand times and never be the same. It's not for nothing that we like to adapt certain classics again and again!

Moreover, each reader is different and even if the other version is more popular overall, there are still those who will prefer the other from the bottom of their hearts

I have this idea/theory that like when Bruce was just starting out, early twenties, “im going to make a difference!” batman, he was like known, somewhat, by at least most of the crinimals, oh some dude dressed as a bat beat up larry the other day? Hm. skill issue. Type of thing..

And then one night, theres a goon on patrol for some little operation. A more… violent goon lets say. And Bruce lands in front of him, cape billowing, white eyes narrowed, and the goon is like “shiii he does look pretty cool. Fuck ‘im tho.” and he does what any other goon would do, he pulls out his gun and fires. Once. Twice. Three times. 

He sees the bullets make contact. Watches as they hit the suit. Go through it. Because this is still prototype four or five, its not fully kevlar, atp its still basically just cloth with some armor in certain places. 

The goon can see blood circles forming where the bullets hit. Blood drips to the floor. But Bruce? Bruce keeps on walking towards him, not a limp or waver in his step. Because its Gotham. Because if he wasn't willing and prepared to get shot at he should've picked a different city. 

And thats when The Bat becomes infamous. Because what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck he just keeps coming- i shot him three times-!

And years later, when Dick is on clean up duty as punishment for some elaborate stunt he pulled, organizing old files and plugging them into the batcomputer, he finds the file. And holy shit. Thats- actually kinda cool…

Oooh, imagine - for intimidating purposes - there's a second, thicker kevlar behind the outer layer, and then inside those is filled with those fake blood packets they use in movies to make it look like someone got shot.

ooooohhhh clever.... so he doesnt actually get shot- he just looks badass lol

Exactly! Also, further proof that brucie is not batman. Batman got shot 7 times last night. 4 to the chest, one to the arm, and two to the butt. Brucie is at the arcade in a 'just dance' competition with the local teenagers. He is offering 50$ to everyone who can beat him, saying that the competition is helping him to improve his balance and coordination.

"Did you know that my dance teacher called me hopeless? I can't remember what country I was in, but I hired someone to teach me hip hop. They told me to stick to slower forms of movement. *insert extreme sad face here* But then I tried this game, and I almost got 50%! Alfie says he won't practice with me anymore, but the kids here are really good! * Sunshine smile here. it's clear that there's not much happening behind his eyes* The workers even let me use the same machine each time, so I can get better quicker!"

Cut to Alfred, standing on the side of the room. " He broke three antique vases, irreparably damaged his grandmother's favourite hanging tapestry, and gave himself a concussion. At least here, the things he breaks are easily replaced."

lol, now I'm imagining another anecdote about Brucie being told by his children in an interview about why Wayne Manor doesn't have a Wii or any other motion-based gaming technology that ends with a joke from the reporter about the ridiculous assumption Batman, and his batarang throw =Brucie, I destroyed the monetary value of more than 1,000 Wiis in my first and last gaming session on this console.

Submitted Prompts:

The Question drags Constantine into his conspiracy board room on the WatchTower to look over some documents he ‘procured’ and de/confirm a theory.

John reads through them.. then reads through them again. Then looks over at Question and asks if this is a joke.

“Does it look like a joke?” Question asks back.

“It looks-” John slaps the papers onto the desk and hunches over it dramatically, barely restraining himself from pulling out a cigarette in the space station “-like someone’s trying to claim ownership over every human soul in America.”

I don’t think this is what you intended, but just hear me out. If this is the Anti Ecto Acts (which probably applies to all souls, not just the American ones), and this is “soul whore” con-man Constantine, then John has the absolutely amazing chance to walk up to the president, say “my creditors would like a word” and just let the demons take care of this.

None of them can get his soul through all the competing claims, ain’t no way they’re letting some mortal government snatch it out from under them

ho shit GiW VS demon, I didn't know I needed it in my head but here it is :')

There has been a series of murders across the country. Each death was varied and self-inflicted. At first, they all seemed like suicide but each had a strange range of symptoms before death.

Sudden paranoia, incoherent mumbling, screaming or yelling, going in and out of their homes sporadically, random fixations, and finally self-harm.

The victims were teachers, parents, businessmen, truckers, and even a crime novelist. All unrelated and in different states.

Each victim didn't seem to have a connection until an investigation discovered that each one had been an active serial killer. The body counts ranged from as little as 5 to as much as 23. The killer was named the Serial Serial Killer which wasn't creative but it was catchy. Some called them the Angel of Vengeance but most thought it was cringy and overdramatic. Many people didn't want them to be caught but others hotly debated letting a killer dispense justice when their crusade could easily turn into them killing people for innocuous things.

The police were still questioning whether this killer even existed. One thing was clear, there was a trail and it led straight to Gotham. A goldmine for them. Naturally, Batman had gotten a hold on the case and began an investigation.

The biggest question was how the killer found their victims and how they knew that they were killers.

The answer was obvious. They didn't need to figure it out. They just needed to wait. Why just in the effort to investigate when a serial killer tries to convince you to leave with them? So bars are the obvious place. But that's shaky at best since there is a period of torment that takes place that allows the victims to return home. The killer doesn't care if the victims could call the police, perhaps because they know their victim won't.

Bruce started to build a profile. He saw a pattern here. Each of the victims had a preference for their victims as well. They targeted young people, mainly boys. Odds are the Serial Serial Killer matched that description or age range. So bars weren't the hunting ground. So parks were more likely to go unnoticed and boys tended to hang out there longer after dark.

The killer was more than likely a victim himself so he may have a few scars but probably not noticeable enough that his would-be assailants would be turned off. There is no ignoring the predatory nature of the victims. Each killed children for gratification in some form. It's not that the boy is attractive but he probably has traits that the victims found attractive in children. So babyfaced, short, native, and polite.

There was much else Bruce could get. There was nothing concrete and he still didn't understand the method that was used. So far this was guesswork.

It wasn't until a few weeks later while he tracking another killer that he found his answer.

Dr.Kinder a Biologist by day and a killer who experiments on his victims at night had picked up a promising new lab rat a week ago. He had intended to slowly dissect the boy. He had gotten so used to the screams he stopped using anesthetics besides he wanted to see how the fear response caused the organs to shift.

To his surprise the boy didn't fight, in fact he seemed to jump to the table and say he didn't need restraints. Disturbing. But he was restrained anyways.

As the doctor cut him open the boy didn't react, only humming to himself as he watched the doctor.

"What are you hoping to find?" He asked. "I'm getting bored and this bearly hurts."

The boy annoyingly never stopped talking and never missed a chance to ruin the moment. There were never any screams or cries but incessant talking.

Dr.Kinder found the boy disturbing so he simply took an axe and chopped the boy into pieces. Not once did he make a sound. The doctor thought it was over but the next day the boy was back. He sat on the autopsy table kicking his feet in nothing but his bare skin.

"What the hell are you?" The doctor gasped in horror.

"I'm bored. Play with me again." The boy purred.

Bile crawled up his throat as the doctor restained this...thing again.

This time the boy spoke differently.

"You cut me up last time. Did you do that to the last boy. After you...you know." A sick grin spread across his cheeks.

The doctor cut open his neck this time and let him bleed out.

Everyday he came back and every day the doctor killed him until the time between his death got shorter and shorter. The days began to blur and he had no idea how long he had been doing this. But that thing kept talkimg to him.

Dr.Kinder stared down at his desk at the papers trying to think of anything but-

"I wonder what people would think about what you've done. You're a disgusting and depraved man doctor. Look at what you've done to me." The sing-song voice of that demon called out.

He could feel those blood-soaked arms wrapped around his neck.

He flinch as he pushed the thing away.

"Oh, are you going to beat me or stab me this time? Ooo, or are you going to put me through the woodchipper again?" The demon asked as the doctor wrapped his hands around his throat.

He just kept squeezing until the boy went limp. It never ends. The blood never goes away. It covered every surface of the room. Dripping, conjugating, and spreading into every corner. Whenever he turned his head he could see body parts spread across the room in the pools of blood he could they the faces of the others that he had killed. Each face wretched in agony.

"You hold on better than the others. I've been eaten, torched, and disemboweled before but after coming back a few times they usually end it after a few words. But every time they don't feel guilt. They just don't want to face consequences." The boy said. "Do you even remember my name? The one I told you when you picked me up on the side of the road or was I just another body to use and discard? I used the name of your first victim. I hoped you'd notice."

The doctor knew he couldn't kill the boy but he could end himself. He had tried it once but just like the kid he came back without a scratch.

"Not yet. This is your life now. Come on, let's taste death together. Again and again and again and again and-" he repeated over and over.

This was hell. This was his hell.

But it came to an end eventually. Dr.Kinder put an end to himself in a gruesome display.

Batman had only caught the tail end as he faced a young boy standing an a pool of blood.

****

"Yeah, that thing is like a worse version of a revenant. Doesn't really have a name yet to describe it. It's undead for sure. You kill it and it just comes back." Constantine said "Why did you bring it here?"

After a long bath and some new clothes, the kid looked normal as played on a phone given to him.

"Look, I didn't know what else to do." Bruce explained.

"You leave it alone!" Constantine said exasperated "Look they are harmless to anything they don't bear a grudge towards. Think of it as a force of nature." Constantine said.

"I just want to know how to stop him." Bruce said.

"Well you can't kill it but you can't bring him back entirely. You can just soothe it 'till it stops targeting its victims. It must have died pretty gruesomely to go to these lengths. You need to find where it died and lay it to rest. Properly." Constantine sighed knowing that appeasing this soul would be more than just difficult.

"Danny, come on. Let's go." Bruced said putting a hand on the boy's head as Danny stood up to leave.

"Okay. Bye!" Danny waved to Constantine.

Okay, hear me out!! VLAD!

Vlad has always been able to do nasty things to satiate his obsessions and wants, he tried kidnapping and trapping Danny and Maddie. Hell, he cloned Danny and tortured him in the process! It is canon that he willingly risked earth in the finale in order to get what he wants. And he wants Maddie more than anything.

But he can't have her...not in the traditional way... but then here comes Danny.

Danny, who grows to look like his mom more and more everyday. He gets her height, her lithe form, her sarcasm, her smarts. Sometimes, Vlad thinks that with a few tweaks, Danny would be the spitting image of his mother. And Vlad gets more obsessed, fixated on that point. He reasons that it technically is Maddie since Danny has her DNA, then those tweaks come to mind again. What if he just did this, a slight hair cut and a dye job, and he'd have Maddie's hair! Then it escalates. It escalates until there is little left of Danny.

ok when you mentioned Vlad an idea came to me but not at all the same as yours:

Vlad cloned Danny again but this time the clone is screwed up in a new way: his body is functional, he clearly lives/ n It's not an empty envelope (like what will be given to Dan) but his personality.... is problematic. But Vlad doesn't care about that, no the problem for Vlad is that his new Danny can't seem to transform into a ghost form, even though they have access to these powers without much problem, he is stuck in human form.

Vlad tries to correct this. with scalpels and other unethical experiments but continues to call the clone by sweet name as well as Danny

thus the Danny clone assimilated that: Vlad behavior is normal behavior to have.

when the real Danny saves him by punching Vlad and giving poorly worded advice then letting him go explore the world like he did for Dani...

New Danny then integrates that it is normal to take revenge if he is harmed and that as Danny he must in some way save people... but his sense of normality is more than messed up and the absence of guidance he ended up being the killer killer who relaxes in Gotham, enjoying the latter's atmosphere and its ghostly nature so as not to have eaten.

ho and he apparently got the Fenton luck as a bonus which means he doesn't really hunt, he just waits for trouble by vibrating quietly in his corners

The What Corps?

“we have you now spook! there is nowhere you can run and hide with our new spectral tethers active!”

Danny winces at the small metal clips that have hooked themselves in his leg, some new GIW tech that is messing with his powers.

“oh yeah? I was just dying for you guys to give me a challenge” plan. plan. He's gotta think of a plan to get out of here and fast. He takes a steadying breath and starts to look for anything that can help him.

he can’t get caught here. He just can't. He simply won’t allow himself.

suddenly the two GIW goons in front of him click their earpieces to clearly listen to what someone else is telling them, Danny is very glad for his own enhanced senses.

“Operatives K and O, be advised, there have been sightings of a new ectoplasmic entity near your location. Other operatives report that it’s incredibly small and moves fast. watch your backs, this may be an ambush”

small and fast? it better not be some poor little blob ghost, Danny sort of hopes it’s some manner of ectowasp, at least that could be entertaining to see.

“you better not be hoping for back up, ecto scum”

“I have no idea what you are talking about”

It's then that a small bright green light zips on scene and weaves through crowds in the distance with ease and then speeds up towards the two operatives who do not hesitate to shoot, missing completely like the storm troopers they are.

Whatever it is, it is indeed going very fast but Danny manages to figure out what it looks like and it appears to be a… ring?

“hold it you tiny accessory shaped ecto fiend!”

The ring does a speedy circle around Operative O while K is lining up a shot and ends up blasting the poor guy point blank in his face, “O!”

Danny takes a step forward with an arm outstretched and a “oh damn! Are you alright?” on his lips when the ring takes the chance to slip on his finger. “Daniel Fenton of Earth”

Danny already had a freakout about a ghost jewelry getting on him, his experiences with those so far have been incredibly bad after all, what with the rings and crowns and pendants… now this damn thing is just straight up outing him! 

Thank the ancients the two GIW stooges are too busy with each other right now to pay close attention to what this weird ring is saying.

“You have the ability to overcome great fear” ah so this is related to him steeling himself just now? Maybe? or something??

You have been chosen” never good, we are back to freaking out again.

“Welcome to the green lantern corps” 

… the what?

Danny notices that his usual outfit suddenly has more green going on, and his DP symbol has some sort of… he guess it’s supposed to be a lantern, maybe? shape around it.

He’s somehow even more glowy now, and there is something on his face. Feeling its shape makes him think it’s some sort of mask.

The metal clip things are no longer attached to his legs though so that’s great!

“You’re not getting away so easily ecto scum! sentient ghost paraphernalia coming to your rescue or no!” They both aim their weapons to take a shot.

Danny figures he can now easily hold them back with his usual shields,“you guys realize you just called this weird ring sentient and thereby negate the whole nonsentie-ack!”

“Attacking a corps lantern is punishable offense as of the instatement of the galactic diplomatic immunity as declared by the-” Okay so now Danny is just raising his eyebrow at this weird as fuck ring. Just what is it going on about?

“notifying nearby lanterns and requesting assistance with apprehension of hostiles”

what?

“getting your friends to help you out vile spook? such a thing is useless with the Blackout still very much in place”

Well… the two streaks of green light in the distance is making Danny doubt that statement.

Maybe there is more to this Lantern corps thing than he thought… And something tells him his life is about to get even more complicated than it already is.

Of course this had to happen now.

The first time Kyle and Jessica were back on Earth in months, and a Green Lantern needed help.

But Hal and John were off with other major Justice League members for an intergalactic mission while Guy and Simon were taking care of Sinestro elsewhere in the Galaxy (Which was why the two were on Earth in their place)

Arriving on the scene, somewhere in Illinois, they found the scene as a teen who looked barely out of high school was defending himself from agents in white suits firing blasters firing green energy at him.

On closer inspection, the teen was wearing a typical Lantern Uniform but it was primarily black and white with only a bit of green like Kyle's uniform. It appeared to resemble a Hazmat Suit, with a matching pair of black goggles that had green lenses in them. In the center of his chest the Lantern Symbol was around some symbol combining a D & P.

Eventually one shot hit his leg as it bled a green substance, he wasn't human or at least not fully. Did an alien crash land on Earth and get attacked by these agents? Either way concerning violations or the Meta Protection Act aside, they had a priority to step in as both fellow Green Lanterns and as members of the Justice League.

"Halt. Cease your fire at once!" Jessica shouted as the two landed.

"More of you spooks? Doesn't matter how many ghosts there are." One of the agents finally noticed them before aiming their blasters towards the newcomers while the other went towards the ghost boy.

This perked up the Lanterns as the blasts hit them, it strung but barely did much more unlike what happened to the teen. Was it something he was weak to... Questions for later.

Kyle chuckled at the agents own confusion at their weapons lack of effect. "Ghosts? No... I believe you're mistaken, we're as human as anyone else on Earth. And as Green Lanterns we have a duty... To protect!"

"But that ring, it radiated ecto energy... In the name of the Anti Ecto Control Acts we demand you surrender and turn your rings in. You're not fully Ecto Contaminated yet and we can help yo-"

They were cut off as a giant green bulldozer shoved them into a green cage that lifted them into the air.

"Enough. You can spout whatever nonsense you're going on about to the Justice League I'm sure they'd love to hear why you're attacking this boy." Jessica rolled her eyes.

"Phantom's a ghost, just an unfeeling pile of ectoplasmic scum! It's a non-sentient creature that knows nothing but violence. What makes you two so sure it's anything otherwise?" One of the Agents shouted back.

The boy, Phantom as they called him, looked down at their statements denying his sentience.

"That's bullshit."

Kyle walked forward as held up a fist, his ring glowed brightly on it as he got Phantom's attention.

"These rings of ours. They sense and are powered by the power of emotions of others. Not just anyone can use them. And in order to become a Green Lantern..."

He looked at Phantom.

"You have a high level of Willpower and be capable of overcoming your own fears even in the face of danger and evil."

This caused the ghost boy to smile softly.

The Agents looked perplexed, appearing to consider Kyle's words. Before finally giving their response.

"Ha! Nice try! Whatever ghost told you that is probably just trying to manipulate you into protecting Phantom! Once we clear this up with the Justice League, he'll be ripped apart molecule by molecule!"

Kyle frowned before looking at Jessica who summoned a bat to crack them both on the head and knock them out from blunt force trauma alone.

"You handle this, I'll talk to the kid." Kyle looked at Jessica who nodded and took the Agents off to the nearest Zeta.

Meanwhile Kyle crouched down at the kid.

"Hey don't let those guys bum you out, but you're a Lantern right?"

The ghost looked at his ring before tilting his head.

"I guess, but... I don't understand what this and what it means to be a Green Lantern."

Ah. So he got the ring recent recent. Like just now.

"Ah. I see. In that case, Kyle Rayner of Earth..."

He extended a hand out, hesitantly. Which Danny took.

"Danny Phantom... Of... Well it's complicated to explain and... Oh... Fuuu..."

He then finally collapsed and coughed violently, likely he's only been standing because of adrenaline.

Before Kyle could respond, two silver rings appeared around his body as his uniform swapped the white and black while his wispy white hair turned to a normal black. The green of his blood turned a proper red. He went from... Ghost as those men called him, to a human.

"Shit!"

Kyle lifted the young one up as he carried him off in the same direction of the Zeta that Jessica was going towards. He needed to get to the Watchtower and get the kid some medical attention.

Of course this had to happen now.

Ok with how many green lanterns have come from earth lately you know that the rest of the corp has wild rumors and theories about what our messed up planet is like.

Also if the green lantern rings have an ecto signature, does that mean they run on ecto as power source? Would that mean Danny would almost never have to recharge his ring unless he himself was also running on empty?

The canon reason why Earth has so many lanterns is cause Earth is a nexus of Green Lantern will energy.

Earth has its own central power battery and apparently there is so much will on earth the place has a surplus and it infects everybody with this annoying trait called being very stubborn. (the battery thing is hidden btw)

personally I would prefer if the power rings did not run on ecto as a power source, but maybe it has some roots in it. (if it’s just the same then at that point it really becomes useless for Danny to have a power ring, and that would be kinda lame imo)

Will energy and Ectoplasm both use emotion as a conduit to physically manifest but ecto from the realms is fundamentally different because it’s tied to death, whereast Will energy comes from the White Light of Life.

maybe Earth is so interesting and important to the Infinite Realms for this reason too, the planet produces a lot of life, and with that comes a lot of death, and so so much emotion in between.

does this even make any sense? 

Anyway Danny gets caught up in it all, just a constant flux of green death energy and green life energy. Just overall a crazy amount of green. 

Showed this to @jocejoce1001 and now we have a headcanon that Oa are really good with parenting kids and teens.

It doesn’t happen too often, but there were enough times when the Lantern Ring has chosen a child.

As a result, Oa know their way around children. And they’re actually quite good at that. They’re sorta like a bunch of grandparents who are all grumpy with their older kids, but so soft and attentive with their little grandkids. They know it can get hard for the young minds to be Lanterns, so they provide them with as much support and wisdom as they could.

Like Gordon Ramsey in Hell’s Kitchen.

wait, someone HAS to make the joke that Danny is a doubly magical girl boy

But my brain doesn't give me a funny enough configuration to place it correctly so please do it

<3

Submitted Prompts:

The Flash family gets together for some Chinese food. They all crack open their fortune cookies and each find a green slip of paper within.

the trio Dan Dani and Danny opened a prometa restaurant to help finance Jazz's studies after she discovered that their parents had drained her account for university (again)

Danny and Dani can't work every day because of their own studies and CW is surprisingly offered to run the cash register on the days when the two youngest are not there and he takes advantage of this to distribute cryptic cookies

Only Dan knows he's doing this but: 1) he's still quite afraid of CW (for understandable reasons) 2) finds it quite funny, for once it's not his family who receives his cryptid gibberish

The What Corps?

“we have you now spook! there is nowhere you can run and hide with our new spectral tethers active!”

Danny winces at the small metal clips that have hooked themselves in his leg, some new GIW tech that is messing with his powers.

“oh yeah? I was just dying for you guys to give me a challenge” plan. plan. He's gotta think of a plan to get out of here and fast. He takes a steadying breath and starts to look for anything that can help him.

he can’t get caught here. He just can't. He simply won’t allow himself.

suddenly the two GIW goons in front of him click their earpieces to clearly listen to what someone else is telling them, Danny is very glad for his own enhanced senses.

“Operatives K and O, be advised, there have been sightings of a new ectoplasmic entity near your location. Other operatives report that it’s incredibly small and moves fast. watch your backs, this may be an ambush”

small and fast? it better not be some poor little blob ghost, Danny sort of hopes it’s some manner of ectowasp, at least that could be entertaining to see.

“you better not be hoping for back up, ecto scum”

“I have no idea what you are talking about”

It's then that a small bright green light zips on scene and weaves through crowds in the distance with ease and then speeds up towards the two operatives who do not hesitate to shoot, missing completely like the storm troopers they are.

Whatever it is, it is indeed going very fast but Danny manages to figure out what it looks like and it appears to be a… ring?

“hold it you tiny accessory shaped ecto fiend!”

The ring does a speedy circle around Operative O while K is lining up a shot and ends up blasting the poor guy point blank in his face, “O!”

Danny takes a step forward with an arm outstretched and a “oh damn! Are you alright?” on his lips when the ring takes the chance to slip on his finger. “Daniel Fenton of Earth”

Danny already had a freakout about a ghost jewelry getting on him, his experiences with those so far have been incredibly bad after all, what with the rings and crowns and pendants… now this damn thing is just straight up outing him! 

Thank the ancients the two GIW stooges are too busy with each other right now to pay close attention to what this weird ring is saying.

“You have the ability to overcome great fear” ah so this is related to him steeling himself just now? Maybe? or something??

You have been chosen” never good, we are back to freaking out again.

“Welcome to the green lantern corps” 

… the what?

Danny notices that his usual outfit suddenly has more green going on, and his DP symbol has some sort of… he guess it’s supposed to be a lantern, maybe? shape around it.

He’s somehow even more glowy now, and there is something on his face. Feeling its shape makes him think it’s some sort of mask.

The metal clip things are no longer attached to his legs though so that’s great!

“You’re not getting away so easily ecto scum! sentient ghost paraphernalia coming to your rescue or no!” They both aim their weapons to take a shot.

Danny figures he can now easily hold them back with his usual shields,“you guys realize you just called this weird ring sentient and thereby negate the whole nonsentie-ack!”

“Attacking a corps lantern is punishable offense as of the instatement of the galactic diplomatic immunity as declared by the-” Okay so now Danny is just raising his eyebrow at this weird as fuck ring. Just what is it going on about?

“notifying nearby lanterns and requesting assistance with apprehension of hostiles”

what?

“getting your friends to help you out vile spook? such a thing is useless with the Blackout still very much in place”

Well… the two streaks of green light in the distance is making Danny doubt that statement.

Maybe there is more to this Lantern corps thing than he thought… And something tells him his life is about to get even more complicated than it already is.

Of course this had to happen now.

The first time Kyle and Jessica were back on Earth in months, and a Green Lantern needed help.

But Hal and John were off with other major Justice League members for an intergalactic mission while Guy and Simon were taking care of Sinestro elsewhere in the Galaxy (Which was why the two were on Earth in their place)

Arriving on the scene, somewhere in Illinois, they found the scene as a teen who looked barely out of high school was defending himself from agents in white suits firing blasters firing green energy at him.

On closer inspection, the teen was wearing a typical Lantern Uniform but it was primarily black and white with only a bit of green like Kyle's uniform. It appeared to resemble a Hazmat Suit, with a matching pair of black goggles that had green lenses in them. In the center of his chest the Lantern Symbol was around some symbol combining a D & P.

Eventually one shot hit his leg as it bled a green substance, he wasn't human or at least not fully. Did an alien crash land on Earth and get attacked by these agents? Either way concerning violations or the Meta Protection Act aside, they had a priority to step in as both fellow Green Lanterns and as members of the Justice League.

"Halt. Cease your fire at once!" Jessica shouted as the two landed.

"More of you spooks? Doesn't matter how many ghosts there are." One of the agents finally noticed them before aiming their blasters towards the newcomers while the other went towards the ghost boy.

This perked up the Lanterns as the blasts hit them, it strung but barely did much more unlike what happened to the teen. Was it something he was weak to... Questions for later.

Kyle chuckled at the agents own confusion at their weapons lack of effect. "Ghosts? No... I believe you're mistaken, we're as human as anyone else on Earth. And as Green Lanterns we have a duty... To protect!"

"But that ring, it radiated ecto energy... In the name of the Anti Ecto Control Acts we demand you surrender and turn your rings in. You're not fully Ecto Contaminated yet and we can help yo-"

They were cut off as a giant green bulldozer shoved them into a green cage that lifted them into the air.

"Enough. You can spout whatever nonsense you're going on about to the Justice League I'm sure they'd love to hear why you're attacking this boy." Jessica rolled her eyes.

"Phantom's a ghost, just an unfeeling pile of ectoplasmic scum! It's a non-sentient creature that knows nothing but violence. What makes you two so sure it's anything otherwise?" One of the Agents shouted back.

The boy, Phantom as they called him, looked down at their statements denying his sentience.

"That's bullshit."

Kyle walked forward as held up a fist, his ring glowed brightly on it as he got Phantom's attention.

"These rings of ours. They sense and are powered by the power of emotions of others. Not just anyone can use them. And in order to become a Green Lantern..."

He looked at Phantom.

"You have a high level of Willpower and be capable of overcoming your own fears even in the face of danger and evil."

This caused the ghost boy to smile softly.

The Agents looked perplexed, appearing to consider Kyle's words. Before finally giving their response.

"Ha! Nice try! Whatever ghost told you that is probably just trying to manipulate you into protecting Phantom! Once we clear this up with the Justice League, he'll be ripped apart molecule by molecule!"

Kyle frowned before looking at Jessica who summoned a bat to crack them both on the head and knock them out from blunt force trauma alone.

"You handle this, I'll talk to the kid." Kyle looked at Jessica who nodded and took the Agents off to the nearest Zeta.

Meanwhile Kyle crouched down at the kid.

"Hey don't let those guys bum you out, but you're a Lantern right?"

The ghost looked at his ring before tilting his head.

"I guess, but... I don't understand what this and what it means to be a Green Lantern."

Ah. So he got the ring recent recent. Like just now.

"Ah. I see. In that case, Kyle Rayner of Earth..."

He extended a hand out, hesitantly. Which Danny took.

"Danny Phantom... Of... Well it's complicated to explain and... Oh... Fuuu..."

He then finally collapsed and coughed violently, likely he's only been standing because of adrenaline.

Before Kyle could respond, two silver rings appeared around his body as his uniform swapped the white and black while his wispy white hair turned to a normal black. The green of his blood turned a proper red. He went from... Ghost as those men called him, to a human.

"Shit!"

Kyle lifted the young one up as he carried him off in the same direction of the Zeta that Jessica was going towards. He needed to get to the Watchtower and get the kid some medical attention.

Of course this had to happen now.

Ok with how many green lanterns have come from earth lately you know that the rest of the corp has wild rumors and theories about what our messed up planet is like.

Also if the green lantern rings have an ecto signature, does that mean they run on ecto as power source? Would that mean Danny would almost never have to recharge his ring unless he himself was also running on empty?

The canon reason why Earth has so many lanterns is cause Earth is a nexus of Green Lantern will energy.

Earth has its own central power battery and apparently there is so much will on earth the place has a surplus and it infects everybody with this annoying trait called being very stubborn. (the battery thing is hidden btw)

personally I would prefer if the power rings did not run on ecto as a power source, but maybe it has some roots in it. (if it’s just the same then at that point it really becomes useless for Danny to have a power ring, and that would be kinda lame imo)

Will energy and Ectoplasm both use emotion as a conduit to physically manifest but ecto from the realms is fundamentally different because it’s tied to death, whereast Will energy comes from the White Light of Life.

maybe Earth is so interesting and important to the Infinite Realms for this reason too, the planet produces a lot of life, and with that comes a lot of death, and so so much emotion in between.

does this even make any sense? 

Anyway Danny gets caught up in it all, just a constant flux of green death energy and green life energy. Just overall a crazy amount of green. 

Showed this to @jocejoce1001 and now we have a headcanon that Oa are really good with parenting kids and teens.

It doesn’t happen too often, but there were enough times when the Lantern Ring has chosen a child.

As a result, Oa know their way around children. And they’re actually quite good at that. They’re sorta like a bunch of grandparents who are all grumpy with their older kids, but so soft and attentive with their little grandkids. They know it can get hard for the young minds to be Lanterns, so they provide them with as much support and wisdom as they could.

Like Gordon Ramsey in Hell’s Kitchen.

wait, someone HAS to make the joke that Danny is a doubly magical girl boy

But my brain doesn't give me a funny enough configuration to place it correctly so please do it

Jason doesn’t know why these obnoxious looking boomerangs with some guys face on them keep hitting him in the most inopportune times. He just thought it was annoying and put them low on his to do list. That was until a drug cartel bust had failed because the reverberant CLANG! Of a boomerang hitting his helmet announced his position, ruining a 3 week long plan. That’s it. Time to go to Tim and see what on earth is going on.

I have two ideas:

funny: this is how Dani and Danny communicate with each other and don't really worry about lost "postcards"

angs: Danny is missing and the construction and sending boomerangs repeatedly is a desperate attempt to find him / kept hope

Danny knew he couldn't keep the existence of the ghosts a secret forever. The GIW was a clear example of that, they had managed to disband the organization but there were always traces left behind that made him anxious.

Times had changed, and while Amity was hiding behind his "small town" reputation, the world was changing. New protectors, heroes, as well as new threats were appearing. And as much as the halfa wanted to, he couldn't transport his entire town to the Realms on every occasion of danger, that would definitely be suspicious.

So he made a list. He gathered information on the heroes that had come forward and categorized them according to how easy they were to approach, or how open they would be to the existence of ghosts.

Unfortunately his "safest" choice was John Constantine, someone he wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole, so he decided to settle for the second one: The Flash.

Danny had weighed the pros and cons, but as he walked through Central City he wondered if it had been a mistake. Although it was probably too late to regret it, the speedster had already noticed him.

Imagine being The Flash in this situation. Everyone on alert for this potential threat whose been collecting information on the justice league members. They can't figure out what the hell the collector is doing.

And then he comes to your city. Has some weird ass fucking vibes and he's in your city. Here to enact whatever evil plan that information gathering was for this whole time. And as you speed up to him you hear him muttering while looking at a list "He lives here, right?" and the list is full of justice league members with the oddest order to them.

Maybe a few notes beside names. Like beside green lantern is "(Might be in space, hard to find)" and Batman- whose near the bottom of the list- is simply noted with "(fruitloop)"

Constantine- whose at the top of the list-'s name is crossed out with "(fucking paperwork)" next to it.

And the guy startles when you zoom up next to him. Tucking away the paper quickly and nervously. Like he's not prepared for this- which makes sense if this is a fairly new villain with grand plans but lacking confidence. But still he asks if you and him can speak in private.

And apparently he wants to talk about fucking ghosts.

The idea that Flash just refuses and Danny just lets out the biggest sigh ever and crosses off his name. And then he goes: "Why are you making me talk to John Constantine. What did I ever do to you?"

And Flash is so flabbergasted that he just sort of sympathizes and says he has a minute to talk. Danny's super relieved and happy. And then Danny starts talking about ghosts and Flash is just like "look, I'm going to stop you there. You actually have to talk to John Constantine. I cannoy help you. At all. So sorry. Ghosts aren't real." Runs off.

Danny scratches off Flash's name extra hard and picks someone else off the list, praying that maaaaybe Superman might believe in ghosta long enough to talk to him.

Superman is willing to talk, especially once he gets that Danny already had no luck talking about ghosts with Flash. ("Sorry, but you literally picked the person least likely to believe you when you talked to Flash." Danny bangs his head against a wall hard enough to dent it.) But he still directs Danny toward John Constantine because he's vehemently against speaking to Batman, and Constantine's more up on ghosts than just about anyone. He mentions Deadman and Danny’s just like (near tears) "he's already a ghost and he'd just direct me to John Constantine."

Superman is very sympathetic but there's nothing he can do. What he does do after talking to Danny is tell the JL that Danny's list is him trying super hard to find someone to talk to about Ghosts who *isn't John Constantine*, but who will hear him out.

He may also have asked Zatanna to tie John down long enough to talk to Danny.

He’s just like “noooooo, he more of a frootloop than Batman and Vlad combined! Why would you hurt me like this? What did I do to offend the Justice Legue?”

John Constantine has a similar reaction when he learn that they’ve been redirecting the Ghost King to talk to him!

when danny gives in and, finally, goes to see Constantine: At the first mention of ecto laws and GiW Constantine stops him and says that he doesn't care about American laws he already doesn't care about the laws of his country (or respects the laws of reality) and tells him to contact American leaguers.

Suffice to say that : Danny loses it and Constantine disappears without delay

Look, maybe I am not looking in the right places, but can we talk about how shady the Fenton's "parenting style" must look to everyone else in Amity? Maybe not cannonically, but the fandom really needs to start thinking about it.

We should talk about how easily it is to confuse vigilantism with abuse.

I want Danny with unexplained bruises every other day and the A listers assuming the worst.

I want Mr Lancer seeing Danny start struggling with school for, apparently, no reason and see him sleep on class and realize those are signs of abuse.

I want people to see how protective Sam and Tucker are and realize there's something they are protecting him from.

I need Valerie to see Danny run off at any sign of ghosts and suddenly "oh Fenton doesn't look scared of ghosts" and it clicks in her mind that maybe he's running from his parents.

I want people to see Danny do uncanny things, or have too much pain tolerance, or brush off whatever Dash came up with today and think "huh, that doesn't sound right"

I want the metaphor for child abuse in the show to become a little bit more real in the narrative. Is that too much to ask? I want them hearing the horror stories of the Fenton's cooking and start putting together that "oh, maybe they don't actually... mind experimenting on themselves" and who's to say the same fate didn't happen to Danny or Jazz?

Who's to say where evil scientists stops and child endangerment starts? And if suddenly, Amity Park has started to make Danny's life a little bit easier by making the Fenton's life harder, well, correlation and causation are one hell of a drug.

I have been thinking about how Mr Lancer would actually fit over all of this because I kinda just, skimmed it when I first wrote this post.

But I am a sucker for fanon Mr Lancer, alright?

Mr Lancer thought nothing was wrong for the first weeks, after all they had just, kind of been attacked by the ghost of a lunch lady, had a protest for all meat/all veggies cafeteria and... well he still gave them detention for the food fight.

So sure, the first weeks it wasn't anything worth noting, the class average went down for a bit but it all went back to normal.

Now what wasn't normal was sleeping in class. At first he thought his student was just having a rough time sleeping, and sure he seemed paler and he seemed a lot more wary of... everything lately but it was still fair to assume he was just, doing teenager angst things. He was 14 once, nobody here is judging.

But, well, maybe that's just what he told himself.

Look, he knew the Fenton's. Amity was a pretty tight knit community and while the Fenton's are a little bit out there, they were a smart family. Jazz seemed bright and never had any kind of trouble in school, she seemed happy with her friends and she looked as comfortable as a teenager can be with their parents. Maybe a little mature for her age but that's about it.

And... maybe a bit less, but he also knew Danny. It was the first year he taught him but he could tell he was a bright kid -if only he could get him to focus on actually answering the questions instead of complaining about them- and once you could get him involved in class he was sure to show it.

He knew the Fenton's. So why is he having such a hard time figuring out what changed? Ever since that first ghost attack Danny seems less likely to even complain about the work. He barely manages to make him stay awake the whole period and he barely turns in any of the work assigned.

Worst of all, he is not actually sure when was the last time he saw any of his homework without any scorch marks or ectoplasm. Actually, maybe that started way before. If he thinks hard enough he is almost sure the last time Danny gave him a paper without ectoplasm had been a couple of weeks before the first ghost attack-

He knows good scientists usually have a little bit more care when dealing with unexplained substances and sure it may be a bit of a coincidence that Danny started getting worse when the Fenton's had more material to study, and more things... that needed uh, testing he guesses. It was weird that Danny -who was scared of ghosts- had so much ectoplasm on his homework but-

Lord of the flies...

Look, he knew the Fenton's. And maybe he is just trying to convince himself but it feels weird to think that Danny started changing weeks before the big ghost attack. He knew the Fenton's and that's how he knew the ghost hunting can cloud their minds a little but he is sure that they wouldn't-

( Behavioral changes, loss of confidence, aggression )

Mr Lancer is human, and he cares about his students, and sure he may be a little harsh sometimes but he just wanted Danny to realize his potential too, he wasn't just gonna allow a bright student to fail his class for nothing.

( Lack of interest, decrease in productivity and grades, increased absences )

Mr Lancer is a teacher, and a good teacher knows when a student has potential.

( Sleeping in class, flinching, unexplained headaches and stomach aches, hasn't Fenton gone to the bathroom a lot on my class? )

Mr Lancer is a good teacher, and a good teacher knows what a bruise looks like. He knows what a bruise looks like, alright?

He knows how it looks under bad make up and he knows the harder he stares the worst he is gonna feel.

Do you know how many times he has said he wouldn't let a situation like this get out of hand in his own classroom? Do you know how many times he memorized the signs?

Behavioral changes, loss of confidence, aggression, lack of interest, decrease in productivity and grades, increased absences, sleeping in class, flinching, unexplained headaches and stomach aches-

Frankenstein, William, were you not paying attention?

Mr Lancer is a teacher, but he is only human.

we could add that danny was banned from the labs for dropping glassware.... We could link this to a wave of traumatic flashbacks linked to a similar environment. Just to add grist to the theory of experimentation on their own children.

Jazz being “spared” to be able to make comparisons.

In addition, Jazz's behavior seeking independence or from Danny could also be interpreted as an indication of abuse.

and we haven't yet added vlad to the mix

The armor stays on during sex because it takes like five people to help me take it off and put it back on again and I’d rather not call them at this hour

maybe your plus one could learn to do it so that it's part of the foreplay?

stalkers and cryptids if they were youtubers:

Bernard: cooking and baking videos, reacts to food videos. Talks about theories mainly about cults or heroes (his most popular theory video is that batman/bruce/superman/Clark are in a polycule relationship (Tim randomly plays the video whenever Bruce starts to annoy him))

Wes: theorys of all kinds (similar to buzzfeed unsolved supernatural, Gametheory, superhorrorbro, etc (his most popular theory is that batman is actually a bat demon cyptid and Mothman is his mortal enemy. Bernard and Tim dared him to make a theory on it)), reacts to basketball plays talks about them.

Tim: true crime youtuber, talks about technology and how to hack, stuff about photography (Wes sometimes joins him on those videos)

Danny: space. So much space. Also talks about death and spirit culture from all kinds of cultures (people are confused about how he knows all this so intimately and how accurate he is), does some gaming videos, and reacts to shitty ghost videos.

This is a ... something, I love it, the odly specifically death related culture for Danny is spot on

Love the fact that all of them know each other

Are they roommates/share studio space?

How about a police officer Danny. Danny need to protect people as part of his obsession, but being a vigilante doesn't exactly pay. So his parents suggest going into civil service. Originally he wanted to be a fire fighter but the heat was too much for him and his ice core. So he settle on being a cop.

He originally starts in Amity, where his hero identity is now an open secret. His parents are proud of him, they know he's Phantom too. Amity doesn't have much human crime so now he just wrangled ghosts as a cop mostly.

Some kids decided to start posting online. Things like who needs heros when our cop got it covered; accompanied by videos of Danny in uniform taking down ghosts and such. A few post of "acab but this one he gets it" and it's Danny helping an old lady crossing the street or volunteering at a soup kitchen.

Of course the videos catch the league's attention. Now they need to investigate the situation and maybe recruit this cop.

amity park (if they knew): our cop is dead/half dead and is the best we could have asked for, so the ACAB people are right, a good cop is a dead cop (?)