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DP episode, Tales of Ba Sing Se style

For the first half of season 1 of DP, no one besides a small hand full of people know/believe that ghosts exists. Then suddenly the whole town is thrust into danger via a ghost invasion and everyone has to deal with it.

I purpose an episode that is just an anthology of short stories about side characters and how things have changed for them after the existence of ghosts is proven to the world.

  • The A listers Everyone tries to act like they’re unaffected. They each accuse each other of being scared little babies and deny it. This comes to a head when they decide to have a truth or dare night to try and prove they’re brave/out each other as cowards. They happen to run right into a ghost attack and are all like deer in the headlights until Phantom comes to save them and fight the ghost off. After that all they can talk about is how cool their new local superhero is.
  • Mr Lancer He has spent the last few years of his career coasting by, “This student’s failing? He’s probably just lazy.” “That student’s getting bullied? Ugh, It’s just going to turn into a complicated mess of he said/she said. Investigating is such a chore.” Except now that ghosts are real and his students could potentially get hurt it comes crashing down on him that he is the adult in the room and it really is his responsibility to take care of them. He never thought about that too hard before but now he feels the weight. He expresses all this to a coworker one day when suddenly the school is attacked. He rushes out into the hall and sees a few students cornered by a ghost.  With only a moment’s hesitation, he runs out to hit the ghost with a chair. It goes through the creature and turns its sights on Lancer. Thankfully Phantom shows up in the nick of time to drag the ghost away. Lancer goes to his students and puts serious care into finding out what they need.
  • The Fenton family This is a funny one, Jack and Maddie can’t help but get big headed at their new attention, once upon a time they were scoffed at for believing in ghosts and now everyone wants to come to them for their expertise. They hold a press conference for the whole town to explain to the people how to be safe in these dangerous times. Jack can’t help but gloat on stage over what a genius he is.  All the while, in clear view in the sky right behind him, Phantom is fighting off a ghost. Jack doesn’t notice in the slightest during his speech as he details what he knows about ghosts while the two specters behind him demonstrate the exact opposite of everything he’s saying during their battle.
  • Valerie Before the entire town knew that ghosts were real, and after she decided to take up ghost hunting, Star found out that Val was reading up on Ghost hunting. She made fun of Val for it. Cut to after the reveal of ghosts’ existence Star comes up to Val asking her if she knows anything about staying safe from ghosts. Val mocks her meek asking for help, “I thought I was a Loser for believing in ghosts?” Star doesn’t appreciate being made fun of and replies that Val probably doesn’t know anything anyway. Just as she as about to walk away, a ghost pops up right in front of her face. She screams as Val quick draws an ecto gun out of her locker and blasts the ghost away. Star turns back to Valerie and begs her to be her friend again. Val smirks as she closes her locker replying “I’ll think about it.”

Maddie has a near death experience when an invention blows up on her.  Her soul was suddenly thrust from her physical form and time slowed down to a snails pace as she watches her body very slowly being thrown across the lab.

Death appears to causally explain everything. 

“Don’t worry.  This isn’t the day I take you. I’m just here to walk you through your memories. This is just the whole ‘life flashing before your eyes’ bit. We’ll go over your human existence, a second will have gone by in the real world, and you’ll be right back in your body only remembering all of this in flashes. The general aim is that you’ll go back to your life with a different perspective on things”

They try to show Maddie her life ‘Ghost of Christmas past’ style but during the tour of memories Death slips and calls her Danny.

“Sorry” they respond.  “I’m used to dealing with THAT Fenton.”

Maddie wants to know what that’s supposed to mean but Death is casually illusive on the subject, constantly trying to bring the woman back on task, focusing on her own life

“Huh? Danny? He’s just a guy I know. Anyway…”

“Don’t worry about it.  Lot’s of people have near death experiences. Let’s stay on track.” 

“This is about you. Your turn this time, Maddie.  Focus.””

Maddie only becomes more and more concerned over her son, and Death just won’t give her a straight answer.  Whenever Danny is apart of the memory, she takes notice of her son’s depressed look, subtle injuries, and how frustrated she is watching her past self not react to anything off about her son at all even when it’s obvious something’s wrong.

Often Danny would wander off somewhere on his own and Maddie tries to follow him.

“You can’t do that.” Death explains. “We’re in YOUR past.  You can’t go off to see what he’s doing. You’re not apart of that. If you want to see what the kid is up to, it can only be through moments when you were together.”

At first Maddie tries to do things Death’s way, but it seems like Danny is only getting worse every time he reenters after going off somewhere, leaving her with more questions.

Eventually Maddie can’t take it anymore.  She tries to ditch Death and follow Danny.

“No!” Death Warns “If you stray too far, I can’t guarantee this will ONLY be a near death experience!”

So, uhhhhh, I wrote a thing for this as my backup Invisobang fic in case I couldn’t finish that, but I feel pretty good with the progress I’m making on that one and I’m basically past the point of no return. I didn’t follow the prompt above exactly, but I did follow the same basic outline, I think. Anyway, it’s split into three parts, I’ve posted the first part today. You can read it below or read it on AO3 here.

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Maddie sat in the lab, her goggles pulled down as she worked on fixing the Fenton Bazooka. The weapon had been a bit erratic lately since they started experimenting with a more concentrated form of ectoplasm for their power cells. She suspected it might be getting overloaded, the power too much for its outdated systems to regulate successfully, but that was easily corrected. 

“Mom?” Maddie jumped, almost dropping her tools as she glanced over her shoulder and pulled up her goggles. She still didn’t know how Danny managed to be so silent when he came down the lab stairs, which echoed even beneath her and Jazz’s feet. His hands gripped two mugs of hot chocolate as he smiled at her. “You know it’s pretty late, right?”

“I do. I also know it’s a school night, so why aren’t you in bed yet?” she asked as she took one of the mugs. It wasn’t her favorite - she much preferred coffee - but drinking that much caffeine so late would definitely turn this project into an all-nighter she didn’t feel up to at the moment, and she wasn’t about to make Danny feel bad about doing something nice for her.

“I can’t sleep,” he said with a shrug as he sat down across from her. 

“Are you worried about something?” Danny’s finger traced the rim of the cup slowly as he gave a non-committal hum in response. “You know you can talk to me about anything, right?”

@phantomtwitch I just finished reading the first chapter of the fic! It was so good!! I’m so flattered you took my premise and ran with it!! I can’t wait for the update!!

@chickenlover-19  @paenling  @thesamestarlight @kayla-ao3 @phoenixdemonqueen  and all the other people who asked to get tagged if this fic ever got made, it’s here!

I don’t like Polo shirts. It’s taken a long time for me to see my own worth and realize what I deserve out of life, and it’s a collared shirt that can COMMIT to buttons going all the way down. Not some coward shirt.

Typical 3 am train of thought here but… I feel like Danielle and how she came to be is pretty wild for a kids show. Vlad steals Danny’s DNA clones him several times over, including Danielle, to get the perfect son.

-Obviously first off fruitloop gonna creep

-Secondly, if he had any remaining hope of winning Maddie over having a clone of her son around is gonna be fun to explain. And is a definite red flag haha. Not to mention the AI version of her and the cat (cats?).

-Danielle being a girl brings up the question of what X replaced or modified Danny’s Y chromosome… which only brings up more questions. Is it one of Vlad’s ? Or was he stealing Maddie’s dna as well?

TLDR Vlad is a walking red flag of a character and doesn’t understand the concept of consent.

I just want the graphic novel to be released already.

My guess was that he was going to have his perfect Danny clone replace the real Danny. After that, perfect clone Danny would go to the Fenton home, Kill Jack (Make it look like an accident) and while Maddie is grieving perfect clone Danny can lay the ground work to manipulate her into leaning on Vlad for emotional and financial support (Gonna be hard to support the family in a one parent household from now on, especially if Vlad can do something to mess up their life insurance) until he can worm his way into her heart.

He’d never tell her that her son was replaced. That would also explain why Danielle would never due as a daughter, he wouldn’t be able to use her to trick Maddie into thinking she was the real Danny.

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I’m watching Phantom Planet for the first time in years, and I completely forgot how unserious this episode is. Tucker’s PowerPoint presentation about the “intangible earth” SENT ME!

Then Danny’s parents not recognizing the difference between him and a robot? Icing on the cake.

AND TUCKER BECOMES MAYOR RANDOMLY?! LIKE WHAT?! hahahahahaha

One of the few moments I like from that episode comes when Jazz looses all hope and tries to tell her parents the truth, but she can’t get out the words. Panic slowly consumes Maddie as she puts the pieces together. She asks her daughter, then her husband in utter desperation to tell her where her youngest child is, terrified of the what she already knows the answer to be. She thought she was emotionally prepared for the world to end, but for her family personally, it came early...

...But smack dab in the middle of that emotional ride is the STUPIDEST moment, destroying the tone like a hammer to glass, where she just snatches the wig off of the poorly made disguise, shocked that this extremely obvious, metal faced robot is actually a robot.

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RIGHT?! It could have been a really emotional, poignant, and heartbreaking moment for the three of them as they try to reconcile Danny’s true identity with only seconds to spare, but no. Butch Hartman had to ruin it with one last gimmick. Like, no, this robot wearing a wig who sounds suspiciously like Tucker is clearly not your son.

On another note, Danny gives up his powers way too easily. A troupe of ghost fighters, financed by your mortal enemy, roll into town, and your solution is to say, “Bye bitch. Not my problem anymore.” What kinda writing is that?

Butch wrote that in, along with an asteroid is about to collide with earth because those are moments lifted straight out of Super hero comics. Loads of heroes have struggled with whether or not they should quit when they’re emotionally drained, and an asteroid heading towards earth is just straight out of Superman.

Butch Hartman loves classic comics and wanted to put as many tropes and cliches in his superhero show as possible, which WOULD be fine if he added something to them, played around with them, did something to make it unique to his characters. but no. He saw it in a comic and he decided he wanted that EXACT thing in his show. No alterations. No worry about if it FITS with the story created thus far, just copy paste.

And it doesn’t fit at all in DP. It makes no sense that Danny’s final challenge isn’t a ghost, or any villain. It doesn’t make sense that Danny would give up his powers when he felt less appreciated y the town when for the first half of the series Danny has feared and hated by the town and he still stuck with it anyway.

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I’m watching Phantom Planet for the first time in years, and I completely forgot how unserious this episode is. Tucker’s PowerPoint presentation about the “intangible earth” SENT ME!

Then Danny’s parents not recognizing the difference between him and a robot? Icing on the cake.

AND TUCKER BECOMES MAYOR RANDOMLY?! LIKE WHAT?! hahahahahaha

One of the few moments I like from that episode comes when Jazz looses all hope and tries to tell her parents the truth, but she can’t get out the words. Panic slowly consumes Maddie as she puts the pieces together. She asks her daughter, then her husband in utter desperation to tell her where her youngest child is, terrified of the what she already knows the answer to be. She thought she was emotionally prepared for the world to end, but for her family personally, it came early...

...But smack dab in the middle of that emotional ride is the STUPIDEST moment, destroying the tone like a hammer to glass, where she just snatches the wig off of the poorly made disguise, shocked that this extremely obvious, metal faced robot is actually a robot.

jfc Danny Phantom (as a show) is so chauvinistic

And like, watching Beauty Marked in particular makes it extra obvious, especially because with the whole pageant thing and the medieval theme makes it seem like it's half-heartedly trying to be a girl power episode, except it really doesn't work--you have a bunch of girls trying to bribe the judge to get to be the beauty pageant winner, and Danny and Tucker reveling in 'getting all the girls' while Danny's chosen as the judge, and Sam judging the girls involved and boys watching instead of the actual practices and ideals that the pageant is apparently based on, and the whole implication that misogyny only exists in the 'dark ages' which both disrespects actual medieval Europe AND sidesteps the question of sexism in the modern day, the treatment of Dora's relationship with her brother (imo very poorly handled), probably a whole bunch of other things in this episode and in the general show that I'm not mentioning/remembering

but like, it's Danny Phantom, i shouldn't expect that much of it

It always kinda bugged me at the end of the episode, where Sam won and her immediate reaction was (In front of everybody) to throw it on the ground and say “These things are stupid”. Implying that things that are traditionally feminine are dumb. She may have thought it was dumb but all those other contestants really put effort into the competition. There was a talent show and everything. Those girls put themselves out there, Including the one who was dealing with acne that Mr. Lancer made cry when he pointed that out in front of everyone on stage like an asshole.

It just bugs me when people dump on other people’s interests. Especially when pursuing that interest really isn’t hurting anyone.

Having thoughts about Valerie again.

But alas, her character development and depth in canon is.... well...

On a surface level Badass Ghost Hunter is a great character hook. Valerie is so cool! Her hunter character design is eye catching and attention grabbing. It's a great design. But beyond that, I want her character to have so much more depth. I want to know more about what kind of person makes the decisions she makes. Because honestly, she deserves it.

So I suppose we DIY this shit, huh?

Who's got some headcanons about Val's non ghost related hobbies and personal life?

The goofy stuff her dad's done since she was little that she pretends to be annoyed about but secretly loves? The things her dad does that she actually finds annoying? Her small joys? Her favorite snack? Her favorite season of the year and why? Her favorite movie or music genres? Her celebrity crushes? Her hopes and dreams for the future? Her best classes in school? Her dream job? What are your headcanons for her extended family? Does she have any aunties and uncles? Younger or older cousins? Her favorite animal? Her opinions on crocs? (The shoe or the reptile) Does she have any odd phobias? (like crocs) What motivates her to get out of bed every morning? What helps her fall asleep at night? What keeps her up at night? (Besides the ghosts) Does she prefer tea? Hot chocolate? Coffee? Cold drinks?

Tell me all the little details you've thought about. The fun ideas and sparks that can make her more.

My Valarie HCs are as follows

She studied Hapkido as her preferred martial art for years. She started when she was six years old and quit when her father could no longer afford lessons. She’s really sporty and also loved track and field in Elementary school.

Her mom and dad are divorced. Her mother is in the US army and gets stationed all over the world. It was agreed between Damon and his ex wife that Valerie would be better off not moving around all the time and instead just living with her father. Val was closer to her father anyway so she was fine with that although there is some bitterness over her mother not being around.

Her favorite snack is Pringles.

She loves Disney movies

Her grades are over all pretty average but she struggles in Science and Home EC and does consistently really well in English and French.

Her creative hobby is making jewelry. She started by just making bracelets with yarn and plastic beads but eventually that turned into really well made almost professional looking work. She was really proud of how some of her jewelry came out but as she grew older and made friends with the A listers she became self conscious about her hobby. She once heard Paulina say that making jewelry was cringe so she never let on that’s where her bracelets and necklaces came from.

You can literally make anything and anyone problematic if you try hard enough seriously give me people and things and I’ll make them all “problematic” right now.

I don’t even have to do this one because PETA did it first by insinuating domestication is inherently abusive.

The sky

Used to trick and mock anyone who asks “what’s up?” A bullying tactic.

Super Mario Bros.

Stereotypes Italians, enforces the narrative of women who need men to rescue them, and encourages violence against turtles.

John Mulaney

He was over on the bench and he SAW what they did to Tyler and he did NOTHING.

Pokemon

Making your pets fight repeatedly is animal abuse.

OP

OP literally argued that dogs were problematic but go off I guess

This is a work of art and should be sent to everyone as soon as they sign up for Tumblr so they know what they’re walking into

Mr. Rogers 

btw this isn't about what is canon. this is about what you prefer/headcanon/believe.

Imagine the story possibilities of the characters in universe KNOWING that it takes a human sacrifice for a portal to turn on.

Danny's feelings over discovering that info

Discussing what to do if they ever needed another portal made.

Side characters discovering that information and asking "How did the portal turn on then, Who was sacrificed?" Leading to an investigation.

Wondering what Vlad did to get his portal to work. Who did he off? Are there any other half ghosts that he created by opening his portal? In the show he treats needing a new portal more as an inconvenience than anything else, how many times has he opened one? Did he finish them off after their usefulness ended so they wouldn't tell anyone? What if one got away?

There's just so many more story possibilities than just "Jack and Maddie were careless in where they put the button.

I love city names. Obviously not every city in the whole world has a beautiful name, but when you come across a really lovely sounding city name, it just inspires a person. I’m talking about the kind of city name that if it were a person’s name, you know they’d be an interesting dude to get to know. Even if you don’t know anything about that city, hearing the name just makes you go, “Ooh, tell me more about that place”

Barcelona, Vienna, Santa Fe, Santa Barbra, San Juan (Just about any name with Santa or San in it) Montevideo, Casablanca, Nagasaki, I can go on.

I just wanted to share a little something that sparks joy in me. Please tell me city names you think are beautiful, You can tell me what you think of the quality of the city itself too, I’d be interested, but firstly I want to hear the names of pretty sounding places.

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Reminder: trans Muslims and gay Muslims exist and we’re not going anywhere.

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The amount of support that this post has gotten is, quite honestly, incredible. LGBT Muslims are constantly forgotten and ignored because people from both the LGBT community and the Muslim community view our existence as a contradiction or an impossibility. It’s time that people acknowledge us and our experiences with islamophobia and homophobia/transphobia because like I said: we’re not going anywhere. 

To all queer Muslims out there I wish love and kindness into your lives

Years ago I overheard (eavesdropped upon) a telephone conversation between a public parks official and a golf course owner.

Parks Official: No sir, you cannot

Parks Official: No. They are a protected species

Parks Official: You CANNOT shoot them

Parks Official: Or poison them, no. Or trap them

Parks Official: If you like, we can-- no, I'm it. I'm the ranking official here. There's nobody above me. My boss? You mean... the governor's office? Sure, I guess. Okay bye

After he hung up, he gave me this thousand-yard stare before answering my unvoiced question.

"There's a flock of flamingos at the 9th green disrupting golfers. He wanted permission to go out there with a shotgun and take care of matters, but sensed there might be... legal ramifications. So he called us."

I laughed. "Does that happen often?"

"Oh, we get calls like that a couple times a month."

Country clubs should be burned to the ground and their golf courses turned into community gardens i am 10000% serious

Was golf created for the sole purpose of hoarding ridiculously large amounts of land just to brag about how little they use it?

Why would anyone want to play golf when you can just play mini golf instead? It’s got a bunch o’ fun little props. There’s usually an ice cream stand or batting cages right next to it. Do big golf courses have fun props, ice cream and batting cages? No, add it to the list of why they fucking suck

Many of you already know this but for those who don’t I’ll put this out there. If anyone says some version of “Name 1 racist/ homophobic/transphobic/antisemitic/ETC thing I’ve ever done!”. It’s a trap. They want you to start debating them or waste your time and energy engaging with them.

You might be able to answer their question with the most air tight evidence of bigotry in the world but it won’t matter. They will not accept it because they have it twisted in their head that the marginalized group in question deserves that treatment. “Bigotry is evil but giving people what they deserve isn’t, therefore what I’ve said can’t possibly be bigoted”.

Either that, or they’ll twist it around that what they said/did can’t be that bad because they’ve just decided that anyone who’s upset by it... shouldn’t be upset by it, and that’s it.

funds for indigenous communities affected by the canada wildefires

i’ll update this as i find more fundraising initiatives and please free to share your own. reblogs with anything than sharing resources/mutual aid requests/fundraising opportunities get blocked. 

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Donations for evacuees from Little Red River Cree Nation can be sent by e transfer to Roseann@lrrcn.ab.ca (ref # foxlakedonation15043)

And a (nation approved) gofund me has been set up: