Danny dyed his hair white one day. His adoptive family thinks its teenage rebellion, but really his ghost side Has been acting up, so now he's got to commit to the bit
Bruce does a double take when Danny walks in. His newest son was much more reserved than his other children. He didn't like having attention on himself- unless it was the popular kids at school but Bruce thought that was just something every teenager went through.
Danny spent most of his time locked away in his room, playing video games, writing for his blog, and watching documentaries about space. He was the most normal and well-behaved ward since Jason, and Jason was so grateful for being able to go to school that he used to ask to skip patrol to do homework. Danny had no interest in getting into the life of crime fighting, despite his previous ghost-fighting days.
He mostly stopped the ghosts from attacking because there was literally no one else in Amity Park who could handle the ghosts. In Gotham, however, there were plenty of heroes who were trained and on top of whatever issues were going on. Danny saw no reason to jump in, despite the Waynes each taking time out of their days to give him training in thier respective areas.
Jason and Alfred were happy to report Danny was one of the best shots in the household, while Damian and Cass both agreed his hand-to-hand combat was his weakest point. Duke and Bruce were the ones who helped him the most with his powers, which Danny preferred to use and were his strongest.
Despite all of this, Danny only jumped in as Phantom if it was an all-hands-on-deck or a last-resort situation. He would rather live as a civilian, which was a huge load off of Bruce's and Dick's shoulders. His eldest had turned many young people away from the cape life, but he never managed to get his own siblings to agree. Danny was his first success story.
Danny had no problems in school. He was one of the top students- not the top, but definitely in the top ten. His teachers had nothing but praise for his insightful and well-mannered behavior. He didn't speak too much in class, but he wasn't dismissive of assignments, nor did he leave all his part of group work to his classmates.
Alfred was working on getting Danny's mannerisms and etiquette up to par for the elites, but he was easy to mold, willing to learn, and sort of natural when he was relaxed.
Danny didn't steal; he didn't drink or do any kind of drugs (Bruce knows; he had him tested. Whether that test was done with Danny's knowledge or not was no one's business). Really, the only issue Bruce had with Danny was his social life, but honestly? In a city like Gotham, having his son home, safe and sound, behind the best security money could buy, and the best of minds could build, was much more relieving.
He hadn't thought Danny was capable of rebelling.
Which was why his son, walking in with pure white hair, was so jarring. Bruce tried to find a way to tactfully ask about it-
Tim glanced up from his phone just as Danny was taking his seat and gasped. "What happened to your hair?
-but that was not how he would have done it. Thankfully, Tim always handled things he didn't want to.
Danny smiled, running a hand through his hair, unbothered by the horror that had slipped into the CEO'S voice."Felt like a change."
As he moved his hair, Bruce realized that Danny had gotten piercings as well. Not just one or two, but six, from his lobe to the top. They were small, tiny stars and dots, and one moon at the very top as a flat. Bruce's eyes widened.
That was... surprising because, in thier state, one had to have parental permission until one was eighteen to get piercings. Danny is sixteen, and Bruce had not given any form of permission. Where did he get those piercings?
"This felt right," Danny concludes, leaning back in his chair. As he did so, his shirt rose a little, and peeking from the small slip of skin was an ink image. Tattoos. On Danny's frontal hipbones.
Bruce felt faint.
Tim gasped, knocking over his drink when he sprang up, pointing at Danny accusingly. It was the most animated Bruce had seen his son in the past week, but this was obviously a worthy cause. "Do you have tattoos?!?"
The now white-haired boy smiled warmly, almost proudly, as he lifted his shirt to show off two strips of black and white galaxy-themed tattoos. They tilted from his hip down to his private parts and were honestly a masterful work of art, but Bruce was shocked beyond words.
None of his kids had tattoos. None. Not even Jason. Oh gods, Danny was never going to get a real job now.
"Where?" Bruce croaked, "Where did you get those?"
"Johnny did them for me." Danny chirps, letting his shirt fall back down.
"Who is Johnny?" Tim gasped, falling back into his seat like his heart was being ripped out of his chest and stomped on. He was ready for children. He had the you're going to put me in an early grave act down pact. Bruce was honestly impressed by it.
"He's my friend." Danny shrugged. "He's cool."
Bruce opened his mouth, but once again Tim beat him to the punch.
"Cool? Is it cool to be running around looking like a delinquent?!"
"Didn't you use to skip school to go skateboarding and then break into buildings at night for a photography session?" Danny popped his fork into his mouth, raising one eyebrow. Tim sputtered for a second, looking for an argument but falling short, so he turned to Bruce.
"B. Control your son!"
"I don't need controlling from a man who actively breaks the law. " Danny cut in. He swallowed the salad in his mouth before putting his fork down and raising his hands to create the distinctive bat ears of Batman's cowl on his head. Bruce felt like he'd been slapped.
Tim slammed a hand on the table. "You're breaking your father's heart."
Danny, sweet and innocent Danny, rolled his eyes at Tim. "It's not that big of a deal."
Bruce thinks his heart actually may have shattered. Tim glanced at him before facing the teenager at the table again. "You're killing your father."
"Good."
Danny continued his dinner, humming peacefully in the utter shock silence. He retreated to his room to continue playing his latest game, leaving two of the brightest minds in the Wayne household utterly stumped on what to do or say. It would take hours before either found the will to move, and that was only because Alfred got home from bingo with his friend to find the two staring at the wall.
Danny: Well, for one thing, you totaled the Specter Speeder, which Mom and Dad are going to kill you for, and two, the group of people surrounding our crash landing.
Dan: Oh yeah, I also feel uncomfortable with how much spandex they are wearing. Do you think we landed in a weird sex cult?
Danny: If we did, you have to protect me. They do weird things to virgins.
Dan: Ill set the Specter to self-destruct with us in it, if it come to it.
Danny: Thank you
Clark hearing everything they are saying: Okay guys we are all going to have to back up a bit. We're scaring the alien children.
Bruce: Children? There are children in there?
Hal: Yes. My ring confirmed it during the last scan. Looks like twins from the Infinite Realms, a sector really far from our galaxy. They are the equivalent of 14-
Bruce: EVERYONE, BACK THE HELL UP. THERE ARE SCARED CHILDREN IN THERE.
Danny: One of my biggest pet peeves is repeating myself after explaining something on a computer five times
Sam: That's because you never had to explain tech to your parents. They litterally had degrees with it. You never developed that generational trauma and can't use it in a professional setting.
Danny: Hey! I can totally be professional.
Bruce "the diz" Wayne calling IT support for the fifth time: Excuse me? Can Danny help me figure out where the power button on my monitor is?
Danny:
Tucker: I heard Danny yelling. What's going on?
Sam: Our boss sent Danny a request to teach him how to turn on his computer monitor first thing in the morning.
Tucker: We clock in at nine though. Why is he sending requests before we even arrive?
Sam: You know why.
Tucker: ....
Sam: You don't know? Really?
Tucker: I don't. I mean its nice we all got hired by one of the best employers in the country but I'm still trying to wrap my head around us no longer being in Amity. I haven't seen the sky in months. All I know is grey.
Sam: Mr.Wayne has a crush on Danny and is using stupid ticket requests to spend time with him. It's backfiring because Danny hates his guts every time he does so. That, or Mr. Wayne is investigating us and using stupid ticket requests to gather evidence. It's hard to tell by the obsessive look in his eye.
Tucker: We should have stayed in Amity.
Sam: And mess out on full benefits, a company medical insurance that actually covers everything, a free company gym membership and pays us way more than anyone else? No.
Tucker: I miss the sun, Sam.
Sam: Sunlight is for weaklings
Tucker: Sunlight is a fundamental part of human development!
Danny: HOW IS BRUCE WAYNE OUR AGE!?
Tucker, under his breath: I've got to get out of here.
when i was going to my first uni, they had a group called the supper club, where anyone could come and share a meal together like a family. it didn’t cost anything. it was a place to talk about whatever you were going through, feel heard and listened to, and be around people who were probably dealing with some of the same things themselves. you could attend once or come back as many times as you wanted, and it wasn’t just regular meals either. they held them around holidays too, especially for students who couldn’t go home for whatever reason, or chose not to.
i feel like dennis would’ve most definitely attended something like that. he’d become one of those familiar faces you’d see sitting in the uni cafeteria after hours, quietly eating with whoever else had shown up that night. he probably wouldn’t talk much about himself at first, but he’d listen when other people did, remember little things they’d mentioned the week before, and notice pretty quickly when someone new was sitting off by themselves or looked like they weren’t sure they belonged there. he’d be the person quietly making room at the table or asking if they wanted to sit with them without making a big deal out of it.
eventually it would’ve become part of his routine. not necessarily because he’d ever admit that he needed somewhere to go or people to be around, but because there was something comforting about knowing there would be a table somewhere with food on it and people who didn’t expect anything from him beyond showing up. especially around the holidays, i can see him staying later to help clean everything up, stacking chairs or carrying dishes back to the kitchen while everyone else slowly headed home.
Bruce: Damian was battling the ghost. He lost a lot of blood, and the blasted thing got away. Prep the medic bay.
Alfred: Right away sir.
Bruce: Hang on son.
Barbara from the Bat- computer screen: Is he going to be alright?
Bruce: Yes, once we get him some blood.
Barbara: Do you think he can give a description of the ghost he was fighting? I can start tracking him down so the others can avenge Damian.
Bruce: Let me check. Dami? What did that ghost look like?
Damian in a slurring voice: Sexy. White hair. Green eyes. Sexy
Bruce: It's no good. He's delirious.
Barbara typing rapidly: No, no, no. That's a good description. According to Amity Park's Top 10 Sexy Ghosts, we might be looking for number 1: Danny Phantom.
Bruce: Why the hell does a list like that exist?
Barbara: You shouldn't be surprised by what's on the internet, Bruce. Show Damian this picture to see if that's the right one.
Bruce: Damian, who is this? *holds up tablet with blurry image of Phantom*
Damian points to it: ITS SEXY!
Barbara: Okay, we got our target. I'll start tracking him.
Damian slurring: We'll have a Autum wedding.
Bruce: Barbara I don't mean to rush you but I need this ghost to be killed as soon as possible.
Damian: I'm gonna be the father of his children
Bruce darkly: He needs to die before daybreak, Barbara.
Who You Gonna Call? is one of my comfort fics and I have a head cannon about it that I thought you'd enjoy hearing...
Danny's scars are always on him in his human form - Tim described the Lichtenberg as thin and white and Jazz describes his vivisection scars as gnarly. My headcannon is that just as damage carries over between forms, so do the scars, but on Phantom they are black voids, disruptions in the cosmos across the expanse of his body. It wouldn't really be noticable normally, but there are mentions of essentially shooting stars and I think you might notice some blip, some interruption where it doesn't quite connect smoothly all the way through.
Omg??? That is SO cool, I LOVE that!!
Kind of haunting because for the most part, he'd be the only one who realizes they're there. It must feel like people are constantly looking at them, despite him rationally knowing that unless they were told the chances of outsiders realizing anything is different is small
So I’ve been binging a bunch of DPxDC crossover fics cause they’re hella fun. And I wanted to make some fanart for a handful of the fics I’ve been reading just to show how vastly different Danny gets portrayed. It’s really fun!! I love when ppl make Danny get Jack’s tall ass gene’s, but it’s also funny to see him as a scrawny lil guy. He’s a pretty moldable character
Anywho, it’s just been fun, so here’s some fanart. Thanks to the authors for writing them 🙏
Fics in order of art:
Like Beta Fish Do by @clockwayswrites
Ghost in the Morgue by @the-witchhunter
Secretary Danny by @deathlysilent13
If You Give a Bat a Burger by @noir-renard
If you give any of these a read, just make sure you mind the tags/ratings
For nearly a decade, the people of Amity Park have lived cut off from the rest of the world. News still reaches them, but only in one direction—nothing ever leaves. In the beginning, the isolation was terrifying. Over time, though, it became normal. Safer, even.
The problem started when a group of teenagers left for Gotham, chasing work and education. They never intended to expose the truth about where they came from. But back home, they had all picked up a kind of slang—harmless to them, yet deeply unsettling to anyone else. Out of context, it sounded wrong. Dangerous.
That tends to happen when your hometown has a back door to hell.
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• Over (noun/verb)
Short for overshadowing (possession).
“He got over’d during math.”
• Hotspot (noun)
Area with frequent ghost activity.
“Don’t cut through that alley, it’s a hotspot.”
• Spiking (verb)
Sudden increase in activity.
“Activity’s spiking tonight.”
• Ping (noun/verb)
Detection of ghost presence (tech or instinct).
“I got a ping near the lockers.”
• Greened (verb)
Eyes glowing = clear sign of possession.
“Did you see him? He totally greened.”
• Salt up (verb)
To protect a space with salt.
“Did you salt up your room?”
• Iron on you (phrase)
Carrying iron for protection.
“Relax, I’ve got iron on me.”
• Background noise (noun)
Normalized minor supernatural events.
“You stop noticing it, it’s just background noise.”
• Weird (noun)
Catch-all for supernatural entities/events.
“There’s some weird in the hallway.”
• Bad weird (noun)
Dangerous entity (as opposed to manageable weird).
Danny had seen The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part more times than he could count.
In his dimension, it wasn’t just popular—it was iconic. And the song? The one where Queen Watevra Wa’Nabi cheerfully lists all the reasons she’d never fall for Batman, while practically swooning over Superman?
Yeah. That one lived rent-free in Danny’s head.
So when he ended up in Gotham City—whether for work, study, or sheer bad luck—it didn’t exactly… stop.
If anything, it got worse.
Especially after the Batfamily decided he was “a problem.”
“Leave Gotham.”
“Stay out of our territory.”
“Last warning.”
Danny, being Danny, smiled, nodded… and then went home and uploaded a perfectly edited video of himself singing that exact song.
Word for word.
With emphasis.
And a caption:
“This is my answer.”
By morning, it had gone viral.
By afternoon, someone had sent it to Batman.
By evening… even Nightwing wasn’t answering comms because he was laughing too hard.
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(He could also change the word Batman with another member of the Batfam)
For one reason or another, Danny's body got destroyed and is trapped as a ghost in the realms. His only anchor back to the human world is a latest model of the Fenton thermos that he was holding before his physical body got destroyed.
In order to regain and rebuild a body of his own from scratch, he needed to pull a Kitty, and slowly possess someone and take over thair body, mind, soul and everything (danny swear its temporary, hell return everything back once hes done!) To jumpstart rebuilding his old body back from ecto and his old remains.
Remains thats been shredded to pieces and scattered.
Somehow, the thermos fell at the hands of red robin who immedietely got enchanted with the clearly advance and very obvious magitech thats shape and acts like an actual thermos that could do a whole lot of things.
Its indestructable, unhackable, terrifyingly vesatile and can change color and design at the users input. Literally tech and magic combine.
Tim is obssessed.
…the enchanting properties of the object being Dannys anchor certainly speed up the process as well.
Starting that day, Tim couldn't be seen without that thermos in his person. It doesn't matter if he's in civillian or in his vigilate hours, the thermos stayed with him.
And the longer that tim has the thermos, the more it imprints and take over him. He's more Danny than Tim by the time somebody noticed. Which is too late since when they did decided that an intervention is needed, danny had completely merge and take over everything ahout tim and went on a sabbatical to rebuilt his body.
Using Tims skills, mind, talents, and dannys powers, it only took him a few days to collect all of his scattered remains and rebuit it from scratch which was also accelerated by one of tims cloning machines he had in one of his secret hide out.
once Danny got his body back and became a complete halfa again, he explain everything to Tim (who still disoriented after being unpossessed and regaining his sense of self) officially even though its unnecessary since tim knew everything the moment Danny take over everything but still, Danny owe the guy so he still did.
Danny got his body back but now he had more problems than before.
Which is A; the entire batfam and the jl with the JL Dark in tow is searching for Tim and wants to know what the fuck is hapoening, B; what he did is a massive dick move, even if it was his only choice, because overshadowing is one thing, you are just a passenger that hijacks control from someone while possession, which is what he did here, is literally OWNING a person and their everything.
Finally, C; Tim Drake in that short amount of time, got WAY into Danny possessing him.
Like literally obssessed about it.
Danny: Tim please, give back the thermos.
Tim: nu uh.
Danny: what do you mean "nu uh"?! Let it go, its not healthy for you! I knew it was my fault but give it up so we can fix you up too.
Tim looking like a cat with a canary with his mouth: Then take over. * wiggles eye brows suggestively*
Danny: Tim no.
Tim being over the top and doubling down: *rips shirt off and spread his arms wide on both sides* T A K E M E E E
The justice League never expected to have to console green arrow after she got "bullied" by phantoms son while they said son looked at him judgmentally.
Okay to explain the situation a bit better we'll need to go from the start phantom joined the justice League a few years ago became a good trusted member and all that good stuff but he's also made abundantly clear he's a father and being a father will take priority over his work which understandable.
And that he would rather see this planet burn to the ground then see any harm come to his child. Which concerning but at least he's being truthful (also can't really blame him)
Phantom is widely known for his puns and jokes and ability to distract the villain. Villains all seem to be on good terms with him despite the fact that he's on the other side except for a few that seem deadly scared of him due to and I quote "paternal scariness". Apparently they threatened phantoms family and phantom gave them an example of what would happen to them if they did. Point is the villains have heard of his son and tell others the same.
Normally they would think this is a security branch and tell phantom to be more careful except he doesn't care at all.
In fact he would proudly announced too anyone listening about any of his sons achievements to the point where you actually got tired of listening to it even batsy groaned one time due to how often this happens.
According to phantom his baby deserves the world and he will not shut up about him it gets annoying but manageable.
When phantom receives news that he's going on a world mission he calls the league and asks them to babysit his son while he's on the mission according to him the rest of his family and friends are unable to take care of his son and he doesn't trust anyone else so they were his best chance
Of course they accepted thinking nothing of it surely phantoms would be just as sweet as he described.
They were very wrong
At first phantasmo seemed like a very calm and collected child.
Until he wasn't.
Apparently he in green arrow were having an argument about something and he wasn't listening because phantasmo was a child so said child got aggressive. Verbally very fast
he started listing and critiquing every single thing green arrow did wrong from the moment he stepped foot in the space station got deeply personal theorized about the cause of his behaviors judged him on the blindness , told him straight to his face that a peacock could shoot arrows better than him telling him how with everything being unflattering and unattractive he might also need to grow impressive feathers to have even the slimmerest of chances of getting a mate and even more impressive feathers to stay. Then his idiocy during an argument is he exact reason why people don't want to deal with him.
And according to everyone else who was watching he said even more things which led them to now
Phantasmo is staring at green arrow judgmentally
Phantasmo: seriously? You cry like a baby whose favorite toy got taken away from them because of critique?
Green arrow: *sobbing like 5 year old* YOU SAID A VACUUM HAS MORE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE THAN ME HOW DOES THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ARGUMENT?!
Phantasmo: because during our argument you showed low levels of intelligence emotional intelligence being one of them. I was just pointing it out seeing as it was hindering your sight
It kept happening Phantasmo kept critiquing people with facts and being extremely blunt which led them to a spiral
After that batman decided Phantasmo could maybe benefit Gotham so he brought him with him in the hopes not to terrorize the others. Only to immediately lose him a day later.
He was missing for a week. A week of batman spiraling trying his best to find the kid before anything happened to him and as well as the rest of the league's concerns before phantom came back to murder him.
That was until....
"uh B? Did you take another one in? I think I'm having a therapy session with a 10 year old-"
Turns out he got bored and decided to explore the city and eventually found his way into becoming a black market therapist. What's that you may ask? we may never know.
This situation just kept continuing
Superman took him in? Started a business that could arrival lex luthor's with the motto being "if I can't fight. I'll beat a billionaire with their credit card" which ended up sending lex to the hospital one day.
Green lantern? Tried to hypnotize hal with a lantern that's conveniently green on top of him in the middle of the night chanting some kind of ancient song. He screamed and fell out of the bed
Aquaman? He became an undersea monk. Wonder woman? He became a cult leader. Starfire? He found a interdimensional portal. Zatanna? He almost convinced someone to become food. Cyborg? He made a soup kitchen in space. Found Talia al ghul and tried convincing her to adopt him. The flash? Hit him with a flask
The struggles continued with every new person to take him in.
The league are at their wit's end. The child cannot be controlled in fact that child is controlling them.
it becomes a group project of survival.
The league couldn't wait for phantom to come back.
