Barry and Danny switch roles
Barry Allen - The Impossible
ok, I know the name is lame but Barry was like ‘I spend all my life searching for the impossible, but I never thought I’d become The Impossible.’
anyway, he went to Amity Park and check out the ghost hunting family, the Fentons
Barry instantly loves them and Jack and Maddie want to adopt him SO BAD
they show him the Portal (still unfunctional)
something happens and the Fentons have to leave but Barry can stay (wearing a trademark jumpsuit for aestetic safety)
tHeRe WaS A gReAt bIG FlAsh EvErYtHiNg JuSt ChAnGeD
(his MoLeCuLeS got all rearanged)
and then he died became half ghost
he would still be a hero (duh)
he takes a job as the local CIA so he can protect the town and lives with Jack snd Maddie
Sam and Tucker saw him transform at dome point and were like O.O
same thing with Jazz, which becomes a younger sister-like figure for Barry
of course they want to help him (to increase Barry’s anxiety levels)
and they are surprisingly helpfull
I feel like Barry would have way less of a crisis when he got hos powers. If anything, he’d be as happy as he ever was
thought ghost powers are harder to control but he’d manage
I also see him as more dedicated to ghost hunting than Danny ever was. He’d do as much research as he could and even work at ghost hunting devices
when ghosts are public knowledge, I feel like he’d become a specialist slong with thr Fentons
but he wouldn’t be as agressive towards ghost as Danny because he didn’t grow up with the same prejudices. Besides, he’s more open-minded and would make less enemies
though, Danny, despite being petty, is more willing to forgive than Barry so idk
Valerie might still become the Red Huntress, though Barry would make a bigger effort to change her mind. He understands where she’s coming from and he wouldn’t want to hurt a teenager
Vlad might want Barry to be more of an apprentice than a son. That dynamic wouldn’t cange much
Also, it might have taken him longer to figure out Spectra was a ghost, or that there was a ghost in Casper High
but with almost no casualties, his mental health will not suffer at all
I feel like a Barry would be mole willing to tell otger people his idenity, including the Fentons
Danny Fenton - Danny Fulltilt
yes that’s his hero name (not Cisco approved)
so, maybe the whole Fenton family goes to Central City to see the particle accelerator beliving it might open a gateway to the Ghost Zone or something
but Jack and Maddie get arrested for reckless driving or some sort of harrasment, eventually getting off with a warning
while they’re at the police station, Danny wonders off to Barry’s lab just when the accelerator explodes
and he just happens to be in the exact spot when the lighting strikes
cue to a nine month long coma
luckly, STAR labs is willing to take him in to monitor his condition with his parents’ agreement
meanwhile, Wellsobard facepalms SO HARD cuz godamnit I got the wrong kid
like, he messed up the timeline and now this teenager replaced the Flash which isn’t even named Flash anymore
the future is so diffrent now it’s a wonder he’s still there
anyway, after Danny wakes up, I doubt he’ll go out wandering in another city. Caitlin will definetly run more tests on him, eventually revealing his powers
speaking of Caitlin and Cisco, in this au they might be even more guilt-ridden because this is a kid their work put in a coma for almost an year
the STAR team will also keep Danny under observation and tutor him, with regular visits from his family
Danny won’t have any existential crisi over his powers because, like, these scientists guys explained what they are and how they work, he’s still human and they’re actually pretty neat
but Danny is still Danny and will still try to stop all the metas wreking havoc around the city
Cisco and Caitlin are like ABSOLUTELY NOT IT’S TOO DANGEROUS FOR A KID WE ALREADY PUT YOU IN DANGER AS MUCH AS WE DID AND—were’d he go?
eventually, they do reluctanyly help Danny out so he won’t get himself killed, but Eobard is passively agressive more supportive
speaking of which, he would be harsher and more dissapointed of Danny because, unlike his Flash, the real Flash, he outsmarts his enemies instead of getting faster (way to add up to Danny’s insecurities)
Danny get beaten meets the Reverse Flash as Eowells attempt to make the kid open his eyes and realise he needs to get faster
Danny wouldn’t tell others but I really want all the other people to find out
Joe, Iris, Eddie and Singh strongly disagree to using a kid as a weapon
Hartley Rathaway would be like ‘Dios mios, Wells. I knew you were a sadist but using a kid into doing your bidding..’ and would try (and succed) into making Danny suspicious of Wells
most criminals would be like wtf is that a kid?
some wouldn’t go easy on him but others (coughSnartcough) would
also I really want the Rogues to team up proprely and kinda adopt Danny
LISTEN DANNY BEING FRENEMIES WITH VILLAINS THE ROGUES IS MY JAM
in the end, Eobard is erased from existence when Iris marries Eddie (who doesn’t die)
Aaaaand that’s all I thought on the spot.
I you have any more ideas, feel free to add.
If you want to write a fic, please go ahead, just let me know so I can read it.
My point os, these two would be way happier if they switched places.