SynthdroidZiro

Ziro (He/Him) If you need to take a break from your explorations of Tumblr, feel free to stop here for a nice rest as you read either my shitposts or me talking about my wild thoughts.

[i-like-batfam]

Bruce understands that the robins will struggle to keep their secret identity more than he does with their friends and socializing. So he needs a contingency plan so if someone finds out they're robin, they won't suspect Bruce is batman.

Cue Brucie being the most overprotective parent ever.

He insists Dick is scared of heights. Dick will be swinging on a chandelier, showing off his skills while Brucie is running in circles under him, with his arms out, screaming "don't worry, baby! Daddy will catch you!". He's clinging Dick to his chest, whispering reassurances to him, while Dick is smiling, soaking up all the praise.

Pretty soon the adults are telling Dick off, "you're gonna give your father a heart attack one of these days".

It's 100% worse with Tim. After losing Jason, the 'Batman who's fine with bringing a kid to fight serial killers' is a lot more of an act than the 'Bruce Wayne who will die from heartbreak if his kid has so much as a scratch on him'. Tim accidentally got hit with a basketball one day in school and all hell broke loose in the principals office. It doesn't matter if that was 1% of the pain Tim feels during any training session or fight. That's his baby boy's precious face.

[sketchygh0st]

okay but Tim revealing his identity to his teammates, and they all scream about how “they NEED to keep this secret from Bruce”

and now there is a new problem, mainly being that noone is willing to risk Brucie being upset at them for letting Tim get even a scratch on him. So they just.. don’t let Robin get a scratch on him. Easy.

[merchantziro]

This backfires horrendously because now they think they're trying not to piss off BATMAN who they now see as an overprotective parent who will fist fight several Gods naked for even giving one of his babies a headache.

[merchantziro]

Since I've been thinking about the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Beerus thing coming in Fall, and how it's retelling the events of Battle of Gods and Resurrection F for a third time after the original Dragon Ball Super Anime, and more specifically thinking about Frieza and his Golden Transformation.

And I've come to a very... Interesting conclusion regarding the Transformation after considering a few details.

(Spoilers regarding Frieza for the Dragon Ball Super Manga as of the Granola Arc, but it's been almost 4 Years since then so... I'm not gonna feel TOO BAD talking about it. Regardless, you've been warned)

It's a transformation Frieza specifically stated he created himself. Picking the golden color himself, supposedly to mock Super Saiyan.

During the events of Resurrection F/Golden Frieza Saga, prior to his second death, the form had a massive stamina issue during prolonged use since Frieza immediately headed to Earth in order to have his revenge, instead of attempting to first master the form after unlocking it.

Frieza did manage to master the transformation in Hell and effectively render the stamina issue null, mastering his energy control over the form to maintain it more or less indefinitely. Not unlike how Goku and Gohan trained in the Time Chamber and decided the way forward was to make Super Saiyan more efficient and easier to maintain it as easily as their Base Form.

Even beyond the mastered form of Golden, it has a further evolution in the form of Black Frieza. Not unlike how Super Saiyan has higher Grades and versions of the form itself like Super Saiyan 2, 3, & 4 (as of Daima making SSJ4 a form past SSJ3).

Back in Resurrection F/Golden Frieza Saga, he went from his Final Form/Base Form matching Goku using the power of Super Saiyan God in his own Base Form (Unofficially known as Saiyan beyond God/God-Like Saiyan) to then match Super Saiyan Blue, the Super Saiyan form stacked on top of Super Saiyan God. Implying it has a potentially similar multiplier to regular Super Saiyan.

My conclusion?

He was almost nearly killed by Goku on Namek and was actually killed by Future Trunks on Earth later on. Both of whom did so as Super Saiyans.

Golden Frieza was literally just Frieza's attempt to make his own Super Saiyan form, down to the 50x multiplier and even mirroring the problem of how draining Super Saiyan was prior before it was mastered to remove that flaw by Goku and Gohan training in the Time Chamber (and also mirrors the flaws of Super Saiyan 3 especially during the Buu Saga)

Even if it was supposedly created to mock the Saiyan transformation, it is too close to Super Saiyan in several aspects to make one wonder if Frieza secretly made it not out of hatred or mockery but of envy and desperation to have for himself even a pale imitation of the legendary power that defeated him not once but twice.

Am I overthinking this? Probably, but I think it's an interesting thought route to go down that, even if probably completely unintentional, offers interesting insight into Frieza as a character and his Golden Transformation and his history with the Super Saiyan legend regarding Son Goku.

...Or maybe I'm talking out of my ass with speculation and hyperfixation on a few details.

[robs-your-robins]

Bruce leaning into the whole airhead billionaire shtick at certain events, knowing that it pisses off Lex Luthor, who cannot prove it but knows that Bruce is not that dumb. For fuck sake, Lex knows that Bruce is a polygot, that he can follow physics equations, that Bruce literally aced his exams. Why? They shared a dorm room in boarding school. However, Bruce sees how much it winds him up so he really plays into it.

Bruce outs Clark as Superman while Clark is interviewing him and Lex. "I don't know why you two can't get along like you are now 😔 Superman, maybe Lex just wants to spend time with you 🤔 And Lex, babe, the robots are cool and all but you can't like throw them at Superman 😶 That's not how you make friends." Lex tells Bruce to stop, rolling his eyes. Bruce goes on a rant about how the butts match etc. Clark is literally sat so still, trying not to move.

Lex yelling at Bruce when he pretends to not have overheard a conversation Lex was having with an arms dealer in Korean and Lex is all "you speak fourteen languages, Bruce" and you got Bruce who is near tears over this because he only speaks two? "I only speak American and English 😭😭"

Bruce giggling at some charity quiz show panel between Ollie and Lex, because he's so sorry but he doesn't know any countries? Like what are they??? Lex is screaming at him while Ollie hits the button so confidently going "Las Vegas".

Bruce sitting next to Lex on a plane (they're economising for PR) and he's fucking reading a book that's upside down???

Bruce asking Lex about the business finances, asking which company is "winning"? It was the day that LexCorp stock was tanking.

[merchantziro]

Okay but it should 100% peak when Bruce takes Lex aside and casually reveals he's Batman when they're alone. Going into vivid detail about everything.

He explains how he became the Dark Knight, explains the eccentricities and little aspects that went into crafting the perfect dumbass public facade of Brucie who is convinced Batman is a myth created to scare criminals and doesn't really exist as anything more than a hallucination from Fear Toxin polluting the water, how he used several throwaway social media accounts to anonymously spread ridiculous conspiracy theories of himself in both identifies being the same person because "the butts match" and such so people would debunk it with his public idiocy as Brucie being at odds with the World's Greatest Detective, and even how he managed to fund his escapades as a hero and even the Watchtower itself though Wayne Enterprises and several shell companies.

He also shows Lex the Batcave and all his gadgets and suits, just to rub it all in to his bald face...

Why? What do you gain from telling me this?

Because NOBODY, that doesn't already know at least, will ever believe Luthor.

Because Bruce has already triple checked, and kept both Oracle and Red Robin on standby, to make sure regardless of whatever devices Lex had on him... He wouldn't walk out those doors with any real tangible evidence, and wouldn't be able to legally prove it either.

Because it'll piss Luthor off to no end, and if he does try to expose Bruce....

At best, Lex suffers from public humiliation and bad PR for a ridiculous claim and people on the Internet bringing up Bruce's own conspiracies in jest, probably thinking those were Lex's alt accounts...

And at worst, if he somehow got some solid evidence past the Batfamily and does tear down the Brucie persona, then he'll just be enabling Bruce to cast aside a public identity altogether so he can now be free to Batman 24/7 without any interference from running Wayne Enterprises... And will be ABSOLUTELY SURE to make it LEX'S problem alongside the problem of every Gotham rogue who is in the know that Lex would no doubt piss off if they find out it was his fault.

So... What'll it be Lexy?

[rynewartworks]

Visiting the Bat-Cave pt.2

Part 1

[darkcrowprincess]

@rynewartworks

Please do Jimmy and Timmy next. I want to see them being chaotic together to some justice league members.

[merchantziro]

Jimmy is probably getting Popcorn alongside Flash or Cyborg as they talk shop while watching Timmy one hundred percent deciding to completely mess with Green Lantern, dealer's choice which one but it's probably Hal or Guy, via getting a Green Lantern Ring himself to bruise their egos.

Because if Maxwell from Scribblenauts can qualify for one, Timmy can get one too.

Though I can also see him qualifying for a Blue Lantern Ring instead, maybe a White Lantern Ring because of his status as a Chosen One that stood against the Darkness to turn it into the Kindness, or perhaps even a Star Sapphire due to the love for his family, between both his biological parents and his Godparents (and also to keep his iconic pink color scheme I suppose).

[stxrlvci]

IRONDAD COMIC ( DO NOT REPOST )

This took so long, my first time drawing bruce soo yeaah. also sorry for like reusing the peter drawing i am LAZYYY

Lowkey lost the post its based on so sorry

[merchantziro]

Found the original OP for ya! Here ya go!

Post by @vyynn

💬 8  🔁 56  ❤️ 972 · Tony: Why are you curled up? Peter: nothing much! Bruce: Reminds me of when spiders curl up when they get injured. Cal

[soopermax]

One of my favorite headcanons that I almost forgot about: Peter is allergic to bug spray. In small doses, it just gives him a rash on his skin and an itchy throat, but if overexposed to it his airways can close and he can go into anaphylactic shock.

Tony may not be aware of this…

(this is a long winded way of saying write me some angst/hurt+comfort)

[merchantziro]

You joke about it as a headcanon but in the comics it's actually more or less valid lore that Peter is seemingly weak to common household Bug Spray and Spider Pesticides like Ethyl Chloride/Chloroethane (though the latter has been phased out of being used in Pesticides today compared to the 70's when 106 & 107 came out). Albeit, it doesn't affect Peter exactly the same as your prompt.

Spidey Super Stories #40

Amazing Spider-Man #106

Amazing Spider-Man #107

Granted it's not a weakness used as often but it's still REALLY funny it's canon in the first place.

[soopermax]

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!! I HAD NO CLUE THIS WAS CANON!!

[soopermax]

One of my favorite headcanons that I almost forgot about: Peter is allergic to bug spray. In small doses, it just gives him a rash on his skin and an itchy throat, but if overexposed to it his airways can close and he can go into anaphylactic shock.

Tony may not be aware of this…

(this is a long winded way of saying write me some angst/hurt+comfort)

[merchantziro]

You joke about it as a headcanon but in the comics it's actually more or less valid lore that Peter is seemingly weak to common household Bug Spray and Spider Pesticides like Ethyl Chloride/Chloroethane (though the latter has been phased out of being used in Pesticides today compared to the 70's when 106 & 107 came out). Albeit, it doesn't affect Peter exactly the same as your prompt.

Spidey Super Stories #40

Amazing Spider-Man #106

Amazing Spider-Man #107

Granted it's not a weakness used as often but it's still REALLY funny it's canon in the first place.

[cptjingo]

the girls go on a secret mission

[merchantziro]

Whisper's shirt just being shirt backwards because it's probably inside out combined with that expression and barely hidden gun is frying me.

She looks like she knows this is fucking stupid but wants to see if anyone is brave enough to call her out on it.

[writing-prompt-s]

A mind controlling villain just dropped dead when they tried to controll you. As it turns out, you're basically a psychic landmine.

[merchantziro]

So called All Power Psychics when they suddenly are exposed to 5+ different ongoing discussions simultaneously, blasted with the full force my hyperfixations and random old cringey OC and fanfiction ideas, and when they try to exit the telepathic link, you mentally pin them to the ground to prevent them from leaving so soon because this is the first chance you get to ramble about your Hyperfixation to any person who'd listen and can't leave

"Oh hang on I haven't even gotten to the best part yet. So it all starts in 20XX where two scientists basically became divorced exes and-"

"AHHHHHHHH!! GET ME THE HELL OUT OF HERE!! STAY AWAY FROM ME!!"

Meanwhile the entire time your ADHD/Autistic ass is just looking at them like this.

[hjartasalt]

Mods are asleep post forbidden tits

[hjartasalt]

Huh

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Hhhhhhh

[anothermarkiplierfan]

Perfectly balanced as all things should be…

[0v9]

[lexeirikrleif]

[fruitloopghosty]

[offbrandbeethoven-blog]

i

[immortalcheesewedge]

balance

[targetedknowledge]

[madeofklay]

I just had to draw them

[merchantziro]

Free them. They are innocent.

[arkangelo-7]

I bet that Bruce Wayne and Tim Drake, as the Batfamily’s resident corporate America breadwinners, have to occasionally go play a round of golf to keep up appearances with WE shareholders. The only problem is that they’re both fucking terrible at golf.

And when I say they’re bad, like, holy shit, they are really bad. For two people who often have to save the universe with their intelligence, concentration, and ability to effectuate incredibly complex, precision-reliant plans, they are both somehow really, really fucking awful at golf of all things.

Bruce, at least, has the Brucie Wayne disguise to hide how absolutely awful he is at golf. Which totally works for him, because he hates the reminder that he is inherently terrible at something. So, whenever he’s dragged out for a round with Lucius and the WE board members, he just pretends to get super drunk, act a little more clumsy then normal, and hits on the caddy until everyone just writes him off as too much of an ditz to put any effort into his golf swing. It drives Lucius nuts, because he actually likes golf and he thinks Bruce is just pretending to be bad as part of his cover for Batman—there is at least one occasion where he asks Bruce to show a little more decorum on the course and actually try to play, and Bruce just… blue screens. Because in reality he is actually horrible at golf and he needs the excuse of “dumbass Brucie Wayne” or his ego will implode.

Tim, however. Poor Tim.

Tim, unfortunately does not get to play the idiot to cover up his absolute shit golf game. (There is only so much room in the family for idiots and he has to keep up appearances as Jack and Janet Drake’s son.) As such, he avoids any and all golf courses as much as possible—but everyone once in a while there’s a potential merger or business deal he needs to discuss with someone important, and the best way to get the deal done is on a golf course. So Tim has to spend the next three and a half hours of his life torturing himself through a round of golf. (He ends up losing twelve balls, taking seven swings on a Par 3, somehow broke his putter, and tripped into a bunker.) The only upside is that his pure determination to actually finish the round, despite how godawful he is, is usually what actually convinces the investors/partner/board members agree to work out a deal with him.

But it’s best (or worse) when Bruce and Tim play golf together. It isn’t often—stories of their infamously terrible golf games means that most people will only invite one of them at a time—but inevitably they do end up on a course together at one point, and holy fuck, it is a miracle they don’t burn the place down.

[nearducks]

what probably pisses them off even more is that they understand the concept and principles behind golfing. They know about angle of hit, wind, etc. they use it all the time in their night lives.

But there’s a big difference between calculating the perfect batarang throw in a split second with state of the art metal working and figuring out just how hard you have to hit a little ball with a long stick (not to mention picking the right stick from your stick collection).

and then half the time they mess up their shot just by overthinking it…

[merchantziro]

Eventually, tired of Bruce not taking it seriously, Lucius bans him from alcohol only to watch in real time how much a man can go through 19 stages of grief in a SINGLE hole and the ego shattering that followed.

Tim tried to warn him that Bruce was genuinely that bad and hates it, that it wasn't part of the act, and Lucius got his wish seeing it firsthand after Bruce performed WORSE than he did when intoxicated on alcohol.

He could see the dark knight genuinely consider faking a slip by a pond and faking his death, only to be stopped by Tim out of spite because Tim is NOT letting Bruce escape to leave Drake to pick up the slack again! (And then also began to argue that the Golf Cart is a more effective method of getting into the lake if you drive recklessly enough and could take them both for the opportunity to escape)

Lucius had to call the game early and pretended that something urgent came up, letting him drag Bruce & Tim away with him while leaving the WE Shareholders to their game before they began formulating a plan to go full Dark Knight and Crimson Shadow 24/7.

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[blossposs]

[crispylilworm]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[dying-isnt-good-for-your-health]

DpxDc Twitter Au Masterlist

I underestimated how much I was gonna make, so now *Masterlist* Starts below cut

1: The first one aka, Danny gets impromptu kryptonite surgery

2: He does a time travel and gets on the bat's radar

3: Hockey Puck appears!

4: Poor Kwan:( But vlads here, kinda

5: Tim used to write fanfics

6: To see the sun is weak

7: Vlad gets bullied because hes a bad dad

8: Gothamites get bullied, its fine tho, they're tough

9: Hes gotta stop joining evil circuses:/

10: Where are his parents? Who knows! They sure dont

11: Grave graverobber

12: Mild throwback to the first one

13: Wes' brothers exist

14: Robin tweets!

15: Hockey Puck is mentioned:D

15.4: A Hockey Puck doodle

16: Pookie the Chihuahua(canon character) is mentioned

17: Wes Gaslight, gatekeep, girlbossed

18: Danny ships Dr. Seuss characters

19: Dani Dani Dani Dani Dani, oh and Danny talking about Fawcett

20: New years with a hyper intelligent idiot

21: Vlad may be in danger

22: Bullies:0 On the internet:O

23: Danny might be in Canada

24: Superman is the fastest bird mammal

25: Robin breaks character

26: Wes read Transformers fanfiction

27: Which account is Jason's? Who knows! His brothers don't

28: Amity is real

[ezmads]

they put the mamsnrbhr chehfde in de soder

[ezmads]

[ezmads]

I just want everyone to know there has not been a single day that I have not had at least one notification about this post

[hypewinter]

Under ordinary circumstances, Danny wouldn't have resorted to throwing punches first ask questions later. But he was on the run and he was tired so when the hero sneaks up on him, he swings. Now he is on the run, tired, and has a concussed hero to take care of.

[ailithnight]

Concussed Super would be fun. They'd probably be extra out of it because they don't get concussions. This is a first for them. They don't know what's happening and they don't know what to do about it and thinking hurts and nothing feels right and is this magic? Mind control? Why can't they think clearly? Why can't they understand?

A Bat would get a concussion and at least know what it was, probably also try to power through it.

A Super would be just so lost.

[evilminji]

For maximum chaos? Let's add a kidnapping! Clark was playing Super Catch with Jon. You know, as ya do. Bit o flying, throw a ball with super strength, fly after it. Catch and repeat! Good wholesome fun!

But? Uh oh!

Who is this lost, bedraggled, upset looking youth?

Flying in Metropolitan air space?

Clark better put on both his Dad AND Superman pants and make sure he's oka-*WHAM* Mmmmm plurble! Tasting colors. He's okaaay! 👍🏻

Danny, however, is NOT. Because, oh god. Oh GOD! He just PUNCHED SUPERMAN! That's like punching a cop, your dad, AND a priest at the SAME TIME!!! He's going to SUPER HELL JAIL. On TOP of everything else! He's gonna cry!

But he's still being ACTIVELY being chased and he can't just LEAVE the guy with... a concussion? It seems kinda like a concussion. OH GOD, HOW HARD DID HE PUNCH HIM!?

Then?

Then!?

SuperBOY is there.

You know, SuperMAN's SON? Small child? The baby Kryptonian? Who just saw him PUNCH HIS DAD! Oh god, kid I can explain. I am so SO sorry, and-!

But THEN? Fuckers in White show up. Attack helicopters. Why. WHY do they have attack helicopters? HOW do they have attack helicopters?! Who the FUCK is okaying their BUDGET!? This is some Bruce Banner, chasing the Hulk, BULLSHIT!

He has no time to explain.

Because?

If it flies? It's a Ghost.

Open Fire.

Over a HEAVILY POPULATED CITY MID-DAY, WHILE HE'S HOLDING SUPERMAN. Because of COURSE they fucking do! When have they EVER cared about collateral damage! He... he doesn't know what anti-ecto rounds will DO to Kryptonian biology. Especially not a CHILDS.

He's not about to find out.

Boy under one arm, Man in fireman's carry over the other, Danny and the two Supers are OUT of there. At top speeds. Does he really have the energy to burn for this? No. But it's amazing what adrenaline can do, ain't it? Protection Obsession coming in clutch, pumping out fuel even as he burns it all away.

They end up half way across the country, phasing through trees to avoid CRASHING through them, as they make a VERY rough landing in some national park.

He thinks he might be crying. That or a head wound. Might be both. His face feels wet and he feels choked up, so could be a throat injury. Don't panic. Ignore the screaming fear in your brain and DONT PANIC. It can't help and just freezes you in place. Freezing gets you hurt. Might get someone KILLED.

He digs his hacked Fenton phone out of his torso. Still kneeling in the dirt. Hands shaking. He doesn't know what to do. But he knows who he can ASK at least. To help Superman. He may not be able to help himself... but... but he can HELP SUPERMAN. Fix this.

And? Look. Jon? Jon is a smart kid. He knows he is. Everyone always looks at him and Damian and thinks "oh, the grumpy one must be the smart one, that one must be the dumb sunshine-y one". As though THAT would ever fly! Damian would never tolerate him if he was dumb! For goodness sake, his PARENTS are award winning investigative journalists!

He just likes to be optimistic, is all. See the world for all the good in it.

And, yeah, at first? He was REALLY mad. This guy PUNCHED his dad for no reason. Hurt him. But? It was clearly an accident. And the longer Jon looks at him? The more messed up the guy looks. Bruises, scrapes, poorly bandaged injuries. Bags under his eyes. Shaking hands. And... well, he's crying. Pretty hard.

He didn't mean too. He really, really didn't. He just got startled. Was already on the run from the guys in suits. Didn't expect anyone else to BE up in the sky with him. Now he feels terrible. And Jon? Jon is pretty sure this guy isn't a bad guy.

Listens as he franticly calls some dude named "Frostbite" (ice powers, maybe?) and asks what to do. Tells him about punching his dad. Dad's symptoms. That he's a Kryptonian. The guy doesn't know what to do, obviously, but? What catches Jon of gaurd? Is... is apparently the guy DOES know someone who does?

He'son speaker, so the guy can check Jon's dad. "Elder Frostfang" is apparently the only one who studied in "that area" of "the Zone"? And this guy is some "great one". Lot of vague bits and clues. Jon's cautiously gonna say... alien, maybe? Half alien? Since he recognized Dad?

Mr. Frostfang talks him through checking symptoms. And... yyyyyep. Concussion. Ouch, he's heard those suck. Jon listens carefully to the care instructions. Frostfang talks like a doctor, so it's probably a good idea to follow them? Gonna double check when they get home though.

At least the dude who grabbed them is calmer now.

He thanks the doctors and gets off the line. Jon pipes up before he can put his weird phone away. Asks, politely of course, if he can call a friend of his dad. (Not "mom" in uniform. Never mom. That's the Rule. "Mom" is a mysterious unknown Kryptonian from space. Not award winning reporter Lois Lane.) So that people don't freak out.

Also hi! I'm Superboy!

The guy blinks, exhausted and frazzled. Before it kinda connects for him. His eyes widen and he practically fumbles the phone as he all but launches he at Jon. Yes! God yes! Holy SHIT, please! He is SO SORRY for grabbing Jon like that. His name is Phantom and he just didn't want to find out if Jon COULD get hurt by the specific type of weapons the Suit Guy's were using.

Makes sense, honestly. He'd do the same.

He calls his mom.

They've practiced this. "Hi Mrs. Lane! It's me, Superboy!" (Hi mom, I'm okay, I found a phone.) He runs through the script, casual as can be. Updates her on what going on. And when she asks? Hands her over to Phantom.

And Danny? Nervous. Tired. Wants to sleep for a thousand years but know he... he CANT stop moving. Isn't sure how he's gonna get Superman to his friends SAFELY. How he's gonna protect Superboy. If Superman's friends are gonna try and turn him in. He'll... He'll still go. Because Superman needs medical help, is hurt. But...

God, they're both so NICE? Everything that everybody says about the Super's is true. They really ARE nice people. You DO feel safe around them. Like they've been your friends for years. Like you want to be BETTER because of them, to prove they were RIGHT about you.

But... but Lois Lane? Holy SHIT. SHE? Is SCARY. Like, Sam's "I want to be HER when I grow up" alter of terrifying nightmare ladies, Scary. Respect at a distance. Like you would a very VERY big tiger. P-please don't eat me Mrs. Lane, I constitute a biohazard. I didn't mean to hit him.

She knows. She wants to know if he's okay and if he's currently safe. Tell her what's going on, kid.

And?

And there is something about the confidence, the "I can handle anything" coupled with the caring in her voice. That just... finally makes him break down. It's the voice of an authority figure, who actually gives a damn, who needs information so they can make things RIGHT. And... and he's been waiting... waiting so, SO long for that?

It all spills out. Not even just hitting Superman. EVERYTHING. All the things he's been wanting to tell someone but COULDN'T. Because he's just fourteen. Just fifteen. Just running and running and now sixteen. A kid. He wanted to be an astronaut, Mrs. Lane. Eat burgers and hang out with his friends.

He's scared.

It was an accident. (In the beginning and ever since. Isn't it ALWAYS?)

It takes a few tries, because Clark can't coordinate his limbs so good right now. But he manages to land a hand on the kids knee, gently squeeze. The world may be woozy and he may feel sick, but sobbing upset teenager needs a hug. Can't do NOTHING. Jon agrees. There are GOING to be hugs happening. Super hugs.

Mrs. Lane promises she's gonna fix "this". What IS this? Punching her... friend? College? Boyfriend? She's married but like... Tucker made a REALLY good case that they're a throuple. So who even knows. But, Punching Superman.

Is she gonna fix THAT... or... or like? Everything? How... how would that even WORK?

...

......

Well, with the Flash showing up, for starters.

He nearly punchs HIM too. Oh god, they're gonna think Ghosts ARE violent! He's attacking EVERYBODY! And not in the fun way! In the "kill you before you kill me!" Way!!! Danny might cry. Again. Today sucks SO MUCH.

But the Flash just? Moves out of the way. Cause of course he does. He's THE FLASH. He moves at The Flash Speed. The guy just keeps smiling and... and talking in that "hey, it's gonna be okay" voice that you use when you're pulling people out of wrecked buildings, and... and? He's never been on the RECEIVING end of it?

More Speedsters are here, to pick up the Supers. But the big guy is just... just focused on him? Talks in calm voice and shares an energy bar when he mentions his extreme metabolism. And... and please god don't let this be a trick. Because Danny has spent so long afraid, been so CERTAIN that the Justice League would side with the GIW and...

And they're NOT.

They're good people. Real, actual heroes. Older then him and know what they're doing and... and... God he's just so tired! He TRIED. He swears! But the threats kept getting bigger and the GIW showed up and his parents won't LISTEN! And... and his grades are in the toilet! And he knows! He KNOWS that shouldn't matter when LIVES are on the line, but it DOES! It... it does.

It's too much.

And? Barry tells him it's gonna be okay. Because they're here now. Because THIS? This IS their job. He did good. Held on. He was brave. And Barry is sorry he had to do that alone.

One super speed jog and a teleport later? They are where the GIW can officially kiss the League's collective asses. Space. American government has no jurisdiction HERE. There IS no extradition unless they say so. And the League says those laws are so far beyond unethical they bring new levels to the term "war crimes".

In FACT, they plan to say that publicly.

At a PRESS CONFERENCE.

But? In the mean time? This is the mess hall and THAT is a free bed. Pick an order of your choosing. Eat then pass out or pass out then eat. Just rest, kiddo. Let the adults handle this, for once. You did it. You got to safety. And once Superman is no longer smelling blue, you can apologize like ya wanted.

Enjoy space!

(Danny does.)

[welcome-tothe-mystery-shack]

Things aren't solved overnight. It's never that easy. But the Leaguers are true to their word. They work with the UN and Oa to put the US Government on blast for their unethical and blatant breach of the Meta Protection Acts.

By declaring an entire species as non-sentient from the frankly biased and unscientific research from a single couple of Doctors, they nearly plunged their entire planet (and maybe dimension) into an unwinnable war.

Especially after they learn that Danny's technically royalty (not even technically, he IS, but he does his best to downplay it because he's too young, that he hasn't been crowned yet but that he would be once he's 18.)

The Anti-Ecto Acts are eventually repealed, after months of bellyaching and arguing by various politicians and bureaucrats and the Doctors Fenton leading the charge, claiming that the "Ghost Boy" had killed their son and possessed his corpse to trick people into trusting him.

Their words broke the poor boy's heart, even causing damage to his core, and he had to be sent to the Realms to rest and recover in the company of his friends and what remained of his family.

The heroes were disgusted by the blatant ignorance and did their best to shelter Danny from the hate. Often times, after his core recovered, the Green Lanterns stationed on Earth would take him to other inhabited planets, letting him have his chance to geek out and somewhat live out his dreams. They all wanted to give him a chance to live out what little was left of his childhood before he was inevitably crowned and responsible for the endless expanse of the Infinite Realms.

Danny knew what they were doing, and he was grateful for them, happy even. He let himself be ignorant for just a little while longer. He had eons ahead of him to be responsible. He wanted to goof off while he still could.

[evilminji]

See THIS? This is what we all want for him. To be Superhero ADJACENT but not actually involved.

Get to live in the Watchtower. Eat in the Cafeteria and talk engineering with the support engineers who are happy to ramble on about their favorite subject (because, after all, you dont get a once in a lifetime job like THIS if it isn't your PASSION). Get fussed over for being "Too SKINNY!" By the cooks.

Train with random Heros in the Tower because he looks perpetually like a stiff breeze will knock him over. And it? Sets off their "must Protecc Son" iinstincts.

Yes, even the sidekicks.

Yes even the one's younger then him.

Robin is CONCERNED about him. How will he bear the burdens of kinghood? Has he been eating? You HAVE been attending your governance lessons, correct? Says the tiny knife child.

Aquaman sitting, huge and regal, in a casual slouch, at a spare desk in a side room with him. Pointing at notes made in a cheap notebook. Lessons he's learned the hard way. Little tricks. When in doubt, do this or that. Here how you...

Just? A true "it takes a village" scenario.

Everyone's friend and son and brother. Danny Phantom. The KID who gets to grow into being king. Who for once in his life IS actually ready. Is... Great. Glorious. Kind.

Shaped by kindness and patience and compassion into a Ghost of such power and benevolence? The effects are felt long, LONG after humanity is gone. After this one world is dead, recycled, and renewed.

All because that's what Heros DO. And because they CARE.

[thebubblesareevil]

Danny plays superman

Danny is in metropolis for school and Superman is off planet or in another dimension with the justice league

Danny is sleep deprived and studying for exams so when some super villain asshole interrupts his daily routine he puts them down swiftly only to flee the scene thinking he’ll be found out.

Instead, as he gets to his dorm ready to flee the city one of his dorm mates stops him to show him a funny post about superman stopping a giant robot on laundry day.

What he sees is a blurry, indistinct photo of him destroying the robot.

Danny decided he can work with this.

He was tired of villains fucking around with his day just because superman was out of town for a bit and gets one of the ghosts to help him make a perfect replica of the suit.

He’s bulked up over the years and learned to control his transformation so now all he has to do is transform everything but his hair and eyes and just refuse interviews for a bit

Easy peasy!….until he meets his, we’ll Superman’s, clone.

Superboy confronts the counterfeit kryptonian about him slacking on his duties only to immediately realize this isn’t Superman.

This dudes chill though so Conner decides to just go with it

He doesn’t mind being Danny’s second clone

Lex is confounded by Superman’s sudden immunity to kryptonite

When Superman gets back no one says shit. Why would they? It’s been a completely normal month in metropolis. Though with less property damage.

Conner already explained things to Lois so she doesn’t say anything. She wants to see how long they can keep it up.

2 years pass before clark finds out.

The rest of the league figured it out at various points during the first year

Clark will never live this down

[jackolo25]

[stone-in-the-woods]

Ok, but canonically, Lex knows Clark, and Clark need an alibi if hes not there, so they probably say hes out of town. Now Lex(depending on the version) is completely convinced that Clark cant be Superman. Now immagin him trying to figure out why Clarks proximity is related to Supermans powers.

[thebubblesareevil]

Lex luthor suddenly gets super interested in Clark kent. Clark is convinced that Lex knows he’s Superman.

Perry wants to know when Clark started dating luthor because why else would he want to know how much pto is available to an investigative journalist

Clark is going to have a mental breakdown

[senirac]

So what you're saying, is that Lex thinks Clark is what enables Kryptonite to affect Superman? So... Clark is the penicillin to Kryptonite' white blood cells and Superman's alien infection of the Earth?

[rynan16]

I mean, it’s not entirely wrong though? Since Clark is the one who actually has that weakness and Danny only played Superman while he was gone. 😂

[merchantziro]

Can I add this entire thing is how Clark finds out because he's been kidnapped by Luthor with no way out that doesn't compromise his identity. Only to get saved by Superboy and... "Superman"

Danny has been informed Clark Kent is actually Superman by Conner, after he gave the latter the short version of him being a small time half-dead vigilante known as Phantom when Superboy confronted him a while back when he initially became Clark's stand-in.

So anyway after Lex has been defeated and left an inconsolable incoherent mess, slowly beginning to understanding Joker, because by all accounts Superman should have died by now due to the mass direct exposure of Kryptonite. (Clark is off to the side trying so hard not to collapse, thankfully not being hit directly), Clark is now being carried out by "Superman" who rushed out to safety.