Man, I love conspiracy theories about media. My current favorite is that one about barbie being a clone hivemind. (Skip to 1:40:46 if you just want to hear the theory.) It was proven wrong but it's kinda fun to go down the rabbit hole like that.
( Rose Quartz and Pink Diamond from Steven Universe and that one turned out to be true.)
Full disclosure, I don't even like sweet potatoes. I tried it like twice as a kid; once as a batch of sweet potato fries and once as a pie. Both times, my tastebuds absolutely freaking rioted. It tasted like sadness, but maybe that's because I was trying not to throw up or cry. My father and aunt were the 'finish your plate' type of parents and I didn't think they'd appreciate it.
It really surprised me, because I didn't think I was capable of disliking sweet things. Which was definitely not true. I hated barbecue sauce too, but little me had a hard time connecting sauces with sweetness. (Something about them always being paired with savory foods? Idk. I was a dumb kid. And very unobservant.)
I've been thinking about trying them again sometime though? Just to see if the foods I ate them with were just badly made or I didn't like the way they were prepared/what they were paired with. Which has happened a few times.
I thought I hated broccoli, but I just hated when it was too soggy or as hard as a rock. I thought I hated carrots, but I just hate them when they're raw/crunchy. (I swear it tastes different and throws everything off.) I thought I hated caramel for like 4 years, until I realized that's the stuff in twix and snickers and realized that, actually, it doesn't taste like war crimes on my tongue. (My mom somehow found the saltiest caramel chocolate in the history of ever, like, twice, and little me was not having it.)
Was pondering on if Tucker was technically always liminal. Obviously not enough for the weapons to go off around him, so I figured the liminality was dormant until he recovered his memories/learned who he used to be. But I was wondering, does he have memories of his previous lives? Does he only have memories of the one where he was Duulaman? Are they full memories or are they just vague impressions?
Was gonna make this into a poll, but I think I know what I want to do with this. Might as well post since I haven't really done that in a while tho.
Full disclosure, I don't even like sweet potatoes. I tried it like twice as a kid; once as a batch of sweet potato fries and once as a pie. Both times, my tastebuds absolutely freaking rioted. It tasted like sadness, but maybe that's because I was trying not to throw up or cry. My father and aunt were the 'finish your plate' type of parents and I didn't think they'd appreciate it.
It really surprised me, because I didn't think I was capable of disliking sweet things. Which was definitely not true. I hated barbecue sauce too, but little me had a hard time connecting sauces with sweetness. (Something about them always being paired with savory foods? Idk. I was a dumb kid. And very unobservant.)
I've been thinking about trying them again sometime though? Just to see if the foods I ate them with were just badly made or I didn't like the way they were prepared/what they were paired with. Which has happened a few times.
I thought I hated broccoli, but I just hated when it was too soggy or as hard as a rock. I thought I hated carrots, but I just hate them when they're raw/crunchy. (I swear it tastes different and throws everything off.) I thought I hated caramel for like 4 years, until I realized that's the stuff in twix and snickers and realized that, actually, it doesn't taste like war crimes on my tongue. (My mom somehow found the saltiest caramel chocolate in the history of ever, like, twice, and little me was not having it.)
The only people that call me by that name are the hunters who came up with it and the news for whatever reason. I've said that my name is Phantom multiple times.
It's just a rather sill- simple name, Inviso-Bill is—
About 10 times worse. And I don't really care if it's simple, that just makes it easier for people to remember, right? Like Lance Thunder, or Tiffany Snow, or Amity Park News, Or Action News or whatever you're called.
I see. Well, is it okay if I still call you Inviso-Bill? For posterity's sake. We've always referred to you as that and our viewers might get confused.
No, you may not. Even if you had assumed it to be in the past, that is not my name. In fact, I'd say that's even more reason to start using my actual name going forward. Your audience expects the truth, do they not? Shouldn't you be working to correct simple misinformation like this? Unless that's how you'll be treating the rest of the interview? Asking me questions and then inserting your own conclusions for posterity's sake.
Don't you think you're being a bit harsh? I know that you ghosts may see things differently from us humans, but-
So you just regularly call all your interviewees by the wrong name and play it off as dramatics when they correct you? Is that the human way? Because we ghosts have a certain amount of tolerance for disrespect and most don't roll over and take it if they feel slighted.
Is that a threat?
It's me saying that if you can't even get something as simple as my silly name right after I've been correcting you guys for years now, then I don't think this interview is worth my time nor attention.
One or more of the batkids overhear some gala attendees reflect on how Tim takes after all three of his parents.
According to them, he has Bruce's heart. He's a major philanthropist and since taking over WE he's majorly refined the various projects that help improve the city and created a few of his own. (If only they realized just how much he actually resembles Bruce, from his high intellect and strategic mind, to his emotional withdrawal and self-sacrificing tendencies.)
He has Jack's charisma. He effortlessly charms the upper echelon, he has the board of WE wrapped around his finger, and while some of it can be attributed to his PR team, he's one of the most well-liked celebrities out there. There's a reason he's in the Top 10 most eligible bachelors. Even if you know what he's capable of, you can't help but tell him gossip and secrets. (They wrongly assume that's the main way he gets all the information he shouldn't know. Not that it isn't a large part of it.)
And above all else, he's Janet's son. From his efficiency in business, to his ability to orchestrate a room exactly as he wishes, to his quiet, but potent, venomous anger that weaponizes the information he's able to tease out with charm, to his looks. He's almost a carbon copy of her. Sure, he got his hair color from his father, but even the way he grew it out resembles her. (Depending on which batkid is hearing this, they might agree with a shiver or ponder on what exactly Janet was like that that's what they equate her to.)
The batkid(s) is content to ruminate on that, but then someone brings up something that has them whipping their head back to the conversation.
"Didn't Brucie used to hold a candle for the two of them?"
Bruce used to go to school with Jack and Janet, they were good friends before he left on that trip. Dick and Jason used to play with him at the various galas before the latter's assumed death. (He was a cute, shy, not too snobby kid, and Tim idolized them in and outside the suits.) And now that that's been cleared up, it's clear that he's still close with them both. (Tim and Jason made up for the whole attempted murder stuff and Tim and Dick reconciled from when B was 'lost'.) Plus, while Bruce had a history of adopting, black-haired, blue-eyed orphans, it didn't make much sense that he'd be the one to adopt the boy when his uncle was perfectly eligible. (This was never cleared up, for obvious reasons, just swept under the rug.) Dick was quick to start doting on him after the adoption was official and Cass seemed to be very close with him, despite them not meeting often in public. (Couldn't really explain how exactly they knew each other so well.) Damian used to insist that he was the blood son and seemed to have an animosity for Tim in particular. (Damian did feel inferior towards Tim and he did question his place in the family, but not for the reason they're implying. The two made up eventually.)
There are whispers that Bruce could've had an affair with the two while they were alive, though they can't quite agree on if Tim is actually Bruce's or if it was a lucky draw of genetics. That's why he was taken in, that's why he was close with the older kids, that's why Bruce handed over his company to the freshly seventeen year old, that's why Tim was always able to wrangle the older man so easily when he got too tipsy and and actually gets him to drop by WE, that's why Damian used to be so hostile to him.
And obviously the batkid(s) knows that they came to the wrong conclusion, but there's a kernel of truth in there. They bring up the rumor at the next family meeting, not speaking their feelings on it other than the hilarity of it all. Bruce quietly (reluctantly) admits that he really did have a thing for the Drakes, causing much chaos.
Tim and Bruce (because the rumor concerns them the most and because they're the main strategists) decide they won't officially confirm the rumor, but the family will subtly lean into it whenever they're in public. It's a perfect excuse on a silver platter for most of their complicated bs.
This is for my upcoming Casper High Cult fic. (Working title, might change it later.) I'm putting ideas here because they're taking up a lot of storage in my notes.
These are more than likely just going to be outlines and bonus content that won't make it into the fic. The little notes in the beginning of each post saying 1 chap, etc. are general assessments assuming each chapter encompasses an episode's worth of content from the show, but it's not a strict rubric.
It's basically just a regular AU of OP Danny Phantom and how he becomes the Ghost King. But with ✨embellishments✨. Despite its misleading name it's just a joke about how the Phanclub would be considered a cult since they follow/borderline worship Phantom— a powerful ghost who technically rules over everything from sentient blobs of goo to godlike beings and is on his way to becoming the latter— that got wildly out of hand.
Phantom Masterpost | Unfinished Masterpost
Events:
Celebration style, history + customs, outfits. (Note for me)
Halloween Past, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Lore
Christmas Past, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Lore
Summer Event(s) Music Festival, Book Con, Comic-Con,
New crack-ish DPxDC AU? Crack taken seriously? I was listening to Pentatonix when I thought of this, but my brain could work with P!ATD if they use instruments.
Danny and the gang (Sam, Tucker, Dani, Dan, Dash, Paulina, Star?, Kwan?) have to stop some kind of evil from collecting artifacts or something in different cities in the DC universe and pose as a band of sorts going on tour to not arouse suspicion. (Would've probably worked if this dimension wasn't practically choked with magic users and super detectives. Both of which are not only competent with appropriate funds to back them, but also taken seriously within their fields. Clockwork laughs at their misery.)
Danny has learned a couple tricks from Ember to help things along.
1. Using his powers to spice up the stage. A bit of flames here, a cold fog/mist there, a little bit of telekinesis, and boom! Pretty nice visual effects. Especially if he uses his ice to create structures to make stages.
2. Hypnosis. The targets of the hypnosis (the crowd) forget the show afterwards, all they remember of the event is a faint impression of music playing in their heads.
2a. (Pentatonix) Acapella ver. Everyone in earshot is compelled to sing along when used, even if they don't know the words. Sort of like a Hocus Pocus kind of deal. With the flash mob and stuff? They could definitely use that as a distraction if any heroes get too close to Danny.
2b. (P!ATD) Pop/punk/rock. Danny, Dani, and Dan have an ability which they activate when they harmonize, that puts everyone except their team in a trance. (Based off their wails, which will not be used until the end of the story, if at all. That thing is way too OP.)
3. (P!ATD) Music is able to, for lack of a better word, purify the evil in the surrounding area. Miasma/mind control.
Thinking about the different merch they would probably have for Phantom. What do you guys think a Phantom candle would smell like? I don't mean in the meme sense like teenage angst or dying childhood dreams or regret (granted there are candles like that and it would be funny). Like actual smells. I'm thinking peppermint/eucalyptus because ice core. Is there like a petrichor version of, like, cold smell? I think that would be accurate. Or like the candle version of green limeade because ectoplasm/toxic green.
You know that in fics there's some kind of store selling Phantom merch? Of course, I could just base it on real-life merch. But I'm thinking more along the lines of; someone starts up a bracelet/keychain making business and Phantom colors are the most popular. Phantom t-shirts, backpacks, cups, jackets, posters. And Danny himself didn't actually agree to any of it. Maybe he's flattered if they're good and they're made by younger fans in his age range or a ghost who genuinely loves the craft. Maybe he's a smug bastard about it and shoving it in his friends and adversaries faces alike. Maybe he's outraged if some big corporation (maybe DALV CO) starts using his likeness without permission or makes an unflattering caricature. (The dead have rights too damnit!!) Maybe he doesn't even realize until almost everyone in town and maybe even some ghosts already has some kind of merch and is baffled by it.
Maybe the merch becomes prohibited, because he's technically a fugitive and his schoolmates have to hide their stalls whenever the GIW or the Fentons (because it's always a disaster with them, government ordained or not) or even their teachers come around. Maybe it's a whole underground thing.
And anyway that's one of the things addressed in Casper High Cult. (Shameless self promo) Coming to theaters (fanfic platforms) near you... at some point.
I was being fr about the candle thing tho. Should I hold a vote for that?
Demon Slayer AU this time. (Modern) Was thinking about that one Tumblr post about the guy who didn't realize his favorite restaurant was a money laundering front. And that one about a mob front became a legit business because they were making so much money. So... Rough draft? Extremely rough draft. I need a nap.
Everyone is alive. The Kamado family runs a bakery.
Tanjirou works in his father's stead since he's sick™ and is soon to inherit the bakery after highschool. Only, between that and school and taking care of his siblings tends to overwork himself, and so was forced to take a day off by Nezuko. His friends are busy, but he's not allowed to visit any of their neighbors since he'll probably end up helping them.
While walking down the street, looking for things to do, a shop he's never seen before catches his eye and he decides to check it out. The people there kind of seem a little surprised to see him, but it's probably his imagination. The waiter awkwardly hands him a menu and he tries to hurry up, since he can feel their eyes on him. Makes sense though, the place is pretty empty, probably because it's new? The food seems kind of cheap, so he wonders if it'll be any good. He hopes that his face won't give it away if it is, Nezuko always says she can practically see what he's thinking and the people are watching him really closely. He orders and the food comes out pretty quickly, which again, makes sense.
It's the best food he's ever had.
He chows down with relish, stares forgotten. He excitedly orders a couple more of his order to take home, pays for his food (making sure to leave a good tip, he remembers Zenitsu complaining more than once on people skimping on the tip), and thanks the chef, who looks baffled for some reason.
His family adores the food as much as he does and he vows to go whenever he can.
A few weeks later, he's convinced his friends to go to the restaurant after school since he doesn't have to man the bakery that day. They're a bit sketched out by the place, even Inosuke gets a bit quieter. It is a bit eerie since it's so quiet, but it's not so bad since Tanjirou has started getting along with the people there and even some of the other regulars. His friends love the food and he's glad, but after they all leave, they pull him aside.
"Tanjirou, that's a front for the mob." "What are you talking about Zenitsu? They're not-" "No, Monitsu's right. The whole place feels off. Like standing on a knife's edge." "You too Inosuke?" "Look, I know you love the food there, but maybe it's best you don't go there anymore and forget you ever saw the place." Tanjirou's family unfortunately agreed that it's probably a front, but said that he could go if he promised to always take someone with him or tell someone that he's going.
