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[cryptid-paint]

Could Ben 10.000 carry Rook bridal style?

I think he definitely could ;)

[cryptidstatusbreached]

Yo. I gotta know.

What are your favourite Nie Huaisang or Nie brothers headcanons

Nie HuaiSang is secretly a shapeshifter, in the genderfluid way. This gift is used specifically for espionage and if anyone asks, the woman who looks remarkably like Nie HuaiSang is the secret third Nie child that they don't talk about. Nie MingJue is in on it in the sense he knows to make it seem like the reason they don't talk about 'her' is either due to health reasons (specifically vague in terms of whose health), political reasons (in which the Wen are blamed with increasing anger each time the accusation is repeated, insinuating that Wen RuoHan specifically is at fault for the kept silence), or scandalous reasons (insinuating that 'she' is fathered by either the Lan sect leader or a Jiang sect member). Lan XiChen and Lan WangJi are aware that it's Nie HuaiSang, but only to avoid them thinking their father cheated on their mother.

Nie MingJue is a brat and a bottom.

Both Nie brothers are suspiciously good at impersonating each other with how different they are in terms of... well, everything. It scares the disciples when they do it, which Nie MingJue finds a bit more hilarious than Nie HuaiSang. This is also the reason they don't seem that similar at first glance.

Nie HuaiSang actually eats more than Nie MingJue but no one knows where the food goes with how small he is for a Nie. Everyone is afraid to ask, including Nie MingJue.

Nie HuaiSang's sleeves are infinite. He could hide a whole mountain in them if he wanted to. He won't, but he could.

[clowncryptids]

If you're AroAce and Agender, then does that mean you're a Triple A?

...

I'll see myself out now, lol

Me fr

[theneighborhoodcryptid]

hug

aw! *hugs you back*

[cryptidhyrst]

assuming i am asking the correct person, I saw a post you made that repeatedly reinforced the point that the tv show Danny phantom was not in the superhero genre. I mean this in the LEAST confrontational way, and i am simply CURIOUS about the reasoning behind your ideas, and i have nothing personally against you. i just want to know about why you said that Danny Phantom wasn't a superhero. i am merely curious, nothing more. I don't agree nor disagree, i just want to know.

I'm sorry if this was weird, or if i got the wrong person.

If i DID get the right person, only answer if you want to, or if it's convenient.

Have a nice day!

I don't think I've made a post about Danny Phantom and how it's not a show that can be classified as belonging to the superhero genre, but I did reblog gilly-moon's post about Danny Phantom redesigns and briefly touched upon the topic there.

I'm always happy to expand on my thoughts, especially when it comes to Danny Phantom! (I hope you're okay with me answering this publicly).

Now to get this out of the way: Danny Phantom isn't a superhero show; nor does it belong to the superhero genre.

"But, Cryptid. Danny fights ghosts. He has powers. He saves Amity Park from calamity and destruction from time to time. Surely that counts for something."

And yes, normally these things would, except, well at its core Danny Phantom just isn't a superhero. But before diving deep into my thoughts about why it isn't, I think we need to establish what exactly makes something/someone a superhero?

I once read a paper that defined a superhero story and a superhero as having four things: a mission, powers, a (secret) identity, and a costume. And Danny Phantom should be all of these things, right? He has the powers, the secret identity that he keeps hidden (unless you're of the rare persuasion that Phantom Planet is canon), he has a costume, and debatedly he has a mission (keep his friends/family/Amity Park safe from ghosts). All of this should make it a superhero show, right? It should be no different from Teen Titans, Miraculous Ladybug, or the numerous Marvel and DC animated shows that exist.

Believing that Danny Phantom is a superhero show is contingent on one thing and one thing alone: whether or not you take Butch Hartman's statements as canon or not.

Now it's no secret past season 1 of the show, that Hartman was remarked as saying that:

[...] the ghosts [in Danny Phantom] are in fact otherworldly monsters and creatures that came from the Ghost Zone, with no connection to human spirits.

He gives this explanation as a way for letting the audience create the backstories for the ghosts that do appear in the show

Which has worked in the favor of Phandom; after all, I can't even count on both hands the number of posts or projects that I've seen that have attempted to give some or all of the ghosts in the show their own backstories. Hell, even my own project gives many of the ghosts their own backstories as well.

Now Hartman's no stranger to modifying or adding onto DP canon as he pleases *coughtenyearslatercough*. Much of what he adds, tends to be rejected by the Phandom for various reasons. And I think that Hartman's evangelical Christian leanings and beliefs tend to bleed through in the way that he approaches the way ghosts exist within the DP universe. (I say this because fringe Christian ideologies tend to be really really fucking weird about paranormal entities such as ghosts).

Now, if you think that what Hartman says about the ghosts in DP being monsters from a different plane of existence. Then you're going to be more inclined to believe that the show fits within the superhero genre. After all the whole plot of: young kid gets electrocuted in parent's machine, gains powers, and fights ghosts fits within that system.

But if you're like me and disregard 100% of what Hartman says and believes that ghosts are well...ghosts (and that death exists within the DP universe, because what are ghosts, if they aren't the remnants of dead people?) then the plot of the show is: young kid gets electrocuted in parent's machine, dies, comes back to life with powers, fights ghosts.

One scenario treats Danny Phantom as a superhero show because the caveat is that ghosts are interdimensional monsters that traverse into Danny's plane of existence to wreak havoc. That would make it a superhero show. The other scenario treats Danny as a cosmic horror nightmare tale that it is, except it's trapped by the limitations of being a kid's animated show.

So yes, while Danny does have nifty powers, a secret identity, a costume and the whole shebang. It just doesn't make him a superhero. He's fighting ghosts (regardless of the fact that Butch Hartman would argue this point); at best this makes him a kid version of a ghostbuster.

Tl;dr: Danny Phantom is a superhero show if you believe Butch Hartman's stance about ghosts being interdimensional monsters. It isn't if you think Butch Hartman tries to skirt around the concept of paranormal entities because he's an evangelical.

Edited to add a closing statement.

[formallyacrypitd]

yeah so. would you like to explain what you meant by that. just a friendly question

Orb that can mean so many things I NEED you to be specific

[local-cryptid-2000]

WOAH COOL NEW PROFILE PICTURE O:!!!!

Yeah! Made it myself, 1st time doing digital art!

The quality totally died :( I'm too lazy to fix it tho

[cryptidowl]

love your take on alastor and vox, so many people downplay alastor's pride and need for attention. also vox being motivated by those feelings of betrayal is a lot more inspired than that weak "he had a crush" stuff people love to talk about hahha I really like your take!

Thank you!

Honestly I think the “oh Vox had and still has a crush!!” Is fun, but more just shipping fodder to me. Betrayal hits so much harder for a lot of people and feels like something that warrants all that hate Vox points at Alastor. Like man was cheering on Alastor’s ass kicking with a venom I just don’t think should still be there if it was just one bad meeting or a failed polycule invite

And I think Alastor’s mutual distain for Vox is downplayed a lot with the whole Alastor and Lucifer thing. But a mega blow to his pride would warrant that vitriol, but Alastor is sooooo much better at hiding it. That man thrives off of being seen as the big man in town, it’s why he feeds so much into Vox’s first outburst.

They’re so much fun to ponder, I’m looking forward to seeing how much the Vees get fleshed out in s2!!!!!