It just occurred to me today that since Valerie is portrayed as an antagonist against Danny Phantom and ghosts as a whole, she was never given a full on “evil” version of herself like the rest of the main cast. We’ve basically got Dan, Plant Sam, and Pharaoh Tuck, but apart from that Valerie never got the chance to have some fun as a full on villain. Of course, there were some minor hints of some sort of corruption going on with Valerie in the second to last episode of the series when she tricks Dani into becoming bait so she could capture Danny, revealing that she’s starting to enjoy being a powerful ghost hunter which meant this wasn’t about getting revenge against him anymore. And to make matters worse Valerie had no reservations about torturing him to make him tell her everything he knows about ghosts and the Ghost Zone either.
Personally I would have loved to see some kind of interaction between Valerie and the future version of herself from Dan’s timeline or, better yet, maybe a brand new Valerie could show up unexpectedly from a timeline where she’s the founder of an even more dangerous group of ghost hunters than the Guys in White. Maybe she even took Vlad down in that timeline just like she promised to at the very end of D-Stabilized:
“Vlad Masters is Vlad Plasmius?! Phantom was right all along! And all this time I’ve been doing all his dirty work! Well, not anymore. Better watch out, Vlad… ‘cause one of the ghosts I’m hunting now is you!”
As for the main conflict here, maybe the alternate Valerie plans to invade the Ghost Zone to personally get rid of as many ghosts as possible which she can’t do without a working Ghost Portal and the only two she knows of are in the past since they were genetically locked or outright destroyed somehow in her own. Or it would have been cool to see Valerie slowly start to realize her battle suit upgrade has literally begun to infect her mind with another power-hungry ghost persona created when Technus gave it to her. That’s something I’ve seen a lot in the phandom. And lastly, if you haven’t already guessed from the post title has something to do with Blood Blossoms...
Before you ask, no, its not exactly like a Plant Sam scenario where she gains plant powers since I don’t want to make them too similar. No, the idea here is for there to be some kind of accident with some mixture either Valerie or her father is working on in Axion Labs where the main ingredient is Blood Blossoms and it causes some kind of unique anti-ghost mutation. Borrowing a bit of inspiration from my Necromancer oc, Owen Ravenwood, perhaps her blood becomes toxic to ghosts meaning she's now more or less a human Specter Deflector.
She can’t control plants or anything but what Valerie CAN do is transfer her power into any object or person to shield them from anything consisting of ecto-energy, blocking their effects and causing immense pain to the attacking ghost. This would create some great drama between her and Danny if he had no choice but to avoid Valerie because being around her makes him feel sick. Valerie wouldn’t have to rely on the battle suit anymore either since those anti-ghost powers are now a part of her thanks to that mysterious Blood Blossom serum.
Anyways, these are just a few ideas I thought of and I’d love to hear what you guys think! Maybe I’ll even draw one of the concepts eventually! But until then, hope you liked the post!
Of course you know I had to draw Velvet’s ghost form too. It took me a while to settle on a hair style so this is kind of a weird mix of Dani’s and Spectra’s since I didn’t want her to look too much like Vlad with full on horn shaped hair. As for the outfit, Vlad designed it to copy the Red Huntress, aka Valerie’s upgraded look out of spite once they officially became enemies after the events of D-Stablized. Like Velvet may want Dani/Ellie to forgive Vlad and vice versa, but if Valerie ever goes after her papa then the claws will come out, or fangs in this case. She will literally fight like a little vampire and use this special energy draining power from biting her ghostly enemies as a sort of nod to the original idea of Vlad being more of a vampire.
Velvet has quite the sweet tooth too and loves it when Vlad bakes sweets for them or cooks dinner himself. When that happens Velvet actually enjoys being papa’s little helper in the kitchen, floating around and phasing her hands through shelves to grab what they need. She’s a bit of a glutton too and always asks for seconds. It’s hard not to be when offered such rich delicacies lovingly made by your billionaire papa.
Regarding My Good Vlad AU (Re-imagined Timeline! FINALE ~ Part 1!)
I split this into it’s own section since the final two episodes in the series are critical, especially since the last one is a literal trashfire by itself. I don’t think there’s much worth saving in it but I’m going to give it a shot anyway!
Also, I kinda forgot I tried to salvage Dani’s existence in this AU too so I’ll be writing two different takes on what may have happened to her before getting to the overhaul of the series finale. And just fyi it looks like I’ll have to split this yet again too into one more part since the latter isn’t even half-way through a story arc and clearly needs its own dedicated post. But we’re nearly there now and then maybe I can get this out of my system for a while.
Good Vlad AU Timeline: https://thesoulspulse.tumblr.com/post/661878830618771456/regarding-my-good-vlad-au-alternate-timeline
Part 1: https://thesoulspulse.tumblr.com/post/667945950680104960/regarding-my-good-vlad-au-re-imagined-timeline
Part 2: https://thesoulspulse.tumblr.com/post/668078084027727872/regarding-my-good-vlad-au-re-imagined-timeline
Part 3: https://thesoulspulse.tumblr.com/post/668277176759664640/regarding-my-good-vlad-au-re-imagined-timeline
Alright, with that out of the way here’s Danielle’s portion of the series finale!
D-Stabilized (Dani Already/Being Adopted)
Ok, so to fix forgetting about trying to add her in this AU I’m going to back track a little and say that Vlad’s been hiding Danielle from the GIW and THAT’S why they trashed Vlad’s last mansion in Wisconsin during this version of “Eye for an Eye.” So this time the tip was that both Vlad and Danny’s family are accused of harboring a ghost fugitive, which is ironic since Vlad technically is since Danielle is a half-ghost clone created by a rogue agent.
So now, when Vlad decided to move to Amity Park it’s also to hide Danielle right under the noses of the GIW agent while also waiting for his chance to expose their crimes.
That said, in this version of events Danielle is probably getting restless and sick of hiding so she’s taken to sneaking out without Vlad’s knowledge to help her cousin fight ghosts. However, eventually she starts actually feeling sick and does her best to hide it from Vlad until it becomes clear something is seriously wrong.
Vlad of course runs some tests on her and finds the problem, she needs a mid-morph sample from Danny which shouldn’t be too hard to get. Unfortunately, since Danielle wasn’t home at the time Vlad couldn’t tell her this in person and is angry/concerned of course to find she’s not in her room.
What Vlad doesn’t know is that Danielle’s been discovered by her creator but only left alone until he can trap her and Danny at the same time. Not only that, but Valerie has made a bit of a name for herself in the ghost hunting community so this rogue agent reaches out to her and asks for help with a special mission.
Thankfully Valerie has gotten over most of her lingering issues with Danny Phantom and usually leaves him alone, so the agent has to play the part of “I’ve mended all my ways and want to help this poor unfortunate soul, but I’ll need help capturing her so we can give her the medical care she needs” to convince her to work with him.
Reluctantly she agrees if only for her dad’s sake since the guy promises a large enough reward that it’ll get Valerie and her dad out of their crappy apartment since Vlad was only willing to do so much for them when his main concern is Danny and his family.
What Valerie didn’t expect was to find out that Danielle is a ghost AND a human and after capturing her she says she can’t let her go for her own good and promises that the Guys in White are trying to help. Obviously Danielle panics and tries to convince Valerie how evil that guy is and that she needs to get back to Danny since he’s the only one she can trust because Vlad’s still kind of a stranger to her despite all he’s done for her plus she’s worried about exposing him because of his important job in this town.
While Valerie isn’t strictly Danny’s enemy, something compels her to challenge him for the first time in a while so she pretends to go along with Danielle’s request. She has no idea her upgrade from Technus has ghostly side effects that have slowly been making her more hostile towards ghosts again, especially Danny Phantom.
When Valerie springs her trap, something snaps her out of that weird battle lust when Danielle faints and falls right out of the sky, thankfully Danny catches her just in time. Angrily he demands to know what she did to Danielle but Valerie gets defensive and tells him “I didn’t do anything ghost punk, in fact, I let her go since I figured another ghost would know how to help her more than the Guys in White. I’m missing out on a nice reward thanks to you so you’re welcome. Now hurry up and help her before I change my mind and capture you both!”
Nodding, Danny reaches down to pick Danielle up when the Guys in White surround them which is really bad news. The guy from before does the whole “thanks for leading me straight to them” thing before ordering his men to move in.
Going against everything she stands for as a ghost hunter, Valerie defends the two ghosts and tries to give them enough time to escape, only to get arrested by them herself for assisting ghost fugitives.
Danny manages to get back to Vlad and explains the whole mess, insisting they need to rescue Valerie but strangely enough Vlad refuses, explaining, “Don’t be a fool my boy. That’s exactly what he wants you to do! She’s clearly being used as bait and right now we need to focus on stabilizing Danielle. They can’t do anything to Miss Gray since she’s a human and a civilian so as soon as I’ve finished coming up with a plan we’ll rescue her the old fashioned way. Until then, you’re not to do anything reckless.”
Infuriated Danny snaps, “Oh that’s rich coming from you fruitloop! We wouldn’t even be in this mess if you had taken better care of Dani! It’s your fault she ran off!”
Showing his angry eyes, Vlad replies coolly, “Do you think I haven’t been trying to keep her happy this entire time? I’m a busy man Daniel, and you and your family have always been my top priority. That’s the main reason why I accepted your request to welcome her into my home in the first place. But ultimately, if she refuses to acknowledge my efforts then I don’t see the point in wasting my time. And if Danielle is that unsatisfied with my care then she’s free to leave at any time. I won’t force her to stay with me if she’s that tired of me...” he seems hurt by the last part and then snaps bitterly, “If it has come to this then I’m not going to bother getting my hopes up that either of you will ever see me as more than an ally when all I want...is to be loved and to be part of a family. But I guess that’s too much to hope for, isn’t it?”
At a loss for words, Danny leaves Vlad alone in the lab for a bit without realizing Danielle was awake and heard the whole thing. She feels awful for making Vlad feel like she didn’t appreciate everything he’s done for her over the past few months but like this, there’s nothing she can do.
Meanwhile, distracted by his guilt for being a jerk to Vlad too, Danny is caught by the Guys in White and locked up in the same cell as Valerie after they discovered her battle suit has ghost tech integrated into it. She’s obviously scared, angry, and confused by all of this but that only gets worse when the room their in short circuits Danny’s powers and his secret is revealed.
They talk things out and Danny ends up telling her everything, even about Vlad since he’s the only one who can save them before anyone else finds out their secrets.
Despite feeling unsure about Danny now that she knows his secret, they team up to find a way out of this mess together.
Off screen, Vlad and Danielle have a heart to heart and team up too once she’s stabilized to rescue Valerie and Danny. There’s a big fight between them and the other GIW agents as their leader fills Valerie and Danny’s cell with some kind of gas to make them more...agreeable and get Danny ready for transport to a more secure location for further study, maybe even to make a better clone than Danielle ever was.
During all that, Danielle reappears in top form now thanks to Vlad’s help and she kicks that rogue agent’s sorry butt. The rest soon follow and the rescue is successful. Valerie is carried out by Danielle, and Danny is carried by Vlad and they regroup at his mansion.
Once the sedatives wear off Danny apologizes for being a selfish brat and thanks Vlad for everything, especially for saving Danielle. Meanwhile, Danielle admits she’s been selfish too and needs some time to find herself now that’s she’s stable, thanking Vlad and calling him dad before saying goodbye. He seems to understand though and hugs her, saying she’ll always have a place to return to there.
As for Valerie, she says she needs some time too to come to terms with all of this and Danny says, “For what it’s worth...I never stopped caring about you Valerie. We’ve fought a lot, and you used to drive me nuts too in a way...but you know, I still think you’re pretty amazing.”
Danny seems to be directing that at Vlad too who just smiles at them and adds, “I couldn’t agree more. While my intentions for making you a ghost hunter were admittedly rather selfish at first too, I truly believe you’ve exceeded my expectations. As such, if you’re willing I would like to officially offer you a job as Axion Lab’s official ghost hunter, I’ll give you an advance on your first paycheck even to help you and your father move into a nicer apartment. How does that sound?”
With a heavy sigh Valerie nods, “Fine, it sounds like a better deal than working for those government losers anyway. But lets just keep this professional ok? I need time to process that not only are you two half-ghost like Dani, but I might not be so human myself anymore...so I guess we’re not really that different after all.”
D-Stabilized (Dani NOT Adopted Yet)
Not much changes from the canon episode except that the rogue GIW agent hires Valerie to capture Danielle but this time pretends he’s trying to save his daughter that was “kidnapped” by an evil ghost.
Instead of being restless from being cooped up, since she flew off into the sunset in this version of the timeline after the events of “Kindred Spirits” Danielle eventually makes her way back to Amity Park and is searching for Danny to help her escape the replacement character for Vlad since he’s not evil.
Just like in the canon episode, Valerie is shocked to find out Danielle is half-ghost but still captures her anyway since he dad is trying to save the human girl she supposedly is overshadowing. Danielle tries to convince her otherwise, saying he’s lying and both parts of her are one person and the subject of Danny Phantom is brought up.
Before she can find out anything the Guys in White track her down and take Danielle into custody but something feels wrong about all this so Valerie decides to confront Danny Phantom about it before anything bad happens to the ghost girl.
After finding him and fighting briefly, Valerie stops when she remembers why she went looking for him to begin with and tells Danny his ‘spooky cousin’ was taken by the Guys in White and demands to know what’s going on between him and the government.
Of course this news freaks Danny out and he blurts out that she’s in real danger and they have to save her. Valerie points out that it could be a trap though but Danny doesn’t seem to care...
He does the smart thing though and tells Vlad what’s going on in a message, but the sad thing is it turns out his phone was bugged and the rogue agent hits the jackpot after hearing that Vlad Masters is a halfa too!
So then it becomes one of those scenarios where Danny is forced to choose between saving Danielle or saving Vlad’s secret from being exposed. Or it was going to be until Valerie realizes these agents aren’t trying to help anyone but themselves and takes Danny and Vlad’s side, tipping the scales in their favor since she believes Danielle is just a kid and didn’t do anything wrong, so it doesn’t matter if she’s a ghost or not.
Vlad also brings the ecto-dejecto Jack made and uses it to save Danielle since there’s no time to worry about getting a mid-morph sample from the original Danny which would have been a painful process anyway.
When the dust settles, their secret is safe from Valerie but she’s not thrilled about what the Guys in White seem to be up to and reluctantly agrees to work with them to put a stop to this once and for all.
As for the rogue agent, he totally underestimated how powerful Vlad is with his connections and his ghost powers and Vlad gets the man fired as a government agent and he loses all of his authority and leadership over like-minded agents who want to use ghosts as weapons of war.
Too bad this has the opposite effect and only motivates this former agent to try even harder to gain control of Danny and Vlad and to destroy Danielle for her treachery. Or better yet...now he wants to find out how they became half-ghost instead. Dun Dun DUN!!!
Meanwhile, Danny finally tells Vlad everything and asks if he’ll take Danielle in since she has nowhere else to go and he’s the only person who can keep her safe from the government. Of course Vlad agrees without hesitation and welcomes her home like a daughter so all’s well that ends well...for now!
And the best part is, Valerie and Danielle sort of develop a bond and decide to team up to fight ghosts from now on too on top of that.
