#ghost obsession

[checked-out-now]

i know and love the trope where danny's obsession is space or protection but just. imagine danny phantom's ghostly obsession is lab safety and OSHA.

instead of haunting boxes like the box ghost, he spring up around chemical beakers and random scientists. maybe he gets a job at osha, or at nasa testing space rocks or something. imagine the possibilities

"that's why lab safety is important, kids!"

"make sure to stay away from exposed wires or you'll end up like me!"

[tobicup]

Was thinking about the idea of ghost obsessions. Fandoms done a bunch of cool stuff with it. Playin around with the fanon idea of danny obsessin over space. Not happy with the colorin so i kept making alts loll. In a dc x dp universe the justice league might just be freakin out a lil. Lol.

I dont know what to do with the colooooors xD

[ohmygodletmesignup]

being autistic and having a special interest feels like being a Danny Phantom ghost with an obsession.

ironically Danny Phantom is one of my special interests.

[quadrantadvisor]

So I've always thought the Identity Crisis episode of Danny Phantom, with the two Dannys, was kind of silly (idk, feels like the concept should be treated with more gravity, like when Steven Universe gets his gem ripped out, you get it) but thinking about it in the context of a protective ghostly obsession, it's fascinating.

Like, Danny's "ghost half" takes the ghostly obsession with him, and it becomes everything to him. His purpose is to protect others, he doesn't exist for anything else. He succumbs to this unnatural drive, can't care about anything else. He's a ghost now, and ghosts need to feed into what they are to exist.

Meanwhile, "human" Danny has lost his purpose. The show has him goof off, which works, but I'm imagining him becoming increasingly lethargic, ironically dead-eyed, just kind of going through the motions. He doesn't want to fight ghosts, even if he could, but something is so clearly missing from his life.

Neither of them seem right. The ghost is becoming more and more otherworldly, out of touch, no one can bring themselves to meet his toxic geeen gaze. The human is apathetic, not even sad, just, not all there. Reckless with his relationships and his secrets, snarky in a way that's more hurtful than funny.

And then they come back together, and for the first time in days, he's Danny. He's got spark and life and empathy, and it doesn't hurt to look at him anymore, in either form. And that's how they realize that he can't just be one or the other, not anymore. He needs both sides of himself, maybe not to exist, but to be the person he is, and wants to be.

[somnomly]

DON'T TOUCH MY SISTER!

angst week day two only *checks watch* three days late

jazz got hurt (only a little) and danny just went apeshit

(text free under cut)

[dannyphannypack]

was imagining earlier today danny going absolutely feral when his obsession cannot be met (when people are in danger and he is unable to stop it in some capacity); sharp teeth, green replacing the whites of his eyes, crying ectoplasm, skin turning blue, flame hair, jerky ghost-like movements … and i thought ‘:(‘

afterwards i imagined a scenario in which danny and dani were tied up in chairs facing one another and they both start going apeshit, getting worse and worse as they see each other in distress, just screaming at the top of their lungs at one another like wild animals … and i thought ‘:)’

[jadenoryuu]

I just had a sudden thought:

Why are Vlad and Skulker allies?

Hear me out:

Vlad wants Danny as his disciple/son, so the teen should be (at least half-)alive to do that, right?

But Skulker wants Phantom's pelt as a trophy! And to be as such, Danny has to fully dead!

You see how the two statements contradict each other?

If their primary drive (keeping him half-alive/killing him) had been stronger, shouldn't it have kept the two of them away from collaborating?

(I know that in the show Skulker helps Vlad and vice versa to get back at Danny, but let's explore this scenario.)

What do you think?

(ㆁωㆁ)