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personally, i love the headcanon that Danny curses, but uses somewhat childish or highly convoluted “swears” because at first, he used to get in trouble for actually swearing and second, he would constantly try to “out-swear” Vlad “Oh Butter Biscuits” Masters and it would annoy the ever loving shit out of him

In HIDBV, Danny did it so much that it became his Default. He did it less over the years, but the moment Ray revealed how annoying it was, Danny upped the ante

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Danny: Well cheese on a cracker, this is one heck of an unsatisfactory situation

Ray, in tears: Please for the love of god just say fuck

and when Tim hears him “curse” for the first time? Let’s just say that Danny takes his reaction as a personal challenge. And that’s when the real fun begins

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Danny, after hours of reading through the assigned material: Mothertrucker, I can’t understand a hecking word this fruitlooping fuzzball of an author wrote

Tim, contemplating whether Batman’s #1 rule is even that important: What if neither of us talks at all, I think that would be such a great way to study

#dpxdc #hidbv #how i didnt become a villain #danny gives as good as he gets okay #and he makes sure to be extra about it #ray mention

got scolded because i haven’t updated my fic in two years, and yikes i hadn’t realized it’d been that long

consider this your proof of life

How I Didn’t Become a Villain

Ch. 9 piece

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Danny sat on the couch, his chin perched despondently on the back of it so he could watch Tucker go through his kitchen cabinets with growing complaint. They were… lacking a few things, Danny could admit that. But in his defense, he’d had a stressful past week with no real spare time to buy groceries. It was hard to think about keeping himself fed when the Red Hood was stalking him and a little boy placed a huge responsibility in his hands. One he technically completed. (Monique had been right when she told Eddie that Danny would save her. They’d just both been wrong about the how.)

Danny deliberately pushed that to the back of his mind when it started to make his chest tight. He didn’t want to think about her or anything related to her right now.

Instead he grumbled when Tucker roped Sam into his Kitchen Situation. The two took it upon themselves to rectify the problem, ignoring Danny whenever he made a feeble attempt to make them back down. He could only watch as Tucker listed off things into his phone for Sam to buy at the bodega about two blocks down, since she had already gone out to get the pizza.

He wondered, for a brief second, how they got to this point and it was all his mind needed to drift into his thoughts like he was gently hydroplaning on a rough road. He didn’t deserve this from them. It’s been a lifetime, but their lives were completely upended because of him; transformed from what was supposed to have been an ordinary teenage experience into a persistent risk of death, and then into something far worse.

He suspected there was a lot they haven’t told him from the past nine years, which was mostly fine with him. There was a lot he’s never told them, either. He couldn’t help it, though, when the realization dragged him under. They would always be his family, but the distance between them was undeniable. One they all had to put there, for each other’s sake.

And undeniably because of Danny.

His fault.

Danny didn’t wonder how he was going to fit all this food into his kitchen or how he was going to keep it from spoiling. But he did wonder what he ever did to deserve this much goodness from them.

#dpxdc #hidbv #how i didn’t become a villain #i have been working again on the chapter for the past few days #it’s unedited but it had i think over 7k words?#i was going to add a lot more (potentially reaching 10k+) but now i’m considering leaving it where it’s at right now #i wasn’t lying when i said two years ago that danny is not okay!#to the readers who have been waiting this whole time for an update #ya’ll are so patient and i am eternally grateful #i promise this fic is not abandoned #im just slow :D #no date yet for when this chapter will be uploaded #i’ll let ya’ll know

How I DIDN'T Become a Villain

A Masterlist

This is a (mostly) comprehensive list of all the posts I've made about my dpxdc fic. I'll add any new story info i share on my blog here. Feel free to subscribe to this post if you want to check for updates :>

World Dumps:

Lore i - Infinite Realms

Lore ii - Infinite Realms

Who is Pariah Dark? (working on it)

Lore iii - the GIW (working on it)

How To, a Summoning Guide (working on it)

Story Hints/Process:

How it Started

Lore begun

the Title

the Diner

AU Curses 1, 2

little announcement after Months of Silence

Danny Curses

What's this damn Fic even about?

Pariah Dark has lore (woah)

Official Updates:

#1 Chapter length and briefest summary

#2 Chapter lengths adjusted and upload announcement

Chap 1, The Yawning Grave uploaded! (08/11/2024)

Chap 2, I’m Still Here uploaded! (08/25/2024)

Upload Announcement, Important

Chap 3, The Suburbs uploaded! (09/15/2024)

IMPORTANT - Holiday Hiatus

Extension...

Currently editing!

Hiatus over >:)

HIDBV Teasers:

Chap. 1, The Yawning Grave

Chap. 2, I'm Still Here

Chap. 4, In the Room Where You Sleep

Chap. 5, Pa Pa Power

Chap. 6, Sickly Suite Part Three: Gone

Chap. 8, Young and Tragic

Chap. 9, I Am Lost (And The Moment Cannot Last)

#dpxdc #how i DIDN'T become a villain #hidbv #hidbv masterlist #lore i #lore ii #story process #teasers #official updates #chapter 1 the yawning grave

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

It’s HEEREE! Chapter 1 of How I DIDN’T Become a Villain is officially up! If you’ve been following the updates, have been wishing for this fic since i made that first post, or have only just seen this for the first time, give it a read!

I have BIG plans for our boy Danny and co., and i can’t wait to unravel them before you all, piece by piece

#dpxdc #hidbv #how i didn't become a villain #hidbv chapter 1 #The Yawning Grave #i can't believe the day's already here!!

danny WILL be working in a diner your honor. Like, listen everyone, this diner will become it’s own special little character à la victorian gothic okay? i love the diner and you will too. You’ll hate it, too, trust me. Danny will hate it even more tho cuz he only ever works nights (willingly, so his bad)

he especially hates it when annoying creepy assholes asks for his manager

Danny, already cringing internally: the manager isn’t here

asshole: your supervisor then!

Danny, looking them dead in the eye: are you sure you want to speak to my supervisor?

asshole: of course i fucking want to—

Danny: are. you. sure?

asshole: *glares*

Danny: alright but you asked for this. Hey Ray! Someone wants to have a word!

They watch, Danny in tired resignation and the asshole in angry-surprise, as a gangly, Latino seventeen-year-old walks out of the kitchen with a greasy spatula in hand.

Ray: what’s the sitch, bitch?

Asshole’s face goes red with rage and embarrassment

Danny: Told ya

#dpxdc #hidbv #how i DIDN’T become a villain #can anyone guess what diner he’s working in #it’s a lot more obvious than you’d think fkdk #also Ray my child #ya’ll better love him #Danny likes him too #deep underneath all the annoyance and exasperation #DANNY IS OLDER BTW #so that’s funny

Regarding chapter 7 - Lose Your Soul of HIDBV, Danny mentions in passing that the book Entities Beyond the Veil is written not only in Ghost Speak, but in Tamil as well. Tamil is similar to Sanskrit, in that it’s one of the oldest languages to exist. It originates from South India.

This will very much tie in to some background lore about Pariah Dark and his origins. I’m not entirely sure I’ll be able to get into it during the fic, so I might do a lore drop here instead— but I’m quite eager to share it with you all!

Oh! and these origins connect as well to the Infinite King’s current summoning circle, the design of which may or may not be revealed throughout the story..

#hidbv #the hours i spent researching indian history will come to fruitition #lore building is so fun #pariah dark #danny phantom #dpxdc

How I DIDN'T Become a Villain

ch. 4

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There was an unprecedented problem that popped up with looking for Eddie, though. One that sent an unsteady tremble through Danny’s stomach.

He was being followed.

He hasn’t seen them, much less knew who they were, but Danny knew with 100% certainty that he was being followed. He’d first realized a few nights ago on his way to work. The Denny’s sign was buzzing again, driving Danny crazy like usual. Especially this time when its pitch kept changing sporadically. He recognized what it was, eventually. A warning, but he had no idea what for. That was, until a prickly itch nestled itself in the back of his neck. He was being watched.

From that moment on, he felt that itch every night on his way to work. Like clockwork. Sometimes, he even felt it while he was inside the diner.

It put him on edge.

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He sat in the hallway outside his bedroom, the Fenton-Foley communicator in hand. Danny tried reasoning with himself. No alerts meant they hadn’t found him. Even just one alert meant they would’ve tried something by now. He was being ridiculous by keeping his computer on 24/7 and looking over his shoulder so frequently on his walks to work.

Then he remembered the insistent itch at the back of his neck… right now, his reasoning wasn’t enough.

#dpxdc #hidbv #chapter 4 in the room where you sleep #how i didn't become a villain #didn't miss the teaser update this time!#the plot looms closer oh dear god #actual horror because i do NOT want to mess this up

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

this is way late, but it's not midnight YET. I present to you the long awaited (by me, at least) chapter 7- Lose Your Soul!

Yes, i did forget to upload a teaser for it this week but pls forgive me as i offer u this 6k+ morsel

#dpxdc #hidbv #remember to read the notes for warnings!#chapter 7 lose your soul #genuinely really love this chapter