do u ever think of valerie grey i think of her an above normal amount. shes literally got a classic super hero origin story and on top of that shes danny's foil, tbh more so than vlad is. (this got so long continued under the cut)
for starters its just her and her dad! she doesn't have her mom or any siblings. its not too bad bc he has a nice job w decent hours so he spends a lot of time with her. then a ghost (?!!??!??!) destroys your dads work place, and they fire him bc some how he should've known how to protect the place from ghosts, too! despite the fact that pretty much no one believes in the ghosts and/or isnt taking it seriously. how the fuck was he supposed to know that ghosts were a threat? is there anything abt ghosts in the contract?? but anyway ur dad gets fired and you go from comfortably middle class to poor. shes 14 and working a job! all her friends dump her! and then the rich mayor of her town offers her a chance at Revenge against the ghost that did this to her!! he says he noticed how special she is and enlists her in a secrete project to use her to hurt his nemesis save the world!
shes 14 and alone and so so angry all the time. vlad offered her a little power over her situation of course she took it. of course she'd do anything he asked to keep it.
she and danny are going through the same stuff! shes maintaining her secrete identity! shes out there every day fighting ghosts and skipping school and after fusing w a ghost powered suit she might not being completely human/alive anymore. theyre foils!! theyre 2 sides of the same story!
but danny has so many people and ghosts to help him, even a couple right off the bat, but shes alone. sam and tucker r w him in a lot of his early fights. jazzed eventually figured it out and stepped in to help. frostbite helped him figure out his ice powers.
you know who help valerie when her suit fused to her? no one! shes gotta figure out the new powers with no help. who knows what symptoms that caused. who needs a no one knows au when vals right there giving it to u in canon?
can u imagine what vlads doing to manipulate her? hes using her to hurt danny. he doesnt give a shit abt her emotional or physical safety. hes the one pointing her at phantom and all the other ghosts.
all she can really do is throw herself into her role as Red Huntress, into her vendetta against ghosts. she hasn't actually questioned it bc shes too scared to and vlads manipulating her on top of that. why is everyone surprised she agrees to a truce w phantom to save dani? shes a 14 yr old playing super hero to cope, not a villain whos been stewing in bitterness for 20 years and renounced all morals.
uhhhhh other things i wanted to point out where how shes got what danny wanted so bad. her dads so normal. shes in the popular crowd at school. shes close to paulina (yes in a gay way a little bit). and she fucking lost it all.
ill never forgive that they ended her arc w finding out vlad was plasmious. i am desperate to see the aftermath of that. i want her and danny as a cool super hero duo. i want her to join team phantom (to be renamed later) and be friends w sam and tucker. help her
im not proof reading this im sorry if it makes no sense lmk i can explain this better maybe