#phantom's mask

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Comparison of Danny Phantom and Chronicles of Avelisor

@tkiesai asked for a ramble about Chronicles of Avelisor by Sara A. Noe and the similarities it has between Danny Phantom! So I am here to deliver that request!!

MAJOR Chronicles of Avelisor (COA) spoilers for books 1 (A Fallen Hero) and book 2 (Phantom's Mask) ahead! Spoiler free info will be below and spoiler info will be below the cut (unfortunately where most of the similarities lie) so please proceed with caution. If you are here to see the similaries and have no interest in reading the series first, then proceed. IF you want to read the series, DO NOT read below the cut, this series is best experienced without knowing anything and being surprised.

Quick overview/review of Chronicles of Avelisor: This series is written by a self published indie author. A Fallen Hero is 454 pages and Phantom's Mask is 579 pages. I have not gotten my hands on book 3, Blood of the Enemy yet and I believe book 4 is either just released or is releasing soon... The worldbuilding is some of the greatest I've ever seen... I can't stress enough how breathtaking this world Sara A. Noe has built.

These are the genre's of the book according to Goodreads.

AND YEAH. Sara has managed to combine all of these genre's into one book. Its great. I would also like to add FOUND FAMILY!!! This story has a really strong found family vibe! Another thing I love about this story is about how clean it is in terms of spice. There is no romance , minimal swearing, but it does have a lot of violence, medical horror, gore, human experimentation, dehumanization, memory loss... yeah all the good stuff the Danny Phantom fandom is used too!

Here is the official synopsis of book 1, A Fallen Hero according to good reads and the back of the book lol.

Cato is the only true half-human, half-ghost hybrid in existence. He's powerful and unique with two divine powers instead of one. The United States government believes he is the key to developing a devastating weapon that will give humankind an advantage when war inevitably erupts between the Human Realm and Avilésor, the Ghost Realm. After being an unwilling test subject in Project Alpha for two years, Cato and the rest of his "lab-family" survive a transport accident to find themselves stranded and powerless in the middle of the wilderness. Hunted every step of the way by ghostly Shadow Guards with supernatural abilities and human Agents desperate to recapture their prisoners, the eight young fugitives are drawn to Cato's hometown where the Rip between Realms connects the worlds. Cato wants nothing to do with his past, but as his enemies close in, he realizes he's willing to do anything to protect his lab-family . . . . . . even kidnap the daughter of a ghost hunter and make a dangerous deal to become a mercenary.

SOUND A BIT FAMILIAR??? YEAH I THOUGHT SO TOO! I immediately made the connection with DP, and read a sample of the book and was HOOKED.

One last thing before we get to the comparisons. I have not written this with any intention claiming that Sara copied DP. I do not believe this is true. Nowhere can you find any claims that they are related or material is related. Do I think its a mere coincidence? Not really... I have a feeling this author might've watched DP as a child, that's for sure but there are a vast amount of differences that Chronicles of Avelisor is 100% it's own world and story. I am a mere person noting the similarities and getting WAY too excited about it.

And now for my spoiler free comparison:

Danny and Cato are both half-human, half-ghost

Danny and Cato were both half ghost superhero's in their town and both went by the alias of Phantom (Cato named himself after his flipping TOWN of Phantom heights, idk why XD) (*Note, Cato is no longer Phantom, he is now an escaped test subject of Project Alpha and travels with his lab-family)

Both have a ghost hunting organization, Guys in White for DP and AGC for COA (The AGC is way scarier then the GIW ever was. The AGC is like what the DP fandom writes the GIW as -- an actually powerful government organization that experiments on ghosts)

There is ectoplasm and ectoguns in both series (I can't quite remember how ectoplasm works in COA tho, I know it might be a bit different tho but it isn't touched upon much)

While re-reading/scanning the books while writing this, I came across a side character named Danny who is on the Phantom Height's ghost raid team. (WAS- oops it says he's deceased HAH) Not a big comparison but enough for me to giggle at.

I forgot about Wes oh my gosh. Wes is a werewolf :D and a millionaire

And below the cut is my heavy spoiler, fully in-depth analysis and comparison! I hit the most important parts!

Comparison between Danny Phantom (2004) and Chronicles of Avelisor (2018) 

Danny and Cato are both half-ghost, half-human (as Kalos are called ghosts since humans observed them having ghost like powers before they realized they were actually a different species from a different realm) (*Moorlins is the term in COA for real dead spirits)

Danny is actually half-dead, Cato is half Kalos/half human and is fully alive, he's basically half of another species from another dimension)

There are both ghost realms (Ghost Zone/Infinite Realms in DP and Avelisor in COA) 

Both have ghost organizations that want to hunt/capture ghosts and study them (Guys in White/GIW for DP and

Both boys alias name is Phantom 

Both have blue eyes in human form and green eyes in ghost form (Actually, Cato has one blue eye and one green eye but he can turn off his Kalos powers and vice versa)

Both were protectors/superhero’s of their town with a secret identity

Their towns (Amity Park for DP and Phantom Heights for COA) were the main place where ghosts appeared

Both have ghost “portals” in their respective town (Fenton’s ghost portal for DP and natural occurring rifts between Earth and Avelisor for COA) 

Both had human friend(s) who knew they were Phantom and helped them fight ghosts (Sam and Tucker for DP, Trey for COA) 

Both have sisters (Jazz for DP, Vivienne for COA) (Can't believe I went a whole two books thinking Vivienne was a childhood best friend/potential past love interest but it turns out its actual his sister oh gosh the writer that you are Sara A. Noe... I'm looking back now and the signs that Cato and Viv were actually siblings were RIGHT THERE BUT NO YOU HAD US BELIEVE HOLLY WAS CATO'S MOTHER WHO WAS ABANDONING HIM)

Both have parents who didn’t know they were Phantom and hunted ghosts

THEIR MOTHER’S NAME IS BOTH MADDIE (Maddie Fenton for DP and Maddie Tarrow for COA) (I found this out at the VERY END of book 2. Like literally the last few sentences and then the worst cliffhanger I've ever seen. I went book 1 and all of book 2 thinking it was a completely different character!! Oh my gosh I could talk for hours on how I thought Holly was his mother and the author had us BELIEVE IT in a extremely genius writing way that I still feel baffled about...)

Both parents are the leading ghost hunters/scientists in their town

Both parents hate ghosts and don't trust them

Danny and Cato both have ice powers (one of Cato’s divinities)

Danny and Cato both have sound powers (ghostly wail for DP, sound divinity for COA) 

Both have ghostly powers obviously (Except Danny can use his without setbacks, he is the true half-ghost in a literal sense, Cato is just a Kalos who has to use immense energy to use ghost-like powers) 

I could go in depth on all of these bullet points, but it does require a very vast understanding of the universe and other characters...

If you have specific questions, feel free to ask? Honestly this is fun for me to compare the two series, I love them both so much!! I really need to buy book 3 of COA soon... I need to know what happens between Maddie and Cato!!!

[hansoloschubbybrother]

I'm ready whenever they need a new Phantom :)

[phantomonabudget]

The Phantom's mask

Broadway style mold, painted according to stage specifications with browns, greys, pinks, black, white, etc. Painted piano wire and leather lined.

www.phantomonabudget.com

[miniatureoftheopera]

The Art of the Mask

Discover how the iconic mask is custom-made for each Phantom.

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“it was an accident I swear”

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be patient he’s still learning this newfangled lingo

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Continued from here

“Do... Do I want what?” The breaking up of the words didn’t help too much.  Sheepy was almost as clueless as he was before.  And more concerned.

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I’ve been crushed, destroyed