Prompt: A Fake is easier
(Idk if anyone has done this but whatever, link if they did)
Danny Fenton was declared legally dead. He wasn’t outed as Phantom to his parents. No, it was due to government clerical error. When a Daniel Fenten (no relation, he checked) died, someone replaced the e with an o.
The problem comes in that it is an absolute pain to be declared alive again. It also prevented him from going to school, since despite the GIW’s attempts to cut off Amity they wouldn’t mess with taxes.
So after a lot of hassle trying to overturn it they get fed up and make him a fake identity under Daniel Nightingale and he switches to online school (which actually goes much better for his hero schedule).
This later becomes important when Danny tries to join WE and his ID gets flagged in the background check.
