Danny Phantom Randomness (Uno-Reverse)
Ok, I am very tempted to write a short story about this but first I'd like to talk about it. So hear me out. What if Vlad wasn't looking for revenge when he sent his vultures after Jack? What if they were actually there to investigate a very disturbing rumor about a certain ghost boy that very closely resembles Jack's youngest child, Danny?
Vlad hopes against hope he's wrong about this, but after hearing about a lab accident Danny had a few months ago while doing a background check on his old roommate Jack and his family purely to refresh his memory on the finer details about the him before seeing him again for the first time in almost two decades at their 20th college reunion, he becomes concerned there might be a new half ghost floating around in the world now besides himself. After all, Jack used to be his best friend and that's a very hazardous position to be in regardless of if there are any ghosts involved.
Once Vlad's worst fears are unfortunately confirmed he becomes absolutely furious on their behalf and decides he's going to personally do everything in his power to get Jazz and Danny out of such a dangerous living environment no matter what the cost. Which for him is nothing compared to what they'll all get in return, peace of mind. Why? Because Vlad just doesn't want an innocent teenager to go through the same hell he did as a broke college student when he got his ghost powers. I personally like this idea better than him creeping on a married woman.
He becomes especially protective of him after Danny's secret gets exposed to him either the night before the party or sometime during it and Vlad verbally tears Jack and Maddie apart for almost killing their own child the same way they almost killed him, threatening to destroy them in court if they refuse to change their careless ways. I mean...the screenshot below kinda says it all. They have a fully functional dungeon IN THEIR HOUSE!
As such, whenever they get into an argument when they fight Vlad's not giving Danny the original sale's pitch of "ruling the world" together, he's literally TRYING TO SAVE HIS LIFE! Danny however, bless his little heart, is too loyal to his family to see how dangerous staying in Amity Park really is. Vlad keeps trying to prove it to him but gets nowhere until it finally happens. Jazz is almost killed by a ghost, Spectra, and Danny almost doesn't make it in time...
To clarify, "Bitter Reunions" takes place only one episode before "My Brother's Keeper" so at this point in the timeline she still doesn't know her brother is half ghost. She's pretty easy to win over to Vlad's side for the most part though at this point since she shares a lot of the same safety concerns about their house and the town in general as he does.
However, Jazz is reluctant to part ways with her parents either despite their flaws because she believes they can still do better and be better. When she's targeted by a ghost and saved by another who turns out to be her own brother though it changes a lot of things for both of them.
Maybe Vlad's right.
Maybe they do need help after all. Still, there's got to be another way to do this besides letting Vlad take legal custody of them.
Anyways, I could go on about this forever so I'll stop just myself here. But I hope it got some of your imaginative gears turning too!
