:)

The answer was "yes" by the way.

He is literally a blob, maybe one developing eye or maybe he is blind and has a little antenna. When he grows into a more mature eldritch being it will either fall off when his third eye develops or continue growing to eventually be used as a lure like an angler fish.

Due to cosmic shenanigans Constantine is watching over Danny during the equivalent of tummy time for the baby eldritch. The Flash being like he's so ugly, where can I get one? He keeps poking an annoyed Danny who decides he's had enough and inhales like Kirby and their speedster is gone.

Constantine: this is why you don't poke baby eldritch monsters, let alone one that's annoyed by you Speedsters who knows better than to mess with time.

Baby blob Danny: *drooling*

Constantine: don't worry, he's not eating him he's just using him as a teething toy. Once we burp him he'll throw the speedster right up and everything else he ate to chew on.

Dannymay 2025: Day 4 - Eyes

An eldritch horror!Phantom au in which Danny's boyfriend is a monstrosity beyond human comprehension and he makes that everyone's problem lol

I just love the thought of everyone else being horrified when they see Phantom yet Danny is so nonchalant. He just wants to cuddle with his boyfriend why is everyone screaming??

How I imagine the dynamic:

so thrice dante has killed him. first, above temen-ni-gru. then, at mallet island.

"He's dead, you know," Dante said flatly, letting Nero catch his finger. "Sparda is dead. Has been for more than a decade."

For a moment, he felt like Vergil had just stabbed him with the Rebellion again, his heart stuttering in his chest. It was the first time he'd said it. The first time he'd bluntly proclaimed that his father was dead. He'd always known it, deep down. Known the only way Sparda would ever let his home be attacked, let his wife be murdered and his children scattered, was if he'd somehow been killed first. It had been easier to be angry, to blame his father for all the bad things that had happened and believe Sparda had just got tired of being a hero, ditched out like some deadbeat, and saddled Dante with his legacy instead… but Dante knew it wasn't true.

Sparda had loved them.

By definition you can't accidentally queerbait. Queerbaiting is specifically using a same sex pair from the show to market the show to queer audiences with no intention of ever following through on a romantic relationship.

There is officially licensed Destiel merch signed off on by Kripke. Teen Wolf had a commercial with the actors for Derek and Stiles draped over each other talking about being "on a ship." Both shows actively used scenes between them as marketing while actively mocking fans for wanting them together. Sherlock has multiple characters refer to Johnlock as a couple, including characters we're supposed to believe are never wrong about human behavior and pushed those scenes in marketing. Then they acted insulted when fans saw them as a couple.

That's queerbaiting.

Done on accident it would just be queer subtext. Done because they had no other choice due to censorship is queer coding.

The specific meaning of the word is really starting to get lost and it's a pretty important one to keep accurate. It describes a very specific phenomenon that was done repeatedly and maliciously for decades and is meant to examine that specifically.

I spent several minutes just staring at them (and trying to convince them to bite my fingers.) When my sister’s violin lesson ended, her teacher came out to the yard and explained that these goldfish were the same small creatures that were often unfortunately sold in plastic bags at state fairs. They were only about two inches long apiece, when she bought them and put them in the new, empty pond. In essence, they were like every goldfish I had seen before, but they had been given a much larger, much richer environment in which to flourish. As a result, they had grown into some of the most remarkable, vibrant creatures my twelve-year-old self had ever met with. All because of a pond. 

he looks SO shocked and taken aback and goes “what did you just say? how do you know my name?” so i sit there for a moment trying to figure out what the fuck he is talking about, and then go, “…. bitch?” and he looks so relieved and tells me his name is mitch.

Danny was looking for work on the East Coast, and because he's not fucking crazy, he centered his search on Not Gotham. Excluding that, most of the good job opportunities were in Metropolis under the nose of Superman. Danny wasn't mad that he had to be in Superman's city, in fact he was quite happy he didn't have to take charge when his residence was threatened, he just didn't like the fact that he was living under the perview of a government super.

So when he heard back from his application as a personal assistant at Lexcorp, the company headed by the one man Superman hated more than evil, he took it with glee.

~~

When Lex Luthor saw the name Fenton cross his desk he had to stop and do a double take.

The Fenton patents were revolutionary, the technology they represented was game changing, but the rights to it was held in a deathgrip by their son, who, after their deaths, had refused any offers and redacted most information on the subject. To have Dr. Fenton in his building under his employ would be the perfect opportunity to get his hands on the patents that could change the world as they knew it.

~~

Superman landing dramatically on Luthor's balcony: Lex, this is-

Danny, rolling by in an swivel chair: do you have an appointment?

Superman: this isn't a business meeting, I'm here to-

Danny: sorry Mr. Luthor doesn't take walk-ins.

~~

Luthor: Dr. Fenton, have you given any thought to selling the rights to your parents' patents? That kind of technology could change the world.

Danny: I know. I don't think you know.

Luthor, eyes dilating like a cat seeing a bird: How are you so certain?

Danny: NDA's.

~~

Red Robin sneaking into the LexCorp building at midnight: ...

Danny, raking in that sweet overtime:...

Danny: Do you have a warrant?

Red Robin: ... Yes?

Danny, shrugging and walking away: okay.

~~

Luthor, in a video call with The Light: That door was Locked

Danny, with a printed schedule: and this hour was reserved for a different meeting.

Creepy Blank White Screen: has there been an interruption?

Danny: yes, this meeting has gone past it's allowed time.

Creepy Blank White Screen: Mere schedules are of no consequ-

"You can flirt with my boss outside of work hours. The office is for work. "

The truly ironic thing here is that Danny would, just by virtue of Not GAFing, stop almost 80% of Lex’s evil plans. See, most of those plans depend on the fact that they’re not on paper anywhere--there is no trail to tie them to Luthor.

And Danny is getting paid to do one thing, and one thing only: make sure Luthor follows his officially penned schedule. Clandestine meetings are a thing of the past. And any meeting that Danny’s in on? Yeah, he’s cutting right through the double talk and circular “You know what I mean.”

Lex attempting to plan an attack with other members of the Light: Children are so precious, aren’t they?

Another Light member: They are. Shame if something were to happen to them.

Danny: Are you suggesting or in any way shape or form attempting to suggest that Mr. Luthor should hurt children? I need to know.

Both members are horrified. Because, yes, that is exactly what’s happening, and the important thing is there is supposed to be plausible deniability. Ignoring this consternation, Danny continues.

Danny: Because I for one cannot condone any implied message that Mr. Luthor--who is already having PR issues, by the way--should hurt children. Do you have any idea what that would do to stocks if it got out? I thought not. Now, Mr. Luthor has to go; he has a more important appointment to get to.

Lex: What appointment?

Danny: You’re volunteering at the children’s hospital today, to prevent any backlash should any part of this attempted conversation be made public.

Danny, absolutely not giving a fuck about The Light: what are they going to do? Kill me? Been there, done that. Now, about your new PR campaign.

Lex hired Danny with the intention to manipulate him into selling his patents. Instead he got himself a secretary who won't put up with his shit and will boss him around if necessary. Lex got scolded to hell and back when Danny learned about Kon (probably right after he was made).

If neither Lex or Superman is willing to treat their kid right, Danny's just gonna have to do it himself. Dani will be ecstatic to have a new clone brother. Kon is still reeling over having a new, third dad- one that loves him unconditionally and treats him like his own person instead of just a clone. And for some reason his new dad can help him with his developing powers? He's not a super, though? Oh well, Kon's still pretty happy where he's at.

(Now for my own addition)

Danny doesn't use his powers. Not because he’s actively trying to hide them but because he doesn’t need them. He’s fought gods, ancients, beings more powerful than these heroes could possibly imagine. These guys? He can take care of them with just his parents inventions. With his own improvements of course. So I’m just kinda imagining mad scientist Danny who will be found in a lab whenever he isn’t forcing Luthor to be in a meeting (some employees wonder if Danny ever sleeps. And he doesn’t. Because he doesn’t actually need to anymore. When Luthor first hired Danny, he tried to buy the patents but was turned down. So he figured if Danny wouldn’t give them legally, he could just take them by force. Wouldn’t be the worst thing he’s done. The only problem is, for some reason mind reading doesn’t work (he tried hiring people), the guy is immune to drugs (since Luthor tried various forms of truth serum). And when he hired Danny, it was as an assistant. Not an inventor. He couldn’t even con the man into making a new contract with him. So when he gives Danny a lab to work on his personal projects as a ‘gift’ for his hard work, it’s with the full intention of spying on him. Only…for some reason, all the cameras and bugging devices Luthor put in the lab are filled with static and disrupted. He’s tried to send Danny an assistant to find how the inventions are built, but each person has no idea what’s going on and can’t keep up. What they can keep up with doesn’t make sense and they can’t even try to explain it. Luthor himself even tried to walk in and watch but Danny just sat there, drinking coffee while staring at him because he ‘wasn’t in an inventing mood that day.’ And the most frustrating thing? Danny made many inventions. He made a way to get clean water by taking in the moisture in the air. He made some type of completely clean green energy source. He made a small device that when attached to something, can make it weightless which had increased debris rescue attempts and worker efficiently when moving large objects. And has somehow made the new phones have infinite WiFi signals even from space. They literally tested it by giving the next astronaut a phone and while on the moon, that person was watching YouTube videos with perfect internet.

His company was reproducing revolutionary technology and Luthor had no idea how they were being made.

It was mind boggling. It didn’t make sense. Even when he ripped apart and dissected the inventions to find out how they worked, nothing added up. And when he tried putting them back together they never worked right. He couldn’t even try and use them to capture Superman. All of the inventions were unable to be twisted to do harm. It was infuriating.

Danny just goes on and on making more and more inventions. He becomes famous in the company for being able to fix anything and everything and becomes the go-to guy. Yet he is always focused on making sure Luthor makes his meetings. And that’s when his real inventions come out. Because Danny does have weapons. Luthor has seen them. (Or at least, he thought he saw the guy weld a kryptonite blade against Superman? Sure it wasn’t green but how else could it cut the man of steel?)

Then Danny finds out about Kon and practically takes him under his wing. If Luthor is too busy for the boy, Danny schedules time with him and teaches him all kinds of things like how to read and write and even takes him out to the movies and to try different foods and desserts. Kon learns he likes the ice cream stand down by the corner and also enjoys spicy food. Danny does not like spicy food but is willing to sit down and eat it for the boy. Kon appreciates that Danny was so willing to do something he didn’t like just because it made Kon happy. Kon really likes Luthor’s new assistant. He’s nice, spends time with him, and actually treats him like a person. He even gave tips on controlling his powers!

Danny for all intents an purposes, seems like a normal guy, until someone attempts to mess with one of Luthor’s scheduled meetings. That’s when the mad scientist comes out. Just imagine, there’s a super hard battle against Darkseid where Luthor attempted to make a deal but was double crossed and now he and the heroes have to put their differences aside to fight. Only suddenly, Danny shows up with a ballpoint pen and notepad telling them that he has to take Luthor for his 7:30 pm appointment. Darkseid looks down at the puny human and says that Luthor was not going anywhere. Danny locks eyes with him, pulls out the ballpoint pen, clicks the end, and like Percy Jackson it turns into a Fenton blaster about the size of his forearm. Danny takes aim and shoots off Darkseid’s arm, then before anyone can do anything, Danny rushes over, grabs his keychain necklace which switches into a long glowing green chain and shoots it out the improved Jack-o-nine tails which wraps the overlord up while binding his mouth so he can’t speak. Then Danny walks over to the downed giant and points the still smoking blaster under his chin and says that Mr. Luthor was coming with him.

And Darkseid whimpers.

Legend talks about his uncle in a way that makes the chain THINK he's dead. So so sad... Only for them to fall into Legend's Hyrule one time and there's this random older guy?? Visiting Ravio??? And Legend lights up a little kid and goes "UNCLE!!" and nearly bowls him over with a hug.

Turns out his Uncle retired after the events of ALTTP and took up traveling a few years later. Legend was old enough to manage the orchard himself, and it was fun when the two ran into each other while traveling every so often!