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So in my head it would be smaller story arcs that seed into major ones.

Arc 1: Origin.

So the first arc would essentially just be season one of the original show but with more focus on Dannys powers him getting used to them, his supporting cast and his rouges.

With a bigger focus on the overarching narrative and character driven moments.

Would lay the seeds for his and Valeries rivalry turned relationship.

Sewing the seeds for Danny's rivalry with Vlad.

The Halloween episode would also be very important too.

Fanning the flames would most likely be the same just with the added bonus of having prior build up so that Ember herself doesn't just come out of nowhere so over the course of the season you have little references to her maybe you hear her song in the background or you see a poster of her just fun little blink and you miss it Easter eggs that set her up as part of the world.

Another big change I'd make this season is Skulkers motivations. So instead of him simply hunting Danny for sport now you have the added angle of him hunting Danny at Vlad's request. So Vlad hears about this ghost hunter who's been heroing around amity it piques his interest(he thinks it might be Jack)be so he sends Skulker after him Skulker gets beaten by Danny and Vlad decides to hold the reunion at his castle as a way to lure Jack in and thats how we get bitter reunions as the mid season finale.

Apart from these changes the season would remain largely the same as the show with the last major change being Rein Storm becoming the season finale replacing control freaks.

The reason for that being that Rein storm is the first episode where Danny is acknowledged as a hero and I feel like the whole "It's not invisobil its Danny Phantom" line would work super well as an origin arc closer.

Also we're cutting out my brothers keeper at least for now.

Then onto season 2(Arc 2)

First change is that we're cutting out memory blank or rather I should say we're taking certain concepts from it and kinda just spreading it across multiple episodes.

I like memory blank its a well written episode but considering it mainly exists just to retcon in Danny's logo I'd rather just nix it entirely. Danny can just get his logo in the season one finale. Instead.

So a main theme with the first half of the season is that Danny's overconfidence and negligence of his friends is very much out in the open. He's not a straight up asshole or anything like that but stuff like him bailing on Sams movie marathon to go to Paulinas party or him using his powers to get back at bullies etc basically a bunch of stuff that shows that the power is going to his head.

So that brings me to the first episode of the season control freaks it plays out like the show with the added change that Danny is left very scared afterwards being used as a pawn and doing evil shit messes him up a bit but he doesn't wanna deal with that so he hides it and thats where the overconfidence and shit comes into play..but well he's not dealing with his emotions right and as a result he lashes out alot.

Which would lead into my brothers keeper only this time there isn't a happy ending he's still taking things really hard and spectra manipulating him makes it even worse.

Then Double Cross my heart and flirting with disaster happen and Danny is sort of at his emotional breaking point in terms of everything. Prisoners of love would also set up the GIW for later on in the season and we would see the guys in white appear a few more times just as minor antagonists or fodder for danny to beat in a few episodes.

And thats when we have the ultimate enemy as the mid season finale.

Where Danny is closer to becoming Dark Danny than he ever was before. The Big changes to this starts when Danny intentionally steals the test answers from Lancer becauss with everything going on the past few episodes Danny is too stressed to think of studying the exploding sauce packets thing is nixed and replaced with the ecto filtrator needing to be replaced. This episode would be all about what happens when you shirk your responsibility. Danny has been using his powers irresponsibly, ignoring his responsibilities at school in favor of taking the easy way out and also ignoring his responsibilities at home. So the episode plays out kind similarly Danny is stresses about the CATs and when he's on his breaking point, box lunch shows up and the 2 fight until the end up in Lancers office where Danny sees the answers and decides to go for it. The rest of the episodes play out the same except for the Lancer thinks danny stole the answers subplot cuz it doesn't make much sense instead Jazz goes to Danny's room looking for him and she finds the answers and tells Lancer that Danny has it Lancer tells her that danny has up until the test to return it yada yada. Then the episode plays out the same as it did again up until after Dark Danny does the CATS in Danny's place. Instead of asking them to meet at the Nasty Burger instead Lancer goes to fenton works Where Dark Danny has made sure that the ecto filtrator is about to blow he traps them Danny shows up and it plays out the same as the show once again with the main difference being that now Danny is alot more conscious of the types of choices he makes.

The rest of the season is pretty chill and really plays out exactly the same with the only extra thing is the GIW monitering Danny's movement and after Kindred Spirits Danielle's movements. They're looking for ghost artifacts that can take him down and thats when they find the reality gauntlet.

Which brings us to the season finale Reality trip. 2 major changes here the first being that it would be a 3 part finale instead of a 2 part one and the 2nd being that Danielle is gonna be involved.

So how it goes is that after numerous failed attempts to fight and capture Danny the GIW decided to switch gears. They found the reality gauntlet and went to the only person who knows how it works freakshow. From there the story plays out the same Dannys identity gets revealed and freakshow kidnaps their families and the GIW are after them. Another change is that while they are evading the GIW they hear one of them mention "Phantoms ghost sidekick" Danny immediately puts together that they're talking about Danielle so they go after her first and she's with them for the rest of the episode. The rest of the episode plays out the same just with Danielle more involved in the combat and stuff but she's still unstable and barely holding her own. They get the gems freakshow double crosses them and now it's danielle and danny vs freakshow and an army of zombie clowns. In the end Danny tricks freakshow just like the show he frees his family and they have the heart to heart he introduces a almost fully destabilized Danielle to them and they love her. Danny realizes how much harder all of this would be if he had to go it alone and he empathizes with how alone Danielle must feel so using the reality gauntlet and the power of retcon. He makes the entire world forget about his identity BUT he also makes it so that Danielle is not only stable but now a fully official member of the Fenton family becoming Danny and Jazz's little sister. He also uses it to scrub out all in the information that the GIW had on Danny, Danielle the fentons and the reality gauntlet.

And thats the end of the 2nd arc.

But Danny and Sam will still have feelings for each other that won't change if anything I think it would be given more focus in episodes like fanny the flames or shades of grey that have moments that really highlight their relationship we'd move away from them being straight up clueless about their feelings to being more in straight up denial about it.

Season 1 ans Season 2 would also have the underlying focus of how important Danny's friends and family are to him especially when it comes to keeping him in the straight and narrow.

He'd still have the main cast of bullies or whatever I don't see them changing much aside from them lightening up on Danny and his friends around pirate radio(which would happen in the latter half of season 2). Like they don't become popular or anything but the bulling does devolve into into just typical teen mockery which means that when Danny's identity gets revealed in Reality trip the A listers helping them hide makes more sense even tho he does wipe their memories in the end.

Tucker and Sam are alot more involved when they can be less like sidekicks more like actual heroes they do still keep a low profile cuz of Danny's secret identity.

Vlad is a looming presence throughout the entire show when he gets introduced.

Jack and Maddie are actually competent ghost hunters who are treated more like being eccentric instead of dumb/crazy.

So in my head it would be smaller story arcs that seed into major ones.

Arc 1: Origin.

So the first arc would essentially just be season one of the original show but with more focus on Dannys powers him getting used to them, his supporting cast and his rouges.

With a bigger focus on the overarching narrative and character driven moments.

Would lay the seeds for his and Valeries rivalry turned relationship.

Sewing the seeds for Danny's rivalry with Vlad.

The Halloween episode would also be very important too.

Fanning the flames would most likely be the same just with the added bonus of having prior build up so that Ember herself doesn't just come out of nowhere so over the course of the season you have little references to her maybe you hear her song in the background or you see a poster of her just fun little blink and you miss it Easter eggs that set her up as part of the world.

Another big change I'd make this season is Skulkers motivations. So instead of him simply hunting Danny for sport now you have the added angle of him hunting Danny at Vlad's request. So Vlad hears about this ghost hunter who's been heroing around amity it piques his interest(he thinks it might be Jack)be so he sends Skulker after him Skulker gets beaten by Danny and Vlad decides to hold the reunion at his castle as a way to lure Jack in and thats how we get bitter reunions as the mid season finale.

Apart from these changes the season would remain largely the same as the show with the last major change being Rein Storm becoming the season finale replacing control freaks.

The reason for that being that Rein storm is the first episode where Danny is acknowledged as a hero and I feel like the whole "It's not invisobil its Danny Phantom" line would work super well as an origin arc closer.

Also we're cutting out my brothers keeper at least for now.

Then onto season 2(Arc 2)

First change is that we're cutting out memory blank or rather I should say we're taking certain concepts from it and kinda just spreading it across multiple episodes.

I like memory blank its a well written episode but considering it mainly exists just to retcon in Danny's logo I'd rather just nix it entirely. Danny can just get his logo in the season one finale. Instead.

So a main theme with the first half of the season is that Danny's overconfidence and negligence of his friends is very much out in the open. He's not a straight up asshole or anything like that but stuff like him bailing on Sams movie marathon to go to Paulinas party or him using his powers to get back at bullies etc basically a bunch of stuff that shows that the power is going to his head.

So that brings me to the first episode of the season control freaks it plays out like the show with the added change that Danny is left very scared afterwards being used as a pawn and doing evil shit messes him up a bit but he doesn't wanna deal with that so he hides it and thats where the overconfidence and shit comes into play..but well he's not dealing with his emotions right and as a result he lashes out alot.

Which would lead into my brothers keeper only this time there isn't a happy ending he's still taking things really hard and spectra manipulating him makes it even worse.

Then Double Cross my heart and flirting with disaster happen and Danny is sort of at his emotional breaking point in terms of everything. Prisoners of love would also set up the GIW for later on in the season and we would see the guys in white appear a few more times just as minor antagonists or fodder for danny to beat in a few episodes.

And thats when we have the ultimate enemy as the mid season finale.

Where Danny is closer to becoming Dark Danny than he ever was before. The Big changes to this starts when Danny intentionally steals the test answers from Lancer becauss with everything going on the past few episodes Danny is too stressed to think of studying the exploding sauce packets thing is nixed and replaced with the ecto filtrator needing to be replaced. This episode would be all about what happens when you shirk your responsibility. Danny has been using his powers irresponsibly, ignoring his responsibilities at school in favor of taking the easy way out and also ignoring his responsibilities at home. So the episode plays out kind similarly Danny is stresses about the CATs and when he's on his breaking point, box lunch shows up and the 2 fight until the end up in Lancers office where Danny sees the answers and decides to go for it. The rest of the episodes play out the same except for the Lancer thinks danny stole the answers subplot cuz it doesn't make much sense instead Jazz goes to Danny's room looking for him and she finds the answers and tells Lancer that Danny has it Lancer tells her that danny has up until the test to return it yada yada. Then the episode plays out the same as it did again up until after Dark Danny does the CATS in Danny's place. Instead of asking them to meet at the Nasty Burger instead Lancer goes to fenton works Where Dark Danny has made sure that the ecto filtrator is about to blow he traps them Danny shows up and it plays out the same as the show once again with the main difference being that now Danny is alot more conscious of the types of choices he makes.

The rest of the season is pretty chill and really plays out exactly the same with the only extra thing is the GIW monitering Danny's movement and after Kindred Spirits Danielle's movements. They're looking for ghost artifacts that can take him down and thats when they find the reality gauntlet.

Which brings us to the season finale Reality trip. 2 major changes here the first being that it would be a 3 part finale instead of a 2 part one and the 2nd being that Danielle is gonna be involved.

So how it goes is that after numerous failed attempts to fight and capture Danny the GIW decided to switch gears. They found the reality gauntlet and went to the only person who knows how it works freakshow. From there the story plays out the same Dannys identity gets revealed and freakshow kidnaps their families and the GIW are after them. Another change is that while they are evading the GIW they hear one of them mention "Phantoms ghost sidekick" Danny immediately puts together that they're talking about Danielle so they go after her first and she's with them for the rest of the episode. The rest of the episode plays out the same just with Danielle more involved in the combat and stuff but she's still unstable and barely holding her own. They get the gems freakshow double crosses them and now it's danielle and danny vs freakshow and an army of zombie clowns. In the end Danny tricks freakshow just like the show he frees his family and they have the heart to heart he introduces a almost fully destabilized Danielle to them and they love her. Danny realizes how much harder all of this would be if he had to go it alone and he emphasizes with how alone Danielle must feel so using the reality gauntlet and the power of retcon. He makes the entire world forget about his identity BUT he also makes it so that Danielle is not only stable but now a fully official member of the Fenton family becoming Danny and Jazz's little sister. He also uses it to scrub out all in the information that the GIW had on Danny, Danielle the fentons and the reality gauntlet.

And thats the end of the 2nd arc.

So a few months back the guy who leaked avatar seven havens had also leaked that Avatar studios was also making another series based around a water avatar codenamed Red thunder and it was supposedly a show that was set to take place in an unseen era that was ravaged by an ice age. Flash forward to this week Viacom recently trademarked the name "Avatar Kuruk:Wave of Chaos" for animation. The guy who leaked seven havens before it was announced did some digging and confirmed that this water avatar series is indeed an avatar kuruk series.

The tag line is:

“A rebellious teenager bucks thousands of years of tradition to go on globetrotting adventures, staying one step ahead of his angry teacher, rowdy pirates, and chaotic gremlins–all while helping the world in his own unique ways.”

Now this is a tagline for a casting call which means it's very very intentionally vague.

Now apparently this series was written several years ago and was supposed to be a bit darker in tone like korra but at Paramounts request it was overhauled to be more akin to atla in tone.

Apparently since Paramount views atla as a "boys franchise" it seems like they have alot of faith in this show as opposed to korra or seven havens(the misogyny is insane tbh)

Now people are wondering how they're gonna tell kuruks story in a more kid friendly setting and tbh considering most of the messy parts in kuruks life happens when he's an adult and this show is most likely going to take place when he's a teenager I think they can skirt around most of it. Especially since it sounds like they're gonna introduce new members to the team who weren't originally in the books. Seems like the main villains will be the 5th nation from the novels which you know is definitely giving more atla comparisons more than anything cuz it does sound like atla but we're replacing the fire nation with the 5th nation but thats just my assumption.

Since most of the info we know about kuruk is from flashbacks via the kyoshi novels and they mainly talk about kuruk as an adult I think as long as they follow the parts we know about teen kuruks life closely and don't step on the novels toes i think we could be in for a treat here.

Tbh personally I would've preferred if this was about a past avatar who we hadn't met before but I'm still looking forward to this since as much as I want stuff about new avatars finding out more about the past avatars are also fun.

Plus I've always believed the franchise works better with the adventure aspect instead if just keeping them in one place.

The series was apparently given a 26 episode order. Idk how serious that part is since I'm assuming episode counts can change but I am hoping that it's more than just 26 episodes

https://knightedgemedia.com/2026/08/avatar-studios-is-developing-an-avatar-kuruk-animated-tv-series-exclusive/?fsp_sid=15495

So in my head it would be smaller story arcs that seed into major ones.

Arc 1: Origin.

So the first arc would essentially just be season one of the original show but with more focus on Dannys powers him getting used to them, his supporting cast and his rouges.

With a bigger focus on the overarching narrative and character driven moments.

Would lay the seeds for his and Valeries rivalry turned relationship.

Sewing the seeds for Danny's rivalry with Vlad.

The Halloween episode would also be very important too.

Fanning the flames would most likely be the same just with the added bonus of having prior build up so that Ember herself doesn't just come out of nowhere so over the course of the season you have little references to her maybe you hear her song in the background or you see a poster of her just fun little blink and you miss it Easter eggs that set her up as part of the world.

Another big change I'd make this season is Skulkers motivations. So instead of him simply hunting Danny for sport now you have the added angle of him hunting Danny at Vlad's request. So Vlad hears about this ghost hunter who's been heroing around amity it piques his interest(he thinks it might be Jack)be so he sends Skulker after him Skulker gets beaten by Danny and Vlad decides to hold the reunion at his castle as a way to lure Jack in and thats how we get bitter reunions as the mid season finale.

Apart from these changes the season would remain largely the same as the show with the last major change being Rein Storm becoming the season finale replacing control freaks.

The reason for that being that Rein storm is the first episode where Danny is acknowledged as a hero and I feel like the whole "It's not invisobil its Danny Phantom" line would work super well as an origin arc closer.

Also we're cutting out my brothers keeper at least for now.

Then onto season 2(Arc 2)

First change is that we're cutting out memory blank or rather I should say we're taking certain concepts from it and kinda just spreading it across multiple episodes.

I like memory blank its a well written episode but considering it mainly exists just to retcon in Danny's logo I'd rather just nix it entirely. Danny can just get his logo in the season one finale. Instead.

So a main theme with the first half of the season is that Danny's overconfidence and negligence of his friends is very much out in the open. He's not a straight up asshole or anything like that but stuff like him bailing on Sams movie marathon to go to Paulinas party or him using his powers to get back at bullies etc basically a bunch of stuff that shows that the power is going to his head.

So that brings me to the first episode of the season control freaks it plays out like the show with the added change that Danny is left very scared afterwards being used as a pawn and doing evil shit messes him up a bit but he doesn't wanna deal with that so he hides it and thats where the overconfidence and shit comes into play..but well he's not dealing with his emotions right and as a result he lashes out alot.

Which would lead into my brothers keeper only this time there isn't a happy ending he's still taking things really hard and spectra manipulating him makes it even worse.

Then Double Cross my heart and flirting with disaster happen and Danny is sort of at his emotional breaking point in terms of everything. Prisoners of love would also set up the GIW for later on in the season and we would see the guys in white appear a few more times just as minor antagonists or fodder for danny to beat in a few episodes.

And thats when we have the ultimate enemy as the mid season finale.

Where Danny is closer to becoming Dark Danny than he ever was before. The Big changes to this starts when Danny intentionally steals the test answers from Lancer becauss with everything going on the past few episodes Danny is too stressed to think of studying the exploding sauce packets thing is nixed and replaced with the ecto filtrator needing to be replaced. This episode would be all about what happens when you shirk your responsibility. Danny has been using his powers irresponsibly, ignoring his responsibilities at school in favor of taking the easy way out and also ignoring his responsibilities at home. So the episode plays out kind similarly Danny is stresses about the CATs and when he's on his breaking point, box lunch shows up and the 2 fight until the end up in Lancers office where Danny sees the answers and decides to go for it. The rest of the episodes play out the same except for the Lancer thinks danny stole the answers subplot cuz it doesn't make much sense instead Jazz goes to Danny's room looking for him and she finds the answers and tells Lancer that Danny has it Lancer tells her that danny has up until the test to return it yada yada. Then the episode plays out the same as it did again up until after Dark Danny does the CATS in Danny's place. Instead of asking them to meet at the Nasty Burger instead Lancer goes to fenton works Where Dark Danny has made sure that the ecto filtrator is about to blow he traps them Danny shows up and it plays out the same as the show once again with the main difference being that now Danny is alot more conscious of the types of choices he makes.

The rest of the season is pretty chill and really plays out exactly the same with the only extra thing is the GIW monitering Danny's movement and after Kindred Spirits Danielle's movements. They're looking for ghost artifacts that can take him down and thats when they find the reality gauntlet.

Which brings us to the season finale Reality trip. 2 major changes here the first being that it would be a 3 part finale instead of a 2 part one and the 2nd being that Danielle is gonna be involved.

So how it goes is that after numerous failed attempts to fight and capture Danny the GIW decided to switch gears. They found the reality gauntlet and went to the only person who knows how it works freakshow. From there the story plays out the same Dannys identity gets revealed and freakshow kidnaps their families and the GIW are after them. Another change is that while they are evading the GIW they hear one of them mention "Phantoms ghost sidekick" Danny immediately puts together that they're talking about Danielle so they go after her first and she's with them for the rest of the episode. The rest of the episode plays out the same just with Danielle more involved in the combat and stuff but she's still unstable and barely holding her own. They get the gems freakshow double crosses them and now it's danielle and danny vs freakshow and an army of zombie clowns. In the end Danny tricks freakshow just like the show he frees his family and they have the heart to heart he introduces a almost fully destabilized Danielle to them and they love her. Danny realizes how much harder all of this would be if he had to go it alone and he emphasizes with how alone Danielle must feel so using the reality gauntlet and the power of retcon. He makes the entire world forget about his identity BUT he also makes it so that Danielle is not only stable but now a fully official member of the Fenton family becoming Danny and Jazz's little sister. He also uses it to scrub out all in the information that the GIW had on Danny, Danielle the fentons and the reality gauntlet.

And thats the end of the 2nd arc.

Like Sams flip floppy feminism and activism.

Tuckers whole....deal....

Danny just essentially being whatever the plot needs.

The constant references to other things are Hella fun but also date the show so much. Like Danny says "page him" in one episode and its the funniest thing ever.

Going back to re-watch it when I was older I realized that even little kid me got annoyed at some of the stupid 2000s Nickelodeon bitch fartman-ness of it all.

One thing in particular was how much it focused on dating: danny having a crush on paulina, him and sam will they wont they, danny and val. the episode where kitty possessed paulina and dates danny, the episode with the "exchange" student that sam kind of dates. tucker being gross with girls and never getting a date ...

But i do think that it being such a horrible show made it become the cult classic that is it today. The premise of the show is so interesting. I personally live all the characters. But the story itself? bad. Better people than myself have said it before, but its really a show that was begging to be a long format story with arcs and character growth that was diminished into being a johnny quest knock off.

It allowed a lot of room for interpretation within the fandom to be creative, make their own versions and really use the space.

I personally love when fans make Sam a nuanced character that is a feminist and vegan but also struggles with her own internalized misogyny. I love her need to be unique and stand out to be the foil to danny's desire to be normal and blend in.

(also, I've said it before and i'll say it again, Miraculous ladybug has so many of the same hallmarks as danny phantom, where the fandom makes it look so fun and interesting but the show is so bad and makes me feel like the creator hates his show, his characters, and his fans.)

tldr:

Like the dating stuff I didn't necessarily cuz it's a show about teens and well teens date my issue with it was mainly that you can tell that every "love interest" that wasn't Sam was just gonna be cast aside when they broke up with Danny or whatever which uk it's fine having an endgame in mind but Danny and Sam didn't really get that much development as a relationship other than just blushing and getting jealous or whatever. There was no actual progression with their arc cuz we barely saw them together together.

Danny and Valerie work better but then you have the whole issue of after they break up Valerie doesn't appear again until the episode before the finale and only ever had her character being given any kind if attention when she was viewed as a romantic prospect for Danny.

The show doesn't commit to actual storylines and instead just does a bunch of 2 parters which are good and exciting as a kid but as an adult ring hollow when there's nothing leading up to it.

Like reality trip could've been a 5 episode arc by itself and so could rein storm.

Hell even the ultimate enemy should've had more long term repercussions other than Danny just having the ghostly wail now.

It's such a mixed bag

its just a lot of missed opportunities, but those opportunities are now our opportunities!

I never turn away from a chance to shit on The Ink Tank, so, be prepared for a rant.

The Ink Tank's existence has inflated the entitlement and toxicity within the fandom. Even if they wanna pretend as if their fanbase is filled with little gifts from god. Kuro uses the "it's a fanfiction" excuse to play down criticism for this exact purpose. He has an entire production team and hired PROFESSIONAL voice actors behind the production of the motion comic of 5 Years Later, by all intents and purposes 5 Years Later is as close to what the loud motherfuckers of the fandom ACTUALLY want than what MOA and the actual production team of Ben 10 wanna make. 5YL is a production on direct COMPETITION with the Ben 10 comic, this was clear ever since the comic was announced.

And The Ink Tank knows this. They HAVE to, they'd be sincerely too stupid not to, why else would they bring up that it's a fanfiction ONLY when addressing criticism? They don't even have the term "fan-made" ANYWHERE on their own goddamn website.

Them giving these fucks everything they want on a silver platter has increased the fandom's expectations regarding official work to the point that they will live and die on 5 Years Later being better than the official comic because they cannot fathom and stubbornly, like children, do not WANT anything that doesn't touch on the same beats as 5 Years Later because 5 Years Later is a mediocre story that only exists as elaborate fanservice for them to consume like fucking gluttons and clap and praise because “It's exactly what we wanted!! OMG young adult Ben! He has an EPIK fight as Alien X and YURI VOICES HIM!!!”.

After all, how the fuck is The Ink Tank supposed to make money?

And going further into the toxicity? I remember what the fanbase did to Derrick J. Wyatt. Specifically, I remember what happened between Kuro and Clover_Karin literally 10 days after DJW died.

Because Ben10 fans can talk all they want about wanting a good story or whatever but at the end of the day all ben10 fans really want is hype moments and aura and edgey shit it's why the uaf era specifically ua gets glazed so much despite not being that good.

And 5yl gives them exactly what they want and then some, big alien x battle old vas reprising their roles etc.

The Ink Tank has to be fully aware of the impact that they have to some degree.

It's fun as a fan work but because of its popularity and the ink tanks influence they have spawned a toxic ass fanbase that have convinced themselves that it's of more value than anything MOA have done with the franchise just cuz MOA won't cater to their whims.