HistoricallyInnacurate!

Vivisection with crossovers excluded (straight down to batman bc it's interesting info to see 17);

And dissection (batman was not listed so you get top 5);

While filtering for crossovers ONLY gets this for vivisection:

And this for dissection;

So the thing you have to understand is in the show Danny's parents are mad scientists. And not only are they mad scientists, they're mad scientists set on studying ghosts. They don't think ghosts are people. They know ghosts experience pain and don't care, and regularly threaten to tear Phantom apart molecule by molecule:

^ said in front of Danny-their-son

And then these exchanges, following an identity reveal to the whole world. The reveal gets undone via reality hijinks later, but we still get this:

^ His sister Jazz gets it.

And you see in these screenshots something else really important: They do not know that their son Danny is the superhero ghost Danny Phantom.

They love him! Every time they learn he's Danny Phantom in the show, they decide loving him is more important than the fact that he's a ghost.

Buuut.

This whole dynamic opens up a whole beautiful rainbow of angst fics, doesn't it?

What if they kill Danny before ever realizing it's him? What if killing him is what reveals it's him? What if they capture him and vivisect him and he can't reveal himself to them the whole time? What if they get far enough that it kills the human part of him and he can never give them solid evidence what happened to their beloved son?

What if he tries revealing himself to them after he realizes what they're about to do, and they don't believe him?

Because there's the other direction you can take this. A lot of people in the phandom were queer teenagers in the aughts, when the question of 'will my parents accept me even though they hate what I am?' was a very personally relevant question.

Which means you get fics where Danny reveals himself, and his parents don't accept him.

Where not only do they hate ghosts more than they love him, but they start treating him like they treat any other ghost.

And that includes experimenting on him.

I had like one, maybe two friends who were all like FUCK YEAH YOU PAINT IT WHATEVER COLOR YOU WANT, PURPLE BEDROOMS ARE AWESOME.

But when they actualy saw the finished bedroom, every single one of them was like, “Oh yeah, that’s really pretty.” (Well, the ones who supported me from the beginning were more like WOOHOO.)

MEAN YOU HAVE TO ABANDON

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

When I bought my house, the kitchen was multiple shades of dingy white. It was dismal, but it was now mine! So went to the hardware store for paint (well, several trips, painted swatches on panel, etc — I’m very picky. But this was the final, ‘real’ trip). It was a busy day in the paint section. There were at least five people behind me in line.

Now, remember, latex paint is slightly lighter and brighter when wet than it is when dry. And I’d decided to paint my kitchen candy-apple red. The hardware store employee took my gallon off the Paint Jiggler and cracked it open to put a dab on the top, revealing the most incredibly deep pink, and behind me I hear the entire line of people say,

“Oh my god.”

…in perfect chorus.

This is the door to my garage. It used to be white. Live your best life.

Mischief the cat says “Who goes there?”

Every visiting friend says “This is so cool.”

my garage. It used to be

white. Live your best life.

not decorating trends; those have always existed. but the idea that color and decoration is inherently childish

this is the dining room at the Eustis Estate in Milton, Massachusetts, from 1878 (where I used to work, briefly). the walls are TEXTURED MICA SHIMMER on a green background. Adult Space For Adults!

A jewelry shop in Paris c. 1901. kids can’t buy jewelry!

who can forget the classic 1950s colorful bathroom? I’m not a huge fan, but still! adult space! bright colors; decorative designs!

So here’s two examples of traditional Norwegian farmhouse interiors. You know. The kinds of places peasants live in.

This type of painting is called “rosemaling” and today you usually find it on, like, carved wooden bowls and such that are only used for decoration. But back two centuries ago, it was very common to find the interiors of homes covered in it, in projects that were painted little by little over the decades. Because it’s beautiful to look at, paint is the cheapest way of decorating your house, and what else are you going to do on the long winter nights when it’s too dark and cold to work outdoors?

But mostly, they did it because it made them happy, and it was beautiful.

cheetahs regularly get bullied by lions, hyenas, crocodiles, and baboons

multiple people think this means cheetahs aren't an apex predator/belong lower on the food chain

which is how I learned humans equate social status with position on the food chain. (which is nonsense to anyone who's ever met, for instance, a moose)

an apex predator is just a predator without natural predators of its own. you can be an anxious pathetic mess, but if you're not getting eaten by your neighbors, congrats! you're an apex predator.

i look it up to make sure cheetahs are apex predators

I find out it's not uncommon for cheetah cubs (and very occasionally adults) to be eaten by lions, leopards, hyneas, and even eagles???

well that sure calls into question their apex predator status. out of curiosity i check to see if there are any animals that hunt lions

this is how I discover that cheetahs, lions, hyenas, and leopards will all eat each other's children if presented with an easy opportunity (and sometimes young/elderly/injured adults)

begining to wonder how useful 'apex predator' is as a term

in conclusion, cheetahs are so fast because they are fueled by Grade A+ Ultra Concentrated Anxiety and they need that speed to run away from their problems

(I know this isn't the most even way to represent animal groups but I tried to go off of what I saw mentioned most in the notes)

Or: Tim Drake and his Eldritch boyfriend Danny Phantom