DP x DC Prompt: Liminal Joker
I need a fic where Danny’s the ghost king who moved to Gotham bcs of a bad reveal with his parents or for job opportunities or whatever and Gotham’s the only place with enough ectoplasm to sustain him.
Anyways, Joker has died and brought back to life more time than is healthy tbh and is def somewhat liminal.
Danny knows this, and he also knows that as Ghost King he can command spirits or liminal to do something and they have to do it.
So when Joker breaks out of Arkham and kidnaps Tim Drake (cuz why not) and is recording live, Danny Fenton (not Phantom) just strolls into the warehouse they’re in with a rolled up newspaper in one hand and smacks the Joker on the top of his head.
“Get back to your cell in Arkham, Jack, let the poor guy go,”
Danny refuses to call him “Joker” that’s a stupid ass name—at least Vlad was creative!
To everyone’s shock, Joker’s face just scrunches up angrily but eventually unties Tim Drake and then marches himself back to Arkham.
This happens every time he breaks out.
Joker plans to release his laughing gas?
“Jack, clean up this mess and go back to your cell,”
Kidnaps another Wayne kid?
“Leave the kids alone, Napier, go turn yourself into Gordon,”
“Will you stop the kidnapping, Jack? Go back to Arkham,”
And every damn time Danny just needs to swat him on the head with a newspaper and he does it.
Eventually Batman corners Danny, trying to figure out who he is and why the hell the Joker listens to him
Danny just shrugs and goes, “Have you tried hitting him over the head with a rolled up newspaper? It’s worked for me so far,”
It gets even better when Danny catches Joker escaping Arkham and makes him go to Crime Alley to apologize to the Red Hood for murdering him and even made him say “robin is magical”
Batman is confused. Gotham is amused. Joker is annoyed. Jason’s in love. The rogues are terrified.
Danny sends a message to Mr Lancer to thank him for the idea of hitting entities with a rolled up newspaper (I.e box ghost)
Mr Lancer has never been prouder of a student before.