#danny phantom lancer

Mister Lancer: And if we’re really quiet, maybe we’ll hear a young deer calling out for its parent.

My favorite thing to think of is Danny making “connections” in stories that Lancer didn’t notice before because of his unbelievable amount of space knowledge and genuinely impressing him. Example: Lancer offhandedly admitting he doesn’t know why a character was named Polaris. Danny takes a quick read and explains what the Polaris star is that, and that the character is likely called that due to their ability to lead the others even during the darkest times.

“If you don’t mind me asking, why do you come to my office everyday to nap? I don’t have an issue with it, as you know, but I’m rather curious.” Lancer asked.

Phantom stretched his arms up. Surprisingly, there were a few pops. Why he had bones despite being a ghost was anyone’s guess.

Safe. He signed.

The young ghost was unable to speak English. He understood it perfectly well, but it seemed his verbal skills were limited to ghost speak. Lancer took it upon himself to start teaching him sign language so that he could communicate without always needing a notebook and pencil. They’d only recently started, so Phantom’s knowledge on it was fairly limited.

The response made Lancer raise an eyebrow.”Safe?” He questioned. Phantom signed the word again and pointed at him. “I’m safe?” Lancer asked. Phantom smiled and nodded, then opened his mouth. What came out sounded like a howling wind, but Phantom repeating the word again in sign language gave him the context clue the teacher needed to understand what it meant in ghost speak.

Phantom places a paper on Lancer’s desk with some kind of translation key from English letters to something akin to constellations for letters. Lancer was confused at first, but he managed to figure out that it’s a language the ghost kid made up on his own, and now he’s sharing the knowledge with him.

One day, Lancer’s reviewing Danny’s paperwork. At the very bottom, in that same language, he wrote “Thanks for being a cool teacher. Not everyone lets a half ghost chill in their office. Don’t tell my parents, please.”