#tue

I CANNOT BELIEVE A SHOW THAT WAS EXECUTED SO UNSERIOUSLY MANAGED TO SLIP IN A GENUINE ALLEGORY FOR SUICIDE (DANNY KILLING HIMSELF) AS A RESULT OF DEEP TRAUMATIC DEPRESSION.

AND THAT ALLEGORY BEING HIS EVIL ALTERNATE REALITY SELF.

was it intentional? Was it Unintentional?

it feels so heavy handed, but the show is the way it is. I don't know I don't know.

I love this stupid show.

THE ULTIMATE ENEMY WOULD HAVE WORKED BETTER THEMATICALLY IF DANNY DIDN’T CHANGE THE ECTO-FILTRATOR AND IT EXPLODED; INSTEAD OF CHEATING ON HIS TEST SOMEHOW CAUSING EVERYONE HE LOVES TO DIE IN A RANDOM NASTY BURGER SAUCE ACCIDENT!!!

I truly think the whole message of “don’t cheat on your test” cheapens the story overall and instead it should have focused on personal responsibility.

The PERFECT SOLUTION was right there to have all the pieces in place for a scenario where everyone he loves die as a result of his actions. They ALREADY established that the house has an ecto-filtrator that Danny has to change or else the entire house could explode.

If you still wanted to have a sub-plot of Danny cheating you could have had Lancer do a home-call but I still think the whole story would be cheapened because the message feels like: “don’t cheat on your test or else your entire family could die in a freak accident” instead of: “your choices have rippling effects that don’t only affect you but also those around you” which should have been the message in an episode about an alternate evil timeline self.

Of course, they wouldn’t want to reuse the same plot-line of Danny forgetting to change the ecto-filtrator but it still would have worked much better than the cheating plot-line and could have still worked because he already supposedly learned his lesson; but realistically as a kid you tend to make the same mistakes.

It would have felt more personable and would have made a lot more sense why Danny would feel responsible for the accident. Yes, cheating on his test was the reason his family was even at the Nasty Burger in the first place but in the end it was a freak accident. Maybe the point is that Danny feels responsible for something that was ultimately out of his control but that’s not really how the episode treats it (at least from my memory. I haven’t seen TUE in a while).

[Original under the cut!]

So the selection requirements for Pink/Violet Lanterns aka Star Sapphires are “The violet power ring chooses its wearer, usually after the previous wearer's death, focusing on those who possess immense capacity for love or have suffered profound loss”. The loss, which makes them go a bit crazy, is specifically that of of their loved ones.

In the Nickelodeon original series Danny Phantom, season 2 episodes 8-9 explore the heartbreaking journey of young Danny Fenton after he suffers the tragic loss of his friends and family. The loss, which made him go mad from grief, triggered a series of events that led to him transforming into a malicious being of incredible power fueled by vengeance and the pain of great love ripped away far before its time.