Random Thoughts I Have

This is my doppelgänger, Danny, I met him on the internet

Damian Wayne has always been deeply invested in animals, especially endangered species. This is not new information. If there is an animal somewhere on Earth that is critically endangered, Damian Wayne has probably read at least three academic papers about it and has Opinions™ about its conservation status.

So naturally, when an article comes out about a female purple-backed gorilla named Delilah, Damian reads it.

Because of course he does.

And then he notices something interesting.

Apparently, some kid named Danny Fenton was the one who figured out that Delilah was actually a she.

Damian is intrigued.

He looks Danny up.

And then Damian just….

stares at the screen.

Because Danny Fenton looks strikingly like him.

Same dark hair. Same general facial structure. Same resting expression that suggests he is perpetually one inconvenience away from committing a felony. The only difference being Danny’s eyes are blue instead of green.

Damian’s immediate conclusion:

Someone has cloned me.

Obviously.

There is no other explanation.

Except, unfortunately, there is.

Danny Fenton is not a clone.

He’s just Damian’s unwitting doppelgänger.

And Damian, being Damian, decides that this is something he absolutely needs to investigate.

So he finds Danny online.

And Danny, who is apparently completely unfazed by some random Gotham teenager contacting him because they look alike, goes:

“Oh hey! You look like me too!”

Damian:

“I look like you?”

Danny:

“Yeah?”

Damian:

“You are aware that I am objectively more attractive.”

Danny:

“I literally don’t know you.”

And somehow this turns into a friendship.

They become internet friends.

Like, genuinely good internet friends.

They send each other pictures of weird animals.

Damian sends Danny articles about endangered species.

Danny sends Damian pictures of Tucker doing increasingly stupid things.

Damian complains about his siblings.

Danny complains about ghosts.

Damian: “My brother is insufferable.”

Danny: “My sister once threatened to throw me into a river.”

Damian: “Understandable.”

Danny: “I WAS SIX.”

And neither of them thinks this is weird.

They’ve been talking for ages.

They’ve never met in person.

Until Danny Fenton somehow ends up at a Gotham gala.

Maybe Vlad dragged him there because apparently Danny is being forced to attend another rich-person function.

Maybe Sam invited him as her plus-one because she knows exactly how much Danny hates these things and thinks watching him suffer is funny.

Maybe it’s a Wayne Foundation gala and Danny is there for some completely legitimate reason.

It doesn’t matter.

Because Damian walks into the room.

Sees Danny.

Stops.

Danny sees Damian.

Stops.

They stare at each other from across the ballroom.

And Danny slowly points.

Damian slowly points back.

Danny:

“No fucking way.”

Damian:

“Fenton?”

Danny:

“WAYNE?!”

And suddenly the entire Batfamily is watching as Damian Wayne, the child who has been raised to be suspicious of everyone, runs across a ballroom to greet some random teenage boy like they’ve known each other for years.

Bruce is standing there like:

Who is that?

Dick:

Oh my god, Damian has a friend.

Jason:

Why does that kid look like a civilian Damian?

Tim, already pulling up his phone:

Holy shit.

Steph:

DID DAMIAN GET A SECRET BOYFRIEND?!

Damian:

“He is not my boyfriend.”

Danny:

“We’re not even dating!”

Steph:

“I DIDN’T ASK”

And Danny and Damian immediately discover the most important thing about having a best friend who is also your physical double:

You can weaponize it.

They start switching places.

Danny puts on Damian’s jacket.

Damian takes Danny’s tie.

They swap phones.

They start answering to each other’s names.

Someone asks Damian a question and Danny answers.

Someone asks Danny something and Damian answers.

And because they look so ridiculously alike, nobody knows what’s happening.

Except Dick.

Dick knows.

Dick is watching his little brother actively participate in the most elaborate identity-based prank he’s ever seen and is having the time of his life.

Bruce, meanwhile:

“Damian.”

Danny:

“Yes, Father?”

Bruce:

“…”

Danny:

“…”

Bruce:

“Damian.”

Damian, from across the room:

“Yes, Father?”

Bruce:

“What.”

Danny:

“What?”

Damian:

“What?”

Bruce:

“I am going to bed.”

And the best part?

Damian and Danny aren’t even trying to be malicious.

They’re just having fun.

Because they’ve spent months talking online, and now they finally get to hang out in person, and apparently their shared hobby is causing problems for everyone around them.

By the end of the night, Gotham’s wealthiest families have absolutely no idea which Wayne child they’ve been speaking to.

The Batfamily has collectively decided Danny is part of the family now.

Sam has discovered that Damian is somehow exactly as insane as Danny.

And Damian has come to the deeply unfortunate realization that he has finally found someone who can match his energy.

Danny Fenton was supposed to be Damian Wayne’s internet friend.

Instead, he accidentally became his chaos twin.

Um Who’s that in the back?

Tucker Foley finally getting an interview with Wayne Enterprises after months of applications and networking, caffeine abuse and despite the fact that Sam thinks the Wayne’s are sketchy. Only for Tim Drake-Wayne to watch in real time as Tucker’s boyfriend sleep-floats through the background and phases halfway through an exterior wall

and Tucker just sighs like this is a regular Tuesday before sprinting off-screen yelling:

“DANNY YOU ARE LEAVING THE BUILDING AGAIN”

while Tim is sitting there like

👁️👄👁️

because excuse me?????

and it somehow gets worse because Tucker drags Danny back inside by the ankle and Danny is STILL asleep and mumbling “five more minutes” while ACTIVELY HOVERING

Tim: did he just go through the wall

Tucker, immediately: no

Sam, from somewhere off-screen: yes

Tim absolutely mutes himself because he’s laughing too hard and now he’s obsessed because WHAT do you MEAN sleep-floating???

Meanwhile Danny wakes up just long enough to realize he exposed his ghost nonsense to a Wayne and immediately hides his face in Tucker’s shoulder like a cat that knocked over a vase

Whose baby is that?!?

Danny got de-aged some how but still has his ghostly ability. He is on the watchtower causing chaos obviously. The thing is there are so many black haired and blue eyed people that are part of the justice league so everyone assumes that he’s someone’s child or a relative that they’re babysitting.

Superman sees him is like I didn’t know Bruce got another kid.

Wonder Woman sees him and just like aww he looks like Clark.

Batman is trying to figure out if he is a grandfather or not.

Zatanna knows it’s some type of magic issue happening but still can’t figure out if someone got de-aged or a baby was magically born.

The Flash thinks it’s a timeline issue and is slightly freaking out.

Martian Manhunter knows that it’s phantom but thinks it’s funny so he says nothing.

Like father like son

A short one for the new year

The bats are at a gala let’s make it a new year’s party who cares. Anyways Vlad brought Danny.

Jason runs to Dick after a weird and ominous conversation with Vlad masters

Dick: so how did that go

Jason: the motherfucker gives me the creeps

Dick: you can’t call him a motherfucker it’s rude

Danny(appearing from nowhere): and inaccurate he gets no bitches he just wants to fuck my mom

Jason: oh I like this kid

Danny: thanks I’m Danny by the way

Then Danny disappears back into the crowd.

Dick: we can never let B meet that kid

DX DP PROMPT #9

Danny formerly Fenton now Danny Nightingale because he wants ZERO association with his parents who just got arrested for child neglect OR with his fruit-loop disaster of a godfather Vlad

Packs all his stuff and says his goodbyes and moves to Gotham of all places. Introduced himself as the new DalvCo heir and hit the ground running.

And the thing is… The gothic nightmare city loves him. He’s doing great in the socialite community and he’s got that witty sarcasm and sense of macabre that just really meshes with Gotham. He photographs so well whenever paparazzi can get a shot on him. It’s like he was posing for the picture. Oh and he said something that set the gossip magazines and news outlets ablaze.

“yeah the young CEO of Wayne Enterprises? Tim Drake-Wayne? He’s attractive. it’s extremely hot when someone that good-looking actually knows what they’re talking about.”

Oops didn’t mean to start anything it was just the truth and he was on his 3rd all nighter and he really needed some coffee.

MEANWHILE ELSEWHERE

Tim is sitting in his favorite coffee shop, drinking enough caffeine to kill a man and then revive him. The drink was so atrocious and nobody drank it but him so the cafe named it after him.

Danny walks in all exhausted and in need of something strong. He orders a Beat The Drakes Off You. Interesting name but there’s like 9 shots of espresso in there. He takes it and downs it like water.

Oh no Tim is in love and is gonna do so much stalking information gathering now.

DC X DP Prompt #8

Phantom’s been a Justice League member since he was 18. He’s 22 now, fully established, respected, and terrifyingly powerful in that calm, “don’t mess with me or you’ll end up in another dimension” kind of way.

He’s also learned something pretty neat about his powers: his ghost form reflects how he feels he is. Which, for a gender-fluid disaster like Danny, is awesome. Feeling masc today? Boom—tall, broad-shouldered ghost man energy. Feeling soft or androgynous? His form shifts right along with him. It’s affirming as hell.

…There’s just one tiny problem.

When he pushes himself too far—too much ecto-energy, not enough rest, living off coffee and sheer spite like every other vigilante—his ghost form reverts to how he looked when he first died.

You know.

When he was 14.

Tiny. Frail. Baby-faced. Adoption bait.

The League did not know this.

So when Phantom blew out half his reserves after pulling three consecutive all-nighters (thanks, Batman, for the bad habits), the explosion clears and standing there—where their twenty-something powerhouse used to be—is this small, confused, teenage boy.

Superman short-circuits. Wonder Woman immediately starts fussing. Batman is already drafting adoption papers.

And Danny, who’s just trying not to pass out, has to explain that no, he is not a lost child, he’s just tired.

Cue Batman trying to convince him to join the Batfam “for his own good.”

Phantom: Please don’t I am an adult and I have two kids

Flash:2 kids

Phantom: Yeah my clone, Ellie, and Billy but y’all know him as Captain Marvel or Shazam depending on the timeline this is

Green arrow: the timeline thing again

Batman: So I have possible grandchildren

Danny: I mean I guess I plan on joining your family soon anyway

Superman: I thought you said that you didn’t want to be adopted

Phantom: Oh I’m not getting adopted I’m marrying Jason

Nightwing: What now?

Jason back in Gotham by himself

DC X DP prompt #7

Let’s go in a different direction this time.

Barry needed some extra hands at the lab because people have lives so he hires Danny’s as the new intern at S.T.A.R. Labs. Paid internship, because we don’t do free labor here and Barry’s been a broke college student before. He’s been assigned to the new satellite project, and honestly? He’s good at it. A little weird sometimes (mutters about “ecto-energy readings” under his breath like that’s a normal thing), but a solid worker.

The thing is… he keeps showing up during rogue attacks.

Like, he was at the bank depositing his first paycheck when Heat Wave and Captain Cold decided to start redecorating. And instead of running like a normal person, this kid starts talking to Snart about the sub-thermal output of his cold gun. Snart actually paused mid-heist to argue back.

Then Danny’s at the zoo when Grodd attacks like that Grodd. And this dude’s just standing there, Dippin’ Dots in hand, commenting on how purple-backed gorillas have a “different aura signature.” (????)

Next time, it’s Weather Wizard. Lightning everywhere, chaos, the works. Danny ducks for cover and starts mumbling something about “this happened back home once and something about a guy named Vortex.”

Who. The. Hell. Is. Vortex?!

He swears he doesn’t mean to end up in these situations. Says trouble just follows him around.

Cisco’s convinced there’s something off about him.

And honestly? Barry is starting to agree.

I was bored and your universe seemed interesting

I know it’s been a minute but I got another prompt.

Danny’s in his mid-to-late 20s, chilling as Ghost King. He’s got his rogues on a schedule, the Infinite Realms basically run themselves, and the only “king work” he does is some paperwork every now and then.

With all that free time, he actually finished school super early—bachelor’s in aerospace engineering, master’s in astrobiology, PhD in supernatural sciences (or, y’know, something equally dramatic). He’s set. Money’s not an issue because ghost king treasury.

…And he’s bored out of his half-dead mind.

So when a natural portal opens up into some random universe with heroes (and, bonus, aliens)? Of course Danny’s gonna poke his head through and check it out.

Cue the Justice League being absolutely done with this unfathomably powerful 20-something twink just floating around asking them weird questions like,

• “So do Kryptonians metabolize yellow sun radiation like photosynthesis or is it more quantum absorption?”

• “How do you guys even stabilize magic matrices without tearing the Veil?”

Meanwhile:

• Superman is politely stressed.

• Batman is already planning seventeen ways to kill him (none of which would work).

• Wonder Woman’s ready to lasso him just to get a straight answer.

• Martian Manhunter is having a time.

So I might have got you pregnant….. kinda

Jason Todd has been in a weirdly upbeat mood but some weird things have been happening lately. His pit rage seems to be really calm as of late and he’s feeling oddly protective and doting of his family. He’s also been having weird cravings. For example, he’s been adding some of the Lazarus Pitt’s water to his food and drinks, filtered of course. This all started after that one night stand he had with that cute space and ghost nerd that works at that new mechanic shop.

Oh he’s cute

This one is a little short

I Just Barely Tumbled Passed You

Danny and Dick used to be in a gymnastics class together when they were just kids but Danny moved away leaving Dick behind. Dick still thinks about his friend from gymnastics class sometimes but recently Dick thinks he’s seen him a round town.

Danny has moved back to Gotham now that he’s going to college and he’s trying to meet back up with his old friend Dick Grayson but he keeps missing him. Danny really missed his old friend and it doesn’t help that Dick grew up to be so hot. Danny swears he might embarrass himself when they finally do meet.

Phantom ‘s home life

Phantom has been a member of the justice league for well over 2 years now and the league still knows nothing about him. They just assume he’s a private person. Well Shazam knows him pretty well. Apparently, the 2 met several times throughout history to save the timeline together. The league knows phantom has a civilian identity but they have no clue who or even where he lives. They know he has a family but that’s about it. He smiles at the younger heroes a kin to someone with children or a younger sibling but his banter with heroes around his age or slightly older suggests he is a younger sibling. Though they did overhear Shazam almost call him dad once and they are pretty sure Phantom is in some kind of relationship.

This is my first one of these and this idea has been rolling around the ole noggin for a while

Ghost have their own traditions and rituals like all cultures so why would that not extend to Danny. This includes courtship and courtship happens in 5 steps.

Ghost Couting 5 stages

1. The introduction: introduce yourself, state your intentions, and bring gifts for the family

2. Emotional Meals: cook or bring the food that the one you are courting loves most

3. Vengeance or Retribution: if the person you are courting has been wronged do your best to right it

4. Grand Gift Giving: give your chosen a gift of emotional importance to them, a gift of great value, and a gift of emotional importance to you

5. Acceptance or Rejection: Does the one you are courting actually want to date and/or marry you

Jason got roped into going to a gala because he lost a bet or something and now some chaos gremlin that’s supposedly the heir to Dalv Co. is flirting with him.

Or