They haven't caught anyone yet, but! They already have Phantom, and if it works on him, it would be an excellent holding room before experiments.

And theoretically, it should be suitable for annihilation.

The room only has walls covered in anti-ecto phasing paint. No light, no air. Nothing for a ghost to indulge its obsession.

And Phantom couldn't become Fenton, afraid of revealing himself.

The airtight seal didn't help either, serving as the reason for remaining a ghost who didn't need to breathe.

But Danny, after hours of boredom, realized that it wasn't just him that was glowing (it was a fun couple of minutes of shadow play), but also his blood

He remembered Clockwork's advice that if he had the choice between preserving his strength or indulging his obsession, always choose the obsession.

So, he began creating small ice stars, filling them with blood and placing them on the walls. (Just blood, without ice, flowed, while he could subconsciously hold the ice floes with telekinesis)

And now he's no longer in a dark, airless room!

He is in space!

So basicly he was just ✨vibing✨ those days until they came to check on him and he kicked everyone's ass.

Because Bruce is a emergency foster sometimes he temporarily takes in kids with no place to go, all the birds know the drill when that happens, no vigilante talk in the manor and Bruce's office is off limits (as the entrance to the Batcave is behind the grandfather clock within) So while few and far between, it isn't unusual for a kid to stay for a few months before moving on.

What wasn't expected was for a very visibly meta teenager with bright white hair, glowing green eyes and a very obvious meta suppression anklet on his left ankle.

Danny was forced to take refuge in another dimension after a reveal gone wrong, it is only until his friends and the rest of Amity park finish driving out the GIW so he can return. Staying in ghost form was just more convenient here, apparently something called metahumans were a thing here and they were protected by law! He could take advantage of his ghost's forms decreased need for food, sleep and warmth, without getting hunted down for being so visibly inhuman.

What he didn't expect was getting caught by CPS.

Escaping them wasn't a problem, he can just phase away the second they aren't looking, easy. What was a problem is when they determined him a flight risk and slapped a high tech cuff on his ankle that somehow suppressed his powers and prevented him from returning to human form!

This was fine, the Wayne guy seems pretty absentminded slipping out the old fashioned way shouldn't be too hard!

Because if Danny could speak he could clear things up with a "hey, this ankle bracelet is killing me," it wouldn't be too far fetched for him to tell them that. He's under the impression that the Wayne's are dumb and very very rich they wouldn't want a stain like that on their reputation. The bats wouldn't chance something like this even if they thought Danny was lying. None of them would want to be responsible for the death of a child in their care. Danny's desperate attempts at escape would just convince them farther that they're telling the truth.

If we go the angst route with Danny's halfa status things can be dragged in a totally different direction.

Danny being stuck in his ghost form doesn't bode to well for him. I'd like to think both halves work with eachother even when one is being used but the ankle bracelet...

The ankle bracelet cuts him off from not only his powers but his human half. He can't speak, no sound comes out. He can't properly breath, he can't eat/ process the nutrients he needs, he can barely sleep because he can feel his human half dieing! Nothing is working as it's supposed to and Danny realizes his situation is growing more and more dire with every moment that passes.

It's like tying off a limb with rubber bands and slowly watching it die. The panic for him would be immeasurable.

Better yet if his human half actually dies the cuff stops working and Danny turns to a batfam member and says the first words he's ever spoken to them.

We can go with Danny's core being super weird too!

Like, the crucial part is wrapped around his heart and that's all normal. But thin, root like strand spreading out from it. Integrating with his entire body, intertwined with his nervous and circulatory sytems.

Our cells can just up and collectively decide that "hey, this sucks I don't wanna do this let's do something else" and then we have cancer or something. Hell, some diseases are only as fatal as they are because they use our immune systems tactics against us! I think Malaria goes full on Ennard and hides inside the carcasses of cells it kills.

A ghost core integrated properly is ruthlessly efficient with both physical injuries and disease immunity in general. It has all the information our brain has and is like

"this is extremely counterproductive why are useless organs taking up space? They can explode!??? Why don't we regrow teeth," this goes on for months until the core just sighs and goes. "Hold on let me fix this, you don't need to cook us alive to kill infections just- let me do something real quick,"

Ghost cores fucking optimize, but they can only do so much.

I'm Imagining the batfam doing an autopsy and finding blueish green vines overgrown filling every empty space of his body. His core's desperate attempts to feed his human half and keep it alive.

@noxcheshire you've got it my friend. Angst you shall receive.

Imagine the fighting, the absolute anguish the family would feel knowing that they played a part in killing this child. Knowing that this child had likely been in so much agony as he slowly died due to their unknowing negligence.

Jason standing over his own grave staring down at the dirt knowing damn well he had unintentionally helped torture a child to death. It had to be painful, there were vines growing everywhere, dead and gnarled where they gave all their energy in a futile attempt to save the poor kid. Danny hadn't done anything wrong he rightfully didn't want to live with someone who didn't know what he needed.

Everyone knows it's the ankle bracelet that killed him or at least they theorized it did. Nobody wanted to be at fault not completely that is. They'd beat themselves up about it cursing that they didn't see the signs and take the damn thing off him. Even when Danny attempted to saw his leg off they'd been too scared he'd run before they could help him that they had become the catalyst to his death.

Lmao!! My bad! Don’t worry Danny’s not perma dead.

Damian was an older foster brother for a mere 37 days. It feels like a failure to him that Danny died of something so preventable. It was a failure on their part for not realizing there was another reason for Danny’s desperate escape attempts. Maybe if it weren’t for the Chaos of a recent Arkham breakout they would’ve been more attentive? They sure as hell were attentive now that it’s seemingly too late.

The body is rotting but Damian’s the first to notice the core isn’t as dead as the body despite the withered vines crumbling in his maggot infested chest. There’s a dim glow hidden by the human looking heart it engulfed. New vines hadn’t grown and old ones had died off leading to the hope crushing despair of their family who desperately wished to take things back. He gets grounded when he tries to pull it out.

Tim agrees with Damian on the sheer basis of a theory. He was morbidly curious the integration with the nervous system was so intricate. It’s by sheer coincidence that he discovered the core was producing something similar to brainwaves.

It’s attempting to connect and send information back and forth with the corpse. Trying to send out more vines but they can’t fight the decomposition the body is too broken, too weak. It’s when Jason says he can feel an overwhelming agony radiating off the rock does Tim decidechi to do something. He does the obvious thing anyone would do. He cuts the rock free slicing away the veins still attached. Within a few hours, the core is attempting to create new blood but there nowhere for it to go so now they have a rock that may or may not have the consciousness of a child in it that’s slowly oozing blood.

Tim decides to make a clone (as one does when your foster brother is dead) not just any clone. Really it’s just a corpse, a husk, a damaged one at that. Tim figures that the core can’t create a new body by itself and if it could it would use a detremental amount of energy doing it but shoving the core into his chest and hoping things go well seems like bad idea. He made sure the husk was missing non vital organs as the core’s response to coming in contact with it’s own DNA is to attempt to share information with the nervous system and fix problems with the physical body.

It takes a year for the core to properly intergrate with husk properly.

Danny wakes up in cave in pain with an overwhelming sensation that everything is new despite remembering everything. The bats surround him, he’s confused why they’re so relieved by Danny’s safety. They aren’t his family. Danny didn’t have a family. They helped kill him.

A body dont just shut down, it's a progress, a painfull one, one that is stretch further than it ever shoud because of Danny funky anatomy

First there is a cut in the oxygen intake, this causes pain the chest area, some among of dizziness and lower energy levels. Than the pain increases, the muscle becomes more and more rigid, the energy level drops even more as food becomes harder do eat and digest, second problem emerge from the multiple deficiencies. The pain increases. Thinking is hard and hallucinations may start to happen because of the lack of nutrients, air and function as the brain, too, start to die.

Getting out of bed hurts

It's getting even harder to breath as movement lower every passing day. Eating, moving, brathing and anything that pulls a muscle becomes harder and harder, more and more painful. It fells like you drowning. But drowning is better, because at lest there are no vivid hallucinations playing before your eyes, in your ears, on your skin. remembering things also become impossible as your brain slowly loses the ability to create memories, and those that are created are filled with horrors and pain.

You lost what days is weeks ago, you don't know the hour either.

Maybe, if you're lucky, by the time you only have a few days left, your nervous system is so deteriorated that you won't be able to feel any pain anymore, that your brain has turned so much into mush that it can't register anything anymore, that most part of the body is so deeply necrotic that theres simplicity nothing more to fell

I feel like the symptoms Danny’s experiencing make this so much worse. Because it’s possible for the batfam to see what’s happening to Danny. They are watching him slowly deteriorate, hallucinating and walking around like a zombie. But they don’t take the ankle monitor off. They know Danny’s never hurt anyone with his powers but they still haven’t taken it off. Were they so worried about their secret identities that they’d slowly watch a child die just to keep him from escaping? They might not be able to see what’s happening to his human half but anyone with a brain could tell something was going on with Danny.

Imagine being brutally tortured to death because cps decided you were a “flight risk,” And your foster family were either to dumb or too cruel to save him.

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

Kinda inspired by the cute little blob ghost in this very cool art.

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Jason worked hard to get the Pit Rage under control. He started being able to tell when he was getting close to an episode and account for it. Even when something triggered it he would at least be able to struggle to get it under control.

So he was thrown off guard when a strange sensation pierced through his chest and his vision was suddenly blinded with green.

Then as suddenly as the rage took over it ended. Jason gasped for air, clutching his chest and looked around his room. Thankfully, his furniture was intact and yet it confused him.

What the fuck was that?

He didn't seem to do anything other than collapse to his hands and knees. Jason looked around, there wasn't anything that would've triggered a Pit Rage in his apartment.

After a half an hour looking for anything suspicious, he sighed and grabbed his comfort book, Pride and Prejudice, and let himself relax before tonight's patrol.

'goon' -linguistic drift gave her a new meaning. i hope her new life is good for her. i miss her.

'henchman' -too gendered. can be shortened to 'hench' in a pinch, but lacks punch.

'servant' -too domestic to apply to all those who serve evil.

'underling, subordinate' -this one only works if they get off on being beneath you and/or you don't properly pay your workers.

'associate' -this one's good for grizzled mercenaries or lone agents but doesn't work good for broad swathes of an organization.

'slave' -same as underling but more intense. really fun for some of the group. unsavory for others in a way that limits the scope of the thing.

'thrall' -only really applies if you're brainwashing them and that's not something i've learned how to do en masse yet

'flunky, toady, stooge, lackey' -these are just insulting, and that isn't conducive to a healthy work environment. imagine going to work and your job title is 'stooge'.

'acolyte' -works for those that worship you, but again. lacks the scope.

'supporter, follower' -unspecific and vague

'assistant, helper, aide' -not sinister at all. just means you're doing things for me. swagless in this manner. could be good if used to describe someone who's so clearly more that as a way to emphasize their obedience via understatement, but that's only useful for a few members of the organization. and even then, 'associate' works better.

HEARTACHE OF CHAOS - MARES IN THE SKY

The warmth of the sun could not reach the shadows; it wallows, knowing it cannot say "You did your best."

These bikers support kids going into court to speak out against their abusers. We need move people like them in this world. via /r/MadeMeSmile

i also remember people in the comments of the post talkin bout how wholesome it is and how will the batfam react

So y'all know about the Ghost King Danny is his own jester AU right? No? Link

First of all let it be known this is part of the Nia Nightingale fics (masterlist link). They don't name this character Danny creates for himself however, as he was crowned only a few months prior, and has been having waaaay too much fun with pretending to be his own court jester.

So I wanna do my own twist on it. I want Danny to have his own name for his jester persona different from Phantom, different from just plain ol' Danny.

It's really a tossup at the moment: Do I have it so that Danny created his own name and it's the worst pun known to exist on Earth? Do I choose to have the ones that summoned him first (Pariah Dark's cult) name him, and therefore have it sound edgy but not sinister? A secret third thing?

I'm working on writing the first summoning we'll see with him, and I wanna make sure that he has a reputation with a name not associated with his hero days.

Problem is, I'm stumped on a name. Suggestions anyone?

Dpxdc

Ages ago, I read a fic where Danny was the Ghost King and had been holding meetings with the Justice League for several months—not as a hero, but as the ruler of a race that had previously been unknown to them. The problem was that they treated ghosts as creatures that needed to be dealt with or eliminated.

Danny kept trying to reason with them, explaining that ghosts are emotional beings and that most of those who crossed into the human realm were just as confused and scared as the humans they encountered. However, the Justice League refused to listen.

At the same time, Danny already had far too much on his plate: dealing with ghost hunters (whom the Justice League wouldn’t stop), school, his parents, and his new duties as king. When Green Lantern started asking him for weapons that could permanently eliminate ghosts, Danny finally snapped and ended up threatening them.

Jack had to come in and pull him off. I woke up before it could progress more than the Guardians suddenly seeing Double Jack Frosts, one of whom was threatening to turn Bunny into his next meal and going into unsettling detail of how he’d prep and season him.

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!