Another exceedingly stupid DPxDC story idea/prompt (#5)
It occurs to me that... SURELY something fun and entertaining can be done by having the Danny Phantom characters interacting with Lord Death Man, right? RIGHT!??? He's Lord Death Man for crying out loud! So here's what I've got.
Lord Death Man has decided to change his villainous ways and is now trying to be a hero! And so in his quest to become a hero, he decides to become the nemesis of another undead villain just like him! A villain that up to this point, no one seems to tussle with and has gone unrivaled in his attempts at terrorizing mankind! Yes! Lord Death Man shall become the nemesis to none other than the Wisconson Ghost himself- Vlad Plasmius! (Most of the conflicts between Vlad and Danny happen in more private or secluded areas where the public wouldn't see that they're actually enemies, or the Ghost Zone. The few times they have been seen interacting in a place where people could see, they could just as easily be working together instead of fighting against one another, so there's no reason for the public at large to think that Vlad and Danny are nemeses. If anyone would be publicly perceived as Vlad's nemesis, it would probably be Jack and Maddie... And Lord Death Man cannot let such helpless, defenseless mortals such as them burden themselves with the task of taking down this cruel and evil wayward soul!!!)
And so Lord Death Man starts making himself a nussience to Vlad. Lord Death Man challenges Vlad to a fight, but Lord Death Man actually doesn't have any equipment that is able to harm ghosts, so each time, Vlad just pummels him into the ground using little to no effort. But Lord Death Man just KEEPS popping up and will NOT just go away! Vlad's attempts to get rid of Lord Death Man get more and more violent and then more and more contrived, but sure enough, Lord Death Man keeps on returning with more determination than ever to defeat this ghostly gentleman! Vlad vaporizes his face off? He comes back. Vlad lights him on fire and stomps on the ashes? He comes back! Vlad throws him into the Ghost Zone where he is immediately set upon by the entire ghost community? He comes back, just as fine as ever! Vlad launched him into the vacuum of SPACE!??? Somehow he's back and ready to annoy and slightly inconvienence Vlad by the end of the week!
Little does he know that Lord Death Man's one and pretty much only superhuman ability... Is that he is unable to be killed no matter what you do to him! You can try to do whatever you'd like, but he will ALWAYS SOMEHOW come back!
After a while, Vlad gets tired of this and stops trying to get rid of Lord Death Man and just accepts that he has to deal with this unkillable weirdo following him around all the time. It isn't long after this that Lord Death Man, or- as his friends call him- Larry learns that Vlad is only half ghost. The MOMENT that Lord Death Man aka Larry discovers that Vlad is somewhat redeemable, he INSISTS that Vlad should start trying out yoga and different breathing techniques for the sake of his mental and human bodily health!
I do find it kinda funny how when it comes to Batman rogues, especially the more niche and obscure ones, people hear about characters like Snowflame or Lord Death Man with a cool, egdy name and an interesting character gimmick and think, "Wow what a cool and interesting villain! They must have some really good dark, edgy, and serious stories under their belts!" When in reality they are just silly little goobers. Meanwhile, they laugh at characters like Calendar Man or the Penny Plunderer on the sheer absurdity of their character themes alone, not realizing that the people at DC have been spending the last few decades taking these silly, goofy character concepts and making them as dark, serious, and edgy as possible. Just saying. Calendar Man apparently led a cult, and in current continuity, grows old and dies at the end of each year, only to get reborn again shortly afterwards! Which fuckin' SUCKS! And last we saw of Penny Plunderer, he was actually burning in hell. Oh yeah, he was also executed. Why? Probably attempted child murder. :/ Just a funny dichotomy. :p
I know comics are pretty silly in general, but when I see characters with names like “Lord Death Man” and “Lampy Lampington The Third” I lose half a heart on my health bar.