#I believe in the unknown

[bet-on-me-13]

Unknown, the Wandering Hero

So! We all know the typical Vivisection AU, right? Danny is revealed to his parents and they take it in all the wrong ways. They capture him, Vivisect him, and eventually he manages to escape with the help of his friends.

But what about his Rouges?

Sure, we all like to think of some of the more friendly ones like Ember, or Sydney, or Johnny 13 and Kitty, but he has WAY more Evil Rouges than good ones.

Without Danny there to reign them in, the Rouges spread out across the world to fulfill their obsessions, unhampered by the Heroes and Villains of the world that have no means to fight them.

And Danny? He feels responsible. He was the one to open the Gate, he was the Sacrifice, the one to let them through. And when the going got tough he just up and left? No, that won't do.

His Obsession is Protection for a reason, and nothing has changed. All he needs to do is expand his area of focus a little.

Danny, after healing up, starts wandering the world in search of the Ghosts who have escaped into the Mortal Realm. He battles all of his old foes, as well as many new ones who he hadn't met before.

His travels take him far and wide.

He defeats Skulker in Metropolis, as he is trying to hunt down the Super Family for their pelts. They are the last of their race after all, so he is inclined to try and hunt them. Honestly dealing with Skulker was easy, dealing with the Rich Asshole who was funding him was a nightmare.

He chases down Spectra in Gotham as she tries to feed on the misery of an entire City. (Thanks to @impyssadobsessions for the idea, this Prompt specifically). She is actually a very tough fight, especially powered by both the Misery of an Entire City as well as his Own Misery, but he manages.

He defeats Technus is Central City, as he tries to Raid Star Labs for their advanced Tech. It actually took a while to beat him after he amped himself with all that Power, and he did need help from the Local Hero to deal with him. He's just thankful Technus is one of the more "Harmless" ones.

After every Victory, he sends them back to the Realms using the Banishing Spell that Sam taught him a while back (the only bit of magic he ever really managed to master).

He knows they'll eventually find their way back out, but it's all he can do anymore. It's his eternal Punishment for unleashing them out into the World in the first place. He was the Catalyst for this Situation, now he was tasked with Fixing it, no matter how long it took.

...

The Justice League is caught in a tricky situation a the moment.

In the past few months, they have been encountering more and more of these Extra Dimensional Beings known as Realms Ghosts across the World.

Justice League Dark has had some success in battling them, but even they are getting tired of having to deal with every single incident alone.

They did get approached by a Government Agency known as the Ghostly Investigation Ward that seemed to want to help, but it didn't take long to realize that their main Aim was to Genocide the entire Race. The JLA had quickly cut ties after realizing that, and took what little Tech and Information they had been able to gather.

Still, it wasn't easy to deal with these Entities.

Thankfully, they have had some outside help. An Unknown Being has been routinely showing up whenever a Realms Ghost appears and defeating them, before using a (as described by Constantine) "Rudimentary Banishing Spell held together by willpower and luck" to send them back to their home Dimension. There's honestly no way it should be functional, but he did make it work either way.

They don't know much about this Unknown, aside from the fact that he seems to be the only one able to consistently damage the Realms Ghosts. His Powerset leads them to belive he may be from the same Dimension, or at least drawing his power from the same Source, but as he actively avoids the League and takes every opportunity to not talk to them, they know they aren't getting any answers any time soon.

Over the past few months, they had affectionately started referring to him as Unknown, creative they know, because they could never get his Real Name. Sure, some of the Realms Ghosts seemed to recognize him, but they always called him stuff like "Whelp" and "Punk" and "Usurper", which were not very good names to use when referring to him. Although the last one was a bit concerning.

They had only managed to trade a few quick words with Unknown in the past few months, but it was enough to get the Gist of it. He was just doing his job, sending the Realms Ghosts back where they belonged. There was apparently a Tear in Reality letting them through, but he seemed hesitant to reveal what he knew about it.

After a few months of sparse interactions, they eventually managed to convince him to at least take an Emergency Communicator. Just in case. They even let him take it apart to look for any Tracking Devices, which earned them a small bit of trust. They took whatever wins they could.

Fortunately, it seemed he never did need it. In fact he was getting more and more efficient with every battle, defeating his foes in half the time it would have taken before.

Unfortunately, it didn't last forever. One day, the Communicator went off, a distorted voice quickly saying, "Need backup, some of them decide to Team Up" before cutting out.

They quickly rushed to his location, finding an active battlefield with no less that a dozen Ghosts battling Unknown. And he seemed to be on the ropes.

With their arrival, the combined force of the Justice League and Unknown eventually managed to defeat the Group of Ghosts. Justice League Dark volunteered to work on the Banishing Spells while the others cleaned up the damage from the Battle.

One of them approached Unknown to make sure he was ok, and froze.

During the battle, Unknown's Mask had been Torn off, and they could finally see the face of the Hero they had been working with for the past few months.

And he was a Child.

#Dp x dc #Dpxdc #Dc x dp #Dcxdp #Danny Phantom #Dc #Dcu #Vivisection AU #Wandering Hero AU #Danny's Hero name is Unknown #Danny isn't in a good place right now #He has an unhealthy mix of a Savior Complex and Survivors Guilt #He believes that this is all his fault and none of this would have ever happened if he hadn't been stupid enough to step in the Portal #Danny is of course Wrong since he parents would have eventually made the Portal work whether he stepped in it or not #And in that scenario there would have been nobody who could stop the Ghosts at all and they would have run rampant #The JLA is horrified that they let a child fight their battles for this long #Of course they understand him since they are the exact same but they still feel bad for not supporting him more #(As if Danny would have let them) #Whether Danny let's himself be taken in by the League or runs away from his problems again is up to whoever picks up this post #I leave it humbly in your hands

[tensionpoints]

Looking at r/Deltarune to see what theories ppl have come up with based on That One Valentine and it’s soooooooo funny to me that every single post about it is the same. Actual quotes from the subreddit:

“How do we know this is gaster”

“Why else would it mention the letter being impossible to understand at the start”

“It doesn’t have the signature stilted tone gaster’s always had”

“It doesn’t read like gaster in English at all”

“I feel like the beginning narration, the all caps, and the style of writing clearly point to gaster”

“We have no real reason to think he’d talk this way… ever”

It’s back and forth with these general opinions, especially of ‘oh that’s not how he talks’ and I’m just sitting here like

1. When you are a scientist, you do not necessarily talk the same in academic contexts as you do in casual contexts. For the most part, I speak COMPLETELY differently from my papers I’ve written for school compared to when I’m flirting with my partner.

2.

#utdr newsletter #utdr valentines #gaster #nova posting #shitpost #sorrrrrrrrrry I’m just like. I codeswitch based on the context for masking reasonsssssss #I fully believe one person could speak both like gaster and the unknown sender of the long Valentine #bc **I** speak like both of those #do I think it’s gaster? maybe! no solid opinion! #id like it to be! #but also ppl are like ‘oh that’s not what his personality is like’ WE DONT KNOW HIS PERSONALITY BESTIE #we have so little gaster info + of what we DO have idr how much is 100% confirmed to BE gaster #a LOT of it is red string sorta stuff I don’t think you can prove or disprove anything atm

[chimeride]

Axolotl+elephant+dragonfruit (are fruits even allowed? If not then ignore that or replace it with whatever you want)

#suggestion #hehehehawhaw #dragon #i switched dragonfruit with pangolin dragon but i believe they are the same thing #elephant #axolotl #monster #chimera #creature design #bestiary #ink #957 #octem 120 #aqva 4 #the Unknown

[soporificshoebill]

*first few beats of crank that (soulja boy) plays* "wait i dont know how to pause." *first few beats of crank that (soulja boy) plays* "wait i dont know how to pause 😭" *first few beats of crank that (soulja boy) plays as everyone dies of laughter* "i dont know how to pause i dont know how to pause 😭😭😭"

#had to clip this in case the vod gets dmca'ed #smosh #amanda lehan canto #angela giarratana #shayne topp #chanse mccrary #i cannot BELIEVE angela held out as long as she did tbh. phenomenal #smosh games livestream #smosh games #me watching Amanda panic and not know how to pause and watching angela summon the strength of unknown gods to keep a straight face: #i am so in love with both of you

[llitchilitchi]

hey google I don't think that's exactly right

#litchi.txt #dsmp #dreblr #cant believe google is a dreblrina #I swear I was just trying to look up the codenames because I wasnt sure if the unknown member's name was really harpocrates

[treesareredinautumn]

Icarus And Their Kiss

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A combination of Icarus, AUSMP, and The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

#art #my art #area unknown smp #area unknown fanart #au!aimsey #au!guqqie #the kiss gustuv klimt #digital art #i am SO proud of this #I cant believe i made it #icarus metaphore #ausmp #aimsey #guqqie #au!sunshipduo #i swear guqqie isnt breaking aimseys neck thats just me trying to mimic The Kiss #sunshipduo #aimseytv #mcyt #aimsey fanart #guqqie fanart

[essektheylyss]

It's been a full year since the Mighty Nein show announcement and I am honestly still laughing that we all inexplicably identified that the lines were re-recorded for the announcement in particular in .02 seconds flat. This is still my takeaway a year later.

#can y'all believe it's been a whole goddamn year. what the fuck. #it's so funny tho cuz I went and listened to it again and STILL was like 'oh that's re-recorded' #even though there's BARELY a discernible difference. like frankly not even a describable one in most cases #it is somewhat clear with essek cuz the actual line does not end on 'ocean of the unknown' but also like #there's a notable gap in the original that's like... no it cOULD'VE been the same line but it's nOT #tbf when you compare them it's also sound quality. like c2 sound quality is VERY MUCH FINE but it's not 'recorded in a booth' good #but also if you're not directly comparing the lines (which like. we were not doing right off the bat) it is... definitely minute inflection #anyway I'm laughing #m9 animated #critical role

[slashrabbitbunny]

Had to quickly draw her since she’s so cute ❤️🐰❤️

#Can’t believe I’m doing dbd art in current year #even though it was quick #I actually love what they did with this chapter tho #THE KILLER IS SO TERRIFYINGLY GOOD AND HORRIFIC #myart #fanart #my art #dead by daylight #dbd #Sable Ward #the unknown #❤️🐰❤️

[dynjir]

hhhholding hands :]

#dynart #unknown person #unknownpsn #sdl #kuraima #climber #clarise #I spent #so long #on those hands #not bc they were hard to draw (I mean they were) #but bc the reference I used CHANGED HANDS mid-sequence #and I no longer know if I drew the hands backwards or not OTL #I can't believe this fandom is driving me to practice drawing hands #this is for all you climber clarise fans hahaha

[mortellanarts]

what an odd sort of comfort

to be destined to fail

#I believe in the safe end they get at least a brief silent moment together in the infirmary #I don't believe it helps much #I had this idea on the back of my mind for forever but today for some unknown reason inspiration struck and got me to do it #if you know where the lyrics are from no you don't #my art #zero escape #999 spoilers #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #akane kurashiki #aoi kurashiki

[densitywell]

so what i'm getting from spoilers for the last episode is that the battle for Fjord's soul when he dies will be nothing compared to the intergalactic WWE smackdown that's gonna happen when Ashton kicks it

#titans. the luxon. AND an aasimar for a currently unknown god #the only thing that could compare is fearne but i truly believe she will simply never die 🙏 #cr spoilers #critical role #ashton greymoore #cr #crposting

[ash-carnelian]

Who ever said an Oompa Loompa and a mysterious mythical creature couldn't fall in love?

#willy wonka #glasgow willy wonka experience #the unknown #i cant believe I spent hours of my life making this

[90smovieolderbrother]

there’s gonna be a logical, rational explanation as to what happened to this submersible. but imma believe that it was the ghosts of the lower class that died on the titanic.

#titanic #oceangate submarine #missing submarine #and i don't even believe in ghost #but i do believe in not fucking with the unknown and mother nature/earth #there's a reason why a lot of people are scared of open ocean

[ghostie-goo]

dead by daylight self insert💪

#dead by daylight #dbd the unknown #dead by daylight oc #my art #dbd survivor oc #dbd #dbd oc #original character #oc #sketch #digital art #fan art #self insert #self insert x canon #self insert oc #you guys will never believe which character i made this to self ship with #(it's the unknown sorry i think she's a bad bitch)

[aroacettorney]

in defense of ludger cherish being referenced in most AUPs narratives instead of heathcliff van bretus despite the revelation of his true name since long time ago:

heathcliff van bretus: although this is his (second) birth name, he spent most of his time under this identity getting thrown around by everyone around him. from lumensis to the bretus royalty, and sometimes even grander, his choice was completely stripped from him since his birth: being reborn as the holy grail, being branded and going through many assassination attempts for being an illegitimate child, and getting picked up and raised to live a harsh wanderer life by the legendary vampire. he never had his true freedom until he finally ran away in his 20s and threw away his birth name like it was his dead name.

his cosplay identities: although these identities were chosen by him with obvious deliberation, they were him but also not him. if anything, he certainly got a tad too carried away with the projecting and roleplaying, which makes one wonder if this is how he copes with his identity crisis while trying to find his true self in the strange new world — by taking comfort in cloaking himself in familiarities from the old world. in other words, one could say this was his questioning phase.

ludger cherish: unlike his previously fake identities, this one was unexpectedly forced upon him. despite so, this turns out to be the one that gives him the most freedom of self thanks to "ludgers" suspiciously convenient, fake background. if HvB is the godly vessel that he unintendedly fills up with his own soul and shapes for his own needs, ludger cherish is the human vessel that he subconsciously fills up with his own humanity. ludger cherish is a blank canvas — as this identity is not an earthly literature character, he has no references for how he must act or what he must do. what else can tell better about a person if not the way they fuck around and find out? coincidentally, ludger cherish just happens to be the peak of HvBs fucking around and finding out. despite his desperate need to hide himself, his talents, his kindness, his philosophy, his rationale, his emotions, his desires, his personal choices and acts — his everything cannot help but gradually leak out and become the essence that makes ludger cherish who he is to this day, to the point that it wouldnt be incorrect to say ludger cherishs personality is his true personality and ludger cherishs self is his true self. ironically, his most authentic self after his first life might have been the supposedly fake ludger cherish after all.

#ludger cherish aka. HvB finally makes his own dnd OC for once that aint blatant plagiarism #related theory: what if his true desire is simply to be able to live as his true self #but whatever his true self is is currently unknown/unexpected to him #unintentional trans metaphors in aup? more likely than you think #anyway i dont believe the title and how HvB is mainly referred to in the narratives are completely unrelated to aups ending #academy's undercover professor #academy's undercover professor spoilers #ludger cherish

[thisonelikesaliens]

editing original post here because i forgot a very important year (2011). edits in bold:

ok i think i have a better sense of the timeline now based on info i've gathered across various interviews

2007: Qian is (probably) around 13-14 when he "adopts" Yuan, who should be the same age as Lili (7). i don't think Yuan's age is ever clear since he didn't have any identification until the mob boss got him one

2011: episode 1, Qian is 17-18, we see adult Qian and little Yuan together in the hospital. this is when Qian gets that scar on his eyebrow (bandage on eyebrow). Yuan is nabbed later this year by mob boss sidekick Ah Hu (Tiger). the year Qian gets punctured lung while fighting to get out of the mob

2/9/2013: episode 1, Qian is around 19-20, Yuan and Lili are 13, based on their lunar new year convo where we find out people at Qian's age are already in second year of college and Yuan and Lili were in the same class until Yuan skipped straight to high school. Lili's actress plays through ages 13 through 23 and this is the first year we see her (edit: i'm assuming Lili just turned 13 maybe in January and Yuan turned 13 a month before)

mid-2016: Qian graduates college in 3 years

12/21/2017: Yuan turns 18

so i'm guessing episode 5 is happening sometime in 2018, before Taiwan legalized same sex marriage in 2019

eh this is what i have so far, not entirely sure how much time i need to bake in for mandatory military service

#unknown the series #關於未知的我們 #this one watches #i think the details planted in 2011 will be important later #can't believe i skipped that year