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corner-master · 7 months

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A Refuge in the Afterlife?

DPxDC Crossover prompt

One day a message from space is sent to Earth, a call for assistance for the last survivors of a destroyed planet. The Justice League, of course, receive this message and a Team sets out to make contact with the group, ready to offer them whatever supplies they need and perhaps a location to rehome themselves.

Among this team would be one of the Green Lanterns, Guy or Hal, who are of course curious about why this group sought out Earth specifically instead of reaching out to the Corps? The answer to that question being quite simple:

To save the souls of their dead.

As it turns out, with the destruction of their Home World the survivors believe that not only are they at risk of becoming lost souls upon their own deaths, but the very Afterlife dimension that was attached to their world is at risk of ceasing to exist unless they find another world whose Afterlife can take theirs in as well, combing the two as one.

And wouldn't you know it, the surviving priests and/or mystics have received word from their endangered Ancestors that the Earth has a King of the Infinite Realms who may be willing to do just that. Once they reach the planet, they would be so grateful if the Justice League would be willing to help them petition this King for asylum for their people, both dead and alive.

The only problem?

This is the first time anybody from the League has even heard of this so-called King, and now everybody's scrambling to find out whatever they can about this being. And what little they are finding is nothing short of alarming. A mad tyrant who tried to invade the living world?! Yeah, they need to get on top of this fast, before the Refugees arrive!

Meanwhile, Danny just felt a shiver run up his spine and wonders if it's because his dad's latest batch of fudge came out a little too ecto-contaminated.

(Spoilers: it wasn't the fudge).

My personal Head-canon when it comes to the infinite Realms: the reason why we don't see any other religious figures or alien beings, is because Pariah Dark screwed up relations so bad with the other afterlife realms that the infinite realms has become largely cut off from everything else but Earth. Too much greed and trying to conquer shit to be considered a good neighbor, even by demon standards. Doesn't even matter that Pariah's been sealed away, it's still his dimension as long as he exists, and the absolutely hostile environment and denizens there prove it.

The word of today that inspired this post is Syncretism: (via wikipedia) the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought. Syncretism involves the merging or assimilation of several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology and mythology of religion, thus asserting an underlying unity and allowing for an inclusive approach to other faiths.

#Danny Phantom #Detective Comics #DC #DPXDC #Syncretism #Crossover #Alien Refugees #Afterlife #mine #Not Phantom Planet compliant #Danny doesn't even know that he's now considered the Ghost King #Now take a second and remember that the DC universe has had numerous planets get destroyed for one reason or another #Quite a few of the heroes and villains have origin stories of being among the last of their kind depending on which DC universe your in #like Superman or Starfire or Martian Manhunter #Now imagine them finding out this particular aspect of Afterlife lore is actually a thing #and promptly having a major freakout wondering if the souls of their dead are in danger as well #And may possibly be saved as well if they are #Anti-Ecto Acts?#Oop better get rid of that shit right away.#Pariah would be so pissed to find out that his unwanted successor was expanding the realms and wasn't getting any flak for it #“I was trying to do the same thing and I got put in time out!”#No honey. You were trying to conquer the Living world to expand your power.#Risking the destruction of both dimensions #You are not the same

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chaoswarfare · 1 year

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dp x dc prompt #43

For a long time now, the city of Gotham has rested on top of a crack between dimensions. Glowing green started pooling in caverns underneath the city, and has been steadily filling them for the last 30 years. The citizens have adapted and grown used to the contamination, with the already questionable supplies their city had, the inter dimensional substance even helped the citizens stay healthy far past when they should have been able to be.

The city watches as over the years, the bats that roam the skyline battle the monsters and criminals that roam the streets. The bat and the clown face off again, explosives keeping the bat on his toes.

A bomb goes off.

The city trembles.

And the membrane between realities rips apart underneath the city, opening the way for more than just ectoplasm.

#danny phantom #danny fenton #dc x dp #crossover #dc universe #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #writing prompt #writing #there’s a portal under gotham #i had seen this referenced in fics and prompts and wanted to expand on it more #gotham as a city is liminal #amity ghost battles round too; the electric boogaloo #gotham about to have extra bs to deal with #:))#make of this what you will

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harukaenthusiast · 8 months

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every gprgeously detailed miitopia oc post i see is another one of my thoughts being like “shit i need to get back into my mii goofball lore” ……:.:.. oen day mark my words

#arvenfanboyposting #miitopia #its been a good while since ive really focused on my little gay people in my switch. i have two universes going and i really need to uhh #expand on the second one. good news they’re all gay in some way #i Need the brain juices going #i guess.#although I’m deathly attached to the first universe. Hey who knows. I Can Definitely Think Of It hard enough!!!!!#dc of that one is sooooooo <3 she’s my prized daughter

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guybracha · 4 months

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DC animated derby

Which expanded team is better?

The Expanded Justice League of Unlimited or The Teen Titans and their honorary members?

Full Teams:

Justice League - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Green Lantern; Aquaman, Atom, Atom-Smasher, Aztek, B'wana Beast, Black Canary, Blue Devil, Booster Gold, Captain Atom, Captain Marvel, Commander Steel, The Creeper, The Crimson Avenger, Crimson Fox, Dove, Dr. Fate, Dr. Light, Dr. Mid-Nite, Elongated Man, Etrigan, Fire, Green Arrow, Gypsy, Hawk, Hourman, Huntress, Ice, Metamorpho, Mr. Terrific, Nemesis, Obsidian, Orion, Plastic Man, Question, The Ray, Red Tornado, Rocket Red, Sand, Shining Knight, Stargirl, Starman, Steel, S.T.R.I.P.E., Supergirl, Johnny Thunder, Thunderbolt, Vibe, Vigilante, Vixen, Waverider, Wildcat, and Zatanna

Teen Titans - Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Bumblebee, Speedy, Aqualad, Más y Menos, Red Star, Argent, Kole, Gnarrk, Pantha, Herald, Jericho, Wildebeest, Hot Spot, Bushido, Melvin, Teether, Timmy Tantrum, Bobby, Jinx, Kid Flash, Thunder and Lightning, Tramm, Killowat, and Wonder Girl.

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zenlosingit · 1 year

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I don’t think I will ever get over how the Batman Beyond Rebirth series treated/used Matt McGinnis during its run. Ever.

Cause one of the main reasons I dove into reading the rebirth series was to read about how Matt became Robin and what his time was like. And having read and finishing the entire run like a year ago it STILL upsets me how they set him up to be Robin, stressing that he is essential to Terry’s batman and to his success, only to rip it away ten issues later b/c “they didn’t want to bring in another child into the mission”.

Acting as if they hadn’t dragged Matt through the ordeal of being sidelined to helplessly watch losing his brother MULTIPLE times both before and after he was Robin. Like what was the whole point of that set up if they were just gonna rip it away?? Explain it to me, b/c I can’t find a damn reason.

#I’m surprised I have yet to share my anger about the rebirth run on this site yet but here we are #I srsly will never get over it #because they had a chance to expand the batfam/bat team for the beyond universe but they didn’t #instead they build it up then take it apart because why the hell not #terry mcginnis is the only one to matter here and anyone else can fuck right off #there could’ve been an introspective into what it is like to step into a legacy role that has been built for DECADES #and learning how to you’re gonna fit into it and how you will define it vs your predecessors #but dc are cowards and won’t do that #I can talk about this for ages but cMON #dc comics #dc #batman beyond #batman #robin #batman and robin #matt mcginnis #terry mcginnis #what sparked this on was because I looked into some of the stuff in the n52 and briefly saw how Matt was being handled there #bro literally cannot stop being sidelined and losing his brother I-

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wolfbearingroses · 16 days

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So I'm loving the current Hellblazer run, it's a really fun read. Spurrier's original run is one of my all-time favourite series and I'm overjoyed he's been given the chance to pick up where he left off. But since his first run I've always had this question...

WHERE'S GEMMA???

Reality's been rewritten so many times since her last appearance, what's going on with her now? Is she still whatever Milligan's version was? Is she back to Carey's version? Is she a child again? Something else? Is she even alive? Is she going to find out about her cousin Noah? She's one of John's last remaining original cast members, I need to know if she's safe. I need answers DC!

#Don't get me wrong #I love the current run and how Spurrier's trying to expand Constantine's supporting cast #But with Chas gone I'd just like to know where the rest of the old supporting cast is #and because it'd be cool to see her interract with Noah tbh #john constantine #hellblazer #john constatine: hellblazer #gemma masters #gemma constantine #dc #dc comics #sandman universe

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lovelylonelymoonlight · 10 months

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You know that damian was already Robin before Bruce died and technically it was Alfred that made him Robin damian just agreed to keep being Robin while dick was batman

Dog if you except me to keep up with the nightmare that is the Batman timeline you have another thing coming

But since you askeeddd I’m gonna tell you about my perfect dc world which of course has a theme of …. Duplicity!!!!!

We have like 2 robins around at any given

2 batgirls running around

Someone running around with jokers old title even tho he’s in prison rn???

and then what’s this theme motif metaphor!!! There’s been multiple jokers!!! (Gunshots explosions etc) ohhh my god SYMBOLISM CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!!

end part one of dc world part two to follow thank you for your time :)

#batfamily #batman #bruce wayne #batfam #dc #let me write for dc I could do it I know I could #anon #like here me out okay #I shrink the age gap between all the kids #dick has his teenage rebellion at like 14 and is fully working with the titans by 15 #boom Jason Todd #two robins working at the same time adds a bit of mystic to the character in universe #boom Jason todd again #im saying he’s with us at 12 to like idk 14??? maybe 15????#dick Grayson now 16-17 ish is like I can’t be robin immma be Nightwing #grief causes dick and Bruce’s casual teen parent discourse to expand and become a falling out #BOOOM Tim Drake #Tim Drake is robin for like a year or two idc #BOOOM JASON TODDD AGFFAIN #utrh except Bruce doesn’t suck as #so now Jason is like still a teenager Tim is like idk 14/15 dick is 18/20 ish #now another year or two #DAMIAN WAYNE WITH A STEELLL CHAIRRRRRR #so now we’ve got two robins again #and then Tim gets a new mantle but it’s something cool and not Red Robin because I fucking hate that name #that batgirls are all happening in betwix this nonsense #what do we think it’s perfect right?????

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artemis-the-author · 1 year

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Guess There's Gotta be a Break in the Monotony, But Jesus When it Rains it Pours

Ao3 link:

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians; Batman

Word count (Ao3): 1,179

Characters: Percy Jackson

Characters (mentioned): Sally Jackson; Annabeth Chase; Grover Underwood; Luke Castellan; Chiron; Gotham's Vigilantes

Tags: Hurt no Comfort; Homelessnes; Canon-Typical Violence; Percy Jackson is Not Okay

Summary:

Percy was good at fighting. It was possibly the only thing he excelled at. He learned how to protect himself, and how to kill his opponent. Even using an unbalanced sword, he fought like a demon, like there was nothing else in the world.

He's fought and fought and fought for what's been a few months longer than a year but feels like an eternity, because the only thing his own survival is second to is protecting his friends, his family. He would do anything to keep them safe.

He thinks maybe that's why people believe him to be so dangerous. — After losing his mom, Percy doesn’t have anywhere else to turn to but the streets of Gotham, New Jersey. He’s determined to handle homelessness just as well as he has handled every other crisis in his life, and he's doing good.

At least, that's what he tells himself.

Fic under the cut

At Camp, they learn how to fight, how to use any weapon of their choosing. Few of them only use one weapon, and the ones that do are scarily efficient in hand to hand combat.

They learn how to shoot arrows and how to handle a sword. They learn how to swing spears and how to throw javelins. They master using knives and all different kinds of weaponless combat.

They learn how to use their weapons in any kind of situation. They learn how to fight with loose rules and dirty tricks thrown in every movement.

They learn to use their powers in any way that assists them, learn how to make weapons out of their gifts. The Demeter children create vines full of thorns, sharp as knives, while Aphrodite kids use sweet smiles and sweeter voices to manipulate anyone foolish enough to listen.

And when they learn to fight, they learn how to survive. They learn how to make every movement count, how to make every attack as deadly as possible. They learn the best ways to get rid of any monster, from harpies and hellhounds to the ones hiding behind mortal bodies, the wolves in sheep's clothing.

The Aphrodite cabin, the masters of emotion, teach them how to smile and laugh in the face of danger. Teach how to make their opponent think they're oblivious to the risk, how to make the one they're fighting against underestimate them before striking, hard and fast and, most importantly, lethal.

The Hermes cabin teaches them how to be quick and subtle, how to steal and leave no evidence behind. They teach how to trick others, pull their attention elsewhere while you take what you need from their possession. They teach how to lie, how to convince someone you're telling the truth through simple words and body language.

He fought his way through school after school after school, maybe not physically all the time, but if someone hurt him or his friends he would not sit and take it.

He fought before and after being claimed, when Luke pushed him to his limits, tearing at dummies and fighting other campers. Learning how to mix both techniques and dirty tricks in his fighting and ignoring the whispers of 'dangerous' that followed him after being claimed.

The first time he realizes that his learning curve isn't normal is when Chiron sees him pointing his unbalanced sword at the throat of an Ares child two years older than him after a sparring match, sees all the progress Percy has made in less than two weeks, takes Luke to the side, and Percy decides to eavesdrop.

(He thinks that's the first time he's been called 'extremely good, a prodigy even' at anything.)

He fought on his first quest, because if fighting meant he would win, if fighting meant seeing his mom again, getting her back, then that's what he would do.

He thinks maybe that's why people believe him to be so dangerous.

But there's no one to protect, now, besides himself. Grover is off to another mission as a protector and all his other friends are either at Camp or with their families.

His mom is gone, and he tries not to break down at every thought of her.

Now, as a street kid, alone and without anyone by his side, Percy for the first time has to show control when he fights.

(He first realized there were few limits at Camp when Nicole, from the Athena cabin, stabbed Andrew, his at the time unclaimed cabin mate, in his side during a spar. Nicole was declared the winner as a healer rushed forward to heal the wound, like routine. Travis just patted him sympathetically on the back when he noticed Percy's shocked face.)

He can't just stab someone and leave them to die because they're trying to kill him, the way he would do with monsters.

He would do it if he had no other choice, if it was him or them, but he doesn't think he could handle killing someone. Not to mention that doing so would also put him in the radar of the local vigilantes.

Being noticed by the vigilantes would probably mean being put in the foster system.

Percy has heard the horror stories of Gotham's foster system from other children. He has an idea of what it's like.

Being put in the foster system would likely mean having to live with another Gabe.

And that. That's about the last thing he wants.

—

It was much easier, the first few days, when he was still relatively healthy and the lack of food and water hadn't gotten to him yet.

It's been two weeks. Percy has been staying in some condemned building that no one bothered to actually take down. The security around it is pitiful, too.

He gets hit more now, whenever he stumbles into trouble, his movements a little slower than what's safe.

He's fought on less than good conditions before, but never this bad.

His main sources of food are currently a bunch of soup cans, some chips, and a couple of granola bars he managed to lift when buying water.

Each day gets a little worse. Sometimes, he gets faint and dizzy and the world starts spinning.

But he's getting by.

—

Percy ran away from the fast food place before any of the waiters could realize that he hadn't actually paid for what he ordered.

The burger had filled him up to an uncomfortable level.

Before, he would've been able to eat the whole thing, no problem.

Now, though? Even halfway through, he felt full. But he couldn't just leave food to waste like that, so he had forced himself to eat.

He ended up emptying his stomach in an alley not too far from his apartment.

—

"Have you talked to anyone from Camp yet?"

"Well, Annabeth IMd me. Said that so far, the boarding school she wants to got to with Thalia seems good. Though she didn't look too optimistic. I called Grover a couple days ago, he was getting ready for another mission as a protector."

"That's good, honey. I'd like to think that things are gonna go well with Annabeth. And let's hope the demigod Grover is watching over makes it to Camp safely."

"Yeah, but… not just for the demigod. I don't think Grover could handle -"

A light from the window, rapidly coming closer and closer.

"Mom, watch out!"

The car swerves, but it's not enough, it's not enough.

No. No no no-

CRASH!

#percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #percy jackson #pjo x dc #dc #this one is very pjo focused but it expands more into the dc universe as the series goes on #fanfic

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roobylavender · 1 year

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If I may ask, what exactly is the issue with the Emotional Spectrum? I'm kind of mixed on the execution, but given the elements of the Green Lantern mythos, it seems like a logical extension.

i don’t think the logical extension of there being an emotional spectrum is what bothers me per se (well. with the star sapphires as a notable exception) i am just not really keen on the idea of there being multiple corps in existence bc it undermines why the existence of even one was so ill-advised and prone to abuses in power. modern green lantern lore in general is very unfocused to me like sure there are some cool ideas wrt space adventures and warring factions and different rings lining up with different life experiences but in the end what i read green lantern comics for was the critical political element and commentary and i don’t see that reflected to quite the same effect in the way johns reworks the mythos

#like some of the other corps (sinestro and red lantern for example) do present interesting questions as to how justice should be served #or why it should be served. etc etc. but ultimately johns still wants to maintain the overarching structures #which is personally useless to me like none of these structures should exist #and as a less pressing but nonetheless still impt reason i think it expands the mythos beyond reason personally #like there’s no way any level of depth can be achieved in exploring these factions while they’re a part of a larger dc universe #so now all the lanterns really do is play side piece to everyone else’s conflicts bc there’s no room to do anything else #and granted part of that has to do with the change in the comics market like it was way different back in the 80s #but even then i think it was comparatively contained #idk i think a lot of geoff johns ideas are literally just so different and new he was better off creating an original product #rather than trying to rewrite an existing history #it’s not like the green lanterns were an original concept anyway i’m sure he could have gotten away with something #outbox

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starryrock · 3 months

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Homunculi in Gotham. What atrocities will they commit?

#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #gotham #batman #dc universe #idk I don’t go here #I was thinking about Pokémon and then was like “yo what if Pride was in Gotham? that’d be cool.”#pride the arrogant #lust the lascivious #idk enough about dc to expand this idea. but I know enough about FMA that I can think about what the Homunculi would do #tbh they’d probably lay low and try gathering intel. maybe plan on killing everyone #as per usual

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deadsetobsessions · 4 months

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AU of my Gotham/Tim Drake! Danny where Danny doesn’t know any knowledge beforehand about the DC universe.

Danny doesn’t know how he got here, but the fact that he now shares something in common with Vlad other than their technical halfa status disgusts him

His new name is Timothy Jackson Drake. It’s so far removed from Danny that his parents had him examined for deafness because he didn’t respond to it. He got better at it, at putting on the mask Janet and Jack Drake wanted to see. So they took him to the circus.

He meets Dick Grayson. Danny thinks the kid is adorable, even if Danny himself is technically younger. He sees the flying Graysons fall. The buzzing in his head doesn’t go away.

He’s five, when the fading spirit of Gotham reaches out and pleads her King to protect her city in her stead. She is fading. He says yes, because she’s one of his. The buzzing in his head settles and oh because that’s what’s been missing this entire time. Danny didn’t have a haunt and Gotham gave him one.

He grieves when she dies, the new title settling around small shoulders, and the city grieves with him. In the city proper, Batman and Robin are having the worst night of their lives in the sudden storm.

He’s nine. Robin is Dick Grayson. Dick Grayson, in turn, is an idiot. Batman… well, he’s at least mentoring and protecting the child vigilante, which is more than Danny ever had. He grows fond of them. How could he not, when they tried their hardest to help his city? To help him?

He shows himself, to the duo, in his Phantom form. It’s still him, still modeled after Danny Fenton’s face instead of Tim Drake’s. Ghosts are a reflection of the soul, after all.

“Who are you,” Batman demands, shielding Robin with half a step.

“Gotham.” He replies. Danny wills the city to affirm his claim and the city wraps its arms around the vigilantes. Batman and Robin understands, a deep well of pure knowledge being tapped into in ways they weren’t truly meant to understand.

“…How?”

“Magic,” Phantom says, dry. He tells them of city spirits, and that they can call him in times of dire need.

Dick calls him to help with Two Face. Two Face learns the pain of unmelting ice to the balls.

His core aches when the Bats fight, but Danny knows now that it is inevitable. They’re part of his haunt, his ‘fraid. He knows these things far before they come into fruition.

Dick moves to a sister city. Phantom expands his haunt to Bludhaven because he doesn’t, won’t, ever leave his Robins to themselves.

Nightwing is hopeful, is pleasantly surprised, and very suspicious when he shows up during patrol.

“Gotham…? What are you doing here…? This isn’t, well, Gotham?”

“Satellite City. It is an extension of myself. You were Robin, yes. You’re Nightwing, now. But that doesn’t mean I won’t protect you when I can.”

Phantom goes back, and finds a kid trying to steal tires to make a living. He guides his Knight to him. The starved features, the bones Danny could see, it tugs at his core. It feels like the Ancient of Fate themselves were pulling him along.

“How’d you know I was taking the wheels?”

“Gotham.”

“Are you… high on shrooms or something?”

Bruce sighs. Batman asks Gotham to meet the new Robin, and chuckles when Jason is surprised by the glowing green figure.

Phantom hides this Robin just as much as the last one. He curls shadows around his vigilantes, sometimes at the same time, and softens what little sounds they made while stalking through his city for crime.

He makes small jokes with Jason. Danny forgets, a little, the crushing loneliness of being Timothy Drake.

“I didn’t kill Garzona!”

“You-”

Batman stops as a chill he’s never had experienced directed at him weaves around his neck. An angry Gotham.

“He didn’t kill him.” Danny slides a cold hand on Jason’s shoulders.

But the damage had been done and the next day, Batman is begging Danny to tell him any clues of where Jason had gone.

“Ethiopia.”

He clears the way for Batman to get to Robin. He clears the way for Bruce to get to Jason.

He’d fallen into the trap of believing that Batman would handle everything when in the end, he’s just a man in a mantle that demands more than he ever thought he’d have to pay.

Robin is dead and Danny grieves. The skies crack open and pours a torrent of smogged rain water upon the streets of Gotham. Despite that, Crime Alley is untouched by flood. They say the second Robin was protecting his home.

In a way, it’s not wrong.

Gotham fishes Batman from the bay, carelessly tossing the broken Joker against a shipping container.

“You can’t keep doing this. You’ll die.”

Bruce, Batman, lays on his back, eyes glazed and empty. “Maybe I want to.” He admits. And Danny can’t lose someone else. It’s already bad enough he feels the death of everyone in his city, he can’t lose him too. But Dick won’t come back. He already denied Gotham when Phantom had asked him to come back. Granted, Dick was nervous about denying him the entire time, but Danny realized that he’d lost a brother in the colors his parents chose for Dick. Danny- Phantom had cradled Dick in a swaddle of shadows and comfort.

“Alright.”

“Is it? Alright? I- I don’t want to fail you, Gotham.”

“It is. You’ve always made me proud. You will always make me proud. Whether it be by different name, it matters to me not. Stay. Heal.”

Like Dick was given permission, like he received a hint of peace, Dick Grayson crumpled to the floor and sobbed into Gotham’s shoulder.

(Later, long after Dick Grayson realized his little brother was also his city personified, he cries again into Tim’s shoulders after the later dropped a flower pot perfectly on top of Catalina Flores’ head.)

Gotham, Phantom, Danny makes a choice.

“Tomorrow, a child will show up at your door. You will let him in.”

“No- I can’t. I won’t.” He knows what Danny will ask of him.

“You will.” Danny doesn’t ever do it with his people, with his city, but dire times call for dire actions. It is an order. And Batman is Gotham’s knight. “You will. You will train him. You need a Robin to leash your brutality. I need a Robin, for Robin is my hope. The city’s hope. Our people’s hope. Do not forget the goal you have set out to accomplish in my city.”

Batman rages at him, until he falls unconscious from the wounds he’s gathered. Danny brings him home. He tells Alfred what to expect tomorrow. Bruce wakes up, eyes fixated on the crack that appeared on Danny’s neon green face. “Did. Did I do that?”

Danny nods slowly.

Batman crumples into Bruce Wayne. “Okay.” He says. “Alright. Tomorrow.”

Gotham watches him, unreadable. “Tomorrow.” He says, before fading away.

Tim Drake shows up at the door. Nightwing shows up not long after. Tim Drake adapts to Bruce Wayne’s cold looks and brutal training. Slowly, but surely, he leashes in Batman’s grief fueled brutality and less criminals go to prison with half of their lives beaten out of them.

Batman doesn’t see Gotham as much anymore. He feared that he’s angered his city, that he is no longer welcome.

When Tim figures it out… he allows the roads and the shadows to help Batman once more.

Batman stared intently at the extra coverage. “Thank you,” Tim hears him whisper. “I’m sorry.”

And when Jason Todd comes back to life and attacks Tim in the tower, Tim lets Hood beat him. Gotham had failed him, as Jason’s city. He deserves it. (He doesn’t but Danny had gone past the point of being healthy about his own physical wellbeing. Perhaps being a city spirit this long had affected him, even with the King’s title mitigating the worst of the damages.

“HE REPLACED ME!”

“Because I ordered him to.” Tim whispers, past the pain of a broken leg.

“You? Order Batman around? If you’re going to lie, make it a better one, Replacement.”

Tim catches Jason’s wrist, the one holding the knife to Tim’s throat.

“Robin,” he says simply, allowing Gotham to come out and peer at the child that is his.

Jason stares, disbelieving. Gotham had… Gotham had come by and approved of his plans to clean up Crime Alley. Gotham had extracted a promise not to damage the buildings.

“No.”

His city stares back and him and Jason stumbles away. Tim shifts into Danny, into Gotham.

“You…”

“I am Gotham. I- I did not want to wear these colors. They were yours and Dick’s. But Bruce was hurting the city, he was hurting me. So I made sure he stopped.”

Jason stares at the new cracks, the fresh ones he just caused and the old ones he does not remember being on Danny’s ghostly skin.

Jason swallows. “I’m sorry.”

“As am I. I am sorry I was not there to save you. I am sorry that you died.”

Jason stares at him. The Replacement is Gotham. Jason almost destroyed his city.

“I am glad that you’ve returned. That you’re alive, now.”

“…Really?”

“Always.”

Alternative Version of the above Tower Scene:

Jason slides the knife against the Replacement’s neck.

Danny sighs. “I can’t believe I’m dying again.”

Jason pauses. “What the fuck did you just say, Replacement?”

Danny rolls his eyes at him and Jason rethinks his decision of not offing the little fucker right away.

“You think you’re the first one to die in this household? Get a grip. I did it first, way before you did, jackass.”

Tim is 14. He’s a child. What the fuck is Jason doing?

“When…?”

“How do you think I became Gotham, little bird?”

Jason freezes. And then he’s scrambling backwards, the knife flung away in his horror.

Tim shifts into Gotham and Jason bites back a cut of regret and bitterness.

He… no, what? What even is happening?

“Why is the Joker not dead? You… you told me that you loved me. That Gotham… that-”

“I’m cruel, little bird. The Joker would not suffer as much if he were dead.”

“He’s killing people! He’s killing your own!”

“So everyone thinks.”

“What?”

“I am Gotham, little bird. Mass hallucinogenic gasses are so within my reach to the point it is concerning. Perhaps you should help Ivy with the city clean up?”

“Huh?!”

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Red Yummy

Based on the post by @spacedace. Basically it's a joke that Red Robin (the restaurant with the little jingle: Reeed Robin: Yummm.) Isn't a thing in the DC world but is one in the Phantom world.

The rip in the multiverse was an issue the Justice League was not at all prepared for. Sure they had incidents where visitors from an alternate universe have crossed over to their side or they have gone to one. There are times when they meet doubles of themselves, both as allies and as enemies.

They have been to different Earths, with different histories, different countries, and that one particular time, even different beings that ruled the planet.

It's always been an adventure where at the end of it, the doorway to both worlds is sealed shut, with little or no chance of it opening again. The friends they made. The sights they saw. All gone. Fine. Over.

That was, until a villain from a different world, attempted to attack Clockwork's Tower. The Justice League was not aware of Clockwork- Master of Time, Weaver of Realms, The Concept of Between- but they noticed that he had been attacked when other worlds started spilling into theirs.

People were falling through glowing green portals, stumbling into buildings that weren't there before. People who were just going out for walks would be zapped away and replaced with their confused counterparts.

Parts of the sky glitch into others, replacing the soft blue with brown or black, little patches scattering around the world. Cities vanish for a few hours, sometimes replaced by others sometimes not, and animals never before seen running amok.

It was a mess.

The League did everything it could to help, but it was hard to stretch their reach to the help then world when all reality was being thrown into a mixer and set on chaos.

A lot like busted pipes, the Leaugers would run to cover a leaking pipe only to have the water build up in another and burst there and then scramble to cover that one before the rising water drowned them all.

Thankfully the Justice League Dark was able to use magic and find the source of the leak. The Infinite Realms known as the web that linked all universes, are usually only accessible by the dead, or in Constantine's case having friends in high places.

"Ghost Writer owes me a favor," Constantine said while the rest of the Leauge watched a flouting green book descend from the sky. It flipped open, expanding into a gateway. The smoke of the book curled into little missy hearts.

"Ghost Writer?" Zatanna gawked "How did you get such a powerful, and notoriously recluse, being to owe you anything?"

"Let's just say, we both appreciate the finer things in life and that ghost has a rather fine ass" Constantine leered. No one had asked for any more detail, although Zatanna had the expression of someone who had bitten something sour the whole time.

Ghost Writer had given Constantine a warning that his power would only be able to protect five living souls. Any more would be at the mercy of the Infinite Realms'.

Humans that wandered into the Realms were more often than not driven into madness, became hopelessly lost, or had their souls swindled by beings that dwelled there. Not that it wasn't surprising.

After all, the living did not belong there, so of course they were a danger to the Realms' structure. Hell, there were rumors that a living being could produce fresh uncorrupted ectoplasm when killed or even kept like livestock.

Constantine did not want to find out if the rumors had any truth to them.

To be able to travel safely they had to fall under a powerful ghost's protection and Ghost Writers let them know to pick their five best.

It was decided that Constantine would go as their expert, Batman as their strategist, Wonder Woman as their diplomat and protection, Superman as second protection, and Zatanna as another magic user that could combat the dead.

The rest of the league remained, doing their best to hold their universe together as the team of five rushed off to put everything to right. It was agonizing not knowing what was happening or how the mission was going but they did what they could and placed their trust in the five.

Many of the Justice League didn't say it, but it was the remaining Bats that sort of kept everything afloat in their father's absence. Each one leads a group of young heroes, easily countering and controlling their self-appointed sectors of the world.

Nightwing and Titians.

Red Robin and Young Justice.

Red Hood and the Outlaws.

Oracle and the Birds of Prey

Robin and the Blades.

All five groups agree to use the Watch Tower as a central base to coordinate their defenses against the world falling apart. Trading information with each other quickly and efficiently, and using this new information to prepare for more ripples of universes, showcasing that Batman had taught them well.

Following their example, the rest of the Justice League did what they could to minimize the damage. It was on the second day of constant relief efforts that everything was snapped back to normal.

A giant wave of sound- the noise sounding a lot like a grandfather clock strick repeating over and over again- as things that were not meant to be in their world vanished and their own people and things returned.

The shy's patches were removed and the right color returned.

Even property damages that were caused by the incident were reversed as if reality falling apart was nothing but a dream. No wreckages to clean up, no people had gone missing, and best of all, no casualties had been taken.

The Leauge gathered around Ghost Writer's book watching it open as the five returned, cheering and screaming, giving them the proper hero's welcome. Then right behind their teammates, a second group followed through.

Three glowing figures, all dressed in the same black and white outfits, and a ship carrying four humans. Batman introduced them as the allies who helped defend Clockwork's Tower and keep the multi-universe from collapsing.

He did admit that just because it was no longer falling apart, it did not mean that the rip had been closed. In fact, it was the only thing left to do but it was proving to be difficult due to Clockwork himself not understanding why their world wasn't healing.

Clockwork couldn't leave the Realms for too long- if no one was there to keep Time running the same thing would happen all over again- but he did give them equipment that could in theory patch things up on their side.

They just needed someone who understood the equipment.

Team Phantom, led by Danny Phantom, one of the flowing figures was happy to volunteer. They would be staying for three years, to strengthen and rebuild their Universe structure.

Team Phantom consisted of Dan Phantom, Danielle Phantom, Jasmin Fenton, Tucker Foley, Samantha Manson, and Westley Weston. All young, kind, strong- Batman vouched for the non-powered members claiming they could go toe to toe with his kids- and all much to the joy of many young heroes- attractive. They played an essential role on the team, doing whatever their people and kind did to help Clockwork, staying out of the League's way.

They all seemed happy to live as close to civilians as possible and despite their strength and combat training, Team Phantom was more like a research party instead of a hero.

Since they would be there for three years- more depending on the Speed Force's effect on the timeline grumbles Tucker- the seven had chosen to set down some roots within their dimension.

The three Phantoms needed Ectoplasim to live- a rare substance in the Justice League's universe- so they chose Gotham as their new home. Batman was more than willing to allow them into his city, as long as they knew not to interfere with his work.

Things settled, The Justice League moved on to other missions and other issues while Team Phantom ran tests, gathered information, and worked on the timeline.

The only real issue Bruce had with Team Phantom, was that a majority of his kids were romanticly interested in them.

Dick's love-struck sigh, whenever Dan wandered by, would often lead to useless backflips in an ill-fated attempt to impress him.

Jason would conventionally be lifting weights shirtless whenever Jazz came by with an update report. Then he would mention some novel or other that had the girl's attention far better than his abs.

Steph had taken a very large interest in gardening and at the same time, started wearing shorter shorts and tighter tops because Sam seemed to adore flowers.

Cass meanwhile found every excuse there was to be dressed in the prettiest dresses she owned whenever Wes was anywhere near her. She even wore light makeup- a real sign of how much she was interested in the conspiracy theorist.

Duke seemed over the moon whenever Tucker asked for his personal help on anything technical-related. It did his son wonders that someone thought of him first when it came to tech- Duke has always been a bit self-conscious of his place among geniuses- would be all but speaking in poems to the bemused teenager.

Damian's crush on Ellie did melt Bruce's heart a little. It was his baby's first after all, but he wasn't sure if Damian's approach was doing anything. Put him on the battlefield and Damian could lead to victory. Put him next to a pretty young girl and all his son was capable of doing was stare and babble.

The only one that didn't seem to have a crush on Team Phantom was Tim. Which should have given him reassurance except for the small little detail.

"Red Robin" Danny sings upon Tim's arrival at the cave. Officially tonight they are all going over the results of the latest tests on the universe's structure. Unofficially Team Phantom had been invited over for dinner by Alfred and they were looking over the Batcave as their butler finished preparing the main course.

At once every member of Team Phantom raises their head, turning away from his love-struck children to his flustered son and singing "Yum" with wide smiles.

Tim's face goes bright red.

Apparently, Tim was their universe version of Adonis and Team Phantom had no issue with expressing how yummy they found Tim. Now Bruce isn't saying that he would be against Tim having more than one romantic partner- he has made sure to look up proper healthy poly relationships and given Tim a PowerPoint version of it.

It's just that he isn't sure how he's going to handle supporting one of his children while breaking the heart of another. Tim seems unsure how to handle so much romantic attention- he's had plenty of relationships before- but said attention is picking him before any of his siblings is a first.

Bruce knows that deep down Tim still struggles with thinking he's not as good as the others. That he really is just a placeholder in the long run.

Then there is the fact he isn't sure how their culture works. Is the singing like a mating call? Was there a chance they would earn the irk of Clockwork himself if Tim accidentally accepted their advances? Why was it always Red Robin and not just Tim himself that made Team Phantom go yummmm?

"Hi guys" Tim greets at least and Danny grins wider.

"Reeeeed Robbbbbin" " The ghost boy says throwing an arm over Tim's shoulders. Sam and Tucker surround them, making their voices sound strange as all three start singing, rocking Tim back and forth in a strange little dance.

"Yummmmm!"

From the corner of his eyes, Bruce makes out Dick's protective Older Brother's face, as his eldest starts marching towards the group with the intent of breaking them apart. He's been very vocal about putting an end to Team Phantom's flirtations if he saw so much as a hint of Tim's unease.

Except that Tim looked utterly bliss being pressed up against Danny. Maybe he should rethink Tim's disinterest in Team Phantom. The rest of his children looked murderous as more members of Team Phantom gathered around Tim also singing.

Bruce had to deal with this for three whole years. He can physically feel his hair turning greyer.

#dcxdpdabbles #dc x dp crossover #Red Yummy #In which Team Phantom is just singing a commercial #And the DC world think they all romantically like Tim #Tim is in fact into Danny #None of Team Phantom is aware of their admirers #None of them are exactlly socially popular back home they just think the Waynes are nice #Yes it was Vlad's fault #Bruce's pov #I JUST HAD TO WRITE IT #IT'S SO FUNNY

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