#fanning the flames

[daily-dose-of-danno]

Can I get some ember pls? (Can't find any good drawing references)

Ember McLain :)

Season 1, Episode 11 - Fanning the Flames

#fanning the flames #ember mclain #danny phantom #request #daily dose of danno

[doctorwalrider]

“Oh my gosh. I gotta save Lancer! Wow….this is bitter sweet”

#nickelodeon #danny phantom #danny fenton #half kid half ghost #butch hartman #ember mclain #fanning the flames

[dani-halfa]

On Sam Manson’s case

Sam Manson is a weird case of a character because she is a main character in Danny Phantom and yet she doesn’t have exactly what i would call a ¨proper character arc¨.

On the surface, Sam Manson is defined by her sarcasm, intelligence,  brash attitude, individualism and morality. She is someone who often likes going against what it expected in society. She criticizes society issues and has desire to change things for the better. She rarely shows any fear of speaking up, regardless of who the person is. For instance, she stood up for Danny in ¨Parental Bonding¨ when Paulina was making fun of him. She is protective of her friends and often acts as the voice of reason in the group. 

Sam seems to be into supernatural things, she knew about the Fright Knight, also known as the ¨Spirit of Halloween¨ in ¨Fright Knight¨. This may come from being a goth or helping Danny with ghost hunting. This is an interesting aspect of his character that doesn’t get much exploration, which it is a pity because it has potential. So, with all these things that she has you would think the writers would came up with some interesting ideas for her character correct? Well, that comes the issue with Sam: They didn’t. Or well, they did, except its mostly defined by one thing. Her relationship and crush on Danny.

Like, there is nothing wrong with having the girl in the team falling in love with main protagonist. That’s completely fine!. The problem with Sam is that most of her episodes seem to be defined by the crush she has on Danny and she doesn’t have much episodes exploring her personality outside of that.

It doesn’t help that in Season 3 she is reduced to be Danny’s girlfriend as a good chunk of the episodes are about ship teasing the relationship between the two instead of exploring their characters.

Her goal in changing society is important in like two episodes and it leads to mixed results. (Mystery Meat and One of a Kind). There isn’t a bigger arc of her coming up with some project to help Amity Park or her school. The fact that her family is rich could have shaken up some plot threads. For example: Her standing up against something her parents are doing because she finds out that it is inmoral.

One episode that explores her character well its ¨Beauty Marked¨. Because of her individualism and no fear of speaking up, she inspires Dora to stand up against her abusive brother. This episode... has a few issues that have been discussed by other people in the past but i think at least it does a good job a showing Sam’s attributes having a positive impact on someone.

And yes, unironically, ¨Girls' Night Out¨ a Season 3 episode explores her relationship with Jazz and she learning to get along with her, which is weird that they did this at this point in the series and not before considering Jazz is an important character in the series and a part of the team.

The problem with ¨Beauty Marked¨ is that it doesn’t evolve Sam in a way that has an impact in the bigger narrative nor has much consequences for her later on. The same applies to ¨Girls' Night Out¨ since it is on Season 3, that has almost zero cohesive narrative.

"Parental Bonding" is sweet episode because it shows that Sam is into ¨girl things¨ but maybe avoids doing these things because she is afraid of being seen as ¨shallow¨. It could been interesting to see her trying to remain ¨unique¨ while learning to be into ¨girly things¨. Maybe Jazz could have helped her with that or even Valerie.

In contrast to Tucker, he has at least three episodes about him.  "What You Want", "Doctor's Disorders" and "King Tuck". While they don’t have much consquences of his character, they explore him quite well. "What You Want" and "King Tuck" explore his inferioty complext and desire to be admired by other people. How power can get over his head and makes not think things through. "Doctor's Disorders" is a good episode that has Tucker facing his fears of hospitals to save Danny from Spectra. As you can see, Tucker is allowed to some development outside his sidekick role. And this doesn’t count B plots from a few episodes.

To be honest, both Sam and Tucker feel like characters that the writers didn’t put much thought into them when it came to their character arcs. They are just there, sometimes helping Danny with his ghosts adventures.

The closest that Sam gets to character evolution is her learning to be less possessive of Danny and that she can’t force him to like her. ("Fanning the Flames"). There were moments that Sam expressed getting jealous of Danny paying more attention to Paulina than her. What bothers me is that her not confessing her feelings to Danny wasn’t properly adressed neither? Did she expected to be rejected by him? Was she afraid that it would ruin their friendship? This was never brought to explain why it was the case.

Eventually Danny returns these feelings to Sam.  (Frightmare- Claw of the Wild). By the end of the series they become an official couple and start dating (Phantom Planet).

Like i previously mention earlier, her character arc is mainly defined by her relationship with Danny and there doesn’t seem to be much outside that aspect. All of this is rather disappointing since Sam is a character that can be explored in multiple ways. 

A few ideas that come to my mind to fix this are: Explore her relationship with her parents, her coming with ideas to change society or Casper school, getting into witchcraft or showing an interest in the supernatural, making her go capturing ghosts on her own, meeting someone she cared about in their ghost form; to name some examples.

In all, Sam Manson is a character that is fun and had some potential to an interesting character but she wasn’t given the proper execution she needed to have a good arc.

#Danny Phantom #sam manson #danny fenton #DP characters #dp analysis #danny phantom season 3 #Beauty Marked #fanning the flames #Tucker Foley

[vlad---masters]

Danny Phantom out of context

#danny phantom #tucker foley #sam manson #danny fenton #fanning the flames

[geekgirles]

I know this is probably going to make zero sense since this is just a half-assed concept brought to you by FEELS I always get from watching Fanning the Flames. But bear with me, please.

I love the episode as it is. Really. Not only because I'm Amethyst Ocean trash, but because it's just a great episode! It introduces Ember, the Sam/Danny dynamic follows nicely where their Fake Out Make-Out from last episode left off, Tucker has some downright hilarious lines...

It's just good.

But it always digs up the usually nonexistent thrill I get from some angst (which only ever rises from its grave when there's romance involved). I mean, the whole love spell situation is pretty heartwrenching, maybe even tragic, when you think about it.

One the one hand, you have Sam’s perspective. After what happened in Shades of Gray, she's barely starting to reach out and allow herself to wonder what it'd be like to date Danny, to date one of her best friends. Honestly, hadn't the spell happened, maybe those two would have ended up together sooner.

But it did happen, and it sort of put a halt to things progressing naturally but more quickly. Which is great, because with the way the show was written, it needed to happen. I'm not ranting, just pointing something out.

And because the spell did happen and Danny got all obsessive and clingy and Sam got a not-so-accurate-nor-real look into what a relationship with him could be like, she got scared. The love spell made things move way too fast for her liking and forced her to re-evaluate in record time if she wanted a romantic relationship with Danny or not. And, given the only experience she could use as reference was mostly negative, she chose that, no, risking her friendship with her best friend was not worth it.

And then we have Danny’s situation. After the spell was broken he was confused, for a moment he even believed his perceived relationship with Sam was real, but it wasn't. However, instead of going back to normal, the damage was done. Ember had fed the illusion with lies and it was up to Sam to snap him out of it by sending him crashing down—she had to break his heart. And boy did Danny remember the pain. His (romantic) love for Sam might have been a lie up until that point, but his heartbreak wasn't, and the pain remained.

Proof of that was the way he furiously attacked and took his pain out on Ember (that scene and the one leading up to it must be one of my absolute favourites from the show).

This is all devastating in a way, but then I unwittingly came up with a way to make the experience even more bittersweet, for lack of a better word:

If Fanning the Flames had taken place while Danny was dating Valerie which in turn would only happen if their relationship arc had been expanded for more than an episode (if we don’t count Reign Storm).

(On a side note, I have nothing but respect for Gray///Ghost shippers. You keep doing your thing, you legends 👍)

With this I mean there would be an added layer of pain to the whole situation. From all three parts involved. 

On the one hand, it’s true Valerie could have remained hypnotised by Ember like Tucker did, but on the other, the whole thing would be sort of pointless if she didn’t know something must have happened to Danny for him to suddenly ignore her and be all over Sam. This scenario could have been set up in two or three different acts, so to speak. 

On the first one, Valerie could have no idea what’s going on and initially think Danny’s just dumped her for Sam, which would upset her a great deal and make her angrily call off their relationship. On the second one, while conducting her own investigation regarding Ember parallel to Team Phantom’s she could have come to realise it was her doing Danny was acting like that. What she didn’t understand was why. All other victims of her brainwashing were simply obsessed with her, why would Ember need to have Danny, of all people, obsessed with Sam? 

And the third and final one would be post-spell, where Danny tells her some excuse (like, “I was ast the wrong place, at the wrong time” or something), and Valerie seemingly buys his apology, though some spike of suspicion still remains: was it all really just coincidence, or was Danny actually hiding something from her? And was it all just a spell, or does he really have feelings for Sam, after all?

Following up on that, there’s Danny. It’s only logical he’d be horrified at finding out he’d been (temporarily) dumped by his girlfriend because, due to some love spell, he’d fallen madly in love with his best friend. 

So his already frightening fury at Ember for the ramifications of her actions would only increase tenfold, because the pain from the experience would have doubled down as well. First, Sam has to break his heart to break the spell (ouch!), then he realises he’s been “crushing” on his best friend while he already has a girlfriend (double ouch!), and then he learns said girlfriend has broken up for him for reasons that were, quite literally, out of his control (YEOWCH!). 

To say he would be pissed would be an understatement. 

So the experience wouldn’t just leave him trying his damnest to make it up to Valerie and feeling guilty over something that wasn’t even his fault but, depending on the direction you want to take this, also mixed feelings? Because, why did Ember target Sam specifically, when she could have gone after Valerie just as easily during the battle? Was it because she was an easier target? Because, unlike Valerie who still hates Danny Phantom, Sam seemed to worry about his safety and Ember misunderstood the situation? Or did she see something else buried deep within their interactions? 

Could it be he actually has feelings for Sam?

And what better way to end this analysis than with Sam’s own feelings?

Ok, so in this scenario she would already be carrying a lot of pent-up frustration, jealousy, and heartbreak from seeing Danny and Valerie together, something she’s managed to hide...with questionable results. 

However, because she apparently wasn’t dealing with enough as it was, now a ghost diva has put Danny under a spell that makes him think only about her. Many other cartoons would play this as that golden chance to live out your dreams and experience what a real relationship with your crush would be like...only for the character to eventually grow frustrated of their crush’s obsessive behaviour under the spell. 

But this is Danny Phantom, and just like it (thankfully) wasn’t the case in the original episode, neither will it be here. 

Mostly because Sam has a few problems with the arrangement. 

First, it wouldn’t be a real relationship, because that’s something Danny already has with Valerie, not her. And as much as it pains her, the best she can do for her best friend is step aside (though that doesn’t mean she won’t remind him of the inherent danger in dating an enemy bent on his destruction at any given chance). Just like the sole fact that he’s been roped into it by a love spell meant to distract him only serves to drive the point that it’s nothing but an illusion further home. 

It’s not a real relationship until Danny has a say in it.

And second, because now it’s not just forcing her to consider if she wants a relationship with Danny before she’s ready; it’s a constant reminder of what she could have, but can’t, not really, because Danny is not hers, but Valerie’s.

And I just think there is something inherently heartbreaking in that. Not only are you forced to see the person you love with someone else, while being incapable of doing anything about it (among others things because it would just be selfish), but then you are presented with an opportunity of what it could be, but won’t. Sam would be forced to watch how, no matter the circumstances, Danny slips through her fingertips. 

And just...that’s just breaks me, you know?

I don’t know, I just think it’d be a great opportunity for character exploration and some drama lol. 

Well, this got incredibly long and I don’t even know if I made any sense, but thanks for sticking with me anyway! I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter :)

#danny phantom #dp analysis #danny phantom analysis #fanning the flames #flirting with disaster #danny fenton #sam manson #valerie gray #ember mclain #tucker foley #Amethyst Ocean #gray ghost #danny/sam #danny/valerie #nickelodeon #nicktoons

[sami-foxxe-gifs-and-screenshots]

Danny and Sam Flying Together

#Danny Phantom #Danny Fenton #Sam Mason #fanning the flames #sam x danny #danny x sam

[arsonyard]

ARSONYARD LIVE REACTON TO RECENT EVENTS

@idkhowbut-art & @budgieio

FUCJINGHGHH YALL WNATED TO SEE ME FLUSHED WELL FUCK YOIU HERE YOU GO ILY

#arson's shenanigans #playing with fire #fanning the flames #FUCK

[iamthenightcolormeblack]

A Crackhead Spills Wine On Jane Austen: Persuasion 2022 Extended Rant

I am SEETHING and FILLED WITH RAGE as I write this semi-analytical rant. It got so many things wrong and Jane Austen would definitely be rolling in her grave right now.

A note on the title: the director’s name is Carrie Cracknell, and she wanted to “modernize” Jane Austen and remove its “weeping, sickly women” while creating “something she could watch with her daughter.” Obviously she’s crazy. Austen never needed modernization and it’s been done so many times at this point. Stop trying to pretend to be original! Plus this movie promotes unhealthy alcohol habits! We don’t want our strong young girls and women to mope around in bed getting dangerously drunk with wine bottles!Thus I think the director’s real name is *drum roll… Carrie Crackhead!

Now I shall list the many sins of this stinking trash heap:

The dialogue has not only been modernized- it’s trying too hard to be funny and changes rather than reflects the original meaning of Austen’s dialogue. Also so many anachronisms like playlists (was that even a thing before music recording technology was invented), self-care, and 5 and 10 ratings of people.

Anne is now a snarky “girl boss” who hates everyone and talks to the camera when not chugging wine or crying in a bathtub. Also why did they have to stick with that terrible rom-com trope of a drunk, emotionally unstable single woman looking for love? That’s not very feminist to me. In the book Anne is outwardly reserved and acts that way in large part because her family ignores or belittles her. She quietly acquiesces to their demands and only slowly learns to speak for herself. Actual Anne is a wallflower who gradually becomes more beautiful as she takes charge of her own destiny by choosing not to be persuaded by others.

Anne lacks manners. Her first meeting with Wentworth in 8 years consists of her throwing a rock at a window to catch his attention and yelling at him. Afterwards she trips and spills gravy/red sauce on her head. All while she is babysitting a child. In the book Anne’s decision to take care of her injured nephew while his parents partied is selfless; here her selflessness is negated for cheap laughs. Nor do I understand why Anne chooses to mock Wentworth by donning a jam mustache and basket hat. She was crying over him earlier and his reappearance caused her pain. Another instance is at a dinner party when Anne drunkenly admits to Wentworth that Mr. Musgrove proposed to her first - so out of character and even a 21st century person wouldn’t do this. To further insult Austen and Anne Elliot, this Anne pees behind a tree while eavesdropping on Wentworth and Louisa.

Wentworth is a Bland Man (Saturday Night Live reference - a Bachelor dating show parody skit features a boring man whom the women are obsessively dating). In this movie he reminds me of a piece of cardboard. He has a rather monotone voice and says little.

A key moment in the book is when Wentworth removes a child who climbs onto an overwhelmed Anne’s back. In the book, Anne is left to care for the Musgrove children, as their parents are neglectful. Wentworth lifting the child off Anne’s back is significant as a sign that he still cares for her even after she broke his heart, and Anne loves him because he truly cares about her, in contrast to her family who takes her for granted and uses her as free labor. In the movie Wentworth removes the child from Anne’s back while Anne and the children are HAVING FUN playing a game. This undercuts the meaning of Wentworth’s gesture. Instead of an act of kindness, it becomes a hindrance to the fun and games Anne and the Musgrove children are playing. HOW DARE THEY take away this beautiful little moment from us.

Louisa and Anne are friends in this movie. This doesn’t make sense since Louisa in the book is rather naive, making Wentworth’s flirtation of her illogical and an insult to Anne. Also Louisa’s view of men as idiots is too anachronistic for the Regency setting of this movie. Anne also seems to be on friendly terms with the Musgroves, which does not make sense for book Anne. In contrast, Anne is actually lonely and has few friends, making her situation all the more tragic.

Anne is often alone with Wentworth unchaperoned. I don’t think this makes sense since Regency England definitely had very conservative social norms. Bridgerton may have been more historically accurate since it made clear that unmarried men and women being alone outside of socially approved situations would lead to damaged reputations. I thought I would never live to see the day that Bridgerton would be more historically accurate than a Jane Austen adaptation. Also Wentworth telling Anne early on that he wants her in his life removes a lot of the tension underlying their relationship.

There is a lack of chemistry between Wentworth and Anne. Sure they look pretty when they kiss on a grassy field but I want to see them interacting like best friends or be treated to some silent yearning where a glance conveys a thousand words. At the end of the day I can’t see this couple together. Mr. Elliot and Anne had more chemistry and more natural banter than Wentworth and Anne.

Telling us Anne’s character attributes instead of showing them in action. Wentworth tells Anne she’s good in an emergency but the situation that proves this (Anne calmly calling for a doctor after Louisa falls while Wentworth and the others freak out) is given very little screen time. The rule is SHOW NOT TELL.

The octopus dream. It doesn’t even pass as Austen and I don’t think Anne would dare or even bother to say something that stupid to entertain Lady Dalrymple. This makes more sense in a Beatles album: “I am the egg man, I am the egg man, I am the walrus, coo-coo-coo-coo-coo-choo.”

Anne has a conversation with Captain Benwick in which they discuss the importance of loyalty in a romantic relationship. Benwick reminds Anne that history books claim that women are inconstant in their affections, while Anne responds that the history books were written by men and that women are more loyal because they have little in their sheltered lives compared with men. This point about who writes about history is so MODERN AND AHEAD OF ITS TIME. Even today we are still struggling to come up with ways to effectively include marginalized perspectives into historical narratives. I saw the 1995 Persuasion adaptation before reading the book and watching this on screen blew me away and encouraged me to read the book so I’m so disappointed this isn’t in the film.

Anne’s friend Mrs. Smith is removed. Mrs. Smith is an impoverished widow left destitute by her husband and is key to Anne’s discovery of Mr. Elliot’s deception. Anne’s friendship with Mrs. Smith is a rebellion against her family’s obsession with social status and reflects her values in action.

Lady Russell is now a happy widow who likes traveling by herself. First Lady Russell is very proper, logical and considerate of what is best for Anne and her family; she is also one of Anne’s few friends. She isn’t “single and thriving.” Also travel in the early 19th century was cumbersome and women likely didn’t travel by themselves.

Anne running for a long time to catch up to Wentworth looks to me like an imitation of the 2007 BBC Persuasion’s “Bath Marathon.” Also that cheesy pop song (Quietly Yours by “Birdie?”) isn’t necessary. They’re happy. We get that already.

Historically inaccurate (and ugly) costumes and terrible hair.

Lastly, the only thing good about this dumpster fire of a film was the supporting cast (Henry Golding, Richard E. Grant, and Mia Mckenna-Bruce). They absolutely stole the screen when they were on and accurately portrayed their characters. I particularly like Henry Golding as Mr. Elliot because it nails the Austen trope of charming bad guy. However the costume designer shouldn’t have put him in black because it gives away his evilness far too soon (and lest i forget I don’t think he and Wentworth ever met while in Lyme, unlike what this film portrays).

Ultimately my mother and I (we watched this travesty together) wanted our 1 hour and 50 minutes back. But at least I gained plenty of material for this rant. I wish it was more well-written but why put in the effort for this crappy thing masquerading as art?

#persuasion netflix #netflix persuasion #dakota johnson #cosmo jarvis #henry golding #mia mckenna bruce #richard grant #carrie cracknell #Carrie Crackhead #I hate this movie so much #Jane Austen would be rolling in her grave #persuasion 2022 #fanning the flames #seek and destroy anyone who claims this trash is good #they ruined the story for cheap laughs and edgy pretensions #repeat after me: Carrie Crackhead needs to go to jail/read Jane Austen before making another Jane Austen adaptation #Carrie Crackhead and her accomplices need to be jailed

[gh0ulishsanctum]

Ever since I started flirting with @arsonyard in whisp’s personality and persona, the urge to draw them has been quite strong

Arson beware you’ve got a fire ghoul on your tail and she’s not gentle 😳

#Whisp ghoul #nameless ghoul oc #fanning the flames #flirting with arson be like #my oc art #ghost band

[daily-dose-of-danno]

Kind of specific gif request: the part in Fanning the Flames where Tucker jumps off the stairs of the school & Danny just watches him fall 😂

he’s okay </3

Season 1, Episode 11 - Fanning the Flames

#fanning the flames #danny phantom #danny fenton #tucker foley #sam manson #ember mclain #gif #daily dose of danno #request

[crestfallenwanderlust]

Goodness dear me 🥵

#千銃士 rhodoknight #fanning the flames

[doctorwalrider]

That time Lancer thought he could take Danny and Sam to his office and Danny was like “LOL you ain’t locking us in a room get out my face” and after Lancer noticed they were gone he was all “Lord of the flies they’re slipping right through my hands!”

#nickelodeon #danny phantom #fanning the flames #ember mclain #danny fenton #half kid half ghost #sam manson #casper high #butch hartman

[themindzeye]

#elmo #fanning the flames

[zytes]

sailor’s delight

#sailors delight refers to a rhyme about red skies signaling stormy conditions #atmospheric pressure changes caused by the receding storm-wall caused the setting sun to turn the sky flame-orange #the photos here are obviously not raw so the color isn’t being shown in-situ necessarily - artistic license or something #I’m not a fan of like. representational photography anyways. I want shit to be weird; minor cleanups and color balance are a part of that #my art #zytes #glitch art #aesthetic #art #artwork #webcore #glitchcore #internetcore #abstract #artists on tumblr #photography #abstract art #abstract photo art #abstract photography #weird art #art discovery #new media art #new aesthetic

[foxpost-generator]

Sometimes girls make giant wimdy in the minecraft server, and that's good.

#she's official number 1 wimdy fan #also my housemate made the flaming seven tower attack nightmare next to it

[sami-foxxe-gifs-and-screenshots]

#Danny Phantom #Danny Fenton #Sam Mason #Danny x Sam #Sam x Danny #Ember McLain #Fanning The Flames