#fucking stupid coworker

[little-pondhead]

DP x DC Prompt

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There are no more heroes.

Well, okay. Rewind a bit.

Danny has been doing the hero thing for a while now. He’s had a big reveal; everyone has accepted him (including his parents), the GIW disbanded, the Anti-Ecto acts repealed, and generally, everything is going great. Some of the A-Listers are even training as junior ghost hunters to help give him a break from his rogues! (Being Ghost King makes things hectic sometimes, and he just needs the extra help. Sue him!)

The point is, literally nothing is wrong with Danny Phantom’s afterlife.

And then Valerie Gray, the Red Huntress, disappears in front of his eyes.

Danny is baffled! She’s just…gone! Valerie just popped out of existence, like she was never there. But no matter how hard he searches in the Ghost Zone, he can’t find her soul anywhere. His core isn't broken in grief. So she’s not dead. Which is good. So then, where is she?

Some of the others come forward with ideas on how to find her. A few ghosts volunteer to go out into the mortal realm, an area Danny had declared off-limits, to see if she was out there. Danny approves it. He rounds up some of the friendlier (i.e., discreet) ghosts and Amity Parkers and demolishes the outside travel ban.

So everyone spreads out, looking for their dear frenemy and teammate. But it becomes apparent very quickly that something is wrong with the rest of the world.

There are no more heroes.

Every single living superhero on the face of the Earth has just…vanished. Villains are running amok; the countries are in chaos! Some aliens are invading Earth, mythical deities are trying to take over, and society is crumbling to the ground. Everything is on the brink of collapse.

Well, Danny was still there. And so were his people. They were pretty spread out, so could they just…take up the mantles? He also knew where to find the souls of dead heroes in the Zone; surely they wouldn't mind coming out of retirement for a little bit, especially if they couldn't die again. Oh! And that skeleton army leftover from Pariah Dark's reign might be useful in repelling those invading forces.

Honestly, there were more than enough hands to go around! And with the heroes gone, Danny didn't mind letting everyone out for a little break, as long as they followed his rules. They wouldn't stop the search for the other heroes, but hopefully, when they found them, the heroes wouldn't mind Danny's intervention too much. :)

In other words:

Someone fucks up, and all of Earth's living heroes are either wished out of existence or are whisked away to some far-off realm where Danny hasn't checked yet. In the attempt to figure out what's going on, Danny lets the dead run amok over the Earth as they search for clues. The skeleton army repels the invading armies, the souls of dead heroes deal with the world leaders, and his rogues and other Amity Parkers set up shop in place of famous heroes, trying to get the cities under control again.

Basically, they just do their best to keep everything from imploding until the Justice League and others are back.

(And why is it that Danny hasn't disappeared? Well, whatever caused everyone to go poof! only affected living heroes. Anyone heroes that were dead in the first place, or even just half-dead, stayed behind.)

#pondhead blurbs #danny phantom #dpxdc #reveal gone right au #ghost king au #for plot reasons #it doesn't count if the hero had died and then came back to life #lots of heroes would still be around then #but this is me pushing the halfa!jason todd narrative work with me here he deserves the fun #deadman is there too #and he's just thriving honestly. it's so nice to be around his own kind even if the world is ending #maybe ellie is whooshed away too cause she never technically died but she took up danny's moniker when he was crowned #vlad is ecstatic cause danny put him in charge of several states while they looked for clues including Wisconsin #skulker is replacing superman and just has a shitty S painted on his chest and just eats kryptonite like candy the first time he meets Lex #Kitty and Johnny take over in gotham and sam is now the new wonder woman #idk man just stupid stuff like this #the press is flabbergasted cause the fucking KING OF GHOSTS just showed up and he's 14 and just looking for some friends #Danny: hey guys sorry about the zombies and fire i'm just here to find my coworker and lil sister and maybe the other heroes #Danny: in the meantime i'll just let my army into the mortal realm to defend it while we figure out what's going on pls don't yell at us :) #the press: how do we explain this to the justice league when they come back. how do we explain that earth was saved by a 14 year old boy- #also idk which heroes are technically dead but are still kicking so if you feel like someone deserves liminal status slap it on them idc #some villains are trying for world dominance and some are just trying to find their buddies. their fight buds. where'd they go? :( #joker gets bitch slapped by a skeleton two days in and waylon becomes bffs with wulf #danny uses the watchtower as a base of operations and it's the only thing he doesn't want to give up when the heroes are back #i have no plot ideas beyond this #i just want everyone to be baffled that an army of the dead showed up while they were gone and just made sure everything stayed cool #later danny realizes he was technically the ruler of the world for a bit since his people were everywhere keeping the villains in check

[yardsards]

clint mcelroy creating a dnd character: oh yeah, this bad boy can fit so much simple zest for life in him

#eliot posts #taz #the adventure zone #merle highchurch #zoox anthellae #ive not listened to graduation yet (and idk if i ever will) so idk if this applies to argo or not #i remember so little of amnesty and am only 10 eps into steeplechase so i can't speak for the non dnd campaigns either #it's funny how a lot of people's ttrpg characters often have common themes in them #me and my friend john from our irl dnd group were talking about that and it's like #alicia plays the most Friend Shaped girls imaginable. caleb's Cause Problems On Purpose. julia's are sassy and tend to do their own thing #john's are edgy in theory but extremely friend shaped and caring in practice. and i tend to play The Mom Friend. #not ALWAYS but pretty often. and basically always they're just really looking for human connection (whether they know/accept it or not) #even my goddamned PISS WIZARD is quickly careening towards mom friend territory??? somehow??? #very few people tolerate him so he's protective of those who do. even if it's mostly just a coworkers situation in the party #and most of the party is So Fucking Stupid #it's a very hilarious party composition overall. just 5 guys all thinking ''wow. what a bunch of freaks. good thing i'm normal :)'' #and the only one who is REMOTELY accurate in that assessment is the cleric whose catchphrase has quickly become #''hey. don't look at me. i just work with them.''

[sugarflow]

they werent kidding

#lethal company #this game is so fucking stupid i love it so much #oh boy i love being friends with all of my coworkers i hope after this job we'll be able to hang out! #.mp4

[hystericfae]

Someone convince me that the next 5 days at work are worth it

#chloe shush #all for 13.50 an hour too #permanent hearing damage and losing the will to live I suddenly see why vetmed has one of the highest suicide rates #and I'm just a lowly little kennel tech but damn #.....did I mention that last weekend we literally had a puppy they'd feed 5 cups of food only at night #a 5 month pittie does not need 5 cups and certainly not all at once #he'd throw it up and eat the throw up and shit thr kennel 6 times after so #when my coworker said he was doing thag i was like yeah no we're telling a tech #why are owners just fucking stupid

[nerime]

my coworkers are being turbo transphobic and literally refuse to listen to answers to questions they fucking ask argh!!! I can just tell you!!! I can just answer you!!!!! I have answers!!! to the ridiculous questions you ask in a mocking way!!!! if you listen for one second I can just fucking explain!!!! 😡😭😡😭

#they ask why would trans men NEED tampons for men since they are WOMEN why cant they juat use WOMEN ones those stupid silly women ugh #they keep coming back to the topic #and im like hey they are not women ^_^ and try to explain the concept #in easy kindergarten terms like hey you know how you wouldnt want to buy pink girly items because you are a (cis) guy! well #and them im cut off with more transphobic shit before i can say anything else #my coworker literally said her son told her and her husband they were playing spin the bottle on a school trip #and she asked so did you kiss any girls? and he said #sure when it landed on a girl then i kissed a girl (implying he also kissed guys) #and she said her husband was so shocked because hes conservative #while she said she just ordered the son not to say anything else #and she tells us 'i think he was just testing us or something' #wtf. i said well okay maybe he was testing your reactions and now hes not gonna tell you shit anymore #and she went like hm 🤔 #also the irony of saying her HUSBAND is conservative while she fucking. misgenders trans men all day and jokes about gay men constantly #in a nasty way #all of them do #im so tired #she complained kids nowadays are so caaual about gay people #and i said okay well i love it personally they should keep it up #and NO ONE at the table supported/agreed with me #sorry i am on a work trip and suffering #transphobia tw #neri stfu

[alphacrone]

this is your reminder that 99.9% of employers care more about money than you and even if they are kind and fair now they WILL at the end of the day put profits over your well being so absolutely do not sacrifice your life for them.

#and by life i mean time really #do your job to its exact description #do not make things too difficult for your fellow workers #you can even work hard if you want to #but do not undervalue your time or your mental and physical well being #this is a mistake i made in my first job #the stress of that job triggered my (undiagnosed) crohns so bad i was hospitalized twice #and my boss asked me to work from my hospital bed #while also not giving me sick time and not paying me well #in my previous post that coworker has been working there at least 15 years #never caused any problems went above and beyond #was a fucking backbone of the company #and is getting tossed out bc management is fucking moronic #they’ll be fine they’re so great they’ll get a much better job i’m certain #and previous management loved them SO much and did try to take really good care of them to keep them from leaving #but in the end stupid financial decisions will always come before employee we’ll begin #being #so never give too much of yourself to a job and always keep your resume updates #also don’t be afraid to leave nasty reviews on yelp or glassdoor and also maybe key your boss’ car

[good-beanswrites]

🎬: Please do not remind me Kazui and Kotoko didn't get their songs covered by Es 😭 It was such a disservice. I'm gonna just chalk it up to Kazui's voice is so deep that Es couldn't sing it properly and by the time Kotoko's MV was shown to them, the first trial ended before they could even sing it.

Or, y'know. Your AU, so Es did cover their songs too.

Also another thing for post-MILGRAM hangout where Es joins in too...KARAOKE (didn't Milgram have some sort of karaoke-related event running earlier?) Or maybe they have their own karaoke party at someone's home (I know someone has a karaoke set at home!), so they sing their songs and encourage Es to sing too...and pleeeeease sing "half" and "harrow" too (this will lead to Es finding out they've been eavesdropping on their singing. Hey!). Bonus that Deco's song is such a bop in the AU that everyone sings the songs they covered.

...my train of thought is still running, but I just imagined this AU's Milgram allowed everyone to gradually accept their faults that almost led them to their crime. Soooo Mahiru is still just as sweet, BUT rocks it when she sings "Psychogram". Also Amane, I like to imagine at this point she can be a bit more of a kid (I can dream!), so she's sort of bouncing around when she sings "Positive Parade" and "Animal" while the girls dance with her.

But with that said, I hope we'll get more Es' song covers! Or at the very least make up for "half" and "harrow"...and c'mon, Es didn't get to sing at all this trial. What gives?!

RIP I know 😭 I'm hoping we'll get a bunch of covers to fill the trial hiatus, and that they'll start with those two!! I know some people were worried that they would never get covers because they didn't reach 1M before the trial closed, but I think that's an oddly unfair requirement for the later prisoners. So I'm confident we'll get them at some point!

Kotoko's does make a bit more sense -- it was right at the end of the trial, and there wasn't much too break down in the lyrics because she was very forthcoming with information/intention. And I like that explanation for Kazui's! Es was intimidated by his voice and didn't want to do it an injustice by singing it poorly. Maybe Kazui makes a snide comment that they would have actually understood his crime better if they'd studied/sang his lyrics like the others' 😅

And I love the post-Milgram thoughts! Given Yuno's mvs and her written response about liking karaoke, I can definitely see her taking everyone out to her favorite karaoke spot. I like that too because the covers were kind of an indulgent inclusion of mine -- I knew they didn't quite fit in during the trial hiatus but I really wanted it to happen asdfdsn. Like, I know Amane wouldn't do frivolous things, and Kotoko/Shidou/Kazui would try to take the situation seriously and not play around. But if it's all after the experiment... >:3

Thank you 🎬! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for those covers soon 😤🤞

#milgram #amane would feel better about having normal fun and without their duty in mind the adults could have more fun :') #it looks like kotoko has an unhealthy relationship with her duty/responsibility so itd be really nice for her to open up and have some fun #that would explains why they go so hard in the covers too! #because if youre just fucking around with 'coworkers' you wouldnt go super hard on the emotions/power #but out at karaoke night with your friends? oh you can put your whole chest into those psychogram verses #you can bring the crowd to tears with your neo-neon rendition #you can go crazy go stupid with an animal cover #absolutely loving the idea that deco*27 is part of my au canon now #maybe i should add yamanaka while im at it LMAO #thank you sm aahhh! #speaking of es covers i gotta go loop triage a few more times........ #lights camera sing your sins

[itstimeforstarwars]

Found out today that our new manager has started making closing shift stay an hour later than they've EVER had to and writing people up when they justifiably say they can't fucking do that. I was writing my resume this morning but I am writing it faster now.

#chit chat #the next quitting party I go to will be my own Force willing #work stuff #the new manager has already tried to enlist me to help torture my coworkers and I decided to completely ignore those orders #so either I quit as soon as i get a job or i quit when she finally starts writing me up for not falling in line #you would not believe how many people have started getting grey hairs over the last two months #tho im sure you would not be surprised to find how many people have quit #fuck this stupid baka life

[ballsballsbowls]

In case you think "best job I've ever had" means "good job," I walked through the door tonight and paused thoughtfully before I blurted out, in response to asking how my day was:

"I'm seriously considering running away and digging ditches for a living. Operating a forklift. Joining the circus. Anything to never speak to the people I am providing services for again."

#two professionals at a client site disagreed on whether to do something and so I did it and then got told not to #Had my supervisors check on it while I was at lunch and got told to do it again #got told to cancel it again but with feeling because NOW they think I'm stupid #now everyone is mad at me for doing what my supervisor told me to do and now everyone wants to CALL ME ON A FUCKING PHONE #instead of asking each other what they are doing #wasted literal HOURS of my time and my coworkers' time and THEIR time because nobody will talk to each other #I think I should been more prompt and gracious in dealing with it even though I am a sick shivering dog inside #and a pissed-off doctor is my worst nightmare #stop b think of the children

[haleelah]

Dick has started biting Jason off lately and Jason knows it doesn't have any ill intentions, because this only started after their relationship had improved in the latest months, but... it's confusing the shit outta him. Sometimes Dick appears out of nowhere and take a chomp on his biceps or shoulders, other times he stops mid conversation to look at Jason in a weird way that Jason doesn't know how to decipher and Then bring Jason's arms to bite them then proceeds to give him that look again. And not that usual, when he is particularly annoyed with Jason he would bite his neck, only to storm off to God knows where.

Jason happens to bring this up with Tim one Day...

Jason : Dick has been biting me alot lately. What do you thinks he is trying to tell me?

Tim : b..biting you like how??

*Jason explains the situation in glorious details with all the seriousness of the oblivious idiot he is*

Tim :

#jaydick #this reddit post about their coworker biting them and the person doesn't what it mean if it means they like them or not #king of not understanding very obvious romantic advances!jason todd #king of not saying it out loud!dick grayson #tim is shell shocked 1 for : 1) his brother is trying to fuck jason. 2) jason wtf are you stupid or something??? #like where does all of your meticulous cunning go when faced with romantic propositions????? #biting as a love language #i want to bite someone :(

[cheekblush]

i'm livid 😡😡😡

#found out today that 2 of my coworkers went behind my back.. #they arranged for themselves to work less on saturdays while i still have to work 9 hour shifts 🙃 #nobody told me about about it or let me join the conversation #obviously we all hate working long saturdays but the fact that they only arranged shorter hours for themselves is such a slap in the face #i feel betrayed disappointed and angry all at the same time #i thought we were supposed to be a team but clearly not #everyone only cares about themselves and their own interests #i feel so stupid rn they left me completely in the dark about this #i just noticed in the work schedule that they often only have to work short saturdays while i'm still planned for the entire day 🤡 #asked my colleague who does the schedules about it and she told me those 2 arranged that with management #lol thanks for letting me know 😀 #now i know why my dad loves working alone like fuck these fake bitches!!!! #☁️

[hystericfae]

Being given sole responsibility for something gives me deep anxiety

#chloe shush #like this is all gonna go to shit #I'm assuming they're gonna expect me to keep inventory #I saw something my coworker left on a clipboard. like a list of things to go over with me on Tuesday #and there was one thing like check blah blah once a month. check WHAT ONCE A MONTH ON FRIDAYS?? GIRL 😭 we're all fucked #and the washer machine stopped working as well. its a fire hazard and needs to be replaced #and the stupid vacuum was acting up again #we're all doomed if I'm in charge of ANYTHING 😭

[a-room-of-my-own]

I’m a bit of a goofball at work and there’s this girl who’s 10 years younger than me (biologically) but 20 years older (mentally) who sucks the joy out every minute of every day by rolling her eyes every time someone says something and being apparently convinced she’s the smartest person in the room (spoiler alert : she isn’t - she just went to a posh university, a prépa, the French will get it - so she thinks she’s extremely intelligent because she read Proust).

Obviously the job sucks, everyone is below her, especially management, and she would be sooooo much better at any other company.

She’s been there for 4 year like it’s really a mysterious mystery why other agencies aren’t actively chasing her like 🤭

#gen z are fucking boring I swear to god #the endless complaints + everybody’s stupid except me #it’s like working with Regina George on Prozac #i mean we millennials had depression humor #at least #also endless lame discoursing #she’s actually convinced her coworkers need to be educated like girl

[porchtart]

For me a favorite thing that Neurotypicals™️ do is make an illogical rule that I'm supposed to follow, and when I've expressed that it doesn't make sense but I will follow it because I understand that I have to, they keep trying to explain the illogical rule. It doesn't make sense and it doesn't matter to me that it doesn't make sense! Yeah it's annoying as fuck that I have to adhere to something that doesn't make sense and that I don't understand, but I've already told you SEVERAL TIMES that I understand that I have to adhere to the stupid rule and I'm going to do that. Explaining it 10 times isn't going to make it suddenly make sense, it's just going to make me more pissed off about how stupid it is and how much time I'm wasting listening to you.

#*bites my boss* #i'm being as flexible as an inflexible guy like me can be #don't push it!!!! fuck!!!! #at least my coworkers understand that the rule is stupid so i don't feel completely crazy #but yeah i had to cut her off because i could feel myself getting angry and like.... that's not how i'm trying to be lol #ARGH #negative for ts #babbles #anywayyyyy