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ramroadrage · 9 months
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OK but. Phantom finally being acknowledged to be a fusion of Danny and Vlad; having both their features and emotions and flaws but left without anyone to care for him and left without an identity for himself.
His character motivation changing from ensuring he existed and being Evil for Evil’s sake to lashing out and causing havoc because he couldn’t handle being alone in his suffering. He was viewed as a mindless, murderous monster, another villain of the week, instead of being an amalgamation of unaddressed grief and fear and isolation.
Danny spares him when he recognizes his anger is stemmed from the injustice he’s faced; he comforts himself over how he was treated even when no one else was there for him.
Vlad apologizes to him when he recognizes his fear is stemmed from the abandonment he’s felt; he apologizes to himself for how he treated himself and the people who were there for him. 
They give him a second chance, they forgive him, because they learn the only way you can understand and help others is if you understand and help yourself, if you forgive yourself, first.
This is a story about self-acceptance and self-improvement, about new purposes and new beginnings. This is a story about finding a new identity.
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This is also about Phantom kinning Steven “Cutie-Pie” Universe and Malachite SU, but that’s besides the point.
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