Danny is the Crazy Old Man™️ of Gotham
So, the events of Danny Phantom happened decades ago
Like, Phantom Planet was one of the first instances of Superheroes in HISTORY. Early 1900's, just the Fentons were Insanely Ahead of their Time!
Danny is still a Halfa, but has allowed himself to grow old and live his best life before fully dying so he can accept his Throne in the Infinite Realms. He decides to experience Life in the fullest way possible, partying, drinking, making long lasting friendships that shape the lives of everybody he meets, all that!
Eventually, Danny's Party Life leads him to Gotham. And this place is just amazing!
It has all the comforts of Home, with so much more! He can Party! He can Fight! He can do anything he wants and nobody bats an eye, because a crazy old man getting into a fistfight in the middle of the road is just another Tuesday for Gotham!
He decides to spend the rest of his Mortal Life there. And this is still Early On in the DC Timeline, like, Batman Year 1 is happening Right Now.
He hangs around, befriends the local Homeless Population, and mostly just has the time of his Life! And he takes up the stereotypical Homeless Old Man look because why fight it? That's literally what he's going for!
He also unintentionally sets up a bunch of future events
He teaches Kid!Jason on his to steal Tires as repayment for driving off some muggers with a Baseball Bat (honestly he was looking forward to being mugged, it's a new experience after all)
He pulls Kid!Tim into an Alley after Tim gets caught out at night and gets chased by some Punks. He hides Tim behind a Dumpster and tricks the Punks into mugging him instead (Yay! He finally got mugged!)
He becomes kind of well known as the Old Man who wants to experience everything before he dies. He says as much too, not like he really has a reason to hide it. He just tells people "I want to live my life to the fullest, it don't matter if I live 10 more years or 10 more minutes, I'm gonna experience every second of it!"
He once walked into a Cloud of Fear Gas to see what it was like. Later he said it was a 6/10. "Not the worst thing I've had injected into my body!" He says with no Context.
He traded places with a Hostage during an active Crime Scene because he wanted to know what it's like.
He was once dared to take Batmans Utility Belt by another Homeless Guy as a joke, so he walked up to Batman later that night in full view of everybody else and just asked for his Belt. He gives up after a few minutes, and one guy asked "Why not fight him for it? It's an experience after all.". Danny replys "Nah, I've fought Vigilantes before. It was fun though, gotta say!"
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This got away from me, but all this to say: Imagine the Bat Families Reaction when they find out "Crazy Old Danny" is PHANTOM. You know, THE FIRST SUPERHERO!
I imagine Constantine is having a stroll though Gotham after finishing up some business with Bruce, and just bumps into a homeless guy by accident.
Later that night:
Batman: Constantine, Why are you calling? Is it to do with the-
Constantine: Why the fuck is there a Homeless God in your City?
Batman: Wait wha-
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Or imagine they know before Constantine meets him, and it goes instead like this
Constantine: Why the fuck is there a Homeless God in your City?!
Batman: You mean Old Man Danny? He's just a homeless guy? What do you mean?
Constantine: I swear on what's left of my Soul, that is a God.
Batman, a little shit: I don't think so, I would know (fully knows)
MISSION: Be Normal About That Thing
STATUS: [FAILED]
ok so like. the Riddler is obviously baffled by the fact that a little girl managed to just… phase right through the fuckin wall. like that might as well just happen, I guess, but how??? he has no prior knowledge of Ellie’s Ghostliness(TM) and therefore concludes that 1. a meta snuck into Gotham and Batman hadn’t noticed yet, and 2. this little girl has managed to successfully evade not only the Joker and himself, but also the goddamn Batman.
obviously, Eddie needs to know more, and what better way than to find her again? and this time, he refuses to let her escape so easily.
it’s kind of a mix between “who are you little stranger”, “someone actually managed to outsmart me?? what???”, and “hhhholy fuck this kid’s a menace. I swear if she doesn’t die I’m making her my heir”.
so, Riddler goes on the hunt, and Ellie goes on the run. time and again, he just misses her as she manages to phase through the walls or turn invisible at the last second. much like Danny in his early stages, Ellie’s powers are all out of whack and she has to adjust to using them safely, since she’s now an actual half-alive/half-dead entity and not slowly destabilizing as her body eats away at itself from the inside out. for her, the Riddler is basically good practice from someone who seems marginally less murderous towards her than the rest (cough cough, the Joker).
and then one day, I don’t know how, maybe she’s tired or maybe he’s lucky, but the Riddler actually succeeds. Ellie gets trapped with the puzzle as the Riddler watches with glee, so excited to finally get his answers.
he steps into the room and she’s immediately on edge, because even if he’s not actively coming at her with a sledgehammer, he’s still a threat and she’s still in danger. the Riddler, on the other hand, can’t help but be impressed… and also mildly concerned. she’s just a lot, well, younger than he thought she was.
and MEANWHILE with Ellie, she’s been trying to dodge villains (not ghosts, but villains, because apparently wherever she ended up is a goddamn clown show) for the past week or two and she’s getting fed up with it. now she’s trapped, exhausted, and irritated beyond belief, staring down a man who, while not dressed like a clown this time, still looks like the kind of weirdo you only find in a New York Walmart at 4am. so against her better judgement, she decides, fuck it. might as well play along.
so imagine her surprise when the first thing he says is,
“Wait, how old are you again?”
The Riddler blinks a few times, because honestly he wasn’t expecting himself to say that either, but he’s said it and he’s not taking it back. Ellie just kinda stares at him with a baffled look before going, “wouldn’t you like to know, Question Man.”
“Where are your parents??”
“Never had any. Can I go now?”
And now Eddie’s getting a headache, because goddamnit the genius baby is an orphan and his first instinct was ‘I want to keep her’. He had better not be turning into Batman, he swears.
Okay but listen
He’s the Riddler
She’s the Limerick
They are unstoppable
first of all that’s genius, second of all I had a somewhat similar idea to you but I was gonna have him call her Cipher as a nickname
Cipher is extremely good if she’s actually being serious, I was thinking she’d just hang out and spew dirty poems
I mean. That’s also quite possible
Restaurant Phantom
Danny as a restaurant owner in Gotham or something similar The thing is that, as Danny's customers are mostly villains, they are immortal beings. From Ra's al-Ghul, Vandal Savage, and even Queen Hippolyta and few others. For Vandal and Ra's, it was to taste things they had not eaten for hundreds of years and to taste the original flavor that doesn't exist anymore.
And Hippolyta saw the restaurant as she visited her daughter in man's land and didn't know why but ate in it in the end. It had been a long time since she ate those good old traditional ancient Greek dishes.
So Danny's restaurant with his assistant Dani became a pretty famous place for people who are older than you think. And with them, other people joined: Ra's group, Vandal Light, Hippolyta Amazons, a few Greek gods, and even Dr. Fate and Klarion with others.
It was more or less a neutral zone for them to just eat and maybe chat. until JL found out about it.
Danny just had fun to cook the food for them, it was fun to cook things he learned in the Ghost Zone, he was surprised people even knew the names of it.
He had no idea how Mr Savage knew it was Mammoth Meat.
The second Manson daughter (dp x dc prompt)
So I’m this, Amity Park got stuck in a kind of time bubble that made everyone in it feel time go by really slow while the outside world was going at normal pace. So while almost no time has passed for the Amity Parkers, about 20 years have gone by for the rest of the world. The rest of the world which includes the Manson couple, who were on a vacation (or a business trip) without their daughter.
Now, the two have no way of getting back into the time bubble and have assumed that their city has been sucked into the Ghost Zone once again only this time forever. They grieve Sam and move to another one of their estate that they own, which is in Gotham. They change their name to Pamela’s maiden name to really start with a blank slate. When they find out Pamela is pregnant, they figure this will be a new beginning with the baby. They name the baby Pamela Lilian, the first because it’s a family name and the second because that’s what they wanted to call Sam. Since they’re not over losing almost everyone they’ve ever known in a day, the two aren’t great parents and little Pamela grows up feeling very lonely. She goes on to become a botanist which seems to pain her parents but they don’t say anything about it. Anyways, we know the rest there’s an experiment with chemicals, she eventually becomes Poison Ivy.
One evening, while she’s just having supper at one of her safe house, someone knocks. At the door she finds a girl, who looks a lot like her and has her mother’s purple eyes. The girl walks in and just goes.
“Hey, I’m Sam. I’m your older sister. It’s nice to meet you.”
A town that disappears in the 80's reappears with host attacks. And if that's not bad enough almost the entire population have some sort of ability. And now one of them has appeared in Gotham to meet her baby sister. Yeah Bruce has been having a week of it.
At least Danny is finally chilling. GIW are gone. Meta human protection overruled it. So that's good. And hey, maybe he can chat to some of the other heroes for advice! They weren't around when he started! And then the time bubble happened.
Pam was confused at first. Her older sister looking younger than her. Took Sam a while to fully explain everything. And the Pan finds out how similar they are. Sam is of course grinning her baby sister is just like her. That must have driven their parents right up the wall!
Pam and Harley get dragged to Amity to meet everyone. And hey, a place where their brand of weird is normal would do them a world of good. Harley loves Pam's sister, she's so fun! And her home town is great! Danny and Tucker are a riot. And Jazz is a sweetheart! Yeah she loves Amity.
The worst thing for the rest of the world is how unphased these people are. They're told that they've been out of time for twenty-thirty years if not more and they just say things like "so thats why my calls wouldn't go through" and "no wonder only local tv was airing, I need to catch up on my shows". No panic, no upset. Just getting on with their day. Then theres the fact they now have a bunch of kids who need their education updtaing to deal with the rapid changes in the last few years, such as the creation of the justice league and meta human rights. Also aliens. They had to update all the technology in the area, and then there's the house which they're certain is illegal with the mad scientists living in it. Nobody wanted to be responsible for this mess. Then the millionaire heiress and her friends, all with unique abilities, decided to go to gotham. To meet her sister. Who was an eco-terrorist. Who she was very proud of. Batman was going to have a heart attack.
Is end up having to go in and explain the new laws. No Dr's Fenton you may not hunt ghosts anymore. It's against the law now. No you may not rip them apart either. No, they are covered under the Meta laws now. Look, if you continue we will arrest you. Also, please shit the portal. Please?
why are hone of you bothered? At all. We have to do so much work to catch you up!
Parkers just shrug, like this is NOT the weirdest thing to happen in this town? We have been dealing with ghost attacks, and scientists and a fake government agency causing havoc. Our mayor is a supervillain. Our town hero is a dead teen and his team of misfits?
What do you want us to do? Panic? No point. That would just make it take longer to fix. Now we know the new laws n shit we can get on just fine. Why would we be weird about it? Check we got pulled into the afterlife by the ghost king once! That was a trip!
Batman is so concerned about the whole town. Just, so concerned. And the three kids he keeps seeing? So much worse. They are team phantom. The super team? Did they have no adults? Not one? Oh, Sam's Gran. That is not enough dammit! He is going to get those kids safe somehow. If he has to adopt their whole school class to do it!
Nightwing: You know, when you said you had convinced Red Robin to go to therapy this is not what I thought you meant.
Nightwing & Red Hood: *stare at the recently exploded warehouse that is still very much on fire*
Red Hood, shrugging: Harley’s a great therapist.
Nightwing: She’s had her license revoked four different times. She hasn’t even HAD a license that many times.
Red Hood: Well, at least it works.
Nightwing: Still not what I had in mind.
Red Hood: Yeah, that’s kinda on you.
Nightwing, nodding: That’s on me.
Red Robin: *cackles in the distance*
Red Hood: *gives him a thumbs up*
Damian: I too would like to attend this ‘therapy.’
Bruce, 3 seconds after getting back from a week long JL mission and not yet knowing anything about this but thinking that maybe one of his kids actually wants to go to therapy without his begging or them trying to guilt trip him into going also: Of course! That’s great!
Damian, watching Bruce’s enthusiasm with judgment but still nodding: I’ll speak with Todd.
Bruce:
Bruce: You know what, why don’t you tell me great detail about this entire idea; I’d love to know everything. Preferably now.
Tim, walking by and smelling of smoke: *gives Bruce a grin and a side hug and continues walking while beginning to whistle*
Bruce:
Damian: Todd sent Drake to therapy.
Bruce, internally: If I question this will it stop working?
Bruce: Therapy is a great idea.
Bruce, internally: Nailed it.
Later
Batman, watching a few thousand chickens running amok around the recently structurally damaged chicken farm that doubled as a meth lab: *sighs*
Batman: That one’s on me.
Nightwing: *pats him sympathetically on the back*
Red Robin:
Nightwing:
Red Robin:
Nightwing:
Red Robin: You might like it.
Nightwing:
Nightwing: Fine. Robin? I need a sword.
Robin: *pulls out two swords and a dozen knives*
Robin: Which one would you like?
Later
Harley: Do you want Joker or Two Face?
Nightwing: Both?
Harley: Sure thing, honey.
Nightwing: *begins stabbing life size effigies of the rogues*
Later
Bruce: That one wasn’t so bad.
Nightwing: Want to give it a try?
Batman: Hn.
Later
Red Hood: Wow, what crawled up in your cowl and died, B?
Batman:
Batman: Therapy.
Red Hood: Come again?
Batman: I just got done with therapy.
Red Hood: Oh, what’d you guys do?
Batman: We talked. For four hours.
Red Hood, trying to contain his laughter: What, did you want to cause explosions too?
Batman, shifting uncomfortably to one side:
Red Hood: Hey, I’m happy to help you achieve your dreams there, but therapy is still good, right? What’d Harley say?
Batman:
Batman:
Batman:
Batman: *grapples away*
Later
Jason: Pay up, losers.
Steph and Babs: *each hand over a stack of favor coupons*
Babs: Honestly I’m too impressed to be upset.
Steph: I can’t believe you got Bruce to go to therapy.
Jason: AND-
Steph: Yes, yes, and the other robins.
Jason: *grinning*
Steph: No.
Jason: *grinning wider*
Steph: You’re not getting me to-
Jason: How was girls’ night with Harley yesterday?
Steph:
Steph: Dang, you’re good.
Red Hood, smugly: Yeah, I’m good. Five for five right now.
Harley: And how does that affect how you’re feeling about yourself?
Red Hood: I-
Red Hood:
Red Hood: I walked right into that one, didn’t I.
Harley: You’re doing great, sweetie.
Random Villain Hopeful: I can go, if that’s-
Red Hood: *pulls out gun*
Red Hood: Absolutely not.
and then there is a thank you note and cookies from Alfred in Harley's apartment :)
The batkids spying on Bruce
Dick pokes his head around the corner, doing his best to stay hidden
Jason, leans over Dick and peeks around the corner, doing his best to stay hidden
Damian, crawls under Dick and peeks around the corner, doing his best to stay hidden
Tim, steps out from behind the corner and stands in full view of his father, openly stating at him while his brothers try to grab him and pull him back
THIS IS EVERYTHING 😍🤣🤣🤣🤣
The Batfam dressing up for Halloween. Bruce lets them, under the condition that they still wear enough of their uniforms that people are able to recognize them
Nightwing- He owns a sexy maid outfit for this night only. Nobody believes he only wears it one night a year. Despite the fact that he does
Red Hood- His old Robin costume. Complete with cobwebs and smudges of dirt to make it look like he's a ghost. Yes, he's breaking Batman's rule, but he doesn't care
Orphan and Spoiler- They switch uniforms. The bright purple, snarky hero being silent and able to appear out of nowhere is almost as terrifying as the normally silent shadow speaking and giggling
Red Robin- He wanders Gotham covered in blood. Everyone preys it's fake blood. No one's had the guts to ask
Signal- He has a collection of slasher flick masks. He likes to go through the batcave and pick out weapons to match each mask
Robin- He doesn't want to dress up. At all. Dick convinces him to at least wear cat ears
Batman- He put large googly eyes over the lenses on his mask. The people he busts that night have never been more scared in their lives