@starwrighter hello again :3
Hello my creative friend :D
An enemy is just a friend I haven't worn down
Are you saying that you're the main character of a kids cartoon?
I'm saying that "I'm going to be friends with you" is both a promise and a threat
Bruce: Listen up. I've been contacted for an emergency foster placement. It's for a pair of siblings found by Batman a few hours ago, and I need everyone to act like they were randomly woken up at two am. How fast can everyone get to the manor?
Barbara: Everyone should be back within ten minutes. What's the foster placement story?
Bruce: A meta child was kidnapped from his home. His sister managed to trail them over the Stateline and set the house he was being kept in on fire. I stopped her from hurting anyone, but when Child Protective Services arrived, they were attempting to separate the teens due to her "unstable" reaction. I was able to convince them to give her to Bruce Wayne, who's trained for such placements.
Tim: Is she dangerous?
Bruce: No, I think she was just desperate.
Damian: What are the Meta's powers?
Bruce: Flight, invisibility, and intangible. I believe he has more, but I need to test him for it. It's still up for debate if he isn't half Martian.
Dick: Is there anything else we should be prepared for when they arrived?
Bruce: Yes, the siblings are in some kind of cult. They kept chanting "Going Ghost" when they were attacked.
Duke: That's the chat for the Phantom cult
Cass: How do you know that?
Duke: I had a life before the We are Robin movement. Phantom cult started out in Amity Park but spilled into major cities after it was posted online. I was pretty high-ranking for the Gotham sector.
Dick: ......are you still in the cult?
Duke: Nah, after Phantom vanished, it turned more into a group of people gossiping about how hot he was. I was in it for the cult stuff, not the harem stuff.
Bruce: .....I'm going to have to focus on the fast approaching traumatized children but I will be speaking to you about that Duke.
Duke: Okay, but I took a blood oath to not share our ceremonies. I will pass along some of the fanfiction. There was a lot of it focused on steamy smut, but the plots were immaculate.
Jason: Can you all disconnect me from this call? I don't even live at the manor anymore.
seeing strange fetishes im not into on my dash is like observing an edible herb on a walk. Hmm. someone wise ☝ could make use of this... but i shan't 👴
you paint such a beautiful picture with your words anon thank you
reblog to give your headache to elon musk instead
AKA "Danny becomes de-aged in Gotham and finds the only person he knows who can probably help. Bruce Wayne, the Batman. Except Bruce thinks Danny is a kid mistaking him for his dad??" prompt idea!!
HC that Bruce Wayne and Jack Fenton look super similar. Therefore, Danny and Bruce also look pretty similar!!
I love the idea that Danny already knows Bruce Wayne is Batman. Maybe it's his aura or because the amount of kids Bruce has directly correlates to the amount of bat-themed sidekicks there are. Who knows? Anyway, Danny comes into a small bit of trouble. He may or may not have insulted an immortal witch who cursed him because he's an "immature child, may as well look as young as you act!"
So. Now Danny looks a solid 3-4 years old. It's a good thing that Sam and Tucker briefed him on all he celebrity gossip before he came to Gotham, because he coincidentally knows where the Wayne Enterprise building is. He... can figure it out. Probably. It's actually alarming how many people watch what they think is an unaccompanied kid huff and puff his way in downtown Gotham. (Also, wow, Danny severely underestimated how difficult it is to run after being babified.) But he does make it to the general area of where WE is supposed to be!
His legs are practically shaking at this point, sweating through his toddler-sized NASA hoodie, and searching frantically for Bruce Wayne. Because he really didn't think of it before, but it's Friday afternoon. What if Mr. Batman isn't at WE today? What if Danny gets to WE after 5pm and he's gone until Monday? Would Danny even be able to find the Wayne Manor, much less get transportation there?
Except as Danny's becoming increasingly worried (don't cry, don't cry, don't cry), he spots... his dad?? in the coffee shop windows beside him. No, not his dad. Bruce fucking Wayne! Hell, yeah! Danny smacks open the doors of the coffee shop with single-minded toddler-clumsy determination. Makes a bee-line straight to the coffee pick-up. Bruce Wayne is standing off to the side, quietly speaking on his phone, as Danny practically slams face-first into his knees. Thankfully, it doesn't take either of them down, but it is particularly embarrassing.
Especially when Danny clutches to Batman's pant leg and confidently shouts, "Batman!" Except... he doesn't. A weird jumble of words come out of his mouth that sound more like baba! It's like the world screeches to a stop because, first of all, what the fuck. Second, that bitch witch! She must've made it so whatever he says comes out in toddler-speak despite the fact that he should be able to say somewhat comprehensible sentences, being he's physically 3-4.
That doesn't stop him from trying, though, so he ends up babbling baba, baba, baba in an increasingly frustrated tone.
And Bruce Wayne, who's become used to Damian calling him baba instead of Father, can only stare down at this child who could pass as his clone. The similarities are striking. Even if the toddler is huffing, red-cheeked and clearly on the verge of crying, he looks so much like Bruce that he wonders momentarily if it's another Damian situation.
Regardless, there's a kid crying in front of him, tugging on his pant leg and calling for his dad. And Bruce is nothing if not absolutely weak-hearted against stuff like this. So, he leans down and just... scoops the kid up. Murmurs, "Shh, it's okay, kiddo. You're okay." Pats the kid's back, sways. Completely forgets he's in a crowded coffee (this is definitely going on YouTube, posted under 'Wayne Adopts Another??') and that he's on a phone call with Dick. It's like his Dad Instincts kick in and he's completely focused on Danny.
Danny is... bewildered. Because why is the Batman coddling him?? Except he notices that others have noticed, and have their phones out recording, which is really Not Good. He's not super confident that his parents would be able to recognize him while he's de-aged, but the fact that they might? That's opening a can of worms he can't handle at the moment. So his little string bean arms loop around Bruce's neck and he shoves his face into the collar of the man's suit. Much to his irritation, he can hear several girls next to him coo and giggle about him being such a cute baby. Danny's really regretting not approaching Batman privately now.
And it doesn't end!!
Bruce calms the kid down and then immediately goes to the store manager, asking if any parents have lost their child. He doesn't trust that someone may claim Danny as theirs when that may not be the case. Then, he calls up Gordon, asks about any missing person reports on a child the ages of 2-5 with average height, medium build, and black hair. No hits. Eventually, Bruce makes up his mind and takes Danny home with him. Oracle will likely be able to pull more information than the GCPD anyways.
Meanwhile, Danny zonks out. Like full on, toddler-sprawl open-mouth drooling, because it's been a long day and he got Batman. He did it! And from the way Bruce is still carrying him, Danny will likely be with him for a little while. A little catnap will do him some good. Maybe when he wakes up, he'll magically have the ability to speak normally instead of hysterically babble.
(Four hours later, Danny wakes up on the couch at Wayne Manor, bundled up in super soft blankets with Bruce talking on the phone with some woman. Bruce smiles at the way Danny says baba again. Danny's ready to throw that witch into Bruce's well-maintained fireplace because screaming son of bitch isn't as satisfying when it sounds like sa-bA-BAH!!")
Cue Danny doing increasingly ridiculous things to make The "Greatest Detective" Batman realize he's not a literal baby and Bruce Wayne so enamored with this little kid that he does not realize.
Ramble ahead lol-
Okay but for this to work the way you want it to, Danny has to be a tad bit younger. I’m no expert on child development but I am a former baby and a older sister who was old enough to write and do multiplication when my youngest brother popped out of the womb.
Most three year olds can speak in full sentences. They don’t speak big college level words but they can talk, and they talk a lot . (They have to in order to learn whatever language their guardian speaks) Kids around the age of 3-4 do tend to make mistakes(mostly with verbs or aka “I eated my food,” “we wented to the park,” they tend to over apply the rules they learn for things because it makes sense to them) Most little kids have a lisp that goes away as they learn and get used to talking.
For a 3-4 year old to still be in the babbling stage would be a bit concerning. Things like autism can affect when they learn to speak (Ya girl was almost completely non-verbal until she was 2 but then started speaking full semi-understandable sentences out of the blue)
Danny would need to be around 1-2 years old, he’d obviously need to be old enough to walk, but not quiet old enough to have the hang of the whole beginners language thing. I’d place him around a year and a half because that’s the age my family had to build baby’s first prison/playpen and put up baby gates to keep my little brother from toddling into the kitchen at top baby speed and cracking his infant skull against the linoleum.
He’d be placed pretty close to the coffee shop Bruce was at but it wouldn’t feel that way to Danny. Toddlers have vast amounts of energy and at the same time, none at all.
Seeing a kid that young out on their own would be extremely concerning for most gothamites to see especially if he looked as distressed as Danny probably did. But a mix of the bystander effect and gotham’s general paranoia with anything that seems innocent. That or Danny’s unintentionally going invisible. That’d be another reason Bruce is struggling to find where he came from.
If I’m not mistaken, In one of the animated series Batman encounters a rogue called Baby-Doll, A woman who due to a genetic condition called systemic hypoplasia she stopped physically developing when she was a little girl. So Batman’s used to adult brains in child bodies, but he’s not used to teenagers in infant body.
Danny was de-aged because he pissed off a witch by being childish. I adore headcannoning Danny as smarter than his grades account for but that boy is anything but mature. He’s more responsible than most people his age would’ve been if they had Danny’s grocery list of OP superpowers at their disposal but he’s still obviously a kid. He has trouble thinking ahead beyond things he wants to do or people he wants to impress. Sure, he comes up with some pretty clever stuff to trick the adults around him but that’s doesn’t erase the lack of experience an adult would have.
To them, no matter what Danny does he just looks like a very smart baby. That’d make sense if Bruce is suspecting Danny’s a clone or a biological child. Damian was driving cars as a literal infant, Bruce’s genetics are fucking wild.
Bonus if Danny (and Jazz) are actually bio children in a lab grown and natural sense. Bruce having a thing with Jack and Maddie years ago with Maddie doing the artificial womb thing after figuring out she’s pregnant because due to her exposure to chemicals she can’t carry to term. So Danny and Jazz have three bio parents because science reasons.
Imagine finding out Batman slept with your parents this way lmao.
Damian has an older sister (an older brother if this takes place after agit) a little brother and sister, now yayy! He’s the middle child now.
Now I’ve gotta make an actual thing for this.
We’ve all seen Danny getting mistaken for a bat. But what about a bat being mistaken for a Fenton.
When Danny took responsibility for Dan the first thing they did was get him a human form that wasn’t his corpse. Between vlad, clockwork, and his parents they managed to get him a new body that had him looking more alive than ever.
He was a bit tanner than expected, but they figured that came from Danny’s ghostly side.
When it came time for Danny to go to Gotham for school, he refused to leave Dan behind. Instead, using the funds he got from the ghost kings treasury and child support from Vlad, Danny got them a studio apartment close to campus.
His parents outfitted the apartment with all the latest security, of course.
Everything was going great, all expect for one thing…
People in amity park accepted Dan and adapted almost immediately, having gotten used to the many quirks of ghosts long ago. Gotham….was a bit less understanding.
Luckily for him, unlucky for the rest of Gotham, the police there were incredibly corrupt and easy to bribe anytime he had to bail Dan out or, in the case of that one Karen that decided to give Dan shit for painting his nails, bail himself out of any trouble they came across.
Danny did his best to spend plenty of time with Dan, even when he was exhausted, he refused to ignore his little brother.
So after going through hell during finals week, Danny decided to take Dan to the zoo. Danny did his best to keep an eye on Dan, he really did! He had only sat down for a moment, just to rest his eyes, next thing he knew though he could hear someone yelling about violent kids.
Danny immediately jumped to his brother’s aid.
“I’m sorry,” Danny started as he interrupted the screeching woman. “Is there a problem here?”
for april fools we’re deleting this entire site sayonara you weeaboo shits
maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them
starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost
At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again
Dumping a box of candelabras I stole from that loser up on the enchanted castle. Passing by the makeover isle and picking another wig for my next run up there. You'd think he'd notice it's just one maiden repeatedly coming in soaked but I guess we all look the same if you only ever touch grass to re replenish your stolen home decor
Enemies to Even More Pathological Enemies
My funniest ventriloquism story starts with the fact that I was obsessed with ventriloquism from a young age. I used to obsessively practice speaking without moving my lips, practicing the different tongue and air tricks and everything. Then I got sick with Bell’s Palsy, and it hit both sides of my face at the same time. Bell’s Palsy is like a headcold that hits your facial nerves. Anyway- This meant my entire face was paralyzed. I couldn’t speak using my lips. The doctor stared at me, dumbfounded that I was able to speak very fluently without my face moving at all.
They became the puppet
If Jazz was a fishy, what would she be? (Subnautica AU) she is liminal to me :3
She’d still be overprotective to Danny because that’s her baby brother :3
That’s a really good question. I’m torn between having her be based on earth fish ( octopus, koi, jellyfish,) or something on planet 4546B.
A Mesmer type design was the first to come to mind. The purple body, blue, fins that resemble butterfly wing seems to fit her for some reason. To be honest, the mind powers was something that screamed ‘Jazz’ to me. She clearly wouldn’t use it to hunt or kill like the Mesmer in game do but she’d be a therapist to be reackoned with. Imagine a therapist who can just beam good vibes and affirmations into your brain.
The second thought would be basing her off the reefback leviathans. A big manta-ray esc creature that Danny can hitch a ride on. Reefbacks aren’t hostile so it’d be pretty terrifying for the batfam to see something that looks similar to one go into a protective rage.
Danny sat on one of the bean bags, seeminly intentent on ignoring the ghosts of Batman and one of his sidekicks. "Controversal opinion. Billionaires should be treated like dragons. They hoard wealth, terrorize people and generally be selfish dicks so it should be legal to break into thier homes, beat them up and take thier stuff."
Sam snorted, and Tuckers' eyes gained that particular gleam. "Oh, I would love that!" Tucker shouted seemily oblivious to the two (extra) ghosts in the room. He tapped away on his tablet as he began talking about how they could be millionaires within weeks.
The bats snooped around the room as they spoke. Obviously not caring one bit about Danny's privacy. They would share looks with eachother whenever they found something particularly concerning, like Danny's bloody med kit or the pair of Fenton works blasters lying broken and leaking ectoplasm on his bathroom sink. For some reason the ghosts were very concerned about the ectoplasm but Danny didn't get why.
He thought maybe they would be overjoyed considering they were transparent and likely very weak but instead of olabsorbing it like most ghosts would do to get stronger, they treated it like it was radioactive.
For all Danny knew, it might be.
Ok that makes sense of the situation then. Oh boy is Danny going to be surprised later. To him it looked like they fadded, but really were being sent back to their bodies when the rest of the Justice League figured out how to undo the puppet spell. Poor Danny had only heard about weak ghosts fading but now thinks he had seen it. Only for a week (or maybe just a couple days) later to have Batman and another league member come to arrest his mad scientist parents. And to top it off police officer Grayson was granted a special assignment to go out of the Bludhaven jurisdiction to help a CPS agent in getting Jazz and Danny placed into a good foster home.
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Oh that makes more sense. It’d be kinda funny if danny mistook a bunch of human vigilantes for ghosts though. I mean, with the outfits and the bat’s reputation it’s not a big stretch. It’d be like one of those fics where Red hood straight up chills in Nightwings apartment and Dick doesn’t bat an eye because he thinks he’s a grown up hallucination of Jason.
Another thought that came to mind was these ‘ghosts’ not actually being the bats. Not from this timeline at least. Them being from Dan’s timeline was honestly the second thing that came to minde when I first read this. It’d could be really angsty for Danny to have to face the people an alternative version of him killed especially because he knows they’re heros. They are people who could’ve helped him, mentored him without any ulterior motives.
I know the bat’s wouldn’t be holding anything against Danny in particular, not when he’s clearly a different kid than the one who went on a killing spree. (Dan and Danny do not look similar enough to be the same person, Dan’s literally half plasmius) It’d be hypocritical for the bats to hold a grudge when they’ve had to face versions of themselves that’ve done the unthinkable on countless occasions. Yeah, they’d be wary but their main concern among finding out this is the kid who killed them would be ‘what the fuck happened?’
They’re detectives! Founding members and staples of the justice league/heros in general. And something happened under their noses that caused the end of the world. Ghosts exist in a way they previously had no clue about. A pair of scientists tore a hole into the afterlife and apparently attempted to do so when they were in college too? These mad scientists somehow evaded every watchlist that would’ve drawn the bats attention. They killed their son and they still had no clue it’d happened. Said son was now one of two competent hero’s in the city. He’s the only hero in amity who doesn’t want to genocide an entire dimension of people. The kid is burning both ends of the candle and somehow that isn’t what drove him to eradicate humanity?
What was? Oh, that would be the burger sauce that blew up an entire building, killing his entire support system in one foul swoop. If Vlad hadn’t gotten to him first Danny might’ve been a real contender for the robin position.
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If we go with the astral projection route, are the bats from Danny’s dimension? Because it’d be pretty concerning as a hero if one day a whole gaggle of some of the most competent, smartest hero’s with years of formal training showed up dead in your house one day. If that’s not a cause for alarm I don’t know what is. The power struggle in gotham alone would be enough for the entire world to lose their marbles. The fact that the Waynes are dead too would be making headlines seconds after it happened.
Danny’s calm-ish reaction would make sense if they weren’t from his dimension at all, instead being from a comic or tv series he watched. Comic book hero’s die all the time. Bad timelines are a constantly used plot point. It just so happened Danny’s less of a Batman guy then he is a superman enjoyer. Or Danny could just not be into comics (doubtful) or Dc at all. It would explain why Danny is confused why they’re on guard about a glowing green substance when ‘glowing green substance,’ default for evil. Most people have at least heard about Batman in their lives. Do they know what lazarus water, or venom is? Probably not. That or Danny’s just too desensitized to radioactive looking material being shoved in his face or spilled on him.
Imagine it’s months later after the bats ‘faded’ and the entire justice league just emerges from a portal one day and yoinks him.
Hi! I love this fanfic a lot (this is the best I could do, sorry) but I just wanted to show you how much I love it :3
Thank you so much!!!! I don’t get asks often so this was a very pleasant surprise hahahaha :D
I think you drew him really cute! The idea of Danny bones being visible through his skin is a really cool idea. Danny being ghostly pale in human form is one I always think is great. But having his skin and other tissues be/ become semi transparent? That’s awesome. Like you wouldn’t notice it at all while Danny’s relaxed, swimming around in the shallows but further down, in the lost river or dead zone? All you can see is the radioactive glow of his skeleton. His cheek bones cradle his eyes two wispy dots of neon green float static inside seemingly empty sockets. You can see his heart beating slowly against his ribcage, bulging as if trying to escape.
I’d write more but I think it’d push into nightmare fuel. Like he’d be pretty cute while he’s young but very quickly he’d become scary.
Some fanart for @starwrighter that I sent in an ask :3
I love the fanfic a lot !!!!
Awwww I love this so much!!!!
When/ if Danny gets a leviathan form he’d definitely be similar to a ghost leviathan. It’d be funny/sad if Damian believed that they were related by blood because of that.
