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Tim Danny knew he would go far for family but it wasn't until now that he realized how far he literally would go.

Danny looked at the positive pregnancy test on the bathroom counter and tried to stop his tears both the joyful tears and the ones of anger.

He hates Vlad now more than ever for how he never decided to stabilize Dani. Even now that Danny is no longer Danny Vlad’s mistakes will still come back to bite him. 

Dani's decision to help Danny figure out what was going on ended up with her almost dying. Her core would have been destroyed if Danny had been a second later. 

Everyone's pretending things are back to normal.

Danny now has to figure out ways to hide this and how exactly he's going to tell anyone. The obvious answer is to not tell anyone and go into hiding, but after everything that happened someone's going to come look which means Danny is going to have to hide in plain sight.

Sometimes Danny regrets trying to help because in the end all it got him his throat slit, his entire identity ripped away and assassination attempts in his own home. Danny has no idea why he thought it would be any different now that Bruce is back.

Jason is barely civil with the family.

Dick has left the second he no longer has to be Batman. 

Stephanie has joined Cass and Hong Kong.  

Barbara is only talking to people when she's on Oracle Duty.

Damien is one bad Mission away from trying to kill him again. 

That's not even mentioning Bruce who is just living in ignorance that everything has not gone awry.

Denial is a strong thing. 

Danny doesn't even know why they agree to this. well they do know but they don't know why they didn't talk it out first.

they'd gotten quite good at getting all the logistics before they do something rash but they'll always be a Fenton running head first. All they want is for Dani to be safe after everything that happened; they are all secondary to Dani's well-being.

Danny forgot how unconditional love felt they are not going to lose the one person who cared about them 

In the Danny is Damian’s brother trope what if instead of Damian not telling the family about Danny wasn’t because of grief or shame or any of the more commonly used reasons for his silence. What if it was because he heard about how his father talked about Jason after his death, focusing and exaggerating the negative. That he was violent, angry, never listened to orders but in some iterations and popular fanon is that Jason was a cheerful and studious Robin.

What if while compiling info and researching the former robins during his tumultuous introduction he saw what kind of robin Jason was, good with kids and victims. Talking about his favorite books while on patrol and similar. Reminding Damian of his most Beloved brother.

Then he finds out about how Bruce talked about Jason after he died. Using him as an example as what not to do, erasing his good traits and just using him as a cautionary tale of what happens when you don’t follow orders. Just like what Ra’s said about Danny.

So he didn’t tell the family, not out of guilt or grief. But because his father stripped away Jason’s positive traits after death, the son he chose, adopted and loved. Who when he failed because he was a child led astray by his mother. What would he do to his brother, who loved the stars and excelled in stealth, who was quite in his kills but had no lust for killing.

Whether or not Bruce would do this to Danny’s memory doesn’t matter. B’s actions are gonna affect how Damian views his father even years after the initial actions. Because Damian will protect his brothers memory from being twisted even by their father.

How about this Version.

The Ring of Rage was never part of the King's Regalia. it apppeared one day and offered power, power perfectly suited to the King. he was losing the battle and there is nothing he can do about it.

how can he be king when he can't protect his people?

The king was fine but his people are dying. he can take it but he doesnt have the ability to deal with so many... and his people was dying.

How dare they kill my people! How dare they treat us power sources! as Slaves! as if their people had not worshipped us as gods

He needed more power, so he told the council of his plan. of this damnable Cursed ring that surely preyed on him for a purpose. a contigency was placed.

Ghost are powered by emotion,they are only as strong as their emotions. the lengthy war has taken a toll on them all. Tired is never a good emotion, especially for them. Tired meant fading. the King doesnt have much of a choice.

So What if the source of that emotion is from somewhere else, would it fuel to do what he must. if he gets Raw unfiltered emotion as powersource so he can destroy the bastards and their iterations in the multiverse. if they chain us once they chain us all in every iteration. I cannot let this happen no matter what.

King of the Outcasts, a Pariah, and thus himself shall cast himself to a fate worse than death to protect what he loved.

if this is what it takes, so be it.

The Red Lantern ring replaces the heart of its bearer, rendering it useless. The blood spoils, and the ring expels it from the bearer's mouth in a vomit of violent rage. A Red Lantern's veins stretch as they fill with the liquid fire of the red light, making them give into the rage and hatred in their hearts until it is all that they know, an all-consuming need for revenge and destruction, in turn taking over their minds.

Destroy this Dimension that chose to Subjugate us and eveything that can threaten our people.

Pity, the poor King. Lost to the Dark. Lost himself. forgot what what he strove to protect once vengeance was given.

I had hoped being Dead and made of ectoplasm it cant affect us. Forgive me, do what you must. Traitors!! How dare you!! all of you, I'D KILL ALL OF YOU

We'll meet again,My king. just not for a very, very long time.

So the contingency was used, they lay the poor king to an eternal slumber. no one has the heart to end the tragic king, not when the ring is at fault poisoning.

May he one day feel a great enough hope to overcome their rage, to unbind the cursed ring. for now, Sleep eternally.

periodically, they had to weaken the king by purging his ectoplasm, forcing to his weakest form. the Ectoplasm, true to the curse of the ring, is spoiled. it will corrupt everything around it just like the damned ring.

Best banish to the material plane rather keep it here where emotions takes tangible forms. at least it would stay in one place not spontanously grow legs to roam around or worse, sentience and attack. at least it will stay in a pit and people can avoid it.

a Pathway opened from our realm to the material plane. a new world. with it like a little Baby Ghost, a small spark of Hope and wonder.

Why not go out a play with the kid? see what he's made off.

The child never knowing the truth held firm. he start to believe in himself. a little bit surer. still a mess but hopeful that things will get better

Show him the worst outcome that thing DON'T get better but worse. see if he breaks.

the child Hopes to change the future, believes in a better future. despite everything he still believes. he befriends even those who harmed him the most. a little StarChild shinning even in the darkest of night.

it seems it's time to give the guards of the king's casket a vacation

In front of the once great king is a Baby Ghost, a Child full of HOPE. a natural enemy of that damnable Ring. HOPE to save his town, his people, a HOPE far stronger than anything he had seen. a child of Starlight, of Wishes, of Hope and protection.

One day, that effect of that damnable will wear off. for now, my once and future king, you should sleep it off.

the Damnable cursed ring shattered, but the effects of it still lingers. it seems i'd have to expel the built up corrupted ectoplasm, still until the only generate the healthy kind.

One day, you and the Baby ghost will end that Damnable Red Lantern corp and it's creator. for now, He will live, grow and become truly a being of hope. we have all the time in the world, after all.

It seems fragments of the cursed ring have bonded themselves to a mortal. the StarChild just happened to run into them. the only way to destroy a Red Lantern Ring is through hope or love. the problem is that the mortal itself have been burned too much and never dares to hope. the StarChild is far too emotionally hurt to fully use Hope energy for now.

It's just fragments of the ring. try True Love's Kiss. if the person it's bonded with Truly Fall in Love than it shall break the curse of the ring fragments.

it seem i forgot to mention, that Blue lantern ring of hope or star Sapphire lantern ring could work too. it seems things will be a little interesting, for a while.

The Reason for Corruption

Dpxdc prompt #5

It is a widely used headcanon in the dpxdc fandom that the lazarus pits are corrupted ectoplasm. However I have never seen anyone give an explanation for why they are corrupted past "they're runoff of the Infinite Realms." What possibly in the dpxdc fandom could be powerful and corrupt enough to taint that much ectoplasm?

The Ring of Rage

When Pariah Dark was put in the Sarcophagus of Forever Sleep he was sealed with the Crown of Fire, but not the Ring of Rage.

In the time between when Pariah was sealed and Vlad found the Ring of Rage in his keep there probably could have been a couple hundred years where the ring was lost in some ectoplasm.

This gives a reason for why Jason has pit rage. There's nothing more corrupting than the Ring of Rage. Rage is (quite literally) in its job description.

It also explains why the pit healed his injuries and made him physically stronger. With the Crown of Fire, the Ring of Rage gives infinite power, so on its own it should still be pretty powerful. If mixed with ectoplasm (something known to bring things back to life) it could probably do more than just bring the person to the state they were in before they died.

And with power comes corruption, which can explain why Ra's al Ghul is so enamored with the pits. While keeping him alive for hundreds of years past when he should have reasonably expired is good on its own, the power of the pits corrupting him does make sense when you think about it.

I'd also find it really funny if Danny saw Jason and is just like, "excuse me when did you get your hands on the Ring of Rage."

Like he thought that thing was sealed with Pariah and then later sealed in his own haunt. Why does this random twenty something crime lord have the Ring of Rage's power intertwined with his (not even fully formed) core.

Danny: see's residue of the ring of rage's power on jason

Danny: now correct me if i'm wrong

Danny: but that is Not Right

Short DPXDC Prompts #748

Hanahaki AU, Jason’s flowers are Blood Blossoms. No one knows why his affliction hurts him more than the average diseased person.

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Future Son????

It has been a while since I have done an original prompt. So DCxDP prompt #2

Danny gets into a fight with Impulse/Bart about Bart changing the timeline messing things up for Danny and effectively erasing his family, because the change made it so Maddie and Jack never got together. But because of Clockwork sending him on a mission to the past while Bart changed the timeline and the medallion Dan had phased into Danny he remembers the old timeline. Also he has access to his powers but for some reason can’t change into ghost form.

This fight happens in front of the rest of the young justice team. And Nightwing was coming there to teach a training lesson and over hears half of what Danny is shouting.

From Dick’s point of view there is a black haired, blue eyed kid with powers that are suspiciously like a Tamuraneans, yelling at Bart about losing his family because his parents never got together. Also Dick and Kori had recently broken up. (Feel free to make up a reason.)

Due to a misunderstanding Dick is going to help his time displaced “son” adjust to the new reality.

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Danny escapes from his home dimension because of *insert your reason of choice here* and is dropped off in Bludhaven. He latches onto the first vigilante he sees which subsequently is Nightwing. Danny haunts Dick, watches out for him because he’s a bird with a broken wing who seems to be hell bent on going down.

It’s kinda an Angel on your shoulder vs. the Devil (hallucinations of your dead little brother) type situation.Meanwhile Dick is confused why he’s hallucinating a version of his little brother with green eyes and white hair (Danny is his home dimensions Jason). After Danny discovers that Dick thinks he's a hallucination he tries to just not but then Dick gets worse without his words of encouragement. It’s a very precarious situation.

now people will wonder if this is a case of a Dr. Freeze and Nora. Omg, a lot of people in Gotham will fucking think that, god forbid Jason actually resurrects then they definitely will get a visit from Dr. freeze.

Bruce Wayne wakes up in the past, five months after Jason Todd died, and spends most days sat beside the grave because he never found out exactly when Jason had come back and he wanted to be there to save him when he did.

From an outside perspective, everyone is extremely concerned.

Continuing on a bit from this post:

Tim, complaining about Bruce grounding him again: It doesn’t even make sense! It’s like everything I do is a problem now but I’m not doing anything different!

Kon, who thinks a grounding is when you get sent outside to do yard work: Have you tried digging a hole? Like a lot of holes.

Bart, whose punishments are typically doing chores without powers: Or raking leaves?

Cassie, who knows exactly why Tim keeps getting in trouble: … Does Bruce know you’re at Titan Tower?

Tim: No, why?

Cassie: No reason.

***Later that day***

Jason: Why is Tim digging a grave in the front yard?

Dick: He got grounded again.

Jason: So… is it for him or Bruce?

Dick: Not sure yet.

Damian gets sick for the first time after going to the manor and immediately reverts to the sad little kid that he used to be whenever he got sick back at the loa, complete with sniffles and wanting his big brother to comfort him.

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Eyes welling up slightly, Damian sniffed before shuffling forward and pushing the bedroom door open, letting light from the hall spill across the room, illuminating where Jason was passed out across the bed, star-fishing on his stomach and half covered by a blanket. Sniffing again through his blocked nose, he raised a fist to scrub at his tired eyes and opened his mouth.

He coughed pathetically. “Todd. Todd.”

Jason shifted in his sleep, but did not wake. A whine slipped out of Damian’s throat.

“To-odd,” He coughed again. “Wake up.”

Jason’s eyes pressed together tighter as he gradually came to consciousness, immediately rejecting the light pressing against his closed eyelids before he cracked them open, squinting in confusion. “…What…. Dami..?”

“Todd.” He demanded. Jason woke up properly this time, blinking rapidly to get used to the light and lifting his head slightly, staring at the younger in pure bafflement. Damian sniffed again, looking at the floor as he continued, “I threw up…” Another sniff, and he wiped his nose on his pyjama sleeve. “I require assistance.”

Jason’s mouth dropped open. It shut again, before opening, and then seeming to flap open and shut a few more times before he finally settled on asking, cluelessly, “…Where’d you throw up?”

“Next to my bed.”

Eyes narrowed in even more incredulity. “Y-your bed at the manor?”

He nodded his head sadly, and Jason let his head faceplant back into his pillow.

Muffled, barely audible, Damian heard; “You threw up at the manor and decided to come to Crime Alley to tell me about it?!”

Damian hiccuped, nodding his head even though Jason couldn’t see it. Eyes becoming wet again, he whined indignantly, “I wanted Ahki!”

Jason groaned loudly. After a moment, he thumped the mattress next to his head in frustration before resignedly pushing himself up and getting to his feet.

“You’re damn lucky you’re fucking cute, habibi.” He muttered tiredly, reaching over to grab one of Damian’s slightly sweaty hands as he walked past, heading straight to the front door of his safehouse. “Come on then.”

Damian sniffed miserably, nodding as he walked with his brother.

-

and that was how Bruce found out that 1: Damian was sick, and 2: Jason fucking Todd was still alive and in Gotham

going to get a glass of water at 3AM to find Damian stood in his bedroom’s doorway, watching Jason, who was wearing nothing but a pair of sweats, knelt on Damian’s bedroom floor with a bunch of cleaning supplies, faithfully cleaning up Bruce’s youngest son’s vomit.

“What.”

Jason glanced up at him, rinsing a rag in the tub of water next to him. “Yeah, yeah, I fucking know. Look B-, kid has the flu. It’s three AM. Can you just go get a bowl to put by his bed and leave this reunion shit for tomorrow?”

Jaw dropped, Bruce glanced down at his youngest, who scuffed his feet and hiccuped again.

“I don’t feel well…” He borderline whispered, sniffing. “I wanted Ahki.”

“I’m here kiddo,” Jason sighed, scrubbing the carpet. “Let me finish this and then I’ll make tea and read to you, alright?”

Damian nodded pathetically. Bruce blinked. It was too early for this.

“Which bowl should I get…?”