Inspiration

Inspiration

Just wanted to do rise version

*quietly deposits a separated au and then scurries off the hide away in a corner*

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Danny, when he was little, was repeatedly taught to never trust strangers. Not because they were strangers, but because they could be Fae in disguise, which everyone knows are really ghosts in disguise, and they'll try to steal his name.

So when Danny finds himself all of four, with vague memories of who he is but it isn't all there, and there's a weirdo in a mask asking for his name?

He lies.

"I'm Jack." He says instead, and has no idea why the masked man freezes.

Or; Danny gets deaged, because I love that trope, Tim finds him, and thinks that Danny is a clone of Jack Drake or it's just straight up Jack from the past. Plot twist; Tim's not wrong. In an alternate universe, Danny would have been named Jack, and his last name wouldn't have been Fenton, it would have been Drake. The blood test confirms it; this is a tiny, confused Jack Drake.

Dad I’m home!

Next: Part 2

Masterpost

If anyone saw this for a moment earlier when i accidentally hit post, no you didn’t

The Ultimate Enemy ends a bit differently. Though Danny does still overcome his evil future self, Dan leaves him with a few parting gifts for his trouble.

Danny is thrown into another universe, and his obsession is distorted. Where it once was Protection, now all it is is Violence. One last-ditch attempt by Dan to make Danny into a monster like him.

However, Danny’s human mind is still intact. So despite feeling the perpetual urge from his ghost half, he can keep it in check. Somewhat.

But not entirely.

So he becomes a Rogue. He doesn’t like it, but what else can he do? He needs to do something.

Of course, he does his best to minimize real harm, to focus his attacks on those that deserve it - the polluting factories, the corrupt businessmen, and all others that exploit people. He tries to eke out as much nourishment for his core as he can from the engagements, especially the fights against the heroes that come to stop him.

But it’s not enough. He still knows he’s causing harm and hates every second of it, even as his obsession sings at being fed.

The heroes notice. How could they not? A powerful, young, villain who clearly doesn’t want to be doing what they’re doing but seemingly can’t stop? There must be something else going on. Some force pushing him to do this.

And they’re going to save him from it.

Average day in the sewers