I eat angst for breakfast, lunch and dinner, this is perfect!!!!
So, we going for a Danny that is like, not Ghost King (or yes, whatever y'all want), but defeated Pariah Dark, has experience with many horrible Ghosts and people, and now, under the Joker's command, can basically destroy Gotham to a single atom, but we all know the Joker wants fun, so he maybe uses Danny to get Jason again, to go back to old times, or maybe for new, he makes him get Damian, whoever It is, will be facing some new stuff.
Wait, what if it was like, by taking an Oath, as you said, it makes it like, kind of a contract, like, Danny is factually under the Joker's command, down to the bone. And like, if we involve the JLD, Constantine (or Zatanna or someone) realizes an abnormal amount of Afterlife magic/ectoplasm stuff in Gotham, tells Batman, and then reads the signals of that magic in more detail, just to realize that they are the same signals of the fucking dude that sealed Pariah Dark away and he apparently is under The Joker's command, by contract?!
Danny moved to Gotham.
Freakshow is touring in Gotham.
Freakshow knows Danny is in Gotham.
Danny knows Freakshow is still after him.
Danny's faith in heroes has been shattered.
Danny turns to the only person powerful enough to run Freakshow out of town, hopefully for good.
Danny turns to the Joker for help.
The Joker is looking for a new punching bag sidekick after Harley Quinn left him.
Danny is just the perfect person to be shaped by the Joker's hands.
Danny becomes the new Joker Junior.
The Holdovers is an autism coded film with autistic coded protagonists, and that is my headcanon and I will die on this hill. In this essay I will...
I don't have the time to elaborate on why I think this is right now. I will attempt to explain later. Perhaps.
I mean...this quote alone, "I find the world a bitter and complicated place. And it seems to feel the same way about me. You and I have that in common, I think."
Also I don't even think this is necessarily a purposeful coding on the writer and director's part. I think it just shook out that way, and it doesn't even matter to me if it was an intentional choice or not. Like Paul McCartney said, it's not his job to tell the listener of his music what it means. Art is in the eye of the beholder.
Also I know my blog is primarily centered around Lennon/McCartney and the Beatles but if anyone wants to talk about The Holdovers with me, I've been obsessed with it since I watched it for the first time after it came out.
Yeah, where the skinny white boy fics at? I need that wet cat to have an angsty fic or a comfort one or something :(
where are all the angus tully fics? I don't know why this film isn't more popular
i need this little freak desperately
hold the fucking phone. does our favorite wolf boy. have a WOLF TATTOO???
I want this, but like, kinda leaning into Father figure Fright Knight, like, Frighty is so put to protecting Danny, he becomes a new paternal figure on Dannys life, but like, i know it sounds weird to some degree
so, behold! Big brother Frighty.
He just, overprotective, shit talker, done with Danny but doesn’t allow anyone else to be rude to him, he is also very dramatic, will not use any other language that isn’t Ghostspeak just, dramatic, big brother. Yes.
Also, Danny being like “Ugh! How discriminatory, he is a meta, God forbid they dress however they like and act in a not usually socially acceptable way!”
Danny is going to Gotham high which yay for him!
Problem? Right now he's in the office because he may have punched someone while defending damian and now everyone is waiting for his guardian
But clockwork can't come (humans perceive him a bit...well he just can't) and jazz has an important exam
So who's next in line?
Fright Knight! (Okay, technically he's not the Guardian OF Danny but more guarding Danny but details details)
So Fright Knight appears in all of his villain-esque glory and foaming sword
And everyone kinda freaks out because?? Danny, is your guardian a villain? What do you mean 'depends'?? What does the shrugging mean?? No we can't go back to the punch thing-
developing a new celebrity crush while ovulating is a dangerous combination
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