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luanna801 · 6 years

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@yoyo-inspace replied to your post:

YES IT FITS SO WELL!! Please do write that headcanon post, it would be AMAZING (and yes, something is definitely up with Hiwatari sr, but I suppose we’ll have to wait and see. I like your theory though)

Also damn that art thing would work so well, and it would be easy to believe that he just showed up for that… aaaah, angst.

RIGHT THOUGH?

The thing that would make it so believable is that, of course, Daisuke would have originally showed up to steal the thing. Caring about Satoshi would quickly become more important than that, of course, but there would still be that voice in the back of Satoshi’s head telling him that Daisuke has an ulterior motive. And his father would definitely be able to use that to manipulate him, because manipulation is more convincing when there’s a bit of actual, undeniable truth in there.

Okay, so some more thoughts on this:

- I think I’ll stick with Daisuke coming from a long line of Phantom Thieves (rather than being an orphan like Eugene), because I think it’s an important part of his character and really the only reason any incarnation of Daisuke would get into being a thief in the first place.

- The original Phantom Thief Dark (our Dark from canon, basically) was a way-far-back ancestor of Daisuke’s who became a legendary figure, the kind who little kids get told bedtime stories about, like the original Flynnigan Rider in Tangled. Since then a member of Daisuke’s family in every generation uses the name as an alias, kind of a Dread Pirate Roberts thing. (There are probably even some people who think it’s been the same guy all along.) Daisuke’s been trained to be the next Dark for his whole life, and grew up hearing stories about his notorious ancestors, particularly the original Dark.

- Living up to that legacy is a big deal to Daisuke, but it’s also deep down not something he’s really sure he wants. (Just like in canon, really.) He wants to make his family proud, and he wants to be this dashing rogue he’s grown up being told he should be, but at his core that’s not who he really is and that becomes painfully obvious the more you’re around him.

- So much like ‘Flynn Rider’ is really a persona Eugene puts on to hide his real self in Tangled, ‘Phantom Dark’ is that for Daisuke. (Although in his case, it’s less that he puts on a persona, and more that he’s got a certain reputation as Phantom Thief Dark which is incredibly at odds with his actual personality. When he tries acting like a suave gentleman thief, he pretty much just comes across as a ridiculous dork, bless him. Which is actually kind of true of Eugene too tbh.) And much like in the original movie, it’s a big deal when he finally drops that and tells Satoshi his real name.

Satoshi: For the record... I like Daisuke Niwa much better than Phantom Dark.

Daisuke: Well, then you’d be the first... but thank you.

#replies #yoyoinspace #d.n.angel spoilers #(not really but)#(better safe than sorry)#... I have a lot of thoughts about this oops #d.n.angel tangled au

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