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starry-bi-sky · 1 month

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i need to get this out of my head before i continue clone^2 but danny being the first batkid. Like, standard procedure stuff: his parents and sister die, danny ends up with Vlad Masters. He drags him along to stereotypical galas and stuff; Danny is not having a good time.

He ends up going to one of the Wayne Galas being hosted ever since elusive Bruce Wayne has returned to Gotham. Vlad is crowing about having this opportunity as he's been wanting to sink his claws into the company for a long while now. Danny is too busy grieving to care what he wants.

And like most Galas, once Vlad is done showing him off to the other socialites and the like, he disappears. Off to a dark corner, or to one of the many balconies; doesn't matter. There he runs into said star of the show, Bruce who is still young, has been Batman for at least a year at this point, but still getting used to all these damn people and socializing. He's stepped off to hide for a few minutes before stepping back into the shark tank.

And he runs into a kid with circles under his eyes and a dull gleam in them. Familiar, like looking into a mirror.

Danny tries to excuse himself, he hasn't stopped crying since his parents died and it's been months. He rubs his eyes and stands up, and stumbles over a half-hearted apology to Mister Wayne. Some of Vlad's etiquette lessons kicking in.

Bruce is awkward, but he softens. "That's alright, lad," he says, pulling up some of that Brucie Wayne confidence, "I was just coming out here to get some fresh air."

There's a little pressing; Bruce asks who he's here with, Danny says, voice quiet and grief-stricken, that he's with his godfather Vlad Masters. Bruce asks him if he knows where he is, and Danny tells him he does. Bruce offers to leave, Danny tells him to do whatever he wants.

It ends with Bruce staying, standing off to the side with Danny in silence. Neither of them say a word, and Danny eventually leaves first in that same silence.

Bruce looks into Vlad Masters after everything is over, his interest piqued. He finds news about him taking in Danny Fenton: he looks into Danny Fenton. He finds news articles about his parents' deaths, their occupations, everything he can get his hands on.

At the next gala, he sees Danny again. And he looks the same as ever: quiet like a ghost, just as pale, and full of grief. Bruce sits in silence with him again for nearly ten minutes before he strikes a conversation.

"Do you like to do anything?"

Nothing. Just silence.

Bruce isn't quite sure what to do: comfort is not his forte, and Danny doesn't know him. He's smart enough to know that. So he starts talking about other things; anything he can think of that Brucie Wayne might say, that also wasn't inappropriate for a kid to hear.

Danny says nothing the entire time, and is again the first to leave.

Bruce watches from a distance as he intercts with Vlad Masters; how Vlad Masters interacts with him. He doesn't like what he sees: Vlad Masters keeps a hand on Danny's shoulder like one would hold onto the collar of a dog. He parades him around like a trophy he won.

And there are moments, when someone gets too close or when someone tries to shake Danny's hand, of deep possessiveness that flints over Vlad Masters' eyes. Like a dragon guarding a horde.

He plays the act of doting godfather well: but Bruce knows a liar when he sees one. Like recognizes like.

Danny is dull-eyed and blank faced the entire time; he looks miserable.

So Bruce tries to host more parties; if only so that he can talk to Danny alone. Vlad seems all too happy to attend, toting Danny along like a ribbon, and on the dot every hour, Danny slips away to somewhere to hide. Bruce appears twenty minutes later.

"I was looking into your godfather's company," he says one night, trying to think of more things to say. Some nights all they do is sit in silence. "Some of my shareholders were thinking of partnering up--"

"Don't."

He stops. Danny hardly says a word to him, he doesn't even look at him -- he's sitting on the ground, his head in his knees. Like he's trying to hide from the world. But he's looking, blue eyes piercing up at Bruce.

Bruce tilts his head, practiced puppy-like. "Pardon?"

"Don't." Danny says, strongly. "Don't make any deals with Vlad."

It's the most words Danny's spoken to him, and there's a look in his eyes like a candle finding its spark. Something hard. Bruce presses further, "And why is that?"

The spark flutters, and flushes out. Danny blinks like he's coming out of a trance, and slumps back into himself. "Just don't."

Bruce stares at him, thoughtful, before looking away. "Alright. I won't."

And they fall back into silence.

Danny, when he leaves, turns to look at Bruce, "I mean it." He says; soft like he's telling a secret, "Don't make any deals with him. Don't be alone with him. Don't work with him."

He's scampered away before Bruce can question him further.

(He never planned on working with Vlad Masters and his company; he's done his research. He's seen the misfortune. But nothing ever leads back to him. There's no evidence of anything. But Danny knows something.)

At their next meeting, Danny starts the conversation. It's new, and it's welcomed. He says, cutting through their five minute quiet, that he likes stars. And he doesn't like that he can't see them in Gotham.

Bruce hums in interest, and Danny continues talking. It's as if floodgates had been opened, and as Bruce takes a sip of his wine, it tastes like victory.

("Tucker told me once--") ("Tucker?") ("Oh-- uh, one of my best friends. He's a tech geek. We haven't talked in a while.")

(Danny shut down in his grief -- his friends are worried, but can't reach him. When he goes back to the manor with Vlad, he fishes out his phone and sends them a message.)

(They are ecstatic to hear from him.)

It all culminates until one day, when Danny is leaving to go back inside, that Bruce speaks up. "You know," He says, leaning against the railing. "The manor has many rooms; plenty of space for a guest."

The implication there, hidden between the lines. And Danny is smart, he looks at Bruce with a sharp glean in his eyes, and he nods. "Good to know."

The next time they see each other, Danny has something in his hands. "Can you hold onto something for me?" He asks.

When Bruce agrees, Danny places a pearl into his palm. or, at least, it's something that looks like a pearl. Because it's cold to the touch; sinking into Bruce's white silk gloves with ease and shimmering like an opal. It moves a little as it settles into his hand, and the moves like its full of liquid.

Bruce has never seen anything like it before, but he does know this; it's not human. "What is it?" He asks, and Danny looks uncomfortable.

"I can't tell you that." He says, shifting on his foot like he's scared of someone seeing it. "But please be careful with it. Treat it like it's extremely fragile."

When Bruce gets home, he puts it in an empty ring box and hides the box in the cave. He tries researching into what it is. he can't find anything concrete.

Everything comes to a head one day when Danny appears at the manor's doorstep one evening, soaking wet in the rain, and bleeding from the side.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #danny fenton is not the ghost king #dpxdc crossover #dpdc #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc prompt #man i just really need more dpdc stuff where danny and bruce have a good relationship. like man i NEED it. like i need to see these two #bonding together. and not in a cracky 'oh danny is a distant friend/cousin/etc' stuff but like. active participants in each other's lives #or as active as can be in this case. i neeeeed these two getting along and caring about one another #this idea came to me like last night and hasn't left since nd it was driving me up the wall to think about both positively and negatively b #i neeeded someone to hear about this or i was gonna implode #danny is the first son #tried to just get the general gist of the idea down but i definitely thought of the idea that bruce lowkey suspects vlad for having a hand #Vlad allows Danny to sneak off because he thinks Danny is alone. if he knew Bruce was there he'd be piiisssed and would put a stop to it #Sam and Tucker are alive they just got ghosted for a bit by danny bc he was in Major Grief and didn't wanna socialize. He couldn't go to #them because he didn't wanna put them in danger via Vlad.#oh that thing he handed Bruce? Yeah that's his ghost core. I have a headcanon (that isnt always applied) that ghosts can take their cores #out of their bodies at will and painlessly and without issue. and its common practice actually to do so bc they can be a not insignificant #distance away from said core before problems start to act up. and its common for ghosts to leave their physical cores at their lairs for #safekeeping because as long as the physical core is fine: so is the ghost. they can reform if their body gets destroyed. it also acts as a #fast travel sometimes. where they can reform at their core in an instant. its not inspired in the slightest by SU but i do see the overlap #most cores are pretty small for safety sake: its harder to hit if its small. and they're pr resilient too but its better to be safe than #sorry. so yeah. danny essentially gave bruce the physical embodiment of his soul and indirectly said #'if anything happens to me at least i'll be safe with you'#danny doesn't know he's batman btw #starry rambles.#was gonna go into danny becoming a vigilante beside bruce but im sleeeepy so i'll do that in a reblog. he's gonna go by nightingale if #anyone is interested. stereotypical but to be frank it is a *good* name imo. has a good amount of syllables and consonants to it #and the bird theme. and since its part of an ancestral name it has even more backing for it being bird-y without being meta

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fireeaglespirit · 6 years

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SOTC influences

Why I choose SOTC as one of the main musical source of inspiration for my story

The soundtrack of Shadow of the Colossus (PS2 / PS3) is melodic, enchanting and epic in my opinion, a work of fine art. Ever since I played that game back in the days some of these scores stuck in my ears forever, and they remain some of my favorite tracks among all musics, they truly represent musically all I want to do in my own work of fantasy.

Shadow of the Colossus is one of the greatest icons of action games with innovative fighting mechanics for its time. The game came on PS2 in a key era, offering a taste of experiencing an adventure you could not have anywhere else.

Between one of the greatest artistic qualities of the game is its soundtrack composed by Ko Otani. Light and extreme at the same time, it carries you through magical environments of the game, filled with mysteries and paradisaical places to explore, these songs carry a mysterious tone, full of dreams and wanderings through splendid places with gigantic buildings, lost places, it talks to me of the forbidden, the forgotten...

This soundtrack evokes sensations of mystery and splendor as they are key features of the game, and that is exactly what I which to achieve in my own story.. That’s why this music features so strongly in my list of inspirations…To me, fantasy is about ‘liberating the creative soul’, its all about achieving the impossible dreams and fulfilling our needs of adventure and mystery with all the freedom we lack in real life. I don’t want restrictions, this is a world of wonder that I’m creating, but it is still dark and mysterious at some places… the beauty in my opinion, the perfect balance.. is represented perfectly by this OST.

Some musics have liturgical aspect in its harmony that carries melodic chorus accompanied by the string orchestra. They range from songs calm and serene, but soon reveals itself with an interesting turn:

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“In Awe of the Power”, has a rhythmic melody and somber aspect, so perfect for an encounter with an ancestral, powerful creature such as a colossus, or who knows, perhaps even a dragon? It tells a tale by itself.

Some compositions bring a more heroic look, in sync with moments of tension and speed, such as “Liberated guardian” and “A Violent Encounter”, it has almost an Egyptian feeling for some reason for me, its certainly about an adventure on far away, mysterious lands forgotten in ruins…

“Revived Power” brings a heroic, powerful and grandiose aspect, where it seems to end, in a decisive victory against some immeasurable power.

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“The Opened Way” is composed of a beautiful melody and ends in suspensive harmony, Its one of my favorite scores so far, its powerful and great like no other, to me it tells a story of legends and ancient heroes and dragons, its extremely inspirational. Around 1:20 it definitely turns into a ‘dragon music’ to me, it is about some extremely dangerous creature, everlasting in its power, unfathomable.

While most scores are epic, heroic, I keep “Silence” as one of my personal favorites, its delicate and harmonic melody that shows a calm aspect, it calls to solitude and sacredness, introspection and the inherent melancholy that accompanies my imagination while creating my world. “Creeping shadow” specially from 1:50 onwards, has a beautiful, dark an mysterious tone that makes me want to create stories about the unending abyss, dark lands and forgotten realms where no mortal should thread. “Demise of the Ritual” is a perfect example of above said, also serene and a little deeper, one of my favorites

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But the best parts of SOTC OST I left last… the songs that reminds me of the floating realm, the reign of the winged ones, the winds of the world.. “Counterattack” is perhaps one of the most iconic, and in my sincere opinion one of the best OST for games ever created, it carries the grandeur of the heavens and gives the impression of divinity for the similarities with musical aspects used in medieval games. Its a perfect theme for my avian people and carries a lot of meaning to me, it tells of legendary battles in the skies and winged heroes of the past

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“A Despair-filled Farewell” is my absolute favorite, and not without reason. It’s not only the theme of the ‘bird boss’ of the game, Avion with a fitting name, which brings a lot of memories. It has an interesting melody, accompanied by a full orchestra and a choir, with the violin.. The start brings a tense moment, followed by a more serene song that starts at around 0:53 bringing up a heightened emotion that reminds me of flying, for me its all about the defying of the heights, the courage to jump out of the nest for the first time, the indecision, fear and tension and finally the courage to throw yourself to the winds… it is followed by the reward, the immense power and liberty that only comes with flight… the song gets more serene as a soaring bird.

#shadow of the colossus #sotc #ost #fantasy #world building #I wrote this a thousand years ago #has been lost on drafts

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