IK I should be working on Dani's Back or Facebook with the Phantoms, but I'm being viciously attacked by DP Theories. That's right. I'm being attacked by THEORIES of all things! So, I'm going to post one of them. Just to get it out of my head.
Have you ever wondered why some ghosts act really obsessive, like the Box Ghost, while some others like Spectra and Bertrand aren't as obsessive? Well, this is why. Well, it's my theory on it anyways.
A single ghost will become swallowed by their obsession. However, when a ghost has a partner- either romantic, or as a friend/ally- they do not get swallowed by obsession because they have a partner to balance the obsession out.
This is why the Box Ghost is completely obsessed with boxes now, but in TUE where he is married to the Lunch Lady, he doesn't keep shouting out about boxes and to fear him.
Instead, he only gave slight references to boxes and the only thing that really showed that he had been obsessed with them was his one power- to make the magenta cubes that were his version of a ghost ray. He had found a partner- the Lunch Lady and this balanced out his obsession with boxes.
This also explains Johnny 13 and Kitty. They don't act like typical ghosts. They aren't even truly malevolent, as they don't attempt to take over the world. Johnny just doesn't like Danny. All the two want to do is be able to be together and hanging out in the human world.
However, Johnny's shadow is obsessive. It wants to obey its master's- Johnny's- commands. This is because Shadow doesn't have a partner.
Another example of the partnership theory is Penelope Spectra and Bertrand. They are slightly obsessive over being young forever, but they don't blindly follow it like most ghosts do. Instead, they use logic and planning to get what they want. The only reason that the slight amount of obsession shows is because they have very similar obsessions. So, it's harder to balance each other's obsession out.
One of the other cases of this is Youngblood and his parrot/horse. Youngblood has his skeleton partner as a friend, and this helps him balance out obsession enough to plan things out.
Another example of this partner theory is Dora and Aragon. They are rivals, but they are siblings first. Being in each other's company would still balance out each other's obsession. We can theorize that Dora had originally been away from her brother, and that's why her obsession with going to balls kept showing up whenever she seen either Danny or his friends. So, when she went back to her brother, her obsession balanced out enough to let her think rationally.
Meanwhile, Aragon could have been completely obsessed with control and greed. When his sister returned, that could have lowered his obsession a considerable amount. But, because he though low of her, it didn't manage to completely balance his obsession out.
When this theory comes to halfas and how they are 'unaffected' by obsession, there is a simple explanation. A halfa is half ghost, half human. So, a halfa would balance his or her own obsession out to a certain extent. But, there would still be some obsession left.
So, a halfa would need to balance that tiny bit of obsession out. Unlike regular ghosts, halfas can also use humans to balance out their obsession. This explains why Vlad is more ghostlike then both Danny and Danielle, and obsessed with having Jack dead, Maddie as his wife, and Danny as his apprentice. Vlad doesn't hang out with other humans as much, and he thinks lowly of all the other ghosts and the few humans he usually comes in contact left. He won't allow them to balance out his obsession.
Meanwhile, Danny is always hanging around Sam and Tucker. He lets them balance out his own obsession to such an extent that you can hardly tell what his obsession is, without even realizing he's doing it. He doesn't even realize he has an obsession. However, some people have, and they've told him about his hero complex. As a matter of fact, saving people is his obsession. Without it, or if he failed, he would fall apart. That's how Dan occurred. Danny's obsession broke. That's why Danny reacted the way he did even after his emotions were yanked out of him.
For Danielle's case, it was a bit different. She showed no real obsession, except for helping Vlad at first. When she learned of his true intentions, she swapped obsessions- as she was a young enough ghost- to not melting. But, you can hardly tell that she has an obsession. This is because she was a halfa her whole life- she knows how to next to completely balance out her obsession to the point where you can hardly tell she has one.
If you are wondering why some ghosts, such as Clockwork, barely show obsession, I also have an explanation for that. Clockwork is a ghost who knows all- he even knows how to balance out his own obsession to a point. He still shows his obsession with time both by the decoration of his lair and by protecting the time stream.
Then, there are ghosts like Skulker. He's completely obsessed with the hunt. He will hunt anything that seems like a challenge to him. The reason he works with Vlad is because it benefits him; Vlad provides funding for weapons Skulker can use while he is on the hunt. So, his obsession benefits from being partners with Vlad. Skulker sees him as nothing but an employer, so his partnership with Plasmius does not balance out his obsession.
If you want to explain his relationship with Ember, you have to remember that Skulker had a fight with Ember in Girl's Night Out, so that would weaken the balance and maybe even break it.
So, that was my theory on why non-partnered ghosts are less obsessive than ghosts without a partner. If you have any questions on it, feel free to ask! Also, you can ask me about some other theories I have.
