Lifeline
Danny and Vlad may have plenty of similarities, but one difference is the key between Phantom and Plasmisus
Word Count: 310 words
Pairings: None. Purely Danny Centric
Genre: Um, general?
Rating: Pssshhh, K+ or T if you really want to be paranoid.
Sometimes he wonders if they really are alike. After all, who else in the world can say that they're half dead? He doesn't count his "cousin" because her powers were given to her during her birth. Their powers, his and his arch-nemesis? Their powers were thrust upon them- through the same accident. It was at varying degrees of ectoplasmic exposure, but the point is, the accident was the same- hell, the same people even developed the same gate. Same, same, same….
But Vlad's been manipulating him, hasn't he? The scenarios that Danny's been put in, it's all forced him to make choices because Plasmius has always had a gun to his head at those moments. But sometimes, the gun is full of blanks. And Danny never realizes this until later, until his choice has been made and he has one more similarity to Vlad. At night, Danny lies awake and wonders if his future carries him in Vlad's likeness. That's his biggest fear- not his evil self, but the fear that the potential to become Vlad is still there. For the sake of all that's good and holy, their alter-egos even have the same first letter! And that's him nitpicking.
Until he remembers.
There's two, no, three reasons why Danny Phantom will never become a Vlad Plasmius, why Danny Fenton will always be different from Vlad Masters. And it's simple really. They're names are Jazz Fenton, Tucker Foley and Sam Manson.
Vlad has never had a trifecta to support him- he's never had a Team Phantom always there for him. Vlad only had twenty years to become a fruit loop while Danny's had support every step of the way. His friends and family have always been his lifeline and they've always kept him from becoming something he should never be.
He will never become a Vlad. Not with his lifelines.
Review? Oh the gun is full of blanks line was not mine. It was sort of ripped off from 'Suits'. That's my disclaimer for it, by the bys.
.chary