Pretty sure I'm incapable of writing anything that isn't humour at this point. Enjoy!
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Danny isn't exactly sure why he's doing this. It's not like he's that much of a nerd, and he didn't even lose a dare. Tucker is just really, really persuasive.
Danny hates Tucker sometimes.
Said friend stands next to him, PDA in hand and grinning. Danny wants nothing more than to slap that grin off his face.
"You make a good Phantom, dude." Tucker says, eyeing his costume.
"I am Phantom." He bites back. "Why am I doing this?"
"You promised me." Tucker reminds him. "You come to comic con with me as Danny Phantom, and I give you the doom update that your parents won't let you get."
Danny groans. "Still can't believe I agreed to this."
Tucker smirks and beckons him towards the sign that signifies the entrance to the comic con. Danny sighs and follows him, dread thick on his tongue.
Half an hour in, Danny is complaining. "This costume itches." He groans. "And the wig. Why the hell am I wearing a wig?"
Tucker, who is happily buying doomed merchandise, ignores.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Danny tells him, tapping on his shoulder. He nods and turns back to the merch table where he's currently having an argument with some other kid about the quality of a product.
Danny slips through the crowd, only slightly embarrassed to see the hundreds of Danny phantom cosplayers. The bathrooms have no queue, thank god. He goes into one of the cubicles and, checking that its firmly locked, snatches the wig off his head, steps out of the hazmat suit and transforms.
It feels ridiculously good to have his own suit, and he almost laughs when he sees his own white hair flopping down in front his face. He comes out of the bathroom feeling significantly better than when he went in.
Tucker takes a while to notice the difference, but when he does, his face is priceless and Danny doubles over in laughter. His friend has some doubts about the whole 'secret identity' thing, but Danny's fairly confident that the world will continue its habit of being collectively blind.
The two of them wander through the hall the con is being held in, stopping at stalls and occasionally bickering about something. Danny's kind of glad Sam isn't here, because she'd just be complaining about… something. He's not sure what, but he is sure that she would find something.
They are stopped a couple of times by people complimenting Danny on his cosplay and asking for pictures, which Danny happily gives, smirking at Tucker who is usually holding the camera since he refused to cosplay.
There's a little kid near one of the panels who looks up at Danny with wide eyes, and blinks. "Are you Phantom?"
Danny panics for a second, glancing down at the kid who looks so awed and he can't help but melt under his adorable gaze. Danny's always had a weak spot for little kids.
He bends down to the kid and winks. "Yeah, but shhh. I'm hiding. It's our little secret, okay?"
The kid smiles, wider than Danny thought a humans' face could go. "I won't tell anyone." He vows, looking ridiculously sincere. The kids parent smiles tolerantly.
"I'm so sorry, sir." She says. "He's a huge Phantom fan. You have a great costume."
"Thanks." Danny grins. He turns back to the kid. "Hey, what's your name?"
"Josh." The kid breathes.
"You're pretty cool, josh." He holds his hand up for a high five, not really sure what else he can do. He'd love to take josh for a quick fly around the building, but they're in public and he's not technically Danny Phantom at the moment.
The kid smacks his hand with vigour and beams. His mom thanks Danny, and Tucker drags him off, questioning his sanity and asking why the hell he did that.
"He was a cute kid." Danny shrugs. "I'm a sucker for cute kids."
"You're an idiot." Tucker tells him.
They go to the doomed panel later on, both of them excited to see the creator who will reportedly be giving spoilers for the next version.
"Apparently, its gonna have a new boss villain." Tucker babbles. "And you know that bug, the one Technus put in,"
"Yeah."
"Well they figured out how to get rid of it, and, thanks to yours sincerely, and the amity park council, they made the entire game Technus proof!"
"No way." Danny breathes. "Seriously?"
"Yep! They finally admitted that he exists, and so they got the best programmers they have on the job."
"And…" Danny presses. "details, man!"
"Well they couldn't do anything." Tucker says. "But guess who could!"
Danny laughs. "You?" he asks, intending the question to be entirely sarcastic, because come on. Tucker's fourteen and he's not that good with tech.
"Me." Tucker grins.
Apparently he is that good.
"You're joking." Danny says.
"Nope. They knew I had some experience with Technus in the past, so they got me on it, and I just put in a virus with some of your ectoplasm and some of that new ecto-dejecto stuff your dad has."
"How the hell did you get my… you know what, I'm not even gonna ask.
The panel is just as amazing as they thought it would be, and Danny gets congratulated on his costume by doomed's creator herself.
Then, best of all, she announces a new character that even Tucker didn't know about – Danny Phantom.
Danny, who doesn't really care about copyright laws and doesn't think to wonder when his alter ego became someone that gets put into video games, is thrilled. He beams, and Tucker has to remind him that he's not actually meant to be Phantom for the fifth time that day.
The worst bit of the day comes with the cosplay competition. It's the worst bit of the day because Danny loses.
He and Tucker arrive with high hopes, and join the line of Danny Phantoms, smirking to each other.
They take in the competition with a critical eye, Danny pointing out all the things wrong with the other Phantoms. One of them, a tall guy with a smug face, starts talking to them and Danny has to pretend that he is a devoted phan which is very uncomfortable.
"I'm phantom's biggest fan." The guy says. "I have all his action figures, and mom says we can go to amity park next summer. I bet I can meet him there."
"Phantom saved me once." Tucker butts in. "He's always at my school."
"No way." The guy gasps. "You live in amity?"
"Yeah." The geek says, and gestures to Danny. "We both do.'
"Uh… yep." Danny gives, shooting glares at Tucker.
"Nice costume." The guy notes, eyeing Danny up and down. "Really realistic. How'd you get that glow?"
"Uh… glow?"
"You know, cause he's a ghost, Phantom has a sort of… glow around him. Like an aura or something. How did you manage to do it?"
Tucker saves him, thank god. "It's that glow in the dark paint stuff. I helped him with his costume. We just thinned it down with water and painted a layer on his jumpsuit."
"Nice. Very nice."
Danny and Tucker make a quick getaway.
It's not long before each Phantom has to parade across the stage. Danny entertains the idea of hovering a few inches off the ground and put it down to jet boots, but Tucker quickly makes him come to his senses, and he ends up just using a fake ecto blaster he bought earlier to disguise one his blasts. He's relying on his being actual Danny Phantom to win, and at this point, he actually wants to for some reason.
The judges are obviously blind. They don't pick him. They pick some guy with a bad wig that isn't even the right colour, and whose suit is baggy and doesn't have his symbol on it. He hadn't even bothered to put in green contacts.
Danny storms off to where Tucker is laughing his ass off as the guy stands on the stage, enjoying all the applause that should be Danny's.
"Tucker, we're going." Danny announces when they exit the contest space.
"But I still have to get to the wonder panel!" Tucker protests, but is cut off by Danny's glare, which may or may not be glowing.
"I was beaten in a Danny phantom cosplay contest." Danny says. "I am Danny phantom. I will not be beaten by some kid who can be bothered to have an actual costume."
"Oh, hey guys." Someone says. Danny whips round to find the guy in question smiling at them. "I didn't recognise you."
"Uh hi…"
"It's me, Wes Weston." The contest winner says. "This must suck for you, Danny."
"Goddamit Wes!" Danny screams.
"Fuck you, dude." Tucker adds.
They leave quickly after that, and Danny is still fuming the next day at school where they both pointedly ignore Wes – more than usual, that is.
I'm not entirely sure who Wes is. As far as I can tell, this crazy fandom has come up with a whole ass character that we all agree exists and knows about Danny, but wasn't in the show? I'm using him anyway; he has the potential for good comic relief. Also, I've never been to a comic con. I don't know how they work, so I probably got some stuff wrong. Just go with it.