Honestly I've never recieved three reviews on a story in a matter of hours of posting, not to mention a few follows and favs. Thanks to MsFrizzle, UltraRecycloVegetarian, and a Guest for reviewing!
In response to your question, Guest, I made these as long as I could. I've already got all ten chapters written, and I am going over and trying to add in places, but these are only meant to be quick drabbles into the minds of the ghosts and halfas we know and love. ...Sorry if that's disappointing or anything.
Oh, and I almost forgot: Disclaimer: I am not Butch Hartman, therefore I do not own Danny Phantom.
Rules for Being Human
Most ghosts were once human. The rules of humanity can still be applied.
3: Mistakes
There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately work.
In life, Nikolai Technus had been a great scientist. He was familiar with experimentation, trial and error, failure and failure until success was finally achieved.
It'd been how he'd died. A mistake – no. A lesson gone wrong.
In his afterlife he tried to incorporate his failures into something that he could use as a springing board – something to reflect upon for future experiments.
He'd lost himself in his work. He got frustrated when he failed.
But he kept experimenting, because this was part of him and he knew that nothing in life was a mistake, just another lesson to learn from – and darn it he was going to learn until he faded into nothingness.
Every step of her music career had been about growth. She tried country, she tried rap, she tried almost every style before settling on her strange pop/punk/rock blend.
Ember was familiar with mistakes. She took them in stride and learned from what she did wrong. She made herself better.
Unfortunately, sometimes she would forget that failure is part of life – and of the afterlife too.
It is best to stay away from an upset Ember.
Danny Phantom was a thorn in every ghost's side, but really he was doing them a favor. Phantom's interferences allowed for the ghosts to see where there mistakes were, why they were failing, and how to beat the young halfa who wanted to play superhero.
She could respect that he, too, was growing and learning and failing (and repeat), but she was growing too. Maybe someday she'd grow faster; maybe someday she'd win.