Villain I'm Not By Three Days Grace Is Soooooooo These Guys

Arguments

https://archiveofourown.org/works/40069935

After Bart returns from space, he doesn’t expect everyone to be happy, least of all Ed.

He just didn’t expect things to go like /this/.

[or, Ed and Bart avoid each other and their relationship is put to the test]

It made you a stranger and filled you with anger

Now I'm third in the lineup between the Lord and you savior

Part 1|

The history of corporate propaganda.

'Nobody wants to work' fails to mention the poverty wages and horrible workplaces.

Reframe the narrative: Capitalists refuse to pay thriving wages.

welcome back squad 🫡

Love listening to Ordinary Days because every time I get to I’ll Be Here, I just think about Bobby trying to make a life for himself after the guys died

Like tell me this doesn’t have “Bobby telling himself the guys would want him to leave them behind and be happy with a new family” vibes. You can’t.

Dc x DP where people with superhearing casually talk to each other from super long distances. Just talking out loud to open air and the other person eavesdropping on them so they can respond in the same way.

The problem with this method is that anyone with superhearing can tune in on their conversation and add their own input if they wanted.

Which Danny does often.

Superman is trying so hard to find this guy who keeps butting into his conversations but Danny can just turn off his heartbeat and stay quiet so Superman doesn’t have anything to listen to to find his location.

Meanwhile Danny can keep track of where Superman is and how close he is to Danny because Superman can’t stop his heart from beating or from breathing.

OH. Oh you have something brilliant going on here my guy.

Superman has been able to locate the mystery voice to somewhere in rural Illinois but without his heartbeat he can't quite pinpoint him.

After hearing the kid's stories of what happens in his day-to-day life, He's desperate to find and help this kid.

The final chapter of “The Ghost King” is now up! The story is complete. The series has one more story left to tell, however…

Series Link: “The Captain and the King”

Chapter 3 Summary: After the big reveal, John and Danny share a meal. Life moves on.

“So tell me, how did you find Billy in the first place?”

Danny thoughtfully looked out into the courtyard, before turning back to face John. “I was on my way back to Sam’s place from classes, and I happened to see him transform in an alley. I was shocked, so I invisibly followed him home. When I saw that he was living alone in an abandoned apartment, it broke my heart. I watched him that night as he ate a pitiful bit of leftover food from somewhere, and carefully stashed the rest in a hidey-hole. Then he climbed on his bare mattress and covered up with a threadbare blanket to sleep. It reminded me so much of the days before my high school graduation, when I lived like that; I just couldn’t let it go. I couldn’t bear to see another child hero suffer like that. He just reminded me so much of myself.

After my parents found out that I had died, and that I was the ‘hero’ protecting the town from their mistakes, they kicked me out of the house. I lived on the streets for almost two months and didn’t tell anyone because I was so ashamed, and I was afraid my secret would get outed. I’m sure Billy feels the same.”

“Damn, kid. That sounds rough. Now I can see why you took to the boy. You said you were a child hero before your parents discovered your secret. If you don’t mind me asking, how long were you were a ghost before they noticed?”

Danny’s face clouded. “Three and a half years.”

“How did they miss that their kid was dead for three and a half years?!?”

“They cared more about their work than they cared about me and my sister. It was that way my whole life. My sister was the one who practically raised me. It doesn’t matter anymore…” Something told John that it did, but he wasn’t about to call out the Ghost King on personal matters.

“….Besides, I have the ability to pass as a human when I want to. It’s how I finished high school and got into college.”

“I thought you went to some kind of ghostly college.”

“No way, dude! Didn’t you read ‘Harry Potter’?? Dead teachers are the worst. They are soooo boring. That’s one of the few things the books got right.” A polite cough sounded from the side of the room. “Uh, ghostly mentors, on the other hand, are fantastic! It’s just…ghostly learning institutions that I don’t care for.” Danny’s hand went to the back of his neck and started rubbing it sheepishly. Now he looked more like the ghost that John had met in the park.

***Read the rest on A03***