A Lonely Child In The Woods

渡鸦之翼

Wings of The Ravens

    Okay, I finally decide to introduce my project "渡鸦之翼" here on Tumblr as well. If you have talked to/discussed with me about it or if you've seen my works on other platforms, you probably know some info already. I also include some simple info of "how I think/work" when working on the project in this blog. 

     And I am sorry for the grammar mistakes and sorts of problems here! 😂

     渡鸦之翼, the current English translation to it is Wings of The Ravens (WOTR for short). It's not really the name of the AU, instead, it's the title of the graphic novel / project. But regarding the title as the name of the AU is more convenient for me to mention and talk about it. 

     It's inspired by TUE, but definitely NOT about TUE. DP is a PG-13(FV) show, and what I'm writing is a graphic novel (probably PG-13 or PG-14), so there're lots of differences between the AU and the origin in many aspects. I am doing my best to make the AU reasonable, with a set of rules that make sense (hopefully😂) in some ways. In addition, I don't follow every rule and don't use many of the concepts from DP. I tend to make WOTR feels more… original, but still recognizable, which really requires a lot of effort and devotion. 😂

     Apart from expressing my love towards DP, I also want to learn and take a deeper look at drawing, fiction writing (story telling), translation, as well as practising the skills related. I will convey my opinions on many things, discuss problems/ topics about life, nature and so on. And this is a good chance for me to communicate with various people… Another important thing is that working on WOTR helps me learn how to work on my completely original projects. 

Basic Info of The AU Where WOTR Takes Place: 

     It's kind of peaceful, compared to the original. People live normal/regular lives and nobody is too powerful. Anything like the damages to the worlds showed in TUE (or things like that) aren't possible to happen. 

     No Reign Storm. 

     Characters wouldn't be completely good/ evil. Villains are called villains usually because there are conflicts of interests between them and the main characters. 

     Danny is separated into two, and the  situation is similar to that in TUE. But the "human" lives, he's one of the narrators. I call him Daniel in order to differ him from the halfa Danny and the ghost "created" by Danny and Vlad… 

     Most canon characters are OOC, compared to their origins. It's an AU and I don't bother making characters act exactly like the original. 

     Ghost Zone is a world, and a "transfer station" (similar to some concepts from my other projects). It's not regarded as a dimension and is not as chaotic as the original. 

     Ghosts aren't one "species". They don't follow one set of rules particularly despite of the basic rules of the world (they're from/in). Like, Walker's rules don't work for everyone. And he only takes care of the special ones who're in his range of power, and doesn't look for others' troubles. 

     Are ghosts dead people's souls here? I don't really care. They are more like creatures/ aliens here, and sometimes, can even be machines and a freaking island/ mountain. "Ghost" is just a name anyway… (But the so-called living ones can be the ones who are actually, dead. ☺)

     "Ghosts are evil" is nonsense! ?😒

     Creatures/ objects from the Earth are aliens (or probably "ghosts") to GZ, and earth creatures can be very dangerous to ghosts sometimes. 

     There're other "worlds" as well. And there are other fantasy creatures. 

Time for the more detailed info about WOTR! 

     The most important rule of fiction writing doesn't allow me to talk much about characters (not to mention the plots!), so there's only some pretty simple (shallow) stuff here. 

     I often redesign the canon characters. The redesigns for many of the canon characters is basically changing their outfits and only a bit of their physical appearances, since I want them to be pretty recognizable. Some important characters are reset in some ways. For some characters who aren't really noticeable in DP, they might be changed a lot or even be completely reset. 

     There are more than one narrator, which is really hard to handle. But it provides reliable views to readers to know/ understand situations, considering that some narrators aren't being honest all the time, or sometimes being too subjective and emotional. Though I don't switch the narrators all the time of course! 

     The major stories are about Danny's (and his "counterpart"'s) freaking (daily?) life(s).  

（↑Sketchy stuff🙄）

    Daniel represents Danny's "human half". In early concepts, I said that "He's a human!", but now, I have to correct that. He REPRESENTS the human half, (and he is regarded as the human) which means he doesn't have to be an actual one. He looks basically the same to Danny, except for some little details. There's another design for Daniel, which is an symbolic image. The obvious difference is that he now has a pair of "wings", which are technically NOT wings, and I call them 类翼体 ("Wing-like things" is the closest translation I can think of). The wing-like things serve as a symbol/ symbols, meaning that they don't have to be sth "real". Though I still designed a functional structure for them. When Daniel's winged, he acts a bit… different. So it's okay if you say he's another (another?) counterpart of Danny.

【One of the most important thing is that he is fun to draw. Pretty much explains why there's sth so weird here】

     Jazz, Sam and Tucker are alive and well. (I don't see why they should be dead…) Their characters in the show are sometimes… weird… I want them to have some better reasons for most of their actions and have some actual developments. And the designs… Sam's outfit just can't look that similar to that of Danny! And, there's Valerie! There's got to be Valerie! Another kiddo who is really fun to draw—— the ghost "created" by Danny and Vlad. Let's just call him Dan. This wonderful child is absolutely OOC (but I have no regret and I can explain anyway). The original design (and concepts/ settings) is awesome, but it isn't suitable for WOTR.

(I haven't really posted drawings of all the characters who are mentioned here🙄)

The Art and Story Telling

     WOTR is a graphic novel, so I use storyboads to show events and scenes. I try to use the ways of fiction writing (literary novels and sorts) to tell stories and I also learn and use methods of story telling from movies/films, TV series, news, comics, illustration books and many other forms of stories. Of course I read graphic novels, and they are really inspiring! 

     As for the drawings, I always try my best to make okay/fine stuff. My basic is not good. But I am learning and working to get better!

Art style isn't one of the most important things when actually drawing, so I usually don't bother to worry about it. Although, in my opinion, art styles can be really helpful to story telling. So I will switch the style obviously if the plot needs (or when I want to). But anyway, my art will still be my art, the same goes to my writing.

     I don't usually stick to DP style completely. When I imitate sth that's because I think that sth looks nice and it can be handled. In addition, the ways I design characters (including OCs) might look a bit similar to DP's… 

     The main stories are always digital art. 

     Dialogues are particularly difficult to write. They play an really important role… The good thing is that I don't have to tell everything (not literally) through dialogues like the original show (and most movies/ TV series), so in this case, it will be more like literary fictions, which means it has the advantage of letting readers to discover/ think more by themselves. 

     Less dialogues (telling) is difficult for me to write and organise the storyboads, but it reduce the pressure of translation, which is a big problem I have to face.

Languages and Translation

     For most phans who writes fics and/ or makes comics, translation isn't even sth they would need to consider. However, it is a real thing here.

     WOTR(the main stories!) will originally be in Chinese (Mandarin), and now I'm certain that I will make (at least) TWO language versions for WOTR (the main stories), one in Chinese and another one in English. You know, sometimes I have to make THREE versions (usually the conceptual contents and stuff aside from the main stories…) (okay, I now sometimes prefer to write in Cantonese… But it's so hard to translate… ). 

     I will try my best to translate contents into English when some certain part is finished writing. And I need actual help indeed. 

     Not all dialogues will be translated. 

😐

     I think the concept of ghost speak is interesting. It would be fun if there were ghost speak in WOTR, but that would take too much time for me to figure it out (I'm not too interested in it anyway). So there isn't ghost speak. Still, I want to use sth that has a similar effect. You see, I prefer not to write/ draw some pretty but meaningless/random scribbles, so I will use actual language(s) (or to be exact, actual writing systems and fonts). Honestly, I can just use my native language as well as using some strange fonts. The words look just like little drawings/ scribbles. And there're codes! The simple ones of course! And don't worry, the dialogues that won't be translated shouldn't be a big problem while reading! Because they only take up a very small part of the textual contents and aren't very very important info… (They are usually spoken by my OCs… Besides, using codes is fun…)

     Alright, this is basically some simple info about WOTR. 

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     I want to post WOTR to Deviant Art once I have finished the pages of first two or three chapters. I haven't finished writing (/drawing) WOTR, and I find that I cannot access DA without a VPN now! Don't understand why it is also blocked, which really bothers me.

     There's another platform called Lofter, to which I will certainly post WOTR. On Lof, DP isn't as well-known as it is here, but at least the situation isn't that bad. But I think the platform isn't friendly to browsers who don't use its APP. 

     I will try to post more info and concepts about WOTR as well as my other projects and stuff. If possible, I might post the graphic novel here, too. I really would love to share my works and be more active here, but it really really depends. 

     I've heard that the fire wall will update soon, and when it's done, most VPNs won't work anymore, which means it will be extremely difficult for me to access many international media platforms/ websites like Tumblr and Instagram (and please not DA! ). I don't know when will that happen…  But you can still find me on other platforms anyway… 

     Oh, and if you'd like to see/ know more about my works (like freaking concept art of WOTR), you can find me on Deviant Art, Art Station, Lofter, Weibo, and Instagram! Links provided in my profile! 

——————Christina Leung (/C. Rexy L.)

——————2019.05.01.

I drew Danny, again, of course. 😂

Don't repost my stuff! 😡😡😡

Freaking art thieves are rude and disturbing. 🙄 (maybe that's why Danny cries… 😢😭)

By the way, I have a sideblog now! I am going to reblog several of my posts.

(I still haven't posted the answers I mentioned) (I really need to post more of my works…)

于9月17号发布。

CREXY2000L的第73个原创post。

Godzilla AU concept art. 😜

For @lightphantomnecrozma (creator of the AU)

It was fun to draw and think of those interesting things.

(I wonder why it seems nobody notice my blog<s> here…😂)

The 2nd original post——————C. Leung

More stuff about my freaking AU "Wings of the Ravens". 😂😂😂

Here is a more detailed explanation for this Danny's condition: He's a halfa, which means he is nether a human nor a ghost. He was mutated, to some degree. And his mutation cannot be reversed. In this way, it's impossible to "get" a physiological human or a physiological ghost from him. I am not a fan of some of the show's ideas, and the above were my headcanon(s) at first, but I figured that it's better to consider them as AU stuff.

You can still tear something out of some halfas (for example, Danny), like canon. Also, when two halfas are fused, you will have a "new" halfa, or something that is just not an actual ghost. So in this AU, Daniel (Danny's so-called "human half"), Vlad and even Dan are technically half ghosts (kind of…). When Vlad ripped Danny's "ghost half" away, he didn't pull 50% of Danny out. My idea is that he removed about 63%~69% (maybe more) of Danny (it's not actual science so it probably "makes sense"), which was a lot. Daniel can still survive, though.

As a result, the remaining part of Danny (Daniel), became kind of "different" from Danny himself. He has been suffering from some side effects from the separation itself as well as not being "complete" since then. He often seems lifeless, compared to Danny (or Dan…). Vlad lost the ability to completely transform, but his condition is way better than Daniel's. Since Phantom (Danny) didn't exactly know how to operate the Ghost Gauntlets, he tore Vlad in the "wrong" way. Vlad probably lost 27%~29% of himself, and he is actually "fine" after that.

Daniel hadn't been able to "use" ghost powers for some time (he thought he wasn't using powers, but he actually had some sorts of ghostly abilities). He wanted "his powers" to come back, since "losing his powers" really affected his life. He was kind of "sick", and Vlad told him that he needed to intake some ectoplasm.

Anyway, Daniel has been eating /drinking ectoplasm. It's probably like the ghost hunger thing, but not really the same. He can eat ectoplasm (he has the ability to absorb ghost energy), and he needs to do it. It's a common thing to do among half ghosts here, so it's actually fine. Another thing is that Daniel might really attack a ghost near him. He is able to injure some types of ghosts and half ghosts physically and even weaken them. He can also hurt his counterpart Dan, of course. (so you will see these two "Dannys" hurting each other… ) 😂😂😂

As for the "Daniel with freaking creepy wing-like things" design, well honestly it isn't too necessary, but it's still here.

I am keeping it because it's interesting to just draw that design, and the design is easily identifiable. The design itself doesn't quite make sense, though, and I am aware of it. 😂

This appearance is basically in Daniel's imagination, which means the wing-like things aren't real at all. Those things are really just called "wing-like things", which isn't a very good name (it's called "wings" below). I kind of mentioned this before. (I just like to draw weird little kids…) 😂

Anyway, he cannot "fly" with those things, since the "wings" are meant to be decoration, and to serve for character identifying, especially when I "interact" with another person who also has an AU. He can move the "wings". He doesn't always fold the "wings", and just drags them instead. The "wings" don't necessarily attach to Daniel (because of the art style 😂). They move/ function more like human arms than modern birds' or theropod dinosaurs' forearms and can position like theropod dinosaurs' arms (Theropod dinosaurs' forearms don't position like what is shown in Jurassic Park series or Jurassic World series btw).

Some people like the multiverse concept and they add my AU Danny (usually use the "winged" Daniel design for identifying) into their little comics or something, and I'm often fine with that (even if they didn't really ask first… since getting fanart from people is sometimes very interesting and can be encouraging). When I (and/ or other people) let him meet other Dannys who are from some other AUs, he can keep the "wings" there. His "wings" are likely to be "real" (functional limbs mostly made from ectoplasm) when he isn't in his home universe. And in this case, he may try to do something villainous (My AU "Dannys" are not necessarily "good" anyway).

More info of the AU:

Rexy Leung's 60th original post.

发布于2020年7月20日。

Daniel.

(AU stuff. Characters are OOC. 😂)

I am posting the drawings I created during Dannymay (FINALLY! ). (There is English translation of the dialogue below. 😂)

Sam: Danny, there are numerous ghostly fish outside! We are going fish-watching!

Tucker: Our equipments are ready!

Danny (thinks): (I) want to sleep.

Sam: Alright, let's go!

(I tried to translate the dialogue. I personally don't think it's the best translation I can do. I was busy and tired last month, and didn't want to do the translation and didn't post these. If you have advice on translating, please tell me about it. 😊)

They are going fish-watching (It's like bird-watching, but you will watch ghostly fish instead. I have to create this weird word in order to translate. ). There are shoals of ghostly fishes migrating, and it's a great time to have a close look at them. Also, to see those creatures clearly, a special equipment is required. 😄😄😄Those fish (fishes) (there are a few species actually) have names, and I might give them some names later. I will probably design the creatures, too. 🤔

The fifteenth prompt was "Favorite AU" (I usually use "favourite", but whatever), and I really love one of my own AUs, the one with a probably weird name, "Wings of the Ravens", of course. I have some screenshots that show parts of the drawing process (I have already posted a drawing video here! The video is a bit creepy. 😂), and I would love to share them with you. But Tumblr won't let me post those (long? they are "long" anyway) images, so I could only give you guys a link towards my post on Lofter:

Then, more drawings.

1. Eyes. Daniel yells.

I drew some concept sketches, but in the end I made sth different from these two sketches. I was too lazy to draw more than character or to find proper references of making a doll.

2. Flowers.

The design of the purple/blue plants (flowers) were inspired by hyacinth, but they are in fact fantasy creatures. The tree with blossoms is a creature I mentioned before (it's like an alternate version of Blood Blossom, but it's not really Blood Blossom).

(Some of the lines are messy. 😂) It isn't a very happy scene, but people can have their own opinions.

By the way I personally think many of my stuff is pretty serious. 🤔

I have finished my all of my final exams. 😂 My grades aren't as good as I expected. I was a bit angry but I am fine now. 😂😂😂 (I didn't failed any of my subjects anyway! 😉) Well, I suppose I can be a bit more active here this month. And I will try to post more art. It's not really convenient for me to post stuff. 😩 But I like sharing my works…

Rexy Leung's 54th original post.

于2020年7月7日发布。

Something about my Danny Phantom AU.

I drew something for my alternate universe "Wings of the Ravens". The little bear in the picture is my character Bella.

DO NOT REPOST OR USE. 😠

Top left: The bear. 🤔

Middle left: 👀👀.

Bottom left: Feeding time (kind of).

Top right: Danny is trying to love "himself", or maybe not really.

Middle right: Danny in his lab coat!

Bottom right: 😢😭.

It usually takes me quite a long time to draw. 🤔 And I often feel stressful when I create works. It was great that I finally felt a little bit happy again when I drew this picture.

The joy of conveying what I want to say can really encourage me to create more works. 😭😭😭

There are mainly two ways of drawing lines here. One way is to use lines with the same thickness (there are two to three kinds of thickness), and the other way is to use several different lines (like the lines in ink painting). When I used lines with the same thickness, I could draw pretty clear shapes and the more important thing was I could focus on designing the density of lines in an easier way. The other way of drawing is a lot more similar to ink painting methods and it is always interesting to use. I can write lines you know.

I have posted some drawings of Danny wearing his lab coat and Bella the Bear before (@liang-rexy ). Apparently Danny has more than one coat ha ha! 😂 I also drew two limiters (the belts) for the boy this time since I mentioned that my AU Danny uses "power limiters" willingly. 🤔

I wanted talk about my AU Danny AGAIN. Some concepts below were mentioned before and I still wanted to write them again. 😂

The Danny here suffers from some illnesses and he does get separated, and then there is Dark Danny and a more human-like Danny (sharp-incisorsed/ black-haired Danny), and neither of the Dannys is nasty/ violent enough to become something really horrible. Both Dannys are still half humans and they actually need what humans need. The two Dannys are fine with the existence of themselves and they can get on well with each other. They can fuse together (then separate if necessary) without using any tools/ devices, and when they are being one Danny, Danny can be more reasonable than his black-haired self. (Unfortunately Dannys are still suffering from illnesses. 😞)

In this world the Dannys are regarded as shapeshifters by other people, although I know that the "going ghost" thing is different from shapeshifting. Both of the Dannys can shapeshift but the black-haired Danny doesn't do that very often. Danny doesn't change "back" to any forms, so if he is very tired he will just stay in the current form. Basically he can only be other versions of himself and he has preferred forms. He needs to shapeshift occasionally or it will be uncomfortable for him to stay in a form, because staying in one form for too long (a few days or several weeks will be alright) is not very good for his health, but he can't shapeshift too frequently or it will be too tiring/ painful and even harmful/ dangerous for Danny. For example, he won't want to change immediately after a transformation (sometimes he just cannot transform after that without taking a rest). So he needs to be careful when he chooses a form. He uses some devices like the limiters mentioned above to monitor his health condition. The devices can also help him stay in a particular form if that's really necessary.

Danny has some hobbies and he really has the time to do his things. I have already talked about that. And I might talk more about what Danny can do/ like to do later. The boy takes good care of (most of) his toys and models and he is fine with playing toys with Jazz or other people, but he is afraid of stuff toys (only occasionally). Cute fluffy animal toys might scare him, so someone who knows Danny might use dolls to try to frighten Danny.

By the way, I didn't want Dannys to know the TUE timeline earlier, but this year I changed my mind. Little Dan here does see something of the TUE alternate universe (TUE is a parallel world in this case).

Liang Rexy嘅第6篇文章。

于2021年9月22日发布。

Oh I am posting weird stuff again.

Don't repost my art.

It's my au and every canon character is definitely OOC, like always. 😂

😂Hm, alley cats and stray dogs.

Sam will probably try to help the still living kittens and puppies. (It took me two days to finish this comic. 😂)

Personally, I don't like stray animals. Stray animals sometimes cause lots of troubles (I know it's actually our fault), for example, killing wildlife (like tree sparrows, wagtails, some snakes and lizards in my city) for fun. So, if you really do want to help stray animals, I guess taking them home and taking care of them, or bringing them to someone who can help them might be some better solutions. Feeding stray animals and providing a temporary shelter are not helping at all. 🙄🙄🙄 Just, please don't feed them. (↑Not really relate to my comic. I just want to say my opinions. You can have your own views, anyway. )

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Daniel with those wing-like things again. I still draw this freaking design. "Wings" aren't too necessary in the au, but they make this Danny identifiable. 😂

(↓Simple translation)

👻Ghosts:

It's the host!

He's fluffy!

I want to pet him!

The host! A hairy host!

👻: Ahhhhh!

He's holding my hand! He likes me!

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(this is so silly but whatever)😂 (just nevermind)

The ghostly little children are overshadowing this Danny. When ghost/ half ghosts overshadow Daniel (or invade his dreams), they may "see" Daniel (sometimes he has those wing-like stuff as a reminder that he is in somewhere imaginary), and can "communicate"/ "talk" and interact with the host. Daniel is capable of understanding the situation as well as talking to the guests or intruders. He can choose to ignore the guests, interact with them, shoo/ push them out, or just kill them. (Or he can silently aborb the guests' ghostly energy. It's like some kind of attack/overshadow backfire. )

😂😂😂.

Stuff occurred to me so I drew and wrote it.

He bites. Relate to this post:

You know I took some asks earlier. @suekis-stuff said that she wanted to see two Dannys fighting (but Danny is uncomfortable with the idea). I drew something pretty close to that eventually.

I've read a few fics about these two. Usually those stories include some sorts of body horror and has description of character death (human Danny's death). Compared to them, my au is probably strange… My friends said my au Dannys look adorable (I'm supposed to make a creepy and violent scene, but my stuff just look like this 😂).

By the way I've finished the answers I mentioned. I will probably post them here later.

Rexy Leung's 68th original post.

发布于2020年8月16号。

Daniel and some little children (my OCs).

(I really want to talk about my freaking AU now. ) It's AU, so canon characters are OOC in some ways, and don't say I didn't warn you.

Daniel is hungry and he wants to… Heck, no, that's my baby Ectopus child! 😐

Well Danny is going to do the "killing" thing at first, because he suddenly thinks these little ghostly creatures look "tasty". He has some kind of desire to "absorb ghostly energy", but he can still control himself. (Yeah, it's something like ghost hunger, since I like that concept. )

And somehow he ends up babysitting some Ectopuses.

A sketch. (I don't want to finish it. ) Daniel stares at a little ghost at the corner. (I didn't draw the little guy. ) The square on his desk is actually a container and there are small creatures from the Ghost Zone in it. I call those creatures little leeches. Danny keeps them and feeds them. When the leeches are big enough, Danny will eat them. Then he sometimes vomits the leeches…

I have some weird drawings. @suekis-stuff

The sketchy scene on the right: Danny is vomiting ectoplasm of the leeches. I thought the scene was too sketchy, so I redrew it. Here's a clearer one.

(I think this drawing looks better, but it's also probably kind of disturbing. ) (I have been thinking about creepy stuff I know. )

I have more sketches. Some are off-shape, because I wasn't sketching carefully enough, and I was displeased. But it's actually alright, since it's fine to make mistakes.

(Why does my AU Daniel always look upset and anxious… )

Dark Danny says: "He's my best friend and he's really nice!" (Their hoodies are probably matching hoodies. )

Honestly, my AU is just not as angsty as other AUs that involve the interaction between Danny (Danny's human half) and Dan. I have said that ghosts in this freaking universe are really less threatening than canon ghosts.

I wanted to test the effect of a comic page, so this happened.

The text in the dark grey box is basically Daniel's thoughts. He worries that he will actually meet "the Moose" (A canon character. The ghost moose with one eye, you know. I might give the Moose a better name. ), although the Moose won't be able to hurt him, and he doesn't think he is supposed to be there. (And he forgets to bring something. ) Then someone let out a yell (that dialogue bubble: Get off me! (remove your hoof)). There is another ghost with one eye (In this case he is stepped by the Moose accidently. ) (Did I post that character here before? I did post the drawing to somewhere else for sure. ). That's a tiny ghost who actually says a sentence in the show. I let this character and the Moose become partners or something in the AU. (The concept here: Danny is asked by a ghost worm to find the Moose, and bring him to the Worms. If Danny success, then he will get paid or something. )

I suppose I like the background. I tried a few ways of drawing backgrounds, including ones that are coloured. And this kind of lineart looks fine. However, this freaking drawing doesn't make sense, and I am aware of it. I haven't shown what happened and what is going on, so the whole picture is confusing and the dialogue is nonsense. I wrote the text AFTER finishing most part of the picture, and things got messy when I didn't think about the story before actually drawing or writing. I really can make something better, to be honest.

My little child Ebulliant (her name is a misspelled word. ) (She now has six tentacles, because I suppose this looks nice). On February 3rd, 2020, I was chatting in a QQ group, when someone sent an image of a lollipop. I immediately drew my ectopus to reply "them". Ebulliant says "I would love to have a lollipop! " Then other members replied that person. I realised that they were definitely not talking about candies. It seemed that they were saying something related to NSFW, but I wasn't sure, and was really confused and annoyed. And I drew Ebulliant with "???". On the bottom left of the comic, Ebulliant covers her eyes and says "I thought there will be lollipops." After that she still doesn't understand the content in that conversation, like, "What exactly are you guys talking about…"

Rexy Leung's 46th original post.

2020. 05. 31.

I am actually working on something like this. 🤔Danny really needs some rest.

someone please make an au where danny gets some Rest

just one universe where he sleeps for more than 5 minutes is acceptable