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adamstrange:

you guys all talk about how sky high and the incredibles are the best super hero movies (sadly they are) but the best superhero story i’ve ever seen in terms of how it handled the typical tropes in superhero stories and flipping them around without straight up disrespecting the superhero genre is danny phantom

some things about danny phantom:

-he was a magical girl style superhero, he transformed into his hero persona
-he was both hated and loved by the people he protected, a very spider-man trope
-he didn’t keep his identity a secret to protect his family from his villains, his villains knew who he was, but danny was scared of his own parents finding out about his identity. because he thought his own parents would kill him
-HIS VILLAINS KNEW WHO HE WAS! the people out to kill him knew him better than most of the other people in his life (not counting sam/tucker/jazz) this gave him a very complex relationship with his enemies
-the lore, the lore had so much potential, the world building was batshit in all the right ways, i admire that
-he has a clone, dani, and every superhero story should have at least one clone at some point
-his story was a super interesting mix of supernatural and magical
-he had really cool and creative powers
-he was still a guy dressing up in a costume fighting crime, like a superhero should be

in terms of being a story about a superhero, danny phantom takes the cake. we deserve a edgy adult swim reboot that takes advantage of all it’s potential and has better art. this show honestly handled the superhero genre in a new and interesting way wile still staying true to it’s genre