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This series is for any and all Danyal Al Ghul aus that catch my fancy and I decide to write down! Some of them are connected, and if they do they'll likely have a separate series to them. Knowing myself, they'll all carry similar themes of letting Danny's assassin heritage have more significant impact on him as a person, because I've noticed that it's heavily underutilized in most Danyal Al Ghul aus I see despite being such a significant backstory change. While not every fic will like, go into a whole character analysis about Danny's time in the league, his backstory as an ex-assassin will in some form or another, influence his behavior, personality, and the like.

I have a lot of feelings about this. And since I try not to be in the habit of telling people how to write their own fics/aus/etc, I'll just make it myself lmao.

(like wdym growing up in an assassin cult had no significant impact on his mental psyche during his foundational development years???? The early years of children are called foundational for a reason! That shit sticks with them for liiiIFE. Wdym Damian is the only one who has to 'unlearn' League training? Why is Danny the 'pure, compassionate, untouched by the League's mentality' sibling? Do you know how racist that looks when you make Damian the brown brother and Danny the white passing one?)

(and wdym Danny has no complex moral quandaries and doesn't have to go through years of unlearning bad habits from the league. It took me over half a decade of my childhood to overcome my anger issues and that was WITH help, AND catching it early, and you're telling me Danny gets through cult deprogramming in one month without it? Like a complete blank slate? Because he's got Jazz? Respectfully that is a Child, she ain't doing jack shit. Put some respect on my girl's name, she's more than your therapist friend)

(He doesn't have Any Ecofascist Ideals From The Ecofascist Cult? What do you MEAN he understands the value of human life??? Who Taught Him That In The League??? Nature vs Nurture is a game of tug-o-war and there are no winners, just the bigger influence. Y'all look up the 1961 Bobo the Clown Doll Experiment and you'll see why I'm Reacting So Much to this.)

(Wdym he has no bad personality traits he picked up from being the grandson of the Demon Head? He's not even a little arrogant? Not self-centered? Not selfish? Possessive? He's just Pure And Honest Good?? And what do you MEAN he doesn't have Any League Training. Why. I can understand if he's 'bad at being an assassin' in comparison to the Literal Assassin Club to Outclass All Assassins but what about in comparison to the average joe? And also if he was good at being an assassin, shouldn't that still show?)

(wdym he's still getting his ass beat like in canon, wdym he's still reliant on his powers? Why isn't he tormenting Vlad with a sword. I think he deserves to. wdym he isn't terrorizing skulker a la 'predator-turned-prey' the moment he realized this guy was a poacher? You're gonna change a significant part of danny's backstory and then not do anything with it? it has no impact? no implications beyond him being related to damian? its all cosmetic? for shame!)

(i'm that one reaction image of the creatchure on all fours growling and snarling and shaking its head with something in its mouth like a dog trying to rip open its stuffy. I am also the Jennifer Lawrence Hot Wings Challenge sound "what do you mean? whAT DO YOU MEAN?" The pure untapped potential of Danyal Al Ghul aus in regards to the whole "hey he was raised to literally be an assassin lmao" part of it all is just. It has me chewing on it like a dog trying to tear apart its squeaky toy.)

(as i said -- i have SO many thoughts about Danyal Al Ghul aus, its my favorite au, and most of the stuff I see personally tend to disregard the whole 'assassin' part in favor of the 'damian's dead brother' bit, which is all fine and dandy but yall are missing out on some fantastic character building skills and fun. And since I try not to be in the habit of telling other people what to do with their own writing/art/fic, then i will simply just Make It Myself)