Showing of his fangs for the crowd ‹𝟹
Thinking of Dan who is soft for Ellie because she's not the first clone he's met. Him finding a girl with his face floating in a capsule filled with ectoplasm while exploring the mansion after being taking in by Vlad. Him returning again and again because even though she isn't conscious he craves human connection. Him only interacting with Vlad (screaming matches) and servants (they avoid him in fear of upsetting him) so he starts talking to her, and sometimes he can even pretend that she responds.
Something something Danny being averse to fighting because he was forced into being a vigilante and fighting reminds him of those times when he was forced to fight. Dan who once held the same view but then his family died, he was taken in by Vlad, and fighting was still a necessity but now it also became a saving grace. He couldn’t afford to be vulnerable with Vlad’s suffocating presence controlling every part of his life so he channeled his hurt into anger and then that into fighting with Vlad. Fighting slowly became a comfort, almost instinctual, something familiar that helped him feel like he had control when he had none.