You know what's been bothering me all morning?
Like it won't leave my freaking head?
Danny technically fits the criteria of a banshee.
And yes. Typically those types of spirits / faries where woman. But there were male ones too.
The males just went by a different name and were extremely rare.
They also frequently had white hair and black, gray, white and green color schemes.
Sound familiar?
Not to mention they were omens of death and in some cases destruction or catastrophes.
Like their sorrowful wails would fill the night with dread and anxiety right before bad things happened.
Also some stories describe the wail as being destructive at times or comforting in an eerie way, at others. It varies.
The shattering glass thing is what stuck with me.
They're also supposed to be able to sense doom and death.
So what if that applies to Dannys ghost sense. It's not just a ghost sense. It's literally a death sense.
He's sensing the dead before they show up. Just like a banshee can sense death beforehand as well.
This may also be why Vlad doesn't have a ghost sense in canon.
He's not the same type of Ghost as Danny is.
The ghost sense seems to be unique to Danny, specifically in the series.
Again male banshees are rare so that makes sense.
But the reason this won't leave me alone is because it fits Dannys character so well but also for the levels of angst it can provide as his ghost instincts get stronger.
He starts to get premonitions of Doom before they happen and his obsession naturally compels him to try and prevent them. But he doesn't just settle for giving a warning like other banshees. If Danny can prevent the disaster and save people he will. He's driven to protect, and help those in need as much as possible.
But then he gets those urges some nights, ones where he knows he will not be able to help.
He knows someone is about to die, and so he crys.
His wail is long and haunting and at first the citizens of amity fear it.
They assume that phantom is causing the deaths.
But then someone captures him in the act. Takes a video of his tear stained face as his voice carries out in sorrow.
And they realize Phantom is mourning a citizen he can't save.