a crossword puzzle is an unholy marriage of spelling bee, trivia contest, and a troll that lives under a bridge and asks you riddles
It’s like a spelling bee because it requires you to know exactly how to spell relatively uncommon words. It’s like a trivia contest because it asks you to understand both obscure nerd references and sports terminology. It’s like a troll under a bridge because if you fill it out wrong it comes to life and eats you.
Shitty au where everything’s the same but Danny took one look at the portal and like any smart person decided not to go in, so his “ghost form” is just him wearing a bedsheet. He still fights the ghost coming through the portal he just isn’t half dead. Everyone in Amity Park is always trying to figure out who the person beneath the sheet is. His parents are still trying to kill him
