For starters, Danny's daddy was kicked out of this fabled city and exiled, much like native americans were kicked out of their own lands and exiled on reservations. Much like Native Americans as well, Daniel is betrayed/ stabbed in the back by those who are supposed to help him. For example: Meachum, his fathers business partner, kills daddy rand in order to get his position in the company. Yu-ti, danny's uncle, plotted his own brothers death and his sister in law's death (Heather, his mother, is killed in front of him by a pack of wolves while trying to escape to safety).
Both Thomas and Danny love telling stories!!!! Thomas tells stories to give wisdom, advice, and keep traditions alive. Danny tells stories to teach morals, teachings he learned, and historical stories A LOT like Thomas.
Thomas's "powers" are his stories, which he seemingly draws on from his ancestors. Danny draws his power from this ancient evil fire breathing serpent that doesnt ever die, but danny killed him anyways. Danny can also MIND MELD (share emotions/ memories) just like Thomas does in his trial, and during the drug shroom story. Danny also has the ability to heighten his awareness of everything around him by tapping into the dead serpents power; thomas is pretty observant as well, for he manages to predict that Victor's dad would eventually leave them (its a bit far fetched but whatever). Danny can help heal others, and Thomas helps heal Victor by helping him let go of his dad. Danny adapts to his environment to survive; native americans were forced to adapt, and the motif of survival comes up quite a bit in TLRATFFIH. Speaking of which, numbness comes up a lot too; well guess what? DANNY can control what he feels!!! Now that I've already gone off on a motif tangent, its probably best to just continue so here are even MORE motifs/random thoughts (some not so great):
Danny is a warrior, Thomas considers him a warrior
Both are very attached to their cultures/traditions/history
Both are dual citizens (thomas is Native American and american, danny is american and K'un-Lun
In case i didn't mention, both are obsessed with telling stories/ giving advice in monologues
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