#'ummmmm :/ why don't you make him more NORMAL' with the intent of like homophobic undertones < crying am i really

[ducktracy]

i think a big secret to success in drawing and portraying Daffy is very reliant on capturing a very specific effeminacy to him. but 95% of the time (and i'm not saying just fanart, more modern shows like TLTS, Duck Dodgers, and yes even Wabbit lean into this) it's the wrong kind of effeminacy. i don't know how to articulate what the "right" effeminacy is other than it is much more delicate than is usually captured. there has to be a little there. i truly think it is inherent to his character, because there are portrayals where it's absent and it doesn't feel like him either. but he has a very specific brand of effeminacy about him that i rarely ever see captured beyond vague stereotypes that are sort of slapped onto his character rather than actually thinking about his character itself. effeminate in a "is captured by a fox and about to be eaten alive and says 'typical of the little black duck' upon devising a debatably clever plan" way rather than "lost member of Mean Girls" way. it is a very musical effeminacy rather than catty. like. listen to how Mel Blanc talks as him and how rhythmic and musical his deliveries are and the way he scoops and trills and all the vocal frills and exorbitances. and then capture that as a physical manifestation in the form of a duck.

edit: “flamboyance” is maybe the word i’m thinking moreso of “effeminacy”, but potato puhtawtoe. the same point remains. he’s a showman and indulgent and charismatic, not gossipy or catty or bratty

can i say a, not a hot take per se, but a mildly contentious observation that may potentially make me sound self righteous and pompous despite not viewing myself that way as the slightest. i'm probably going to anyway. but i feel the need to beg for forgiveness first. looks at you with my wet eyes