#and by 'inspired by' i mean i was so facinated i absolutely Had to do something

[r4pira]

Doflamingo's golden present

inspired by THIS fic by @hazeism

[sparrowwritesforobeyme]

NSFW Alphabet x Diavolos Dad

@fellulahh started a movement, which I fondly call “the devil daddy stan-squad”

It is very inspiring!

So to support this great developement...have some NSFW-Alphabet promts for Dias father.

(Since he is not an actual character in the game (yet!) none of this is remotely canon!I wish....hahah)

A-ftercare

This mass of a man is not used to real affection. He never took a real interest in anybody, neither did he have the time for that.

It actually takes him a while to open up, but even after he feels more comfortable with the relationship, his way of showing affection is more subtle.

For instance he will pull you into him in order to “straighten up the sheets” on your side of the bed. You can be sure that he will just not let you go again.

B-ody

Like his son, this man is huge.

The Demon King takes pride in his impressive height. He loves the way he tower over his lover wherever they go, but also in bed.

You could say that he has a decent size kink!

The thing he lovey about his lover would be their hips and butt.

I headcanon that he is a booty fan! Small booty, big booty, he approves!

You can be sure that his hands constantly leave prints on your deicate flesh from how hard he grabs you.

C-Cheesy

If you thinks that this man is all grim and moody...you are on the right path. He had an image to uphold!

But seriously...I believe that he has the ability to be Cheesy, at least with his lover.

Diavolo probably inherited it from his dad!

But his goofy side will not show during the act itself. Sometimes he´ll tease you during foreplay, but this man prefers passion over goofyness in bed.

D-irty Secret

Is this man the ruler of a whole realm? YES!

Does he enjoy to have his lover ride him once in a while? Hell Yes!

Please give this man the right to watch his lover be on top of him once in a while!

E-xperience

The demon lord is almost as old as time itself, to be fair, he spent a big amount of it in a slumber...but he gained experience.

Demons are just not able to resist temptations!

The Demon King puts his experience to use with his lover, he has a lot of great ways to make you loose control in the sheets (and probably every other surface of the palast)

F-avourite Position

finding positions during sex is quite difficult for the two of you.

while his height has many advantages....sex isn´t one of them

you actually tried quite a few ones, but many tries ended not as expected

Positions like 69 will simply not work out for the two of you

He actually went to the human work in secret and got a book for sex positions to find something that suits the two of you. He´´ll never admit it openly and you can´t deny that it did something to you when you caught him being engrossed in a book about “human mating” (it probably was a porno magazine..this man has no clue of human media), while sitting at his table, looking all serious.

If he feels more emotional, he´d want to spoon you during sex or sprawl you out on the bed in front of him. Looking at you during the deed is the epitum of intimacy to him!

after a while you found many position that work out for you.

His favourite ones include bending you over a piece of furniture or having you ride him.

G-oofy

The only time he´ll break his serious stance in the bedroom is during foreplay

He´ll tease you A LOT

“Hmmm...so wet for me already...quite desperate my love”

“cat got your tongue? How unfortunate...I came up with one or two ideas  how you could use it!”

H-air

The demons King strikes me as a rough type of handsome, but that does not mean that he just let´s everything grow wildly!

He always makes sure to groom his royal area to perfection.

Also he read about humans facination of the happy-trail...he makes sure to adapt

I-ntimacy

being intimate with the devil in person is quite a challenge sometimes.

He is very busy, but when he finds you, he´ll make sure to make up for it in any way you can imagine

Sex with the Demon King (he needs a name srsly) can be either extremely passionate or extremely intimate, this man does not make compromises!

One thing is clear...you are his Queen/Partner and he will make sure that you are satisfied, even if it means that he has to man up and share his deepest desires with you

J-ealos Sex? 

you´re in an entanglement with a King...he knows that there is no one better than him, at first sight at least.

He might have a hard time to admit it to himself, but sometimes he wonders whether he is really capable of making you fully content, since he has so little knowdledge of the human world and it´s culture.

This adorable mass of a man spents his free time listening to you or reading human-literature in order to fully grasp what humanity is about.

So if you actually went to the human world and there was a person that connected with you or talked about some human thing he is not able to understand just yet...he will get jealous.

How cam a peasant believe they can just walk up to the queen of devildome and pretent to be better than the King himself!

He absolutely will show you that he understands you and your body better than anybody else, when you get home,( or in a secluded area nearby)

K-ink

like already mentioned he loves the size difference. It does not matter whether you are tall or short, in comparision you are tiny, also you should not forget that he can influence his human form and he may or may not make sure that he hovers over you at all times.

Demons have their own way of showing affection to their chosen one, one these ways is marking their partner

The Demon King would proudly show off his partner plus lovebites he left on them.

If his partner is a female the next stage for him would be breeding. I can see him getting exited by the thought of seeing his woman swelling with his son growing inside of her, showing the world that she is his.

L-ocation

What use does a palace have if you can´t use it?

He´ll want to sleep with his partner in any place they can imagine, but his favourite places, would be either his throne (serious powerplay...just imagine you riding him, while he sits on his massive throne) or your shared bed (because he knows that you´re most comfortable this way)

M-otivation

Many things get the King going, but his absolutely biggest trigger is you being the Partner/Queen you are.

Seeing you tending to Devildomes Subjects with love and care will make him want to sweep you off of your feet and carry you to your shared bedroom.

Another thing that gets him going is praise. When you call him “my King”, “Your majesty” or simply “love”....you are in for a ride

N-O

What he absolutely would not do is having a threesome with anybody, especially not Diavolo!

Another thing he´d not even want to try is BDSM on him or you. He can get a bit rough with you, but he is scared to hurt you too much if you tried implementing pain in your sex life.

His sadism is dangerous sometimes.

O-ral

He just adores the sounds you make when he goes down on you ang god---- he is skilled!

He likes receiving just as much as giving.

Watching you go down on him, clearly having a hard time taking all his glory in, will make him painfully hard in your mouth.

P-ace

His pace depends on his mood and the situation that lead to sex.

If the two of you jokes around and indulged in a more playful kind of sex, he would be on the faster side, relishing in the lovely souns he can get out of you

If the two of you have a more passionate session, he would take his time and force every little bit of pleasure out of you.

Q-uicky

Due to the time issue Quickies are normal for the two of you, though he prefers to make you scream all night.

Usually Quickies re some sort of teaser to prepare you for whats going to happen this night.

Saying that it happened once or twice that a Quick Round activated his hunger, poor Diavolo( and Lucifer) had to take care of all the work, because the King himself had a meeting to attent

Of course they know his true intention and tbh it´s still hard for them to accept that their friend is now the partner of the Demon King himself, especially since they both showed an interest in you as well

R-efraction Period

a matter of minutes..demons have just more stamina than humans do.

But he will make sure to stop, when you can´t take it anymore!

S-ecret

He was aware of you way before he officially “awaked”

after a while he fell for you, only after that he decided to make a move and claim you as his

The Demon King was aware of his sons plans and watched it all unfold (not being happy at all) but you piqued his interest.

“A weak human making pacts with some of the strongest demons of Devildome?”

T-oys

The Demon is old-fashioned, he prefers to be the the thing giving his lover pleasure, not some damn piece of plastic

Also he is not advanced in technical knowledge, it was quite a shock to him to wake up to a modern devildome

U-nfair

BIG TEASE

it goes hand in hand with his powerplay-kink

the King just loves to see you loose your mind, almost begging for him. It does wonders for his ego!

V-olume

Entirely depends on the situation you guys are in

W-ild Card

Usually he just grunts or groans, but if you have a particularly passionate session, he´ll press orders to his theeth

“Shi- look at me! Don´t look away!”

“Tease me one more time and I´ll make sure you won´t walk for the rest of the week, lttle one”

He enjoys having you nearby at all times, even during work. Usually when he works you lay on a couch in his study and do shoolwork or read, etc

He´ll get moody if you can´t be there due to you having a life outside of the palace and friends.

He wouldn´t say it out loud, but he is slightly jealous that the demon brothers get to spent so much time with HIS Partner

X-Ray

Oh Boy...not saying numbers, but it takes some time to prepare you. This man does not only have big hands...

Y-earning

The Demon King can be needy behind closed doors

From the outside he appears cold....angry at best, but when you´re alone he yearns for his lovers affection.

He´s touch deprived, even if he´s had some...company in the past, it was never on a real intimate level.

This is completely new terrain for him, so he needs to learn how stop the intense craving for you

Z-zzz 

He slept centuries...he needs no sleep

The King knows that you need your sleep and he makes sure you get enough, but as soon as you fall asleep after a rather long session of love-making, he impatiently waits for you to wake up, slowly falling asleep after pulling you close to him.

[towerfandoms]

Headcannons for DR2 playing together in a minecraft world:

This was inspired by @koiyyo for DRV3 which I absolutely loved 🥰🥰.

This was my own take with the cast of DR2 🥵

Hajime:

- I know this boy would spend most of his time building a cute little cottage for he and Chiaki 🥺🥺

- He’d spend all day gathering wood from different biomes and making the prettiest cottage in all the land.

- Poor boy would be too nervous to put his bed next to Chiaki so he’d put a table between each bed cuz he’s an awkward elf like that

- He is fairly decent at fighting and is super efficient when mining as in abiding all the rules. But this boy just wants to make the prettiest and coziest cottage so he leaves everything else to Chiaki 😌😌

- Is super pissed off whenever Nagito kills him. He just doesn’t understand? Mans just trying to be a good husband and here comes the Nagito the homewrecker-

Nagito Komaeda:

- On the first night Fuyuhiko warns him to not dig straight down. And what does he do??? He digs straight down and lands right beside lava AND diamonds. BUT he’s also a newbie to minecraft so he uses a stone pick axe :/

- He, Fuyuhiko and Souda make a little bro fort where all they do is fuck around and end up accidentally blowing their place to bits

- He can’t fight pvp at all but his luck extends to the game so somehow his opponent always ends up falling off a cliff or into lava. Because of this no one wants to fight Nagito.

- Nagito liked to kill Hajime on purpose for the sake of hope- but really he just wanted Hajimes attention

- Has 20 pet dogs because with his luck he lost his old dog. He cried for thirty minutes when Teru Teru accidentally killed one of his dogs- that was after murdering TeruTeru 20 times and eventually burning his house down.

Ibuki:

- She, Mikan, Hiyoko and Peko have made a little girls castle. Ibukis chests are all so disorganized and she has paintings on her walls.

- She and Peko go exploring new areas. Ibuki always feels bad whenever ransacking villages so she leaves this to Peko.

- Ibuki has barely any skills when it comes to minecraft but she does have 30 cats following her at all times. She has to be careful around Peko though as sometimes she killed one of them by accident.

Peko:

- Definitely the fighter in the group. She goes out at night mob hunting. She once tried to bring Mikan but she got too scared and started crying 🤧

- Peko also has to protect the little girl gang from TeruTeru cuz he’s still a perv in minecraft.

- Seh visits Fuyuhiko at the bro cave a lot and tried to bring him fiamonds and food. He always refuses and he gets all embarrassed. He has tried many times telling Peko that she doesn’t need to look after him

- Peko wanted to live in a cottage with her master but she knew he’d never allow it and didn’t want to push boundaries.

- Hates anyone using her crafting table or furnace except her young master.

Mikan:

- Baby 🥺🥺🥺

- Poor gal is too scared to do anything.

- All she wants to do is just decorate the house and chill.

- If she had it her way she’d play peacefully all times.

-Terrified of going outisde because Hiyoko once told her the story of Herobrine and now she’s petrified and refuses to leave the house.

- She likes making potions though so spends all day at the brewing table. Is facinated by how it all works.

Fuyuhiko:

- Secretly meets up with Peko and they just chill by fighting mobs and and mining.

- Scared that everyone will find out his secret with Peko though everyone already knows what’s up

- He and the bro’s all go mining together but he absolutely despises how Nagito can find diamonds and all the good shit straight away.

- He and Souda once tried to push Nagito into lava but he somehow managed to dodge their attack and they fell in instead

Nekomaru + Akane:

- You bet your sweet ass he and Akane live together... buuuut they live in a hidey hole still 👉👈😔

- WORST players by far. They’re both so hopeless at everything from mining to mob hunting. They can barely kill a pig.

- I KNOW they both still spam attack instead of giving it a couple of seconds

- All they do is pvp. They tried to fight other players but because they spam attack 😔😔

Souda:

- Stayed in the bro fort cuz Sonia won’t let him near her

- He always somehow manages to burn the fort down??? Because of this the other two makes him sleep outside 🤧

- He’s so facinated by the concept of the crafting table?? He’s like woah how does that work without any nails 😱.

- Honestly all Souda does is try to visit Sonia in her castle but she’s protect by Gundham.

- He makes sure that he and the bro’s all sleep on different floors cuz it’s gay to sleep on the same floor.

Sonia + Gundham:

- They live in a MASSIVE castle. Like holy shit it’s so big and magnificent how the hell did they actually do this???

- They also have an equally ginormous farm cuz Gundham loves his animals 🥺🥺

- Sonias obviously a cat person so she has a whole cat army. She also has two dogs tho just for extra protection.

- Gundham chose 5 dogs to be his dark divas of destruction and by God does he love them.

TeruTeru:

- Man fuck TeruTeru

- I hate him

- He just spies on the girlos and is useless at everything

- He’s the one to rob if you need food 🤪

Chiaki:

- I mean it’s obvious she’s the best at minecraft.

- Really, really, reallyyyyyy wants to play hardcore but no one will agree :(

- She finds it all too easy and just wants to go mob hunting

- She finds minecraft a peaceful game to play but will get bored very easily

- Visits the girls often and they sometimes go exploring together.

- Generally just tries to help Hajime build his cottage.

- When they were done she noticed Hajime didn’t put the beds yet so she put them both next to eachother 😳

Hiyoko:

- Surprisingly really good.

- Just spends her time attacking Mikan

- Literally all she does is torment Mikan

- Yknow Hiyokos a bitch and just cuz she was abused doesn’t excuse that. She has no redeeming qualities and she’s just a bitch full stop jesus i hate her-

- Yeah fuck Hiyoko

Mahiru:

- I’m sorry Mahiru stans but i honestly found her annoying and boring 😔

- Bitch would probs spend all her time giving out to Nagito for digging down and TeruTeru for being a creep which fair enough

Yeah sorry i got super demotivated as I hit the last few characters cuz they’re all meh 😔😔 If you want me to redo them properly just let me know but i just needed to vent about them 🤧🤧

[shibalen]

H-hi I would like to request for Haikyuu and Yona of the dawn and um music box and jewellery box. I'm female, 18 y/o. My height is 172 cm. My hair is black and a bit below my shoulders. My skin is somewhat fair/yellowish. My eyes are dark brown and i wear glasses. My zodiac sign is Gemini and my MTBI test is ISFP-T. I'm still very confused about my sexuality so I'm okay with either and i never were in a relationship before. My hobbies are listening to music and watching anime. (1/2)🌼

Other than that, my hobbies change from time to time. I'm very kind and am very good at comforting. I'm very shy but open up very slowly to someone. I'm not that talkative. I'm very protective towards my friends. I'm very anxious, oversensitive and very insecure. I also lack a lot of self esteem. But even if i have flaws i try my best amd know that my friends are always there for me. I also get easily embarrassed. Thank you *bows* (2/2) 🌼

♡︎ matchup for 🌼anon

hi there! thanks for your patience, and i hope you enjoy your matches!

haikyuu: i match you with . . .

hinata shoyo !!

• isfp-t's tend to be sensitive and gentle as well as intense and experimental. i think you're a good balance for Hinata because you'd keep his feet on the ground while he would help you be more confident about yourself. believe me, this ray of sunshine would adore you to the moon and back !!

• he becomes more observant thanks to you as he learns better how to keep his voice down and excitability under control so you wouldn't get overwhelmed. he loves you and only wishes for your comfort ♡︎

• you came to cheer on Kenma and Kuroo actually for a Nekoma vs Karasuno practice match the first time you two met. After the match Hinata was looking for his friend when he spotted you being surrounded by tall strangers and looking rather anxious.

• his instincts made him jump in and try to get them to stop bothering you, trying to be as intimidating as possible. but then you reached out and said they were first years just asking for directions (・∀・)

• it was an honest mistake, you assured him and found his kindness touching despite the truth. your mutual friends helped you feel more comfortable around this ball of energy, and, though you had already graduated by then, he was able to confess his feelings.

• he's talkative enough for the both of you and will happily do speaking in your stead if that's what you want until you become accustomed to the situation. always encourages and supports you no matter what!

• doesn't understand why you'd feel insecure because he's in love with you for who you are, but can relate to the feeling of inferiority nevertheless. he's your biggest cheerleader and admires your determination to keep doing your best! honestly, you're his inspiration.

• he's delighted to say the least when you begin opening up to him. knows better than to pressure you but sometimes he can't help but to cheer you on "uwah, your laugh is so pretty, y/n! i wanna hear it more!" – "i like this artist too! you have such a great taste in music!"

• thinks it's awesome sauce that you switch between hobbies. you get to try out new things all the time, and whenever you show/tell him about what you started you can see stars in his eyes. it comes as no surprise he's tried getting you into volleyball too.

• you'd think with all the volleyball going on in his head Hinata's never been in a relationship before either. well, you are absolutely correct. you're just two awkward dorks in love trying your best.

• Hinata would be a stuttering mess at first, his hands sweating buckets as he tries to take hold of yours. however, once he understands you're also shy he makes an effort to appear more confident.

• brags about you to everyone because he needs them to know how incredible you are.

• one time when he was showing you volleyball he praised you for an amazing receive so many times that your face overheated and you hid in the corner from embarrassment. bby was so worried he'd said something wrong that he went crying to Suga. "i broke y/n!!" ｡ﾟ(*´□`)ﾟ｡

• tol girlfriend makes his heart go doki doki. loves that you accept his height as well (pre-timeskip at least). will give you piggybacks to train but to also have fun with you. post-timeskip you're the same height which means he lifts you up and carries you a lot more to make up for lost time (•̀ᴗ•́)و

• for dates you'd have, for example, anime marathons (his favorites are shounen, sports, and comedy, surprise!), go to adventure parks and conventions and shopping at music stores.

♫︎ music box

— Someone To You by BANNERS

— Sunkissed by khai dreams

— Talk Too Much by COIN

— Appreciated by Rixton

— Magic Shop by BTS

♡︎ runner up: Tadashi Yamaguchi

⋆*･ﾟ:⋆*･ﾟ:⠀ *⋆.*:･ﾟ .: ⋆*･ﾟ: .⋆

akatsuki no yona: i match you with . . .

kija !!

• all right, i have my reasons! Kija may be quite headstrong and startle you with that trait sometimes but he is also extremely caring and attentive—it goes well with your kind and shy personality, he finds those traits the absolute cutest. it also squeezes his heart how protective you are of your loved ones ♡︎

• this dear boy invests all of his emotions into everything he does so it's easy for him to get hurt. during times like these your presence and advice are the best remedies he could wish for. he seeks you out sometimes even not registering it himself.

• you'd known each other for a long time, having grown up in the same village, but hardly interacted due to Kija always being secluded and treated as a god. once he was escaping the women who were trying to get to him, and met you at the edge of the village. you offered to hide him despite knowing better.

• you stayed on his mind ever since and whenever he'd see you he called your name for attention. the word about you two got around fast but you weren't liking the attention. Kija just wanted to be with you without everyone poking their nosees into it.

• so when Yona, Hak and Yoon arrived at last Kija insisted you'd come with them, swearing to protect you from all harm!

• it saddens him that you don't have a lot of self-esteem. he easily goes into rants whenever someone else says something even slightly bad about you. will throw hands with that person regardless of who they are, don't test him. you might want to step in though if starts turning into a scene.

• anyway, he won't let you forget how much potential you have. he'll stop you the moment you try to put yourself down and lists all the great things you've done. he remembers your smallest actions and words of kindness and makes sure you do as well.

• Kija seeks your approval like a puppy. whenever he wins a competition against Hak or does anything even slightly praiseworthy he turns to you with sparkling eyes. lighting a fire? yep. cooking? uh-uh. waking up earlier than Hak? most definitely. "did you see that, y/n? amazing, right??"

• very blushy about anything publically affectionate, but if you're feeling anxious any situation at all he will gently make sure you know he's there for you. tenderly touching you or whispering "it's all right. you'll be okay", anything to help put your mind at ease.

• not to be nsfw or anything but please run your fingers through his hair and over his scars and tell him how proud you are of him. he will melt into your touch ｡ﾟ°(❁ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)

• it's so adorable though that you can compliment each other like there's no tomorrow but the moment you recieve one ever you'll turn into flustered little bundles ♡︎ it's quite fun for the rest of the gang to watch as you lowkey argue over who has prettier eyes.

• your dates include exploring around towns and villages, picnics by lakes and rivers, dancing to the music in city centres and studying new things such as a place or language—anything new that you're curious about!

𑁍 jewellery box

— favourite memory with you:

the time both of you got lost in a cave and separated from others. you were scared and worried whether or not you'd make it out yet still put on a strong appearance for Kija's sake. admittedly, he tried acting tough too although there were bugs everywhere and he was freaking out. you, on the other hand, were so gentle with him and joked around lightly to ease his mind. it wasn't a particularly the happiest memory but it's his favourite because it always reminds him what a loyal, kind spirit you are.

— favourite activity to do together:

he loves going exploring with you! it teaches him new things about the world but also you, what you're facinated or repulsed by, what are things that make you laugh or sad. overall Kija is very big on quality time so don't be surprised when he asks if you'd like to go on a walk or teach him how to do something.

— favourite place to kiss you:

forehead, forehead, forehead, maybe cheeks too. a kiss doesn't come the most naturally for Kija, and you both prefer to show your affections through other actions. but a forehead kiss is sweet and innocent. he likes giving them to you when you're parting or saying goodnight/morning ♡︎

— favourite nicknames for you:

hmm, i think he'd be too shy to use anything but your name. BUT in the spur of the moment of complimenting you he easily describes you as cute, lovely, beautiful, enchanting, to name a few (・ωｰ)

— favourite thing about you:

if it comes down to it, it's your protectiveness and how much you care for others that makes Kija head-over-heels smitten with you. he's the same, so knowing you two share the same values makes him incredibly happy as it brings you even closer together ♡︎ though if you're too nice to anyone he'll get jelly like a little doggy and whine

♡︎ runner up: Yoon

thank you for requesting, dear! i had fun finding songs for the music box ( ^ω^) stay well and healthy, you are important ♡︎

[rosadelaluna]

Crystal

Lead technician

first I want to say I’m extremely honored to share my story. But it’s not just mine, it really starts with my father who migrated to the US from Mexico to find my mom & marry her. we weren’t rich by any means, but my parents knew love & hard work. My dad was a gardener in the mornings, & a waiter at night. Some days he could work 20+ hours just to make ends meet. We really didn’t have money for any mechanic when my dads gardening trucks broke down. We didn’t need one either, he always knew what he was doing. this is where my love & facination for trucks & all things fast came from! I was a daddy’s girl, like most. & all I wanted to do was help. I was invested in auto shop during high school, & went on to study at UTI in Sacramento. From there I got my dream job working for Holt of california in Yuba city as an agricultural HD mechanic. I was the only female, & the only minority. Of course, they wanted absolutely nothing to do with me. Jobs that required 2 people, they’d leave me to do it alone. they taught me the worst ways to repair harvesters & tractors. Numerous of times I was set up for failure. At this point, I felt my knowledge was pretty limited to old pick ups & what I learned from school. I felt like I wasn’t prepared for AG. & every day I told myself just that. I was drowning. Most days if I couldn’t hold it in until I got to my car, I’d cry inside a grain tank, or wedged between rotors & a concave filled with teeth. All I could think of was my dad, how hard he worked for us. I didn’t want to let the shop stop me. Thankfully, the field techs picked me up & started taking me out with them for month long overhauls on harvesters. It was here that I learned so much. So very much. but unfortunately it all came to an end when I entangled myself in a pretty violent relationship. I packed my bags & moved home. ending that chapter in my career broke me. It wasn’t until an amazing human being introduced me to light rail trains. I thought I had no business working on trains, especially anything to do with high voltage. at this point, all I knew was pick ups & farm equipment. He insisted I come in for an interview & just see what happens. I wish I could thank him for this turning point in my life. I’m on my second contract, commissioning the Fleet of The Future for BART. & in every step of the way, I used every single piece of knowledge that I picked up. From trucks, from Ag, from Semi’s, from welding, troubleshooting from school...My entire life I doubted myself, I didn’t think I had it in me. But I had picked up so much along the way. These days I’m a lead tech, I coordinate a test track, & I can give back to my father. For all the love & hard work he’s shown me.

I dont have any famous quotes, but I do have one thing I told myself from the beginning of this journey: it’s only a good day if I learned something new.

My bad days weren’t defined by my problems, but by what I learned.

Don’t give up 💘 you’re all so inspiring to me & helped me continue my journey.

[artkaninchenbau]

I really hope Gladstone is going to appear in more episodes of the reboot, mainly because I’m really facinated by how his luck functions in the DT Reboot’s universe and what it thus implies about Donald...

I know I’ve rambled about this subject in the past on multiple occassions, but Gladstone Gander’s luck has the potential to be the most horrifying part of the entire Duckverse, depending on how it’s written. There’s two main ways Gladstone’s luck works; either he has Absolute Luck, or it is Flawed.

The main concept always remains the same: Gladstone Gander is so lucky that he doesn’t have to work or really do anything, in the end he will one way or another benefit from what has happened. He will get something out of it. But how this remains true has always been different among comic writers

Some people like to make Gladstone straight up worship Lady Luck as a goddess and making him work and depend on his luck. Some writers like to make Gladstone’s luck an occasional burden, Gladstone having trouble leaving his house that’s filled to the brim with free things he has won, because the second he steps out he’ll win something else and will have even less roo, is a fairly common comic scenario. And some writers like to like to put a simple downside some of Gladstone’s lucky moments (for example, winning a ticket to a cruise but his roommate is really loud and annoying).

These are all what I considder to be Flawed Luck, where his luck does have bring a downside to his life that seems contradictatory to the concept of “lucky” (although the burden aspect makes it more realistic). Absolute Luck however, has none of these downsides. Absolute Luck is like a law of the universe, that whatever happens, in the end Gladstone Gander mustn’t have to work and must benefit from everything. And so far, the DuckTales reboot seems like it’s leaning more towards this type of luck, and like in most comics where this type of luck has been used, it’s kinda horrifying to think about

You might be thinking that “hey, Gladstone ending up imprisoned and needing help to escape isn’t lucky” and you’re not, that’s not “lucky”. What is “lucky”, is that said unfortunate event helped HDL regain their faith in Donald, increasing their wish to stay with him (and Scrooge) despite cousin Gladstone being more than able to give them better living conditions, and even allowing Donald to escape instead of leaving him trapped forever with the luck spirit.

To explain why that episode was lucky for Gladstone, we need to take a step back and talk about something else: Why wouldn’t Huey, Dewey and Louie want to live with Gladstone, what’s keeping them from staying with him? If they for whatever reason came to the conclusion that living with Uncle Donald and/or Uncle Scrooge was somehow unbearable (poor living conditions due to Donald having a hard time both finding and keeping a job, while Scrooge is a stingy miser and won’t allow for much better living conditions that what Donald can provide), why wouldn’t they demand to live with Gladstone who can provide for them and give them everything they need and want? Hell, the boys pretty much agreed that Gladstone was a cooler uncle than Donald is in the begining of the episode, so on paper them living with Gladstone would be a better situation for them! ...But it wouldn’t be better for Gladstone;

While I’m sure Gladstone’s luck would allow him to get a nanny to look after the three, he’d still be stuck with the boys, he’d still be responsible for them, he’d still have to take them into considderation when doing anything (be it going on a trip and making sure no one gets lost/hurt, or just going on a date with... does Daisy even exist in the reboot..???). Even if Gladstone’s luck would look after the boys for him, it still would be a burden (even a minor one) on him and his luck. And while living with Gladstone would be better in IRL-terms, Gladstone can’t really fulfill the boys’ need for adventure the same way Scrooge can, and he certainly can’t protect the boys like Donald can; that’s work, and his luck is trying to protect him from work, so the boys’ lives would end up being much different from what the show is like.

In fact, we have an example of what it would be like if the boys had always been living with Gladstone instead of Donald; here’s a snipet from Don Rosa’s “The Duck Who Never Was” (1994), a story in which Donald goes into an alternative reality where he had never been born...

Of course, it’s hard to imagine that happening to the boys in the DT Reboot if they moved in with Gladstone (well, except for Louie), but this does give us an idea of what life would be like for them; sitting on the couch, doing pretty much nothing. It wouldn’t be good for them, and Gladstone wouldn’t be fond of the arrangement either I’m sure.

And this is why Gladstone’s luck made sure that by the end of episode 6, HDL thought Donald was cool and inspiring enough to want to life keeping on living with him instead of Gladstone. This is why Gladstone’s luck made sure Donald would keep on trying to win the race and free the whole family. This is why Gladstone’s luck allowed Donald’s bad luck to dissapear for a moment, just to allow him escape at the end*. Everything in this episode happened for a reason. Everything, from Donald’s bad luck making him look bad, to Gladstone finding a $20 bill on the floor that made him lose the race. All of these things had the happen, because they were crucial to making sure one way or another, Gladstone’s life would continue to be as easy (or in other words, lucky) for him as it had been up until now.

That is what makes Gladstone’s luck so scary. If everything happened according to the Will of Gladstone’s Luck, it means that Donald Duck has no free will or ability to do what he wants, he is a puppet who exists to do Gladstone Gander’s dirty work for him. It’s not that Donald managed to come out on top by doing his best, Gladstone’s luck just allowed, no, FORCED Donald to save the day. Because if he didn’t, Gladstone would’ve ended up either a prisoner of the luck spirit, or potentially as the new foster parent of HDL.

Donald won, because as Gladstone’s luck dictates, not having to work is lucky, and Donald, being the embodiment of unlucky, has no other choice but to work so that Gladstone doesn’t have to, and Gladstone’s Luck is Absolute.

“I literally can’t lose”

And this is a fate that Donald will never be able to escape. As long as Gladstone lives, Donald can’t give up, he must keep doing whatever he’s doing, because that somehow benefits Gladstone, and that is scary.

*Side rant: I mean, if Donald’s bad luck had truly been bad, his bad luck should’ve turned good so that the luck spirit would’ve wanted to keep Donald forever; that’d be a truly unlucky situation for Donald. But because his bad luck stayed bad, Donald was able to escape, making his escape lucky. I am absolutely willing to blame this kind of confusing paradox on Gladstone’s luck