#at least Darkwing's finally THERE

[victorluvsalice]

-->And sent them off to San Myshuno and their grocery store! I had Alice open the place up in the hopes that it would allow her to greet customers (she is bizarrely buggy in that regard), then had everyone change into their hot weather wear since it was pretty warm in the city (well, technically Smiler was ALREADY in hot weather wear, but I decided I wanted them to wear a different set – went with the silly backwards cap and sunglasses XD). There was a brief moment of flirtation on the sidewalk outside their store (Victor and Smiler sharing a kiss, and Victor and Alice holding hands while Smiler looked on with a grin – think I've found another "compersion"-related Valicertine picture there) –

-->And then – RETAIL TIME! Starting with the first customer of the day, (pre-refresh) Bella Goth! I was pleased to see that Alice WAS able to greet customers this time around and had her go say hi to Bella – a process that took some doing as Bella kept wandering around the store before Alice could reach her, but she got there in the end. Meanwhile, a super-confident Smiler went straight up to visiting Sulanian Ukupanipo (I THINK he’s a mermaid, but wouldn’t swear to it), greeted him, and immediately closed the deal, getting the guy to buy a bag of deodorant gummies for $179. XD Smiler and Victor then proceeded to chat with other customers while Alice kept working on Bella – she eventually closed the deal on her too, though it didn’t result in quite as spectacular a sale – Bella, as it turned out, only wanted a mere jar of meat substitute for $24. Aurelio Robles buying a bottle of milk from the fridges unprompted netted them more profit, as that cost him $25. XD Still, a sale’s a sale! While all this was happening, though, I noticed some displays were looking a bit manky, and prepared to have Victor magically clean them –

-->And then went “WAIT. YOU HAVE BEEN MEANING TO DO THIS FOR AGES, INCLUDING RIGHT BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR THE STORE TODAY. BIND HIS DRAGON FAMILIAR TO HIM FIRST.”

So I did. XD And thus Victor ended up with a very cute dark purple dragon buddy named Darkwing (the pre-generated name, I quite liked it and thus stuck with it) flying behind him for the rest of the day as he did his thing. :) I will always be a bit salty that you can’t do more with familiars than just watch them hang around your Sim (and bring said Sim back to life if they overload and die), but they do LOOK absolutely adorable, and I’m glad Victor was able to get the dragon one I so wanted him to get. :) Now if only he could cuddle the little guy...ah well.

[c0smiccom3t]

WIP

I did not decide on a final design yet, but heres my shred force oc (take this as a concept design)

And some info!

Maddeodent

(They/them)

A robotic mouse-like creature based off Plasma orbs and Boomboxes/Stereos, which of course, has in their system (example: Plasma orbs for ears that turn into stereo speakers.

Nordic Bunny's second-in-command and part-time sergeant of his army.

This little fellow is not such an easy enemy to defeat despite being the villain's lower-grade assistant. They have the power of electricity on their side, which helps them to eletrocute enemies and not only turn out the power in the city but to also steal it, gaining energy. They also use their voice volume and ears as weapons, summoning eardrum shattering soundwaves and use their voice to scream extremely loud as a call for back-up, a sign to attack and as a way to stun their enemies.

Speaking of enemies, The Shred Force doesn't really understand them much. Hank picks on them for being too small and a sore loser but Ronny just doesn't mind them, he just knows the little dude will lose just like their boss does, especially when he's not present considering they go solo to face those kids. Heck, Hank has the tendency to call them "Pip-Screech" (Even Ronny agrees, not always but sometimes), a nickname Maddeodent ABSOLUTELY hates (like how Megavolt from Darkwing Duck hates being called Sparky). They won't stop at nothing until they succeed in getting the Shred Force captured and brought to Nordic Bunny himself.

Now, as for N.B... They LOVE the guy! Not in a romantic way obviously (at least not yet. or never.), but they think he's awesome and will help him no matter what. Whether its about carrying him, making him lunch, polishing his boots and what else, Mads is incredibly loyal to him and would do anything even if it could risk their life (not by extremely dangerous situations, even though they'd do it for granted anyway)! They love to be his little shoulder companion. But out of the two, Maddeodent has got more brains, making them a Ditzy Genius and often his voice of reason. The two have a pretty complex relationship, making them seem like they're actually friends, maybe they're his... Only friend? Who knows. Think of Commander Peepers from Wander Over Yonder and Zim from Invader Zim, mash them together, keep the assistant title, and you got this electric little robotic rodent ready to rumble!

Though Loud, Energetic, loyal, persistant, mischievous, troublesome and much of a sore loser, this little mouse will make sure that the Shred Force will be done for so Nordic Bunny can take over the Earth!

But yeah, once again, design not final. i need color palette ideas...

EDIT - VOICE CLAIM BECAUSE I FORGOT: Tom Kenny (Commander Peepers from Wander Over Yonder) & Jessica DiCicco (Evil Pea from Supertato, MINUS the british accent)

[bigturtl]

Your anatomy is so good. Any tips?

i'm a different case when it comes to art. i studied extensive + detailed human anatomy, not for art purposes, but bc i went to school for massage therapy. my art improved immediately, drastically, + in ways that i didn't know i was missing out on after graduating.

but i've never been an artist that shared the mindset of "to be a good artist, you have to study anatomy," bc i know that some ppl can't retain the information, for art or otherwise, nor is "correct anatomy" a necessity for every art style. i'm lucky bc i am able to retain that info for my profession + my art. i absolutely do not believe studying anatomy is a must in every artist's circumstance, but since i love realism + my art style is heavily based in realism, the artistic application of my anatomy knowledge is the one to thank for all + any improvement in the last 3 years.

so, i guess, study anatomy if you have the mind for it. and do not ever consider yourself "a failure" if you can't get it. blasting your brain with detailed information that is already carrying a significant intimidating weight in your mind is not a guaranteed way of learning for everyone. there are other techniques to absorbing information + something will work for you.

i also watch a lot of live-action movies + shows; i like looking at humans, studying features + shapes + clothing. everybody views things differently, so acknowledging your artistic point of view + understanding how your mind processes these shapes, colors, etc. and how you as an individual sees + translates + incorporates these details into your art helps, too.

then again, i'm also a wildly different case bc i watched darkwing duck later that year after graduation + somehow that's when i started understanding clothing folds. something clicked pertaining to clothing folds while drawing darkwing duck fanart. i'm not exactly sure how to give genuine advice bc my art journey isn't... comprehensible to anyone other than myself.

tl;dr - art tips for anatomy: i study anatomy. i draw for fun + i draw a lot. in special occasions, the passage of time will help you + things will finally click when you least expect them to.

[fanfic-inator795]

WoY: A Decade Later (A personal retrospection)

Wander Over Yonder… for a time, it was - in my opinion - the best cartoon ever. It was my number one, and I wasn't sure that anything else could top it. While I don't necessarily feel the same way these days, it's still a cartoon that very much lives in my heart and I don't think I'll ever truly leave it behind.

From a personal perspective, it was probably the biggest and most active Fandom I had been in at that time. It wasn't my first fandom/hyperfixation - prior to WoY, there had been Cartoon Network's Chowder and Regular Show, as well as Disney's Phineas and Ferb. But Chowder was short-lived and RS and PnF were both shows I had lost interest in due to them beginning to dip in quality.

WoY, however, was new, fresh, exciting and growing rapidly. It inspired me to write probably at least a hundred fanfics. It was a blast live-reacting to new episodes with everyone and seeing all the art that would come afterwards. It brought me into the RP scene and, if not for that, I might have never met my best friend of 10 years (and counting! Love you, Tessa).

Looking back on it 10 years after the fact, I can't fully say that WoY is still my favorite cartoon (shows like Kid Cosmic, The Ghost and Molly McGee, Big City Greens and Craig of the Creek have all outshined it in one way or another), nor can I claim that it is/was a perfect show. But man… It sure was a hell of a ride.

(Keep reading for all my admittedly VERY LONG personal thoughts or opinions regarding this one of a kind show)

Humble Beginnings

Pretty sure I've mentioned this before, but I actually didn't care for WoY at first. It was the summer right before college, and I remember watching the sneak peek - The Picnic - early one morning after not being able to go back to sleep. I remember not really laughing much or even seeing the appeal… and yet the episode stuck in my mind, to the point that I ended up watching it again during a free moment I had from Freshman Orientation Week. I had a similar reaction to the show's proper pilot, The Greatest - not loving it, but not hating it either.

The fact that people/friends from my RS and PnF days were also posting about it helped keep the show in my mind (shoutout to Taylor, Erin and Darkwing). But it wasn't until two specific episodes - The Fugitives and The Good Deed - that I managed to finally start to connect with the characters myself. 

I started to see the appeal in this little furry orange spoon who just wanted to do good and make others happy, even when it was a struggle. I really liked the show's core theme of not just optimism and positivity, but also just being kind. I also started to really enjoy the show's sci-fi and space aesthetic and grew to adore its animation and gorgeous backgrounds, as well as laugh at its wacky sense of humor (I still laugh at The Fugitives/Good Deed quite a bit, even though I probably have their entire scripts memorized at this point).

So, it was official. I was hooked. Whenever there were new eps, I'd either try to watch them on the basement TV in my college dorm or wait for a livestream or FreeCartoonsOnline upload. If we're being honest, the first half of season 1, while being much more low-key than the wackiness that the show would end up eventually shifting to, was probably when it was at its most consistent. Other eps later on would reach higher highs, but getting stuff like The Bad Guy, the Prisoner, the Troll, the Pet, the Box and The Little Guy back-to-back just made my love for the show grow more and more.

The Little Guy specifically is one that is just incredibly well-crafted in its dialogue, story-telling and pacing, being both enjoyable and heartfelt. (Also the last time I watched it the ending made me bawl so, there's that, lol). Shortly afterwards, The Hero was another ep that I distinctly remember sticking in my head for whatever reason (Dracor and Demurra are still adorable, ngl). Then we had another favorite of mine, The Nice Guy.

I know I may be in the minority on this one - I remember my parents being annoyed and frustrated when they watched it with me, haha - but I absolutely love this episode. I find the jokes funny enough - the cashier is one of my favorite minor characters tbh - and the space gas station appeals to my aesthetic. But what really sells this episode for me is how it handles and portrays its moral of "being nice isn't always easy, but it's still right and still worth doing". Its ending never fails to get an "awwww" out of me, and honestly I could probably go on for an hour about all the little details and things I like/appreciate. I've also grown to really like its sister episode, the Time Bomb.

But no show is perfect, and right around here is where the show, in my opinion, started having some misses. It was mostly just "meh" affairs like The Night, The Toddler and The Big Job (weird, since I usually like heist eps… though I haven't rewatched this one in a while so *shrugs*). Other eps like The Tourist and ESPECIALLY The Helper (which I consider to be the show's worst outing, the vibes are just SO WEIRD on this one) I just didn't care for at all. 

Nothing terrible (save for the Helper), just cases of the jokes not landing or the stories being boring. This was also when the show really started leaning into the wackiness - which wasn't BAD persay, since it led to some really funny jokes and memorable moments when it was used well - it's just that looking back, I sorta miss the simplicity of early s1.

Thankfully, the season put out some real bangers by its end, with my personal faves being The Epic Quest (that ending will never not make me cackle. Again, it's a case of the wackiness actually working incredibly well), the Halloween/Christmas special, and the Rider, which is a great adventure to cap off the season and also the Horse from Horsin’ Around guest stars in it! (and does a pretty good job too. Will Arnett is def one of my favorite celeb VAs at this point, ngl)

So yeah, between the two seasons, s1 is easily my favorite. Call it nostalgia or personal taste, but for me it's all about that consistency. Adding in the fact that s2 has some pretty notable flaws and is thus a lot harder to look back on without noticing those flaws, and it's really no contest for me. 

New season, New problems

I certainly remember the excitement - as well as the fandom's stir craziness - in the lead-up to s2. There were crackships that were invented, silly RP blogs were rampant, Craig McCracken and crew (back when they were still on Tumblr) kept us fed with cool behind the scenes info as well as sneak peeks of the new season, and while I can't recall when it specifically happened, I also vividly remember the 'Bad End to Episodes' phase that the fandom was in at one point. Ah, the joys of still being in your angst phase.

Come that year's Comic Con, and a new round of hype came from the reveal that our new villain of the season was going to be a girl! …yeahhh, it sorta sucks recalling how hyped we all were about Dominator now that we know that she didn't quite work out the way we were all hoping for…

But regardless, s2 had a very strong start. Outside of the premiere, my favorites of this first batch would easily be The Boy Wander and The It for both just being incredibly funny. Although, if you had asked me at the time though, I probably would have said the Skeleton Dance fueled eps that were The Big Day and the Fremergency Fronfract - and like, yeah those eps can still be funny and enjoyable, but I've definitely cooled on the Skeleton Dance ship since these eps first premiered. (Still love a lot of the cute fanon stuff though)

Skipping past the next tent-pole episode for right now, this season had two of my favorite episodes of the ENTIRE SERIES - these being The Cartoon and The Black Cube. The former is just hilarious while the latter has a unique visual presentation and feels like an early s1 ep, and I mean that in the best possible way. I also really enjoy the Eye on the Skullship as well as the Hole… 'Lotta Nuthin' (this one especially, as it's another instance where, for as good as the ep is as a whole, it's the heartwarming lesson and hilarious ending that makes it such a winner in my book).

But for as much as the show was still putting out hits, I'll admit that there were also quite a few meh or just okay eps, especially as the season goes on. Some eps I found funny when I first watched them, but that humor doesn't hit as well when I watch them now. I also feel like there were points where it tried to be TOO silly to the point where it inhibited the actual humor and made the characters flatter and a bit flanderized compared to how they were in s1 (Hater especially got hit bad with this, where it’s less about him ‘softening up’ to show that he has the potential to be a good guy, and more just him constantly leaning into him being a bratty teenager instead of having that mix of dumb/bratty teen boy and legit evil conqueror).

Other times, it was just another case of a story not being as good as it could have been - and by this point in the season, while there are still enjoyable eps with fun concepts/jokes in the latter half of the series, the only one to get near the peak of the show's typical high quality is the musical ep, and if we're being real, it's Andy Bean's impeccable songwriting that saves this ep and makes it so good to rewatch despite its connection to the season's flawed overall story.

And I think it's about time we talk about that…

Not Quite Ready for Serialization

Being a show that was made right after Gravity Falls but before stuff like Star VS, Amphibia, and Owl House, s2 of WoY felt like a show with one foot stuck in episodic stuff and one foot trying to step into serialization. Because of this, the season’s overarching plot feels incredibly underbaked.

Now… Am I saying that I’d want the show to be like ATLA where every episode had to relate back to either the overarching story or one of the side-arcs? No, absolutely not. We’d be missing out on some of my favorite one-shot episodes if they did that, and if I had to choose between the season we have now and the season we could have gotten had the WoY crew gotten more freedom and were allowed more serialization, I’m going with the former each and every time.

HOWEVER, I still have to acknowledge just how poorly done the structure of this season was when it came to the overarching story. Basically we got four tentpole episodes acting as the season’s beginning, arc shifts and ending. During the season’s second and third arcs, there would be certain episodes afterwards reacting to the change in the show’s status quo.

Now, I get what they were TRYING to do but in my opinion it just really didn’t work as well as it could have. I’ll talk more about this in a bit but the season’s second arc (the “romance” arc) definitely got tiring after a while, meanwhile the third “Stop Dominator” arc felt like it was sort of killing time given that it was mostly just the main 4 trying to find some sort of weapon/figure out some sort of plan that ultimately resulted in some ‘funny’ failures and some quick lessons, with the occasional character piece thrown in here or there.

Now, I didn’t hate these episodes. By this point, it should be evident that one of my favorite elements of WoY are its morals and lessons, so even if the episodes themselves didn’t amount to much in the grand scheme of things and were essentially filler, I can at least appreciate a message like “being sad doesn’t mean you’ve given up hope” or “allowing yourself to laugh even in the dark times can help a ton”. So yeah, not completely pointless.

Unfortunately, even with a few bright spots here and there, the overarching plot of s2 still feels underbaked somewhat - and that’s ultimately because of the new character its focused around.

Dominator’s Dilemma

Okay, fess up. Whose idea was it to completely exclude Dominator from the first six episodes of the season (after the s2 premiere)? Because WOW does this decision backfire a lot. I don’t even like Dom that much and I can still acknowledge that she needed much more screen time and focus than she got.

I don’t know if this was to build up the ‘mystery’ surrounding her or because they wanted to get back in the groove of writing the main 4, but this was the crew’s first crucial mistake. Hell, in the first two episodes she plays an active role in, she’s nearly silent in both of them, only having her little fangirl rant in The Greater Hater and a small handful of lines in The Battle Royals. (Which, if I’m being honest, is still a really fun episode for 90% of it, having both great action and absolutely hilarious jokes that still make me laugh, but I get the ending of it making people sour on the episode as a whole.)

Again, it felt like trying to build up this artificial mystery surrounding her when it really wasn’t necessary. Dominator was meant to be a MAIN MEMBER of the cast! Yet I’m pretty sure Emperor Awesome got more significant screen time than her in the end!

Things got a teeny bit better as the show went on, with Dom at the very least getting more lines and more moments to be both badass and totally villainous, but she still felt more like a goal/obstacle than an actual character. I’m not sure if the writers MEANT to do this persay, or if it was just an accident.

Ultimately, it wasn’t until The Night Out when Dom finally got a spotlight episode… which was a little over 3/4ths of the way through the season. You could argue that she also got a bit of characterization in the musical episode, but it was really more emphasizing what we already knew or could infer about her. 

The Night Out, meanwhile, gives us something new - that she’s lonely - and we get a teeny hint of this again in The Robomechabotatron before being told outright in the series finale. Ultimately, it truly does feel like too little too late - especially when her secretly desiring friends just sorta feels like it’s aping off Hater’s secret motivations of wanting to be liked/admired and to have friends/people who love him for who he is.

So yeah, the crew completely dropped the ball on Dom’s characterization, using her as just a goal/threat/obstacle/etc. for nearly all of her appearances. Not only does it make Dom feel like a shallow character, but it also just feels unfair in general. Practically everything we know about Dom is for the sake of other characters.

She’s a test for Wander, an enemy/temporary love interest for Hater, an obstacle for our main four to overcome, and a threat to the characters we already love. Again, there’s nothing wrong with having a character that’s only meant to serve a purpose in the narrative, nor is there anything wrong with a character being shallowly evil… it’s just that the WoY crew hyped her up so much and claimed that she was a fifth main character (implying that she would get about as much development as the main four), so it just felt all the more disappointing when we didn’t get that. Add in her character design - a mix of goth/punk girl energy with Hartman Hips - and it does feel just a tad misogynistic.

There were things I liked about Dom - her cool lava powers and gadgets, her excitable personality, her villain spotlight moments, and her fun vocal performance provided by Noel Wells were all excellent. But unfortunately, these were all surface-level elements, and the crew just didn’t put in enough time to give her much else, essentially saving all her deeper character stuff for the never-made season 3…

A love-hate relationship (leaning towards hate)

Of course you can’t talk about Dom without discussing the season’s second arc, which many see as both a tumor on the plot and the absolute low point of the season. Admittedly when I was watching the season for the first time, I didn’t mind the romance arc all that much. I didn’t care if Dom was getting short-changed, I was too busy laughing at Hater falling all over himself like a dork and thought all the ‘critics’ of the arc were just focusing on the wrong thing and didn’t know how to have fun with a silly cartoon.

Obviously, this was the wrong perspective to have about this sort of thing (I was in the mindset of “I don’t want to accidentally make myself hate this thing I love so I’m going to ignore all criticism of it”. Definitely not the right approach), one that I still apologize for because the critics were totally in the right. From both an objective and a storytelling standpoint, this arc was just the worst - and for several reasons.

Leaning into the overall problem with Dom herself as mentioned previously, this arc was focused solely on Hater and Wander (and to an extent Syl and Peeps as they tried to talk some sense into their respective friends). Whenever Dom was brought in, she either used Hater’s crush to mess with him or just ignored it entirely, being obviously annoyed - and that was the extent of focus that her feelings got.

Outside of those moments, however, Dom’s feelings are relegated to the background, deemed as ‘unimportant’. Sure, in the climax of the arc, she gets this big whole musical number about how she’s “not the damsel” and isn’t interested in Hater’s affections - but again, it’s at the VERY END of the arc and the moment is less about Dom standing up for herself and more about emphasizing just how cruel she can be, as instead of simply rejecting Hater’s advances, she laughs in his face, continuing to mess with him to try and make the rejection as painful as possible before ultimately trying to kill Hater.

But while the arc ends in a showy (and admittedly still kinda fun, thank you Andy Bean and your musical talents) way, the way it starts sorta proves why this idea was so rotten to the core. The ONLY reason why Wander tries to get Hater and Dom together is ONLY because he knows Hater wants a GF and believes that a ‘positive’ thing like love could only ever result in the two villains finding happiness and no longer being evil. Nevermind the fact that Wander is shown only really caring about Hater’s perspective, not once considering Dom’s feelings or even asking if she wants a BF or romantic partner in general.

We get Syl calling him out on this a couple of times, but it’s in that ‘oh that Wander, always with the crazy ideas’ way. You’d think Sylvia, the icon that she is, would be just a bit more blunt and maybe even a bit harsh about how Wander’s treating Dominator - it’s not just a matter of it being a dumb and dangerous plan, but it’s essentially objectifying Dom, treating her like Hater’s missing piece. But hey, it’s fiiiiine, because Wander learns his lesson in the end, right? Except, no not really.

Because even when Wander FINALLY realizes this and feels guilty about causing so much trouble, Syl is more concerned with comforting Wander about it, because he TRIED to do what he thought was right and that “acknowledging you messed up is the first step towards making things right”. Like… yeah I guess but you could have let Wander actually acknowledge what he did was wrong and super messed up, focusing more on the personal aspect of how his whole romance scheme affected Dom AS WELL AS Hater (not JUST Hater) instead of how his scheme broke Hater’s heart and inadvertently made Dom more powerful.

(Also we see Wander shipping and actively pairing up the little Pikmin things in “The Sky Guy” soooooo no I don’t think he fully learned his lesson)

I also have to bring up how there are fans who view Dominator and her whole anti-love thing as aphobic. As someone who only recently figured out she was almost definitely aromantic, I’m certainly not the authority on this, but I can certainly understand the critiques.

What I THINK the WoY Crew was trying to go for was a ‘strong female villain who don’t need no man’, but between Dom constantly being described as ‘heartless’ and Peeps saying that he “doesn’t think she likes anybody” and her cruelty being turned up to 11 whenever someone expressed romantic feelings towards her, it does sorta imply “She can’t love and THAT’S why she’s a villainous monster” rather than simply “she’s a villainous monster”. And because we don’t get any real development or strong characterization with Dom, it’s hard to say where exactly her cruelty comes from, so it’s hard to really argue against these implications without simply inserting headcanons like “Dom is a lesbian”.

Now to be fair, I have seen some aromantics see Dom as good representation - I recall a month or so back when I saw people praising her after she was included in one of those Tumblr polls, with this one being focused on aromantic characters, saying that they liked how she didn’t sugarcoat her rejections and seeing her as this strong, cool, badass villainous who didn’t need romance. So yeah, obviously not every person who shares an identity is going to agree on representation and whether or not it's good, but considering all of Dom’s baggage and the inability to determine whether or not her heartlessness is the cause of her evil or simply a by-product of it, I personally feel like she’s just too messy of an example of a potential aro character.

(Honestly, Syl feels like a better example of an aromantic character to me, given that she and Ryder seemed just as platonic as she and Wander are, as well as her multiple rejections of Awesome and general disinterest/discomfort with romance. Buuut given that those latter examples are specifically with villains and thus it makes sense why she’d reject them regardless of her orientation, it’s still just a vibe/headcanon).

Before I close off this section, I do wanna acknowledge that beyond the potentially aphobic nature of Dominator, WoY’s LGBTQ+ rep isn’t nearly as great as I thought it was once upon a time as a young shipper. Some parts are still pretty okay, like Wander being coded as genderfluid/agender, but overall it still feels more like an old Looney Tunes cartoon than an episode of “The Owl House”, if you get what I’m saying.

In Craig’s defense, the man has never been all too interested in romance in his shows nor has he claimed otherwise - he either uses it as a joke while portraying it as a negative (see Ms.KeenexProf.Utonium, BlooxBerry or, obviously, DomxHater) or it’s a wholesome relationship that ultimately still stays in the background because it’s not all that important (see DracorxDemurra or Ramona and Carlos Flores from “Kid Cosmic”). 

BUT given that there were LGBTQ+ crew members working on the show in s2, such as N.D. Stevenson, as well as LGBTQ+ allies, it is a shame that no proper representation came of that. We got a whole episode where the joke was “oh, Wander and Hater are planning Wander’s execution like it’s a wedding”, an episode where Peeps and Hater essentially break up when Hater fires him, and an “I just can’t quit you” sort of moment from Peeps in the s2 finale when he goes all heart-eyed over Hater deciding to continue being a villain. That’s it, all jokes but nothing substantial. Even the show’s number one lesbian/wlw pairing of SylxDom got a quick Girls Night montage and one sweet moment between them, nothing else.

Again, it’s fine if you’re just looking for jokes, and yeah the WoY Crew never outright promised any romances… buuuut given how much they chose to lean into the Skeleton Dance and DeathGlare stuff while at the same time never outright confirming any of these characters as LGBTQ+ (they didn’t even have to make any ships canon, they just had to say whether or not Wander/Hater/Peeps were gay/bi/pan/etc), I’m not gonna invalidate people who feel just a bit queerbaited about the whole thing.

Bittersweet Goodbyes

As I said before, I was starting college when WoY first premiered. It’s the show that led me to my best friend and it’s the show that helped me through those first two years of college (easily the roughest part of college). It was a show that made me laugh and got me excited, even during the times where I was stressed out or worried. For all its flaws, it was one of the brightest lights in my life at that time.

So, needless to say, when I heard the show was canceled, I was devastated. I remember crying about it that night and even the day after, and I remember joining in as many online strategies as possible to try and get the show back, from letter writing to petition signing. Of course none of that worked, but as a bright side, going through this helped emotionally prepare me for the next time one of my favorite shows was suddenly canceled (looking at you Nickelodeon. Though considering how the RotTMNT movie turned out maaaaybe it was for the best…)

Honestly, for as much as I can look at the show through a critical lens nowadays and point out all the ways it could have been better, I think there will always be a small part of me that wishes we could have gotten some sort of continuation, whether it be through a special, a TV movie or a comic - or hell, I’d even take the plans for s3 leaking at this point. Now, given that the end of WoY brought about the creation of “Kid Cosmic”, I feel like this part has faded a bit, but I’m always gonna want closure on things like Hater’s arc as well as his origins given how much they were teased.

But that in itself is another critique I could give the show. Whether it be Wander facing a different type of threat that wasn’t just another villain, Hater’s transition into becoming a good guy, Peepers getting fed up with his boss and striking out on his own, or Dom’s true characterization that the crew kept insisting was there - the show simply saved a lot of it’s most interesting ideas for a potential Season 3. It was a gamble, and it was one they ultimately lost. It sucks, but it is what it is.

There’s a few more things I could critique about the show, such as its take on the idea of character redemption and Wander becoming a bit of a karma houdini that the show pretty much stopped calling out, and while these critiques are valid I feel like there are other fans who could do a better job talking about those points. But in the end, while season 2 was both a let down in some parts and a bit of a mess in others, I still feel like there were ultimately more good things to be found within the show than bad things.

It’s not a perfect show, far from it. Frankly, I don’t look down on anyone who fell out of love with this show or enjoyed s1 but hated s2. But for what it’s worth, the memories I got from the show are still ones I treasure, and episodes like “The Good Deed”, “The Little Guy”, “The Nice Guy”, “The Epic Quest”, “The Rider”, “The Boy Wander”, “The Black Cube”, “The Hole… Lotta’ Nuthin’” and “The Cartoon” are ones I still love to bits and will probably always love as I watch them over and over.

Disney Channel itself may not care all that much about this show these days save for an occasional rerun or a quick cameo in their Chibi-Verse shorts, but I’m always gonna remember it - for better and for worse. So here’s to 10 years, WoY. I may not always like you, but I still love you.

[writebackatya]

DuckTales Team Ideas:

You know what love about DuckTales?! A lot of things. But more specifically the found family aspect of the show and all of its characters!! I love that within this found family are groups/teams built up from this group of badass adventurers. You got your Team Science, Webby and her friends, the Duck Boys, the Original Three, etc. But you know what? We can make even more teams out of these fun characters! So here’s a list of team up ideas that I think would be fun! Post-canon stuff up ahead so beware of spoilers:

Rules for teams:

1. Must consist of at least three people, cause Disney loves their trios

2. Must have a team name

3. A third rule, cause trios

The Moon Crew: Della, Selene, and Penumbra

I made a post about this team up before but I’ll post it again. We need Della to go on adventure with her badass Amazon girlfriends. It’d be fun. Personally I think the adventure should be a fish out of water story in Duckburg. I mean think about it, one’s a goddess, one’s a moon lander, and the final member hasn’t been on earth for an entire decade. Imagine the shenanigans! Well I can, I’m working on a story about that. Well not about that particularly but it’s an aspect of the story. Anyway moving on

Team Webby: Dewey, Lena, and Violet

Do you know what I’d like to see? Webby’s best friends (yeah I don’t care what Scrooge said, Dewey can be Webby’s family and best friend) team-up to save Webby from Magica. I think it’d make for a fun adventure.

(Also at one point Dewey needs to say Bippity Boppity Dew! Like at the moment the group stops Magica and her evil plan)

SEA-Nior Junior Woodchucks: Fethry, Huey, and Violet (Also Launchpad and BOYD, but I’m picking main threes here cause trios)

Who doesn’t love these three? Jerks! That’s who! We need more Fethry! Huey is great! Violet is underrated! They’re all Junior Woodchucks! And they need to go on a sea related adventure! Also they’re all…

Bad Bit Rebel Squad: Gandra, Gosalyn, and Lena

Stop me if you heard this one before: a good natured loving hero gets paired up with a snarky street smart loner. Anyway. What if we put all that sass together in one killer trio? No villain would be able to stand up to that much sass

Bad Bitches would be a group that consists of Della, Gandra, Gosalyn, Lena, Penumbra, and Goldie. And you know what? Throw Louie in there as well

Spy Team: Dewey, Gandra, and Webby

So…anybody else think it would’ve been so great to see these three team-up? They all have a spy background! Webby’s granny is a spy, Gandra is a spy, Dewey dew-geared Double O Duck with Launchpad*. It would be cool to see Webby and Gandra fight on the same side. Plus I think Dewey and Gandra has great comedic potential [shameful fanfic plug] Also you Beakley and Launchpad could also be a part of that team. Now the question is: Would the Beakley and Gandra dynamic be more Beakley and Lena 2.0 or Beakley and Della 2.0? Only you can decide!

The Yahoo Community: Della, Gyro, Huey, and Manny

Larry, all these actors were on DuckTales and Season 6 of Community

SIX SEASONS AND A MOVIE!

Clone McDucks: May, June, and Webby

Yeah, we needed to see these three get in their own adventure together. It would’ve been great. I think they’d embrace the fact that they’re clones but they’re own person. Also Clone McDuck sounds similar to Clan McDuck. I thought it was cute. Also I really just want to drive the point home that they’re clones just to irk those reading this who didn’t care for the final twist. I mean I thought it was cool and I loved rewatching the entire series a second time while knowing the twist. It gave me a whole new perspective on the series and they really foreshadowed in parts I didn’t notice on my first watch through but hey everyone is entitled to their own opinion

The Justice Ducks: Darkwing Duck, Gizmoduck, Storkules, Penumbra

Any fan of the original Darkwing Duck should be familiar with the Justice Ducks. Well I always thought if that team were to ever be brought into the DuckTales 2017 universe that both Storkules and Penumbra would fit in perfectly with that group. Both Penumbra and Storkules are warriors that fought for their people and have struggled to fit in with the world, so why not have a job that involves doing what they do best? Fighting for those they care about

The Tremendous Triplets: Huey, Dewey, June, Louie, May, and Webby

It’s twice the amount of triplets! The six of them would be unstoppable!! This show needed more than three seasons damn it!!!

Anyway I hope you enjoyed this rambling! If you have any team ideas please share them! They don’t all have to be trios and if you can come up with a name too, that would be great! Also if you come up with a better name for any of the groups I made up, please share them! I know The Tremendous Trios isn’t that great. I just love alliteration and thought it would be cool if their name had 3 T’s cause…trios.

[multifandom-nerds-blog]

Ducktales 2017 timeline: ranting

One tiny thing that is icking me about Ducktales is that there is rarely any clear dates, or seasons for how much time passesor when the episodes happen. Like, obviously most episodes do not happen directly after the previous one unless they are double episodes like the season finales the first two episodes or the darkwing duck episodes in S3.

In addition to that exact topic, I'm gonna have to say that by logic, the spear of Selene incident , at the point of S2 when Della came back, should have been 11 instead of 10 years.

While (again) not entirely clear in what season the show even starts, it's summer for most people, which also makes sense with the trees being green and everything, so either summer or late spring

The first episode obviously also didn't play on the exact day of Della dissapearing for 10 years, cause by simple logic that would've been made clear. So yeah, still closer to 10 years but as in someone saying they are 10 years old and not "10 years and so many months"

We have the whole christmas time travel episode (that I just rewatched which made me write this post) in S2 with Dewey meeting young Donald and Della. This now tells us, Donald and the triplets have been living with Scrooge for at least half a year.

After that we're back to the generic cartoon spring/summer season

Ergo: The showmakers were to lazy to properly think of the fact that time INDEED DOES PASSES, also in a cartoon. Not to forget that this could've given us:

A triplet birthday episode in S1 or S2

An episode on the date of the spear of Selene incident with everyone like "ah phooey, now it's been 11 years already" with possible bonding between Donald and Scrooge

A GOOD TIMELINE I COULD REFERENCE IN MY HEAD FOR ANYBODYS SAKE

Yes. I know this is a kids show. Not to forget a kids show from Disney, but I'm always happier when I know how much time passes between events in shows or movies. It gives my brain satisfaction. This is also often (not always) a reason for me disliking episodically structured shows.

[zelda-cooper]

Jim Starling's Backstory (Negaduck's Backstory)

Disclaimer: This is a story that my writer friend Comic and I CREATED, it's not official and doesn't stand a chance of being. It's just our interpretation with our headcanons. The art above is by Annie (aka @anniesilveratl2) and those on paper are my authority. Also sensitive topics and triggers for people with divorced parents, alcohol addiction and abandonment. Be warned and aware of this... Stick with the story.

Jim Starling's childhood is difficult to interpret correctly, as well as the other characters (since many don't focus on their childhoods or the life they had in the first place), but we do have something of the same. In fact, Jim has always been interested in the arts, specifically film and acting. He wanted to rise to the top of fame as a successful actor and be immortalized in history, working hard from the beginning until the moment arrived. However, as they say... Things look more interesting looking from a window and when you can, they don't look so extraordinary. That's what Jim thought of himself, even with his career consolidated as the "Darkwing Duck" and winning an award, he still felt bored... It was in this situation, looking at the stars, that he met Martha Bryant.

Martha, unlike Jim, stuck to the simplest things in life, and even though she was an established and talented hairdresser, she didn't dream any higher than that. That more "loose" way of the girl left him intrigued, with them talking a little before the actor was called for the award. They met a few more times, only occasionally or professionally when the hairdresser was called in to help with costumes and haircuts. Over time, they grew closer and more intimate, until they finally started dating and eventually got married.

From this couple's union, Cristine Starling was born, a sweet and kind girl. In fact, as long as he lived with the two of them, Jim Starling was a good man. However, over the course of his acting career, the success and recognition he gained made him move away from the family and everything got worse when his wife was falling into alcoholism on account of the dismissal of her job and the immense stress he had with her caused innumerable arguments between them and poor Cristine , so small at that time, did not know what to do.

All these negative factors and his agent's threat to Jim to start focusing on work, led him to abandon his wife and daughter in exchange for focusing on his career, despite seeing his daughter begging him to stay with them. Even with this shock, Martha and Cristine continued to try to move on with their lives as before, even with the young woman's mother giving in to alcohol addiction, until she paid the prisoner. Martha went into an alcoholic coma and, after a few hours, died.

Cristine, unfortunately, found herself alone... However, she still had hope of finding her father and was willing to at least have a family to lean on and love. But... What will that result? Well... that's a story for another day...

[wuxiaphoenix]

Worldbuilding: To the Ratcatcher!

Or the dogcatcher. Or both. Who are the dogcatchers in your world?

They don’t have to be literal dogcatchers. But in every world, in every time and place, there are jobs that are laughed at, sneered at, and avoided by anyone with any pretensions to higher status... and they are absolutely necessary to keep society running with minimal hiccups.

Traffic cops. Pothole repair. Yes, dogcatcher. Critically important in times and places where rabies vaccination was more of a suggestion than the law, and the main vector of rabies was not bats but feral dogs. A dogcatcher took his life into his hands, because even with preventive rabies vaccines you’re never 100% sure... and any dog bite can fester from plain old ordinary bacteria, as well. It was a job that was important, life-saving, and despised. You know, like criminal defense lawyers.

...Who are also utterly necessary, if your society has ideals of truth, liberty, and justice for all. Because it’s way too easy for people to mentally amend “justice for all” with, “except for the people we don’t like.”

Humans are human. Reasons for not hearing a suspect out fairly range from the reasonable to the unbearably petty. From “my kid is sick, I don’t have time for this” to “you bastard, you tried to kill me before,” to “someone snatched my lunch from the office fridge and you look kind of like the guy I think did it.”

You can’t change human nature. You can only recognize it exists, and enshrine in law and custom that everyone gets a lawyer. So that when you yourself inevitably fall afoul of the group’s ill will, there will be someone legally required to try and get your side of the story told.

In the U.S., our founding fathers knew children could be hung for stealing and people died in debtors’ prisons. They were all for punishing the truly guilty - but only if they really were guilty. Not just poor commoners in the wrong place at the wrong time. If that meant letting some actually guilty people walk so innocents wouldn’t get sent to the gallows... so be it.

Is that fair to the innocent said actual criminals might harm later? Maybe not. But there are no perfect systems. Even if rabies were expunged from the planet like smallpox-

(Oh, what a wonderful dream that would be, to have that horror finally die!)

-Even without rabies, you’d still need to catch roaming dogs. And defend criminals. And so many other jobs no one appreciates until they’re not being done.

This gives you at least two interesting story routes. Either the villain knows where this humble weak point is, and seeks to exploit it....

Or the Evil Overlord taking over the world flat-out missed the pest control team in the bottom floors of the library, and they are about to give him the full treatment.

A/N: “To the Ratcatcher!” Darkwing Duck, cleaning up St. Canard....

[raeloganthesonic06fangirl]

Been bugging me for nearly a decade in the back of my brain periodically as to where I've seen this exact archway before in stop animation, and I just realized that Robot Chicken and Moral Orel probably used similar set assets because Adult Swim, but anyway, I was watching a Moral Orel retrospective and finally realized "HEY, THAT'S THAT ONE DOORWAY THAT WAS USED IN THAT ONE DARKWING GAG ON ROBOT CHICKEN, NO WONDER I KNOW THAT DOOR."

Which also gives me a great mental image of how big exactly are the armature puppets in Moral Orel because those are modified Playmates company Darkwing Duck figures used, and since I have a few from the set, I got a good grasp on scale, so it just amuses me about the idea that the sets put together for these shows probably were at least as big as a tabletop.

It's a curse when your brain logs unnecessary details above all. 👀

[dasturdlydangerousduck]

A Proposed Darkwing Duck Celebrity Voice Cast

Part 2: The Muddlefoots

As we continue on our voice cast, we now head over to Darkwing Duck's more than annoying neighbors (at least in Drake's eyes) the Muddlefoots!! They might not play a terribly huge role in the story, and might be used as comic reliefs, but with some stellar performances, I think they can more than faithfully capture the original family that we love to see Drake hate!

Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Honker Muddlefoot

Starting with the most recognizable and important member of the Muddlefoot family, Honker! Honker is a young, shy, and bright young duck with a knack for helping out others when they are needed. Now a kid actor like Jacob Trembley could have been an ideal casting especially if we're gonna age up Gosalyn, but I don't really think he has the sort of nasally voice that we can achieve for Honker. So that's why I believe Coleen O'Shaughnessy (Sonic 2, Naruto, Danny Phantom) would be a pretty good choice. Even though she's more of a voice actor and not a huge A-List celebrity like other actors in Hollywood, she has the voice that can definitely capture the innocence and like-ability of Honker that you can't really replicate with a huge child star at least to my knowledge.

Just her Tails voice alone screams Honker energy.

Seth Rogan as Herb Muddlefoot

The next member of the Muddlefoots who we will tackle next is the patriarch of the household, Herb! He's a jolly yet slow-witted dad with a good heart, but ultimately a more than irritating trigger for Drake Mallard. Now this casting was quite inevitable, as if Darkwing Duck is going to be remade by Seth Rogan's team, then chances are, he's going to play a character in the film. I do think however that Herb would be the best choice for Rogan (Monsters Vs. Aliens, Sausage Party, Neighbors). He may be a little deeper than Cummings take on the character, but he honestly checks out in a lot of the areas that define Herb as a character. Now we can only imagine Herb laughing in Rogan's iconic laugh. That alone would definitely drive Drake mad.

This would be the closest Seth can get to Herb but he's got the goofy and annoying side to him.

Leslie Mann as Binkie Muddlefoot

Continuing on with the matriarch of the family, Binkie!! Just like Herb, she's a jolly, and infectiously sweet mother, that fulfills the stereotypical mother we usually see in sitcoms. Her voice is also a lot more higher pitched as a result and it would be very difficult to replicate what Susan Tolsky provided for her in the past. We need an actress that can try her best to sound as close to the original as possible, and I think that Leslie Mann (Funny People, Rio, This is 40) would be the best pick. I was almost going to cast Jennifer Tilly, but her voice was a little too sulky for the sweet sounding Binkie, and Leslie has that natural speaking voice that his pure and sweet. It's not a perfect match to Binkie's voice, but it's more than fine for what we need for the character in my opinion.

Just her natural speaking voice should be enough to portray Binkie.

Brady Noon as Tank Muddlefoot

And finally rounding out the Muddlefoot family, we have the stand out member of the family who acts as the unlikeable bully, Tank. He acts as the tough and brash kid and makes everyone's life around him miserable, whether it be with Gosalyn, Honker, or even the clearly adult Drake Mallard. We need an actor that can channel the most coldest bully voice ever, preferably an actor that is close to a teen. Thankfully we have an actor who I think can do just that, and we don't have to look that far considering he's been in a production with Rogan before. Brady Noon (Good Boys, The Mighty Ducks Show, TMNT Mutant Mayhem) has got the right voice we need for a bully like Tank, and with his deeper voice as Raphael in the new TMNT movie, we can definetely age him up in the best way!

Even if he's not a bully in this scene, the way he speaks just feels right for Tank. 

It's not even out yet, but Brady's deeper voice can definetely fit Tank.

That concludes part 2!! The next part will tackle the members of Darkwing Duck's freelance agency S.H.U.S.H!! We'll look at J. Gander Hoover, Vladimir Gryzlikoff, Sara Bellum, and even Femme Appeal from the comics!!

Part 1 here!

[gravityfallsweirdgirl]

Darkwing in: THANKSGIVING (2023)

This is a parody of the the 2023 thanksgiving horror movie.

It starts on saint canard court, two guards were escorting the most dangerous and wanted duck: Jim sterling.

His eyes were crazy, after months of being isolated from the world in the sewers where he plot his plan for revenge against Drake mallard.

The authorities finally found him, he was put on trial for crimes against humanity, he murdered over dozen of people but after realizing his only daughter: gosayln waddlemeyer was alive.

He tries to reform himself to be released from prison early is he can be with gosayln.

But when gosayln found out what he did she was frightened at first but Jim was her only family she had.

darkwing was no help in finding her family, so the three of them were at the trail seeing if Jim has finally changed.

Darkwing wants sure to trust Jim after he tried to kill him, but after months of waiting, gosayln saw her dad was ready, she was ready to take him back.

But it was up for the court and judge to decide, the judge along with mayor owlson, they face him.

"Court is now in session, Mr starling you have been charged for multiple murders" judge blackbeak says.

"You're honor if I may I know this seems bad but I am doing better now, I'm doing everything I can to be with my daughter"

"Yes I heard form your parole officer that you have be on good behavior recently, no aggression, no fights no attacks, you even help with the riots, which is very impressive but let's not forget your crimes of committing murder to innocent people"

"Please your honor all I'm asking is for a chance" Jim begged.

"Such acts this deranged doesn't deserve any kind of respect whatsoever from the people of this city, and the penalty is: life imprisonment"

The people muttered, but gosayln panicked, she started to feel hurt, she didn't wanted to go back to the orphanage.

She looked at Darkwing who couldn't do anything, "you have to help him" she begged.

"What do you want me to do, I can't vouch for him"

"Please you said it yourself you were his biggest fan and he was your number one hero, didn't you say you would do anything for him"

"Look I would love to I would but think how this would make me look, I just got people to like me I can't risk my reputation can you image the headlines I can't not even for you"

But gosayln crossed she speaks up and heads towards her dad.

"Your honor wait please" gosayln hugs jim.

"Gosayln don't!" Darkwing tries to stop her.

"Please doesn't my dad deserve a second chance he has been changing, he's the only family I got, you all at least owe me that"

Then everyone gasped and muttered, "he's all I have left ever since Taurus took my grandfather everything has been nothing but a disaster I have no family, do you have any idea what's it like to have something taken from you"

Her sad eyes has everyone feeling sad and guilty but Darkwing didn't trust Jim.

"Your honor wait I don't think that's such a good idea I mean think about it, he's a killer not to mention he tried to kill me and Mr Drake mallard" Darkwing has everyone second guessing.

"You wouldn't understand you never list someone in your life" gosayln gets angry at him.

"Now look young lady-"

"You couldn't save my grandfather, you wanna take my dad too, please your honor I'm begging you I just want my dad back, I promise he'll be good"

That one look in her eyes had the judge feeling sentimental.

"Very well then, if Mr starling can change for his daughter I have no reason to argue I hear by release him starling" he banged his gavel.

"NO!" Darkwing shouts.

"Court is now dismissed"

now with Jim starling free, he is taking gosayln back as his daughter but Drake or Darkwing didn't like the thought of it but when he sees her hugging jim, he couldn't help but feel envy.

He passed it off, and when gosayln saw him staring she avoids looking at him.

So after Jim takes gosayln in, as her only living parent, they are driving to their new house, their old house before he kicked her and her mom out when she was baby.

While they drive, gosayln turns towards her dad, smiling, she couldn't believe it.

"I'm really glad we're together now dad" gosayln says.

"I am too sweetheart, it's just gonna be you and me, this I wish your mother and grandfather were here with us" Jim was looking guilty.

"Hey?" She got his attention by grabbing his hand, "as long as we're together that's all that matters to me"

"Same here and you know thanksgiving is coming up, it'll be our first one in years I want to make it very special for you"

"Thanks dad and you know what the only thing I'm grateful for is having you with me, unlike some people, as far as I'm concerned you're the only hero to me"

"And I promise gosayln, I won't let anything happen to you"

But just then a bunch of people were groaning their way, Jim stepped on the breaks before he could get in an accident.

"What were you going, morons" Jim waves his fist, gosayln was startled.

"What was that?" She asked.

"I don't know but I'm guessing it has something to do with that store down there"

Jim pulls in the parking lot to see a huge crowd rallied behind a gated fence, in front was a store called: sprawl mart.

"Oh it must be Black Friday, let's go inside"

"I don't know about this dad" gosayln was concerned and worried by the angry crowd trying to force their way in.

"Study show, Black Friday riots refer to incidents of chaotic behavior, often occurring during Black Friday sales events, characterized by large crowds, aggressive shopping behavior, and occasionally violence. Researchers says 50% percent of people die from being tramped on or shoved into sharp or dangerous objects, I don't think this is such a good idea"

"Oh don't worry honey, it'll be fine look see they have security so we'll be fine" he takes her hand and finds a way inside through the employee only entrance.

"But dad?" Gosayln tried to protest but the crowd saw them get in.

Just then mayor owlson arrived in a helicopter and landed near a guard.

"I got a call on the radio about needing some

crowd control" she says.

"Uh, yeah. In fact, you should probably wait inside, okay?" The pig guard says.

"I think I can handle it, give me the megaphone, The store will open in ten minutes. I need everyone to Just stay calm, take a breath. Everybody's gonna get

their Furbies, all right?"

"Oh, yeah? Why did they get in there first?" A teenager asked.

"Who? Who went in" owlson asked.

"I don't know ma'am"

" I didn't authorize anyone else to come in"

"This is such a load of-"

"They're getting dibs on all the good stuff" a women named Lizzie says.

"You better let us in right now"

"All right, everybody, just stay calm please"

"Screw you! Mayor"

"Ok Just push back and stay calm, everybody. lock it up. Now" she tells one of the guards.

"Yes ma'am" so one of the guards head inside to locking the doors.

"nobody's getting in. We're locking the doors. Till everyone's settled down Stay calm and back up! We need you to push back a little bit"

Then one of the teenagers takes the megaphone, "Hey, hey"

"Hey, store's open, everyone"

"We need backup immediately!" Owlson says.

"I'll call for a swat team ma'am"

But then the crowd pushed the gates down and ran towards the doors.

They overran the guards while some of the guards got owlson somewhere safe.

"We need to get you out of here madam mayor"

Gosayln and her dad were wandering in the store, she still felt unease when she heard banging on the door.

"Dad! I think we need to leave now" she got scared when she sees the crowd overcrowding the doors.

"Dad!"

"It's fine honey what can happen"

Then the glass started to break and everyone started barging in, a guard got tramped on, one guy got his neck cut by a sharp pice of glass from the shattered door.

Then gosayln and her dad get separated by the crowd.

"DAD!"

"Gosayln!"

Gosayln got pushed to the ground then she growls towards the toy area, she witnesses in horror by the mart massacre.

gosayln is terrified, she was shaking and hugged her knees, whimpers by people getting killed.

But while her dad looks for her, he gets on top of a display and seeing the massacre.

"Gosayln?" Something sparks inside him, he startled laughing his negaduck.

And when gosayln saw how her dad reacted, it scared her but nothing scared her more than seeing a man collapse from blood loss, a guy getting his arm stepped and broken, she sees one of the guards who was tramped on still breathing, she tried to help him but then she witnessed a woman died from a cart crashed.

"Ah!" She screams snapped her dad back to reality.

"Huh? Gosayln?"

He sees her in the toy area, backing up into a shelf, shaking and now crying.

He jumps down shoving the crowd away, "hey you ok honey" he checks on her.

But when she lifts up her head all he saw was tears and fear.

"I wanna go home now" she said and he realized she was traumatized.

"Ok ok we'll go now, hold on" he lifts her up and gets them out of the crowd in time for an office to arrive with Darkwing and he shot his gun in the air.

As Jim drives home, he could still see gosayln still shaken.

"Honey I know you're scared but i promise everything is gonna be ok"

"With riots like that I don't think everything is gonna be ok"

"It's over now sweetheart and I promise I'm gonna give you the best thanksgiving ever that's a promise" all she could do was looking at him as he takes her hand to stop her shaking.

[ducklooney]

My artworks during 2022.

I wish everyone a happy New Year and happy holidays!

Unfortunately, like last year, I didn't have the exact template with my drawings this year either, so I'll post through this. Unlike 2021, during 2022 I improved my drawing methods a bit, and also opened a new blog where I mostly post my drawings and you can see them here: https://www.tumblr.com/ducktoonsfanart

Yes, I mostly drew related to Donald Duck and the Duckverse, but especially in November I also drew other franchises, mostly from Looney Tunes and Tiny Toons. Yes, this year I managed in all 12 months to draw at least one drawing in one month. Yes, there were ups and downs for me, but overall, the results were solid. Yes, although I mostly draw Quack Pack, I've certainly drawn related to Donald Duck comics, Darkwing Duck and the Three Caballeros. I hope to focus more on not only the Donald Duck franchise this year, but the others as well. I'm hoping to get over 100 followers on my side blog and hit 500 followers on this one. All in all, thanks everyone. And now the results of my drawings, that is, an overview through the year 2022:

January 2022 - Happy New 2022 Year! Ducks, goose and parrots teenagers celebrate the New Year - 22 views (likes and reblogs)

Also - Duck Avenger (Paperinik-Pk) and Double Duck ( PK Timecrime DD ) - 24 views

February 2022 - Gyro Gearloose and his friends in timetub - 21 views

March 2022 - Donald Duck and his family-Donald's family (Tribute to Carl Barks) - My version - 27 views

April 2022 - Teenager Donald and teenager Daisy with teenagers Huey, Dewey and Louie and teenagers April, May and June Duck (Young Donald and Quack Pack) - 45 views

May 2022 - Donald and Goofy Movie (Goof Troop and Quack Pack crossover) - 37 views

June 2022 - The Three Caballeros Ride Again - 37 views

Also Donald's birthday and summer party! - Happy birthday Donald Duck! (Plus Happy birthday Della!) - 38 views

July 2022 - Huey, Dewey and Louie and April, May and June Duck on vacation at the seaside - Quack Pack summer - 22 views

August 2022 - Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck with baseball hats - 24 views

Also Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck - Quack Pack - 25 views

Septembar 2022 - Ducktales - Happy 35th Anniversary and Happy 75th Birthday Scrooge McDuck! - 31 views

Also Donald Duck as Duck Avenger and his family as superheroes - Duck comics (Duck Avenger, She-Venger and Q-Galaxy) - 33 views

October 2022 - Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck - Triplets Mania - 85th anniversary - Quack Pack Week - Triplets - Plus Phooey Duck - 28 views

November 2022 - Duckvember - Humble Duck (Ducks) - 30 views

December 2022 - Donald and Daisy Duck and their children (Huey, Dewey and Louie, April, May and June Duck) celebrate Christmas and New Year - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! - 26 views

And finally my most viewed drawing is:

Double Duck (Donald Duck as secret agent) and his student (more precisely his nephew) in action - 234 views (I don't even know how that drawing managed to get so much)

Plus surprise at the end: Duckvember - Manic and Problematic Duck and Free Space - Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays - Crossover Ducks - 23 views

True, there are things that didn't work out so well for me, but I'm trying as hard as I can to improve all of that. I hope that the year 2023 will be a better opportunity for my drawing and that it will be better than the previous year and the year before. I thank everyone for following me and keep following me and there will be more surprises. And it won't just be about Disney and Warner Bros.

Once again, happy holidays to everyone and a happy new year 2023!

If you have any impression of what you liked the most and what you didn't like about these drawings, feel free to say so.

[darkwingsnark]

got any opinions on the new dwd comics?

I do actually. Read the first three issues, and I will say i enjoyed the second one more than the others. As i, in general, thought it felt the most in-spirit to the show and characters. I would say I'm biased because I love Quackerjack, but in general a lot of it was that I thought the jokes were more solid. I will say, and this goes with the first issue as well, that having the villains show up only to fight makes it lose a bit of the appeal that I actually like about Darkwing Duck-- as I enjoy getting to see the villains in their element/down time before the final confrontation. As well as Darkwing being either outsmarted or his ego getting in the way allowing the villains to get away. I get the sense the first two issues were kind of more the comic pitches, however, as it seems now in comic 3 and to be comic 4 we are getting a more continued story/arc. And I am curious to see if this improves at least that issue I have with the series thus far.

I will say, however, I do find some things off with the writing as a whole when it comes to worldbuilding stuff. For example, LP working for Monocolo when Drake decides to stop being Darkwing. Why wouldn't he just go back to Duckburg where he has his shed and does the occasional job for Scrooge? Why would being a sidekick matter when he only became DW's sidekick because he was a fanboy of him specifically? They also have Gosalyn being against Morgana's creepy cooking, which feels OOC for her considering she loved Morg's freaky cooking-- where as Drake was the one against it from it being unconventional. And then the canon reason Drake gets his money for everything being from Quacker Babies feels really off, considering 1.) fanon had the theory for decades that he made his money from working for SHUSH as a freelancer, since he also gets inventions from them to test out, and 2.) Beanie Babies were really only worth anything to collectors in the 90s/early 2000s. Considering how modern the comic series is, that joke falls flat. Too nonsensical, even for a world of talking ducks. The art for the series itself is a lot of fun though. I've noticed a lot of great pacing with action itself, so a lot of credit there as that isn't easy to portray. I will say some of the covers look a bit janky though. Like some of the people they hired never drew ducks before. Which is a problem, all things considered.

All in all? I want to keep reading to see where it goes, and I've been buying the comics to be the loyal Duck fan I am. But I do hope a lot of my issues I have goes away as the series finds itself. I also wish they had somebody go through and fact check some of the jokes. I know it's petty of me, but as somebody who's been obsessed with DWD for most of my life I kind of hate getting jarred while reading and go 'why would this happen when in the show this has been shown to be the case?' Makes me feel like a big stinkin' nerd-- which fair, I am-- but I don't want to feel called out for it by going all 'UM, actually'. Please, Darkwing Duck comics, don't turn me into that guy. I beg of you.

[fearsomefive]

Tell me as many post-Astro B.O.Y.D. (or even post-series) headcanons about Gyro as you'd like to share, including his relationships with Boyd and (platonic) Fenton? 👉👈

YIPPEE 🎉🎉🎉

Gyro very much let himself become a workaholic, therefore he hasn’t had a day to himself without thinking of work at least once in many years. Fenton and Boyd help him learn to find the correct balance, of course.

When he finally starts to relax for once, he comes to find he likes doing crosswords, sudoku, and the like. Even when it’s not part of his job, Gyro genuinely likes more ‘intellectual’ hobbies. He’s always been and always will be a nerd (affectionate)

Boyd LOVES Darkwing Duck because he’s the type of kid who will watch literally any show and think it’s amazing regardless of whether or not it actually is. Gyro doesn’t get Darkwing Duck, but will watch it with him if asked.

Gyro takes a long time to come to terms with the Moonlanders living on Earth (it only happens towards the end of the show or after, I feel like) and is pretty much the last person to do so. He’s still intimidated by Penumbra, though.

It was a long process, but I do like to think Gyro makes it up to Fenton for how he used to act and they become friends outside of work. And that Fenton waits for Gyro to be the one to take initiative with most things in their friendship unless explicitly given permission to do so himself.

Boyd likes to wear his dad’s lab coats because they’re so rarely used anyway, and in his own words: “I have the best dad ever!” Gyro insists this doesn’t make him misty-eyed, but it does and the whole lab knows it.

[mikethemighty]

DUCKIETALES!!! also vovv 🖤

DUCKTALES

favorite character: louie!

least favorite character: lmfao um that. guy. i cant remember his name but he’s so annoying. in the gold rush episode?? and i think he comes back in fountain of youth and like definitely more eps but those are the only ones i can name. i could not be bothered with him fr

prettiest character: oh violet i think her design is so cute and its such a good purple

funniest character: dewey or scrooge 🙏🏼🙏🏼

favorite season: OOOOO two probably???????? but every season has bangers 😭

favorite episode: omg . not happening. hang on. picking from every season but by no means are these final answers. Mt. Neverest, Most Dangerous Game Night, and Double-o-duck!

favorite romantic ship: this threw me bc i’m honestly not really out here thinking too hard abt shipping in ducktales but whatever launchpad and darkwing is called, if i had to pick a favorite :D

favorite family ship: THIS WAS SO UNFAIRLY HARD GIVEN ITS A SHOW IN ITS ENTIRETY ABOUT FAMILY BUT DONALD AND THE BOYS. donald and della was so close but…………. his boys…. it had to be.

favorite friend ship: boyd and huey 🥺 but also louie and goldie holy shit

worst ship: uhhhhhhhhh again not in the business of lending much thought toward shipping but when i see people put della and launchpad together it makes me go Huh?!

VILLAINS OF VALLEY VIEW

favorite character: jake!

least favorite character: perish, landlord

prettiest character: hartley 🥺🥺

funniest character: oh donnttt ugh the delivery from these actors is off the charts iconic theyre all so funny 😭 their parents are cringefail but like the kids are unironically hilarious and im not choosing 🫡

favorite season: there is only the one but i’m hoping i’ll love season two as much :)!

favorite episode: the villain experience because i want as many plots with the madden kids as theyll give me

favorite romantic ship: HARTMY

favorite family ship: i already said the madden kids is an easy given but if i had to choose otherwise Vic and Jake amuse me DEEPLY lmfao they’re always talking about doing father-son shit and being nonstop mean to each other. i’m obsessed with it

favorite friend ship: hmmmm amy and hartley is a given!!!!! but since i answered them for ship already i will say jake and hartley makes me really happy actually, i think its fun when they hang out :')

worst ship: get that power ranger away from hartley

[ SEND ME A TV SHOW ]

[shadowzgather]

Mobile Rules

I like to keep my rules simple but I will add to them as I need to. 

1. No godmoding or Metagaming. If you don’t know what this is, then I suggest googling it and looking up examples of it. It kills the fun and enjoyment of the rp.

2. I do not engage in real world politics, religion or Social justice or anything of that sort. I rp as a means of escapeism and these subjects often lead to a lot of drama. I would like to avoid such things for my own mental health, please respect that. Tagging such topics are appreciated but not necessary. Just know that I will ignore things on these topics.

3.My muses are Multiship and Multiverse. Meaning that each ship is in it’s own verse unless stated otherwise. My Muses are Canonically placed in the Darkwing Duck 1991 and/or Joe Books comics universe but will interact with all other timelines. just be aware I’m not up to date with the new Dynamite comics and have seen none of the 2017 Ducktales or the older Ducktales comics. I have seen all of the 1987 Ducktales cartoon however.

4. You are free to not interact with my OC. Do not feel obligated to do so, though I will very much apricate it if you do. That said, filling out my interest tracker let's me know if I can toss them at you or not. I'm am an adult over 18 and will not interact with minors.

5. I don’t engage in things like Cancel culture and Drama. Leave me outta that stuff.

6. I’m a shy potato. I may take a while to reach out, but if I follow you, I want to rp with you. I’m just more apt to use sentence starters and memes to start something.

7. I don’t do reblog karma (but will respect if you do), that said I do follow Karma. If you don’t follow back in two weeks I will take that as a hint that your not interested in rping with me and unfollow. Less anxiety that way. This means I'm essentially Mutuals only. Private muses are for those that have 2 or more threads with me at least.

8. I don’t force ships and unless we decide before hand I will consider any Darkwings to be Alternate universe to the one in my Morgana’s. This goes for my Darkwing, Negaduck and other muses. They don't share the same universe unless discussed or listed in their Bio

9. That said, I ship anything and everything within reason. Obviously no pedo/gross stuff. I do reference a past Darkwing/Morgana though as it is canon to 1991 that they were a thing and am open to the idea of poly Morgana/Darkwing/Launchpad, etc. I ship the Vees as a poly but this is not necessary for those that don't see them that way.

10. Do not reblog threads you are not in. It messes up the tracker. If you absolutely must have an rp post I did on your blog and you are personal. you can screencap it and post it as a picture on your blog so long as you give credit.

11. For Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss rpers. I have seen a "New Laws" thing going around. I am not taking part in that. Read here for details.

12. Lastly I reserve the right to rp or not rp with anyone for any reason.

Final notes. “Speaking.” “Thinking/Telepathy” {“Radio/Television etc.”}