#he was too busy with Ducktales

[vanilla0chinchilla]

Still just absolutely shook by how Georden Whitman was screwed over by Rooster Teeth.

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Stinky duck found in the sewers

[writebackatya]

I like to think whenever Scrooge hosts a company party and invites all his employees, Gyro begrudgingly stands by Fenton’s side the entire time because he’s literally the only duck there he knows and doesn’t want to look awkward standing around by himself

If Della is also there, Gyro will occasionally leave Fenton mid-sentence and just walk over to Della until he’s tired of standing next to her listening to her ramble and then go back to Fenton

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Ducktales 2017 Dystopia Alternate Universe

After losing Della to space, Scrooge 180's into taking over the world to keep people safe from adventuring. (Yeah, u can imagine bradford's reaction xD)

This, surprisingly enough, doesnt necessarily change a lot for ur average, non-magical entity.

But now magically inclined people, to fully magic people r being hunted/locked up/etc.

Beakley, with Webby in tow, leaves the manor as soon as she realizes what he's doing. She tries to return to SHUSH, to warn them, do anything - but it's too late. SHUSH is already in Scrooge's hands.

While trying to evade shush/fowl/scrooge to protect her granddaughter and maybe start a resistance or something against mcduck's regime, she runs into a homeless teenager who is being hunted as well. Because she is a purely magical entity and thus entirely too dangerous.

This, of course, is Lena. (I'm assuming Lena doesn't really... Age? Considering that Magica made her when she was imprisoned and that was, presumably, a while ago lol)

They end up helping/covering for each other, to stay safe. Lena and Webby r basically siblings lol

They eventually find that there is a rebellion, a resistance, trying to fight against the grip mcduck has on the world and the discrimination against magical creatures. Who is leading this rebellion?

Glittering Goldie O'Gilt, baby! I just think she'd make a great rebel leader, especially when she realizes how utterly insane Scrooge has gotten.

She's not just doing this for the world, she's hoping she can maybe punch some sense into scrooge after taking him down.

Donald Duck, meanwhile, has no clue what's going on, not really. Being neither a magical entity nor really still in the adventuring business, Scrooge's changes haven't really affected him much - besides, he has the boys to take care of.

(aside from that weird letter from storkules; but that's probably nothing.)

The boys eventually need a babysitter. During their time at the mansion - a strangely empty mansion, mind you, with no magical artefacts, no mementos to old adventures - they end up finding that prophecy abt atlantis. (Or something like that.)

Cue Scrooge's driver, Launchpad "I'm a pilot" McQuack who has exactly zero qualms taking three boys on an adventure in a submarine.

I dont think Donald would still work with Glomgold in this instance - maybe instead he unknowingly hired on to the rebellion or smth? Either way, atlantis shenanigans happen.

The rebellion people donald works for - Beakley, probably, maybe even Webby is there - tell donald he shouldn't return to his uncle with the boys, but donald just rolls his eyes and insists they need to take accountability. Also scrooge needs to take accountability for putting them in danger in the first place.

Scrooge is not happy to find out that his nephew and his nephews went out adventuring. He fires Launchpad on the spot. (Launchpad def gets hired by the rebellion later)

But also, he wants to imprison the boys - for their own good, of course. Adventuring is dangerous and such dangerous inclinations cannot be allowed to run wild among the populace.

Donald (obviously) does not like this.

He tries to bust them all out (the boys are very surprised/impressed at Donald's fighting ability) but of course he hasnt done anything like this in years, he's rusty. And his uncle knows him well enough to counter him.

The sentence "I thought you'd know better, Donald, I really did. Especially after what happened to your sister." Falls at some point.

Lucky for the duck boys, Webby convinced Beakley to trail them, so now we get agent 22 busting them out! Yay! Except she gets taken prisoner in the process! Oh no!

The ducks find Webby who is, understandably, very upset at having her grandma taken, but also understands that the five of them have no chance of busting her out. So, she takes them back to the rebellion.

A rebellion probably consisting of like, Goldie (duh), Lena, maybe some of the Beagle Boys? There was that one magician beagle boy so i'm assuming he at least is there, and some other assorted magical/dangerous people/creatures. B.O.Y.D. probably, too, actually. I'm imagining Gyro got locked up - if only due to his, yknow, building B.O.Y.D. in the first place.

Oh, and once della comes back from the moon she's most definitely not teaming up with scrooge - something that really makes scrooge think i'd imagine. May even trigger his eventual redemption arc? Though having him as a villain through the whole thing could also be fun tbh

This is all i have so far tbh, but feel free to take the concept and run w it if u wanna, i had a blast coming up w even this much tbh xD i'd love to see other people take a crack at it (or expand it even!) so like, it's free real estate (just tell me if ur doing anything w this, i wanna see that lol)

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Summary: When Gandra needs help creating a virtual laboratory, she enlists the help of fellow misunderstood scientist Fenton Crackshell Cabrera, who agrees to help with only one stipulation: that their partnership remain strictly professional this time. How hard can that be? (Set somewhere between The Dangerous Chemistry of Gandra Dee! and Beaks in the Shell! missing moment; canon compliant.) Word Count: 4234 a/n: I decided to post this as a oneshot here on tumblr, but it's posted as multiple chapters on ao3, so if you'd like to read it that way, that's an option as well! Taglist: I don't currently have a taglist for DuckTales or Fendra fics! if you'd like to be added to one, let me know!

Strictly Professional

 "It's now or never," Gandra muttered to herself, opening up her phone for the millionth time and typing in the contact name SUIT.

 Before she had a chance to talk herself out of it again, she hit the call button, almost hoping he wouldn't pick up.

 "Hello?" the voice on the other line came back, confused but not entirely appalled, which was a good sign.

 "It's me, Gandra."

 "Uh, yeah," he said, "I've got this great new invention that they call 'Caller ID.' Let's you know pretty quickly when a crook is on the line."

 "Really?" Gandra asked, trying to hide her surprise and offense with a calculated sarcasm, "and here I assumed that you'd deleted my number by now."

 "I never got around to it," he replied, "I've been pretty busy these past few weeks."

 "Too busy to help with a project?" Gandra asked, and after a moment of silence, she let her feigned confidence fall. "Listen, Suit, you've got every reason to say no to me, but I'm working on something bigger than me, and I need someone like you to help me out. No one else understands what I'm doing."

 After another moment of silence, a strained reply came back.

 "You're right that I have every reason to say no," he grumbled.

 "This was a mistake," Gandra thought, but before she could stumble through an apology and hang up, he continued:

 "But, in the name of scientific curiosity, what is it?"

 "A major coding project that's going to revolutionize indie tech," she said, "one that I can't work on alone."

 "That's not very specific."

 "It's not something I can tell you," she said, "it's something I have to show you. Does the Gizmoduck helmet have VR capacity?"

 "Oh, you'd love to know that," he huffed.

 Right. He also had every reason to be protective of the Gizmosuit around her.

 "Well, if you have a VR headset," she backtracked, "and you want to be part of the next scientific revolution, just follow the link I'm about to text you."

 "That sounds awful fishy."

 "It's legitimate," she said, "you can run a triple spyware check on it— you won't find anything."

 "I'll be the judge of that."

 "And once you've judged it correctly and your natural 'scientific curiosity' gets the better of you," she said, "I'll be waiting."

 With that, she hung up, sent him the link, and then put on her own virtual reality headset.

***

 It always took a few seconds to adjust from the dark corridors of FOWL to the well-lit virtual laboratory she'd programmed. She blinked a couple times as her surroundings flickered into view— in the distance, a crashtest chamber and a large worktable, as well as an enormous whiteboard scribbled with calculations and a lab table covered in beakers and test tubes that had multiple tubes and coils connecting them. In front of her was a disorganized desk, and she got up and took a seat on the edge of it.

 The lab was the only thing that made joining FOWL worth it, her one sanctuary from all the small-minded voices calling her a freak. This had been her safe space the past few months, a place all her own, and she had taken a big risk in inviting someone else to invade it.

 She'd started out this project starry-eyed and ambitious, but the longer she worked, the longer she knew it would take her, and the more she realized she'd bitten off more than she could chew. If FOWL found out what she was doing before she got it finished, everything would be lost. As much as she hated admitting it, she needed help.

 It wasn't long before her virtual solitude was interrupted by a rift in the system, followed by the entry of a familiar face sitting across from her at her desk chair.

 "Blathering blather…." he began, but his trademark phrase trailed off when he saw her.

 "Didn't think you'd actually show up," Gandra said, not entirely untruthfully.

 "Where are we?" he asked, looking around with astonishment.

 "This?" Gandra asked, gesturing around the room with her hand. "My lab."

 "Remarkable," he said, touching the handles of his chair with astonishment at their solidity, "a virtual laboratory."

 "And check this," Gandra said. She waved a hand and a beaker appeared in each of her hands, "chromic acid and acetic acid."

 She watched the fear on his face as she poured the two chemicals together. Predictably, they exploded in her hand, sending virtual shards of glass around the room. She then held her hand up, unscathed, showing there'd been no cause for concern.

 "Perfectly safe," she said.

 "No real elements, no real danger!" he smiled.

 "Exactly," Gandra said, "once we get this server up and running, the scientific community will be able to perform any experiments we want, without all the big shots calling us crackpots."

 "We?" he asked, the wonder on his face replaced with apprehension.

 "I can't do this alone," Gandra said, her calm airs wavering. "I need your help, Fenton. For the name of science?"

 She held a hand out for him to shake, and for a second, the look in his eyes said he was considering it— but he then closed his eyes and shook his head.

 "Don't you work for FOWL now?" he asked.

 "I work for myself," Gandra clarified, "and as soon as I've finished pirating FOWL tech for this, I'm leaving them for good."

 "But that doesn't change now, Gandra," he said. "You're running an entire server right under FOWL's nose and putting everything shared here at risk."

 Gandra took a deep breath. This conversation was still going a lot better than she'd realistically expected, but nowhere near as great as she'd hoped it would. Without his help, she'd never get the cloud up and running before FOWL found out.

 "As a proud McDuck Enterprises employee," he said, "well, technically, two McDuck Enterprises employees, if you count Gizmoduck, either way, as a McDuck Enterprises employee, I can't support this project."

 "I figured," Gandra said. She started to put her hand back down, but he quickly took it and shook it firmly.

 "But from one scientist to another," he said, "you've got yourself a partner."

 She smiled. "Partner?"

 "Professional work partner," he said, quickly letting go of her hand. His tone shifted from lighthearted to serious, "strictly professional."

 Gandra nodded. After what she'd done, that was only fair for him to request as well.

 "You've got a deal," she smiled, "partner."

 Fenton's touch on the lab was revolutionary. With a fresh set of eyes, he pointed out things that she had grown a little too accustomed to to notice.

 "Why do scientists always have to work in these cramped lab spaces, anyway?" he had asked, early on.

 "It's a controlled environment," she'd replied.

 "This whole world is a controlled environment," Fenton said, "can't you just imagine being able to work on even the most delicate of experiments outside, with no spacial limits or threat to public safety? Why work inside a box for ideas that think outside of it?"

 It wasn't a bad suggestion at all, and they'd spent the next two weeks creating plants, trees, and multiple different environmental backdrops.

 "We need quick-access lab tables," Fenton said, sometime later after the third daily digital trek to the labspace from their current outdoor work area, "all the essentials from privately built laboratories right at your fingertips."

 It was a great idea, and Gandra set to work on it immediately.

 "This place needs some kind of time function," he said, a few weeks later.

 "What do you mean?" Gandra asked.

 "Optional day and night cycles, or built in alarms after extended sessions," he said, "it's easy enough to get lost in your work in the real world, and it's proven easier now that we're up in the clouds. The amount of times I've gotten out of the cloud late and M'ma had dinner waiting a little too long…."

 Gandra couldn't remember much more of what Fenton said in the rest of that sentence, only that it continued for at least a minute or two before Gandra could get a word in edgewise, and that, while it wasn't the first time she'd been party to one of his rambles, and it wouldn't be the last either. Though she could see how others might be annoyed by his constant rambling, she was almost endeared by it. Too long she'd worked in silence, and she didn't mind him filling it.

 What surprised Gandra the most about their whole operation, though, was how well she and Fenton worked together. She'd expected some awkward tension, arguments over the best way to do something, a struggle for power over who gets the final say.

 Instead, they made a great team. Fenton's big ideas paired perfectly with her recklessness, especially with no real threat of danger to hold them back. His tendency to stay on task helped her stay focused, and once she realized how easily time crept away from him, she started reminding him to take more frequent breaks. Somehow they both made up for the areas the other lacked in knowledge. Despite her fears about this joint project, she almost wished she'd enlisted his help sooner.

 "Blatherskites, Gandra!" Fenton said one morning as he signed onto the server, "Are you still at it?"

 Gandra didn't look up from her microscope. 

 "Good morning to you too, Suit," she grumbled.

 "Did you manage to figure out the bug in the system?" Fenton asked.

 "I think so," she said, pulling a glitching object spawn out from underneath the scope, "turns out, the bug was an actual bug." She pulled up the task manager with a pinch of her thumb and her index finger. "If I restart the program, that should fix the whole thing."

 She watched as the bug in her hand curled into a ball, then popped back to life and crawled away across the table, not a single pixel popping out of place.

 "That's incredible," Fenton said.

 Gandra looked up at him for half a second, half a second too long.

 "It's no big deal," Gandra smiled, and the mere fact that she was smiling at Suit told her more than she was willing to listen to.

 "Sure," he said, though he shook his head as he did, and it took conscious effort not to watch as he walked away to begin the day's work.

 Moments like these kept happening, despite her best efforts. A little too much appreciation here, a touch too much eye contact there, a growing acknowledgement of admiration for each other— all of this was adding up into something she couldn't let happen, not again.

 Later that day came the first of the worst of them all. Fenton had this awful habit, one that only grew over his time spent in the cloud, where whenever he was lost in his own little bubble, as though he were the only one who could hear himself, he would start singing.

 This would've been an annoying habit if he was moderately alright at it. It would've been irritating if he was horrible. But, unfortunately for Gandra, he was the worst thing of all: really, really really good at it. The first time she'd heard him, she'd almost thought he was just testing out the cloud's mp3 capability, and it took her a second to realize that no, that was Fenton's singing voice, and even more startling was that she enjoyed hearing it.

 Today was no exception, as he absentmindedly started singing some showtune that carried from his workstation across the way to her. For reasons she wouldn't bring herself to admit out loud, she stopped her work and just listened, and watched the look on his face as he sat at his desk, fully engrossed in his work and lost in the melody he was singing.

 What washed over her next was a wonderful feeling, and the horrible realization that came with it.

 She was falling for him.

 "Hey, Suit," Gandra said, leaning over the edge of his desk.

 "Hey, Gandra," he said.

 "I think I finally got the day/night cycles worked out," she said.

 "That's great," Fenton smiled.

 "I might need a second pair of eyes to monitor them with me," she said, "just to make sure I didn't miss anything. Know anyone who can help?"

 "I'm your man," he said.

 "I wish," Gandra thought.

 "Besides," Fenton said, minimizing his desk, "I needed a break from the physics coding."

 "I think the optimal spot is right over here," Gandra said, generating a blanket on the ground in front of them, and reclining on it, "that way we can best get a visual on the sunset, and then get a check on the constellations and make sure those aren't funky either."

 "Sounds great," Fenton said, and he took a seat on the blanket as well, just about as far from her as he could be while still sitting on it.

 "Note to self," Gandra thought, "next time, program a smaller blanket."

 No, this wasn't her best idea, not by a long shot, but in the past week and a half, her falling for Fenton had only exponentially increased in acceleration. She'd agreed to maintain a strictly professional relationship with him, and she wouldn't risk the project to ask him out on a date or anything like that— no, not at all. Surely, though, there was nothing more professional than getting a second opinion on your contribution to a shared project, right? And if it happened that they were watching a beautifully programmed sunset together and spending a few hours stargazing afterwards, that wasn't really her fault, was it?

***

 "Suit," Gandra said, hurriedly, trying to play it cool as Fenton logged into the server, "I finally finished that project of mine."

 "Does that mean I finally get to find out what it is?" Fenton asked.

 "Yeah," Gandra smiled, "remember last week when I fixed the bug where you get thrown out of moving vehicles?"

 "The fix we tested with that long drive together down the backroads of the cloud?" Fenton asked.

 "Yeah," Gandra sheepishly replied, then regained her confidence, "I thought today we'd really put that to the test. Behold!"

 With a wave of her hands, a wrought iron fence with a wide-open gate sprawled before them.

 "What's that?" Gandra asked.

 "Carnival," she said, and she walked through the gate, with him following close behind, "I figure it has everything we need to really put those vehicle mechanics through their paces: drop tower, ferris wheel, carousel, rollercoaster, scrambler, tunnel o' love, bumper cars…"

 "Is that really necessary?" Fenton stopped in his tracks.

 "Bumper cars?" Gandra asked, "oh sure. The crash testing alone is…."

 "The 'tunnel o' love, Gandra?'"

 "Don't be ridiculous, Suit," Gandra said, "of course it is. We haven't done any real testing so far on boats, running water, lighting, or realistic sound quality in tunnels, and that way we can kill four birds with one stone."

 "Alright then," Fenton smiled, "let's start there."

***

 "I just had another thought," Gandra said one afternoon, as if it wasn't something she'd been thinking since at least their carnival experiment last week, "we've put a lot of testing into users interacting with the physical world."

 "Indeed," Fenton said.

 "But we haven't put much test into users interacting with each other."

 "How do you figure?" Fenton asked.

 "Well, I know that when I touch something," Gandra said, reaching across her desk to tap a fist on Fenton's desk, "I can feel it. I don't pass through it."

 "That's right," Fenton said, "there's a mass effect applied to each individual object, otherwise we'd spend all our time here in the cloud falling through the terrain."

 "Right," Gandra said, "but can we interact with other users in the same way? Can we pull them out of the way of a stupid mistake, or high-five them when they get something right?"

 "We can find out," Fenton said. He held a hand up in the air, and Gandra high-fived him, letting her hand linger a moment longer than she'd intended.

 "Perfectly fine to me," Fenton said, and he turned back to his work.

 "But does the system have any issue with sustained contact?" Gandra asked, "and on another note, is there an auditory lag between server accesses?"

 "I hadn't considered that," Fenton shrugged, "I suppose we could brainstorm some tests."

 "Oh, I have an idea for one," Gandra said, tucking her hair behind her ear, coyly, as though the idea had come on suddenly and not been premeditated before the conversation even began.

 "What is it?"

 "This is gonna sound silly," Gandra said, "but what about dancing?"

 "Dancing?" Fenton looked up at her, a bit nervous.

 "Yeah, it was a silly idea."

 "No," he quickly interjected, "no, I think it'll work. The musical accompaniment provides auditory testing, and attempts to keep in time with the music and each other should take care of the rest."

 "Perfect," Gandra snapped her fingers and cleared away their desks, replacing them instead with a standard jukebox, one that, coincidentally, only played ballroom dance music in three fourths time.

 Fenton generated a coin into his hand and dropped it into the slot of the jukebox, then pushed a couple buttons.

 "The Blue Danube" Gandra said, recognizing the song as it began playing.

 "You hear it too?" Fenton asked, "good."

 "So that part of the test is working properly," Gandra nodded, "now…."

 "Miss Dee," he asked, holding out a hand to her as the music swelled in the background, "shall we dance?"

 Prince Charming in all his glory couldn't've looked better in that moment than Fenton, still with a virtual labcoat over his standard garb, the digitized ballroom music from the jukebox playing in the background.

 "For the sake of science," Gandra said, "I suppose I ought to say yes."

 She took his hand and tried not to show her delight as his other hand rested on her side, or at the smile on his face as she placed her own hand on his shoulder.

 "Have you ever danced the waltz before, Gandra?" he asked.

 "Once or twice," Gandra said, hoping she wouldn't have to reveal that all of those times were in the last week, in preparation for this very moment, "have you?"

 Fenton sighed, and began moving with the pace of the music, Gandra following suit.

 "M'ma enrolled me in dance lessons when I was younger," he said, "I suppose I should thank her for it. A lot of the principles I learned there really come into play for Gizmoduck."

 "Really?" Gandra asked.

 "Oh, sure," Fenton said, and as the music twirled, so did they, "don't tell your buddies at FOWL, but if they sent a ballroom dance virtuoso against Gizmoduck, they'd win every time."

 "My lips are sealed, Suit," she said.

 At exactly the right moment, he spun her out, then back towards himself with magnificent flair, and she found herself closer to him than she'd been before. She also noticed that the daylight they'd been in when they started had shifted to another perfect sunset. Had she been a bit more focused, she would've pondered the sudden change in the skies, a change hours ahead of schedule. She might've even begun to wonder who, between the two of them, had the thoughts and ideas that began this change, settling in a new ambiance, replacing what had been with a gentler, almost romantic mood as they danced across their virtual outdoor laboratory. Had she been paying attention, she probably still couldn't've been sure which of them set the early sunset in motion, anyways, so maybe it was for the better that she chose not to think of it and instead focused that attention on her partner.

 "And where'd you learn to dance?" he asked.

 "I've been taking lessons," she said, "I've gotta keep my skills up and make it at least look like I'm trying next time Gizmoduck gets the jump on me. Word around the street is that he's getting pretty good at what he does."

 Febton smiled like an absolute dork, which was fortunately the way Gandra liked him.

 "I'll have to tell 'Gizmoduck' later that you said that," he teased, "he has such little self esteem these days."

 "I don't see why," Gandra said, with a smile, "I happen to think he's a pretty great guy."

 "I am? I mean, he is?" Fenton asked, and though he stumbled over his words, his feet didn't falter.

 "Yeah," Gandra smiled.

 "I'll take that as a compliment," he said, "you know, you're not so bad yourself, for a FOWL agent."

 "Is that all I am to you?" Gandra asked, and though her words maintained the lighthearted tone set by their light footwork, she meant it, having been wondering for weeks why he stuck around so long on this project in the little minimal amounts of free time he had between jobs.

 "No, not quite," he said.

 Against her better judgment she asked, "then what am I?" and for a terrifying second it seemed he might answer.

 But instead, as they followed through the steps of the music, he led her into a dip and held her there, as though frozen in time.

 She looked up at him as a star or two began to twinkle into existence in the lavender skies behind him. His arms, wrapped around her, supporting her back, were strong but gentle, and so were his eyes, overpowering, intense, and yet resting on her with the most gentle softness she'd ever known— and all that intensity and passion seemed to be directed at her.

 If she could've stayed there forever, her hands around his neck, their beaks inches apart, his eyes washing her in their rich beauty and hers doing the same to him, she would've done it in a heartbeat. As it was, he already held her there a measure longer than the flow of the song necessitated, and then another and another, as though building to some beautiful unspoken climax.

 But that climax never came. The song behind them ended, not naturally, but suddenly, so suddenly she expected to hear a record scratch.

 In that same moment, Fenton sighed, and averted his gaze from her as he stood her back to her feet and let her go.

 They both stood in front of each other for a moment, Fenton still not looking her in the eyes.

"You need to continue the project without me," he said, quickly and quietly.

 "What?" Gandra asked, hoping she'd misheard him, "I can't do this without you, Suit."

 "You can," he said, coldly, "you're one of the most brilliant minds I know."

 "I need you here, Fenton," she restated, and she knew she wasn't just referring to the project they'd started.

 "I can't," he said, "not now. Not anymore."

 "Why not?" Gandra asked, hoping she could soften the blow and slow the shattering of her suddenly very heavy heart.

 "We made an agreement when we started, Gandra," he shook his head and tucked his hands into the pockets of his labcoat, "but I feel I can no longer continue a professional working relationship with you."

 "Why not?" Gandra asked, "if it's something I…"

 "It's not you," Fenton said.

 "Then why can't you stay?"

 He closed his eyes and answered quietly, with a shrug of his shoulders. "Because I'm still in love with you."

 Her heart stopped and started all over again.

 "What?" Gandra asked.

 "Do I have to spell it out for you?" He asked, with frustration in his tone that didn't seem to be directed at her. "I never stopped loving you. I fell for you when I first met you, and that never changed. After you betrayed me, and then came back to help me, then left again without a word, you'd think I'd start to like you at least a little bit less! Somehow," he shook his head and took a deep breath, "somehow I like you even more. Why do you think I agreed to work with you again? Why do you think I'm even still here, Gandra?"

 "But you said when we started," she said, "'strictly professional.'"

 "I needed to remind myself of that," he said. "The first time I trusted you, it almost hurt a lot of people, people I care about. I can't have that happening again. I thought maybe this time I wouldn't get attached," and he stopped just a moment, and he looked her in the eyes for half a second, before shaking his head and turning away, "but even the great Fenton Crackshell Cabrera can't do the impossible. I have to go."

 "No," Gandra said, "no, you don't. This time's different."

 "Really?" Fenton asked, "what makes this time any different from last time?"

 Some feelings had always been natural for Gandra: disappointment, insecurity, regret. But this feeling? It was a totally unfamiliar territory.

 But unfamiliar territory was what science was all about. She took a step closer to him, and took his hand in hers, and he looked down at it in surprise, and then back up at her.

 "Because this time I like you too, Fenton."

 He smiled that same dorky smile again.

 "Really?" he asked, but then let his guard back up, "and how do I know I can trust you?"

 He'd turned his face away from her again, but she placed her hand on his cheek and tilted his head back towards her.

 "Look into my eyes," she said, "I trusted you with the virtual lab, and now look at what it's become— look at what we made together."

 "We do make a pretty good team," he said, with a halfhearted chuckle.

 "Suit," she said, "I trust you, and I like you. Can you trust me too?"

 He smiled, and wrapped his hand around hers as it rested on his cheek.

 "I trust you," he said.

 She smiled, and though she'd be reluctant to admit it, she may have giggled a little as he kissed her forehead.

 "So," she asked, "partners?"

 "Strictly professional workplace partners?" Fenton asked, with a raised eyebrow, "or strictly 'only professional when we're in the workplace, otherwise, perchance, daresay, romantic and wholesome and loving partners?'"

 Gandra laughed. "That second one sounds about right."

 "Then you've got yourself a deal," he said, "partner."

 And this deal they sealed not with a handshake, but with a hug and a kiss, the beginning of the most lovely partnership any two scientists had ever begun.

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Plus a bonus to give this drawing some context by giving y’all a sneak peek of what’s to come for my ducktales fanfic!

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After Scrooge found out what Webby was doing at the beach house, he decided to have a serious talk with her. The family was gathered around the table. Webby has her head down.

“Webbigail, It’s summer break. Why are you working at a place like this? You know you’re way too young to get a job!”

“Dad, I’m sorry. I just want to be like you. To become more independent..."

“Do you have any idea how worried I was? We were all trying to look for you! I was afraid that my little girl would get hurt again.” Scrooge sighed. “But, thank goodness you’re okay. Now, please change out of those clothes so we can relax.”

“This place is going out of business.”

“Wait. It is?”

“It’s true, Mr. McDuck.” The manager said. “If I can't get any customers, then my restaurant will close its doors.”

Scrooge raised an eyebrow on the manager. “How do you know me?”

“Webby told me everything about you. I have heard your name a few times back when my restaurant was alive.”

The rest of the ducks were all facing the manager with their eyes widened.

“In the past, I had a group of amazing employees that kept my customers happy. We were known for our famous breakfast.”

Webby raised her hand. “Are we talking about pancakes? There’s this friend of mine that loves them.”

“I was going to mention that we were mostly popular with our pancakes. Everyone loved them. Especially when it’s topped with chocolate chips and maple syrup.”

“Yum. Now I want some.” Webby giggled.

“But, now that the nearby club is open, my group of people left me behind, and nobody wanted to come here anymore.”

After hearing the manager’s backstory, Scrooge puts his arm around Webby. "I'm sorry sweetie."

“Dad?”

“I didn't realize that you were trying to help out this kind man.”

“Well, I always love helping the people I love. One time, Dewey and I helped Penumbra with her homesickness problem. I got her to try a hamburger for the first time!”

“It’s always the old saying that to get one’s heart is through their stomachs. Beakley always worked around the kitchen back at the mansion. She always puts her heart into making delicious food. If your granny can do it, so can you." Scrooge winked at Webby.

Webby looks at Scrooge and the rest of the gang. She's come this far into who she really is, and it was all thanks to her family.

“You’re right, dad. I want to make all these dishes with all of you. And maybe, we can all eat them together!”

“That’s the spirit! As long as we work together as a family, we can lure those people into trying our own food.”

“You mean, a new recipe?” Huey asked.

“Ooh! I like the sound of that!”

“How about we serve chili dogs?” Della suggested.

“I have something that will blow your mind: Dewberry pancakes!”

“I think people want Pep.”

After hearing each other’s ideas one by one, Webby thought it would be a great idea.

“We gotta clean up the place first, and maybe do some decorating before the restaurant even opens.” Huey also suggested.

“That’s exactly what we’re gonna do. The restaurant opens at 10’ am sharp. And we have about three hours to get everything ready.”

Scrooge smiled once more, and he stood up from his chair. Everyone gathered and put their arms in. “Alright, everyone. Let’s do this!”

The family raised their hands in the air. “Yeah!”

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DuckTales: Adventures in Duckburg! Coming Spring 2024!

[ducktoonsfanart]

Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby and Launchpad in Australia with animals - Australia Day - Ducktales 1987 and Duckverse

Yes, I am late, because Australia Day is celebrated on the 26th of January, but for some reason I didn't get to finish it until now. However, since I'm currently in the spirit of Australia, I'm going to publish some drawings of our heroes related to that country.

By the way, Australia Day is celebrated because on that day, in 1788, the first fleet made landfall and raised the British flag under the command of Arthur Phillip and founded Sydney there. Admittedly, the first settlers were prisoners.

Another drawing I'm dedicating to Australia Day is a drawing in which Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Webby Vanderquack and Launchpad McQuack go to Australia to investigate why Scrooge's sheep farm is disappearing. Of course, this is from the episode "Back Out in the Outback", I think it's a very good episode from Ducktales 1987 and I wish there was more dedication to certain episodes. Yes, in addition to our heroes, there is Sundowner, the farm caretaker and Scrooge's friend, as well as the Ratbags and Duke Duggan, villains who want to destroy Scrooge's business, but there's Launchpad who got them. Yes, Sundowner, although he appeared once, for me was a great character who was very Australian, and he too was played by the legendary Rob Paulsen. Yes, there are Australian animals, which little Webby Vanderquack is especially fond of and she is in the mother kangaroo bag, along with a koala who eats a lot of eucalyptus, and there is a baby kangaroo who is with Louie, as well as a dingo dog (Sundowner's guard dog) who is with Dewey. Yes, dedicated to that episode, I combined various redraw scenes and put it on my own drawing, which I drew in my own style.

I hope you like this drawing and love these animals as well as Australia itself and please feel free to like and reblog this, especially if you are a fan of Ducktales 1987. Although belated, I wish everyone a happy Australia Day!

[marziafantasia94]

More DT/PKNA headcanons

As much as I like to imagine scenarios between Odin and Donald in my head, Ducktales isn't just made of Donald Duck; so what would the relationships be like between Odin and the rest of the cast? So here we go:

Killmotor Hill residents

Scrooge Mcduck: Odin and Scrooge are courteous to each other, although Odin is annoyed that Scrooge unintentionally brought harm to Donald during his adventures, while Scrooge secretly believes that Odin is too young, and therefore inexperienced, to go into business with him.

HDL: Huey, Dewey and Louie admire Odin from the first moment they meet him (Huey for his intelligence, Dewey for his popularity and charm, Louie simply because he is rich), but over time they get to know him better and Odin becomes a second guardian after Donald Duck.

Webby Vandequack: At first she’s suspicious of Odin because no one really knows anything about him, and the fact Scrooge doesn’t trust him might have influenced her, but changes her mind after her grandma vouched for him.

Beakley: Being a former S.H.U.S.H. agent, Beakley already knew One, so it wasn't difficult for her to recognize him in his new body; she had thwarted several cases thanks to the information given to her by Uno so she already trusted the Artificial Intelligence, it is not difficult for her to trust him now.

Della Duck: Della never knew Donald had a close friend outside of the manor, but she always felt sad when her brother would prefer spend time with said friend than his sister and uncle, so even back from the moon Della is jealous of Donald and Odin’s close bond and would try to follow them.

Launchpad Mcquack: These two are polar opposites; they don’t hate each-other but never put them in the same room, you would feel the awkwardness from a mile away.

Duckworth: I don’t think ghosts and androids mix well.

[yanderes-galore]

I saw that you write for ducktales now, so a mark beaks concept? Him and donnie from rottmnt have the same VA!

Sure, I'll see what I got ^^ Also, yeah, I find it funny they have the same VA. I think Dewey has Rise! Leo's VA? Not sure.

I got some motivation from a fic set by @/yandere-toons which I will reblog after I post this if I can find it on Tumblr (Found it on Quotev really late last night. I said the blog name but I am scared of tagging them.).

Yandere! Mark Beaks Concept

Pairing: Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Stalking, Egocentric behavior, Obsession, Clingy behavior, Abuse of power, Use of tech to stalk, Murder/Hitman mention, Jealousy, Possessive behavior, Manipulation, Kidnapping, Blackmail mention.

Okay, Mark Beaks likes to act like this big millionaire like all the others.

However he is really deceptive and attention-seeking.

He's also a crybaby and selfish.

Mark would be a very determined yandere to woo over his darling.

He seems like he'd be persistent to gain your attention and would fret over his darling if he was deprived of your attention.

Mark would be Obsessive, Self-centered/Entitled, Clingy, Manipulative, Possessive, Delusional and Invasive.

He's greedy and once he finds an obsession he'll steal every ounce of attention you have.

Mark is can be a self-absorbed person most of the time.

You'd have to do something to really stand out to him in order to make him obsessive.

Be popular on social media, work for him, be another millionaire or close to it, something to catch his attention.

Once he takes notice of you his obsession is fast acting.

He plans to be your friend at first... but it escalates.

You get questions from people once Mark Beaks starts following you on social media or tagging you in random photos.

Mark is a stalker in a lot of ways.

He's liking all your posts on social media.

He's following you around if you work for him.

You can be minding your own business and somehow Mark is there.

He is incredibly invasive and knows almost everything about you.

Mark is a yandere who abuses his social media presence.

He posts about you and him a bit more than he should.

You'll be dragged into photos with him and he's always a bit too friendly.

You don't like how physical he is with you, wrapping an arm around you for a photo or dragging you around like a toy.

Mark doesn't respect your boundaries that much.

Which usually leads to arguments of you trying to tell him off.

It never deters him for long.

Mark Beaks is a yandere that craves attention all. the. time.

If he pines for his darling he'll go looking for them.

End of discussion, nothing is stopping him.

You can say he's manipulative.

A tendency with yanderes who are famous or popular is their influence puts their darling in line.

It's so easy to say on the internet that you two are dating.

The public will eat it up.

To add onto him stalking he places cameras everywhere.

He knows any sort of personal info about you.

It scares you when he says something he definitely should not have known.

Then he plays it off like it's normal!?

Mark would be easily jealous and possibly possessive.

He's entitled and feels he should get what he wants

He'd manipulate those around you with threats of some kind.

He can hire someone to have a person killed or sabotage their social media presence.

He does have power as he is still rich despite lying at times to get to this point.

Mark Beaks would give his darling anything and everything if it meant keeping you.

He fantasizes about his darling and can't go long before wanting to be close again.

Mark thinks you'll be happy if he bribes you to stay with him.

He wants to be the center of your attention and has so many pictures of you on his phone.

Maybe even a whole phone full.

Mark is delusional.

Once he takes notice of you he may be an obsession at first sight kind of guy.

He immediately fixates on you and wants to have your attention.

Know him or not, he's planning to be a permanent part of your life.

He's like a parasite you can't quite get rid of.

He feeds on your attention and will drain you mentally.

He has the ability to kidnap and promises to give you a comfortable room!

He just craves your love more than anything.

Mark's need for affection is physical and verbal.

He wants your praise and your touch.

When he gives affection it's usually physical.

Lots of hugs, lots of clinging...

You can barely pry him off you.

Mark Beaks hides all the photos and videos he took of you without your permission.

That's his little secret.

He also removes anything that ties him to your abduction or the murders of those close to you.

His reputation must remain perfect!

Mark no doubt spam calls and texts you if you aren't near him.

He craves you and needs to know where you are.

If you block him, he comes back with a new account and number.

He has backups!

Overall, Mark Beaks is a yandere that abuses his power to obtain your adoration...

You can't leave his side if he blackmails you!

[hannahhook7744]

17.Who invented the animal-to-human translator.

(For the descendants theories thing )

There are many inventors in disney who could have made the animal-to-human translator.

But the question we must ask ourselves is who could or would do so? Who has motive to do so?

And who wouldn't?

Today I will be focusing on who could and couldn't have invented the animal translator thing and I will be going over those in the wiki and those that may have been forgotten/overlooked by the wiki to do so.

Couldn't:

Chef Andre (from Sofia the first): He gave up on inventing before the series even began and didn't seem to have interest in taking it back up, so he's out.

Spiderman (The Amazing Spiderman): We have no real proof he exists in Disney Descendants and, even if he did, this doesn't really seem his style so he's out.

Aggro (Miles from Tomorrowland): We have no proof that he exists and again, this doesn't really seem his style so he's out.

Professor Acari (Kim Possible): He focuses mainly on robotics, so this translator thing does not seem to be his type of thing. So he's out too.

Dr. Akita (Ducktales): He is a dog and doesn't like treating things he sees as beneath him as people, so why would he be interested in inventing something just to communicate with things he sees as beneath him (he'd probably see humans as less than him too)? He's out.

Dr. Axolotl (TaleSpin): He has beef with Shere Khan, who probably exists in Disney Descendants (I think it was actually stated he did exist?), but he's an animal himself and I honestly can't see him wanting to communicate with humans, so he's out.

Bug Bailey (Dick Tracy): We don't know if he exists and he was the tech expert of the police department, so we have no idea if he's even capable of inventing such a device. He's out.

Baron Von Steamer (Big Hero Six: The Series): We don't know if he exists and he doesn't seem to have interest in animals, so he probably wouldn't invent such a thing, so he's out.

The Beagle Boys (DuckTales): No motive and might not even exist, so they're out.

Beaker (Muppets): We don't know if he exists and his inventions tend to turn out wrong, so it probably wasn't him.

Belle (Beauty and the Beast): I can't remember if animated Belle was an inventor, but even if she was, she was queen when it was invented. When would she have time?

Sara Bellum (Darkwing Duck): She might not exist, she's a duck, and the invention wouldn't help the organization much at all, so probably not her.

Big Bad Wolf (Redux Riding Hood): He could exist and maybe he could invent the thing, but he's a villain so he'd be on the isle (as would most of the villains/former villains) and thus the technology would not be available to those in Auradon. So he's out.

Alador Blight (Owl House): He could exist and could be capable/interested in inventing such an item but he'd probably be on the isle, unfortunately. So, because of the lack of availability of the technology for the Auradon folk, he's out.

Boone Wiseman (Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero): I can't see him inventing something like that unless it was for a mission and he's a part time hero, so he's probably pretty busy. He's out.

Dr. Cyrus Bortel (Kim Possible): Based on his previous inventions alone, he's out even if you could argue he'd be capable. It does not seem to be his thing.

Sigmund Brock (American Dragon: Jake Long): We don't know if he exists but even if he does, his previous inventions are too different from this. And he could be considered a villain by some, so he's out.

Bruno Carelli (Ms. Marvel): We don't know if he exists and though he's probably more than capable of inventing such an item, he doesn't have a motive so he's out.

Bug (Future Worm): We don't know if they exist and they don't have the motive. He's out.

Taurus Bulba (Darkwing Duck): No clue if he exists, he's a villain, and doesn't have the motive. He's out.

Bungo (Jungle Junction): No clue if he exists, he doesn't seem capable of inventing such a thing, and has no motive. He's out.

Commander Buck Burpelson (Quack Pack): Doesn't have the motive, might not exist, and doesn't seem to have the need for such a device, so he's out.

Capricious Harmony (Disney Kingdoms series Figment 2): She's capable but doesn't have a motive for such an invention and might not exist, so she's out.

Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea): He may he capable but might not exist in descendants and has no motive, so he's out.

Dr. Marcus Garvey Carver II (The Proud Family Movie): He's a scientist who experiments in peanut cloning technology. He seems to have no interest in animals or animal related technology. Whether or not he's capable doesn't matter given that and the fact he might not exist in descendants, so he's out.

Jason Chandler (Discovery Bay Chronicles (unaired pilot)): Might not exist and doesn't seem capable of such an invention, nor does he have the proper motive. So he's out.

Chrona and her father (Hidden Worlds): She doesn't seem capable though she does have the motive (i.e the creature but that also marks her out because she would have invented the above device if she was capable of doing so) so she's out. Also we don't know if she exists.

Carlos de Vil (Disney Descendants): He's capable and would have the interest but man was born on the isle and it would have likely been mentioned if he'd invented the item.

Cobby Hugglemonster (Henry Hugglemonster): Might not exist and doesn't seem capable of such a thing due to his young age. Also it's only for humans and animals as far as we know, so that also rules him out.

Curtis (Santa Claus): His whereabouts are unknown, he might not exist in this universe, and we don't have many references for his work. Nor does he have much motive so he's out.

Daedalus (Hercules): He looks down on those he thinks are dumber than him, so he likely wouldn't have invented an item to allow him to talk to animals he would probably think are of lower intellect than him so he's out. But maybe given the time change, maybe he could have changed enough to have created such a thing.

Donald and Douglas Davenport (Lab Rats): They probably don't have the interest after the bionic dog incident even though they're both capable. They might also not exist in this universe, so they're out.

Evelyn Deavor ( incredibles 2): She's capable but she's also a villain and if she exists, is on the isle. So she's out.

Lord Demanitus (Tangled the series): He's probably still dead, so though he'd likely have the interest and be capable of doing so, he's out.

Professor Demens (Kim Possible): Long dead and might not have existed, so he's out. Plus we don't know what he invented, so he's a no.

Professor Dementor (Kim Possible): He's out just because he's a villain. They wouldn't have access to his tech if he did invent it recently and he doesn't have the motive. He might also not exist so he's out.

Dexter Dingus (Mickey Mouse): Criminal and animal, so he's out.

Doc Static (Mickey Mouse): Animal, might not exist, and we don't have much idea of what he invented. So he's out.

Dr. Drakken (Kim Possible): Might not exist. Might be on the isle if he is capable. So he's out unfortunately.

Dreamfinder (Dreamfinders (unproduced)): Might not exist. No frame of reference for his inventions. So he's out.

Dr. Droid (Mighty Ducks): He's a villain and he hates organic life, so no motive. He's out.

Donald Duck, Everett Ducklair, Emil Eagle, Gyro Gearloose, Anna Matronic, and Genialina Edy Son (Mickey Mouse stuff): Animals. Might not exist. They're out.

Little Helper (Ducktales): He's a robot and his inventions don't relate to animals, so he's out.

Thomas Edison: Might not exist in universe and doesn't seem to have the motive.

Egghead (Ant-Man and the Wasp): Might not exist and is probably dead.

Electronique (Kim Possible): they have an interest in electrical stuff, not animals. So that and the question of whether or not they exist has them out. Also a villain.

Eliza Zambi (Zombies): She's capable but lacks the motive and might not exist. So she's out.

Emma Lau (Aaron Stone): Her inventions don't seem to correlate back to animals and she might not exist, so she's out.

Abraham Erskine (Captain America): He's out because he's dead, might not exist in this world, and his inventions don't correlate with animals.

Eureka (Eureka!): She lived during the stone age and might not have been brought to the present or exist, and she might not be capable of inventing this particular item so she's out unless new info comes out

Dr. Fen (Kim Possible): Villain who invents mainly robots and who might not exist. He's out.

Fernanda Pizazzo (Tangled the series): she doesn't seem capable of such a thing and has no strong motive, so she's out.

Benjamin Franklin: Might not exist, is probably dead, and doesn't seem capable and has no motive, so he's out.

Flik (Bugs Life): He doesn't seem capable, plus he's an ant. Even if he exists, how would he get the invention out to the wider public?

Phileas Fogg (Around the World in 80 Days): He's definitely capable but where's the motive and where's the proof of his existence?

Agent G (The Replacements): He's capable but where's the motive, interest, and proof of his existence?

Gary the Gadget Guy (Club Penguin): We have no proof that he's capable, that he exists, and that he has any interest in such an invention, so he's out.

Gibson (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!): He'd probably be capable but where's the motive, interest, and proof of existence? Out.

Gwen Grayson (Sky High): She could be capable but would probably have no interest and again, might not exist and she is probably on the isle if she does due to her villain status. Out.

Green Goblin (Spiderman): He's a villain, probably doesn't exist, and he has no motive for such a thing. Out.

Goldie L. Locks (Goldie & Bear): She's capable but she can already talk to bears so there's not much motive, if she exists that is. She's out.

Grumio (Babes in Toyland): He works mainly with toys so he's probably not capable of inventing such a thing. If he exists that is. Out.

Gusto Gummi (Adventures of the Gummi Bears): I have no clue if he'd be capable of such a thing but there's no big motive for this. So he's out.

Gwen (Sofia the First): She's capable, sure, but her inventions seem to be centered around mainly music, cooking, and cleaning. Lacking motive, so she's out.

Geegaw Hackwrench and Gadget Hackwrench (Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers): Maybe they're capable if they exist, but their inventions rule them out due to lack of similarity or motive.

He who remains (Loki): Probably doesn't exist and motivate is lacking. He's out.

Hulk (Marvel): Probably doesn't exist and motivate is lacking. He's out.

Honey Lemon (Big Hero Six): She works mainly with chemicals, so she's out on that alone.

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (Muppets): He probably doesn't exist and due to his history with his inventions, he's not likely to be capable of such an invention.

Ironman (Marvel): Capable but would he show interest in such an invention and probably doesn't exist? He's out.

Iron heart (Marvel): same reason as above.

Icarus (Hercules): I don't know if he'd be capable of such an invention and due to lack of other inventions to compare to, he's out.

Johan (Frozen): Worked mainly on windmills, so he's out.

Queen Iduana (Frozen): Worked mainly on windmills, so she's out.

Ling-Ling Johnson (Guilty Party): She may be capable but due to my lack of knowledge about her inventions, I can only assume they relate to her parents' detective work. So she's lacking motive and that boots her out.

Jumba Jookiba and Dr. Hämsterviel(Lilo and Stitch): They worked mainly on illegal genetic experiments and weapons, so they rules them out on this particular invention even if they are capable inventors.

June Chen (The Ghost and Molly McGee): She's capable but she's only worked on Ghost hunting stuff, so she's out.

Kang the Conqueror (Marvel): Lack of motivation, might not exist, and would probably be on the isle if he did, so he's out.

Harley Keener (Marvel): His inventions don't relate to animals or language at all, he doesn't seem to have any interest in animals, and he might not exist, so he's out

Aldrich Killian (Marvel): He's a villain, his inventions don't relate to animals, and he doesn't seem interested in them at all, so he's out if he does exist.

Maximus the Mad (Marvel): Probably doesn't exist and the invention doesn't seem like his type of thing. So he's out.

Lady Octopus (Spiderman): She's capable but has a lack of motive and might not exist, not to mention she worked mainly on robotics. So she's out.

Cassie Lang (Ant-Man): same reason as above.

Lenore Shimamoto (Big Hero 6): She's dead, didn't show anyone her inventions which didn't relate to animals, and seems more interested in chrystanthemums if she did exist, so she's out.

Leo Callisto (Miles from Tomorrowland): He might not exist and I don't know much about his inventions, so he's out unless I get more information.

Lexington (Gargoyles): He's a gargoyle, might not exist, and I don't know enough about his inventions, so he's out unless I get more information.

Lickspittle (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil): He's definitely on the isle for what he did to those fairies and probably wouldn't have interest in this invention, he's out.

Mad Doctor (The Mad Doctor): He's dead and if he wasn't, he'd be on the isle for the experiments he did on animals. I also don't think he's capable of such a thing.

Mr. McHenry (Kim Possible): He works with lasers, not animals and might not exist. So he's out.

Mechanicles (Aladdin): it'd turn into a weapon if he'd made it, he's out.

Merlin Jones (The Misadventures of Merlin Jones): He works with hypnosis, so he's out.

Merriweather Adam Pleasure (Pleasure Island): He created stuff that was fun, sure, but I don't think this kind of thing is up his alley. Plus he's long dead at this point even if he did exist and was capable of this.

Moon Girl (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur): Doesn't seem her type of invention and she might not exist, so she's out until I get further proof that she could be capable and would invent such a thing.

Mr. Woodbird (Tiny Ones Transport Service): He's an animal and might not exist, and this doesn't seem this kind of thing, so he's out (unless I get further proof).

Could:

Bob (Puppy Dog Pals): He's both capable, has an interest in animals, and not a villain, so he's a good candidate.

Captain Brieux (The Island at the Top of the World): We don't know if he exists but he's eccentric, a decent inventor, and he has a pet poodle, so he probably could invent something like this and does have the motive.

Searcher Clade (Strange World): He's a farmer, so he had the motive and he seems more than capable of inventing such a thing so he's a good candidate.

Clyde Cosgrove (Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers): He seems capable with some help and he has the motive, and is not a villain so he's a good candidate.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (many movies): He's been in many disney movies, so he likely exists. He could very well have made the blueprints/thought up the idea though he's very unlikely to have built the invention himself.

Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb): Has the motive, is capable, and he could have given his daughter his inventions if he got sent to the isle. Question is, does he exist?

Drosselmeyer: He has the motive and might be capable though he's not too likely given he specifically likes creating toys.

Edgar "E" Gore and Victor Frankstien (Frankenweenie): Assuming they're not on the isle, they're more than capable and given their love of animals, they have the proper motive.

Ferb and Phineas Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb): I don't really need to say anything. If they exist, they're definitely capable of this invention.

Graham Pudowski (Ron's Gone Wrong): He could be capable and has the motive. If he exists, he's a good candidate.

Hiro Hamada (Big Hero 6): He is more than capable of inventing such a thing, he wouldn't be on the isle if he exists, and he has a cat. That's motivation enough. Possible candidate.

Princess Isabella Castillo Flores (Elena of Avalor): She seems capable of it, she likes animals, and her family has magic on their side, so maybe it made her realize that the animals around her COULD be sentient enough to communicate with. Possible candidate (if you know what she invented and disagree let me know, the wiki didn't tell me anything about her inventions).

Prince Jin (Sofia the first): He seems capable and,due to the talking Panda incident, he has the proper motive to WANT to make such a thing (if you know what he invented and disagree let me know, the wiki didn't tell me anything about his inventions). Possible candidate.

Lewis Robinson (Meet The Robinsons): His inventions are different enough from one another that he could have interest in inventing such a thing. Plus his family has a T-Rex and possibly other pets, so maybe he did invent it (if he exists). Possible candidate.

Maurice (Beauty and the Beast): Maurice is a competent inventor and he's somewhat eccentric. He also has a horse and maybe a cat if you include the cat (and other concept characters), so he has motive. And we know he exists since Belle does. Possible candidate.

Old Man (Fiddleford Hadron) McGucket (Gravity Falls): He's capable, seems to like animals, and is eccentric enough that it's highly possible he'd invent this if he exists.

Charles Muntz (Up): Probably on the isle if they bothered to bring him back but maybe they used his collar that Dug still has to manufacture more. So he's the strongest confidant.

I'm going to end on him, since he did invent something almost exactly like this.

But if anyone wants more options, here's where you can find them:

[shychick-52]

I enjoyed This Duckburg Life, the little 8-episode podcast that came out after DuckTales ended (although there's no reason Fenton/Gizmoduck couldn't have been included, especially because the podcast was from Huey's pov, but I digress XD). My favorite episode is 'The Narratron 3000', where Gyro invents a mind-reading helmet that speaks the user's thoughts out loud... and it turned sentient, went evil, and tried to melt Huey's brain and take over his body. BUT...

...I mostly only enjoyed this episode because Gyro was in it so much. Because I hated that Gyro was too worried about the state of his own lab (which caught on fire in the chaos caused by his invention) to care that his machine was about to melt Huey's brain. He even went so far as to say Huey was disposable, that Scrooge still has two other nephews. The following is what was actually said:

Huey: Dr. Gearloose, help! Or I'm a goner!

Gyro: Uh, kind of busy over here! I need to put out this fire! You're not the only piece of hardware worth saving.

Huey: Please! You need to stop her! You'll never get that raise from Scrooge if you melt his nephew's brain!

Gyro: Eh, he's still got two other nephews. Now, where did I put the fire extinguisher?

Gyro did end up helping Huey in a moment, but only when Huey appealed to his ego:

Huey: Dr. Gearloose, listen! You're the greatest inventor in Duckburg! The greatest inventor in the world! You've got to come up with something, Dr. Gearloose! Anything!

But as flawed as Gyro is, I just can't see him being that cold and selfish, not even before his amazing character development at the end of the DuckTales episode 'Astro B.O.Y.D.'... and certainly not after that, especially because Huey is the one who single-handedly helped Gyro learn that Akita was directly responsible for Boyd going evil all those years ago in Tokyolk and ruining his life, plus Huey is his son's best friend and he reunited him with Gyro! (Granted, it's unknown if This Duckburg Life is even canon to the show, but it's still out-of-character for Gyro to be that cruel!) And he seriously didn't think Scrooge, Della, Donald, or anyone else would care- or wouldn't blame him for not saving Huey- if they lost him, as long as they still had Dewey and Louie?? SRSLY? COME ON, he knows this family way better than that!!

Besides, Gyro may be many things, but one of his best qualities is his willingness to always go out of his way to stop his machines from wreaking havoc and hurting others, such as in 'The Great Dime Chase' and 'Astro B.O.Y.D.' It's his way of taking responsibility for what he perceives as his failures, despite his arrogance- which is mostly a mask to hide his true insecurities- and despite insisting his inventions are merely "wildly misunderstood".

In one of my favorite parts in 'Astro B.O.Y.D.', Gyro immediately (without thinking twice about it) grabs Huey and runs with him to safety, away from the rampaging Boyd who fell back under Akita's control. That's more like it!

@bambiilooza

[soyouareandrewdobson]

Nintendo-vember Level 2: Howard and Nester: How you are not supposed to pay tribute to a comic

Ahhhh, Nintendo Power. Published by Nintendo of America from 1988 till August of 2012, this magazine was part of the childhood of many Nintendo fans. A magazine that functioned as a gaming guide, advertisement for new games and just fun overall for people enthusiastic for Nintendo.

While we did not have Nintendo Power like that where I am from, we had a similar magazine called “Club Nintendo”, which ran from the 90s up till the early 2000s (2002 to be precise), after which it unfortunately got unceremoniously canceled. I had access to these issues thanks to relatives who enjoyed them a lot and honestly, I enjoyed them too. Very informative, highlighting many games and filled with some really fun comic stories here and there.

Now, Club Nintendo wasn’t entirely like Nintendo Power though. For example, among our comics in the magazine we did not have the subject of today’s post: Howard and Nester.

Now for those unaware who they are, a short explanation: Howard and Nester were the characters of a short series of comic strips from the very early days of Nintendo Power. Howard was an adult business man with a bow tie that Matt Smith may like, while Nester was a ten to eleven year old redhead NES player. In other words, he was a little shit.

Howard himself btw was based on Howard Phillips, initially a warehouse manager for Nintendo of America, who at a very young age (he was only in his 20s when he started working for Nintendo) joined the company and would play a major role in the marketing of the NES launch in America. He was also an avid videogamer of the “olden times” so to speak and was Nintendo of America’s spokesperson number uno. Liked by many within the industry, he did however eventually leave Nintendo in 1991 (at only 32 years old), to pursue careers in other companies. Which did not work out quite as well, according to Wikipedia. Though he is still hanging around, kicking, playing and working in the industry, for some german firm no one really knows about.

Man, he even looks kinda like the eleventh Doctor.

Anyway, back to the comic itself: The comic strips were essentially just meant as short, two page fillers ad would feature the caricature of Howard Phillips and Nester, the later supposed to represent Nintendo fanboys, finding themselves in environments related to a current videogame and dealing with whatever situation. Most of the time just ending in some comedic pratfall for a rather impatient Nester to suffer.

Then, after 25 strips, Howard, in relation to Howard Phillips leaving Nintendo, also left the comic, resulting in the thing ending and Nester going on some mini adventures on his own.

Now honestly, reading those strips I don’t think they are really bad. Howard as a character is rather supportive, there are small hints to games they thematically integrate in the comics here and there and some of the scenarios are kinda fun. Plus even the linework is okay for this sort of comic.

However, I genuinely think that Nester is a little bit of a shit. Especially in his first two strips.

He just comes off as smug and a bit of a know it all. Believing he is better than Howard, not grateful for any advice and trying to come off like he is an expert in the eyes of younger, impressionable kids.

Oh god, he is Dobson!

Though that may be what adds to the pratfalls he suffers then. In addition, I am a bit baffled by what games they supposedly star in or how some of the games they talk about are executed in comic.

I mean, the Ducktales comic for example has nothing to do with Ducktales really aside of the moon duck enemy thing kinda being in it (though that may have been related to Disney telling them not to use Scrooge)…

And then there is the fact, that a comic based on the Golgo 13 game was made.

You know, THE Golgo 13? The game based on the famous manga about an assassin for hire?

I mean, what next? A comic based on them in the setting of Home Sweet Home? Though that may have been cool.

It is just, I can see how the duo left some impression on early readers, but I can’t see how they could get quite the appeal, that back in 2008 Nintendo Power would release THIS comic, featuring a now adult Nester talking to his son about the good old days. A little manga-esque like tribute, some people enjoyed.

Not so much You know who though, who decided to draw instead THIS comic in order to “honor” the two and the style of the comic. And in doing so just ended up showing that he kinda never understood the character of Nester, nor the concept behind the original tribute in the first place.

So, why does the comic suck? Because it is just an excuse for Dobson to project his own shitty opinion about how Nintendo “dishonored” the origins of the characters he claims to love onto Nester. All while making also both characters accidentally come off as losers and creepy. Particularly Howard comes off as horrible in the comic. After all, based on the set up established via the first two panels, I can only assume that the guy kidnapped a ten year old boy against his will and put him into cryostasis. Separating him from his family and friends, only to thaw him up again twenty years later. And for what? To show him how far games have come since then?

I get that the comic is supposed to be a joke (though I see nothing in it that makes me laugh), but… well..

For that set up is rather unfortunate and feels more like it should be part of some existential horror story about someone finding themselves completely displaced in time and seeing, how their disappearance tore apart their loved ones. I for one rather ask myself, what happened to Nester’s parents? Were they accused of killing their son and send to prison? Did they commit suicide? Did Howard just kill them to get to Nester in the first place?

And the “motivation” to freeze him -I want to show you how games are played in the future- is just… that doesn’t even feel like a plan. I am genuinely at loss for words to explain the “logic” that Howard must have had and how none of that helps “the joke”.

Like look, the idea that Howard would e.g. pull out some magic item or machine to show Nester how in the future games are played and giving him a bit of a cultural shock only to return back to the present, feels like a set up that could have worked. But this is not the set up of this comic. This comic has Howard use an extreme measurement to achieve his goal, that comes just off as psychotic.

But hey, why bother elaborating on the ramifications of Howard having tortured a child like that (which feels like a great disservice to the real Howard Phillips), when there are games to play.

Or rather, complain about, because that is the only thing Nester does, starting from his shock at seeing Link now having blond hair.

Which is stupid as shit. I am sorry, but considering the kid had been on ice since the late 80s according to this comic, I think his first reaction to seeing game graphics from around 2008 would be “holy shit” as a result of a cultural shock. Not the fact that Link now has blond hair.

Also, way to prove how Nester is only a phony Nintendo fanboy, because he calls Pit by the name of Kid Icarus

See, little trivia bit here: The tendency of calling little Pit (btw, one of my favorite characters in the Nintendo canon ever since I played Uprising. I love that little shota) Kid Icarus, came mostly because of the awful Captain N: The Game Master cartoon from 1989, which named him by his game title. All while the game was a stable of the NES library since 1987 and Pit’s name was a stable in its freaking manual

Look for yourself: Page 7.

Also, getting riled up over Mario not being from Brooklyn when that was NEVER a point in the actual games anyway or Link’s hair color?

Hm, doesn’t that sound familiar…

Look, I am not much a fan of Nester based on the strips I saw, but it would be obvious even to Helen Keller, that Nester here is not himself. He is a stand in for Dobson and his shitty opinions on how Nintendo “betrayed” the old NES fans by making Mario and Co more marketable and ignore their “true and honest” origins. The “real” Nester based on the strips comes off to me more like someone who would freaking geek out at seeing his favorite game characters being these detailed, cartoony badasses fighting equally great villains.

After all, playing as Link who can ride on a horse and fights a giant sized pig demon? Mario throwing planets at Bowser? Mario and Link duking it out with other heroes? Seeing Pit and Palutena in Smash Bros Brawl? Which btw came out in January of 2008, so Nester complaining about not seeing Pit- oh I am sorry “Kid Icarus” would be inaccurate too.

The point I am trying to make is, that if you grew up with the bare minimum presentation some NES games had, you would be gushing over anything “modern”

Heck, considering the sort of stuff Nester played or was into in the comics, he would likely drop the Wii once he learnt about stuff like God of War, Ratchet and Clank and other “badass” and “cool” games other consoles can offer.

But no. Nester is simply overwhelmed with the concept of 3D and “realism”. Though lets be real here, I think realism in videogames is an oxymoron, independent of what console we talk about. I mean, what is e.g. “realistic” about Mario, Sonic, God of War, Final Fantasy, Resident Evil etc? I know at least half a class of biologists who cry each time a new Resident Evil scientist comes off with a new variant of the virus.

Anyway, he is so overwhelmed, he simply just wants to go back to the old days and the game he used (or rather “use”. Btw, great job at even failing at simple past tense) to play.

Only loving the Nintendo Wii once Nester tells him about the online shop and that he can play on it the same shlock he already likely has memorized before Howard put him into cryostasis and as such deprived him of a proper childhood.

Meaning that Howards “plan” to show Nester the future of gaming failed, because instead of embracing the new while also loving the old, he simply rejects the former and embraces the later even more tightly, putting it on a pedestal the same way Dobson does.

Which frankly, is one of the aspects I find the most annoying about Dobson in general when it comes to Nintendo. I get it. He grew up with the NES and I admit, the console had some really great games that build the corner stones of many franchises and the Nintendo empire.

But, and you can crucify me for saying that, by modern day standards (or heck, even standards set up by the follow up console, the SNES) the NES era was kinda bad and many games, even a lot of the classics, can’t stand the test of time as much anymore than they once did.

Before you burn me on the stake, let me explain: I myself grew up with the SNES and GameBoy as my first consoles, so I never played the NES games, even though I was aware of them through Club Nintendo. Only in recent years, thanks to the NES mini and some game collections I downloaded on the PS4, I got to play some of the classic games. And frankly, I think a lot of them suck in some regard. Like the technical limitations of the time, the at times unfair programming to make certain games extra hard and how quick you can actually get through the game once you know what to do, make some games a bit of an underwhelming experience.

Granted, unlike Dobson I will admit, that my opinion is very biased. Coming from my own love of the SNES, as well as decades of playing other games too, including sequels to many of these starter games that managed to polish up things in term of gameplay and presentation. And there is no denying, that there have still been many great games on the console by Nintendo itself, but also third party publishers such as Capcom, Squaresoft, Enix or Konami.

Kirby, Mario Bros 3, Megaman 3 up to 6, Ducktales, Castlevania 3, Contra, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Earthbound are at least some titles that come to my mind.

But it was also the console that gave us stuff like the LJN published videogames, got a shit ton of unnecessary equipment like the Power Glove, established the term “Nintendo Hard” and frankly, I find myself unable to genuinely play the NES Zelda games or Kid Icarus without feeling them quite underwhelming and a bit flawed. So bottom line, I think it was important, I think good stuff came out of it, but it was only the first steps into the right direction. The NES learnt how to walk, so the Switch could run.

Dobson meanwhile worships the era like it was the greatest thing ever, never topped and shoves his opinion into Nester’s mouth. Resulting in the strip’s entire message boiling down essentially to the following:

The past was greater than what we have now and is the only thing I love. Oh, and fuck you for making me try new things.

Which is ironic, coming from the person who among other things would claim that such a behavior is toxic years later. Going onto rants how Kylo Ren is such a nostalgic nerd and criticism of “toxic fans” when he ranted about Star Wars – The Last Jedi and that critics of it are all Nazis. Even though Kylo is the one saying “let the past die”.

There is also just the fact, that the comic obviously misses the idea behind the original Howard and Nester tribute comic from Nintendo Power.

Like sure, the comic in the magazine was flawed. The manga inspired art work wasn’t that great and Nester felt like he grew up into the sort of young adult who made videos on youtube in the late 2008s, trying to emulate the AVGN by reviewing old NES games and acting like he is hardcore for enjoying “The Wizard”. All while being in reality more of a dork, especially in the eyes of a son that actually comes off as way older than he likely should be if Nester is only in his late twenties or early thirties.

But I think that was kind of the point. Making Nester more a caricature of the “gaming nerd” of the time period, while also indirectly playing a decent tribute to the old days and showing Nester having gotten older, though not necessarily wiser. But considering his kid seems to be doing okay, I doubt he is that terrible of a dad.

Which begs the question though, what is it about the comic that pissed Dobson off that much? The “manga” style? Granted, I think they could have gone more with a style akin to what the original comics had, which is the only thing Dobson has going for his page, that I can actually appreciate. But it could have been worse.

Is it the idea of Nester actually changing as a person, growing up? I mean, considering how allergic Dobson was often times to the idea of change (except when it was related to dumb reboots that may piss off republican strawmen in his head), I could actually believe that.

But if that was what pissed him off and his idea was to make a comic doing a tribute to these two the “right way”, Dobson failed miserably. Because all he did was make Howard come off like a psychopath for freezing up a kid to show him some games and Nester like a moron who can’t appreciate positive change in the media he consumes. All because Dobson was rather focused to vent his own frustration about Nintendo through their mouths, rather than respectfully draw a story with them. Something he even admitted

The artwork may be decent here, but the writing is a failed assignment.

The most ridiculous thing about that being, that either some time later or before, Dobson made a way better comic starring NEster, that actually gets the vibe of the original

And before someone claims I can only complain and not bring some alternative to the table how to execute the comic, here is what I may have done:

Start the comic as Howard and Nester in the Back to The Future NES game, supposedly having just finished it. Only for Nester to end up playing with the controls of the DeLorean and in doing so transporting him and Howard into the future. Materializing in 2008, they then learn about the actual positive things happening to videogames ever since , though Howard may also learn to some degree about the bad stuff whe he reads up an article titled “Rise and Fall of videogames” or something related to Jack Thompson). Have Nester for example geek out about Smash Bros, question what a Pikachu is, hitting himself in the head accidentally with a Wii Remote, but overall try to also give a positive message to it all.

Like Nester befriending  bunch of kids via Wii playing. The comic then ending with the two travelling back to 1988, Nester all pumped up about the prospect how great videogames will turn out in the future -perhaps also being a bit impatient at the prospect to wait 20 years to play Smash Bros Brawl again- while Howard muses about the things yet to come. The final panel perhaps being set in 2008 with an older Nester looking over a little brother who befriended by accident his younger self, challenging the younger one to a rematch he had “lost” in the past.

I know, sounds corny as fuck, but it at least would nullify the entire “I kidnapped you and froze you up” implications of the original comic by Dobson.

Now, unlike Dobson, I do not intend to leave a bitter taste in the mouth of the readers, so I want to end this post on a sweeter note by informing you about the following:

When Nintendo Power eventually ended on issue 285 in December of 2012, someone at the editorial team must have remembered Howard and Nester, because they decided to have this little two page comic in it.

Nester, drawn in the classic style, as a way more well adjusted adult than in the 2008 comic, reminiscing about the magazine that he owes his existence and had brought him many hours of joy. His son helping him accept that it may be over for the magazine, but that the enjoyment will never 100% go away. Even adding a little framed bow tie in the background of the last panel, symbolizing that in hindsight Nester likely came to appreciate Howard as more than just an annoying mentor sort of figure. All before heading out to play a new Mario game with his son. Leaving the past behind but close, while embracing the future.

A comic, that in my opinion hits on the sweet “bittersweet” spot of such things as Fullmetal Alchemist or Amphibia. Giving the “story” a proper wrap up and assuring people that it is over, but that the characters themselves in a way are -unlike Dobbear- never gone.

And if you want to read all the strips of Howard and NEster, here is a link to the archive I found for this post.

Level 2 is done. Time for some bonus round and then the next level soon. Cause now we are really going deep into his whinning over the superiority of the old Nintendo canon

[strawberryicemoon]

I am curious, how do the other story driven Disney shows with Gravity Falls, Star vs the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, and Owl House fare in comparison to DuckTales 2017? Do you think they all had similar problems of trying to cram too much (and for Owl House's case, it had their final seaosn shortened so there was definitely some sense of having to cram for the final)?

Wow a question. I'm honored that you think so highly of anything I've said previously to be worth requesting my insight. Though, I must preface this is only my opinion, as I don't know anything about cartoon development, but I will do my best to answer. This is an incredibly broad question that a lot of people have talked about before, so I'm not sure I have anything particularly new to add.

But to give a short answer: I don't think the main issue was entirely cramming in any of these cases. I think "rushed/crammed" and "satisfying endings" are not mutually exclusive. I think the issue is more a result of how the show was paced by the creators and a mis-prioritization of episode focus and misalignment of what the show is wanting to say vs. actually saying.

Now for a longer answer:

In the case of Ducktales for example the lack of prioritization of at least asking important questions meant that important questions blindsided us out of nowhere long after we assumed there must have been a far more mundane explanation, or vice versa. See I always figured "Webby's parents" must have a relatively mundane answer that she knows, otherwise its weird that the question was never brought up. So when it finally is, it feels really out of character that this was never addressed earlier. Conversely, when word of god says Hortense and Quackmore are still alive despite never appearing and Scrooge referring to Donald as a "ward", implying he was orphaned they may not have actual canon characterization, but I still feel its out of character for them not to be involved in their children and grandchildren's life. Overall Ducktales just seemed to be unsure of its own story in the end, focusing more on one off episodes without perspectiveto the larger story leaving it to me, personally, to be unsatisfying. So it wasn't the cramming alone, but that coupled with a lack of a strong enough center storyline to tie it together emotionally.

Unfortunately, I have not seen Star vs. in its entirety, as it never really clicked with me. I started it, I've seen several episodes here and there and watched an abundance of videos that touch on it either in the context of other videos or even just videos about it, so I am very familiar with it. But I do not feel I am qualified to talk about it in any meaningful way. Take my opinions here with an entire mountain of salt, but from what I've gleaned, it seems like Star Vs. had a grand, thematic idea about its finale, (remove the tool used to subjugate altogether) but failed to properly build to it, or consider how it would work in the context they'd spent several season building outside of those themes. As such "thematic" ending feels sudden, and a bad idea, even if it is, thematically strong and interesting. It sounds like it could have been interesting if they had actually taken some time to work out some of the kinks in the execution. But again, never was a Star fan so idk but it always sounded to me like they had time, but were busy with other plotlines.

In that sense it sounds a lot like Ducktales, in the sense they had a grand ideal "Webby being scrooge's daughter makes her valuable as blood, but her having clones shows that it was never the blood but the love that makes her loved". And the idea of building from stranger to daughter. But in both cases that is way too much to throw on right at the end, and while I do kinda appreciate and get what they were going for, as mentioned a few things about it just doesn't sit right and they could have the "Webby is heir" without the blood.

While I enjoyed some of the cameos just fine, Ducktales 3rd season did have a problem with too many cameos. The fact of the matter is that Ducktales 2017s new viewers could not care less about these one-off-cameos to TV shows from about 3 decades earlier. This of course also colored the finale, in how they debuted Daisy's nieces. April May June, who were nobody to most people but stripped of their one canon characteristic, being Daisy's nieces, to others. I mean, did May and June have to be separate characters for any reason other than a reference? I mean yeah, they are able to play off each other as a pair, but still. The cramming was less an issue than what felt like references for references sake than fleshing out worldbuilding and the diverse characters of the world which is unique to its status as a reboot. Meanwhile when other shows introduce characters there is usually more of a reason than "fit them in somehow". But what makes a good reboot is an entirely different discussion.

Owl House definitely suffered from being cut short. It was definitely not meant to be such a short show. You can practically feel the half a season of human world, and certain a few more episodes of plot in the demon realm crammed together in season 3. I think the Wittebane brother backstory, and an arc in which we see Vee and Luz really become sisters would have benefited from time to breath. I think a longer time on Willow's breakdown arc. Maybe more time to explore Gus's feelings. But at the same time it is very impressive what they did with such a short period. For the most part even if they weren't able to delve into everything, they hit the most important parts of a lot of things, that I think all things considered it didn't suffer horribly from being cut short. I think it deserved that full season and would have been all the better for it. But I think the Owl House was an incredible example of how to manage shortened time. It's definitely rushed, but all the important story beats still made it in, so I don't feel like important story steps were skipped. (I think the large time gaps also helped, certain developments could be inserted into those, so even if things are rushed on the viewing side, it makes me feel like things did actually happen at a natural pace on the in universe side). The finale and the thematic conclusion of the show felt like a natural extension of the themes the show was touting all along. You have to choose yourself. The act of love that is being in someone's life. The profound importance of trying to understand others and desiring to be understood. It made sense in world, and in the themes of the show. There may have been a lot crammed into the finale, but it was all necessary beats that had already been set up and needed to be concluded, even the "new" stuff (like Willow's arc and the Wittebane brothers) weren't entirely new.

I DO think Amphibia could have benefited from an extra season, one for each half of season 3, to really help us emotionally settle into the human realm and the rebellion. But I could also make an argument otherwise. Which is probably why the 3 seasons was purposeful. I understand that decision. Because the first half of season 3 is meant to harken back to season 1 which took its time to let Anne grow naturally. But then again, season 3 is supposed to be a victory lap of sorts for Anne, showing her growth. I don't think we needed a full season for that. But we did definitely need a bit more time with the rebellion, but I think nearly every LA episode was necessary. And maybe in this sense, Amphibia is a victim of the strict arc lengths that television necessitates. Because if we look the overall episode count I think there was definitely enough time for this story. I think if we had taken maybe a some episodes off season one and maybe one or two off season two, and threw them into make season 3 a bit longer we wouldn't have this issue. Or better yet, just made season 3 an extra long season. Or added a movie to the end to act as the finale. I don't think it needed a whole other season, and I don't think it ended prematurely, but I do think it could have used some more episodes. Not even a lot of extra episodes. Just like. Maybe two more human world episodes and 4 more rebellion episodes. And it's not that I think we were MISSING anything out of season 3 plot wise (aside from properly addressing Anne trauma Sasha/Marcy parents but that's a whole other thing that could have been sprinkled in), but just that I think the seasons felt rushed because we lost the slower pace of the first season. But then again maybe that's on purpose? But I think its also possible some of the episodes could have been used better, and took more time to touch on some other things. I honestly have yet to properly come to a conclusion about it, and quite frankly I probably never will. Because I don't think there was necessarily a better answer given the constraints. I think some people may disagree with how Amphibia prioritized its story elements, but I personally at least understand them. Either way, regardless of the shakiness of Season 3, the finale was near perfect, because, like the Owl House, it delivered on the themes of its show, in. I know for some people things in the finale, such as the prophecy and the separation came as a surprise. But it really wasn't for me. I went into the finale confident because I didn't feasibly see a way for the show to upset me, since I think the most upsetting possibilities (deaths/separation), had been set up thematically well. And also the fact Amphibia played genre conventions pretty straight so I saw the separation coming. As in back during season 1 my first fic was a drabble about Anne reminiscing about Sprig long after Amphibia. (Though I suppose knowing being here since the beginning and knowing that that Matt Braly described Amphibia as an ode to past friendships, and having watched Digimon Adventure and Magic Knight Rayearth which were both cited as inspirations probably helped me understand his creative vision). I understood the friends going their separate ways, but still being close since that was something I've experienced in my own life and the permanent separation was something I understood well as an element of the genre and it's thematic relevance in the value of even temporary things. In the end I still found the finale, and the show satisfying.

I do think you could say Amphibia crammed a bit too much into its final season, but since its final season was meant to bring the first two seasons full circle, it had a hell of a job to do. I think it could have cut some stuff, but then again, it would probably have weekened Amphibia's main thesis about the value of community and individuals. While family factored into Amphibia's story it waz never the main point, hence why even though Anne was Polly's sister and Hop Pop's granddaughter, being Sprig's friend was prioritzed. To summarize my rambling, Amphibia's cramming had a point, to show the vibrancy of life on Amphibia and why Anne would die to protect it. It's final arc didn't introduce so many new characters so much as return to them. The first half of the season notwithstanding.

Gravity Falls is another show that definitely was ended exactly when it meant to on purpose, and I do think it ends up being a little back heavy. I haven't rewatched it super recently, but i think it works fine, its biggest crime being lack of Wendy honestly. And that's absolutely on the creators. They could have made that work but it was not a big enough priority for them and a character who is otherwise framed as being important it just "love interest". Again, the priorities of the writing staff. Otherwise I don't feel anything is particularly rushed or crammed because it does manage to cover everything important and I don't think there was too much extraneous. Anything extra can be relegated to books and comics easily without missing anything.

You didn't bring up The Ghost and Molly McGee, but it is another Disney (more episodic but still has a story) cartoon. It was cancelled abruptly while season 3 was in production, but was given one episode to wrap things up, so it's last episode feels abrupt compared to its previous episode (which was meant to be a season finale and would have been so bad as a series finale). But since the seeds for it were laid early, and the main plot of the episode had basically been a confirmation of a fan theory, and was otherwise purely character drama it was allowed to just hit hard without tying up the hanging plot threads (that the previous episode mostly closed). The fandom mourns the lost plotlines, but the finale is also decently open ended while still providing a conclusive ending to the story. The show COULD have used more. There are definitely lots of things that could have been elaborated on. But it ultimately didn't NEED more. I think they could have gotten away with one season, even if I don't think it would have worked as well. My point is a show cut off early was still able to have a good finale, and was able to not rush itself, simply by being able to cut off plotlines before they started. This obviously doesn't work for all shows, and was just a benefit of TGAMM's more episodic episode. But it still worked. So I think NOT cramming a lot in is helpful of course, but I don't think it really works for all stories.

Unlike The Owl House and The Ghost and Molly McGee, Milo Murphy's Law didn't get the privileged of a couple extra and instead just ends with Milo in space. Of course, otherwise, the show didn't have any outstanding open plot threads. But at the same time, MML like all dwampyverse shows goes at 110% all the time, who knows what random bullshit will become a repeated plot element. Fortunately MML takes place in a multiverse with one of, if not the most popular Disney cartoon so its possible Milo will get some sort of closure in S5 of Phineas and Ferb. The finale was fine though, if not series finale fine, it was a good enough season finale. But that the show needed more time. But ask any MML fan and they'll tell you not that the show was rushed, but that we wasted too much time with Dr. D. I think that just goes on back to the it's not entirely about if you have enough time, but if you're able to properly prioritize what you're including and if that you're able to build up to the finale, at least in a way where you aren't pulling the rug out from under your viewers at the last second no matter where you are in your story.

Cramming is only an issue when the content being crammed in is less interesting than the alternative and/or doesn't serve the larger picture of the stories show. And in fairness I don't think Ducktales was the worst at this, but it did exasperbate other issues such as improperly setting up twists and losing a clear focus on how the themes and main character arcs/backstories of the show were handled. The finale in fairness did deal with a bit of appreciating the people and weirdness of the world, but it had so many other things going on too.

Good finales require good build up. A finale is absolutely dependent on the story leading up to it. But a finale can be bad all on its own regardless of how rushed something is. A good finale is good because of the build up, of not just the few episodes preceding but the whole show. A finale can be good (even if not great), so long as the show has been building up to it since the very beginning even if the immediately preceding episodes are rushed. But a bad finale is bad because it doesn't match the story building up to it. Some bad finales maybe could have been good, but very rarely is a show suddenly bad in its finale, its usually the result of a series of decisions made before the finale. Unfortunately that isn't always made clear until hindsight.

I also think the mark of an appealing finale, despite being rushed, is when its still possible to have stories that fill in those gaps made retroactively. A rushed story that also shuts out or in some way "poisons" any possibility for engaging future story telling and theorizing is particularly biting because it feels forever cut off, whether that be because there is no room for interquels that tell the in between stories that help flesh out character arcs without feeling needlessly doomed, or post-canon content that has the option of addressing things otherwise unaddressed. Though opinions on where these lines may very drastically. As much as I love the Amphibia ending, people who didn't like it, may feel a bit bitter that options are seemingly cut off from them in a canon context. Meanwhile for as rushed as The Owl House is, the plot still feels very open for places to extrapolate on. TGAMM straddles an awkward line where stories can theoretically continue, but with a major shift in status quo regarding a main protagonist. Ducktales has lots of openings, but only so long as you can accept the fact that Webby is Scrooge's clone and May and June's existance. Which some can and happily do ofc which is great, but after the finale large segments of the fandom withered away.

But not all people want to tell open ended stories and that's okay too, even if not everyone will be happy with it. At the end of the day not everyone will appreciate everything.

Someone needs to ask me about something positive about Ducktales though now because I feel like I'm turning into a Ducktales hater. (Maybe I could talk about the ideas for a Ducktales iteration that's been brewing in my mind, or certain implications in how S1 built up the secret of Della Duck).

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FUTURE DuckTales (2017) Headcanons:

Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

Also don’t think that I’m picturing the boys’ future designs like their future designs from the ‘87 show. This is just to illustrate that I’m talking about them as adults

As I am posting this post, it is April 15th, the birthday of Huey, Dewey, and Louie! Happy Birthday boys!

To celebrate the occasion, I thought I’d share some of my headcanons of what I think the future would look like each for each of the boys. This won’t be too in-depth, just some ideas I had. Let’s starts with the “oldest” triplet:

Huey:

When I think about Huey Duck there are two things that come to mind: Junior Woodchuck and Science. Obviously we know that Huey will someday become a Senior Woodchuck (we believe in you buddy!) and I think he will be a Woodchuck for life. I can see him being a great Woodchuck leader

And out of the triplets, I honestly think Huey would be the one who does the most world traveling in his future. He has such a thirst for knowledge I can see him also being somewhat of an archeologist

As for the science part, I always love seeing Huey included in Team Science fanart so I can see him working alongside Fenton and Gyro in the lab whenever he’s not out adventuring

Dewey:

Personally, I don’t see Dewey staying in Duckburg for his adult life. Like Launchpad, I like to think Dewey eventually moves to St. Canard where he joins Darkwing, LP, and Gosalyn on their adventures

Fans of Darkwing Duck are probably familiar with Gosalyn’s superhero persona, Quiverwing Quack, well I like to think in the DT17 universe Gosalyn eventually does become Quiverwing and Dewey is basically her sidekick like how Launchpad is Darkwing’s sidekick

As for his career, I like to think that Dewey starts his own entertainment and mass media company where he works on and funds projects ranging from movies, television, and whatever catches his fancy. (Think Disney, but not evil). Gosalyn also assists Dewey in his career and the two eventually get married (like Launchpad and Drake!)

Louie:

There’s no doubt in my mind that Louie will someday become the richest duck in the world and I think he will get that title by a bunch of smart (and ethical) business decisions and help from his family. I never really was a fan of “Louie becomes Scrooge’s heir” because I don’t like the idea of Louie just inheriting a bunch of money to become rich

Like Scrooge, I can see Louie owning a bunch of different companies, but his most well-known company would be Louie’s Kids™️ which would be a for-real charity that helps needy kids

Louie may not do much adventuring compared to his two brothers but I still like to think he helps fund things for his family’s adventuring needs (especially when if it will help give his companies a profit). Also I like to think Della Duck becomes his personal pilot/driver/body guard in case an unexpected adventure pops up on him

You know part of me is sad that I’m separating the boys for their futures, but sometimes life has different plans for each of us. Obviously they still keep in touch with one another, visit one another, and sometimes cross paths while on their own adventures

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Hey guys, I'm obsessed with Ducktales so I'm making an AU for it

We all know that Donald has anger issues and sees a therapist.

Well, what if a bit after the triplets are born and a while since Della has left there's an incident. He loses his tempor and one of the boys gets hurt, not badly, it's just a scratch, but he still feels horrible about it.

Donald is super anxious, so it's no surprise that he starts constantly worrying about accidentally hurting them again.

After talking to his therapist they decided that it would be best to send HDL to a foster family while maintaining guardianship until he's made more progress and can control his anger better.

They make arrangements, child services suggest trying to contact any relatives first.

While Donald insists that Scrooge is unfit to parent the boys, they call him anyway. Suprise suprise, he doesn't answer no matter how hard they try to talk to him. He's too busy pouring all his time into finding Della, ignoring anything else, he doesn't even find out about what's happening with his nephews.

Normally his close friend and housekeeper would answer these calls, but she has her hands so full with baby Webby (who's just shy of a year younger than HDL) that they go unnoticed.

Gladstone says that he would love to take them in but he's currently planning for a four year long expedition that includes traveling to casinos for gambling and drinking, not very kid friendly. He'd postpone, but the opportunity to visit some of the venues only opens once in a thousand years, and he is determined to win some big money in those legendary casinos. (hint hint, he gets trapped in one of them).

Feathery offers to take them, and child services denies due to the fact that he lives alone underwater. The conditions aren't safe for young children to grow up, but HDL will be allowed to visit once in a while if requested, as the facility itself is sound. He isn't willing to abandon his work on the edge of a breakthrough and move to a house above sea level.

So it's decided they will go to foster for a bit, Donald's only condition is that they don't get separated no matter what. He figures that even if something happens that they can't talk to him again, they'd always have each other. Everyone agrees to this and the paperwork is brought out.

Things are good for the first year, they go to this nice couple with an older kid, see their uncle on weekends, and start at public school. Donald's therapy is making progress, but he hasn't been able to hold down a job so the boys are to stay with the foster until he's financially stable.

Then Dewey gets into a fight. It wasn't his fault, really, but these older boys were picking on him so he punched them.

Louie tries to stay out of it, he's the smallest of the trio since he hatched last, and when one of the boys comes at him he uses his size to duck under them and run off. He goes to get a teacher.

Huey attempts to break it up at first, but after they push Dewey to the ground and try to hurt Louie, overprotective big brother loses his tempor.

He beats the bullies up, despite them being two years ahead. They aren't so injured they need medical attention but one of them hit their head and passed out, while the other two are bleeding and cowering against the wall when a teacher arrives.

HDL gets blamed for the incident, and they all get in trouble while the bullies get off. Despite Louie's protests, he's been marked down for cheating on a test and the school assumes he was part of it as well. Usually, they would just get detention, maybe a short suspension, however, one of the bullies just happens to be the son of a very influential school board member.

So the triplets end up expelled, after a lot of exaggeration over the incident and some crocodile tears from the bullies. They use Donald's anger issues against them, to prove that the boys are unstable. At this point they had only been in school a few months.

The school board talks to child services and recommends that the triplets are sent to homes or schools for troubled children. After half-ass assessing the boys, they ignore Donald's request and split them up.

Huey was able to play things down for himself, he's not a good liar but he's a goodie two shoes who managed to appeal to them. He stays with their original family for the time being and is moved to a different public school, while attending semi-regular therapy sessions for a bit.

Dewey is abrasive but hasn't been in trouble with the school before this. He tells them that the older boys started the fight, and while they don't entirely believe this story they go easy on him. They notice that he's very hyperactive, with love for adventure. Dewey is sent to Cape Suzette, where other foster/orphan children with a lot of energy have gone and seen promising results. They believe that being able to put his mind into more complicated things will calm his spirit. He bounces around the city a bit, and becomes friends with Kit who knew his mom from flight school (although they were never very close).

Louie gets it the worst, despite being the only one not involved in the fight. The bullies had claimed that he had been the one to start the whole thing, and the school board was very biased in their favour. Louie had previously managed to trick these three into giving him extra dessert at lunch, so this was their form of payback.

No matter how much he tried to explain that it wasn't true, the previous marks on his record for cheating made him out to be a bad kid. In actuality, he only tried to cheat because he was too lazy to do the work. He's a smart kid and he knew the answers, he could have passed just fine.

Thus, Louie ends up at a home for 'troubled boys'. He's one of the youngest, definitely the smallest, and way out of his element considering he was falsely accused.

The fight happened on Monday, the expulsion was finalized on Wednesday, and the boys were moved by Friday. On Saturday Donald is told that HDL got into a fight at school, and they believe his anger issues may have been a negative influence, so they want to pause the weekly visits for a little bit. Believing that they know best, and not having been told that the triplets were split up, Donald doesn't argue. He only asks if the boys were hurt at all, to which he gets a truthful "no, minus a few scratches".

AND THUS

THe boys have been separated, at an age where they would hardly rmbr once they grow up, and Donald has lost contact with them.

Do they manage to find each other and reunite once again? Do the triplets ever end up in a stable home? Does Scrooge get off his ass and become a parent figure to Webby? Will Donald attempt to contact his nephews again or become discouraged by everyone telling him he's unfit to be a parent?

We'll just have to wait and see.

I've been calling it the "finding family au" but I suppose you could also call it "split up au" as well.

This is the basic backstory, which I probably won't draw out, and we have a little more to go through until we get to the start of the actual story. I plan to make a mini comic for that little prelude, although it may take a bit to finish.

Send me asks about this and I will love u forever, I'm working on drawing designs for the triplets rn.

Yes, many more characters will be included. I have plans for team science, team heroes, team magic, May + June, and Goldie. If u have anyone else u wanna see let me know!

[tokuvivor]

DuckTales Character Songs! (Part 2)

Alright, now we’re cooking here! This time around, I’m going to be focusing on important recurring characters that debuted in Season 1.

Again, giving some brainstorming credit on this to @glowyjellyfish, plus, also, a little bit to @shychick-52, since one of these is in her pinned list.

Flintheart Glomgold

Rasputin by Boney M.

Ah, Rasputin. The Russian mystic who wouldn’t die. And like Rasputin, Glomgold is a very fiery, polarizing character who will say and do anything to get to the top, even if he has to resort to power beyond his normal means (not unlike The 87 Cent Solution!)

Bradford Buzzard

Takin’ Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

He didn’t really have a bigger role until Season 3, but he still counts for here! Anyway, Bradford is very serious, by-the-book, and business-oriented, so this song works perfectly for him.

Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys

Bad Boys by Inner Circle from Cops

Pretty self-explanatory here. Moving on.

Gyro Gearloose

The Scientist by Coldplay

Yes, the title is obvious. But the lyrics can be seen as speaking more to his guilt over his past actions (“Nobody said it was easy, it’s such a shame for us to part,” “I was just guessing at numbers and figures, pulling the puzzles apart,” etc.), such as what happened at Tokyolk and with the Spear of Selene.

Lena

Demons by Imagine Dragons

All throughout Season 1 (and even in later episodes), Lena had personal demons regarding Magica that she couldn’t easily shake. Like the lyrics said, she wanted to hide the truth from Webby and everyone else, but there was nowhere to hide. And she always kept up walls that prevented her from getting too close to people (“Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside.”) And even after she broke from Magica’s control, she was worried that she could still turn out bad, but with the help of others, especially Webby and Violet, she was able to overcome those demons in her mind.

Gladstone Gander

Life Has Been Good to Me by Randy Newman

Gladstone is a naturally lucky character. Whatever happens in the game of life, the dice roll in his favor. I guess other than the events leading up to and within The House of the Lucky Gander!, life is good to him.

Mark Beaks

How Bad Can I Be? by Ed Helms from The Lorax

Life is all about survival of the fittest at times. You gotta do what it takes to survive, even if it means screwing others over. That mindset is 100% Beaks to me. The last half of the song, especially, where the Once-ler is bragging about his business and building an economy, absolutely screams Beaks to me.

Zeus, Storkules, and Selene

Zeus: The Gospel Truth by Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, and Vaneese Thomas from Hercules

Storkules: The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff

Selene: Song About the Moon by Paul Simon

I feel it would only be appropriate if I put the three deities of Ithaquack together. First off, I kinda had to throw a Hercules song in there somewhere, and this one brilliantly tells the story of how Zeus came to power. On the second note, Storkules is absolutely a pillar of strength, and he’s very determined, too. Just like the real-life myth and the movie, he will take on any and all opponents, no matter how big or daunting they may be. Finally, we have Selene, the goddess of the moon. The moon is very powerful, graceful, and beautiful, just as she is. The song here explains how in order to write a song about the moon, you need to capture its features, its essence. And in order to write a song about the heart or a face, tie it back to writing about the moon. It just shows how influential the moon can be, just as Selene is in making decisions as a goddess.