#if kristen had someone looking out for her we wouldn't BE in this situation

[littlebitofdnd]

Sandra-Lynn and Sklonda are having a "What Do We Do About Kristen" phone call as we speak

[sinfuego]

Okay I know I said I wouldn't do any more fhjy theories cause I'm not that interested I them but. I'm having Thoughts.

Cassandra has become "unmade" as Brennan put it, but I think this means that she's just become a different kind of divinity. One that wants to make Kristen's life hell, as promised at the end of that little speech.

How did this new divinity come to be? Anger. At the beginning of the fight, the red stuff coming out of Kristen was her anger at Kristen/fear of her own death. They created the Rage Mages, and on Ally's Nat 20, you can see Brennan said all of the red stuff inside her was expelled. From this, we can assume that red stuff=divine rage or something like that.

However, despite expelling all that rage in the beginning, Cassandra was still angry. According to how Brennan described that moment with Kristen's insight check later, that moment after she expelled her anger, when she was passed and was about to say that it wasn't fair, this anger was a lot healthier. However, the Rage Mages all beat up on Cassandra until that anger too, soured into something that transformed Cassandra into whatever deity she is now.

Now this is conjecture, but I have a feeling that this new deity is a deity of injustice, or unfairness. Why? Because that's what Cassandra was most angry about. The unfairness of the situation.

And this next bit is even more conjecture, but I think it's fun, so come join me in leaping to conclusions:

At some point, one of the red things said "Cassandra." That was when all of the Rage Mages started to attack the goddess. Which leads me to believe that maybe, that fear of dying, that rage at the unfairness of it all, was planted in Cassandra. My theory is that someone had a conversation with Cassandra about her place as a goddess, about what happened with Yes!, about how Kristen hasn't been a very good track record as a cleric in the past. Someone who, during that conversation, planted something magical in that doubt, so that when it manifested, it would turn the goddess into something else. Into something spiteful and unfair.

Kipperlilly Copperkettle is a power leveller. Kipperlilly Copperkettle wants to twist the rules so that they favor her. Kipperlilly Copperkettle says she wants everything to be fair, bjlut she doesnt play fair.

And Kipperlilly Copperkettle was looking into Cassandra.

In conclusion: Kipperlilly Copperkettle and the Rat Grinders wanted Cassandra to become a goddess of unfairness so that they could get Krosten in even more trouble and also to have some kind of divinity helping then

[cryptidsurveys]

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024.

What’s one thing you really want right now? For the recent drama at the animal shelter to blow over. On one hand, I'm kicking myself for opening my big mouth about Alex (because it's a problem that would have more or less solved itself with patience and time), but on the other hand, I'm oddly relieved. Now I'll admit that I'm no paragon of virtue - I've engaged in a bit of idle gossip; I've talked a bit of crap - but she's just relentless. Going forward, I need to have a big think about how to more effectively nip these situations in the bud, as well as whether or not gossip (etc) is something in which I want to participate in any capacity. I'm leaning toward trying to avoid it at all costs, no matter the temptation, no matter how "weird" it makes me seem; because if Alex is the embodiment, then I don't want to be even a tiny fraction of that. But yeah - I told Kristen and Riley about some of the things Alex has said, and Kristen thought it was bad enough to take to management, so I was like, "If you do, then I'll back you up if you need it." Management made her out to be the problem, so I was like, "...Welp. Hey Riley, you wanna back me too?" She did, and we talked to management as well. I don't know if it will make any difference, but there was no way I was going to let Kristen stand alone when she was not the so-called "source of negativity." She was the recipient of it.

Is there anything you’re looking forward to? The Chili Festival. Not this weekend, but next weekend. I might take a day off from volunteering to check it out.

Are you in love? I am not.

Is love even existent at your age? Does anything even exist at my age?

When was the last time you exercised enough to break a sweat? Probably sometime recently at the shelter. Except it would have been less about the exercise and more about the fact that it was just fvcking hot.

Have you been annoyed at someone/something today? Yeah. I hate that I'm good at overthinking and bad at letting things go. It puts such a strain on what would have otherwise been a very relaxing day.

Are you avoiding anybody at the moment? I was on Tuesday, but technically not today or tomorrow because I would be off anyway.

Is rap your favorite genre of music? No, but I don't mind it from time to time.

Are you one of those people that gets jealous easily? Yeah, but I try to reason with myself and not let it get in the way of things. It's such a complicated emotion because it's tied in with a fear of abandonment, my sense of self-worth, etc. I think I've come a long way in terms of dealing with it, but there are definitely times when it rears its ugly head.

What was your favorite show as a kid? Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Are You Afraid Of The Dark, Salute Your Shorts, Hey Arnold, Rugrats, etc.

Do you get along with your whole family? I get along very well with my dad. I also get along with my mom, but it still feels a bit superficial. I don't get along with my sibling.

When was the last time you were sick? Aside from migraines, I had a cold last Oct-Nov.

What’s one thing you want to tell somebody right now? There's nothing I really want to tell anyone.

How are you today? I'm like a random grab-bag of emotions, but if I set all of that chaos aside…I'm good.

Has anybody close to you passed away in the last six months? No.

Have you ever lasted a relationship longer then two months? Yeah.

At the moment, what’s your favorite song? I don't have one.

Are you obsessed with anything? Aside from volunteering (I must be obsessed because it consumes such a large portion of my life and I feel like I can't step away), I'm not sure. I definitely have interests and enjoyments, but I'm not [LOCKED IN] to a particular hyper fixation atm.

Do you think that weed/marijuana should be legalized? It is legal here.

Is it safe to walk around your neighborhood at night? Mmmm…it's probably not super dangerous, but I wouldn't feel safe.

If you could visit any state/country you wanted, where would you go? I'm not a road trip person, but if I could be magically transported to all of the National Parks in the country, that would be awesome. Same goes for all the ancient/megalithic/mysterious architecture around the world.

If money weren’t an object, what would you do with your life? Probably something similar to what I'm doing now, except I'd have my cabin in the mountains.

Are you a fan of heights? I'm like trauma bonded with them…???

What is the last compliment you received? I'm not sure, but probably something from my dad. If not him, then maybe from Nan or Veronica at the shelter.

Rate your typing speed on a scale from 1 - 10? Seven.

Is there an instrument you can/wish you could play? I wish I could play guitar, harp, or violin.

Are you artistic at all? Yeah.

Why do you take surveys? I don't know. I mean, on the surface, I take them for the sake of journaling. But WHY do I want to journal? And WHY do I want to make it semi-public? Maybe I just want attention. :')

Where are you? In my room.

What is your goal in life? To pet more cats than anyone else. I'm already in the top percentiles.

Do you enjoy tanning? No.

Is everything going your way right now? In a weird way…pretty much. Just not quite the way I expected lmao.

What’s one aspect of your life that you want to change? I want to be more independent.

Do you text more then you talk on the phone? Yeah.

Is music a big portion of your life? No, but it is at least part of it.

Does anybody call you ‘baby’? No.

Is there someone you want, but can’t have? No.

Have you ever broken the law? Yeah.

Are you scared to grow old? In the sense that I might never get my life together and will subsist in abject circumstances until I die, yes. In a general sense, I just can't wrap my head around the idea of aging (or death) enough to be truly, existentially fearful.

[outrunningthedark]

Thank you for your words about people getting worried about b/t still around and Lucy. Sometimes in this fandom the writers are treated like some kind of divinities that can’t do wrong, because everything they do was planned. I wish I had the same trust they have in them, but after 5a I don’t, so thank you it’s nice not to feel alone

Personally, I push back on the idea that 5A was "good writing" because we know things were not well-thought-out from the start. Just days before the September premiere, we found out about 5x03 being changed to "Desperate Measures" (delaying "Home and Away" by one week) because the crew needed more time to wrap up the opening storylines. Maddie's PPD was a non-factor post-5x03. One less storyline for Kristen & co. to concern themselves with, I suppose. NOBODY expected Chimney to be gone longer than a week or two after driving away at the end of 5x04. No matter when that decision was made...the silence regarding his absence means TPTB didn't want anyone asking questions about *why* it happened or *how* they were going to rectify the situation upon his return. (Maybe because they didn't have an answer until 5B filming was under way...? LOL) 5x06 and 5x07 were switched, which wouldn't be a big deal if the original 5x06 wasn't supposed to air in time for Halloween. Moving that episode back meant scrapping original storylines and shooting different scenes to fill in the gaps left behind. 5x09, the TayKay sob story, was set to have even more minutes devoted to her tragic past, but after everything was filmed someone decided those moments didn't bring anything positive to the plot. (And the little girl who was at the center of it all was under the impression she'd be on tv right up until she saw the episode.) I'm not gonna complain about TayKay getting shoved aside. But this is one example that proves how Tim & Kristen - like many showrunners! - don't always think about what they're doing. Sometimes they just throw stuff at the wall and hope it sticks because they can't come up with anything better. More power to the people who find joy in almost everything that's been happening on the weewoo show, but their joy doesn't negate the fact that there are countless members of fandom who were left unsatisfied by what transpired. And if those people don't what to see such "bad takes"...they shouldn't go looking for them. :)

[maiapattinson]

JUST FEEL IT//Chapter 15

I try my best to keep my composure in front of Marcos but I fail fast. Marcos and I were in my room on a special appointment, not in a sexual sense, in the sense of him seeing me and taking care of my son.

⎯You could have warned me before I came here, we agreed on WhatsApp about it⎯he looks at me

⎯ I don't have your courage Y/n, having a child with that guy and even more in the best friend situation⎯ he doesn't care

⎯What are you saying, that Rob is a terrible father to my son?⎯he sighs⎯Robert is the person I love the most in this life and I don't admit that I talk about him like that!

⎯ As a man I warn you, he was with someone even when he had sex with you and I'm sure he said the same thing he says to you.

⎯ Marcos please, you are my son's doctor and I ask that it be just that. The past doesn't matter what matters is the present⎯I answer firmly

⎯The present is that he is with you but the past he was with  the girl he said was the love of his life⎯he says and looks at me⎯Starts to think Y/n, we Brazilians are good at knowing the lie but don't let it fool you like that.

⎯ He doesn't fool me, I know him too well to know the truth.

⎯ Your relationships didn't work out very well, there on the island we all know that you were abused in your relationship with Pedro, then you had Anna, and even more then many others.

⎯ You're saying that because you've had a crush on me since you were a child and you don't admit it!

⎯ You are so insecure with yourself that you end up forgetting what men like, brave and intelligent women, do you think Rob saw what in Kristen?. The body?⎯he laugh

⎯This is no longer a comment Marcos now this is an offense⎯I open the bedroom door revealing Robert behind her⎯Oh, hi my love.

⎯I was passing by and I was waiting behind the door⎯he explains⎯But they were speaking in Portuguese, is there something I can't know?

⎯Good Y/n, see you next week⎯Marcos says leaving

⎯How are you?you're pale⎯Rob says and looks down

⎯Just a little dizzy, you know sex and medicine are affecting me⎯ I explain sitting down

⎯We can skip the walk if it's bad, we'll stay here you and I⎯he says bending down between my legs⎯You can tell me everything, you know you can trust me.

⎯What did you see in me?my body?or my sex fetish?⎯I ask aloud

⎯Your ass obviously⎯ makes me laugh with your answer⎯Your unique way of being.

⎯ Seriously Robert, I'm weird.

⎯ I'm serious, you are the most amazing and capable human being I know. Everything you say is unique and inspiring, you are the reason I didn't give up in the beginning.

⎯I'm dirty⎯I start to cry

⎯Don't say that Y/n!⎯he says and hugs me⎯What's this idea!?

⎯I was abused.

Talking about it hurts more and more, I remember flashes and try my best to make my heart and mind accept the true fact. I've always had a sex education since I was little and ending up discovering too many facts for my age, I knew I would need to do something someday but I didn't want it to be that way.

What I remember happened when I was around 7 or 8 years old, my mother worked a lot and my father traveled or that's what he always told me, I spent most of my time at my religious uncles' house. They had three daughters, Ingrid, Anne and Tamires both my father's nieces.

They lived in a small house and I stayed there until 23:00 when my mother arrived, I loved having "siblings" maybe, on some days in the middle of the night Tamires would touch me and say that if I said something he would hit me.

I was just a child and I didn't know what it was about, until one day she said she wanted to take a shower with me and made me touch her private parts. I swore she would stop but she didn't, until one day she called a boy who made movements in my body that I didn't like.

But what Marcos remembered was when he was 14, there was a boy who was the same age and I ended up falling in love with him. I hoped he wouldn't try something but when I went to sleep at his place he insisted on trying something and I didn't want to. It was disgusting the feeling of him doing that to me and I didn't want to. Today 16 years later I can still think and sometimes see myself as human garbage, I never saw him again and because of him I ended up becoming a person who all sex consoles his soul.

It hurts so much but they never realized that it hurt me?, a CHILD, I just wanted a little strength to tell and today with my 32 years we don't have the strength....

⎯I am trash.

⎯No, of course not⎯Rob tells me and I take my eyes off him⎯Y/n this is rape of vulnerable and attempted, they are the culprits and not you.

⎯ The culprits don't feel guilt, but the victims, maybe I was provoking and I was wrong to do.

⎯ARE YOU CRAZY?!⎯for the first time Rob tells me⎯They are to blame!,that's not what you taught me,you need to be heard!

⎯Rob could have been dreams!

⎯Dreams?⎯he gets up⎯I...wait...please⎯he cries

⎯Please Robert.

⎯I didn't protect you, I was busy in the movie and forgot about you how could I leave you and happen⎯he says nervously⎯That's not how I help you, I love you and I'll help you!

⎯Rob, that was years ago!

⎯I'll take care of you ok⎯he hugs me

[fly-pow-bye]

DuckTales 2017 - “Moonvasion!”

Story by: Francisco Angones, Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow

Written by: Madison Bateman, Colleen Evanson, Christian Magalhaes, Bob Snow

Storyboard by: Vince Aparo, Kristen Gish, Victoria Harris, Ben Holm, Sam King, Kat Marusik, Stephan Park, William Ruzicka, Brandon Warren

Directed by: Tanner Johnson & Jason Zurek

The last episode of Season 2.

Well, this is it, the season finale for DuckTales 2017 Season 2. It's been a long journey, sometimes feeling a lot longer than usual, but I'm finally going to tackle this episode. It's the Moonvasion they were building up to since "The Golden Spear!", and I can only assume they are not messing around with this one.

There is certainly one way to tell when they are not messing around: the episode immediately begins with the opening theme song. They knew they either wanted to get it out of the way first, or just omit it entirely. It would just seem wrong to not have it, and I will say that this episode doesn't seem rushed to the point where its omission would have improved the episode at all.

After the theme song, we see Scrooge calmly pouring a cup of tea with the sounds of the Scottish Highlands in the background, with no bother in the world. He looks at the clear blue sky, and turns his chair around.

Suddenly, Della shows up to tell Scrooge that she hopes he can keep that same feeling unconditional love he had when she showed up at the door after her long unwanted stay on the Moon, pointing towards the window. In other words, "please don't be mad." Scrooge immediately gets that this is probably not going to be something pleasant, and this is shown right from his worried expression.

Scrooge is horrified to see several golden versions of the Spear of Selene landing on various places in Duckberg. Needless to say, Della doesn't exactly get her request. Maybe not to the extent of the "sea monster" incident from the original, but still understandably unhappy.

Scrooge gets everyone together to watch the news. Roxanne Featherly tries to report the news on this Moonvasion in a professional way, even though the people who make the on-screen text can't seem to keep their composure. This does give a little bit of humor to this mostly serious scene, which is probably for the best.

Gizmoduck, the beloved resident superhero and "top man for the job", shows up to confront these space invaders. Even wearing his mighty GizmoDuck suit, Fenton just can't seem to shake off his utter fright at being the first person to talk to someone from another planet. Can they even speak any Earth language? Actually, that never seems to come up.

However, the one language he is sure that would work is the universal language of pie. And...it works? The soldiers of the moon decide to stop their Moonvasion. The rest of the episode involves Huey, Dewey, and Louie going to Penguin Pete's, and Louie gets a toothache.

No, of course not, the Moonlanders take out their lasers and fire at will, having their pie and eating it too, both literally and figuratively. One thing I can definitely commend here is the scale of this invasion. We see that fisherperson's wharf from "The Ballad of Duke Baloney" get invaded. The Waddle headquarters get invaded as well, which leads to a joke about Mark Beaks taking selfies while he's under attack. Yup, that's Mark Beaks, alright.

Scrooge and his kin barely make it to the Money Bin, where Scrooge would tell Gyro to unleash one of his big weapons. He tries to unleash the Unstoppabomb, the Doomsday Ray, and a weapon so destructive and secret that the Moonlanders wouldn't have been able to find and destroy it. Turns out, that Unstoppabomb was not as unstoppable as advertised, the Doomsday Ray was as destroyed as it was generically named, and Scrooge couldn't even name that last one before Gyro interrupts him with the bad news about it. All in all, a good use of the Rule of Three here.

After Gyro decides to sort of praise these invaders for such a well thought out plan, General Lunaris shows up on Gyro's projector. There's no pretense of him being the peaceful leader he was in his first appearance; his only goal is to make that blue orb fear the mighty Moon as much as he feared it. One of his big steps? He's going after the Scrooge family, and shows footage of one of the spears landing right on the McDuck Manor.

Scrooge asks if the satellites were destroyed by the aliens too, but Huey tells him that Louie did it last week. Huh, last week; the allusion would have worked better if DuckTales was on a weekly schedule rather than the "DuckBomb" treatment it got. Also, it's good to know that last episode was important.

Gyro has his plan to rally Scrooge's troops together: a bunch of Lil Bulbs, led by a Lil Bulb with a crack in its head. I like that distinction; even if one could tell who is the leader just by its actions. These Lil Bulbs have a walkie-talkie feature, and are on their own network.

While the Lil Bulbs are doing their work, Scrooge tells the kids that there's some good news for them. Some could expect this would lead to another "please stay out of this" situation like the last big finale, but instead, Della tells her kids and her kid's best friend that they're going on a worldwide quest to find even more reinforcements. She's going to need all the skills, from Webby's skills, Dewey's gusto, Huey's know-how, and Louie's...

...ability to see the angles that she couldn't. Yeah, at this point, Della has completely forgiven Louie, even though he was only grounded a week ago. Any anger towards him would just get in the way of this plot. Besides, it's probably better to have anyone who can win Scrooge's money on Scrooge's team. She leads the kids to the Cloudslayer, and they take off.

We then cut to someone who prefers a different name for that plane. Launchpad tries to drive out of his garage, only to find out long after he got in the car that the car was on fire. It's just as likely this had nothing to do with the Moonlanders, but one Moonlander shows up anyway to zap him. That Moonlander is interrupted by a purple smoke bomb, held by someone who is now really getting into the role.

Once again, Launchpad and Darkwing Duck team up, but this time, the role of Darkwing Duck is being played by Drake Mallard! Yeah, that was the big twist of the last episode to feature him that I intentionally left out; it turns out Darkwing Duck's biggest fan has the same name as his secret identity in the original. The reboot never clarifies if that's the case in the fictional Darkwing Duck show, though it's likely it was just never shown.

Darkwing Duck even comes with his famous intro: He is the terror that flaps in the night! He is the scream you can hear in space! He is...

...nobody important, according to the Moonlanders, who just run off. The purple guy was so least of a threat that the one guy totally forgot that he was going to zap Launchpad. Thankfully for Darkwing, one of the Lil Bulbs thinks he's important, and they get the message to go to the Money Bin. A bunch of other people get visits from a Lil Bulb as well, most of them intended, and one of them accidentally gets caught by Gibbous.

Oh yeah, those two Moonlanders that were curious about the dogs were named Gibbous and Zenith. Thanks, last minute research.

Meanwhile, on the worldwide trip, Della's first stop is at Egypt. Unfortunately, the Moonlanders have already landed a Spear on the territory, and Djinn, the "Dijon but way better" character, and Amunet, former follower of Toth-Ra, are too busy fending off against the invading Moonlanders. Louie tells his mom to land, thinking of a plan to get Djinn and Amunet on the plane.

She does the opposite of that, claiming that there's nowhere to land. Even Dewey points out the error in his mom's logic. It is as if she’s too afraid to land. While she is worrying, the Lil Bulb is still getting a signal, where we get this tidbit from Amunet:

Amunet: If only there was some sort of Moon God!

They're probably not going to find the Egyptian Moon God Khonsu, but this statement does remind them of a different moon deity.

Going back to the Bin, we see that Scrooge's troops are already gathered, and they all have ideas to stop this Moonvasion. It seems like every Duckberg dweller that can help out is here, including the hosts of the fully funded for about 50 seasons Ottoman Empire. No, not that one, Djinn. Also, there's this:

Gyro Gearloose: (After saying his "Clone Army" plan) We'll send GizmoDuck out as a decoy!

M'Ma Cabrera: (grabs Gyro by the collar) You hurt him, I hurt you.

Gizmoduck: Ha ha! Thank you for your concern, random citizen!

M'Ma Cabrera: I'm your mother, I know you're GizmoDuck.

Gizmoduck: Ma! Secret identity.

I was thinking Gizmoduck just plain gave up on that, but he's trying. Oh, is he trying.

Speaking of problems, after Darkwing Duck attempts to dramatically say his plan, to no effect, he gets greeted by Gizmoduck. His response of a grunt shows that he is none too pleased by the offer of a handshake, continuing from his distaste of Gizmoduck from his appearances in the original Darkwing Duck. While a reason is not stated, it's a bit clear even from just this episode that it may be jealousy. Gizmoduck is a beloved hero, while everyone from Moonlanders to the other people in the room pay him no mind. Eventually, everyone decides to go with Scrooge's plan to fight them head on.

Meanwhile, Della just reached Ithaquack to find Selene, and maybe Storkules as well. If you're going to fight invaders from the moon, why not get the goddess of it?

Unfortunately, Zeus has to get in the way of that, because he's Zeus, and he's nothing like the kind Disney God-dad people may know. It's a shame, because both Storkules and Selene want to help out the mortals. Well, Storkules just wants to help out Donald Duck, but his help would have helped everyone else, too. But alas, Zeus would rather not do anything that would benefit his most hated mortal. He even does the cliched line.

Zeus: We are not going to help Scrooge McDuck! If a mortal jumped off a bridge, would you, too?

Storkules: Yes, father, for I am immortal!

(Zeus zaps him)

Okay, I guess there was some element of the Disney version in here after all.

Della bangs on the door, asking that they need to hide. Louie assumes this means they need to hide so they can come up with a plan when they come back to Duckberg, until Della blurts out that they can't go back to Duckberg.

(Pardon the interruption, but here's an editor's note: I pride myself with taking my own screenshots rather than taking them from somewhere else, though there are times where I couldn't do that. To make a long story short, this was one of those times. Special thanks to the website KissThemGoodbye for the rest of the screenshots for this review. I will replace these with my own as soon as I can actually do that.)

Going back to Duckberg, we end up getting the first big fight between the gathered Duckberg citizens and a troop of Moonlanders. There's a lot going on here.

Duckworth in his demon form doing what he does best. This is going to seem very weird for those not familiar with that.

Lena turns one of the ray guns into a raven. More actual real life birds!

Violet gets to use a pink mace. Comes with being friends with Lena.

Gyro gets to use the clone army he's been teasing about since "Timephoon!"

Gizmoduck gets to repeat his pie plan, except he's actually going to pie them in the face.

Officer/M'Ma Cabrera gets to use her own skills to disarm a Moonlander.

Oh, and Scrooge gets to ride on Manny the Headless Horse, wearing his Scottish gear. He even gets to jump on the Moonlanders with his cane just like he did in the NES game!

Oh, oh, Darkwing Duck ends up getting involved in a great plan to distract the Moonlanders, mostly involving him switching clothes with the Richest Duck in the World.

A play by play would take a long time to describe, but trust me, it's surprisingly action packed for something involving the Disney Ducks.

While all of this fighting is going on in Duckberg, above the ocean, Della is thinking of ways to hide. After a bit of questioning, she emotionally calls out that she just doesn't want the kids to be lost like she was. It does seem a bit odd; it's not like she wasn't involved when the kids on dangerous adventures before. Then again, this is a much bigger story than teaming up with Dewey to get a tree seed, even if that tree seed was so much harder to get than she thought. Unfortunately, any kind of sense-talking from the kids would have to wait, as one of the golden bootleg Spears is on their tail. Eventually, they get shot down, complete with a shot of the Cloudslayer heading for a crash towards the ocean.

Another golden bootleg Spear, the one that landed on the Manor, is finally approached by Scrooge, only for him to fall through it.

It turns out, that Golden Spear was just a Golden Distraction, and General Lunaris gives him a big speech on fear. To make a long story short, he tells Scrooge his big plan: have a giant rocket latch on to the Earth, and use that rocket to make the Earth spin around the mighty Moon.

And, in a bit of his wisdom, he decided to tell his plan just when the rocket is latching on to the Earth. There's no race against time, because it's already done. This is certainly the "darkest moment" of the episode, and this will be exemplified when we see Scrooge again.

Meanwhile, good news, they did survive, as they crash landed on an island. Even better news, this island isn't entirely uninhabited, as we find out exactly whatever happened to Donald Duck.

He turned into Tom Hanks' character from Cast Away, complete with his own inanimate buddy. In this case, it's a watermelon in the shape of a character that may otherwise never appear in DuckTales. Maybe. This watermelon ends up being this episode's Barksian Modulator, as Donald's Mickey impression is surprisingly accurate despite his impediment.

With some yelling, of course, because of all the misunderstandings between each other. For all Della knew, her brother was just on some cruise, not even taking the time to even write a letter to his family. It’s the classic misunderstanding, which would usually mean a few minutes of moping.

Thankfully, the "few minutes of moping after a misunderstanding" trope doesn't last too long, as we get a brother and sister hug not too long after. Dewey definitely had to help out, though. I guess he doesn't like the misunderstanding trope, either.

Finally reunited with her brother, Della sets out her plan to stay on the island until Scrooge fixes everything. See, Scrooge would definitely know what he's doing!

Scrooge: Ooh, I have no idea what I'm doing!

Wah, wah, wah, waaah. See, I told you.

Scrooge can't figure out a plan. The Moonlanders have already won. He would need a plan from an unlikely source. He may get one, but not with that exact wording. Not a plan, but a scheme.

We get a great Glomgold moment here, where he gets to do his big plan to get to the rocket in his usual way of presenting his plans: a blueprint presentation. He starts by showing off that the Earth will definitely freeze if Lunaris's rocket starts, so he has to get the best possible weapon: a Sharka! It's a shark...with a parka!

Scrooge: I'm going to miss being a planet.

Forgot a word there, Scrooge, though considering himself as the soon-be-be-former-planet he's on wouldn't be too beyond him.

Eventually, Della does learn to trust her kids, and not to worry about adventure destroying them, and it's all because of a heartfelt talk with the angle-seer. It seemed like he was the last sibling to get any bonding moment. Dewey had his adventure at the Doomsday Vault, Louie got to learn a lesson about not doing schemes that would hurt his family, and Huey did...

...whatever this was supposed to be.

After that bonding, they run into a problem: The Cloudslayer has been destroyed! How can they get off the island?

Simple: Cousin Fethry, who is still on the giant crawdad from his last appearance, along with Gladstone Gander. As much as I didn't exactly like the episode he first appeared in, I will say one thing that episode did right that this episode doesn't: it doesn't look that impressive seeing the crawdad in full. Maybe since the Moonvasion is supposed to be the big event, we got to make this crawdad "small".

After a tragic event happens with a beloved character, at least, that's how Frank Angones advertised it, we go back to see exactly what kind of plan Glomgold has come up with to destroy that giant rocket.

Sure enough, it's embarrassing for everyone involved. Everyone has to put on a costume, and, in Scrooge's case, he has to dress up as his worst enemy. No, not Glomgold, that's what Glomgold wishes it would be, it's Santa Claus!

Somehow, it works. Even the Sharkas manage to do some major damage. For a Glomgold plan, it manages to work absolutely perfectly; maybe it's because he's actually doing something for good this time.

I'm not going to spoil too much, but all of this eventually leads to a big space fight very reminiscent of Star Wars. At least one would-be missed opportunity due to Zeus gets rectified. Turns out, Lunaris doesn't even know his own "planet's" goddess.

In the end, they get a pretty super happy ending, actually. Happier than I would think.

Yeah, this is pretty much a finale for the whole series, there's no real loose ends. Pretty much the only loose end right now is whatever happened to the Terries and Fermies. That's a loose end I don't really mind never getting anything, actually. This would be a pretty good shot to end the series on, as it seems like everyone's going to live happily ever after...

...or will they?! No, really, there's a scene right at the end that's a huge cliffhanger for Season 3. It does make me wonder if it would have been in the final cut if DuckTales 2017 didn't get its third season. Disney did greenlight the second season before the show even started. It wouldn't be out of place for a cartoon to end on a cliffhanger; even that old Sonic cartoon ended with some evil eyes in the darkness. Only time will tell what would happen, but one question I can answer now is...

How does it, and this season, stack up?

While most of the Moonvasion tetralogy was just barely great, after watching this, I can say it was worth it.

As for the season. I did pull out the Disgusted Donalds for this one for two episodes in particular, though that was more because I've raised my standards for this show throughout the years. Honestly, even the Disgusted Donalds in this season are better than the Tenderfeet plot.

Still, there is a lot to love about Season 2, and I couldn't possibly give it anything less than another Happy.

And that is it for DuckTales 2017 Season 2. I'm going on vacation. And not the kind of vacation Donald Duck took. See you later!

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