#launchpad // ic // i'm a pilot!

[pick-and-shovel-laborer]

"Oh, hey D.W. Fancy meeting you here," Launchpad said. "Actually I'm just his pilot though. Pilot and close friend. I guess I could be a bodyguard too, but of course that would mean he'd have to pay me little more."

"Aye, and just who are you anyway?" Scrooge asked Darkwing in a gruff tone.

"Unca Scrooge, that's Darkwing Duck!" said Webby. "The terror that flaps in the night! The icing on the cake of justice!"

"Well, what is it Darkwing?" asked Scrooge.

@shadowzgather

Scrooge McDuck stood in the Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Bakery, accompanied by Webbigail Vanderquack and Launchpad McQuack, who had informed Scrooge of a "sweet savings sale." Scrooge and his family were planning to celebrate Huey, Dewey and Louie's birthday.

"How about that one Unca Scrooge?" Webby suggested pointing to a vanilla cake with rainbow sprinkles in a display case.

Launchpad licked his beak. "Looks perfect to me," he said. "I'm sure the kids are gonna love it.

[honeydewmuses-a]

Tag Dump!

Launchpad.

[ducktales-wco-oo]

{ ☆ } “Sometimes, I like to look up at the sky and think about past... friends.” Launchpad says, a bittersweet smile on his face— although the sweet vastly overpowers the bitter —as he makes his statement. Words grow softer near the end, the pilot’s expression following suit before he continues in a more casual tone, “I like to imagine what they might be doin’ nowadays. What kinda life they have, how happy they are, who they're with... Give ‘em the best one possible, y’know?” The kind he might not have been able to provide for them, but darn it he can dream it up... and hope... and wish. Wishing is an important step too. 

“Kinda like that game where you stare at strangers and try to make up stories and stuff about ‘em!” The pilot excitedly adds, looking over at the other person with a grin. No longer tinged with the profoundness of before— from its presently goofy demeanor, one might wonder if that beautifully tragic smile had even existed at all —words tumble out of it in a less-than-articulate mess, “Only they aren’t strangers... and you’re just staring at the sky instead... ‘cause they’re not around you anymore...” There’s a brief moment of awkward silence, before- “But other than that stuff, it’s pretty much exactly the same!” { ☆ } 

[adventurer-in-blue]

continued from here, @iim-a-pilot

Usually when Dewey suggested anything like this he was shot down by Huey or his uncles, well uncle who was way too over-protective. But now that Dewey had a best friend like Launchpad he got to experience some things he'd never get to do on his own.

Dewey nod once as he followed Launchpad to the garage, sneaking in just in case if someone sees them and tries to accompany them... ruining this all so bright idea of testing out how long they could wheelie before crashing a motorcycle!

"So how we gonna do this?" Dewey dashed to a motorcycle, observing it. "I think I'm way too short for this thing on my own" and that bummed him so badly. Dewey was hoping to drive a motorcycle on his own today.

[gravityfallsweirdgirl]

Sexual abuse

darkwing is being tortured but mainly Sexual abuse horribly By nega darkwing 

In the city of saint canard, darkwing duck and launchpad (from the ducktales reboot) have just came back from sending a crook back to prison.

They rode the motorcycle inside his headquarters, gosalyn has already been taken home for some  sleep.

They got up the motorcycle, darkwing removes his helmet to show his bruises.

Darkwing: well I say that was another night, another crook has Been fought thanks to the work of darkwing duck

He stands for a heroic pose as launchpad gets off and walks to him.

Launchpad: DW are you ok though

He turns around to see his right eye was black and swollen, a cut on his upper and bottom beak.

Darkwing: of course I'm okay why do you say that

He was weak from taking a few punches he nearly collapsed on the ground. Launchpad rushes over and  catches him on time.

He walks him over to the couch, and patches his wounds and puts an ice pack on his eye.

Darkwing takes the ice pack and smiles to see launchpad looking at him while placing a hand on his back, it became quite for a little moment.

Then

Launchpad: well I better get going now, mr. Mcdee is going to be upset if he doesn't see

Darkwing made a worried look, he thought it wasn't fair, launchpad works night to help him with crime fighting and has to work day as pilot too without any sleep

Darkwing: LAUNCHPAD wait

Launchpad: huh

He looks back to see darkwing pulling his arm.

Darkwing: maybe you should rest here for tonight

He stares at him as he gave him a worried look.

Darkwing: just for only tonight

Launchpad then smiles tenderly.

Launchpad: ok DW but only for you

He smiles and sets the couch up for him, he decided to sleep in a chair.

Launchpad: good night DW

Darkwing: night launchpad

darkwing always liked having launchpad around ever since he him, he felt something for launchpad but couldn't never tell him due to his fear of being rejected by launchpad. But he was glad that launchpad stayed the night with him, Everything was perfect.

But down in the sewers below them a pair of glowing eyes were staring at darkwing duck.

Negaduck: (evil chuckles) you'll pay for what you done to me you hack

But what he didn't was that someone else was crushing on launchpad, but not because he's the most charming and loving by everyone he meets but also he was one of a kind.

The next morning launchpad woke up early.

Launchpad: (yawn)

He tries to open eyes but he was still tired from last night's fiasco, and as he was stretching, he saw what time it was and he was woken wide awake to see how it was.

Launchpad: oh no I'm going to be late

He grabs his coat and hands to the door.

Launchpad: I GOT TO GO DW I'LL SEE YA LATER TONIGHT

But as he left, darkwing duck couldn't hear him because he was still asleep.

Darkwing: (snoring)

Later that night, he got an alert from his phone.

Ring, ring

Darkwing: huh

He looks at it and sees that it's a message from the mayor.

Darkwing: (gasp) there's trouble in downtown

He looks back to find that launchpad is still gone, he decides to go solo this time. He hops on his motorcycle.

Darkwing: let's....get....dangerous

But when he makes it to downtown, he finds that trouble brewing something so dangerous for him to handle on his own.

He parks legally like he has no time to go by the rules but found nothing.

Darkwing: I am the I am the terror that flaps in the night, I am the nightlight that shines in the room of darkness, I am...darkwing duck, huh hello danger here, is there any crook out there that needs a good beating, that's strange

He looks around to find what was causing any trouble but then he heard something.

Clink

Darkwing: huh

He turns around to see that a can soup has been knocked out from a trash fan and rolls over to his webbed feet.

Darkwing: oh it's only just a can

He then kicks then hears someone walking behind him. He smiles.

Darkwing: ah ha

He turns around to see a mysterious figure in a trench coat running away he follows the Mysterious figure and chased.

Darkwing: AH HA, might as well give up you evil doer, cause no body can escape from darkwing-

Whack

He then get a painful hit to his stomach lug wrench.

Darkwing: UGH, duck

He grabs a hold of his stomach and collapsed on the his knees but he quickly looks up to see the mysterious figure smiling sinisterly at him and whacking him again hard on his head.

Negaduck: (evil chuckles)

Later that same night, launchpad came from duckberg but found that darkwing has already gone.

Launchpad: hey DW I'm home, uh quiet, two quiet

He looks down to find that he's left his phone, he picks it up and read the same message.

Launchpad: hmm, (gasp) TROUBLE IN DOWNTOWN, don't worry DW I'm coming

He rushes outside and shuts the door behind him, meanwhile with darkwing duck.

Darkwing: ooh (moaning)

He regained consciousness and found himself in a dark room, he saw found himself chained up, hung up above the ground.

Darkwing: uh where am I

Negaduck: (evil laughter)

Darkwing: huh whoa there

Negaduck: who's there

Negaduck: I am the most fiendish terror that flaps in the darkest night. I am the nightmare that haunts your dream. I am Negaduck

Darkwing looks up to see a grim and gritty version of darkwing duck but he had a yellow coat, with a red shirt, red hat and his eyes were color crazy.

Darkwing: AH! who are you

Negaduck: (evil laughter) buddy I'm just an old washed up star that you destroyed

He walks around him and darkwing turns his face and was surprised to see him staring at him,

Darkwing: AH

but he then recognized his deep voice.

Darkwing: (gasp) what a minute, that voice

It took him a minute to solve the puzzle then he was shocked to find out.

Darkwing: Jim? Jim sterling, you're alive

He smiles at him but was soon about have it in it for a long night. For instead of having a happy reunion, he gets a evil grin.

Which made darkwing felt a chill through his spine.

Negaduck: oh no, I'm not alive, I been REBORN

Darkwing made a terrifying look as the undead anti-hero walked towards him.

Negaduck: and the name isn't Jim sterling just call me NEGADUCK

Darkwing felt his heart dropped as his long time childhood favorite tv show hero now became a real life supervillain.

Darkwing: Negaduck but how did-you blew-

Negaduck: (evil laughter) you can't destroy an actor but it's was all thanks to you, you gif stealing-

Darkwing: Jim please I didn't mean for this to happened-I just

Negaduck: QUIET

SMACK

darkwing: AH!!

Negaduck: you're created me, you stole my line, stole my Dan and stole my life, now it's pay back time

Darkwing: Jim please

Smack

darkwing: AH

Negaduck: IT'S PRONOUNCED NEGADUCK YOU HACK

darkwing: negaduck please I didn't mean to replace you, I just wanted to be like you, be a hero to inspire kids

Negaduck stared at him and right before he was about to hit him again he thought about what launchpad said, he was about take pity on him. when...

He unchains him and starts punching him hard in his chest.

Thud

Darkwing: ugh

Negaduck: but you forgot that you took my #1 Dan, launchpad was my fan, mine, I signed all his stuff, I'd always seen him, I known his more then you

Darkwing: oh please I known him for months, you only met him for a day and then used him for your own selfish gig

Negaduck was offended by his snap, he glares at him and punch his beak so g he are, he sent him flying across the water.

Negaduck: (growl)

thud

Darkwing: UGH

He then Walks over to him, grabs him by his shirt and pulls him to his face.

Negaduck: he was my first love first, MINE LOVER, you're going to regret stealing launchpad from me

He looks down at him and gets an idea.

Negaduck: and I just know how

He pushes against the wall, turns him around and grabs his front body, grabbing something between his thighs.

Darkwing felt terrified.

Darkwing: WHAT ARE YOU DOING

Negaduck: seeing what makes you do special, over the days I watched you and launchpad work together as a team, he'd always admired you and I wonder what do you have that I don't, what does he sees in you.

He then grabs his hands and pins them up above us head, darkwing struggles to escape his grip but was no match for his strength.

Darkwing: UGH

Negaduck: (evil laughter) I wonder what he would think of you when you been-

He strikes his hand down to a small hole and as he stroked around it, darkwing felt a shiver and Negaduck grabbing his rump.

Darkwing: AH

Negaduck: RAPED

the word raped had struck fear in his heart, he then realize,

Darkwing: (in mind) I'm gonna get raped

Negaduck then plunged something long inside of him.

Darkwing: ugh

Negaduck: (evil laughter)

Meanwhile with launchpad, he was out searching for darkwing when he stumbled Aponte his motorcycle.

Launchpad: ok if I were DW were would I be, huh, DW's motorcycle

He rushes over to the cycle and picks up the helmet but he looks around to find any signs of darkwing.

Launchpad: but where's DW

He then sees his hat near by the sewers, he picks it up and looks down at the sewers.

Meanwhile back with darkwing, after getting raped and followed by more hours of Negaduck torturing him. He turns him up, leaving him dripping out blood and soaking in the sewers.

Darkwing: ugh

Negaduck: (evil laughter) well this has been fun, when it was fun for me but I don't know about you, well I should be going now cause by my calculations launchpad should be on his way right now to find you but with the beating and raped, I don't think he will make in time to save you

Darkwing was to weak from the blood loss and punching to move.

Negaduck: (evil laughter) well say hi to launchpad for me

Launchpad: why don't you tell me yourself

Negaduck: huh

He turns to see launchpad behind him and punching him hard in his mouth.

Thud

Negaduck: ugh

He collapsed on the ground in the sewers. Launchpad sees darkwing's blood in The water.

Launchpad: a-ah DW

He rushes over to him, turns him around and saw how bruised up he was, his ribcage was broken, bruises on his arms and legs, an open cut across his chest.

Launchpad: ah DW are you alright

He was horrified to see his friend wounded, he felt cold and he was paler, he pulls up and presses his head against on top of  his shoulders, he then put his arm on his chest.

Launchpad: DW CAN YOU HEAR ME

he didn't more for a minute and launchpad feared that he was gone till he felt him breathing slowly and he opened his eyes.

Darkwing: launchpad

Launchpad: oh DW I so glad you're ok, I thought I lost you, cone on, I'll take you home

He carries him bridal style and after careful treating his wounds. Launchpad turned on the tv and saw Negaduck being taken in.

Launchpad: wow

He then recognized that he was Jim sterling.

Launchpad: oh it's Jim sterling

He looks back at the unconscious drake Mallard in bed, he was out of his darkwing costume and into some warm clothes.

He walks over to him, gets a damped wet cloth and damps it on his forehead hopping it will wake him up, but inside darkwing's mind he was having a nightmare of Negaduck raping him.

He can still hear his evil laughter as he start to wake up,

Negaduck: (evil laughter)

Drake: ugh, no, no no GET AWAY, AH

he wakes, he get up but gets hugged by launchpad. He wrapped his big warm muscular arms around his thin body, darkwing tries to move, but felt launchpad comforting him.

Drake: (gasping)

Launchpad: whoa it's ok DW your safe now

But he was still terrified of what he just experienced. He pulls away from him and looks straight in the eyes terrified.

Drake: LAUNCHPAD ITS JIM HE'S BACK AND HE'S BECOME NEGADUCK

launchpad with a smiles still on his smile, grabbed his hands.

Launchpad: (laughing) ya I know he got arrested

Drake turned to see him on the news then looks back at launchpad still scared for what happened.

Launchpad: don't worry he's in jail and he won't hurt you again

He takes drake's hand and cuffs it and pets it.

Drake: no launchpad you don't understand what he did

Launchpad: well what did he do, what happened down there

Drake pulls his hand away and looks the other way in guilt. Launchpad makes a worried look as he Reaches out to touch his shoulders.

Launchpad: DW

drake hugs himself and starts to shake.

Drake: he-he raped me

Launchpad: (gasp)

Launchpad was both angry and worried , he was sad at darkwing cause what he just experienced and angry at Negaduck for attacking his friend.

Launchpad: oh ok that's it, nobody attacks my hero, don't worry DW the next time I see him, I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget

He sees him still hurt, he grabs his shoulders and pulls towards him.

Launchpad: don't worry DW I won't let him hurt you again

Drake smiled as he felt safe in launchpad's arms, he wanted this moment to last forever.

Launchpad: now let's go to bed

Drake was surprised to see launchpad hopping in bed with bed and cuddling with him, wrapping his arm around his waist and pulling him to his chest.

He looks up to see him smiling and continues to hug him.

Launchpad: so Jim sterling is Alive but I thought he was dead

Darkwing: Not any more he isn't

Although they stopped Negaduck, darkwing had a feeling that this was just a beginning.

[greenygreenland]

Birds of a Feather Pt 1: (platonic) Scrooge McDuck & Reader

-i usually do star wars buuuuuut I'm becoming multi-fandom

-the original was deleted

-thanks a LOT technology. Three hours of hard work, down the drain

-comments will really help my mood, so please tell me if you like this

-happy father's day

Important note: You’re cursed with immortality, so you’re forever the age 15

Summary:

Scrooge has been hiding a secret from you for over two decades. You two argue and your relationship becomes rocky.

A week before

(Y/n) was seething in anger. Her chest heaved and her fingers curled into fists so tight that Scrooge worried she’d draw blood. “Twenty--no, thirty something years, Uncle Scrooge. I can’t believe you’ve hid this from me since the day you found me half-dead! How--how dare you?” 

Scrooge couldn’t stand the way (Y/n) was looking at him. Her eyes were ablaze, filled with hatred and sorrow he could not place into words. Seeing (Y/n), the girl who wasn’t so little anymore, look at him like that made his battered heart burst into little pieces. “(Y/n), I didn’t mean to--”

“No, I don’t want to hear it! You told me my family was dead! You said that I was the only one who survived that assassination.” (Y/n) stuffed a pair of trousers into her suitcase and zipped it shut. “You lied to me for decades! Why?” Scrooge’s lips withered into a frown. “I was trying to protect you!”

“’Protect me’?” (Y/n) echoed. She heaved her suitcase onto its quad wheels with a scowl. “Oh yes, because the wee little duckling who knows martial arts needs help despite surviving countless near-death experiences, adventures as your side-kick, and defeating archenemies. Yes, yes, I’m powerless, aren’t I?” Scrooge’s brows knitted together. He knew full-well that (Y/n) could take care of herself. She survived being stuck on an island as well, being swallowed by a gold-hunting dragon, and so many other things that could have ended her life for good. 

But this? It wasn’t that Scrooge thought she was weak. No, no. It was only that he knew she couldn’t handle the truth. The Eider family were an absolute nightmare. Besides the fact that they were abusive, they were greedier than the greediest ducks, and more power-hungry than the worst of kings. They believed themselves to be the best of the best (which in itself was not a lie), but because of their arrogance, their enemies spread father than the deepest oceans.

Funnily enough, that was what got (Y/n)’s parents killed.

She was a smart lass, Scrooge gave her that, but the one thing she could never seem to do was let them go. During the years Scrooge hid the true story from her, she never gave up in researching and looking into what happened to her parents. It was as if that were the only reason she existed. 

And now that she knew the truth, Scrooge worried what she’d do when she actually got back in contact with her family. Although it looked like she forgave them for ruining her life, abusing her, and for being absolute blockheads, it was clear as daylight to him that she held a deep grudge against her family. “You’re not going back to them are you?” he quietly inquired. 

(Y/n)’s glare made him feel as though he were the dust on an old book. “Guess again, Scroogey.” His expression hardened and the air thickened like jam. “Lass, you are not going back there.” (Y/n) made her way to the door, a tight frown on her face. “I don’t have to listen to you, liar.” 

Scrooge’s jaw unhinged. “I’m your guardian!” 

“Only because my parents died.” 

His shoulders tensed and he slammed the door shut. “You listen here and you listen well!” He yanked (Y/n) away from the door. “Me lying will never compare to how terrible your family treated you. You want the truth so bad? Well, your rubbish aunt hired a hit man to assassinate your parents! There! That’s the truth! Are you happy now?” (Y/n) slapped Scrooge’s hand off her shoulder, but he didn’t pay any mind. 

The two had a silent stare-off that may have lasted for an hour if it weren’t for the knock on the door. “(Y/n)?” Scrooge eyed the door as (Y/n) made her way towards it. She cracked it open just enough to peek out at the little girl before her. “Sorry Webby, I can’t play right now. I’m a bit...”

“Busy?”

“Yeah.” (Y/n) offered an apologetic smile, to which Webby frowned and twiddled her thumbs to. “Okay then. I’ll be in my room.” She made her way down the hall. “Alone.” (Y/n) frowned. “I’m sorry Webby, promise I’ll make it up to you in two weeks time. How about we get ice cream?” Webby froze, eyes wide. “You mean it?”

“Promise.” (Y/n) said. Webby smiled. “Okay.” 

Once (Y/n) was sure Webby was gone, she closed the door behind her and turned on Scrooge with a dark glare. “I’m done arguing with you. I’m leaving.” she announced. Scrooge folded his arms across his chest and seized (Y/n) by the collar. “Oh no you don’t!” He reeled her away from the door and kicked her suitcase out of her hands. “You are staying right here.”

“I’m not a kid anymore Uncle Scrooge!”

“You’re fifteen. Still a kid.”

“If you add the years after I was cursed by you--”

“It was an accident!”

“--I’m about thirty-five years old.” (Y/n) finished. Scrooge ruffled her hair with a roll of his eyes and a light-hearted chuckle. “You’ll always be my kid in my eyes. I suggest you reschedule with Webby to tomorrow.” There was a good pause before he added, “You don’t need to see your sad excuse of a family anyway. They’re nothing but trouble.”

Present

“Lauchpad, please try to stay on the road!” exclaimed (Y/n). The large man-child sped through Duckburg as if he were in a NASCAR race. Speed-bumps and pot-holes caused (Y/n) to slam into the door and Scrooge at least fives times in a row, and since he had a long day of meetings, the old man’s patience ran thin. “Eyes on the road McQuack!”

“Sorry Mr. McDee, (N/n).” 

(Y/n) wanted to be nice to Launchpad, but her stomach did flip-flops and her head ached. She should have expected this, because it was always like this, but her being her always held onto the sliver of hope that Launchpad would miraculously learn how to not crash a car. Scrooge took a good look at (Y/n), a short sigh escaping his lips. “Every dent in this car is coming out of your salary!” 

“Absolutely. Hey, hear about that crazy snow storm on the Drake Barrier Reef? I’d hate to fly into that one. You see, I’m a bit of a pilot--”

Without looking up from his newspaper, Scrooge pressed a button on the door. The glass divider slowly rolled up and forced Launchpad to keep his eyes where they should be: on the road. 

(Y/n) lied down on the seat with a sluggish frown. “I’m just gonna...close my eyes.” Either Launchpad forgot how brakes work, or he had zero brain cells left, because he continued charging through the city until he came to the manor’s gates despite Scrooge’s protests. The limo came to a screeching stop. If it weren’t for Scrooge, (Y/n) would have flown into the windscreen. 

“Why aren’t we moving?” demanded Scrooge. (Y/n) harshly swallowed and sat up. The impatient beeping of the limo’s horn didn’t help her spinning head, and neither did Scrooge’s yelling as he hopped out of the car. “Hey!” he shouted. “Jettison that jalopy from my driveway, ya deadbeat!” 

Who was he even talking to?

“Donald Duck.” 

Oh. 

“Uncle Scrooge.”

Oh.

(Y/n) didn’t care to listen to the arguing. All she wanted was a good cup of tea and a bed. 

“Jettison that jalopy from my driveway this instant, ya deadbeat!”

“Oh, here we go again, giving orders like he’s the richest duck in the world!”

“I am the richest duck in the world, now move!”

(Y/n) couldn’t take the arguing anymore. Her head spun, she felt like she’d throw up, and she really craved that cuppa probably waiting for her in the dining room. “Can you both shut up?!” A pair of footsteps made their way towards the open car door. Through the disgustingly bright sunlight, and the splitting headache, (Y/n) made out the angry face of Donald Duck.

“What did you do to her Scrooge?!” he shouted. Scrooge let out a large gasp, a clear sign he was beyond offended. “What did I do to her?! It was Launchpad’s driving!” 

There was some more chatter before three identical children piled in the limo. (Y/n) didn’t care who they were, and it seemed like the feeling with Scrooge was mutual. When the gates opened and they arrived at the front door, Mrs. Beakely scooped (Y/n) in her arms and brought her to her room. “My, my, was it Launchpad’s terrible excuse for driving again?” 

(Y/n) wordlessly nodded as Beakley set her on her bed. She poured a nice warm cup of tea and handed it to the car-sick girl. “I suggest you rest for a little before you get caught up too much excitement again.” Mrs. B. said. 

A little rest, Mrs. B. said. It would be good for you, she said. Only after waking up did (Y/n) realise she had been drugged by the one-and-only housekeeper. It was obvious she knew (Y/n) wouldn’t get a wink of sleep because she had a tendency to lay awake in bed until three in the morning, but in her eyes, that did not justify her actions, especially after all the action she missed out on. 

That morning, she stood in the dining room, PJs on and mouth agape as three identical triplets bombarded her with an arsenal of crazy questions.

"Aren't you Uncle Scrooge's famous sidekick?"

"Isn't your family crazy rich and extremely prestige?"

"How do you still look the same after so many years?"

"Botox?"

"Water from the Fountain of Youth?"

"No, plastic surgery?"

(Y/n) sent Scrooge a silent look for help, to which he shook his head with a warm smile. "Boys, don't be rude." he merrily said. "She's just cursed is all." The blue one's eyes widened, and for a second, (Y/n) thought he had chocked on his scrambled eggs. "You're cursed? How?"

"Uh..."

"Actually, I have a better question, how did you meet Uncle Scrooge?"

(Y/n) swallowed a bite of toast. Her gaze nervously snapped towards the old duck, to which he folded his newspaper shut and said, "Alright, boys. That's enough. I think it's a bit early for all these questions, especially for her. She hates mornings." (Y/n) smiled a little. "Yeah, I do." She returned her focus on the faces of the three kids. Each had large, bright eyes, extremely large smiles, and loud personalities. Which also happened to remind her of...

(Y/n) leaned over to Scrooge's ear and subtly face-palmed. "They're Della's kids, aren't they?"

"You just figured that out now?"

"I was tired, what do you expect?"

Scrooge rolled his eyes. "Besides that, we're going to Atlantis tomorrow." he nonchalantly announced. (Y/n) almost spit out her tea. "Wait, you're serious?"

He nodded, a sparkle (Y/n) hadn't seen in a while shining in his eyes. (Y/n) couldn't help but feel grateful for Scrooge. If he hadn't stopped her from seeking out her family, she'd probably be dead. (Y/n) Eider didn't belong with a bunch of prestigious, scholarly ducks. She was an adventurer, an explorer, who walked through every corner of the Earth.

But most importantly, she was Scrooge McDuck's one and only side-kick.

[fly-pow-bye]

DuckTales 2017 - “Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!”

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

Written by: Madison Bateman

Storyboard by: Stephanie Gonzaga, Vaughn Tada, Brandon Warren

Directed by: Matthew Humphreys

Della's first big adventure!

They didn't want to wait a single episode, we're already starting off with Della on the wheels of the Sunchaser, er, Cloud Slayer going into an adventure. Della gets to join in with Scrooge, Dewey...and that's it. Dewey does imply that Huey and Louie have decided against going on this adventure. No mention is made of Launchpad at all outside of his chosen name for the plane.

They're going to the Ludwig Von Drake Doomsday Vault, which contains every seed known and unknown to man. Scrooge wants to get a contract to get his security company a stake in renovating that vault and keeping it secure. As he leaves the perfectly landed plane, though the process was a little rocky, he finds that he's not the only one.

This is another episode with Flintheart Glomgold, in his continuing quest to win his bet. Even if I wasn't a big fan of the last episode he had a major part in, he is almost always the highlight of any episode he appears in. I wouldn't consider this episode an exception; I wouldn't say it's him at his best, but he's not at his worst, either. Don't expect a lot of Zan Owlson, as I'll explain later, but he gets a different "straight man".

This is our cold open, a little more literal one than usual, and I wanted to say something about the opening here: it's the same one as the one that started this season. Donald is still on the moon and Della is here, but Donald is still running along in that incomplete V formation and Della is nowhere in sight. I do understand that re-animating the intro would probably take a lot of time that may not be worth it depending on when they're going to conclude that plot, but it does lessen the weight of Della being here.

But enough about the opening, let's get to a meeting! One of the key points in his speech is the Fabled Money Tree of Aurum Oros, with branches of gold and leaves that perfectly resemble dollar bills. He wants to lock up this seed in particular, so no soul can even look at it until the end of the world. See, just taking the seed would be a Glomgold move, as proven immediately by Glomgold suddenly waking up when he hears about this.

It's apparently also a Della and Dewey move, too, as when they hear this, they immediately venture off to go get it before Scrooge locks it up. They even jinx themselves by saying their plan at the same time, right down to them saying "jinx, double jinx" after they say it. Scrooge leaves...only to find the plane missing, and he knows immediately who could be responsible for that. It's not Glomgold, he's still in the building trying to get that contract with a speech that consists of "give it to me and I'll use that money tree to become richer than Scrooge." It doesn't work too well, even if he was apparently the only other one who had an interest in this vault.

We suddenly cut to Della and Dewey listening, singing, and dancing along to "Stand Out" by Powerline, as made famous by A Goofy Movie. The real focus of the plot is Dewey trying to get Mom to see him as this great adventurer, which shouldn't be too hard as they're practically the same wavelength here.

Della: Nailed it!

See, she's even saying his catchphrase! She loves him so much, she'll let him pilot the Cloud Slayer! Sure, he's about 6 years too young to drive a car, but as long as he closes his eyes and feels the sky, he'll get it right! At first, it seems like a glurge moment as this appears to be working...

...for the first few seconds anyway, before the obvious conclusion happens. While Dewey apologizes for this, Della tells him that he shouldn't, because this was a great first try! It's quite clear that Della is nothing like her brother Donald or her uncle Scrooge, as they would probably never encourage his kid to take the "fun route" over the safe route. Della does that pretty much immediately when she reaches that fork in the road.

Back where the plane used to be, Scrooge is talking to Mrs. Beakley about what just happened. Suddenly, he finds his hand hand-cuffed by Glomgold, who intends to drag him along to help get into that Doomsday Vault for that precious money tree seed. He also wanted to steal his plane. Why couldn't he just use his own? Because his usual scheming antics caused Zan Owlson to take that plane back home. I mean, I wouldn't blame her for finally giving up and just attempting to leave him, but leaving him to die in the cold seems a bit much. Hidden sinister depths, perhaps?

This hand-cuff plot does lead to a B-plot with some funny moments. Again, not as funny as Glomgold at his best, but still good in its own right. Scrooge tells him he's on thin ice, and Glomgold assumes he was talking figuratively. Scrooge at least knows how to use the word "literally" correctly.

After going through the "fun way", they end up at the Doomsday Vault, as they get the first of many, many greetings from Ludwig Von Drake in prerecorded form. They never outright confirm if he's dead or alive; it wouldn't be too out there if he was still alive, but it also wouldn't be too out there if this is actually his ghost. I mean, if Duckworth can do it, so can he.

One thing against the ghost theory is that this video congratulates these survivors from getting away from various monsters, including those mythical hairless apes. Thankfully, these survivors have made it to this vault that is protected from every possible disaster he could think of.

Della: Yeah, everything except climate change.

(Della and Dewey hi-five)

Even if she isn't wrong, one can tell that hi-five was a laugh track substitute, just like the fist-bumps in the other show. One joke I definitely can say was worth some sort of hi-five is the joke involving his first obstacle for any would-be werewolves: a color-coded keypad. I knew what song was going to come up, and I'm so glad it did. Since these buttons are frozen solid, Della helps Dewey into a vent that leads to the other side, and Dewey can't help but start singing a song while he crawls through it.

Dewey: Gotta earn the love I want so Dew-sperately!

Della: What was that?

Dewey: Nothing, Mom!

Yeah, that's pretty much the whole A-plot. After a few seconds. After a few seconds on the other side, Della tells him that there may be a panel outside. Yeah, attack while itʼs tailʼs up, Cloud!

It'll fire by crushing your mom! I find it interesting how this series is not afraid to say that Della is going to get killed by this. Wow, Ludwig even had a failsafe if someone accidentally activated the second longest death trap and needed to de-activate it!

We get the cliched “which wire should I pull” scene, With the threatening and yet fitting for him countdown of Ludwig Von Drake giving it a needed twist. Della praises him again for saving her in a way that made it really dramatic. Dewey goes along with it, but the way he looks shows that's he's only doing this because heʼs desperate. She wonders what other monsters could lie beyond this door.

Well, they don't really get to that, because they're already at the seed room. Another Von Drake video appears, where he explains that even mythological seeds are here. Hopefully, he left out that one that eats people and takes their form. This is pretty high-tech stuff: it has a computer that can search and highlight which of these containers contains a certain seed, and it even has an easy-to-use crane!

Still needs a bit of maintenance, though, as the crane starts to spark and smoke, eventually crashing into one of the vats full of Van Drake's patent pending super growth formula.

Della Duck: Aw, phooey.

It's not that I dislike Della as a character, far from it, but I have to ask: does she have a catchphrase that is actually her own? Yeah, there's "nothing can stop Della Duck", but she learned not to use it. As Della ponders what she could possibly do next, Dewey is walking on the crane, attempting to jump right to the money tree seeds. It's here that Della finally gets a bit of reserve about letting her child go through this reckless endangerment, and asks Dewey if this is too crazy.

She still cheers him on, because it's better than being an overprotective mother for the sake of being an overprotective mother, but it's clear by her tone of voice that she wishes Dewey would just let her save him from this. How would she do this?

We never find out, as Dewey does manage to get to the money tree seeds. However, he ends up dropping them right into the ground, which had a bunch of super growth formula poured into it. It's easy to guess what would happen next.

We occasionally cut back to the cuff-buddy plot, where Scrooge and Glomgold are glad to know that they're reaching the same destination, one far more than the other. They end up suffering through the aftermath of Della and Dewey going through this Vault and essentially breaking everything. Granted, most of this suffering is caused by Flintheart Glomgold finding ways to unintentionally cause fires.

Despite said fires, Scrooge's main focus of his anger is at Della's actions. Scrooge says it’s been over a decade, and she still acts like a child who doesn't think things through. This anger allows him to lift a steel door just by himself! No comment is made of that; it can just be assumed that he lifted it because he's Scrooge McDuck.

Back to the quest for the money tree, we see that growth formula still works just as well as Von Drake hoped, as the room is now filled with an ever growing tree made of gold and dollar bills. Della is still trying to cheer Dewey on and telling him to do even more crazy things, but this is where Dewey finally breaks.

Dewey: No, I can't do it!

This is the big emotional moment of the episode, which seems to be a requirement for every episode.

They basically repeat the same scene from the last episode, but this time with Dewey. It doesn't have as much weight when it's the Mama's boy.

Scrooge and Glomgold make it into this room, and Glomgold is already picking at the money tree.

After a series of events causes the crane to land right between the two handcuffs, freeing Scrooge from the B-plot, Scrooge finally confronts Della on her childish quest. His main question: did she even think about how she was going to get out of this?

It turns out, she did think of it. They all slide down the tree to a bottom floor with an emergency exit. She did explain that she knew about the hidden exit because an offscreen Ludwig video had a map of the entire place. She pays attention to everything, she says.

In the end, Della uses the gold and the goldwelding skills she learned on the moon to fix up the vault, Dewey learns that he doesn't have to prove anything to his Mom, and Flintheart Glomgold learns absolutely nothing. As it should be.

How does it stack up?

This is the first episode in a while where I didn't really get any major reaction out of it. Sure, it's supposed to be this filler episode, but it's also supposed to be Della's first real adventure beyond escaping the moon or meeting her kids for the first time. In the end, it just feels like a lesser version of the last episode.

This is not to say I felt this episode was bad in any way. It has its funny moments, especially with Glomgold and Ludwig Von Drake, but, compared to most of the show, it's merely adequate.

Next, they finally bring up that one shadow in the room from the Season 1 finale.

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[fly-pow-bye]

DuckTales 2017 – “Friendship Hates Magic!”

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

Written by: Rachel Vine

Storyboard by: Stephanie Gonzaga, Victoria Harris, Vaughn Tada, Brandon Warren

Directed by: Matthew Humphreys

No ponies here, headless or otherwise.

While we've seen a conclusion of at least one part of the Della plot, one other little thing from the season finale hasn't really been elaborated on outside of the occasional mention of Magica De Spell. Specifically: while we know whatever happened to Della Duck, and have a clue on whatever happened to Donald Duck, we never really found out whatever happened to Lena since she became Webby's shadow. Needless to say, it's a long story.

This is the episode where that plot continues. I will say this: Lena plots don't have good track records with me. I liked Jaw$, and The Shadow War was great, too, which was pretty much a foregone conclusion since it was the season finale. However, there's also Terror of the Terra-Firmians and The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck, two episodes I almost gave a Disgusted Donald to. Granted, neither are because of Lena in particular, but still. Which column will this episode fall in? We're about to find out.

Our episode begins with Webby going to the library, because she loves the smell of thinking in the morning. Gotta get that reference out of the way. Oh, and Lena is here now, as an invisible, unhearable shadow being. While nobody else can see or hear her, the audience sees her as this black and green version of herself. Lena says that she's fine with her current situation, though it's quite clear from the tone of her voice that it's more in comparison to any alternative.

Webby doesn't want to do that even if she could hear Lena, so she's continuing her impossible mission to find a book at the library that can teach her about the shadow realm. Yami Yugi is nowhere to be seen, but we do get Mrs. Quackfaster. I guess Scrooge isn't paying her enough so she has to double as the amount of libraries she works at to get that sweet retirement at Birdaydos. Er, Bird-baaaaaay-dos. She tells her that she can't offer the particular book she's looking for.

It's because this new character already checked it out. Webby is shocked, because this book is only in Ancient Syriac, but this "odd girl" happens to know a lot of ancient languages. She introduces herself as Violet Sabrewing, and, after bonding over knowing conversational Akkadian, she offers to stay at her place, possibly overnight. In other words, and eventually Webby's: a sleepover.

Webby, of course, accepts, but Lena does not.  It's almost as if she's read Disney Now's description of this episode, which refers to her as this "suspicious new friend". Then again, it may be because of the way Webby's last sleepovers ended. She wouldn't be the only one to remind her of this.

As Mrs. Beakley gives us the excuse for why we're not going to see Scrooge or the boys in this episode, they're busy in the office for Bin-ventory Day, Webby barges in and tells her grandmother she's having a friend come over for a sleepover. Mrs. Beakley is proud that her granddaughter wants to do another sleepover after the last two ended with money sharks and unicorn fights in the other bin. Gotta love those casual previous episode references that could still work as fantastic off-screen adventures to those who don't know.

Lena is excited that Mrs. Beakley could talk her out of this, and tries to jinx Webby again by saying "cancel the sleepover." Needless to say, that jinx doesn't work out like the library one, as Webby has a different idea.

Instead, Webby decides to have the most normal sleepover ever, as she tries to hide everything that is supernatural in the house, and try to just be normal. Mrs. Beakley attempts to say that the best way to make a good impression on her new friend is to be herself

Mrs. Beakley: ...barring from that summer undercover in Paraguay.

Webby brushing aside what is most likely the origin story for one of her parents, hey, we were all thinking it, she tells her Granny that she's not like her, because she needs friends. After Webby walks away, she tells her to name one person she doesn't get along with.

Enter Launchpad McQuack, inept pilot and ruiner of any plan to make this the first DuckTales episode with only female characters. To disprove Webby's accusation, she decides to invite him for a "sup", and spends a little more time than she wants explaining what she meant. Lena episodes sure seem to love the B-plots that, for the most part, never really seem to converge with the A-plot. This will be another one that fits with the "for the most part".

Going back to the other planned meeting, Webby is all done storing magic rocks in the attic, and her new friend has arrived for the normal slumber party for normal people. She tells Duckworth to get the door, and then realizes that ghost butlers don't help out at slumber parties. Surprisingly, that's not one of the Bailey School Kids books.

After slicing Duckworth's ghostly form in half, him not appreciating it in the slightest, she opens the door to Violet and her totally normal pie. As Webby shows her awkwardness with this whole situation, Lena is not amused, saying she isn't buying it. See, I didn't pull that out of nowhere, Lena hates this girl. I mean, maybe it's a bit convenient that this girl happens to have the same shadow realm-related interests as Webby.

Violet is then brought to Webby's room, and Violet looks around to see all the places that clearly used to have mysterious objects in them. She just says it looks clean, but I can imagine she did not miss that.

Meanwhile, Launchpad tries, and struggles, to drink pea soup from a straw. Mrs. Beakley tries her best to deal with this.

One section she was focused on was this section about Tulpas, an actual concept in the world of mysticism. This whole concept sort of reminded her of that one time all the shadows came alive and...

Webby: Who wants Baggle?!

Violet actually does want Baggle, but wants this obvious distraction some other time. Webby responds that it's just her way to get to know each other a bit more, and suggests asking some ice-breakers. Violet's first icebreaker:

Violet: What do you know about Magica De Spell and the Shadow War?

Lena, feeling completely vindicated, tries to tell Webby that she said the "M" word! I wouldn't say she forgot that nobody can hear her; she's like those people who yell at the characters while watching TV. Heh, nerds. Webby has a different "M" word in mind: makeovers! Violet is clearly not buying this at all, but goes along with the makeovers anyway.

Violet ends up leaving her backpack behind, fully opened, and Lena notices something that definitely shouldn't be in there if she was an ordinary girl who just happened to really like shadow people: Magica's amulet! She runs off to try to warn Webby, and...okay, maybe she still thinks she can hear her, even though she never once acknowledged her existence. She does end up at least finding Webby, except she's now a zombie, complete with one of her eyes falling out.

That fake-out turns out to be Violet and Webby's idea for a make-up session. Webby praises her best friend's make-up, saying that she looks just like the demon named Rakshasa. She's definitely a great friend, I don't know a lot of people who would take kindly to being told "you look like a demon!" Webby should know what Rakshasa looks like, because she met him in a previous adventure, and she has proof...that is definitely not in the attic. Oops.

Webby relents and lets her into the attic, as this cover was completely blown. She was obviously interested in these things, so she doesn't mind that Webby happened to have some magic rocks. They never really explain what those magic rocks are, and I'd like to think I am a little beyond the obvious joke there. She also notices some ectoplasmic energies from that friendship bracelet.

The scene switches from their point of view to Lena's in a neat way, where Lena still thinks she can alter anything here. Sadly for her, Lena is also intangible. Thankfully for her, Webby distracts her from that bracelet, and offers that game of Baggle again. Violet agrees on one condition: they need to use Demogorgan runes. I don't want to reveal that I'm just looking up every one of these words on Wikipedia, so I'll be quiet.

Meanwhile, Launchpad tries, and struggles, to color a coloring book, and then eventually tries to get Mrs. Beakley to get into Darkwing Duck. Mrs. Beakley tries her best to deal with this.

...okay, maybe I shouldn't just brush this off for this running gag, since this scene has quite a bit of lore to get into Jim Starling's eventual big role in The Duck Knight Returns...but maybe I'll wait for that one.

Back to this game of runes, it just so happens that book has the right chant to make those dice-like runes glow green. Lena tries what might be her 50th attempt to actually affect anything as a intangible shadow person. She's shocked to find that it actually worked this time!

She then tries to rearrange the runes to spell out a message. Unfortunately, since these people are nerds, they think it's the writing on the runes that have any meaning, and not how this layout is shaped like the words "don't trust her." Not getting anywhere with these mysterious messages about rat messages, Violet tries another shadow spirit summoning trick: humming this melody. It works...but only Lena can see these white spirits ominously creeping out from the dark. She has to think of something.

She tries to manipulate a white sheet in a form of a ghost. This actually works, because of ghost cliches that even Lena is aware of, but it doesn't solve the "they can't hear me" problem. Violet decides to use a weapon against the one evil spirit they can see, and it turns out this weapon happens to be Magica's amulet. One side effect is that this amulet allowed her to actually see and hear Lena for a second, which is enough to clue Webby in on what is really happening. However, that is only the second most of her worries.

The main side effect is that it finally gets Webby to realize that maybe this girl may not be what she seems. Just like Lena wanted her to, she starts to question their future friendship, and asks everything she knows.

It’s here that we finally get her backstory, or at least her claimed backstory. She was just an ordinary Muggle, having no interest in magic or anything else of the sort. Then, everything changed when the Shadow War happened, and. Oh, and she just stumbled across Magica's cane, which turned back into the amulet. That's pretty much it. We don't know if she's completely telling the truth...

...but Webby buys it completely, to the disappointment of Lena, and they start to do a seance. You see these shadow beings that look like the shadow of Magica De Spell. This, of course, gets Lena to attempt to grab them again.

I hate to spoil this, but I will say that this seance does lead to Lena being able to drag Webby and Violet into the shadow realm. No, not that one, thankfully. We get a big reunion, but this hug doesn't get to last long, as Webby and Violet finally get to see those white shadow ghosts.

That was spoiler enough, so I'll run through this: a big chase scene happens here, and it all leads to a good conclusion to this episode. Even the "tulpas" from the earlier scene comes up, as that turns out to be a little bit closer than one might guess from the opening of the scene. Here's a hint: they don't just stay in this Magica-like form.

In a sort of fake-out transition from that mayhem, we see what is the conclusion to the Launchpad trying to get Mrs. Beakley into Darkwing Duck plot. Turns out, they both got really excited over a cliffhanger ending. Unfortunately, in this universe, that was how Darkwing Duck ended, with a Woody's Roundup-esque cliffhanger. I usually don't talk about future episodes, but this will be given more detail in The Duck Knight Returns.

What were those shadow beings? Will Lena ever learn to trust Webby's new friend? Should Lena ever learn to trust Webby's new friend? Most importantly, while we got the reunion, will it last? At least some of those questions will be answered by watching the episode. It was a treat to see one of those answers in the end, something I thought I wouldn't see until the end of this season.

How does it stack up?

This episode didn't give me anything to dislike, and a lot to like. The biggest challenge this episode had was introducing this new character. I'll say this, without spoiling anything: while she doesn't have any Earth-shattering twists like Lena did, yet, she has potential.

I kind of skipped over the Launchpad bits, I can admit they're all pretty funny. Obviously, it wasn't going to be something as big as the A-plot, but just something minor and maybe even a little bit cute.

In the end, it's definitely in the Jaw$ column.

Next, I actually find a way to talk about The Powerpuff Girls...and not those ones!

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