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God what if I got back on the DuckTales finale again. I’ve being thinking about it more and it PISSES ME OFF!!!!! ARGGGGGGG. Other people have made this point, and have done so more eloquently than I will, but I need to type out a rant anyway.

Webby Vanderquack being a clone of Scrooge completely shits all over the entire show’s message of found family! It doesn’t matter that she gives a speech about “Family being the people who care about you.” It doesn’t matter that Scrooge calls the entire cast his family at the end. Having “The rightful heir of Scrooge McDuck” be revealed to be a genetic clone of him, aka 100% related to him right before she takes the Papyrus that will only appear to the heir of Scrooge, makes it seem like only people biologically related to you are really your “family”.

Obviously that’s not what the show wants us to take away, but that’s what it seems like. Webby being a clone of Scrooge (and calling him “Dad” at the end which is fucking wild???!!!) adds nothing! All it does is take away from the fact that Beakley raised her and make someone who she (arguably) never saw as a father (I’d argue more of a mentorship) her dad. For what? For genetics? For biology? Bullshit.

Here’s how to actually do it, a couple proposals depending on what you want to do with Webby, May and June.

Option 1: There are no May and June. Give the finale to some established characters instead of some random twerps. Huey is kidnapped by F.O.W.L, and is initially extremely resistant to their message, but is enthralled by Bradford’s connection to Isabella Finch. He eventually gives in to their message that he belongs there, with people of his intellect, and not with his brothers and family. When the rest of the Ducks/McDucks/the gang show up to rescue him, he is caught in this moment between his family yelling for him not to do it, and Bradford telling him that all he has to do to have a life at F.O.W.L., a life with his people, is reach forward and take it. Huey chooses F.O.W.L. And the Papyrus does not appear to him. And everyone is really confused because that should have worked?? He’s an heir of Scrooge??? So Bradley’s like “hmmm, disappointing, guess I’ll kill you.” Or whatever. And then the episode follows a similar trajectory, big epic battles trying to rescue Huey (because family forgives each other or whatever) until a second opportunity arrises for someone to grab the Papyrus, but the only person with an open shot at it is Webby. Webby, not genetically related to Scrooge at all, runs up to the spot where it should appear, with the gang (Scrooge, Dewey and Louie, Donald, Della, etc.) all cheering her on, and the Papyrus appears to her and she takes it. Bc family is who’s there for you and not who you’re related to. Then whatever, family is the greatest adventure of all blah blah blah. Big emotional climax, we forgive Huey, all is well.

Right? Obviously it’s not perfect, I’m no writer, but doesn’t that make sense? It also plays better into Huey’s little “I’m the smartest person ever” arc that he had going on than the current finale did. I just picked him for the brother that betrayed them because he’s already teed up for it, but it could be Louie, Dewey, Donald or whoever. As long as it was set up in a believable way.

But say that you really like May and June. Fine, let’s keep them in there.

Option 2: A very similar set up to the current finale, except May and June are revealed right away to be clones of Scrooge, not Webby. Webby is not related to him/them. Then May and June, along with Webby (+Huey, I guess) go back to F.O.W.L headquarters together, the same rescue mission ensues, but at one point one of the twins breaks away from the fight and runs up to the platform where the Papyrus is being held. She reaches out for it, fully prepared to take it and bring it back to Bradford, only it doesn’t appear. And then Bradford can be like “hmmm, disappointing, guess I’ll kill you guys.” And then the twins are getting saved (just bc it’s the right thing to do, and not let two little girls die.) (perhaps at Webby’s urging: “This is the only family they’ve ever known, of course they chose F.O.W.L. But if we show them what real family looks like, they’ll know they made a mistake!” Type shit.) and Webby has her shot to get the Papyrus, and it appears to her and she takes it. Same reasoning. Idk, maybe she can give it to Bradford when he’s threatening May and June, because she wants them to be like sisters to her, and they’re so moved by her display that they decide not to be evil anymore. They save Webby/Scrooge/someone and everyone learns to trust them. They defeat Bradford. Family is the greatest adventure of all, blah blah blah, we’re all falling out of an airplane.

Right? Because it didn’t matter that they were clones of him? It only matters that he wasn’t really their family until both sides decided to care for and trust each other. And Webby still takes the Papyrus. But what if, for some reason, you really like that Webby is a clone of Scrooge? Fine, third time’s the charm, I guess.

Option 3: The exact same setup as the finale, except when Webby goes to get the Papyrus for Bradford, it doesn’t appear. Because she’s choosing to go against Scrooge and his family, which means that in no way could she be the rightful heir of Scrooge McDuck. Bradford, just like in every universe is before, is like “hmm, disappointing, guess I’ll kill you now.” And the rescue mission occurs. Webby realizes her mistake, realizes that F.O.W.L. could never be her home, and apologizes. Then, just like before, a big battle ensues. Webby breaks away from the fight, and she has the chance to take it again. Only this time she is on Scrooge’s side, and he is cheering her on and telling her that he knows it’ll appear, and it does. And she takes it. Because only after she accepted that the gang is her real family could she take the Papyrus. Then whatever, she gives it up to save May and June and they’re moved, just like in option two. Anything goes, nothing matters, family is the greatest adventure of all time, blah blah blah, roll credits.

(You could also just cut May and June from option 3, have Webby be revealed to be a sole clone of Scrooge and the same arc plays out, sans twins. We’ll call that option 3.5)

Literally anything would be better. But as it currently stands, it seems like the only reason the Papyrus of Binding appeared to Webby is because she is a clone of Scrooge, because she was actively working against him at the time. Also the finale was poorly handled in other aspects, both like this and not. I think Webby had some interesting potential with Beakley in a few scenes. Beakley explaining (lying about) who her parents were, and Webby, dressed as June, having the opportunity to torture her Grandmother for information. But both scenes were not well handled, and Beakley lying is just kinda weird for the story imo. Also Huey’s arc was underdone and Dewey, Louie, Donald and Della definitely should have had more to do. I like Huey, he’s my favorite, but it’s a three part finale and they spent too much time on two new characters who were just diet Webby, and didn’t even really add anything imo. Also there were too many other characters, so none of them got to do anything.

Overall, I was disappointed. I like the scene of them falling out of the airplane, though. Wish it felt better deserved.

Okay that’s all. <3 Goodnight!

P.S. just figured I’d say that I did not even read this back. Sorry if it’s nonsense. Not even beta read by me lol

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INTIMATE FENROS, [FALLS OVER]

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affection

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Varian has some... equations to solve, to say the least.

The Demanitus chamber is a PAIN IN THE ASS TO DRAW. Also! It's five weeks Varian and Rapunzel agreed upon, not two, but I didn't double check while writing, trusted my gut and didn't edit it afterward.

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Be Very Afraid is one of my favorite episodes (for obvious reasons), but I never see much expanding on Varian's arc in it. The constant self-blaming and the fact he's convinced that the townspeople hate him — he's so sure of it!

With Henry in the mix, he'd be afraid to lose him, but not to some accident or outside danger, but due to his own actions. Henry has been so forgiving, yet somewhere deep inside Varian's mind, he fears he hasn't been actually forgiven, and that Henry's waiting for one more messup to drop him completely.

This time, backgrounds are edited from the show, not my own redraw of them. I was making this comic REALLY late at night and I was too tired lol.

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THIS MADE ME GIGGLE AND LAUGH SO HARD WHO ARE YOU DIVA???

I love how I have no idea there's even animatics. This is literally the most perfect representation of how I feel about it all. Thank you so much.

What do you have against Hugo and Vat7k?

I did not care for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms. Did not care for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms.

More about it under cut.

I've not much against it, I just absolutely do not care for it at all. You'd think a comic spinoff about Varian exploring the Kingdoms would be right up my alley, but internally, subconsciously, I just never cared nor liked it. The fandom exploded about it, and shoved it down my throat everytime I opened the Varian tag, which is where I even developed a disdain for it.

I like the show because it's a developed, full show. Vat7k is a concept. Concepts, to me, are just fanfics that are slightly canon. And I like keeping tight to canon. It's not properly progressed for me to understand the hype. The characters aren't developed, we know next to nothing about them OR the Kingdoms which were supposed to be explored. And that's okay! A concept doesn't need to be perfectly explored or developed. Where it becomes a problem for me is when the fandom latches onto it and treats it like this full idea, this whole show. When it's not.

Being a Varian fan means people assume you love Vat7k and know everything about it or whatever. But that everything is mostly comprised of the fandom's headcanons, and it gets messy — is this information part of the (very small) canon or is it something most of the fandom just agrees is true? Ideas get opposed, headcanons wildly differ and most agree with some sort of consensus about what's actually happened in the concept, but you have no idea if it actually did. Which I really don't like. With the show, you have concrete evidence of events and are able to differentiate between what's the fandom headcanon, what's canon compliant, and what's canon divergent in order to fit a role. (Like a meme or fanart.)

But the only concrete information about Vat7k is a hastily written story, character designs and a few concepts. Not to insult the people who came up with it! It is interesting on its own merit, but it is not enough for me to be able to properly navigate the fandom.

Basically the same points apply to Hugo and Varigo. I have the tags blocked because I just don't want to see it. I don't understand the appeal, because there's no canonical visual for how they could possibly work together. To me, reading the few lines of story, the confession was sudden and out of nowhere — it didn't even seem like Varian and Hugo were friends, much less romantically interested in each other!

So all in all, Hugo and Vat7k just can't appeal to me, because there's not enough concrete information to intrigue me, yet everyone acts like there totally is and that they know these characters. I avoid it most of the time, and I tend to pretend it doesn't exist at all for my own sanity. Thank you for the ask!

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i can't do this.

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What do you have against Hugo and Vat7k?

I did not care for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms. Did not care for Varian and the Seven Kingdoms.

More about it under cut.

I've not much against it, I just absolutely do not care for it at all. You'd think a comic spinoff about Varian exploring the Kingdoms would be right up my alley, but internally, subconsciously, I just never cared nor liked it. The fandom exploded about it, and shoved it down my throat everytime I opened the Varian tag, which is where I even developed a disdain for it.

I like the show because it's a developed, full show. Vat7k is a concept. Concepts, to me, are just fanfics that are slightly canon. And I like keeping tight to canon. It's not properly progressed for me to understand the hype. The characters aren't developed, we know next to nothing about them OR the Kingdoms which were supposed to be explored. And that's okay! A concept doesn't need to be perfectly explored or developed. Where it becomes a problem for me is when the fandom latches onto it and treats it like this full idea, this whole show. When it's not.

Being a Varian fan means people assume you love Vat7k and know everything about it or whatever. But that everything is mostly comprised of the fandom's headcanons, and it gets messy — is this information part of the (very small) canon or is it something most of the fandom just agrees is true? Ideas get opposed, headcanons wildly differ and most agree with some sort of consensus about what's actually happened in the concept, but you have no idea if it actually did. Which I really don't like. With the show, you have concrete evidence of events and are able to differentiate between what's the fandom headcanon, what's canon compliant, and what's canon divergent in order to fit a role. (Like a meme or fanart.)

But the only concrete information about Vat7k is a hastily written story, character designs and a few concepts. Not to insult the people who came up with it! It is interesting on its own merit, but it is not enough for me to be able to properly navigate the fandom.

Basically the same points apply to Hugo and Varigo. I have the tags blocked because I just don't want to see it. I don't understand the appeal, because there's no canonical visual for how they could possibly work together. To me, reading the few lines of story, the confession was sudden and out of nowhere — it didn't even seem like Varian and Hugo were friends, much less romantically interested in each other!

So all in all, Hugo and Vat7k just can't appeal to me, because there's not enough concrete information to intrigue me, yet everyone acts like there totally is and that they know these characters. I avoid it most of the time, and I tend to pretend it doesn't exist at all for my own sanity. Thank you for the ask!

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I don't think they saw each other much when the Saporians took over — the citizens were sent into the mines, no doubt 15 year old Henry with them. It was strange. Henry felt a sort of betrayal for the first time, he was crushed; his friend, whom he watched spiral for a year, whom he tried to help in any small way he could, whom he knew didn't want to be seen as a villain, threw himself to the wolves. But he didn't linger on how it made him feel, because the Varian he knew wouldn't do that. Henry was sure he must've been under pressure, manipulated. He never gave up on his friend.

And he was the first to welcome Varian back when he and Rapunzel reconciled, understandably.

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Victor Frankenstein syndrome aka you spent nights over nights crying and bleeding over this work and now that it's finally done you're just like "nvm. it's trash" and go to bed

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Hi it's me again :3, what was your inspiration ti creat your OC ? How did he meet Varian and when they did became bes friends ? Also do you more oc's ?

Hi! Thank you for the ask :)

I don't post much on Tumblr, I post more on Instagram, and people who follow me there know that for like a year and a half I've been engulfed in making toxic and doomed yaoi. (My most revisited being my self-ship with my friend's GORGEOUS HANDSOME AMAZING LOVELY oc.) And I've honestly gotten a bit tired of all the angst, so I wanted to make something simple and domestic and gentle and nice, and TTS fell right into my lap, so I made Henry :) His relationship with Varian was made purely so Varian could have someone he could just fall into, someone stable he could trust, and someone kind who could forgive him. SO YEA! They're my comfort safe haven basically.

I tackled the beginning of Varian and Henry's friendship here!

I technically do have a second OC, a token Cassandra's gf girl I've had since I was twelve and redesigned last year. Her name is Danielle! I might draw her again sometime.

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Happy pride month! They're everything to me :)

I don't really have a sexuality in mind for Henry, he likes who he likes, so any interpretation is valid! Varian is bi tho, so I chose those colors.

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one of my favourite genres of character is , specifically a doctor or scientist who is So deeply evil coded but they're a member of the good guy team & actively helping. & theyre not even a reformed villain theyre just like that. going hehehehehee in their dark scary lab while developing an device that will actually help a lot of people

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adding songs from musicals to character playlists is so stupid like yeah this works just ignore some of that really specific stuff

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I oftentimes wonder when the shift in Varian's head happened, where he stopped blaming Rapunzel and Corona for everything and started blaming himself instead, sending him down the self-hate spiral he tackles in season 3.

This is actually the first TTS comic I made, since this idea was what kickstarted Henry's whole character in the first place! They're friends — at least Henry believes so, and he won't give up on a friend. His love language is baked goods, so he brings them to Varian, before and even after this lashout, although the amount of daily small talk did diminish after this.

Also, Andrew and Varian being cellmates is something I won't acknowledge. I honestly prefer the hc that Andrew had a cell next to or across from Varian. In any case. That man is not getting drawn by my hand.

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Hello Tumblr, hello tawog fandom. May I sincerely request that I show you all my newest human redesigns of the wattersons without any repercussions such as death threats or "erm actually" from anyone about popular interpretations and headcanons? Many thank you

Anyway here you go, projecting do your job