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Humanized Disney ducks pt 2: Donald + Gladstone + Daisy and Goldie and Scrooge.

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Today's the day.

I'm meeting Don Rosa in a few hours. Despite having had 3 months to prepare, I have no idea what I'm going to say to him beyond asking very nicely if he'll sign my copy of Life and Times.

How do you speak to people in real time about their art and how much it's affected you without having a complete breakdown?

What if he asks me something I don't have an answer to?! I should have prepared more. 😭

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do you ever find yourself bedeviled by writing ideas that are the equivalent of finding a single carrot in your fridge. your brain goes "we should write a pirate story" or "we should write a parisian thief caper" and you ask, "all right, what do we cook with that, then?" and it says "no other ingredients (:"

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Glittering Goldie, the Star of the North (and this scottish immigrant ig)

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You'll love this fic then:

Beakley: you’d be stupid to lay a hand on me

Goldie: oh you’d be surprised by all the stupid shit I do

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Yeah sure we’ve all binged a long fic, but have you ever read a WIP and followed someone’s life?

Tidbits of information - (“I graduated today!”) - and small joys (“It’s my birthday!”) and you get to be there to say “This chapter made me cry, happy birthday, thank you for gifting us this”.

I remember reading this fic of someone at the end of high school, older than me then. They seemed infinitely wise, spoke of their future career and getting into the college they wanted. I remember them posting on days they felt like nothing could bring them down - and on days the whole world did and it’s the aftermath of a hospital visit. Cancer, I think it was, their father. I got to the end of the story, I know their father was fine, but also they got to finish their WIP. I graduated three years later than them, still dutifully wrote thank you notes in every comment. I wonder if they remember me, or just the collective of people reading the story as it updates.

Four years ago I was into my first year of university, my first year of figuring out being out in public spaces. I made excuses as to why my name didn’t match my paperwork and read a fic on the train, the same five chapters over and over again for the next years as I thought the story abandoned. It updated this week after such a long hiatus, I left another thank you comment.

There’s an author I love, they update their stories like a clockwork. When they don’t, I check their blog, just to see if their doing alright, not because I feel like they owe me, just to ensure whether I better get out my laptop to write that really detailed university level essay chapter analysis to get them smiling when their day sucked.

And then, once, when I was 17, I read a fic that hadn’t updated in over a decade. I wasn’t even in primary school when it started posting. On the last chapter, I left a comment that, in retrospect, was horribly rambly and most likely full of grammar mistakes. The author replied and though I couldn’t see their face, I thought of them crying. They were married now, had children, and hadn’t thought about this fic in years. They went through their files again, found another half written chapter and an outline. I got two new chapters to read that year.

And then, recently, someone told me they got back into writing original fiction because of my comments. I get to read nearly weekly chapters.

I love binge reading a finished fic, but nothing is ever going to top the feeling of anticipation of waiting for a chapter, the pure joy when someone tells you I was done with this, but you made me think of it again, so this is for you.

Anyway, I think we should romanticize reading WIPs more, growing up alongside the authors writing the stories we love.

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This song is absolutely something Goldie O’Gilt would’ve sang in the Blackjack saloon had it been around at the time. And she would look so good doing it

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Side Note To Fan Fic Authors

Here’s the thing.

I read a lot of scripts.  A lot.  From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies.  Features and pilots.  Specs and treatments.

And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff.  It’s more inspired.  It’s more compelling.  It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt.  It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful.  It’s smart and thoughtful and good.  It’s novel-quality.  Better than, sometimes.

Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job.  This is what they do on the side.  In their spare time.  For free.

So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good.  You’re good writers and great storytellers.  I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do.  And  because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies.  You’re better than that.  So be better than that.  If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it.   You’ve already started.

And you’re more talented than you might think.

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Could not have hit reblog and like fast enough on this. I was obsessed with Goofy as a kid and freaking loved the movie.

Headcanon that Della bought Max his first skateboard and taught him how to ride it.

Okay

So Quack Pack! not only confirmed that both Goofy and Max (as well as Roxanne) exist in the DuckTales universe but that members of clan McDuck including Della Duck

Conclusion: Della Duck definitely knew Max when he was a kid and I have a feeling that if she saw him today she would still call him “Maxie” just like his old man

That is all.

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Donald Duck would’ve 100% sided with Della’s decision to ground Louie in Timephoon!

I honestly think he would’ve been proud of his sister for being more responsible and for once not trying to be the “fun parent” by making that tough decision and for standing her ground. Because come on, it’s not like she took pleasure in grounding Louie; he crossed a big line and literally endangered his whole family when he could’ve admitted his mistake from the very beginning. A lot of opportunities were there for him and Della stood up for her son during those moments. I really don’t think a grounding is that big of a deal

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Goldie @ Scrooge:

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Duck Gijinka

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It’s giving Goldie O’Gilt.

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Scrooge: not every problem can be solved with a pistol

Goldie: that’s why I carry two pistols