#louie's answers to questions

[loublu8]

can you just ramble? ramble for as long as you want. as a fellow late 00s brit who's into some of the same interests as you (specifically vida the vet, charlie and lola, me too, balamory, abadas, and literally just any other cbeebies show i grew up with) i'd love to hear it!

if it's a ramble you want, a ramble you shall get. In other words here's like, my complete history with CBeebies. As a 08' kid, I was born in a weird transitional period for the channel. This was one year after they introduced the now iconic blocks of Get Set Go, Discover and Do and Big Fun Time, and Chris and Pui were going to move on from pres in 09' to work on Show Me Show Me. Postman Pat was just fresh from it's big SDS overhaul, which people either loved or hated (I think I liked it as a kid but looking back on it, it's nothing to get worked up over IMO, I just don't get why Pat can do James Bond-esque stunts now and is perfectly content riding a motorcycle.). Oh, and there was this little show about a garden of the night that began the year prior, I doubt that you've heard of it. Yeah, In the Night Garden was probably the first major CBeebies show I remember getting obsessed with, and looking back at it? I honestly don't know why. It's not a bad show at all, don't get me wrong, but I don't know why I was so obsessed over it to the point of having this dancing Igglepiggle toy as a kid.

Also, I remember loving the Hahoos as a young'un, part because a CBeebies magazine I got ages ago had little Hahoo toys. I took them on holiday to Turkey with me, yeah can you tell I'm autistic? I don't think I have them anymore, and if I do they're probably all scuffed up and missing paint. But that's okay, I can easily buy them on eBay to fill a place in 2 year old me's hear- HOW MUCH FOR 5 SMALL PIECES OF PLASTIC?

Yeah I didn't know these things were going for this much until my mum saw someone on Facebook ranting on how stupid expensive they are nowadays about a year ago. Anyways, on the topic of CBeebies' Bedtime Hour (and A Quarter nowadays), there's one elephant in the room I must discuss, the closedown screen.

This slightly green thing telling you to get some sleep absolutely terrified me as a kid though, it wasn't on the same level as the Eastenders theme's doofs and Christmas crackers if I remember correctly, but it still gave me PTSD for years on end. (Hey, at least I wasn't around for when the channel started, I really wanna meet whoever thought it was a great idea to make this screen bright blinding pink right after the goodnight song settled everyone down, just so I can tell them how dumb that idea was.)

Like all things I was spooked of as a kid, I got over it when I was getting nostalgic for the brand. Speaking of closedown screens, how is the closedown screen for the 2023 rebrand really good? Like, it would make a great screensaver without the text. You can say what you want about the new logo (which I think is fine, it fits in with the rest of the modern BBC branding so it succeeds in that aspect), but you gotta admit they did a really good job with revamping the idents for the channel.

Anyways, onto more of my favourite CBeebies shows. Charlie and Lola is easily up there as one of my favourites. It'sMy mum distinctly recalls taking me to the live stage show (which, live stage shows are a whole other can of worms I can talk about), and I couldn't remember much about it so I researched it, and it looks like they did a ridiculously good job of translating the show to a stage play while keeping the show's unique artstyle.

Balamory, obviously as a CBeebies viewer prior to 2016, I know what a Balamory is. I don't need to explain it. Though one weird memory I have is I remember going past the local barbers one day and seeing a Balamory rerun airing. I dunno why they showed CBeebies in the barbers of all places. On the other hand, Me Too!, which to me always felt like Balamory, but a wee bit worse (because that's exactly what it was!), and I don't remember my exact feelings towards it as a kid, but as a teenager, I became obsessed with it after found the Me Too! YouTube channel after I was pretty much done binge-watching Abadas. It quickly became my main comfort show, like if I'm not in the mood for anything else, just stick an episode of Me Too! on, there's like 150 episodes and I'm not sure if I've even seen over half of them. I've seen more MT! eps than Balamory though, probably cause it's more easily accessible. With Balamory, you gotta go on the internet archive for episodes of that. Abadas was one of the shows I distinctly remembered the intro for, though I misremembered it with Baby Jake of all shows (they came out around the same time). I went and revisited it one January day in 2023, around the time I was starting to put my Bubble Guppies hyperfix on the backseat as the show was about to end, and instantly fell in love with it. Really wish the production company behind the show didn't go bust as there was a lot of cool supplementary material with the show as well, they did a bunch of shorts on Vimeo which I happily recommend.

Eventually, I fell out of CBeebies around 2014 or so as, well, I was getting older and was ready to move on to more grown up shows (this is coming from the same kid who kept actively watching Nick Jr. well into his teenage years). But then I was channel surfing at my nan's around October 2019 or so and decided to stick CBeebies on for fun after deciding whatever was being shown on Challenge was too boring, I guess. Something Special was probably the show that launched me back into my CBeebies hyperfix, yea of all shows. Completely forgot the show used Makaton and as someone who was interested in sign language I went on a binge-spree to study all of Justin's signs. I became fairly competent at it. I got into Hey Duggee for a a bit as well, known as every parent's lifeline apparently. The game show episode is one of my favourites, mostly due to all the fun references they crammed into the episode. As a fan of the shows we people call game, it was a fun surprise. I also rediscovered some of my old childhood favourites that were still getting reruns. Swashbuckle was a bit too recent for me to have recalled watching it as a kid but my brother was certainly around for it and Tree Fu Tom, which was still rerunning at the time. Charlie and Lola still aired reruns, and back in 2019 I kinda just glanced at without much thought before realising a few years later that it was actually really good. Night Garden made me cry of nostalgia, and I also thought Baby Jake was the biggest feverdream ever conceived on television. I even was one of the weirdo's who listened to CBeebies Radio, though honestly there's no point in listening to it live as you can find all it's content on the Sounds app. Admittedly, I haven't gotten super into Bluey. Y'know, the most popular preschool show of this decade that didn't begin in this decade? Yeah I watched about 10-15 episodes of it, said "wow, this is one of the best preschool shows ever crafted", and then moved on to watching the same 40 Blue's Clues & You! episodes again. I'm sure if I force myself to binge watch it more I'll fall head over heels in love with it though. So if I haven't gone crazy for Bluey, what modern CBeebies shows have I gone crazy for? Funnily enough, two that released within the span of around 5 months. The Game Catchers was the first one I got into. I just kept binging episodes and instantly fell in love with it. Always thought the show's main concept was really, REALLY good. Teaching kids about outdoor games in the day and age of iPads is a really smart move. Don't really see many people in the fanbase yet unfortunately, it's certainly one my favourite CBeebies shows from the last 5 years. Also it has absolutely ruined me as any time I hear or say the phrase "so cute" I immediately have to connect it to Nina.

Vida on the other hand I pretty naturally got into. I checked it out, watched the first few episodes, and thought it was pretty good, but never intended it to become my next big hyperfixation. I was sooooooo wrong. I've always had a soft spot for shows with cute animals (Was a big LPS 2012 fan way back when) so naturally this was always destined to be a show I'd fall in love with. I also love all the characters in the show too. Pippen's my personal favourite, but Zigzag is a REALLY close second though. She's a cute bunny who canonically has ADHD. What's not to love.

Okay I think I've talked enough and I've been typing this out for like, 2 hours, I really need some sleep. I could talk about all sorts of other CBeebies shows I enjoy (LazyTown, Tish Tash, JoJo & Gran Gran, Carrie & David's Popshop's a more recent one I've binged from the days of old) but I've talked enough so yeah.

[junebugdunes]

some'n stupid that took me way longer than it should have

[ducklooney]

"Happy holidays!"

Many thank you! And happy holidays to you too! :D

[ducktoonsfanart]

Sorry, I didn't tell you earlier on your Art blog, but happy birthday to you! I know that it was your birthday four days ago, but I want to congratulate you on your birthday here as well. I wish you all the best and you are a great artist and keep it up! I love your drawing style! Happy birthday to you! You're the best! 😍 😁 🤩 🎂🎂🎉🎉 😊

Thank you very much and it's okay, it's not too late for congratulations. And thank you very much for your gift (of course I reblogged you on my main blog). I'm trying my best, so I'm still an amateur artist, but thank you very much! :D I'm certainly doing much better than when I was working four years ago.

And I'm glad that you always compliment my drawings and that you like and reblog and promote them to others. Thank you again! :D

[quackpackweek]

Can we write a short fanfiction related to Quack Pack topics? Not just drawings and photos.

Sure. You can write your own stories if you want, but follow the given topics related to Quack Pack.

I'm glad you asked and if you have anything else, feel free to ask. :D

[sirwow]

some random oodles and a weird creatura

[toonsforkicks22]

Have you seen the DuckTales ‘17 finale? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

I don’t want to. I’m not ready. It took me like almost two years before I decided to even look up the Amphibia finale (and it depressed me/pissed me off)

DT17 went from a dream come true to a sad example of why some families just suck:

Della being a c*nt and a sh*t parent, Donald going through Hell and back only for no one to even realize so, Dewey being an absolute annoying and ungrateful little sh*t (“You owe me 12 years of Turbo!”, like STFU…), and THIS Scrooge McDuck will NEVER be on tier with the REAL one.

[disney-mystical-au]

what happened to Della in this au? do the moon landers still exist in some form???

(Oh my gosh I forgot about this ask I am so so sorry-)

Della in this AU went missing one night when she stole Scrooges sailing boat (who he originally wanted to surprise both of them to a sailing adventure), before then, Donald tried to stop her for going as he thought it was dumb of her to leave her triplets behind over some stupid adventure, Della being impulsive and stubborn didn’t listen and decided to sneak out at night while Donald was sleeping (leaving behind her un-hatched triplets in that process). But while sailing in the ocean there was a huge storm that swept her away into the unknown.

Residents in the village found out about her disappearance in the morning and try to search for Della in any place of their land (including Scrooge). But no luck, they soon gave up on the search for Della since she has been missing for long time and presumed she died, except for Donald. Donald knew she stole the boat and has tried searching for clues out at sea for answers on where she may be, again. No luck. He soon gave up on searching Della (but had little hope she was still alive…right?)

As for the Moonlanders? Well I’m not too sure how to include them in this AU. (I have some ideas plan out. Hopefully)

[fullmoonfireball]

ive had this stuck in my brain all day and only just got it out

[louie-duck-quack-pack-rp]

Hi, Louie! I didn't know you had your own blog on Tumblr. By the way, the school year has started, so let me ask you, do you like going to school?

Oh, I've had it for a long time. And thank you.

Well, I don't really like school because there is a lot to study and do homework. I only like hanging out with my friends and that's how I spend my time. But that doesn't mean I don't study because I do it to get better grades or my Unca Donald will punish my brothers and me for being very lazy.

[soulsoffairlight]

So, about the transformation…. was Radlynn’s transformation slow(and I’m guessing painful) or quick? Like, did the transformation happen in steps over time or all at once?

A very good question! Once again, thanks so much for these asks, dude! I love talking about my AUs and having people ask about them means like, the world to me >:D

Short answer: It was slower than preferred, but not in a multi-step situation... more like all at once.

Long answer:

Well, a LOT of different factors go into answering this question. When exactly it happened, what was her state like when it happened, and most importantly, whether she could actually feel things in the moment. Because of Radley's strange approach to curing her blindness that was likely involving some sort of tampering on an almost creation level (that likely was at the dismay of the gods), as long as she can see, she can't feel pain.

You can already tell where this is going.

To say she was incredibly lucky, in this sense included, is an understatement.

It happened right as the 'difficult' chunk of the whole thing had come to a stop, and she finally had some room to breathe, if you know what I mean.

Just a moment earlier, and she would've very easily been dead.

To her, as a naturally occurring tierkno (reminder from last yapfest: shapeshifter), the sensation of shapeshifting was absolutely nothing new to her, and being in a groggy, hardly even processing state, she'd simply assumed it was something normal in whatever subconscious she had lingering...

..but no. Not at all.

She wasn't even 'there' to realize what was going on once it happened. It was almost like a whole new being had emerged from her and just took over for her while she stood by, absolutely oblivious to anything going on.

It definitely would have been VERY painful. That is, if she was even able to feel a thing. Her eyes weren't covered ... so, of course, she couldn't feel it.

Let's just say that it was far more painful to actually witness, and the most affected from the actual transformation itself is probably Radley.

[loublu8]

i've finally watched every vida the vet episode since they're all on bbc iplayer now, so i must ask, which episode is your favourite?

I haven't seen every episode yet (I'm currently cleaning up on the last 7 or so I haven't seen), but I think my favourite might be Vida's Tiny Trip!

[perch-the-cat]

To the Koopalings, ever played the Papa Louie games? If so, which is your favorite?

(typically they play Nintendo games since they are Nintendo characters)

[ducklooney]

By Disney?

For what exactly? Do you mean my last post, or rather my drawing, that I reblogged from my art blog?

Ah, that? That's just my idea, not Disney's, because the comic book canon is completely different from the usual official Disney. I put that non Disney, because I know that Disney would never do something like that, plus I'm disappointed, even angry at what Disney has been doing lately. I want those ducks to be freely available so that everyone can use them in their own ways, because I'm sick of the fact that they're always being portrayed badly lately, only in the comics have they left their mark and that's the only thing I follow from Disney. Only the comics. So if you ever get confused about that, it's my joke against the official Disney of today, but that's just my idea, not Disney's. It's inspired by the Italian Disney comic, but it barely has anything to do with today's Disney except for the characters and the name itself. I don't like how today's Disney has misused its classic characters a lot, nor does it have any understanding for them.

Sorry, that's just my opinion. I hope it's clearer for you now. Sorry for the frustration, it's not directed at you, I'm just unhappy with what today's official Disney is doing today. Thank you for asking me and I hope you're satisfied with my answers and if you need anything else, feel free to ask me.

[ducktoonsfanart]

Don't belittle yourself by saying that your drawings turned out bad because your drawings didn't. Yours are great, they even turned out good, even though you were in a hurry and I like your style. Your duck drawing style is still at an excellent level unlike others. Keep it up in the future! 😊

Thank you very much, I'm trying my best. :D

Thanks, I use mostly styles from Italian comics, which I really like, especially styles from Giorgio Cavazzano, one of my favorite comic artists. I also put some of the covers and pictures he drew and it just inspired me to draw in my own way. Although Cavazzano learned a lot from Romano Scarpa, he still did it his own way and inspired many to make drawings using his styles. I also like other styles, so I combine them in my own way. Yes, although there are times when I'm not in a hurry so my drawings don't turn out bad, although it depends on my mood and where I end up.

Maybe one day, when I'm more perfect at drawing, I'll do a tutorial for many how to draw Disney ducks the right way. Thank you for these compliments and I appreciate it. :D

P.S. What I do is unique, please don't copy my ideas without mentioning me. Thank you! I say this because there were some who copied me and took my ideas without mentioning me, which I really don't like. It's not about you, it's about those who use my steps. Although, if I inspired someone to draw like me, I like it. But again that's just my opinion.

Thank you again for your compliments and sorry for this and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask me. And thank you once again for the criticism and for good advice. I will try to make my drawings better in the future and I accept and remember your advice. :D

[quackpackweek]

Any plans for Quack Pack Week 2025? I know I'd be interested if one is taking place then it's okay if not.

Oh, hi! You probably thought it would be this month? Unfortunately, due to some circumstances, Quack Pack Week will not be this month, and when it will be, I will definitely let you know. So don't worry.

It would also be desirable for others who are willing to join Quack Pack Week to join.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask me! I hope you are satisfied with this answer. :D