these are like a month old and i don’t remember the context so i’m just gonna leave them here
Posts tagged "Gladstone Gander"
Anonymous asked: you still accepting Gladstone headcanons? 'cause I always thought he likes travelling so much because he gets to meet new people who don't know anything about him or his good luck- he kind of ruins the deal for himself by bragging about it, but just for a moment he doesn't have to worry about people immediately judging/wanting something from him
I love this!
Fethry makes Gladstone take care of Dugan, to Gladstone’s despair! Its a silly and fun little story… Fethry can trick anyone into doing what he wants…
If you have no idea who Dugan is, read his origin story here
Translated by me and @sarroora
I think @modmad will like it
Also @worldwide-duckverse
oh my god this is wonderful
(via worldwide-duckverse)
We don’t talk about Matilda.
Felt like drawing ducks today so I bit @modmad‘s Gladstone redesign and did a Magica redesign to go with, because obviously I did a Magica redesign to go with. I really liked the add-on idea of him being a tall dude so there had to be SOMEBODY in there for comparison.
A 5 dollar sketch commission for @pc-the-unicorn. Gladstone was thinking about wanting to contact Magica– and low and behold!– just the witch he was looking for fell into his hands. What a lucky fella!
hope you’re all okay out there- remember it’s okay to make some time for yourself to recover
Anonymous asked: Your comics are awesome, I love your work! You draw really well ❤ the magicstone comics are def my favorites. Sorry if it's been asked before, why do you like Gladstone as a character? In my country (Italy) most fans hate him with a passion, since he can be really mean to Donald and he's quite smug, but you made me see him from another persepective. He and Magica make a great couple!
ah shucks, thank you! I’m glad you like the stuff, and I think I made a post talking about why I like him before (which I can’t find haha go me) but, I think it’s partially because he’s so disliked? by the people in his world, not just ours- there’s something almost encouraging to me, seeing a character who is openly despised by people, who doesn’t give them the satisfaction of being upset by it and even encourages it: like, yeah! I’m not ‘nice’, so what? Bring it! Come on and boo me. I may be a fairly zany go-with-it person now, but I was not a confident kid, at all, and being a nerd of the first degree I certainly wasn’t a popular one. Reading about this character who was as flawed as I felt I was was refreshing, and yet this was also a character who was lucky, witty, cunning, and redeemable enough for me to get behind- it was very cathartic. I didn’t mind when he lost, because I knew he didn’t always deserve to win- just like me, but I especially loved it when he showed that little glimmer of good, because if Gladstone Gander was a good person when it really came down to it perhaps that meant I had that in me too. When I read the european comics and the stories that explored him actively encouraging this unpopular aspect of his public face in order to avoid people exploiting him and making false friendships to access his luck, I was completely sold. He’s also clearly a deeply isolated and lonely character, and while it’s partly self inflicted I can’t help but feel sorry for the guy.
I’ve also always loved morally grey/neutral trickster-type characters like Anubis, Anansi, and Loki (probably for similar reasons), and the flexibility and spontaneity they offer to stories by acting as wild cards. There’s a freedom and joy to them that’s indescribably appealing to me. In summary; I guess I saw flaws in Gladstone that I saw in myself, and I saw a courage and potential in him that I wished I had.
A collective of miscellany and mirth. Also sometimes I draw stuff.