Anonymous asked: Pardon my asking, but how old are Goosetave and Daphne when they meet in The White Balloon? Asking for reasons
good question! I think they are about 16/17- young enough for Goostave to be deeply under the thumb of his parents but on the verge of going to college and really starting to be able to break away and be independent. I imagine they met, then went their separate ways, but kept touch as pen pals for all the time they were apart and eventually met back up in their twenties.
it’s a mixture of canons and my own take on it- this from the Disney Wiki entry on Gladstone;
- while no duck canon is ever truly solid (there’s just that much of it that conflicts!) it just made sense to me to blend these options. As Don Rosa’s more recent family tree is generally accepted as canon (especially as it is used in the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck), I decided to keep his canon that Goostave and Daphne are Gladstone’s true parents along with adhering to the visual he gave them. It made sense, however, that Gladstone’s parents are no longer part of the scene, as they never appear in any stories outside of the past. I also felt that this sort of tragedy fitted with the psychology of Gladstone, and explained in part why he didn’t know about the Triple Distelfink for a long time.
For those asking about why I made Goostave the way I did (and being very complimentary! thank you?! glad you all love him too), there’s literally only one picture of him and that’s the grouchy portrait in Don Rosa’s family tree poster so I was like, do I go the bad-grumpy-too-stern-dad angst route? but I decided against that because a) Daphne’s luck would prevent her from marrying a total grump and b) wouldn’t it be nice to tie in how Gladstone is like both his parents by making one of them grouchy on the outside but soft on the inside?
This ‘white balloon’ story will eventually be followed up by another about Gladstone’s childhood after this event, where he went and how Ludwig Von Drake became a significant figure in his life. :Tb
oof. Well that was horrible to make THANK YOU for all the kind responses, I’m glad this made an impact with so many people (and that it wasn’t too confusing despite being so very scribbly!)
Also for those asking ‘why would you do this’- I don’t know. I’m sorry. Also I promise I have cried at least twenty three times more than you at this point.
OKAY SO this doodle comic is really messy bc my hands died but I’m sick of working on it so imma start posting it and you can’t stop me. As ever, open in new tabs for the best reading!
jsyk I’ve tried to write this comic so you can go in blind, but tbh I think you’ll have an better experience if you also read Don Rosa’s Sign of the Triple Distelfink (linked website has gross ads but if you have adblock or similar you’ll be okay) and also perhaps this short doodle comic I made called Reflections
I like to imagine that she was this calm, kind, outgoing and joyful person but was also rather dreamy and disorganised- like a cross between Luna Lovegood and Phoebe from F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Fanart of Daphne and Gladstone Gander, mixed in with some Dumbo…you know, I wasn’t even AWARE of this fandom until a couple short weeks ago? I mean, I’d never heard of Scrooge McDuck in my life but now I’ve read like seventy comics? I blame @modmad. (And by blame I mean THANK YOU EFFUSIVELY UNTIL MY DYING BREATH, because holy smokes, you introduced me to DUCKS.) Part 1 of 2, I think, if tomorrow permits..?
