aaaand that’s a wrap! Sorry this one took so many posts but thems the breaks with a 10 image limit. Thanks again so much for all the kind words and support, I’m sure I don’t have to explain how this one was very hard for me to make, both in terms of drawing and emotionally. I’m really glad it has resonated with so many of you, and hope I can continue to make these and improve!
Also for the inevitable ‘but HDL were EGGS when Della left-’ the thing is I started this comic a loooooong time before that episode of DT aired, and as far as I recall in the comic version she had seen the triplets hatch, so… yeah.
Part one here / part two here / part three here
All doodle comics can be found here on tumblr or here full sized on my website!
Part three! Thank you to all the MANY people who’ve been sending me some of the most touching, heart warming messages in response to this- even before it’s finished! You are all so amazing. I love you. Anyway, you know the drill- open in new tabs for good readin size yadda yadda yadda
Part one here / part two here / PART THREE here!
Luck in the duck comics is a bit of a theme, huh- I’m not sure I have opinions that can’t be overturned by good story writing/unusual situations, but my general understanding of it is there’s a sort of scale that the ducks abide to and which can, in turn, affect the story and how they come out of it. Donald’s luck is probably a little more in the orange than I’ve drawn it here to be honest, and this is all without the important factor of fairness-
I’ve explored it before, but the fun thing about Gladstone and Donald going up against each other is that even though Donald’s luck is bad, if he plays fair and tries hard, then even if Gladstone ‘wins’ the contest or race or prize something always happens that makes it clear that Donald actually is better off without it, and has more valuable treasures in life already. Gladstone’s luck isn’t infallible, either, and if he tries too hard to use it, or uses it badly/for something that he doesn’t deserve, it can go completely against him. I also see him as being genuinely afraid of cursed objects, which would imply that a heavily cursed status is even stronger than his latent Triple Distelfink luck.
In terms of luck ‘cancelling out’ I would say rather than hitting an average point (e.g. Gladstones luck meeting Magica’s luck would equate to low level good luck), it is more interesting and probable that each type of luck would be active, but somehow have to compensate for the other. There’s a story where Donald gets hold of Gladstone’s gold four leaf clover (which would count as ‘augmented’ for him), and it results in everything going horribly wrong like usual… but ends up with the situation fixing itself in an equally dramatic way. He ends up returning the clover because it’s too much stress having to deal with both kinds of luck at once!
Anonymous asked: Ok now I'm curious. What did Magic get Gladstone for his Birthday?
look I’m just gonna blame this one on all of you for your responses to yesterday
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