I’m laughing really hard okay so my mum just found a bunch of photos from my BFF’s wedding (which was ages ago but extremely fun and nice) and sent me them which is lovely and so I’m looking through them like wow everyone looks so pretty and sophisticated and then I get to this one
Anonymous asked: thanks for the tag you added to that last thing, I can't watch the new show because it's been giving me such annoyance on making fat characters a joke. I have that problem with the comics with Gus, which is so sad bc I like him as a character? but so many stories just make him into a 'haha fat character is greedy and lazy'. not to pressure but have you thought of doing a story with him? I feel like you'd actually do him right :'D
again, not gonna comment that DT thing even if I’m inclined to agree because I’m just really trying to not have that in my life rn and who needs duck drama, HOWEVER I have to reply because goddamnit I feel you on that with Gus; he’s a great character and I feel like he has huge potential! I do have him in the next doodle comic, and I thought up one with Gyro with him having a key role and it’s only 10 pages or so so I might do that afterwards. I also have one with Grandma Duck and him doing a whole Agatha Christie mystery but that’s very WIP on plot… blah blah blah, basically, yes, I am gonna use Gus more.
I’m not sure I can ‘do him right’ but I’ll do him how I’ve always seen him and I want to give him some airtime. I love how relaxed he is. To me Gus is a guy who’s figured things out- he likes lying around in the sun, he likes his Grandma’s kickass food, he likes his relatives. Bam, simple as that. He does things to maintain, obtain and keep those objectives, and my fav versions of him have him solve problems to keep his perfect little bubble- which show how he can be very inventive! He invents a machine to do chores that works by him rocking in the rocking chair, he carries the cow inside so he doesn’t get cold while milking her- I really feel like Gus can and should be a kindly, quiet, peaceful guy who is strong, but only active when he has to be, who is clever, but only when it benefits the peaceful continuation of the little idyllic universe that surrounds him. Also, size aside, who wouldn’t love his Grandma’s cooking- even Scrooge goes over to enjoy it! I know I would if I could.
