Post by alquackskey on May 9, 2024 17:17:01 GMT
The question is how the guests should be interpreted; in-context, it would make more sense if they were family (Lola's family in the series are shown to be pretty eccentric, sharing some of her quirks and being very passionate, for lack of a better word). Plus, some seem more clearly indicated as such, like the elderly figures sitting with Lola's parents.
Speaking of Lola's family, one good example is her dad, Walter Bunny, in The Looney Tunes Show (TLTS): a pompous, rich, big and stocky rabbit who lives in a mansion and is alternately very fond of Bugs and—when anything goes wrong—insanely blustery and offended. One of Lola's predecessors was Lula Belle Bunny in the 1940s comics (originally Lulu Belle, named as such in the Barks Porky story), and the dad character started with her. There were some major Looney Tunes-related blogs discussing the comics in the late 2000s when TLTS was in development, so obviously someone saw Lula's dad and thought "Lola needs parents... he'll do." He's almost identical from the 1940s comics to 2011 animation, even his clothes are similar.
So you can't try too hard to follow continuity when it doesn't exist... you'll break your brain.
(And yes, one could conceivably claim Lola and Lula are sisters, but I've only ever seen them treated as only children...)
While I'd largely agree that the continuity should be considered more fluid for Looney Tunes, I'd view Lula Belle as a character separate from Lola - a previous relationship or the like.
As such, I'd view Lula's father and Walter as separate characters as well. An example Lula story:
While they could certainly be seen as proto-designs, I'd view them around the same way as we view Donna Duck - clearly proto-Daisy, but a distinct character at the same time.
As a comparison, I'd say Walter is actually pretty distinct, unless you look at him as an older version or something.
He's much more fit than Lula Belle's father, his hair is styled differently, his fur colour is different...
I do agree that things can get muddled, but in this case, I think it'd make sense to treat Lula and 'Daddy' as proto-Lola and proto-Walter, much like with Donna