... which is similar to what I wrote yesterday: since animation often changes the status quo of the characters (see "Quack Pack", "Goof Troop", and to a lesser extent even the original DuckTales), it's possible that Della's return, and Donald eventually losing his status of HDL's legal guardian, would be permanent only in the continuity of the show without influencing "standard" duck comics at all.
I expect (and hope) this will be true, in much the same way that the mainstream Duck comics didn't suddenly start depicting the nephews living with Scrooge and Donald in the navy in the wake of DuckTales '87. Still, given that Donald being an overprotective parent is one of his signature characteristics in the new show (much more so than it ever was in the comics, where his attitude was far more laid-back), it'll be interesting to see how they're going to work Della's return into it.
The only thing I'm afraid of is if they give a name to HDL's father in the show then that'll be canon in all medium. At least in the English versions.
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on Nov 3, 2017 19:49:27 GMT
Okay, so Della appears in flashback stories after all. Contrary to the issue's promos, she's not "joining the nephews" for anything (unless you count them in pre-embryonal form).
I expect (and hope) this will be true, in much the same way that the mainstream Duck comics didn't suddenly start depicting the nephews living with Scrooge and Donald in the navy in the wake of DuckTales '87. Still, given that Donald being an overprotective parent is one of his signature characteristics in the new show (much more so than it ever was in the comics, where his attitude was far more laid-back), it'll be interesting to see how they're going to work Della's return into it.
The only thing I'm afraid of is if they give a name to HDL's father in the show then that'll be canon in all medium. At least in the English versions.
Well, I'd be unhappy for another reason, namely that I'm used to his fanon name of James and would be very upset if they barged in and dictated he was now called Robert or something. Disregarding all of this, though, I don't think that scenario is likely. Even if they established his 2017 Continuum name as a bit of trivia in the show, I don't see how it could somehow get introduced into the classic continuity unless there was a normalverse comic arc about him too.
James? Where's that fanon from? I've never heard that... I've heard "Howard." With people disagreeing on whether or not he was actually Howard the Duck, or just had the same name.
James? Where's that fanon from? I've never heard that... I've heard "Howard." With people disagreeing on whether or not he was actually Howard the Duck, or just had the same name.
It's mostly from the French fandom. See, Don Rosa has this alternate version of the Duck family tree that he sells at conventions. It has Ludwig placed as Matilda's husband, and shows the face of the triplets' father; only the name tag is blank, and Rosa has (had?) the fun in-joke that when a fan buys him an autographed copy, he'll write the name of the fan in the blank. Before knowledge of this became widespread, one solitary scan of a fan's version surfaced on a forum, and the mysterious Mr Duck's first name was given as "Jamie Hawkins". Most of us assumed: oh my god! Don Rosa! Revealed! The! Name! Of! The! Father! I feel faint! Bring smelling salts! And even after the misunderstanding was cleared up it remained the fanon name — James Hawkins Duck.
"Howard" strikes me as a bad idea, what with another prominent father figure to a recurring duck character already being called that (see: Howard Rockerduck), and the weird association with Howard the Duck (whose place in the Duck canon shouldn't be touched with a 13-and-a-half foot pole).
Hmm. Interesting. Not being very familiar with the French fandom, I had never heard this one. I knew about Rosa's little "give HD&L's father the name of the fan" joke, which made me wonder what he did if the fan in question was a girl... but I didn't know the "Jamie Hawkins" story.
I always had a soft spot for Howard the Duck; Steve Gerber's original comics were really fun at their best, and he's been used pretty effectively in the Marvel universe. To me, the implication that he might be HD&L's father is essentially "heh, cute." Especially since you know it's never going to happen, no matter if Disney technically owns Howard now.
Oh, that's interesting! You blip over all the aliens. I'm very fond of Muchkale and the Micro-Ducks. So that fantastic/scifi aspect is part of my Duckiverse. I assume Rosa accepts the Barksian aliens, too, as he created his own aliens.
Yes, I read and can enjoy stories with aliens (if they're good, which is not always the case), but they don't become "real" to me or enter my headcanon (like stories that mix the Ducks and Mice, or stories that feature Donald as Duck Avenger but otherwise take place in everyday Duckburg). Rosa's use of such fantastic elements is, I would argue, out-of-character with his otherwise "real-world" view of the Duck universe; perhaps he "blips" as a writer when he does them (has anyone ever asked him about this?). Perhaps he feels he can do it since Barks did. One could argue that the whole character of Magica, even as a mortal who practices sorcery, is similarly at odds with a realistic universe (as well as Gyro's most outrageous inventions) so I acknowledge it's a fine line.
As I remember on an Italian Disney comics forum someone asked him about that, and Rosa didn't see the problem. When I read Attack of the Hideous Space Monsters for the first time I also felt the story was a bit unusual. But come to think about it, it is almost certain that aliens exist somewhere in the universe, it is just very unlikely that they would look/behave the same way as we do. Compared with that, time traveling stories and The Quest for Kalevala are much less real.