That said, while I guess there could be a Fanny Mallard, I don't see the purpose in combining the Mother Mallard and Aunt Fanny figures. They could just be two distinct individuals.
I'd agree.
Remember that CHEF DONALD, and its comics adaptation, ends with Donald rushing to the radio station and beating up Mother Mallard without even giving her a chance to protest or defend herself. In the comic, he goes as far as implying afterward that he knocked her out (commenting that her eyes are shut)!
While Donald is known for his bad temper and constant fight-starting, it seems hard to believe that he'd treat a fairly close adult relative this way. Even when starting a fight with Scrooge he usually gives him the benefit of defending himself.
Oh, I certainly wasn't proposing that this theoretical "Fanny Mallard" was also the "Aunt Fanny" who sends Gus to Donald's house. I was merely merging the two different takes on the real-life Aunt Fanny radio host.
I could accept this, but I think I like the theory LP created (at least, I think LP was the first one to come up with it) that Dora is Fethry's sister and Dugan's mother better. (His tree can be seen here: featherysociety.proboards.com/attachment/download/828).
At least I thought of it independently of anyone else. I feel that it is unnecessary to create a new cousin, when we know that cousin Fethry has a sister who is unnamed. By the way, I've updated my tree a bunch since the version I last posted in the other thread. I'll be posting a newer version once I'm done with the Taliaferro-strips. I realized that most (if not all) strips are available on INDUCKS. The text in the Sunday strips tends to be hard to make out, though.
Anyways, I'll read through them and post here if I find something interesting!
Alright, in YD 43-09-06, Donald receives an umbrella as a birthday gift. However, I can't read who sent it. So I thought, "Maybe it's a new relative? Maybe people here are better at transcribing scribbles than me?" ...Anyone?
I'm not sure how to upload images here anymore, but I tried uploading the relevant panel to an external page. Whatever, we'll see if this link works.
Alright, in YD 43-09-06, Donald receives an umbrella as a birthday gift. However, I can't read who sent it. So I thought, "Maybe it's a new relative? Maybe people here are better at transcribing scribbles than me?" ...Anyone?
I'm not sure how to upload images here anymore, but I tried uploading the relevant panel to an external page. Whatever, we'll see if this link works.
Ah, yeah, I guess I can see that being Grandma. Thanks, Baar Baar!
On another note, I just read YD 41-11-21. In this strip, Donald is visiting Gus Goose's farm. Daisy's niece Dottie was mentioned as being a neighbor in an earlier strip. In this one, Daisy says she'll run a little errand for her sister. I just wanted to mention this, since this seems to heavily imply that Dottie is the daughter of Daisy's sister (not a brother). We still don't know if it's the same sister who is the mother of April, May, and June however. (Maybe Dottie is like a female version of Phooey Duck, the fourth nephew?)
I'd also like to note that in this era of strips, Gus Goose is hitting on Daisy, which implies that he is not currently in a relationship. So even if he is Socrates' father, he is most likely no longer together with the mother.
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on Mar 5, 2019 14:13:20 GMT
HD&L are sometimes "paired" with AM&J (such as in the latter's initial appearance in the "Flipism" story, where they quadruple-date with Donald and Daisy for a movie), but for the most part, the two groups of triplets treat each other like friends/cousins. However, HD&L are unambiguously physically attracted to Dottie, which would be extremely awkward if she were their first cousin, as would be the case if we accept Rosa's contention that Daisy's brother is HD&L's father. To me, this is an argument based on Taliaferro's work against Rosa's idea (that I dislike anyway). It's ironic that Rosa claims that the reason he came up with that theory is because HD&L refer to Daisy as "Aunt Daisy", but they never do that in Barks stories, which is the only material that Rosa says matters to him.
HD&L are sometimes "paired" with AM&J (such as in their initial appearance in the "Flipism" story, where they quadruple-date with Donald and Daisy on a movie date), but for the most part, the two groups of triplets treat each other like friends/cousins. However, HD&L are unambiguously physically attracted to Dottie, which would be extremely awkward if she were their first cousin, as would be the case if we accept Rosa's contention that Daisy's brother is HD&L's father. To me, this is an argument based on Taliaferro's work against Rosa's idea (that I dislike anyway). It's ironic that Rosa claims that the reason he came up with that theory is because HD&L refer to Daisy as "Aunt Daisy", but they never do that in Barks' work, which is the only material that Rosa says matters to him.
I don't like Rosa's theory either. And since Daisy is the partner of HDL's uncle, I think it makes sense for them to call her aunt (even if they don't in Barks' stories).
I don't like Rosa's theory either. And since Daisy is the partner of HDL's uncle, I think it makes sense for them to call her aunt (even if they don't in Barks' stories).
Can Daisy really be called Donald's "partner"? They're not engaged, and they don't even seem to be in a monogamous relationship (they both regularly date other people). HD&L referring to Daisy as their aunt always seemed odd to me.
Did any American writers ever have HD&L refer to Daisy as their aunt? I don't think even Rosa did despite his personal canon in which she actually is related to them. Van Horn doesn't. Did Taliaferro? How about the Western comics? This may be a cultural thing, perhaps more natural in non-American societies.
Can Daisy really be called Donald's "partner"? They're not engaged, and they don't even seem to be in a monogamous relationship (they both regularly date other people). HD&L referring to Daisy as their aunt always seemed odd to me.
Did any American writers ever have HD&L refer to Daisy as their aunt? I don't think even Rosa did despite his personal canon in which she actually is related to them. Van Horn doesn't. Did Taliaferro? How about the Western comics? This may be a cultural thing, perhaps more natural in non-American societies.
Good point. I guess since the cartoons and tv-shows always show them as an official couple, I've always assumed that they are one. Because of this, I've always considered it cheating when Daisy picks Gladstone instead of Donald. Donald has his faults, but I at least think he deserves better than that. Because of that, I've never really liked Daisy and Donald together.
The only stories I've read where Donald dates someone else involves Oona the troglodyte or Reginella the alien Queen. I don't remember if Donald is actually attracted to Oona, but I'd prefer if he ended up with someone who's closer to his intellectual wavelength... and personal timeline. My experience with Reginella is limited, but at least she seems to respect Donald. Too bad they aren't biologically compatible since she's from Mars or whatever.
As of yet, I haven't noticed HDL referring to her as aunt in any Taliaferro-strips.
Good point. I guess since the cartoons and tv-shows always show them as an official couple, I've always assumed that they are one. Because of this, I've always considered it cheating when Daisy picks Gladstone instead of Donald.
Well, most of the time, Daisy goes out with Gladstone to spite Donald, and under the rationale that she's broken up with him. It's a bit of a lowkey recurring joke that Daisy breaks up with Donald on a daily basis, in much the same way that Scrooge sometimes goes "Donald! YOU'RE FIRED! And I expect you to be here tomorrow by 8 o'clock, SHARP, or I'll fire you AGAIN!".
Too bad they aren't biologically compatible since she's from Mars or whatever.
Not Mars, some other, distant planet. But I don't know if that necessarily mean they wouldn't be biologically compatible (even assuming they'd want children as a couple, which isn't necessarily a given). Reginella's people have extremely advanced technology, for one thing; that may extend to genetic manipulation that would allow it. For another, this is the Disney comics universe, where anthropomorphic ducks & dogs can interbreed, so rules like this are kind of out the window. And for a third, there's a sound history in fiction of alien lifeforms that, in spite of all likelihood, look exactly like humans, being able to interbreed with them.