As Scrooge's main heir, he should have been running or at least playing a part in running McDuck Enterprises.
Is he one of Scrooge's heir in DuckTales? I'm not sure. Either way, it is easy to imagine that, disgusted at what HDL had become and not wanting to slave away for Magica De Spell of all people, that timeline's Donald exiled himself from Duckburg, possibly staying in the army all his life.
And he never meant for it to be canonical. In fact, he resents that some fans consider it so. That's why that, and "Return to Duckburg Place", don't count as depictions of future Duckburg in my book.
Really? I do know he was annoyed at how religiously some people saw it, but I never found a quote where he explicitly says that's not his idea of Scrooge's future.
End Of Days (D 2000-083 inducks.org/story.php?c=D+2000-083 ) where Scrooge go into a Matrix like future, here all the money are destroyed and Scrooge is "the One" prophesied to free the world.
As Scrooge's main heir, he should have been running or at least playing a part in running McDuck Enterprises.
Is he one of Scrooge's heir in DuckTales? I'm not sure.
As his closest living relative, he should be, unless Scrooge disinherited him (and there's no reason to believe he would since they were on good terms when Scrooge disappeared). Of course, Donald may have died before the events in the future as depicted in that episode, but if so, that should have been mentioned.
Really? I do know he was annoyed at how religiously some people saw it, but I never found a quote where he explicitly says that's not his idea of Scrooge's future.
I don't have an exact quote, but I believe he said it was just something he did as part of a campaign that was being run (other artists contributed their own vision of what they thought the "Hey Daisy, whatever happened to Scrooge?" line meant) and thus should not be taken seriously, although he does believe 1967 is the year of Scrooge's death. BTW, what's the background of the "Hey Daisy" drawings?
EDIT: Here's a relevant quote from Rosa, from the DCML 10/3/03:
> Yeah, and that bugs me a bit! None of the websites that are > showing that drawing ever asked permission to do so from me or the German > fanzine that I drew it for. But worse, they never explain the purpose of the > drawing! It was only ONE of many submissions to a fanzine article where > various artists were asked to submit a drawing based on the line "Hey, Daisy! > Whatever happened to Scrooge?" Other artists did all sorts of wacky > interpretations, but I treated the question as asking what happened to Scrooge in the > *permanent* sense. However, my drawing being placed out-of-context onto > websites and in magazines all over the world leads people to think I drew > the thing for no reason other than to mean-spiritedly announce to the world > that $crooge was dead. And while I do feel he would *naturally and > unavoidably* be dead by 2003, I am not trying to start trouble by needlessly > creating such cruel cartoons.
> Yeah, and that bugs me a bit! None of the websites that are > showing that drawing ever asked permission to do so from me or the German > fanzine that I drew it for. But worse, they never explain the purpose of the > drawing! It was only ONE of many submissions to a fanzine article where > various artists were asked to submit a drawing based on the line "Hey, Daisy! > Whatever happened to Scrooge?" Other artists did all sorts of wacky > interpretations, but I treated the question as asking what happened to Scrooge in the > *permanent* sense. However, my drawing being placed out-of-context onto > websites and in magazines all over the world leads people to think I drew > the thing for no reason other than to mean-spiritedly announce to the world > that $crooge was dead. And while I do feel he would *naturally and > unavoidably* be dead by 2003, I am not trying to start trouble by needlessly > creating such cruel cartoons.
Yeah, that is the quote I knew. He is annoyed at the misconception that he set out to write this depressing scene one morning because hey, you haven't lived 'til you've broken the heart of every Duckfan on the planet. But he gives no indication that the scene isn't to be taken as canonical to his vision of Duckburg's future — he's just saying that the weirdly bleak tone you get by taking it out of context wasn't at all his intention.
I'd love to treat Rosa's 'Whatever happened to Scrooge' as canon, though it's not very accurate regarding Donald's and Daisy's age. I mean, in 1967, Donald must have still been under 50, yet, in that drawing, he looks way older.
I'd love to treat Rosa's 'Whatever happened to Scrooge' as canon, though it's not very accurate regarding Donald's and Daisy's age. I mean, in 1967, Donald must have still been under 50, yet, in that drawing, he looks way older.
People used to grow older before because of a harder life and worse medical care. It not for nothing is said today that forty is the new twenty.
I'd love to treat Rosa's 'Whatever happened to Scrooge' as canon, though it's not very accurate regarding Donald's and Daisy's age. I mean, in 1967, Donald must have still been under 50, yet, in that drawing, he looks way older.
People used to grow older before because of a harder life and worse medical care. It not for nothing is said today that forty is the new twenty.
There's truth to what you say, xanderares, but I was alive in the 1950's and middle-class Americans in their 40's did not look as old as Donald does in the cartoon. But who says Scrooge has just died in the cartoon? Donald and the nephews could be visiting the grave years later.
I'd love to treat Rosa's 'Whatever happened to Scrooge' as canon, though it's not very accurate regarding Donald's and Daisy's age. I mean, in 1967, Donald must have still been under 50, yet, in that drawing, he looks way older.
Based on Rosa's personal belief that Donald was born in 1920 and based on the assumption that this scene does in fact take place in 1967, Donald would be 47. If you ask me, he doesn't look too different than Scrooge does in "The Empire-Builder From Calisota", a story that, according to Rosa's birth date for Scrooge, he would have been in his forties for a portion of it. I'd argue that the only major difference between Donald in 1967 and Scrooge in "The Empire-Builder From Calisota" in regards to age is that Donald looks sadder and maybe a little bit weaker. I'm not saying that being sad and weak is a sign of age, I'm just saying that it might give the impression that Donald is a sad, old man when he might just be overcome with sadness at the moment.
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Scrooge dies in 1967 according to the gravestone, but there's no indication that it'sa fresh grave. Indeed, Daisy's "whatever happened…" question to Donald implies that Scrooge's death is a long-bygone event. I'd say the drawing takes place in the 1980's or 1990's — possibly even in the year of its printing.
Scrooge dies in 1967 according to the gravestone, but there's no indication that it'sa fresh grave. Indeed, Daisy's "whatever happened…" question to Donald implies that Scrooge's death is a long-bygone event. I'd say the drawing takes place in the 1980's or 1990's — possibly even in the year of its printing.
You're right. Matilda said something of a similar effect. I was just trying to make an argument that it could be 1967. I'm not saying it is 1967 or that it even should be 1967, just that I think it can be. It's really all up to interpretation.
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Scrooge dies in 1967 according to the gravestone, but there's no indication that it'sa fresh grave. Indeed, Daisy's "whatever happened…" question to Donald implies that Scrooge's death is a long-bygone event. I'd say the drawing takes place in the 1980's or 1990's — possibly even in the year of its printing.
I agree, and Matilda already pointed that out as well. Personally, I always thought that the drawing was meant to represent the true "modern day", i.e., 2003 ... HD&L would have been in their mid-sixties and Donald and Daisy in their mid-eighties. They all look a little younger than that, but then Scrooge and Grandma don't really look their age, either, so that doesn't mean anything.
In any case, as to whether Rosa meant this to be canonical or not: apart from Scrooge's death year, this drawing doesn't really reveal much. Donald and Daisy are apparently married, and HD&L look successful in whatever enterprises they've chosen (and we have no clue what those are). All these characters are still alive in "modern day". All of those revelations are fairly predictable. We don't know if any of these characters have families of their own ... just because they're not depicted at the gravestone doesn't mean they don't exist (or aren't just standing off-panel). Scrooge had a last grand adventure that may have led to his death ... again, no details. So it's all fairly anodyne. (I only wonder why Daisy doesn't already know what happened to Scrooge.)
Again, what was the context of the "Hey Daisy" drawings? Who came up with that line, and why was the campaign launched? Robb participated in it, so perhaps he can shed some light?
EDIT: Apologies, it looks like Rosa actually drew that image in 1991, putting HD&L in their fifties and Donald and Daisy in their seventies if this were a "present day" depiction, which fits better. But I also see, on the INDUCKs page, that some of the drawings in this series are from as early as 1982! So now I'm very curious about all this.
(I only wonder why Daisy doesn't already know what happened to Scrooge.)
If you want to be dark about it, you could say that Daisy is now suffering with some form of dementia and doesn't remember what happened to him.
Another explanation would be that something big and secretive happened to him, and that Donald either didn't feel comfortable telling her or wasn't allowed to tell her until now. Indeed, the "His final adventure is a tale that will probably never be allowed to be told..." bit supports this. My understanding is that this quote regards more to our real world, as official writers will likely never be allowed to write an official story on Scrooge's death. Still, you could try to make it work in-universe as well.
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