The show also never really set up Bradford having such a deep enmity for Scrooge himself as opposed to his way of doing things, hence making him do things like trying to blackmail Scrooge with his nephew's life then trying to kill said nephew anyway over-the-top.
From what l got Bradford hate more the concept of Scrooge is rather than Srooge as a person.
That might've been the intent, but in practice Bradford acts way too invested in hurting Scrooge to buy that when combined with his overall attitude towards him in the finale. How he acted better suited a villain like Negaduck. If they were going to write him that way then should've changed his story to give him more of a history with Scrooge himself. Even if it would've just made him a more credible Glomgold...
..Come to think of it, Bradford comes off as something of a stand-in for the European comics' Rockerduck in that he's a rival/enemy of Scrooge represents modern business ceo mogul types that were popularized in pop-culture by men like Gordon Gecko and Donald Trump.
Anyway, I 2nd the complaints about the Webby twist. It's ridiculous that Bradford (who had over a decade) never considered that using the magic wasn't just a matter of bloodline, especially when he worked under Scrooge for so long. He should have suspected that as soon May and June weren't compatible such and made plans accordingly (even something like dragging in all of Scrooge's immediate family and staff with him making each take a turn to try to unleash it under watch).
To me, the clone-Webby twist poses more questions just than the "rightful heir" issue--why is she immediately dubbed Scrooge's "daughter" if she's a clone and not a biological descendant, and if she's just a clone of Scrooge, why is she female?
Actually, it would be more suitable to call Webby Scrooge's daughter rather than his clone. Among humans, we all start as female in the womb unless something happens with our chromosomes. Assuming ducks in the DT17verse following the same rules (despite hatching) then Webby would need to have differing chromosomes from Scrooge hence she wouldn't be a clone. The show just seems to be using clone in the same way as something like Street Fighter or Metal Gear where it means being derived from a single man biologically whether identical or not.
Topping it all off by pointing out that having Steelbeak just use a ray on himself is lazy. They should have just used another character in his place, maybe even OG Taurus Bulba's minion Hammerhead or Cement Head from that DWD episode on mutants.
From what l got Bradford hate more the concept of Scrooge is rather than Srooge as a person.
That might've been the intent, but in practice Bradford acts way too invested in hurting Scrooge to buy that when combined with his overall attitude towards him in the finale. How he acted better suited a villain like Negaduck. If they were going to write him that way then should've changed his story to give him more of a history with Scrooge himself. Even if it would've just made him a more credible Glomgold...
Excellent point. Bradford could have been an original villain (to the Duck universe, anyway), if the writers had stuck to having him obsessed with creating a perfect new world and not made him Scrooge's personal antagonist. Instead, he and FOWL ultimately brought nothing to the table that couldn't have been provided by a team-up of Scrooge's existing villains in their comic-book personas--you already have Glomgold for the murderous fixation on personally defeating Scrooge, Magica for the supernatural gadgets and gimmicks, and the Beagles to provide a well-organized legion of henchmen. Of course, by turning these villains, and their team-up, into a complete joke, Angones really had no choice but to create his own original character to fill a niche that could have been filled by the existing rogue's gallery--but, in trying to make Bradford into an all-round composite villain, he effectively lost any opportunity at making him unique. As C. S. Lewis once said, many a promising "bad character" has been spoiled by the addition of an inappropriate vice. By the time Bradford has murdered his own brothers and is gleefully preparing to kill Donald (in blatant violation of his magical "deal" with Scrooge), he's become a chaotic mess of Generic Evilness instead of a credible or interesting character.
By the time Bradford has murdered his own brothers
Factual correction: the way the reveal is structured is confusing, but it seems pretty clear that The Last Adventure was intended to reveal that the two other buzzards were never Bradford's brothers — they were, in actuality, clones of himself. (This doesn't change much about your point; certainly I admit his trying to kill Donald in spite of the way the deal is written seems like an actual plot hole, and either way he does kill Heron. I'm just, as I said, highlighting the fact.)
That might've been the intent, but in practice Bradford acts way too invested in hurting Scrooge to buy that when combined with his overall attitude towards him in the finale. How he acted better suited a villain like Negaduck. If they were going to write him that way then should've changed his story to give him more of a history with Scrooge himself. Even if it would've just made him a more credible Glomgold...
Excellent point. Bradford could have been an original villain (to the Duck universe, anyway), if the writers had stuck to having him obsessed with creating a perfect new world and not made him Scrooge's personal antagonist. Instead, he and FOWL ultimately brought nothing to the table that couldn't have been provided by a team-up of Scrooge's existing villains in their comic-book personas--you already have Glomgold for the murderous fixation on personally defeating Scrooge, Magica for the supernatural gadgets and gimmicks, and the Beagles to provide a well-organized legion of henchmen. Of course, by turning these villains, and their team-up, into a complete joke, Angones really had no choice but to create his own original character to fill a niche that could have been filled by the existing rogue's gallery--but, in trying to make Bradford into an all-round composite villain, he effectively lost any opportunity at making him unique. As C. S. Lewis once said, many a promising "bad character" has been spoiled by the addition of an inappropriate vice. By the time Bradford has murdered his own brothers and is gleefully preparing to kill Donald (in blatant violation of his magical "deal" with Scrooge), he's become a chaotic mess of Generic Evilness instead of a credible or interesting character.
Frankly speaking, Lunaris had just about the same problem where they also tried too hard to make him an enemy for Scrooge to defeat (with help from sidekicks) when they already had him be more tied to Donald and Della. He really would've been better off as a villain for the twins to handle (or at least have Donald play a bigger role than just getting stranded).
Cut it out with that line of joking, Fergus McDuck and also of irreality, adrianthecool . You're free to imagine yourself or to even genuinely believe you're relating to these characters in some way, but for everyone's sake, don't bring it up.
Cut it out with that line of joking, Fergus McDuck and also of irreality, adrianthecool . You're free to imagine yourself or to even genuinely believe you're relating to these characters in some way, but for everyone's sake, don't bring it up.
I really don't lol. I just saw someone say they had a crush on Webby and made a joke about her being like 10
And I asked you to not continue on that line of joking, while asking the other person to keep their crushes etc to themselves. If it wasn't clear enough. I'm asking you to stop making jokes about paedophilia, and the other person to stop giving out information on their own thoughts that'll make others uncomfortable.
And I asked you to not continue on that line of joking, while asking the other person to keep their crushes etc to themselves. If it wasn't clear enough. I'm asking you to stop making jokes about paedophilia, and the other person to stop giving out information on their own thoughts that'll make others uncomfortable.
If you mean the Ducktales Podcast? I really like it. its nice with a short story with only the voices to focus on. its reminds me of the old cassette tapes with short disney stories when i was a kid.
my wish for these stories though is this: I want it to focus on like one character per story. and no stories beyond Duckburg. You know, normal everyday problems in Duckburg.
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Regarding Bradford, I actually like the concept of a character who is so obsessed with the idea of saving the world from itself that he becomes a ruthless supervillain in the process, while still seeing himself as a hero. For instance, I thought that making Thanos into a character like this in Infinity War was much better than presenting him as a simple nihilist literally in love with death, as he was in the comics. There are no villains like this in Disney comics (at least that I can think of), so using this type in a Duck context could have been interesting if done right.
