I'm...er, a not-that-new fan who re-discovered Disney comics many years after stopped reading it (long story!). Since I have forgotten most of the comics I read, I need some help to understand everything from the very beginning. So here I am!
I found this character, Eurasia Toft, in Mickey Mouse #1 when I brought some E-books on Amazon. But I just cannot figure out which species she belongs to. Her grandpa is a dog, but she has that dark color skin and mouse-like nose just as Mickey. And if you want to say she's a mouse she doesn't have big ears! So which species does Eurasia belongs to? Did the author tell us anything about it?
Jan 18, 2017 at 10:04am Monkey_Feyerabend said: Out of curiosity, in a recent collective interview done by fans in an Italian forum Castellan was asked about the animal origin of Eurasia, and where the hell her ears are. He said that Eurasia is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are tied behind her head as it is fashion in these days. I cannot tell how much ironical he was concerning the ears
I responded to this: I've assumed that she is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are just hidden under her hair. Flattened, with the hair pulled over them to draw it back into the braid. It works, if you don't think about it too much!
Jan 18, 2017 at 10:04am Monkey_Feyerabend said: Out of curiosity, in a recent collective interview done by fans in an Italian forum Castellan was asked about the animal origin of Eurasia, and where the hell her ears are. He said that Eurasia is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are tied behind her head as it is fashion in these days. I cannot tell how much ironical he was concerning the ears
I responded to this: I've assumed that she is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are just hidden under her hair. Flattened, with the hair pulled over them to draw it back into the braid. It works, if you don't think about it too much!
Thanks! Hopefully I didn't just open a repetitive thread! That's an explanation, kind of forced, but I can buy it. She's a cool character and I'd like to see her again. Especially she's a female character who was not created to be anyone's love interest (I think it is you who mentioned it first, for the fact that we don't have many cross-gender friendships)!
Jan 18, 2017 at 10:04am Monkey_Feyerabend said: Out of curiosity, in a recent collective interview done by fans in an Italian forum Castellan was asked about the animal origin of Eurasia, and where the hell her ears are. He said that Eurasia is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are tied behind her head as it is fashion in these days. I cannot tell how much ironical he was concerning the ears
I responded to this: I've assumed that she is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are just hidden under her hair. Flattened, with the hair pulled over them to draw it back into the braid. It works, if you don't think about it too much!
Jan 18, 2017 at 10:04am Monkey_Feyerabend said: Out of curiosity, in a recent collective interview done by fans in an Italian forum Castellan was asked about the animal origin of Eurasia, and where the hell her ears are. He said that Eurasia is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are tied behind her head as it is fashion in these days. I cannot tell how much ironical he was concerning the ears
I responded to this: I've assumed that she is a mouse like Mickey, and her ears are just hidden under her hair. Flattened, with the hair pulled over them to draw it back into the braid. It works, if you don't think about it too much!
Thanks! Hopefully I didn't just open a repetitive thread! That's an explanation, kind of forced, but I can buy it. She's a cool character and I'd like to see her again. Especially she's a female character who was not created to be anyone's love interest (I think it is you who mentioned it first, for the fact that we don't have many cross-gender friendships)!
Casty is clearly a feminist writer, in a good sense. Adding non-stereotypical female characters is a speciality of the man since 2003! One of his leitmotiv, so to speak. Sometimes he likes to do the opposite: he uses extremely stereotypical attractive girls (I call them "the Castyan chicks"), with a clear satyrical tone of course! You will discover this more and more as long as they keep translating his work in English. Only a few of these "Castyan girls" are recurrent characters. Eurasia Tost (her original name: Tost' contracts Tosta, which is slang for tough/strong) is the most recurrent. She appeared in five adventures so far (and I think she was also used next to Arizona Goofy by some other writer). The latest two drawn by Casty himself, not Cavazzano. The last adventure is from 2016. In the interview that Matilda mentioned I think that Casty declared that he would like to do even some solo stories with Eurasia one day. But I may remember incorrectly, so do not trust me too much on this. I am not a great fan of Casty. But his Eurasia stories are so cool. Actually, I am deeply in love with Eurasia. The best addition to the regular cast ever come from a European author, in my opinion.
Thanks! Hopefully I didn't just open a repetitive thread! That's an explanation, kind of forced, but I can buy it. She's a cool character and I'd like to see
Oops, sorry. I wanted to edit the post above, but I clicked on "quote".
Her grandpa is a dog, but she has that dark color skin and mouse-like nose just as Mickey.
It's not dark-colored skin, it's very short fur. As for her canine grandfather, I suppose he married a mouse and Eurasia's other grandparents are mice as well; this would actually make her a hybrid, but with a mouse 'majority', so we can just as well call her a mouse. Just like Donald actually has an ancestor who was a coot, but he's still 'mainly' a duck.
Thanks! Hopefully I didn't just open a repetitive thread! That's an explanation, kind of forced, but I can buy it. She's a cool character and I'd like to see her again. Especially she's a female character who was not created to be anyone's love interest (I think it is you who mentioned it first, for the fact that we don't have many cross-gender friendships)!
Casty is clearly a feminist writer, in a good sense. Adding non-stereotypical female characters is a speciality of the man since 2003! One of his leitmotiv, so to speak. Sometimes he likes to do the opposite: he uses extremely stereotypical attractive girls (I call them "the Castyan chicks"), with a clear satyrical tone of course! You will discover this more and more as long as they keep translating his work in English. Only a few of these "Castyan girls" are recurrent characters. Eurasia Tost (her original name: Tost' contracts Tosta, which is slang for tough/strong) is the most recurrent. She appeared in five adventures so far (and I think she was also used next to Arizona Goofy by some other writer). The latest two drawn by Casty himself, not Cavazzano. The last adventure is from 2016. In the interview that Matilda mentioned I think that Casty declared that he would like to do even some solo stories with Eurasia one day. But I may remember incorrectly, so do not trust me too much on this. I am not a great fan of Casty. But his Eurasia stories are so cool. Actually, I am deeply in love with Eurasia. The best addition to the regular cast ever come from a European author, in my opinion.
I like her as well! Especially when she was not depicted as a hyperactive girl as Webby in newly released Duck Tales 2017 trailer. I feel her personality is well in control. Casty has done a good job!
Another reason why I'd like to see a female character who is not romantically involved with anyone is because, well, it's just too old. It's like in almost every single comedy I watched there was always a man/woman who serves no other function in the plot except being a love interest of the main character. If it doesn't occur in the original movie they would add it in the sequel. I haven't watch Toy Story 2 or Despicable Me 2, but I can imagine what's in there. I already felt so when I was a child. Every time when I saw a plot like that I was like "that AGAIN?" That might even explain my hatred towards "love at first sight"
Her grandpa is a dog, but she has that dark color skin and mouse-like nose just as Mickey.
It's not dark-colored skin, it's very short fur. As for her canine grandfather, I suppose he married a mouse and Eurasia's other grandparents are mice as well; this would actually make her a hybrid, but with a mouse 'majority', so we can just as well call her a mouse. Just like Donald actually has an ancestor who was a coot, but he's still 'mainly' a duck.
I'm always curious about inter-species hybrid in Mouse/Duck universe. I think it's fair since they're all supposed to be human. For the skin color... well I don't quite want to image the real life animal in this case... So I will just ignore that
Yeah, wait, what? Can't even trust the creator to give us definitive answers! Here I was all convinced Estrella is a wolf.... Fox was actually my original guess, though.
I continue to be grateful to Casty for populating the Mouse universe with cool new female characters, including Eurasia, Estrella and the one-shots Commander Iris-One in Plan Dine from Outer Space and Roxette Ratchet in Darkenblot. I wish someone would do the same for the Duck universe!
I clearly misunderstood his use of "little sea wolf" in the introduction of that monographic issue. He only meant that figuratively?
That may still sound a bit weird because you would expect him to rephrase his expression to make it more consistent with the content. For example, in Chinese people call a tightwad an "iron rooster", but when it comes to Scrooge they say he's an "iron drake".
Post by Monkey_Feyerabend on Apr 4, 2017 8:04:56 GMT
The character looks like a wolf, and he calls her a "sea wolf" (Italian way to express "someone experienced in navigation") in the essay introducing his (so far only) anthological book. It is legitimate to take it as a clever pun on the animal appearance of the character itself, isn't it? Or in any case, if she is a fox, well that was the right moment to write it down.