The entire purpose of Donald’s comic arc when handled properly (so not either Ducktales show where Scrooge is made a pure hero) is that Donald has sincere personal connections with people, such as his nephews or friend wise with Mickey/Goofy or the Cabs. Scrooge and Gladstone might have trillions and good luck, but they’ll NEVER have what Donald has.
Don’t know how many people get it.
Really? He has an arc in the regular Duckburg comics? Because if you ask me, it's always
>Donald is a jerk to his nephews >Donald is a jerk to Daisy >Gladstone is a jerk to Donald >Scrooge is a jerk to Donald
Or simply to say, Donald is stil the same jerk he was at the beginning of the story. The only comics where he does have an arc, are the 150+ pages AU ones, where Donald starts out as a retarded coward, who becomes a badass by the end of the story.
>Those shits deserve each other.
That's why Donald Duck is the best parent for his nephews. That's why I don't like it the most when people often prefer Della and Scrooge as better parents, when Donald is a much better parent than them.
Simply because he was born with bad luck. But he does badly, only if he does something wrong, which he often does, since he is also a jerk. I wouldn't say he loses all the time though, what he has worth is Daisy, his nephews, Daisy's nieces, his grandmother, his cousins and best friends like Gyro, Jose and Panchito. Not to mention that he can be both a superhero and a secret agent.
>Gladstone is a jerk to Donald >Scrooge is a jerk to Donald
This is true and what I hate most is when Gladstone takes Daisy at the end of the comic when Donald doesn't deserve it. Scrooge is a special bastard and I don't understand people who praise him all the time, and Scrooge McDuck in the comics is no different in his personalities from the character Mr. Krabs in Sponge Bob where he tortures Sponge Bob and Squidward. Just to remind you that in the old comics Scrooge made his nephew Donald work for him for 50 cents an hour.
To be fair, the whole point of Scrooge is that he invested his life into being tougher and sharper than everyone else for the right to say he made himself the best there ever was. Much of the time when he shits on Donald it's a response to him being lazy, flippant, or just another sharpie. Hell, the comic where Donald pretends to be the Duke of Baloni to con Scrooge out of a free meal boils down to both of them being unable to part with $10 for the bill, but when Scrooge realizes he's been had, he drops a cool million without a moment's hesitation just to punish Donald for his insult.
If by regular Duckburg you mean Barks, Don being a jerk is part of it sure but there's way more than that. You'd have more of a point if you were talking of the classic shorts.
Lyla's too easy. Agent X is ok. Robotica has built in romance plot with Donald taking in the 313 and going from there.
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honestly all the PK options are top tier since the continuity allows for character development, but still
if she wasn't a mentally handicapped 12 years old even Juniper would work
Korrina was the better sister for Donald. She saved his life and had a much more tragic story of living on her own while trying to babysit.
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Yes, but Juniper was the one that showed romantic interest in him (while at first it was to tick off Everett she doesn't seem opposed to the idea even when it's brought up by Korinna later, even if she claims that she wasn't being serious).
Either way, both of them are children stuck in the body of adults so neither is any better than dating someone that is mentally challenged next to being absolute psychopaths.
Imho the best options are Lyla and Geena or Uno on the other side, just personality wise.
They are also the characters that overall show the least aggression/annoyance towards him compared to other romantic options.
Kay K may also be an option but I always felt that she was a bit too harsh and impulsive for anything long-term. Also I'm not sure if K would be able to cope with him de facto having three children to take care of (I don't recall if we ever see how K does with children?).
Robotica and X both are eye candy but due to the nature of their native series lack depth, unfortunately.
Honorable mention to Reginella tho which is so perfect for him that she had to be written out of any overarching plot because there was no actual conflict with them
8 months ago
Anonymous
>Honorable mention to Reginella tho which is so perfect for him that she had to be written out of any overarching plot because there was no actual conflict with them
I don't understand why they had to cut Donald and Reginella's romance like that in the last comic? Is there any reason? Otherwise, I agree with everything you said.
8 months ago
Anonymous
>I don't understand why they had to cut Donald and Reginella's romance like that in the last comic?
Reginella should've stopped existing after her first comic and thats a fact.
8 months ago
Anonymous
>I don't understand why they had to cut Donald and Reginella's romance like that in the last comic?
Reginella should've stopped existing after her first comic and thats a fact.
Yeah, that's really the issue. The original comic still feature Donald being a wimp and coward while in the Reginella saga he ended up becoming more brave and mature.
The contrast to other longer ongoing subseries is that Reginella and him get along really well. Aside from being royalty she has no other obligations since ruling her people is not necessarily in conflict with their relationship in the beginning.
While there are other great romantic options for Donald Reginella is the only one that could actually threaten the Disney status quo.
Any male characters would never be made official dating material and the females we do have all have some other conflicts going on which ultimately clashes with Donald's core motivations (which are either a wish for a lazy domestic life or adventure, but on his own conditions, not the bullshit his family keeps dragging him into).
Reginella feels like it was a running gag that stopped being allowed as it became clear that the (limited) audience aware of her prefers her to Daisy. And it's not even a contest.
Also a lack of conflict can be argued to make for a boring comic. I greatly enjoy characters canonically getting a break from whatever threat of the day but I assume thi doesn't apply to the majority of the audience.
8 months ago
Anonymous
To be fair, the whole point of Scrooge is that he invested his life into being tougher and sharper than everyone else for the right to say he made himself the best there ever was. Much of the time when he shits on Donald it's a response to him being lazy, flippant, or just another sharpie. Hell, the comic where Donald pretends to be the Duke of Baloni to con Scrooge out of a free meal boils down to both of them being unable to part with $10 for the bill, but when Scrooge realizes he's been had, he drops a cool million without a moment's hesitation just to punish Donald for his insult.
It makes sense what you stated. I thank you for these explanations.
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Anonymous
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Yeah, that's really the issue. The original comic still feature Donald being a wimp and coward while in the Reginella saga he ended up becoming more brave and mature.
The contrast to other longer ongoing subseries is that Reginella and him get along really well. Aside from being royalty she has no other obligations since ruling her people is not necessarily in conflict with their relationship in the beginning.
While there are other great romantic options for Donald Reginella is the only one that could actually threaten the Disney status quo.
Any male characters would never be made official dating material and the females we do have all have some other conflicts going on which ultimately clashes with Donald's core motivations (which are either a wish for a lazy domestic life or adventure, but on his own conditions, not the bullshit his family keeps dragging him into).
Reginella feels like it was a running gag that stopped being allowed as it became clear that the (limited) audience aware of her prefers her to Daisy. And it's not even a contest.
Also a lack of conflict can be argued to make for a boring comic. I greatly enjoy characters canonically getting a break from whatever threat of the day but I assume thi doesn't apply to the majority of the audience.
The true, actual reason why the romance was cut off, is because the story was co-written by one of the new Disney comic editors, someone who used to be editor for their Marvel comics. He's a Disney presence in the comics and there to make sure things are "as authorized". So he looked at her and thought "That's a problem we need to deal with asap.". So he did.
Because for Italian fans who knew the stories from the start, the story was a shot through the heart.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Name of editor? Sounds interesting
8 months ago
Anonymous
Alex Bertani.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Off into the rabbit hole I go! Thanks
8 months ago
Anonymous
Because Reginella mogged Daisy too hard. Why would Donald ever choose an abusive whore who repeatedly cucks him with his cousin & bunch of other men when he could have loving alien waifu who appreciates him, is not abusive, appreciates him & does not cheat on him?
8 months ago
Anonymous
Let's be honest, Donald and Daisy are for each other, except that in many comics, Daisy is the one acting like a total bitch. Luckily, that's not the case in the newer comics.
8 months ago
Anonymous
Daisy and Donald work well together if he's allowed to be a dick when she is a cunt.
But for various reasons, for many years Daisy would get to be a cunt while Donald could only suffer. This created the unbalanced relationship nobody likes.
honestly all the PK options are top tier since the continuity allows for character development, but still
if she wasn't a mentally handicapped 12 years old even Juniper would work
I'm always up for the harem solution in theory. But in practice I prefer angst and having him mad jealous that everyone else that he'd consider an option is taken or not interested.
He gets stuck with all the bad luck
win what
my virginity
The entire purpose of Donald’s comic arc when handled properly (so not either Ducktales show where Scrooge is made a pure hero) is that Donald has sincere personal connections with people, such as his nephews or friend wise with Mickey/Goofy or the Cabs. Scrooge and Gladstone might have trillions and good luck, but they’ll NEVER have what Donald has.
Don’t know how many people get it.
Really? He has an arc in the regular Duckburg comics? Because if you ask me, it's always
>Donald is a jerk to his nephews
>Donald is a jerk to Daisy
>Gladstone is a jerk to Donald
>Scrooge is a jerk to Donald
Or simply to say, Donald is stil the same jerk he was at the beginning of the story. The only comics where he does have an arc, are the 150+ pages AU ones, where Donald starts out as a retarded coward, who becomes a badass by the end of the story.
is a jerk to his nephews
They start as much shit with him as he does with them. Those shits deserve each other.
>Those shits deserve each other.
That's why Donald Duck is the best parent for his nephews. That's why I don't like it the most when people often prefer Della and Scrooge as better parents, when Donald is a much better parent than them.
>They start as much shit with him as he does with them. Those shits deserve each other.
i forgot to add that
Simply because he was born with bad luck. But he does badly, only if he does something wrong, which he often does, since he is also a jerk. I wouldn't say he loses all the time though, what he has worth is Daisy, his nephews, Daisy's nieces, his grandmother, his cousins and best friends like Gyro, Jose and Panchito. Not to mention that he can be both a superhero and a secret agent.
>Gladstone is a jerk to Donald
>Scrooge is a jerk to Donald
This is true and what I hate most is when Gladstone takes Daisy at the end of the comic when Donald doesn't deserve it. Scrooge is a special bastard and I don't understand people who praise him all the time, and Scrooge McDuck in the comics is no different in his personalities from the character Mr. Krabs in Sponge Bob where he tortures Sponge Bob and Squidward. Just to remind you that in the old comics Scrooge made his nephew Donald work for him for 50 cents an hour.
To be fair, the whole point of Scrooge is that he invested his life into being tougher and sharper than everyone else for the right to say he made himself the best there ever was. Much of the time when he shits on Donald it's a response to him being lazy, flippant, or just another sharpie. Hell, the comic where Donald pretends to be the Duke of Baloni to con Scrooge out of a free meal boils down to both of them being unable to part with $10 for the bill, but when Scrooge realizes he's been had, he drops a cool million without a moment's hesitation just to punish Donald for his insult.
If by regular Duckburg you mean Barks, Don being a jerk is part of it sure but there's way more than that. You'd have more of a point if you were talking of the classic shorts.
He's the everyman. He loses. Like we all do. Life is futile.
He fucks Daisy regularly though
It's because of Daffy. He just can't compete, and it's not his fault.
He fucking won though?
>April x Donald
This
We ship Donald with the gay rooster
And here I was thinkin' he had moved on from clearly inferior organics
I too ship him with Genna or Robotica
Or him with Lyla or Agent X.
Lyla's too easy. Agent X is ok. Robotica has built in romance plot with Donald taking in the 313 and going from there.
Korrina was the better sister for Donald. She saved his life and had a much more tragic story of living on her own while trying to babysit.
Yes, but Juniper was the one that showed romantic interest in him (while at first it was to tick off Everett she doesn't seem opposed to the idea even when it's brought up by Korinna later, even if she claims that she wasn't being serious).
Either way, both of them are children stuck in the body of adults so neither is any better than dating someone that is mentally challenged next to being absolute psychopaths.
Imho the best options are Lyla and Geena or Uno on the other side, just personality wise.
They are also the characters that overall show the least aggression/annoyance towards him compared to other romantic options.
Kay K may also be an option but I always felt that she was a bit too harsh and impulsive for anything long-term. Also I'm not sure if K would be able to cope with him de facto having three children to take care of (I don't recall if we ever see how K does with children?).
Robotica and X both are eye candy but due to the nature of their native series lack depth, unfortunately.
Honorable mention to Reginella tho which is so perfect for him that she had to be written out of any overarching plot because there was no actual conflict with them
>Honorable mention to Reginella tho which is so perfect for him that she had to be written out of any overarching plot because there was no actual conflict with them
I don't understand why they had to cut Donald and Reginella's romance like that in the last comic? Is there any reason? Otherwise, I agree with everything you said.
>I don't understand why they had to cut Donald and Reginella's romance like that in the last comic?
Reginella should've stopped existing after her first comic and thats a fact.
Yeah, that's really the issue. The original comic still feature Donald being a wimp and coward while in the Reginella saga he ended up becoming more brave and mature.
The contrast to other longer ongoing subseries is that Reginella and him get along really well. Aside from being royalty she has no other obligations since ruling her people is not necessarily in conflict with their relationship in the beginning.
While there are other great romantic options for Donald Reginella is the only one that could actually threaten the Disney status quo.
Any male characters would never be made official dating material and the females we do have all have some other conflicts going on which ultimately clashes with Donald's core motivations (which are either a wish for a lazy domestic life or adventure, but on his own conditions, not the bullshit his family keeps dragging him into).
Reginella feels like it was a running gag that stopped being allowed as it became clear that the (limited) audience aware of her prefers her to Daisy. And it's not even a contest.
Also a lack of conflict can be argued to make for a boring comic. I greatly enjoy characters canonically getting a break from whatever threat of the day but I assume thi doesn't apply to the majority of the audience.
It makes sense what you stated. I thank you for these explanations.
The true, actual reason why the romance was cut off, is because the story was co-written by one of the new Disney comic editors, someone who used to be editor for their Marvel comics. He's a Disney presence in the comics and there to make sure things are "as authorized". So he looked at her and thought "That's a problem we need to deal with asap.". So he did.
Because for Italian fans who knew the stories from the start, the story was a shot through the heart.
Name of editor? Sounds interesting
Alex Bertani.
Off into the rabbit hole I go! Thanks
Because Reginella mogged Daisy too hard. Why would Donald ever choose an abusive whore who repeatedly cucks him with his cousin & bunch of other men when he could have loving alien waifu who appreciates him, is not abusive, appreciates him & does not cheat on him?
Let's be honest, Donald and Daisy are for each other, except that in many comics, Daisy is the one acting like a total bitch. Luckily, that's not the case in the newer comics.
Daisy and Donald work well together if he's allowed to be a dick when she is a cunt.
But for various reasons, for many years Daisy would get to be a cunt while Donald could only suffer. This created the unbalanced relationship nobody likes.
honestly all the PK options are top tier
since the continuity allows for character development, but still
if she wasn't a mentally handicapped 12 years old even Juniper would work
>He doesn’t want him to have his submissive rooster bf he can let his anger out on
I'm always up for the harem solution in theory. But in practice I prefer angst and having him mad jealous that everyone else that he'd consider an option is taken or not interested.
Otherwise based Panchibro
>We ship Donald with the gay rooster
I agree.
You're right. Donald x May is where it's at.
Jose gonna be pissed
>the only known character to cast a spell that is strong enough to annihilate planets in the ff universe
dunno anon, seems pretty winnable to me
it was a sudoku tho
Because it woulnt be funny.
Because that's what makes him a great character