Se passate dalla parte sud di Livorno, poco prima della scogliera alzate gli occhi verso terra, vedrete un curioso cubo bianco in mezzo alla macchia mediterranea che guarda il mare. Si tratta delle rovine di quello che doveva essere il grandioso Mausoleo di Costanzo Ciano, gerarca fascista ghermito all'affetto dei cari nel 1939, e che doveva sobriamente sorreggere non solo un gigafaro alto 50 metri a forma di fascio littorio, ma anche un Kaiju di marmo del mite gerarca. E invece quello che resta è questo cubo cavo, abbandonato ai rifiuti, alle sterpaglie e alle scorie dell'amore in camporella.
Da qui, completamente vittima del mio senso civico, rendo nota quindi l'iniziativa di cui mi vorrei far promotore: salviamo il Mausoleo di Ciano, TRASFORMANDOLO NEL DEPOSITO DI ZIO PAPERONE.
Ecco, allego un paio di immagini-prova; la forma c'è, le dimensioni anche. SINDACO, ASSESSORI, AMICI DISNEY: restituiamo nuova dignità e prestigio a questo relitto dimenticato da Dio e dagli uomini - con l'esclusione di qualche babbeo nostalgico - e ridiamo impulso al turismo migliore nella nostra città!
Here, as I promised you, the detailed list who will explain to you which Disney Characters will play the SW roles!
First all, I decided to named my mashup: Star Quacks, because “Star Ducks” already exists, and “Duck Wars” it’s the title of an existing videogame.
Also I decided to mixed some names (like Goldie+Padmé= Paldie, Drake+Han=Dran, ecc.), and to readapt the others (like Ludwig Von Drake+Obi Wan Kenobi= Obi Von Drake, Flintheart+Palpatine= Sheev Flintheart, ecc.).
I saw different mashups between Star Wars and Mickey Mouse’s and Donald Duck’s worlds, cutes but none of these convinced me, honestly.
So, I decided to try to make one different from the others, more similar to the SW movies. Not a parody, they’ll be faithful to the movies (yes, even the kinships and the relationships between the characters).
Here, my first drawing who show you how will be my mashup.
A little Scrooge-Anakin who meets for the first time a fourteen Goldie-Padmé, on Tatooine. Yes, in my version Scrooge McDuck will be Anakin Skywalker and Goldie O'Gilt will be Padmé Amidala. I will explain to you which Disney characters will play the other SW roles (with a detailed list) !
I don’t have anything else to say, so, I go to make the other drawings, this project excites me a lot !
HEY! Rosa answered and debunked a lot of Life and Times things
Deadass talked to him for like 4 hours lmao but I got most of my questions answered! This is gonna be only the fact part of my talks with Rosa, I’ll post the more personal interactions in another post.
Ok so number 1 is MOLLY WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A CHILD LMAOOOO. She was still very young (early 20s) and died fairly young as well, but Rosa said he just wanted to portray an overworked miner and mother. AND I THINK HE SAW MY POST FROM JUNE LMAO. He said ‘A few months ago I saw someone post how Molly looks like a child and why does she look like a child! But no no no that’s not what I intended at all! I don’t know why other prints of the family tree make her look like a child! This is the most accurate one.’ (he points to the one where Molly is older looking and has Ludwig in it was well.)
Number 2 is what happened to Hortense and Della? Apparently Della was always missing to him. He didn’t clarify how exactly she was missing, but she just went missing. Hortense on the other hand, he had more details. Originally in his mind, Hortense was alive and well! She was hiding and only Matilda knew. Rosa was originally going to do a sequel to 'The Castle’s Secret’ where Matilda reveals that they should go reunite with Hortense.
Rosa got as far as creating a general script and some doodles but then Disney and his editors came up to him and said that he wasn’t allowed to include any of the Sensational Six’s parents. So treat her as if she died. So that’s just what Rosa did, so yes Hortense is dead in the Life and Times.
Number 3: Would Scrooge have settled down and make Dawson his home base instead of Duckburg? Rosa actually laughed at this one cause he had never thought of it before. His first answer was that he wasn’t really sure! But regarding a family and stuff, he wasn’t sure either so he just said 'maybe? Who knows what would have happened.’ AND BOY IS MAYBE GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME LMAO
But he did go into the whole Scrooge faking his death to go and marry Goldie, move back into the cabin, and live the rest of his days with her. Which actually he was going to get that published as well! But Disney immediately said a cold hard 'no’
Not really a number but, ROSA DOESN’T HATE DUCKTALES!!! This is the one that surprised me a bit! He laughed and asked why does everybody think he hates Ducktales! He said DT87 was one of the best shows of the 80s and DT17 is just…interesting and a bit weird to him.
The difference is he doesn’t like how the shows were executed.He said the shows really dumbed down the lessons of the comics. But for little kids, yeah it’s a good show. He thinks DT doesn’t do a very good at portraying everything the comics were able to convey. He doesn’t like watching the show, and hasn’t watched it all the way through, but he doesn’t hate DT.
Also he actually gets excited when people tell him that they discovered his books through Ducktales! Because they’re still managing to find and actually taking the time to read the Carl Barks comics and the Don Rosa comics.
Goldie’s eye color. Now this one was interesting to me. I brought up how Goldie’s eyes constantly change between blue and green. Apparently Rosa intended for her to always have blue! 'She’s supposed to be this beautiful woman, so I had to give her those shining blue eyes. But Carl Barks gave her green eyes so it’s always changed. I don’t control the colonization of the comics.’
What happened to the chilis? So many Don Rosa fans will know that at conventions, Rosa usually brings a basket of chilis for people to eat. But the last few times he hasn’t brought them. Apparently it’s because in Europe he found out he could get in huge legal trouble for it, and in the US, people would touch the chilis and not eat them. So Rosa just didn’t wanna deal with the hassle of that anymore.
I’m sure we talked about more regarding TLAT but I don’t remember at the moment, I’ll add on if I remember again
INTERESTING!!! I already knew about the idea of Scrooge moving back into the cabin, marrying Goldie and living the rest of his life with her, so (WHY DISNEY AAA)
WE WAS ABT TO GET A COMIC WITH HORTENSE!! WHY DISNEY AAA x2
Personally i prefer Goldie’s green eyes gfxbsgfsdfgth
THIS.IS.GOLD. LITERALLY.GOLD. Anyway, this confirms one thing for me: Don Rosa first Scroldie shipper ever ! I love so much this man !
P.S. And I hate you, Disney, for not allowing him to publish his final story about Scrooge and Goldie !!
After reading many times “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck” by Don Rosa, I have developed several thoughts and headcanons about Scrooge and Goldie (warnings: references to sex, nothing explicit):
1- I am absolutely convinced that Scrooge was very virgin, before he met Goldie, because at that time the only ways straight men had to have sex with women were or go to prostitutes, or being married (I’m not an historian, but I’m pretty sure things were more or less like this); and Scrooge wasn’t the type to spend money in brothels (prostitutes obviously didn’t work for free), and this is subtly hinted at in some parts in “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck”, in particular when he was in Dawson. Also I think Scrooge was a man/duck who didn’t care about sex at all, his only interests were to make money and help his family, period. Obviously things changed when he met Goldie and spent the whole month with her at the White Agony Creek (in particular, at the end of the month, if you know what I’m talking about …);
2- I think Goldie was the only time he got interested in women and sex. I really don’t think he has ever interested or fallen in love with other women, after her, I think he’s like Severus Snape in HP: a man who loves only one woman for the rest of his life (obviously I am referring only to Don Rosa’s universe). I really think he still loves her, after all this time (and apparently Don Rosa thinks the same as I do);
3- Instead, I think Goldie was most likely the experienced partner, I mean c’mon, it’s always she who takes the initiative, especially with kisses, Scrooge never kisses her first, NEVER. He’s a total naive (and an adorable idiot);
4- I like to think Goldie is slightly older than Scrooge, like three years (there is no particular reason, I just like it ).
I swear, hearing those words brought him to those tears. He’s got all his excuses and I think he’s afraid he’s still going to lose her. But there she is, telling him she understands and most importantly- she’ll wait. She’ll always wait for him. I think it just completely disarms him to the point he tears up. To know that, that she’s willing to wait for him. It means the damn world.
I HAD BEEN READING THIS PART AT THE END OF “QUEST FOR KALEVALA” ALL WRONG………I THOUGHT HE GAVE UP THE CHANCE TO STAY WITH GOLDIE ETERNALLY OR WHATEVER BUT….
HE
HE CHOSE TO STAY BEHIND TO REKINDLE HIS ROMANCE WITH GOLDIE
HE FORSOOK ETERNAL WEALTH TO STAY ON EARTH AND WIN HER BACK
HOW DID I READ IT WRONG SO MANY TIMES?!
WHHHHHEDHSDFJDDSK IM LEGIT SCREAMING. HE SINCERELY WANTS TO WIN HER BACK…im crying tears of happiness i cant….
No context here, but i was inspired by thinking about the mini comic series that i still wanna do from last year (lol), so i consider this as an alternative situation (???
