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blaithnne · 1 month

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ok i forgot that goldie isnt canonically 5'1 on a good day so i have to restructure this ask

1) thoughts on short goldie

2) is heron short also

3) (contingent on answers 1 and 2) thoughts on scrooge and beakley both falling for tiny evil women

1) & 2)

I think the toxic yuri polycule height chart is something like this—!

They all wear heels so it’s not exact (also I whipped this up in like 5 minutes lol)

Huifen is tall, she’s a black heron after all, and though they’re not the tallest birds ever they’re still pretty long! But she looks short standing next to Beakley, because everyone does (also I undersized her a little bit in my first human drawing by accident, whoops). Goldie is a short queen LMAO, she’s not minuscule, only slightly shorter than the average person, but she looks tiny next to these two (she might be slightly shorter than I drew her here, idk, I struggled to scale her LOL). Scrooge, for the record, is around the same height as Goldie!

In terms of their builds btw, Beakley is, obviously, very muscular! Though she might seem like a tank, she’s actually very soft — big ol squishy teddy bear! Heron on the other hand is a gangly mf, long, skinny, and sharp. Goldie is sort of in between them, an hourglass build like Huifen, but with more muscle on her (not half as much as Beakley, though).

Heron might not be tiny but Beakley treats her like she is, picks her up like a feral cat when she’s being too much 😌 Scrooge and Goldie only have a very slight height difference, but I think he’s very smug about it lol

Also, my funniest headcanon ever is that Beakley has a thing for bad girls, and she HATES IT. She’s so embarrassed about it and fully intends to take it to her grave. This also leads to her hating the aforementioned bad girls even more, bc she’s so frustrated with herself for liking the in the first place. So Beakley can spend 24 hours a day ranting about how much she hates someone, and be blushing the entire time. All this to say, Beakley might not technically have a leg to stand on when it comes to criticising Scrooge’s relationship, but that doesn’t stop her.

I think they’re both massive hypocrites about it, bc they wanna protect eachother despite the other really not needing the help. They’re also endlessly frustrated with eachother’s toxic Yuri partners. Beakley to a much bigger degree because she definitely has a thing for Goldie, which only makes her hate her even more. Scrooge is more annoyed by Beakley and Heron than anything else bc he just does not understand what the hell is going on there, but he’ll also occasionally be all,

In conclusion, Beakley and Scrooge being a disaster sibling duo is my favourite thing ever. Scrooge is practically immortal, nothing can take him down. Beakley is a walking tank, she could walk off a bullet. They looked at eachother and went “that idiot needs me to protect them from their own love life” and they were kind of right??

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justaboot · 11 months

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“You can’t possess me,” Goldie repeated, barely audible, “For I belong to myself…”

“But while we both wish it, I give ye that which is mine to give.”

“But while we wish it, I give you what’s mine to give.”

-And a Sixpence in Your Shoe, Chapter 12

#ducktales #Ducktales 2017 #goldie o'gilt #scrooge mcduck #scroldie #Anon I was WAY ahead of you #my art #ducks as humans #and a sixpence in your shoe

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16-jarrah · 5 months

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my superpower is looking @ memes and going omg scroldie

(phone doodles)

unfortunately i can't find the source artist, but here's the original:

#they can be w/e versions you want i just draw them this way #goldie o'gilt #glittering goldie #scrooge mcduck #scroldie #op #my art #ducktales #duckverse #disney ducks #duck comics

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hueberryshortcake · 1 month

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Your blog has corrupted me (/pos) because I'm reading a freaking Brandon Sanderson book and thinking "Oh these guys are so Scroldie coded"

first of all which book second of all wow that is so beautiful. i had no idea i had that impact on the scroldie community.... my divine visions are just that powerful i guess. i am but a conduit for the truth

#ask #everything is about scroldie just by the way.#i hate them so fucking much they suck

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wazzuppy · 1 year

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SCROOGE AND GOLDIE

#tara says stuff #ducktales #scrooge mcduck #goldie o'gilt #scroldie #if only they had better ship name they are perfect in every other way #rrrRRRAAAAAAAGH I LOVE OLD PEOPLE IN LOVE I LOVE GRUMPY LOVERS

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stoopakoopa · 2 years

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SCROLDIE FANS

I got to drawing those saucy saucy birds so have a couple naked old people

because I don’t want tumblr to flag it but like. I want to show the 3 scroldie fans that still somehow follow me

#feels bad to even post unsafe for work esp without a dedicated blog now #but likeeee I'm pretty jazzed for this one #and my impulse control is not at its best soooo #scroldie #scrooge mcduck #goldie o'gilt #duckverse #koops art #seeing all the naked platonic duck art and it felt relevant enough :P #obsessed with the ways duck bodies differ despite being drawn the same #I am suchhhh a big fan of chubby goldie and bonebag scrooge #and trying to differentiate their feathers like goldie actually takes care of them whereas scrooge gives no fucks #nasty old man #tried to give goldie cellulite thru the feathers I hope that detail didn't get too lost

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cherry-bomb-ships · 15 days

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My brain: Hey we're drawing ur s/i for the first time you should keep it simple like a model sheet-

Me: shut up *draws them in a funky pose*

Here we are, it's my Powerpuff Girls self-insert, Cherry Coading! They work at a robotics company in Townsville and specialize in software and programming. In fact, they're one of the best in her field, which has made her a target in a few of Mojo Jojo's schemes. Even when being held hostage and made to work against her will, though, her sweet and sunny demeanor that could warm the coldest of souls never falters; they somehow always find a way to see the good in everything - and everyone.

[Reblogs are all seen and so appreciated!! 💖💖💖 S/i uses she/they interchangably.]

[WIP pics, pose reference, and tag list below the cut vvv]

Click here to be added, edited or removed from my tag list!

@ava-ships, @bee-ships, @beetleboyfriend, @canongf, @clawfull,

@cloudyvoid, @derelictdumbass, @judetama, @dissonantyote, @edencantstopfallininlove,

@final-catboy, @gible-love-nibles, @halsdaisy, @hoppinkiss, @hotrodharts,

@hyperionshipping, @iyamifucker, @lex-n-weegie, @little-miss-selfships, @little-shiny-sharpies,

@loogi-selfships, @mothfinite, @mandrakebrew, @mintpecks, @mrs-kelly,

@nameless-self-ships, @nerdstreak, @paper-carnation, @patches-and-her-selfships, @p-i-t-s,

@reds-self-ships, @rexscanonwife, @ship-trek, @spacestationstorybook, @squips-ship,

@flowering-darkness, @scroldie, @toogayforthistoday, @winterworlds

#eeeeee this was so fun to do!!! its been so long since i did traditional art 🥺💖💖💖💖💖💖#the linework was definitely the most fun to do hehehehe 💖💖💖#but man it hasnt even been 24 hours and i already have an s/i designed for this ship.... AAAAAAH #anyways here u go guys enjoy 🥺💖🥺💖🥺💖🥺#🍒🧬: emotional processing lag #💜: loving you's a felony #self shipping #self insert community #self ship community #oc x canon #ok to rb

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ducktoonsfanart · 1 month

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Scrooge McDuck and Goldie O'Gilt with their family - Duckverse - Gift for my friend

I know it's been a while, but I'd also like to wish a happy birthday to Glittering Goldie, which is usually March 1st, although she appeared in the Carl Barks comic "Back to the Klondike" written on September 18, 1952, and published on January 23, 1953 . years. Unfortunately, I didn't have the chance to draw an earlier dedication to Glittering Goldie's anniversary, but I did draw one as a gift for my friend who recently celebrated her birthday.

I drew Goldie O'Gilt as an old woman but wearing an old outfit from when she was a Klondike dancer and to impress Scrooge, I also drew Scrooge shyly looking forward to seeing his old love again. Next to them I drew Scrooge's nephew Donald Duck and his love Daisy Duck as well as Donald's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck who they will see as their "grandma" Goldie, and there is Goldie's granddaughter Dickie, who supports her grandmother to be with Scrooge . Like a good family. And there is also a cake for the love couple Scroldie (Scrooge and Goldie). I mostly combined from Donald Duck comics in my own way. And this is my gift for my friend, dear @goldiejake11, who recently celebrated her birthday and I wish you a happy birthday and sorry for the delay!

Feel free to like and reblog this, and please don't use my same ideas without crediting me! Thank you!

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bunny-lovers · 23 days

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Ice Flower and Coin from my ask game! Have a great day! :D

Hope you & your f/os have a wonderful weekend & thank you for the ask! 😊 @goodmorningawfulbye @kaijus-love-zone @scroldie @urbodymytemple @wonkasgirl @sealpaws @whispywoodland

Super Mushroom - Is there a height difference between you and your F/O?

Nope, Rumi & I are the same height!

Fire Flower - What does your F/O think of flower shops? Have they ever given you a flower (or a bouquet) as a gift?

She doesn't mind flower shops. Oh yes, she has given me a flower & a bouquet as a gift.

Super Star - In what ways have your F/Os made you feel special?

She's cooks one of my favorite meals, compliments me, gives me small gifts, gives me a big hug when I get home from work, gives me a phone call or text me & tells me how much she loves me.

1-UP Mushroom - Has your F/O ever saved you from dangerous situations?

Yes, she has saved me from dangerous situations.

Super Horn - What music do you and your F/O listen to when it’s just the two of you?

We both like to listen to pop & dance music.

Ice Flower - If you and your F/O are out playing in the snow, who’s more likely to make a snowman? Do you make the snowmen look like each other?

We both would want to make a snowman. Yes, we try to make them look like each other.

Coin - Has your F/O spoiled you? If so, what did they do?

Yes, she has & she gives me gifts, bakes one of my favorite chocolate desserts & when she & I are at the mall, she buys me what I've been eyeing on.

Star Bits - Time for some fluff with sweets! Do you and your F/O feed each other?

Yes, we do feed each other!

Boo Mushroom - Who’s more likely to get scared in abandoned areas?

That would be me!

Shine Sprite - Go to the beach or to an amusement park?

Go to the beach!

Gold Mushroom - Shopping time! What do you and your F/O end up buying?

I bought a few active tops, leggings, a new yoga mat & some milk chocolates. Rumi bought a few active tops, new pair of dumbbells, a cook book & a fluffy blanket.

#otp: bunny kisses #plucky-belmondo #goodmorningawfulbye #kaijus-love-zone #urbodymytemple #wonkasgirl #sealpaws #self shipping #self shipping community #self ship community #selfship community #self shipper #selfshipper #romantic f/o #ask #whispywoodland

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tidekissed · 4 months

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u can tell me abt ur genshin s/i if you'd like!!!

HI I AM SORRY IM SO LATE TO THIS. I WAS DRAWING THIS STUPID MEME TO GO WITH THIS. @scroldie i think you wanted to see this too!

UHHH general warning for blood/murder/war crimes (kind of)/general fantasy violence.

I'll start this off by pasting a few of her character stories. In Genshin characters get several plus one that explains how they got their vision. This is Zale's Vision story.

Zale was only 15, but she carried the weight of centuries of suffering in her eyes that had already lost their shine as she slipped out of her house in the dead of night a few weeks after Ajax's disappearance. With a portable alchemy kit in hand, she carefully unearthed something stealthily marked with a trowel, digging until the snow and ice finally revealed a perfectly preserved dragon.

With shaking hands, Zale plunged her fist into the chest cavity, extracting the bleeding and still beating heart from the carcass. She squeezed it in her fist, the organ spurting blood onto her clothes from her show of force, and with a new resolve she set to work collecting the ruby red liquid in a beaker directly from the source.

She didn’t add much—just some slime jelly and powder from the dragon’s tooth—before she put the concoction over a small flame and called it done. She took a deep breath, steeling herself, before throwing her head back and downing the entire beaker in one go, frightened tears streaming down her face as she flirted with death.

Fire, red and noxious, spilled from her lips as she cried out in agony, clutching at her chest as if she felt she was being consumed from the inside. In her last moment of clarity, she ripped a scale from the dragon’s body and sliced herself down the middle of her chest, using the pain as a forceful anesthetic as the snow at her feet turned pink and red with her blood.

A Vision, red as the fire and blood, materialized in the fist still clutching the dragon’s heart."

So, essentially, Zale is born a few years before Ajax in Morepesok, Snezhnaya. Childhood buddies with him and my bestie @shimichazukes's insert Piper. Ajax is a little bit of a jokey jokester and gets himself almost killed falling into Abyss, aka a really fucking bad place to be. This makes everyone's lives explode. Zale, being the oldest and the one always yearning for adventure that egged young Ajax to take more risks, feels partly responsible for his disappearance. She grew up pretty sickly and wanted to go into academia, but Snezhnaya values the strong and not necessarily the bookish yet adventurous.

Due to feeling responsible for Ajax's disappearance and feeling helpless as Piper takes the fall for supposedly luring Ajax into it (his parents suck by the way), Zale gets desperate and decides to try something really fucking stupid—eat a dragon's preserved heart. She found said dragon preserved in Snezhnaya's endless ice and snow, marking it for herself for later study without telling anyone. This almost kills her, but she is granted a Vision and ends up pretty...scary. Zale changes dramatically, Ajax comes back but to the left, and Piper is left looking like

So long story short we all get drafted into the military. Piper enlists first because if you're an orphan in Snezhnaya and you make trouble you get sent to, in their words, "gay baby jail," aka the House of the Hearth. Ajax's parents want to get rid of him so he gets scouted second, quickly rising to Harbinger #11, Tartaglia/Childe. Zale is absolutely consumed with guilt and rage and is pressured more and more by the whispers of her parents/the other townspeople saying she's a monster and would do better being useful for her nation, so when the Fatui start playing the typical death cult card of making the very vulnerable and lonely person feel like they're part of a "family" she completely folds and joins as well.

Consuming dragon remains made Zale a little fucked up, to put it mildly. She's essentially superhuman, but due to being human FIRST really pushing herself hurts her. A lot. This is not helped by the fact that once some annoying officer of hers eggs her on to try and kill an Archon (aka a god), which happens to be Morax/Zhongli, and she nearly SUCCEEDS, she is promoted to Harbinger as well and dubbed #0, The Deceiver, or Covielle. (Harbingers are ranked by power, with a smaller number indicating higher power). Her main assignment? Murder of minor gods. She builds up quite a lot of what Genshin lore calls "god residue," and her pain is incredibly bad as a result. For anyone familiar, this is what Xiao deals with. Piper is infected with something similar later. Zale is so willing to carry out these murders because she feels cheated. Aren't gods supposed to protect or at least assist their subjects? If so, why have they forsaken her loved ones? If gods are so willing to abuse their power, she feels she should just take it away from them.

Eventually, she catches on to the fact that something is amiss with the Fatui. She realizes how badly Tartaglia is treated and how his unhealthy habit of viewing himself as simply a weapon is fed into by being used as one, sees Piper fall ill with Tatarigami poisoning as an intelligence officer, and sees how the other Harbingers seem hellbent on making sure she doesn't know the full extent of their plans, intentionally left in the dark and only used as some sort of goon to do the dirty work.

Thus, she leaves without giving anyone prior notice. This is described in another of her character stories.

She thought she was going to die. Fighting so many of her old coworkers all at once was the most taxing thing she had ever done, and she had fought gods for the Tsaritsa. Her Vision, rendered useless by something, hung grey at her side, her Electro Delusion shining a lurid purple as she fought relentlessly to keep from being apprehended. Scaramouche was particularly merciless—she was certain most if not all of the blood streaming down her face and arms was his fault. At least Ajax, her best friend, stood still, making no move to help or hurt her.

She certainly could have picked a better time to turn in her two weeks’ notice. But, of course, everyone was home and awaiting their next assignment when she chose to cut ties. To cut ties as a Harbinger meant your life was to be cut short as well, but Zale had never played by the rules.

For the first time in her life, the Iron Dragon ran. She stumbled through the snow, staining the countryside red with blood and lightning as she made for the border. She would not cause any more suffering. She would not be the reason for any more pain and loss. The gods were wrong, but so too was the Tsaritsa a god. Zale would be taken in by her ruse no longer.

She wasn’t sure how, but she managed to board a ship heading Archons knew where, desperately clinging to life as she lied through her teeth to the captain and said it was an Abyss Order attack that had her in such a state. The boat docked many hours later in some foreign port, and she fell to her knees on the shores of what she would later realize was Liyue.

All she remembered was someone calling to her before her body finally gave up and fainted.

She was battered, bruised, and bleeding, but those angry sparks in her eyes had dulled to cinders, her Vision grey and empty at her breast as she stumbled from the ship and slid to the floor with her back to a stone wall. Her wounds were grave, and she looked as though she were going to pass away quietly at the docks, but that familiar brown coat from years before hauled her to her feet, asking quietly where she wanted to go.

She woke in a home that was not hers to a voice calling her that most certainly was not hers. It belonged to a man who was kind and warm, the polar opposite of the chill back home in Snezhnaya that had nothing to do with the climate. He was saying something —something about needing to take pills—while he dressed Zale’s wounds, and in her bruised and battered state Zale could have cried at how gentle the man was with her. She could not endanger someone so kind with her presence that tainted everything it touched.

Zale slipped out of the house in the dead of night, leaving naught but a note to say thank you and to not come looking for her again…lest trouble follow.

Far more alert, she marched on, away from Liyue and then away from the city of freedom whose freedom her very presence could endanger. She wasn’t stupid. She had seen the Fatui agents the city was crawling with, and she knew there would be a warrant out for her head. If she wanted to survive, her place was not among others. Dragonspine Mountain—cold, lonely, and unforgiving—felt like a fitting place for her. She ascended to the summit, clearing out monsters, braving unusually strong gales, and setting up a makeshift home sheltered by what looked to be an enormous nail.

As she curled into her fur cape, the familiar kiss of the frigid wind lulled her into her first deep sleep in a long, long time.

So, essentially, she hightails it to Liyue, gets nursed back to health by Zhongli and is given god residue management pills that he also gives to Xiao, and then hoofs it to Mondstadt and climbs Dragonspine to live out the rest of her days.

Aaaand then the Traveler shows up. She doesn't particularly want to be their bodyguard, but she also sort of wants a chance to start over and see the world...and maybe learn a little bit more about herself. So, she accepts, and then her story is more intertwined with the plot of the main game. There are some big plot beats that diverge a little bit from what Genshin actually does, namely the Golden House fight and the battle against the Shogun in Inazuma, but this is already long winded enough.

Oh, and one last thing.

That dragon she ate?

She'll eventually learn its identity, and it's an important one. TFW you accidentally complete a burial rite for the king of dragons and end up with an ancient god's power essentially eating you from the inside and telling your body to either adapt and become less human or die. Fun stuff. Never needed that stupid Vision and Delusion after all and the Fatui were just keeping your identity a secret so they could drip feed you Abyssal energy to corrupt you from the inside out so that you would do their bidding!

If you managed to get this far I love you.

#tidepool chats #my god im so sorry i went OFF off

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aaandbackstabbed · 8 months

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Huey: why are uncle Scrooge and Goldie sat with their backs to each other

Louie: because they had a fight

Dewey: why are they holding hands then

Louie: they get sad when they fight

#they got soft and sappy in their old age #Louie is rolling his eyes so hard #they think no one can see them holding hands #they are wrong #smarter than the smarties my arse #goldie o'gilt #scrooge mcduck #louie duck #huey duck #dewey duck #incorrect quotes #ducktales #scroldie #scroldie ways

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benene-the-banana · 2 years

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What are some episode ideas that never came to pass that you would have loved to see happen?

Huey Dewey and Louie reacting to Donald and Daisy dating and and exploring Daisy bonding with the boys is my main one

bcuz Im actually so fucking mad we didnt get shit with them LIKE HOW THAT SEEMED LIKE A VERY IMPORTANT DYNAMIC TO EXPLORE ESPICALLY GIVEN SHES THEIR MAIN MOM FIGURE IN MOST MEDIAS SO YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD AT LEAST SHOW HER BEING A GOOD AUNT OR SOMETHING 😭 Donald and Daisy def more of them they deserved more screentime than Scroldie tbh Flashback episodes with the boys growing up with Donald More Little Duck Twin Adventures Episodes actually showing more of Donald’s individual dynamics with Dewey and Louie. While I absolutely love Huey and Donald’s relationship and wanted more dont get me wrong I felt like the series gave them way too much focus compared to the others. Donald and Della having issues co-parenting and working through it bcuz I feel like that could def be a problem they face Uhhh I dont know what else XD

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justaboot · 1 year

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18 for the violence ask game

18 - it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

OKAY ALSO IN HONOR OF YOU LIKE? Klondike everything???

Maybe this is me, but I grew up in a city made from like, THEE biggest gold rush in North American history, so as a kid I DEEPLY hyperfixated on gold rushes and there's SO MUCH FUN STUFF TO PLAY WITH FANDOM-WISE.

YALL. THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH WAS SO INTERESTING AND COMPLICATED. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD A PERSON HAD TO WORK TO GET THERE?

33 miles of BRUTAL trail, lugging a LITERAL METRIC TON OF SUPPLIES. LIKE. THEY LITERALLY DIDN'T LET YOU INTO CANADA IF YOU WEREN'T CARRYING A METRIC TON. So a journey people thought would take days took MONTHS, because you had to go one load at time, put it down after a few miles, and go back for the next load.

And the last stretch before hitting the Canadian border? THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE

BRUTAL 45 DEGREE ANGLE CLIMB. GET FUCKED.

Finish lugging your stuff up the top? Congrats, pay duties on your METRIC TON OF SHIT YOU HAULED, and then CUT AND STRIP LOGS TO BUILD A BOAT AND RAFT DAYS TO DAWSON, AS WINTER CLOSED IN AND ICE FILLED THE RIVER.

Goldie got to Dawson before Scrooge, who hiked the trail. Assuming Scrooge hit the road as soon as possible, unless you were very wealthy, this (and other much worse paths) was the only real way at the time. Women hiked it too, in short skirts with leather leggings underneath, or in mens' trousers.

Anyway, Goldie hiked the Chilkoot Pass. I've decided.

And once you got there? GOD there's so much cool history.

GOLDIE WAS A DANCE HALL GIRL.

Once the shows were done, they'd push all the chairs aside and the men would pay to dance with the women, waltzes and square dances and such. Of COURSE Scrooge would look down on that! It's not just a waste of money to pay to see a show, but to pay for a dance! Come on! He does go in when he strikes it rich, so like...

Idk, I've got a fic brewing in my docs somewhere of Scrooge and Goldie having to go to a miner's meeting, which was a little unofficial court held by the miners to deal with petty issues, (you wanted to go for other people, so they'd be there for you), and all the men get jumpscared by Glittering Goldie showing up next to the Scottish Reclusive Asshole, filthy and wearing his pants. Someday that'll happen.

ANYWAY I JUST REALLY LIKE DAWSON'S HISTORY ITS AND KLONDIKE SCROLDIE COULD BE SO MUCH MORE THAN A CABIN IN THE MOUNTAINS.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

#HI #Ducktales #Scroldie #Scrooge Mcduck #Goldie O'gilt #My great great grandfather hiked the chilkoot trail and was a klondike sourdough #mission status SICK

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teleportzz · 3 months

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2, 8, and 11 for fandom asks!

2: a headcanon you weren't sure about at first but have come to like!

for rottmnt: nonbinary lesbian donnie! at first i did not see it at all but now i struggle to imagine him any other way.

for ducktales: sorry it's another queer headcanon but genderfluid scrooge! somebody in the group chat proposed it and gave their propaganda (I DON'T REMEMBER WHO RIP) and at first i was like 😕😕 but i couldn't stop thinking about it and now i really like it. scroldie toxic yuri is real in my head

8: you hope more people will come to appreciate ___ (a ship, a trope, an episode, etc)

for rottmnt: the fact that donnie is really bad at sports. i think it's an interesting detail and i don't see it explored super often in fan content. in particular i find it interesting that he always participates anyway and seems to have fun and genuinely give it his all, and his brothers seem to like playing with him even if he sucks. there's some good fluff fic potential in there. also the shorts/mini episodes on youtube are so neglected by the fandom

for ducktales: PENUMBRA AND LAUNCHPAD FRIENDSHIP. DELLUMBRA AND DRAKEPAD DOUBLE DATE. SEE THE VISION, PEOPLE!!

11: if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?

Fold, my first uploaded fic! It's one of the best examples of my writing that exists and I still struggle to believe I wrote it in just four days. People also seem to really like it and the validation and feedback from readers is really inspiring. 💜

Thank you for the ask! 💜

#audrey talks sometimes #audrey's askbox #ask game

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drummergirl231-2 · 2 years

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So Goldie’s been living rent-free in my head for a while.

Personally I blame the movie Forrest Gump. I got on this kick of watching first-time reactions to Forrest Gump on YouTube (and by the way, did you know you can tell a lot about a person’s heart by their first reaction to Jenny?). Some of the comments on those videos were very inciteful, too.

Anyway, I’ve noticed some similarities between Jenny and Goldie’s behavior and now I’ve constructed this whole tragic backstory for her that I don’t wanna go into too much detail about here since this is supposed to be a safe blog as relatively trigger-free as possible (speaking of, I think I’ll put a seizure trigger warning on this because of one of the gifs), but anyway I’m pretty convinced Goldie was abused as a child, which would explain...

1. Her fear of vulnerability

(Sorry, this gif doesn’t have subtitles.) There are times when Goldie starts to let her guard down with Scrooge, just a little, and then she immediately puts her walls back up. Moonstoneflowers brought this up to Frank a few years ago.

2. Her preference to be in the lead

Goldie grew up in a time when men were in charge of everything. If a man close to her had abused that power, of course she’d be uncomfortable letting a man lead anything, even dances, and she’d prefer a brand of chivalry that let her be in control.

3. Her avoidance of domestic life

Settling down would mean entrusting her life to a man. Divorce laws were stricter way back when, and women often relied on their husbands for financial security. The idea of being financially dependent and legally bound to someone for life who could wind up mistreating her the way someone else had would be terrifying to her.

4. Leaving before she can be left

Someone made a comment on YouTube about Jenny and how staying in one place for too long would force her to ruminate on her traumatic past, so she was always running from it. I can see this applying to Goldie. She also probably feels like she’s not good enough for Scrooge, and would rather leave before he can reject her and that door gets closed forever. I can also imagine her leaving asap so she doesn’t get caught, but more on her con artist side in a minute.

5. Betraying before she can be betrayed

Sometimes it feels easier for victims of abuse to keep people at a distance, and as much as Goldie seems to crave closeness, it also scares the crud out of her. Betraying isn’t only a means of financial gain to her, but a way of keeping people who start to care about her from following her, and a way to prevent being hurt again.

6. Occasional violent tendencies

Sometimes victims of abuse try to regain a sense of lost power by being abusive to others. Other times, it’s just because that was the behavior that was modelled for them and they don’t know what healthy love is supposed to look like.

7. Becoming a con artist

Single women didn’t have a ton of money-making opportunities in the Victorian era, and certainly very few that would appeal to her. I imagine she’d have run away from home at a young age, and had to start stealing to survive. She probably performed in saloons at some point (since she did in the old comics and I think that’d be a neat nod, like her performance in “The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!”), but she’d have grown uneasy as drunken men would’ve catcalled her or tried to grab her. Frustrated that even earning an honest living left her vulnerable to sleazy men, she’d go into scamming and prospecting full-time.

And then she’d meet Scrooge.

(^Favorite Scroldie screencap EVER)

I could go on and on about what likely drew them to each other... you know, besides being stuck in an iceberg and forced to stare at each other for five years... but I think what it came down to is they wanted the same thing at the time: gold. Neither of them felt any pressure to settle down from the other.

Now, Scrooge has more or less “settled down.” He still adventures, but he’s got a family that depends on him who mean more to him than anything. As for Goldie, I think after “The Forbidden Fountain of the Foreverglades!” she’s realized Scrooge is more important to her than anything else she’s been after.

It seems like after this episode, they were “back on,” so to speak, but in a long-distance relationship. That’s probably what’s most comfortable to her right now. But it was nice seeing her get to the point when she realized what she wanted was a fresh start and to be with Scrooge. I think that was a big step for her.

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