Heya! So, As Mentioned In The Tags Of My Most Recent Art Post, Ive Finally Gotten Around To Watching

Heya! So, as mentioned in the tags of my most recent art post, I’ve finally gotten around to watching Ducktales (2017)!

Tonight, I just watched The Golden Spear! (Season 2, Episode 11), and as much as I love Della’s mission to come back home, I’m also HUGELY freaking out over Ducktales finally showing molting!

Google’s Definition:

Molting; (of an animal) shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.

I LOVE it when ducks do duck things!! A quick elaboration — I love it when animators and writers take the time to add basic quirks from real life animals and add it to the animated character. In a way, I believe it makes the character more “real” and it’s honestly so satisfying to see.

Just got out of a lake for a swim? Rapidly shake to get rid of the water sitting on your feathers. Are you super excited to see someone/something? The tail is wagging super fast because you can’t contain it!! When given certain feral aspects, I really think that it makes the character more whole. From humans, we can expect regular, or overexaggerated behaviour. However, if you see a character do a small quirk, like Dolores (From Encanto) walking quietly as to avoid too much noise, then it’s a quirk that adds to their persona. It works for animated ducks just as well!

Some quick Google searching can tell you that ducks molt because they’re shedding old feathers to create new ones, just like how a lizard sheds its old skin to create newer, healthier skin. By molting feathers, it helps to replace damaged feathers that could negatively affect the insulation and water resistance they provide. Plus, newer feathers have brighter colours, which aids in finding new mates.

However, this episode focuses on stress molting. I’ve tried looking around for some information, but it appears I’d have to do some deeper research if I’d want to get into specific causes from the body itself. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time to do that right now. The way I think of stress molting is like when humans lose their hair because of stress — It’s just a natural reaction to a stressful environment. However, I don’t know the different sciences behind each stress molt, so I’m not sure there’s any connection. It’s just seemingly similar circumstances to me.

Anyways, the point I’ve been building up to here is that while I’m sad that Donald is overly stressed in this episode to the point where he molts, I’m ecstatic that they’re finally including features like these! In my free time (and admittedly some of my not-so-free time), I’ve had a lot of ideas about how molting would work for Disney ducks. So now that I get to actually see evidence of it occurring canonically, it’s really exciting!! I have a ton of questions that I wish I could find out the canonical answers to. For example: Do ducks isolate when they molt, or is it so common that the public is unbothered? Maybe they try to cover up exposed skin? When molting, would there be any factors that could affect the mood of the molting duck? Things like that, plus simpler ones like if a duck is molting, would they keep some of their feathers for sentimental value? Even if I don’t get the answers to these, there’s always headcanons.

It doesn’t stop at molting, though. I also have a soft spot for when the characters make reference to their bodily features, like their tail or their bill, like it’s just everyday talk. That’s because it is for them! They’re anthro ducks!

“I’m freezin’ me tail feathers off!” - Glomgold

This is from Raiders of the Doomsday Vault (Season 2, Episode 13), and I’m crazy about it already. I can’t wait to see what else the upcoming episodes hold in store!

WARNING!!!!

People, please be careful. There are also people tracking children and people and putting bids on them based on their profile pictures on whatsapp, tracking and kidnapping them. Especially young children, so please be cautious, especially parents who have their children as their profile pictures.

Please pass this on to everyone so that they are aware of the danger. I don’t how it is all around the world but I know it can’t just be here so please please spread the word. Thank you.

I’m feeling rather zany today. So are they.

Huh, so that’s why they never bend the gold frame of Griffin’s glasses

Read my story below.

Team Fortress 2.

One of the best games I have ever played, and undoubtedly a community that I am proud to be a part of.

I was first introduced to TF2 by my brother, who, at the time, played it nonstop. This was over 5 years ago by now.

I remember he was the spy. I asked him why his character’s hand looked weird. He told me about the classes and their abilities, and even if I didn’t know it then, I was hooked.

TF2’s community back when I began to play brought me a great mix a joy and pain. I felt joyous that I made friends, but I somehow always managed to meet the wrong people. I joined toxic groups, I got bullied, etc..

So you have no idea how much it warms my heart that the community is coming together to partake in this protest.

There is more love in the community than ever before. The kindness I’ve been shown in-game never fails to melt my heart ❤️ My favourite part of the game would have to be the Friendlies. The fact that we can all get together, have fun, joke around with bugs and exploits in the game.. It’s amazing! I love that I get to make new friends, and that I’m able to introduce others to this amazing game. I never get bored of it — It feels like every match is a whole new experience, yet familiar all the same.

The bots, however, are beginning to taint that. It’s high time they address this issue again. The official Tf2 account has responded on Twitter to this protest, and I’m very excited to get an update on where they go from here!

Please, if you can, share your story with Tf2. Help save the community. Help save the game.

#savetf2

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