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a little more information regarding the maui wildfires:
medical workers on the ground are describing finding hundreds of bodies. the current death toll in the media is, unfortunately, only a fraction of the reality
hospital workers are describing injuries and trauma as if survivors had come out of a warzone
thousands are still missing
an apartment complex for the elderly was lost. not everyone could get out. people were saying goodbye to loved ones over the phone
people who did get out of lahaina were leaving with ashes covering their faces and nothing but the clothes on their backs. people are losing everything.
hotels are still operating. hotels are still operating. they are not the ones offering shelters or housing or food. even bowling alleys are offering shelter, but hotels have the audacity to build on burial sites but not open their doors to local families who have lost everything.
donate to maui united way, the maui food bank, mutual aid, and maui humane society
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Today the island of Maui in Hawaii suffered an absolutely devastating fire that destroyed much of the city of Lahaina. The historic business district is gone. Please keep the people of Maui in your thoughts.
https://mauifoodbank.org/donate/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=reply&utm_campaign=1689387744542523393
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but as a creator -
I am fine with "the audience" -
downloading my fics
printing my fics
copy/pasting or screenshotting my fics
sharing your saved copy of my fics with anyone else who might want them in the unlikely but never impossible case that my fics are no longer available on ao3
making a book of my fic(s) and running your fingers across the pages while lovingly whispering my precioussss
doing these things with anything I create for fandom, such as meta, headcanons, au nonsense like 'texts from the brodinsons,' etc
I am not fine with "the audience"
doing any of the above with the purpose/intent of plagiarizing my work or passing it off as their own in any capacity
feeding my work into ai for any reason whatsoever
Save the fandom things. Preserve the fandom things. Respect the fandom things.
Enjoy the fandom things.
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y'all, the OP on the Barbie breakup headlines post going around right now is a TERF. Please, I beg you, go into your preferences and blacklist common TERF tags like 'terfs please interact' and 'radfem safe' so you are less likely to platform TERFs. :/
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HDLW Raised By Their Duck Cousins Counterparts AU Links
I need a better/shorter name for this AU, if anyone has any suggestions let me know.
First post/Background info and such
Ask- how would season 1 play out in regards to Lena and Magica […]?
Ask- Was Beakley ever angry with Scrooge, Does Donald know Scrooge tried to save Della, Does Dewey try to investigate Della […]?
Ask- How did Woo-oo go with Dewey being the only kid in the mansion […]?
How The House of the Lucky Gander went
Ask- How McMystery at McDuck McManor went
Ask- How do Gyro and Dewey interact since Dewey grew up in the mansion?
How The Depths of Cousin Fethry went
How The Beagle Birthday Massacre went
How Whatever Happened to Della Duck went
Ask- How Day Trip of Doom went, does friendship magic still exist, how do Della and Fethry make clothes in their isolated situations?
Ask- How The Last Crash of the Sunchaser went
Ask- How The Shadow War Part 1 went
How The Golden Spear went
Ask- How The Last Christmas went
Ask- How The Shadow War Part 2 went
How Nothing Can Stop Della Duck went
How Friendship Hates Magic went
I’ll update this with links to any new posts that have important information as they’re posted!
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How Friendship Hates Magic would go in my “HDLW grow up with their Duck Cousins counterparts” AU (It is recommended that you read What Ever Happened to Della Duck (link to post), The Golden Spear (link to post), and Nothing Can Stop Della Duck (link to post) first for the Webby introductions because she is in this one):
The episode starts with Dewey taking Webby to the library •  When discussing their lives the Shadow Wars (Part 1, Part 2) were brought up and Dewey told her about Lena and how she had become a shadow and he showed her the books he had gotten to research ways to bring her back •  Webby asked if she could help him and he immediately agreed because he rarely gets to spend time with kids his age
Neither of them notices that Dewey’s shadow seems to have glowing eyes on occasion
Lena follows them around, boredly narrating Dewey’s routine although clearly bothered by the fact that Webby’s there now •  She makes several vague threats of what will happen if Webby is lying about who she is and where she’s been and tries to hurt Dewey since they were practically like brother and sister before she got banished to the shadow realm, but of course neither of the younger ducks can hear her •  Important Note: Lena and Dewey are 1000000% platonic in this, they see each other more as siblings. Any jealousy Lena shows towards Webby and Violet in this is purely because she doesn’t want them taking her place as Dewey’s best friend. He was her first friend and the first person to show her that how Magica treated her was wrong so she’s a bit possessive. Same reason for why she’s possessive of Webby in the show (although I know some people view them as romantic which is why I’m making it clear that here she and Dewey are platonic)
They go to ask for the book, finding Quackfaster working there, and Lena attempts to convince herself Dewey that she’ll be fine in the shadow realm
Quackfaster says they can’t have the book since someone else has already checked it out and points them to a purple hummingbird sitting at a nearby desk
Webby, without hesitation, goes to try and introduce herself only to be stopped by the girl putting up her hand, finishing her page, and finally putting the book down to see what Webby wants
She points out that the book is written in Ancient Syriac and might be a little advanced
To which the girl responds with “So am I,” in perfect Ancient Syriac
Dewey gasps and runs over and, in Ancient Syriac says, “You speak Ancient Syriac? Me, too! Along with Conversational Akkadian.” •  Scrooge and Beakley had several old language books laying around and Dewey was barely allowed out of the manor for the first ten years of his life so he had a lot of time to pick up the languages •  Although, his speech is slightly less coherent that Webby’s is in the show
The girl confirms she knows it and pulls out some old Norse and Dewey responds in kind
Webby jumps in with, “I know some Moon Landrian!” and gets some confused looks before the other girl just nods, and stands to introduce herself to Dewey and Webby •  I don’t know if the Moon Landers have a language in the show or what it’s called so I’ve decided they do and it’s Moon Landrian
Violet instantly recognizes Dewey as Turbo Dewford Duck of McDuck Manor, trusted companion in many of Scrooge McDuck’s adventures and his great nephew to boot
Dewey instantly confirms and asks if she’s a fan before remembering Webby and introducing her as, “Webbigail Vanderquack of McDuck Manor, trusted companion of his mother Della Duck while on the moon.
”Webby tacks on “Granddaughter of the Housekeeper.” at the end
Lena is immediately suspicious and wants to just grab the book and go, and is only made more suspicious when Violet starts asking about Dewey’s experiences with the supernatural
Lena is especially not happy when they end up planning a sleepover
Beakley is glad for a quiet night in with her tea when Webby and Dewey come bouncing into the dining room to tell her all about their sleepover
She’s happy that Dewey is getting back onto the friendship horse and that both of them are making more friends outside of each other
She’s especially impressed given how Dewey’s previous sleepovers have ended in magic fights
Dewey start to get nervous and Lena hopes that he’ll reconsider and cancel the sleepover with Violet, but Webby says that those sound awesome but she’s sure it will totally be fine this time and they’ll just make sure it’s a completely normal sleepover
She then immediately asks what a normal sleepover entails leading to Dewey panicking and deciding that they need to hide anything mystical, cursed, or adventurous
Beakley assures them that they should just be themselves, and Dewey says that unlike her they need friends •  This leads to the Beakley and Launchpad subplot that I’m not going to cover since it’s essentially the same and also it’s been half an hour since I started and I’m barely five minutes into the episode
Webby and Dewey finished hiding anything strange in Dewey’s room in the attic when they hear the doorbell and rush to get it before Ducksworth because, Ghost Butler
They invite Violet in and Webby is very interested in the pie (she grew up on black licorice gum), Lena however thinks Violet is up to something
When they get to Dewey’s, very empty, room Violet tells them about Tulpas •  “Manifestations of powerful emotions–hatred, jealousy, greed. They live in a dark realm adjacent to our reality.”
She explains that it’s the best explanation she has for what happened during the Shadow War
Dewey quickly interrupts and suggests they play Baggle
Violet points out that she’s here to review the book and Webby points out that they have plenty of time for books and they should play a game or do icebreakers since it’s a sleepover
Violet agrees and instantly asks what they know about Magica DeSpell and the Shadow War
Lena takes Violet asking about Magica as proof she can’t be trusted, but Dewey suggests makeovers to change the subject
Violet points out his weird behavior when it comes to the supernatural and Dewey grabs both of their hands and says that they have sparkles which gets Webby excited enough to help pull Violet along with them for the makeovers
When they leave Lena finds Magica’s amulet in Violets bag and runs to warn Dewey
She finds the three of them doing special effects makeup •  Violet and Webby have their Rakshasa and beaten up looks from the show, Dewey has a sort of zombie thing going on (I honestly don’t know so if anyone else has any ideas for his look let me know)
Violet says she thinks her fangs are off-kilter and Dewey says it’s because he has a crooked fang from a poker brawl and he has proof before realizing he said to much
Violet asks where and Webby panics and says “definitely not in the attic” •  Unfortunately Lena starts to wonder if Webby meant to say that and is actually working with Violet because why would she share her secrets
Violet runs off towards the attic and Dewey and Webby follow with Lena protesting that it’s a trap
Webby asks if Violet is weirded out by all the magical stuff but Violet says it’s fascinating and that she thinks there’s an ectoplasmic aura coming from Dewey’s friendship bracelet
Lena sees Violet touching it and runs over to try and push her hand away but of course she just falls right through them
Dewey quickly assures her that it’s nothing and takes the bracelet off and hides it in his pocket
Violet, Webby, and Dewey decide to play Rune-Baggle and Lena decides to try to use the runes to communicate with Dewey
After Violet repeats an incantation causing the runes to glow Lena attempts to hit them across the room and is shocked to find that it works
Dewey suggests it was nothing but the runes start to move as Lena arranges them
Violet tries to read the runes but Dewey isn’t as quick to jump to that, only moving to translate when Webby asks him about certain parts
Lena is very frustrated and starts thinking that Violet and Webby are either intentionally trying to distract Dewey from the obvious “Don’t Trust Her” message or they’re just giants nerds
Violet has the three of them kneel and hold hands which only makes Lena more upset
However Lena is quickly distracted by spirits beginning to form
She grabs a sheet and tries to use that to communicate but they can’t hear her and assume that she’s an evil spirit summoned by them
Violet tries to attack but is thrown off and into her bag, knocking the amulet free while Lena tries to get Dewey to see what's happening
Violet shoots magic at Lena and reveals her for just long enough for her to call out Dewey’s name
He sees Violet with the amulet  and tackles her to demand to know where she got it
Violet explains how she found it during the Shadow War and how it sparked an interest in the supernatural
She’s asks if they’ve ever felt sheltered when there was something just out of reach and Dewey and Webby each think back to their lonely childhoods spent listening to the stories of the incredible feats that their guardians did before they were born
Lena isn’t happy that Dewey is buying Violet’s spiel but Dewey just tells her not to mess with the amulet since he’s already lost one friend to the Shadow Realm
Webby puts a hand on his shoulder in an effort to comfort and Lena puts one on the hand holding the amulet
Violet suggests that they might be able to bring Lena back using Magica’s amulet
Dewey and Webby agree to try it after a quick shared glance
The trio set up candles for the ritual and sit in the middle of them holding hands with the amulet between them
Lena tries to tell Dewey that Violet’s using him, and she should know, but the amulet starts to levitate and flies into her chest as more spirits form and take the shape of Magica, taunting her
The spirits surround the trio and Lena panics and grabs their joined hands in an attempt to warn Dewey that it’s a trap
The three are pulled into the Shadow Realm and Dewey tackles Lena into a hug when he sees her
Unfortunately Violet and Webby have to break up the reunion on account of all the Tulpas in the form of Magica drawing nearer
Dewey pulls away to try to introduce Lena to the other two but Lena interrupts and accuses them both of being spies and thieves and trying to replace her while the Tulpas surround them
Lena tells Violet and Webby to get away from Dewey only for the Tulpas to take Lena’s form and drag Dewey away from them
Lena, Violet, and Webby run after them and Lena blames Violet, saying that if she hadn’t meddled with magic Dewey would still be safe
Violet points out that the Tulpas are manifestations of great desire to which Lena says it’s Violet’s desire for magical power
Violet shoots back that it could be Lena’s desire not to be forgotten by Dewey and that the Tulpas took Lena’s form
A Tulpa attacks them and Violet says that they’re manifestations of Lena’s jealousy and want to keep Dewey with her
Lena admits that might be the case but tries to keep arguing only for Webby to interject with the fact that even if they have nothing in common they do all care about Dewey, just as he calls for help
Lena and Violet call a truce to chase after him with Webby
The Tulpas try to take him out the door and Violets says that if he leaves the manor they might never get him back
Lena says not on her watch and grabs Violet and Webby’s hands
She begins an incantation:                     “With the hands of my friend’s friends,                      We bring bitter jealousy to its ends.”
The amulet seems to glow in Lena’s chest and Violet and Webby join in and the three walk towards Dewey and the Tulpas as the Shadow Realm seems to fade into the normal world behind them
Dewey’s bracelet starts to glow in his pocket and causes the Shadow Realm to dissipate behind him as well
As the realm fades away it starts to take Lena with it
Dewey starts to tear up and Lena grabs his hand
He reaches out to Violet and Webby and the four join hands and are surrounded by a blue glow as the bracelet rises from Dewey’s pocket and circles them, creating blue smoke clouds
When the smoke dissipates Lena is standing there, back in her normal form and Dewey pulls them all into a group hug
The four return to their sleepover as Lena explains where she’s been
Dewey says that he’s got his old best friend and his new best friends, Webby says they’ve got pie •  The poor girl grew up on black licorice gum she deserves to get excited over pie. And yes, I know I’m the reason she grew up on it, shut up.
I spent nearly two hours on this Jesus Christ. So, the first post I ever made for this AU was made August 1st, 2020, so nearly three years ago. And the post I made for how The House of the Lucky Gander went (link to post) was made August 12th, 2020, so also nearly three years ago and I’ve left them on a cliffhanger for that whole time, but now I only have to get through What Ever Happened to Donald Duck before I can finally do [REDACTED] and I am very excited for both of those things so I am going to try to get there before August 12th this year so you all can finally learn what happened to Louie and Gladstone. I’d also like to do Doomsday Vault sometime since that episode would be extremely different since I left Della on the moon. I am genuinely sorry that it’s taken this long to get here, but as I’ve stated in a previous post the “how __________ would go in my HDLW grow up with their Duck Cousins counterparts AU would go” post take insanely long and a lot of energy because I watch the whole episode and pause for bullet points so that I don’t miss anything. Also, if you are someone who sent me an ask god knows how long ago, I’ve seen it, I know it’s there, I just didn’t have the energy to answer it when I got it and by the time that I did have the energy I had forgotten about them. Hopefully I’ll be able to go through and answer as many asks as I can. And if anyone wants to send me one now, feel free to but it might take me some time to get to it depending on the question.
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hey so disney dropped a couple lego duplo sets for their 100th and they dropped one that’s like. a hangout for the disney princesses which is super cute but like
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these gals??? are not in the official disney princess lineup??
like mirabel COULD get added in the future but tink, wendy and alice aren't in the princess lineup? technically neither are elsa and anna but semantics
the other crossover stuff they have is like, normal crossover stuff- disney castle, disney parade, etc. this one sticks out to me as having characters outside the DP franchise in what's obviously a DP-focused product.
am i missing something is this a treehouse in the disney parks??? or do you think like. disney's looking to add more classic gals to the DP brand???? cause if they do and i dont get esmeralda im rioting
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don’t forget during the WGA strike that animation is not covered under the WGA deals and as a result animation has gotten the shortest possible end of the stick in under-staffing, under-paying, and generally turning the field into gig employment.
please sign the petition here for Disney to recognize animation production workers as a union and reblog this post!
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I love tumblr because you’ll see a beautiful poetic text post cross your dash saying something like “when two characters loathe each other but only because they perceive the self in the other, a jagged reflection whose gaze they cannot meet. They circle one another eternally like spiral galaxies, and neither will ever be able to admit that they understand the other better than anyone else they’ve ever known🌌”
And then you read the tags your mutual put on it and they’re “#SO true #this is Glomgold and Scrooge McDuck fr🥺” and you have to go about your day and deal with that
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Donald Duck Goes To Group Therapy For His Debilitating Executive Dysfunction And It’s Just Played Completely Straight For Like Four Pages Like What
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How Friendship Hates Magic went
HDLW Raised By Their Duck Cousins Counterparts AU Links
I need a better/shorter name for this AU, if anyone has any suggestions let me know.
First post/Background info and such
Ask- how would season 1 play out in regards to Lena and Magica […]?
Ask- Was Beakley ever angry with Scrooge, Does Donald know Scrooge tried to save Della, Does Dewey try to investigate Della […]?
Ask- How did Woo-oo go with Dewey being the only kid in the mansion […]?
How The House of the Lucky Gander went
Ask- How McMystery at McDuck McManor went
Ask- How do Gyro and Dewey interact since Dewey grew up in the mansion?
How The Depths of Cousin Fethry went
How The Beagle Birthday Massacre went
How Whatever Happened to Della Duck went
Ask- How Day Trip of Doom went, does friendship magic still exist, how do Della and Fethry make clothes in their isolated situations?
Ask- How The Last Crash of the Sunchaser went
Ask- How The Shadow War Part 1 went
How The Golden Spear went
Ask- How The Last Christmas went
Ask- How The Shadow War Part 2 went
How Nothing Can Stop Della Duck went
I’ll update this with links to any new posts that have important information as they’re posted!
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How Nothing Can Stop Della Duck would go in my “HDLW grow up with their Duck Cousins counterparts” AU (This is Part 3  of Webby’s introduction, Part 1 is Whatever Happened To Della Duck which you find right here, and Part 2 is The Golden Spear which you can find right here):
We open with Donald rushing Webby to McDuck Manor
Inside the Manor Scrooge and Dewey are preparing to set of on yet another adventure with the help of a map drawn by The Cartographer’s Quill
Scrooge opens the door just as Donald reaches it, shouting for them to get Beakley
He drops the quill from the shock of the girl in Della’s jacket
Dewey runs and gets Beakley
The adults end up kicking Dewey out to “discuss things” while Beakley, using the medical training I’m sure she got as a spy (because I don’t feel putting a doctor here and risk forgetting about them), checks the girl over
Donald tells them about the Spear of Selene and what the girl said about “her Aunt Della” and her name being “Webby” •   The similarity between “Webby” and “Webbigail” is not lost on them
They decide that they’ll go and check the crash in the morning
Beakley tells them that she’ll stay with Webby to make sure she remains stable
The next morning Webby wakes up, and after a very big breakfast (almost your whole life of nothing but licorice flavored gum and then whatever food the Moonlanders had that was safe for ducks to eat results in being very hungry), she fills them in on how her and Della had crashed on the Moon (including Della losing her leg), how Della had raised her, how they’d spent all of their time trying to get back, how Penumbra and Lunaris found them and how the Moonlanders helped them rebuild the ship, and how Della had jumped out of the Spear at the last second
The others of course have plenty of questions for her, and she has plenty of her own, including, “Where are Jet and Rebel?”
They, of course fill her in on the events of The House of The Lucky Gander and The Depths of Cousin Fethry
Beakley announces that her and Donald are going to search the Spear of Selene and that Webby and Dewey are to stay at the Manor
They try to convince her to let them tag along, especially Webby who really want to get to know her super cool spy grandma, but Beakley doesn’t budge
Dewey offers to give Webby a tour of the mansion and the two wander around and exchange stories about their lives
When they reach the garage Webby starts talking about feeling a little blocked out by Mrs. Beakley, and ends up kicking the Gargantuan Gilded Man which accidentally activates it
The Gilded Man attacks them and they attempt to fight back, with Webby grabbing an umbrella from a nearby stand and jamming it into a knee joint
The brief injury to the statue results in Webby deciding that the best way to prove herself to Beakley is to defeat the Gilded Man, just like Della did
Scrooge hears the commotion and bursts into the room to check whats wrong
The Gilded Man removes the umbrella and makes another swing at the kids, who declare that they’ve got everything under control •   They do not, in fact, have everything under control
Scrooge jumps into the fight as the animatronic advances on the children only for it to snap his cane like a twig
While looking for weapons, Dewey knocks something over resulting in a jeep being crushed and the car alarm going off
The Gilded Man tries to cover his ears to block out the sound
And Scrooge rushes to the kids and pulls them behind a large disk
“OK, here’s the plan: I’ll stall him, you guys go get Donald and my grandma so she can see me beat this monster and prove I’m a good granddaughter!”
Scrooge stops the alarm with his keys and asks Webby what makes her think she isn’t a good granddaughter
She explains how she’s been feeling like Beakley has been nothing but cold to her since her arrival
Scrooge explains that it’s just a big change and they all need time to adjust and figure out how to function
The statue finds their hiding place, forcing them to run, and the three escape from the under the garage door, leading the Gargantuan Gilded Man outside
Donald and Beakley arrive just in time to see it try to grab Excalibur while chasing Scrooge, Dewey, and Webby
Mrs. Beakley declares that “Only the One True King of England can wield that sword!” and the monster simply rips the whole stand from the ground knocks her out
Webby grabs Dewey’s grappling hook and manages to get the line wrapped around the sword and ties the other end to part of a stone wall, ripping the weapon from the statues hand
Webby climbs up the robots body as Dewey and Donald go to check on Beakley
Webby, remembering Della’s stories about defeating it the first time, dives into the space between its “collarbone” and neck
She crawls through mechanics towards a glowing red gem and yanks it out of place causing the Gilded Man to freeze and shut down
She climbs her way back out and victoriously holds the gem aloft
Dewey cheers as Donald helps Mrs. Beakley up as the older woman comes to
Beakley sees Webby holding the gem as she scrambles down and asks if she got it by herself
Webby tells her that she did and Beakley says that that’s very impressive
And then proceeds to tell her that it was also very dangerous and next time she should let an adult handle it rather than put herself in harm's way
So… long time no post, am I right? I am honestly so so sorry about that, especially because I know I’ve kind of left you all hanging in terms of Louie and Gladstone and [REDACTED] and all that. I am planning on doing Whatever Happened To Donald Duck and Friendship Hates Magic (not necessarily in that order) next, and would like to get through those two and The Moonvasion before I lose motivation again. My sincerest apologies if you’re one of the people who sent me an ask god knows how long ago, I will hopefully try and answer the ones that I can soon. If anyone does have any questions about the AU or anything else (within reason of course) feel free to send it, although I can’t guarantee how soon it’ll be answered. And as I’ve said, I also probably won’t be answering any “how would [episode] go?” asks as they take a long time (just this post took me almost an hour since I watch the episode and pause to write the bullet points as I go), but still do feel free to send them, maybe I’ll get hit with inspiration, or maybe I’ll answer some other day when I have the time.
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I love my blue and red boys
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One thing I've seen over on Twitter is a concern I wanted to share. Another reason anti logic and rhetoric is dangerous is because antis know fiction isn't solid enough proof to call someone a pedophile. So, something I've seen is minors playing fucking to catch a predator and trying to flirt with people they believe to be pedophiles to prove they're into actual children.
Yall. Read those words.
Actual minors are going out of their way to flirt with people they believe are pedophiles.
And I've seen nothing but praise from adult antis, just saying "see? SEE? I knew they were bad and gross. See, pro shippers? Now you HAVE to admit all of you are like this."
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Society if we let cartoon creators do whatever the fuck they wanted
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ducktales crew: lol okay so then we wanna introduce our silicon valley villain, we’re gonna call him mark zuckerbird and-
disney legal team waking up in a cold sweat: someone’s gonna try to insult a billionaire 
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