#《 which makes the focus he gets on merchandise and dvd covers kinda baffling 》

[tuesdayscanons]

<< On the topic of Danger Mouse, I get confused by the show’s handling of Penfold’s crossdressing? I can’t tell if we’re supposed to find it a funny character quirk of his or something subversive and somewhat empowering??? Also, I’m confused by the show’s occasional nod to people who ship Penfold and Danger Mouse, but then they go and try to hint at a Danger Mouse and Professor relationship??? Finally, the actual writing for the female characters is sometimes not the best, but not always. >>

《 I'm not sure about the cross-dressing (kid's shows have an odd relationship with cross-dressing in general), but the shipping isn't much of a surprise. A DM/Penfold/Squawkencluck poly relationship is technically possible but you know the show won't go through with that. My theory is that they want to give fan service nods to the popular gay ship but don't want to anger heteronormative parents, so they use the one major woman character as ship bait. As much as I ship Fessie with DM on this blog (fun fact: I originally picked her up as a muse because a mutual needed a Professor to ship with), it still bothers me how Fessie seems to exist to help/be shipped with DM for the most part. Not like she doesn't get characterization and whatnot, but she tends to be put in the sidelines a lot of the time. And is it just me or does the show portray her as a wet blanket/nag when she's pretty justified in not wanting DM messing with her inventions without her consent? Or does the show want to portray DM as foolish, irresponsible, and inconsiderate? Not the best look for the main character, is it? 》

#ooc tag #answered #《 I'm not sure if the show was meant to have fleshed out characterization considering it's mainly comedic 》 #《 and Fessie gets her moments to shine 》 #《 but i still can't help but want to learn more 》 #《 i know the show is mainly about how cool DM is...they say as much in the theme song 》 #《 but then they introduce interesting side characters and never use them to their full potential 》 #《 maybe i haven't seen enough episodes but i don't even know much about the colonel as a person 》 #《 like he could potentially be interesting and he should have some character in theory...he's popular enough to warrant plushies 》 #《 but he never really left an impression on me 》 #《 which makes the focus he gets on merchandise and dvd covers kinda baffling 》 #《 also...i lowkey think Fessie/Danger Moth is a cute ship despite not having seen them interact 》 #《 but no one writes Danger Moth sooooo *shrug* 》 #《 the DM rp community in general is kinda empty and inactive 》