Oh, sweet Agony (Prisoner of White Agony, that is)
My copy of The Life and Times of $crooge McDuck Companion came today while I was at work! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGSQUEEEEEEEEEE!!!
It's awesome. Really, really, squee-inducingly awesome.
*hyperventillates*
Okay, coherency. Or at least an attempt at it.
It's not perfect, of course--I didn't expect it to be. Nothing can ever match the literally 19 years of expectations and daydreaming that I've built up in my head. Especially not something that has to be actually published, since:
A.) Probably nobody but me would want a long story all about the quiet, romantic, day-to-day moments in which they have engrossing conversations about their lives and feelings. Heh. Disney comics aren't too apt to have extended character studies without some kind of action, after all. That sort of inner psychological depth was hinted at quite well, though, with Scrooge going on about his childhood and family debt and such, early in the story. In a novel I'd expect pages of that sort of interaction, plus information on Goldie's backstory. I would really have liked a hint about her past, her parents, origin, etc., but since Barks gave no indication whatsoever about that Rosa didn't want to extrapolate too much. Plus, like I said, too much exposition kills a comic book.
B.) It has to clear the Disney censors. *snicker*
Although, Rosa certainly didn't disappoint me with the innuendo. The *ahem* directions Scrooge gave Goldie as to how to get past the mammoth in the ice cave ("between the legs" -- Goldie: o_0 ?!?!?!) were great, although that was actually one line I'd had spoiled for me in a weak moment of websurfing. Google and Babelfish didn't exactly tell me the context, just that there was a racy line with that phrase in it. Oh well, I hadn't seen the look on Goldie's face when he said that, which totally destroyed me. XD
The waterfall rescue actually made me "squee" out loud. Really. My parents can verify that an actual "squee" noise emerged from me. LOL! The way her hair moves, her thoughts about him, the way he holds her as they get caught on the rope...*dreamy sigh* It was awesome.
Like many other fans whose opinions I read online (poorly translated by Babelfish), I wished there had been less of Wyatt Earp and company, but then any panel that didn't have Scrooge and/or Goldie in it would have seemed like a waste to me, so I'm not exactly unbiased. I can forgive their presence, however, for two reasons. One, that incredible kiss that Goldie distracted Scrooge with to keep him from getting mugged, and two, the line the judge spouts at the end, about how what's going on in that cabin isn't illegal anywhere, thank goodness. *falls over, giggling madly* OMG, priceless. Just freaking awesome.
Who knew $&G had a food fetish? Bwahaha!
Snow melting off the roof...holy subtle steaminess, Batman!
Backing up slightly, the domestic scene with Goldie making breakfast was absolutely adorable. Is it wrong to wish they got to recreate that moment every morning for decades to come? Mrs. McDuck has such a nice ring to it.
Backing up even more, the panels of Goldie looking into the strongbox and seeing what Scrooge had spent so much time looking at when he didn't know she was watching--her own curl of hair--were, in my opinion, the best frames in the story, and among the best of her, ever. The panel in the bottom-right, of her looking into the sunset, is gorgeous. Just incredible.
Comparing "Prisoner" to my own fanfic, there were a few bits that Rosa and I imagined similarly.
I had also figured Scrooge let Goldie have the bed (at least at first, until they started sharing it, heh...) I had him sleeping on the floor while Rosa stuck him in the firewood hamper...either works just fine.
The scene of Goldie getting ready for bed was really cool, showing her taking off her necklace and stuff. Just a little bit realism that I liked.
We also agreed that the moment shown in Barks' original "Back to the Klondike" where he attempts to pay her for her work and she throws the coins back in his face is a key moment in their relationship. That's sort of the turning point in which all that had passed before was left behind, and the future would keep them apart. I played it out in my fic that she was deeply insulted at the thought that he was paying her for, er, helping to melt the snow off the roof. *snerk* Rosa obviously can't work from that angle, exactly, but the same sort of "I thought we were past this sort of thing" feeling is there. After all they'd been through, he was still harping on about her debt and compound interest and all that garbage. It was the last thing she wanted to think about right then, I'm sure.
Poor Goldie, she finally finds her soulmate and when he should be proposing or at least swearing his undying affection, he's calculating her salary as if she were a mere employee. I'd be pissed, too. ;)
And I'm probably reading way more into it than was intended, but what Scrooge says at the end, about it being "dangerous" for her to stay any longer...I know there's the "danger" of falling even deeper in love, something neither of them really had expected or planned on, and the "danger" to their respective reputations (such as they are), and the "danger" of wild animals (as Scrooge so unconvincingly cited), but I wonder... The "danger" of the pitter-patter of little webbed feet is a consideration, too. ;) If the, er, "snow removal" activity continued, that sort of consequence would be expected eventually. This is 1898, there aren't too many options to prevent that sort of thing. Just a thought, and probably way more R-rated than the esteemed Mr. Rosa intended. Then again, he's seen my fanart; he knows the strange, twisted place that is my brain. *cackle*
In conclusion, I loved the story, I wasn't disappointed, it was worth waiting for, and I'm a squeeing puddle of fangirly bliss.
Scrooge and Goldie OTP!!!
It's awesome. Really, really, squee-inducingly awesome.
*hyperventillates*
Okay, coherency. Or at least an attempt at it.
It's not perfect, of course--I didn't expect it to be. Nothing can ever match the literally 19 years of expectations and daydreaming that I've built up in my head. Especially not something that has to be actually published, since:
A.) Probably nobody but me would want a long story all about the quiet, romantic, day-to-day moments in which they have engrossing conversations about their lives and feelings. Heh. Disney comics aren't too apt to have extended character studies without some kind of action, after all. That sort of inner psychological depth was hinted at quite well, though, with Scrooge going on about his childhood and family debt and such, early in the story. In a novel I'd expect pages of that sort of interaction, plus information on Goldie's backstory. I would really have liked a hint about her past, her parents, origin, etc., but since Barks gave no indication whatsoever about that Rosa didn't want to extrapolate too much. Plus, like I said, too much exposition kills a comic book.
B.) It has to clear the Disney censors. *snicker*
Although, Rosa certainly didn't disappoint me with the innuendo. The *ahem* directions Scrooge gave Goldie as to how to get past the mammoth in the ice cave ("between the legs" -- Goldie: o_0 ?!?!?!) were great, although that was actually one line I'd had spoiled for me in a weak moment of websurfing. Google and Babelfish didn't exactly tell me the context, just that there was a racy line with that phrase in it. Oh well, I hadn't seen the look on Goldie's face when he said that, which totally destroyed me. XD
The waterfall rescue actually made me "squee" out loud. Really. My parents can verify that an actual "squee" noise emerged from me. LOL! The way her hair moves, her thoughts about him, the way he holds her as they get caught on the rope...*dreamy sigh* It was awesome.
Like many other fans whose opinions I read online (poorly translated by Babelfish), I wished there had been less of Wyatt Earp and company, but then any panel that didn't have Scrooge and/or Goldie in it would have seemed like a waste to me, so I'm not exactly unbiased. I can forgive their presence, however, for two reasons. One, that incredible kiss that Goldie distracted Scrooge with to keep him from getting mugged, and two, the line the judge spouts at the end, about how what's going on in that cabin isn't illegal anywhere, thank goodness. *falls over, giggling madly* OMG, priceless. Just freaking awesome.
Who knew $&G had a food fetish? Bwahaha!
Snow melting off the roof...holy subtle steaminess, Batman!
Backing up slightly, the domestic scene with Goldie making breakfast was absolutely adorable. Is it wrong to wish they got to recreate that moment every morning for decades to come? Mrs. McDuck has such a nice ring to it.
Backing up even more, the panels of Goldie looking into the strongbox and seeing what Scrooge had spent so much time looking at when he didn't know she was watching--her own curl of hair--were, in my opinion, the best frames in the story, and among the best of her, ever. The panel in the bottom-right, of her looking into the sunset, is gorgeous. Just incredible.
Comparing "Prisoner" to my own fanfic, there were a few bits that Rosa and I imagined similarly.
I had also figured Scrooge let Goldie have the bed (at least at first, until they started sharing it, heh...) I had him sleeping on the floor while Rosa stuck him in the firewood hamper...either works just fine.
The scene of Goldie getting ready for bed was really cool, showing her taking off her necklace and stuff. Just a little bit realism that I liked.
We also agreed that the moment shown in Barks' original "Back to the Klondike" where he attempts to pay her for her work and she throws the coins back in his face is a key moment in their relationship. That's sort of the turning point in which all that had passed before was left behind, and the future would keep them apart. I played it out in my fic that she was deeply insulted at the thought that he was paying her for, er, helping to melt the snow off the roof. *snerk* Rosa obviously can't work from that angle, exactly, but the same sort of "I thought we were past this sort of thing" feeling is there. After all they'd been through, he was still harping on about her debt and compound interest and all that garbage. It was the last thing she wanted to think about right then, I'm sure.
Poor Goldie, she finally finds her soulmate and when he should be proposing or at least swearing his undying affection, he's calculating her salary as if she were a mere employee. I'd be pissed, too. ;)
And I'm probably reading way more into it than was intended, but what Scrooge says at the end, about it being "dangerous" for her to stay any longer...I know there's the "danger" of falling even deeper in love, something neither of them really had expected or planned on, and the "danger" to their respective reputations (such as they are), and the "danger" of wild animals (as Scrooge so unconvincingly cited), but I wonder... The "danger" of the pitter-patter of little webbed feet is a consideration, too. ;) If the, er, "snow removal" activity continued, that sort of consequence would be expected eventually. This is 1898, there aren't too many options to prevent that sort of thing. Just a thought, and probably way more R-rated than the esteemed Mr. Rosa intended. Then again, he's seen my fanart; he knows the strange, twisted place that is my brain. *cackle*
In conclusion, I loved the story, I wasn't disappointed, it was worth waiting for, and I'm a squeeing puddle of fangirly bliss.
Scrooge and Goldie OTP!!!