<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" LANG="0">>I suppose you have a point. I guess I just dislike flat characters who are <BR>
>there just to take up space kinda.<BR>
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I don't know if she exists to take up space more than she does to move the plot along. I think some writers even try to get rid of her for most of the story, in exchange for an easy-to-write setup and/or ending.<BR>
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But what do I know? I once bought an "Archie" digest.<BR>
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>I mean - she's supposed to be Donalds <BR>
>girlfriend, but with how she's written (or rather not written) it makes it <BR>
>very hard to care about her at all and as a result whenever she appears in <BR>
>the story its kind of like an "oh lord, what now" kinda reaction. XD<BR>
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Hey - there was a reason Barks used her sparingly.<BR>
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What I always found amusing about Daisy was that she was constantly trying to "do good" in the community, whether it was for fund-raising or any other random do-gooding plot device. And yet, she has no morals whatsoever. That says more about humanity than any large, thick books with carpeted spines.<BR>
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>But you are right - Daisy is, as of right now - nothing more than a plot <BR>
>device in a big poofy bow tie.<BR>
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Yeah, as of now. But would you really want her to exist in her own spinoff comic book, DAISY DUCK'S MAGICAL LAND OF CHARACTER INEXCLUSION & NO FRIENDS #1? I don't think there's any hope in saving the character, since, really, the damage has been done.<BR>
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If you remove Daisy's clothes, her character design is essentially Donald, which reminds me of a vintage "Golden Book" in which Donald cross-dressed as Daisy (and looked exactly like her, of course, thanks to the lazy underpaid illustrator). All I remember is that he was at a party and everyone laughed.<BR>
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Guffawed, maybe.<BR>
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I don't know. It was a long time ago.<BR>
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