Scrooge and Paperinika.

[Dim I Nticoudis]

  Armando said recently that Scrooge was hateful in those old stories when 
he used to swindle every other character.Realy hasn't anybody else enjoyed 
it when Donald was signing contracts in which the small printed letters 
actualy contained Scrooge's real terms?Scrooge was quite an inteligent guy 
even if he had low morality.Have you ever heard about angelic businessmen?I 
think not.To me it appeared that Scrooge knew all the tricks and how to use 
them for his own good.It was one of the things that got me interested in the 
character in the first place.I wouldn't call him hateful.(Though I'd call 
hateful every Mickey Mouse story which presented him as a goody-two-shoes 
with no interest in money or personal gain).
  As for Armando's opinion for Paperinika,he probably was a nine-yeasr old 
than didn't like to see his heroe humiliation by a girl.Personaly I liked 
this version of Daisy.Instead of a fashioned-crazed,overly-sweet Duck I'd 
like to see more of her as a character that is going to fight in order to 
prove her point.And humiliating a more experienced vigilante prooves her 
worth.I'd call it the begining of a complicated relationship.And Paperinik's 
humilation is a result of his ego more than his being incapable.(I use the 
second Paperinika story for references).
  And Armando then proceeded to compare Paperinik and Paperinika to Super 
Goof.I don't think you can compair them.Both vigilantes wore the costume to 
have their revenge on those who humiliated them,to impose their own version 
of "justice",to proove their worth and their points and occasionaly take 
care of their financial interests.That is why I liked the original Paperinik 
stories and the two Paperinika I have more than the modern "superheroic" 
Paperinik stories.Super Goof with all the power he possesed wasn't a 
well-developed character.He was determined not to brake any law and capture 
any one who did.No decency,he was wearing his underpants ,and aparently no 
reason for his actions.And silly would describe this version of Goofy well.
  One of the many reasons I like the Ducks more than the rest of Disney 
characters is that they are shady,complicated characters with constantly 
developing talents and flaws.I wouldn't like to see a Scrooge with no 
greed,a Donald/Paperinik who is invincible and a Daisy/Paperinika who takes 
insults well.Would Armando or anybody else  want that?

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