64 sparksChapter 6: Men Or Mice
Negaduck has an awesome plan. The rest of the team disagrees.
Yes, Megs flipped off Negaduck.
Negaduck is so out of character, lol.
"...And then, while the guard flamingos are shredding- er, chasing Bushbrain, Megadolt and the Mutt will lead the cops in the other direction, allowing me to make off with the loot." Negaduck clapped his hands. "Any questions?"
"Uhh, where will I be?" Quackerjack asked.
"Hijacking the Thunderquack- I explained this earlier!" Negaduck growled. "Pay attention, Chuckles! Any other questions?"
"Yeah." Quackerjack held up Mr Banana Brain. "Why are we hijacking the Thunderquack, Mack?"
"To distract Dipwing, obviously." Negaduck rolled his eyes. "Any non-stupid questions?"
"Can we get a safer plan?" Megavolt raised his hand. "One that doesn't involve me getting shorted out twelve times?"
"Please, you'll only be shorted out five times." Negaduck dismissed. "And what do you mean, 'safer'?!"
"Safe, adjective." Bushroot told him. "Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost. Antonym: your plan!"
"I know what it means, Weed!" Negaduck yelled. "I meant, we're supervillains; we don't do safe! We live for danger! It's our very life blood, our bread and butter, our reason for GETTING UP IN THE MORNING!!!"
"Please don't have another mental breakdown." Quackerjack pleaded. "I lost my psychologist glasses."
"And I would really prefer not to spend a month regrowing." Bushroot added.
"I can't believe you cowards!" Negaduck pointed to Liquidator. "What about you? You think this plan is too dangerous?"
"Er, well..." Liquidator shrugged. "It does have a rather unbalanced risk-reward ratio. Statistically-"
"Seriously?!" Negaduck threw his hands in the air. "What are we? Men? Or mice?!"
The room went quiet. Megavolt lifted a very specific finger, sparking with electricity.
"Uh, okay, maybe not the best expression..." Negaduck chuckled nervously. The Four started walking off. "Hey, you can't leave! We have a heist to plan!"
"Eh, go play with Killer." Bushroot muttered.
Picking up the pink-collared dog, Negaduck grumbled. "When did they stop being afraid of me?" The puppy happily wagged her tail, licking Negaduck's face. Negaduck laughed. "Aww, who's the cutest harbinger of destruction? You are!"
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I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT AT FIRST OMG LIKE YEAH HE CAN LITERALLY JUST REMAKE BANANA BRAIN
IKR? He's literally used Mr Banana Brain as a bomb before!
God I heavily dislike how the comics wrote him
I do as well. He just didn't feel like himself, and they didn't explore it in a way that actually made the change interesting. He did have some interesting moments, though.
Also Claire is such a nothing character and it's sad because she could have been really interesting
Ikr? I'm a hardcore Quackervolt shipper, but a girlfriend for any of the Fearsome Five would've been FASCINATING. It could've shown us a softer, more human (or duck, whatever) side to him. Instead, she was a bit of exposition. She could've been a LOT more.
Legit if you replace her with Megavolt nothing changes
Yes! Megavolt would've been a much more epic choice for the role. In fact, when I originally read it, I thought they were leading up to just that. But instead we got Claire. :(
Granted, she could be an interesting character on her own, maybe even a therapist. But she doesn't feel like someone Quackerjack would date, civilian mode or not.
They just aren't willing to commit to literally the single most popular ship in Darkwing Fandom (it's even more popular than Drakepad, and that's saying something). They're cowards.
Legit Quackervolt has been like my number one ship since I joined this fandom
Finding out that other people shipped them was one of my favorite parts of getting into fanfic.
Are you going to continue this work? I don’t mean to stress you to make the next chapter but I’m curious if you’re planning to write more short stories or not
I do plan to eventually, but I'm not much in a writing mood recently. I'm glad you enjoy what's posted so far 😊
I added three new chapters, about Nega-Gosalyn, if you want to check them out. No pressure, though.
Oh I love everything about this! Like how NegaLaunchpad is called Crasher because, genius! The last text admitting Lynn has pink dart guns as weaponry, The idea of Negaduck’s (fake) civilian name being Nigel Lord, and generally just everything is fantastically written
Thank you! Though I have to admit I didn't exactly come up with Crasher; I read a fanfic a while back where he was called Crashpad, and liked the idea of his name being different.
I like to interpret Lynn as being genuinely sweet and nice, but as well an excellent liar who's good with weapons. She is Negaduck's daughter, after all.
XD Bud is such a character, isn't he? Hahaha nice chapter
I feel that he's a lot goofier/less business-y around the Fearsome Five, because he's more comfortable with them than he is with others.
Safe, adjective." Bushroot told him. "Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk; not likely to be harmed or lost. Antonym: your plan!"
🤣🤣🤣 that was a genius move. And didn't see it coming from Reggie hahaha
I feel like Bushroot is meek until he gets fed up with something, then he's bitingly sarcastic and snarky.
Hello! Just wanting to remind you that this fic exists cause I’m super paranoid about you forgetting it, don’t wanna rush you but don’t wanna let you forget either
Wow, I can't believe someone actually likes one of my fics enough to check up on it. I actually just added another chapter. 😊
If you are still looking for it I think that fic is called Duckham Asylum and it is on fanfiction.net. If it ever was on AO3 it must have been deleted because I could not find it for the life of me.
Anyway I've really been enjoying your works. Particularly the ones based on the Fearsome Five. They've always been comfort characters for me and I always like seeing how different authors write their interactions and inner party dynamics.
So great work and I hope to see more from you!
Thank you, both for the fic name and for the nice comment. I'm really glad you enjoy my work so much! 😊
Okay, that boop moment is everything. Boop!
Don't go in there!!!! Thunk! Lol
"...we didn't right?" Omg best brain fog moment ever!
It's playtime!!!!
great fic, very funny first chapter!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 😊
LOOOOOL this is amazing, i love it
omg i adore this!!
LMAOO weaponized jealousy
Weaponized jealousy! 😂
Glad you liked it 😊
Hello! So, remember me? I'm not offended if you don't but I remember that you still haven't updated this work of yours and I really hunger for some new chapters this year. I don't wanna put any pressure on you to continue this work if you don't wanna cause I really do not want you to feel burnt out but I do hope that you get some inspiration and/or motivation to continue on this fic. PS. I would really like some more ship involved chapters if that's okey
This request is perfectly okay and normally I would feel happy to oblige, as I do plan to continue this story, but I have a lot on my plate right now. I'm approaching both my 200th fic and the one-year mark since I started posting fics, and am working really hard on a few different projects because of it.
So, this is not discontinued and will be updated eventually, but probably not soon. It's really flattering that someone likes my fic enough to ask about/request more chapters, so I am really sorry I cannot provide right now. :(
I do have many other Darkwing Duck fics, including shippy ones. I hope that helps. :)
That this work of yours isn't forgotten is enough to brighten my day
😊
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