#boyd drake

[writebackatya]

Doofus Drake: {pointing at BOYD} Did you replace me with this tinker toy?!

Mr. Drake: “Replace” is such an ugly word. We upgraded

[writebackatya]

BOYD and Doofus Drake:

[abcleverun]

@alien99k I realized I should be tagging people lol Vhs and Scrooge from our RP for artfight! Also Boyd uwu

[astro-duck]

Erm okay…so the biggest problem that I have with B.O.Y.D in the DuckTales 2017 finale is that they took his head off his body. I think I know why they did this: because he’s too powerful. He’s literally a robot built for fighting, there’s no way he’d get captured because he has laser eyes and can fly and can beat Gizmo Duck no problem. So they just sort of nerfed him. But I think that’s lame.

First, I think that there should have been a cooler fight sequence. Let more characters show off what they can do, showcase their different fighting styles, etc. That would have been neat. Launchpad getting the Gizmo Duck armor is sick, but I think it should come after a longer battle where more characters got to show off what they can do. Not just B.O.Y.D. How does Violet look in battle? What about Gosalyn? Let’s see Lil’ Bulb fight Magica. As it stands, nothing really happens in that scene outside of Launchpad getting the armor, and that makes me a tad disappointed. Instead of having B.O.Y.D. and Gosalyn (also Lena, Violet and Manny) show up and immediately get captured, maybe let them do something cool?

But then, why not use the battle as a chance to develop B.O.Y.D.’s character a little bit? I think that’s instead of having him just unable to use most of his abilities, they should’ve just had him refuse to. Because yes, he’s equipped to be a very powerful fighter, but he just isn’t. That’s not the type of person he is. He doesn’t want to hurt people, even if they’re villains or whatever. The only times he’s ever used his abilities to hurt people were completely against his will, and he doesn’t like that (obviously). Why would he voluntarily use those powers? He shouldn’t, instead he should take a firm stance against hurting anyone. (It’s also worth mentioning that the characters being fought are not acting of their free will, Bradford made them into fighter zombies. And idk, I feel like B.O.Y.D. may have some feelings about that)

He can, and should, still play support. Have him fly around, save people from immediate danger, scan people to see if/how bad they’re hurt, etc. You can even him have him do little check-ups on antagonists, because he doesn’t want anyone to get hurt. (and it’s a kids cartoon, so it’s an easy way to confirm that the bad guys who are getting their shit rocked are totally fine, actually). He can use his abilities to disarm/distract opponents, even. Have him get caught at one point, and squirm a little bit but not ever resort to using violence on whoever has him, and need to get someone else’s help to get out. Because he is technically very powerful, but he’s also just a kid who refuses to hurt anyone (even to save himself), and who needs his friends’ help, sometimes.

I understand why they couldn’t devote that much time to this one random character who is in two episodes, I’m not asking for that. I’m asking for one little line of development for him, something where someone is like “well, you’re a really good fighter, fight them.” And he just goes “But I don’t wanna hurt anyone.” And that’s that. Also a cooler fight sequence with a support/medic character. But I don’t think that’s too much to ask for.

But also, even without the epic battle that I want from the finale, they could have just had him not use his abilities. One line where someone’s like “wait can’t you fly and shoot lasers and stuff?” And he says “yeah, but I don’t wanna.” And they can be annoyed or whatever but it’s fine. Just anything except what they did because I think it’s boring.

B.O.Y.D. is such an underutilized character. D:

[darkwingownsthenight]

Gyro helping Boyd get ready for a date/prom/ his wedding. However you want to interpret. I just love the concept of grown up Boyd.

[ducktales-four-years]

*Thinking about the Tokyolk incident*

Do you think he has a body count?

[ducktales-four-years]

Boyd's stomach works like a furnace, burning solid food to produce energy after separating all the liquids, he can eat coal and it's one of his favorite things to eat! But if he eats too many he gets a tummy ache :(

[ducktales-four-years]

Imagine Boyd rescuing every stray animal he sees, he just picks them up like "nope, you're coming with me", and one day Gyro wakes up with his lab being an absolute MESS. Animals, food, and toys everywhere while Boyd is like this