Donald Duck is in the Navy. The McGarretts are a family of men who have served in the Navy as well. Ergo...Aunt Deb has dressed baby Steve up as Donald Duck at some point, you cannot convince me otherwise.

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Donald Duck is in the Navy. The McGarretts are a family of men who have served in the Navy as well. Ergo...Aunt Deb has dressed baby Steve up as Donald Duck at some point, you cannot convince me otherwise.
Can we all agree Aunt Deb was an MF-ing boss!
I mean, the woman put aside her own life to take care of her brother’s kids (and basically became the mom Dorris never was). She is literally the only adult in Steve & Mary’s lives growing up who didn’t abandon or lie to them. And that even extended into their adulthood. She fought what she knew was a losing battle to cancer because a) she’s a Mcgarrett b) she finally met the love of her life & c) her nephew begged her to and she knew he and her niece still needed her. She’s one of the few people who can read Steve like a book and remains actively concerned he’s happy and not just satisfied with where he is. Not to mention, her biggest concern following her death was that Steve had someone “wise” keeping an eye out for him. She’s also one of the few people from Steve’s past Danny actually gets along with, so you know she’s good people. And, to top it all off, she wouldn’t let Steve stop her from getting booked on a dumb charge because she’s the best.
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You know what's really wild about Deb's and Steve’s heart-to-heart in 5x08? It's not that Deb tells Steve he should put his heart at risk, asking for Catherine, and Steve almost completely dismissing the talk because he probably didn't even discuss with Cath the chance she should come back to him because he loved her and needed her etc. He didn’t ask her of it because it was him letting her free.
No, the really wild thing, is that Steve shamelessly plays this charade about risking your heart with his aunt, while....he never did?? They went on for a decade, pushing and pulling, leaving and coming back, having other flings and relationships in between, Steve almost being horrified at Freddie's suggestion to go steady with her, sticking to her because his C.O.....sorry, uncle Joe, Had Told Him So, both starkly refusing to call each other boyfriend and girlfriend, denying it in front of family (Cath and her mother), friends (Steve and Danny), and strangers (Cath bashing on the poor kid innocently asking about them), refusing to give a name to their relationship except A Thing, Steve having more intimacy, complicity, mutual knowledge and understanding with Danny, and Cath with Billie, than with each other, and only saying a context-compulsory ILoveYou the moment they split paths for good...
....AND YOU FUCKING CALL THIS SHIT "risking your heart"???
Had you done it, you would've married the girl and then she would've left like your mommy, with a lie, to pursue her career and personal agenda and self-satisfaction (completely understandable but please at least be honest, girl!), and you would've rightfully-so claimed that you had taken a leap of faith with her, despite your family trauma and your reservations, and it went wrong.
This? This is her being unsatisfied of being the woman of the hero and wanting more than a white picket fence and two kids, and you being simply stalling and borrowing time while showing you were making an effort.
That wasn't even a risk. It was the epitome of love hospice and emotional chicken soup.
Deb McGarrett: So, uh, how many ponies under that hood?
Steve McGarrett: I’d really.. I’d really prefer you didn’t find out.
Deb McGarrett: Steven, I hate to play this card, but I just lost my husband, so you’re not really gonna deny me this, are you?