anyways I'm late to the fandom so maybe this is an incredibly popular interpretation and I'm doing the whole "has anybody ever thought of L and Light Yagami as a couple" thing BUT. I think a really cool interpretation of Duck's whole Deal is that he doesn't actually exist outside of Puppet Hell (which I do have supporting evidence for I just want to keep this post strictly about speculation). I shrimply think it would be neat to think about the Implications of him being essentially a fake person even moreso than the others. Just so this doesn't get insanely long I shall put my other miscellaneous trains of thought under the cut <3
Take my hand. Walk with me down doomed fluffybird lane. Red has been shown as the most dissatisfied with the trio's situation and the most eager to escape. This already puts him at odds with the relatively-content Duck who seems to find some comfort in the status quo. Imagine the fallout of finding out that Duck would never be able to come with him. What would he pick?
Ok but what IF Duck WAS able to escape by some miracle? The other ones have families and others like them (even if those relationships might not be the best), but Duck doesn't have anyone or anything. What do you do when there was never a life for you to go back to?
Pick your poison. Is duck aware of his constructed existence? Does he live in ignorance beyond the feeling deep in his gut that trying to attain anything More is capital-w Wrong? If he is aware, has he always been? If not, what opened his eyes?
The Death episode is extra fun with this reading imo, especially with the whole 'real' vs. 'fake' duck ending ambiguity. (Does it really matter who's who if neither were real in the first place?)
If Duck is part of the simulation, what purpose does he serve? Is his drive to keep the Three Of Them together part of his programming? (Was the end of Food his punishment for trying to break out of his assigned role?)
On a slightly sillier note, was he ever a teacher himself? (<- a concept I find utterly hilarious tbh. demoted to torturee for his crime of being annoying)
Is he replacing somebody "real?" (there's three of them, after all) If so, who? Is it someone we know? Someone we don't? What happened to that other 'other one?'
Anyways I stand by the fact that yellow guy is my favorite but I am fascinated by duck. this bad boy can fit so many Implications into him.
