LENA, MAGICA
With cartoons always being shown out of order it is tough sometimes to get the overall arc moving. With DuckTales Jaw$! we get back to what is happening between the McDuck family and Magica. You see for us cartoons really shine when there is a larger story at play even if it only lasts a season. The end of the first part of this season and this second half of the season have a few of these threads including where is Della, what is Magica de Spell up to, what is going on with Goldie, with some fill in episodes on Scrooge’s rivals.
All good cartoons, in our opinion have these overall arcs. Think Gravity Falls, even old school Transformers Or G.I. Joe have this and this is what is making the new DuckTales shine. We got to hear a bit more about Della in The Spear of Selene! To keep us interested but the bulk of the overall story has been about Magica and in the newest episode we get some more insight and have some more questions.
Look we know Lena likes Webby and it has been hard to follow Magica’s orders, but for now family holds a tighter bond. It seems like Magica needs the number one done to get back her physical form and we think she will be back in the flesh soon enough. This episode, Jaw$ was a nice play off of the movie of the same name and also showed us Magica is not going to give up.
Our take is that Lena brings Magica back, but then saves the McDuck family in the end.what that means for both the characters remains to be seen, but we think they both will continue to be guest characters in the upcoming seasons.