autism HUNGRY feed it 15 LBS OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS.

so like my personal reading of back to the klondike when you take into account the missing panels is that goldie is violently underhanded [citation needed]. by this i mean that there's a conceivable reality in which we're supposed to read her claims about helping orphans and stuff as like... she's lying bro lol. "where are you going?" "to the poorhouse, naturally." <- MANIPULATIVE QUEEN the missing panels give a lot of context that aren't just "oh she likes money" but "she'll do ANYTHING to get the money if she's bored enough and once there's respect established between them scrooge sees that as the game and he likes it." he lets her win the gold hunt at the end because it lets the game keep going and the only thing he likes more than gold is someone who appreciates the chase as much as him. basically my read is barks wrote this stingy manipulative underhanded antagonist turned antihero with christmas on bear mountain and the ensuing scrooge appearances, and then writes a woman who overall is just as consistently underhanded as he is even after fifty years. which is sick