phoenix-wright-all-the-time reblogged
An AU where Duck doesn’t get bitten.
Instead, he matures and breaks from his childish self after the deaths of Katjaa and, later, Kenny.
- Before dying, Kenny taught him a lot about survival, in his own ways. Duck grows to become much like his father: stubborn, caring and a little short-tempered - though he can still be childish and arguably annoying at times.
- He becomes a strong survivor, good at long range shooting and hunting. He’s very protective of Clementine and AJ, and would easily kill to keep them safe.
- He has difficulties entrusting strangers with their safety and, much like Kenny, wants to keep constantly on the move, much for AJ’s dismay, as they never settled down in a single place for too long.
- After everything they’d been through, him and Clem silently bond over their lost loved ones and the difficulties of coping and living through it all. Even though neither of them liked to mention Lee, Kenny of Katjaa for emotional reasons, they both knew exactly how eachother felt, no words spoken.
- Grown up, Duck prefers to be addressed by his real name: Kenny Jr, or just Kenny, both because it sounds more mature and for the sake of his father. Clementine, however, got used to calling him just Duck since childhood, so she sticks with it.
- He instinctively got used to calling others “shitbird” from hearing his father use the term so constantly.
- He occasionally reminds Clem of having licked that saltlick, just to tease her.
