AUNT CATHY
The Duckiverse’s Passive-Aggressive Matriarch
Aunt Kathy is Uncle David's wife and rules the family gatherings with a well-timed sigh, an expertly raised eyebrow, and just enough backhanded compliments to keep the drama simmering. She doesn't start the fire, but she fans it with grace.
Catchphrases:
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“Bless your heart, but you’re wrong.”
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“I’ve seen enough to know better.”
AUNT CATHY
Class: Matron of Midwestern Mysteries / Keeper of The Casserole Covenant
Origin Story (Bio):
Aunt Kathy has run every family holiday since 1987 with military precision and passive-aggressive sighs. She holds a seemingly infinite supply of Pyrex dishes, and every conversation somehow circles back to who brought what to Thanksgiving.
Though she appears harmless, Aunt Kathy wields a quiet spiritual authority over the Duckiverse's more dysfunctional members. Her casseroles are rumored to carry minor prophetic energy ("it's always the one you don't expect that changes the course of the meal").
Kathy is the self-appointed moral compass, quick to quote "family values," but oddly open to conspiracy documentaries late at night with Uncle David. She insists she’s “not into all that spiritual stuff like Tina,” but suspiciously owns several angel figurines and occasionally "gets feelings."
Her feud with Cousin Lyle is ongoing, though technically unspoken.
🎯 Likes:
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Casseroles with secret ingredients
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Family gossip (the “concerned” kind)
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Collecting angel figurines
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Guilt-tripping via text
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Watching Dateline while organizing coupons
🚫 Dislikes:
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Being excluded from any family planning
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Store-bought potato salad
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Lyle’s "alternative ideas"
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Tina's "healing crystals nonsense"
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Anyone who doesn’t RSVP properly
Signature Moves:
🧵 Passive-Aggressive Quilt — Wraps people in sweet-sounding but cutting remarks that leave them disoriented.
🔮 Small Town Seer — Randomly delivers eerily accurate life advice based on gossip and intuition.
🥘 AUNT CATHY'S FAVORITES
🎵 Favorite Song:
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
(She gets misty-eyed whenever it comes on and says “this was our wedding song… kind of.”)
🎞 Favorite Film:
Steel Magnolias
(Quotes it constantly. Thinks she’s exactly like M’Lynn but everyone else knows she’s closer to Ouiser.)
📖 Favorite Book:
Chicken Soup for the Soul (all editions)
(Says she only reads them when "she needs a pick-me-up" but has multiple signed copies.)
🍽 Favorite Food:
Any casserole that contains at least one canned ingredient.
📝 Bonus Entry:
Kathy owns an emergency casserole kit in the trunk of her car at all times "just in case someone needs feeding."