Delpad

Delpad is the het ship between Della Duck and Launchpad McQuack from the DuckTales fandom.

Season 2
NOTHING CAN STOP DELLA DUCK

Della looks through photos in the houseboat, when she see's one of Launchpad. She yells "who is that", when Launchpad shows up. He introduces himself and says that he's a pilot. Della doesn't like this, and grabs Launchpad by the jacket. She says that even though she's been gone, she won't be replaced. She then runs out of the boat asking where Scrooge is, leaving Launchpad confused. He does cheerily say it was nice to meet her once he gets over it.

THE GOLDEN ARMORY OF CORNELIUS COOT

Della is ready for a relaxing day of flying, when she enters the plane carrier, only to find the Cloudslayer gone. She yells to ask where it is, when Launchpad yells back that it's outside. The door opens, and Della is shocked to find the plane in pieces, and Launchpad repairing it. Launchpad assures her that the ship has been through worse than this, and Della does not find that comforting. He says that they've been through hundreds, maybe even thousands of crashes, and Della is holding back the need to attack Launchpad. Della says that she needs the plane ready in less that three hours, and Launchpad they can get it done in no time. He says that they just need the "spinnyboy", confusing Della, till the propeller falls out of a tree.

Launchpad finds a photo of the plane, and tells Della they can use it so they know what it should look like when they get it back together. He suggests starting with the corners, and heads off as Della, annoyed, follows. They start fixing the plane, Della going back over anything that she thinks Launchpad did wrong. Della asks why the plane is sticky, and Launchpad says that he used to use superglue to put the plane back together. He explains that it got tricky, and shows all the tubes glued to his hands. Della is annoyed, as he says that he uses gum now, and the part of the plane she's on falls off. Della figures that Launchpad doesn't know what he's doing, and Launchpad says that everyone knows their own way when it comes to planes. She see's a hamster wheel, and Launchpad says that a gerbil couldn't spin the propeller. She just slams her head on the ground in exhaustion.

Moments
Happy Birthday, Doofus Drake!
 * Della says that they should help Launchpad fight the dragon.
 * Della and Launchpad level up and get jetpacks at the same time.

Fanon
The ship has a decent amount of popularity in the DuckTales fandom. The ship had some followers before the two even interacted, believing that the two would make a good relationship due to them both being pilots. When the two actually interacted, it led to many shipping the two, but also some not attatched to their relationship. This is mostly due to Della not liking Launchpad at first. Some really wanted to see their relationship grow into something more mutual though, and were excited to see the dynamic explored. It rivals Dellumbra but its main rival is Drakepad.

On AO3, Delpad is the sixth most written ship for Della and the fifth most written for Launchpad.

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