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This was a very old sketch, that finally found its way to deviationism.

That is not Walt Disney: That is Ub Iwerks holding Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's hand

Ever since I firt saw the statue of Oswald and a grown human man in an Epic Mickey preview, I wondered if that was really Walt, or was it someone more deserving of holding Oswald’s hand.
Then I found out when I finally played the game that the statue is of Walt Disney and Oswald, and frankly I was a little disappointed. “Oh so we’re really Are only remembering Oswald himself and keeping to that mentality. Ok
I heard someone (I forget who or on what deviation) say that they should rebuild the statue with both Mickey And Oswald together. I disagree.

Because the Partners statue, symbolizes the founders of the Walt Disney Empire (im gonna say empire because its bigger than a mere studio(it’s a theme park company, cruise line, and most definitely a merchandising empire rivaling McDonalds in size and world conquest) Walt Disney, the man who started it, and Mickey Mouse the symbol and mascot of it all. Mickey and Walt’s importance on and off the screen reflect’s eachothers.

There is a statue in Magic Kingdom (that I looked for but couldn’t find (because I looked in the wrong place) of Roy O. Disney and Minnie Mouse sitting on a bench together. This is very symbolic I find, because of who they are in relationship with the two people statued more prominently down the street.
Roy O. Disney was Walt Disney’s big brother, and chief financial executive of the Disney Studios. Walt was the creative manager, but Roy managed Money. That could easily be the reason Disney was so successful all these years within the industry, but the public only remembers Walt’s name.
Minnie Mouse has litterally been around Just as Long as Mickey. She was in all 3 of his first cartoons, and central to the plot in all 3 aswell. Minnie was more than just “Mickey’s girlfriend” (infact in the first 3 she Wasnt. Yet! Not offically. Moving on) she was his goal, she was the damsel in distress, his love intrest, the one he sets out to impress, she was bassicly Mickey’s whole Point. But sadly, eventhough we See her everywhere Mickey is, we’re all looking at Mickey, and she has prettymuch nothing to say. But she Is there.
And I find it 100% BLASPHEMY that she’s absent in Epic Mickey!(but I think Plotwise where Donald Goofy and Daisy are reflected in Wasteland with animatronics, Minnie’s relfected with Ortensia, but that’s just a theory)

Now enter Oswald. Who is Oswald? Now that we’ve all played Epic Mickey we can answer that with ease:
Oswald was Walt Disney’s first successful cartoon star, who after several other failed ventures finnally sent Walt Up the graph instead of down. Until the tragic budget meeting, Oswald was lost to Walt and Mickey Mouse was invented to replace him. Universal Tried to keep Oswald up, but eventually for lack of Walt, his star fizzled out. Only now eigth decades later, Disney buys Oswald back, and brings him back to the forefront alongside Mickey for everyone to meet and enjoy the success he never had.

And having said that, I think if Oswald had a statue of him holding someone’s hand, it wouldn’t be Walt; it would be someone he had more in common with: someone equally important to Disney and Mickey’s history, but equally forgotten: Ub Iwerks.

Ub Iwerks was Walt’s oldest and dearest friend in his life.
They met in their teen years and since then began the Laugh-O-Grams and made the Alice Comedies together. When they joined Universal Ub animated Poor Papa (Oswald’s first cartoon) all by himself and most of his other successful shorts.
Even after the tragic meeting, Ub stayed Loyal to Walt, and it is Ub NOT Walt who created Mickey Mouse. Walt came up with the personality, but the design, movement, and everything about old school Mickey Mouse, is actually all thanks to Ub.
(the flesh faced Mickey is thanks to Fred Moore btw(honorable mention)
Ub even animated “Plane Crazy” entirely by himself.
However, as Mickey and Disney became more and more popular, Ub soon found himself unable to cope under Disney's harsh animation command Iwerks also felt he wasn't getting the credit he deserved for drawing all of Walt's successful cartoons. Eventually, Ub and Walt had a falling out; and Ub quit Disney and accepted a contract with Pat Powers and started an animation studio under his own name.
But the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios. And in 1936 backers withdrew financial support from the Iwerks Studio, and it folded soon after. (Ub Also directed the first 2 shorts ever to star Porky Pig at Warner Bros after this)
Ub rejoined Disney in the special effects department. Most memorable among them was the live action/animation blend in Song of the South.
Ub’s biggest achievement outside of Disney was his special effects work for for Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds”.

So in short,
-Ub was big part of Walt’s early success.
-Oswald was big part of Mickey’s creation.
-Walt over shadows Ub and Ub quits and strikes out on his own.
-Mickey success far outshines Oswald’s who is Walt-less now.
-Ub fails by himself.
-Oswald is forgotten even at Universal.
-Ub returns to Disney and starts working for Walt again.
-Oswald is bought back by Disney and appeared in Epic Mickey.

Walt and Mickey hold hands as partners at starting Disney and arte it’s driving forces

And Ub and Oswald are left far behind, the ones who caused them to start, but forgotten by time, hold hands and smile, conforted by eachothers plight.
And also conforted by people like me and you, who remember them now for their awesomeness

Description
This was a very old sketch, that finally found its way to deviationism.

That is not Walt Disney: That is Ub Iwerks holding Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's hand

Ever since I firt saw the statue of Oswald and a grown human man in an Epic Mickey preview, I wondered if that was really Walt, or was it someone more deserving of holding Oswald’s hand.
Then I found out when I finally played the game that the statue is of Walt Disney and Oswald, and frankly I was a little disappointed. “Oh so we’re really Are only remembering Oswald himself and keeping to that mentality. Ok
I heard someone (I forget who or on what deviation) say that they should rebuild the statue with both Mickey And Oswald together. I disagree.

Because the Partners statue, symbolizes the founders of the Walt Disney Empire (im gonna say empire because its bigger than a mere studio(it’s a theme park company, cruise line, and most definitely a merchandising empire rivaling McDonalds in size and world conquest) Walt Disney, the man who started it, and Mickey Mouse the symbol and mascot of it all. Mickey and Walt’s importance on and off the screen reflect’s eachothers.

There is a statue in Magic Kingdom (that I looked for but couldn’t find (because I looked in the wrong place) of Roy O. Disney and Minnie Mouse sitting on a bench together. This is very symbolic I find, because of who they are in relationship with the two people statued more prominently down the street.
Roy O. Disney was Walt Disney’s big brother, and chief financial executive of the Disney Studios. Walt was the creative manager, but Roy managed Money. That could easily be the reason Disney was so successful all these years within the industry, but the public only remembers Walt’s name.
Minnie Mouse has litterally been around Just as Long as Mickey. She was in all 3 of his first cartoons, and central to the plot in all 3 aswell. Minnie was more than just “Mickey’s girlfriend” (infact in the first 3 she Wasnt. Yet! Not offically. Moving on) she was his goal, she was the damsel in distress, his love intrest, the one he sets out to impress, she was bassicly Mickey’s whole Point. But sadly, eventhough we See her everywhere Mickey is, we’re all looking at Mickey, and she has prettymuch nothing to say. But she Is there.
And I find it 100% BLASPHEMY that she’s absent in Epic Mickey!(but I think Plotwise where Donald Goofy and Daisy are reflected in Wasteland with animatronics, Minnie’s relfected with Ortensia, but that’s just a theory)

Now enter Oswald. Who is Oswald? Now that we’ve all played Epic Mickey we can answer that with ease:
Oswald was Walt Disney’s first successful cartoon star, who after several other failed ventures finnally sent Walt Up the graph instead of down. Until the tragic budget meeting, Oswald was lost to Walt and Mickey Mouse was invented to replace him. Universal Tried to keep Oswald up, but eventually for lack of Walt, his star fizzled out. Only now eigth decades later, Disney buys Oswald back, and brings him back to the forefront alongside Mickey for everyone to meet and enjoy the success he never had.

And having said that, I think if Oswald had a statue of him holding someone’s hand, it wouldn’t be Walt; it would be someone he had more in common with: someone equally important to Disney and Mickey’s history, but equally forgotten: Ub Iwerks.

Ub Iwerks was Walt’s oldest and dearest friend in his life.
They met in their teen years and since then began the Laugh-O-Grams and made the Alice Comedies together. When they joined Universal Ub animated Poor Papa (Oswald’s first cartoon) all by himself and most of his other successful shorts.
Even after the tragic meeting, Ub stayed Loyal to Walt, and it is Ub NOT Walt who created Mickey Mouse. Walt came up with the personality, but the design, movement, and everything about old school Mickey Mouse, is actually all thanks to Ub.
(the flesh faced Mickey is thanks to Fred Moore btw(honorable mention)
Ub even animated “Plane Crazy” entirely by himself.
However, as Mickey and Disney became more and more popular, Ub soon found himself unable to cope under Disney's harsh animation command Iwerks also felt he wasn't getting the credit he deserved for drawing all of Walt's successful cartoons. Eventually, Ub and Walt had a falling out; and Ub quit Disney and accepted a contract with Pat Powers and started an animation studio under his own name.
But the Iwerks Studio was never a major commercial success and failed to rival either Disney or Fleischer Studios. And in 1936 backers withdrew financial support from the Iwerks Studio, and it folded soon after. (Ub Also directed the first 2 shorts ever to star Porky Pig at Warner Bros after this)
Ub rejoined Disney in the special effects department. Most memorable among them was the live action/animation blend in Song of the South.
Ub’s biggest achievement outside of Disney was his special effects work for for Alfred Hitchcock's “The Birds”.

So in short,
-Ub was big part of Walt’s early success.
-Oswald was big part of Mickey’s creation.
-Walt over shadows Ub and Ub quits and strikes out on his own.
-Mickey success far outshines Oswald’s who is Walt-less now.
-Ub fails by himself.
-Oswald is forgotten even at Universal.
-Ub returns to Disney and starts working for Walt again.
-Oswald is bought back by Disney and appeared in Epic Mickey.

Walt and Mickey hold hands as partners at starting Disney and arte it’s driving forces

And Ub and Oswald are left far behind, the ones who caused them to start, but forgotten by time, hold hands and smile, conforted by eachothers plight.
And also conforted by people like me and you, who remember them now for their awesomeness