ASK: @theBrain101: That's because all the dicks can't resist her. Even Warner Bros. has picked up on how the tone has shifted and Velma has become the sex symbol of the group in recent years. That's why, in the series, "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?", they tweaked Daphne's design to make her body look more like Velma's.
ASK: @Incelebrity: Or black, or Asian or Hispanic. Believe me, I get it. Welcome to mainstream Hollywood...as well as the law of supply and demand. You've gotta go with what captures the audience's interest.
Which brings me back around to my underlying point. When Scooby Doo was first created in 1969, Daphne and Velma's roles were always clearly defined. Daphne was supposed to represent the ideal of female hotness while Velma was the plump nerd. I repeat, it was 1969...what did you expect? But more than 10 years ago, the fandom flipped the script by making it perfectly clear that, given the choice, they'd rather fuck the plump nerd (this was probably helped along by a more proactive switch in Velma's character in "Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc.", which saw her thirsty as fuck and wanting to jump Shaggy pretty much every chance she could get). And as Velma began gradually taking over as the gang's new sex symbol, Warner Bros. started to lean into it...again, even going as far as tweaking Daphne's design in "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?", so her body would look more like Velma's.
ASK: @Incelebrity: Or it's the first time you've actually listened to something I said...or WANTED to listen to something I said. But I digress.
Well, sometimes it works and sometimes it's overreaching. For example, I think Star Trek Discovery is overreaching. I also think this new "Velma" series coming to HBO Max is overreaching, not just in character alterations, but also in a misguided effort to show that the Scooby Doo franchise "grew up" with the fans. I don't believe that's necessary.
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Which brings me back around to my underlying point. When Scooby Doo was first created in 1969, Daphne and Velma's roles were always clearly defined. Daphne was supposed to represent the ideal of female hotness while Velma was the plump nerd. I repeat, it was 1969...what did you expect? But more than 10 years ago, the fandom flipped the script by making it perfectly clear that, given the choice, they'd rather fuck the plump nerd (this was probably helped along by a more proactive switch in Velma's character in "Scooby Doo: Mystery Inc.", which saw her thirsty as fuck and wanting to jump Shaggy pretty much every chance she could get). And as Velma began gradually taking over as the gang's new sex symbol, Warner Bros. started to lean into it...again, even going as far as tweaking Daphne's design in "Scooby Doo and Guess Who?", so her body would look more like Velma's.
Well, sometimes it works and sometimes it's overreaching. For example, I think Star Trek Discovery is overreaching. I also think this new "Velma" series coming to HBO Max is overreaching, not just in character alterations, but also in a misguided effort to show that the Scooby Doo franchise "grew up" with the fans. I don't believe that's necessary.