Okay, hold on. I can see where you're coming from with all this due to the show's past history with this sexist stuff, but the only thing I can honestly justify being mad at was Shaggy and Scooby's teasing Velma for her getting put down. Because that wasn't even friendly teasing, that was just mean spirited and making a bad situation worse. Shame on them both.
HOWEVER, you're also complaining about sexism coming from the freaking BAD GUY(S)! Seeing as the "sexually repressed pilgrim ghost" was actually two horny, shallow Jerk Jock teenage fratboys whose obsession with girls like Daphne based on "hotness" was shown to be a BAD thing and the reason they were commiting these crimes, and that they avoided Velma due to them not finding her hot showed how bad and unpleasent they were.
And again, you and I wish that there was at least SOMEBODY in the episode who would stick up for Velma rather than act the way Shaggy and Scooby did. Like Fred and/or Daphne telling them off for it. But alas, Victor Cook must think the show's gone this far with crapping on Velma and they're only SLIGHTLY going to ease up now.
The part with Scooby's "safest place to be right now" just struck me as your typical "backfired compliment" that you see in cartoons so far. One character isn't saying something to be mean, but it only makes the other character feel bad and he/she sarcastically goes "well gee, thanks alot". No big deal and nothing really offensive like the "abusive Scooby" from the first half of the show. And I'll admit, I DID kind of laugh when Velma stuck it to the sexist fratboys when she caught them and was all "IN YOUR FACE!" and Scooby goes "Velma, you're scaring me!" Ah, if only Velma could "scare" people more often (And by really taking charge, not by being a bitter harpy. XD)
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Date: 2012-08-13 04:52 pm (UTC)HOWEVER, you're also complaining about sexism coming from the freaking BAD GUY(S)! Seeing as the "sexually repressed pilgrim ghost" was actually two horny, shallow Jerk Jock teenage fratboys whose obsession with girls like Daphne based on "hotness" was shown to be a BAD thing and the reason they were commiting these crimes, and that they avoided Velma due to them not finding her hot showed how bad and unpleasent they were.
And again, you and I wish that there was at least SOMEBODY in the episode who would stick up for Velma rather than act the way Shaggy and Scooby did. Like Fred and/or Daphne telling them off for it. But alas, Victor Cook must think the show's gone this far with crapping on Velma and they're only SLIGHTLY going to ease up now.
The part with Scooby's "safest place to be right now" just struck me as your typical "backfired compliment" that you see in cartoons so far. One character isn't saying something to be mean, but it only makes the other character feel bad and he/she sarcastically goes "well gee, thanks alot". No big deal and nothing really offensive like the "abusive Scooby" from the first half of the show. And I'll admit, I DID kind of laugh when Velma stuck it to the sexist fratboys when she caught them and was all "IN YOUR FACE!" and Scooby goes "Velma, you're scaring me!" Ah, if only Velma could "scare" people more often (And by really taking charge, not by being a bitter harpy. XD)