The horny jocks being assholes toward Velma wouldn't have bothered me if it had been an isolated thing. But that combined with the show's history AND Shaggy&Scooby's cruel behavior makes it hard to ignore. Also, I just don't GET what the show is trying to do. Velma's design in this show is really cute (and a lot thinner and more conventionally attractive than other versions). So is the show being "ironic" when it has characters treat her like Meg Griffin? Do the writers really think that all non-conventionally attractive girls are gross? Is Seth MacFarlane ghost writing for them? Why the f**k does this "Velma hates her body and so does everyone else" thing keep coming up? And why do the writers think it's funny!?
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.
I could accept that if it weren't for the fact that Scooby was gleefully teasing her about not being "hot enough" just a few minutes before. Yeah, it's not as bad as him physically threatening her in season one. But that's not saying much.
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Date: 2012-08-14 02:55 am (UTC)Also, I just don't GET what the show is trying to do. Velma's design in this show is really cute (and a lot thinner and more conventionally attractive than other versions). So is the show being "ironic" when it has characters treat her like Meg Griffin? Do the writers really think that all non-conventionally attractive girls are gross? Is Seth MacFarlane ghost writing for them? Why the f**k does this "Velma hates her body and so does everyone else" thing keep coming up? And why do the writers think it's funny!?
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.
I could accept that if it weren't for the fact that Scooby was gleefully teasing her about not being "hot enough" just a few minutes before.
Yeah, it's not as bad as him physically threatening her in season one. But that's not saying much.