Shaggy/Velma fan-art: "Shaggy's Confession"

[brendala]

Don't worry! This is a HAPPY comic! And it isn't set in the Mystery Incorporated universe; so the confession has nothing to do with sexual assault!



I was thinking of Pup Named Scooby Doo when I drew this. But it could fit into any canon (except the-show-that-shall-not-be-named. Because f**k that show).






Guys think that having a cute dog nearby can help them pick up girls. Clearly, this is a romantic strategy that can easily backfire. XD

Comments

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

Aww. XD;

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

I see you took the "Velma dumping Shaggy for a dog" thing to heart. So I'm going to pretend that this COULD happen in the-show-that-shall-not-be-named's universe, and you can't stop me! XD

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, this idea has been on my "to do" pile for a long time. I just finally got around to drawing it.

But hey, if you want to make this your show-that-shall-not-be-named head canon, that's fine by me! I like that idea, too.

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

It should happen. MI Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma needed SOMETHING to really straighten them out before they can become a happy threesome. XD

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I wish that the Shaggy/Velma break-up episode had ended with Velma and Scooby telling Shaggy that they're sick of being jerked around and are adopting each other as their new BFFs because he's a jackass. Honestly, that's where I thought the episode was going when I first watched it and I was pissed when it simply ended with Shaggy saying "I don't wanna be your boyfriend anymore" and not suffering any consequences for toying with both of them.

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

I wish it could've been that, and Shaggy also telling them that he's sick of the two of them acting like a pair of Yanderes trying to insist he "choose" between them, and ask can't we all just be friends? And thus we'd have a happy threesome.

And seriously, I don't think Shaggy meant to toy with them both. We're not talking about Mako here, where he's a jackass and both the girls are mostly innocent. Shaggy made mistakes, sure, but in this case, BOTH the people he was jerking around were equally at fault along with him. He wouldn't have pushed Velma away if she hadn't acted like such a shrew trying to change and control every little thing about him so that he could be an ideal boyfriend, and he wouldn't have jerked Scoob around if he had only acted like his friend/brother/DOG instead of a gay lover! :(

[brendala.livejournal.com]

Velma's behavior was reasonable for the first 3 or so episodes. I think she just got frustrated with Shaggy treating her like a dirty little secret and lashed out by being a shrew. It doesn't excuse a lot of her behavior. But it does make it a bit easier to understand why she went from zero to bunny boiler so quickly.

Scooby's turn just confused me because earlier episodes seemed to imply that Scooby knew about the relationship and was OK with it. So having him hold such a bitter grudge felt like it came out of nowhere. And the fact that he blamed VELMA for the lie (even though she wanted to be honest with him from day one) just made it all the more infuriating.

In short, Scooby and Velma may have behaved like asses. But I think Shaggy shoulders most of the blame for choosing to hide the relationship in the first place.
It would be easier to pass judgement if the show would tell us exactly HOW they got together. At first it seemed like Velma twisted his arm and forced him into the relationship. But later episodes revealed that Shaggy is a man-whore. So it's hard to say. :P

[rezo-eris.livejournal.com]

I think I've said before that Shaggy treated her like a dirty little secret because they were just friends for the longest time, so he was never sure getting into a relationship with her was right. In his mind, he just might be doing something wrong and he felt dirty about it. Still, he should've tried to clear things up with Velma the moment he noticed her acting like a bunny boiler.

He was angry for Shaggy flat out ditching him to be with Velma at times. But he was so psycho that he took it out on HER instead of his beloved Shaggy. Except for that one time where he replaced Shaggy with a dummy, but that was creepy. Oh, and the WTF "CHEATING ON ME?" line was angry and directed towards him too. XD

Shaggy started a fire, Velma and Scooby added fuel to it. That's the best way to describe it.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

It's a bit hard to assign blame when we don't know how the relationship started. If Velma started it and Shaggy just didn't have the guts/heart to straight up reject her, then I'd feel more sympathy for him. But if he came on to her and just didn't want to make a commitment, then he's a douchebag.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I love Shaggy's expressions. His brain just caught up with his heart and is going "WELL DAMN"

[brendala.livejournal.com]

My favorite part was Scooby being totally clueless about what he did wrong. XD

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

That is so cute! I love the expressions in it. ^_^