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

[brendala.livejournal.com]

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

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[michaelchang.livejournal.com]

And now this has got me thinking about how MI would have gone if the relationship between these three characters started off like this, and eventually led to Scooby and Shaggy going on mission impossible between the gang's mini-mysteries to help Shaggy win Velma's heart, and the hilarity of Scooby being his goofy and 'charming' self, claiming he's a lady's man because that's just always awesome. Alien Invaders: 2, I suppose.

[brendala.livejournal.com]

That gif is adorable! What show did it come from?


It's too bad the people behind MI have no clue how to write romance. Seeing a relationship grow and develop between them would have been cute. And seeing Scooby try to help set them up (instead of trying to bite off Velma's face for taking Shaggy's attention (http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww111/brendala/Scooby/Computer%20Walks%20Among%20Us%20Screenshots/pic111.png?t=1291772581)) would have been heart-meltingly adorable!
.....instead, MI gave us Velma acting like a shrew and Shaggy acting like a creepy sexual predator. >_<

[michaelchang.livejournal.com]

It's from the Barbie web-series (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4C82F2A68D62AA8&feature=plcp) (never thought I'd say those words in my life) and it's actually really, really hilarious.


I think I'm going to get through re-watching (because it's Scooby-Doo and the mystery solving half of the show is just so bloody awesome and Matthew's voice, sigh) season one trying to justify Velma's behavior by putting Shaggy in the "celebrity crush" section of Velma's heart/mind. Because she fan-girls like only a fan-girl could at times, and if she didn't love Shaggy and just idolized him for whatever reason, her acting like a shrew, as you've so wonderfully put it, makes a little more sense.

Shaggy, though, I don't really know. What he did was so painfully out of character, even if he was high on Fred brainwaves, because I don't think Fred would kiss Daphne in such a situation, but then again, even Fred's character has been through the shredder. I mean, the guy's a little dense at times, sure. Mostly when it comes to females (which guys aren't, really?) I wouldn't say he's obsessed with traps either, I would think he'd be obsessed with solving mysteries, if he was to obsess over anything at all. Or maybe the "I can bench press 220" he had going on in WNSD, even though that never came across as an obsession to me, just a cute/dorky attempt at trying to be all "I'm a manly man, roar, roar, roar. MUSCLESSSS" and just failing terribly. Such a cute dork.

I digress.

I'm pretty sure all the writers thought was "they are teenagers/young adults who solve mysteries with a talking dog" and they just splashed stereotype all over them and that was that. It's like they worked on the show, as a whole, and then the main characters found themselves put in the picture half-way through the entire process. And then Velma, Scooby and Shaggy were pulled out and slapped back near the end.

(this turned out longer than I wanted, my apologies. I think I need to rage about this, but where? .-.)

[brendala.livejournal.com]

That Daphne/Shaggy scene would have been tolerable if Shaggy had at least felt BAD about it (regardless of whether or not he enjoyed it). A scene where he kept apologizing over and over until Daphne finally said "it's OK. We were both loopy at the time. Now lets put it behind us and NEVER speak of it again!" would have lightened up the scene and erased the creepy date-rape vibes.

The WNSD version of Fred is my favorite. I think that version had the perfect balance of "capable, intelligent leader" and "goofball / cute dork". He was genuinely lovable and I could see why the other characters would like him and elect to let him be the leader.
The MI version of Fred comes across as mentally ill. I'm not saying that as a slight against people with mental illness. I'm just saying that the way he behaves makes it hard for me to buy that ANYONE would want him in charge of anything (especially when smarter people like Velma are around).



(this turned out longer than I wanted, my apologies. I think I need to rage about this, but where? .-.)

Don't apologize. It feels good to discuss this with people who share my frustrations.
I don't see why we can't rage about it here. But if you'd rather do it someplace else, my personal journal has some choice posts about it (mainly this one (http://brendala.livejournal.com/111213.html) and this one (http://brendala.livejournal.com/185694.html))

[rose-red5.livejournal.com]

I love it! Poor Shaggy! So clueless!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

I think Velma (and possibly Scooby) could stand to get a clue, too. LOL