Velma is the latest character used for Publicity Stunt. In the mainstream Scooby Doo timeline, Velma is now out and proud gay. The inspiration for this is back in the early 2000s. James Gunn, the then-director of live-action Scooby-Doo movies tried to make her gay. The studio, however, opted to tone it down because of the new era.
Velma was not originally Lesbian.
She even dated Shaggy at one point but she is popular with the LGBTQ+ community. Due to the constant rebooting of Scooby Doo, I recall that many men got introduced as her boyfriend in various timelines. When fans found out that James Gunn tried to make her Lesbian the fanbase started to show interest to make her one. From fan fiction to fan art, there seems to be an interest. She also dated Johnny Bravo but that is the past. The Director of the She-ra Netflix Reboot said she had a crush on Velma when she was a little girl. So there was always a fantasy for a portion of the Fanbase to make her have female preference. I know this will cause a fanbase division but most fans of the old Velma already outgrew Scooby Doo.
HBO Max also have an Animated series where Miss Dinkley got racebended.
This Alternate Velma will be adult oriented and its Produced by Mindy Kaling. Maybe She designed this Velma after her. I do not know what is the sexuality of this other Velma but I have a feeling there will be culture wars again. Velma is the next character used for the Ginger erasure for sake of Diversity. I can see the debates coming but it will make people talk about it more. I can see those Geek Vloggers screaming at the top of their lungs because Velma is now Brown. Hey at least her hair remains red. This is not the first time though Velma got played by a POC. Hayley Kiyoko and Gina Rodriguez once portrayed this lovable nerd.
Rather than wasting your time with this culture war. If you prefer the old straight and Caucasian Velma, she will always be there in the old cartoons and movies.
Wow it goes full circle because Hayley Kyoko, Once of the live action Velma actresses is Gay in real life. So is it time for her to reprise the role now Velma aligns with her sexuality? Yes I think so!
I believe they decided to go with Velma because Some fans ships Daphne to Shaggy while others ships Daphne to Fred. I also did see her popularity to Lesbians, I had seen some lesbians online who said their first cartoon Crush is Velma.
Republican YouTube Vloggers probably have foaming mouths now.? Twitter is a cesspool at this moment because of the culture wars.
Actually, it’s quite impressive that they were able to create a trailer that spends nearly two minutes doing nothing but insulting the source material and the fans. The trailer is actively seeking out negative feedback. Nowadays, more people dislike than like TV and movie trailers on YouTube. Sure, Why Not The mainstream media begged for its concealment.
They scrapped plans to bring back BTAS because of this? How did this show make it through the merger when so many other great ones on HBO Max were cancelled? As a result, viewers must decide whether they prefer Lesbian Velma or Racially Ambiguous Velma.
I am excited and happy for this but I guess not everyone has the same joy I currently feel. I do not want to debate so I will not bother.
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I guess I am a normal person because I am not triggered by a fictional character changing,
Does Hollywood hate redheads? Why it is always them who got race swapped?
Seems like I’m the only one who careless about all these characters…all I want I’d the show not debates.lol.
In the Velma series, Velma is not the only one who is race swapped. Shaggy becomes Black and Daphne becomes Asian.
Yup Freddie is the only character now who is caucasian.
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They should have made an Anime remake instead of whatever it is they are serving us.
At least Daphne and Velma’s hair remains red?