Because of the Velma show, a lot of people's pitches for a new adult Scooby Doo have Fred coming from a richer, upper-class family. Now, I know that comes from Fred being Mayor Jones's adopted/kidnapped son in Mystery Inc, but we're totally missing a goldmine here.
Fred isn't like Daphne. He doesn't come from a rich family more often than not. In fact, Fred's family history is so strange and convoluted from reboots, off-hand mentions, plot twists, and straight-to-DVD movies that Fred is related to more people than my mom knows people at random restaurants.
The goldmine is that we don't know the truth about Fred's family or parents. Are they the cruise-loving Skip and Peggy Jones from "Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!"? What about the dangerous Brad Chiles and Judy Reeves of the original Mystery Incorporated? Or what about Mayor Fred Jones Sr?! It's not that last one, but the gist is we don't know who Fred's parents actually are. Fred doesn't know who his parents actually are. You look up "Fred Jones parents" on Google, and THE TOP RESULT IS FREDDIE SHRUGGING IN THE CONFUSION AND HORROR OF IT ALL!
Nobody knows where Fred came from- not even Fred- and maybe that's how it should be...
All these obscure family members and the 5+ potential parents from his overlapping stories... the elaborate traps and random knowledge explained away offhandedly by his shady past... that perfectly happy, preppy attitude untouched by the greed of 1970s capitalists and ghouls... the ascot!
These all lead me to believe that Fred has no parents, rich or otherwise. Fred Jones is a [teenageyoungadultcollegiate] man who awoke one day from nothing, a new consciousness born of the universe, with nothing but a love of learning, a passion for solving mysteries, and a fucking groovy van to help him survive. From there, our dear Freddie made a family for himself, by traveling the world in his van, meeting new people, and picking up the weirdest interests and hobbies.
While the other members of the gang all have families and homes to go back to, Freddie has the mystery machine. That is his home, and his family are the friends he makes along the way- including Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby. Amen.
Still working on the Parallel Canon stuff, got a basic groundwork for a "boss arena" but is is missing a lot of detail. Did a small test render just to see how it might look.
Jekyll is definitely the type to agonise on the negatives, so it makes sense that he'd to it here, right after they've figured everything out
how many times do you think he saw that view?
at the very least a couple dozen, but I have a big feeling it was more, and I can't help but see Henry being the one to wake up before Lanyon, just to enjoy a quiet moment before he had to go back to pretending
I'd like to think that this view is something he memorised and thought he'd never see again; at least, not like this
I keep telling myself that it'll be worth it in the end. Just got to push through, and then I'll have all the backgrounds done for the comic. Then it'll be onto drawing Felix, all the companions, and Doc Mitchell.
All for a dumb little comic idea I came up with the other night when I was trying to sleep.
wcif.... your creativity in storytelling ^_^! okay not ACTUALLY but you're an absolutely fantastic storyteller and i'm always soo excited seeing you post, you put so much care into your work and it always gets me inspired to continue working on my own story ! continue doing what you're doing :D
AHHH thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that makes me really happy to hear!!!!!! working on a new post rn actually i think it'll be fun!!!!!
The reason the rodents are round and featureless is because they’re supposed to look like mochi! The rats/mice are even called “daifuku (a type of mochi) nezumi (term for all rodents).” They bite without hesitation.