#scooby speaks!

[doranbasu]

Shopping Day is coming!! Now the question is, replay Kali: FoS or Soulless for it...

[inkoutsidethelines]

Thinking about how I would write an adult Scooby-Doo series, because I think it can be done.

The first thing I’d do is make the characters actually be adults.  Still young, but adults, in the mid to late 20s range.  Mystery Inc. is a private detective type business that they run together.  In this universe, the supernatural/ghosts/etc are real, but not necessarily common, so when they take on a case, the culprit might be a person disguised as a monster, or it might actually be a real ghost.  The stakes can be higher; sometimes a bad guy is legitimately trying to kill them.  Sometimes the mystery they’re trying to solve is a murder.  Sometimes they actually get hurt on their cases.

Fred: the core of Fred’s character should be that he’s incredibly kind.  Like, give a stranger the shirt off his back kind.  The “Fred can’t talk to potential clients because he might take a case for free and we need to eat” kind.  He’s an honest and good person and sometimes gets himself into trouble because he assumes other people are too.  While he’s not very good at reading people or noticing ulterior motives, he’s brilliant when it comes to mechanical or engineering type stuff, so he’s the one who keeps the mystery machine running, builds their gadgets, and of course, designs the traps.

Daphne: she comes from old money, and her parents absolutely despise her life choices, to the point where they haven’t officially disowned her, but they have basically cut her off, so she doesn’t actually have access to any family money.  Growing up wealthy has granted her a variety of skills, including speaking multiple languages, horseback riding, and fencing.  She’s very into fashion and jewelry (even if she can’t afford it anymore) and has extensive knowledge of both that can occasionally provide a vital clue in a case. And even though her parents have cut her off, Daphne still has a wide network of contacts she can ask for favors sometimes, because she’s personable, and people tend to like her.  Daphne is also very emotionally intelligent, and is usually the one who can spot when someone is lying to them.

Side note - I ship Fred and Daphne, so I think I would start them off as an established couple for this universe.  Dating, engaged, married, I don’t care.  They are stupidly in love, ride or die for each other.  There’s no will they, won’t they, no worries about cheating.  They are in a healthy, happy, loving relationship, and no one (not even Daphne’s disapproving parents) are going to mess that up for them.

Velma: she is the forensics nerd who sometimes gets super excited about the wrong thing at the wrong time (”He was mummified in seconds? That’s so cool!” “Velma!  His wife is standing right there!” “Oh.  Sorry.”).  She’s not purposely insensitive, she just gets laser focused on her work and forgets to filter herself sometimes.  She’s also the one who can get so fixated on solving whatever mystery they’re working on, she’s willing to bend or maybe break laws.  Is breaking and entering really so bad?  Not if it gets them answers.

Shaggy: he is still the comic relief, but he’s the comic relief by being the only person in the group that actually has common sense.  He manages the business’s finances, he’s the only one who knows how to cook, and the others tease him for being a coward sometimes, but Shaggy maintains that if a ghost with an axe is coming for you, running is the only sensible option.  He should also have a range of random knowledge that sounds useless, but sometimes saves the day (ex ventriloquism, origami, the history of spoons, etc).

Scooby: as this is a universe where supernatural creatures exist, Scooby is an ancient eldritch type being that took a shine to Shaggy when he was a kid, and took the form of a talking dog to befriend and hang out with him.  Aside from the talking dog bit and not aging, he never uses his powers in a way that anyone notices.  The audience is not told upfront that Scooby is an ancient eldritch being; it should slowly be hinted at throughout the series so the audience put it together, but the characters never realize it.  Scooby genuinely considers Shaggy to be his best friend, and cares about the rest of the gang too.

[saulbaby]

Adult Scooby-Doo series where they're all in their 70s and the mystery now is why is scooby still alive but nobody says it out loud bc they don't wanna jinx it but everybodys suspicious and often worried about this talking dog in his mid 60s

Edit: if anybody tells me Scooby-Doo is an alien in the tags again I'm turning reblogs off

[nicollekidman]

there’s something about the way the scoobies allow spike to partially integrate with them in buffy’s absence but only insofar as he’s being Useful and clearly only because they understand he wouldn’t allow it to be different. he can walk amongst them because he’s strong and he made a promise but they don’t actually view him as a man (not even as human, but as someone capable of grief), and as soon as they bring back buffy, he’s gone from their minds, relegated back to the shadows and not even considered. and how that aligns with how they think of buffy….. buffy is beloved unlike spike but she’s also Useful. her strength is there again so they don’t need his, she’s buffy so she’ll take care of everything, they just have to wait. she will say thank you!

but while the scoobies are waiting for buffy to Go Back To Normal, to take up her slayer mantle and do what they need her to do….. buffy (barely conscious, barely aware of her surroundings) goes to spike. and for as much as the season dives into the Darkness in their connection. it feels very important that when she comes back, the scoobies forget about spike and Other him again, meanwhile buffy instinctively understands that spike isn’t seeing and speaking to Old Buffy(tm), he isn’t watching her every move and reaction to compare it to how she used to be, he’s just. seeing her. and understanding her. both their hands are hurt. and….. she doesn’t have to lie. she can be alone with him there.

[mxinterpretations]

I wish there were more culturally popular songs like Disturbia. I want more scooby-doo-esque songs about being scared about what goes bump in the night. More sounds about haunted houses. Rihanna got that one right

[coolsvilleprincess]

Be goth, solve crime.

Birthing this Scooby Doo specific blog with fanart for Be Cool because I needed to draw their goth fits, they were simply too much of a vibe to not tbh

[queer-cosette]

I'm so right about this

[bisexualmadney]

*most rewatchable of MY picks from the like 40 films on the wikipedia list

[lemondoddle]

This is my son cycle k he's aroace he's a bitch and he has a sweet tooth everyone clap for him right now or I'll blow this fucking building up

[I.D. two pencil drawings of kusuo saiki from the shoulders up. In the first drawing he happily eats a spoonful of coffee jelly with a relaxed expression and little flowers around him. In the second drawing he's no longer eating and looking with a half lidded nonplussed expression with "what." Written next to him. End I.D.]

[tuffghostart]

i made this meme last night in the throws of passion

[doranbasu]

pls keep me in your thoughts I'm replaying HS 2 from season 1...

[sarasanddollar]

The fact of the matter is that when you choose to make Velma A BROWN GIRL who's super-smart but nerdy and unattractive, then have her weight, eating habits, and body hair (!) constantly be the butt of the joke... while making Daphne ASIAN, and then reducing all of her good qualities to just showing her naked and sexualizing (read: fetishizing) her... AND pitting them against each other from the get-go (as if smart vs. hot hasn't been deconstructed multiple times through these characters much more cleverly), no matter how much their relationship may potentially develop (as if this kind of narrative can be trusted), makes your show no longer "WOKE"! just RACIST!!!

[dodgedriftdietrying]

I think the thing a lot of modern scooby doo fans lose is the fact that in the original shows, Velma and Fred were the masterminds and Daphe and Shaggy were the muscle/comedic relief. Basically every episode would end with Velma and Fred looking at eachother and going "I know exactly who did this. Let's go" and not elaborate to their friends at all. And then, during the reveal, they would give a (usually) joint explanation, revealing the baddie to both their team and the cops at the exact same time.

Fred might be kinda dumb and Velma lacks social skills, but nobody beats them when it comes to mysteries.

[thementallyillapollochild]

Fandoms I'm in!!!

Mcyt/dsmp (I do not support Wilbur soot/Georgenotfound)

Pjo/hoo

Cardcaptor sakarua

Inuyahsa

School bus graveyard

Dc (specifically wayne family adventures)

Mcu

Scooby doo

Harry potter (I do not support jkr)

Marauders era

and i think that's it? I might update it lol

[aardvaark]

scooby doo but instead of solving mysteries they just beat up cis people out of nowhere

"i would’ve gotten away with it, if it weren’t for you meddling ‘cisphobes’"

[ID in alt]

[murdleandmarot]

The gang’s all here!! They’re on the case!! And there’s no ghost that they wouldn’t chase!!!!!

@mysticalcats’s Foxglove, @toki-toro’s Chaumet, @emimii’s Clownaire, and my own Bluebelle :)