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olehoncho · 2 years

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There are more versions of Scooby-Doo where Velma is straight than a lesbian. Enjoy the moment, fly your flags, but the underlying questions of: is this pandering, to what extent is projection/identification/representation useful, and the issue of whether this is bi-erasure or not are all going to hang over this movie.

But those questions don't really even need answers since this is a disposable product that will get lost in the mix with the dozens of other movies and series.

So, enjoy the parade but Memento Mori.

#Velma #Velma Dinkley #JohnnyVelma is the superior Velma ship #You know it. I know it. Moltar know it. Zorak know it. Tansut know it. Brak know it. Lokar know it. And those other people know it #too.#If you don't know that reference then I can't help you #You're too young to be playing this fandom game #It's not that I'm too old and I'm not with the times #It's that you aren't old enough to know that you're getting played #It used to be a game we could all play together #Or at least it seemed that way #Nowadays it's always the little guys versus each other #I miss when it was us versus the bigwigs #David vs Goliath #Nowadays it feels more like Goliath trying to get Saul and David to fight each other instead of him #Though eventually Saul did fight David but that was another matter #What were we talking about again #Ah yes the fact that they paired Velma with another lesbian villain #Like Marcy was a villain in her own right as well #Like that's kinda problematic in its own way #There's no wholesome happy ending for y'all out there #Just a bunch of frustrations stemming from improper value alignments #I mean I guess I get the whole aesthetic of the good guy liking the bad girl but it doesn't really work out so often in fiction or reality #Anyways I wrote another essay in tags when I should have done it in the body post #oh well #JohnnyVelma is still a healthier and more in-character ship than what you just got #I'm glad you're happy but the truth is this character will likely never be seen again #in other words #it's just a phase

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