With the conclusion of HBOMax's Velma, I want you all to line up and APOLOGIZE to Scrappy Doo

For the past 30 years you've called him the worst Scooby Doo character, and now there's an ENTIRE SERIES worth of worse ones. You tell him you're sorry.

Daphne Blake is an absolute icon and you CAN NOT tell me otherwise

-What’s new Scooby doo season 1

So I have a dormant scooby doo hyperfixation (that comes back now and then) and since the new Velma show is trending rn I feel the urge to tell everyone that in the Mystery Incorporated series Fred is canonically autistic with a special interest in making traps and I never see anyone mention this. It was confirmed in a video that’ll be linked at the bottom of this post.

But yeah, aside from all the other problems with the new Velma show (disclaimer: I haven’t seen the show yet but have seen some previews and have heard things about it that have given me very low hopes for how the show will be) one of the biggest icks for me so far is making Fred into a shallow and arrogant asshole popular rich boy stereotype instead of going the Mystery Inc route and making him a classic himbo and autistic who’s obsessed with building traps.

Autistic Fred Jones is the best version of Fred Jones. I love that he displays autistic characteristics without being a lazy one dimensional stereotype of autism. In the show, from what I remember (I need to give it a rewatch), he has a clear special interest in building traps to the point that it defines his life and affects his relationships, he struggles a lot with interpersonal relationships, indirect communication and social signals (especially when it comes to being oblivious to Daphne’s romantic signals, and the issues this causes in their relationship). But he’s not one dimensional, in fact he has more emotional complexity in this series than in any other rendition of Scooby Doo, in my opinion, and even though he’s autistic he’s still a conventionally attractive man and a central character who is desired by one of the main, attractive female leads in the show, which I almost NEVER see.

This Reddit post goes a bit more into the specifics of his autistic traits, for anyone interested.

Here’s the video I mentioned:

This post is about Fred, but I also wanted to mention that I have a lot of love for the Mystery Inc creators deliberately writing Velma as a lesbian who was struggling with coming to terms with her sexuality throughout the show, and giving her a canonical sapphic love interest, in a time where having a queer character in the main cast of a kids show was unheard of.

Anyway, I recommend watching Mystery Inc if you don’t want to watch the new Velma show but still want to watch something that hits the Scooby Doo nostalgia spot. It still has the fun of classic Scooby Doo that speaks to my inner child but it’s also dark and complex enough to appeal to teen and adult audiences (as well as younger audiences) without over the top edginess.

Some Scooby doo stuff I never posted

Idk if someone did that before

ok my scooby doo hyperfixation is coming back

RUH ROH!

Fuck being gay, i want whatever they have

not the worst friendship dynamic

Brown is my comfort color…

I never in my life imagined Scooby and Freddy Fazbear interacting..they’re cuties

When you love her but you are just done with her bullsh*t🤦🏼‍♂️

the only good thing velma (2023) has brought to this website is the fact that it’s revived all of the scooby doo fans who had died. like yes bitch come back and give me more scooby doo shit!!! i was getting lonely over here by myself!! rant about the characters out of anger!! give me fanart!!!!!! yes bitch!!!!

Velma side profile because why not

⁶ Here we go Scoob, rock for them ✨ ⁹