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.

currently processing an opossum who was struck by a car and his little rotten body smelled a bit like fresh coffee and rain and idk what that means in the end but i’m sure there’s something important about life and death in there

Things I've noticed about the latest tumblr update since I got it overnight

The good:

Polls

The bad:

Can't zoom in on images

Videos don't automatically get sound when I click into them

Can't exit photos/videos by swiping up; instead, it just stays there if it's a photo/goes to some random video if it's a video

The info about who reblogged the photo/video (and from whom) doesn't go away, blocking the bottom of the image/video (literally the worst thing about TikTok, why would you replicate it??)

The ugly:

The new icon - not really my thing, but it is very tumblr

My neopets are so special to me honestly, they were a huge part of my childhood and they're still just as wonderful to me today. Hell or high water, disaster after sitewide dumpsterfire, I'll always love my lil neopet dudes. :P

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Undertale (Video Game), Undertale Multiverse - Fandom Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sans/Sans (Undertale), Ink/Geno Additional Tags: _____tale Sans | Ink (Undertale), Aftertale Geno Sans (Undertale), Fluff, Gay Panic, Kinda, Light Angst, Short One Shot, _____tale Sans | Ink Being a Little Shit (Undertale), local skeleton gets called pretty and panic: more at eleven Series: Part 16 of Ink Gets Rizz A.K.A The Author Throws Several Sanses At Ink And Calls It A Day Summary:

"Wh-What?" Geno stammers out, strangely put off.

"You are beautiful." Without any warning, Ink throws their well-worn and well-cared paintbrush aside and appears in front of Geno, cradling his face between gloved hands.

"What?" He intelligently repeats.

Why is it that the more I learn about autism, the more autistic I get?

Oh shizzle, Papyton real?

[Hell yes baby]

hi hhi :DD how are youu?

Good, thanks for asking.

dude i fucking love splatoon 3!! even though i’m absolute garbage at it lmaooo

"no attachments" in SW literally just means "don't be selfish and possessive". that's it. that's all there is. doesn't mean jedi can't have friends and loved ones. they can. just. don't be possessive and selfish about it. don't murder thousands of people in an effort to save one.

i think the part of girlhood i hold on to is being completely alone in a room in the late hours of night and still worrying how i look when i cry

Padawan liveblog or whatever

OWK: meditating is thee last thing I wanna do... which probably means I really, really should :(

Living the childhood just a little by buying a few unopened mcdonalds neopets plushie bags... They'll be coming in by the weekend hopefully!! (Hoping for another starry kyrii hahah)

I was today's years old when I found out I have a perfect Y/N on my palm

I have been branded by the fanfic god's I am now the canonical Y/N

I'm so sorry everyone

Remember the 6 year old girl who was surrounded by Israeli tanks and the red crescent couldn't reach her? Her name is Hind Hamadeh. Here you can hear the phone call her 15 year old sister, Layan Hamadeh, made with the medics. She was killed exactly a moment later including all people in the car, except for 6 year old Hind who was stuck in the car with the dead bodies of her family, Israeli tanks and IDF surrounding her, shooting, preventing anybody to reach her.

That was last night (29.1.24). Today, still nothing. The fate of Hind remains unknown.

palestine red crescent ambulance team went to rescue her yesterday evening, but they have not returned as of now. We lost contact with them about 18 hours ago, and we still remain unaware of their fate and whether they succeeded in evacuating her or not.

Please, share Hind's story as much as you can on any platform. We need to know what happened to her. Put yourself in her place, how terrified she must be. Don't scroll past this.

This is Hind.

[The great master post, and first post apparently]

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