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Okay we're doing it. We'll do the Velma watch threads. This is episode 1. I won't bother being "unbiased", because I don't believe in such a thing. But I do try to treat the show as I treat anything else I write about. Yes, I will be writing about the show once it is finishedPermalink On twitter.com
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Oh, and I've never done a proper watch thread on Mastodon so if you're reading this on there, feel free to let me know what I could do to improve the experience for youPermalink On twitter.com
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For context: I am not someone who dislikes race-swapping in media (sorta obvious if you know me). I'm also not someone who is super married to source materials in adaptations. I am simply a man who likes it when stories do something interesting.Permalink On twitter.com
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I also appreciate progressive messaging in media and do not believe politics in fiction should be "subtle". All this to say that, on paper, Velma should be something I vibe with, actually! But in practice, I have hated every clip I have seen of this show. I want to know why.Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 I do not disagree that this is what origin stories are like. But why are you telling me this instead of just being the unique story you claim you want to be?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 I expect this to come up many more times. But, why is she so mean. Why does she hate everyone?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 The Mushoku Tensei school of having random sex in a show and calling it a day.Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Wha- yes. Yes I did notice. I fucking sucks. Your point?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Okay so if YOU KNOW it's lame then WHY DID YOU JUST DO IT? So I suspect this will also come up a lot. But you cannot just do the thing you think I know is bad and then point that out. If you know the trope is bad just don't do the trope. Or subvert it?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 We? Who is we? On parle français ? NoPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Okay so here's my thing. I know they kiss later because I've seen the clip. Velma and Daphne kissing would be fine normally. But they pre-empted it with this weird conversation of sexualizing lesbians for views, so now it's weirdPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Like, all this meta bullshit is actively making the representation worse. Now I don't know if YOU don't know that it's not okay to cynically use your queer characters as sexual objects for the sake of generating profit. Since you brought it upPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Aside from all the nitpicking about the cockroaches fucking, I don't quite know why anyone is doing anything here, which is a feeling I hate in TVPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Is this a positive stereotype, show? Does show understand why cop shows are bad even?Permalink On twitter.com
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we'll be back in a bit. laptop is almost out of battery and I'm on the roadPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Why would this picture even be in a police report? Talk about clunky expositionPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Another sidebar, but, as someone who was insecure about his weight in high school and aifll is to an extent, I don't care that Velma is fat. I do not like that the show is trying to make me care that she is fat. It's alienatingPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Like, here see? I don't think she's ugly. I don't care she's fat. But the show is like "look at how disgusting she is. I am woke for pointing this out somehow". Why can't she just exist? That would be actually subversivePermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Velma makes me feel the same about my body as the fat guy from Darling in the FranXX. This is about as damning a statement as I can make really. The show is still fatphobic but it tells you it knows fatphobia is wrongPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 For a good story about a social reject whose own bad behavior makes them alone, may I direct you to Bocchi the Rock!. Although it's interesting there's a point of comparison here. I'll work on thatPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Aw man, just when I was beginning to maybe tolerate this show enough to finish this threadPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Why would Velma form Mystery Incorporated with what is essentially her stalker??Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Mindy Kaling saw Kazuya from Rent-a-Girlfriend and went "I have the best idea"Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 man what is this even supposed to mean?Permalink On twitter.com
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Back after a breakPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Why is Velma so bad at solving mysteries? She's not particularly smart or scientifically oriented, she's just the main character. She doesn't discover anything. Other people have leads and she just floats from place to placePermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 So that's episode 1 done. 1/3 of it was a below average, corny mystery show and 2/3 was this obnoxious, self-aware, "look how woke we are" bullshitPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Let's forget it's Scooby Doo for a sec. Everyone is extremely unlikable. Actually, surprisingly Daphne is the least bad. Her crimes seem to be being hot, having friends, and being a repressed lesbian. The other three are just actively malicious peopleOn twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 The show is extremely regressive politically speaking. So much time this show spends quoting reactionary TV Tropes pages while DOING THOSE TROPES could be spent just being the show it tells me we need more ofPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 My buddy Rag and I call this "pissing in the street". There's an old anime video essay about how anime will declare they are pissing in the street before doing it, as if the declaration beforehand makes whipping your dick out in the open and peeing any betterPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Last thing for this thread: but I reject the idea that "being an adult" means insisting that everyone is secretly awful deep down. That is bullshit. How's the blanket idea that we're all selfish perverts any less childish than the idea that we're all saints?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 1 Velma is very similar to Konosuba in this way, another show that very much did not work for me. Because underneath everything is this same cynical bullshit idea that "realism" means everyone's as awful as you apparently arePermalink On twitter.com