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This is the Velma episode 5 thread. Yes, I am still doing these. I want to be able to write about it from the perspective of having seen the whole thing so yeahPermalink On twitter.com
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I'm thinking about Mystery Incorporated. I of course like Mystery Incorporated. It was part of my childhood. And it's solid. But lately, wrt Velma, people have been acting like Mystery Inc is this super faithful and loyal adaptation, and that's why it was so goodPermalink On twitter.com
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Mystery Inc was actually super weird and non-standard for a Scooby Doo show. It was also super diverse for its time: it marked a major push in retconning Velma to be queer and pretty much invents a Black woman whole cloth to be the original founder of the Mystery Inc we knowPermalink On twitter.com
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The hot take of the night is that Velma is a lot more like Mystery Inc than any other Scooby Doo and that's part of why it's bad. Velma being a sassy know-it-all and Shaggy being a terrible boyfriend are, in fact, ideas from Mystery Incorporated gone wrongPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Scooby Doo having love triangles was also not a thing before Mystery Inc. I'm only on this tangent because the idea that "they should've just done Mystery Inc again" is increasingly untenable to mePermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 I don't get unpopular characters who find it within themselves to look down on other unpopular charactersPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 This joke about cops being "sexually harassed" by minors is... I don't even have the words for this. Especially if you know anything about cops and sexual harassment. Viewer participation time! What are some words for this?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Fred is a, uh, feminist ally. This joke was so funny when Shaggy was also a feminist ally. Just... so funny. Ha haPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Damn I love it when characters have little to no chemistry whatsoever! I love when everyone hates each other all the time!!Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 you got the whole squad laughingOn twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Also thinking about why the process of finding clues and progressing the mystery in this show is so unsatisfying. Like, she just learned where her parents are from and it's somehow a letdownPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Daphne is the only character I like and the show can't get me interested in learning more about herPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 The joke about the, uh, apartheid state of Israel is not even the worst one in the showPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 but WHY is she like this?Permalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 whhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 After the 2020 protests for Black lives, media around cops should be more socially conscious. That's why we'll have Velma get run over by a cop car for laughsPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 So, not as bad as episode 3. 3 and 4 were definitely the low points there. I think this episode was characterized by a lot of humor that works on paper because it has the structures of a joke, but isn't actually funny in contextPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 Like the joke about sending a text and only reacting with an emoji two days later is funny on its own. But it's lame because it's Velma being shitty to her friend and the characters having no positive chemistry whatsoeverPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 There are jokes about male feminists that might work in a standup bit, but don't work when they come from Fred Jones of Mystery Incorporated as part of a show that is super uninterested in engaging with feminist ideasPermalink On twitter.com
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CN: Velma episode 5 This episode was written by Matt Warburton, from the Simpsons, actually. And I think that tracks. Where the dialogue and pacing are structured better due to having a more experienced writer, but it was written with no regard for the characters or politicsPermalink On twitter.com