Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's always been a lesbian, it's just that mores have changed enough that subtext can now be text.

No need for Revisionalist re-writing the narrative. This is just LGBTQIA2+ Activist pandering in polarized America.

Most of those were words!

Anonymous wrote:Great.

Now a bio girl can’t like science, have short hair, and be book smart without also being homosexual.

Identity label stereotypes for the win! Again!

Damn, I apparently was lesbian my whole middle and high school life, if those are the criteria....Shocker, really, since all I thought about (besides science and books) was boys.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I loved the show as a kid and never once wondered or thought about the sexual identity of the characters. I don’t understand the need to define them now in the show- can’t they just solve mysteries and eat Scooby snacks?

Daphne & Fred were a couple in the show, so you always knew their sexual identity. Why is that one “OK”?

I watched Scooby Doo in preschool and early elementary. I didn’t know there was such a thing as a sexual identity. I didn’t know the mechanics of sex. I certainly had never experienced sexual attraction to anyone of either gender. I knew that couples kissed (which to me meant a peck, it wasn’t until years later I learned tongues could be involved), but to my best recollection, Fred and Daphne never kissed.

Anonymous wrote:I loved the show as a kid and never once wondered or thought about the sexual identity of the characters. I don’t understand the need to define them now in the show- can’t they just solve mysteries and eat Scooby snacks?

Daphne & Fred were a couple in the show, so you always knew their sexual identity. Why is that one “OK”?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN article

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/entertainment/velma-scooby-doo-gay/index.html

I guess I really don’t understand why Velma needs to “come out” in a kids Halloween cartoon. Why does she need to identify as anything? Is her crush on a girl really need to be part of the storyline for a kids holiday movie? No qualms with whatever people decide it right for them sexually, this just seems like an odd choice for a Halloween storyline

Agree.

We won’t be watching this. The classic ones are way better. No need for the boy crazy modern Daphne ones or the gay Velma one.

Just solve the mysteries band work together as a cool team. No political agenda needed.

So it’s a heterosexual “political agenda” when there are tween/teen romance storylines in Halloween-themed kid movies like all the Harry Potter movies, “Casper,” “Hocus Pocus,” etc., etc.?

No, because that’s “normal,” PP. “Classic,” if you will. Stop pushing your “political agenda” of thinking representation of anyone other than straight white people is okay.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN article

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/entertainment/velma-scooby-doo-gay/index.html

I guess I really don’t understand why Velma needs to “come out” in a kids Halloween cartoon. Why does she need to identify as anything? Is her crush on a girl really need to be part of the storyline for a kids holiday movie? No qualms with whatever people decide it right for them sexually, this just seems like an odd choice for a Halloween storyline

Agree.

We won’t be watching this. The classic ones are way better. No need for the boy crazy modern Daphne ones or the gay Velma one.

Just solve the mysteries band work together as a cool team. No political agenda needed.

So you won’t let your kids watch something because it has an LGBTQ character in it? Hmm. Will you also refuse to let your kids see the upcoming version of The Little Mermaid?

Visibility and representation aren’t a political agenda, PP. Black people exist, LGBTQ people exist - do you think your kids shouldn’t see them on film and TV?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN article

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/entertainment/velma-scooby-doo-gay/index.html

I guess I really don’t understand why Velma needs to “come out” in a kids Halloween cartoon. Why does she need to identify as anything? Is her crush on a girl really need to be part of the storyline for a kids holiday movie? No qualms with whatever people decide it right for them sexually, this just seems like an odd choice for a Halloween storyline

Agree.

We won’t be watching this. The classic ones are way better. No need for the boy crazy modern Daphne ones or the gay Velma one.

Just solve the mysteries band work together as a cool team. No political agenda needed.

So it’s a heterosexual “political agenda” when there are tween/teen romance storylines in Halloween-themed kid movies like all the Harry Potter movies, “Casper,” “Hocus Pocus,” etc., etc.?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's always been a lesbian, it's just that mores have changed enough that subtext can now be text.

Right? She was always LGBT. It was clear subtext.

Sorry, I meant that Velma being LGBTQ was clear subtext. I picked up on it even as a child.

No way I did and never even thought about it. Or MJ. I didn’t even know what marijuana was until I was a teen. I guarantee most elementary kids were not wondering what sexual orientation any of the characters were.

Even I, a relative innocent, knew Scooby and Shaggy were super high all the time, and that Scooby snacks were drugs.

I feel like a dummy that I didn't realize Velma was gay. I always identified with her - I kind of look like her. I wonder if this is going to lead me to some self-examination....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's always been a lesbian, it's just that mores have changed enough that subtext can now be text.

She looks pretty hetro hot here…

It takes a special kind of idiot to think you've disproved her queerness by pointing out she's pretty.

DP. I agree with you, but then why are so many saying they knew she (or, say, Peppermint Patty) were gay all along? What’s the tell if not their physical appearance?

She has the bisexual bob

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was always obviously gay. Come on.

Why? They were friends solving mysteries in a kids cartoon. I assumed their sexual preferences were never explicit bc it is totally irrelevant to the theme of the show and storylines

Except Daphne and Fred were a couple, and I never heard anyone object to their "sexual preferences" being made text instead of subtext.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's always been a lesbian, it's just that mores have changed enough that subtext can now be text.

Right? She was always LGBT. It was clear subtext.

Sorry, I meant that Velma being LGBTQ was clear subtext. I picked up on it even as a child.

No way I did and never even thought about it. Or MJ. I didn’t even know what marijuana was until I was a teen. I guarantee most elementary kids were not wondering what sexual orientation any of the characters were.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, add this to the list of things we won’t be watching.

Kids’ movies are for kids. They’re not for parents. Most kids and teenagers are much more comfortable in a diverse world than their parents are, because this is their reality. That’s to be celebrated, not looked down on.

Exactly. Celebrate the 3 genders and Explore your genders and orientation kiddos!

Anonymous wrote:She's always been a lesbian, it's just that mores have changed enough that subtext can now be text.

No need for Revisionalist re-writing the narrative. This is just LGBTQIA2+ Activist pandering in polarized America.

Anonymous wrote:Here is the CNN article

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/entertainment/velma-scooby-doo-gay/index.html

I guess I really don’t understand why Velma needs to “come out” in a kids Halloween cartoon. Why does she need to identify as anything? Is her crush on a girl really need to be part of the storyline for a kids holiday movie? No qualms with whatever people decide it right for them sexually, this just seems like an odd choice for a Halloween storyline

Agree.

We won’t be watching this. The classic ones are way better. No need for the boy crazy modern Daphne ones or the gay Velma one.

Just solve the mysteries band work together as a cool team. No political agenda needed.

Great.

Now a bio girl can’t like science, have short hair, and be book smart without also being homosexual.

Identity label stereotypes for the win! Again!