If you follow popular culture, you know the entertainment industry is very keen on inventing and then announcing the sexual orientation of various cartoon characters. Fans of classic comic books deal with this issue constantly, as the industry becomes more woke.
The classic character of ‘Velma’ from Scooby-Doo is just the latest example. She has been declared a lesbian.
Variety reported:
Velma Is Officially a Lesbian in New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Film, Years After James Gunn and More Tried to Make Her Explicitly Gay
Velma is officially a lesbian.
Clips from the brand new movie “Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!,” which show the Mystery Inc. member googly-eyed and speechless when encountering costume designer Coco Diablo, have gone viral on Twitter, confirming suspicions held by the “Scooby” fan base for decades.
“OMG LESBIAN VELMA FINALLY,” reads one tweet, which has over 100,000 likes.
It’s long been an open secret among fans and “Scooby-Doo” creatives that Velma is gay. Even James Gunn, who wrote the early live-action films, and Tony Cervone, who served as supervising producer on the “Mystery Incorporated” series, have confirmed the character’s sexuality, but they were never able to make it official onscreen.
This video has been viewed five million times if you can believe it.
OMG LESBIAN VELMA FINALLY CANON CANON IN THE MOVIES LETS GOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/0ilx2uid1q
— Trin 🪿 (@MythicalLlamaXO) October 3, 2022
The media will tout this as some sort of social justice victory.
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The iconic character, known for her witty intelligence and catchphrase "Jinkies!," is shown crushing on another female character in a scene from the franchise's latest movie, "Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!" https://t.co/YE2NHbIJgj
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 5, 2022
This has been in the works for a while, according to some sources.
In 2020, Gunn tweeted that he “tried” to make Velma a lesbian: "In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio just kept watering it down & watering it down." https://t.co/iSVpWxgTc0 pic.twitter.com/4o11Zxny24
— Variety (@Variety) October 4, 2022
Wouldn’t it be great if the entertainment industry focused more on entertainment, and less on social engineering?
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