#The Real Tuesday Weld my beloved

[hexagonalhavoc]

Oooh I love that soung too I could see that matching Sado

This song makes me think of how Sado would be in a relationship. In my Sado x reader writings I think I’m a little off canon because canon Sado would be a terrible partner

[mizzskelter]

Finally making covers for my playlists of the characters! Starting with Sydney my beloved (who I may have gone overboard on).

Here's the playlist link:

A list of the songs under the cut just in case:

Bedroom Hymns, Howl, All This And Heaven Too, and Cosmic Love (Florence + The Machine) | Trust, The Fall, creature (half alive) | Fallen Angel (P&SWG) | Shy (Saint Blonde) | Young God (Halsey) | Homunculus (Trickle) | Out of Body (ufo ufo) | Preach (Saint Motel) [Too many saints] | New Sensations (Sunsleep) | The Devil is a Gentleman (Merci Raines) | Spirit Light (Moonfall)

Can’t Go to Hell (Sin Shake Sin) | Mary On A Cross (Ghost) | Blood in the Wine (AURORA) | The Cult of Dionysus (Orion) | End of It (Friday Pilots Club) | Angel of Small Death (Hozier) | This Hell (Rina Sawayama) | For the Love of God (Mindless Self Indulgence) | The Eternal Seduction of Eve (The Real Tuesday Weld) | the fruits (Paris Paloma) [ty for the suggestion]

[alovesickdork]

"I do believe it's time for another song off my beloved's playlist. At least before me and my little lamb head off to bed. She picked this one out and we have done it as a duet before."

[scoobydoominuscoobydoo]

I've always wondered, who or what inspired Daphne's character design? Was she created off a real person, maybe an actress of the 60s? Is there any information on this? (Same question for the rest of the gang). If not, which old actors remind you of our beloved gang?

This question required a bit of research since I’m not actually super knowledgeable on actors of the 60′s and didn’t have a specific idea of who Daph could be based off of. I figured all of the gang were based off of popular pop culture icons of the time since they’re very clearly caricatures in the early shows.

I’m actually a major slut for films from the 40′s and early 50′s simply from the vibe and aesthetic those movies give off so in my head the first person I though of was Barbara Stanwyck:

Specifically from the 1941 romantic comedy Ball of Fire (spoiler, she’s the ball of fire). Stanwyck always carries a commanding energy whenever she’s on screen and her range is incredible (I watched Double Indemnity like a week after watching Ball of Fire and it was so jarring). Her appearance and charm remind me of my perception of Daphne at least.

However, after doing a little digging, I found that Daphne was actually supposed to be based off of Thalia Menninger from the 60′s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

She was the main love interest of the first season although her main traits seem to be that she’s materialistic and shallow which doesn’t remind me of Daphne all that much. She might be a tad self-absorbed but not in any way that it’s negative. Plus she doesn’t look that much like Tuesday Weld so I’d stand by my Stanwyck case. However this was who Daphne was initially based off of.

Now was really interested me was while looking into the show (which is basically Saved by the Bell and Boy Meets World before either of them existed) I found that the titular character’s best friend shared certain traits with my favorite beanpole.

The first thing I noted was that Maynard is played by Bob Denver (that’s Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island for any of y’all not waist deep in the classics on a regular basis) who I’m a pretty big fan of. I also noted while it wasn’t a carbon copy of Shags there were definitely enough similarities to consider Maynard an inspiration. And then I saw a photo of Maynard and was even further surprised:

Again, not a carbon copy but his appearance definitely reminds me of Shaggy.

So I kept digging and looked into Dobie Gillis himself, played by Dwayne Hickman. There aren’t any real similarities personality wise but Fred was mostly a blank slate in the early shows because he was meant to be the collected leader. Dobie definitely doesn’t have what it takes to lead the Scooby gang but:

He’s definitely got a similar style and appearance to Freddie.

Finally we have Zelda, Dobie’s secret love interest that is more of a background thing until the end of the show.

Dobie, Maynard, Thalia and Zelda.

Fred, Shaggy, Daphne and Velma.

Now I went through all of that research only to stumble upon this article and now I’m mad. If I really wasn’t thinking I would have just said the Archie characters and we could have moved on but of course I had to go on a deep dive.

Now I understand why Dobie Gillis was a major influence for the Scooby gang since it was the first sitcom to have teenagers play the major role in the show. It also put a strong emphasis on the struggle teens go through while growing up with so many expectations and was a huge deal when it came out. This show is the reason most TV shows have a good chance of having a teen cast. So I can see why while developing the Mystery Five (og name) Dobie Gillis would be a huge inspiration.