#even the Supernatural team knew the proper way to handle the Gang

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And the thing is, Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated already did something like this. There was no mention of physical abuse (because kids’ show & there are some lines even Scooby Doo shouldn’t cross), but all the kids suffered from emotional neglect from their parents. Daphne’s parents were too absentminded to care about their youngest daughter, Velma’s parents didn’t want her mystery solving to tank their tourism businesses (since Crystal Cove made its money off tourists come to gawk at the supernatural), Shaggy’s parents were humiliated to even be associated with him, and Fred’s dad was too obsessed with himself to care about the boy he kidnapped 18 years ago (spoilers, Fred was basically Rapunzel in Season 1). That’s part of why the Gang was so close - they all knew what it was like to feel unwanted & made their own found family where everyone mattered.

But to bring the focus back to Fred, all he wanted in Season 1 of Mystery Incorporated was to make the man he thought was his father proud. And Fred, the Sweetest himbo to ever don an ascot, quickly realized that he wouldn’t compromise his morals, suppress his emotions, or treat anyone like dirt just to earn his father’s approval. Fred wanted his dad to love the real him, not who Fred pretended to be.

So, a major issue with Velma (2023), that I see no one mentioning, is how the show writers think physical and emotional abuse is funny.

At least, if it's a rich white guy; i.e. Fred.

It's all but stated that Fred is a jerk who acts like everyone is beneath him because that is what his father wants him to be. Fred is really nice and polite to Velma's dad when the meeting starts, but one small prompt from his father and he turns into that aggressive, meanspirited man-child once more.

All explained, in a single scene:

And it ends with this one line of dialogue:

Fuck you, show writers. Watching an abused kid, no matter how """privileged""", get dunked on repeatedly and absolutely humiliated in the media, is. not. funny.

Maybe I'm taking this a little too personally for a show like this. But this shit is disgusting, and I just needed to bring this up.