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“KINDA MAKES YOU NOSTALGIC FOR THE HOMICIDAL CREATURES, DOESN’T IT?”

INTRODUCING…

NAME: Velma Dinkley

GENDER & PREFERRED PRONOUNS: Cis woman {She/Her}

AGE: 25

BIRTHDAY: September 20 {Virgo}

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

FACE CLAIM: Davika Hoorne

OCCUPATION: Computer Engineer Paranormal Detective

HOMETOWN: Coolsville

POWERS/ABILITIES: Genius Intelligence & Computer Whiz

CHARACTER PLAYLIST: HERE.

UP NEXT: “SUBSTANCE” BY DEMI LOVATO

BIOGRAPHY:

For Velma, being the smartest one of the group has always been painful. There has always been an immense amount of pressure on her shoulders to be perfect, have the perfect plan and basically solve everything. Being the daughter of one Harvard legacy is bad enough but for Velma she’s the daughter of two and because of that her parents expect so much from her. Her father, Dale Dinkley, is a biochemist while her mother, Angie, is a Neurologist. So from the moment Velma was brought into the world she was expected to be nothing but the best. when the Dinkley’s decided to relocate to Coolsville, Velma was about five at the time. Her parents were at first oblivious to the towns horror culture and urban legends that surrounded it. Once they found out they decided to take advantage of Coolsville’s history and squeeze every penny out of the gullible people in the town. Thus, causing them to open the Coolsville spook museum. It was a little side project they ran. The Dinkley’s weren’t about to completely give up their hard earned paychecks for a bunch of ghost stories. While Velma was taught to think everything through with hard facts and science, as a child she did believe in ghosts. When her parents thought she was studying Velma was actually reading up on the history of the town and the paranormal. It’s safe to say she grew a bit of an obsession. Velma tried her best to hide her love for everything spooky but that all went downhill after her mother found one of her ghost story books while cleaning her room. The Dinkley’s immediately searched Velma’s room retrieving and disposing of all those pointless books, telling their daughter that she needed to focus on reality and not fiction. That was a hard pill for Velma to swallow.

Luckily for the girl, when she entered middle school she found a group of people who were a little different like herself. Freddy, Shaggy and Daphne were the only people who would talk to Velma and she was actually very grateful for that fact. By some miracle they all believed there was more to Coolsville than met the eye and formed a strong bond over that. They spent all their time together going on adventures. The friendship they had was unbreakable. At least, when they were kids it was. As they got older they started to drift a part. Velma started to grow a distaste for Freddy. He would always act like he was the one with all the brilliant ideas and never give credit where it was due. She was the one who came up with all the plans and she was tired of playing second fiddle to Freddy because he was the ‘pretty boy’ leader. Although Daphne was her best friend, Velma hated the constant comparisons between the two of them. She understood that she as popular or even as rich as Daphne but she was tired of people labeling her the nerdy, frumpy sidekick. She was just as amazing as Daphne, hell she was probably better than her and Freddy combined. So when high school hit and they all drifted apart for good, Velma wasn’t too sad about the losses. 

In high school Velma stayed at the top of her class, got the best grades all around and was even president of the engineering club. In her spare time she sometimes helped give tours at the museum. The enthusiasm she once had for ghosts was gone by that time. without the gang to keep her belief alive she let her parent’s words sway her into now thinking all the paranormal she once believed was fake. Velma was a shell of the girl she once was. The love for learning was sucked out of her. she was constantly just going through the motions until she finally graduated from Harvard. Her life had become stale, that is until Freddy Jones, of all people, came to her asking if she wanted to get the gang back together for a special case. For a second she wanted nothing to with the gang but then Velma thought long and hard about it. These three people were the only ones who ever truly accepted her. Sure, times had changed drastically, but being there with them again for a moment, a little bit of the old Velma came back. Her fire was reignited and Velma Dinkley was about to go solve one of the biggest mysteries to date: the mystery of Coolsville itself. With her laptop in tow she headed for Elias. They’d need her brains anyway. plus while solving cases she’d be able to leave her overbearing parents for a bit and figure out what she wanted in life for once. 

EXTRA-EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT HER!

Velma is more than meets the eye. Yes, she is a bet self-centered about her intellect, but due to being compared to Daphne for so long she has a bit of insecurities when it comes to her physical looks; She often times than not, picks herself apart when she looks in the mirror. This makes her adversed to physical comments/compliments and thoroughly favors those who note her intellect and life accomplishments as opposed to surface-level aspects. Velma is always thinking ahead; Having plans A-Z outlined before someone could even pitch an idea. Lately, she’s finally getting back to the lively part of herself due to Fred wanting to get the group back together. Though this is exciting to her, she also is a bit worried about having to go back to being second best around Daphne. Ultimately, Velma is very confident in her mental ability, and often times than not will try asserting her position above others through her intellect. At the end of the day, Velma can be very warm and friendly - especially to those who are a little different and stray from the “norm.”

PERSONALITY:

+ Knowledgable, Sly, and Witty

- Self-Centered, Cynical, and Secretive

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