Variety reports:
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.
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.
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Velma Is Officially a Lesbian in New ‘Scooby-Doo’ Film, Years After James Gunn and More Tried to Make Her Explicitly Gay https://t.co/qbrHwMUAYU
— Variety (@Variety) October 4, 2022
No one on the planet cares as much about identity politics as these people pic.twitter.com/YLckx9T4Zo
— John Whitehouse+ (@existentialfish) October 5, 2022
Velma is finally confirmed to be part of the LGBTQ+ community in the latest Scooby-Doo film ‘TRICK OR TREAT’. pic.twitter.com/x5a3vK5k8z
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) October 4, 2022
how conservatives imagine the “woke left” works:
“ok everyone, whats on today’s agenda?”
“we made the green m+m less sexy, and the purple one is trans”
“velma is gay now”
“all mermaids are black”
“sesame street has received vax talking points”
“… woke generals activated” pic.twitter.com/E0etSUfaoZ— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 5, 2022
Velma is CANCELLED pic.twitter.com/9R353EFONn
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 5, 2022
Steven Crowder complains about Velma from Scooby-Doo: “If we’re going to bitch about appropriation, why do you need to take a straight character and make her lesbian? Just go make your own” pic.twitter.com/MbejxhoFsl
— Jason Campbell (@JasonSCampbell) October 5, 2022
/2 “So it has come to this . . .” he begins. No. He deletes it. “It was only a matter of time that . . . .” No. Not that either. He massages his temples. He remembers the teacher who praised the horse he painted, lauded its lines and energy. It felt good. He felt like someone.
— SLAPPableHat (@Popehat) October 4, 2022