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phoenixlionme · 1 year
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phoenixyfriend · 8 months
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Do you think "Daphne is the one handling the budget" is at all a popular headcanon for the Mystery Gang?
I like the idea of Daphne pulling out some reading glasses to do the gang's bookkeeping in the shotgun seat on long drives. The bankrolling is definitely Daphne and Shaggy (they're the ones that come from money), but it's probably still a pretty limited amount of money to work with just based on how young they are.
I want to say that Shaggy's money is in some kind of trust until he's 25. Meanwhile, Daphne does have an allowance, which is pretty big since her parents know she's traveling and they may not approve of the company she keeps, but they DO want her to be safe... but it's not enough to just spend willy nilly, considering she's the bulk of the funds for four people and one dog.
Someone has to plan out what they spend on, like... food and hygiene. Trap supplies. Laundromat usage. The occasional motel night if the elements are making 'sleep in the van' a bad idea. Phone plans, depending on the era. Health insurance if their parents don't have them on-plan (depends on the year). Car insurance (legally required). The van is old enough to require maintenance and have a pretty crappy mpg, so the gas budget is pretty high. Yearly inspections and other "let's not get stopped by the cops" stuff. Vet visits (vaccinations, teeth cleaning) for Scooby. Medication for various chronic conditions they may have. Replacing Velma's glasses when they get broken or her prescription changes. Fred's hair gel, which I assume he has. Shaggy's weed stipend. So much sunscreen. Etc.
Like they do have homes to go back to in case they truly run out of money, but it's still a lot to cover, and emergencies on the road do happen.
Modern setting Daphne just does an accounting course online and gets a CPA degree all in service of: 1. Managing the team's money 2. Catching bad guys via audit
(I'd suggest a correspondence course for an older setting but they're always on the move so idk how effective that would be.)
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Nothing but respect for MY Mystery Incorporated origin story.
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hellfireart · 5 months
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Hawkins Mystery Gang
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Vecna would have gotten away with it, too...
oh wait.
[I didn't decide on these characters by look or relationship but by personality traits and no. no I don't care if no one else agrees let me live in delusion]
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while we’re all brainstorming ideas for how ‘velma’ could have been a good ‘edgier and more mature modern take on scooby-doo’, i have an idea!
the mystery gang are given more 21st century redesigns. no more bell bottoms, some of them start wearing sneakers, shaggy wears a baggy hoodie, stuff like that.
they still have their usual color palettes and individual styles (shaggy’s clothes are baggy and comfortable, daphne is stylish and fashionable, etc), but they dress more like present-day highschool students. but, obviously, no designs are too detailed that they’re hard to animate and their designs shouldn’t date the show by being too specific to the trends of the 2020’s.
but, in one episode, crystal cove high has a “60’s themed” school dance, and the mystery gang attends in their original outfits!! maybe some extra 1960’s flair could be added just for fun, too. and the episode could have other references to the og series as well. the episode could have other 60’s references and easter eggs scattered throughout the episode.
later in the episode the gang has a classic benny hill theme chase with the villian, and, when it stops, scooby says “reja ru!” (deja vu). then fred, being a himbo, leans over to daphne and says “since when does scooby speak italian?”. daphne naturally gives him a “???” look, but before anyone can react to what fred or scooby said, the trap goes off and the bad guy is caught. episode continues from there.
there’s so much potential with the mystery gang. it sucks that velma (2023) hates its source material so much.
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kiwi · 1 year
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Hello bird. Where can I find your mystery gang artwork?
Hiii I never ended up getting past velma but here's a doodle for you <3
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lilcatastrophe · 2 months
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attempted to draw the gang from memory 🔎
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the guys ever <33
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jesus-can-see-you · 1 year
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They're so right having a talking dog in a adult show is a horrible idea because talking animals are for kids right?
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Right....?
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sir-toastington · 1 year
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the gang
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kald-dal-art · 1 year
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Of course as always i jump on a bandwagon too late, anyways Scooby Doo was such a childhood fave show of mine so wanted to join the trend to do my own redesigns of the gang
also have an art give away at the moment so check the pinned post for that
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universe12 · 4 months
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So something just occurred to me.
Shaggy and Daphne have arguably the least amount development about their relationship. And yet Daphne appears in just about every series along side Shaggy and Scooby, even if Fred and Velma are absent.
It’s also not like they don’t have moments together. When any amount of focus is put on the two of them they actually work really well with each other. For instance a moment that comes to mind is when Daph made Shaggy his own type of Scooby snacks made specifically for him, which is actually really cute.
Yet we really don’t have an established relationship between them, and in any origin stories more emphasis is put on his relationship with Velma and Scooby and her relationship with Velma and Freddy. Honestly I kinda hope a future installment puts more focus on these two, think they could have a really cool dynamic and it’d help make the hang seem more cohesive.
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phoenixyfriend · 8 months
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Have a silly thought:
Scooby Doo started in 1969.
Daphne is frequently interpreted as having a strained relationship with her parents, but also coming from wealth, and being able to rely on that wealth to some degree.
A minor can be added as an 'authorized user' to a parent's credit card, but cannot have their own until age 18 (raised to 21 without cosigner in 2009).
It was illegal for women to have their own credit cards without a male cosigner (parent or spouse) until 1974.
Daphne wants a credit card, that she can pay for from her trust fund, or from money made solving mysteries, that her parents can't actually look at and see purchases on.
Daphne marries Fred for Legal Lending the second they turn 18 in like 1970, along with a host of other "Daphne is the money manager for the Mystery Gang but isn't legally allowed financial independence, so Fred just cosigns everything for her and then lets her do whatever she thinks is best" reasons.
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phoebeebies · 5 months
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Velma Dinkley 🧡
I can't decide if I'm finished with this piece or not, feels like something's missing...
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updatebug · 5 months
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Truly tragic that we don’t get more of season one TMA gang and their investigations. Like Tim was flirting his way into confidential files and straight up stealing. Man was combing through thousands of incident files just in case something relevant came up instead of just going ah well I've done my reasonable diligence like a normal person would. Sasha was ‘turning up’ security footage and private info that there is no way she just happened to find and willingly followed mr ominous knife hands into a graveyard like that's not the start of a horror movie if ever I've seen one. Martin broke into some guys basement (twice!) to stick it to his boss. And Jon. Oh Jon. You can put the neurotic obsessive in a management position, but you cannot take the neurotic obsession out of the man. I truly believe that feral, around the world let's have tea with a murders and shake their hands is just an extreme (traumatised) version of normal researcher Jon.
I want their scoobie doo, CSI, Mystery Files investigations of supernatural events. I want Hawaiian shirt Tim seducing info out of nurses while running on two hours of sleep and coffee. I want Sasha with UKs version of Area 51's passwords bookmarked on her phone. I want Martin to punch a man (he has it in him, I believe in him).
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polygenderroulette · 9 days
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Scooby-Doo Movie Tournament
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