{"id":90348,"date":"2022-10-07T23:14:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T23:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/all-cartoon-characters-are-gay-until-further-notice\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T23:14:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T23:14:06","slug":"all-cartoon-characters-are-gay-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/all-cartoon-characters-are-gay-until-further-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"All Cartoon Characters Are Gay Until Further Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"false\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"Image for article titled All Cartoon Characters Are Gay Until Further Notice\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"Image for article titled All Cartoon Characters Are Gay Until Further Notice\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM no-caption\">Graphics<!-- -->: <!-- -->@tonycervone (Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/95f8838cb1c95150a0e59570c78d8c3e\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"true\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Brace yourselves for this news: Velma Dinkley is a lesbian.  She always has been. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Fans&#8217; years-long speculations were confirmed when clips from the new <em>Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! <\/em>film, which came out October 4th, featured a potential love interest for Velma: the fashion designer Coco Designer.  I don&#8217;t think they could&#8217;ve made a better match for Velma if they tried.  And now, delightfully, when you search her name on Google, a flurry of pride and lesbian flags celebrating the recent confirmation will rain down your screen.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1577071236718657537&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1577071236718657537\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Apparently, this movie wasn&#8217;t the first time that the show&#8217;s creators have tried to be explicit about Velma being a lesbian.  ace <em>variety<\/em> <span>reports,<\/span> director James Gunn had intentions of making Velma a lesbian as early as 2001, but his plans were diverted by Warner Bros.  \u201cIn 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script,\u201d he tweeted in 2020. \u201cBut the studio just kept watering it down &#038; watering it down, becoming ambiguous (the version shot), then nothing (the released version) &#038; finally having a boyfriend (the sequel).\u201d  (The studio has since made him delete the tweet.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">That same year, director Tony Cervone also spoke out about Velma&#8217;s sexuality: \u201cI&#8217;ve said this before, but Velma in &#8216;Mystery Incorporated&#8217; is not bi.  She she&#8217;s gay, \u201dhe said in an <span>Instagram post. <\/span>\u201cWe always planned on Velma acting a little off and out of character when she was dating Shaggy because that relationship was wrong for her and she had unspoken difficulty with the why.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"bxm4mm-16 jvTtVq\">\n<div class=\"sc-1atgi65-0 sc-1atgi65-1 bdNdA-D js_commerce-inset-permalink\" data-inset-url=\"https:\/\/go.linkby.com\/YPHSADDT\" data-inset-category=\"CommerceInsetMobile\">\n<p>G\/O Media may get a commission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Actors who have played Velma over the years are thrilled by the recent developments\u2014something they themselves have thought about in the past while donning V&#8217;s signature orange turtleneck and glasses.  During an Instagram Q&#038;A, a fan asked Hayley Kiyoko, who played Velma, how she felt about the news.  \u201cI booked Velma in 2008. It was my first big role in a movie but I specifically remember thinking to myself &#8216;I wonder if they know they hired a lesbian as Velma,&#8217;\u201d Kiyoko wrote.  \u201cAnd here we are 14 years later!!!!  I&#8217;m happy for her coming out!  I&#8217;m surprised and also not surprised whatsoever <span>\ud83d\ude02<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1577729210277588992&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1577729210277588992\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"500\" height=\"159\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">Of course, Velma&#8217;s newly-confirmed queer identity already has some Republicans <span>blue in the face.<\/span> While right wing Twitter has made clear that they do not support imaginary characters like elves and mermaids being played by <span>people of color<\/span>and they&#8217;re not cool with cartoon characters being gay, either.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cIf we&#8217;re going to bitch about appropriation, why do you need to take a straight character and make her lesbian,\u201d conservative political commentator Steven Crowder said on a recent episode of his podcast <em>Louder With Crowder<\/em>.  \u201cJust go make your own.  It&#8217;s not our fault people don&#8217;t want to watch it, just because we don&#8217;t want to watch a bunch of cartoon women shop at Bass Pro.\u201d  Was that seriously the best burn you could think of, Steve?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">I&#8217;ll say it: Batman and Robin are gay.  Bert and Ernie, gay.  Peppermint Patty, for sure gay.  C3PO: gay.  But we don&#8217;t need to stop at the obvious\u2014let&#8217;s go ahead and make George Jetson gay, too.  Throw Squidward and Miss Fizzle in there.  I want Sleeping Beauty awoken by a lesbian kiss.  Let&#8217;s just consider all cartoons, elves, mermaids and superheroes gay for the foreseeable, until everybody can get their shit together and stop projecting their own anxieties onto fictional characters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphics: @tonycervone (Instagram) Brace yourselves for this news: Velma Dinkley is a lesbian. She always has been. Fans&#8217; years-long speculations were confirmed when clips from the new Trick Or Treat Scooby-Doo! film, which came out October 4th, featured a potential love interest for Velma: the fashion designer Coco Designer. I don&#8217;t think they could&#8217;ve made &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/all-cartoon-characters-are-gay-until-further-notice\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All Cartoon Characters Are Gay Until Further Notice<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[28685,29680,6244,29678,280,392,27846,1500,109,6250,785,13241,1702,29676,11322,3793,29679,2918,29516,9522,595,20306,29677,29675,9514,11628,7098],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":86846,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/velma-is-a-lesbian-new-scooby-doo-movie-makes-her-gay-officially\/","url_meta":{"origin":90348,"position":0},"title":"Velma Is a Lesbian: New &#8216;Scooby Doo&#8217; Movie Makes Her Gay Officially","date":"October 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Velma is officially a lesbian. 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