Vilma from Scooby-Doo is officially a lesbian. That’s because the recent movie about the famous shady dog, Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo!put the character’s sexual preferences into the canon for the first time.
In the film released digitally in the United States on October 4, it is suggested that Vilma Dinkley likes another woman.
In one key scene, the character watches the costume designer Coconut devilhighlights his qualities and consequently blushes: “Incredible glasses”, “obviously brilliant”, “incredible shirt”, “loves animals”.
Later, in a conversation with Daphne, the other girl in the group tells her, “I didn’t know criminals were your type.” To which she Vilma replies: “Who has time for a boy?”, And then she confesses that she is in love with her.
The reactions in the networks
A viral tweet from Variety claiming that “Vilma is officially a lesbian” already has more than 12,000 “likes” and hundreds of comments.
For some, the film confirms a suspicion of years; for others, the question is still in doubt; a third group stresses that they do not pay attention to an animated character’s sexual preference.
“Unless she explicitly says she is a lesbian, to me it is bi / pan. Stop thinking that there are only gays and lesbians,” one person tweeted.
Another, along the same lines as the previous one, agrees: “Vilma is not officially a lesbian just because a film decided it when we have a story of her affection for male and female characters. In any case, she is bisexual. But even then, the only thing that matters to me about Velma is her intelligence in solving mysteries. “
There was no shortage of those who boasted that they already knew. “She has always been”, “She knew”, “I always knew”, you could read in different answers.
One user, after seeing that the idea of including an LGBT character in the film had its detractors, expressed: “It is mainly about representation.“.
Attempts failed
The idea that Vilma was a lesbian brings decades of unsuccessful attempts by the writers of Scooby-Doo and endless rumors and comments on the networks.
James Gunn, film writer live by Scooby-Doo from 2002, he said so in 2020 his initial idea was that the character was homosexualbut that due to the study that produced the project he was unable to carry it out.
“In 2001, Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script. But the studio continued to water it down and water it down,” tweeted who would later direct. Guardians of the Galaxy.
Gunn pointed out that at first, in the filmed version, Vilma’s sexuality was “ambiguous”, that later, in the released version, she was already heterosexual and that later, in the sequel, Vilma had a direct boyfriend.
Also in 2020, the production supervisor of the Scooby-Doo series! Embedded Mystery, Tony Cervoneconfirmed in the comments of an Instagram post that Vilma was a lesbian.
“I’ve said that before, but Velma in Mystery Incorporated isn’t bisexual. He’s gay. We’ve always planned for Velma to act a little bit out of character,” he said.
It is worth clarifying that Mystery Incorporated is one of the many official animated series that came out of the original Hanna-Barbera drawing.
In his comment, Cervone pointed out that one of his intentions was to prove that Vilma’s relationship with Shaggy “was not the right one and he had unspoken difficulties with the woman’s reason.”
“There are clues as to why in that mermaid episode, and if you go through Marcie’s entire story arc, it seems as clear as we could 10 years ago. I don’t think Marcie and Velma have had time to act on their feelings. during the main time line, but after the reboot they are a couple. You may not like it, but that was our intention, “Cervone wrote.
Gunn’s initial idea for the character to represent the 2002 LGBTIQ + collective was completely revolutionary. This is evidenced by a previous year’s Cartoon Network commercial where Vilma mistakes Dexter for Johnny Bravo …
Source: Clarin
