The Worst Fixing Art Case That No One Asked For ( VELMA )

Mohammed Agbadi talking about the worst case of fixing art on twitter courtesy of the velma trailer.

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This a commentary video on the twitter art community, twitter artists, art drama, art commentary, art rants, and fixing art

[MohammedAgbadi]

*_tell me something nice that happened to you this week.._*

[tale]

Remember the entire controversy when soul from Disney came out and almost the entire cast was black? Exactly, you don't, because THEY WERE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS!

[whoahanant]

I saw a comment on this show that said something like:

"These are literally stereotypes of a bunch of ethnicities/nationality/skin colors".
Velma is the overly smart Indian
Daphne is a hot asian
Shaggy is a black stoner
Fred is a white man with all the stereotypes that come with that
No Scooby-Doo = it isn't the Scooby-Doo gang

I can't unsee it...

[soursaccharine]

its kinda weird how they made the nerdy girl indian, the posh rich girl east asian, and the stoner black….food for thought

[ireallyhate_peanutbutter]

honestly, if they wanted representation, they missed the chance to make scooby a service dog 😔

[Stubbormly]

Not only did they make them all stereotypes.. they also made Velma a Karen? Telling someone on tech support to die… Velma wouldn’t do that :(

[ayrahn]

I find it funny how people wanna act like they’re being respectful and “non problematic” by making a stoner stereotype a black man…like okay bro.

[Xekzelstriker]

Love the fact that the artist said, "you forgot to remove Scoby". shows that he is mature enough to not lash out and not comment further.

[aminishnamedvaati]

"you forgot to remove scooby" is the best response the artist could have done. amazing.

[marymaza]

I thought "representation" meant creating original characters with the traits of a particular demographic and their own personality, NOT literally copying someone's work, changing the ethnicity, and turning them into a negative stereotype.

[dork]

I don't like judging a series before it comes but that teaser was awful, not because Velma is indian in this series but because they turned her into an internet troll. Plus the fact that the crew took the "if you aren't excited for our show, then you're a bigot!" route doesn't help selling me this upcoming series(especially when the creator turned out to be a terf).

[bessieburnet]

"Don't forget that representation exists." As a black mixed girl... _Is that all we are to you?! Tools to make you feel better about yourselves?! Tools to stroke egos?! My GOD!!_ Have an all white cast in your shows, books, whatever if you want. There is _nothing_ wrong with that. And I'm not so much of a narcissist that I can't take it if there isn't at least one black person, because if I wanted to see one I'd look at my mother or in a damn mirror.

[dylanlancaster]

HBO said "OH You're coloured and/or queer? Well you'll love this!" And I can't get over that. It makes me feel like they think their audience is stupid. We're hurting ourselves and our communities by giving this sort of issue so much attention. I appreciate seeing someone bring up the points that artists are suffering on.

[bigbymoon]

Gotta love how when they fixed Daphne, they made her eyes smaller because "she's meant to be Asian since she knows martial arts" and like her whole ass expression changed from shock to disgust

[littlebigx]

The original artist seems like such a chill dude, I am sorry this happened to them.
They had the absolute best response one could have on that hell site.

[moonieeclipse]

You’d think things would be better if they made new characters that were POC but you know these art fixers would have a problem with that too.

[sltrskid]

the worst part about the "fix" was that the "fixer" added their watermark onto it 💀💀

[DeadPerfection]

Gotta love how Fred is just Fred because they couldn't think of a better stereotype to give him

[Quinnie]

"Zoinks, Scoob! They turned me into an NFT!"
"...Scoob?"

[steviepeculiar]

Something that does concern me about all of this is that there are so many artists who like to redesign characters from established media, not in a malicious, "fixing" way, but out of pure love for for the characters and just want to do a fun interpretation of the characters in their style, or add things to them that they like or think would suit the character, and I hope that they dont' get any hate or get lumped in with these "art fixers" 😭😭