Day 6. Machine
Crossover: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (and later series)
"Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We got some work to do now.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo, where are you?
We need some help from you now."
I cannot wait for the scene when they take Sammy's mask off :3 I'd watch an episode like that.
Btw. in case anyone is wondering, Shaggy checks whether bacon soups are 20 or 50 years after expired, because it depends on whether he decides to heat them before eating or not :D
Am I a fan of Scooby-Doo? Well... yes and no. As a little kid, I loved the show, I even had VHS tapes of the episodes... But then my lil brother got hooked on it and watched it so obsessively that I hated the whole show (especially since his favourite was that damn Scrapy-Doo, so he was tormenting me episodes with him, and Scooby-Doom, the other son of the b*ch, which I hate). However, I still enjoyed the full-length movies, and to this day I still enjoy watching some of them (for example: "Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf" or "Scooby-Doo! in Where's My Mummy?..." by the way, the former was made in the year of my birth, so he's older than me, yay!)
But then came the era of weird Scooby-Doo series that delighted me again and stole my heart, like "Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!", "Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated" or crazy one "Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!" (I love self-ironical, self-parodying shows). So... yeah, I guess I'm a Scooby Doo fan now. What's more, I will now say something that will probably make some people hate me: I like the "scandalous" show "Velma". Uuuu! Everyone will stop following me now, what a drama.
I have to admit that I had fun - although it was probably one of the most difficult Ink Demonths so far (counting the future ones I've already drawn). Scooby-Doo is damn hard to draw, because he has very caricatured features while having quite a dog's build, and when broken down into simple shapes, he's... just plain ugly to draw. Shaggy was a bit of a challenge, but it was a real pleasure to draw Velma. By the way, these two are my favourite characters - and I ship them in their youth (in their mature life, I prefer Shaggy with that cool alien from one of the movies).
I used, of course, the background from BATIM - and choosing the right one and then framing it the best took me a lot of time and frustration too. I originally wanted a setting from the first chapter, but nothing looked right with the characters on it. I finally made it to the second chapter - and I think it turned out really nice.
However, I am extremely proud of how cans turned out, the expiration date of which is checked by Shaggy.
If anyone doesn't understand why this entry is for "machine" theme, let me remind you that the Gang drove a cool, colourful van called... that's right! The Mystery Machine! If you didn't know that, you can't consider yourself a Scooby-Doo fan :D
Bendy and the Ink Machine (c) Joey Drew Studios Inc.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (c) Hanna-Barbera
Sammy and the Ink Machine (c) Nayia Lovecat
Over the years the car of scooby gang never changed, and therefore the way we perceive them changed a lot
So, everyone know's what car I'm talking about
it's a simple vehicle with a vintage looks. But when scooby-doo first aired in 1969 it wasn't vintage. It simply was a cool car that the mystery gang had. Normal teen stuff. They were cool and had money,as evidenced by the fact they had a car.
Then as time passed, the vehicle got a bit dated, now in our perception of them they had perhaps inherited it after one of their relatives.
Then more time passed and the car became ~vintage~, now the scooby gang in the mind of children had a specific taste in vintage clothing, and methods of transportation.
And now we see vintage styles return, modern people are enamoured with old things, and therefore scooby-gang once more has a cool, trendy-ish vehicle, that one of their relatives, or they themselves managed to restore back to it's glory.
And because of that, even though the car had never changed over many new versions of scooby-doo, our perception of it, and therefore the mystery gang have changed.
I just feel like that the reason the Velma show sucks is because it's based on just vibes like there is no really substance. Especially because it's aimed at adults you'd think there would be.
Like okay for example I'd start a remake of the show with Shaggy/Norville moving to Crystal Cove after the death of his father. He'd be Black and Jewish with Anxiety after his father was killed in attack a synagogue. He smokes weed to stop him having panic attacks, Scooby he got to help him feel safer. He doesn't trust cops.
When he moves to Crystal Cove he meets Velma who I'd still keep as bisexual and South Asian American. They click and become friends right away. He walks her home when girls start vanishing. To keep her safe. Daphne runs up to both and ask can she walk with them as she thinks she's being followed. They bond. They become besties. They walk Scooby after school and weekends together.
More girls vanish. The latest being Velma sister. The last person seen talking to her was Fred, the police won't even interview because his father wealthy. The trio question him. Find out Velma sister knew that Fred dad was an abusive pos who uses money to get away with it.
He wants to help find Velma sister. They became this little gang, scooby goes everywhere with them. The first missing girl body is found. They know they are running out of time to save Velma sister.
Scooby finds Velma sister backpack which has her camera in it. They find on the camera Fred dad arguing with the first victim. The gang confront him. He isn't the killer but he's pos that Fred moves out and into a van in Shaggy mother garage it belonged to Shaggy dad.
They eventually figure out the killer and kidnapper is a teacher working at their school who was sleeping with one of the victims. He took and killed anyone the first could have told. They save Velma sister just in time.
The series ends with the gang painting the van with the words the Mystery Machine.
Is it a great plot? No. It's better than Velma with more substance yes.