Okay, you can’t use Fred as the one to represent “awful, misogynistic, privileged white men” when that man was always a golden retriever of a human being.
In Mystery Incorporated, he cried because of how emotional he himself always is, he got instant PTSD in an episode where Daphne got kidnapped and for majority of the series, Daphne was just BEGGING for him to fuck her but he was oblivious and respected their friendship.
Had a couple head canons come to mind... Mostly thoughts on Fred and his Bimbo-ness
Just to set things up I like the idea of them all being close childhood friends like in A Pup Named Scooby Doo.
Because Fred and Daphne seem more like the high school sweethearts people always asked them if they were dating.
Eventually they caved and tried dating eachother but realised they felt more like best friends then a couple plus Daphne realises she has a crush on Velma (#lesbian visability).
Anyway back to Freddy
My head-canon is that Freddy finds Shaggy really attractive,
He thinks in his mind that it's totally platonic like "no homo" but it's really not.
Like Velma and Daphne don't think Shaggy is ugly,
And they notice that he's weirdly popular, they just don't see the appeal (cuz they're gay for eachother but also Shaggy is like a brother to them). But they both think it's kinda suss how much Fred compliments his appearance.
(Like they both notice how gay Fred is for Shaggy but Fried just hasn't realized yet)
Some examples I thought of that Fried might throw into a conversation, un-prompted
Like Velma and Daphne are talking about their straight celebrity crushes or smth and fried just pipes in with..
-"Shaggy is pretty handsome, I bet chicks dig Shaggy"
-"I mean he's tall, fit, athletic, he's got nice hair, he's handsome, he's a great cook, his family's pretty loaded, he has good bone structure...ect isn't that what chicks always talk about wanting in a guy?"
- "I'm pretty jealous of Shaggy, like his facial hair, it's pretty rugged and sexy, isn't it?
"I wish I could grow a beard or something but it's so sparse and patchy when I try and takes me months!"
Velma and Daphne just *bombastic side eye* "this dude gay"...
I also imagine that Fred is so oblivious when people are dating or attracted to other people.
Like this man dosen't have a clue, flirting goes right over his head and he can't pick up of those vibes at all...
And because he got no vibe check he dosen't notice that Shaggy IS ACTUALLY pretty popular
So it's like
Fred (in his head) -"I wonder why Shaggy isn't popular or dating anybody when he's handsome and such a great guy"
Meanwhile...
Shaggy - **actively being hit on right in front of him**
My mother and I got to meet Mr. Frank Welker at Megacon this year. He joked, during his panel with Mr. Peter Cullen, that it was nice they named an entire convention after Megatron 😜
He liked the picture I drew him so much, that he gave us long rants in Megatron’s voice for our voice recordings 🥰 he even named my mother second in command of the Decepticons, I’m so proud! 🤣😈
Drink respect women juice in unusual quantities for the time they were brought into existence. (1960s)
Despite that aforementioned truth, newer media tends to characterize them as a fuckboy chauvinistic shoe horn for the sexist jock stereotype and it makes me Big Mad.