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No thoughts, head empty

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After the gang break up (before they head to spooky island) the most calm of them is Shaggy. Sure, he’s upset that everyone’s fighting, but he understands that eventually they’ll all find their way back to each other. He’s taking this time to explore restaurants with Scooby, and is having a chill time mostly. Because he still talks to the others, nobodies mad at Shaggy. The others aren’t doing so hot, they’re all angry and sad. Fred takes his time to write his book, like he’s the main character, trying to internally justify his actions, of taking credit and being the hero by always saving Daphne. Daphne’s taking out her anger on how she’s always being saved by Fred, and outsmarted by Velma, through her martial arts training. Velma throws herself into her work to prove that she’s fine on her own and doesn’t need the others to be successful. But from when they hear from Shaggy, who’s actually processed his emotions and dealt with them in a healthy manner, they realise how crappy their lives are without the gang.

It’s why they all take the job on spooky island, they pretend they didn’t think the others would be there, but they knew the invite was for all of them. Subconsciously they wanted to see the others, to be together again. Of course seeing them is hard, and everyone’s still in the same place as before, and they remember why they left in the first place, but they still miss being a group, and solving mysteries together.

And of course it all works out in the end. Fred realises it’s a team effort, Daphne finds a way to be more than the damsel in distress, Velma is shown she’s more than just the brain. And Shaggy continues to do as Shaggy does, enjoy his time with the gang.

Happy ending for all

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Can you imagine a version of Stardew Valley that moved in real time. Where you had more energy obviously. You could slow down the content and make it easier for new players, but cool for more detailed speed runs. Where they could focus more on specific goals rather than completing the community centre or perfection. Maybe a new cooking mini game, because you’d need to eat more often to keep up energy for a longer day. It’d obviously be impossible to do without maxing stats uber quick, but it’s still cool to imagine.

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Imagine being know as the ones who are always afraid, the cowards, but then you literally throw yourselves off of a bridge, where you could potentially fall down the canyon, to save someone you met 5 minutes ago. Shaggy and Scooby, the heroes you are.

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In Scooby Doo Camp Scare, you’ve got to wonder why the woodsman made sure the camp was empty, when he was genuinely trying to kill the campers with his axe. As well as when the fish-man shoved them off the edge of the dam.

Why try to clear the camp to make sure no one drowned just to try to cut their heads off?

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I really didn’t like Velma at the beginning of mystery inc, she just seemed really out of character. She kept trying to get shaggy to change. And trying to force him to stop saying ‘like’ so much by hurting himself? That’s not cool. It’s actually kinda toxic. Restricting his diet is also not groovy of her.

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Yeah and then she reflects on what she did in later episodes and realized that wasn't a good thing to do. It's called having character development

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She does reflect on what she does, and she’s also a teenager in what’s probably her first relationship. However, that doesn’t negate the fact that her actions weren’t groovy. And just because she realises it wasn’t cool, the potential consequences of actions like that, not hers specifically, but as a whole, can have long lasting negative impacts.

Plus, it’s good to know that these behaviours aren’t cool, because I know the first time I watched the show, I didn’t realise that.

Character development is important, but it doesn’t mean the stuff she did never happened. And while it’s a tv show, and it was just a bit, doing stuff like that in real life can have harmful consequences, and it’s important people realise that.

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I really didn’t like Velma at the beginning of mystery inc, she just seemed really out of character. She kept trying to get shaggy to change. And trying to force him to stop saying ‘like’ so much by hurting himself? That’s not cool. It’s actually kinda toxic. Restricting his diet is also not groovy of her.

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“Don’t take it personally, it’s mostly just because you creep me out.” - Fred Jones, Spooky Island

Ah Fred, forever blunt, why on earth would someone take that personally.

He also calls him Mononucleosis, aka mono, the illness people get usually when snogging lol.

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You’ve gotta love Scooby flicking Scrappy on the nose to try to make him listen. Knowing fine well Fred tried to the same to him, and ended with Fred being punched. Why did he think that would work?

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The hardest part of Stardew Valley is trying to tell the shades of Blue Jazz apart.

Why are they so similar

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Shaggy is the most well adjusted member of mystery inc in the 2002 live action movie. He understands that everyone has a role to play within the team and isn’t put off when things go wrong. Even after the split up, Shaggy is ready to talk through their issues and work together, but the others are desperate to prove themselves. He’s the type that you can talk to easily, it’s shown when everyone is still willing to work with Shaggy to solve the mystery, just not with the others

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Everyone seems to describe shaggy as some kind of nerd, but he can keep up with a Great Dane. If he wanted to, he could probably become a star athlete, maybe even get himself a sports scholarship to college.

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You’ve got to give credit to that one dude in Scooby Doo Spooky Island, who knew Velma for like 5 minutes, and was willing to square up against a monster for her. Man was whipped from the beginning.

Man of the hour ^

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I headcanon that Shaggy is everyone’s favourite member of the gang. No one can change my mind.

Fred, Daphne and Velma will all argue between themselves but nobody will ever argue with Shaggy, because he’ll just look sad until everyone stops.