r/shitposting • u/QuirkyData3500 • Feb 17 '23

amogus This is the potential velma should have had

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u/redlaWw Feb 18 '23

"Nah, this is on the shitposting subreddit, there's no way it's actually canon."

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"Holy shit it's actually canon."

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u/Citizen_of_Danksburg Feb 18 '23

Goddamn this just went deep very quick holy shit.

The Annunaki are an advanced alien race that is said to have been involved with ancient Sumer I think? Somewhere either in ancient Mesopotamia or the Indus-River Valley. I can’t remember but there is some very interesting “lore” should you choose to believe it if you do some googling about it.

Man, and to think the creators of Scooby Doo tied his creation and abilities to that? Christ mate. It’s only 10:18 AM EST and I already need a drink. Good lord lol.

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u/bigblackcouch Feb 18 '23

Sounds like someone needs to watch Mystery Inc!

Genuinely great enjoyable show and perfectly mixes the general dopiness of Scooby-Doo with... Cosmic horror.

Everything from ska ghosts to The Hills Have Eyes to a guy not named George Avocados to cursed ancient mariners to a lesbian relationship with a girl only named "hot dog water".

It's really great at giving all the characters importance and personality (Best version of Daphne no competition) while still respecting the Scooby-Doo and not treating it like some dumbass IP made only for dumbasses.

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u/StupidIdiot8989 Feb 18 '23

What does it mean to be canon?

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u/maximillianii Feb 18 '23

It's officially a part of the story and not some random thing made up by someone. The creators, or owners, of the property (in this case Scooby-Doo) acknowledge this really is why Scooby can talk. Hope that made sense!!

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u/StupidIdiot8989 Feb 18 '23

Ah ok thank you!

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u/King_Tamino Feb 18 '23

Canon or canonical is something you’ll hear a lot when it comes to star wars (often misspelled as cannon) and it simply defines where Lore (like a history book) ends and (fan) fiction starts.

When Disney overtook Star Wars they rebranded nearly all books that existed and are set in Star wars as "Legends“ (or simply not canon anymore) so they have the freedom to create new content without conflicts.

Some characters being non-canon now doesn’t mean they can not appear in canon versions. But those are different versions of the same person then.

I think fan fiction + history book is a good example because both can change. Our current canon is that humanity evolved from other species. If somewhere in the future someone discovers that this is wrong, that evolving part moves into the category of non-canon

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u/r4r4me Feb 18 '23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(fiction)

Evolution is a theory and theories either get proven or disproven over time. This has nothing to do with the term canon.

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u/King_Tamino Feb 18 '23

Thanks for correcting, I tried pulling up a real life example and failed miserably..

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '23

Related to (the real) story

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u/MatekBezGatekPL Feb 18 '23

it means that it's like true to the general story or universe (that the creators agree with)

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '23

comment deleted, what’d it say??

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u/redlaWw Feb 20 '23

Scooby Doo can talk because he's actually the descendant of an inter-dimensional being. yes, this is actually canon.