HBO Max’s “Velma” is not your common Scooby-Doo present — and never simply because there’s actually no Scooby-Doo in it. Within the new animated sequence, the world of Thriller Inc. will get an grownup twist with Mindy Kaling, Sam Richardson, Glenn Howerton, and Constance Wu voicing the roles of the titular Velma Dinkley, Norville “Shaggy” Rogers, Fred Jones, and Daphne Blake, respectively.

The sequence was developed by Charlie Grandy with Kaling onboard as an govt producer. The present’s first two episodes, which dropped on Jan. 12, characteristic some jokes in regards to the present’s extra grownup tone and even some nudity. However the largest change to the beloved mystery-solvers cartoon comes on the finish of “Velma”‘s second episode — when Daphne kisses Velma!

This is the way it occurs: The present’s plot follows Velma, who loves fixing mysteries as a result of her mother was a thriller author. Nevertheless, her mom went lacking years again, and every time she tries to resolve a thriller now, she has terrifying, debilitating panic assaults. On prime of that, Daphne and Velma was associates, however had a dramatic falling out. Within the first two episodes, some ladies in school are murdered and Fred is the primary suspect. However when Velma begins to research, these pesky panic assaults get in her manner.

On the finish of episode two, Velma has one other panic assault when Daphne provides her some data about her mother’s disappearance, and the latter cannot work out a manner for her to snap out of it — so she kisses her. Velma’s panic assault ends and soothing music performs. Daphne then asks if it labored and Velma says it did, so that they kiss some extra whereas a heartbroken Shaggy watches from afar.

It is not clear but the place the connection between Daphne and Velma will go from right here, however it looks like a romantic part will certainly be some a part of it. That is fairly large for the world of Scooby-Doo, because the cartoon has been lengthy held as a childhood basic. Many followers have been deciphering Velma as queer for years, and 2022’s “Trick or Deal with Scooby-Doo!” makes this canon, with Velma growing a crush on a lady she meets. Many followers celebrated the second, because it was the primary time the character was canonically queer.

Nevertheless, that particular did not embody any implications about Daphne, who many followers have additionally considered as queer for years. James Gunn even revealed in 2020 that in his unique script for 2002’s live-action “Scooby-Doo: The Film” (which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne and Linda Cardellini as Velma), Velma was portrayed as homosexual and he or she and Daphne kissed.

Daphne and Velma kissing in “Velma” is large for each characters and can seemingly make some followers very, very completely satisfied. Lengthy stay these mystery-solving queer icons.