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Post by scoobypediapossible on Feb 7, 2016 22:19:25 GMT -5
I like to think it as their BCSD personalities bursting through their 1969 selfs. They all their had basic personalit traits, but beyond that there was nothing really interesting about them. They got away with it, of course, but some times I thought Fred was a bit boring, like wooden. In this show, they're infused with a whole lot of personality (Scooby and Shaggy, of course, have always had a lot of personality between them).
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Post by jcb on Feb 7, 2016 23:53:37 GMT -5
Hey, just a little insider info for my pals here on this forum, I see people are starting to call Daphne's little runners "Daphneisms," which is great, but, from the beginning, when we first came up with the idea of giving Daphne a different interest each episode, we always call them "Daphne Du Jours." I honestly don't care what anyone calls them, it's just fun that people have created a term for it at all. They'll always be Daphne Du Jours to me, though. I'll have to consider that for Scoobypedia. I actually got the "Daphneism" term from Hillary Harmon Powell. It never occurred to me before that to give it a name. Is "Velma's Mind's Eye" still a thing? Huh, I never heard Hillary call them "Daphneisms," but that's cool if she does. As I said, on the creative side, we all call them "Daphne Du Jours," but mostly just "Du Jours" now, for short. As we've gone on, though, you probably have noticed that I stopped trying to come up with a "puppet" or "beard" type Du Jour for Daphne for every episode now that her personality and point of view have been established. It's actually too limiting to have her only be focused on a separate, silly thing every episode. We've branched out and allow her to sometimes just have a strong point of view on the story (Like "A.I." or "Area 51")) or just be "Daphne" and bounce off what everyone else is doing. The characters drive the show and they evolve organically as we go. They dictate what they're gonna be doing and you can always tell when we're "forcing" them to go some way they don't "want" to. Yes, "Velma's Mind's Eye" is still a thing, although we just didn't have space for them in a few episodes. They are written in the script as "Velma's Mind's Eye Sequence." I've had a few people tell me they were uncomfortable with Fred in "the Prison" episode. I felt that he was feeling emotional about the closing of the Vault, which was a symbol of Justice, of what he's all about - solving mysteries in order to stop bad people. He was feeling protective of the warden, who he considered a mentor, and so was being a little belligerent about "evidence doesn't lie." Shaggy pretty much admits to having taken Fred's food before (I've put this idea in a couple episodes before and since, I believe) so that's why Fred is coming down so hard. He "needs" to believe all these symbols and ideas that he stands for still mean something, that they are true, that it's all not in vain. He, like all the gang, are 3-D and flawed people, like real best friends who sometimes freak out on each other. Fred has control issues and when he's feeling emotional, exerting control over his environment, knowing he HAS control and is IN control, comforts him. He WAS being a jerk - and that's why. Maybe it didn't play well, or was too complex a psychology for a cartoon character, but that's just how I think about them when I write them.
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Post by scoobypediapossible on Feb 8, 2016 3:59:35 GMT -5
I'll have to consider that for Scoobypedia. I actually got the "Daphneism" term from Hillary Harmon Powell. It never occurred to me before that to give it a name. Is "Velma's Mind's Eye" still a thing? Huh, I never heard Hillary call them "Daphneisms," but that's cool if she does. As I said, on the creative side, we all call them "Daphne Du Jours," but mostly just "Du Jours" now, for short. As we've gone on, though, you probably have noticed that I stopped trying to come up with a "puppet" or "beard" type Du Jour for Daphne for every episode now that her personality and point of view have been established. It's actually too limiting to have her only be focused on a separate, silly thing every episode. We've branched out and allow her to sometimes just have a strong point of view on the story (Like "A.I." or "Area 51")) or just be "Daphne" and bounce off what everyone else is doing. The characters drive the show and they evolve organically as we go. They dictate what they're gonna be doing and you can always tell when we're "forcing" them to go some way they don't "want" to. Yes, "Velma's Mind's Eye" is still a thing, although we just didn't have space for them in a few episodes. They are written in the script as "Velma's Mind's Eye Sequence." I've had a few people tell me they were uncomfortable with Fred in "the Prison" episode. I felt that he was feeling emotional about the closing of the Vault, which was a symbol of Justice, of what he's all about - solving mysteries in order to stop bad people. He was feeling protective of the warden, who he considered a mentor, and so was being a little belligerent about "evidence doesn't lie." Shaggy pretty much admits to having taken Fred's food before (I've put this idea in a couple episodes before and since, I believe) so that's why Fred is coming down so hard. He "needs" to believe all these symbols and ideas that he stands for still mean something, that they are true, that it's all not in vain. He, like all the gang, are 3-D and flawed people, like real best friends who sometimes freak out on each other. Fred has control issues and when he's feeling emotional, exerting control over his environment, knowing he HAS control and is IN control, comforts him. He WAS being a jerk - and that's why. Maybe it didn't play well, or was too complex a psychology for a cartoon character, but that's just how I think about them when I write them. Well, she used it in a PM to me on Twitter. LOL.
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Post by scoobypediapossible on Feb 8, 2016 4:12:12 GMT -5
I'll have to consider that for Scoobypedia. I actually got the "Daphneism" term from Hillary Harmon Powell. It never occurred to me before that to give it a name. Is "Velma's Mind's Eye" still a thing? Huh, I never heard Hillary call them "Daphneisms," but that's cool if she does. As I said, on the creative side, we all call them "Daphne Du Jours," but mostly just "Du Jours" now, for short. As we've gone on, though, you probably have noticed that I stopped trying to come up with a "puppet" or "beard" type Du Jour for Daphne for every episode now that her personality and point of view have been established. It's actually too limiting to have her only be focused on a separate, silly thing every episode. We've branched out and allow her to sometimes just have a strong point of view on the story (Like "A.I." or "Area 51")) or just be "Daphne" and bounce off what everyone else is doing. The characters drive the show and they evolve organically as we go. They dictate what they're gonna be doing and you can always tell when we're "forcing" them to go some way they don't "want" to. Yes, "Velma's Mind's Eye" is still a thing, although we just didn't have space for them in a few episodes. They are written in the script as "Velma's Mind's Eye Sequence." I've had a few people tell me they were uncomfortable with Fred in "the Prison" episode. I felt that he was feeling emotional about the closing of the Vault, which was a symbol of Justice, of what he's all about - solving mysteries in order to stop bad people. He was feeling protective of the warden, who he considered a mentor, and so was being a little belligerent about "evidence doesn't lie." Shaggy pretty much admits to having taken Fred's food before (I've put this idea in a couple episodes before and since, I believe) so that's why Fred is coming down so hard. He "needs" to believe all these symbols and ideas that he stands for still mean something, that they are true, that it's all not in vain. He, like all the gang, are 3-D and flawed people, like real best friends who sometimes freak out on each other. Fred has control issues and when he's feeling emotional, exerting control over his environment, knowing he HAS control and is IN control, comforts him. He WAS being a jerk - and that's why. Maybe it didn't play well, or was too complex a psychology for a cartoon character, but that's just how I think about them when I write them. I hadn't noticed it as such. I just thought it was going back and forth. I do like that it's not using just objects to only express this characteristic, so she can do things like stand-up in "Kitchen Frightmare". That's why it's easy for me to see that she has one in the Vault ep, even though no one else regards that as one.
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Post by jcb on Feb 8, 2016 11:01:36 GMT -5
Huh, I never heard Hillary call them "Daphneisms," but that's cool if she does. As I said, on the creative side, we all call them "Daphne Du Jours," but mostly just "Du Jours" now, for short. As we've gone on, though, you probably have noticed that I stopped trying to come up with a "puppet" or "beard" type Du Jour for Daphne for every episode now that her personality and point of view have been established. It's actually too limiting to have her only be focused on a separate, silly thing every episode. We've branched out and allow her to sometimes just have a strong point of view on the story (Like "A.I." or "Area 51")) or just be "Daphne" and bounce off what everyone else is doing. The characters drive the show and they evolve organically as we go. They dictate what they're gonna be doing and you can always tell when we're "forcing" them to go some way they don't "want" to. Yes, "Velma's Mind's Eye" is still a thing, although we just didn't have space for them in a few episodes. They are written in the script as "Velma's Mind's Eye Sequence." I've had a few people tell me they were uncomfortable with Fred in "the Prison" episode. I felt that he was feeling emotional about the closing of the Vault, which was a symbol of Justice, of what he's all about - solving mysteries in order to stop bad people. He was feeling protective of the warden, who he considered a mentor, and so was being a little belligerent about "evidence doesn't lie." Shaggy pretty much admits to having taken Fred's food before (I've put this idea in a couple episodes before and since, I believe) so that's why Fred is coming down so hard. He "needs" to believe all these symbols and ideas that he stands for still mean something, that they are true, that it's all not in vain. He, like all the gang, are 3-D and flawed people, like real best friends who sometimes freak out on each other. Fred has control issues and when he's feeling emotional, exerting control over his environment, knowing he HAS control and is IN control, comforts him. He WAS being a jerk - and that's why. Maybe it didn't play well, or was too complex a psychology for a cartoon character, but that's just how I think about them when I write them. I hadn't noticed it as such. I just thought it was going back and forth. I do like that it's not using just objects to only express this characteristic, so she can do things like stand-up in "Kitchen Frightmare". That's why it's easy for me to see that she has one in the Vault ep, even though no one else regards that as one. I've seen your website and I think you're doing a great job with it. I have no problem with anyone considering WHATEVER Daphne is doing in an episode her "Du Jour." I guess I kinda look at it that way, myself, even though we try to give ALL the characters a runner or POV on the environment - Daphne is so different now than she's ever been, that it's important (and fun for us) to play with and develop her further so we always try to make sure she's coming at the story from odd angles.
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