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Let's begin with clothes, that remind spanish fashion, what makes a lot of sense in case of the Freak seeking treasure hidden below Crystal Cove by the conquistadors ca. XVII century.

Some of spanish painter Diego Velasquez'es (ca. 1599-1660) paintings below:

and frames from the movie Delusions of Grandeur (La Folie des grandeurs) taking place in XVII century Spain with Louis de Funès. Costumes for this movie have been inspired by Velasquez'es works:

On the other hand, there's mask with horns that, according to the series, has been inspired by the demon from red room,

BUT below - hannya mask used in japanese nō theater representing jelous female demon or (in later centuries) wisdom, and frame from the movie Onibaba (The demon woman):

Thus, we receive:

Another one can set traps like he saw Home Alone and thought how would MacGyver improve them, another one has a balck belt in karate and gives Bruce Lee a run for his money, and the short one has been complimented by THE Batman(and worked at NASA) , also the real tall one can run faster then Usian Bolt.

Mystery Incorporated gave us the idea that Scooby was descended from a race of interdimensional alien beings called "Anunnaki" (btw in irl mythos they are actually a group of Sumerian/Mesopotamian gods, kinda odd choice) that possess the occasional animal (we even see Sun Wukong amongst them) to give them human-level intellect + supernatural abilities to their descendants.

So technically Mystery Incorporated could be considered an adaptation of "The Shadow Out Of Time" - just with the Yiths inhabiting animals instead of humans.

Since I although it's interesting idea, I kinda dislike the idea of one mythology taking credit for another (Sun Wukong is very much a Chinese character, not a Mesopotamian one) and reducing rich character origins to "its aliens", I as an irish person shall give my own idea for what Scooby is;

He's a fae.

Not knowingly though. The eponymous dog is unaware of this fact due to being raised as a normal dog.

In irish culture, the largest dogbreed the Irish Wolfhound (a mix of extinct native wolves & imported Borzois, hounds, and Great Danes) are often used to depict fairy creatures such as the Pooka or dogs owned by greater fae beings. The infamous being Bran and Sceólang owned by Fionn Mac Cumhaill, an ealry irish folk hero.

Fun fact "dhoo" (pronuced "Doo") is the Manx Gaelic word for "dog". A common term for "black/fairy dog" sightings in the Isles is to call them "Moddey Dhoos" to distinguish them from regular "madra" dogs or "Cú" hounds.

Most the time fairy dogs are harmless though. Mfers love eating and drinking. They will form tight bonds with their chosen family that can transcend death itself.

One hound named Failinis was also said to frequently and accidentally break physics around him when he got happy/drunk.

Also they can be terrible cowards.

The Hex girls yeeeeeey

except: everyone in the trek fandom. we love this shit. theres tags for Tarsus trauma up the wazoo. this little piece of grit that much of the actual body of work doesn’t interrogate has become a fandom pearl. its such a good example of fandom doing what fandom does best: picking at something interesting in the source that doesn’t need to be explored for the function of the larger plot, yet makes all the difference in a pure character or dynamic study.

Can I interest you in @anghraine’s post about Tarsus. My favorite are the ones about his brother being 10 years older and due to his parents being killed and using some stuff from draft scripts. Like Kirk’s dad being killed for going against Kodos and how Tarsus was probably occupied by multiple starfleet personal if Kirk’s family was there. I wish it was used in fics more.

#trouble with tribbles#i feel like more of jims tarsus trauma shines through in that episode#whether they meant it to or not#the panic the tribbles cause him#the way the grain issue is handled#his whole mood through the episode#how bitchy he gets about not getting to eat cause of the tribbles#just flash in a pan#but so tasty - @warpcore-lullabies

Some significant details that remain relevant throughout TOS that we find out in the first pilot of TOS as we know it, because of Gary Mitchell:

Kirk has been known for years as a bookish nerd; those, like Gary, who know him more personally know that Kirk particularly likes "longhair" writers.

People whom Kirk has a personal relationship with call him Jim.

Women in Federation cultures do still have to navigate institutional misogyny and it informs their motives, something we'll see many times again.

Humans can have natural telepathic abilities to varying degrees (though most don't), enough to be measured and recorded in medical records and family histories. (TOS follows this up in S3 with one of the greatest women of the week of TOS, Miranda Jones, and a really intriguing expansion of the world building around human telepaths.)

Kirk and Gary were not fellow cadets; Gary (against then-upperclassmen's advice) took Kirk's notorious "think or sink" class when Kirk was a lieutenant known as a strict and demanding Academy teacher, and Gary was a cadet, likely in his first year. Gary was a fairly poor student, to the point that Kirk is unflatteringly suspicious of Gary now being able to read someone like Spinoza that he couldn't as Kirk's student (this is the first of many implications that behind all the sci-fi paraphernalia, Kirk's core specialty is philosophy).

The show is deeply hostile towards pretenses to divinity, even backed by real power, all the more if the power is not accompanied by ethics and compassion (the nature of this kind of power is that it generally won't be).

Spock has served on the Enterprise for years alongside people like Gary.

Behind whatever front Kirk puts up, his overriding priority within the privacy of his mind is his mama bear fixation on protecting his crew/ship.

Figures in Kirk's life tend to be a bit creepily obsessed with him below the surface or to find him fundamentally off-putting and cold; Gary is very much one of the former.

Dehner is flawed and can be impulsively reactive in the way of many human characters, but she's basically governed by highly cerebral professional ethics in a way that's fundamentally more similar to Kirk than Gary's manly physical heroism without thought. That fundamental rapport (the first of many instances of it between Kirk and various women, from young to ancient) is what allows Kirk to reach her in a way he has never been able to reach Gary, his former student turned friend and protégé he's tried to guide onto more thoughtful paths.

Spock is coolly analytical in his judgment and will accept the deaths of his own colleagues for the common good (though not Kirk's, really) and is full-on Team Murder at times.

The Enterprise is not Kirk's first command, brilliant prodigy though he is; he requested Gary for the crew of his first command, Gary nearly died for him, and Gary served for years on the Enterprise while Kirk's star was rising.

Despite his charm and ready use of it, Kirk is in reality much less libido-driven and hedonistic about sex and pursuing women than more typical men of the future like Gary; where Gary favors casual (even if unwise) shore leave flings and hitting on his co-workers, Kirk strongly prefers serious romantic relationships and has been increasingly alarmed about Gary's habits including the shore leave flings. Back at the Academy, Gary had to plot with a technician who had a crush on Kirk to get him (Kirk) to notice her, though she was enough his type that they had a very serious relationship and nearly got married (the relationship was happy enough that this had the intended secondary benefit of Kirk slightly lightening up as a teacher, though he retained his stack of books with legs reputation, and he feels somewhat betrayed by discovering Gary's involvement even after the fact).