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shaggy rogers is a hero

yes, he canonically has anxiety issues, but when it comes down to it, he is there for his friends no matter how scared he is. he cares very deeply for his friends and he would absolutely not hesitate to put himself in danger to keep them safe

in ‘music of the vampire’ when the vampire threatens his friends, shaggy’s first response is to grab a bunch of wooden stakes to attack the vampire with

later in this same movie when he (albeit falsely) believes he’s fallen victim to the vampire curse, he runs away and gets as far away from his friends as possible so there would be no chance of him harming them or inflicting the curse on them as well

and in ‘camp scare’ when the fish monster they’re dealing with hurts scooby, shaggy’s first response was to shatter a two-by-four across its face. watch it go down here, skip to about 1:30

during the climax of ‘legend of the phantosaur’ after struggling with his anxiety for the whole movie, shaggy overcomes it for the sake of saving the lives of his friends and the villains who put them in danger in the first place

in ‘ghoul school’, without any help from fred, daphne, or velma, shaggy saves the lives of several monster kids, and in ‘reluctant werewolf’ when he’s cursed to become a werewolf, he wins back his humanity in just under two days, again without help from fred, daphne, or velma

hell, the whole plot of ‘goblin king’ was about shaggy and scooby travelling into the realm of monsters, the very things he’s afraid of mos, so he can save his friends from being turned into monsters themselves. and he does save them

and those are just the examples i could think of off the top of my head!

shaggy is as essential to the gang as everyone else is. he’s the one who repeatedly throws himself headfirst into the path of the monster of the week to lead it into fred’s traps, despite his anxiety issues, because he’s the only one fast enough not to get caught. fun fact! he’s won multiple awards in high school for gymnastics and athletics. he isn’t just all about fear and food. he’s a friendly, caring person who would do anything for his friends, and on top of all this?

he’s only seventeen. of course he’s scared, he’s just a kid.

the mystery gang tends to unmask humans. The exceptions (authentic monsters, zombies, witches, ghosts, etc) are in certain movies. some of which (Zombie Island, the Witch’s Ghost) involve the full gang. Others (Ghoul School, Reluctant Werewolf, the Boo Brothers) have Shaggy and Scoob (and Scrappy) on their own adventures. 

oh hey and in ghoul school, looking for some peace and quiet, they get hired as gym teachers at a school for girls, that turns out to be a school for ghouls. Despite being terrified,  

they stay, become fantastic teachers, inspire their students and lead them to victory in the volleyball champion, and then risk their lives saving the students from an evil witch and spider minions. 

oh and they befriend an adult mummy, vampire, wolfman, and phantom along the way

not to mention whenever they hang with the rest of the gang, they invariably get used trap bait against their expressed wishes. but still they stick around

oh, and despite their reluctance, scoob and shaggy regularly play some of the most vital roles in the gang’s adventures, to the point the movie posters regularly feature them as the most prominent members. the rest of the gang may provide the motivation, but shaggy and scooby are the lifeblood of the show:

conclusion: Shaggy Rogers and Scoobert Doo have enormous hearts that lead them to face their greatest fears on an almost daily basis for the sake of protecting those they care about.

Daphne is a mod girl. Velma is a wallflower, what we’d call a “geek girl” today (and with far more admiration). Fred is the closest thing in the group to a “normal” person, by 1960s standards; he’s The Boy Next Door.

Shaggy?

Shaggy is a stoner.

Yes, really.

That soul patch beard, long (for the time period) hair,  and the bellbottom jeans tell you all you need to know. Shaggy is a fucking hippie.

It’s no fucking wonder he’s terrified. Shaggy should be smoking dope and chilling on the sidewalk with a picket sign that says MAKE LOVE NOT WAR while making peace signs. Shaggy should not be hanging out with Velma the uncool girl, much less Fred The Good All-American Boy and Daphne The Cool Girl.

This is also why Shaggy would be the member of the group who’s so constantly the butt of the joke, incidentally. He was intended to be laughable because hippies were seen as a menace to society; I’ve actually seen a vintage sign from the time period that said “Colored and ‘hippies’ back entrance only.” Hippies were seen as so distasteful nobody even wanted to take their money.

If a predator misses target number one they’ll just go for target 2. If you shame them out of the bar they’ll never come back.

And there is a solid chance of a collective asswhoopin, or an actual arrest for attempted rape.

Stuff For Me To Do!

✨ = a blog rate 🌷 = favourite blogs 💕 = tumblr friends 📖 = tell a story ☕️ = shade someone 🎉 = post a selfie 👌🏼 = check out your blog (must be off anon) 🔥 = vent 🌚 = talk about my crush

Stuff For You To Do!

👀 + YOUR opinion on my blog 😎 + an anon compliment 📬 + tell me about yourself 💋 + tell me about your crush 😭 + tell me a secret on anon ❤️ + what would you do if you were dating me 🌻 + who I should follow 🌈 + tell me about your day

C. I am too busy STUDYING and LEARNING to think of things like that.

What is your dream job?

A). Lifeguard

B). Morgue assistant

C). Mailman

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

TOMORROW IS HALLOWEEN!!!

RADICAL SATURDAY

they quote gay movies

they watch cat videos on youtube 

they take selfies

I’m pretty sure they actually became canon in NatM3?