Velma Caused Another Controversy. New Design of Thorn from Hex Girls Has Divided Internet Users
Velma season 2 is now available on Max and the premiere wasn’t without controversy. The most widely commented on is the change in appearance of the Hex Girls characters.
Season 2 of Velma, an animated series whose first installment was met with a negative reception, has debuted on Max. The production from the world of Scooby Doo, which focuses on Velma Dinkley, showing her beginnings as a young detective. The production also features other members of the Scooby gang.
Velma season 1 was received negatively due to the radical changes that were made in this production compared to the original. From reviews about the first installment, it can be inferred that it was also criticized for its bad and even tiresome humor, surrounded by a mix of ideas that don’t connect with each other. The series, according to reviewers, is meant to provoke, but it does so to the point of exaggeration and otherwise has little to offer.
Now, on the occasion of the premiere of Velma season 2, there has been a lot of buzz about this production again, now because of the redesign of the character Thorn from Hex Girls, who viewers first met in Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, and who appears in Velma in the 5th episode from the new batch. Voices on the appearance of this character are divided – some completely dislike it and point out that Thorn doesn’t resemble herself from Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. Others, on the other hand, note that this is an older version of her, so it's only natural that she would look different and older. The discussion on this topic has become very lively since yesterday and is causing a lot of excitement on the Internet.
Below you can read selected opinions of Internet users on the Thorn project from Hex Girls in Velma.
I remember fans throwing tantrums over the Hex Girls’ new designs in Mystery Inc. This feels like punishment for that – lookitmahteefs.
I don’t think the second design on its own is BAD. She just looks like an older woman. It’s the context of who the character is supposed to be and the media it’s from that makes it bad – CreatingJonah.
Why does she look like a 50-year-old smoker who didn't leave her goth phase? – EuphoricAngel91.
Look, I hate velma but this is perfectly acceptable as an aged-up version of a character who was kind of generic in the first place – Zeelu2005.
When the Hex Girls said "we may look bad but we don't care" this is not what they meant – khaleesi_britt.
Literally what is wrong with this design it looks like if the hex girl was an adult she still looks good people are complaining way too much – Cleffee.
In Velma, the Hex Girls are a band from the 1990s, while the action takes place in the present day, so Thorn is indeed older here than her version from Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost. This may cause some confusion over the fact that the original Hex Girls members were close in age to the Scooby gang, who are all in their teens in Velma.
The Hex Girls have undergone several design changes over the years, which have caused more or less discussion by the fact that fans of the Scooby Doo series have grown accustomed to their look from the movie Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, so this is not the first time this has happened. Recently, a version of them from the Mystery Incorporated TV series was criticized.
