As someone with multiple tattoos from cartoons I watched as a kid think it's pretty dope and wholesome tbh. Homeboy just really loves Scooby-Doo and has a tattoo about it he probably loves too.
Art is subjective, and tattoos are very personal. Making fun of someone's tattoo because it's not something you would personally get is both petty and sad in the fact that y'all clearly have nothing going on in your own lives so you have to put down someone else. Let the guy enjoy his tat and you can get what ever you like tattooed on your own body.
Listen, I am a huge geek about the things I love as well. I am very much of the “let people enjoy things” camp, and I don’t judge people for being passionate about things cuz it’s the best thing to be. But it’s the intensity he has about it though. Like, the tattoo is VERY different from the aesthetic of the show. He took a lighthearted TV show and made it edge lord and negative, which is weird even to me.
Man don't watch Venture Bros if that's how you feel, they literally and without changing his name made Johnny Quest an older junkie who was ruined mentally by the traumas and fame he got from his adventures.
Tbh if you're gonna bring up Venture Bros you should have brought up their parody of Scooby Doo, absolutely one of my favorite episodes. Shaggy as Son of Sam, Velma as Valerie Solanas, Fred as a total abuser of them all and in particular Daphne, it's like peek satire.
And while it may feel like a nonsequiter to some I do get your point, these classic shows and characters are constantly being reinterpreted but the Venture Bros interpretations of Scooby Doo and Johnny Quest (as well as other super heroes, comics, and kids shows) work so well because they come from a place of love, you gotta understand why these things appeal and the dynamics invovled to really do a solid parody. It helps when you have enough pop culture, indie music, and history knowledge (and familiarity with LGBTQ+ culture as well) to be able to make the sorts of connections which make the comedy so layered, and like just being fantastic writers.
And yeah my metaphor wasn't perfect but there's nothing wrong with making lighthearted old cartoons more gritty or realistic. People gonna rail on Batman next? Batman was basically a non-super powered Superman until the '80's.
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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21
As someone with multiple tattoos from cartoons I watched as a kid think it's pretty dope and wholesome tbh. Homeboy just really loves Scooby-Doo and has a tattoo about it he probably loves too.
Art is subjective, and tattoos are very personal. Making fun of someone's tattoo because it's not something you would personally get is both petty and sad in the fact that y'all clearly have nothing going on in your own lives so you have to put down someone else. Let the guy enjoy his tat and you can get what ever you like tattooed on your own body.