Board Thread:In the News/@comment-252417-20180801162409/@comment-252417-20190326235442

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: SonicFan wrote: Now if only they could work on Fred. I'm not with everyone who hates Immature Fred, per se. In fact, he's nowhere near the same level as Mandy from Totally Spies or Princess Morbucks from PPG but he'd be so much more tolerable if he was serious at times and able to realize Daphne's love for him. They have to be very careful with Fred in any adaptation. If he's too serious, he becomes the BCSD Control Freak (whom I love, but would not work well with the "classic" personalities of the gang AT ALL), but if he's not serious enough, he's the APNSD conspiracy nut (who, again, I love, but wouldn't work in a less cartoony style like the "classic" vibe they seem to be laser-focused on). And while I love MI, his depiction in that is just... So dumb. I mean, they make him obsessed with nets and traps, but they don't also give him the context of being a hunter of some kind? He just looks weird and creepy.

Honestly, I think the WNSD personality for Fred is a pretty good fit. He's an overprotective friend, scolding Daphne for making dangerous decisions while at the same time putting himself in harm's way to protect Velma. I agree, except a little with the WNSD depiction. He was unnecessarily portrayed as a jock, who was a bit dense at times. As if they were trying to make him a more flexible, but then just fell into stereotype trappings, because they didn't really know what to do with him.