In the past, James Gunn had explained the long battle that was fought to make his script for Scooby-Doo into something more family-friendly.
In 2001 Velma was explicitly gay in my initial script.
Initially in the soul-swapping scene Velma and Daphne couldn’t seem to get their souls back together in the woods.
Velma is the brains of the Mystery, Inc. gang that comprises of the lead characters of the Scooby-Doo franchise, based on the classic Hanna-Barbera animated television show.