Fandom Junkie

Because that’s the thing about Scooby-Doo: The bad guys in every episode aren’t monsters, they’re liars.
I can’t imagine how scandalized those critics who were relieved to have something that was mild enough to not excite their kids would’ve been if they’d stopped for a second and realized what was actually going on. The very first rule of Scooby-Doo, the single premise that sits at the heart of their adventures, is that the world is full of grown-ups who lie to kids, and that it’s up to those kids to figure out what those lies are and call them on it, even if there are other adults who believe those lies with every fiber of their being. And the way that you win isn’t through supernatural powers, or even through fighting. The way that you win is by doing the most dangerous thing that any person being lied to by someone in power can do: You think.

Okay, I’ll make you a deal—you watch the opening scene of ‘Orphan Black’… and if afterward you don’t immediately call the cable company to figure out whether you get BBC America, I don’t even know what we’re going to do with you. Enjoy your reruns of ‘Full House,’ you poor, deluded soul!