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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
It feels like they wanted to put together a mystery cartoon but didn't want to deal with putting together their own unique characters, so they're using an established IP as a shortcut.

If the only similarity is "they solve mysteries" then it's not a scooby do show. Add in Mindy Kaling trying to stay relatable with south asian stories but literally not being able to come up with anything in the past decade except being weird and people thinking youre fat? Like, come on, you've got the star power to build a writers room with people who have different experiences than your own and new stories to tell, use them. Creators who get popular off any identity (being crass, being awkward, having a racial identity, and using that as their sole selling point) really struggle with progressing when they realize they've told all the stories and experiences they can tell within what made them popular to begin with.
gpt
Never Have I Ever is a charming show. I thought it would be dumb teen drama but I have really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the final season this year. Mindy Kaling is a good writer, she just needs other people to reign her in, which I don’t think happened in Velma. I saw another thread where someone compared it to George Lucas and the Star Wars franchise. The original trilogy is what you got when Lucas was reigned in; the prequels are what you got when he wasn’t.