History Fanfic / TheresSomethingWrongWithUs

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44517832/chapters/111974890 There's Something Wrong With Us]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' fanfic by Creator/{{RovingOtter}}.

After dealing with Velma’s tirades, Norville asks serious questions about his life and what he wants. He begins an emotional journey that changes the life of himself and the people around him. The story is complete.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: {{Downplayed|Trope}} but present. This version of Velma is just as selfish, racist, hypocritical, cynical, and unpleasant as her canon counterpart, but this version has some depth and kindness. When Norville asks for a serious conversation, she agrees to a two-minute conversation where she admits that she’s the kind of person who turns a love confession into a joke and does care about Norville as a friend. And by the end of the story, when Norville and Fred are in the hospital, and Velma calls him, she generally apologizes to Norville and admits that she is both a toxic person and he is better off without her in his life, implying that she wants to better herself, something her canon counterpart did not do at the end of the first season where she was happy with herself as a person.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Deconstructed. Norville realizes his attraction to Velma’s abrasive nature isn’t a remotely healthy feeling.
* DeconstructionFic: The fic takes the massive dysfunction of the ‘’Velma’’ and plays it for drama, showing how damaging it is to their souls.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The fic opens with Velma talking about how certain shows, like ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty’’, love to mock their audience with smug self-awareness. This reflects how the fanfic explores the characters' humanity rather than using them to mock the audience, which is what many ‘’Scooby Doo’’ fans accuse Velma of doing.
* HeroicBSOD: Fred’s realization of how broken his life hits him so hard he is driven to nearly StressVomit from a panic attack.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Norville resolves to refuse to do any more favors for Velma. Only for him to agree to let her copy his homework once she sends an unusually vulnerable text.

* LonelyAtTheTop: Fred is a school variant: he is technically the BigManOnCampus, but he feels the need to confide in Norville, a kid who is nominally lower on the totem pole then him, because he feels he can’t go to anyone else.
* MarriageOfConvenience: Fred and Daphne’s relationship can be described as “dating for convenience.” Outwardly, Fred and Daphne act like the perfect couple to gain popularity. But Daphne doesn’t care for him, to the point of never bothering to visit him in prison.
* MythologyGag: Gigi giving Norville the nickname “Shaggy.”

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Norville knows Velma is desperate when she shows genuine vulnerability in a situation.
* PowerfulAndHelpless: Norville observes that for all his strength and athletics, Fred is so infantile and sheltered to do something as simple as open a cereal box.
* StepfordSmiler: Underneath Fred’s BigManOnCampus act is profoundly lonely and deeply broken.
* StepfordSnarker: Norville observes Velma uses sarcasm and frustration to deflect from discussing her true feelings.

* WhatIsThisFeeling: Fred doesn’t understand his feelings of stress and alienation, to the point where Norville has to spell out that he has a panic attack.

* LonelyAtTheTop: Fred is a school variant: he is technically TheBigManOnCampus, but he feels the need to confide in Norville, a kid who is nominally lower on the totem pole then him, because he feels he can’t go to anyone else.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: {{Downplayed|Trope}} but present. This version of Velma is just as selfish, racist, hypocritical, cynical, and unpleasant as her canon counterpart, but this version has some depth and kindness. When Norville asks for a serious conversation, she agrees to a two-minute conversation where she admits that she’s the kind of person who turns a love confession into a joke and does care about Norville as a friend. And by the end of the story, when Norville and Fred are in the hospital, and Velma calls him, she generally apologizes to Norville and admits that she is both a toxic person and he is better off without her with his life, implying that she wants to better herself, something her canon counterpart did not do at the end of the first season where she was happy with herself as a person.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44517832/chapters/111974890 There's Something Wrong With Us]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'' by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/RovingOtter/pseuds/RovingOtter Roving Otter]]