Velaphne

Velaphne is the femslash ship between Velma Dinkley and Daphne Blake from the Scooby-Doo fandom.

Canon
Velma and Daphne are life-long friends. They have known each other since they were little and remained very close friends all of their life, going on adventures together alongside the Mystery Inc. gang. And they even live together while not on the road or in one of the gang's adventures. In What's New Scooby-Doo's episode, A Scooby-Doo Valentine, the Mystery Inc. gang goes home on Valentine's Day, to take a day off. And then it's confirmed that Velma and Daphne live together, while Shaggy, Scooby and Fred live together in their own home as well. The two of them are seen being very domestic, sleeping together in the same bed and preparing breakfast for each other.

Throughout the series, Velma and Daphne are shown to be very compatible, despite how contrasting their appearances might look. They often share similar interests and spend their free time with one another. Their personalities also line up well together, once again despite their contrast. While Velma is more analytical and cool-headed, Daphne is more confrontational and physical, often defending herself from attacks with martial art techniques. So they're always working incredibly well together when they're on the same team.

Scooby-Doo: The Movie (2002)
In the original script of the movie, Velma and Daphne were going to share a kiss and the screewriter of the movie, James Gunn, said that Velma was "explicitly gay" in his original script. However, the studio completely censored this and even made Velma straight in the sequel. Regarding the kiss, Sarah Michelle Gellar, who played Daphne in the film series, had said in a 2002 interview that they filmed a kiss between Daphne and Velma, which was cut from the film. “It wasn’t just, like, for fun. Initially in the soul-swapping scene Velma and Daphne couldn’t seem to get their souls back together in the woods. And so the way they found was to kiss and the souls went back into proper alignment.”

Some of the deleted scenes from the movie include very romantic moments between Velma and Daphne, which Gunn explained "hint" at Velma's attraction for women. For example, there's a scene where Velma seductively serenades Daphne, pointing at her as she sings. As soon as she sees Daphne walk in, she gets the sudden urge of getting on top of a piano and singing the lines "You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off of you. You'd be like heaven to touch, oh god, I want to hold you so much. I want to love you, baby, let me love you," right to Daphne.

Also, in the movie, when Velma remembers the "good old times" with the gang, she has a flashback of the gang on the Mystery Machine. When she remembers Daphne, in a dreamy voice, she describes her as "she was so pretty, she was the coolest girl in school."

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
Because the Mystery Inc. gang took a hiatus to do their own activities, the gang's all separated. Velma is working at a bookstore, while Daphne has her own TV show about paranormal stuff. Seeing Daphne on TV, Velma sighs and remembers how fun the "old times" were. So, as soon as she sees Daphne again, when the gang reunites, Velma quickly jumps to hug her.

Be Cool Scooby-Doo
Velma, Daphne and the gang get invited to a close friends' wedding, so the two of them have to dress with fancy pink dresses and heels to match. While Daphne is completely delighted to be wearing that, Velma is super uncomfortable, especially with the heels, as she just has to rely on stomping with them.

The wedding turns into a spooky mystery when a ghost bride threatens to ruin everything. When the ghost starts chasing the gang, Velma finds out that it's incredibly easy to stomp around in the rocks with those heels, however, Daphne finds it really difficult to do so, tripping in the process and falling off a cliff. Just when it seemed like she fell to her death, the gang saw her hanging for her life, clinging to a rock. Velma quickly jumps off the cliff herself, totally putting her life at risk for Daphne. She gracefully uses the heels to her advantage and brings Daphne to safety, holding her in her arms. The gang manages to save the wedding and as the couple gets married, Daphne gets Velma closer to her, putting her arm around her shoulder and dreamily sighing, "I love weddings."

Fanon
Velaphne is one of the most popular ships within the Scooby-Doo fandom. It's often overshadowed by Fraphne. Most fans of the ship shipped the two due to them being really close in the shows and movies. Although recently there's been more and more people shipping the two due to the revelation of a kiss between the two of them being censored from the Scooby-Doo live action movie. So most fans jokingly refer to the two of them as "gal pals."

The ship currently has 136+ works in A03. And fans have drawn many artworks of the two being girlfriends.

Fandom
FAN FICTION