Velma's Renewal for Season 2 Perfectly Sums Up Why Hate-Watching Is Harmful
The worst HBO show that’s ever seen the light of the day just got renewed for season 2, and it’s the haters’ fault (not like the series has any fans in the first place).
In this shortest-ever episode of “Never Have I Ever,” we have a confession to make: never have we ever expected to write about Velma’s renewal for another painful season, but here we are.
We don’t like it here; we don’t want to be here; but we’re here nonetheless — with S2 of Velma incoming and an incurable depression.
HBO’s most hated-on show in the history of forever has officially been greenlighted for season 2. Despite the massive backlash Velma received from both the general audience and the Scooby-Doo fans (those very dedicated guys), the series has managed to achieve more than enough views to keep going.
Is anyone happy about that? We very much doubt that.
Velma is the embodiment of everything that can be done wrong when relaunching an old and beloved franchise.
It completely disregards the original and even removes its titular protagonist entirely, mangles every single character, tries to be provocative just for the sake of being provocative, does stupid jokes and destroys viewers’ souls.
Never have we ever seen a single positive review about Velma that wasn’t sarcastic or meta-ironic, and the general consensus online was that this show never deserved to exist in the first place.
Velma is so soaked with hate toward everything — its source, its audience, and life in general — that it’s universally and unanimously hated.
Still, it got renewed for S2 with zero issues, and we have hate-watchers to thank for that.
We’ve been saying this again and again, but no one would listen: hate-watching is harmful. If you really despise a show and want it to disappear, then you shouldn’t watch it or discuss it online.
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Hate-watching raises the viewer count and makes the series you hate viable in terms of profits; of course, it will be continued then.
Look what we as a community have achieved here: Velma has a measly 7% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s getting a second season. For crying out loud, shouldn’t we be boosting the shows we actually care about like this?
Let’s try to avoid this mistake when S2 of Velma releases, shall we?
Source: Variety, Rotten Tomatoes