Return of the Reluctant Werewolf Concludes

I'm excited to announce that the final chapter of my fanfic, Return of the Reluctant Werewolf, has just been posted today! The story is now available to read in its entirety.

The fanfic is set immediately after the events of Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf when Dracula and the Hunch Bunch returns, and is an essentially a "cinematic universe" tying together all Scooby-Doo shows and films from the 1980s. The 1980s is definitely a standout era for how experimental it was, and I've always appreciated the films in particular, which is what inspired me to write this fanfic. The story begins with Shaggy, Scooby, Scrappy and Googie seeking refuge from Dracula's vengeance, but it slowly branches off into them returning to Vincent Van Ghoul's castle, the Beauregard Plantation and Miss Grimwood's Finishing School to hide. This fanfic took a bit more of an experimental direction for me, because a lot of my previous fanfics have been more episodic with an overarching plot, rather than just one big overarching plot. In all, there are 10 chapters.

One of my favorite parts of writing is sprinkling in references from previous Scooby-Doo content, so it was really fun to take it to the next level and specifically reference things from the Scooby shows/films from the 1980s and tie them into the plot itself. I feel like it helped me grow as a writer to experiment with intentionally picking out references to past Scooby media that could be important to the overarching story, since the references in most of my previous fanfics were just random Easter Eggs tied to smaller plot points sprinkled in here and there.

In general, it was such a fun creative exercise to try to tie all the 1980s media together. I enjoyed writing for Vincent Van Ghoul and Flim-Flam, who appear as recurring characters in the fanfic. What I liked the most about writing this story was tying in the Scrappy shorts from a realistic standpoint the most. When you think about it, it's pretty ridiculous that Shaggy, Scooby and Scrappy were constantly driving regular people into a state of murderous rage during that Scrappy era, so it was fun to explore than from a more realistic standpoint. It was particularly enjoyable writing my own Scrappy short based around Shaggy's misadventures cashing a check at the bank.

I enjoyed delving into Shaggy's character development and explore his quick tendency to fear. We don't really get any explanation of that in the franchise beyond "he's a coward, lol," so it was an interesting experiment to have Shaggy grapple with the fact that his anxiety often leads to him getting the ones he loves in trouble.

The fanfic is now fully available on Fanfiction.net and AO3. If you're interested in checking out any other fanfiction I've written, you can check out my author page. If you're unaware, I've also written other Scooby-Doo fanfics that tie into previous Scooby media. My other stories include a spin-off exploring Daphne's TV show from Zombie Island, Coast to Coast with Daphne Blake; a "coming of age" series for the Grimwood Girls from Ghoul School involving the return of Revolta; a story of how the Hex Girls rose to fame; an alternate ending to the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo that's more in line with the original series than Curse of the 13th Ghost; and a series about Velma becoming a teacher at her sister Madelyn's school, Whirlen Merlin's Academy of Magic from Abracadabra Doo. (I've also written a one-off Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode, for anyone that happens to be a fan of that franchise) If you're looking for more fanfiction on top of that, I highly recommend checking out the Scooby Fanfiction page on this site, which includes a collection of my personal favorite Scooby-Doo fanfiction that I've read from other authors.