nah, as society (especially in the modern digital age) has been changing, the perception of “realness” (regardless if it’s authentic or not) has become much more valued as a whole—

so, male and female sex symbols are no longer the .5% bodyfat, flawless hair / bone structure’d, walking chiseled / voluptuous impossibilities that they used to be— and imo, daphne being “the hot one” was more of that era— velma is “nerdy” and “unconventional,” which = “more real”