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“Readers of the original Archie comics might have been shocked to see this mismatched pair find love together, but in the hands of Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse, we couldn’t help but root for the brainy girl next door and the sarcastic loner. They made a dynamite crime-solving duo, they had intensely good chemistry, and they supported each other when things got tough. (Like, when her dad turned out to be a serial killer, for example.)”

TVLine ranking Bughead as one of the best teen couples in 2025 has to be a big joke, the biggest joke of all is how they see this relationship with rose colored glasses like it’s frozen in time in S1. “Intensely good chemistry” was another joke because if anything the early days could be called cute at most. They’re acting as though Bughead was intensely hot 😂 Choni left out of these lists in favor of Bughead is shady. You know it’s all invalid when they start with “Lili and Cole”! 🙄

The thing with articles like these are they are 100% subjective and biased based on the writer. It’s one person’s opinion and there will likely be a dozen more “best tv ships ever” articles this year that all contradict each other.

But in terms of the actual write up, I def think Choni deserved the spot. While I do think Bughead had their moments and some chemistry (even if it was 100% the actors as evident by the complete drop off after their break up), they were a ship always kind of tragically doomed (nobody understood this more than Jughead himself) and them “sticking together during the hard times” is debatable (in my own subjective opinion). But at the end of the day, I’ll always think they had a better run than some other ships on the show (*cough* VA). But that’s just my two cents! 

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#their genuine happiness i'm losing my mind

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BETTY COOPER S7E10 American Graffiti

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The Avengers keep reprising their roles over and over and my question is when is it going to be the Riverdale cast.

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It’s giving the cool soccer mom (in the best way).

Lili for Jade Leaf Matcha

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i have to agree with that ask about babies, i see why people love that stuff but it’s all barchies focus on and in doing that they don’t seem to care about anything else. i didn’t see anyone talking about kj’s sweet words this past weekend. he said barchies story was so lovely and about archie’s love for betty and no one even cared

I cared!

But hear you. While I believe having a child would’ve been the most satisfying and full circle ending for Barchie thematically, I still think there’s beauty to their story in the finale that sometimes isn’t fully appreciated because it isn’t a black-and-white endgame. Some people have these boxes they feel couples need to tick off to be endgame—rain kiss, wedding, baby, etc—and miss the story right in from of them. I agree with KJ—their story in the finale is beautiful indeed!

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I’ve been re-watching the clip of KJ talking about Barchie last weekend and more than anything else I love how it’s clear how much he has loved and adored Barchie as a relationship since the beginning

and I love how much he understands how much they mean to each other - the part about how Betty is Archie’s family was my favorite thing he said last weekend in addition to him saying that Archie loves her

the part about their scenes in the finale being beautiful I loved too

I’m glad—I loved what he said, too. I’ve always felt he understands Barchie fully by the way he talks about their love for each other. As someone who loves the childhood best friends to lovers trope, I think it’s beautiful to describe them as family. Even when their own home lives felt chaotic growing up, they had each other. And that’s a beautiful person to build your own home with!

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Earlier you said you were writing a novel. I'd like to know what exactly this novel will be about. Is it something unrelated to Riverdale?

Yes! My biggest goal for this year is to finally finish my first fiction novel. It’s something I’ve wanted to do forever and writing fics has reminded me how much I love writing!

It’s an original novel not a fan fiction. But I think writing about Riverdale, specifically Betty, helped me develop the idea in a strange way.

I’m not sure I’m ready to share what it’s about. Or if I’ll even say on here because I would love to be a published author! And feel I may need to separate my fic writing from my fiction writing. But I appreciate you asking!

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have you seen true blood and vampire diaries? if so, which one did you like best?

Nope, I haven’t seen either. I never really got into the Vampire craze to be honest.

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I’ve never understood why people are so fucking obsessed with ships having babies on shows. Sorry if that’s just me but I don’t get why people get so twisted in knots about Betty and Archie should’ve having a baby like just give my endgame?

I get why people don’t love “baby plots” but the reason most people want their ship to eventually have a baby (preferably in the finale) is because babies are the physical manifestation of two people in love. A little person that’s 50/50! I think that’s a beautiful thing for any endgame ship to share. Additionally, it’s a sign of settling down (and hopefully peace/happily ever after) moving forward.

For BA in particular, Archie’s character arc pointed to him one day becoming a father/being like his dad. For Betty, her character arc was about detaching herself from the idea of genetic darkness and creating a life of light. Both of their stories rightfully ended with them becoming parents. I just wish it could’ve been together (but you know, maybe it was ;)).

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it’s not being rude to varchie fans for kj to critically talk about his character and what was right for that character. the fact of the matter is barchie and varchie were very different and varchie didn’t come out on top. it’s not kj’s fault the riverdale fans don’t like what that was for their ships. i think the fans holding these actors hostage like this in 2025 is insane and shows why we ended up with a poly. they’re terrified of these fans and it’s weird.

Do I think actors should ever not speak critically or honesty about their show because they fear the breakdowns of shipping culture? Of course not! That’s something I feel strongly about.

But here’s the thing. Fans can also use their brains and read between the lines. KJ’s always spoken more in favor of Barchie including this recent con. He said BA was beautiful and didn’t even mention VA except listing her name alongside Betty’s. There’s times he’s gonna give critical think pieces and times he’s going to give general responses but the way he’s talked about the two ships has always been different to those pay attention.

Take the final Paley Fest for example—he was preaching on Barchie but also said VA was “coming.” Those fans went wild but anyone reading his words objectively could tell where the story was going and where his feelings lay.

With that in mind, I’m not bothered by what he said.

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The French interviewers translated perfectly what Kj was saying (I'm French), I think it's only this account on Twitter that twisted it all in a tweet. Nothing deep.

I didn’t mean the translators, they sounded wonderful. I just mean whoever was responsible for writing down what they said and putting it on twitter must’ve gotten a little confused in the wording.

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I feel like people need to take what actors say at fan conventions with a pinch of salt, and remember their there to please fans who’ve paid to be there. Kj’s said plenty of good stuff about barchie over the years and from the videos did again at this convention, but at the same time he’s not going to say something that would upset or anger a kid of fans that have paid to see him and ask him questions. So of course he’s going to be diplomatic and say good things about both barchie and varchie, just like the rest of the cast do.

Yep!!! Exactly what I was trying to say in my last response 💕

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It makes me sad KJ is so scared of Varchie fans. He was open about Barchie before at the peak of everything. It sucks we won’t hear him talk about Archie proposing to Betty or their final scene because Archie did lean toward Betty and KJ should be able to feel like he can say that too.

Maybe it’s my opinion but I don’t think his answers felt any different or censored. I think he’s a little out of touch with conventions, and the fandom, and just wanted to say answers that pleased the fans asking him. Im the past, his pro Barchie monologues were from interviews with professional questions such as “how would you describe Archie’s relationship with Betty this season?” Or he was on a panel with different people all speaking on a variety of ships. In this case, fans are asking him (and only him) vague questions directly looking him in the eye so he’s adjusting the answers to fit the vibe.

Regardless, I’m happy to hear him talk about the show in general and thankful for his BA advocacy in the past.

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that post hasn’t been deleted is very suspect. looks purposefully misleading because kj never said anything like that for someone to say those words about him.

Honestly the original tweet never made sense to me? I don’t speak fluent French so maybe it’s the Google Translate but I never got what they fully meant. My guess is the journalist/interviewer was adding their opinion to the ending? Or heard Veronica’s name, and not also Betty’s, and misunderstood? But odd for them to post.

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when ki watches the finale again all he’ll see is barchie, no varchie 😂

Real ones know the finale is a Barchie manifesto. Knowing he loves the finale, and thinks it’s beautiful, tells me he gets it. Need him to rewatch the finale and that nostalgia lead him to posting old pics on insta again ;)