#a lot of these are based on conversations i've had with kim and julia

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rivermoms: youth headcanons

alice. liked to chew gum in class. covered the walls of her bedroom with fleetwood mac posters. made the girl’s volleyball team freshman year. used to race the boys in her neighborhood. befriended a stray cat that hung around her house when she was 5 and named him garfield. had a taste for onion rings and root beer floats. helped her friends finish their homework in the morning so they wouldn’t get zeros. landed the role of audrey in little shop of horrors sophomore year. was often the subject of false rumors. had her first taste of beer when she was 9. never left the house without her walkman. wrote articles for the blue and gold alongside hal cooper. dug her nails into her palms when she was stressed. always took hits off of other people’s joints at parties. wore the same pair of doc martens all throughout high school. pierced her ears with a sewing needle when she was 13. didn’t think she could make a career out of her writing. sold weed for her father until she was arrested junior year. had a reputation for being loud-mouthed and volatile. spent the night at fp’s place whenever things were bad at home. read the outsiders by s.e. hinton over a dozen times. dreamed of leaving the southside.

hermione. owned a crop top in every color. loved being the center of attention. made river vixen captain junior year. fell asleep in her dad’s lap at football games as a child. was addicted to the burgers at pop’s. threw a fit when she lost the role of betty rizzo to alice. begged her parents for a pony when she was 7. always wore a push up bra. threw the best beginning and end of the school year parties. penciled in a mole above her lip during her madonna phase. wished she was taller so she could pursue a career in modeling. loved watching telenovelas with her mother. always matched her bra to her underwear. constantly fought with her older sisters but cried when they left for college. got drunk and put her underwear in fred’s pocket at a party once. had a huge quinceañera. made fun of people who screamed during horror movies. went to europe with her parents every summer. hosted exclusive sleepovers the first saturday of every month. won prom queen alongside hiram lodge senior year. had the highest grade in calculus of anyone in her class. wasn’t sure what she wanted out of life.

penelope. always wore a ribbon in her hair. didn’t have many friends to invite to her birthday parties. made the river vixens freshman year. hit a boy for pulling on her pigtail when she was 4. owned nothing but cyndi lauper tapes. occasionally skipped meals to maintain her figure. flirted with the boys on the water polo team. got her mouth washed out with soap once for talking back to her mother. won first place in the 5th grade spelling bee. had a talent for tying the stems of maraschino cherries. never let anyone cheat off her paper. made first chair violin in orchestra sophomore year. lied to her peers about the bruises on her knuckles. always wanted a brother or sister to play with. penned short stories with her grandfather and was devastated when he passed away. had a thoroughbred horse named tybalt. took ballet lessons until she was 14. didn’t tell her parents when a senior put his hand up her skirt at a party. loved mystery novels. got sick on the tilt-a-whirl at the fair once and never rode it again. memorized every song from the rocky horror picture show. cried when she didn’t make cheer captain over hermione. 

mary. had an incredibly infectious laugh. hated when people cheated in board games. made captain of the debate team senior year. introduced all of her non-jewish friends to potato latkes. loved bowler hats and oversized denim jackets. was part of the yearbook and homecoming committees. cried the first time she got an f on a test. entered a kid’s pie eating contest when she was 7. rode every attraction at the fair. never cared much for makeup. made honor roll all four years of high school. was always humming some belinda carlisle tune. had her first kiss when she was 13 during a game of truth or dare. went to the batting cages every sunday with her father. usually ended up being the designated driver at parties. always sent valentine’s day cards to everyone in her class. experienced her first major loss at 15 when her dog sammy passed away. preferred her mother’s kugel over anything at pop’s. was always the first person to volunteer for any class activity. fell head over heels in love with fred despite having initially found him obnoxious. was class salutatorian. didn’t want to spend the rest of her life in riverdale.