#bughead food

[bughead-in-the-comics]

From Trick Schtick, PEP Comics #354 (1979).

[philtatosbuck]

i did remember your url used to be bugvarchie but i kind of thought it was more of a joke i didn't know you shipped all four of them together

to be clear i don't ship betty and archie if we're being technical my endgames were specifically bughead & varchie but i do support the ot4 ending even though i stopped watching that shit at some point in season five lmao

[purplespacekitty]

just wanna formally apologize to anyone i've been INTENSE about Riverdale to. not because i love Riverdale. because Jughead Jones is canonically touch-averse and aroace and i will never, EVER, evereverevereverever forgive Riverdale for willfully ignoring that.

also, they barely showed our boy with any burgers or fries or milkshakes or gummy worms or any kind of food throughout the whole show. a travesty. dude held a PC controller maybe once. and uh, i don't think they ever had him playing his drum set. ...they tried to do the whole music thing, but The Archies never happened on Riverdale. could have been a great way to keep Josie and the Pussycats in the picture as crossovers between the two comic lines (and additionally, with Sabrina The Teenage Witch) have commonly been used to keep stories going, but it just dissolved before it could even start. anyway, Jughead Jones was born to eat burgers, dispense witty remarks on his friends’ social drama, wage prank wars and play drums, it's literally his destiny (and so is being Archie's best bud).

and like.

here's the thing.

i know, i know, i know that Riverdale isn't the Archie Comics. it's "edgy" or whatever. but like, have you ever read the Archie Comics?????? there are hundreds of storylines more edgy than Riverdale's and in (probably) every single one of them, Jughead eats more net burgers than he eats in all 7 seasons of Riverdale. he has his little angsty plots and crazy nonsensical adventures and is never as deprived of food and games as he is in Riverdale.

he's been this way since 1939, when the Archie Comics first came about. granted, video games didn't exist then, but his whole deal has always been eating burgers and being Archie's best pal. he's a breath of fresh air, a glass of cold water to the face for Archie and the gang to snap them out of their various problems (mostly love- and dating-related, but sometimes friendship- or science or general-good-time-adventure-related). he is often the voice of reason, which is why Riverdale!Jughead doesn't really work. original Jughead has a unique perspective, being primarily preoccupied with food and video games and avoiding all potentially romantic/sexual situations that might involve him: he can observe everything without getting (too) mixed up in all of it. and the more wisdom he imparts to his friends; the more jokes and witty comments he concocts during a given meet-up at Pop's; the more he goofs off and plays pranks on his friends and enemies, the more secure their collective friendship is. and he's perfectly happy with the state of things. he doesn't yearn for romance or sex, all he truly yearns for is a day spent eating burgers with his friends. as long as he has a snack readily available, he's happy to be alone or on an adventure. his natural state is in solitude, which is a state he sometimes has to seek out, but he never has to go far in any quest for company. it's exactly where he wants to be. he would rather have his cake and eat it, too. Riverdale!Jughead inserts himself into the chaos, which original Jughead would rather play a game of football against Reggie than willfully do.

i think Riverdale tried to play into Jughead's comfortability with and preference for his general nonconformism with that whole "i’m a weirdo" speech, but ultimately failed because in the end, they still had him conforming to norms the original Jughead scoffs at. and Bughead, as the literal 85 years of Archie Comics and 7 seasons of Riverdale (in which Bughead basically become kinda-sorta-maybe-almost-pseudo step-siblings??? idk the whole thing between FP and Alice just makes it too weird for me) clearly demonstrate, added nothing to either Jughead’s or Betty’s characters and only contributed to the erasure of one of the longest running aroace characters there is. when the comics did try to give Jughead love interests, it was either extremely out of character, played for laughs as a way to shame him for not being interested in romance or just simply…didn’t work. usually some combination of all of the above. because Jughead is fundamentally aroace and has no desire to be with anyone in a romantic or sexual way. plus it kinda messes up the whole premise of the Archie Comics? teenage boy can’t choose between best friends Girl Next Door and Uptown Girl, who both care for him and each other equally, so he dates them both? it would have been way more refreshing to see them explore the complex open/polyamorous relationship that Archie, Betty and Veronica have been negotiating for 85 years through a more queer and empathetic lens than what Riverdale actually turned out to be. maybe they wouldn’t have erased Jughead’s queerness or sidelined other canonically queer characters (i.e. Kevin, Toni, Fangs, etc.) if they’d taken that route. it would be cool to see a plot within the Archie universe constructively centering queerness as a main element of its characters as storyline.

Riverdale refused to keep the most essential parts of the original Jughead's character: aversion to physical touch, romance and sex, an aggressive adoration for burgers, rhythm and musicality and his ability to separate himself from tense situations in order to problem-solve. what the other characters often sneer at or find frustrating about him are actually the things that solidify his importance in their lives. he balances them out. and there are moments when his friends recognize and celebrate that. and him being this essential, inextricable part of an iconic friend group in the comics is an extremely heartwarming thing to see as an arospec/acespec person, myself.

this was supposed to be an apology, wasn't it...oops? sorry?

Riverdale just kinda missed the whole point of Jughead Jones. and i WILL be salty about it forever.

[imreallyloveleee]

multiple friends tagged me in multiple ask thingies that overlapped so i'm combining them into one mega-ask! thanks @stonerbughead & @onlyalittlebookworm & @sullypants <3 <3 <3

last song I listened to: all-american bitch, i've been having an olivia rodrigo moment lately

currently watching: mr & mrs smith. my husband loves this show. i think it's fine? the first episode was very promising and there have been highlights along the way (parker posey!!) but they've been speed-running the relationship in a way i don't find very believable or compelling. the last ep we watched was the one set in italy and i won't spoil anything here but the ending of that one made me very WTF in a way i don't think they intended?

currently obsessed with: take a WILD guess what i'm obsessed with rn

three ships: mcwexler, bughead, everlark. the holy trinity.

favorite color: red

currently consuming: nothing, but we will be ordering mexican food for dinner shortly

first ship: maria & michael on the og roswell. (sidenote: NO ONE in this world was as excited as i was when brendan fehr showed up in two episodes of bcs. no one)

relationship status: married <3

last movie: american fiction. liked it, didn't love it, REALLY wished it had more tracee ellis ross.

currently working on: a "five times" fic centered around kim wexler's 40th birthday. i will probably have a very long author's note about this when i finally finish it, but for now i will say: i find it really difficult to think up canon AUs from better call saul because pretty much all of the key turning points come from decisions the characters make, and not circumstance. and they are just so well-written and in-character that it's really hard for me to imagine them making different ones. (especially different ones that lead to the specific scenarios i want to explore.)

so, it's an interesting challenge i've given myself, to figure out how kim might still be living in nebraska at age 40, or stuck it out to finally become a partner at HHM, or still sharing an office with her ex at Wexler-McGilll, or...or...

[lovedinapastlife]

Six Sentence Saturday - Soulmate Edition

Whenever Betty eats Pop’s burgers, she thinks of him. Or her. Whomever her soulmate happens to be. “He” is just how Alice refers to Betty’s “taste bud,” so it’s kind of her mental default setting. The greasy food inspires joy in him. Betty can taste it. Only when he’s truly ecstatic, of course. And her soulmate seems to be excited, almost desperately eager when it comes to food. ~~~

A soulmate bughead AU coming to SunlitGarden’s AO3 this season

[daphnefangirling]

Don't You Forget About Me

For Bughead Appreciation Week - Day 5: Missing Moments

Summary: Amnesiac Betty reads her high school journal about her great love with Jughead with whom things ended badly when they were 18. She’s back in Riverdale and has meals delivered daily from Pops by a cute guy named Forsythe. They soon fall in love. Will she get her memories back and realize Juggie from the journals is Forsythe from Pops? What happens when she remembers what drove them apart in the first place? Was the amnesia a blessing in disguise making her forget all her past trauma? Will they make it this time or will history repeat itself?

Teaser under the cut (for the 2 people who said they wanted one: @middleagedresidentofriverdale & @forthehonoroflove)

Feb. 9, 2017 Dear Diary, new year, new me! Ok so the new year started over a month ago, but I decided to start this new diary even before I’d finished the last one so that all the Archie drama would stay in the old diary. This is a brand new start! I’m no longer the pathetic loser hoping to date her dum-dum neighbour! I am Elizabeth Anne Cooper, journalist! That’s right: I officially revived the Blue and Gold at school today! I even managed to rope in Juggie so I wouldn’t be doing it all alone. He and I will solve this mystery of who killed Jason, I just know it!

Betty smiles. She wants to remember this girl that she apparently used to be. The doctor said she should move back home, into a familiar setting that might help jog back her memory. Her mom apparently couldn’t be bothered to move back to Riverdale with her and help with her recovery, but she did give her the keys to the house they used to live in and where Betty spent most of her life before heading out to college. She wonders what kind of relationship she must have had with her mother where she wouldn’t come stay with her now. Yet another mystery to add to the ever-growing pile of what her life used to be before she got amnesia.

She puts down the journal and looks for the others that she would have written prior to this one. Maybe she’ll get a sense of who these people are? Archie, Juggie (that can’t be a real name, right?), Jason and most of all, herself. She doesn’t remember any of it and evidently, the universe doesn’t want her remembering because there are no other journals to be found. Maybe she took them with her and they burned in the fire along with the rest of her stuff and with her memories apparently. But why would she leave only this one behind? Maybe she’ll understand if she reads more diary entries.

But for now, she’s hungry and there’s nothing to eat in the house. She remembers her taxi driver saying something about a diner. She pulls out her phone and types: ‘Riverdale Diner’ Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe is the first result so, after quickly browsing their menu, she calls.

Man’s voice: “Pops Diner, how may I help you?”

“Hi, my name is Betty Cooper and I’ve just moved back into my childhood home at 111, Elm Street. I don’t have any food yet so I’d like to order delivery.”

Man on the phone, hesitantly: “Hum, yeah, sure thing Betty. What did you want?”

She orders the ‘Pops Special’ which she’d found online when looking for the phone number. The man assures her she’ll have her food in 30 minutes so she sits more comfortably on the couch to read a few more journal entries while she waits.

Feb. 24, 2017 Dear Diary, Juggie and I have been working on solving Jason’s murder every day. I really like spending time with him again. We sort of lost touch there for a while, but now it’s like we’ve fallen right back into our old rhythm and familiar habits. We went to Jason’s memorial this afternoon and Jughead looked really cute in his suit. I don’t know why I’m writing about it, it’s really not important… But also, I can’t stop thinking about it. What is wrong with me? Do I have a crush on Jughead? No, it’s gotta be the suit. Yeah, let’s go with that.

*Coming soon-ish to AO3*

[thetaoofbetty]

tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better 💖

tagged by the forever lovely @daphnesvieirara💜

~ 3 ships: forever ships: bughead and dramione. for fun recently: uh, what do they call eddie and chrissy from ST? i stumbled into a fic for them and someone needs to get me out of the 80s before i think i can pull off neon (i cannot). 😭

~ first ever ship: "Anne and Gilbert from the Anne of Green Gables trilogy (and the books). Before I even knew what 'shipping' was ❤️" @daphnesvieira same! i loved them so much, i was so invested😩

~ last song: this one just started so i guess it's the last:

~ last movie: ratatouille. my exchange student is sick so we watched her comfort movie

~ currently reading: i just finished love on the brain, which was an impulsive airport purchase right after the sinking realization that i forgot my headphones sunk in, ha. i haven't started a new one yet

~ currently watching: i am currently using friends for background noise while i'm also wearing headphones so, you know, i have a great attention span😌

~ currently consuming: the souls of my enemies. and water. don't forget to hydrate, kids

~ currently craving: weirdly, nothing. food always sounds kind of blech to me when i'm not hungry. i could probably be bribed with some of those haribo watermelon gummy things tho. exceptions can always be made🍬

tagging: @colouredinblack1312, @riverdalenerdlol, @good-night-dodger, @i-know-you-can, @countessbutterfly, @thestaredown, @thezipzap, @edgarsabandonedrocketship, and @thatiranianphantom

[cheryllclayton]

tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better 💖

Tagged by @daphnesvieira

Tagging: @riverdalenerdlol @sprousehart-x @brook-a @lovedinapastlife @undersweetpea @egbdf22 @charliemeg @stillhidden @likemereckless

~ 3 ships: Only 3!?! Bughead my OTP, LoVe before the season 4 Veronica Mars revival ruined everything and Delana from Vampire Diaries 💛

~ first ever ship: Probably Buffy and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer....my first ship I was passionate about...or Joey and Pacey from Dawson’s Creek too ❤️

~ last song: I’m Good (Blue) by Bebe Rexha and David Guetta

~ last movie: Some romance movie on Prime TV

~ currently reading: some fanfic and online books, but i just finished a romance called North by Vanessa Vale and I am going to start a book by Lauren Landish soon

~ currently watching: the only show I am currently up to date on is Walker.  But i am watching many to catch up.  I also watch crime documentaries quite often

~ currently consuming: coffee....surprise surprise

~ currently craving: chinese food, specifically chow mein...but that’s normal for me lol

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From The Rivalry, Betty and Veronica #20 (1989).

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From The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #71 (1991).

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From Archie by Bob Montana, newspaper strip from July 12, 1948.

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From Some Changes Made, Archie’s Pals ‘n’ Gals #54 (1969).

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From Who Ate the Donuts?, Archie’s Weird Mysteries #29 (2003).

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From This Girl for Hire, Betty and Me #97 (1978).

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From That's a Lot of Dough, Betty #126 (2003).

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From Applause for Paws, Betty #181 (2009).