#bughead sports

[bughead-in-the-comics]

From Get a Life, Betty and Veronica #65 (1993).

[curlytemple]

fear you not, i have just the antidote! step one? clothes- off, swimsuits- on :) …okay! so, full disclosure time… when archie told me about The Kiss i… absorbed it, processed it, and in the end, i bear no ill will toward my beau, nor my bestie. but! has the thought of it haunted me these last few weeks? a tiny bit, yeah. and now, clearly, betty and jughead, you guys are caught up in the aftermath! so, to clear the air amongst us, jughead and i…. should kiss :)

what? Veronica, are you nuts?

well, wait a minute, i don’t know, hold on… veronica and i? kissing? might help to uhh, what’s the sports term? Archie..? uh… level the playing field? :)

Betty? a little help here?

so… you’re not upset, though? jug-

Noo! no, really. i’m not upset, no… but i’m Human, ya know? what if a future me tries to use your kiss with archie against some future you? a vughead kiss? right now, in the present? might be precisely what it takes to save a future bughead from imploding! archie, come on man… it’s just a stupid kiss… right?

[lesbiandarvey]

if sports night was on the cw. dan and casey are dare i say, endgame?

[thepointoftheneedle]

The Sports Coat

Look I'm obsessed with "that" jacket. Here's a ficlet about it.

When his bellowing of her name became physically painful she put down her book with a deep sigh and trudged upstairs. Her mom was spending some quality time with their son tonight and she’d been looking forward to lying motionless on the couch for at least four hours. Jug was standing in his boxer shorts, staring helplessly into his closet. It was a good look on him, she didn’t hate it, it almost made climbing the stairs worthwhile, despite the fact that it was the end of a very long week and she was as exhausted as any young mom had ever been.

“Where’s my sports coat?” Betty looked at him blankly. “You know the plaid one. Grey kinda.”

“Ugh, yeah, that terrible old thing. I was taking some of the little guy’s baby things that he’s outgrown to goodwill last week so I had a quick sweep of our closets while I was about it. I don’t imagine anyone’s going to buy something as ugly as that but they recycle textiles so…”

She trailed off because the colour had drained from his face as she was speaking.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“You took it to goodwill? Like, it’s totally gone? Gone-gone. You aren’t joking about?”

Betty began to feel a little nervous. The hideous jacket had been at the back of the closet since before they were married. She’d never seen him wear it, not even once. When she’d been surveying the hangers, rushing as always, it had seemed obvious that its space was more useful than its presence and she had stuffed it into the trash bag with the other donations. It hadn’t occurred to her that he’d even miss it.

“I’m sorry Jug. I didn’t realise it was important. You never wore it. I mean, thank God for that because it was so ugly, actually heinous. And you do have a lot of jackets. Almost too many.”

Jughead sat on the bed and put his head in his hands. For a moment she wondered if he was about to sob. She knelt on the floor in front of him and put her hands on his knees, looking up into his face. His brow was furrowed, eyes closed as if in pain. She was actually a little scared now. “Jug, Juggie. I’m so sorry. What did I do?”

“It was Stephen King’s,” he whispered. He wore it on Dick Cavett right after The Shining was released. The cameraman said he liked it and King just gave it to him. And the camera guy sold it to me for three hundred bucks. I lived off instant ramen for three weeks to pay for it. Well, ramen and scotch. It was when I was pretty low.”

Betty didn’t know what to say. Normally she was solution orientated but there was no rectifying this one. The jacket was almost certainly being shredded for insulation right at that moment. Secretly she wondered if that wasn’t maybe for the best, kinder to put the thing out of its misery. Ha, Misery!

She stroked his shoulder in what she hoped was a consoling manner. She could see why it was important to him but he had a first edition of The Shining and it had been an absolutely godawful coat. She was sorry… but not that sorry. Still, she stroked his hair back and kissed his ear, moving down to nibble gently at his ear lobe, he always liked that. His eyes flickered up to hers and she murmured against his neck, “Let me make it up to you.”

She woke late on Saturday morning, the quiet of the house a strange and slightly unsettling novelty. The great gift of an unbroken night of sleep was a treasure she hadn’t fully appreciated until she’d become a mom. She luxuriated for a moment, stretching across both sides of the bed, but then she began to miss both her boys. She had planned to get some chores done before going to pick up the little man but she felt like there was a fishing hook in her heart and it was being reeled in, pulling her towards Elm Street and his soft hair and sticky hands.

She guessed Jughead was writing so she padded downstairs only find the house empty and silent. There was a note on the coffee machine. “Love you sleeping beauty. Had an errand to run. I’ll pick up the boy on the way back. I miss him.” He’d scrawled a sad face followed by the crown he used as his signature.

Betty poured herself a coffee and sat down at the kitchen table to wait. She hoped the errand involved donuts.

Twenty minutes later she heard the truck pull up outside and went to the window to watch them come home. Her son was pretty evenly covered in powdered sugar, streaks of jelly in his hair and a doughy mess in one pudgy hand. The errand had been donut related. Her husband looked even more thrilled than his boy. He was wearing the monstrous coat.

“Betts! Look, I got it back! The guy said they were keeping it for Halloween. I guess he must have known about King somehow. I gave him a hundred bucks for it. How lucky is that? I’m going to wear the hell out of this thing. Aren’t you pleased?”

Betty managed a smile. “That’s great Jug. So great.”

[imreallyloveleee]

prompt: sports star AU for @riverdalebingo

Lungs burning, Betty slows to a stop, the rubber track firm beneath her feet. That one felt...okay. Good enough to beat Greendale in next month’s meet.

But not where she needs to be if she’s going to qualify for the Olympic Trials in February.

She stretches her arms over her head as she retreats to the sidelines for a sip of water, trying (failing) to quell the low grade panic simmering in her breast. It’s been like this for weeks now – good, not great – and it’s not enough. She’s running out of time.

The sun is just beginning to dip below the horizon, and she’s debating whether to make one more go of it before heading home when a voice draws her gaze to the edge of the bleachers: “Betty Cooper.”

“Juggie.” A smile blossoms over her face. “What are you doing here?”

“I was at Archie’s and stopped by your house on the way out.” Jughead steps up onto the lowest bleacher and makes his way towards her, one foot in front of the other. He’s dressed in his usual year-round uniform – jeans, boots, beanie – his only concession to the late summer heat the flannel tied around his waist. “Your mom said you were out training.”

A different sort of heat rises up her neck, making her flush in the evening light. The high school’s not even on the way home for Jughead.

“I think she thought it was weird I was looking for you,” he continues, hopping down to the ground to stand before her. “So I told her I had a question about the summer reading. I think she bought it.”

Ever since she’d realized her youngest daughter had pro athlete potential, Alice Cooper had ensured Betty live her life by a set of rules. Among other things – no burgers, no booze, no B’s on her report card – that meant no boyfriends.

For most of her seventeen years, Betty had been okay with that. She knew that to realize a goal as lofty as reaching the Olympics required just as much mental rigor as physical. But then this summer had happened – her last before graduating high school.

Jughead had happened.

He reaches for her, and she takes a half-step back on instinct. “I’m all sweaty.”

She catches only a glimpse of his smirk before his arms are around her, wrapping her in a full-body hug. He leans back, lifting her up off the ground for a moment before setting her gently on her feet again. “They’re gonna be selling your sweat outside the stadium in Tokyo next year. I’m lucky to get it for free.”

“Ew.” Betty giggles against his shoulder.

“They did that in Ancient Rome,” he tells her, his breath warm against her ear. “I saw it in a museum once.”

“Really?”

“Well, a Ripley’s Believe It Or Not,” he concedes. “But it’s still true.”

Betty turns her head, pressing her ear to his chest. The slow, steady thump of his heart is soothing, so different from her own. She loves to be held like this, to be held by him; to let the constant, buzzing thoughts in her head fade away until there is nothing but the two of them, their bodies, their breath.

(She hasn’t told him. Not yet. But sometimes she wonders if he already knows the way he makes her feel, or if the reason he holds onto her for these long, quiet moments is that somehow her own skittering, staccato heartbeat does the same thing for him.)

Eventually they pull apart, though Jughead takes her hands in his, thumbs sliding over her palms, sending goosebumps up her arms. “You wanna go to Pop’s?”

She’s not supposed to stay out after dark. She’s not supposed to eat greasy diner food. She’s not supposed to want this. Want him.

Betty squeezes his hands.

“Okay.”

[johnathanthetiger]

i wish some of the more insane people in the supernatural fandom who are mad about other people celebrating a pretend wedding were in the riverdale fandom if only so i could see a legitimate call out post for somebody for shipping barchie 

[mountain-ash-and-rusted-iron]

more facts bcs i have a bunch of bullet points in this google doc:

- alice and hal cooper stayed with the serpents and moved up the ranks - fp jones dropped out early on and moved out of state with his young family - the jones’s came back and rented a flat on the northside, fp and gladys are still together - jughead’s an aspiring author and photographer, dated archie over summer, used to do swimming as a sport, friends with kevin keller, dotes on trinity/jellybean.

- the cooper fam live in a house next to the wyrm - both cooper kids still attended ballet lessons as kids lol - polly is too soft™ to make it as leader of the serpents, so she stepped down for betty (polly does a lot of stuff liaising with southside hookers and strippers and stuff, keeping everyone safe and organizing smaller picture stuff (e.g, toys for tots as in canon) - betty’s a budding mechanic and silver-tongued serpent princess, who can build or ruin a reputation with a few words, loves polly, and has flirted her way through half the teen serpents around.

[satelliteinasupernova]

Bughead hockey AU concept courtesy of @kayromantic (who indulges me lol):

Betty crossdresses for the sake of joining the men's hockey team (with the eager aide of Veronica Lodge, ready to kick it to the man).

Meanwhile, Jughead, a reporter reluctantly assigned to cover hockey, is itching to root out a sports scandal so he can get a better assignment.

Please, someone pick up this prompt lol

[thetaoofbetty]

six sentence sunday

can she write a jock jug/betty? she doesn’t know, but she’s sure gonna try: 

He shouldn’t be watching her again.

It started when he transferred schools, pushed by his father to get a better education, to take the chances he’d lost, find a sport and get a scholarship, he’d told Jughead.

Scoffing to himself silently, he almost laughs at it. A sport? FP had shown up, three day beard growing, pulling him into the counselor’s office trying to put him in the best classes his grades from Southside could get him in.

“I want him in a sport,” FP had said, dropping a hand on Jughead’s shoulder.

[juggiehasmyheart17-blog]

Catch #2

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14416251/chapters/33618381

Sassy Jughead shows up for dinner

[bughead-in-the-comics]

Jughead asks Betty to twirl her op-art parasol to distract their opponents in Tops in Op, Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #137 (1967).

[fandom]

2019's Top 100 Ships

Shipping is Tumblr's favorite sport, and this is the Big Game.

Ineffable Husbands Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Klance −1 Keith & Lance, Voltron: Legendary Defender

Juliantina Juliana Valdés & Valentina Carvajal, Amar a muerte

Reddie +25 Richie Tozier & Eddie Kaspbrak, It

Jikook −1 Park Jimin & Jeon Jungkook, BTS

Phan −3 Daniel Howell & Phil Lester, YouTubers

Reylo −5 Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

Malec +1 Magnus Bane & Alec Lightwood, Shadowhunters

Bellarke −2 Bellamy Blake & Clarke Griffin, The 100

Tyrus +34 TJ & Cyrus, Andi Mack

Gendrya Gendry & Arya Stark, Game of Thrones

Catradora Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Supercorp −1 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Kiribaku −8 Kirishima Eijirou & Bakugou Katsuki, Boku No Hero Academia

Bumbleby +52 Yang Xiao Long & Blake Belladonna, RWBY

Stucky −6 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Jonsa +44 Jon Snow & Sansa Stark, Game of Thrones

Bakudeku −2 Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Boku No Hero Academia

Stony +5 Steve Rogers & Tony Stark, the Marvel universe

Destiel −9 Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

Tododeku −13 Todoroki Shouto & Midoriya Izuku, Boku No Hero Academia

Drarry −1 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Jonerys +43 Jon Snow & Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones

Jaime x Brienne Jaime Lannister & Brienne of Tarth, Game of Thrones

IronStrange −7 Tony Stark & Dr. Steven Strange, the Marvel universe

Elu Eliott Demaury & Lucas Lallemant, SKAM France

Preath Christen Press & Tobin Heath, Athletes

Sasusaku +2 Uchiha Sasuke & Haruno Sakura, Naruto

Sheith −24 Keith & Shiro, Voltron: Legendary Defender

Sprousehart −10 Cole Sprouse & Lili Reinhart, Actors

Harringrove +38 Steve Harrington & Billy Hargrove, Stranger Things

Symbrock −18 Venom (symbiote) & Eddie Brock, the Marvel universe

Adrienette +14 Adrien Agreste & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Choni −21 Cheryl Blossom & Toni Topaz, Riverdale

Taekook −16 Kim Taehyung & Jeon Jungkook, BTS

Marichat +5 Marinette Dupain-Cheng & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Robron Robert Sugden & Aaron Dingle, Emmerdale

Kaylor +11 Karlie Kloss & Taylor Swift, celebrities

Erasermic +16 Aizawa Shouta & Yamada Hizashi, Boku no Hero Academia

Ladynoir +10 Ladybug & Chat Noir, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Bughead −18 Betty Cooper & Jughead Jones, Riverdale

Spideypool −14 Spider-Man & Deadpool, the Marvel universe

Spideychelle Peter Parker & Michelle Jones, the Marvel universe

Malex Michael Guerin & Alex Manes, Roswell, New Mexico

Wolfstar +8 Remus Lupin & Sirius Black, the Harry Potter universe

Sterek −10 Stiles Stilinski & Derek Hale, Teen Wolf

ZaDr Zim & Dib, Invader Zim

Davenzi Matteo Florenzi & David, Druck

Camren −22 Camila Cabello & Lauren Jauregui, Fifth Harmony

Soriku  Sora & Riku, Kingdom Hearts

Wayhaught −36 Waverly Earp & Nicole Haught, Wynonna Earp

Pepperony Pepper Potts & Tony Stark, the Marvel universe

Nalu +19 Natsu Dragneel & Lucy Heartfilia, Fairy Tail

Yoonmin −29 Min Yoongi & Park Jimin, BTS

Lukanette Luka Couffaine & Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Lapidot −23 Lapis Lazuli & Peridot, Steven Universe

Mileven Mike Wheeler & Eleven, Stranger Things

Thorki −36 Thor & Loki, the Marvel universe

Merthur +28 Merlin & Arthur Pendragon, Merlin

Korrasami −22 Korra & Asami Sato, The Legend of Korra

Starco +3 Star Butterfly & Marco Diaz, Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Beliza Eliza Taylor & Bob Morley, Actors

McHanzo −46 Jesse McCree & Hanzo Shimada, Overwatch

Schmico Nico Kim & Levi Schmitt, Grey's Anatomy

Vmin −19 Kim Taehyung & Park Jimin, BTS

Crisana Cris Soto and Joana Bianchi, SKAM España 

Johnlock −25 John Watson & Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock

Hannigram −8 Hannibal Lecter & Will Graham, Hannibal

Kacchako −32 Uraraka Ochako & Bakugou Katsuki, Boku no Hero Academia

Snowbaz +29 Simon Snow & Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch, Carry On

Kaisoo +8 Kim Jongin & Do Kyungsoo, EXO

Deanoru −4 Karolina Dean & Nico Minoru, Runaways

Larry Stylinson −15 Harry Styles & Louis Tomlinson, One Direction

Wangxian Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Incantava Edoardo Incanti & Eleonora Sava, SKAM Italia

Clexa −28 Clarke Griffin & Commander Lexa, The 100

Nygmobblepot −15 Edward Nygma & Oswald Cobblepot, Gotham

Snufmin Snufkin & Moomin, Moominvalley

Posie Penelope Park & Josie Saltzman, Legacies

Bubbline −54 Princess Bubblegum & Marceline, Adventure Time

Ballum Ben Mitchell & Callum Highway, EastEnders

Branjie Brooklyn Lynn Hytes & Vanessa Vanjie Matteo, RuPaul's Drag Race

Hiccstrid Hiccup Haddock & Astrid Hofferson, How to Train Your Dragon

Prinxiety +4 Princey & Anxiety, Thomas Sanders

Peraltiago Jake Peralta & Amy Santiago, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Rayllum Callum & Rayla, The Dragon Prince

Victuuri −56 Victor Nikiforov & Yuri Katsuki, Yuri!!! on Ice

Entrapdak Entrapta & Hordak, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Clintasha Clint Barton & Natasha Romanoff, the Marvel universe

Tomdaya −6 Tom Holland & Zendaya, Actors

Spirk +6 Spock & James Kirk, Star Trek

Serirei Serizawa Katsuya & Reigen Arataka, Mob Psycho 100

Todomomo −23 Todoroki Shouto & Yaoyorozu Momo, Boku no Hero Academia

Voxman Lord Boxman & Professor Venomous, OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes

Romanogers Steven Rogers & Natasha Romanoff, the Marvel universe

Bechloe −62 Beca Mitchell & Chloe Beale, Pitch Perfect

Zelink Zelda & Link, The Legend of Zelda

Davekat Dave Strider & Karkat Vantas, Homestuck

Terumob Hanazawa Teruki & Kageyama Shigeo, Mob Psycho 100

Dimileth Dimitri & Byleth, Fire Emblem

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous year. The ones in bold weren’t on the list last year.

[jerepars]

I have moved on to mid-tempo hardcore for the day and have started writing the first chapter of the Bughead hockey AU. 🙅

[raymondebidochonlifechoices]

Bughead + meeting through unusual professions 

No writing, investigating, reporting, teaching, mechanical repairing, baking or bartending (or naughty careers!) for either Betty or Jughead on this list!

My brain’s mushy and I undoubtedly missed stories. Please, feel free to add your recommendations!

El Niño by @happilyshanghaied Weathergirl!Betty x Manny!Jughead

A New Creature by @thepointoftheneedle Pet Store Owner!Betty x Wildlife Officer!Jughead

Young Adult Friction by @sullypants Librarian!Betty x Librarian!Jughead

April Come She Will by @flwrpotts Florist!Betty x Tattoo Artist!Jughead

Hop(e)s and Dreams by @georgiegirl8-blog1 Farmer!Betty x Brewmaster!Jughead

Get Famous by @thepointoftheneedle A&R!Betty x Drummer!Jughead

Lark, City, Girl by @sullypants Artist!Betty x Artist!Jughead (Filmmaker!Betty x Film Lab Employee!Jughead -ok, he’s an Author too, BUT)

The Critic and the Chef by @soyforramen Food Critic!Betty x Chef!Jughead

In between New York Way and Emirates Stadium by @ccshbh Sports Reporter!Betty x Goalkeeper!Jughead

The First Rule by @darknessaroundus Underground Fighting Coach!Betty x Underground Fighter!Jughead (while also: Librarian!Betty x Grad Student!Jughead) 

Order Up by @IndianSummer13 Chef!Jughead x Waitress!Betty

I Guess My Feet Know (Where They Want Me To Go) by @msmaj Antique Dealer!Betty x Chef!Jughead

The Forty Miler by @thepointoftheneedle Carney!Betty x Carney!Jughead (look, I know it involves Engineer!Betty and Writer!Jughead as well but they meet at a carnival and work there too, SO).

Where did I leave that fire? By @stillscape Firefighter!Jughead x Diner owner!Betty

Sweetest Reflection by @thepointoftheneedle Political Candidate!Betty x Campaign Manager!Jughead

Professional sports might not be the same as business, nevertheless, most definitely:

Blood, sweat and heartbeats by @singsongsung and @sylwrites Figure Skater!Betty x Figure Skater!Jughead

[theheavycrown]

Jughead was bad at a lot of things, but most specifically fitting in. He wasn’t interested in the typical winter faire, preferring to hole up in his favorite dinner and make his way through Riverdale’s supply of coffee beans. 

Much to his chagrin, his antisocial seasonal traditions were ruined entirely when he was forced into a winter trip with his best friend, Archie, and his insanely rich girlfriend, Veronica. Jughead was less than enthused, he planned to make the most of the situation...by hiding in his room and writing. 

He hadn't expected Veronica to sign him up for skiing lessons with the perkiest ski instructor he'd ever met. Or that nearly killing said instructor, Betty Cooper, by combining his clumsiness with winter sports would end with love.

Happy Holidays, @bettsc​​ !! 🎄🎅 I had the pleasure of being your Bughead Secret Santa this year! I tried to combine your requests of meet cutes and winter into this art piece of our favs. I appreciate you so much. Your enthusiasm and kindness is so wonderful. You encourage others, put out amazing content, and take part in the fandom in the best ways. I hope you had the happiest of holidays, a warm winter, and a wonderful new year. XOXO, Sarah