#he should've congratulated cerillia on that

[rhetoricalsoapbox]

Little post of things I love about Richie Valence just because

1. His overly sharp and prominent canines

Cerillia makes fun of them sometimes, but she did it really frequently after she found out about his “Dauphine Street Ripper” identity.

Richie is a little conscious of them, but his pathetic ass likes to scare little kids (and so does Ceri honestly) so he puts them to use where he can. He does find it funny when Cerillia teases him about them though.

2. His little car

Richie drives a 1962 Studebaker Lark Daytona (hardtop), and I just find it really cute for him. It's in a pretty red that's the color of his favorite stone; jasper.

There's a part of me that thinks it's so funny for him to be the character that owns one, especially when this is it's advert:

Richie killed people with this little car.

I think it's also extremely funny that Cerillia managed to somehow keep a 6'0 tall Richie in the trunk of one of these flawlessly.

3. His stims

Richie stims by tapping his fingers either on the side of his leg or on the side of a pen(cil). He also has a habit of humming one phrase or rythym from a song over and over again.

4. The Nancy Sinatra Song

'How Does That Grab You, Darling?" is one of Richie's favorite songs, and I absolutely love it for him.

He'll sing it whenever he hears it, but my favorite thing about that is the fact that he never changes up the pronouns or terms.

He will very boldly sing "How does that grab you darling? This girl is leaving you behind." and he doesn't ever consider saying anything other than 'girl.'

In fact, sometimes he'll say that word a little louder than the rest of the words.

5. His music taste in general

Richie is a big fan of girl groups like the Supremes, and he really likes singers like Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack.

He absolutely loves Lesley Gore - and if he could actually sing well at all - he'd probably give you one of his little dream performances of him singing her songs.

Some of his favorites of her's are: Cry Me A River, Just Let Me Cry, Misty, You Don't Own Me, California Nights, What Kind Of Fool Am I?, The Old Crowd, and Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear To Tread).