#i love this message anon ty im sorry i don't have more coherent thoughts for you right now

[theiliad]

GET HIRAMED! Do you have secret thoughts about Hiram and Archie?

okay we're doing this on main i guess <3 i have. so many thoughts on hiram and archie and they're not gonna be coherent sorry

the thing about hiram and archie is that you've got kj apa and mark conseulos' incredible chemistry, archie's canonical history of being groomed, the inherent comedy of a mob boss whose Main Rival is his teenage daughter's boyfriend, the inherent everything else implied by a mob boss whose Main Rival is his teenage daughter's boyfriend, riverdale's commentary on the lie of the american dream, the violence of the nuclear family, and the dysfunction both try and ultimately fail to conceal, a whole lot of homoerotic wrestling and boxing scenes, an episode directed by Gregg Araki, and of course the 'there's nothing soft about me' sauna scene all floating around

and i don't have time to unpack that all in a tumblr post or really much to add that i don't think is already pretty evident from just. watching the show. but they are deeply compelling and i'm rotating them in my mind. i'm always gonna be obsessed with their shared habit of vigilantism and how hiram once cured his mystery illness by punching guys in dark alleys.

hiram is hiram forever <3