#oh my god i got him like. 3 or 4 episodes into riverdale and named him after archie thats so funny

[kurthorton-moving]

Im insane ab him

[fireheartwraith]

So, I decided to watch Fate: The Winx Saga after some deliberation (I saw the trailer and it looked cool). As I never watched the original Winx Club, I'm coming into this pretty much blind to the lore, so if you want to know what someone that doesn't have the "it's different from what I wanted" baggage thinks of the show, let's go!

Episode 1 and Episode 2

• Ooh, this is giving me flashbacks to my first day of university... Luckily Pedro is a good soul and saw me just standing there and asked me if I was a freshman (yes), if I was lost (very much so) and if I wanted help (please)

• I can tell the the show wants me to ship these two because meet cute but... I didn't think it was cute. He was kind of rude in the beginning and it wasn't *sparkles* it was small talk. My talk with Pedro was pretty much the same, except he was nicer. Being a decent person doesn't mean romantic attraction, Show, if you want me to ship this you will have to try harder

• Oh, he's the ex

• Something tells me Stella wasn't this bitchy on the original show. I am not here for the female rivalry, specially if it's because of a basic white dude

• I have never related to someone as much as I relate to Terra since I too tend to talk too much, too fast, and overshare to make up for my insecurities and anxiety. My mom is the plant gal though...

• I want a succulent!

• Bloom, who the heck talks on the phone with the speaker turned on in a room full of people you don't know???? Show wants me to believe you're an introvert when you pull this shit???

• I love Aisha

• I also love Musa

• Is a burned one kind of like a werewolf? Where if it scratches you, you turn into one? If that's the case, is there a way to get them conscious again? Like the wolfbane potion in Harry Potter

• I'm gonna pretend everyone is over 18 bacause I can't handle another Riverdale

• ........ everything changed when the fire nation attacked

• I'm sorry but you can't talk to me about the elements and expect me to not think about atla

• Being an empath in high school must suck. All that teenage angst....

• Changeling! Makes sense. My bet is that her father is the leader of the burned ones and the principal is her mom

• I get that she's missing home and normality but her mom was a bitch

• I'm glad they revealed this now and not at the end of the season, when literally everyone would know

• Stella quit being a bitch

• I expected the princess of Solaria to be a fire fairy, not an air one....

• Riven and Beatrix deserve each other

• Protect my gay baby!!

• MAGIC LESSONS

• Bloom needs to meditate and Stella needs to chill

• What kind of human parents name their child Bloom??? Aisha sounds like a human name, not fucking Bloom. I bet it's a white people thing, like Ashleigh

• Stop being mean to Aisha and Terra! They're just trying to help!

• Musa really found the one bitch in this place that doesn't have anxiety and went 👀 huh

• No! Don't use anger! Are you the only kid that never watched A:TLA?? Have you learned nothing from Zuko???

• No! Don't follow the whispery voice in the woods! That's how people get killed in horror movies!

• Oop, that's a lot of bodies

• Something tells me that burning a burned one isn't going to help

• Aisha to the rescue!

• Gross

• SO THERE IS A POTION

• Silva is a really common surname here in Brazil.... We're fairies confirmed

• Oh, they are going to pretend that Sam being Terra's brother is drama worthy huh

• Stella quit being a bitch /rt

• Yes! BOND

• huh

• That's different

Episode 3

• Have I already said that Aisha is the best??

• I still don't get what the specialists are. One the first episode Sky told Bloom "you are a fairy" as if he isn't one, and the only thing I've seen specialists do so far is fight with sticks. What are they doing in magic school?

• So, Silva can't get better until the burned one that infected him is dead? I'm pretty sure there's something like this in vampire or werewolf lore

• Is Silva Sky's dad or something?

• MAGIC LESSONS

• Don't go to the dark side Bloom! Beatrix bad!

• How many headmasters does this school have??

• Oh yeah, this dude is evil too. I forgot he existed

• Uh, do all hetero coupled do cringey shit like that?

• My mom starts talking to me about something she was thinking about as if I have the context ALL THE TIME!! We're all Terra #PowerToTheNerds

• But I'm more of a coffee addict than a tea aficionado

• Oh thank god they are using km

• RIP Silva

• Aaawww suite to the party!

• Okay but grown ups gossiping while being 100% of what the youngsters are trying to hide is my favorite trope ever

• All these pop songs are going to age the show

• Terra that was so awkward omg

• What the fuck Stella???

• How old do fairies get? Like, do they live for centuries?

• Is it bad that I discovered what shotgunning is through a smutty wolfstar fanfic? 😬

• Rosalind? Former headmistress Rosalind?

• Oop, another dead body

• Oop, Silva..... F 😔

• Bloom can't you listen to Aisha for once??? You are going to get yourself killed

• That's a sweater, not armor

• Because that's not creepy at all

• You could at least have phoned a responsible adult before running off into the forest looking for a toasted slender man

• Your suite mates don't qualify as responsible adults but it's better than nothing I guess

• Oh look, a portal to another dimension!

• Look! A responsible adult!!

• Oh, he's still alive

• Oh wait, nevermind

• Did she just Thanos him?

• Hugs!

• I still don't get what the specialists are

• My best friend in high school was adopted so I'm having flashbacks... Her birth parents got in contact after almost two decades of radio silence. It was a very difficult time for her, with lots of different and sometimes opposite emotions about the whole thing. In the end she accepted that whatever happened, happened and that the mom that raised was her real mom, no matter her faults. I hope that Bloom can get to the same conclusion

• Alright, I wasn't expecting Rosalind to be in magic cryogenic coma

• Why can't they meet? Is Rosalind evil or something?

Episode 4

• At least now Bloom is aware that her friends have their own lives and aren't they just to be her sidekicks

• Girls sticking together!

• Still don't get why Musa needs to hide her relationship with Sam.... If I was Terra I would be more upset that my friend was hiding the relationship from me than the relationship itself

• Last episode was Sky's daddy issues, so this one is Stella's mommy issues. And, of course, the whole show is about Bloom's issues (general)

• The Queen of Solaria is named Luna?? Huh

• This episode is also about snooping

• I'm going to find whoever thought hdr was good idea and force them to watch something on Netflix when the screen is so dark you can barely see what's happening

• I'm going to pretend that's a p!atd reference

• I'm going to pretend I didn't hear 2004

• Can the camera stop spinning, I'm getting dizzy

• Anakin noooo

• Rehabilitation magic?

• So Queen Kindness is not so nice after all

• I want to give Sky points for figuring it out but let's be honest here, it was not that hard

• When did they name themselves "Winx"? And what does that even mean?

• ANAKIN NO

• Good for you sky

• Yes! Tell the responsible adults!

• Push her

• So your parents were from Aster Dell

• Well they both are redheads

• Oh sweet Anakin...

• SEE???

• Silva that's shady as fuck

That's all for now! I will watch the rest, but don't know if I should make another post or just edit this one...

[dragonwarriorgal]

Fate: Winx Saga episode 1: To The Waters And The Wild

I can't see shit.

Oh my god! NOT EVEN ONE MINUTE IN AND ALREADY THIS GRUMBLED SHEPARD, A MINOR CHARACTER SAYS "Feckin sheep!" *grumblebrumble*

did he just walk through a magical barrier like it was a normal thing?

and yet another "shit”

Though I gotta say, it is cool that the light from the flashlight is red because of all the blood (which is on a whole other level of funny)

Oh man, am I glad that I decided to watch the first episode of Winx Club before this

Wow really, Winx Club got this amazing banger of a song called Under the Sign of the Winx and this live action has Enya

There we go, there's that fantasy teen tv mandatory pop song(1), I am curious just how many there are

W.O.W. They are just throwing us into the school. Granted, the original series was also just throwing stuff at you. But they at least introduced the school to you! Here it is just "school is starting, get your diet Hogwarts College here!" (god please don't make this be Hogwarts)

OH MY GOD, I am assuming this hunk of a blond English "gentleman" is Sky. BUT GOD THE INTRODUCTION!!

OH MY GOD, THEY ARE JUST BARFING EXPOSITION AREN'T THEY! OH MY GOD!

"Three months ago, I didn't know the Otherworld existed" THEN FUCKING SHOW US THAT!!!!!!!!

Ah, yes, from the first episode that I saw from the original cartoon that I just saw, I remember that Stella was so unfriendly and jealous and being a really pompeus ass like Sky

AH, BRIGHT CORRIDOR!

"well we had wings in the past, but most of our budget went into making this cool ass globe with moving ocean"

"Exposition barfing is also higly contagious around this school so you will have it in this whole season"

Almost EIGHT MINUTES in and we finally hear her name!!!

"It's literally hour one of day one, Mom" And, sorry if I am drawing comparison here" in the cartoon she already had 5 friends!

"You can learn a lot about people on their first day" Like, how they did in the cartoon!?!?!?!?

WOW, are they seriously having a discussion about Bloom's social life in front of everybody????

Also, it is weird that I can hear the sound FROM HER PHONE so well.

"Are you the one person in the universe who's never read Harry Potter?" First of all, no I have not and will NEVER do that. And second: DON'T BE SO OBVIOUS ABOUT YOU POP CULTURE REFERENCE YOU ARE RIPPING OFF!!!!

Oh, god. The entire introduction of her roommates

Show: Introductions can be so boring after all that Mean Girls talk, let's give you some action introduction!

There's the drug reference... Also my face during this entire sequence

Okay, what the hell is this scene with the ominous exposition warning, wasn't Sky JUST fighting this other dude who got high? Why the hell is he going outside "the Barrier" and getting high? I mean I know WHY, for the plot, but HE WAS JUST FIGHTING SKY NOT ONE MINUTE AGO!!!!

Honestly, I thought the High Guy (I don't know this douche's name, thanks show) would be the one to die. I completely forgot about "feckin sheep" guy. Wanna know why? BECAUSE OF ALL THE EXPOSITION!!!!!!!

WHY THE HELL IS THE CSI GUY FROM THE BODY, WHO COLLECTED A SAMPLE FROM THE BODY, GOING THROUGH THE FRIGGIN PARTY FULL OF GOSSIPING MEAN GIRLS WITH THE SAMPLE HE COLLECTED FROM THE BODY IN HIS HANDS WHERE EVERYONE IN THIS PARTY CAN SEE!!!??!?!?!??!!?!?!?

That was a weird scene. Well I guess hello cussing villain of the series.

Oh, this is this type of show, I would have preferred to get the flashback of "3 months ago" in the beginning... you know, instead of this exposition barfing, but oh well...

This show is so mean!

Pop song number 2!

"i just met you, person I STILL don't know the name of and HAVEN'T given you my name either, so maybe I will trust you one day"

Oh great, a love triangle....

You know what, I would rather see the lives of those background characters who were told by the director to mingle and be friendly torward one another, instead of this Mean Girls act!

Who the hell took those photos of her? ON HER OWN PHONE?!

Honestly, if we didn't already see her parents expositioning her character in front of everyone earlier, I would have thought that she killed them "3 months ago"

God, could you imagine if the fire conjured in her right hand instead of the left, thus burning her phone?

Headmistress: We will teach you how to use your powers safely and slowly, starting tomorrow Bloom: *goes during the opening party on the first day outside the Barrier to practice her powers on her own* Fire!

Dead god, now I am hoping that she killed her mother, WOW, THIS SHOW IS SO MEAN!

You know this reminds me when I was about 9 I have been practicing swimming for about 1 or 2 years, but when I was 9 I started to hate it, but my family wouldn't hear it so they forced me to go. Long story short, after I was dropped off, I skipped practice and- OH MY GOD, I HAVE EXPOSITION BARFING NOW!!

Winx club: Bloom is upset because she didn't get a scooter from her parents. Fate Winx Saga: Bloom is upset because her parents took away her door forcing her "to be more open" and she burns down the house.

Please tell me the High guy and the New guy end up together, I just know they are going to force some LBGQT+ representation somewhere!

"Stop bullying me because I'm fat! I can take care of myself you twat!" *goes ahead and uses her earth magic to strangle him*

"Sorry, I'm Terra" AH, LEGIT INTRODUCTIONS!!!

Again, I CAN'T SEE SHIT!

Why are they having dinner in the dark?

Wow, the sound editing is TERRIBLE!

"Hey, we are your parent's bloom. If we don't know you, nobody does." The most hypocritical statement so far.

Wow, she hasn't even STARTED classes on how to control her powers, and already she has given up and goes to her warehouse home!

There's that jumpscare, it always got to me in the cartoon.

oh no bloom is in danger, we have learned so much about you from those expositions

Who the hell is Silva, not that I was distracted by your glistening abs or anything. Is he going to be like Archie from Riverdale?

Pop song number 3!

4 lamps are on in this room AND I CAN'T SEE SHIT!!

"I can't sleep where they all hate me!" WELL IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WERE GIVING THEM A GOOD REASON TO LOVE YOU GEORGINA! #notmystella

"Can I sleep with you, you don't hate me" YOU FUCKING BROKE UP WITH HIM YOU BITCH!!

GAH! A FRIENDLY PERSONALITY!!

Oh, it's a Zombie story... that's....hm..

There's that forced LBQT+ rep

Let me guess, the hooded figure going through the barrier is the Braid girl?

And it ends with pop song numer 4!

In conclusion watching this episode

[arsenicpanda]

Toni Topaz

002 | Give me a character & I will tell you

How I feel about this character: Oh, I love Toni, she’s great. I must admit, I mainly love season 2A to early 2B Toni, the Toni from before she becomes an accessory to Cheryl. She’s got spunk! She’s got attitude! She’s clever! She’s done with everyone’s shit but her own! She’s so great, I love her. Her general snark is so great, and she’s such a grounded character with a realistic view of the world. Like, she really has a good grasp on the reality of situations, from the Northside’s view of the Southside to the flaws in the Serpents to the whitewashing of history to Cheryl being in the closet to Cheryl using that doll to try and get Toni to let Jason’s corpse back in the house, Toni has a good eye for seeing through bullshit to the heart of things. She clearly doesn’t like people who pretend to be something they aren’t or who wear masks like Betty (I love Betty, but she does wear a mask, which is something I love about her, but it’s also clearly something Toni isn’t a fan of), but she quickly bonds with people who are unabashedly themselves like Jughead, Cheryl, and Veronica, and I find that really interesting. Also, she seems like she��s attracted to crazy people like Jughead and Cheryl. Like, remember that time when Cheryl was all discouraged and like “I’m not the girl who burned down Thornhill and cut off my mother’s oxygen anymore” and Toni, instead of going “No, you’re a better, saner person” or something similar, was like “Yes, you still are that girl”. Like, wtf, that is a weird answer, but I love that it was her first response. And she clearly wants out of Riverdale, it was so great when she was enthusiastic about getting to go to a school with actual functioning facilities, and I’m so glad she’ll be going to college, even if she’ll wind up back in Riverdale for whatever reason. Also, she’s 100% down with vengeance and extreme measures to keep people away, from Penny to Nick, and I love that. She has that I-will-do-anything-for-my-loved-ones attitude that is so Riverdale, and I love it. Also, her role in the tickle porn plot was hilarious. Super weird because, y’know, tickle porn, but also super funny. And I really miss her relationship with the Serpents, that was great. I want to know how and why she changed her mind about wanting a position of authority in the Serpents (because she never seemed interested in that in season 2). And I want to see her do photography again and have friends outside of Cheryl. And I want to know more about Toni and her life before Riverdale and how she came to Riverdale, joined the Serpents, lived with her uncle who kept kicking her out instead of her grandfather, and just became herself. I want to see her interact with the plot of the season and have her own storyline because she deserves it.

All the people I ship romantically with this character: Cheryl and Veronica, mainly, both individually and together, but in a universe where Riverdale never did the whole bughead thing for whatever reason, I probably would have been really into her with Jughead. And if I was able to do OT3s with bughead, I would be interested in her with Betty and Jughead with a fun enemies-to-lovers plot between her and Betty.

My non-romantic OTP for this character: Jughead and the Serpents, 100%. I love how she and Jughead just took to each other immediately because they could both spot a kindred spirit. Like, they’re both so prickly, but they just connected and it was great. Jughead recruiting her for the paper was the best, and I loved how they bonded over their love of true crime and interest in serial killers. And I really loved her attitude while guiding Jughead through things, her “it’d be nice if you joined us, but you need to know what you’re getting into” and the way they just click. She went from his guide to essentially his right hand and then 3x09 happened and everything fell apart, to which I say boooo. Also, they clearly have similar taste in women (smart, intense scary ladies who are varying levels of crazy) but also dislike each other’s girlfriend, and I just think that’s the funniest thing ever. Toni and Jughead were close, but she never put up with his bullshit, and I think that’s the best. I was so excited when we saw them standing together in 4x02, like yes, they’re friends again! I didn’t get to see them reconnect and I don’t get to see them interact after that, but they’re friends again! Also, the way Jughead reacted to Toni getting pissed at Cheryl in 2x10 was the best, just “Oh god, she’s angry, shit’s about to go down and I won’t be able to do anything to stop it” was amazing, it’s clear they really know each other. He even showed her his writing and also told her about the typewriter Betty gave him! And the way she teased him about it was just the best. They’re both so judgy and done with other people’s shit and full of righteous anger and smart, and I just love seeing them together, they make for a great duo. Also, I love that the Serpents in general were her family, and that they all played a tabletop game together because that is just hilarious.

My unpopular opinion about this character: I think the 3x09 fiasco was both their faults. Like, Toni shouldn’t have broken the rules, but Jughead also should have talked to them in private about it first like he did with Fangs. I don’t know if the rest of this is unpopular, but I think splitting Toni off from the Serpents was the dumbest choice they could have made for her because it severed her connection to one of the main characters and by association the main plot and left her only with Cheryl and her side plots. It just kneecapped her opportunities for screentime and I hate it. Another unpopular opinion is that the breakout bughead OT3 should have been with her, not Sweet Pea. She has better chemistry with Jughead and already has an adversarial relationship with Betty that’s prime enemies-to-lovers and has an easy set up to get the three of them together (working on the Blue and Gold after the merger with Southside High), and I think it’s bullshit that that ship isn’t more popular.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Oh god, so many things! I wish she had joined the Blue and Gold with Betty and Jughead, I think they would have made a great team and it would have given her more opportunities to shine. Like, Betty and Jughead could still have their private investigation moments, but they’d also have team ups with Toni. I would have loved to see her interact with Betty more and have them actually become friends. Oh, and I would have loved to see Jughead act as Toni’s guide to the Northside the way she was his guide in the Southside. And I wish that we had seen Jughead try to help Toni or take her in when she broke up with Cheryl. Just a “I know our friendship is on the rocks, but you need help, so I’m here to help because I still see you as a friend” moment. Surely the Cooper-Jones house has a guest room? Like, there’s no way a house of that size doesn’t have a guest room. And obviously I’d love to see Jughead talk to Toni after he finds out about the B/A kiss, I’m writing a whole fic about it. And I wish that her relationship with Cheryl had had a slower burn. I know that Riverdale likes to do things fast and that it can do things fast because they did most of the leg work for bughead in two episodes and it worked, so I wish they had added another episode to the choni build up, an episode where we got a chunk of them, or maybe they could have played the longer game like they did with varchie in season 1. Oh, and I would have loved to see Toni, Cheryl, Jughead, and Betty hanging out while talking Serpent stuff and babysitting the twins; it would have been the cutest thing. And also I just want her to have a role in the plot and her own storyline and to stop being Cheryl’s accessory.

My OTP: I don’t think I have one? The show kind of dropped the ball with choni in season 4 and soured me on it, which is a bummer because it’s great in concept. I guess my favorite ship with her is Cheryl/Toni/Veronica (I do not remember the ship name) because that is prime smart, scary lady, but I’m not super committed to it. I do know that in another universe it would be jopaz though, dual Serpent royalty, baby.

My crossover ship: None, I don’t really do crossover ships. Another smart, scary lady though, probably, if I did.

A headcanon fact: She and Jughead have had multiple conversations about photography and their dream cameras and their approaches to photography. After they reconnected between season 3 and season 4, they also talk about the best way to photograph their girlfriends. Also, Toni has reconnected with Sweet Pea and Fangs, and the four of them hang out sometimes because FRIENDSHIP. Also, while Toni might not major in photography in college, she will at least minor in it. Oh, and she has like a billion pictures of Cheryl but also nature and the Serpents and the Pretty Poisons.

[tricksters-captain]

FP Jones/Andrew’s Family/Riverdale imagines - Oh Dear Part 30

A/N: My last update was the 19th of May. That was 4/5 months ago. I am so sorry I’ve been gone that long. I haven’t started season 3 of Riverdale yet so don’t ask me about it. I’m writing for season 2 and then I’ll decide what happens to my character from there. 

There wasn’t much I could do with a musical chapter so here is what is going on outside the world of Carrie the musical. 

MASTERLIST LINK (HERE)

Overall Summary: You’re Archie’s older sister and you have a thing for a certain Serpent.

This chapter: Based on season 2 episode 18 - You have to deal with your father knowing you’re a serpent. Meanwhile, things feel off with Fp as Alice visits him more. 

Pairing: Reader x FP Jones, Sister!Reader x Archie Andrews, Daughter!Reader x Fred Andrews

Word count: 2,160

Warnings: None really. Some strong language.

Previously: Fred, on the other side of town, was upset that neither you nor Archie showed but it still had to continue. Mary was there and that’s what mattered. 

“My name is Fred Andrews. And I stand before you today, a humble resident of this town - to announce my candidacy for Mayor.” 

There was a loud cheer from the audience but it was ruined by a certain mystery member. 

“Tell us, Mr. Andrews, what does it feel to have you only daughter a member of the Serpents?!” 

“What?” Fred furrowed his eyebrows. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about.” Fred told the crowd. 

Surely, it couldn’t be true. 

But when Fred got home, he walked past your car to see a black item of clothing hanging out from under your seat. 

You had forgotten to tuck it under the seat properly so it was on show to anyone who walked past. 

Fred unlocked your car, took out the item and it was your Serpent jacket. 

He sighed, closing his eyes as he felt a mixture of anger and disappoint stir inside him. 

“Care to explain?” He asked as he entered your room without even a single knock.  

Your eyes met the jacket and you felt your heart drop. 

You were sat in your room when you received a text from Archie. 

Archie: Dad knows

You felt a mixture of nausea, confusion and anger as you tried to figure out what that meant. You automatically assumed the worst; that he knew about you and Fp.

You texted Archie for an explanation and he told you that one of his bulldog friend’s had texted him asking about you being a Serpent as some guy called it out when your dad was announcing his candidacy for mayor.  

You immediately dialled Hiram’s number. 

“You ratted me out?!” You growled before Hiram could even finish saying hello. “After I did what you asked?!” 

“Your father is no longer on my side, why would I want to protect his public image?” Hiram simply responded. 

“How––?!” You went to respond but Hiram had hung up the phone. 

“Asshole!” You threw your phone against your bed and placed your hands on your head. 

That’s when your dad entered your room without a single knock. 

“Care to explain?” Your dad held your Serpent jacket in his hand and you felt your heart drop. Well, if he didn’t believe it before, he certainly did now. 

“I––” You tried to speak but Fred didn’t let you. 

“The Serpents?! The Serpents?!” Fred grew red with anger. “How could you have joined a gang, (Y/n)?!” He threw your jacket down on your bed and you just tried to stand your ground. 

“You don’t understand...” It was difficult trying to find the words and your father’s anger certainly wasn’t helping. 

“No, (y/n), I don’t understand!” Fred scoffed. “I also don’t understand how Fp could let you do this!”

“Leave Fp out of this...” You tried to say but Fred wasn’t having any of it. 

“Leave him out of this? (Y/n), Fp is the leader of the Serpents! I can’t believe he would let my daughter join the Serpents––” 

“––It was my choice! The Serpents, they support me and protect me. I joined because I wanted to. You know I’ve been trying to hide the fact that I’m not this perfect daughter who goes to college and gets perfect grades and works all the time. The Serpent’s let me be who I want to be. They don't push me to do things I don’t want to do.” 

“You have no idea what you want! You’re still in High School!” Fred objected. 

You stared at the man in disbelief and bit down on your lower lip to bite back any further retaliation. 

“It’s late. We’ll talk tomorrow.” Fred said after the door opening downstairs signalling Archie’s return cut the silence. 

“Yeah right.” You stormed past your father, snatching the jacket out of his hand and leaving the house. 

You drove your car straight to the trailer park and straight to Fp. 

Your fist ratted against his door and he opened it with a confused look on his face. 

You looked up at the man with tears threatening to spill from your eyes and shrugged. 

He sighed, pulling you close to his chest as you broke down in his arms. 

He didn’t need an explanation right then. He let you crash in his bed and him on the couch as Jughead was in. You wore one of his shirts which had some comfort but it wasn’t as nice as the real hug, nevertheless, it helped you sleep. 

“About the election, do you really think Fred has a shot?” Hermione asked as she and Hiram sat at the breakfast table. 

“In our favor, he's essentially running on a platform of family values with none of his family by his side. I mean, Mary's gone, thank God. His only daughter has turned Serpent. And well, Archie and Fred, they've never been so distant, have they? We just need to keep it that way.” Hiram had an evil glint in his eye. The images of (Y/n) and Fp ran through his head for a moment. In the end, he always had those. 

In the morning, you returned home. You knew that no one would be in as Archie would be at school busied by the musical and Fred should have been at work. 

You bundled up a bag of all the things you felt you needed, clothes, wash things, a picture or two and then left your house with no intent of returning. You hated leaving like that but you knew you couldn’t stay under the same roof as Fred because as long as you were there he could still control you. 

Fred should have been at work whilst you were busy packing up your life however, he was at Pop’s. 

“Fp, we need to talk.” Fred proclaimed as he strutted into the diner. 

“I’m working, Fred. Can we do this later?” Fp asked as he threw a dish towel over his shoulder to pick up some plates. 

“No, Fp. Now.” Fred demanded, causing a slight scene which had Pop frowning at the two men. 

“Fine. Outside. Two minutes.” Fp grumbled as his eyes darted towards his boss who was watching him. 

Fp placed his dishes into the kitchen and left via the backdoor which Fred was waiting, pacing, impatiently. 

“Fred, what’s going on?” Fp asked, holding his arms out as if he had no idea. 

“You let my daughter join the Serpents!” Fred didn’t hold back. “How could you do that?” 

“Do what? (Y/n) joined on her own accord.” Fp argued, defending him and the Serpents. 

“Aren’t you some kind of leader now? You should have said no. You should have come to me and told me.” Fred exclaimed, furious that Fp clearly didn’t see a problem like he did. 

“She’s 19, Fred. She’s an adult, she can do what she wants!” Fp scoffed. 

“She’s in high school! She’s still my child and I still get some say in what she does with her life! She’s meant to be going to college, not joining a gang!” Fred snapped. Fp had pushed it too far by saying you were an adult. It was just like the conversation you had last night. 

“Well, Fred, maybe you should talk to her and see what she wants for once! Maybe then you’d know she doesn’t even want to go to college!” Fp barked back which riled Fred up even further. Fred grabbed Fp by his uniform and slammed him against the wall behind him. 

“This is my daughter! My daughter!” Fred growled. 

“Let’s settle it down, fellas.” Pop suddenly emerged by the door just in time to calm the two. “Don't wanna do something you’ll both regret.”

“This is you. You did this.” Fred was referring to the fight and the hate he now felt for the man for letting this happen. Fp ran his hands over his face and had to stop himself from punching the wall. 

“Back to work.” Pops encouraged him inside. 

You didn’t see Fp again until much later in the day. Jughead was in his room. He had tried talking to you about your dad but you weren’t having any of it from him. He’d only persuade you to go back because of Archie or something similar.

It was late when Fp got in and he didn’t seem quite right. He avoided eye contact with you when you greeted him from the arm chair and he went straight to the kitchen and opened up a root beer. 

“What’s wrong?” You questioned as you leant on the counter that separated you both. 

Fp sighed, waiting a minute before answering. 

“Your dad came to see me at work today.” Fp took a swing of his drink. “We haven’t argued like that since High School.” He admitted, walking out of the kitchen to sit down. 

“Well, what did you say?” You asked, sitting back down opposite him. 

“Nothing. I said it was your choice to join the Serpents and that you were old enough to choose your own path and––” 

“––And that clearly didn’t go down well?” You assumed. Fp remained silent. “I’m so sorry about all of this.” You whispered, bringing your knees to your chest. 

“Hey, don’t worry about it.” Fp rose to his feet and placed his hand behind your head, bending down to kiss the top of your head. You closed your eyes as you felt his lips against your hair. 

You could sense that wasn’t all that was bothering him as he made his way to his room to change from his uniform but you left it alone for the night. 

You tried to push that feeling to the back of your head as you busied yourself with extra work from Pop’s and helping out with the musical. You said you could help with costume and make up however you never really stayed for long once Kevin had critiqued your chosen make up and costume for each character. 

As the next few days went by, opening night rolled around pretty quickly. 

You smiled and shook your head as everyone pranced and sang around, warming up for the show. You hadn’t really been involved in a school commitment since you quit cheerleading and you had to admit you missed the atmosphere of a group of people coming together like this. 

You hadn't really spoken to Fp to see whether he was coming to the show or not but you assumed he might since you and Jughead were somewhat involved. 

You left the cast to continue getting ready once you had done your part and you found yourself a seat in the audience. 

You kept your eyes on the door to see who was coming to watch and most importantly to try and avoid your father. You were still furious at him for blaming Fp. 

You made a statement of wearing your serpent jacket that evening as everyone in town was buzzing about the news. That was made very evident whenever you worked in Pop’s due to the stares and murmurs around you at all times. 

You peered down at your programme for a moment and almost rolled your eyes at the shameless promotion on the back for Hermione for mayor. Currently you weren’t sure who would be better as mayor; the devil’s wife or your father. 

You glanced back toward the doors just in time to see Fp enter and you almost jumped in your seat to call him over but suddenly remembered your place. You couldn’t act like that with so many people around. With Hermione and Hiram. 

You wanted to catch his eyes but his attention was elsewhere. You followed his gaze to Alice and Hal. And then he left. 

You felt your heart drop. 

You clenched your jaw and lowered your eyes to the programme once again. 

‘I see now’ You thought, feeling your heart ache slightly. 

“Hey, everything okay?” Kevin asked you as he, Jughead and Cheryl sat beside you. 

“Yeah.” You lied through your teeth as you flashed a smile. 

Then the curtains rose. 

You couldn’t help but feel the green monster of jealously bubble inside your stomach as Alice entered the stage and started performing. It almost made you feel nauseous. 

But what did you expect? You were just a girl. You were just (Y/n) Andrews.

Suddenly, the set changed and before your eyes was Midge nailed to the wall. 

‘I am back from the dead, all those who escaped me before will die... - B.H’ 

You felt your skin go cold and your lungs stop for a second. 

All those who escaped...

It took a shrieking scream to snap you from the shock and then all you could think about was getting Archie and getting the hell out of there. 

PART 31

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SPN S15 Live-blogging: Episode 1

spoilers under the cut

- i’m only on the intro. what the FUCK is up with this editing?? - it’s just zooming in on people’s faces with this fuckin wack song playing in the bg - this makes the s14 finale look like a joke - ok here we actually go - 1:49– it opens on jack’s burnt out eyes that’s fucking disgusting - 1:55– im sorry i really can’t take this seriously with this song asfkskskshsdhskskjlsh - 2:40– bro wtf how strong is cas?? he just Yoinked jack’s body up off the ground with like no effort - man i. i really can’t take this shit seriously with this song - 3:13– ok we finally got to the intro. i actually kinda like this title card, it’s very glowy - 3:30– askfhsks these zombies are just. Striding right up to the crypt door. no dramatic stumbling or anything they’re literally just walking. they are making some neat zombie noises tho - i miss when this show used to be good - 4:27– i forgot to turn my subtitles on until now and then was smacked in the face with “cass” - 5:31– what is up with this random camera zooming - 5:54– dean stop shouting - i got so used to the wonderful writing of good omens that i got kinda knocked off my feet here with how much this show has gone downhill - 7:02– WOAH HANG ON HANG HANG ON JACK WTF ARE YOU DOING - “hello!” BRUH IM LOSING IT - he’s a DEMOn AKDHAJSGSNSISGAKHSKBSKH - 8:01– “my name is Belphegor” bruh WHAT is going ON - “you’re an abomination with that stupid dumb trench coat” he’s not wrong the olive green makes him look terrible - 8:35– those sunglasses, i can’t take him seriously in those sunglasses man - 9:50– *angrily* “we are not twinsies” i really didn’t think i’d hear cas say that - bel looks like he just came back from the area 51 raid - 11:10– oh they’re all dead! fun - 11:38– bruh that transition i can’t even deal with this goddamn show anymore - 11:52– this is not how regular teenage girls talk to each other - 11:56– tHats not how cellphones work either - 12:16– “divorce is awesome” - 12:43– when did this show start getting worse? i think it was season 6 - it certainly keeps getting even worse - i feel like i’m watching riverdale - also what’s up with all these disney ads - 13:48– the subtitles call him Bel and since i can’t remember or pronounce his actual name that’s the only way i’m gonna refer to him from now on - 14:42– ooh! red paint! - 14:48– whoever is in charge of the music for this show should be fired - 15:22– AW HELL YEAH WOMAN IN WHITE WE GOIN BACK TO THE PILOT EPISODE BABEY - 15:46– why does jared constantly look like he’s about to start crying - 16:17– that is a BIG ASS GARAGE - 17:00– i feel like that kid should be freaking out a whole lot more than she actually is - like she’s just kinda crying, if i was in that situation i would be curled up in a ball on the floor screeching - 17:31– this feels like a car ad - 17:45– sir please stop snarling you’re making me uncomfortable - also is he wearing a sock on his head? - 18:25– well fuck that i guess we don’t get to see what happens - 18:54– crowley jr - 19:53– can bel, like,,,, see? he doesn’t have eyes but he saw dean put the gun away,,, - 20:10– “so people are like, crazy good-looking now, huh?” bel you’ve just become my new fav demon - 20:19– dean that was the exact same reaction i had - 20:46– is bel bi - 21:15– “he was our kid” - idek what i wanted to write for that i just wanted to put that down - 21:53– yknow sam most people don’t like it when you just. open their doors and come in with a shotgun - also why are these people leaving their doors unlocked - 22:07– these houses are extremely cookie-cutter, they have the same furniture and everything - also wtf is up with these random pulsating noises i can’t tell if it’s supposed to be a heartbeat or not - 22:37– oh look more red paint - wait is this the house with the sockhead clown? - 23:04– so the ghosts just kinda. only showed up in this one specific town huh - don’t some of them have relics that they’re supposed to be attached to? - also this is completely off track but uhh WHO REMEMBERS THAT GHOST FROM SEASON 1 THAT THEY TRAPPED IN THE SEWER BUT NEVER KILLED?? BC THAT MF IS STILL FUCKIN THERE - 23:22– bloody mary just looks like she’s wearing a shitty Party City costume - 23:53– bruh how did those two get up onto that shelf in the time before the clown got into the garage?? - also how long have they been up there?????? - OH SHIT THE CLOWN i definitely didn’t see this coming - /s - 24:36– oh shit sam actually got cut - also quit singing dude you’re off-key - 24:47– AYY CAS COMIN IN TO SAVE SAM’S ASS - hang on my subtitles stopped working - 25:22– “move your exquisite ass Please” - 25:45– oh we got s4 references - 26:30– “wait every door? even the cage?” WHAT - WAIT HANG ON - THAT MEANS - ADAM!!!!!! - 27:07– alright cas i’m pretty sure you just completely shifted this woman’s spirituality - 27:30– sam you can’t just talk about shooting god in front of other people - 28:00– uhhhh eXcuse mE was that DEMON SAMMY - sam: receives a mortal wound that contains properties he’s never seen before - also sam: “i’m fine” - 28:43– oh no something’s about to happen to this poor sheriff - 28:48– I HATE IT WHEN IM RIGHT - 29:27– goddamnit what is up with these stupid pulsating noises?? - bel: sees dead body - bel: “cool” - also i’ve gotten the same migrane medication ad like three times while watching this - 30:05– i guess you could technically call this town a ghost town now - 30:54– lmao that throw looked Super fuckin fake - 31:01– *menacingly shimmies toward ghost with shotgun* - 31:03– “it’s okay, it’s just one ghost” how do i know that something’s gonna grab that kid and drag her right into that pond - 31:26– ASJSHSKHJSYBKSJSK cas just looks so pissed off about being shot - 31:40– local demon thinks he can deter a spirit by saying “bad ghost” - 32:16– well technically i was wrong and right bc something came out of the pond but it grabbed the mom - also is this kid okay? - 32:36– bel says “anime” - 34:14– hey sam maybe you should check how many shotgun shells you have left before you try to take on 4 ghosts at once - better yet why don’t you RUN OVER THE LINE WHERE THEY CAN’T KILL YOU - 35:02– ghost: *screams in sam’s face bc it’s mad that it’s stuck* - sam: “shut up” - my video quality just hella dropped in the middle of an ad break i hope this doesn’t last - nvm it’s cause i’m on the wrong internet lmao hang on a sec - 36:23– why does no one let cas do anything - 36:38– are they about to kiss - 36:45– nope dean just wanted to be a dick - bel says what we’re all thinking - 37:48– can we like. make sam get an x-ray or something to see if the bullet is still in his arm - 37:58– dean you are spilling that disinfectant All over the car trunk - 39:04– dean’s getting existential - 39:52– sam: “for the first time, it’s just us” - cas: do i look like a joke to you - also i think my subtitles are broken - 40:46– AYY MORE PILOT FLASHBACKS

final thoughts: that was,,, kind of a lot better than i thought it would be? the first ten minutes were kinda shit but then Bel showed up and absolutely made my day

[weelittleweasley]

All This Way | KJ x Reader

Anon said:  Hey! Could I make a request of where you're KJ's long-term girlfriend from New Zealand and you surprise him on set and then run into some fans when you're going out for coffee after. And they don't react in how you thought they would (in a good way) Like praising you and stuff. Love your account btw <3

Love you too, you beautiful anon!

“Hi, I’m a visitor for Riverdale,” you tell the guard at the toll booth with a smile, unable to contain your excitement. You flew all the way from Auckland to see your boyfriend. KJ and you have been dating since your senior year of high school. He went off to be an actor and you stayed home in New Zealand to take a few modeling gigs. He hit stardom quickly, first landing a movie, and then becoming the star of CW’s Riverdale. You did have some mild success, doing the shoots for fashion brands like American Eagle, but everything kind of explored when the media found out you were dating. In the modeling industry, you became highly wanted by major designers and it was exciting. But it took its toll on you and KJ’s relationship. He had to go fly out to Vancouver to shoot Riverdale while you had to fly back and forth from New Zealand and New York. The two of you, however, were determined to make this relationship work. 

As a surprise, you bought a ticket to fly out to Vancouver for the week to see KJ and spend some time with him before flying to New York and then back home to Auckland. 

“What’s the last name?” the guard asked, not very enthusiastically as you were. “(Y/L/N),” you tell her. “The director is expecting me.”

She presses a button that opens a gate and hands you a visitors pass. “Riverdale films on sound stage 4. Have a good one,” the guard smiles as you thank her and drive away. Your heart was racing, you couldn’t contain your excitement. Would he be happy to see you? I mean, he should he’s your boyfriend. Or was he in one of his moods? Who knows, it’s KJ. 

Parking the rental car in the visitor’s lot, you get out and start to walk to stage 4. You flash the guards your visitor’s pass as they smile and open the door. At least they were friendly enough to smile, you think to yourself. When you get on the stage, you scope it out, hoping to see your boyfriend. Across the room, he stands with his back towards you talking to Cole. Cole sees you and you quickly hold a finger up to your mouth for him to keep quiet. He goes back to looking at KJ and distracting him. You sneak up behind him quietly before speaking. “Excuse me, have you seen my boyfriend? He’s about 5′ 11″ and super ugly,” you say as he turns around.

When he sees you, his face lights up. “Wait, what?” he exclaims, wrapping you up in a bear hug. “What are you doing here?” his thick accent that matches yours, rings in your ear. Laughing, you pull away, “I came to surprise you. Cole helped me plan it.”

He rests his hands on your waist and smiles. “You came all this way for me?” Rubbing his face with your thumb, you reply, “All this way for you. Only you.” KJ then punches Cole’s arm, “Thanks for telling me, you arse.” “You’re welcome,” Cole rubs his arm, pretending to be hurt. Enveloping you in a hug, Cole says, “Good to see you again, (Y/N).”

“Always good to see you,” you tell him back. “I assume the two of you have more filming to do today, right? It’s still pretty early.”

The two of them nod their heads. “We have to wrap up this episode and touch up some scenes from the previous one. But of course, you are more than welcome to watch,” KJ smiles, kissing your cheek.

“I definitely will. But first, I’m gonna grab a coffee cause I’m completely jet lagged.  Do you guys want anything?” you ask before going Cole politely declining, but KJ asking for a black coffee.

The streets of Vancouver were absolutely gorgeous. The sun hung bright in the sky as the trees stood green and tall. It was a perfect day. On the corner, there was a Starbucks, so you walk in, the smell of espresso beans hitting your nose. Ah, caffeine. Just the smell of it made you feel more awake. As you wait on line, you scroll through your Twitter feed, your page blowing up with mentions.

News Flash! Paps caught (Y/N) landing in Vancouver! @(yourtwittername) is this true?! 

Replying back to the tweet, you type: Yep! Taking a break from work to visit my guy! More tweets flood into your mentions as you smile, the majority of them being positive. Usually the tweets were all good, but there were the occasional rotten tweets from KJ’s stans. But you didn’t like to focus on the bad; there was so much more to focus on than the negative.

“Excuse me?” a voice says behind you as you turn around, taking off your sunglasses. “Are you (Y/N) (Y/L/N)?”

Smiling, you see two teenage girls, probably about seventeen, eagerly waiting your response. “Yeah, hi,” you reply as their eyes widen. “Oh my God,” they whisper. “We are such huge fans of you and KJ,” one of them says, beaming as you laugh. “Aw, thanks, you guys. That means a lot. What are your names?”

“I’m Becca and this is my best friend, Rachel. We love Riverdale and we see you on every billboard here. Ugh, your accent is so beautiful,” Becca freaks as you laugh. They were both so cute. The three of you make small talk, finding out that both were seniors in high school and they loved Riverdale. Becca was going to be a biology major and Rachel wanted to be in film production. You were not expecting them to be this friendly. You’ve met fans before and they’ve always been so thoughtful. But there were always a few who were just nasty. As you went up to order, you paid for the girls’ drinks as well. “Oh, please. Don’t pay for it,” Rachel says. “You don’t have to.”

“Oh, stop. It’s my pleasure.” Becca and Rachel thanked you as you smiled. The two girls were so kind and you had to thank them. “Thank you guys for being so sweet. It’s not always that I get to meet such sweet girls like yourselves,” you speak, pushing a straw into your iced coffee. 

The pair of friends look at each other in shock. “You’re joking. But you’re so genuine. Celebrities are always notorious for being brats to fans,” Becca says. The three of you talked for a little while longer about college, work, and of course, boys.

“Where’s KJ?” Becca asked, hoping he was nearby. You laugh, “On set. They are in the midst of filming right now.” You saw that they were hopeful to see him. “Don’t worry girls, he’ll be in Vancouver for another few weeks if not months. You’ll see him, I’m sure of it.”

Soon it was time for you to leave and you really didn’t want to. Before you left Starbucks, you got their Twitter handles and made sure to follow them back. You took a few pictures and gave them a hug goodbye, leaving them to get back to set before KJ’s hot coffee was an iced one.

When you got back to set, KJ was sitting in a chair, scrolling through Twitter on his phone. “Hey, there you are. What took so long? Did you get lost?” he jokes as you quickly kiss his lips. “No, I actually met two fans,” you say wiggling your eyebrows. “No kidding! Were they nice?” he asks, genuinely curious. He doesn’t like hearing when fans aren’t nice to you. The last time you got attacked by a bitchy fan, KJ ranted on Twitter on how you and every other one of his cast mates deserves respect like any other human. That’s what you loved about KJ--his need and want for universal kindness.

“They were probably the sweetest girls I have ever met,” you tell him as his eyes widen. “For real. I bought them their coffees and we talked for forever. I wish I could have stayed longer,” you say disappointed as KJ laughs at you. “Hey! They loved me too!”

KJ kisses you sweetly. “I’m sure they did. Who wouldn’t.”

[jerepars]

The Con Extended Chapter Notes

Hyperlinks appear in blue (underlined on mobile). The story is posted here. Direct link to this chapter is here.

> “Well, is this a new thing or an old thing?” Veronica supplied a starter question.

> “A bit of both, I guess. I had a huge crush on him when I left Riverdale. And then this summer, when I saw him, all those crush feelings came rushing back.” I got the floaty fluttering of butterflies in my stomach just speaking of my feelings out loud. “Then I found out he was moving here. Then I found out he was moving into my building. It all just kind of encircled me.”

I don't think I've made any reference to "The Con", the song by Tegan and Sara, since Chapter 2 ("The Plan"). We're now at the point in the story where the parts of the song that inspired me to name the story after it will begin to pop up more. One of the lines that's repeated several times in the latter part of the song is encircle me, I need to be taken down.

I do understand the context that the line is being used in within the song, and that might come back around later in the story. But for now, we've got Betty admitting to being encircled by her feelings. Tegan and Sara have mentioned a bunch of different times that the original name for the song was actually "Encircle Me" and was later re-named as the title track for the album The Con.

> “Oh my God, swoon. You just got Disney Princess heart eyes,” Veronica cooed. “You are so smitten. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you like this about anyone.”

> “I’ve known him for so long and I do feel like I really know him,” I said. “Lately it feels like…like maybe he could have some of the same feelings. And maybe we could have something that I thought would never happen.”

Here's an instance when I realized I was making a reference to a song literally as I was writing the sentence. Part of the chorus in "Attention" by The Academy Is... goes: Oh, did I mention when I see you it stings like hell? To the fact that we could have something that'll never happen.

Back in the notes for Chapter 5 ("The Sleepover") I said that I was hoping I'd get to reference Academy somehow, someway during the story, because they were a Chicago band. This time I wasn't even thinking about any of their songs, it just happened. I inadvertently put myself on a total nostalgia trip, too, because I remember referencing the same song--much more directly, actually--in a story I wrote over ten years ago. Wild.

> “Oh, Betty.” Veronica shook her head pensively. “As much as I love the idea of you pulling one over on him, and as much as it sounds like he’s got some seriously repressed feelings for you, I don’t want you to end up hurt if this goes badly. Please be careful.”

> Be careful. Those were the same precautionary words Jellybean had warned me with when the con was in its infancy, before I’d gotten in so deep.

I'm always going to back-reference to things that happened earlier in the story. In Chapter 3 ("The Fireworks"), when Jellybean revealed to Betty that she knew what was going on, she warned Betty to be careful. Even in Chapter 4 ("The Robots"), when Betty and Jughead have breakfast together, the chapter ends with him warning her about whatever game she's playing.

> For Trev and myself, preparation for the holiday shows would be grueling just as the preparation for the autumn program had been. The year before, for the inaugural season with the new Nutcracker, the company had begun the piece from scratch, with only a one-page synopsis of the story and our choreographer’s vision. We’d worked on The Nutcracker from the very start of dance season in August through December. Since it was no longer rubbing two sticks together and hoping they caught fire, and haven taken the time to premiere Giselle for the autumn program, it was back to the usual approach of rehearsing The Nutcracker from November until the first performance in December, with few full-on rehearsals through December. I was thrilled about the parts I’d been cast for; a pas de deux in the Spanish Dance, one of four dancers in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, as an understudy for the Arabian Dance and a Snow soloist, and corps roles as a Snowflake (of course) and fair worker. But it would be no easy feat. For most dance companies, Nutcracker time was (maybe ironically) crunch time. We never worked harder under such unforgiving time constraints than during the holidays.

In the chapter notes for Chapter 6 ("The Minutes"), I talked about the Joffrey Ballet's "new" Nutcracker and linked a few articles about how it was reimagined and how it's different from a classic Nutcracker, so maybe check that out. If you want.

When I was doing my research, looking through the program for Giselle, I noticed that one of the pages was an advertisement for a documentary on Joffrey's new Nutcracker to air on WTTW, the local PBS affiliate in Chicago. Knowing that this chapter was coming up, I thought to myself that I might as well wait to see the documentary. So I did! I even took notes so I could write the paragraph quoted above. And you can watch it too if for some reason you want to spend an hour learning about the new production. The documentary is called Making a New American Nutcracker and it's streaming on the WTTW website. Want to make a Riverdale connection? For all the Skeet Ulrich fans out there, it's narrated by Neve Campbell, who played Skeet's/Billy's girlfriend in Scream. Six degrees of separation with Skeet? You bet.

I found the casting sheets from 2016 and, oh boy, it was really hard to decide what roles to put Betty in beyond the corps roles. But I definitely wanted her to be in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (one male dancer is Buffalo Bill and the three other dancers are women). As described in the documentary, it replaces what is usually the Russian Dance, but it's danced to Tchaikovsky's score that is used for the Russian Dance. There's some kind of humor in there, man. I like it.

> As for Kevin, he would be on the earliest non-red eye flight back to LA in the morning. He had a master class to teach that same day and rehearsal for a performance at the American Music Awards after that. He was just as busy as a dancer in a company, if not even busier. I was thankful that Kevin still managed to make time for me when he was in town and that our close friendship continued beyond our adolescence. There were no hard feelings that he never made it to any of the Giselle performances because he had his own life and success to tend to, and I was so proud of him.

This is Kevin's second appearance in the story, and his last. I wish he could have been in it more but it was more important to me not to relegate his role as just the gay best friend who occassionally provides comic relief. The comic relief he provides on Riverdale is great, yes, but we're now six episodes into the second season and I'm still wondering where Kevin's major arc is. I don't think he should be just a placeholder.

That's exactly why when he was introduced in Chapter 3 ("The Fireworks"), Betty spent some time talking about him--his life, his career, his success--rather than just the role he plays in her life. Keeping that in mind, I did want Kevin to make one more appearance in the story, briefly, squeezing a little bit of time for Betty into his schedule (and not the other way around), amidst all the good things that are happening in his busy life.

> “Thanks. You’re the best, Arch. I know you’ll be great tonight.” I leaned in and shifted onto my toes so that I could kiss him on the cheek. As was customary in ballet, I whispered my good luck wish to him, “Merde.”

I came across this quite a few times while doing research for the story. It's bad luck to say "good luck", and because breaking a leg is a possibility during ballet performance, ballet dancers don't wish each other well by saying "break a leg" either. The term merde, the French word for 'shit', is what dancers say before a performance instead. There are differing views on why that slang is used.

> I grabbed my coat off the back of my chair to shield me from the early November evening and slid my phone and card case into one of the pockets—I’d need my ID to get back into the bar after. I turned back to my friends and mouthed a ‘sorry’ as Jughead and I walked toward the door. Trev merely shrugged but Kevin gave me goofy grin and added a wink for good measure.

> I followed Jughead outside and we didn’t stop until we were standing in the doorway of the storefront across from the bar. It was a hair salon that, according to the hours listed in the window, closed at five every afternoon. The salon had bay windows, which made for a wide doorway that was lit by a solitary fluorescent motion-detecting light.

There is, in fact, a salon across the street from Schubas. And if you enlarged the image of the storefront using Google Maps, you'd see that the bay windows create a wide entryway in the shape of a trapezoid. What am I doing with my life looking this stuff up?

> It felt good to insult him to his face after finding out just what he thought about me liking him. I’d really started to believe that he might have a thing for me, too. At the very least I thought he genuinely cared about my well-being. But none of it was true. And once again my crystal vision was so wrong. My fate with him wasn’t like those girls like Sabrina. It was worse—it was nonexistent—and he had made sure of it. As quickly as he’d made my heart swell, he yanked it out of my chest, threw it on the ground, and stomped all over it with his combat boots.

The line about Betty's crystal vision is a quick little back-reference to her mention of crystal vision in Chapter 6 ("The Minutes"), which as I mentioned in the notes for that chapter, is actually a reference to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams".

> Oh, I was counting on it. I was absolutely livid. There would be no complaints on my part if Chic wanted to use his overprotective older brother card for justice against his beanie-wearing cad of a best friend. In fact, I would gladly help him. Chic could pour the gasoline and I would light the match.

I debated with myself whether or not this was the right moment to use some of Alice's lines from 2x01. I wondered if using the "beanie-wearing cad" term was too distracting here, if it brought humor into an otherwise serious and tense moment. But then I thought...Betty's definitely got some of Alice's fiery spirit in her. So when she's livid? Well, that probably comes out, with Alice's terminology, too.

[h-eckers]

riverdale already is edgelord garbage can it get worse than the "i'm weird, i'm a weirdo" monologue and the phrase "dark betty" being used inside the show itself

OK weird thing, but I'm actually super glad you sent this because it gives me the chance to yell about some things that need yelling about re: Riverdale. Buckle the fuck in children, I have some Things To Say.  

Riverdale is literally, at it's core, edgy bullshit. The show genuine took a happy, light hearted, comic series and went "let's add murder, and gangs, and heavily imply twincest." My best friend loves the Archie comics and refuses to watch Riverdale because she doesn't want to ruin the happy-go-lucky of it all. So from the get go, we've got to expect some kind of edgelording based off the way it was adapted in the first place.  

However, Season 1 managed to mostly maintain it's cool. Most of the story lines were interesting enough, certainly added intrigue in a lot of places, the characters were well acted pretty much all of the time. I did definitely enjoy every episode at least to some degree and I loved certain things about the show over all, for example, FP and his story and relationship with Jughead is incredibly complex to me, I'd love to see it explored further and I live for Skeet Ulrich. When it comes to Riverdale, I'd say that I like more about it than I don't but that definitely doesn't mean it's all smooth sailing. 

That being said, it definitely had it's low moments, and imma talk about  my top five; 

Number 1: “I’m A Weirdo”

This right here is some 2003, myspace, edgelord, rawr XD type bullshit that was bound to become a meme almost instantly. I have nothing against Cole Sprouse or his acting abilities but this is just plain bad writing and I’m a bad writer so I know what the fuck I’m talking about. If you didn't cringe at least a little bit watching this scene, then you're lying or you didn't watch this scene. I get that they want to establish him as the broody, outcast, wallflower dude but you dont need to explicitly say “oh, btw, Im a tad bit strange” and even if you do, you should not be saying it sounding like you plagiarised an 11 year old scene kids tumblr poetry from the dark ages. If i had to give the writers any advice on how to improve this scene, I would say; “If you found it in your sixth grade diary you should probably leave it out of the script.”

Number 2: ‘Dark Betty’ 

First off, this annoys me because ‘Dark Betty’ isn't actually ‘Dark Betty’, a more apt name for it would be ‘Severely Affected By Mental Illness and Needs Genuine Treatment Betty’ but I guess that was a bit too wordy for the final cut. Second of all, nobody in the history of real life, outside tumblr, to a genuine real person’s face has called anyone ‘Dark’ anything, if Betty was my friend and I saw her try to drown a guy, I wouldn’t call her ‘Dark Betty’, I’d call the fucking cops. Also, in case you missed it, she did literally try to drown a guy, and she would have if Veronica wasn't there to stop her, and no one addressed it ever again in a real way. Sure they mentioned it, but no one actually broached the subject with the seriousness you probably should when someone was almost murdered, you know? Even Chuck, the guy who was almost drowned, basically brushed it off like “nah, happens all the time”, what the fucK kind of bullshit is that?

Number 3: The Entire Grundy Storyline

I guess my biggest issue here is that there was absolutely no point or resolution to this plot at all. she rolls into town, manipulates and rapes a child, rolls out of town and everyone's just fine with that? You’re telling me no ones parents wanted to press charges? You’re telling me Archie just forgot that he was supposedly in love with this woman who was twice his age? She wasnt even necessary to the wider plot in anyway, once she left, nothing else happened with that story at all, the only conceivable reason they needed her was to put Archie at Sweetwater on the 4th and they could have come up with literally anything else for that. Also even beyond the fact that they shoehorned in a pointless statutory rape plot for no reason, why did they make her look so suspicious if she was completely uninvolved with Jason’s murder? Basically, why the fuck was that necessary? The answer; it. fuckin. wasn’t.

Number 4: The Beronica Kiss

This has been explained and complained about a million times so ill keep it short and sweet but basically, why? There was no reason for the to do that, and if Cheryl’s ‘lesbian kissing isn't taboo anymore’ comment was meant to come across progressive, it didn’t because it was immediately undermined by the fact that Betty and Veronica went on to never have any romantic feelings for each other and ended up with ‘boy problems’ by the end of the episode. Why? Just, why was it necessary to have them kiss? It doesn't make sense. Even if they did end up together it doesn't make sense because making out has nothing to do with cheer leading unless you're on PornHub. Y’all writers just think you can trap the gays with shit like this and then lead us to heartbreak when nothing happens and you’re fucking right so please stop.

And finally: 

Number 5: The Aftermath Of Cheryl’s Icebreaker

BITCH SHE JUST TRIED TO KILL HERSELF AND Y’ALL JUST GONNA GO TO THE JUBILEE LIKE AIN’T NOTHING HAPPENED??????I have so many angry things to say about this because it made no sense and it was again, bad writing. Why didn't they take her to a hospital? Shes obviously not stable and she just took a dip in ‘Cold As Balls Lake’, why would you not immediately take her to a hospital where there are people who can watch her to make sure she doesn’t... i don’t know... burn down her house? No you're right, just take her to your house, sit her by the fire, and fuck off to a jubilee because that’s what’s important, she’ll be fine. Oh, and just chuck a gas station bandage on Archie’s hands, I’m sure he didn’t fracture or break anything when he smashed through thick god damn ice with his hands until they were gushing blood, you guys are so s m a r t. “Oh, they're just kids, they didn't think of it” you say, buT HERMIONE DIDN'T EVEN THINK TO TAKE HER TO HOSPITAL. This grown ass bitch, walked in and sees Cheryl Blossom, fully clothed, saturated, shaking, by the fire with a dead look in her eyes and goes “It’s aight, probably just had a water fight in the snow or some shit, kids are weird’ bitch didn't even ask, didn’t find out what was wrong, just shrugged and left her alone in the apartment because shes a god damn responsible adult. I’m so infuriated by this part because literally none of it makes any sense what so sever why is everyone so dumb wtf.

Anyway, I guess the point I’m trying to make here is that Riverdale definitely has its pitfalls and it definitely has things it needs to work on, however, I’m just hoping that they don’t continue down the path the promos seem to indicate because its a pretty good show but they toe the line already and i don’t want to see it go completely to shit because they're trying to be edgy.

If they want to take it dark im all here for it, i don’t mind but there is definite room for improvement What I want to see next season is, consistency, development, proper address of mental illness, actual friendships, and god damn mother fucking common sense.

What I don’t want to see,

IS THIS EDGELORD, 2003, RAWR IS I LOVE YOU IN DINOSAUR, BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR IS THE PINNACLE OF MUSIC, YOU DONT UNDERSTAND ME, IT’S NOT A PHASE BULLSHIT WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BILLBOARD. IT MAKES ME WANT TO DINER.

That’s all, goodnight, thanku for ur time.

[drarry-with-a-side-of-wolfstar]

All-Time Favourite Ships!

From books, movies, Broadway, and TV shows!

(list not in any particular order and may contain spoilers).

1. Bellarke: Bellamy Blake and Clarke Griffen from The 100 (TV)

Okay, I know I said that the list is in no particular order, but this ship is my all time OTP since I started watching The 100. And I can’t sleep at night knowing that they are not officially canon yet, even if it was pretty clear in Praimfiya that it will be endgame! So exited for their reunion in Season 5. I spend hours on end reading Bellarke fan fiction all day, every day. And Bellamy is my baby and I love his so much. And I can’t wait to see how he is after the six-year time jump on the show. Sometimes, I think that I watch the show just for these two.

2. Haleb: Hanna Marin and Caleb Rivers from Pretty Little Liars (TV)

Again, like I said that this list is in no particular order, this ship would defiantly be in my top 5. Anyway, I still have to properly sit down and watch Season 7B of Pretty Little Liars so don’t spoil anything for me. Haleb in my opinion, is the best ship on this show, but I think towards the early seasons I used to ship Ezria more but when Caleb showed up with his long hair, I died. And therefore, they became my favourite ship. I remember, I put watching the show on break after Caleb left to do his own show is either season 3 or 4, I don’t remember exactly. But yeah, these two are pretty cute together and I hope it stays that way.

3. Stydia: Stiles Stilinksi and Lydia Martin from Teen Wolf (TV)

Okay, again, probably in my top 7. So, the thing with Stydia is that they dragged it out for so long that the anticipation killed me. But I love them still so much. And Dylan O’Brian is just on a different level of awesomeness (and cuteness). And Lydia, even though she used to annoy me at first, and Teen Wolf is probably not my favourite TV show, but it’s still good, and Lydia’s character started to grow on me and I need to catch up on Season 6, (don’t judge me guys, the past few moths for me have been really busy) and I just recently started to watch this show, like maybe two years ago, but still, love love love.

4. Linctavia: Lincoln and Octavia Blake from The 100 (TV)

Okay, so another The 100 ship, but oh my lord I scream every time someone mentions them! They are so adorably cute and the flyest of power couples who don’t give a damn about what people think. And every time I think of Lincoln, I just might well cry because he didn’t deserve what he got. Fucking Pike. I’m glad Octavia killed him. And the song to which Lincoln dies to, and the one where Octavia’s scream and cries are kinda muffled, it’s called Cloud by Elias, and it’s in my playlist and then I have a mini breakdown when it comes on and think of Lincoln falling on his knees in the tiny puddle and Octavia and I just cry a little more on the inside. Anyway, probably the best couple to ever exist on the show and maybe even ever in this whole damn world. They were so fucking badass together, I loved every minute of it.

5. Sciles: Scott McCall and Stiles Stilinski from Teen Wolf (TV)

Okay, so this is like my favourite BROTP of all eternity. I just think that their relationship is so cute and how much they care about each other, and the hug in season 3 is my everything, ahhh, I just love them so much it hurts. And throughout the show we can see their friendship grow even though they have been friends since they were little. Damn, I wish I had a friendship like that. 

6. Chair: Charles “Chuck” Bass and Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl (TV)

Ahhh, Blair and Chuck, Chuck and Blair! I don’t think anyone will ever know how happy I was when the endgame for their endgame actually happened. Honestly, I was rooting for them since Blair’s birthday episode in the first season, even when everyone was after Nate and Blair, but no, not gonna happen. I just thought that Nate was very innocent and nice for Blair. Blair needed someone like Chuck and I don’t think anyone ever loved anyone else as much as Chuck loves Blair. I love them, they are so perfect for each other, with their games. I wish I had a Chuck. Blair’s lucky. Haha.

7. Literati: Jess Mariano and Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls (TV)

I wanted them to be endgame so bad. I remember I stopped watching Gilmore Girls after Jess leaves to go to the West Coast, and I wanted to punch his so bad, but I didn’t want to destroy his pretty face like the Swan did (if you know what I’m talking about HMU). And I low-key hated Logan, I don’t know exactly why, but I just did, but I think I’m over it now. But still I wanted these two to be together forever, cause they are just so perfect for each other and so balanced I loved it while it happened. But they can’t be together, and I shall be forever sad. 

8. Percabeth: Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, and The Heroes of Olympus Series (Books)

Okay, so the kiss underwater made my 4th grade self go absolutely crazy with happiness. But I guess, my favourite moment from (both) of the series is probably at the start of Mark of Athena when they run towards each other and fall into each others arms and kiss when they reunite after eight long years, and everyone knows that they were endgame except when Percy had that thing with Rachel, but I was glad when that ended. Anyway, I just re-read the Heroes of Olympus series and I fell in love with all the characters again. 

9. Jasiper: Jason Grace and Piper McLean from The Heroes of Olympus Series (Books)

Ahh, absolutely love these two. Too cute! Okay, I don’t have much to say for them besides that they are completely badass together. I mean, I was really sad for Piper when she realised that her memories pre The Lost Hero were not real. But the whole “look at that comet from the rooftop when it’s just us” would have been too cute it it was real. 

10. Dramione: Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter Series (Books)

Okay, so I read a lot of fan fiction, and this is the one that I fully support no matter what the circumstances. I really really did wish that this could be possible but it’s not, it was never even canon! But yeah, I think that they would make an amazing couple together, and would be so cute, even if it is a very unlikely pair. But still, I do think that love sparks between them still. 

11. Drarry: Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter from the Harry Potter Series (Books)

Oh, my god the amount of fan fiction I read for this is incomparable. I just love this pairing so much I can’t handle myself sometimes. Anyway, maybe in another world this is true and the people are happier there. 

12. Aridante: Aristotle Mendoza and Dante Quintana from Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Books)

Okay, I don’t know how this ship name makes sense but whatever. I love love love this book so much, and I think these two, in whatever kind of relationship, make so much sense together. If anyone has not read this yet, what are you doing with your life? Anyway, this book is amazing and Benjamin Alire Saenz is an amazing author.

13. Adlock: Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock (TV)

Okay, it was hard to chose between Johnlock, Sherlolly, and Adlock. But then A Scandal In Belgravia will forever be one of my favourite episodes, and honestly, their relationship just excites me and that message tone in the last episode got me all excited and happy again. Anyway, I wish they were canon but I respect whatever Sherlock is and how he does not want a relationship.

14. Triles: Tristan Milligan and Miles Hollingsworth III from Degrassi: Next Class (TV)

Anyway, I was getting so mad when I could not find a gif that fit the aesthetic of this post, but then I finally did and that’s all that matters. Anyway, I’m so glad that this is cannon and hopefully endgame, but Miles little slip with Lola in Season 3 got me so mad! Like, how could he, his boyfriend was in a coma and he’s cheating on him! That’s totally unacceptable! But then I guess I came to terms with why he did what he did. And I’m glad that Tristan (kinda) forgave him. Yay.

15. Bughead: Betty Copper and Jughead Jones from Riverdale (TV)

Okay, so I haven't read enough fan fiction to say that this is my absolute favourite yet, and since this is a newer ship than most others mentioned on here, it’s kinda hard for me to feel for them what I feel for the others. But I still really like this pairing, it’s kinda unique, and a little different from the normal TV shows, so yeah.

16. Lams: John Laurens and Alexander Hamilton from Hamilton: An American Musical (Theatre)

This is my favourite theatre ship, but somewhere in my heart, I think Jefferson and Hamilton secretly love each other. No, but seriously, I think John and Alex are just the cutest friends, and the fact that their friendship existed so heavily in real life makes me so happy.

Okay, so that was the list but I have a few honourable mentions that did not make it on here and they are:

1) Sherlolly from Sherlock (TV)

2) Hamiliza from Hamilton: An American Musical (Theatre)

3) Snowberry from The Flash (TV)

4) Samaustin from A Cinderella Story (Movies) (I made up that ship name and I  am not very good at it).

So, that was it! And I’m pretty sure I missed some but I hope you guys enjoyed!

[canaryatlaw]

Alright, I'm gonna try to make this quick because I'm really fucking tired but we'll see. So, today. Guess what?? I'm fucking exhausted and I feel like I can't get my mind to stop going a million fucking miles an hour. I'm definitely going to end up discussing this with my psychiatrist next month when I go home. Ugh. I'm so sick of this shit. But anyway. Alarm went off at 11:10 and I got up and got ready, and went to school like the good little schoolchild I am. LARC was fine, more interesting than some of the other classes of it because we were talking about oral arguments since we're gonna have to do one of those soon (sigh). I'm gonna have to get started on the motion and memo that's due next week tomorrow since I'm gonna end up in mock trial land for all of next weekend. Lovely. But it shouldn't be too bad hopefully, I think I have a pretty good grasp of what I need to write, so it should be alright. After class I went right to th library to print out an extra copy of the updated version of my direct for mock trial. Since we were scrimmaging the other half of our own team tonight our coach was playing all the witnesses and she needed a copy of the answers we wanted of course, and I'm not totally memorized on them because I've still been moving around questions and shit like that, so I needed a copy as well. Got that done, dropped my bag in the PAD office and ran off to do a very abbreviated gym run. I left school around 2:55, and the scrimmage started at 4:30, and we were supposed to be set up and ready to go at that point. So I run down the street to the bus, by the time I get to the gym it's like 3:10 so I work out till like 3:50, mostly just doing the machines and not getting on the exercise bike. I was trying to do the abdominals more without overdoing it again and I think I did okay with it though I did feel a little iffy about it afterwards it's mostly gone away so I think I'm alright. By 3:50 I headed out and hopped on the bus back, stopping to have a conversation with the homeless girl that's down at the corner of Michigan avenue sometimes and has all this cool artwork she's done all the time, we've spoken a few times and she's pretty nice. Get back to school, grab my stuff from the PAD office and head up to the classroom we're scrimmaging in. Our coach ends up being a few minutes late (train delay) and then one of the prosecution people got stuck doing something for work (she works for the school, so they can't really fault her for that). But we ended up getting started after not too long, motions in limine went very well actually now that I actually knew what I was doing, although we'd later see some confusion as to what exactly the ruling was on the damn text messages. It's really annoying because the problem has a bunch of stipulations on certain evidence getting admitted which would NEVER get admitted in any court room but needs to be for the problem, so it's like I can't make this argument really but I still want to show that I know how to make it but it's also futile so ??? It's really fucking annoying, lol. But we got past those, I gave the opening perfect from memory, stumbled over a few words but was very notably telling myself to slow down, and it was still too fast I know but it was an improvement at least. I just talk way too fucking fast, really. We had a guy who graduated last year (with our coach) as our guest judge, and he was fairly amused by the whole thing and the idiosyncrasies of the problem and how ridiculous they really are. I had to slip out for a few minutes at 5:30 to attend the PAD e-board meeting, just to be like "yeah the event went well and we'll do something for next month" so that happened while the prosecution was putting on their first witness that my partner crossed. Ugh, my partner. I'm trying not to get frustrated with him because I know he doesn't know any better and that's really not his fault, but HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S DOING AND IT'S BAD. Like I'm such a naturally competitive person I'm always gonna want to win but I'm having to tell myself not to go into this competition gunning for first place because it's just not going to happen. I think they score us as a team of 4 too, and the girl on the prosecution side isn't half bad, but their guy is also terrible (though not quite as terrible as my partner, his cross tonight was like fucking hell man). I'm still probably gonna get overly competitive with it but I'm trying to lower my expectations at least. My cross went okay, our coach is suchhhhhhh a frustrating witness, and it's not even like she's doing all this great stuff she's just fucking impossible to get a straight answer out of and I don't think it actually helps their case any but it's just extremely frustrating, so I wasn't all that pleased with that. We went straight into the defense's case and chief, but ended up taking a short break after our first witness. The first of course is the psychologist my partner directs who's totally full of shit and we have to make him look *not* totally full of shit, which is always an interesting task. It was okay though I guess, though as I noted the cross from the prosecution on that was fucking painful (it got to the point where our coach just stopped and was like "you can't ask that question and you [my partner] need to be objecting.") Objections were a whole other mess, I was constantly prodding my partner to object and try to feed him the grounds because if he had to guess he'd just come up with the most bullshit ones that aren't actual objections at all. We took a break then though and I talked to the guest judge a bit who I must say was pretty cute, and while all the other team members and our coach were out of the room he told me I was kicking ass, so that made me happy lol. After that was my direct, which went fine other than more stupid confusion over texts. Closing was alright, I was trying to point things out to my partner to focus on but he just kind of plowed ahead with his own thing. We did notes after, which took about till 8 pm. Most of the ones I got were positive, and the criticisms were on like small things and just how to improve things, so I was pleased with that. Headed home after that, and there was some train confusion about being rerouted to different stops and the conductor was on the loudspeaker like "sorry uh, I'm just getting this info right now" (the poor old guy next to me was so confused) but we did end up stopping at my stop thankfully. I was considering getting ice cream from the shop in town because I felt like I deserved it after today, but when I walked by the line was almost out the door and I just wanted to get home and sit down, so I skipped it for now and just went to the half gallon of chocolate ice cream in my freezer. Got home and heated up some dinner and chilled out for a little bit and caught up on my tv shows. Riverdale first, which I think was my favorite episode of it so far. I continue to totally love Veronica and JUGHEAD freaking broke my heart during this episode. I watched Blindspot next, and had a moment of confusion in the first scene because for some reason I thought I turned on how to get away with murder instead haha but once the actual characters appeared on screen I of course figured it out. This episode was fantastic, Rich Dotcom (yes that's a character's name) was so fucking funny I was constantly quoting him on Twitter and the adventure plot was great too, all around A+ episode IMO, though I would've liked a little more Jane. Oh well. I think I watched Powerless after that, which seeks to be hitting its groove a bit more (or maybe I was just in a positive tv mood tonight) and I liked the episode. Finally I turned to how to get away with murder, which I continue to be very meh about because again, my favorite part of the show by far was the cases and we've gone pretty much this whole season without any real cases. Also, next week is the season finale?? Already?? There's like, so much shit they still need to wrap up its ridiculous, I feel like that's gonna be very hard to do even in a two hour season finale, not that I'm terribly invested in it this point anyway (Wes deserved better, so I can continue watching to hope justice will be done for his character in some form because God knows the writers screwed him over in killing his character off the way they did). And yeah, that about wrapped up my night. Like I said, even when trying to relax I couldn't get my brain to stop feeling like it's going a million miles an hour which makes it very hard to actually relax. Sigh. At least I can sleep in tomorrow, but hopefully not too late (I'm aiming for like, 2 pm) because I do actually have to get work done and hopefully make a grocery run for like, cocoa krispies, frozen chicken, and toilet paper (I'm not kidding, that's actually my grocery list right now). Lovely. Sigh. Sleep now. Goodnight mah people. Happy weekend.

[thunderbird0204]

Aww here we go again.

Welcome back to inconsistently scheduled Riverdale season 4 live blog review. I'm your host university student number 7005 who should be asleep but is bored at 3am so is going to watch the newest episode of a show they don't like yet are unfortunately addicted to. Yes I know long name, they had to print a special sized birth certificate for me. Ight let's do this.

Okay watching the recap I'm loving being reminded that Stonewall is a terrifying place. Oh ya, its american Thanksgiving, welcome to the Turkeysode.

I'm sorry Hiram is already mayor. Man time jumps in this show are getting crazy. Also didnt they just elect a mayor like months ago I mean I know she was arrested but was no one doing the job at the time? Geeze Dogger's got a crime family, and there going after Archie!! Oh I'm so shocked. I bet Hiram wishes Veronica was as easy as Hermione. Okay, I'm going to have to keep the comments shorter and better spaced because I cant keep up with the show.

There are other professional people in the world that can help with the whole Baxter Brothers thingy. Does this school not allow cellphones? Why is Jug just using a random rotary phone like he is in prison?

Toni idk how often someone has to say this but like gtfo. The crazy-hot scale isn't really a thing but like let's say Cheryl has reached maximum hotness.

I'm still confused about the fact that Hiram won as mayor, do ballets not have a no vote option? Just because someone is running unopposed doesn't mean they have to win. Like the town does know and remember to some extent the damage he did to it and their children right? Ugh how do I shut off the logic half of my brain??

Man the only character I feel bad for ever is FP, he and Fred where the closest thing to real in this whole gosh darn show. WTF IS JELLYBEAN?? Like Betty is with Jug and the parents are getting busy but there is a teenager who lives there right?

Gotta say Veronica's little Papi moment was quite enjoyable.

WHAT! A Secret society within an old private school that looks like it came out of a family skit? Colour me shocked, confused and dismayed.

Dinner with the enemy.

Oh new killer? Or is Jug going to become part of the "secret society ooohhhh" ( imagine spooky ghost voice and perpendicular jazz hands, think I used that word wrong but what ever.)

K it was a fake attack.

I've had to pause because riverdale is quick to answer/spoil their own moments. (Side note I was going to make a comment about that)

Oh is this lady going to go after Archie's mom?

I'm sorry who assigns a suicide note as an assignment.

I've been waiting for this deep fryer to finally explode.

Oh tell them it was Hiram. Just be like the mayor did it then they will try to kill Hiram and he will go after Dogger and clan. 2 rats one shotgun.

That's a dumb rule, finish the flask I mean I know that was the an but still. Is Betty going to get caught? Nope.

Lol knives to a gun fight.

Archie does have a hero complex but he didn't beat Dogger. (I know no one can tell I've paused because this isn't like a live film but I am pausing at 24:54 to say I think the lady is going to shoot Archie's mom. Kk back to the show.)

Sad face I was wrong. Wait did she do it? Is the Turkey going to explode? Oh man there going to do an I'm Spartacus moment arnt they. Yep it's a yep. Lol touching display. All of 3 people.

Yay turkeysplosion. I've never had hand. Also, they are going to call the cops but FP had been drinking. Like I know Hiram didnt set this up but that's how its going to go.

I mean I dont want him to go to jail but I really want FP to kill Hiram. He is a literal cockroach.

Did they eat the uncle?? Oh frick ya. I'm down for unnecessary cannibalism. Toni looks legit perturbed. Lol they didn't even eat the pies. Oh my God, faking cannibalism or did they actually cook him up? You know what idk I like the implication. You know what Adams family with a sprinkle of gothic Blossoms is quite entertaining in a stupid way.

Wait hasn't Jug tried to cover up several murders. Also they are letting played. The tie pin, way to easy. Lol sex with the student, come one Betty, she's playing you.

Poor FP, welp riverdale is back to it's normal setting, Kingpin mayor and Gangleader Sherrif, that's the riverdale I know and am confused about.

WTF is up with that doll.

Thank you Betty for not being a complete dumb dumb. Eww not the headmaster he probably runs the secret society. OMG, that is the most obvious camera. Normal people would have noticed the giant obnoxious flashing red light and no one can tell me otherwise. Like if my power bar is facing me it ends up being a complete distraction. Jug claimed to have searched that half of the room so I'll give him the benefit of maybe saying they put the camera their afterwards but still. I found my episodes pet peeve. Who doesn't notice such a large camera. Like I don't understand. Donna "coming clean" lolololololol. I love how secret societies work. "Case closed" life is so convenient for the rich.

Okay ghosts are real, Riverdale has confirmed it. First the doll now Fred.

I will admit that was a touching end. With that I am done its 4:15 in the morning. I have class in 5 hours, and an appointment in 2. Good by and I'll see yall next week, for another episode of Why am I here.

[lustraluxe]

i got tagged by @slyttherin - sorry in advance, this is long as hell haha. 

the last…

1. drink: peach crush

2. phone call: my step-dad? idk

3. text message: my step dad

4. song you listened to: i’ve wasted so much time - enjoy

5. time you cried: i’m..not sure. i think it was when i watched the last episode of riverdale.

6. dated someone twice: not only did i date him twice, but then i married him. we’re divorced now, if that tells you how successful dating someone twice is lol.

7. kissed someone and regretted it:  uh..not really. it’s just a kiss.not really worth regretting.

8. been cheated on:  never, as far as i’m aware.

9. lost someone special: well..that’s a hard one. i would say my ex-husband. it may seem crazy..but he was special, in some way.

10. been depressed: my whole life.

11. gotten drunk and thrown up:  christ..last year some time. it was absolutely miserable. 

favorite colors

12. black

13. rose gold

14. hunter green

in the last year have you…

15. made new friends: @slyttherin

16. fallen out of love: very hard. 

17. laughed until you cried: lol yes

18. found out someone was talking about you: no? 

19. met someone who changed you: @slyttherin

20. found out who your friends are: .....sure?

21. kissed someone on your facebook list: facebook is for nerds.

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: don’t make me repeat myself.

23. do you have any pets: two corgis!

24. do you want to change your name: i’d like to legally change it to alex..so yeah.

25. what did you do for your last birthday: nothin, same thing i have done for the past 24 years.

26. what time did you wake up: no idea.

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: watching The Path.

28. name something you can’t wait for: moving to washington.

29. when was the last time you saw your mom: uh..tricky. my adopted mom? like 2 years ago. my biological mom? like a week ago?

31. what are you listening to right now: pay the man - foster the people

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: my former neighbor’s name was tom.

33. something that is getting on your nerves: how much shit i have to do that i have no desire to do.

34. most visited website: tumblr

35. hair colour: medium ash brown with some warm brown natural highlights

36. long or short hair: i have short hair, but i prefer long hair

37. do you have a crush on someone: no.

38. what do you like about yourself: uh....i’m personable

39. piercings: my nose

40. blood type: B+

41. nickname: no thank you.

42. relationship status: single 

43. zodiac: virgo

44. pronouns: they/them

45. favourite tv show: hannibal

46. tattoos: 14 and counting

47. right or left handed: right.

48. surgery: no, but i need it.

49. piercing: again..my nose.

50. sport: i played the fuck out of volleyball in high school and i did gymnastics, but that all ruined my body, so the jury is out on me ever doing it again.

51. vacation: i’ve never really had a proper vacation.

52. pair of trainers: no thank you.

more general

53. eating: it’s been a while

54. drinking: peach crush

55. i’m about to: go the fuck to sleep

56. waiting for: ................?

57. want: we don’t have time for all that haha. 

58. get married: dunno. i did it once and it didn’t work out, but i’d be open to do it again if i found the right person.

59. career: i want to be a teacher.

60. hugs or kisses: kisses

61. lips or eyes: lips, i’m not good at too much eye contact.

62. shorter or taller: TALLER.

63. older or younger: OLDER.

64. nice arms or nice stomach: stomach and then arms????

65. hook up or relationship: relationship. 

66. troublemaker or hesitant: both.

67. kissed a stranger: yeah

68. drank hard liquor: lol, yes.

69. lost glasses/contact lenses: not permanently but i lose my glasses like once a day.

70. turned someone down: often.

71. sex on the first date: no, if i just want to hook-up, i don’t date.

72. broken someone’s heart: yeah... :/

73. had your heart broken: psh, yes.

74. been arrested: does being forcefully escorted to being baker acted count????

75. cried when someone died: yeah

76. fallen for a friend: yeah.

do you believe in …

77. yourself: eh.

78. miracles: ha, no.

79. love at first sight: god no.

80. santa claus: ???????? i haven’t believed in santa for one minute of my life.

81. kiss on the first date: yes

82. angels: no.

other

83. current best friend’s name: draco and rebecca

84. eye colour: blue/green

85. favourite movie: ...the breakfast club, i guess. oh, or maybe dead poet’s society....hm.

im tagging anyone else who wants to do it!!

[lilwaynelighterflick-blog]

My thoughts during Riverdale ep 2

0:50 There was no NEED for a recap 1:11 Seriously tho, Incest is wrong. 1:33 look at those abs 1:50 Dude u SHATTERED her heart.Don't be insensative 2:12 I glad. Go BeTTY 2:23 Is he going by Grundy? 2:30 Yeeaah 3:03 YOU WOULD GO TO JAIL! 3:15 His Dogs Name isn't Vegas! 3:21 "Hey Bud, where'd you sneak off to last night?" Is a really, really, white dad sentence. 3:46 Is a shithole 4:37 She telling bare lies lol 4:42 Bitch, I'm good. 5:47 Prolly 6:14 😂😂😂 Even though he looks nothing nor acts nothing like Wednesday Adams 6:32 😂😂😂 6:36 Sheriff is such a smalltown word. 6:43 secretary is like:Yes, duh you poppit 6:52 Veronica you prick 7:05 Your mom is correct 7:12 They literally just met. I don't care about plot advancement 7:20 It was actually a hoe ass move NOT a basic bitch move. A basic bitch move is spilling Starbucks all over the girl who likes your crush's sweater. 7:25 Wasn't funny 7:40 Obviously, but only for the plot tho 7:47 She got something up her white lady,nude,mesh sleeves, 8:16 Actually. Y'all will the best of friends and the worst of rivals for a guy who prolly is okay in bed. 8:18 I can't wait to see The Bee 8:22 Aye yo I'm luvvin it 8:29 Big words 8:43 Their hair is goals af 8:45 Damn, Chuck is fiiinnne 8:54 No 9:05 So.Many.Pop.Culture.Refernces. 9:09 She just killed all seriousness 9:33 9:46....oh 10:01 This show is Gossip Girl/Twin Peaks/ANTM/PLL/Teen Wolf/The Lucy Show. In my humble opinion 10:42 You know 10:51 Cute 10:54 I saw that shoulder touch 😉 11:15 *laughs* 11:17 Midge. He knows Midge best. 12:08 Seriously? That obvious? 13:00 He IS 13:10 *laughs* 13:16 SO WHY HAVEN'T I SEEN HER?!?! 😠😠😡😡 13:29 Why y'all hoes being so cold. 14:01 Very......ummmm.....Coldplay? 14:23 Pull it together girl 15:14 It's okay, to be not okay, babe. 15:18 Where did he come from? 👀 15:46 Mr.Weatherbee looks like a toad 16:14 Obviously not 16:26 Not, It is Not. 16:33 No it isn't 16:49 Jesus H Christ 16:51 She not so obviously doesn't give a shit about him 17:01 She must be dynamite in the sack 17:05 Here comes Jughead 17:25 In this show they better bring out the fact that, Jughead eats a whole lot and has a Usain Bolt metabolism. 17:32 Lame 17:58 I wanna kick this bitch in her throat. 18:46 C'mon man 19:18 Tell her 19:29 Veronica's eyebrows are long af 19:35 Romeo and Juliet were dumb af 20:07 This is the kind of basic ass shit, I Do Not Fuck With 20:14 Weirdest bachelor episode ever. 20:46 Suits you 21:50 Don't tell my friends i like this kinda music 22:29 That's so freaking sweet my teeth are rottening 22:49 Neither is yours 24:07 She thinks it's Polly 24:37 Betty is gonna snap 24:58 Arch? What's up? 25:50 I swear to God, Jughead is the only person with a brain on this show. 25:58 Call her a cradle snatcher 26:02 God, please give me a Jughead. 26:43 I love it. Yeah Archie, What you gonna do? You boring, orange glazed, Chris Martin wannabe. 26:54 That takeout is only enough for one. 27:59 You avoided what she said. 28:10 Very manipulative 28:53 She gotta booty 29:19 *laughs* 29:23 The student lounge at my school sucks ass...or eats it We're not sure 30:00 Suicide squad sucked ass. 30:10 *chokes on laughter* 30:39 Lol 32:18 Somebody is watching you. 32:58 Girl trouble? More like Woman trouble? 33:28 *laughs, because I want to lick his face* 33:34 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 33:42 I love him 34:13 This episode is gonna end with a whopper I'm telling you. 34:34 I know that lady, she was on a show or something I watched. 34:42 She has nice extensions 35:06 I've seen 11 black people on this show so far and possibly 5 asian. 35:22 NOTHING like the og Sugar Sugar, but I can get down to it. 35:35 A very lackluster performance 36:29 It's Cheryl's first time seeing Jason's shirt 37:00 Doesn't she have friends? 37:14 Betty should be here any second now 37:41 Bottle redhead say what??? 37:45 You're late. 38:24 OH EM GGGG Me 2 38:49 Who is that snazzy loser?. 39:10 Deal? Or no deal? 39:29 Cole Sprouse is so attractive....Dylan too 39:46 It is actualy Forsthye F Jones or something made up like that. 40:04 He's so eloquent, damn. 40:06 I don't like this love triangle shit 40:18 So deep, so meaningful. 41:14 Of what? 41:34.....Shocking 41:36 This is the Whopper I was talking about  41:38 Where's Ethel? 41:41 I NOW think it's Polly.