#only good thing to come out of riverdale me thinks

[chloe-skywalker]

Bulldog's Or Sister - Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea x Jones Fem!reader

FP x Daughter Fem!Reader

Jughead x Sister Fem!Reader

Fangs x Toni x Fem!Reader (Friends)

Warnings: mention of near death bullying

Word count: 966

Summary: Reggie beat’s up Y/n and Sweet pEa isn’t ok with it. Neither is Fangs and Toni or FP. BUt Jughead her brother thinks there must of been some type of misunderstanding. Which makes things wrose between him and the Serpents. Y/n’s been one of them way longer than him.

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“This is going to far.” Sweet Pea shakes his head trying to control his anger.

“Agreed.” Fangs stated crossing his arms.

“They hurt Y/n. I don’t know about you but I want revenge.” Toni all but growled in defense of her friend.

“I’m right here Toni.” Y/n smiled gratefully at her best friend before turning her attention back to everyone. “And I want revenge to.” Y/n stated from her seated position, still hurting all over from the beating.

“We’ll get it princess. We will. We all will.” FP promised his daughter as he walked over to her, he leaned down and kissed the top of her head.

Seconds later the door to the Wyrm burst open and in walked the beanie wearing teen that everyone had been trying to get ahold of.

“What happened?” Jughead said once she was fully in the bar. As he looked around he noticed pretty much everyone was there.

“Where have you been?” FP turned to his son, fuming in rage.

“I was with Betty, we had to look into something. I came as soon as I could.” Jughead shrugged his shoulders, not getting the urgency.

“We called and texted you hundreds of times.” Toni spoke up glaring at Jughead. How could he just ignore everyone trying to get a hold of him.

“Not to mention hours ago.” Fangs joined Toni in glaring at the beanie wearing boy.

“Sorry. I was busy.” Jughead furrowed his eyebrows in confusion on why everyone seemed so passed at him.

“To busy to come to the aid of your bleeding sister?!” Sweet Pea yells enraged, he took a step forward. How could he not care about his own sister then again Sweet Pea felt he shouldn’t be surprised. Jughead always seemed to only care about his Northsider friends, more than he cared about anyone else.

“We had to take her to the hospital.” Fangs added, he to stepped forward off the wall. Fangs stared at Jughead, pissed off. “You didn’t even get here till she was already discharged.”

“Do you even care?” Toni narrowed her eyes as she put the question out there.

“Of course I care.” Jughead scoffed looking over to his sister seeing her all bruised and bandaged, cut’s littered her face and neck. He could only imagine what was under her clothes. “What happened anyway? Who hurt you?”

Jughead’s lack of concern on his face and in his tone were shocking to everyone.

“Reggie and the rest of the bulldog’s. That’s who.” Y/n spat at her brother. How could he be so nonchalant about this?!

“Are you okay?” he asked although there wasn't any concern in his voice. That’s obvious.

Do I look okay?!” Y/n yelled not believing her brother just could stand there in front of her looking at her all injured and not seem to care at all. “I’m hurt, bruised, bleeding and broken. I’m in pain and one of the people I wanted here for me was my brother and he couldn’t even bother!”

“Why’d they attack you?” Jughead asks, pointing at his sister.

“Why?” Sweet Pea copied Jughead’s words while clenching his fists.

“Yes, why? I’m sure it was a misunderstanding.” Jughead himself narrowed his eyes at the taller serpent.

“They targeted me, Jughead.” Y/n spoke up, getting more upset with her brother by the minute.

“Did they think you were someone else?” Jughead was trying to find a solution as to why the Bulldogs would do this.

It shocked and amazed all the serpents and not in a good way that Jughead instead of seeing his sister and caring or wanting revenge he would try to defend the one’s recognizable for almost killing his own sister.

“Stop trying to make excuses for them!” Sweet Pea yelled, slamming his hand down on the nearest table. Which happened to be the table Toni and Y/n were sitting at.

Y/n reached for Sweet Pea’s hand, hoping to calm him down. To reassure him she was there. Before Y/n turned her gaze back to her brother.

“They followed me, they conquered me and they attacked me. They knew it was me, I was the intended target for their attack… And you don’t even care.” Y/n had tears welling up in her eye’s at recalling what had happened to her and that it seemed her brother could care less about her.

“What happened to my son that loved and protected his sister? Cause that’s not what I’m seeing.” FP shook his head, eyes filled with disappointment.

“Dad-” Jughead start’s with wide eyes at his father’s words.

“They hurt her and you're defending them, trying to find an out.” FP stated raising his voice, anger and pain obvious in his words as he spoke. “Get out Jughead.”

Jughead loaded at his dad like he was crazy. He wants him to leave! “What?”

“Get out of my home. Get out of my serpent den. Till you can care about your family again, get out.” FP had made his decision. He didn’t recognize his son right now.

Jughead looked around seeing how no one is opposing his fathers statements of kicking him out.

“Not that you care but they did this to send a message.” Toni tells Jughead before he turned to leave.

“They left a letter with me when they left me to wither in pain and almost die. It was a threat, and doing this to me was only the beginning.” Y/n told her brother with anger and sadness in her eye’s. Letting out an unamused laugh shaking her head. “Hope you enjoy your Northside friends Jughead. Since you apparently care more about them than your family.”

A tear ran down her check as she looked at her brother like a stranger.

taglist: @padawancat97 @gruffle1

[wallbeatjournal]

If they'd have chosen to just be straight up about it, when in the canon timeline do you think is the most likely place narratively for hirarchie to have gone sexual?

i've said before i think season 2 is already a grooming narrative with a subtextual consummation, but if i'm actually script-doctoring what we've got across the whole series to have hirarchie fuck nasty as a shocking and trashy and high-aesthetic plot development, i'm going to argue that it's more satisfying if we don't have an explicit archie cheating plot at this stage in the story. it works better as an emotional affair. (saying this bc to the characters i think it would be first and foremost about the complication of cheating, not bc that's the biggest problem with hiram/archie.)

imo riverdale should have done it as a mid-seasons escalation in season four. give us a season or two to really sit with how unhinged and obsessed hiram is about archie and then decode it in the worst and most extreme bad taste like the second archie turns 18.

putting my season 4 hirarchie proposal below the cut since it got quite long:

the s4 dodger plot is...extremely uneven and feels a bit cobbled-together on the fly by a writing team grappling with the death of luke perry and the in-universe death of fred andrews, and whether it would be respectful to keep being super weird about hiram in the wake of all that. but there are still useful components in the dodger arc - archie is the oliver twist in the oliver twist riff happening*, a boy "orphaned" without reliably engaged, aware parents who was groomed into criminality and doesn't see a way out without a wealthy benefactor. lean into that!

it can happen as hiram starts working out at archie's gym, mysteriously ill in a dickensian sort of way. riverdale's favorite weird incestuous overtones come into play especially hard if we're considering season four hirarchie, when it can really only be largely about fred for archie and holding on to/deepening a relationship with the sometimes-father-figure he has left. archie has been trying so hard to be a good brick in this monument of fred's legacy but it feels impossible because the only tools that come naturally are violence and sexuality and appealing to benefactors, so why not get a little nihilistic-horny with it.

he's also frankly already being a pretty bad boyfriend to veronica this season, it's stale, they're bickering, they don't have emotional intimacy the way he used to have emotional intimacy with hiram during what he probably still unfortunately remembers as their best days......i just don't think he'd be guilt-ridden about fuck-nastying veronica's dad at this point the way he would have been in season 2 when fred's cheating was the big looming legacy beat to avert and goodboyism seemed like an achievable and real thing archie could prove to others.

this is also i think when indulging in fuck-nasty hirarchie would be least damaging/difficult an option for hiram - he's ill and wants to feel vital again, he's ill and he wants archie to remember and honor him when he's gone the way he remembers and lionizes fred (he knows this isn't possible and that makes him resentful and apt to grasp at another form of intimacy that wasn't available to fred). he's feeling aggression towards his daughter, who is leaving him (by going to college) as much as he might be leaving her (by dying of a mysterious illness). it's a big complicated sick emotional motivations stew and both archie and hiram are looking at getting left behind to cook in it while the rest of the core four move forward in life.

and it would be hot. archie and hiram in the gym "personal training" (gone sexual) with weird grief-hate-reconciliation-validation sex would be hot. archie and hiram doing vigilante violence and then making out in sketchy alleys would be hot. are you kidding me?

all of this would make archie even weirder about hiram's illness and tenser in discussions with veronica about what to do about hiram's illness, and i do think barcheating would still happen - it's escapism/avoidance from what's going on within varchie, it's escapism/avoidance from what's going on within hirarchie, and archie is primed to be impulsive. so we still get barcheating fallout but MORE.

does veronica find out archie hooked up with her dad when they all thought her dad was dying? maybe! maybe she feels more sorrow and guilt (irrationally, about being the conduit bringing hiram into archie's life in the first place) than personal betrayal. or maybe she does feel very betrayed and that's an additional factor in everything (especially archie choosing to run away to the military. sorry everyone i know i've disappointed you all deeply and am very fucked up. instead of talking it out i will simply Leave).

all of this fuck-nastyism of course would make hiram's reaction to the barcheating that much more intense and outsized. veronica was feeling her relationship with archie wane already but hiram was IN IT. he's getting well, he's fighting again, he's offered archie a job, archie is about to be his main special interest while veronica and hermione drift and archie would CHEAT on him?? he's only supposed to be cheating WITH him!!!!

and then we segue into season 5 post-timejump when the riveradults are all kind of weird with each other but moving through it, and hiram has been behaving like a jilted ex throwing a temper tantrum for 7 years. and he will certainly continue.

*i think everyone notices but the dickinson crew is mostly named in reference to the gang of thieves who adopts and trains oliver - the artful dodger, fagan, bill. intertextuality, yippee!

[imreallyloveleee]

Where do you think it all went wrong with Riverdale?

honestly, part of me is like, the show's over and nothing but fandom matters. so who cares?

the other part of me loves to complain about Riverdale and will continue to do so until the day I die in the parking lot of Michael's Diner in Montgomeryville, PA at the age of 86. so, long-winded answer under the cut

I'm tempted to say it's the s4 b*rchie kiss. It was so wildly out of character for both Betty and Archie that it's laughable. You know how you can tell when something is just blatantly OOC with no justification? They...don't justify it. They find ways to dance around any interaction that might offer clarification. They mute the reactions of the characters who should be devastated by it. And then they jump ahead 7 years so it's easier to just handwave it away as something that happened a long time ago.

but the thing is, I did keep watching after that. I thought: okay, at least we should get an exes-to-lovers arc out of this, which is one of my favorite tropes. there is no way they would spend 4 seasons developing Bughead as this loving, supportive, communicative, sexy, and almost-unbelievably-compatible couple just to tear them apart and never do anything with that dynamic again. maybe it'll be even sweeter seeing them come back together after so much hurt and longing.

boy was i wrong!!!!!!!!!

so, the episode that actually made me stop watching for good, with the exception of some standalones like The Jughead Paradox and the finale, was the s5 musical. that was when i realized that this team of writers was 100% willing, maybe even eager, to completely drop storylines they themselves had been building over the course of a season - do a 180 with all of the characterization and relationships - and then act as though the buildup they wrote never even happened.

in this case, i'm specifically talking about the Bughead reunion storyline they dropped in s5. i'm not going to pretend like it was a GREAT buildup - and it was mostly on Jughead's side, Betty's character in s5 was basically an emotionless misery bot that had sex sometimes - but it was there. Jughead told Tabitha he had unresolved feelings around Betty. that's followed by an entire episode that lays out Betty & Jug's time jump relationship, and how Jughead still believes she's the one who saves him from himself. they work on a case together, they start opening up to one another. Jughead's so worried about her he can't eat.

and then...you know what happens.

(i'll also note here that there was random bts stuff that strongly indicated the musical ep storyline had a drastic last-minute rewrite: lili tweeted a blue dress, suggesting the song with that line was meant for her character; RAS said cole had to do last-minute recording sessions; supposedly crew members have confirmed this was the case, too. since none of it's 100% confirmed you can take it all with a grain of salt, but i believe it.)

it was so fucking insulting as a viewer to give my time and attention to a show made by people who would not only randomly drop the threads they set up, but torpedo them altogether, and then behave like the fans are the ones somehow at fault for expecting a story that actually follows through on its own emotional and plot beats. we're just shippers, so our opinions are dumb and biased! it's just a tv show, so who cares! get over it!

so, i stopped watching, because i knew they would continue to write without any thought or respect for their characters or their audience, and therefore inevitably write themselves into another corner. and, shocker, i was right. they did it again, whisking everyone away to the 1950s because actually resolving any of the scenarios they set up was ToO hArD. why bother when you could just make every single character Righteously Angry and Incurably Horny all the time, lecture the audience about social issues that have already been mainstream progressive for the last several decades, and call it a "love letter" to your fans?

[insecuregodcomplex]

this entire thing was inspired by "tommy kinard do this" tags on this gifset of archie andrews in riverdale lol

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“So, remind me why you’re saying we need costumes?” It had been years since Tommy had stepped inside any sort of Halloween store, but when his boyfriend pulls over on their way home, mentioning an “urgent errand” to a place called “Spirit Halloween,” he happily follows (without much choice).

“Eddie, Bobby, and Hen have all said they know what they are going to be and I’m behind! I can’t be the only one not in a costume on Halloween.”

“Okay, okay,” Tommy walks into the store just behind him and is momentarily stunned by the range of Halloween decor and costumes all around. “So I understand why you need one –”

“You are not getting out of a costume again, Kinard.” Buck stands and looks menacingly at Tommy. “This time,” he says with a poke, “I’m making sure of that.”

“I thought you liked me in a Henley.” Tommy says innocently. 

“I do, you’re very hot, but it’s still not a costume!” Buck exclaims as he turns around and moves towards the back of the store. He’s already made his way through half a rack of hanging costumes by the time Tommy catches up. 

“Ha, what about this?” Buck holds up a hanger, on which a fake firefighter costume hangs. “Hm...actually…I don't think I’ve ever been a firefighter for Halloween.” He pouts as he considers.

“Well, that wouldn’t be much of a costume nowadays, would it?” Tommy plucks the hanger from his hands.

Buck’s pout doesn’t move. “Even if I was a sexy firefighter?”

“Especially as a sexy firefighter.” Tommy chuckles and kisses Buck on the side of his head, near his birthmark. “Come on, what kind of costume are you actually looking for?”

Buck chatters away, thinking aloud about what he could be, how he doesn’t want to be too scary and freak the kids out, but maybe if he finds something that toes that line, you know, he thinks he could find a good balance. He sifts through a few costumes in the Adult Male section. He pauses on two in a row before slowly saying “Tommy.”

“Evan,” Tommy mimics.

“I have an idea.” Tommy’s eyebrows raise in response. “I think we should try some costumes on and show each other! Come on, doesn’t that sound fun? Maybe you’ll find one you like!”

Tommy finds himself laughing, endeared by his boyfriend’s enthusiasm. “Okay, okay.” Buck’s grin takes over his face, and Tommy isn’t sure he even registers him saying, “I’m only doing a few, though!”

Buck tries on a Batman costume and Tommy, a Mr. Incredibles one. Each man can appreciate the look of the other, but neither likes the masks, so it’s onto the next, which turn out to be Flynn Rider and Ghostbusters. The sizing is off for each of them, so they each go to select a new option. Tommy pauses, and an idea of his own starts to take form.

He checks that he’s not being watched by his boyfriend as he makes his way back to the hanger they’d put back earlier, grabs it, and heads back to his designated dressing room.

The actual firefighter and firefighter pilot uniforms are quite different, and it’s fascinating to get back into something resembling the uniform he wore for years. There’s a weird feeling in his gut as he takes a moment to think about the last time he donned a firefighter uniform, and how much his life has changed – improved, mostly – since then.

He looks at himself in the mirror and stifles a laugh. He feels absurd; after taking off the Ghostbusters costume, he hadn’t bothered to put a shirt on before getting into the firefighter getup. Shrugging, he places the suspenders over his shoulders and dons the plastic captain’s hat. He’s gotta admit – that sexy firefighter look Evan mentioned earlier? Well…it kind of works. 

“Okay, it took me a bit to make it work but it’s not bad!” Tommy hears the jingling of the other dressing room curtain being drawn back and, with a final mental conviction that he’s not about to look incredibly stupid, draws his curtain back, too. “This might be good enough for the…” 

Tommy meets Buck’s eyes, which are raking up and down him. 

“Woah.”

Tommy laughs. “Is that a good ‘woah’?”

“I – I was not expecting to get turned on in a Spirit Halloween today.”

Tommy leans his elbow on the edge of the dressing room wall, framing his face with his arm. “You like it?” He pushes off the wall and hooks his thumbs under the suspenders casually. “I have it on pretty good authority that firefighters,” Tommy pauses dramatically, “are hot.”

“I can’t believe you’re looking like that and I’m stuck in this stupid pickle.” Buck gestures to his green clad body that is, indeed, in a pickle costume.

“You look great, babe. It might be a good option for work, actu–” Tommy’s cut off with a kiss.

“The only pickle I am seriously thinking about right now is under the costume.”

“Did you just make a dick joke?”

Buck is already rustling around in a mess of green. “I need to get out of this right now.” Tommy laughs and turns to take his costume off, too, but is stopped. “Do not take that off yet. I see you in the reflection.”

Tommy laughs. “Take a picture. It’ll last longer.”

Buck manages to wrangle free and grabs his phone, angling Tommy this way and that while snapping photos constantly. Eventually, he gets his fill and they are each able to put their normal clothes back on. They arrange the costumes back on the hangers and put them back.

“I feel like those costumes got a little dirtier than they were before we put them on.”

“That can’t be the worst thing those costumes have seen.”

Before they leave the store, Buck finds a properly sized version of the Flynn Rider costume he tried on earlier on Amazon and, thanks to his Prime account, it will be at his doorstep within twelve hours. 

“So, all that for nothing, huh?” Tommy teases as they leave the store.

Buck looks at him with a raised eyebrow, waving his phone. “I mean, I had a pretty good time. And will have some good times with these pictures –.” He cuts off with a laugh when Tommy smacks him, amused. 

“Those are only for emergencies.”

“Oh, believe me,” Buck smiles. “I’m much happier with the real thing.”

[shares-a-vest]

20 Questions for Writers

I was tagged by the wonderful @hbyrde36 and @sidekick-hero. Thank you both so much for the tags 💖 I always love seeing authors talking about their work!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Six. I really need to cross-post some stuff, including what I wrote for Steddie Love Month and the Flufftober Spring Event.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

16,565 words.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Stranger Things and let me tell you, the brainrot is not subsiding (it is settling in to fester now).

4. What are your top 5 3 fics by kudos?

you should come live with me and we can be pirates, then you won't have to cry

Just a Shirt

Eds, I'm Hungry

5. Do you respond to comments?

Yes! And I'm sure my answers are always too long-winded 😂 It makes me so happy to get comments on the silly things I write. Actually, brb, I'm sure in the initial excitement, I have forgotten to respond to some here and there.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

This ficlet (WARNING: BREAK UP FIC). Life got hectic during Eddie Month so I only wrote a couple of things and this one hurrrrt baaad.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Hmm, tough to pick seeing as I usually write happy endings. Lol, the number of times I ended something with Steddie kissing or saying, "I love you". I think I'll go with the entirety of my Joanie Munson AU because it's where I aim to be as fluffy/sappy as possible.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I am extremely thankful that so far I haven't. And I am sending all my love and hugs to people who deal with/have dealt with hateful comments.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Steve Harrington & Eddie Munson vs. A Box of Condoms is the closest I have come (hehe, pun). Idk, I struggle to write smut. I'm much better with suggestive language and innuendo, but somehow this fic got the balance right and honestly, gave me a lot of confidence!

10. Do you write crossovers?

No. But I need everyone to know that I have a Riverdale x ST crossover sloshing around in my brain juice on the regular.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. But now I'm paranoid *also proceeds to have an existential crisis about ai scraping my very internet-based soul.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but I'm more than welcome for someone to reach out.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No. I am absolutely open to it though! The closest to a collab I have done is Just a Shirt in which I wrote a whole fic from some incredible tags that were left on a ficlet.

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

I mean, it's gotta be Steddie right? I've never had a hyperfixation give me brainrot like this. Though, if we go back to lame teenage me, the ship that really got me into the fic/tumblr sphere was Sterek.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish but doubt you will?

I have been returning to a few wips I thought I had abandoned lately, so never say never. I firmly believe in taking a break if something isn't working out and circling back with fresh eyes.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Despite how I am probably answering most of these questions (lmao), I think I am pretty good at keeping my writing concise and moving it right along. It's not that I rush writing, but I am good at recognising when something I have written begins to meander. I like writing dialogue where people are cutting each other off, and crafting stuff that is a quick little ficlet etc. Having said this...

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Descriptive language. I always get so caught up in action and dialogue that I easily forget descriptions of surroundings, objects, clothes etc. Funnily enough, right now I am working on a few quick visual aids (flash-sheet style sketches) for my Steddie BB fic of things that I need to keep in mind/remember to describe as a strategy that will hopefully help.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I could never do it (I only speak English), but honestly, kudos to you if you do/can!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Stranger Things is the first fandom I have written for.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

I swear to god this isn't a plug, but I thiiiiink it might be the wip I am oh-so-close to finishing. It's basically a character study of Steve's Mom and is her POV of the end of season 3. I have shared some snippets in the STWG server (and complained during writing sprints). I just need to do a solid edit and get a vibe-check read-through from someone else then it's good to go!!!

Tagging: @momotonescreaming @eyesofshinigami @devondespresso @missberrycake @steventhusiast

(I know this tag game has been making the rounds, so if you see this and haven't been tagged yet, count this as a tag)

[writeradamanteve]

George Karim Appreciation Post

One of the reasons why I love George Karim (a.k.a. George Cubbins) character so much is that he is not the plucky sidekick nor is he the funny comic relief. He is a rather fully-formed character who does not have to change nor improve. He is as he is and we won't have him any other way.

Let me explain--

When George first comes into the scene, Netflix or book, he is suspicious, sardonic, and doesn't give two-shits about whether you like what he has to say. He tells you exactly what he thinks of you, and while that may strike many as rude, George is never really cruel. He calls something out not to make you feel uncomfortable, but because he doesn't like what he's seeing, and some part of him probably feels like he wants you to fix it. He speaks up when he doesn't like what Lockwood orders him to do (or not do, particularly in the case of research, or Lockwood's lack of inclination towards it), and he refuses to stay quiet when he thinks he's being treated unfairly ("Where's his slap?" or "We only get one biscuit each.").

He's not being inflexible, he's just not there for the bullshit, because he is kind when he has to be. He is helpful when he has to be. He is anxious about Lucy and Lockwood's welfare when he as to be.

When he softens towards Lucy, that is not him, "softening". That is him, trusting. That is not character growth--he never lacked the ability to trust, as he trusts Lockwood, its just that he has permitted Lucy into his circle.

His conflict was in his realization that Lucy's arrival did not make him a third wheel, that he was just as important to them as they were to each other. That is not a lack of character on his part, however, that was on Lucy and Lockwood. Before he was in Lockwood & Co., his researching abilities, however amazing, was not enough to keep him in Fittes, so as far as he was concerned, his abilities did not make him indispensible, but it is the best talent he has, and if that can't keep him in Fittes, then there was reason to believe that Lockwood & Co could just as easily do the same thing, especially since Lucy and Lockwood didn't appear to appreciate his good work as often as it deserved.

George is fantastic in his complexities, and how he isn't the "sidekick" or the "clown" (like in other trios we know that Shall Not Be Named), makes him exceptional. He is a character that can stand on his own and have his own story, which is probably why it wasn't painful in the least when, in the Netflix series, he seemed to have his own arc going for a bit. Normally, when you have a series where there is a popular pairing like Lockelye, you could barely stand to watch other characters getting their own story (like Riverdale), but I was so heavily invested in George Karim's journey with the boneglass that it didn't feel like a useless deviation in the least.

There are so many things to love about George, but that he wasn't expected to change for us to love him is probably my favorite thing about him.

[dillwonder]

Why is Lisa Frankenstein getting Jennifer’s Body treatment???!! SPOILERS FOR LISA FRANKENSTEIN BELOW!!

Personally, I think it’s ironic because Lisa Frankenstein is IN the Jennifer’s Body cinematic universe. Also, those of y’all that think Cole Sprouse is obnoxious only watched Riverdale and you see him as a child/teen, his romance movies are SO good. ANYWAY, here are MY reasons I loved the movie and think other people loved the movie

1. The villains in the story get what they deserve in a movie and revenge way. Like, you tried to send me to an asylum mostly bc you don’t like me and you tried to rape me and (I don’t think Michael Trent totally deserved it, but it was hysterical) you totally were flirting with me up the wazoo, then ur calling me kid and sleeping w/ my sister??? Seriously?? When you both knew I liked him/you?

2. The main character gets what she wants and there is little struggle with it 🤷‍♀️

3. The main characters love interest is genuinely interested in her and a total package and respects the SHIT out of her and would do anything (literally) for her.

4. It’s silly and shit doesn’t make sense but it’s not completely thrown out the window. For example “his ear and hand started working and he started looking normal just bc of getting electrocuted in a tanning bed??” Yes, electricity, Frankensteins monster, don’t hurt urself thinking about it. It equally doesn’t take itself seriously while also giving quick explanations that don’t make you turn your head at the absurdity of it.

5. The VISUALS??!!! They are BRIGHT and CLEAR and VERY MUCH 80S. Usually movies are so dark and dull, this was NOT.

6. The soundtrack??? I mean, come ON. Can’t Fight This Feeling Anymore?? Being THEIR song??!!! AHHHHH

7. There are VERY queer hints and most people agree the creature is trans and got a phalloplasty 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ (me included)

8. Lisa continuing the ‘ax murdering’ that began with her mom and not even batting an eyelash. Here’s the thing, Lisa DEFINITELY is not mentally stable, but neither is the Creature and they purposefully didn’t make an attempt to have her be like “oh no!!! Don’t kill them!!!” Exception being Taffy bc Taffy was kind to her.

9. It’s goth and horny and funny which it’s ALL of the boxes, especially these days.

10. The Dammit, Janet reference!!!!!

There’s definitely more but this movie was SO good and I can’t wait for another one!!!!!!!!!!

[thetaoofbetty]

Why do you think there's so many bad takes in fandom? I know you've been watching/reading Bridgerton lately and there's so many terrible takes in that fandom that it's making me cringe.

literally only asked me this bc you know i'm fandom old. pfft.

no but also we (i'm guessing) were in the riverdale trenches and does no one remember those takes? like, remember when 4 underage teens were sitting by a fire in a promo and it turned into 4 underage teens on the lowest standard of basic cable were having an orgy within hours of said promo bc someone turned their anxiety into everyone else's problem? i do. it's also hilarious but that's not the point i suppose.

my best guess is media literacy is now a long lost art bc you're reading a lot of takes that stem from very and extremely literal interpretations of promo/interviews/trailers. they lack nuance and paint a lot of things in black and white and any deviation will be met with swift accusations of doing wrong think in fandom for whatever character/plot/ship they don't like.

let's all remember alex. not a good or right take in his career and there he is, being paid to share his bad takes with the rest of us. people playing telephone without context and letting their bias talk them out of simple logic is sort of wild when those people also have access to the rest of us online, ha. i can see how easy it would be to let someone's anxiety spike over hearing/seeing something they were already worried about happening and turning it into a full fledged theory based on something that, in all probability, won't be anything like they imagined.

in my (long and varied) fandom experiences, the best theories come from the english degree girlies who are quietly discussing themes and motifs with their friends and not the people screaming every 5 mins about how this is going to happen bc a social media post/promo got met with vibes and anxiety. or, to be totally honest, a lot of people just write a fic summary and call it a theory while passing it around making everyone else anxious with them.

actually tho, i can think of so many people who would be better off just writing the ideas they have as fic instead of passing it off as fact and then getting mad when people don't agree with them. 🤔

[alaffy]

Riverdale 7x19 - The Golden Age of Television (Spoilers)

Ok, I will admit the last couple of minutes got me choked up a bit. As much as I feel the series went downhill, I am going to miss it. Or some of it. And I'm glad that, contrary to some of the rumors, things didn't play out quite as I had heard.

The story starts with the removal of Featherhead and the hiring of Weatherbee. Also, the Councilor is leaving for Washington. And we see how the timeline is starting down the path towards light (or some such nonsense). Archie plans on riding the rails during the summer, working on his poetry. That is until he finds out Reggie won't be going to this all important Basketball camp as it will be during peak harvest season. Archie tells Reggie to go to the camp and that Archie will take Reggie's place on the farm. Good on you Archie, you might just be like Fred yet. Eh, probably not. But still good.

Pep comics is going to shut down, but not without putting out one last issue based on "The Comet," by W. E. B. Du Bois. Jughead writes the editorial. Judging by the amount of people reading the last comic, I'm guessing we're to believe it makes people think.

Meanwhile, Jughead gives Du Bois' contact information to Veronica, who gains the rights to make a film version. Clay will write and direct.

Cheryl takes back the Vixens. Evelyn's reaction is priceless.

Nobody mentions Midge. Well...

Hal will be sleeping in the basement. Betty's book is published and she gives a copy to Alice. Alice reads it...and yaddah, yaddah, yaddah....understands Betty now....more bullshit...Alice still has a chance to be happy. But not a stewardess because, well, 1950s.

So, Angel Tabita arrives and shows Jughead seasons 1-6 of Riverdale on an old color tv. This causes Jughead to get his memories back. Tabitha explains that they've done their job creating a better timeline (okay), but the timelines were too tangled to separate them. However, she was able to merge them into one timeline. But this means she can't take everyone back to 2023.

...Sure.

What she can do is give everyone their memories back. Long story short, everyone is given the option to view their past lives. Everyone agrees, except for Kevin because he finds there is no Clay before this timeline and Julian because he learns he's a doll. It's a yes it's a lot for everyone to take in.

So, they all meet up again and talk with Tabitha. The Bear is mentioned. Yay! Everyone asks if it would be possible for Tabitha to make it so they would only have the good memories, but not the bad. I mean, I can't blame them...but some of those memories will loose context.

Good news, apparently it is possible. All Tabitha has to do is hit a big ol' reset button (...Fuck you Riverdale) and show them only the good memories. And so we see everyone, including Kevin, Clay, and Julian watching them.

Tabitha sneaks out and Jughead follows. Jughead asks if Tabitha will stay. She says she can't because there's another Tabitha out there who's actually about to live the life this Tabitha should have had had she not come to Riverdale, but she and Jughead will never get together. Jughead, again, tries to get her to stay as they had a life together before....and, I'm sorry, I know the writers are trying to give Jabitha an epic goodbye...but in the pervious scene Jughead's arm was wrapped around Veronica...they're still dating...what does Jughead think will happen here? Anyway, in the end they have one final kiss goodbye and she disappears. Well, she exits off the stage, they don't have the money for special effects (as season six shows us).

We find out after that Jughead has opted out of not having his memories re-erased and having only the good memories put in. What Jughead mentions, and it seems like he didn't know this at the time, is that Betty also chose to keep all of her memories.

God, life at the Cooper's will be fun. "Hal, can you carve the Turkey?" "GOD MOM, DON'T GIVE HIM A KNIFE!"

Well, one more episode to go. I admit I'm a little curious on how this will end, though I don't have any high expectations for it. Oh, but one last thing before I end this...

Frank and Tom are sleeping with each other. Really. Trying getting that image out of your head.

[starswallowingsea]

tatsumiii for the ask game

ask game

My first impression

not entirely my first impression but i remember writing this very impassioned argument against fandomification of tatsumi and that's probably as close as you'll get to the first impression

My impression now

I am nothing without tattsun he is my everything i need him to feel every single status effect at once.

Favorite thing about that character

everything he could do no wrong ever. except...

Least favorite thing

his new hobby is just giving advice to people. buddy that's not a hobby 😭😭😭

Favorite line/scene

i <3 every time he shows up on screen but i'm very very ohhhhh about his conversation with kaname right before the incident. he's trying to be a part of me like how christ is identified with god. totally normal things to say about someone?????

Favorite interaction that character has with another

i love his interactions with koga and the fact that koga has stated they do bible studies together is still so funny to me. some of my favorite underrated roommates.

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

shocking coming from the madatatsu fan but i want more madara tatsumi interactions as a believer who thinks he's going to hell for his sins but still worshipping that god anyway vs guy who stopped believing in god after being failed by him. i would love to see their religious debates

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

this is going to sound insane but jesus from the gospel according to jesus christ by jose saramago. i feel like tatsumi would really like that book in general but iykyk.

A headcanon about that character

since i accidentally misread your ask as tatsunii i think that that would be a cute nickname for him from some kids at his parents church. i have headcanoned for a while that tattsun being an only child was hard on him since he always wanted siblings to dote on and did a lot of church childcare to try and fill that gap and some of those kids definitely called him tatsunii...

A song that reminds of that character

walk through the fire by klergy ft bellsaint which i just discovered was used in s3e1 of riverdale. ok

An unpopular opinion about that character

can we please stop playing into his silly little nuclear family fantasies and use them more as a character analysis of his mindset instead. and how he doesnt really let anyone truly know him. yeah haha he's the dad mayo is the mom and aira and hiiro are their kids but why do you think tatsumi uses that to keep from thinking about his problems

Favorite picture

HIS FS2 and his newest scout 5* card is good too and so is his crane card. every card of his is good actually also shout out to his crane card's unbloomed he's so cute with the glasses on

only adding the cgs not in my pinned post but i just think he looks good in everything not a single bad card. he also has some of the best ts 4* cards like his red ox card and rom?date card. did something to me. okay i'm done.

[themultifandomgal]

KJ Apa- Truth Or Dare

Today myself and some of the cast are playing a game of truth or dare for teen Vogue. I’m sat on the floor in between KJ and Casey while the 2 jars of truths and dares are in front of me

“Hey we’re the cast of Riverdale and today we’re playing truth or dare with Teen Vogue” Madelaine starts

“Who’s going to go first?” Camila asks

“I’ll go” Casey shrugs

“Ok truth or dare?” I ask

“Dare”

“We’re not going to have any truths” Ashleigh laughs as I pick out a dare

“No it will be ‘what’s the next plot of Riverdale’ Lili laughs

“Ok yell the first word that comes to mind right now” I tell Casey

“Green”

“Why green?” I laugh. Casey shrugs

“I’ll do Mads. Truth or dare?”Ash asks

“I’ll do dare”

“Impersonate the person to your left” Mads then copies everything Lili does

“Ok cami truth or dare?” Mads looks at Cami

“Erm dare”

“Write a tweet only using your elbows” cami manages to do this perfectly. KJ chooses dare. He has to do an impression of someone until we figure out who it is. KJ pouts and sighs

“We’ve got no chocolate” he sighs again making me laugh. Last night I was at KJs place and I wanted to binge on chocolate, but he had none “I want some chocolate. KJ can you get some? I just want chocolate” he pouts again

“That’s YN 100%” Cami laughs

“Oh definitely. Your obsessed with chocolate” Casey laughs

This goes on for some time until it’s my turn

“Whose next?”

“Me” I reply to Mads

“YN. Truth or dare?” she asks

“You know what truth”

“Oooo” everyone says looking at me. Mads picks out a truth and reads

“What’s the most embarrassing thing you ever did on a date?” I already start laughing thinking back to mine and KJs first date. As the fans already know that KJ and I are dating I decide to speak about that

“KJ and I went to the cinema for our first date. I drank all of my drink so KJ offered me his, but when I picked it up, the lid fell off and went all down the both of us”

“KJ and I went to the cinema for our first date. I drank all of my drink so KJ offered me his, but when I picked it up, the lid fell off and it went all down the both of us”

“What did you guys do?” Casey laughs

“We had to leave. We never actually got to finish that movie” I pout

“We will some day”

Ash goes on to tell us about her first kiss, Lili has to speak like an alien for the rest of the game. KJ sits on my lap pretending that I’m ‘Father Christmas’ and finally it’s back to my turn

“YN truth or dare?” Ash asks me

“Truth”

“Who’s the last person you text and what did it say?”

“Oh no” Mads laughs nervously. I pull my phone out of my jeans pocket at have a look. Immediately bursting out in laughter

“It’s to KJ. Ok so he said ‘I’m at the store now. What do you want?’ So I replied ‘what have they got?’ He says ‘twix, Milky Way, hersheys cookies and cream, lion’ and basically just list off more chocolate”

“What did you tell him?” Casey asks

“Yes”

“I bought 1 of every chocolate bar”

“Your a good boyfriend aren’t you” Ash says.

We wrap up the video before leaving the building where we did the truth or dare game. KJ and I head back to our hotel room where I get to eat a crap ton of chocolate while binge watching friends.

[jorgecrespo]

911 thoughts below, i never hide posts so you know i yap a lot and also i love you guys so nobody is forced to read my thoughts, whatever it's fine :(

ok first of all this will be scattered because i didn't write any notes this is just free form, i am not god's strongest soldier. i only cried a few times which is very impressive considering i cry at everything so i'm back to being god's strongest soldier. so much happened in this show it's shocking. things just keep going on. la is literally the most dangerous place on earth they need to move IMMEDIATELY. why is angela bassett in this. what did her agent tell her to convince her to do this. this isn't a complaint btw this is the greatest project she's ever done. thank you angela's agent we all say in unison. it's so campy, died in 2023 born in 2018 welcome back riverdale. no i won't elaborate. ok ummm characters. it was an uphill battle to not have maddie as my favorite character because jennifer is my girl we're like this 🤞 and maddie is the name of my childhood bff. and baby we never reached the top of that hill MADDIE SUPREMACY 🫶🫶🫶. that's my bestie, that's my boo bear, that's mother right there. love you girlfriend forever and ever amen. eddie diaz my beautiful princess with a disorder. need to study this dude immediately. first of all .... ****** and that's all i have to say about that. has he done things wrong? yes all the time including right now. do i care? well he's my beautiful princess with a disorder i don't know what to tell you. his kid should definitely be mad at him tho baby what were you thinking with that one? nothing ☺️🫶 love you chris come home soon pls. chim THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS. never done a thing wrong except almost die literally all the time but that's ok we love him anyways. nobody's perfect but he's close love you bestie 💜💜💜. buck is a princess who should just sit there and look pretty and not do anything that will put him in the hospital. don't worry about anything babygirl we'll figure it out for you. we're also gonna get you away from "tommy" (unbelievable that's his actual name, a grown ass man) i do not like him at all. oooooo you've been bi for like 20 minutes but you gotta come out immediately or i'm gonna throw a fit I HAVE A GUN AND IT'S LOADED. i'm sorry but i'm throwing him into oncoming traffic as soon as possible live laugh love. and he's not having a funeral. love you buck, you shall be free soon 🫶. bobby and athena best couple of all time I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT. that's ohana right there. they mean a lot to me ok. hen literally mother.com she's my girl except when she cheated on my lesbian queen karen but i'm pretending she didn't do that because i don't think she would!!! i know her better than the writers. remember a long time ago when i said you should get a free pass to forget exactly one bad thing your favorite character did to preserve your sanity? well here we are. i didn't see shit. hen and chim friendship supremacy btw. a great show, nothing makes sense and i'd like to keep it that way. they just landed a plane with the power of friendship, love, and autism. hopes for this season are that things continue to be insane, hen and karen get their kid back, and eddie too i guess. love his little crisis mustache going on i'm sorry but this is your fault you weird little man. and tommy dies of course. in god we trust. there i probably missed 80% of what i wanted to say and also emotionally i can't think about certain scenes i'll need several month to heal 😐 whatever it's chill. thanks for reading if you did, i'm probably just talking to myself right now heyyy kallie how's it going??? pretty good thank you bestie!!!!

[milliesfishes]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

(idk who to tag who originally came up with the questions but I found them through @the-likesofus and was curious ab my other writer moots answers so <3)

How many works do you have on ao3?

2 but I'm hoping to repost a bunch of my fics on here to there soon!

What's your total ao3 word count?

92,519

What fandoms do you write for?

At the moment I write for TBOSAS and Billy the Kid (2022)

Top five fics by kudos:

Only have 2 fics on AO3 currently but

1. I Once Believed Love Would Be Black and White, But It's Golden

and

2. Pray You Catch Me

Do you respond to comments?

Always!! I love, love receiving comments and I know how scary it can be sometimes to leave them, so I want to show my appreciation <3

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Well...𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝓶𝓮 rn but I have one coming out tomorrow that's also Billy the Kid and the ending is pretty...it's pretty angsty

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I try really hard to keep my endings happy because the nature of both fandoms I write for is inherently tragic but personally the one that warms my heart the most is either 𝓤𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓾𝓫𝓽𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 cause it's the end of the series or 𝓸𝓻𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼

Do you get hate on fics?

I've been very lucky to receive mostly positive feedback on my work- the closest I've gotten to hate was someone commenting on how I didn't include in the TWs that my Reader would be mentioned as thin and blue eyed (which I felt SO bad about and they were very kind about the whole situation- sometimes I don't catch that stuff in editing)

Do you write smut?

I do not purely because I'm a Christian girl (don't hate me) but that doesn't mean I judge others for doing so at all like y'all get freaky go nuts <3

Craziest crossover:

I've never done a crossover fic but that could change

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, no, thankfully

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I don't think so

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I haven't technically. The closest I've come is when Franci and me have done mermaid au stuff but that was completely her idea and her credit, she just let me write for it <3

All time favourite ship?

It's hard to say (anyone I write for x me lmao)

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

tbh once I deem something a wip there's no stopping me until I finish it. Having drafts lowkey stresses me out (in a good way) I've finished almost everything I've started, the only exceptions being things that were either a) had no plot point at all besides the ship or b) my hyperfixation fizzled and I lost passion

What are your writing strengths?

I feel like I'm good at angst honestly, and the other thing I feel like I consistently do well is in the plot points of my stories. Honestly my self awareness isn't that great though so I could possibly be talking out of my ass

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I've done it briefly before because Billy canonically speaks Spanish but I am not a fluent speaker in any language except English so I'd be a little cautious doing it lol

First fandom you wrote in?

The very first fandom I ever wrote in was Riverdale

Favourite fic you've written?

I'm still so proud of Pray You Catch me, but another one I love is Inamorata just cause it was so fun to write. But honestly I adore all my fics and though I'll always be self-critical they mean a lot to me because my followers have liked them so much <3

Tagging!

@francixoxoxo @runningfrom2am @a-romantics-guide-to-life @fictional-at-heart

also if you're a writer and you see this you're tagged <3

[rigginsstreet]

misc. tag game

tagged by @blood-mocha-latte

a band you don’t like that many others do:

maneskin... tried a couple songs, wanted to like them.... cant do it

a childhood memory that you remember vividly:

this costume contest i refused to enter because my costume was boring and i knew i was gonna lose by the adults were like "no just join come on itll be fun" and i was like... already consumed by the darkness at that point lmfao and i sat watching everyone crying. fun! lmfao

least favorite animal and why:

i hate a snake. i respect their role in the ecosystem but dont you ever put one near me. dont put one within 5 miles of me. no. i dont trust anything that slithers bitch aint got no legs! i dont like that. and the striking? dont like that either. i have to stop talking about them now im genuinely uncomfortable

hot fandom take:

steve harrington is not a good character. he is badly written. yall only like him cuz you think joe is hot. thats literally it. the man has literally zero positive qualities. apply this to every other loved st character as well theyre all bad the show sucks i hope everyone dies

do you were any jewelry, if so, what’s your favorite piece:

i wear a friendship bracelet and a rope bracelet i got on a cruise (i forgot what theyre called. sailor bracelets or something?) and thats about the extent of my jewelry wearing

a movie others liked but you didn’t:

i don't think i've ever cognitively watched a movie and thought that i loved it or hated it. i'm usually just like Well That Sure Was A Movie. <- im keeping prevs because thats what wildest thing ive ever read in my life i need to study you lmfao as for my answer, insidious movies are bad. youre next is bad. many movies this website loves i havent even seen but i know they are bad thats why i havent watched them.

three things you love about yourself:

my hair is getting real cute lately. i am a huge bitch. i stare at my butt a lot i think its fun

a place you hope to visit in the future and why:

italyyyy i want to trace my roots

an actor that gets on your nerves and why:

idk if theres actors i have beef with for their personality lmao several i dont like because they are overhyped and im sick of seeing them. ariana grande she counts as an actress i cant stand her lmfao the vibes are rancid also stop dating married (taken) men its gross its weird

things you’re excited for in the nearby future?:

for my dog to finally be healed from her surgery cuz god its a lot of working making sure she dont pop her stitches

least favorite ship in a fandom you’re in:

if stancy is endgame im setting fires to buildings i want you all to know this. also fuck a steddie and a ronance but that goes without saying

what’s the most toxic fandom you’ve been in?:

stranger things. riverdales a close second but stranger things... you are all genuinely mentally unwell i would like to speak to your therapists and tell them shit aint working

list three things you find beautiful about life:

the ocean my best friend the ocean. animals just be out here looking for pets... brings a tear to my eye. im really struggling for a third life is bad lmfao my best friend? thats it.

any dreams for the future?

i try not to think about the future it gives me panic attacks

how are you really feeling today?

sleepy

tagging (no pressure): @panickedpenguin @avalonlights @ihaveacorgi @imsodishy

[vendetta06]

I just finished watching Wednesday and here’s my opinion as a hardcore Addams Family fan and a goth person. (Slight spoilers ahead but I will mostly talk about the character and world building).

I really appreciate how seriously Jenna Ortega takes the role. It’s definitely Wednesday - but Morticia, Gomez, and Pugsley are not the Addams Family. If you’re a big fan of the Addams Family, it could be very disappointing. Pugsley starts out the show crying because he’s tied up and stuffed into a locker by bullies. Here’s the thing though, that boy is supposed to love torture! The Pugsley I know would laugh if that happened, he wants to be electrocuted and prodded. Morticia at least carried the grace but what fell flat was the aesthetic. Personally to me Morticia needs full drag. It just looked like a mother with dark lipstick. The other thing is the forced troubled mother daughter relationship when the Addams Family is supposed to be about an unconventional family who loves each other. The biggest disappointment is Gomez because he lacks chemistry with his wife which should be his whole thing. I didn’t really care about the looks but he lacked the swag, suave, sexiness of Gomez. Sexiness is not a physical thing it’s about how you carry yourself, and it’s better if you’re off putting and weird. But he was just off putting and weird. It’s like they confused his lines and character definition with Uncle Fester because he was really just saying some batshit things and that was it. I guess because it’s a show only about Wednesday, ALL of the side characters didn’t get good enough writing. Like her bubbly roommate Enid felt like she only existed to be the opposite to her because she didn’t have chemistry with Wednesday either. She was just serving Disney. My critique is that she could’ve been bubbly in the way Guillermo from WWDITS is bubbly, by bouncing off the other edgy characters. The ending episodes got really fun though, because the mystery was the only reason keeping me watching. This show needs to keep pushing the Nancy Drew-ness of it all. What I really appreciated about the Harry Potter movies was the vibe of “we need to all come together to save the school and fight this great evil!” And I think the last act of the climax really pushed that which I adored. Thankfully now that all the characters and backstories are established in season 1, season 2 could really kick it off with the mysteries and crime solving. This whole show had great aesthetic, some parts really felt like an MCR music video. I was worried it was going to get the Riverdale/Sabrina treatment, but it was an enjoyable show (even in the disappointing parts so I could rant passionately) - but do not watch the series expecting to see them to do the Addams Family justice 🫠

[walkingmusical]

this love came back to me

1975. she did it. she really went a did it.

veronica lodge won best director at the oscars, and archie couldn’t be more proud of her as she went up on stage to accept the golden statue.

it was especially emotional when he remembered that it was for the seven year flame; a screenplay that his old pal, jughead, wrote. and when he thought about how much the romance in this movie resonated with his own love for his wife, there was no way he could hold back the waterworks.

and there were more tears to come.

jughead ended up pulling both of them aside and telling them that they led another life in another timeline. and that they were sent back to the 50s after a comet hit riverdale. that the screenplay he wrote only told a small part of their love story.

in that moment, archie remembered everything. and when he looked over to veronica, he could see that she also remembered.

only emotions could trigger their old memories. being around people from their past life. and the only way to remember absolutely everything, was to have a strong emotional connection with someone from their past life when they were told.

there was a glitch when they were sent back, and jughead never truly forgot about the old timeline. his memories returned gradually over the years. cheryl and toni got their memories back not long after high school, and that was when jughead figured out what it took for everyone else to remember.

archie and veronica’s happy marriage gave them the capacity to remember everything. there wasn’t much hope for everyone else. archie found that a little sad.

when the two of them got home, they sat down in the living room to talk. the first thing that dawned on veronica was that they hurt each other in the other timeline, but archie knew exactly what to say.

“i believe that you also said in that timeline that you only cared about the present.” archie said, reaching out for her hand.

veronica smiled, and allowed their fingers to intertwine.

“and there was more good in our relationship than bad.” he added. “as far as i’m concerned, i learned today that i’ve loved you for much longer than i thought i did.”

when veronica moved over to rest her head on his shoulder, he knew her mind was at ease.

“i think i’ve loved you since 2017.” veronica said, with a light chortle in her tone. it was all so absurd and sweet.

“i’ve definitely loved you since 2017.” archie responded, wrapping his arm around her back.

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varchie appreciation week, day 7 - free day