#riverdale ship

[butchcaseyjones]

'archie is completely unnecessary' 'archie just showed up out of nowhere' sorry you hate fun and whimsy. sorry you hate when women are strange and offputting. sorry you hate polyamorous butch himbos. sorry your life is devoid of joy

[arsenicpanda]

Hell, man, we were hummin'!

[forbescaroline]

235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 88. archie andrews and betty cooper - riverdale

[cantgetworsethanthistbh]

dumping more of my stancest feels here because i cannot NOT think of them. i read journal 3 for the first time this week and its great because Ford acts like stanley's biggest hater which is pretty fking funny (if not absolutely infuriating at times because omfg stfu you smug prick)

but the moments like this get to me

Ford being blinded by his quest of grandeur, accolades and praise for world changing discoveries, so obsessed with greatness, being the first name people remember, and all the other things his npd-isms tells him he wants.

And then there's "reminds me of camping with my brother. i wonder what he's up to..."

i mentioned in my previous post that stan acts quite a lot like the anchor to ford's boat, keeping him grounded and most importantly, safe from both the bitter and the sweet kinds of evils. but he also represents something so much simpler to ford too: the simple desires he represses so much because its not "good enough" for someone special like him.

he resents stan so much because he represents a "block" against that percieved good enough success he wants, the obstacle that made it impossible to get in a fancy college, become the world renowed researcher, the one who wanted to destroy his journal's and lifes work (even though it was the better, safer option if Bill really WAS that dangerous, which he was) that could still make him famous. because if ford's not "praised and weird" then he's just "weird" and being "weird" was nothing but a pain his whole life that kept him rejected and isolated from the masses. and stan prevented him from that.

(btw "maybe he can prove himself to me" is nasty work my god ford is a douche lmao)

a lot of his projections of something greater comes through with how he treated dipper in the show (his whole spiel in damvtf) and fiddleford in journal 3 where he looks down on the happy life that fiddleford had with his wife and child and saying he was "wasting his talents" making computers. and like, we all know by the way he takes them on high stakes adventures they're not as prepared for compared to him (and end up causing more trouble than not by doing so), he's trying to fill a gaping hole left by someone else. we all know this obviously, we all know what we ship here, but what i came to appreciate the most about it is how much that gaping hole exists in the low stakes

everytime ford is thinking during the "down time" moments, his thoughts always drift back to his childhood, and one person who represents it.

childhood memories, making fun of stans favorite snack, scribbling out a design of the stan o war, whenever Ford lets his mind wander it expresses such an intense yearning for the past before he became obsessed with wanting something more. these are his most utmost and most unfiltered thoughts, which is why he scribles them away or and writes in code. and the fact that he directly says they are about NOT getting married, followed with "wondering what he's doing right now", painting the picture of what his most ideal idylic life is. wanting a return of something lost. wanting Stan back more than anything.

he finally accepts that his dream never really changed, just the same as stan's and so they saild off together for the rest of their days, in ford's own words (which ironically sounds like a marriage to me either way so tough shit ford)

[edwardshundredyearoldspunk]

really hoping riverdale does a reverse queerbait. not to be confused with a straightbait, a reverse queerbait is when they queerbait you but then you forget about it because faux lesbian kissing hasn't been taboo since 1994 but then in the last season after six seasons of the faux lesbians dating bois the faux lesbians become actual lesbians because it's 1955 and it's taboo again

[mrsreinhart]

How often do you think about sex? I’d say an average amount.

[wallbeatjournal]

Pour one out for Reggie, always second choice for the Lodges after Archie

SECOND CHOICE FOR EVERYONE. like literally it is so hard to evaluate reggie (especially w/r/t the lodges) without bringing in The Tragedy Of The Side Character Rival-Foil who exists in the narrative to experience B-plot versions of the A-plot in miniature

riverdale-the-metanarrative is so blatantly full of guys who are different versions of archie and where his character could go in the story if he didn't have to be the protagonist-hero - munroe as the jaded star fighter with the same nickname hiram originally used on archie as an endearment, who could get out of this damn town if he commits to sports. eric jackson as the disabled vet with unmanaged ptsd who betrayed his unit for a manipulative man in authority who just gets to be a respectable figure in society while his groomed victims suffer (and he could speak up and get justice if he's willing to handle the social impacts of being labeled a survivor). kevin as the openly-gay damagingly-impulsive, validation-seeking, people-pleasing, insecure joiner with a nice-but-emotionally-distant dad who keeps trying to find happiness through in-group conformism. julian s7 as literal understudy, and the guy who died in war (also got targeted and negged by s7 reboot hiram lodge in the s7 reboot version of wrestling. dramatic monologues).

reggie is like. the most powerful and tragic of all of these archie analogs bc he's sometimes a rival, too. so his jealousy and inferiority complex towards archie exists both inside and outside of the narrative! all of those other archie reflections aren't also competing with him and comparing themselves to him and constantly getting handed his leftovers and cast-offs and feeling that that is what's happening. but reggie is :\

anyway. so tragic. love u reggie

[chonidale]

Riverdale + ship names

[horrorlesbion]

riverdale aesthetics  ➠ characters ➟ hermione lodge

"Let me share two words to live by.'Plausible deniability.' "

[kiwinatorwaffles]

no but like what is up with the wider shipping community and their way of allowashing clearly aspec-coded characters. or hell. even canon confirmed aspec characters. this amanormativity shit is making me tired. does a character really need to wear a giant shirt that says “i’m asexual” or “i’m aromantic” or “i’m aroace” in all caps and flaming text to tell everyone not to ship them the same way allo characters get shipped. we are not a monolith but i know i can sure as hell say our experiences will never be the same as an allo person’s

[atrxides]

Falice x King Of My Heart Riverdale (2017-2023)

[mayahawkins]

i think the duffers should take a page from riverdale series finale and make stoncy endgame a la riverdale polycule

[forbescaroline]

FORBESCAROLINE'S 10K CELEBRATION TOP TEN RIVERDALE SHIPS (as voted by my followers) #6. Archie Betty and Betty Cooper Betty was so against us not being in the same grade. And she took it upon herself to tutor me every single day. Anyway, when I passed, thanks to Betty, I kissed her and I asked her to marry me. She was like “Oh, little Archie, we’re too young. Ask me when we’re 18 and I’ll say yes.

[billiesbabygirl]

Tell me Beronica isn't one of the hottest couples of all time in riverdale

[russellshaws]

#nbd just choni mirroring one of the most iconic teen drama love confessions of all time

[keirawantstocry]

pacbo prompt time! Pac wants to take tubbo somewhere fancy because tubbo deserves it but tubbo keeps avoiding him because hes kinda nervous because he's never really been anywhere fancy before. or something like this :>

okay it's less pacbo more just tubbo and richas bickering but i thought it was family eqsue so :)

Tubbo wasn’t hiding. Not at all. That would be ridiculous. He was simply purposefully avoiding Pac by ducking into different buildings and not responding when he called. That wasn't hiding.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a flash of hands. 

He looked up to see Richas, frowning down at him. 

“Sorry what?” 

“Why are you hiding?” he signed again. 

“I'm not hiding,” he sniped. “I am simply avoiding your father. No big deal.” 

Richas's eyebrows furrowed together in confusion. “Why are you avoiding him? He's been blabbing all morning about how excited he is for your date.” 

Tubbo perked up against his will. “He is?” 

The young boy rolled his eyes. “Of course he is, mala.” 

Tubbo squinted at him. “I don't know exactly what that means but I don't like your tone.” 

“What tone?” Richas signed with a neutral expression. “I'm signing, there's no verbal tone.” 

“I hate you,” Tubbo said with no heat to his voice. 

“Cool,” Richas signed. “Can you stop hiding long enough to go on a date with my dad? I'm afraid he'll be depressed if you don't.” 

Tubbo groaned, covering his face with his hands. “Do I have to?” 

Richas slapped him across the face. “Yes,” he said in a crackling voice. 

Tubbo groaned again and crawled out from behind the rock he had been hiding behind. He glared at Richas when he got out. 

Within an instant Pac teleported beside them. 

“Tubbo! Richarylson told me he found you.” 

“Traitor,” Tubbo hissed before taking a deep breath. “Yeah, okay. I'm ready to go.” He gave Pac a hesitant smile. “Just go easy on me yeah? I'm not exactly new to these date things but they aren't my specialty or anything.” 

Pac grinned so widely at him. So open and trusting. “I'll treat you to the works. Don't worry, nenê. I got you.”