#such a vibe that everyone notices and finds it creepy but WILL ask archie to put his head back in the lion's mouth when strategic

[wallbeatjournal]

"and they're not even related" if Archie and Hiram are the only main character abuse relationship in Riverdale where they're not related is that the secret sauce, avoiding incest?

oh! no not at all lol. i mentioned that in the other post because it's fairly unique for fiction imo - audiences kind of expect family abusers to pop in and out of the picture (though they do still blame lol - the way some people react to veronica as though she herself is responsible for protecting her friends from her adult father who has all the powers of the law over her......)

but it's unique to see the same story treatment for a non familial abuse dynamic, where archie is the one who can't cut contact meaningfully - or he can, but it will cost him his whole support network. he just can't expect not to have the guy around like an unfenced swimming pool level attractive nuisance, lobbing emotional-or-literal bombs and cultivating other victims in front of his face. idk i think that's neat, the metaphor of it all works for me really well.

also no way is hirarchie pure and free of incest subtext imo. riverdale straight up made veronica<>archie<>hiram and fred<>archie<>hiram the big emotional triangles of s2. someone just sent @horrorlesbion an incredible post that calls out v eloquently how the hirarchie sexual tension AND the way archie views hiram as a paternal figure and role model go hand-in-hand. there's no winning any abuse dynamic purity tests here lol.

[lydiaandarry]

{5 Cartoons That Could Possibly Survive a Live Action TV Remake}

Hello there!

My name is Arabella but you can call me Arry, if it’s easier. I don’t know about you but I basically grew up on cartoons. And it seems to be a new craze in television history for cartoons to be remade into new adaptations for a new audience. It doesn’t surprise me that cartoons are the main source for this as they are noticeable. Recently, Riverdale and Sabrina: The Teenage Witch have been remade into CW Television Shows. And while I find Riverdale to not be that great of adaptation and murder of character. I have heard more nicer things about Sabrina: The Teenage Witch yet never watched it. Despite this and me thinking this television shows have not survived their live-action adaptations. I will be listing five cartoons that I think could survive a Live-Action Adaptation and I will explain my reasoning and how it may be done and also issues that may be concerning. Let’s invade this topic!

(Scooby Doo)

      My favorite cartoon of all time, Scooby Doo. I am nineteen years old and I have yet to grow out of Scooby Doo and probably never will. It is reaching its 50th year anniversary this year and is still a cult classic. We have had four (not including Daphne & Velma) live-action films that have featured Scooby Doo but we are talking about television shows here. I personally think that Scooby Doo could do better as a live-action television show because you can get multiple mysteries, more monsters and the characters will receive more development. You can also have guest star characters such as The Hex Girls. Yet I have my doubts due to how poorly Archie has been transformed with Riverdale. I feel like Scooby Doo will help avoid stereotypes and forced diverse tropes. As the gang is one of the most diverse group of characters ever. It would be extra amazing if they added in the 60’s-70’s fun charm that the cartoon had. And of course, kept it light-hearted and fun yet aiming it for more young adults and less-so teenagers and children. This will open doors. After watching Daphne & Velma, I do have concerns with forced diversity that may murder the characters as Daphne and Velma did not portray either character accurately. In the name of forcing female empowerment yet ignoring the female empowerment that is there. Fred is the brave, kind-hearted, hilarious and slightly clueless jock who is friends with everyone. Daphne is the fashion-motivated, kick-ass and clumsy popular girl whose greatest value is how quick she finds out things. Velma is the intelligent, sarcastic nerd who is an equal to Fred and fits in perfectly. Shaggy is the hippie who is hilarious, a scaredy cat and athletic who has yet to use more than 1% of his power. And Scooby Doo is the animal sidekick who has character development and has an actual snack named after him. It would make a great television show if done properly and written great.

(The Jetsons)

      I promise, these are not all Hanna-Barbera shows. Except that all of them could be made into wonderful adaptations. The Jetsons is about a futuristic family who live in 2062 that includes George Jetson, a hard-working father. His wife Jane who shops and takes care of the house. His oldest child and only daughter, Judy whose a teenage girl and slightly rebellious. And his youngest child and only son Elroy whose an intelligent kid. And their dog Astro and robot Rosie. Non-surprisingly, The Jetsons is actually outdated and nothing like the actual future. This adds a lot of fun aspects with mixing vintage and newly futuristic ideas. While introducing new concepts into the already existing plot. The Jetsons unfortunately was limited due to animation budget and short-running time with only two seasons that they weren’t able to expand the universe. I feel as if, a new revival of the show could potentially expand the universe and make the characters a bit more realistic. As they are your average futuristic family who can go through relatable issues while keeping with the theme. They could also embark on making Judy more fashion-forward and gifting us unique character designs for the character. As I know that Judy was my favorite character and definitely someone that I could relate to. And of course, keeping the 60’s charm and having more humor. Less dramatics for TV Remakes please! Embrace the humor. And sci-fi is definitely still selling in pop culture and with the graphics we have nowadays, The Jetsons would look absolutely stunning compared to what would have happened if they had perhaps made one in the past. Again, it all comes down to casting and writing. The real-life aesthetics of The Jetsons would be beautiful cinematography wise. It may seem a bit more impossible due to how high a budget would probably have to be to achieve most of the futuristic aspects like flying cars and in the air scenery. Yet the best thing to take advantage of with The Jetsons is how vintage the futuristic aspects are, they can really use a retro futuristic vibe. The Jetson’s futuristic isn’t on the same level as Star Wars or even typical Sci-fi. The effects do not need to be overly complicated as it is mostly dependant on vibe and charm. They could very much go for an Indie vibe where it could be made with a low budget. Choosing style and substance over realism and overdone effects.

(The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

     Hear me out, as this is a weird one. I grew up with The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and I lowkey blame it for my dark sense of humor. Mandy was one of those unique characters whose clothes did not match her personality whatsoever. Billy was humorous with how stupid yet straightforward he was. And Grim is… I relate to Grim in my old age. This show was such a creative premise to young me that like I adored it. Of course, I loved all things creepy. But seeing that Billy and Mandy and the other young characters were only 9, it is a realization that it may be physically impossible to have a live-action show where the young actors could react in a way similar to let’s say Mandy and Nergal Jr. However after some consideration, I realized that as this will probably be a revamped version, that they could age up the characters. And we could see how Mandy, Billy and the rest have developed into older ages. This of course brings up a lot of new ideas and concepts, new plotlines, and new character developments. Aging them to be teenagers and even young adults can add a more mature theme while keeping the dark humor. It can be darker yet still keep the fun and theatrical side. As it would no longer be targeted to young children but more so, the audience who grew up with the show. Seeing how our childhood characters have grown up to be near our ages. This could bring up more conflicts, relationships, and dynamics. Especially because a popular ship is Mandy and Billy as they are older, so it would be interesting to see if that would come to screen and if they would be compatible being at least ten years older at most. And of course, the graphics would absolutely fantastic since we have ways to make CGI look realistic and would bring on the creep factor. And perhaps, they could even give Nergal Jr more of a character and more humorous scenes. It could survive a TV Remake in this sense because it would be more so, a sequel and they would be working on newer material and not trying to perfect older material which may come in handy with writing.

(Totally Spies)

     If anyone asked me what my three favorite girl-based cartoons were as a child, I would always respond with, “Powerpuff Girls, Bratz, and Totally Spies”. Totally Spies was my ultimate dream television show, they were my Charlie’s Angels before I discovered Charlie’s Angels. Even in my youth, they were relatable. And I don’t care what anyone says, Totally Spies was ahead of its time and very diverse. You had Clover, the fashion-forward girl with a sassy personality and although her flaw was being shallow, she usually always learned her lesson. Sam, the introverted and intelligent one of the group who figures things out quickly yet is too quick to trust others. Alex, the hilarious and tough one who has problems with being invisible. They were feminine and kick-ass and taught me that I shouldn’t be ashamed to be into clothes or hair or makeup as I could still kick ass. I think Totally Spies has the diversity that Hollywood is looking for as they will not have to force anything into the mix, it can be a relatable and humorous show about three girls who are best friends and spies. They can have awesome character designs, great dialog, and mix realistic issues into the fictional issues of being a teenage spy. While also showing girl power and how to handle evil people. While also bringing back former fashion trends, especially the 70’s that Totally Spies is known for. With cool costumes and cool gadgets. This would be a kick-ass show when given the right humor, writing, casting and charm. No one can prove to me otherwise.

(Daria)

    I am ending this on a rather tricky note as this television show really depends. With the other ones, they’re classics but changes can be made. Daria was ahead of its time and has relatable humor that even fits now. I remember discovering Daria when I was fifteen and going through a tough time and she really learnt to accept myself and my sense of humor. Now while Daria is being rebooted and I have lots of issues with the reboot before it has even come out like the fact it’s called “Daria & Jodie” when Jane Lane was a bigger character than Jodie yet they just ignore her because diversity. I do think if they were to reboot Daria properly, a live-action television show could be great. It will give a new element to the already great show. Of course, casting Daria would be rather hard as you need someone who can remain likeable yet still have a sarcastic aura. And Jane, the slightly more expressive witty best friend. And of course, Trent, the hot older brother of Jane who should have gotten with Daria! Daria is a great show for all ages, especially teenagers to young adults as it really shows the humor of common high school stereotypes. While keeping the complexity of each stereotype in its sense. A lot of Daria’s quotes still hit a string with me to this day. Especially the one where she is at college open-house and responds to the woman asking what goals she has, “My goal is to not wake up at 40 with the bitter realization that I’ve wasted my life on a job that I hate because I was forced to decide on a career in my teens”. That quote still stays by me as I am nineteen now and it’s like my life motto at the moment. And a live-action Daria could play off the nostalgia and have a lot of older watchers which will make it more money than a reboot that may destroy the characters for the sake of diversity. And forgets the true importance of Jodie. I would rather watch a live-action television show than a reboot cartoon as reboots never go well in cartoons.

    Well, that was five cartoons that I feel can survive a live-action remake and how they could. Keep in mind that everything you just read is my opinion and I am not asking Hollywood to look at my post and make all of these into live-action television shows. As the thought of that frightens me. Yet I feel like with the right cast and writers, it can be done. Thank you for reading my post. If you like my post, feel free to follow our Tumblr as I write posts on every Wednesday and Saturday similar to this one. And also feel free to like or reblog the post. I’ll see you on Wednesday! Peace out!  

[riverdaleroundup]

Riverdale Roundup: 2x08 “House of the Devil”

Alright so here we go

Jughead has made the bar his new pops and has decided to take to writing his dramatic ass novel there. Is this like an all ages place? I know I say this a lot but jughead is 15.

Veronica and Archie are also 15 but are going at it like it’s the end of the world. Veronica honest to god bites him and it’s just so much that I can barely handle it. When Jughead was talking about Archie and Veronica creating the opposite of death in his bedroom I honestly thought that they were like hinting at a pregnancy scare type thing but like whatever. They just continue to sin all over the place and have all the sex all the time. They literally get it on infront of the fireplace on a fur rug that Daddy worked hard to pay for.

Archie proclaims his love for Veronica post fuck and she’s like ummm let’s watch some netflix? Or HBO. Honestly she’d probably settle for Cravetv if it meant that she didn’t have to have this conversation. Master of avoidance.

Jughead and Betty are chilling at Pops and discussing the Riverdale Reaper. Betty knows about the creepy truck driver so like does she know that Jughead has been running drugs? They discuss going to Sheriff Hot Bod with this information but Betty like JUST accused him of murder so they decide to give him a break from their nagging.I don’t know what it is about Jugheads jacket but he honestly looks like he got it at forever 21. Jughead gets a call from an unknown number and honestly Betty probably feels pretty triggered about it.  By the grace of god FP is getting out of jail and i’m so excited about it because honestly I adore him more than I should.

FP is getting out because of overcrowding and honestly this is so how Khloe Kardashian only have to spend like 35 minutes in jail. Praise the justice system.

Jughead and Betty are busy with his dad so they ask Archie and Veronica to head the investigation on the Riverdale Reaper and they are pissed. They have basically just been given a pile of homework and neither of them are the brains of the operation. They don’t know how to solve murders, all they know how to do is fuck.

So Cheryl and Josie are in the locker room and Cheryl is ready to roll up in all her bi curious glory and give Josie a nice back rub that in her mind will lead to them falling in love. The janitor rolls up and Cheryl is ready to have the man fired for ruining their moment.

Veronica gets home to find Sherif Keller in her house and honestly she’d probably panting. The lodges have received a threatening letter from the black hood but they aren’t that concerned about it. Veronica is a little worried because she and archie have been sinning all over town.

Mr and Mrs Lodge think that Veronica should use Archie as like a bodyguard in hopes that he’ll pull a Moose and protect her with his muscles if someone starts shooting at them.

Betty wants to borrow the family car to go pick up FP and i’m like okay did all these kids turn 16 without me noticing? I guess that Jughead did have a birthday, but they spent so much time solving murders and getting into so much hyjinx so when did they have time to get their learner's permits and their required supervised driving hours?

All the serpents are excited to have FP back and for things to get lit. Tall Boy doesn’t like change and thinks that talking to the mayor is a bad idea and that Jughead needs to stop acting like he’s the big man on campus because he’s literally been in the gang for maybe half an hour. Jughead tells Tall Boy to stop being a lil bitch and then everyone cheers. We get a quick shot of Sweet Pea and i’m like oh i forgot about you. You’re kind really hot. So like he can stay. Toni Topaz is still just hanging around and I still don’t like her. I don’t want to not like her but like come on.

Archie comes over to Veronica's and really wants to talk about his feelings but V is like” hmmm no how about be don’t and we just get busy instead?”

Archie and Veronica both seek their parents advice about the Love issue and it’s honestly a little awk.

FP walks out of jail like a true baller and i’m just so glad that he’s back. Daddys Home. Alice came with them to pick up FP and is like “ so how sexually frustrated are you?” ALICE OMG!

So FP isn’t going to be a serpent anymore? What happened to being a serpent for life? Alice knows that if FP is going to be a waiter he’s going to turn back to drinking real quick. Waiting tables will have him hitting the bottle within the hour.

Archie and Veronica keep it in their pants for long enough to start the investigation and find out that they need to go to the devil's house.

So FP and Jughead suddenly both have their own motorcycles and they go on a father son ride. I just want to say again how much I love FP. Jughead is a dumb little bitch and lies to FP about Penny. We find out that FP was in the army and i’m just like “ that’s hot”. Jugheads hair is just so intense in this scene and It needs to calm down a little bit. FP just wants Jughead to pursue his dreams of being a writer. He’s just such a good dad.

So Reggie has his Daddy offer Josie 5 thousand dollars to perform at his car dealership so that he can get a date with her and i’m like who knew Reggie had so much cash on hand. That’s hot. But I mean come on Reggie.That’s a little desperate. Play hard to get.

Cheryl starts coming for FP and Jughead is not having it. Jughead wants his Daddy to be treated like a king and won’t settle for less. FP is top shit and everyone should know it. Betty wants to throw him a party because the only things she knows how to do is throw parties and solve murders.

Betty rolls up to the bar and Toni is working there and i’m like okay that’s so fake. She can’t be a bartender she’s literally a child. Betty and Toni chat like old friends and Betty admits to wanting to be serpent adjacent which is so a sentence I would say just in my everyday life. Some old serpent bat is like Betty you have to do this serpent strip tease and she also calls her Sweet Valley High and no nick name has ever been so fitting. She is so an elizabeth I just can’t handle it, but watch out here comes dark Betty.

So they’re going to have a retirement Party for FP. So i guess you can just leave a gang whenever you want. That just doesn’t seem on brand.

Penny calls Jughead and makes him come meet her at pops for another secret chat. Jughead is like  “fuck you Penny this was a one time thing” and she’s like “ I already told you i’m blackmailing you did you forget?”. Jughead once again decides that he has the authority to speak for the whole gang and tells Penny to go fuck herself. He tries to make a dramatic exit but then Penny is like “ Um i’ll murder your girlfriend so you better do what I say.” So poor little Juggie is in a pickle.

Veronica and Archie head out ot the devil's house and she’s wearing a cape AGAIN. We find out there’s a third child who didn’t get murdered so now they gotta hunt this guy down. This is more detective work then they’ve done the whole series so they are probably very tired.

Alice storms into Pops to have a chat with FP about their children and not letting Betty get wrapped up in the serpents. Okay i’m so strongly getting the vibe that something went down with FP and Alice back in the day. Like come on “ They weren’t all mistakes”. FP is like come to the party and Alice thinks he’s high and besides her boring husband would never come. FP tells her to leave Hal at home wink wink. Like honestly shove it Hal. I’m so convinced now that they had a thing or something like. Freak. Honestly this has the potential to be so gossip girl. Jughead and Betty are about to be the new Dan and Serena with their parents having a romantic past. I could be wrong but whatever.

So they finally get the whole scooby gang together and Archie and Veronica report their findings to bughead. Betty and Jughead have a party to plan which they forgot to invite Archie and Veronica to so they have to leave the rest of the investigation to the B team.

So the janitor is the third kid and they find out that the riverdale reaper is dead so there goes that lead but I don’t think we’re done with the janitor yet.

Betty practices being sexy in the mirror and honestly it’s kind of tough to watch. Yikes what's going to happen? Oh shit she took her hair down. It’s about to get real.

Alice and Betty roll up to the bar and Alice Cooper doesn’t do anything half assed so she’s in her biker best. She’s like living her best life and getting shots but she’s got Bettys back and she’s ordered her a shirley temple.

Archie and Veronica have a talk and Archie gets all pissy that Veronica doesn't love him.

They sing Mad World and i’m like okay so is this show supposed to use songs that put me in such a depressive state that I want to swallow a hand full of sedatives, drink a bottle of wine and sink into a bath to live out the final moments of my life?

Also the sheer number of musical numbers in this show like i’m sorry i didn’t know i was watching glee.Archie and Veronica bail and Betty saves the day. Holy shit she takes off her clothes what the actual fuck you literal 15-16 year old. I’m dying. Omg stop. I can’t do this. Jughead is like not living his best life. Alice is not ready for this. I’m not ready for this. Alice wanted her to dress more like serpent but she didn’t mean like this. FP leads an awkward clap for Betty and then gives her his jacket so that she can cover up for christ sake.

FP gives this big speech and honestly kind of calls out Jughead for not always being on his side. FP is still going to be the HBIC of the serpents and I’m like “ yas. These are your people” . Jughead is like not happy about it but like he thought that FP was still going to be a serpent before so like….

Oh shit. FP knows about Penny and is staying a Serpent to protect Jughead. He is pissed that Jughead didn’t do the only thing he asked him to do. FP is here to clean up the mess. He’s doing what he has to do. What he always does. He’s just the best. That forehead kiss broke my damn heart. I love him.

Okay so like did Archie and Veronica just break up because Veronica isn’t ready to love him? Jughead doesn’t want Betty to get wrapped up in the Serpent world so he’s breaking up with her to protect her? Yikes. Why is everyone getting dumped? This is such drama.

Oh shit so now Archie is going to go after Betty because he knows that she can love him? Fuck. I can’t deal with this.

Alright now for real. Where is Smithers? There must have been a reason they had him replaced with Andre. Where is Kevin? Hanging out with his hot dad? Where is Reggie? Hanging out with his rich dad? For the love of god WHERE IS MOOSE?

[allmytwistedshadows]

Picture Perfect

Pairing: Jughead Jones x Reader

Requested: No

Summary: (Y/N) is a photographer for the yearbook. It’s come to the point in the year where she has to start getting pictures of the different clubs and extracurriculars. Next on her list: The Blue and Gold. But when the Cooper women are running late and she’s left alone with one Jughead Jones, what will happen?

Word Count: 1,786

Warnings: None

AN: Gif is not mine. Requests are open

Being at school at 7:30 on a Saturday morning was not something (Y/N) wanted to do; but what else could she do when she needed this picture. (Y/N), while only a sophomore, was in charge of taking pictures of all of the clubs, extracurriculars, and sports teams for the yearbook. The last extracurricular on her list: The Blue and Gold.

She had been scheduled to take the picture this past Thursday. Living in Riverdale, however, there always seemed to be some new drama going on that put a big roadblock in her path. When it came to rescheduling, the professional advisor for the paper, Alice Cooper, wasn’t available for Friday and the issue couldn’t be put off into the next week--(Y/N) had to have these pictures in my second period Monday. 

So here she was, walking down the halls of Riverdale High School with her camera bag slung over her shoulder and a coffee in her left hand. The only thing on her mind was snapping the picture as soon as possible so she could get back to her warm bed and fall asleep pretending she didn’t have any homework to take care of.

(Y/N) turned down the familiar hallway and stopped just outside the Blue and Gold offices. She was both surprised and relieved to see the door wide open. Surprised because she couldn’t believe any student had actually gotten up early enough to be there. Relieved because that meant they could be done faster--she had anticipated having to wait thirty minutes past the slotted time in order for all of the sleepy teens to wander in. Then again, with a Cooper running the show how rag tag could this place be?

She stepped into the doorway and looked around the room. (Y/N) couldn’t spot Mrs. Cooper or her daughter Betty anywhere. Instead she saw none other than Jughead Jones sitting at one of the desks typing away at his computer.

She watched him with fascination for a moment, honestly intrigued by what she saw. He sat there with the upmost concentration. His blue eyes were squinted in concentration, looking past the strand of dark hair that fell in front of them. As she stood there and watched him type away on the keyboard.

“Take a picture--it will last longer,” he said suddenly, catching her off guard for a moment.

She could feel her cheeks heat up from the embarrassment of being caught staring at him. “That’s, uh, it’s kinda my job,” she stuttered out, wanting to smack herself for seeming like a stuttering fool.

“So you’re the infamous school photographer,” Jughead says as he turns away from the computer and towards her.

“(Y/N) (L/N),” she informed him with a nod of her head.

“I’m a fan of your work,” he told her. “I especially liked the one of me and Archie Andrews at Pops in last year’s yearbook. I didn’t realize there are usually pictures in the yearbook that don’t have anything to do to school.”

It didn’t take her long to realize what Jughead was talking about. It had been early October when she had gone into Pops to get pictures for her photography class assignment. She had decided to look for inspiration in Pop’s and saw the two boys in their booth. There was something about the two boys that stuck with her until she finally snapped a picture of the two. 

“That wasn’t actually supposed to be in there,” she told him. “I had taken it for an assignment earlier in the year. They must have seen it once I turned in the memory card and decided to use it.” It was the honest truth--she hadn’t thought anything of the picture on the card when she turned it in for the editors to sort through the cards. It had been just as much of a surprise to her when she found the picture in the book. “So, do you know when the others are gonna be here?”

“Who ever knows where freshmen are?” Jughead asks with a bit of a smirk. “I got a text from Betty about ten minutes ago. Turns out the Cooper women are uncharacteristically late today.”

“How scandalous,” (Y/N) joked back as she moved to sit in one of the open swivel chairs.

“Tell me about it,” he returned, a playfulness finding its way into his smirk. “So, got any hilariously awful candids in that camera of yours?”

(Y/N) raised an eyebrow to the dark haired boy across from her. “Is that even a question?” she wondered. “I have to say, Betty is like a walking, talking meme in most of the pictures I take of her.”

She grins at the little smile she’s able to get from the boy as he nods his head. “Yup, sounds like Bets. So, any cringeworthy ones of me?”

“Hate to say it Jughead, but almost every single one of you is the same,” she admitted to him.

“Oh?” he asked with an arch to his eyebrow. “What am I doing?”

“You are either staring at your computer with a frown and some kind of lip bite, listening to your friends, glaring at some kid in the halls, or even glaring at my camera,” (Y/N) clarified. 

“Ah yes,” Jughead started as he leaned back, a satisfied grin on his lips, “I do try to do that every time I spot you pointing the camera at me or my friends.”

“Well, there goes the Peter Parker-esque photographer in the shadows vibe I was going for,” I joke with a little slap of the knee to try and get across my ‘disappointment’. “So tell me, Jughead Jones, how often do you notice me from my spot on the wall?”

“Show me the pictures first and I will.”

I grin slightly at his ‘dire’ ultimatum and you my legs to push myself across the floor so my chair is next to his. “Anything specific?” I ask as I switch on the camera.

“Something that will make me feel like I have a soul.”

(Y/N) couldn’t help but start laughing a bit. She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t a fan of the same sardonic humor as Jughead. There would be sometimes where she would walk past his table at lunch and had to hold back her laughter at one of his jokes because, hello, stalker much?

The two of them sat there, laughing at some of the truly cringeworthy candids she was told to snap for the yearbook. The best part about her photos is that they didn’t abide by the Riverdale social caste system. There were jocks and Vixens and anime lovers and everyone alike in these pictures, equal and meme worthy. Hell, she’d even gotten one of the Cheryl Blossom in the middle of a hair flip where her lips were weirdly puckered. She’d never let it be put in the yearbook, though--Cheryl scared her too much.

“Hey,” Jughead said suddenly after they’d been looking and laughing for a good ten minutes. “Why aren’t there any pictures of you in here.”

“Kinda hard to do that when you’re the one behind the camera,” she pointed out to him. 

A mischievous look found its way into his eyes. “Well, we’ve have to fix that,” Jughead told her before taking the camera from her and pointed at her.

A blush found its way to her cheeks as she began to block her face. “What are you doing?” she cried, a small bit of laughter finding its way into her voice.

“Shhh,” Jughead told her, laughing a bit himself. “Just smile for the camera (Y/N).”

“Do you even realize how creepy that sounds?”

“Not until after I’d said it.”

He continued to snap pictures of her as she tried to hide, trying to figure out an excuse. “You’re gonna waste the memory card!”

“I will stop if you give me a nice smile for the camera.” (Y/N) peaked at him through her hands and slowly moved her hands away. She gave a little grin to the camera and he snapped the picture. She watched as he looked at the photo and there was a small twitch at the corner of his mouth. “Picture perfect,” he told her as he turned the camera to her.

She looked at the picture and found that, miraculously, she didn’t hate it. The grin on her lips wasn’t awkward like every single photo her parents tried to take of her. The morning light seemed to hit her just right, illuminating her (e/c) eyes. “Not bad Jones,” she complimented. “Maybe you should come join me taking photos for the yearbook.”

“Or maybe you should take pictures for the Blue and Gold,” he returned.

“We’re here,” you heard Mrs Cooper say as she and Betty entered the room. “But those freshman interns aren’t. What are the chances we can take the picture without them?”

“Kind of against the rules, Mrs Cooper,” you told her as you stood up.

“A shame,” she said, sounding genuinely disappointed. “Would have been the perfect teaching opportunity: the importance of deadlines.”

“Give them the lecture when they get here, Mom,” Betty told her mom.

And boy she did. It was another twenty minutes before the last of the freshmen interns came in. (Y/N) waited until Mrs Cooper’s lecture was done before getting them all into a formation and snapping multiple pictures. Gotta have choices, y’know.

“Alright, this should be good,” she told the group as she looked over the pictures. “Thanks, everyone.”

She began to pack up her camera equipment, focusing on properly cleaning the lense. 

“I never told you how often.”

She jumped slightly upon Jughead appearing next to her. “What do you mean?” (Y/N) asked as she turned to him.

“You asked me earlier how often I noticed you. The answer is all the time.” (Y/N) was taken aback with surprise. “I don’t know what it is about you but every time you enter a room my eyes are drawn to you.”

(Y/N) looked at him, deeply analyzing the information he’d just given her. She combed through her feelings quickly, remembering all of the times she would get this weird...fluttering feeling whenever she was around him. (Y/N) had never known what the feeling was. She was unexperienced with anything regarding love. Could that possibly have been even an inkling of it?

“I...don’t really know how I feel about you. There’s definitely something there but I’m not quite sure what,” she admitted to him just then.

Jughead smirked at her slightly. “Why don’t you join me at Pop’s later tonight and we’ll explore that together.”

(Y/N) smiled at him softly as she looked him in the eyes. “It’s a date.”