#trust me I’m a riverdale understander

[zenon-karr]

When queer love saves riverdale and all the endgame ships are queer that’s what ‘it’s not queerbaiting it’s saving the world.’ /really/ means.

[anotherbluesunday]

✨Teaser: In Technicolor✨

So some of you may know this, but my next fic that was set to release was originally called “Ballad of a Teenage Dream” and was a Wednesday x Skam crossover that showcased all the highs and lows of high school and the growing pains that come with the transition from teenager to young adult.

Well that story has been reworked, overhauled, and given new life.

I present to you my high school dramady, In Technicolor.

Set in Los Angeles, California, the story follows two groups of friends as their worlds collide. A modern spin on the social dynamics of Romeo and Juliet where two factions are warring but cannot remember why or why their bitter rivalry is so important to their identity, In Technicolor highlights the feuding of the wealthy and the everyday citizens to show the consequences that come from stripping culture and history from the city streets in the name of gentrification. It explores the complex relationships of families on either side of the fence to reveal that wealth does not always bring happiness. And finally, at the center of it all, the complicated friendships and relationships of the members of these two groups as they meld into one.

For our East LA champions, we follow the Addams siblings and their mismatched group of skateboarders, graffiti artists, musicians, and street racers.

For our Palisades elite, we focus on the Blossoms and Galpin’s—two families from extreme wealth that are not entirely honest about what they show the world.

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Important Story Information: If the visuals were not enough to give it away, this story will be a crossover with a different fandom. Entering the mix is the ensemble from Riverdale. I do want to caution readers now, there will be crossover pairings, character retcon on both sides, ageing up, ageing down, and changes to character personalities.

One such example is that Wednesday isn’t allergic to color and isn’t entirely unapproachable. She smiles and laughs but only when around those she trusts like her family and friends. Pugsley has been aged up and is Wednesday’s twin brother. My face claim for this version of Pugsley is Xolo Mariduẽna and I have made Pugsley (who also will be going by “Lee”) more confident and hotheaded with some snark and sass. Second to that, my face claim for Pubert “Bertie” Addams is Malachi Barton and Pubert/Bertie will be one year younger than his siblings—the twins Wednesday and Pugsley age 17 and in their senior year and Bertie age 16 entering his junior year.

On the Riverdale side of the crossover, I have made certain changes that I don’t want to reveal just yet for Archie’s character. That surprise will come soon enough because next I will be posting moodboards for specific couples that will be at the center of this story. But one change I will discuss now to get it out there to avoid hate comments and harassment is the issue of is Cheryl bi or is she a lesbian. In my story, she’s bi and will be paired with a male lead. I understand that the actress for her character went back and forth on Cheryl’s orientation but, to me, Cheryl reads like a chaotic bisexual that goes back and forth on her identity because being bi is confusing enough. And as someone who is bi, I would like to see more representation and fiction for people like myself because fandoms are so quick to erase bisexuality and pansexuality and criticize us when we speak up about it. So in this story, Cheryl is bi and she has broken up with her most recent girlfriend before meeting her next partner who is a man. And it’s fine.

If this upsets you, just swipe off of this post. Don’t leave mean comments or take digs at me because I’m not for any of this fandom infighting nonsense. It’s fiction and these characters can be whatever you want them to be in your stories.

However, if you don’t mind Cheryl liking both men and women, you don’t have an opinion either way, or your curious to see how this’ll pan out, stay tuned. I’d love to share this story with you. All are welcome so long as things stay civil and breezy.

So with that, I look forward to updating with the couple’s board and then the first chapter titlecard along with the chapter itself. Until then, stay lovely and stay groovy.💜

[petalsmooth]

I’ve more or less moved on from Riverdale. 

I am ONLY interested in Jabitha of which we have NO content right now. 

RAS being out a show to screw up.

Cole being released from this toxic show/cast.

I have spent last few months re-watching old favorites or reading old favorites. I’ve been re-discovering what it is to watch and read things I ENJOY and it has just cemented how little I enjoy most of Riverdale. Aforementioned exception of Jabitha. Who do make me smile.

I only want to watch or read stories that entertain me or make me happy. I like escapist entertainment. Riverdale isn’t escapist entertainment. It’s a flailing show with no rhyme or purpose servicing too many ego’s. It allows personal ambitions, relationships and biases to affect it’s direction rather than the audience’s enjoyment of the show or letting the characters move in realistic manner for THEM. It inspires no trust in it’s audience. There is no logical path to follow to ascertain it’s endgame. They literally just fling everything up in the air and see where it scatters.

There is just so much history with Star Trek and the next generation cast. I’m currently watching, remembering and kind of loving how a man who once lectured Spock and Kirk about Cowboy diplomacy and duty being considered the paragon of new Star Fleet is now the one being lectured by a hard nosed unimaginative captain about their crashing of ships and defying of star fleet edicts. Only took a lifetime for Picard to realize what Kirk knew in his 30′s. lol

I love the repore with Stewart and Frakes’. I love Beverly FINALLY being back in this universe. I love the implications of what Beverly having another son may mean. I’m invested in these characters because of the actors themselves and the history that is not uprooted and erased just because an actor throws a fit. TBH, in the Star Trek universe Voyager is probably closer to comparison to RD in how BTS drama could spoil a show. Which makes it interesting they pulled Jeri Ryan’s character into this universe, this cast would have been a far more welcoming one that the one she initially came to fame on.

And so maybe currently enjoying TWO casts, Bridgerton and TNG, that seem to be on fairly good terms make RD in less tolerable. I simply don’t care about KJ, Lili or Camilla’s whining or ambitions. I find it short sighted and shallow. Acting can be hard work It’s not say...construction work but you do delve into emotions and end of the day that can produce a different level of fatigue. I get it. But it’s still supposed to be fun. You are getting paid to play make believe. they are whining about getting to play dress up each day and do what they did at 6 year’s old. They are somehow completely unaware of how that sounds to people who don’t have that job. There were a handful of people at my work told they had cancer this week. My job isn’t make believe. It’s why I like escapist entertainment. So I have a hard time understanding why I should be engrossed in KJ’s tale of over indulgence and privilege and how he didn’t appreciate it enough while at same time still wanting to shout how he wants more opportunity. You were given an opportunity, abused it, were unprofessional and now that the gravy train ends want someone to stick out their neck for you again? Ok KJ. Good luck with that.

Ambitions are fine, goals are fine. Nothing inherently evil in having them but the one young cast member who WAS professional and appreciated he is in a privileged position they have endlessly mocked for it over the year’s. So really...I could care less about their belated scrambling attempts to run to the media to rehab their professional reputations to appear employable now. 

The entertainment business is a hard one to maintain a career in. IMO the ones who appreciate their positions are the ones who deserve to still be employed 30 year’s later as the TNG now is. Or deserve break out cameos and roles in new films as Bridgerton cast is being offered. I really don’t think most of the RD cast deserves any further opportunities given the only awakening they seem to have is the paychecks are soon to end. I’ve yet to see them truly realize how terribly they have responded to fame beyond an oligatory soundbite for the masses.

[chonidale]

Thank you for the fic recs. I adore their relationship and (most of) their storylines, and I apologize for implying otherwise. As I said, season 7 is everything.

Apparently I still have some frustrations bubbling under the surface. I just mainlined all 7 seasons in an embarrassingly short time, so I haven’t waded through my thoughts on it fully. I’m glad I watched from the start and I can see how things were set up even if there wasn’t always follow through. With the full story out, I possibly had a different perspective going into S5/S6 so I enjoyed the early angst after the jump and the Abigail shenanigans. While their breakup wasn’t handled perfectly, it was clear to me Toni was looking for stability post time jump. And I recognize the attempt the writers made to show one of these things is not like the other regarding Choni and the other relationship. All that to say, I see what the writers did or tried to do in some instances. There were some others that fell a little flat for me. I prefer motivation beyond servicing a throwaway plot when a character regresses or at least to have the moment addressed again, but I recognize they were balancing a lot of different story threads and they did address some character regressions in later seasons. Overall, it’s a very human trait to fall into old patterns that was not my issue.

Ultimately I’m just trying to get a sense of the characters, so certainly some fault is mine with not grasping narrative pieces. I’m working on coming to terms with the missed potential, which is where the fic writing comes in I suppose.

I honestly didn’t mean for my frustrations to bleed through, or for you to rehash aspects that you’ve probably discussed to death over the course of the show’s run. I could have praised the performances without denigrating other aspects and I am sorry for that. The truth is I watched every episode because I found Cheryl and Toni’s stories compelling in every timeline.

no, i get it. trust, you won't find a single choni fan that hasn't expressed their frustrations for every aspect of their story or all the missed opportunities and wasted potential. this blog is full of mine. but with the story over, it all turned out happily and we got the best end of all the ships (which nobody would have ever expected), and since you didn't have to live through the gutter years live, you can't quite understand what the final season and its contents and just that picture perfect ending means for us. i just think you have to adjust expectations and standards to the show and judge it according to that and compare it to the other stories on the show instead of expecting the same thing you expect from other shows. and yeah, there were the usual tv double standards even all the way to the end, but at the end of the day, the riverdale writers are who they are and they have their strengths and weaknesses and habits and we all knew what all those were by the end, and you just kinda have to take them or leave them. it's obviously different for someone that just binged the whole show at once, but for me, i'm just over focusing on the negative and complaining about what could have been because i've done it to death and it's not changing anything and they got a happy ending and i thought their story was beautiful. and despite all the ugliness of the time jump, it added a huge layer of depth to their story so i wouldn't change it, really. i'll forever be bummed about the things we didn't get or the potential they squandered but they also got so much more than i ever thought they'd get so i choose to focus on that, i guess.

[xtinyslip]

lcvenderhcze​:

“do you? do you know better, dearest?” edgar snapped back, shaking his head a little bit, because.. clearly, she did not understand it. clearly, she didn’t understand any of this and right now, that was the most frustrating thing of all. how was she out here pretending to be the victim when she most certainly was not? she was the one who had proven to be unreliable. he had been counting on her and she had failed him, time and time again, especially when it came to the coopers. how could he ever trust her again? oh, said trust was not there and it never would be again. right? “i trusted you. i would have done anything for you and guess what, i did! despite what everyone else told me, despite my better fucking judgement - i never once gave up on you and you… you just let me down for the last time. i can find much better. i’m edgar evernever. i don’t need some stupid little bitch to tell me what to do.” was he raging? yes, and.. right now, he was pretty damn sure that he would continue to be for good. “yes. i think so. you might think that you’re the only one in the world for me, but you’re not. i could and perhaps.. have already found someone better. you’re not special.” never had been and yes, he had been foolish to let himself remember that. “will you? i think you underestimate who i am. i can make you leave. right now.” @xtinyslip

“I KNOW YOU. who cares about the rest?" evelyn didn't and quite frankly she hadn't cared about anyone else other than her husband and the farm for a long time. she may have held certain attachments in riverdale but she was happy to shrug them off if needs be. in fact, she had done and rather easily. she knew what was important and where her loyalties led. “i made my concerns about the coopers being apart of what we are very clear. those bitches were always more trouble than they were ever worth to you. to us. to the farm. i know what you did for me. i will never forget what you did for me which is why i’m here. how many people underestimated me? us? how many people? they all did because they are not us and they’ll never understand whether you want that to be true or not. it is! you don’t think i’ll be able to make this up to you? you’re wrong.” oh, he was getting under her skin and she forgot how easily he was able to do it. everyone else she was able to keep her cool, hold her rage but with him it was like he let off a firework in her rage and it was showing now. “some stupid little bitch? THIS LITTLE BITCH HAS BEEN WITH YOU SINCE THE BEGINNING!” now he’d done it. “you and i both know that we are meant to be together. hate me, love me -- we do it together.” they always had done. she didn’t know anything else now and she didn’t want to. she wouldn’t. he was waiting for her to bow down and give up? well, clearly his memory was distorted because she didn’t do that shit. not for anyone. evelyn moved so close to him she could feel his breath against her skin, torn between wanting to smack him and kiss him. “please go on? i’m waiting.”

@lcvenderhcze

[bonniebird]

Sweet Pea x Fem!Reader

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Warning: Stalker, stalking behaviour, stalker breaking and entering

As the fight broke out you covered your ears and gasped. The sound of the first punch cracked the air like a whip. Backing through the crowd you bumped into someone. In the dim light and from the mask they were wearing you realised it was Sweet Pea.

“I want to get out of here.” You said and grabbed his hand. Silently he led you away from the fighting and towards the woods in the direction of Pop’s, you assumed at first. “I don’t think this is the way to Pop’s.” You said after a while. The mask wearer looked back at you and silently pointed toward the trees. 

“(Y/N)!” You heard bellowed out. There was a loud rustle and Jughead whipped out of the forest, spreading torn branches and leaves into the air and he used his jacket to protect himself. You were so startled by his sudden appearance that you let go of Sweet Pea’s hand. When you turned back to him he’d gone. “I found (Y/N)!” Jughead yelled.

“I wasn’t lost? I was going to Pop’s with Sweet Pea.” You said and frowned when Sweet Pea emerged from where Jughead had moments before.

“How did you get over there so quickly?” You asked. Sweet Pea frowned, and glanced at Jughead then at you.

“What’re you talking about? Someone went off with you into the woods.” He insisted. You frowned but didn’t have time to press the issue as Sweet Pea tightly gripped your arm and steered you in the opposite direction as Fangs and Toni marched past.

“We’ll find them!” Toni yelled. Several more serpents hurried past. You found yourself marched back out of the woods the way you came and towards Sweet Pea’s bike. 

“I don’t understand!” You complained and yanked your arm from Sweet Pea’s. “Sweet Pea went that way with me to Pop’s. He had the mask that Sweet Pea wore at the Halloween party earlier and he had his jacket on.”

“They had a serpent jacket?” Jughead asked.

“Yes.” You said in a sarcastically sing-song voice, irritated that no one seemed to be taking you seriously.

“(Y/N). Sweet Pea was with me the whole time.” Betty said as she glanced around at the group and gave you a sympathetic look.

"You’re telling me the person in the mask isn’t Sweet Pea! Ew, I held their hand!" You said and rubbed your hand on your shirt before looking at them all curiously. “Well, then who was it?” 

“We don’t know but I’m sure Toni will get them. If she doesn’t I will.” Veronica said. She looked furious. Now no one wanted to attend it anymore. Trust some random person in Riverdale to spoil the fun. She decided that she’d find someone and move the party to your house as a surprise. Only people she knew would be allowed through the door.

“You’re sure they were wearing a Southside Serpents jacket? A Riverdale one?” Archie asked. He’d stepped away to fill in Reggie who hurried off with a few friends after Toni and Fangs.

“Yes. He was dressed exactly like Sweet Pea. Exactly what he had on. Also, he was wearing the same cologne.” You explained. Jughead looked a bit worried at that and shrugged.

“Well. Why don’t you go home with Sweet Pea just in case they were after you for something? You���ve helped me and Betty solve enough mysteries that it could be the case. I’m sure it’s just some Halloween prank and we’ll all be at Ronnie’s party in no time.” Jughead suggested. You agreed and went with Sweet Pea. he pulled up the seat of his bike and pulled out the helmet he kept for you. Toni had drawn some cool designs on it for you a while back. 

You and Sweet pea headed back to your house. You passed the time by watching some Halloween cartoons. After a while, your phone rang.

“Hello?” You said.

“Hey! It’s Toni. You need to make sure all your doors and windows are locked.” She said frantically. You frowned and put her on speaker.

“Why? What happened?” You asked.

“Jug is on his way to explain, just make sure you’re locked in!” Toni insisted. The tone of her voice had Sweet Pea vaulting over the sofa and hurrying to check the doors and windows downstairs. He even went room to room, checking no one was hiding in the house. Jughead arrived not too long later. FP was with him. He looked rather grim as he waited at the end of your pathway.

“What happened?” Sweet Pea asked. He stepped just outside of your doorway, forcing you to stay inside a little.

“Look. urm. It’s. It's bad.” Jughead said. His voice sounded odd. Off. Uncomfortably strained as if he was incredibly worried.

“Just spit it out, Jug!” You complained. He didn’t say anything. Just reached into his pocket. He handed Sweet pea a big folded lump of paper. When Sweet Pea infolded it you could both see photocopies of polaroid pictures. 

“These are all of (Y/N).” Sweet pea muttered as he flicked through them. You felt a little sick. “This. Jug. This is the side of (Y/N)’s bedroom. This is (Y/N) asleep upstairs…” Sweet Pea’s voice changed from shocked to furious. 

“We know. There were more in the campervan. He has a whole setup in the woods. It looks like he was planning on taking (Y/N).” Jughead said quietly to Sweet Pea. bile rose in your throat as your chest tightened. You noticed that FP flagged someone down and several bikes pulled up next to his car.

“Ok Jug.” FP called. Alice pushed him aside and hurried up the steps. Betty was close behind her with Veronica stopping so furiously that her high heels managed to dislodge one of the paving stones of your garden path. 

“You go in and pack. You’re staying with me and Betty ok. FP is going to stay here with some friends in case this creep comes back.” Alice said as she led you inside. While she and Betty went around downstairs and gathered things you’d need for a long stay with them, you tried to head upstairs. You got halfway up before a horrible unease set over you. 

“I’ll come.” Sweet Pea said as he hurried up to meet you and put a hand on your back. Nodding you went up. He helped you pack your things and carried some of your bags downstairs. He hugged you as you let Betty take your things to her mom's car.

“We’ll get this all sorted.” He said as you pulled away. His face was stern and his jaw clenched. You went off with Betty, Alice, and Veronica while everyone else either split off to find the guy or stayed to watch your house. The car ride to the Cooper house was quiet and when you pulled up on the drive you saw that Fred Andrews was waiting on his porch. He hurried around and helped you all inside.

“Archie filled me in on what’s happening. Toni and Cheryl are on their way down. From what I hear you have your own security crew.” Fred tried to give you an encouraging smile but it looked more like a pitying grimace.

“Let’s go upstairs. We can sort out the spare room for you.” Betty suggested. You nodded and you went up with her. Veronica followed close behind after kicking off her heels.

“I know it’s the smallest deal right now with everything going on but Betty. Your carpets are amazingly soft.” You all laughed and when Toni and Cheryl arrived ready to comfort you and promise defence to their dying breath they found the three of you laughing so hard that you were in tears while appreciating the softness of the Cooper carpet.

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[thelonewriters-fic-central]

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Mafia crime family. It might be big deal to others but to you it was your whole life. You just became more prominent in your mafia family due to some life changes. You just told your father you were ready for some more solo missions, finally being confident enough to handle yourself. He sent you to Riverdale definitely not what you were expecting considering you grew up in New York so the culture change of a small town hit you like a truck. But when he told you it was a favor to Hiram Lodge it made a lot more sense to you. The Lodge family has always been close to yours. Your dad and Hiram have been best friends since college so naturally you were a lot more happy to be of help to him. You pulled up to the Lodge residence and tipped the driver. You knocked on the door and it opened revealing Hiram Lodge.

“Y/N your here. Thank you for coming all this way. I don’t think we could have anyone better that we could trust.” Hiram said, stepping aside letting you in.

“Of course anything for the Lodges. My father sends his regards. If you don’t mind me asking why did you need my help? My impression was that you held down your fort pretty well here.” You asked and he sighed and shook his head.

“Well you see there are a pretty dangerous gang around here the serpents. We could use the extra protection for my family and I heard you’ve become quite the unit back at home. I just want to make sure that we’re safe here.” Hiram said pouring a drink for himself.

“I see well I’ll definitely be of help to you Hiram. What would you like me to do first?” You ask as he takes a sip of his drink.

“I was thinking you stick around my wife first.” He said and your eyes go wide slightly.

Flash back from a couple months ago

“Oh yes Y/N just like that baby.” Hermione moans on top of you digging her nails into your skin.

“Let it all out for me darling.” You said helping her go faster making her finish on top of you. You wrapped your arms around her waist helping her down. You laid back down and Hermione settled herself on your chest.

“So when do you have to leave again?” You ask and she groans.

“You always find a way to ruin the moment don't you.” She says sitting up grabbing the top sheet to cover her chest.

“Well you knew it was coming eventually. I just don’t understand why you can’t just divorce Hiram already. You’ve come to see me at least a dozen times already, you can’t tell me you don’t feel what I feel every time you're here.” She sighs and gets up grabbing her dress that was discarded on the floor of the hotel room.

“It’s not that easy Y/N. I can’t just leave him like that it’s hard getting away from him. Beside I still have Veronica to think of here.” You stand up, taking off your strap and put on your boxers.

“Your daughter is a teenager now I’m sure see can see right through the charade your putting on for her. As for Hiram I know it’s hard but I’ll be there for you every step of the way.” You stand behind her helping her zip up her dress. She turns her head slightly looking you in the eyes. Hermione turns around in your hold and pulls you down to kiss her. She pulls away first letting her lips linger on yours.

“It’s just not the right time.” Heriome says leaning her forehead against yours.

Back to the present

“Are you alright Y/N?” Hiram says as you got out of your trance.

“Yeah I’m fine. Just zoned out for a second. So you were saying?” You asked stuffing your hands in your pockets.

“As I was saying you’ll just be following her around on her day to day activities. Also I found a great place for you to stay for awhile it’s just down the street. Hermione will show you the place today. I hope the accommodations will be alright.” He says and you nod along.

“Oh also I didn’t tell Hermione it was you that would be coming. I thought it might be a nice surprise since I remember you two were getting along quite well at the last gathering.” Hiram said walking out the room gesturing to you to follow him. As if right on queue Hermione enters the room, her eyes find yours and she freezes.

“Hermione this is the bodyguard I hired for us. You’ll show him that place we bought for him before you go about the rest of your plans for today.” Hiram says and you walk towards Hermione.

“S-sure Hiram I’ll do that. Let’s go now please we have a lot to do today.” She says grabbing your arm and walking you towards the door. The car ride to your temporary residence was silent, it wasn’t until you got through the door of the apartment that she spoke again.

“What were you thinking coming here?” She yelled slightly.

“Look I thought Hiram just wanted me to help him with a few things I didn’t think I would have to tag along with you everywhere. Come on Hermione you can’t tell me your not at least a little happy to see me.” You said and she sighed wrapping her arms around your neck.

“Well I didn’t exactly say that.” She said leaning in to kiss you.

Over the next few weeks you did as you were told to do. You ended up helping Veronica out as well for a bit but you were mostly around Hermione. You ended up running errands with her and doing some other stuff with her. You finally got a couple days off to yourself. You decide to finally clean up your place a bit since you've been neglecting it for awhile. It took you all day but your place was spotless then you heard a knock at your door. Looking through the peephole you saw Hermione standing at the door. You opened the door instantly and what you saw made your stomach churn. She was crying and a very prominent hand print was embedded on her face. You gritted your teeth but you snapped out of it when you felt her hug you. You wrapped your arms around her. After what felt like forever she finally said something.

“H-he hit me.” She said, confirming your fear. You thought she was safe. You never thought he would do such a malicious thing to her.

“I’m sorry. Can you tell me what happened so I know what I can do next?” You asked and she nodded slowly.

“He got Archie arrested and framed him for murder and when I confronted him about it he lashed out. The next thing I knew his hand was already there slapping me for questioning him.” Hermione said, sobbing into your shoulder. You walked her over to the couch sitting her down so she could be more comfortable. After a couple hour of cuddling on the couch she settled down enough.

“I’m leaving him Y/N. I should’ve realized it sooner but I want to be with you. Everytime we’re not together I miss you you’ve always made me feel safe and I just want you. I love you Y/N.” She said and you smiled at her words.

“I love you too Hermione and I will help you through all of this I promise. I’m here for you.”

Request by @zoomdeathknight

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

2022 MOVIE OF THE WEEK #26

do revenge. oops i did not realize that i posted my next movie out of order this was in my drafts and should have been first. i had no idea this movie even existed, despite it starring two actresses i genuinely love, until i read a profile of sarah michelle gellar completely randomly a day or two before it premiered. the interview made it seem like a next-gen cruel intentions, complete with her playing a character ‘who could be katherine, what she’s like today’ as the headmaster.

and when she first showed up in the movie, it really did take me back--she slipped, as well as anyone could be expected to decades later, right back into That Katherine Voice. she chose this movie as part of her return to acting, and she really seemed to be enjoying herself, so i’m happy for her. 

i was also happy for me, because cruel intentions was very important to me as a teenager, and there’s something about her in this movie that just hits me hard that way--she delivers a line at one point about what it’s like to be seventeen, and there’s just so much intensity to it, so much she puts into that one line, where she didn’t have to. it resonated with me, like, this isn’t just the headmaster talking to a student...this is sarah michelle gellar, who was buffy, who was katherine, who was a scream queen, who brought our teenage dreams and fears to life. i just really enjoyed the sort of depths that live in her now, that she wanted to use to make this movie better. because she’s only a small part of it, but she’s a really fun part.

so anyway, i went into this knowing vaguely about her role, and the two leads, and otherwise i just knew it was a netflix movie. that can be REALLY hit or miss these days, there are still some i like but more of them lately are not what i would call good. i was prepared for this one to suck, and to have fun watching it even if it was a bad movie dramatizing bad behavior by rich kids.

but it was surprising! i did not expect maya hawke to play another gay character, and she is a delight always but honestly i love her best queer because while she was great as jo march, i met her as robin and i mean, robin is my netflix icon. that is a measure of my fondness for her. i’m not sure what i expected from camila mendes, she showed off her range on riverdale so i know she can do anything really--but she does play a believable self-absorbed mean girl. 

the beginning of the story confused me occasionally so it’s definitely a better time if you can watch it uncritically and go with the flow. a couple days after we saw it, i ended up putting it on again, as background noise while i was cooking, and that time it was a lot more fun because i wasn’t trying to make things make sense. 

for example, when it opens on a party, we spent most of the scene debating whether the movie was set in the 90s, or if it was a 90s themed party, or if style had just looped back around so all these teens were heavily influenced by it. and i still don’t understand why, if you trusted your boyfriend enough to send him explicit photos, you would assume immediately that he leaked them when they got out, while he claimed he didn’t do it. i know that it’s not relevant to the plot because he couldn’t have proved otherwise, but i genuinely don’t get that early moment, because if i had trusted someone i would give them the benefit of the doubt.

this review is already too long so i won’t go into the plot much more except to say that as @actuallylukedanes​ and i were watching it, i kept mentally guessing what was coming next, or we would discuss what we thought the answers to the movie’s mysteries would be...and every time i expected this movie to go one way, it went another. i don’t think i guessed a single thing right, even when in a few cases i had caught their breadcrumbs at the time and thought ‘huh, what we’re being shown doesn’t quite fit.’ that was really refreshing. i enjoyed being surprised. 

the movie’s not flawless. at a certain point it moved so quickly from the final showdown to its happy ending that it didn’t totally feel earned to me, though that didn’t stop me from enjoying the ending. maya hawke’s performance after the reveal gave me a moment where i saw her fierce uma thurman inheritance shining through, in a way i never have before, which was awesome--but in a different scene i felt like she was tonally borrowing from killing eve’s villanelle, so it was hard to get a good grasp on her. 

was she always at risk of being unhinged and a traumatic event triggered it? did she react rationally to a horrible experience and it’s fine because ‘teenage girls are psychopaths’? in the end we don’t really know, because her counterpart doesn’t care so we’re not supposed to either. blowing so quickly past her actions because they face a greater villain together may make sense for them, but i still have questions! lol.

beyond the performances (sophie turner is living her best life in this it’s fantastic) and the fashion, one of the very best parts of this movie is the music. MY GOD, the music. leander pointed it out before i noticed, but the ‘90s tunes that they mix in between modern artists is just...chef’s kiss. from a song off my favorite hole album to a joyful rendition of bitch to a full-on cruel intentions callback that made me hold my hands over my heart like i was trying to keep a teenage version of me from spilling out...this has a truly excellent soundtrack.

in the end, i appreciate the way that this movie clearly knows what it wanted to be, flaws and crazy and all. the people behind it made choices and then really went for them. i respect that, even when i don’t always like their choices. i would mostly recommend it though--for me, it was a good time.

[heytherejulietx]

Bed ~ Sweet Pea

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Notes - I know this isn’t soulmates but I promise I’m working on that. This fic was typed in just over an hour to get me out of my writer’s block and I’m so so so happy with how it turned out, especially since it’s my first Sweet Pea fic. Let me know what you think!

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Word count - 1.4k.

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One of Y/N’s favourite places was Sweet Pea’s bed.

Toni had asked her once in passing conversation and of course the answer had gotten a lot of teasing (mostly from Fangs) and jokes, which was understandable. But it wasn't what everyone assumed. It wasn’t just about the sex, it was everything that came with it. It was the late night talks snuggled underneath one of Sweet Pea’s many blankets together. It was the early mornings together before school when they got a few minutes of sleep wrapped in a golden sleepy haze of bliss. It was the nights where Sweet Pea insisted on watching a horror movie, claiming they were his favourite, though really it was an excuse to have her hold onto him and it let him hold her even closer. Most of her best memories with Sweet Pea were on his bed when they were alone, and he could break free of the hard exterior he put up in front of everyone else at school or at the Wyrm.

That is what made mornings so special to Y/N. It was the raw and vulnerable state that they were both in that made it so. It was such a magical thing being able to sleep next to someone, and let them witness you at such a vulnerable and innocent state. It made her warm to know that Sweet Pea trusted her enough to sleep with her at his side.

Her eyes fluttered open slowly, giving her time to adjust to the light in the small bedroom of Sweet Pea’s trailer. The first time he had invited her over, she knew that Sweet Pea was embarrassed of his small living space like most of the Serpents were, but she loved his trailer more than her own home. It reminded her of him, everything there did. From the colour of the walls to the softness of his couch, it made her comfortable because it was his. His trailer was a place of many firsts. Their first hug, first kiss, first time; it was their space to be intimate and raw and emotional. It was theirs.

She could feel something tickling her neck and couldn’t help the fond smile that fell over her lips as she looked down at her boyfriend, who was still asleep. His head was tucked against her shoulder so she could feel his soft hair tickling her neck and felt every warm exhale he let out against her collarbone, eyes fluttering again at the feeling. Her hand lifted to run along his back and her palm met bare warm skin, free of his shirt which she had on instead of him. It was a little cliché wearing her boyfriend’s clothes, but it was something she adored. Being swallowed in a shirt that was way too big for her and smelled like Sweet Pea’s cologne was something special, and she knew for a fact that Sweet Pea enjoyed it too. She always noticed how it made him smile that much more when it was clear to other people that she was his girl.

She tore her gaze away from her boyfriend to look at the digital clock that stood on his bedside table and sighed softly, seeing it read six in the morning. As much as she wanted to just go back to sleep, Y/N knew she’d have to get up and start getting ready for the day. If they weren’t ready on time she knew for a fact that Fangs would walk in and get them up himself; it had happened more times than she would like to admit.

Moving slowly to try and not wake Sweet Pea up - wanting to give him an extra ten minutes of sleep before she woke him up too - she attempted to slip out from his arms and get up. Though she only got as far as shuffling over a few inches before his arms tightened around her waist to bring her closer than before, his breath fanned out across her neck as he huffed.

“Pea,” She whined, only being met with a quiet grunt of complaint in her ear, like he was sulking. “We have to get up, come on.”

“Nope.” He mumbled and rolled to be laying completely on top of her again, causing her to sigh despite the fond smile that worked it’s way over her features.

His hands slipped under the shirt she was wearing and she relaxed as his thumbs gently stroked along her ribs, her eyes falling shut again. She could tell what he was doing, trying to convince her to stay in bed, but she wasn’t falling for it. He’d made them late to school three times through doing that, and as much as she loved staying with him they really did need to go to school.

“Baby,” She whispered, gently kissing the side of his head as she lifted her hand to run her fingers through his hair, feeling him practically melt against her because of it. “Come on.”

Sweet Pea huffed against her neck again and she giggled quietly as he circled his arms around her waist tightly. “You’re so mean in the morning, I knew I should have cuddled with Fangs instead.” He mumbled against her neck, his voice deepened with sleep.

Y/N gasped in mock offence and he chuckled quietly before she felt his lips against her neck, pressing light kisses to the soft skin wherever he could reach. The sensation made her smile a little more, continuing to run her fingers through his hair as she relaxed a little more. As always, he was getting what he wanted. Sweet Pea knew exactly how to get to her and have her like putty in the palm of his hands, and he used it to his advantage often. Little squeezes of her thigh and kisses on her shoulder when they were at Pop’s with Toni and Fangs and he wanted to leave. Slight tugs of the band of her bra strap when he grew impatient and just wanted to get it off. A wink across the Wyrm and a gesture of his fingers when he wanted her to come over so he could kiss her. She was in the deep end with him, and truthfully didn’t ever want to get out.

“Pea?” She whispered after a few minutes had passed in comfortable silence.

“Hmm?”

Her eyes opened when she felt his weight shift above her and she smiled fondly when she saw him leaning up slightly to look at her; hair messy and a tired smile over his lips. Sweet Pea was incredibly attractive, but there was something about seeing him so sleepy and soft that made him absolutely adorable.

“I love you.” She spoke softly, and almost melted when his smile grew and one of his larger hands lifted to rest on her cheek. His thumb brushed along her cheekbone and her eyes closed at the feeling, focusing on that and the feeling of his rings lightly pressed against her slightly flushed cheek.

“I love you too, princess.” He muttered back softly, and she felt his hand move to rest along the back of her neck before his lips were pressed against her’s.

Screw school, she thought as her fingers gently curled in his hair to bring him much closer, giggling quietly against his lips when he had hummed into her mouth at the action. Screw school and even leaving the bed, because there was nothing better than kissing Sweet Pea. Y/N didn’t even like school, and as much as she knew they needed to go, she couldn’t bring herself to leave the bed with him now that he had kissed her. The action made warmth spread through her chest, butterflies fluttering around her stomach when she felt a drag of his fingers from the middle of her thigh right up to her ribs. Screw school if it meant she had to stop and move away from him, from that. The raw unbroken intimacy, only covered by bedsheets and pulled curtains.

Being with Sweet Pea was magical.

That was why one of Y/N’s favourite places was Sweet Pea’s bed.

[statticscribbles]

Gain Pt 2

Summary: Riverdale, Sweet Pea/Reader, Part 2 pf Gain, Sweet Pea’s insecurities get worse

“Babe you know Toni didn’t realize it, calm down.” Sweet Pea laughs a little. After the jokes she’d made about Sweet Pea gaining weight at the Serpent meeting, you’d not just pulled her aside, but asked Sweet Pea if he was comfortable with you saying something; he’d laughed and nodded.

You’d very politely and with only using five swear words explained to her just why you and Sweet Pea had moved up to Canada for the past few years. She’d grown increasingly upset and concerned at her own actions and almost before you’d finished explaining she rushed an apology and you’d just shook your head assuring her that you knew she didn’t mean it to be mean; that she was just joking. You’d reminded her she should be careful about what she jokes about and then she teases you about your hair; knowing you’d gotten some of it chopped off in a fight and you tease her right back about her nails. Just like that, the issue are forgotten. You’re all back to being friends and pretty much family.

”Sweet’s you leaving so soon?”

“I wanted to hit the gym while it’s still open.” “You know Toni was joking..” You repeat your previous words at him and he nods.

“I know, but I at least want to be in better shape; it sucks getting winded up the stairs.”

“Everyone gets winded going up the stairs.”

“Yeah, but I don’t want to be everyone else.”

“Just run up and down the stairs; that’s easy right?”

“Well yeah if I just want to have beefed up legs.”

“So learn to walk on your hands so you can run up the stairs?” Sweet Pea just laughs at you and you grin back at him before kissing him on the lips.

“I’m more than happy how you look now; but I understand you wanting to get in better shape; I’m sure there are benefits beyond running up the stairs and not sounding like a dying goat.”

”Sweet Pea?” You frown when you can hear a faint thunk.

“What was that?” You call out walking closer towards the bathroom.

“Just checking the scale.”

“Didn’t you weight yourself at the gym? You arch and eyebrow watching him wait for the scale to calibrate.

“I did; but I never trust that scale; some guy who looked like more of a noodle than Jones in seventh grade came in and it said he weighed 200 lbs.”

“Was he tall?”

“About my size.”

“So he might have had a lot of muscle; babe come on, stop with this.” You huff dragging him off the scale, he obediently follows and scowls as you have a variety of fruit set out on the counter. “What’s this?”

“I thought we could make smoothies together!” You grin and he scowls.

“I’m not eating that much sugar Y/N.”

“Are you sweet enough already?” You playfully joke but  he just scowls.

“While I may be there’s too much sugar in that I’ll stick to my protein powder.”

You scowl, this is the third time that Sweet Pea rejected smoothies with you.

“Are you going to the gym again?”

“Mhm I was just thinking about-” He trails off shrugging and you huff a little.

“Who are you trying to impress Sweets; you know I’m happy to be with you because of who you are.”

“I know it’s just there’s that whole gym culture.”

“I know it’s been slowly swallowing you up; hence why I was trying to drag you back to the light side with brightly coloured fruity drinks.”

“You really thought smoothies would be what snapped me out of the mind control of gym culture?”

“I mean I can always attempt true loves kiss if you’d rather.” He laughs along with you but you lean forward slightly and meet him halfway so he kisses you.

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Three pet peeves with s3 Nancy Drew

1. George and Nick breaking up

I should probably state from the beginning that I’m a casual viewer rather than a committed fan of the show. Unlike with Riverdale, I don’t watch Nancy Drew for the ships: I enjoy the show mostly for the plot and the ensemble cast (and they do ensemble really well). I’m not a Nace shipper. Not in the sense that I don’t like Nancy and Ace together, because I do, but rather in the sense that I’m not very invested in their relationship. In the same way, I’m not a Fickerson? Nan? shipper either, although I find George’s character more interesting that Nancy’s. I thought her and Nick’s break-up though completely unnecessary. Did the writers put the actual effort to come up with a plausible reason? Yes, they did, because this is not Riverdale. It still feels to me, however, less organic and more of a narrative device a. to make sure that the viewers will focus on Nancy’s triangle and the show’s “main” couple (Nace) and b. to throw in some drama to create anticipation for next season. Not very impressed with that choice.

2. Bess and Nancy’s interactions with Temperance at the beginning of the season

Yes, again, the writers did take the trouble of making them somewhat believable (Nancy is generally brash, Bess feels not appreciated enough), however, this is the third season of the show, with the characters coming out from s2 wiser and tighter as a group, so Bess and Nancy’s behaviour doesn’t really fly. Nancy has supposedly become less brash and Bess not feeling heard was something concocted on the spot just to justify this particular storyline. Simply put, they shouldn’t have trusted Temperance and they shouldn’t have been in and out of Icarus Hall like it was the Mall. I do appreciate the writers trying to explain it, I still have trouble believing it after the events of s1 and s2. That being said, after watching Riverdale, it’s nice to have a show where the writers take the trouble to set in motion a plot from the beginning of the season, (i.e. the bare minimum of mystery writing). I just wished they did it a tad better.

3. The fact that (almost) no one is working

Listen. I absolutely loved the gang’s scenes at The Claw in s1. The characters had real life obligations and sometimes they got in the way of their sleuthing. It was realistic. It was fun! Right now, 2 out of 5 main characters are filthy rich. For a moment, it seemed that it would have been 3 out 5 (Bess). I don’t know how to feel about that. It certainly frees up time for sleuthing and it’s always handy to have ready cash. But. But but but … Nick is using his money to help the community, which is great. He’s one of the few core five shown to be actually working. The other one is Nancy, who doesn’t need to work but whose choice of employment, narratively speaking, makes excellent sense. And then we have George and Ace who … do nothing? They’re supposedly working at The Claw, which is either closed or empty or its employees are shown elsewhere during the restaurant’s opening hours. Last episode was probably the first time in s3 where there have been customers inside The Claw. Again, the writers are aware of what they do: there have been mentions of the restaurant not doing well throughout the season. But this begs the question: how does Ace survive, especially now that he’s not with his parents? How does George’s family survive? All 5 members are supposedly dependent on The Claw! I’m also a bit annoyed by Bess working at the Historical Society. I understand why that works within the show’s narrative and that she has inside knowledge of the occult but if we’re honest, if Bess went to an unemployment office to ask for a job, Director of the Town’s Historical Society would not be within her reach right now. Is the Society a private organization? Is it a public one? What is the damn procedure for getting a job there? Why was she handed one and why should she even be good at it? Directing an archival institution (which was what she was doing when Hannah went missing) and doing magic are ... not the same thing? I honestly expect that everybody’s career choices will be a major s4 theme, it still rankles though.

Bah humbug … 

Don’t mind me. I’m just nitpicking ...

[jabitha-endgame]

A rant/Jabitha/and Bughead fandom

Ugh! I’m so sick of some people claiming Jabitha came out of no where. I’m sorry you all had your shipper goggles on and weren’t actually watching the show but cherry picking BH and then extrapolating your own fan fiction from it. What is hard for you all? Betty sleeping with Archie? Or saying she “wanted to do that since HS”? Or Betty literally not caring if Jug was missing or dead (and told Tabi she shouldn’t either)? Ignoring and being passive aggressive about him (until this most recent episode)? What do you think playing that VM was about? It wasn’t to make Tabi and Jess feel warm and fuzzy about Jug, it was to paint herself as the victim cause he was “mean” when all he did was bag on the fact that she cheated on him (and V by extension) and has blown him off for YEARS. As for Jug I’m sorry BHers you didn’t understand Betty IS JUGS TRAUMA. She was perceived as just as toxic as Jess (in his most recent hallucination) It’s not that he can’t move on from Betty, he can, he dated Jess longer than B, its that he can’t form any deep meaningful connections because he trusts no one, because the two people he trusted most betrayed him in the worst way. And I don’t want to hear how Jugs parents fucked him up (first), of course they did but they pretty much always sucked and Jug knew it, he was consistently let down by them, Betty made him believe he was worth someone loving and pulled the rug out from underneath, sorry that you don’t get that’s worse. Sorry you don’t get her lack of compassion after he almost died and was still suffering various after effects, including PTSD and depression was horrible. And insult to injury cheated with his best friend, her childhood crush, a guy who didn’t graduate while throwing Jugs academic situation, through no fault of his own, in his face. THAT IS JUGS TRAUMA. And all these years later still no real apology or explanation. (and DON’T get me started on Betty jumping Jugs bones while he was reeling from the shock) As for Tabitha herself if she wasn’t going to be a love interest for Jug why introduce her at all? The core 4 could’ve returned to Riverdale on thier own, all thier lives were a mess, a trip home to reset would’ve worked just as well (or better) But instead they had Pop’s retirement and made Tabi the granddaughter of the only character everyone can universally agree on. If the role was just going to be supportive black BFF cheerleader to BH why cast her at all? Wasn’t that what Vanessa was complaining about? If it was just so Jug had a friend the Serpents were right there, hell fellow outcast Reggie would do. Why not some random recurring character? And I’m sorry you BHers didn’t understand that Jabi agreeing to be “friends” was Jug and Tabi tabling a relationship because Jug knew he wasn’t in a headspace to date (which makes him more self aware than anyone else in that town) and liked Tabi enough not to jump into anything until he was ready. The false equivalency and cognitive dissonance of a certain corner of fandom is telling. Why do you ship Tabi with ANYONE BUT JUG? Why is Jug not good enough for Tabi but okay for Betty then? Why do you want Tabi relegated to BH cheerleader? Do you not know how systemically racist that trope is? Really? Why are you okay with Betty “getting Archie out of her system” (so she realizes Jug is the one, which is just 🤢, that’s a horrible mind set, 7 yrs apart and absence hasn’t made her heart grow fonder??) But now that Jug is in the same town as Betty he needs to be celibate until Betty decides to grace him with her attention? FUCK THAT! Jabitha has been building slowly but surely all season, you just took scenes that were supposed to show how disconnected Betty and Jughead were and turned them into the opposite of what you were being shown and told. Meanwhile the Jabi scenes were trivialized and to pile on that insidious racism so many BHers are unaware of, if the scenes between Jug and Tabi had happened between Jug and Betty you’d be loosing your shit and crying from the hill tops how cute it was and how much they were into each other and

true love. I hate to break it to you but Jabi has had more build up than any couple on the show. Tabi is Pop’s granddaughter for a reason, its not an accident she is related to the only person who has ALWAYS been good to Jug. Maybe deep down you BH stans know it and that’s why your so angry and deep in denial. For me personally a former Bughead stan, who was convinced they were endgame I don’t want it anymore. From my perspective too much has happened to walk them back now, better to let them both move on and be happy elsewhere.

Sorry for bringing this rant into your blog but I deleted mine a while back and I have read A LOT of nasty things about Tabitha, Jabitha and Erin and I needed to get it off my chest. If you made it to the end thanks💙

[amazingmaeve]

Leaving - Archie Andrews

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Summary: Y/N and Archie had a fling during the summer. Even though they promised no feelings she still fell for him. Then school came back and she starts feeling jealous of Archie and Veronicas flirting. Then Cheryl Blossoms party ruins everything. She decides to leave and go visit some family in California but before she goes Archie tries to stop her from leaving.

Request: Haii, I’m new to request, I was wondering can you do a Archie Andrews x Fem!Reader. The reader is Josie sister (Darkskin) and she fell in love with Archie. Prompts 76,78,79, 95. Archie and Reader had a thing before school started (Season 1. Before Veronica showed up and he’s not with Ms. Grundy) and kinda like how Veronic flirts with Archie she’s jealous but knows he’s not hers. (Sorry for the long request). During the 7 minutes in heaven that they played At Cheryl party how Betty left it’s the reader instead. Betty chases after her in attempts to calm her down. When The next day at school Archie catches her packing up her locker. She’s moving away to another school. In another state. maybe California or somewhere. She’s tried to leave before getting spotted until Archie catches her and they talk (The prompt numbers) And after they hug, she kisses him before walking out and not coming back.

Requested by: @theonequietblckgirl

Pairing: Archie Andrews x FemaleMccoy!Reader

Warnings: Angst, swearing, underage drinking, mentions of sex

AN: Hope this what you asked for 😊. Also this doesn’t follow the exact plot of the first episode of the series.

Word Count: 1853

Archie and Y/N had something in the summer. With her sister and her band she had no one else to hang out with. Then she started hanging out with Archie and hanging out turned into having sex. They both agreed to not involve feelings since it would make it more complicated and they didn’t want that.

But Y/N started to have feelings for him.

She knew that he didn’t feel the same since he was the one to recommend the no feelings part of their relationship. She knew he cared about her but just as friend he sometimes has sex with.

When the times they did hang out and didn’t have sex they had really meaningful conversations. They would make each other laugh and all in all they were happy with this arrangement.

But then the summer came to an end and so did their fling so it seemed.

When her and Archie didn’t hang out she hung out with Kevin and Betty. They knew about the thing between her and Archie and her feelings. She has known Betty and Keven ever since they were young and she knew she could trust them with this information.

Betty would lend a shoulder for Y/N to cry on when she talked about her feelings for Archie. And Kevin would always say the he had feelings for her to. But it was to hard to believe for Y/N.

She knew she shouldn’t have started his fling with him. She knew she would have a broken heart at the end of it.

Everything seemed to go back to normal at school except for the disappearance of Jason Blossom. Even thought Y/N didn’t know him she hope that he was ok. But she did know his sister Cheryl.

She didn’t exactly like Cheryl but wouldn’t start anything with. Y/N didn’t like Cheryl because she would always make fun of Betty and as friend of hers she would stick up for her which made Cheryl hate her.

Then Veronica Lodge came to the school.

She didn’t hate the girl but Y/N could sense that she liked Archie. But Y/N didn’t do anything since her and Archie weren’t even dating hell they weren’t even having sex anymore.

She couldn’t even hate Veronica for it. Since Veronica knew of her feelings and promised to stay away. But that didn’t help the nagging voice in the back of her mind that this wouldn’t end well.

Then the dance came.

Archie asked you which made Y/N’s heart race and could feel her body warm up and agreed to go with him a happy smile on her face.

Her and Betty helped each other with their outfits Betty didn’t go with anyone but that didn’t stop her being happy for Y/N.

Archie was a complete gentlemen, he held the door open for her, and held her hand.

The night was so magical.

The dance was romantic. Y/N could feel butterflies in her stomach whenever he looked at her. She hoped that her and Archie could have something more real.

Y/N and Archie talked the night away with smiles and laughs. She felt so much love for him and she hoped he felt the same for her.

Everything was perfect.

That was until they got into Cheryls after party were Y/N, Archie, Betty, and Veronica attended.

As the walked in Y/N sat next to Archie with Veronica on his other side.

When Cheryl started talking Y/N rolled her eyes at the red head not in the mood to deal with her.

She heard Cheryl talking about seven minutes in heaven. God this was such a sixth grade thing to do.

But unfortunately she saw that Archie would be going in the closet with Veronica which made Y/N take a deep breath to try and control her emotions.

She saw Betty give her sad look  and a comforting look in her eyes.

"So Y/N how was your summer," Y/N heard Cheryls condensing tone in her voice.

"Oh just great," Y/N answered Cheryl's question with a bit of sarcasm in her voice.

"What's going on with you and Archie," Y/N could hear humor in her voice which just made her roll her eyes.

"Why do you want to know," Betty stood up for Y/N which made her mentally thank Betty.

"Oh Betty I almost forgot you were here," Cheryl almost beamed with malice in her tone.

"I just don't think it's right for you to involve yourself if someone else's relationship," Betty snapped at Cheryl who just rolled her eyes in return.

Y/N felt bad for Cheryl after finding out Jason has been missing but times like this just made her hate Cheryl more and more. When she want after her friends and herself. Y/N doesn't know why Cheryl does this but it annoys the crap out of her.

"Listen before I get even more angry why don't just stick to your relationships and I'll stick to mine," Y/N stood up from the couch she had her voice at a steady calm breathing. She didn't want to get angry and focused on her breathing.

"Oh looks like times about up," Cheryl smirked as she walked over to the door to where Archie and Veronica were. Y/N hasn't notice it's been about 9 minutes which didn't follow the rules.

Y/N had a bad feeling in her stomach when Cheryl walked over to the door. She knew it was going to be something bad.

When Cheryl opened the door it revealed Veronica and Archie making out.

Y/N felt like she couldn't breath when she saw them kissing. She saw the two break apart and look at everyone in shock.

Y/N saw guilt flash both of their faces. She was about to cry and she didn't people to see her cry. She always prided her self in being a pretty confident girl. But right now she didn't feel like that.

Y/N didn't let either of them speak before she ran out of the door with tears rolling down her eyes.

Betty glared at Archie and Veronica. Then turned her eyes to Cheryl who had a malicious smirk on her face.

“This was your whole plan wasn’t it,” Betty asked while glaring at Cheryl.

“I just wanted to prove that Archie didn’t care for Y/N,” Cheryl shrugged not seeing with what she did wrong.

Betty shook her head before leaving running after Y/N wanting to comfort her friend. She left behind Archie and Veronica who let guilt set in.

Betty found Y/N in her car crying in her hands. Betty felt bad for her friend she had never experienced heart break herself but from looking at her friend she could feel it radiating from her.

Betty got into the car comforted her friend while hugging her for what felt like hours. When Y/N finally calmed down she dropped Betty off at her house and after reassuring her she was fine left or go to her own house.

Now she knew Archie didn’t have feelings for her.

For the next few days Y/N avoided Archie and Veronica which was hard since she had some classes with them.

After she went home she told Josie what happened which made her sister comfort her and to tell her everything would be fine.

During those few days her mother told her that there was this art school that Y/N got accepted in. She applied to this school during the summer with the permission of her parents. She only told Betty though.

She thought she wouldn’t get into that school.

Y/N was finally happy about something. She had been down ever since Cheryls party.

Her parents only allowed her to go to the school because there was some family close to the school that she wanted to go to.

The next day she told Betty who was overjoyed for her but sad that one of her friends wouldn’t be there. Y/N reassured her that they could talk and write each other which made Betty nod happy for her friend even though she was sad about that.

While she was packing her stuff out of her locker she felt someone walk up to her.

“Hey,” She heard Archie softly day. Y/N took a deep breath before turning towards him.

“Hey,” Y/N muttered turning her attention to her locker again.

“You’ve been avoiding me,” Archie pointed out after an awkward moment between the two.

“I wonder why,” Y/N scoffed.

“Y/N-,” Before He could continue Y/N put her hand and speaking herself.

“No I don’t want to hear it. I thought you asked me out I thought you liked me. I just I can’t pretend anymore that we are just friends,” Y/N shouted at Archie angry tears running down her face.

“Why are you packing your stuff,” Archie asked seeing all the stuff in her bad.

“I’m leaving I got accepted into an art school,” Y/N answered his question closing her locker after she was finished.

“This isn’t you. You wouldn’t go pack your stuff without telling anyone,” Archie explained with furrowed brows.

“Well I did tell someone I told the people who actually cared about me,” Y/N explained while glaring at him.

“I do care about you,” Archie pleaded with Y/N trying to get her to understand that he really did care about her.

“If you did you wouldn’t have kissed Veronica,” Y/N pointed out. “You broke my heart,” She whimpered trying to not let any of her tears fall.

“I know and I just want to prove to you that I really do care about. And ok now you’re going to say that I don’t but you’re wrong,” Archie began to explain. “I know I can never make it up to I just hope that one day you can forgive me,” He ended trying to not let tears fall from his eyes.

Y/N herself tried to not cry as she nodded. Even though he did hurt her she was going to miss him.

“Maybe one day,” Y/N whispered and she heard her own voice crack as a tear fell from her eyes.

“Just one last hug and I’ll leave,” Archie smiles and Y/N nodded letting him wrap his arms around her and she did the same. She took a deep breath and she smelled his cologne that she always loved.

When he pulled away he pressed his lips against hers softly seeing if she was going to kiss back. When she did they stood there kissing for a minute before they pulled back.

Archie walked away from Y/N and leaving the school.

Y/N let out a sad smile and let out a sniffle before grabbing her stuff and left herself setting her self on a new journey.

[riverdale-retread]

Riverdale S5 E10: The Pincushion Man - 5 Things I  Loved/ 3 things to consider

1. I love the fact that the actual makers of Riverdale have the same relationship with Jughead that a lot of the fanfic reading and writing fandom have with Jughead.  We all, collectively, enjoy his adorable traits - a gift for romantic gestures, devotion, resilience, bottomless kindness, courage, a sweet-spicy mix of feral anger and weepy softness. The point of Jughead for the makers seems to lie generally in taking things away from him, because he suffers in such an affecting, emotionally open way.   A lot of the fandom also revels in his pain and suffering.  Where the fandom differs from the makers, though, is that the fandom actively tries to give the nice things back to Jughead, and most of the Jughead intra-fandom arguments are about what that should be.

Which is to say, this midseason cliffhanger’s purpose was  to Take Things Away From Jughead.  Jughead starts this episode in a nice place (he’s housed at Archie’s, he’s got two stable jobs, he’s got some direction to his writing, he’s made a new friend, who is no less than the beautiful, kind, smart Tabitha). He ends it naked, out of his mind, bloody, alone in the woods and possibly summoned by aliens or rats or something, and his ex-NYC-girlfriend that he seems both afraid of and dislikes knows exactly where he lives.  He can’t even have a drug induced nostalgic sex dream stay a nice sex dream.

2. The Blossom altar and magick witchcraft whatever that was, was awesome.  I was HOOTING.  The Blossoms keep giving me so much to love.   This religion also has some sort of rosary or maybe it’s an offshoot of Catholicism? (Nana Rose totally looks like she’s praying using a rosary).  Everything about this - the pile of sage, Penelope Blossom’s crazed eyes, the fact that this table full of macabre stuff wasn’t just a display but an altar all this time, and the fact that THEY CAN SUMMON WITCH WIND filled me with joy.

3. I loved Betty stabbing Glen in the stomach.  Her antihero path continues - she is annoyed at having to make a cake each for the twins, you know, like, they’re not two separate people.  Asshole Aunty!  She uses tears and wiles to properly manipulate Charles, throws a knife at Chic (LOVED THIS TOO) and isn’t all that arsed about Charles being shot.  Like, Charles is shot in the chest (!) and Glen was stabbed in a way that she knew would miss organs, but the one Betty rushes to is GLEN and this seems like a strategic, calculating choice.

4.  I really LOVED, like, ADORED that Reggie’s way of trying to get the groves from Cheryl was to woo Nana Rose, and he wasn’t cheap about it either. Put on a silk tie, combed his hair back, and bought two dozen scarlet roses.  His full service smiling and winking with his handsome face, giving her some of his sexy young man energy was fabulous.  His willingness to set an entire forest on fire though was very disturbing.

5.  Things we learned about Jughead this episode were all very very interesting to me.  When he gets high he gets naked. . He dances around, which I just found so cute.  He has a really lovely chest tattoo - a big crown, a quill, and a bunch of roses. He likes bondage, with handcuffs. He is really scared of Jessica but also won’t refuse her advances even in hallucination.  He uses “being a Betty” as an insult, and it’s supposed to mean something to other people, and yet when his guard is down, he would have sex with Betty again in a second (I mean, fair. Have you seen her?).

3 things to think about 

a) So now we know that Archie was in Uzbekistan, and it’s like I’ve already said. It makes zero difference to this story, to know where he was.  Oh and just a funny bit - The reporter who calls Archie is named Sara Bellum = Cerebellum?  This cracked me up.

b) Neither Glen nor Jughead (!) understanding that actual people really don’t like it if you turn their lives into content under your name as a sole author if you don’t have prior permission is very amusing.    Like Glen seems to think Betty would be flattered by his delving into her entire family tree in this invasive way, and we’ve seen the Serpents’ reaction to however it is Jughead depicted them in his novel. 

c) I’m not sure why I hate Uncle Fucking Frank so much.   He’s constructed to be sort of sympathetic.  A nice enough looking, gruff, manly man, that Archie obviously likes and trusts on sight, who is on some sort of redemption arc from a dark past about which he feels very badly, and so on.  Like, normally, this type of character does not make me HATE them - feel bored by them because done to death, sure, but the level of vitriol I feel about Uncle Fucking Frank surprises me.  I WANT HIM DEAD.

[fandomgodmother420]

Okay so I saw

This post ^^

And I was like

Wait wait wait okay okay hang on wait a damn minute-

Because this is cursed rite we all know this is cursed but somethin about it got me thinkin it got me thinking quite a lot and it’s the idea of Callahans character being deaf and like obviously the way it’s done here is bad but it got me thinking okay well what if you did it well? What if it wasn’t garbage? What if it became a super important part of the show?

I think I have a new favorite au now?

Okay listen listen let me explain right-Callahan would still be a side character to the side characters but first things first he’d talk using sign language and literally the first thing that he signs when people try and talk to him is that he’s deaf. He also wouldn’t be able to understand people who talk to him, they’d have to either sign, write something down, or be super expressive. (Ik a lot of deaf people read lips but I feel like in media with deaf people almost all the time they like fully rely on lip reading and their almost superhumanly good at it and idk I think it would be cool for a deaf character to just not lip read-hardly ever) so now the fact that he’s deaf isn’t just something that you can drop in interviews for brownie points. Still, he’s hardly ever there and he’s not really a part of the story and that’s just kind of annoying and for a while it seems like that’s just how it’s gonna be, just one background background deaf character who’s pretty cool but who we almost never get to see...

But the explosions that went off during the pogtopia manburg war where pretty fuckin loud

And Quackity was right on top of them. He might’ve lost a cannon life to them-it’s kinda up for debate but for the purpose of the au we’re gonna say he did, because losing a cannon life affects your body. Your body changes to suit how you died-you get scars from losing a cannon life.

Here’s where it gets good

One of the next episodes post war is 100% Quackity focused and he wakes up in a bed and he’s like welp lets just hope I’m not as bad off as Tubbo was. There’s no rustling noise when he moves the sheets and blankets to look at himself, at this point the viewer might realize there’s no music in the background either, there’s no ambient noises from outside. Quackity sees he doesn’t have visible scaring anywhere and he’s like that’s weird but good for me? I guess? He walks outside and his footsteps don’t make any noise. Tubbo runs up to him and starts talking-except he’s not making any noise either. His mouth is moving but there’s no sound coming out of it. Both quackity and the viewer are currently experiencing what’s going on in 100% silence and Quackity starts to panic. A scar would’ve been fine, a limb he can live without, but this??? He can’t hear! He can’t hear anything! Fuck is he supposed to do now?

He runs to Sapnap and Karl, they’re not dating yet but they make him feel safe and he doesn’t know where else to go or what to do and Sapnaps like “I know a guy” but neither the audience nor Quackity hears him say it. His mouth moves but again, no sound. Nothing. Still he makes it clear that he has an idea and that he’ll be right back. Mans fuckin books it to Callahan and after a bit of frantic gestures and sloppy sign language because ya know of course Sapnap did try to learn sign to talk to Callahan at some point he just doesn’t practice nearly enough, Callahan comes over to Quackity and starts teaching him and Karl ASL and gives Sapnap a much needed review course.

That’s it. That’s the episode. An entire episode that’s 100% silent with no subtitles, that’s just Quackity learning how to function without being able to hear. In the places where Callahan can’t help Sapnap and Karl come in. Tubbo gets in on it too since he’s deaf in one ear ever since the festival. (Quackitys like damn cheif I didn’t even kno that and Tubbo admits to thinking it was just him being in shock for a long time until a bee flew around his ear for 20 minutes straight a week after the festival had happened and he didn’t know it was there until Tommy asked if he was gonna name it.) Quackity learns how to talk when he can’t hear himself speaking, how to read lips, what music is like when you can’t hear it, how to speak sign language, all that jazz.

One of the things about being deaf that scares the shit out of Quackity is not being able to hear people sneaking up on him and Tubbos like “oh you need a spotter” and Quackity makes it clear that he has no idea what the fuck that means. So Tubbo explains “a spotter, I don’t know if they actually have a different name but I call them that cuz they cover your blind spot. They’re like your eyes and ears where you don’t have any. That way nobody can sneak up on you.” If the audience is particularly observant they’ll realize that ever since the festival Tommy has always stood on Tubbos right, witch is where Tubbo had gotten scarred. (Later on after Tommy’s exiled Quackity and sometimes Fundy become the ones to cover Tubbos right, but Tubbo is more clearly on constant high alert than he used to be. On a few days like the one before the capturing techno and the one before the second festival he’s straight up jumpy and he hates it) So Quackity of course has a lot of questions is this is pretty important. “well how do I know who I should get to be my spotter? Do they need like training or something? Should I just get a service dog? ???” And Tubbos like “No. Well-maybe that’s the proper way to do it but I’d just go with someone I trust my life with-whoever makes you feel safest, go with that” and Sapnap and Karl start laughing like idiots because Quackity IMMEDIATELY grabs them-like Tubbos barley finished his sentence and Quackitys like ah yes

The hardest part is preserving Quackitys ability to speak Spanish, because he’s the only one who knows it so Karl Sapnap and Tubbo can’t tell him weather he’s pronouncing it right or not and none of them know Spanish sign language. Hell Karl and Tubbo didn’t even know Spanish sign language existed until that day. After a bit of panicking Sapnap is like “wait I know a guy” and Quackity can actually tell what he’s saying this time. (Woo parallels) So sapnap and Co. go to George who’s king now and has access to all of Erets king stuff. Turns out Erets castle has a whole shelf of translation guides for different languages and their sign language counterparts. She kept them for diplomacy reasons. It’s much harder to learn without Callahan teaching it, but progress is made and the gang decides they’ll keep working on learning it together. There’s still the problem of Quackity not being able to speak Spanish though, they end up going with does Quackity sound like how he normally does rn? for figuring out if he’s pronouncing things right. Karl and Sapnap are surprisingly good at being able to tell.

But here’s the best part rite:

So after this episode Quackity, Karl, Sapnap, Tubbo, and obvs Callahan all know sign language-they don’t all know it perfectly nobody’s gonna master it in a day but they’re working on it. And so now in later episodes in addition to the gang talking in sign language a lot when they’re the focus of a scene, you can make them talk to eachother in sign language while other stuff is going on!! No subtitles to translate or draw attention to it, some people might not even notice its happening, but if you watch them you can see them signing to eachother. You could add so many convos and lore and secrets and the best part is if the audience wants in on it they also have to learn sign language!!

Literally just-oh my god it would be the coolest thing okay like immagine:

Ranboos doing his dramatic speech to everyone. Y’all know the one-the one before doomsday after Tommy gets out of exhile. So like Ranboos doing his bit and Fundy and Nikki are arguing with him and :0! what’s this? Look in the background and Tubbo and Quackity are signing to eachother, Quackitys angry and Tubbo is somehow angrier and you watch them more closely to see what the hell is going on and realize (with your sign language knowledge)-they’re fighting about executing Ranboo.

LIKE HOW FUCKING COOL WOULD THAT BE HOLY SHIT

Anyways I have so many headcannons for this now I think it’s the coolest thing if there’s like a tag? Or something? For this thatd be so fuckin cool if there isn’t I feel like I should make one but idk what to call it ion know man I just think this is poggers as hell. To think it all sprung from someone making a DreamSMP as a garbage riverdale show joke

[alaffy]

Riverdale 5x11- Strange Bedfellows

Post these on Reddit, might as well do it here too.  Riverdale is back and it’s..just as crazy as ever.  Did really enjoy this episode. I have a lot of thoughts on the whole Jughead situation.  Spoliers below.

Jason's death has now hit cult status.  Veronica wants her Opal back (and, you know, the hostages).  Palladium could be it's own drinking game.  Archie cleans up the streets of Riverdale.  And Darla.  Just Darla.

I do appreciate the fact that Archie, upon learning that Chad didn't sign the papers and Veronica can't tell Archie why (which she's right, she shouldn't get him involved), decided they needed to take a step back until things are settled.  The army has, at least, somewhat made him a bit more level headed.  And then we have the Batman scene, and...

But the big story is that they're finally dealing with Jughead  (and a bit of Jughead and Betty).  First off, glad to see that the Doc he mentioned is still alive.  And clearly something bad happened in New York.  Jughead mentions it and I have a feeling that Jessica wanting the manuscript confirms it. So, clearly, a lot of Jughead story has to do with these three women.  And, my standard disclaimer, I'm not interested in ship wars, just here to discuss a story.  Also, let's be clear, while I am going to discuss Jughead and Betty's relationship, I am not doing it to make Jughead the villain or to excuse Betty.  Even if Betty was starting to question things about their relationship, there are several ways to deal with that situation that don't involve cheating.  Betty is responsible for her actions just as Jughead is with his.  But I'm talking about  Jughead right now.   

So, I'm going to start with this, Jughead may not have seen Betty in seven years, but seems to be strongly suggested he was in contact with her.  At the very least, he invited her to his book party and then sent her that message when she didn't respond (I still wonder if we'll find out she didn't show up because she was a prisoner of TBK at the time).  And as for the message itself, I mean, it sounds like a message someone who was hurt and drunk would send.  I don't think he was right or wrong for sending it.  I'm not going to get into whether Betty deserved it or not.   Because, again, I feel there's something we're missing from those seven years and, yeah, until I know everything, it's hard to judge.  What I do find interesting, is that he clearly was in contact with Betty and Jessica, his girlfriend at the time, didn't know.  And she clearly does not seem pleased about that.  Also, it's important to note that, unlike Betty, Jessica wasn't allowed to read his manuscripts.  

Jessica, it turns out, is there to get his manuscript because she's afraid Jughead will write about their lives and she doesn't want that to get out.  Clearly she doesn't trust him enough to believe that won't happen.  Going back to the beginning of the season, the Serpents don't want anything to do with Jughead because of what he wrote about them.  And, going back even further, Jughead pitch a story to a group of publishers, using Betty's life story, as a way to keep a book contract.  Also, there is the fact that, again, Jessica didn't know that he was in contact with Betty while Jessica was living with him.  Furthermore, at the beginning of the time jump, Jessica leaves after finding out that he has creditors after him and he's about to be evicted (something that will also affect Jessica's life and so he should have told her).  And where have we seen this secretive behavior before?  With his relationship with Betty (and, to be fair, Betty was just as guilty hiding things from Jughead).  

I've written about this in detail before, but the fact of the matter is this ties back to what the Guidance Councilor said to him in season four.  The fact is, Jughead has had a hard life and has probably developed traits that where created to protect himself (like lying/withholding information).  And Jughead does have a tendency, when confronted with his behavior, to try to pain himself as the victim.  The best case in point is when Betty found out he used her story to keep the book contract.  Betty is, understandably, angry with him.  But instead of apologizing and admitting he did something wrong, he makes excuse and, when that doesn't work, gets angry at her.  And while there's that moment later where he tells her he hates it when they fight, at no time does he ever admit what he did was wrong.  Same with the Serpents, he gets defensive. The fact is it doesn't matter if it's Betty or Jessica or anyone else, his behavior is not ok. And until he acknowledges that he has hurt others, and improve on these behaviors, this will continue again and again. The thing is, I think they are trying to deal with some of Jughead's behavior this season and I don't think that's a bad thing.

As for Tabitha, maybe his message was a hint of future things with her, maybe not.  It's one of those pieces of dialogue put in to make people question.  But the real question is, even if he is interested, is she still interested?  For me, listening to her dialogue and watching her expressions,  it seems to me she's starting to realize she doesn't really know Jughead and is uneasy with what she's seeing.  At the very least she has to be wondering if he's still hung up on Betty.  But, especially with Jessica's story, and how much he was hiding from her and the whole using people stories to create his book, is that something she wants to get involved in?  People say Tabitha is good for Jughead, but is Jughead good for Tabitha?  Well, we'll just see.  At the very least, I'm guessing Jughead will be dealing with his own issues for awhile.  And I like this new friendship between Betty and Tabitha.