#unsurprisingly I agree with imreallyloveleee
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I will never get over how she went from putting Betty on suicide watch after Jughead’s “death” to a week later being all ~that looked pretty real to me, cousin~ and then another week later gave Betty a speech about how Jughead was The One. I mean, I was grateful for her “dare I say it, maybe even endgame” speech but, like, she was definitely just the voice of the writers at that point. I understood what drove Cheryl when she was the villain/grieving for Jason. I even understood what drove Cheryl in the early days of the Choni relationship. But this season especially, she just seems to be whatever the writers want her to be week-by-week.
cheryl goes from being the best person ever to being.... well, to be mean-girl-cheryl-who-loves-drama in seconds, is like she has a switch: like when she told all the school about betty and archie kiss and then goes to tell veronica (it was their plan, but she didnt know that). "Even though you’re also the one who told Betty she was harboring feelings" yeah, mean-girl-cheryl at full xdd
I will probably change my mind 5 seconds after posting this, but i think Cheryl might actually be the worst written character on the show? 90% of what she says and does makes no sense. There is no internal consistency. She changes personality from scene to scene.
IMO she was at her most interesting in season 1, when she was more or less a villain in semi-opposition to the core 4. It was a huge mistake to then try and humanize her and make her a protagonist to root for. It just...doesn't work. (YMMV, I know plenty of people love her and would strongly disagree with this. To all of you who I just described: I am not interested in a debate.)
#unsurprisingly I agree with imreallyloveleee#I miss villain Cheryl#her treatment of Betty in early season 1 was BRUTAL#but created interesting character dynamics and foils#important riverdale discourse
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