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#like i think it was established that they're both cheerleaders and have been since they were little babies! it's something they share with
bratpacks-aaa · 2 years
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#❛    ♡   ❜    ˚  。 ・ ❪       𝐧𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞       𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤.     ❫       ░       𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐲    .#tw / abuse#tw / self harm mention#so i love the way i wrote this first of all!#like i think it was established that they're both cheerleaders and have been since they were little babies! it's something they share with#one another so that is why they're CO CAPTAINS! 🫶🏽#and i think this takes place moments before a super important game with scouts in the crowd so this could not have come at the worst time?#and i have so much i want to say about noelle because i've thought of her so much? >__< i think she will find out she is a lesbian but until#then she puts so much weight on her relationships because she is cassie howard down? she has this desire and need to be loved and the sad#part is she really only feels unconditional love when she's around aubrey and her pas boyfriends who worship the ground she walks on because#she's the sweetest girl ever really? her and zoë are so tied for best girls like she really and truly is season one cassie howard.#but then for reasons beyond her control they all break up with her and seemed so frightened by her and really and truly upset with her but#she doesn't understand why at all and it comes so fucking randomly too which is why she feels so unloved as you can tell by this starter#and her mom being abusive doesn't help at all like noelle was told she wasn't enough since the day she was born and her mom takes all her#anger out on noelle and says the most horrible things so she's probably been told that she'll never be enough or keep anyone or really be#loved and have a long lasting relationship which ellie has taken it in internalized it and really and truly fucking believes that now? >__<#when in all actuality she has someone who loves her so much and nearly kills anyone who stands in her way about her noelle which when you#really think about it noelle coming up to her on her why doesn't anyone love me it's so SAD because aubrey does and she always has!#and i feel like this is by far the worst she's kind of been over this like she was tore up about each guy *yes* but this has been happening#so much it's kind of her breaking point? and he was one of the sweetest most understanding guys she ever really dated so like listen listen.#in some ways you could say that noelle *loved* him and when she experiencing those feelings of love she doesn't shy away from it because she#knows what it is like to feel unloved and like no one on planet earth cares so when she feels that love she shows it off screams it to every#single person she knows even gets the shit tatted! so this npc boyfriend probably has the worst injuries aubrey has *ever* inflicted?#eee i'm already invested! 🤍🤍🤍 so excited for my aubelle we love you aubelle! 🥹🥹🥹
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are those people unaware that cheerleaders can be at sports other than football. our hs had cheerleaders for basketball who cheered for (you guessed it) girls and boys teams. marching band usually only perform at football games (aside from competitions) but people aren't making the same critique about those. (we had pep band at basketball games too but that is obvi not marching band as they didn't march. and pep band was at girls and boys games) cheerleading isn't all that different from a combo of dance & gymnastics and yet some wack jobs want to act like they're functionally equivalent to an audience shouting chants. weirdos. all of this to say you are correct and you should say it
i think there's just a lot of overlooking of the sport in general by most people, but i think people get too caught up in cheerleading itself rather than the culture of pep rallies and "cheer" leading, at least in an american culture. the idea of having people cheer on your team is nothing new and was apparently established by men in relation to more formal team settings. the nature of this "debate" is a bit finicky since cheerleading didn't use to be female dominated, but when it gained traction amongst women we saw more formal gender roles strike down the idea that it was ever something for men and it was a women's activity and sport, at least from what i gathered the gist of it to be. the professionalization of it is what seemed to spark the overt sexualization and objectification of cheerleaders across american culture as these super sexualized portrayals were then broadcasted to everyone in roughly the 1950s and beyond. this obviously had a lot of influence on cheerleading attire for non-professional cheerleaders and what cheerleading was apparently about now in the american mass imagination: pretty women waving pom-poms on the side of the football field.
i won't like lie and say that that isn't a huge problem and that i love seeing cheerleaders objectified while doing pep activities bc i don't, but i think the history of the sport and activity is quite important. a lot of similar sports such as acrobatics, gymnastics, and figure skating have also had this same typing of being female sports and demeaned as such. but i think the fact cheerleading can involve both sport and entertainment is important to acknowledge as well, like you said cheerleaders are there to "cheer" and contribute to the mood of a pep rally or game, men's or women's teams. they do not and should not have to objectify themselves to do this and i think, same as other female sports, cheerleaders should be able to wear less sexualized clothing while preforming and competing.
idk i think the obvious thing to discuss is "pep rally" cultures have been heavily typed female and are often thought of as female spaces and sports, when really they should be way more equal in representation. but since most pep rally activities involve things like dance and gymnastics, sports typed female and often female dominated as far as im aware, which mean women get the full brunt of supplying this pep rally culture and in the modern age objectified as they do it. i think the debate should focus on this culture and idk figuring out ways to fix it? instead of complaining about cheerleading as a sport itself which gets you nowhere in the conversation in my opinion
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How about a Riverdale one-shot with established Betty/Jughead? Betty got over Archie before summer and started dating Jughead during the summer, and they're still a couple when the show stars. You may have to change the episodes a bit. I hope that's okay with you.
Here you go!!! I only did the first episode because it turned out to be a lot longer than I thought it would be. But I hope you like it!!!
“Juggie!” Betty couldn’t help but yell as soon as she entered Pop’s and spotted her beanie wearing boyfriend. She had loved her internship, but she had missed him like crazy. Jughead’s face lit up when he saw her. He stood up and gave her a huge hug and a quick soft kiss. Betty knew that he wasn’t crazy about PDA. She would make sure that they found some alone time soon to really show each other how much they were missed.
“Betts, aren’t you a sight for sore eyes.” Jughead said once they sat back down. “How was the internship?”
“It was amazing Juggie.” Betty clapped her hands in front of her in excitement. She had called him almost every night, so Jughead knew pretty much all of her stories, but she couldn’t help but gush some more about how incredible her time had been.
“I’m so happy for you.” Jughead said after she had finished talking. He reached across the table and took her hand, lacing their fingers together.
“What about you? How’s your great American novel coming along?” Betty asked, not failing to notice the happy smile that crossed Jughead’s face as he began to talk about his writing.
“It’s going well, although I’m pretty sure most of the town will be displeased at the way they are portrayed.” Jughead said with a small chuckle.
“And how am I portrayed?” Betty asked
“You’re just going to have to wait and find out.”
“Come on Juggie, please?” Betty begged
“Nope, no one can read this until it’s finished, no exceptions. Even for my beautiful girlfriend. But I will say that you are probably the person I had the most difficulty remaining objective about.”
“Aw” Betty smiled. Jughead prided himself in his ability to remain separate and objective about the town while writing. So the fact that he was admitting that it was hard to remain objective about her was one of the sweetest things that he could say.
“Hello” the two looked up as a girl approached them.
“Hi” Betty glanced in shock at the beautiful, dark-haired girl. She glanced at Jughead, unable to keep her insecurities from rearing their ugly head. Jughead was looking at the girl with slight curiosity, but nothing more. Betty mentally kicked herself for doubting him.
“I’m Veronica Lodge, I just moved here.” Veronica offered her hand to shake. Betty let go of Jughead’s hand and took the new girl’s.
“I’m Betty Cooper,” Betty replied, glancing over at Jughead who had started typing furiously. “And this is Jughead.”
“Jughead?” Veronica asked with a laugh
“Jughead Jones, the third.” Jughead added, giving Veronica a small smile before returning to his writing. Betty saw Veronica mouth his name and sent her a knowing look.
“What are you writing Jughead Jones the third?” Veronica asked
“I’m writing about you” Was Jughead’s simple reply
“Uh, he’s writing a novel about this town and some drama that happened over the summer.” Betty hurried to add, realizing how odd it sounded.
“Oh” Veronica looked like she was going to say more, but Pop came out at that moment with her order.
“Do you want to join us?” Betty asked
“Oh no, I should get this food back to my mom. But I’ll see you tomorrow in school right? It’ll be good to have some familiar faces.”
“Absolutely, I’m the one giving you your tour tomorrow.” Betty responded with a laugh.
“Perfect” Veronica gave them both a bright smile and then headed out of the door.
“Archie, that’s amazing” Betty said when Archie played them his song.
“Yeah, I thought we’d have to pretend to like it, but it was actually really good.” Kevin added in the way that only he could
“That was you?” Veronica asked as she joined them. Betty had introduced her to Kevin and Archie in the hall during the tour. She hadn’t missed the way that Veronica and Archie had looked at each other.
“Yes” Archie responded, blushing slightly
“Well, color me impressed.” Veronica said before turning to Betty. “So, where is that brooding boyfriend of yours?”
“Um…” Betty hesitated, sending a look at Archie who refused to meet her eyes. She still didn’t know exactly what had happened, but she did know that things were incredibly tense between Jughead and Archie at the moment. “He’s probably off writing somewhere” Betty answered vaguely, knowing that Veronica wasn’t fooled for a second.
“Uh huh…”
“Alright…well I have to go talk to Ms. Grundy about music classes.” Archie said and quickly picked up his things and bolted.
“What was that about?” Veronica asked when he was out of earshot
“Jughead and Archie are best friends, they have been for years. But over the summer they were supposed to go on a roadtrip, but Archie cancelled and didn’t give Jughead a reason…and then he apparently avoided Juggie for the rest of the summer. I was away at and internship so I’m still trying to figure out what happened.” Betty said with an unhappy sigh
“We’ll figure it out Betty” Kevin assured her. Betty gave him a small smile just as Jughead slid onto the bench next to her.
“Hi” he gave her a small peck on the cheek and then helped himself to half of her sandwich.
“I didn’t know all of that” Jughead stopped walking. Betty stopped beside him and looked at him curiously.
“All of what Juggie?”
“That you tried out for cheerleading and that Cheryl called you fat.” Jughead could barely contain his anger.
“It wasn’t really a big deal” Betty looked at her feet.
“Yes it is,” Jughead cupped her face in his hands. Betty looked up and met his eyes. Jughead felt a sudden want to punch Cheryl in the face for putting that sad look in Betty’s eyes. “Betty Cooper, you are a knockout, and anyone who doesn’t see that is an absolute moron.” Jughead said firmly, relaxing when she laughed.
“Thanks Juggie”
“Unfortunately, this means that I am going to have to break up with you”
“What?”
“Yeah, I have a very delicate reputation to protect and if I am known to be dating a cheerleading, it will until my who mysterious aura.” Jughead stepped back, keeping a straight face.
“Juggie!” Betty yelled with a laugh and snatched his hands before he could take another step.
“I’m serious Betty, this is the end of us.”
“I can’t stand you” Betty laughed again, but tugged his hands so they were standing close together once again. Jughead wrapped his arms around her and joined in her laughter.
“No you don’t.” He said and planted a kiss on her lips.
“So Archie doesn’t have a girl or anything does he?”
“Nope” Betty said as she and Veronica walked along the track in their new cheerleading uniforms
“I’m thinking of asking him to the dance.”“Oh Ronnie, you should. That would be perfect.” Betty gushed. She caught sight of their redheaded friend and nudged Veronica.
“Hey Archie!” Veronica shouted and Archie jogged over to them.
“Hey you two, nice outfits.”“Thanks Archiekins. Will you go to the dance with me?”
“Uhh…I don’t know Ronnie, I’m not really in the headspace for a dance.” Archie looked to Betty for help, but she simply gave him a smile and a shrug. She hadn’t know Veronica for long, but she did know there was no arguing with her.
“Come on, you won’t let the new girl go unescorted will you?” Veronica pushed
“Of course not.” Archie said with a sigh.
“Perfect. You and Jughead can pick Betty and I up at my place.”“Oh…” Archie hesitated
“Veronica I’m not going with Jughead” Betty hurried to say.
“What? Why not?”
“Um, dances aren’t really his thing. I was just going to go with Kevin.”
“Okay, well in that case I’ll be there” Archie said and jogged away. Betty glared over her shoulder at him, annoyed that he didn’t seem willing to try to mend things with Jughead.
“No, this is not happening.” Veronica said
“What isn’t?”
“This…all of this drama. I swore it all off when I left New York City. We are going to get Archie and Jughead talking and then we are going to get Jughead to come to the dance with you.”
“Veronica that’s not necessary.”
“Oh but Betty dear it is, I just want to have a group of friends without all of the in fighting that there was in my previous groups.”
“Okay, I’m all for mending things between Arch and Juggie, but I’m really okay with Jughead not going to the dance. I like him just the way he is, and he’s not really the dance type guy.”
“Well, we’ll focus on Archie and Jughead for now…” Veronica said pulling Betty along
And that was how, later that night, Archie and Jughead ended up locked inside of Betty’s room. Veronica and Betty shut the door, telling them to deal with their issues and then headed downstairs for a cup of tea.
“Do you think this will work?” Betty asked with a grimace as she heard the boys begin to shout. She hated to see the two of them fight. Both of them meant so much to her and they had all been friends for so long.
“Kevin said that they were best friends right?”
“Yeah, since I can remember”
“Then they’ll figure it out.”
“How are you so sure?” Betty said, gesturing upstairs where the yelling continued.
“Because best friends fight, but if they’ve been friends for that long than they are obviously close and one silly fight isn’t going to undo years of friendship.”
“I wish I knew what it was all about” Betty said
“When they are ready, they’ll tell you.” Veronica said “So, while they are distracted, how about we plot our next scheme”
“Veronica if you are talking about getting Jughead to the dance-”
“Yes that is exactly what I’m talking about” Veronica interrupted her. “If you can look me in the eye and tell me that you don’t want to go to the dance with Jughead then i will back down.”
“I…” Betty tried, but she couldn’t honestly tell Veronica that.
“That’s what I thought. And have you told Jughead how you feel?”
“No, I don’t want him to feel like I’m pressuring him into anything.”
“B, that boy is crazy about you. Anyone can tell that. He only has eyes for you and I have no doubt that he will do anything for you.”
“Exactly, I know if I ask him then he will feel like he has to go. I was sort of hoping that he would ask me on his own. But if he doesn’t want to go, that’s okay with me.” Betty shrugged. She would love to go to a dance with Juggie. To both get dressed up and slow dance together, but she really didn’t mind going with Kevin. She knew exactly who Jughead was, and she didn’t expect him to change.
“Okay Betty” Veronica dropped it with a disapproving look.
“Hey, do you hear that?” Betty asked, noticing that the yelling upstairs had stopped.
“Let’s go see if these idiots have figured it out yet” Veronica linked her arm in Betty’s as they headed up the stairs. They leaned their ears against the door but couldn’t hear anything inside. Betty took out the key and unlocked the door. Jughead and Archie were both lounging on her bed, looking just like they had a hundred times.
“Oh thank god” Betty said, jumping on the bed and hugging both of them. They laughed and hugged her back. “I hated seeing you two fight” Betty said pulling away.
“We did too” Archie admitted
“So you guys have everything figured out?” Veronica asked. Jughead and Archie exchanged a look.
“It’s a start” Jughead said finally.
“Good enough for me” Betty said, wrapping her arms around Jughead and kissing him on the cheek.
“Well this calls for a celebration. How about I go pick up some takeout from Pop’s and we can watch a movie or something?” Veronica offered.
“Oooh food” Jughead nodded appreciatively.
“Good, I’m glad you like the idea, because considering half of the food will be yours, you are coming with me to help me carry it buster.” Veronica said to Jughead
“Oh no, I’ll go with you Veronica” Betty said, standing up in alarm.
“No, it’s okay. I’ll go” Jughead stood up and started walking out the door.
“No really, I’ll go. You two should keep talking.” Betty pleaded. Jughead stopped and looked between Veronica and Betty. But Veronica slipped her arm in Jughead’s and practically dragged him out of the door.
“We’ll be back soon” She threw over her shoulder. Betty gave a sigh and sat back on the bed. She knew exactly why Veronica wanted Jughead to be the one to go with her.
“So why didn’t Betty want me to come with you?” Jughead asked almost immediately after they left the Coopers.
“Wow, you don’t beat around the bush, do you?” Veronica said with a laugh.
“No, so why?”
“Because she is an amazing and incredibly selfless person.” Veronica answered with a sigh.
“What?” Jughead had no idea where this conversation was leading
“Jug, Betty wants to go to the dance with you, but doesn’t want to tell you that because she knows you hate dances and she doesn’t want to force you into anything.”
“What?” Jughead said again, his mind spinning. “But I asked her about and she said she was going with Kevin. She didn’t seem that interested.”
“That was an act for your benefit. She knew that if she said she wanted to go you would’ve felt obligated to take her.”
“I would’ve taken her if I had know, of course I would. But obligated isn’t the right word.” Jughead shook his head. “Making Betty happy makes me happy. I’d do anything for her, plus she puts other people first always, I feel like it’s my job to make sure she gets put first.” Jughead was upset at himself for not noticing that Betty wanted to go to the dance.
“That’s what I thought. It’s why I told you even though she didn’t want me to. Because I could tell that this is how you would feel.” Veronica stopped walking and looked at Jughead.
“Thanks for telling me Veronica” Jughead said softly. “I can’t believe I didn’t figure it out myself.”
“Don’t beat yourself up, Betty’s a good little actress when she wants to be.”
“You have no idea…” Jughead said
“What do you mean?”
“Betty’s been putting on a brave face since she was little, I think it’s almost more of a habit now then a conscious decision.” Jughead thought about all of the times Betty showed up to school with a smile on her face, only to tell them later that something awful was going on at her home.
“Let’s make a pact, Jughead Jones the Third.” Veronica said, looking at him seriously.
“A pact about what?”
“A pact that we will make sure that Betty starts putting herself first and make sure that she shares her feelings instead of burying them inside.”
“Deal” Jughead said, sticking out his hand. Veronica took it and shook it firmly with a nod of her head.
“Good.” They dropped hands continued their way to Pop’s
“You know you are already helping her.” Jughead said after a few moments. “Her mom hates that she is cheerleading, but she is standing her ground, I think partly because of your influence.”
“Good for her” Veronica said with a happy smile.
“Veronica?” Jughead said hesitantly
“Yes?”
“How do I ask Betty to the dance?” Jughead felt slightly embarrassed, he had never asked a girl to a dance. He had no idea how to go about doing it and didn’t want to mess it up. Betty was too important.
“Oh have you come to the right place little Jug.” Veronica said with a laugh.
“Betty?” Jughead asked softly later that night. The movie had ended and Veronica and Archie had made their exits. Jughead and Betty had remained cuddled on the couch in comfortable silence for a while after.
“Hmm?” She murmured, sinking further into his arms.
“I always thought that one thing we were really good at was being honest with each other, even when it was hard.” Betty shifted, sitting up so that she could look at him.
“Is this about what Veronica told you?” Betty guessed. Jughead moved so he was also sitting up and looked at her intently.
“Why didn’t you tell me that you wanted to go to the dance?”
“Because I didn’t want to force you into doing something that you didn’t wanted to do.”
But you didn’t even give me a chance Betts” Jughead pointed out
“Because if I told you that I wanted to go then you would feel like you had to take me. So I figured that if you really wanted to go then you would ask me.”
“I tried, but you said you were going with Kevin”“That was you asking?” Betty asked with a raised eyebrow
“That was me trying to see if you wanted to go…” Jughead leaned forward and took her hands. “Look Betts, I really don’t care what we are doing, as long as we are together.  You telling me that you want to do something is not forcing me into anything. Seeing you smile and making you happy is what gives me happiness. And if my amazing girlfriend wants to go to a dance, then I’m going to take her to that dance.”
“You really want to get dressed up and listen to loud pop music and be surrounded by sweaty teenagers all night long?”
“No, I want to see you in a pretty dress and I want to hold you close as we dance and I want to see the jealous looks of every other guy in the room because they aren’t the ones with you.”
“You really want to go to the dance?” Betty reached up and brushed her hand along his cheek, her eyes filled with hope.
“I really want to go to the dance.” Jughead said, leaning down to kiss her softly. “Betty Cooper, will you go to the dance with me?” He whispered against her lips. He felt her smile and his stomach did a little flip.
“I would love to Juggie.” She said and pressed her lips back against his.
“Jughead relax, you look great” Archie said, grinning at him. Jughead’s hands dropped from where they had been straightening his bowtie.
“I feel ridiculous.” He said, tucking his shirt in for the tenth time.
“Jug, stop.” Archie said and knocked on Veronica’s apartment door.  Veronica swung the door open almost immediately. She was in a dark strapless dress.“Hey boys”
“Wow…” Archie’s jaw was practically on the ground. “Ronnie you look amazing.”
“Thanks Archiekins, you are looking pretty dapper yourself. You two Jughead.” Veronica said giving him a wink. She stepped aside so that Jughead could look past her and see Betty. Jughead felt his heart skip a beat. She was wearing a gorgeous pink dress and her hair was down instead of up in its usual tight ponytail. Betty came up next to Veronica and looked Jughead up and down.
“God, my girlfriend is beautiful” Jughead said, causing the group to chuckle and Betty to blush. She came up to him and kissed him on the cheek.
“And my boyfriend is handsome.”
“Alright, you guys are making me sick with all of this sweetness. Let’s go” Veronica took Archie’s hand and pulled him away. Jughead laughed and offered Betty his arm. She hooked her in his and they headed off to the dance.
Jughead held Betty close as they swayed to the music. His fingers brushed her side where there was a piece of her dress cut away. His thumb ran along her bare skin. Betty sighed and leaned her head against his chest.
“Thanks for taking me Juggie” She mumbled against him.
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