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maya-matlin · 11 months

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List every positive thing you can think of about Riverdale

Oof. Okay, I'll do my best.

1.) Veronica Lodge/Camila Mendes. Somehow, Veronica has stayed consistently lovable and sympathetic to me throughout the show's entire run. We joke about the constant back and forth with Hiram and her many businesses, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't rather watch those plots than almost any others on Riverdale. Plus, Camila Mendes is unbelievably gorgeous and brings warmth to the role. What's not to like?

2.) The first four seasons were legitimately entertaining and mostly fun to watch

3.) All things considered, the acting is overall good. You wouldn't know it because of the cringy dialogue and awful story lines, but these actors are pros at committing to what has been written. Especially the female cast.

4.) I appreciate that the show has plenty of queer representation. Is it all good representation? Not a chance in hell. But that wasn't the question.

5.) I'm repeating myself here, but season 1 was good television. It wasn't the smartest show on the air and they didn't do anything groundbreaking, but the writers at the time managed to set up a compelling mystery that weaved in all the characters. Plot points actually mattered back then. It didn't feel like anything was done for shock value.

6.) ...Camila Mendes and *redacted* played love interests for five seconds, which blew my mind and was fun at first.

7.) BUGHEAD. They were by far the best executed and most compatible couple on the show. The two clicked on all levels. Their relationship was surprisingly healthy for two high school students until poorly written plot points came between them. I genuinely think they would have ended up together if not for real life drama.

8.) Veronica and her many romantically charged moments with the female cast

#Anonymous #I tried #There are other things that I liked once but so much has been tainted by bullshit in later seasons

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crazymisscarly · 2 years

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Jordan Jones x River Blossom

In the mood for a budding Bughead Son and Choni Daughter romance? Then I have just the update for you! Read it here!

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Jordan Jones does not like swimming. Water can stay the hell away from him, honestly. He'd rather read his father's cringy teen romance novels than even consider staring into the ominous grey waves at Sweetwater River - don't even think about asking him to put his feet in the frigid depths.

But there is one River that might just be worth being submerged in...

The son of Jughead and Betty has been best friends with the daughter of Toni and Cheryl for years. They grew up together, got each other through their darkest times, and were present during each other's greatest moments.

But a party at Sweetwater River goes horribly wrong, and Jordan's only hope is that River can save him...

...perhaps he'll discover, there are some Rivers worth drowning in.

#my fics #riverdale season 5 au #parent bughead #parent choni #bughead fanfiction

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stewartsjaymes · 3 years

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I know I’m not very known in this fandom (I’m not known at all tbh), but as someone who suffered A LOT when the cheating spoiler came out, I just wanted to share: bughead (and varchie) fandom, we will get past this!

I’m trying to see this whole circus with positive eyes: it will be cringy af and horrible, yes, but once done, it will be DONE FOREVER! so I’d rather watch this match made in hell for a few episodes and get past this for good than having these little moments once in a while.

jughead is betty’s soulmate and she knows it! and somewhere down this season she will realize it again.

we have to accept they’ll use b*rchie as a plot device during this season, but we will get through it!

so yeah, let’s go (and don’t listen to the trolls)

❤️🙏🏻🙅🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

#riverdale #bughead #varchie #rd negativity #anti barchie

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writeraquamarinara · 5 years

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For the sleepover thing, how about top five Riverdale episodes?

BOh dear. I’m a bit ashamed to admit that I haven’t watched a single episode since 2x11 aired, and that I really don’t like a lot of the episodes from Season 2. I like to cherry pick different aspects of Season 2 that I think the writers could have really run with (i.e. Southside High shutting down, the Serpents coming to Riverdale High, Hiram coming back to Riverdale, Alice as an ex-serpent, etc.), but the episodes themselves either range from “meh” to “oh hell no” -- so I guess I’ll just rank my top 5 episodes from season 1.

(Under the cut because I don’t feel like boring everyone tonight.)

1. 1x06 -- Faster, Pussycats! Kill! Kill!

I mean... how could I not rank this one as my number one? It has the first Bughead kiss in it, which was just perfection tbfh. I’d always figured that Jughead had a bit of a crush on his childhood friend that he’d grown apart from, but to see that pretty much confirmed? through Jug’s little sigh of relief when they pull apart? And to see Betty’s eyelids flutter and smile shine? It’s motherforking poetic cinema is what it is.

1x06 also has that incredible concert sequence interspersed with flashes of Betty and Jughead finding Jason’s car in the rain, and the ominous shot of someone watching them from far away that gives you that sense of unease in this perfect little town that season 1 did So Well. That was always what I loved about Riverdale so much -- it was a show about a small suburban town full of stuck-up mothers and absentee fathers, but underneath all that perfection was fear and chaos. It was because of that need for perfection that fear and chaos thrived. It was a show about how younger generations could bring that chaos to light and grow from it, about how they “weren’t their parents”, and that was okay. About how their parents made as many, if not more, mistakes than they did.

Basically, to me, this episode is everything I loved about season 1 of Riverdale in one.

2. 1x05 -- Heart of Darkness

Jealous!Jughead. That is all.

(Also some glorious Cheronica scenes. And we got to meet Nana Rose! So the above was not all, but now It is all.)

3. 1x10 -- The Lost Weekend

Finally some Bughead angst! Was Jughead’s entire monologue cringy as hell? Perhaps? But did the hurt in Betty’s eyes and the look of defeat in Jughead’s more than make up for it? Oh you know it. I love me some good angst.

And then the communication that came after their fight! That scene of them in the diner! Jughead without his beanie on! Kissing her scars! Fuck me up already!

We also learn that Alice used to be a serpent in this episode, and that really just added so much depth to her character. It was great.

4. 1x13 -- The Sweet Hereafter

So much happens in this episode. While I had already predicted that Clifford was Jason’s killer (and therefore 1x12 hadn’t been too exciting for me), I hadn’t really thought through his motives, or even imagined that he would have straight up shot his son instead of delegating the task to someone else.

And more character backstory for Alice! I loved learning about Chic’s existence here, though I really hoped Hal had been the father.

Then we get the little glimpse into Southside High (which was so fun -- Jughead was actually laughing and having fun with his new Southside friends. I’m still mad at the writers for completely forgetting that in Season 2). That scene where Betty and Jughead hug while outside Southside High is so freaking adorable.

Unfortunately, Fred gets shot, but knowing that he survives his encounter with the Black Hood in the end makes it all okay, and therefore this episode gets to stay on this list.

5. 1x03 -- Body Double

This episode is a real mixed bag. It’s pretty great for a few reasons: Betty asking Jug to join her in restarting The Blue and Gold (an iconic scene that reveals just how whipped our boy already is), Betty and the other girls of Riverdale High standing up for each other and against slut-shaming, and Dilton Doiley being revealed as the crazed boy scout we all know and love.

Then they had to go and throw in a scene where Betty tortures Chuck in a hot tub while wearing that ridiculous black wig, and call her Dark Betty, and ruin the entire freaking episode. So, as I said, a real mixed bag.

#asks #answered #long post #thank you for sending this in!

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thebisexualdogdad · 5 years

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Unpopular decision: the main 4 characters of riverdale are overrated. They're stereotypical characters and there's barely any diversity. There's one LGBT couple and they have little to no screen time and barely any POC representation

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

I really don't care about the core 4. I've said it before but bughead and varchie are cringy as hell and so are cole/lili. Veggie is only happening because camilla and charles are dating in real life. The show actually has a lot of poc and lgbt characters but they keep them in background with minimal screentime so they can say they are diverse while keeping thier attention on the core 4 including giving no queer or poc relationship actual development so they give their two main couples sex scene after sex scene (like yes teenagers have sex but really not that much). So many problematic sterotypes. The Lodges being involved in crime, Kevin being enthralled in gossip and lowkey forcing Moose to come out when he clearly isn't ready to. Also pitting Josie against Valerie and Melody, killing Joaquin and never actually saying the word bisexual for Toni or Moose. The list just goes on.

#ask game

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shaykeijser · 6 years

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riverdale 2x19

here are my thoughts/reactions to this weeks episode of riverdale. this wasn't requested but i posted one for another episode and it got a lot of notes (for me) so i'll do another one. this obviously will be including spoilers so i'm don't read under the cut if you haven't seen it/don't want to see spoilers! i've already seen this so they aren't technically 'first thoughts', but these were my thoughts when it happened. psa: i'm not a fan of jughead and betty. like at all. and sometimes archie. so if you're a die hard stan, who'll send me angry messages - feel free to because i love discussions!

- don't get me wrong i'm sad midge died but like...what made s1 good was the murder mystery plot. they 'solved' the black hood murders (if you think/thought svensen was the black hood then you're dumb sorry) way too fast which is one of the reasons why s2 is eh - are singing numbers gonna be a regular thing since the musical episode? i'm not mad but i'm just curious - lmao kevin being jealous of reggie comforting moose is a mood - also, i don't think moose killed midge or is the black hood, but it's gonna be so dumb if they don't consider him a suspect - especially since what he yelled before she was killed that was most likely a reaction to that weird fangs scene - we been knew (is that the phrase) that ethel sent them - why the fuck you lyin? @ moose - seriously tho moose the truth is gonna come out that you yelled whatever you said (i'm too lazy to figure out what it was directly) so you might as well own up to it now - AM I GOING CRAZY OR SOMETHIING BUT DIDN'T ARCHIE FUCKING SEE THE BLACK HOOD? WHEN HE WALKED INTO THE LOBBY OF THE PEMBROOKE AND SAW HIM BEATING THAT DUDE UP AND RAN AFTER HIM AND LOOKED INTO HIS EYES!?!?! WHY ISN'T HE TELLING ANYONE THIS ASJFJOA - "he was wearing a black hood" bItcH listen i believe that for whatever reason svenson was trying to act like he's the black hood but the fact that he was wearing... a black hood... shouldn't be your argument for why it's him - :(((( midge's mom sobbing is so sad - wtf was that look for penelope - LOOK AT PEA IN THE BACKGROUND OF CHERYLS SPEECH - mrs. klump SNAPPED - i could make a whole separate post reacting to the dumb shit betty's does in this episode. like her jumping to defend him? you've been trying since day 1 to get him out of your life since you brought him in. even though you saw how HAPPY he made your mother. i don't think he's behind the murders but why wouldn't betty want to investigate him? hell - i would want to investigate him just in case! - arch you're on to something - concerned veronica is so soft i love it - archie usually makes the dumbest mistakes (well he does a lot) but i'm so happy he's connecting the dots and realizing that the black hood isn't svenson - why is there such a weird gap between jughead and betty as the walk out of pops? like don't get me wrong, i don't ship bughead, but it's not because i don't think they have chemistry together. they usually have a decent amount. however, the gap reminds me of this cringy photo of my friend where he's 2 feet apart from his fav retired teacher and his friend. just saying - it couldn't be anyone...it'd yo dad and moose. he's going after those he tried to kill but failed to (tab) ps the black hood is such a shitty killer lmao like he got better with how he killed midge but when he tried the first time... - i'm not really a fan of varchie but ronnie saying that she doesn't even want to think bout anything bad happening to archie is supa cute - i can't stand hal why is he even getting screen time NO ONE LIKES HIM - archie caring bout fred warms my heart bc fred deserves the world. seriously. i love that man - archie made such a good point though bout how midge was killed in a full auditorium. like damn, the black hood really improved his game. even though i think it's the same guy, the same guy improving his murdering skills so much without practice is odd - IM ONLY 8 MINUTES IN UGH IM TIRED ALREADY - i feel so bad for ronnie she's being manipulated to the max. i'm happy she caught on rn but i can only hope she continues that trend ~ btw i'm sweetvee trash and @veeandpea (love you iswa thanks for introducing me to this ship <3) pointed out such a good concept saying how they'll get together after ronnie realizes how she's being manipulated. just wanted to share that - bosom lmao - hermoine exploiting cheryl's grief and determination is so annoying and sad - "i am cousins with cheryl blossom" lmao i'm happy she's not trying to pretend they're friends anymore - hold up...they didn't go to the cops after the busted cheryl out!!? what the fuck - it's actually so dumb that betty wouldn't consider chic maybe not being her brother ugh - there's like no family resemblance with that kid in the picture idk what you're on old lady - ope it's a morph suit! tbt to halloween when these were all the rage - since when did betty know how to fight??? - graham phillips (the guy who plays nick) is actually so hot like why did they have to make him a bad guy!!! - how did he get hotter?? it's the stubble right - the only mob storyline i like is in general hospital (a soap opera i watch with my mom) - "he's not blood" y'all did that blood thing?? isn't that the equivalent - i get why the lodges aren't going to help archie but they got him into this whole mess - when called her opinion piece a 'thought piece' the journalist in me shuddered so hard i hard i had to pause the show -i'm iffy bout the sherrif keller because he is shit at his job but he honestly didn't sign up for the big mess riverdale is - why is this whole episode not interrogations/why did we only see a few?? i liked s1 because it was a murder mystery and right now it's just feeling like a drama - THIS IS SO HEARTBREAKING I LOVE ALICE SO MUCH SHE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS - why would nick care about your dad lmao - holy shit kj looks horrible with his hair flat like that - how did veronica know that wad of money wasn't enough so quickly is she super smart or something cuz i like that headcanon - #praying that nick and ronnie's money exchange is gonna be discrete - why is this show so dumb YOU DON'T PASS BLACK BAGS BETWEEN TWO ANGRY PEOPLE OVER THE TABLE??? IM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU CW I'VE SEEN Y'ALL DO BETTER SET UPS THAN THIS - ???how did he know it wasn't all of it - !?!!?why didn't ronnie just say no trust me it is because he would've been like eh ok (probably) - that's an insult to reptiles - this scene is so so sad madchen is such a good actress - FP DIDN'T MAKE A SCENE HE JUST HUGGED HER WHEN SHE TOLD HIM AWW I LOVE THEM - if i was betty and i heard that ringtone i'd put my phone down the garbage disposal oops - actually no i would change my number so he wouldn't be able to call me - what's the point of her writing those words down other than to annoy the viewers who can hear the marker squeeking - i'm starting to like archie a lot more i'm happy - i don't think chic killed him, i don't know if the whole overdosing explanation is true but i don't think he killed him - hart denton is such a good actor i love him i hope he doesn't leave - betty and veronica are supposed to be best friends again yet veronica's going into this all alone? have they even spoken this whole episode? - "some sinner's only confess when faced with certain death" aye that rhymes - protective fp is my favorite fp - i love a man who's learned from his mistakes that put him in prison - veronica and nick look hot as fuck - (btw i don't like nick he's just hot as fuck) - she so roofied him - why didn't archie try and do that shit to get out before - is where archie is and where veronica and nick are even close to each other? - hal's probably like shit i should have stayed away from this family - oh my god she's talking bout grundy!! the first time i thought it was jughead's old one that ended up being the candy man - AHAHAHAA veronica's putting nick up for ransom - i still don't think chic killed the real charles - betty not shooting the black hood during this scene is so dumb. maybe even one of the dumbest. i don't know though. she's done a lot dumb things - :((( i really like hart i don't want him to leave the show - dead ass when i watched this the first time i thought 'remember when kevin got his dad really drunk so he could steal the files' and now that i'm watching this again....i remember that happened in teen wolf - he's a mobster how can he help with a serial killer - no more lies elizabeth cooper! - i've thought hal was the black hood all this season so i'm happy more people think the same!!! but seriously betty suspecting her dad doesn't really make sense

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