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This One Time in Key West

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When Betty Cooper arrives in Key West searching for answers from her past, she never expects to find a rag-tag crew of characters at the local bar to call friends. With their collective baggage and eclectic ways, they may be exactly what Betty needs in her life. That, and the broody bartender, Jughead Jones.

It’s been a minute, but I’m back. Life has been very busy and I haven’t had time for much reading or writing. Tonight I have a small window so I decided to read and share my read with all of you!

This week I’m rereading Summer Shivers by @lucivar as a nice intro to my own summer break.

Here’s the synopsis: Betty’s big brother, Special Agent Charles Cooper, is getting married to Kevin Keller. Betty has returned to Riverdale for the summer holidays to help her mother set up for the "wedding of the century” while completing her internship with The Register and hanging out with her best friends: Veronica and JB. When a lead that Betty is investigating takes a dark turn, Charles’s best man and partner, Special Agent Jughead Jones, decides to stay in town to help her out. Or, Betty gets what she wants.

Word count: 127,314

Rating: E

Ao3: Link

I was working on writing something for work with three other people. I stopped at one point, was looking off to the side, apparently shaking my head, then smiling, then writing again.

They started busting me and asking what I was doing. I explained I was watching how that part played out and the word choice was wrong, but now it was fixed - it didn’t “look” right. They were perplexed and asked what I meant with “look”. Didn’t I mean “sound”.

I shared that when I’m writing I can actually see, like literal images in my head, of what’s happening. They thought I was insane. I thought this was normal.

Please tell me I’m not alone or suffering from insanity. I was made fun of for a solid hour. (All good-natured ribbing from my apparently non-imaginative friends).

“The warmth was fleeting, that first blow of air into your palms after playing in the snow for a while. Momentarily it feels good and you think this isn’t so bad. And then it’s gone, just as quickly as it came in, and the cold is back, stronger and much worse. That’s the thing about cold, once you’ve felt the warmth, the cold burns, sometimes worse than the sun.”

Hey anon,

You’re not a bother at all! I’m itching to finish writing and I haven’t abandoned it! I finish my second masters within the next ten days and towards the end have been wrapped up in my research! I hope to be able to do some writing for fun again as soon as all of this is submitted!

Week 10

Back from a slight hiatus! I have been losing my fic-reading steam, but this is probably one of my three most read fics and so I know it will get me back in the spirit! It’s a series, but you can just read and enjoy the first part (though I know you’ll want to continue!)

Check out Cowboy Jones: Rocketship Salsa by @writeradamanteve

Authors description: To get away from her overbearing mother, Betty jumped at the chance to work as a mechanic for the Whyte Wyrm. The ship’s captain, FP Jones flies across the galaxy hunting bounties for a living with his son and daughter and their lives are as exciting as they are mundane. Betty’s ready to adventure with this ragtag family of space cowboys, and when she isn’t working--daydreaming about the handsome Cowboy, Jughead Jones.

Rating: E

Word Count: 13,373

Ao3: Link

Veronica: Really? Betty with a ponytail?

Hello! Sorry for the slight delay, friends. I was hosting Easter and now am away on spring break! So, a day late, here we go!

This week, in honor of being away, I am planning to reread One Week by Aud_Diane.

Here is the synopsis from the author: Betty asks. Jughead says yes. After all, it's only one week of pretending to be irrevocably in love. The only problem: he's not sure how much "pretending" is going on.

Rating: M

Word Count: 23,910

Ao3: One Week

I don’t even know what to say here.

1. You and your boycott bandits didn’t change the course of the show, but way to think you control the world by not tuning in live.

2. The characters aren’t even “real”. They don’t remember the past so can you even really call it Bughead or Barchie or Varchie for that matter? They may look the same, but they are different here. They don’t have a history as far as they are concerned.

I feel like you have to be the same person who always sends these nasty replies because you’ve 100% used the same wording before. Not sure what I’ve done to piss you off, but 🤷‍♀️.

Hey anon,

I didn’t mean that the way I think you took it. I just meant if people want to watch with a ship lens, they have a right to feel upset and choose to, or not to, watch. I just meant that I can’t tell you how to enjoy a show or that your thoughts and feelings aren’t valid.