#veronica?

they are tell, don't show. i know that makes the b/as mad but that's what the show turned them into, be mad at the right people for it, not the bugheads who like a different dynamic. 🤷‍♀️

they've put very little effort into b/archie outside of relying on the history of the comics and some of the plot that they showed in s1. i don't think it's skipped many people's notice that most (not all) of the relationships that don't/won't work out have a lot more coming from the woman's side? or there's a certain stereotype that gets played for each woman and they really don't deviate from the norm.

the infatuated good girl next door. the rich bitch. the long suffering girlfriend. the not like other girls girl.

is it any wonder they have totally different personalities when they're written with the partners who were infatuated with them first?

(eta: and by the above i mean because then they're seen as the ideal partner for someone)

“so we have the core four at kind of a weird position. Should Betty and Archie start a full fledged affair. Or apologize to their significant others?”

“nah, have Betty reject him and not talk about it with Jughead.”

“um what?” 

“Make Betty reject Archie.”

“But um we just uprooted the entire core four because they kissed.”

“yeah we need someway to break them up for the time jump.” 

“I feel like there could have been an easier way to handle that-”

“No there wasn’t. Everyone will love this. Betty kisses Archie and goes back to Jughead. everyone wins.” 

“But won’t the Barchies be sad about lack of payoff and bughead’s be sad that their ship still cheated, plus it kind of paints both Betty and Archie in a negative light. Also what about Veronica.” 

“who?”

“Veronica. We kind of made a point of her and Archie being soulmates last season.”