I'm a big fan of your blog and Riverdale. I'm trying to do a presentation on it for a thing with friends and I'm currently trying to gather stuff. Its not so much about plot as its about meta, Riverdale genre theory, homage, Archies weird adventures..... I was wondering if you could point me to any blogs or posts I could kinda use as a jumping off point.
okay sorry for sitting on this for a couple of days but i've been trying to look through the archives and gather some things that may be of any use so hopefully it's not too late. unfortunately i'm sooo horrific at keeping up with Riverdale meta discussions but here are my main recommendations for starting off:
@tibby's posts about genre theory and comic rules, and this post that explains a bit more about the specifics behind it
i also think @trappedinthenarrative's #haunted house town tag has some really good posts about riverdale meta
and less genre theory more general meta and critical analysis, but @archietransdrews's #syllabus tag also great!
these are helpful for the homages, but i think they can also be really useful entry points to the genre theory when we're thinking about the ways Riverdale is in conversation with the genres it makes use of
The Riverdale Reference Masterlist by @archangelarchie
Referencedale letterboxd list by @fizzlehead
tbh i think the first time i ever heard about archie's weird fantasy was through this jarchie longcon article so have at it
The Weird History of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa touches on weird fantasy and traces some other potential influences
and when all else fails archie's weird fantasy wiki LOL
these are my main recs for starting off, but if other people want to shoot off other helpful posts/resources in the replies or in reblogs that would be super dope, whether it's somebody else's or your own :)
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