#( jughead j. / answered )

[sindicate]

❝ get in the car. ❞ reggie to jughead

          the  jock  turned  american  school  cliché  whose  constant  life  support  was  the  attention  and  praise  from  those  too  scared  to  tell  him  a  few  truths  and / or  the  fear  from  the  weaker  students .  jughead  was  none ,  he  would  never  bow  down  to  riverdale high's  own  brainless  royalty  and  he  wouldn't  coward  in  a  corner  either .    "  at  least  buy  me  a  burger  first .  "    he  doesn't  move  nor  does  his  expression  match  the  sarcastic  comment  thrown  at  the  other ,  instead  he  makes  it  clear  he  felt  he  was  wasting  his  time .    "  i'm  not  going  anywhere  with  you  so  whatever  it  is  you'll  have  to  address  it  right  here .  "

↪ 𝙸𝙽𝙱𝙾𝚇 𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙿𝚃𝚂 . — @dehvils

[asmeninas]

favorite moments in riverdale and why

oh god you’ve opened a cursed vault that will devour the entire world… we’re all going to hell and it is your fault I hope you’re happy…

Starting from the fact that this is an impossible question to answer I will simply be listing things here as they come to mind until I reach z I cannot stress enough that I did not sit down and try to think of the correct answer to this

a) Cheryl’s twin brother Jason who was also two years older than her dies and he’s Archie because everyone just compares Archie to him and Jason’s mother cries at how much they look alike and Cheryl has a vision that Archie is Jason at homecoming and then Archie is nice to Cheryl as no one but Jason had ever been nice to Cheryl so she kisses him. Cheryl lives in a gothic novel what else can I say.

b) Jughead kisses Betty for the first time and has a nightmare with a bunch of married straight people and Betty is wearing a huge ass ring and Jughead wakes up from this nightmare in the closet where he’s been sleeping.

c) Can't pick one craziest Jarchie moment but I'll narrow it down to three: (1) You know I had this stupid idea the two of us could live together in new york. what, our girlfriends? Yeah they can be in new york just far away from us. (2) Jughead leaving Betty's empty fully furnished house with electricity because it didn't feel right to be there after they've broken up because she cheated on him with Archie and then moving in next door to Archie's completely empty house to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor of Archie's completely empty bedroom and then they cut the electricity and he was there reading Dune by candlelight, this after just finding Archie literally made out with his girlfriend AND (3) the statue

d) 3x05 the great escape when jughead writes archie's escape from leopold & loeb juvie by being the dungeon master of the evil dungeons and dragons game

e) cheryl starting a religion based around her brother and ending up thinking she's a living saint then finding out the town burned her ancestor abigail in a late 19th century witch hunt which leads her to curse the whole town which works

f) when archie saw only the eyes of the serial killer who almost killed his dad who later died anyway because real life and went around town looking for him and he told hiram lodge this and said "i've been going house to house to" and hiram lodge said "stare into men's eyes?" and then two seasons later Archie tells the school counselor that he's been going out at night and she instantly just says oh you're going cruising at the gay forest.

g) when archie is attacked by a bear and his fever dying dreams are the best thing that's ever happened to archie understanders

h) when s5 jughead was stuck inside Taylor Swift's right where you left me (he's still at the restaurant!!!!!!)

i) anything Percival Pickens ever did I love you Percival I'm a s6 understander to the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

j) when Cheryl said they needed to sacrifice Archie for the maple trees to make maple and said "the most powerful kind blood is that of a--" and Archie said "Cheryl, I'm not a virgin!" and Cheryl is like "yeah I know you slut" and then she cut his heart out of his chest

k) when chapter one hundred the jughead paradox was sent down to us from the gods

l) when betty got a concussion from falling from her bike when she was 8 and the hospital just did a 23andme on her dna and found the serial killer genes which even her father, who's literally a serial killer, doesn't have

m) when veronica and cheryl made out to save the world and it didn't work actually but it worked for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

n) whenever someone tells archie he's a good boy and he's not dumb and has a good heart but without like. putting a bunch of heroic pressure on him. just hey archie. you don't need to do all this you're such a good boy!!!!! has this actually ever happened or did I dream I went into the show and said that. probably dream! anyway

o) OUT OF THE WAY BERT AND ERNIE

p) forget it, jughead. it's riverdale.

q) when tabitha

r) both times kj apa freely decided to kiss casey cott even though no one asked him to. I think the first time it might have been casey who decided but I still bet on kj.

s) when betty's literary hero, toni morrison, told her to not rush this time of her life because it all goes by so fast at her age, you know, like toni morrison would, and archie said wow that is so true @waystarbuttco knows what I'm talking about

t) greg araki directing an episode and thinking "wow yeah this is pretty gay that's crazy"

u) when there were three jugheads

v) hedwig's the origin of love

w) when cheryl gets to kiss women other than her show longterm girlfriend because I think she was made to just hook up with women and not be in one mostly boring relationship no offense

x) when part because of the storyline part because of real life it looked like Betty hated Jughead's guts and it was plausible she would have killed him even to her friends and tbh also plausible that she would kiss his best friend because she hates him as he later told her through voicemail coming up with my favorite description of betty, "cold fake duplicitous bitch" like yeah that's betty!!!!!!!!! that's betty at her best.

y) when they had superpowers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE HATE FUN AND THEY HATE ACTUAL COMIC BOOKS.

z) when i just turned 17 i'm master of my scene still something's sorta not completely cool yes i'm talking about the problem that i've got when things get chilly that is when i want them hot, it might sound silly but it bothers me a lot archie going left archie going right archie running any road that he can find archie never making up his all american mind making up his all american mind I LOOK AT OTHER GUYS with fire in their eyes they know the way their whole lives will play out me i don't have a clue of what i'm gonna do or even what my story is about i think it's time i make a big decision attack my problems with a sleek precision only then can i get rid of the vision of ARCHIE GOING LEFT ARCHIE GOING RIGHT ARCHIE RUNNING ANY ROAD THAT HE CAN FIND ARCHIE NEVER MAKING UP HIS ALL AMERICAN MIND MAKING UP HIS ALL AMERICAN MIND MAKING UP HIS ALL AMERICAAAN... MIND!

[thatiranianphantom]

Is there any way you can reblog your theory? I am interested in seeing it!

I will copy and paste it under the cut for you!

Also: I like Tabitha. I think she's smart and a good addition. I think she's too sane for the loose cannons that are Bughead 😂

Let me know what you think, anon!

First off, this may be too hopeful. It may be that I am just not accepting things that will happen.

But I keep coming back to Drew’s interview, where he either inadvertently or intentionally told us Jabitha ends. And I keep thinking, we don’t have time for Jabitha tho? If we think they don’t have much time for any Jabitha scenes in 515, and it has to end by 518 because of Bughead, then the most it can last is two episodes. And we know Betty and Jughead work together in 517, and that he and Betty talk in 516. I keep thinking, there is just no time for Jabitha, and it would also make Jughead look like an absolute ass for dating this girl and then dumping her for another girl within two episodes, and Tabitha look like Toni 2.0.

So what if Drew was referring to 510? What if he was talking about the aborted kiss and the “I’m not over the breakup” conversation?

“It ended badly” is a pretty interpretable term. And he did mention they’re still friends, which accounts for them having a, quote, sweet storyline in 518.

It didn’t make much sense to me to begin with that Tabitha would still pursue Jughead or agree to be with him after seeing both him and Betty, and knowing the history they have. Also, if not that, what if Drew is talking about one conversation that is essentially a repeat of 510 still to come?

Basically, tl;dr, I don’t think there is time for Jabitha, especially with her being friends with both Betty and Jughead, and doing it in such a way that Jughead doesn’t look like an asshole.

[archieism]

betty, veronica, cheryl, jughead, archie !

put 5 characters in my ask and i’ll put them in my preference order

1. archie2. betty ¿3. veronica4. jughead5. cheryl

idk how certain i am abt any of these except for archie tbh ✊😔

[heytherejulietx]

him - jughead jones

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“we got them.”

the text from jughead had caused a relieved sigh to pass her lips as she started walking towards the whyte wyrm, where the gang were. there had been someone riling up the serpents for a while; trashing their bikes, leaving threatening messages, calling the cops on them, etcetera etcetera. it had been happening for a good few weeks to a month at that point, and the serpents had all been losing hope in finding whoever it was. most if not all of the serpents thought it was an old member of the ghoulies; it wouldn’t make too much sense if it was someone else.

y/n allowed herself to breath out a relieved sigh as she opened the doors to the whyte wyrm and stepped inside. now that they had caught this guy, hopefully everything would stop. the bar was empty when she had stepped inside, and she assumed that the bar had been cleared out to keep a hold of and question the asshole. she had noticed outside that fp’s bike was nowhere to be seen, and realised that he didn’t know about what was going on. if he did, there was no way that he would have let jughead do it alone.

when she had stepped inside she could hear shouting around the back, and hugged her jacket tighter to herself as she went through the doors at the back to get to the storage room, where she realised they were holding him. she didn’t particularly like seeing her boyfriend in interrogation mode, as he barely ever shouted when she was with him, but since being in the serpents she had seen that side of him more and more. jughead didn’t scare her, shouting made her nervous, no matter who it was from.

toni was stood by the door when she got to the storage room, and she gave her friend a small smile as she approached.

“were they a ghoulie?” she asked, and toni shrugged.

“i don’t know, jughead said he thinks he recognised him but he’s not certain.” the pink-haired girl shrugged with a sigh. having someone constantly harassing the serpents had taken its toll on everyone, and y/n could see how tired they were. she hoped it all was about to end.

y/n nodded and gave toni a quick hug before she pulled the door open and stepped inside, bracing herself for whatever was about to happen. all of the boxes in the room had been shoved to one wall to make room for the chair that sat underneath the light. from where jughead was stood she couldn’t quite see the guy’s face, though she took note of the duct tape that had him bound to the chair, and was relieved that he didn’t have a chance to get violent. if he really was a ghoulie, it was a precaution that had to be taken; they were pretty well known for their violence. sweet pea leaned against the left wall and fangs was stood beside the door, and she gave the boys a small smile as she shut the door behind her again.

“who’s this?” the strained voice from the middle of the room sounded strangely familiar, but she didn’t have time to focus on it too much as a groan filled the room when jughead kicked his leg. hard.

“shut your mouth, “ he warned, and when she glanced up at him she could see his blade glinting underneath the light. “you’d better start answering our questions.”

jughead started pacing the room then, and once he was out of the way y/n could see who was in the chair. and her stomach twisted almost painfully when she met his eyes. he was staring back at her as jughead started talking again, and when she saw the sick twisted hint of a smile at the corner of his lips she wanted to throw up.

she didn’t know his name, or where he was from, or anything about him at all. all she did know was that for just over a week, she had been held at his mercy as a favour to penny peabody.

it had been just before riot night, when jughead and penny were practically at war. jughead had explained to her after everything that penny knew she was his weakness, and used it against him. although she had never seen penny when she had been held captive, she had seen his ghoulies jacket whenever he came to see her. she didn’t even know where she was being held; in an abandoned building somewhere, so that nobody would accidentally stumble across her. for eight days she had been handcuffed to an old pipe in the freezing cold room, and subjected to the worst amounts of pain she had ever experienced. when the serpents had finally found her, she spent the week after in hospital. and then fangs was shot, and then jughead was beaten within an inch of his life, and then the harassment of the gang started back up again. after everything that had happened, it had been kind of easy to move on from her own torture, as she had countless amounts of distractions to keep her from thinking of it. though stood there in front of him, with his eyes locked on her like they did when he was about to hurt her, it all came back with a painful stab in her stomach.

she had started shaking when his smile grew into a grin, and for a moment she was scared that he would hurt her again. her vision had grown blurry with unshed tears, and she barely noticed the next time jughead had yelled at the guy.

“hows it going, y/n?”

she could see all three boys tense up when the guy spoke, and a noise that resembled a strangled whimper made it out of the back of her throat. when they had saved her, she mentioned the ghoulies jacket and briefly explained that she was hurt, but she didn’t let on to the extent of it all.

and now they were about to know everything.

she could feel their eyes all on her as the trembling grew worse and the tears started slipping down her cheeks, but she couldn’t pull her gaze away from him.

“excuse me?” jughead was glancing between them, but she couldn’t bring herself to meet her boyfriend’s eyes.

“long time no see-” the man cut himself off with a grunt when jughead punched him in the stomach, and she could hear him wheeze as he dragged a breath back in. she was aware of the feeling of being winded, and could almost hear her own wheeze inhales of breath from when he had kicked her into a ball against the pipe.

fangs was at her side and she knew that he was talking to her, but she couldn’t understand what he was saying. it felt like her head was underwater, and the only clear thing she could hear was him.

“you’re jughead, right?” he wheezed as he looked up at her boyfriend, and her knees almost buckled when she realised what was coming. “she begged for you.”

sweet pea had pushed himself off of the wall at that point, and she watched as his blade practically touched the guy’s face. “how the fuck do you know her?”

“she must really love you, y’know,” he was still talking to jughead, and she choked back a sob as her chest heaved. “she didn’t stop begging for you, not even when i slashed her own knife across her throat.”

her hand had unconsciously lifted to rest over her neck, where a small though noticeable scar was. he had taken her knife off of her when she had tried to defend herself, and in some sick twisted metaphor he used it on her to hurt her. when she still had a fight in her, he’d cut her neck with the blade; not enough to kill her by any means, it was only a little sting. it was to serve her a reminder that he had the power to kill her if he wanted to.

her stomach dropped the next time she felt jughead’s eyes on her, because from that statement alone they all would know exactly who he was. and now they would have to know everything that happened.

“what did you just say?” jughead spoke quietly, which in a situation like that was worse than him yelling. he always got quiet before he completely lost his shit.

“i’m saying,” the guy glared up at jughead, before he glanced back at y/n, who could barely keep herself stood up. “that i’ve probably made your girlfriend scream more than you-”

jughead punched him again, and she had started shaking so much that fangs had grown concerned enough to try to guide her out of the room, though her feet had rooted to the floor and she was completely stiffened in place. she wanted nothing more than to have run home and hidden away from everyone, but she physically couldn’t move.

“you wanna know what i did to her?” he spat blood towards jughead’s shoes, and her bottom lip quivered as he looked back at her once more. “i-”

“please don’t.”

her voice was quiet, and if she was in a normal atmosphere she probably wouldn’t have even been heard. but as soon as she had spoken the room was so silent she probably could have heard a pin drop. all of them were looking at her, and fangs had started trying to guide her out of the room again, but she still couldn’t move. the guy, who still had his eyes locked on hers, leaned forwards in his seat, and at the movement it was almost natural for her to flinch back into fangs with a stumble, and he had to hold her upright when her knees had finally given out.

he had grinned at that, and even when sweet pea had yanked him back in his seat by his hair he was still grinning. “still scared? good girl-” sweet pea had placed his knife to his throat at that, and she still couldn’t meet jughead’s eyes when he had looked over at her.

“get her out of here.” jughead’s voice was thick as he had spoken, and fangs had to all but carry her towards the door. he had wrenched the door open with one hand, and just as toni had appeared with panicked questions as she helped fangs pull her out of the door, she could hear him saying to “check her leg for my work” before he grunted again with the force of another blow.

the door had shut behind them with a loud bang, and y/n sucked in a huge breath through the sobs she was still holding back. she could hear toni ask what had happened, but everything sounded muffled through the ringing in her ears. fangs was still gently holding onto her arm, but as the memories from what had happened started filling her mind and she had a vivid image of his hand on her arm instead, she flinched away so harshly from fangs that she ended up stumbling backwards into the wall.

“shit, y/n.” fangs had stepped forwards to help stable her but she flinched again, and he rooted himself to the spot.

“i need-” her voice cracked and her chest heaved again with the will to cry. “i need to go- i need to go home.”

“okay, i’ll drive you-”

“no,” she shook her head, and clamped her hand over her mouth for a moment when the nausea came flying back with the memories. only once it had passed she removed her hand to speak again. “no, i need to walk- i can’t-” her breathing had grown heavy and as she stepped backwards again she almost fell over. toni stepped towards her to help but she stepped back again, right into a chair, and had just about managed to stabilize herself before she slipped. “i’m fine.”

she could hear fangs and toni calling for her as she walked towards the exit of the bar, and her breathing only got heavier once she had pushed the doors open and got outside. the air was cold and it didn’t do anything to help what she was feeling. she had gotten over it all; the distractions provided recently helped her move on quickly, and she barely had any time to think about what had happened to her. but seeing him again just brought it all back, and it felt like the night she had been saved all over again.

fangs and toni were still calling for her, and she sped up when she could hear their footsteps following behind her, though she hadn’t been paying attention to her surroundings and ended up walking right into somebody. she flinched and almost stumbled backwards on her own feet, though hands on her forearms kept her upright and she looked up with a slightly relieved feeling to see that it was fp stood in front of her.

her parents went away a lot for their work, and they were away for the time that she was recovering from what had happened to her, so once she had been discharged from hospital jughead and fp had let her stay at the trailer. she had always gotten on well with fp, though in the time that she was living with them, they had gotten close, and fp was pretty much a second father figure to her. sometimes she went over to the trailer when jughead wasn’t there, and she’d spend some time with fp while she waited for him. so she trusted him, as much as she trusted the rest of the serpents. so she didn’t pull away from the older serpent as he held her upright, though she did shrink a little under his gaze as she was still trying not to cry.

“y/n?” he asked, and she could see a concerned frown appear on his face. jughead had the exact same expression when he was worried, and the thought of him in there listening to what had happened to her caused a strangled sob to escape out of her throat. fp didn’t hesitate to pull her into a hug then, and as soon as he’d held her close she gripped onto his jacket and completely broke down. she could feel his palm as it gently moved over her back, and she gripped onto him even tighter. if he minded, he didn’t say anything.

she could hear him conversing with fangs and toni, a lot of “what happened” and “is she okay?”, but for the most part she tried to block out the conversation. she didn’t want to hear their explanation, or hear fp’s reaction to it all. she didn’t hear most of it, but she knew when he had found out what happened because she could feel his grip on her grow tighter, more protective. it reminded her of jughead again and she just sobbed harder.

she didn’t know when their conversation had ended, but soon enough she could feel fp move and his arm had moved around her back, tucking her into his side as he lead her across the parking lot. he was talking to her but she couldn’t quite hear him as she continued crying, so she just stumbled along beside him until they had reached his truck. she was glad he didn’t have his bike instead. y/n watched as fp unlocked the door before he helped her into the passenger seat, and she was still crying when he gently placed his hand on her shoulder to get her to look at him.

“i’m just going inside for a few minutes then i’ll come out and drive you home, okay?”

she shook her head, and just ended up having to clamp her hand over her mouth because she couldn’t stop crying enough to form the words that she wanted to say.

“what?” fp frowned, and she felt his grip gently on her shoulder. “are your parents home?” she shook her head and he nodded. “okay, you can stay at the trailer, alright? you have things there, don’t you?” she nodded and she watched as he forced a smile. “alright, i’ll only be a few minutes.” he pressed a kiss to her forehead (that made her cry harder at the gentle action) before he stood up and gently shut the cab door behind him.

she watched him walk back towards the bar - meeting toni and fangs halfway - before they all walked back into the bar. she curled her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around herself, sobbing so hard that her chest hurt and she couldn’t quite catch her breath. now fp would go in and hear exactly what happened too, and they would all know in detail what she had been trying so hard to forget. now she would never get away from it.

-

true to his word, fp was only in the bar for a maximum of five minutes, and afterwards he drove her to the trailer. she hadn’t asked about what jughead was doing (he had simply told her he would be home soon), she hadn’t asked about her friends, and she most definitely hadn’t asked about him. fp kept glancing at her during the drive there, and she knew he was worried, but he had simply turned the radio on and drove in silence, which she was thankful for. she was still crying when he had gotten into the truck, and she wouldn’t have been able to stop for long enough to have a conversation.

he had helped her inside and as she changed into some of jughead’s clothes, he made her a mug of hot chocolate that he had left on jughead’s bedside table for her. thankfully, he had left her alone after that, and somewhere in between sipping the warm drink and getting comfortable underneath the covers of jughead’s bed, she had calmed down enough to stop crying. her eyes were sore and her face was flushed, and she hadn’t stopped shaking since she had first seen him, but it was a start.

around half an hour after she had gotten to the trailer, she could hear the rumble of a motorcycle outside, and with a sick feeling when she could hear the front door open she realised jughead was home. the volume of the tv out in the living room increased to mask the noise of the conversation happening, and y/n couldn’t be more thankful to fp for how he had helped her that night.

her shaking had increased whilst jughead and fp spoke in the living room, so much so that she had to put the mug down in fear of spilling any drink on jughead’s covers. would jughead want to talk to her about what happened? she didn’t think she would physically be able to say anything without breaking down again if she was honest. she just wanted to fall asleep with him holding her, and forget that anything had ever happened.

there was a gentle knock at the door before it opened, and she frowned underneath jughead’s gaze once he had stepped into the room. it had been easier the night that she was rescued; she was just so thankful that they had found her that she didn’t care that he was seeing her in such a fragile state, she just was happy to have him hold her again. but it felt different, because he had to listen in detail to what had happened. she didn’t even want to know what his reaction had been once she had left. had he stood in horrified silence and listened to the recount of her torture, or had he gotten physical? she took a glance at his knuckles as he shut the door, and once she saw the red and bruised skin there she had her answer.

jughead sighed as he walked over to the bed, and she watched with teary eyes as he slipped off his jacket and took off his hat. “y/n-”

as soon as his hand had moved to rest on her arm comfortingly she started crying again. she felt pathetic; she’s only just stopped crying for fuck sake. jughead had immediately sat down beside her once she started crying and pulled her into his embrace. she gripped onto his shirt tightly as she cried, and pressed her face into his shoulder as he held her.

“it’s okay, love, he won’t hurt you anymore.”

she wanted to tell him that she wasn’t crying because of that, and it was because everyone now knew everything that she had tried so hard to forget, but she couldn’t stop crying, so she just shook her head as she gripped onto him tighter.

jughead sighed, and she could feel his lips against the top of her head. “i’m so sorry he was there, i shouldn’t have text you. he-”

“i- i don’t want to- to know.” her chest heaved as she spoke and jughead just nodded as he held her closer.

“okay,” he whispered and sighed. “okay, sweetheart.”

she continued to cry for the next ten minutes or so, and jughead didn’t let her go for the whole time. he had constantly kept his hand rubbing her back, and littered kisses along the top of her head as he whispered soft promises of his love for her. it did help, no matter how little, and even once she had calmed down a little she refused to let go of him.

“i’m-” her breath hitched, as she still wasn’t completely calm, but jughead just waited patiently for her to finish. “i’m sorry.”

“why are you apologising?” he whispered, and when he had kissed the top of her head she almost burst into tears again.

“i didn’t want you to know what he-” her stomach lurched, and she had to swallow the bile that rose in her throat. “-what happened, and you had to- you had to hear-” her voice had broken as the tears slipped down her cheeks again, and she could hear jughead mumbling apologies into her hair as he held her closer.

“shh, love,” he whispered, and y/n gripped onto him tighter as he pulled her into his lap so that he could hold her to his chest. “you’re working yourself up too much, you’re gonna make yourself sick,” she could feel the vibrations of his voice through his chest, and gripped onto his shirt in a fist as her chest heaved again. “it doesn’t matter that i had to-”

“yes it does!” she sobbed, and she forcefully dragged in another breath as he gripped onto her. “i didn’t want you to- now everyone knows!”

“y/n you need to calm down,” she could tell he was concerned through the tone of his voice, and how his grip on her subtly tightened. “take in a deep breath for me, love.”

y/n tried, and failed when she just continued crying, and by the time he had lifted his hands to her cheeks so that he could tilt her head up to look at him her chest was burning and her eyes were sore again. he kept one of his hands on her cheek to keep her looking at him, and she could feel his other one gently lift her hand to rest on his chest. “breathe with me, okay?”

she nodded as she flattened her palm against his chest, and her hand still shook when he had flattened his own over hers. she could feel his heartbeat drumming through his shirt and against her hand, and tried to focus on the rise and fall of his chest as she closed her eyes. it took her a few tries and a few whispered encouragements from jughead, but after a few minutes she had managed to match her breathing to his, and effectively helped her calm down.

“how’d you-” she hiccuped, and it hurt her already sore chest. “-how’d you know how to do that?”

he dropped his hand from hers and cradled her to his chest again as he leaned back against the headboard, and she closed her eyes as he held her. “when my parents used to argue and it got really bad, jellybean got panic attacks,” y/n frowned at the thought of his little sister in such a state, and let her hand gently rub his side. “i’d take her outside or into my room and it helped calm her down.”

y/n nodded against his shoulder, and sighed softly when his lips pressed another gentle kiss to her forehead. they were silent for a few moments after that, and it allowed her to calm down further. she still trembled in his arms, though aside from the occasional sniffle she had stopped crying. after everything she just felt exhausted. she just wanted to go to sleep and forget everything.

“y/n?” jughead’s soft voice broke the silence, and she nodded though she didn’t look up at him. “you can say no, but uhm… can i see your leg?”

she stiffened in his arms, and immediately he had rubbed her back and mumbled apologies into her hair. knowing what was on her leg and how it had gotten there hurt, but she knew that jughead would see it eventually anyways, whether she showed him then or not. so she slowly untangled her arm from his waist and with a shaky hand pulled up the edge of the boxers that she was wearing, to reveal the scar on the top of her thigh.

‘K. G’, it read. not only had he cut her neck with her own knife, but a few days later he had used it on her again. she could remember him saying it was so she could “never forget him” as he cut his initials into the top of her thigh, and at just of the sight of the letters embedded into her skin her eyes filled with tears once more. jughead hadn’t said anything for a moment, and when she glanced at his face his expression was unreadable. he sighed as his hand came to rest on her leg, and her bottom lip trembled as he gently ran the pad of his thumb just underneath the scar.

“i’m so sorry,” he was whispering, and she closed her eyes as he pressed his lips to her forehead. “i should have been there to protect you, and i should have found you sooner. i’m so sorry he hurt you,” he was crying too when she looked up at him, and as he leaned in to kiss her their faces were wet, and the kiss tasted salty with tears. “he’ll never hurt you again, nobody will. i promise. i’d die a thousand times over before i ever let something happen to you.”

her lip trembled again and she nodded, unable to form any words as he held her close to himself again. her arms locked behind his back so that she didn’t have to let go of him, and she squeezed her eyes shut as she tried to relax into him. he had started whispering loving things into her hair again, and as he rubbed her back it allowed her to relax somewhat. she had fallen asleep like that; listening to his soft words as her head pounded and her stomach continued to lurch. she wasn’t okay, in fact she was far from it. but with a hopeful thought as she started falling asleep in his arms, she would be.

[mieteve-minijoma]

lovely.... (bughead one-shot(?)....)

Thought I found a way

Thought I found a way out (found)

But you never go away (never go away)

So I guess I gotta stay now

-lovely, Billie Eilish

Jughead sat on his barstool at the Wyrm, staring down at the bourbon he'd ordered and fighting back all the emotions he was feeling at the moment. After today, everything would change and he wasn’t sure how to handle it. Wasn’t even sure if he had a right to feel the way that he did.

He just couldn’t believe that after everything, this was how their story ended. He’d spent over a decade loving Betty Cooper and, while they had broken up eight years before, this was not how things were supposed to go. They were supposed to be together forever, but he supposed forever was subjective.

He should have fought harder when he had the chance, should have driven to Boston from Iowa that first semester and begged her forgiveness and asked her to marry him. He should have transferred closer to her and supported her when she needed him the most. But, sadly, he didn’t do any of that.

No, he was too stubborn and self-centered for that. All he thought about was how her actions had hurt him, never once thinking about how it affected Betty - or how bad she was hurting. Didn’t think about what she might have been feeling all those nights when he was out trying to forget she even existed.

Now, it was too late for any of that. So instead of being honest about his feelings, he was just gonna sit his sorry ass in the bar underneath his place of employment and fight falling off the wagon because today was the day she would become Mrs. Archie Andrews.

He wondered if he’d broken things off with Tabitha sooner, if he hadn’t agreed to jump right into living together - hell, if he had only been there for Betty when Polly died - would things have turned out differently. If it had been him that she leaned on and not Archie, would he have been the one standing at the end of that aisle today?

He felt tears pricking his eyes again as he thought back to the night at Pop’s a few months ago when she and Archie announced that they were getting married. In that moment, his heart shattered all over again, just like it did when they were eighteen and she told them about that stupid kiss.

“What the hell was I thinking,” he mumbled to himself, hand gripping the condensation slickened tumbler. He knew this wouldn’t be what she’d want, him falling back into the bottle (much like his father had) when faced with the loss of the only woman he’d ever truly love. The only one he could ever truly be connected to on a cellular level. But he didn’t think he’d have the strength to live through today sober.

Just as he was about to throw it all away and raise the glass to his lips, his phone began to ring with that all too familiar tone. The one he’d used for her contact ever since they were sixteen and fighting against the prejudice of their town like some modern day Romeo and Juliet. He stared down at the phone confused as to why she’d even be calling, given how busy she probably was preparing for today. He shook his head clear and answered on the third ring.

“Hello,” he said hesitantly after swiping the green call button.

“J-Juggie?” His heart constricted at the tremble in her voice, the weak and raspy way she spoke his nickname making it clear that she’d been crying. His mind raced at the possibilities of why she would be sounding so devastated on the happiest day of her life.

“Betts, what’s wrong? Are you okay? Did Archie do something--” He was cut off when a sob escaped her throat and he gripped the glass tighter in hopes to ground himself. He couldn’t promise he wouldn’t punch Archie if he found out he’d done anything to hurt her.

“I know this is... I mean... Um, can you come get me? I just-- can’t do it, Jug. I can’t marry him. I need to-- gah, please, Juggie. I just need to get out of here as quickly as possible and I don’t know who else-- I just need you. Please?” she begged, rambling into the phone.

Without hesitation, he pushed away from the bar, leaving the untouched beverage behind in his wake. He had to get to her, he needed her to know that... Well, he’d tell her how he felt when it was time. But, right now she needed him to be there for her and that was all that mattered to him.

“I’ll be there in fifteen minutes. Be ready to run.”

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[thetaoofbetty]

Veronica is an iconic character that deserved better from Riverdale and I think Cami does a good job with the sometimes (mostly) awful dialogue she gets. At first I was so excited for Latina Veronica but I truly dislike how they made her family part of the mafia (because that’s not stereotypical at all), that and making all her story lines revolve around a man (that being Archie, Hiram or Chad) and truly, Cami deserves better treatment and the amount of hate she gets from BAs for breathing and just as much as show support for Veronica or VA is awful and disgusting. I see it all the time. The hate towards Cami is insane. I need a Veronica focused episode that speaks about HER but at this point I see it unlikely which is sad.

it's honestly infuriating that we got an entire background episode of what happened to archie and jughead over the jump but veronica almost dies in a helicopter crash? betty spent two weeks in the murder hole? and we get nothing on that?

*breathes in slowly and exhales*

that's not even touching the stereotypes which are ridiculous.

i would love to have seen more of veronica's life in new york before she moved to riverdale or more of her life after high school (all of the women, tbh). and not having it connected to any of the men in her life so it ultimately serves their story and not hers would have been even better.

my kingdom for an after high school story of betty and veronica working things out or something, crossing each other's paths? i am not that picky, i swear, roberto. 🥺

the cami hate is gross and really telling since they tried to drag her for a personal preference and then acted like kj was trying to troll people. as if kj cares enough about any of it to bother to mess with people. 😭

another anon under the cut:

BAs love or hate characters according to convenience , they suddenly LOVE Jughead because he is having scenes with Archie and finally being "a good friend" when Jughead has been the only solid friend between the two. They LOVE him because he is currently not having scenes with Betty that suggests anything romantic when just 3 episodes ago they were mocking his hearing issue and calling him a bad friend as if he isn’t the reason BA is even alive after the bomb. But watch them do a switch up when BH inevitably get the investigation story line and spent time together.

—archie, god love him, has been a terrible friend to jughead. i saw that they were trying to say jughead was a bad friend about fred and it's like, oh okay. so you didn't watch those episodes?? at least watch clips before opening your mouth.

they were gross about his hearing loss, ugh. and yeah, they're going to act up once it's betty and jughead investigating without archie. especially if archie is working with veronica or the b/a scenes keep going the way they're going.

They also LOVE Tabitha but as an accessory for Jug. This is the same fandom that has been whining about how next weeks episode is going to be all about her and probably won’t feature any BA scenes. And of course they’ll use any opportunity replace Veronica with Tabitha. They just hate Veronica because she’s a threat. I can’t wait for J*bitha to be over to see what’s going to happen, if she going to be the new part of core 4 of Riverdale or since she’s not longer useful they’ll stop rooting for her? The answer if the second because I have never seen a BA talking about Tabitha as an individual.

—they've (and jug stans) have given me so much shit for being like, hey, what's tabitha up to when she's not orbiting jughead? like that's somehow a messed up take to them? to want a character to be more than the man she's attached to? that's the hill they're willing to die on? okay. that's fine. i want that for all of the female characters, it's really that simple for me so if it's wrong to them, whatever.

yeah, i saw some of the stuff they said about the tabitha focused episode since they thought it was going to be a big b/a ep. their struggle to reconcile wanting the big love scene/confession they decided they were getting with not being "problematic" in the way they've been accusing others this whole time was real.

[bughead-in-the-comics]

Hey, how's it going? Been reading your blog a lot again recently, always a pick me up! Great comfort stuff! Wanted to ask you if you had any favorite moments of Bughead in terms of working together on a project and or for the paper (blue and gold, if I remember correctly!) Also (since I'm a HUGE Sabrina fan) if there were any cool bughead moments that featured Sabrina! Hope you're having a great time and thanks for being one of the best blogs around!

One of my favorite instances of Bughead working together is in a story called Review Askew where they helped Pop Tate figure out why renowned food critic Eaton Grubb claimed that Segarini's Pizza is the home of the best burgers in Riverdale. Professional food critic or not, Jughead Jones is probably the authority when it comes to Riverdale burgers, right? I loved that story because it showed us Bughead flexing their sleuthing and acting skills just to help uncover the truth. There’s also panel there where Jughead basically admitted that he thinks Betty is “pretty” so that’s also a bonus hahaha! Other great stories that involved Bughead teaming up to save Pop Tate include Smoothing Things Over (where they developed a new line of smoothies for the chock'lit shoppe's summer menu) and Bread and Batter (where they fought a pair of hoodlums using a pair of burgerinos).

Another one of my favorites is The Mark of Jughead, where Betty helped clear Jughead's name during a bake-off after he was accused of marking the cake entries with his initial. How did Betty do it? By simply pointing out that Jughead writes the letter J with a crossbar. Yep. Betty Cooper saved Jughead Jones by letting everyone know just how familiar she is with his handwriting. I also liked the story Lt. Jugumbo where Jughead went full-on detective and volunteered - VOLUNTEERED!!! - to help Betty discover who has been stealing the Cooper family’s milk supply. Detective Bughead is so much fun to read!

In terms of Blue and Gold stories, the one that stood out to me the most is probably The Punk, where Betty asked Jughead to go undercover so he could write a comprehensive piece about the punk movement. I loved it so much because it showed not only how far they're both willing to go in the name of honest journalism, but also how much trust they have for each other. Other memorable stories include To Play or Not to Play where Jughead wrote a musical to help give Betty an additional source of articles for the Blue and Gold, The Easy Way Out where amateur sports writer Jughead said "This is the sport I should've covered in the first place!" upon seeing Betty at football practice, and Surprise! where Betty pretended that she was writing an article on fast food restaurants just so she could keep Jughead busy while the rest of the gang attempted to break the record for the world's largest burrito.

As for Sabrina, well, most Bughead stories with Sabrina in them are found in the Little Archie comics. Some of my favorites are Words of a Witch where Little Sabrina gave Little Betty a magical charm bracelet that attracts a special boy (Little Jughead) and Make A Wish where Little Betty practically begged Little Sabrina to use her magic to save Little Jughead from starvation. Of course, I can't leave out Double Trouble from the recently-released Archie Meets Riverdale comic where Comic!Sabrina suspected Riverdale!Betty and Comic!Jughead of being romantically-involved. 

I hope that covers it. Let me know if I've forgotten to answer anything. Thank you so much for supporting the blog! It’s nice to know that sharing cute moments of Betty and Jughead from the comics can have a positive effect on other people. I really hope you’re doing well. Stay safe and healthy! ♥

[sindicate]

❝ oh jughead you precious lonely compulsive piece of trash. ❞ for juggie💖

          and  cheryl  attacks  once  again  regardless  of  how  many  times  he's  proved  to  be  completely  immune  to  it .  the  immunity  manifests  through  a  blank  expression ,  only  hazel  eyes  set  on  her  as  he  crosses  his  arms  over  his  chest  and  takes  a  deep  breath .    "  what  do  you  want ,  oh  cheryl  you  snaky  little  venomous  nepotism  sadistic  baby .  "    

random boss level attack from cheryl pt. 1 ━ @anticheryls

[jancysmixtape]

Honestly, I’m not taking really anything in RiverVALE as seriously. What’s happening in this AU will probably never happen in the real universe, if it were, why would they decide to add it into an AU?

Betty wanting Archie’s baby? Not gonna happen in the real world.

Betty having a “definitive” answer on who she chooses? Again, not really happening.

And now people are saying Jughead “proposes” to Tabitha.. if they were going to do this, why would it be in an AU..?

Do people not realize that Cheryl read Abigale’s curse out that cursed Betty/Jughead/Archie to have terrible lives? And they think what’s happening here is gonna be 100% what happens in reality..? I truly do not think so. None of them are going to have happy endings in RiverVale. That’s the whole point of Cheryl speaking the curse. Archie is dead bc Betty, everyone he loved, tricked him. Betty is stuck with a demon baby, and J*bitha are not having a good situation right now.

I wouldn’t worry about what happens in the AU, bc it seems like all of it is not going go actually happen in RiverDale.

[godheadjones]

p1, 15

p2, 6

p3, 3

thank you for your service layla bae

15. Snuggle hug

6. A kiss on the forehead

3. Squeezing the other's hand(s)

“Hard day?”

Tabitha glances up at her husband to see a concerned face looking at her from over his book. She must have slammed the door too hard, because he was right. “Yeah, pregnancy and work is just difficult. That’s all.”

Jughead closes the book he was reading and pats the space on their bed next to him. “Come here,” he prompts. 

She lets out a sigh from the kitchen table and gives in, unable to resist his offer of comfort when she’s feeling so stressed. 

Tabitha burrows her head into Jughead’s chest and his welcoming arms. “Do you want to talk about it?”

How could she say no, in the safety and comfort of her husband, whose head is resting gently on hers, his arms wrapped around her and his hands squeezing hers. 

So she tells Jughead about her day, all the customers who were assholes, how the hormones made dealing with them worse, and how all day long she couldn’t wait to get home. 

And he listens. He chips in with sarcastic comments here and there, but Tabitha know he cares deeply about her problems. 

“It’s all over for today, Tabby.” He swoops a lock of hair out of her face and plants a kiss on her forehead. “I’m here with you now.” 

[thatiranianphantom]

Okay y’all, I’ve answered a lot of questions (and I’ll get to the other ones after my appointment I swear!) but a few questions for you:

1. Jughead seems so submissive in his relationship. So willing to settle for “eh it’s not much work so it’s fine”. How, when and why will J*bitha break up? I have my theories but tell me yours.

2. Why does Betty not notice something off about Archie?

3. Assume there is good BH stuff in the musical. What is it?

[heytherejulietx]

tipping point - bughead

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The car was silent. It had been for the past twenty minutes, and Betty was under the assumption that it would stay like that until they got back to town.

The gentle drag of Jughead’s fingers against her thigh was pretty much the only thing that was keeping her grounded at that point in time, from letting her mind wander too far into the dark like it did sometimes. Her hands were curled into fists at her waist where her arms had wrapped around herself, making her smaller against the seat. Her fingernails dug into the soft cotton of her jumper instead of her palm. The half-moon scars hadn’t been reopened in months, and she wanted to keep it that way. Even if it was hard in times like that.

If she closed her eyes and thought hard enough, the sound of the shattering glass at Veronica’s cabin could be heard again. Or the many voices that were shouting in the living room, demanding the four friends to kneel. An involuntary shudder ran through the blonde at the memory; the way the wooden flooring pressed against her knees uncomfortably as she knelt down, her hand holding such a tight grip on Jughead’s that it trembled.

Maybe it wasn’t the threats that had scared her so much. Looking at those faces, covered by black hockey masks to obscure most of their features, it just reminded Betty of the Black Hood, the serial killer who had called and traumatised her for weeks on end. And even though the sociopath was dead, it still scared her. If her phone rang unexpectedly sometimes it made her flinch, and her heart beat against her chest painfully as she answered, even though she knew it couldn’t possibly be the Black Hood. She had to change her ringtone after a week when she kept getting scared by the ironically cheery tune. Or if it wasn’t that scaring her, then the thought of what those men could have done to them brought her mind back to the night that she’d helped her mother dispose of the body in her house, the night that still left her feeling nauseous when she thought about it.

The car hit a pothole in the road, and the sudden jolt that roughly brought Betty out of her thoughts caused her to flinch, her hand gripping Jughead’s wrist with immediate fear. Her eyes had blurred over with unshed tears so she couldn’t see as her boyfriend moved beside her, but she felt the hand as it left her leg, and his arm wrapped around her shoulders instead.

“Betty,” His voice was low against her temple, as he probably didn’t want to disturb Veronica and Archie with the hushed conversation. “Take a deep breath.”

It was only then that she realised how much she had been trembling, and her lips parted to suck in a deep breath as her hand gripped onto his jumper, making a fist in that material instead. Her seatbelt was making it harder to completely tuck herself into him, so she pulled the top of it to slacken the belt which allowed her to shuffle closer to him as the tears finally started falling.

“We’ll be back soon,” He was whispering into her hair as he pressed a kiss to her head, and his free hand moved to replace the other on her thigh, gently dragging his fingers against the skin once more. “We can go and stay at mine or at yours, wherever you want. I won’t leave you alone.”

The thought of staying under the same roof as Chic after that night made her stomach lurch, so she had started shaking her head as soon as he mentioned her house. “I can’t go back to mine.” She whispered tearfully, and she felt him nod against her head.

“You don’t have to, you can stay at mine.” Jughead held her a little tighter, and Betty sniffled as she pushed herself closer into his embrace.

She didn’t say anything else for a while. His fingers continued to gently trace along her thigh, and she allowed herself to focus on that touch again, the warmth of his hand against her trembling leg. Her eyes squeezed shut as she focused on his touch, so that she didn’t think about the cabin, or the Black Hood, or the body. The sound of the Black Hood’s voice in her ear over the phone. The blood that stained her hands and clothes as she knelt on her kitchen floor. The smell of the bleach as she scrubbed the-

“Hey guys,” It was Veronica’s voice that broke her train of thought, and Betty blinked through her tears to look up at her equally tired best friend. “We’re here.”

Betty had to force her fingers to unwrap from around Jughead’s jumper so they could get out of the car. His hand remained a gentle touch against her arm as she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car, and once he had followed her outside his palm moved to her lower back to keep her steady. She was still trembling somewhat, and when she took a glance over towards Veronica and Archie they were stood just about the same way on the other side of the car to them.

The bright neon lights from the Pop’s sign blurred her vision even further, and Betty had to blink another few times before she could see clearly. The pink light reflected off of the recently-polished car in front of them, like how the candlelight in the cabin had reflected off of the axe-

Jughead pulled her into her arms, and it was only then that Betty truly realised how much harder it was getting to suck in a breath through her suddenly thick throat. He was mumbling something that she couldn’t quite hear as his hand cupped the back of her head, and she gripped onto the soft material of his jumper again as she forced a breath in. She had been feeling even more anxious recently, with the incident with Archie and the Black Hood, and then the body at her house. Maybe this was finally the long-awaited tipping point that she had been expecting for months, ever since the Black Hood had started calling her.

“Betty?” Veronica’s hand was on her shoulder - it was smaller and more delicate than Jughead’s hands on the back of her head and her waist. “We’re home now, it’s okay.”

She nodded into Jughead’s shoulder, and took in another breath as she gripped onto him tighter. “I know,” The words were a little choked out, but were still honest. “I just… it’s a lot.”

Betty didn’t need to say more because she knew that they’d understand, and she was given evidence of that when Jughead held her more lovingly against himself, his touch less worried than before. Veronica gently rubbed her shoulder before the touch was lifted, and Betty heard her mention that she and Archie would get them a table inside to give them a moment alone. The thought of guilt passed through her thoughts, that they had all been through the same thing so she shouldn’t need special treatment, but in that moment Betty was too tired to need anything other than her boyfriend’s support.

“I’m okay,” Still, she didn’t want him to worry about her on top of everything else, so the words were mumbled into his jumper as she held onto his waist. “Really.”

“Me too.” The words were mumbled against her forehead, before a gentle kiss was left behind afterwards. He wasn’t okay either and she could tell, but there was comfort in the fact that they were home, and it would allow them to get through it together.

[imreallyloveleee]

do you think it was just bait with jabitha? i know im reading way too much into these interviews and with that little bit from the end of the episode.

this is tough to answer. i think it's both yes and no? my thoughts:

- the show is making it about as clear to the viewers as possible that Jughead is not over his breakup with Betty. exhibit A: literally telling Tabitha that he is not over it (lol). exhibit B: telling Tabitha she's being "such a Betty", a buzzkill. exhibit C: leaving Betty a highly emotional voicemail at the same time he was dating and living with another woman. exhibit D: hallucinating Betty's apology, his forgiveness, and their kiss.

- Tabitha is aware of A-C. she's smart. she's filing this all away. she seems vaguely alarmed by a lot of it. i think she does like Jughead quite a bit, but she's not swept away by him to the point that she'd disregard all these enormous red flags. if/when Jughead comes back and says, "I'd like to explore a relationship with you", i think Tabitha will say: "I'd like to explore that too, but you need to deal with your Betty issue first."

- I think Jughead genuinely likes Tabitha too. If she indicates she's interested in a romance if he can resolve his feelings around Betty, I think he'd make a good faith effort to do that. I could see that being an impetus for this conversation they're supposed to have in 5x16 -- Jughead's like, we need to talk this out so we can finally move on.

- but here's the thing. by all accounts, the key mystery plot going into the very end of the season is going to be driven by Betty & Jughead -- together. a lot of what we know about it suggests this is going to be very dark and very emotional for Betty especially. and if ANYTHING has been consistent throughout the full run of this show -- including early season 5, even! -- it's that Jughead has always been very, very attuned to Betty's suffering. and I know this show is no stranger to whiplash, but the juxtaposition of Jughead witnessing Betty going through this very dark stuff, even possibly acting as a source of support/comfort for her, while on the side he's also starting up this far more lighthearted thing with Tabitha...it feels super weird? it feels off.

- so, now that i've written a novella about this: i can definitely see Jughead and Tabitha taking a shot at a romance together, but i don't think it will last. i think that maybe what we see in the musical episode is the two of them trying to move forward but realizing that while Jughead needed to move on from his breakup with Betty, his underlying feelings for her are still very real. and we (hopefully!) get an emotional duet between J&B at the end of the episode that leads into a real reconciliation in the finale.

[thetaoofbetty]

Not an insider, but I’d like to offer this suggestion why RAS is pushing Jabitha. Firstly, completely clueless that the fans don’t ENJOY the break unless there is active pining and angst. He’s attempted to prolong the ships because he wants to also prolong the show. RAS has his mitts in so many ovens, he doesn’t recognize how he’s driving people off. (Part 2 of ask coming, I’m sorry)…

i don't actually know if you meant this for me specifically, anon, tbh. i am aware there are people who think he's overtly pushing this ship or that ship for this season but as someone who's been around for a good while now (as in since 2017 and stopped lurking in 2018), roberto is really just being himself to me.

this is the same man that told b/a fans to tune in for 1x13 to see more b/archie. and then they watched this after betty and jughead said their first i love yous:

(gonna take the fact that babe, can i call? by the hunna came on my playlist when typing this as a sign, ha)

ras has always been in the moment, vague, and slightly trolly. all at once. that he's "rooting for j/abitha" doesn't surprise me. it's been his answer for more than one ship, the man has his canned answers and he uses them. that he's deflecting questions by bringing it back to something else that's currently part of the story also doesn't surprise me.

also that people are surprised that people who are into b/a are asking him about b/a or j/t is like...okay. what did they expect from them?

expecting him to spoil things when he's only talking a few eps ahead isn't really his style from my memory of his interviews. you can, as always, read between the lines for him because he's usually pretty careful with his exact language and in the end, you can be right or wrong based on your bias and opinion and he can be technically right or wrong based on whatever definition you applied to what he said.

see: the whole AU thing. now, is it an AU depending on your definition of it? yes. could it be that it's not an AU to him because he thinks of an alternate universe as a totally separate thing outside of how his story for this event connects to riverdale? sure. is he wrong or right? depends on your personal thoughts on how that works.

i do think that because he's never really had to talk much about other ships outside of the core 4 and c/honi with occasional b/a talking points, people are giving his words more weight than before. but why? he's not really saying much different than he would say for any other ship currently onscreen.

which is my last point. the ships onscreen are currently happening. i write fic that maybe 3 people read and i still don't give away what's happening in later chapters to anyone who asks just because they want to know.

i think people might be giving him too much credit for his motivations on the low level interviews he probably does in any given week. he overstates and undersells. he always has. and when j/t is over, he'll have a totally different answer for whoever asks. when archie isn't dead, his answer about b/a might change. he's going to say something different about each ship in each phase they're in.

and sure, i can be wrong and he can have totally different motivations but as someone who interviews people regularly and asks the same questions over and over again and almost always gets the most predictable answers because everyone knows what they're supposed to say, his talking points always ring the same to me even if his words change, tbh.

this is why i've always been a big advocate of watching what they're putting on the screen instead of assuming that interviews are giving anyone any real information. look at how click-baity and out of context that "bughead is dead" article was. they're not in it for any sort of integrity (see also: the screener with no shame posting a kneeling man emoji knowing what it would imply), they're in it for engagement and getting people mad has always worked better for clicks than making anyone happy.

but if you didn't hear or see any of that and just watched that last episode? you watched a totally different story happening.

[girlsloveamystery]

Betty's entire body felt like it was moving on autopilot while she felt so incredibly numb. She wasn't sure how that was possible. How was that possible? She didn't have an answer for her inner-dialogue voicing the question; she didn't have any answers. Something Betty Cooper wasn't accustomed to. Dilton, her college friend and number one supporter during the aftermath of her attack and making sure Edgar Evernever had the book thrown at him, was dead. Gone. Never to grace Betty's life again with his easygoing disposition and light-heartedness that often provided a beacon of warmth and familiarity for Betty when she needed to step back and detach from brutal cases. She'd never be able to pick up the phone again and call her friend and listen to his infectious laughter as he told a story about whatever "dickwad, rich douche of a client I had to deal with today, Betty!" That was followed by the both of them snorting as they drank their respective alcoholic beverage for their phone call.

She wasn't going to get that back. Ever. That realization struck Betty as if it were a fatal blow itself and she nearly crumpled from the weighted impact of the force behind it. Gasping, she paused as her and Jughead made their way back into the precinct, feet coming to a standstill as she hunched over. She felt Jughead place a cautious hand to her shoulder.

"Betty? Hon, are you okay?" Jughead asked softly, and Betty knew he didn't mean in the metaphorical sense. He knew that she was nowhere near damn okay right now. Not in the metaphorical sense, at least. But, in this particular moment in time, he was referring to her physical sense and fuck, she was not okay there, either. Not in the slightest.

"J-jug," she gasped, bending at her hips as she clutched her chest, feeling her heart race rapidly inside its confinement, demanding to be let loose. "I-I can't breathe..."

"Shit," Jughead hissed. "Okay. Okay, you're okay. You're having a panic attack. It's okay, yeah? Just, come here." He helped her sit on the ground, close to the curb, and began speaking once more. "Can I touch your back? Is that okay?"

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