#jingle jangle 2017

[wolfofansbach]

Personal thoughts and meditations upon the occasion of the Riverdale series finale. 

Probably like four people are going to read this but I feel compelled to write it out anyway. This show has genuinely been a massive part of my life. I watched the first episode because some high school friends encouraged me to (IRONICALLY, BRO). I was in high school when I started this show. Those friends of course long ago fell away, unable to continue, unable to wacth anymore, but I have kept the faith. All seven seasons. Every. Single. Episode.

I’m not even entirely sure what captivated me so much about the show. I loved the atmosphere of season 1. I genuinely wanted to find out who killed Jason Blossom. Was genuinely fucked up by episode 1 x 12 and the first season finale.

I have such fond memories of watching the first season. I distinctly remember a road-trip I Tok with my friends the summer of 2017, and joking about  maple syrup drug empires and the “weirdo” line back when that was the wildest scene on the show. Joking about how sick of the song ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons (2017) we were. 

And then I decided to get involved in a fandom for the first time in a couple of years, and so I revived my old Tumblr, and I began Posting. And reading posts.  

That was my last summer after high school and I was so nervous about college but this show and this fandom helped me get through it. My freshman year I lived in a dorm, and if you wanted to watch TV you had to go down to this common room, so every Thursday I would go down there like an hour ahead of time and occupy the place to make sure the remote was in my hands by 7 PM. A few times I failed, and I missed an episode because of it. But rarely! 

I remember that slowly dawning feeling as season 2 progressed. Scrolling my Tumblr feed and slowly seeing people come to the realization: “wait…is it just me or does this show actually suck.” Was kind of frustrating at the time, realizing that the writers just like…were bad, but in retrospect? Beautiful. Incredible. Legendary. 

And you could even say that’s where the fun really began. Yes, there’s plenty to hate, but also Riverdale is brilliant. The show of all time. For real. No other show has done it like Riverdale. They just haven't, and they never will. The age of the cable television teen drama is ending, and what a hell of a last hurrah Riverdale has been.

The Red Circle. Jingle Jangle. The Gargoyle King. Edgar Evernever and his fantastic rocket. Bret Weston Wallis and Donna Sweett (genuinely cannot say their names without giggling). Jughead getting hit in the head with a rock and faking his death for like…some reason? I genuinely can’t remember, something to do with the Hardy Brothers idk. Tabitha sprinkling the devil with the tears of the Virgin Mary. The normies can laugh all they want about “epic highs and lows” but do they remember the even funnier lines like “if there’s no wedding, that means the gargoyle king has won” or “word of my exploits serving Nick his comeuppance…” THEY NEVER WILL. ONLY THE TRUE FAITHFUL UNDERSTAND. 

And is silly as it all was, I have genuine affection for these characters. Like Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Archie, Cheryl, Toni, actually mean a lot to me. YES they’re fake but I want the best for them (and for Beronica to be canon but you know we can’t win them all). I’m genuinely grateful that this show has existed and been a part of my life for the past six years. 

Moreover, I credit this show for seriously getting into writing. I’ve actually written almost a million words of Riverdale fanfiction. Much of it will never see the light of day, but it exists. Maybe I even have one or two left in me, I don’t know. At the very least I’d like to finish a few uncompleted fics. But I’ve also branched out. Since I started seriously writing in 2017, I’ve also finished several original manuscripts, and who knows, maybe one day I’ll get one published. Stranger things have happened. 

So, thanks Roberto.

And thanks to all of the very cool people I’ve run into in this fandom. I honestly wish I’d gotten to know most of you better, but them’s the breaks. Hopefully this isn’t weird but I’m going to tag a few people in particular. 

@village-skeptic. I know you’re not in the fandom anymore (lucky you), but thank you for, once upon a time, reading every one of the 200,000+ words of a 17-year-old kid’s turgid, indulgent, Riverdale Spanish Civil War fan fiction. I never, ever would have finished that story without you, and I credit it with giving me the confidence to keep writing, and in fact to write everything I’ve written since then. You’re brilliant and awesome. 

@satelliteinasupernova. Thank you for also reading Interbellum (are we noticing a pattern), and more importantly for all of your wonderful drawings. INCLUDING fanart of some of my fics. You have no idea how happy that Strange Death of Elizabeth Cooper piece made me. You rule. 

@sullypants. You were a perennial presence on my feed. Always wonderful to see. I love your taste in art, and I love those ‘penguin classics’ covers you made for a few of my fics. Thank you also for beta reading a few fics for me back in the glory days. And thank you for chatting with me a couple times over the years, including a few times when I was in quite unhappy places. 

@stillhidden. I’m not sure if we’ve ever actually talked, but you like or reblog everything I post and it makes me feel like I’m not just shouting into the void. Same goes for @frauleinfunf Thank God for dutiful mutuals. 

@sonyascomet. I can’t remember when I started following you but you have a really good sense of humor. And I’ll always remember when you kept posting about “Greg” for Succession and I, not knowing anything about Succession, kept imagining Greg Heffley. 

@stillhidden thank you for your world-weary Riverdale posts. You truly understand fandom like few others.

@halcooper. Your devotion to the neglected parents of Riverdale is truly admirable. Every time I see Lochlyn Munro in some weird low budget horror movie I’ll think of you.

I hope I didn’t forget anyone who would be offended by my forgetting, but I doubt it. 

All this to say this show has been a genuinely huge part of my life for six years. SIX YEARS. I graduated college, my God. I wish I could say I became a millionaire or a successful author in that time, but nah. Maybe one day, but for now I’m just kind of vibing. And unfortunately, I’ll have to vibe without Riverdale from now on. 

But as I sit myself down to watch the very last episode of this show, I remind myself that we’ll always have the memories. And I’ll always be an unapologetic Riverdale enjoyer. As a great man once said, snakes don’t shed their skins so easily. 

[jokersexymancompetition]

Now that the Joker poll is done Im running an evil clown poll. Just for fun.

accepting clowns, mimes, jesters, etc.

The clowns so far:

Stitches (Stitches)

Gamzee Makara (Homestuck)

The Killer Klowns (The Killer Klowns from Outer Space)

Cheezo, Bippo, and Dippo (Clownhouse)

Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI)

Pennywise (It 1990)

Pennywise (It 2017)

Mr. Mime (Detective Pikachu)

Scorpion clowns (American Dragon)

Laughing Jack (Creepypasta)

Der Klown (Krampus)

The Violator (Spawn)

Quackerjack (Darkwing Duck)

The Clown Doll (Poltergeist)

This Guy (Real Life)

Fizz & Robo Fizz (Helluva Boss)

Art (Terrifier)

Krusty the Clown (The Simpsons)

Firefighter Clown (Brave Little Toaster)

Bobo Clown Doll (Real Life)

Gingerclown (Gingerclown)

Captain Spaulding (House Of 1000 Corpses)

Arthur Fleck (Joker 2019)

Clöyne (Clown 2014)

Killjoy The Demonic Clown (Killjoy)

The Laugh (Amusement)

Clownpiece (Touhou)

Cicero (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)

Dimentio (Paper Mario)

Courtly Jester (Ever After High)

Phycomedian (Miraculous Ladybug)

Marx (Kirby)

Drunk clown (Dumbo)

Hisoka Morow (Hunter x Hunter)

Circus Baby (Five Nights at Freddy's)

Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)

Zeebo the Clown (Are You Afraid Of The Dark?)

The Crimson Clown (Are You Afraid Of The Dark?)

Popee (Popee the Performer)

Duela Dent (Dc Comics)

Zombozo (Ben 10)

Jack the Clown (Halloween Horror Nights)

Unnamed Evil Clown (Cabin In The Woods)

Shakes (Shakes the Clown)

Plucky Pennywhistle (Supernatural)

Rakshasa (Supernatural)

Twisty (American Horror Story)

Jester Zombie (Plants Vz Zombies)

Clown Zombie (Plants Vz Zombies)

Clown (The Amazing World of Gumball)

Freakshow (Danny Phantom)

Beppi the Clown (Cuphead)

Pierrot (Sonic)

Violent J (ICP stage persona)

Charlotte (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

Joker (Smile Precure)

Jevil (Deltarune)

Juggles the Clown (beanie baby)

Mr. Mime (The Powerpuff Girls)

Geiru Toneido (Ace Attorney)

Joker (Persona 2)

Jestro (Nexo Knights)

Tubby the Clown (Ape Escape)

The Jester (Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return)

Jangles the Clown (Inside out)

Krazi (Ninjago)

The Mime (Miraculous Ladybug)

Shadow Teddie (Persona 4)

Mr. Magic Pierrot (Sailor Moon)

Piedmon (Digimon)

Grunkfuss the Clown (One Night at Flumpties)

Joka (Klonoa)

The Puppet (Five Nights at Freddy’s)

Mr. Tatters (Emily Wants To Play)

Reala (NiGHTS)

Dr. Screwball Jones (Wander over Yonder)

Le Mime (Xiaolin Showdown)

The Groaner (Supermansion)

Jingles the Clown (Jingles the Clown)

Harley Quinn (The Dark Prince Charming)

Doppelganger Arle as Pierrot (Puyo Puyo~n)

Zombie Clown (ZombieLand)

[ao3feed--bughead]

The Bird's Omen

read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/49662838 by ifalljughead After being asked by the Lodges to house sit while they leave for the week on a vacation, Jughead Jones (in the middle of a manuscript to send off to colleges) is in for a surprise. At every strike of midnight, a resident of Riverdale (the town with pep!) is picked off in the dark of the night. Blind sighted by the tragedy, the heat is focused in on the Southside, blaming them for a situation they claim they had no part in. Feeling at fault but with no knowledge why, Jughead teams up with his closest friends to crack this case. Words: 536, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Riverdale (TV 2017) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Cheryl Blossom, Polly Cooper, Riverdale Bulldogs, Josie and The Pussycats, FP Jones II, Fred Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Hermione Lodge, Alice Cooper (Archie Comics), Southside Serpents Gang, Ghoulies Gang (Riverdale), Penny Peabody, Kevin Keller Relationships: Betty Cooper/Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews/Jughead Jones, Jughead Jones/Veronica Lodge, Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge, Archie Andrews/Betty Cooper, Archie Andrews/Veronica Lodge, Archie Andrews/Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge/Jughead Jones, Archie Andrews & Betty Cooper & Jughead Jones & Veronica Lodge Additional Tags: Blood and Gore, Character Death, Death, Murder, Southside Serpent Jughead Jones, Asexual Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper Loves Jughead Jones, Writer Jughead Jones, The Blue and Gold School Newpaper (Riverdale), Riverdale High School, Southside High School (Riverdale), Jughead Jones-centric, Jughead Jones Loves Betty Cooper, Good Parent FP Jones II, FP Jones II in Jail, Diary/Journal, POV Multiple, POV Third Person, POV First Person, Drugs, References to Drugs, Jingle Jangle (Riverdale), Clocks, House Sitting read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/49662838

[5brightplanets]

Lassoo Mores - Jungle Jangle Jingle Nr. 101 |  2017 Graffiti Series  |  by Jivananda Candrāmā (James FitzGerald)

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[westernskynaida]

I know we say this every year but

Why aren't the Yogscast trending right now?

They just raised over $2 million dollars in less than 48 hours. That is AMAZING

Seriously these people are amazing

[fjordstan]

George cam!!

[thefencebeetle]

The Yogscast Jingle Jam is the real sign that the Christmas season is on.

[thetina2411]

Well done eveyone :)

[teazzle]

santa baby, slip a will to live under the tree for me

[aesxv]

valerie just chilling in the background~

/ riverdale 2x05 • 2017

[sillybitchhours]

jingle jangle, ready to strangle

[insane-mathematician]

Here we go again.

[madeline-kahn]

CREATORHUB SUMMER EVENT 2021: Day 02 - REPETITION

KALEIDOSCOPIC TOP-SHOTS IN DANCE NUMBERS ( 1 | 2 | 3 )

High School Musical 2 (2007) dir. Kenny Ortega Beauty and the Beast (2017) dir. Bill Condon Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020) dir. David E. Talbert Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Lurhmann John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (2019) dir. Rhys Thomas Eternals (2021) dir. Chloé Zhao Tangled (2010) dir. Byron Howard, Nathan Greno The Cocoanuts (1929) dir. Joseph Santley, Robert Florey Stick It (2006) dir. Jessica Bendinger Black is King (2020) dir. Emmanuel Adjei, Ibra Ake, Blitz Bazawule, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

[anleep]

The celebration music for £100k ending and then going again immediately for £150k is possibly the highlight of my day.

[ms-sarafoxx]

he likes the sound of his bells

tried my hand at @its-me-yo-boii ’s penny as I’m getting back into drawing.

[westernskynaida]

Sjin forgetting the words to Fairytale at Sipsco is my new aesthetic