Riverdale has out-Riverdale’d itself.
, “It’s not queerbaiting, it’s saving the world.” Assumptions rooted in monogamous, compulsory heterosexuality about which relationships matter most or will last were toyed withWhile Archie and Betty’s connection might be unique in some ways because they have such a storied connection dating back to childhood, it never discounted Betty and Veronica’s connection, and at times romance, just because of their shorter history.
And while some have suggested it's homophobic or insensitive not to show Archie and Jughead together physically, the rest of the show was so sexually charged that I’d ask us to question what it’s actually saying about intimacy and how love expands and what it looks like beyond the physical or sexual. There's much more to the intimacy of Archie and Jughead's relationship than sex or kissing — let alone the intimate nature of pretty much every relationship in the series.
Considering even half of the above, it’s easy to see the writers were never going for a stereotypical ending. This is not, folks. In fact, the show turns on the concept of an endgame entirely, proposing that love, sexuality, and intimacy is fluid and there are too many versions of self and desires to explore. It asks us to look at the intense feelings we have for people who are “just” friends, for those who know our deepest or even darkest secrets or versions of self.
: Vanessa Morgan as Toni Topaz, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper and Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge
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