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Archiecomics/Riverdale-inspired fiction that isn't complete trash.

Riverdale is a new teenybopper trashy tendon-gold adaptation of the classic Archie comics to live-action television. We all hate to love it, but boy do we love it. Complete with self-aware tropes, rehashed tween writing, and every scandalous mystery subplot of a young adult's work of fiction all thrown haphazardly together, we just mop it up.

Here's my take on one of my favourite pairings of the series, only because I couldn't find any legitimately spine-tingling takes on it elsewhere, after some livid keyboard smashing.

I got sick and tired of weaving through piece of crap after piece of crap excuses for writing that people published, essentially reiterating the story and dialogue of Rivervale the series down to a tee. Or, just generally rubbish tell-all-and-show-none writing.

Come on, Wattpad. You guys have legitimately great writers, who do dabble in fan fiction and can really make it work. Where are you guys hiding?

Cover taken, with much thanks, from: https://www.gayleague.com/jughead-jones/