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Back in the day, when Archie and Veronica were (mostly) going steady, Betty and Reggie used to team up to try and create trouble in paradise, usually with disastrous results. I feel there needs to be a thread for the hilarious stories where this dynamic duo caused mayhem.  :D

Here's the first one...


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They were seriously dating in Life With Archie.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 27, 2016, 06:29:14 PM
They were seriously dating in Life With Archie.

Yep in the Archie marries Veronica one.

I guess Reggie is speaking of the playboy Archie as the "Creep".

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I did mean the magazine size Life With Archie. Reggie & Betty were favorite part of the whole story. That's why my name is BettyReggie. I just wish they got married. Reggie would definitely want a Vegas wedding while Betty would want a simple wedding in a church. They could did a wedding in their reality show.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 27, 2016, 07:37:02 PM
I did mean the magazine size Life With Archie. Reggie & Betty were favorite part of the whole story. That's why my name is BettyReggie. I just wish they got married. Reggie would definitely want a Vegas wedding while Betty would want a simple wedding in a church. They could did a wedding in their reality show.

The reality show is also something up Reggie's alley and not Betty's.

Well in Life With Archie Reggie was so gun ho about doing the show. Betty wasn't. She only did it to make him happy. Simon the show producer want Reggie start fighting with Betty for better tv ratings. But at the end Reggie had a enough of Simon & said if we won't do the show if there going be fighting. Simon agreed to lose the drama & that made Betty happy.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 27, 2016, 10:09:25 PM
Well in Life With Archie Reggie was so gun ho about doing the show. Betty wasn't. She only did it to make him happy. Simon the show producer want Reggie start fighting with Betty for better tv ratings. But at the end Reggie had a enough of Simon & said if we won't do the show if there going be fighting. Simon agreed to lose the drama & that made Betty happy.

From the one issue I read which was Life With Archie #16 the one where Kevin Keller gets married Reggie seems much more mild mannered then he does in the new series. I guess that is because he is a little older and more mature in Life With Archie.

Here's one of the pictures I posted at the old forum by Gabbie Gross, the one who drew some of BettyReggie's commissions. Gabbie says Betty/Reggie is her Archie OTP so she must have liked doing those commissions.






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Quote from: GingerGal on April 27, 2016, 06:35:07 PM
I guess Reggie is speaking of the playboy Archie as the "Creep".

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You constantly see people posting that panel, but I'd love to see the whole story. Reggie appears to have a very sincere expression on his face here, but I have my suspicions otherwise... I've never known Reggie to do anything that didn't involve his own self-interest.

Some panels take on a life of their own.

Quote from: daren on April 28, 2016, 02:26:15 AM
Some panels take on a life of their own.

Yeah, I know what you mean. This one has turned up in more image searches I've done than almost any single panel I can think of. It's been liked, re-posted, re-tweeted etc. all over the web. For a single out-of-context Archie Comics panel, this one fits the definition of "gone viral" better than any other I can think of.

Maybe it's because people who see it really want to believe that Reggie is offering a miserable, broken-hearted Betty a sympathetic and comforting shoulder to cry on, like she somehow penetrated his normally callous exterior.

Now I REALLY want to know what's going on in that story.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:42:35 AM

Quote from: daren on April 28, 2016, 02:26:15 AM
Some panels take on a life of their own.

Yeah, I know what you mean. This one has turned up in more image searches I've done than almost any single panel I can think of. It's been liked, re-posted, re-tweeted etc. all over the web. For a single out-of-context Archie Comics panel, this one fits the definition of "gone viral" better than any other I can think of.

Oh there are quite a few more famous than that one but it is popular probably for the reason you said.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 27, 2016, 04:40:59 PM
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Somehow whenever I see a Betty/Reggie or a Veronica/Jughead shipping thread (the two most common ones), it makes me want to start a Betty/Jughead shipping thread (even though I don't particularly ship those two otherwise). It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead. More than that, there's a lot of subtextual reading, just in the general way that you see Jughead saying nice things about Betty and sticking up for her (over Ronnie) as being the superior choice for a girlfriend. Those examples are less situational and more genuinely indicative of Jughead's character. It's just that the other two imaginary relationships are heavily dependent on carefully-engineered circumstances, while what both Betty and Jughead have in common is that they're loyal, truthful, and sincere.

De the Jughead/Veronica feud thread isn't a shipping thread. At least I'm not in it for that, I like to see them not get along because Jughead/Veronica is a direct threat to my favorite Archie ship therefore it must die.  :)  (JUST KIDDING EVERYONE, they're both great characters so I can see why some people want them together.)  I know Betty and Jughead have more in common than Betty and Reggie and get along better than Jughead and Veronica, if they were real people they would be a more suited couple but Archie stories aren't about real life, favorite couples are about the best drama, there's no drama between Betty and Jughead.


But I can see why people like Betty/Jughead, they're the nicest and most popular characters so for a lot of people they go together, that could make some good stories. They always seemed like brother and sister to me but I guess thanks to the Blossoms that phrase doesn't mean anything in Archie anymore.  :P

Quote from: daren on April 28, 2016, 03:13:36 AM
De the Jughead/Veronica feud thread isn't a shipping thread.

Oh, I know -- that's why I posted that comment here, and not in the Jughead/Veronica feud thread. If I'm making any point here, it's that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. It's Archie Physics 101!

Quote from: daren on April 28, 2016, 03:13:36 AM
De the Jughead/Veronica feud thread isn't a shipping thread.

It's not?? :D  Well, the original J/V Feud thread most certainly was a shipping thread. And the new one is going to become so, give it a few days. 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

I guess that's what makes me wonder about the shippers. I want to say "You must hate Betty pretty bad to want to saddle her with this miserable jerk." Not that Archie's exactly that much better for her, but Reggie? Or is it one of those "Who-cares-he's-good-looking-so-I'm-sure-she-can-change-him" things, which of course NEVER works.

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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

I guess that's what makes me wonder about the shippers. I want to say "You must hate Betty pretty bad to want to saddle her with this miserable jerk." Not that Archie's exactly that much better for her, but Reggie? Or is it one of those "Who-cares-he's-good-looking-so-I'm-sure-she-can-change-him" things, which of course NEVER works.

Nope, we want Betty and Reggie to bring out the best in each other. :)  (btw, Archie brings out the worst in Betty, and she brings out the worst in Archie. I have lots of thoughts on this subject, tell you later.  ;D  )

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That was one of only about four stories written by C. J. Henderson (father of Erica Henderson) for Archie Comics. What's notable about at least a couple of these stories is that the Archie characters seem to behave out of character. Here, Reggie acting like a hero. In another, "She's Sweet Betty Cooper", Betty decides she's sick of being a 'good girl' and starts behaving badly.

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It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

I guess that's what makes me wonder about the shippers. I want to say "You must hate Betty pretty bad to want to saddle her with this miserable jerk." Not that Archie's exactly that much better for her, but Reggie? Or is it one of those "Who-cares-he's-good-looking-so-I'm-sure-she-can-change-him" things, which of course NEVER works.

Nope, we want Betty and Reggie to bring out the best in each other. :)  (btw, Archie brings out the worst in Betty, and she brings out the worst in Archie. I have lots of thoughts on this subject, tell you later.  ;D  )

Subtracting her unfortunate obsession with Archie, the idea that Betty could somehow be any better than she already is boggles my mind. Reggie obviously needs a LOT of work. Talk about your impossible projects... if she couldn't change ARCHIE in all this time, what possible chance does she have of turning Reggie into a decent sort of guy?

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 10:30:42 AM
Subtracting her unfortunate obsession with Archie, the idea that Betty could somehow be any better than she already is boggles my mind. Reggie obviously needs a LOT of work. Talk about your impossible projects... if she couldn't change ARCHIE in all this time, what possible chance does she have of turning Reggie into a decent sort of guy?

Archie is better when he is with Veronica. He does not need Betty to change him, Betty practically enables his flakiness anyway. And, btw, when we shippers want B & R to bring out the best in each other, we don't want them to become goody-two-shoes or vestal virgins (what's the fun in that? ;D ) If Reggie gave up his pranks and wisecracks, he wouldn't be Reggie anymore.

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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 10:30:42 AM
Subtracting her unfortunate obsession with Archie, the idea that Betty could somehow be any better than she already is boggles my mind. Reggie obviously needs a LOT of work. Talk about your impossible projects... if she couldn't change ARCHIE in all this time, what possible chance does she have of turning Reggie into a decent sort of guy?

Archie is better when he is with Veronica. He does not need Betty to change him, Betty practically enables his flakiness anyway. And, btw, when we shippers want B & R to bring out the best in each other, we don't want them to become goody-two-shoes or vestal virgins (what's the fun in that? ;D ) If Reggie gave up his pranks and wisecracks, he wouldn't be Reggie anymore.

What "best" is left to bring out in Betty, besides getting her to give up on Archie? That's really the only thing about her that's irrational and needs fixing. As long as she's hung up on him, her self-esteem is going to suffer a boot to the head from Archie. She's got to do that for herself before she could be with anyone that was deserving of her (and that sure isn't Reggie). Yeah, happy couples are boring... but that's why they're happy.

My argument would be that Reggie doesn't need Betty. He just needs arm candy to enhance his image. He's already found his One True Love - he gazes at him every time he looks in the mirror.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 10:45:52 AM
What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

I totally agree that couples are boring. I want BettyXReggie to become a running theme, not an old married couple. Or if they did become a couple, it should be an on-again-off-again thing. 

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

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Quote from: GingerGal on April 27, 2016, 06:35:07 PM
I guess Reggie is speaking of the playboy Archie as the "Creep".

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You constantly see people posting that panel, but I'd love to see the whole story. Reggie appears to have a very sincere expression on his face here, but I have my suspicions otherwise... I've never known Reggie to do anything that didn't involve his own self-interest.

Yep, part of Reggie's scheme to get one over on Carrot-Top. I'll post the story if I can find it.

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

Oh, i don't mean that Betty needs Reggie, she could get anyone she wanted, or be happy in her singlehood. But it's so much more fun to ship her with someone interesting like Reggie. We don't want her with some boring guy like Adam. :D

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

Oh, i don't mean that Betty needs Reggie, she could get anyone she wanted, or be happy in her singlehood. But it's so much more fun to ship her with someone interesting like Reggie. We don't want her with some boring guy like Adam. :D

Betty should just drop Archie. ALL of her problems stem from her single-minded obsession with Archie. Heck, she could even date him casually once in while, as long as she felt like it. Or anyone else she felt like dating... Adam, Trev, or Sayid.

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

Oh, i don't mean that Betty needs Reggie, she could get anyone she wanted, or be happy in her singlehood. But it's so much more fun to ship her with someone interesting like Reggie. We don't want her with some boring guy like Adam. :D

Betty should just drop Archie. ALL of her problems stem from her single-minded obsession with Archie. Heck, she could even date him casually once in while, as long as she felt like it. Or anyone else she felt like dating... Adam, Trev, or Sayid.

Don't forget Jason. Apparently he had a crush on Betty in some stories from the Cheryl title.

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

Oh, i don't mean that Betty needs Reggie, she could get anyone she wanted, or be happy in her singlehood. But it's so much more fun to ship her with someone interesting like Reggie. We don't want her with some boring guy like Adam. :D

Betty should just drop Archie. ALL of her problems stem from her single-minded obsession with Archie. Heck, she could even date him casually once in while, as long as she felt like it. Or anyone else she felt like dating... Adam, Trev, or Sayid.

Don't forget Jason. Apparently he had a crush on Betty in some stories from the Cheryl title.

Or she could date Alexander Cabot III or Reggie. There must be a ton of decent guys lined up to date Betty, so she could afford to be picky, and not need to date the jerky ones. Wasn't that the whole point of dumping Archie in the first place?

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What "best" is left to bring out in Betty?

Her self-respect. Spunkiness. Being a fun person whose every decision does not revolve around getting Archie's attention.

Isn't that what I said? The only thing that that's wrong about her is her obsession with Archie. Without that, she's got no problems.
Why would she get out of one black hole of a relationship just to head into another one even deeper?

Oh, i don't mean that Betty needs Reggie, she could get anyone she wanted, or be happy in her singlehood. But it's so much more fun to ship her with someone interesting like Reggie. We don't want her with some boring guy like Adam. :D

Betty should just drop Archie. ALL of her problems stem from her single-minded obsession with Archie. Heck, she could even date him casually once in while, as long as she felt like it. Or anyone else she felt like dating... Adam, Trev, or Sayid.

Don't forget Jason. Apparently he had a crush on Betty in some stories from the Cheryl title.

Or she could date Alexander Cabot III or Reggie. There must be a ton of decent guys lined up to date Betty, so she could afford to be picky, and not need to date the jerky ones. Wasn't that the whole point of dumping Archie in the first place?

Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

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I've seen that one before. That's were GingerGal got the header pic from. Too bad that blog hasn't been updated in a year :/

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out the best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

And being crazy about Archie is exactly what makes her not perfect. That's the very imperfection about her that makes her fans crazy, because she'd have to be crazy to put up with him.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 01:44:39 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 01:34:14 PM

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

And being crazy about Archie is exactly what makes her not perfect. That's the very imperfection about her that makes her fans crazy, because she'd have to be crazy to put up with him.

Yes, I agree, that's what made her entertaining back in the day, and was fodder for so many great stories. However, the love triangle has already given us everything it could have. Every possible idea that can come from it has been hashed, rehashed, reused, recycled. It ceased to be funny a long time ago.

Also, the classic crazy Betty was funny. Later day doormat Betty was NOT.

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 01:48:59 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 01:44:39 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 01:34:14 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 01:13:22 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

And being crazy about Archie is exactly what makes her not perfect. That's the very imperfection about her that makes her fans crazy, because she'd have to be crazy to put up with him.

Yes, I agree, that's what made her entertaining back in the day, and was fodder for so many great stories. However, the love triangle has already given us everything it could have. Every possible idea that can come from it has been hashed, rehashed, reused, recycled. It ceased to be funny a long time ago.

Archie is Betty's kryptonite. Without it, she, like Superman, would be perfect. However, you don't see Superman go looking for kryptonite to weaken him. If he did, you'd have to think that there was something seriously wrong with Superman.


But here's the thing you have to realize. The entire 75-year history of Archie Comics hinges on this one, impossible, monstrously irrational premise. Without Betty's obsession for Archie, she's perfect, finds a great guy who appreciates her, lives happily (and boringly, to the readers) ever after. Veronica, without Betty to compete with over Archie, loses all interest in him. What is there about Archie to possibly interest Veronica? NOTHING. She's not interested in him, she's interested in beating Betty, because Betty's the best, and obviously the only worthy challenger to Veronica. So without that triangle, no Archie Comics.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:13:09 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 01:48:59 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 01:44:39 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 01:34:14 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 01:13:22 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

And being crazy about Archie is exactly what makes her not perfect. That's the very imperfection about her that makes her fans crazy, because she'd have to be crazy to put up with him.

Yes, I agree, that's what made her entertaining back in the day, and was fodder for so many great stories. However, the love triangle has already given us everything it could have. Every possible idea that can come from it has been hashed, rehashed, reused, recycled. It ceased to be funny a long time ago.

Archie is Betty's kryptonite. Without it, she, like Superman, would be perfect. However, you don't see Superman go looking for kryptonite to weaken him. If he did, you'd have to think that there was something seriously wrong with Superman.

But here's the thing you have to realize. The entire 75-year history of Archie Comics hinges on this one, impossible, monstrously irrational premise. Without Betty's obsession for Archie, she's perfect, finds a great guy who appreciates her, lives happily (and boringly, to the readers) ever after. Veronica, without Betty to compete with over Archie, loses all interest in him. What is there about Archie to possibly interest Veronica? NOTHING. She's not interested in him, she's interested in beating Betty, because Betty's the best, and obviously the only worthy challenger to Veronica. So without that triangle, no Archie Comics.

I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.


I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.


Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.

I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.

Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Hey, you don't have to sell ME on the idea. I'm totally down with it. It pretty much gives Archie nothing left to do, but I'm okay with that. I'd be fine with the company changing its name to B&V Comics. Jughead could continue on virtually unaffected by the whole change in status quo (and maybe that's the only function left for Archie, to become Jughead's clumsy and trouble-prone sidekick and sounding board).

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:49:13 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.

I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.

Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Hey, you don't have to sell ME on the idea. I'm totally down with it. It pretty much gives Archie nothing left to do, but I'm okay with that. I'd be fine with the company changing its name to B&V Comics. Jughead could continue on virtually unaffected by the whole change in status quo (and maybe that's the only function left for Archie, to become Jughead's clumsy and trouble-prone sidekick and sounding board).

Oh, I know. :) But since you said you don't understand the ship I thought I would familiarize you with the concept. More importantly, I like to talk about it.  8)

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:54:51 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:49:13 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.

I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.

Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Hey, you don't have to sell ME on the idea. I'm totally down with it. It pretty much gives Archie nothing left to do, but I'm okay with that. I'd be fine with the company changing its name to B&V Comics. Jughead could continue on virtually unaffected by the whole change in status quo (and maybe that's the only function left for Archie, to become Jughead's clumsy and trouble-prone sidekick and sounding board).

Oh, I know. :) But since you said you don't understand the ship I thought I would familiarize you with the concept. More importantly, I like to talk about it.  8)

Well, it wouldn't bother me if what you described actually happened, but that's not the same as saying I think there's any actual chance of it happening, either. I think any of those scenarios are pretty much going to stay confined to fanfics. Maybe if we all live long enough, the characters will all be in public domain and anyone can do anything they want with them.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 04:00:17 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:54:51 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:49:13 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.

I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.

Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Hey, you don't have to sell ME on the idea. I'm totally down with it. It pretty much gives Archie nothing left to do, but I'm okay with that. I'd be fine with the company changing its name to B&V Comics. Jughead could continue on virtually unaffected by the whole change in status quo (and maybe that's the only function left for Archie, to become Jughead's clumsy and trouble-prone sidekick and sounding board).

Oh, I know. :) But since you said you don't understand the ship I thought I would familiarize you with the concept. More importantly, I like to talk about it.  8)

Well, it wouldn't bother me if what you described actually happened, but that's not the same as saying I think there's any actual chance of it happening, either. I think any of those scenarios are pretty much going to stay confined to fanfics. Maybe if we all live long enough, the characters will all be in public domain and anyone can do anything they want with them.

Dude, there's precious little chance of the things any of us want happening. They don't care about the fans' opinions. Hence the TV show.

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 04:04:53 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 04:00:17 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:54:51 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:49:13 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 02:39:24 PM
I appreciate all that, and loved the 50s-60s love triangle stories. But that stuff has not been funny for a long time.

I don't think Betty needs to be perfect. Back in the day, she was not this multi-talented, super-virtuous, loved-by-everybody sweet little girl. Back then she was awesome.
I am not saying I want her to become full-on crazy again, because crazy Betty was entertaining but not exactly relatable. Which is why I believe they tried to make her into a girl-next-door, and ended up creating this perfect being. That's not very relatable either.

Veronica and Betty's rivalry does not have to end. They don't just fight over Archie. They have fought each other for other boys, popularity, modelling gigs, and so many other things. Way I see it, Betty and Veronica are two women fighting for the alpha female position of their little tribe. Archie does not have to be the main reason for everything. In fact, I don't even want Betty to lose ALL interest in Archie. She can still try to steal Archie once in a while to beat her rival Veronica. Or Archie maybe one of the guys in her life.

I want Betty to become her own person, an entertaining and relatable character, whose existence does not revolve around getting Archie's approval.

Hey, you don't have to sell ME on the idea. I'm totally down with it. It pretty much gives Archie nothing left to do, but I'm okay with that. I'd be fine with the company changing its name to B&V Comics. Jughead could continue on virtually unaffected by the whole change in status quo (and maybe that's the only function left for Archie, to become Jughead's clumsy and trouble-prone sidekick and sounding board).

Oh, I know. :) But since you said you don't understand the ship I thought I would familiarize you with the concept. More importantly, I like to talk about it.  8)

Well, it wouldn't bother me if what you described actually happened, but that's not the same as saying I think there's any actual chance of it happening, either. I think any of those scenarios are pretty much going to stay confined to fanfics. Maybe if we all live long enough, the characters will all be in public domain and anyone can do anything they want with them.

Dude, there's precious little chance of the things any of us want happening. They don't care about the fans' opinions. Hence the TV show.

What do you mean? Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa got to write the fanfic HE wanted to, for real! He just had to get a job as a big-time TV writer first. Too bad some Betty/Reggie fan didn't beat him out of the gig first, huh?

I mean, let's face it, if you read the RIVERDALE premise on some internet message board, you'd just go "Wow, this guy's got some pretty twisted fan-fantasies".

Quote from: kassandralove on April 28, 2016, 05:51:57 AM
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Thanks for putting up that panel kassandralove, I'm going to buy a copy of the digest with that story in it.
Before I just read this online free but now I have reason to buy it which is good.

Heres another Betty/Reggie fan art that was on the old forum, I forgot who did it


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggiedeviantartocn.425/preview/)

Quote from: daren on April 30, 2016, 03:24:53 AM
Heres another Betty/Reggie fan art that was on the old forum, I forgot who did it


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggiedeviantartocn.425/preview/)

I think the artist is OriginalCeeNote.

I found this on DA.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggiemaskstory.431/preview/)
(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggiemaskstory2.432/preview/)

Betty loves WILBUR!!   ;D

I am so glad you brought this thread back Original Sin! Romantic or platonic Betty/Reggie team ups are the best.  :smitten:

Quote from: daren on May 01, 2016, 03:55:33 AM
I found this on DA.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggiemaskstory.431/preview/)
(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggiemaskstory2.432/preview/)

WTF? That is one of the most bizarre Archie pages I've seen. I did laugh out loud though.


Here's my contribution that I posted on the old thread.



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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

Did they do a remake of that police car story in the '70s?  ???  I swear I remember seeing it by Stan Goldberg?? This version is funnier though.


If any of you guys want to see the whole mask story and you have a Deviant Art account the guy who posted it offers to email the rest of the story to other DA users, here's the page: http://rabbette.deviantart.com/art/The-mask-of-Veronica-505886369 (http://rabbette.deviantart.com/art/The-mask-of-Veronica-505886369), check the comments and you'll see.

Quote from: Thrillho on May 02, 2016, 05:47:19 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Wow, somehow it doesn't totally shock me that Reggie has a police record. But Betty? I always knew that Reggie was trouble, but now due to his bad influence Betty has an arrest record (even if they did let them off on probation).

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It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

"Nothing would be left for the kids AGAIN!"   ;D

Quote from: Original Sin on May 03, 2016, 08:51:46 AM

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Yes!  ;D  Poor Betty looks so defeated. She's totally having an affair right?

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Quote from: Original Sin on May 03, 2016, 08:51:46 AM

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Yes!  ;D  Poor Betty looks so defeated. She's totally having an affair right?

I dunno if she'd have the time to have an affair. She'd probably be cooking 24/7 to keep Jug and his offspring fed.  :-X 

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Yes!  ;D  Poor Betty looks so defeated. She's totally having an affair right?

I dunno if she'd have the time to have an affair. She'd probably be cooking 24/7 to keep Jug and his offspring fed.  :-X

Her wealthy paramour Reggie can just but take out and Betty can sneak out while the kids are at school and Jughead is napping. I have thought about this. It brings the topic full circle really, an extramarital affair counts as a team up.  :D

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Yes!  ;D  Poor Betty looks so defeated. She's totally having an affair right?

I dunno if she'd have the time to have an affair. She'd probably be cooking 24/7 to keep Jug and his offspring fed.  :-X

Her wealthy paramour Reggie can just but take out and Betty can sneak out while the kids are at school and Jughead is napping. I have thought about this. It brings the topic full circle really, an extramarital affair counts as a team up.  :D

;) I like this idea.
It'd be interesting to see Betty have an affair. To see her not being squeaky clean.

Quote from: Original Sin on May 05, 2016, 05:01:21 PM
;) I like this idea.
It'd be interesting to see Betty have an affair. To see her not being squeaky clean.

Too easy. Just watch Riverdale, I bet she's a dirty little **** in that.

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Quote from: Original Sin on May 05, 2016, 05:01:21 PM
;) I like this idea.
It'd be interesting to see Betty have an affair. To see her not being squeaky clean.

Too easy. Just watch Riverdale, I bet she's a dirty little **** in that.

They'll probably have her doing Mr Lodge in Riverdale. :/

If they make here a crazy, dangerous Archie stalker....genius.

Quote from: Original Sin on May 05, 2016, 06:11:18 PM
They'll probably have her doing Mr Lodge in Riverdale. :/

I thought that was more Cheryl's thing. I remember someone posted an Archie/Mad Men crossover page where Cheryl was Joan Holloway and Mr. Lodge was Roger Sterling and we all know what those two got up to.


Anyway, here's some panels


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I like to think Betty and Reggie planned this

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Quote from: Thrillho on May 02, 2016, 05:47:19 PM

Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 09:41:40 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 28, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
It's just that I can easily find so many more examples of out-of-context panels for Betty and Jughead.

Not just out-of-context panels. There are plenty of in context panels, stories, and covers for Betty/Jughead. But I guess Betty/Jughead is too easy for us shippers. They are too nice to each other.

That's how I've always felt too. I see Betty and Jug as more of an endgame relationship or as one of those rare platonic (presumably straight) boy/girl relationships. Though I can't imagine things would always be so rosy, since Jughead is a lazy glutton, poor Betty might have to do all the cooking and cleaning. That's why Veronica is a better match, they'd have servants do everything. j/k  ;)

You remind me of a piece of fan art I did ;) 

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Forig07.deviantart.net%2Faff5%2Ff%2F2012%2F299%2Fe%2Fe%2Fif_betty_married_jughead_by_sintah-d52gd6z.jpg&hash=40a0dbea7632ac70673221be889c70aec3c1d186)

Yes!  ;D  Poor Betty looks so defeated. She's totally having an affair right?

I dunno if she'd have the time to have an affair. She'd probably be cooking 24/7 to keep Jug and his offspring fed.  :-X

Her wealthy paramour Reggie can just but take out and Betty can sneak out while the kids are at school and Jughead is napping. I have thought about this. It brings the topic full circle really, an extramarital affair counts as a team up.  :D

;) I like this idea.
It'd be interesting to see Betty have an affair. To see her not being squeaky clean.

I just love the idea of Betty fooling around with Reggie  ;)

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I wonder if they reprint any stories where Reggie is Betty's lackey?  To me, i think in the older stories, they have a Pinky and The Brain-esque partnership where they planned mad schemes to break up Archie and Betty.

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I like to think Betty and Reggie planned this

What was clueless Archie doing while Betty and Reggie made out? Did he not even hear the kissing sounds?  :idiot2:

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"One girl's trash is another girl's treasure." It's funny because it's not unlike Archie's car, which many people comment on as belonging in a junkyard, but which Archie believes has "plenty of good mileage left in this model". Both of them feel like the object of their scavenging may be a little dinged and dented, and a second-hand castoff, but is still salvageable with a little bit of elbow grease, repair and maintenance. That makes Betty and Archie both American Pickers.

There's a moment with Betty and Reggie in the Tania del Rio/Kennedys story "Unlucky Lake Date" only a little less than a page but it's cute. It was in one of the 2015 digests and it's in the Archie Best of 2015 collection of new digest stories.


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/unluckylakedatebettyreggie.489/preview/)

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Technically not a team up but Betty/Reggie nonetheless.  ;)

I remember a story where Betty was Rolling Blading & she was almost hit by this huge truck. Reggie ran into the street. He saved her. His sweater was ripped. And few days later Betty made him a sweater to replace his rip one. He asked her to go the movies. So they as actually started to date but they were not sure if was true love. Archie & Veronica were jealous & actually missed them. In the end Reggie did what nice person would do & it proved he actually had a heart.

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 16, 2016, 10:10:46 PM
I remember a story where Betty was Rolling Blading & she was almost hit by this huge truck. Reggie ran into the street. He saved her. His sweater was ripped. And few days later Betty made him a sweater to replace his rip one. He asked her to go the movies. So they as actually started to date but they were not sure if was true love. Archie & Veronica were jealous & actually missed them. In the end Reggie did what nice person would do & it proved he actually had a heart.

"For One Brief Moment". That's my favorite Betty/Reggie story.

Me too, I love reading it. If they ever made a Reggie comic that should be the story at the end of the comic. Just like they been doing with new Archie issues & Jughead issues.

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Quote from: BettyReggie on May 16, 2016, 10:10:46 PM
I remember a story where Betty was Rolling Blading & she was almost hit by this huge truck. Reggie ran into the street. He saved her. His sweater was ripped. And few days later Betty made him a sweater to replace his rip one. He asked her to go the movies. So they as actually started to date but they were not sure if was true love. Archie & Veronica were jealous & actually missed them. In the end Reggie did what nice person would do & it proved he actually had a heart.

"For One Brief Moment". That's my favorite Betty/Reggie story.

Even though I'd read the story before in reprint form, I was surprised to find that issue (BETTY #43) with the original appearance of that story, while rummaging through a box of unsorted comics for 50c. I never find an issue of an Archie comic that way that contains some 'significant' or notable story like that. That story IS pretty much the Holy Grail for Betty/Reggie shippers. Doubtful that there'll ever be another.
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It has been in those 1000's page books. I think.

Here's a scene where Betty and Reggie team up in the girls imagining themselves as rival pirates. That's the only panel with him though.


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/pirategirls.517/preview/)

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 17, 2016, 06:16:56 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on May 16, 2016, 10:32:36 PM

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 16, 2016, 10:10:46 PM
I remember a story where Betty was Rolling Blading & she was almost hit by this huge truck. Reggie ran into the street. He saved her. His sweater was ripped. And few days later Betty made him a sweater to replace his rip one. He asked her to go the movies. So they as actually started to date but they were not sure if was true love. Archie & Veronica were jealous & actually missed them. In the end Reggie did what nice person would do & it proved he actually had a heart.

"For One Brief Moment". That's my favorite Betty/Reggie story.

Even though I'd read the story before in reprint form, I was surprised to find that issue (BETTY #43) with the original appearance of that story, while rummaging through a box of unsorted comics for 50c. I never find an issue of an Archie comic that way that contains some 'significant' or notable story like that. That story IS pretty much the Holy Grail for Betty/Reggie shippers. Doubtful that there'll ever be another.
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That cover is classic.


I found most of the story in the google books preview for one of the Best of Archie stories, except for the first few pages: [size=78%]https://books.google.com/books?id=OZV0BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=%22best+of+archie%22+%22c.j.+henderson%22&source=bl&ots=YBIcS__Tf4&sig=u9bxL8oKTQ3rRmD0dXzU8iXh2iY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigxr-B6ufMAhVl_4MKHXqhDUwQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22best%20of%20archie%22%20%22c.j.%20henderson%22&f=false (https://books.google.com/books?id=OZV0BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=%22best+of+archie%22+%22c.j.+henderson%22&source=bl&ots=YBIcS__Tf4&sig=u9bxL8oKTQ3rRmD0dXzU8iXh2iY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwigxr-B6ufMAhVl_4MKHXqhDUwQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22best%20of%20archie%22%20%22c.j.%20henderson%22&f=false)[/size]


(Scroll past the story about Moose)

Quote from: daren on May 20, 2016, 03:15:57 AM
(Scroll past the story about Moose)

No, I think people should definitely read "MOOSE!". While there's something slightly wonky about Chris Allen's artwork (characters expressions are frequently off-model), it proves that at least Mark Waid is capable of writing funny Archie stories if he sets out to do so. I doubt that he's lost the ability, so I guess someone (whether it was him or the editor) decided that it's not all that important that an Archie story be funny. Or maybe someone determined that it's important that Archie NOT be funny now, because the prospective audience they're trying to grab isn't really interested in "funny", except maybe as an afterthought.

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 17, 2016, 08:42:50 PM
It has been in those 1000's page books. I think.

Yes, it's in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blowout!

In fact, that story's too good, I'll post a couple panels


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And then I edited this panel, because I don't like what happens in the original  ;D


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*sigh*   :smitten:

I just saw this one a couple of days ago for the first time. I'm not sure if it was ever posted here.
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Nice costumes on the girls! This doesn't sound like Dan Parent though, is it just me or does this feel like one of their wrong credits?

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So are Betty/Reggie fans hoping to see some romance on the new tv show, or are you going to sit this one out?

I'll just leave this here...

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:D

For the shipping part of this thread...

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Quote from: Thrillho on June 02, 2016, 07:05:02 PM
For the shipping part of this thread...


(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FScreenShot2013-10-01at30753PM.png&hash=e825c7de37af994e42a9041cb473a2dcf194d49d)

:smitten: :smitten:


Reggie really likes Betty's kisses. We have seen it before:


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/betty-kisses-reggie-he-likes-it.694/preview/)


and as we saw on page 5 of this thread so does Betty

Quote from: Thrillho on May 05, 2016, 09:17:35 PM
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(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FScreenShot2013-09-27at105614PM.png&hash=74a625e7f0031e180f1a679f843de414262b7b52)

...

(Is it weird that these panels make me very happy?  ;D )

There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

I looked up RiverDale on the Internet Movie Data Base & it said Reggie will only be in 16 episodes.The other will be in 23 episodes . And Reggie wasn't even shown in the trailer. So I hope they do put them together.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:44:36 PM
(Is it weird that these panels make me very happy?  ;D )

I'm glad that they do. This board made me really enjoy Betty/Reggie. Before, I was pretty neutral on them but now I can't resist squealing in excitement when I see a Beggie moment or story.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:47:54 PM
There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

I just hope they'd do it justice.  ;D

Quote from: Thrillho on June 02, 2016, 07:05:02 PM
For the shipping part of this thread...

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What story is this from? I'd like to read that.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 03, 2016, 01:56:49 AM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 02, 2016, 07:05:02 PM
For the shipping part of this thread...

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What story is this from? I'd like to read that.

I got it from a Betty and Veronica digest years ago, since I had the Archie digital subscription I was reading a ton in quick succession. I can give you a synopsis but I didn't record where I got it from, I think that info was on the old site.

Betty and Veronica want to audition for a play, Betty wants the Veronica-like role and vice-versa, but Ms. Grundy isn't convinced they can pull it off so they just use their acting chops in the real world.

Quote from: Thrillho on June 03, 2016, 01:08:24 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 03, 2016, 01:56:49 AM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 02, 2016, 07:05:02 PM
For the shipping part of this thread...

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What story is this from? I'd like to read that.

I got it from a Betty and Veronica digest years ago, since I had the Archie digital subscription I was reading a ton in quick succession. I can give you a synopsis but I didn't record where I got it from, I think that info was on the old site.

Betty and Veronica want to audition for a play, Betty wants the Veronica-like role and vice-versa, but Ms. Grundy isn't convinced they can pull it off so they just use their acting chops in the real world.

Oh, so it's almost like one of those stories where they trade places. Not literally, but essentially they're each acting like the other normally does. Well at least that explains what's going on there. Hopefully they'll reprint it again some time.

(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FIMG_6567.png&hash=52b5b243f39a53d56798407ff1ab1134b156ecc7)

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:47:54 PM
There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 09:11:10 PM
I looked up RiverDale on the Internet Movie Data Base & it said Reggie will only be in 16 episodes.The other will be in 23 episodes . And Reggie wasn't even shown in the trailer. So I hope they do put them together.

You guys are way more flexible than me, I don't want this clown show going near my favorite couples.




Heres a cute ad with Betty and Reggie for one of their stories.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggieincivilchore.697/preview/)

Quote from: daren on June 06, 2016, 01:00:19 AM
Heres a cute ad with Betty and Reggie for one of their stories.

(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggieincivilchore.697/preview/)

What was "Civil Chore" (parodying Marvel's "Civil War", I guess) and how did it involve Archie vs Jughead? Is it worth reading?

I don't know, I just saw the ad.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 06, 2016, 01:11:18 AM
What was "Civil Chore" (parodying Marvel's "Civil War", I guess) and how did it involve Archie vs Jughead? Is it worth reading?

The 3 part story from Tales from Riverdale Digest #22-24 featuring nearly every Archie character (as at least a face in the crowd) — Archie wants Riverdale teens to go "on strike" for a raise in allowance and such concessions from their parents, while Jug feels it's counterproductive ...

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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 06, 2016, 01:11:18 AM
What was "Civil Chore" (parodying Marvel's "Civil War", I guess) and how did it involve Archie vs Jughead? Is it worth reading?

The 3 part story from Tales from Riverdale Digest #22-24 featuring nearly every Archie character (as at least a face in the crowd) — Archie wants Riverdale teens to go "on strike" for a raise in allowance and such concessions from their parents, while Jug feels it's counterproductive ...

Ah, Tales From Riverdale Digest. That was going to be my next big order from MyComicShop.com anyway. Thanks!

Quote from: Thrillho on June 03, 2016, 01:08:24 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 03, 2016, 01:56:49 AM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 02, 2016, 07:05:02 PM
For the shipping part of this thread...

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What story is this from? I'd like to read that.

I got it from a Betty and Veronica digest years ago, since I had the Archie digital subscription I was reading a ton in quick succession. I can give you a synopsis but I didn't record where I got it from, I think that info was on the old site.

Betty and Veronica want to audition for a play, Betty wants the Veronica-like role and vice-versa, but Ms. Grundy isn't convinced they can pull it off so they just use their acting chops in the real world.

That story sounds awesome!  I've always wanted to try the unlimited subscription, but never have.  Do you have scans/screenshots of the whole story?  If so can you post them on my Switcheroo Scans thread.  It sounds like it would be a perfect fit.

Quote from: Thrillho on June 05, 2016, 02:16:17 PM
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Damn you Reggie, everything was going great until that last panel.

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Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:47:54 PM
There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 09:11:10 PM
I looked up RiverDale on the Internet Movie Data Base & it said Reggie will only be in 16 episodes.The other will be in 23 episodes . And Reggie wasn't even shown in the trailer. So I hope they do put them together.

You guys are way more flexible than me, I don't want this clown show going near my favorite couples.




Heres a cute ad with Betty and Reggie for one of their stories.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggieincivilchore.697/preview/)

Don't get me wrong. I am still against the CW's show. I don't like it one bit, but I think, for me, a Betty/Reggie pairing would be the only redeemable thing. And I am still pissed off at Reggie's casting choice.

Quote from: Asdfghjkl on June 06, 2016, 07:41:27 PM
That story sounds awesome!  I've always wanted to try the unlimited subscription, but never have.  Do you have scans/screenshots of the whole story?  If so can you post them on my Switcheroo Scans thread.  It sounds like it would be a perfect fit.

Archie Unlimited isn't as good as it used to be. I'm trying out the new platform and it's a pain. The app is slow and always crashes and you can't read them on your computer like you used to.

I don't have anymore of that story. I really only saved those two panels because I thought the Betty/Reggie shippers would like it.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 07, 2016, 06:39:36 PM

Don't get me wrong. I am still against the CW's show. I don't like it one bit, but I think, for me, a Betty/Reggie pairing would be the only redeemable thing. And I am still pissed off at Reggie's casting choice.

I don't like the casting either, Reggie should have a sharp edge to his looks and this guy is like a junior Brendan Fraser or something, he has all the menace of a giant panda. I'm sure he's a nice guy and maybe he's a good actor but to me he's not Reggie. But I think his Reggie might be a good match for Betty since he has such a "nice guy vibe."  :)






Here's a story where Reggie isn't nice to Betty like he usually is but I thought it was funny and it's a story I would be okay with my favorite couples in so I hope no one minds. Besides it goes with the jerk Jughead story I posted in the Jughead Veronica thread.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie1.738/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie2.739/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie3.740/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie4.741/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie5.742/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie6.743/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie7.744/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie8.745/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie9.746/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie10.747/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie11.748/preview/)

Quote from: daren on June 13, 2016, 01:40:46 AM
I don't like the casting either, Reggie should have a sharp edge to his looks and this guy is like a junior Brendan Fraser or something, he has all the menace of a giant panda.

;D


Thanks for the story. I had only seen the last panel around before. Now I know the full story. Sheesh, and the thing is, he did pay her check - as soon as she asked him he took his wallet out, but he just couldn't keep his mouth shut.

 :2funny:

Reg deserved that one!

It's so weird to see anyone who isn't Veronica or Archie be mean to Betty.

Quote from: Thrillho on June 13, 2016, 02:46:41 PM
:2funny:

Reg deserved that one!

It's so weird to see anyone who isn't Veronica or Archie be mean to Betty.

True. Has Jughead ever been mean to Betty? I know he is very frank and might sometimes (without meaning to) make Betty feel bad, just by telling it like it is when talking about Betty and Archie's relationship, but has he ever lost his cool and treat Betty bad?

I must have cut out too many panels, sorry it was misleading but Reggie doesn't pay her bill, he's just paying his own. Pop tells Betty that it's okay to put it on her tab. If they were at a different place Reggie would probably give her the money but he knows Pop will give her credit so he doesn't step up. I don't think she would have accepted his money anyway after that speech. :) Yeah I've never seen Jughead be mean to Betty, I hope I never do. It's funny when he snarls at Veronica but if he did it to Betty it would look horrible.

Quote from: daren on June 14, 2016, 03:51:05 AM
Yeah I've never seen Jughead be mean to Betty, I hope I never do. It's funny when he snarls at Veronica but if he did it to Betty it would look horrible.

That's because Veronica gives as good as she gets. I think Betty would be genuinely hurt if Jughead did something mean.

Anyway, I made a Betty/Reggie fanart (http://so-despised.deviantart.com/art/Betty-and-Reggie-at-the-Beach-615366298?ga_submit_new=10%253A1465940757) for fun.

Quote from: daren on June 14, 2016, 03:51:05 AM

I must have cut out too many panels, sorry it was misleading but Reggie doesn't pay her bill, he's just paying his own.

Oh,well that sucks  :-\

Quote from: Thrillho on June 14, 2016, 05:58:05 PM

Quote from: daren on June 14, 2016, 03:51:05 AM
Yeah I've never seen Jughead be mean to Betty, I hope I never do. It's funny when he snarls at Veronica but if he did it to Betty it would look horrible.

That's because Veronica gives as good as she gets. I think Betty would be genuinely hurt if Jughead did something mean.

Anyway, I made a Betty/Reggie fanart (http://so-despised.deviantart.com/art/Betty-and-Reggie-at-the-Beach-615366298?ga_submit_new=10%253A1465940757) for fun.

Ooh, I like it a lot!  :smitten:

I should make a new da account, I shut down the old one a long time ago.


Here's a panel from a story where Betty's getting new hairstyles.


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyshaircut.758/preview/)

^ That's one of my favorite stories. Betty looks absolutely gorgeous!

I absolutely love Betty's look in that panel.

(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggieartbypaperfrays.769/preview/)




Betty/Reggie fan art from tumblr, I saved the comments too, they're cute.

Quote from: daren on June 25, 2016, 12:53:42 AM
(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyreggieartbypaperfrays.769/preview/)




Betty/Reggie fan art from tumblr, I saved the comments too, they're cute.

Cute! Do you have a link?


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Betty and Reggie playing doctor, eh?  ;)
(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FIMG_6755.png&hash=37fa81bc5d22abdc6fdbfe6558f3aa2739c87f50)
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(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FIMG_6757.png&hash=3299abed0f7624857435bc361aa16102223359c4)
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Wasted opportunity, Betty and Reggie!  ::)
(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi393.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp13%2Fnewest_gloss%2FIMG_6759.png&hash=a3ffa9b3d5221004f35e52af40c1b5dc364e290d)

;D

Quote from: Thrillho on June 28, 2016, 11:55:35 PM

Cute! Do you have a link?

No but the tumblr is paperfrays.tumblr.com, I should have put that in.

Okay, the girl Reggie is kissing is Betty, right?(It's not just some random blonde). I just saw this on a Jughead cover and it makes me so happy! ;D



(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/reggie-kissing-betty-jughead150.1474/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/reggie-kissing-betty-closeup-jughead150.1475/preview/)


Anyone has more pics of the two of them kissing, or even just hugging?? Beside the For One Brief Moment, there's almost no B&R dating  :tickedoff:

I just read an old issue of ARCHIE & FRIENDS where B&V think that Archie's putting the moves on Midge (SPOILER: They're actually practicing lines for the school play, "Romeo & Juliet"), so B&V conspire with Moose to make Archie jealous, and help him get back at Midge. But after being kissed by MOOSE, Betty falls into a swoon, and later on, despite Veronica's reluctance to go along with the plot, after he kisses her, she goes all melty, too. In a not-too-unforeseen last panel gag, Reggie gets beat up by Moose again, even though he only showed up in the story 2 panels earlier.

(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/b-r-absenttogether-dec65pep188.2643/preview/)


Okay, I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day  :smitten:

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 18, 2017, 01:23:34 AM
(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/b-r-absenttogether-dec65pep188.2643/preview/)

Okay, I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day  :smitten:

I'd imagine that Reggie finds all kinds of reasons for his occasional truancy that have nothing to do with Betty, who wouldn't dream of skipping a day of school unless she was legitimately too sick to attend classes, which is why of all the gang, Betty probably has the best GPA of anyone short of Dilton Doily.

And of course, it's entirely possible that there was some virus going around and Reggie was legitimately sick as well -- or even more likely, legitimately recuperating from the latest beating given to him by Moose.

I guess you could always hope for the improbable circumstance that any time two people scheduled to be in the same place at the same time both fail to show up, it means that they're both off somewhere making mad passionate love to each other - and who knows, it might even be the statistically most-likely explanation for the Riverdale TV series, like for example if for some reason both Archie and Ms. Grundy failed to attend a scheduled day of classes at RHS.  ;D I'd still say Riverdale represents the shippers' best bet for revisiting that "one brief moment" (BETTY #43, Nov. '96) between Riverdale's resident bad boy and the 'teen queen supreme' (as long as Betty doesn't forget herself and blurt out something like "Your plan worked, Reggie!").

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Quote from: Original Sin on April 28, 2016, 11:28:44 AM
Pairing someone like Betty with someone like Adam maybe nice in real life, but it's not very entertaining in a comic book setting.

And that's why she'll forever be obsessed with a guy like Archie, who isn't worth her time in real life. My point here is that Betty doesn't need anyone to "bring out her best in her". She already IS the best. She can cook, she can sew, she can fix a car. She can race cars. She can ski, surf, play baseball or basketball as well or better than any teenager. She's an A student. She can write. She reads a lot and is smart and well informed. She good at gardening, crafts, or just about any activity she tries her hand at or sets her mind to. She's pretty, in great shape, and looks good in anything she wears. She's got more talent in her little finger than Veronica has in her whole body. She's funny and fun to be with, and cares about animals and people, and about the things in life that really matter, not just the superficial stuff. Veronica has looks and money, and that's all she really needs. She's not dumb, but it wouldn't really matter if she was. She's got all she needs to get by in life. Betty wasn't born with money, but she's a real do-it-yourselfer who can make the best of any situation. She can do just about anything - except win the love of an idiot who's too dumb to appreciate her. All Betty really needs to do is realize there there are some things in life that aren't worth doing, like chasing Archie. She's just got to stop wasting her time with jerks who don't appreciate how exceptional she really is, and start dating guys who treat her how she deserves to be treated. But I guess that wouldn't be entertaining, so she dates Archie instead.

Imbibing Betty with every virtue and talent under the sun is not a good thing. She would be much more interesting if she was not so perfect.

An entertaining comic character does not necessarily have to be crazy about Archie.

And being crazy about Archie is exactly what makes her not perfect. That's the very imperfection about her that makes her fans crazy, because she'd have to be crazy to put up with him.

Yes, I agree, that's what made her entertaining back in the day, and was fodder for so many great stories. However, the love triangle has already given us everything it could have. Every possible idea that can come from it has been hashed, rehashed, reused, recycled. It ceased to be funny a long time ago.

Archie is Betty's kryptonite. Without it, she, like Superman, would be perfect. However, you don't see Superman go looking for kryptonite to weaken him. If he did, you'd have to think that there was something seriously wrong with Superman.


But here's the thing you have to realize. The entire 75-year history of Archie Comics hinges on this one, impossible, monstrously irrational premise. Without Betty's obsession for Archie, she's perfect, finds a great guy who appreciates her, lives happily (and boringly, to the readers) ever after. Veronica, without Betty to compete with over Archie, loses all interest in him. What is there about Archie to possibly interest Veronica? NOTHING. She's not interested in him, she's interested in beating Betty, because Betty's the best, and obviously the only worthy challenger to Veronica. So without that triangle, no Archie Comics.

    The newspaper strips (which I generally don't particularly like) rarely dealt with the love triangle. 

Quote from: daren on June 06, 2016, 01:00:19 AM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:47:54 PM
There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 09:11:10 PM
I looked up RiverDale on the Internet Movie Data Base & it said Reggie will only be in 16 episodes.The other will be in 23 episodes . And Reggie wasn't even shown in the trailer. So I hope they do put them together.

You guys are way more flexible than me, I don't want this clown show going near my favorite couples.




Heres a cute ad with Betty and Reggie for one of their stories.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggieincivilchore.697/preview/)

Since when is Reggie with Jughead?

Quote from: daren on June 13, 2016, 01:40:46 AM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 07, 2016, 06:39:36 PM

Don't get me wrong. I am still against the CW's show. I don't like it one bit, but I think, for me, a Betty/Reggie pairing would be the only redeemable thing. And I am still pissed off at Reggie's casting choice.

I don't like the casting either, Reggie should have a sharp edge to his looks and this guy is like a junior Brendan Fraser or something, he has all the menace of a giant panda. I'm sure he's a nice guy and maybe he's a good actor but to me he's not Reggie. But I think his Reggie might be a good match for Betty since he has such a "nice guy vibe."  :)






Here's a story where Reggie isn't nice to Betty like he usually is but I thought it was funny and it's a story I would be okay with my favorite couples in so I hope no one minds. Besides it goes with the jerk Jughead story I posted in the Jughead Veronica thread.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie1.738/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie2.739/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie3.740/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie4.741/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie5.742/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie6.743/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie7.744/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie8.745/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie9.746/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie10.747/preview/)


(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/jerkreggie11.748/preview/)

  The writer of that story made a big mistake by giving a monetary amount.  People reading that story today (and in the future) will think Reggie is being extremely cheap when at the time it was written that wouldn't have been the case.

Quote from: Upsiditus on March 19, 2017, 09:29:32 PM

Quote from: daren on June 06, 2016, 01:00:19 AM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 02, 2016, 08:47:54 PM
There should be more Reggie & Betty kissing panels/stories  >:(


You guys know that I am not in favor of CW's Riverdale show, but if they were to make Reggie & Betty a couple, I think maybe, probably they could win me over with that  :-[

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 09:11:10 PM
I looked up RiverDale on the Internet Movie Data Base & it said Reggie will only be in 16 episodes.The other will be in 23 episodes . And Reggie wasn't even shown in the trailer. So I hope they do put them together.

You guys are way more flexible than me, I don't want this clown show going near my favorite couples.




Heres a cute ad with Betty and Reggie for one of their stories.




(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/bettyandreggieincivilchore.697/preview/)

Since when is Reggie with Jughead?

Since this:
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The t-shirts were manufactured as part of a tie-in to a 3-part story, "Civil Chore", in TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #22-24 (2007) -- a mini-parody of Marvel Comics' then-concurrent Avengers-centric/Marvel Universe-wide crossover event, "Civil War". In ACP's version of the story, friendships among the Riverdale teens are divided across lines according to whether or not they agree with Archie, who has decided to start a campaign among teens to go on strike and refuse to perform any family chores until given raises in their allowances. Jughead disagrees with Archie's plan, and for various reasons of their own, both Reggie and Veronica side with Jughead, while Betty, Chuck and Dilton (among others) side with Archie. The split between Archie and Jughead mirrored a similar case of irreconcilable differences of philosophical belief between The Avengers' Iron Man and Captain America, over the U.S. government's Super-Human Registration Act, which required all costumed/superpowered individuals to maintain accountability to the public by registering their true identities with the proper authorities, and submit to or support training programs and a hierarchical system to deploy superhuman resources in emergency/crisis management situations. Iron Man supported the SHRA as the responsible thing to do, while Captain America was opposed to the Act as a violation of the individual's right to privacy and civil liberties.

Quote from: Upsiditus on March 19, 2017, 09:11:17 PM
The newspaper strips (which I generally don't particularly like) rarely dealt with the love triangle.  [/font]

Unless the strips were continued, it was hard to deal with that plot in the space of a weekly Sunday page, much less a 3- or 4-panel daily strip. That said, the earliest version of the Archie comic strip, after a short period of establishing itself, began a sort of loose continuity of connected daily gags that more or less formed an ongoing storyline. One of the earliest of those involved a 'triangle' story of sorts, with Archie and Betty invited along with the Lodges on a visit to Mr. Lodge's old college alma mater. The 'triangle' in the 1940s through the mid-1960s wasn't really a triangle at all -- it was the much simpler "Betty chases Archie/Archie chases Veronica/Veronica doesn't want Archie so much as she wants to be wanted by Archie", similar to the early Superman/Lois/Clark premise -- Clark loves Lois who spurns him, while Lois loves Superman who ignores her; Superman/Clark wants to be loved by Lois not for his perfect true self, but for his fake, fallible self.

Quote from: Upsiditus on March 19, 2017, 09:34:08 PM
The writer of that story made a big mistake by giving a monetary amount.  People reading that story today (and in the future) will think Reggie is being extremely cheap when at the time it was written that wouldn't have been the case.[/font]

Seems like you're missing the point. The amount of money Betty needs to borrow to pay Pop for the price of a meal is irrelevant. The point is how Reggie treats Betty in the story, how he ridicules and belittles her, and impugns her as a typical example of her gender. None of that matters as far as whether the amount in question that Betty was short and needed to borrow was $1.10 or $8.75, because the matter has nothing to do with whether Reggie can afford the money or not. He doesn't need to check his wallet. Betty forgets her money at home, but instead of human empathy for making an honest mistake, or a sympathetic helping hand from a nominal friend, she's berated by Reggie as a being public leech, and by extension, her entire sex. Reggie is a selfish egomaniac who enjoys lording it over an unfortunate victim of circumstance, and he's a chauvinist pig to boot.

Ha.  I actually remember that story!  Betty is too sweet for Reggie.  Personally, I would only want to see them together if he improved himself to get a girl of her caliber. 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on March 18, 2017, 04:58:53 AM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 18, 2017, 01:23:34 AM
(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/b-r-absenttogether-dec65pep188.2643/preview/)

Okay, I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day  :smitten:

I'd imagine that Reggie finds all kinds of reasons for his occasional truancy that have nothing to do with Betty, who wouldn't dream of skipping a day of school unless she was legitimately too sick to attend classes, which is why of all the gang, Betty probably has the best GPA of anyone short of Dilton Doily.

And of course, it's entirely possible that there was some virus going around and Reggie was legitimately sick as well -- or even more likely, legitimately recuperating from the latest beating given to him by Moose.

I guess you could always hope for the improbable circumstance that any time two people scheduled to be in the same place at the same time both fail to show up, it means that they're both off somewhere making mad passionate love to each other - and who knows, it might even be the statistically most-likely explanation for the Riverdale TV series, like for example if for some reason both Archie and Ms. Grundy failed to attend a scheduled day of classes at RHS.  ;D I'd still say Riverdale represents the shippers' best bet for revisiting that "one brief moment" (BETTY #43, Nov. '96) between Riverdale's resident bad boy and the 'teen queen supreme' (as long as Betty doesn't forget herself and blurt out something like "Your plan worked, Reggie!").

::) You know, when I made that post I actually thought "I have the feeling DeCarlo Rules is gonna come and rain on my parade" and, boom, sure enough you did  ;D You are always so matter of fact. Remember that I specifically said "I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day". Who cares if they didn't actually  skipped school together and spent the day by themselves!? I'm just imagining here, you know, fantasizing. You should try it sometime  ;)

Like I mentioned a while back, for me the only way I would actually tolerate Riverdale would be if they put Reggie and Betty together (but even then I would hate the show and just like that pairing) but that is never going to happen. Reggie is non-existent on the show and they already paired Betty up with Jughead, so Riverdale is actually not Betty/Reggie shippers' best bet :-\

(https://www.archiefans.com/index.php?media/file/reggiebettydancing-yourethebestthing1960.2676/preview/)


:smitten: :smitten:

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 22, 2017, 01:34:45 PM
::) You know, when I made that post I actually thought "I have the feeling DeCarlo Rules is gonna come and rain on my parade" and, boom, sure enough you did  ;D You are always so matter of fact. Remember that I specifically said "I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day". Who cares if they didn't actually  skipped school together and spent the day by themselves!? I'm just imagining here, you know, fantasizing. You should try it sometime  ;)

Like I mentioned a while back, for me the only way I would actually tolerate Riverdale would be if they put Reggie and Betty together (but even then I would hate the show and just like that pairing) but that is never going to happen. Reggie is non-existent on the show and they already paired Betty up with Jughead, so Riverdale is actually not Betty/Reggie shippers' best bet :-\

What can I say. The very idea that so delights you, sends shivers down my spine and makes me cringe, because regardless of how irked Archie's behavior towards Betty sometimes make me feel, pairing her up with Reggie instead seems like inflicting a punishment upon her far far worse, which she's done nothing to deserve -- the "Punishment Plus" story that was just posted being an excellent example.

Even beyond the two specific characters involved, this particular shipping fantasy is representative generically of what I feel is the most pernicious myth that females as a gender seem to hold -- that "bad boys" can be saved or changed (or that there's really a heart of gold buried deep deep down beneath the uncivilized exterior) by the true love of that one special woman (in effect, she has magic powers to alter reality to her own liking). That particular archetypal myth has probably been one of the greatest sources of heartbreak and human misery throughout the ages, and it's why battered women's shelters are always full. The sad reality is that people really don't change. It just makes me really sad.

And you know what, I can't help the way I feel about it. Among the Gang of Five, Betty is my favorite character. She's a sweet girl, and I'd like to believe that she deserves that kind of "happily ever after" ending that good karma earned for her. But whenever I see it brought up, my immediate visceral reaction to the B/R fantasy is one of muted horror, followed by "That poor, poor girl." So who should she walk off into the sunset with? I honestly don't know. Adam is probably the best candidate. Yeah, boring old Adam. The way I see it, other people's happiness probably looks pretty boring to the rest of us.

I am sorry my ship  causes you so much distress.  :'(

Of course I only ship Betty and due to my own skewed and delusional interception of them.  :crazy2: which has been enabled by The Married Life of Archie(The Veroinca side) Which although I liked the Betty & Reggie interaction in it. It proably from a bias free point of view written completely unrealistically and totally O.C.C from Reggie making it terrible.   

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 22, 2017, 01:34:45 PM
Like I mentioned a while back, for me the only way I would actually tolerate Riverdale would be if they put Reggie and Betty together (but even then I would hate the show and just like that pairing) but that is never going to happen. Reggie is non-existent on the show and they already paired Betty up with Jughead, so Riverdale is actually not Betty/Reggie shippers' best bet :-\

They'll put Jughead & Archie going down on each other before that ever happens (Although Kevin won't like the competition).

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on March 22, 2017, 02:08:12 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 22, 2017, 01:34:45 PM
::) You know, when I made that post I actually thought "I have the feeling DeCarlo Rules is gonna come and rain on my parade" and, boom, sure enough you did  ;D You are always so matter of fact. Remember that I specifically said "I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day". Who cares if they didn't actually  skipped school together and spent the day by themselves!? I'm just imagining here, you know, fantasizing. You should try it sometime  ;)

Like I mentioned a while back, for me the only way I would actually tolerate Riverdale would be if they put Reggie and Betty together (but even then I would hate the show and just like that pairing) but that is never going to happen. Reggie is non-existent on the show and they already paired Betty up with Jughead, so Riverdale is actually not Betty/Reggie shippers' best bet :-\

What can I say. The very idea that so delights you, sends shivers down my spine and makes me cringe, because regardless of how irked Archie's behavior towards Betty sometimes make me feel, pairing her up with Reggie instead seems like inflicting a punishment upon her far far worse, which she's done nothing to deserve -- the "Punishment Plus" story that was just posted being an excellent example.

Even beyond the two specific characters involved, this particular shipping fantasy is representative generically of what I feel is the most pernicious myth that females as a gender seem to hold -- that "bad boys" can be saved or changed (or that there's really a heart of gold buried deep deep down beneath the uncivilized exterior) by the true love of that one special woman (in effect, she has magic powers to alter reality to her own liking). That particular archetypal myth has probably been one of the greatest sources of heartbreak and human misery throughout the ages, and it's why battered women's shelters are always full. The sad reality is that people really don't change. It just makes me really sad.

And you know what, I can't help the way I feel about it. Among the Gang of Five, Betty is my favorite character. She's a sweet girl, and I'd like to believe that she deserves that kind of "happily ever after" ending that good karma earned for her. But whenever I see it brought up, my immediate visceral reaction to the B/R fantasy is one of muted horror, followed by "That poor, poor girl." So who should she walk off into the sunset with? I honestly don't know. Adam is probably the best candidate. Yeah, boring old Adam. The way I see it, other people's happiness probably looks pretty boring to the rest of us.

You have to be able to separate real life from fiction, then.  Just because in real life the "bad boy" always remains a bad boy and women suffer from it doesn't mean that in fiction land, in make-believe world (which is what these comics are) that has to be the norm. In fiction world we can let our imagination run wild and happy things can actually happen. And it is okay to imagine it.
We have been through this before. I understand your points and yes, in the real world it is bad most of the time, but again, this is a cute little fiction world. And anyway, if we took in consideration what actually happens in the real world, then by real life standards so many of the couples in Riverdale are so wrong if you think about it.
I love Betty too. She's always been my favorite and I always want the best for her. If the writers do a good job(like in The Married Life)then Reggie can be and will be a good choice for her. 
Oh and I actually don't mind Adam, he's a good kid. Heck, I even like the Betty/Jason pairing. He's a snob but has a big crush on her and I think he would also treat her well.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 22, 2017, 08:29:40 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on March 22, 2017, 02:08:12 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on March 22, 2017, 01:34:45 PM
::) You know, when I made that post I actually thought "I have the feeling DeCarlo Rules is gonna come and rain on my parade" and, boom, sure enough you did  ;D You are always so matter of fact. Remember that I specifically said "I'll just imagine that these two skipped school to be together all day". Who cares if they didn't actually  skipped school together and spent the day by themselves!? I'm just imagining here, you know, fantasizing. You should try it sometime  ;)

Like I mentioned a while back, for me the only way I would actually tolerate Riverdale would be if they put Reggie and Betty together (but even then I would hate the show and just like that pairing) but that is never going to happen. Reggie is non-existent on the show and they already paired Betty up with Jughead, so Riverdale is actually not Betty/Reggie shippers' best bet :-\

What can I say. The very idea that so delights you, sends shivers down my spine and makes me cringe, because regardless of how irked Archie's behavior towards Betty sometimes make me feel, pairing her up with Reggie instead seems like inflicting a punishment upon her far far worse, which she's done nothing to deserve -- the "Punishment Plus" story that was just posted being an excellent example.

Even beyond the two specific characters involved, this particular shipping fantasy is representative generically of what I feel is the most pernicious myth that females as a gender seem to hold -- that "bad boys" can be saved or changed (or that there's really a heart of gold buried deep deep down beneath the uncivilized exterior) by the true love of that one special woman (in effect, she has magic powers to alter reality to her own liking). That particular archetypal myth has probably been one of the greatest sources of heartbreak and human misery throughout the ages, and it's why battered women's shelters are always full. The sad reality is that people really don't change. It just makes me really sad.

And you know what, I can't help the way I feel about it. Among the Gang of Five, Betty is my favorite character. She's a sweet girl, and I'd like to believe that she deserves that kind of "happily ever after" ending that good karma earned for her. But whenever I see it brought up, my immediate visceral reaction to the B/R fantasy is one of muted horror, followed by "That poor, poor girl." So who should she walk off into the sunset with? I honestly don't know. Adam is probably the best candidate. Yeah, boring old Adam. The way I see it, other people's happiness probably looks pretty boring to the rest of us.

You have to be able to separate real life from fiction, then.  Just because in real life the "bad boy" always remains a bad boy and women suffer from it doesn't mean that in fiction land, in make-believe world (which is what these comics are) that has to be the norm. In fiction world we can let our imagination run wild and happy things can actually happen. And it is okay to imagine it.
We have been through this before. I understand your points and yes, in the real world it is bad most of the time, but again, this is a cute little fiction world. And anyway, if we took in consideration what actually happens in the real world, then by real life standards so many of the couples in Riverdale are so wrong if you think about it.
I love Betty too. She's always been my favorite and I always want the best for her. If the writers do a good job(like in The Married Life)then Reggie can be and will be a good choice for her. 
Oh and I actually don't mind Adam, he's a good kid. Heck, I even like the Betty/Jason pairing. He's a snob but has a big crush on her and I think he would also treat her well.

I understand what you're saying. On the other hand, it gives me pause to wonder whether this is really a "harmless" kind of fantasy, or whether it actually contributes to the perpetuation of that archetypal myth to which I referred, which is what I find so disturbing about it. I called it pernicious above, and what I meant by that was: I hope for most people's ability to distinguish fantasy from reality, but this is a particularly seductive type of fantasy, because it plays into people's optimism and a belief in the human ability to effect change in the world around us, as well as long-established ideas about love conquering all, or moving mountains. The wish-fulfillment here is operating in a gray area because it's difficult to establish exactly what it is that makes humans behave the way they do. However, the real statistics say that this optimism about the ability to effect change in others' behavior is misplaced, and it's easy to see that as contributing to someone believing they failed because they didn't try hard enough or their love wasn't strong or pure enough. As I said, it's a gut reaction which is hard for me to avoid.

In deference to the B/R shippers I'll try to restrain my natural revulsion and check myself from replying in the future.