Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 07, 2016, 06:51:34 PM
     Wow, Jughead actually proposed to her! Too bad you don't have the last page

Veronica gets really into the idea and starts having all these plans about transforming Jughead. He becomes disgusted and runs off. Archie then tells Veronica how she managed to do what no one else has, she made Jughead lose his appetite. The story is "Wedded Blitz" in Jughead #316.


Interestingly enough, in an earlier issue Jughead lets Veronica transform him







If they played this like the film this story is based on Jug and Ron would have ended up together. As an aside, I like George Bernard Shaw's original ending that subsequent adaptions ignored better though.

Quote from: daren on June 06, 2016, 12:43:03 AM
Hilarious! Who wrote it?

It's "No Trespassing" reprinted in Jughead's Double Digest #166 but no credits were given. 

I don't know about anyone else but I was laughing for minutes. It's even better out of context.

I always found this one hilarious

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 03, 2016, 11:51:50 PM

Yes, and this was the proposal 



I didn't save the last page, but she actually becomes really in to the idea to the degree that Jughead loses his appetite. 

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...

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: DeCarlo Rules on June 03, 2016, 12:55:47 AM

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Quote from: Thrillho on June 01, 2016, 07:27:37 PM
Meanwhile, there is no evidence to indicate that she called anyone else. Occam's Razor, the hypothesis with the least assumptions should be selected.

The evidence would be Veronica's sour mood. If she only invited Jughead and he showed up, she should be satisfied with that. The fact that she's unhappy about the situation seems to indicate she hoped someone else would show up to eat the big breakfast she made. Or if she didn't invite anyone else, she seems to feel like this solution to getting rid of her big breakfast isn't much of an improvement on shoving it all down the garbage disposal.

Her intended guests were her parents but they left instead of eating the breakfast Veronica cooked, that's in the story, hence her bad mood at the end. I agreed with you, she likely just invited Jughead and Hot Dog to get rid of it, but there is no indication she called any of her other friends, and as I said before this is also a shipping thread and we're just having fun, there's no need to read too much into every comment that's made here.

Just her father, really. Mrs. Lodge doesn't seem to be in it, unless she made her excuses on a previous page. It does seem to be a lot of pancakes, sausages, fruit, and ... whatever that orange lumpy stuff is supposed to be (scrambled eggs, oatmeal, or hash browns?) just for Mr. Lodge, though. The way he takes off with "But I have to run now! -- Boy, life is full of all kinds of crazy surprises!" and a big smile on his face (he seems relieved) as he's leaving makes me think he's just looking for an excuse to get out of eating Ronnie's cooking. Or maybe he's pleased to see she made the effort, and it's the thought that counts, so he really is kind of proud of her, regardless of whether her cooking's any good or not. Hard to say if the "crazy surprises" he's referring to is the reason he suddenly has to rush off, or the fact that Veronica did something for him without help from the household staff (although wouldn't that be Gaston's job, not Smithers'?) ... could be both, but now that I think about it, I'm more inclined to think the latter. I'm actually not sure what Mr. Lodge is talking about in that first panel about Smithers' day off, since she'd already obviously prepared the breakfast.

The fact that she would make that much food for just him also indicates she doesn't know anything about cooking. She should know he couldn't eat all that by himself, even if it didn't turn out to be inedible. Of course it's no problem for Jughead, and even enough to share it with Hot Dog. The irony is that if Hiram had stayed and eaten her breakfast, she would have wound up with most of what she made still left over and had to throw it out anyway.

I have read the whole story, I can't get any scans right now because the CD-Rom it's on is in a storage locker, but yes the story is all about Veronica wanting genuine family time so she decides to surprise her parents by cooking them breakfast. She approaches her mother first who has to run off and do something and then Mr. Lodge has to leave too.

And it doesn't really look like she made that much, enough for three people but not too much that she'd have to throw most of it away.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 03, 2016, 12:55:47 AM
Speaking of Ronnie/Juggie shipping, when you get a really GOOD one, why is it posted over in the Reggie Mantle thread? 

That may be the most genuinely heroic thing I've ever seen Jughead do (because there's no indication he's aware of Reggie's prank) outside of a Captain Hero story. And more than that, Ronnie's affectionate gratitude here is 100% gen-u-wine, no "reader imagination" needed. She doesn't just kiss him, she kisses him at least three times. But they both thought it was a REAL shark, so he really is a hero, and deserves it, even if he's flinching. For Jughead though, that's a pretty weak example of flinching. Even though it's just the one panel, that one should be in the V/J shipping hall of fame. Betty just calmly stands there and calls him a hero. Veronica was obviously just looking for an excuse.

I thought it fit the Reggie thread better. There are also better Jughead/Veronica stories, I've just been restraining myself from posting them as well as trying to fit the "feud" theme.

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

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. 

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 07:21:52 PM
I really want to see them out of High School. No prom stories, I'm tired of them.

There are a lot of prom stories, aren't there?

Anyway, the new Kevin is supposed to be him as a young adult, is that something you're interested in? I am, I love Dan Parent's work and I think he can deliver. His Archie Marries Valerie is one of my favorite arcs.

I want to see them out of high school too but I wasn't that crazy about Life With Archie.

For the shipping part of this thread...

I was looking through my photobucket and realized I had a few shark stories. Now, I regret not waiting until Shark Week to post that story ^   

I'm excited in the sense that I like new stories, especially those centered around Betty and Veronica, but to my understanding, they aren't exactly friends in the new Archie continuity, so I'm a bit clueless as to how this book is going to go because I haven't been following Archie related news.

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 02, 2016, 03:41:25 PM
I'm just happy to see new issues . I just hope we get more adult themed stories.

I agree completely. The more new stories the better, and I have been wanting to see Archie branch out a little more in a grounded way. I love all the crazy stuff like Predator, Sharknado, Sabrina, and AWA, but of course that's all pretty out there. I've really enjoyed Mark Waid's Archie so far, so I hope the new B&V is like that. The thing I'm most looking forward to is learning about this new Veronica, she's still a bit of a mystery since we only really see her through others eyes except for a brief moment where she mostly talks about Archie. 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 02, 2016, 06:13:32 AM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 01, 2016, 07:27:37 PM
Meanwhile, there is no evidence to indicate that she called anyone else. Occam's Razor, the hypothesis with the least assumptions should be selected.

The evidence would be Veronica's sour mood. If she only invited Jughead and he showed up, she should be satisfied with that. The fact that she's unhappy about the situation seems to indicate she hoped someone else would show up to eat the big breakfast she made. Or if she didn't invite anyone else, she seems to feel like this solution to getting rid of her big breakfast isn't much of an improvement on shoving it all down the garbage disposal.

Her intended guests were her parents but they left instead of eating the breakfast Veronica cooked, that's in the story, hence her bad mood at the end. I agreed with you, she likely just invited Jughead and Hot Dog to get rid of it, but there is no indication she called any of her other friends, and as I said before this is also a shipping thread and we're just having fun, there's no need to read too much into every comment that's made here.