#jughead: dad

[girl-archie]

riverdale is about becoming your father - (hard times by ethel cain)

#reposting a slightly different version of this to replace the old one #maybe this is just for me #core four #isaid it before but them all terrified of becoming their dad's apart from archie who wishes he wil #wihtout realising that his fate is just as damned as the others and he will doom himself trying to save riverdale #anyway #hiram is hiram forever #archie andrews #jughead jones #veronica lodge #betty cooper #fred andrews #hal cooper #Hiram Lodge #fp jones #amv #video edit #preachers daughter #riverdale

[darcyolsson]

revisiting riverdale season 3 episode 4 "the midnight club" post-season 7 is insane because so many of the story elements that are constants in the different incarnations of the main cast (riverdale/50sdale) are also true for the parent characters. and they're portrayed by the same actors. do you understand? fred & hermione dated because archie & veronica did and alice & fp dated because betty & jughead did. in a sense they're just yet another alternate main cast, so even when portraying the parents these characters are still stuck in their own respective narratives because that's what riverdale is about

#riverdale #personal #it goes a lot beyond the ships but those were just the easiest examples to grab lol #like. fred stuggles with choosing between music and sports and cares deeply about his dad #alice's storyline is focused on being in control of her own sexuality + she's the one to discover the murder #hermione's having doubts about unintentionally being involved in hiram's crime/(career) #penelope is suffering at the hands of the blossoms/her abusive parents #sierra (mccoy) is a political activist who is trying to come into her 'voice' and make a career #and tom (keller)'s story is focused on his forbidden romance #and that leaves us with fp whose storyline is more reflective of jugheads s2 storyline except! it's subverted in most ways #because he's jughead and as a narrator he doesn't have to play by the same rules that everyone else does #it's so good i'm losing my mindddd

[fadeintoyou1993]

veronica:

#txt #riverdale #vid #me: gets awful news / me: ok. i need to watch riverdale #archie just coming in like i really dont give a shit right now polly jugheads dad is part of a gang im gonna flip a table right now

[futureempressoftheuniverse]

fred andrews really watched his son get convicted for murder, get sent to juvie/prison, escape, then run away after being exhonerated, and when mr andrews finally finds him, instead of being like "hey archie let's get you home get you some therapy and work on that martyr complex of yours", decides to drive his teenage son to the canadian border and say "damn it sure would be nice if we could live in the wilderness together, to bad we can't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" even though there's literally no reason he can't go with him and gives archie their dog before DRIVING AWAY AND ACTING AS THOUGH HE NEVER SAW HIS SON.

#and people are really out there saying he's the only decent parent in riverdale #rule number one of riverdale: there are no good parents #fred andrews #riverdale #riverdale season 3 #archie andrews #i mean listen #i understand that most media centered around kids/teens needs the parents to be a little absent or bad in order for the plot to work #bc if the parents are present and taking care of their kids then it's less likely they'll get into as much trouble as they do #and i'm not against that as a plot device in the slightest! #but when characters esp teens act as tho a parent is the best that doesn't mean that it's true #obvs fred's one of the better ones since he's one of the few not directly tied to a murder #but he's not great! #anyway #can you tell i'm rewatching riverdale season 3 lol #thinking a lot about the core four's relationships with their dads this rewatch #and about veronica and jughead parallels #but that's another post #myposts

[ariesbilly]

Fp being a bad parent to jughead is such a boring narrative. Talk about the REAL parental trauma that was senior breaking FPs arm and throwing him out at 16. THATS the story I want fuck jughead I don’t care about him

#‘wah fp was a bad dad’ #did you ever consider the fact jugheads vibes are rancid

[kevin-keller-artistic-director]

Baby jug is fun because he's a loser but all the adults around him are stupid post time jump jug is sad because he becomes like his father a adult who was unhelpful in his youth

#he's his dad booogy woogy woogy #jughead jones #riverdale

[whales-are-gay]

jughead boy you better get in that damn robot

#i remembered the evangelion uniforms they had to wear at conversion therapy in riverdale #i think both betty and jugheads dads could realistically pressure their child into getting in the robot #i would have to watch eva but i think betty is shinji coded #riverdale #neon genesis evangelion #shitpost

[oatflatwhite]

rewatching riverdale with mum and the absolute SHOOKERY of s01e04...... like you had to be there

#JUGHEAD LIVING IN THE DRIVE IN #THE SERPENT IS JUGHEAD'S DAD #BRUH #liz.txt #riverdale

[lucisdemon]

I’m so sleep deprived right now that I saw one Skeet Ulrich edit and now I can’t stop thinking of a fic where Billy secretly survived, ran away, and took on a new identity so FP Jones is really just Billy Loomis.

#billy loomis #scream 1996 #fp jones #riverdale #what is this #Stu is obviously involved somehow #they thought each other were dead and reunite #that’s how riverdale ends #jughead finds out his dad is a serial killer and in love with a man

[thedreadvampy]

god it sucks so fuckin hard that Riverdale REPEATEDLY goes out of its way to establish how severe the cycle of abuse, neglect and generational trauma is in the Jones family and then REPEATEDLY goes 'anyway we've solved that and all is forgiven immediately' like hmmm yeah good job

#red said #I'm watching s4 with Sam and hot on the heels of watching s1 with Jay #and it's like. both FP and Grandpa Jones spend whole seasons being built up as abusive alcoholics #then in FP's case he just Becomes Fine And Also A Cop and Jughead never has any issues trusting him ever again #and with FP's dad it's just like oh yeah i had to leave forever bc someone wanted to kill me. we cool? #and FP's like yes i have immediately forgotten how i talked for 4 seasons about how before you left you were a physically abusive arseholes

[raspberryluvr]

Shoutout to y’all who actually GET Riverdale… it’s a harsh and judgemental world out there and everyone on this site who understands the true genius of Riverdale helps me feel vindicated. for that I thank u.

#about to go insane in these tags #riverdale #rivervale #dilton doiley’s dead dad did it #word of my exploits serving Nick his comeuppance has seeped into the demimonde of mobsters and molly my father used to associate with. #So the five families are sending their youngest and brightest #their princes as it were #to well #come court the rare mafia princess who can belly up to the bar with the big boys #the girls who get it get it #it’s camp #riverslay #jughead jones #archie andrews #betty cooper #veronica lodge #tabitha tate #cheryl blossom #here’s to ronnie and archie and betty and jughead #epic highs and lows of high school football #archie comics #cinema #greatest show on tv right now #chilling adventures of sabrina #sabrina spellman #tv

[readinginthereadyroom]

it’s chapter eleven: to riverdale and back (riverdale 1x11) and jughead’s lost another family. and this time. this time it’s too much.

we’re only given breadcrumbs. puzzle pieces about jughead’s life pre-series. but it’s enough to draw a map. to assemble a narrative. 

forsythe pendleton "jughead" jones III. a normal kid with a normal life. that is, until something happens. tho it’s unclear, exactly, what that was. FP hints at a medical emergency when he’s talking to archie in chapter seven: in a lonely place (riverdale 1x07). fred, he just had you and your mom to provide for, I had jughead and jellybean and their mom and hospital bills. so FP starting taking odd jobs for the southside serpents. which led to stealing from his and fred’s company. to selling materials on the side. to getting caught.

and after one too many second chances fred fired him.

that’s when FP falls off the wagon. implying his sobriety wasn’t a new issue. that he’d likely been struggling with it for years. and this was just the final straw. that unravels their whole world. he keeps promising that he's gonna get his act together, but my mom couldn't take that rollercoaster anymore, so she grabbed jellybean and went to live with our grandparents. 

and jughead stays behind. and I think it’s because, even tho FP might not understand jughead, he appreciates him. glows with praise. because jughead’s not “normal.” in case you haven't noticed, I'm weird. I'm a weirdo. I don't fit in, and I don't want to fit in. 

but to FP? that’s the best thing jughead could be. his lack of interest in football or sports is meant as a compliment. I'd rather see you spending your time writing, thinking up stories. you still do that? nose in a book? typing away?

but also. if I were to speculate. jughead’s the one who got sick. the origin of all those hospital bills. he’s weird because maybe he missed a lot of his childhood. only had books and his family. 

a family that’s now gone. a family’s that woes maybe started with him. and so he shoulders all that guilt. all that responsibility. by staying in riverdale. by staying steadfast and loyal to his dad. 

if that’s the case we can assume he lived with his dad in the trailor for a while. but at some point, even he couldn’t take it. and what probably started as crashing at the drive-in became living at the drive-in. until FP’s hired to put it out of business. I'm sorry, but the twilight drive-in? it's a blight that's become a cesspool, and a hangout for criminals...and transients. turn it into a den of drug dealers and petty thieves. decrease it’s value. just so hiram lodge can buy it up.

even tho FP knows that’s where jughead has been living. 

and yet? and yet, jughead still trusts his father. still loves him unconditionally. sticks up for him and believes in him. even as it breaks his heart.

which is how jughead ends up in a forgotten closet under a well-trod staircase at the high school. showering in the locker rooms. with his books for english class, his two outfits, and some cans of food. and the mice. and the spiders.

because jughead might say his novel is the story of jason blossom’s murder. but he’s lying. and mostly to himself. it’s not actually about jason. it’s not about riverdale either. it’s about a boy, on the outside, looking in. trying to figure out where he fits. if he has a home. or a family. 

and then. all of a sudden. he does. 

archie repairs their friendship. he gets a girlfriend. a new friend. fred invites him to stay. his dad promises to clean up his act. his dad does clean up his act.

which is why jughead’s so blantantly excited about his dad meeting betty’s family. the social experiment of it all. the coopers in their big house and their perfect lives. it’s everything jughead thinks he wants. should want. was he doing everything he was supposed to do, everything he wanted. I mean, did he even know what that was?

because remember. the jones’ might come from the southside, but they used to have a home, too. maybe not as nice as the coopers’ or the andrews’--but it was more than the trailor park. in chapter two: a touch of evil (riverdale 1x02) fred drops another breadcrumb to jughead’s past in his admonishment of archie. son, I've been hearing you sneak out since you were eight years old going to jughead's tree house. a treehouse implies a backyard. a house. 

jughead wants that all back. it’s the story no one was gonna tell. or even know how to tell. his own adventure down the mississippi river. his own metamorphosis. that he manifested over milkshakes in a booth at pop’s.

and the thing is. it’s even better than he imagined. good enough than when FP suggests they move to toledo. get the whole family back together. jughead chooses riverdale. and his new little family. 

that is. until the lies. 

because what makes a place feel like home? is it warmth and familiarity? some idealized, make-believe version of the american dream? is it love and acceptance? or is it simple safety? jughead says no. it’s none of those things. 

because jughead’s told us his greatest fear. of being rejected for being himself. of being forgotten. it’s a novel to last the ages. it’s a newspaper editorial. it’s jughead wuz here (with a crown) grafittied on the wall of the drive-in.

and when his friends go behind his back. when they cut him out--even if it’s to protect him--all of his worst fears come true. 

he’s on the outside looking in. again. 

without a family. again.

only this time it’s worse. because FP’s been arrested for the murder of jason blossom. jughead’s more alone than he’s ever been.

#riverdale #jughead jones iii #the timeline of it all was bugging me #all the whys surrounding jughead's homelessness #like HOW LONG was this kid living in that drive-in? #the implication is YEARS #anyhow I started gathering up all my little evidence and the hospital bills line just #GLARING NEON LIGHTS #the only reason I can think that jughead stays in riverdale is that he feels like it's all his fault #he gets sick - dad takes odd jobs - dad gets arrested - dad gets fired - dad falls off wagon - they lose the house - mom takes jb and leave #it also explains jughead's unconditional loyalty #even when FP constantly lets him down #ugh I am in my feels about this #writing in the ready room

[dawningfairytale]

also every adult in 50sdale is a way bigger jackass than they were in modern riverdale. except molly ringwald she is consistently goat

#riverdale #like veronica and jughead's parents neglect them #alice disowns betty for a good few episodes #kevin's dad is homophobic now same with archie's uncle #hal OH YEAH HAL CHEATED ON ALICE #and sure that could be universal and yeah he was a serial killer. but at least he cared about his daughters #the blossoms are consistently awful

[futureempressoftheuniverse]

season one jughead makes me want to cry he's just a little guy :((( no wonder he says pretentious stuff and acts as though he's separate from the rest of the kids it's bc he has to keep from drowning every day :(((

#in tears over the scene where he takes his dad's boots off & jughead tells him about mom & jb only to see that his dad fell asleep :((((((( #just a little guy i wanna bundle him up in bubble wrap and make sure he has all the burgers he could dream of #jughead jones #riverdale #riverdale season one #myposts

[wolvesofinnistrad]

Pop tates diner is the afterlife for You maybe. Im viewing the riverdale gay bar down the street afterlife where all those twinks and daddies are sucking and fucking 24/7 for eternity

#riverdale #except still jughead is straight #but everyone else be having 0rg1es #even the bad gays minus the actual devil #tom and frank can be their idiot gay selves freely and switch woth chic and his husband or whatever #reverse harem for kevin wkth moose clay and fangs ans archie #archie reggie canon fuc|<fest #fp and archies dad and hiram #but also hiram and archie because come on now

[pansyfemme]

i feel like the concept of being really attached to a fictional character has existed as long as fiction we just have new terms for this and my example is the lifelong intense relationship my 62yr old father has had with jughead jones

#he owns over 20 tshirts with jughead in it as well as like. so much memorobilla #he’s not rlly a collector in a traditional sense since nothings protected and he still uses all of his stuff #but our garage has a legit shrine to archie comics #if there is something archie out there my dad will buy it no hesitation esp if its jugehead #my dad relates a lot to him #probably 10000+ comics and 1000+ digests but this is just his current collection. he had a bigger one that now lives with a friend #not to mention sooooo much merch. dolls toys anything u can think of #and yes this includes riverdale merch tho he doesnt like the writing