Wow. This chapter is meaty and heavy. I really like how you've adapted canon to let Jughead stay in Riverdale and are playing with the dynamics of him being fostered by the Andrews. It's not the focus, but he's never wanted his home life to be the focus of his life, and so that works really well in this story. And all of the plot choices you've made from that point are super compelling, how it would change his relationship with Betty and how their relationship developed. I also think that you do an excellent job showing the seeds of how they got to their present relationship, how there's this "darkness" or heaviness in them that they're not thinking too hard about. As I was reading this, more than any chapter (I think because so much of it is in the past), there's such a strong sense of loss of innocence and lightness. Obviously dark things have happened to all of these characters before this chapter - they've solved Jason's murder, FP is in jail, Jughead has survived a lot generally - but seeing how they come to terms with this encroaching and increasing violence adds a whole new dimension to that. This world is SO vivid. Thank you for sharing!
Perhaps that is wishful thinking on my part. I hated the Jughead transferring to Southside plot. I know it was in service to much of what happened in season two, but I never enjoyed how they handled Jughead’s involvement with the Serpents. Plus, in this scenario, given the subsequent rupture in their relationship in the following chapter, I wanted them to be unable to avoid one another by being literally right across the street from one another and at the same school. I consider this to be one of the lighter chapters in this story, too, but I wanted to give the readers a sense things are about to fall apart, bringing in the Black Hood and the shadow of the Serpents (i.e. Jug’s dad). Thanks so much for the feedback 😊 I appreciate it immensely!
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Geekspen on Chapter 4 Sat 10 Oct 2020 05:59PM UTC
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