Comment on the devil's daughter

  1. meditationonbaaal on Chapter 1 Fri 06 May 2022 03:28PM UTC

    I never mind your comments. Ever. They're always a treat to read.

    “He feels bad for the kid, because that’s what he is, a kid, a really dumb, impressionable kid.” I hate that he is able to see Archie has a kid, as a victim, but doesn’t allow himself the same grace! My poor Jug! this is really meant to set up how he perceives himself, but it is ultimately very myopic. he is world-weary in a way, but also emotionally unequipped to process his own traumas (much like archie with grundy, which i think i could've addressed better in this story if archie had a more central role.) as well because a) he's also a kid and b) he has no mental toolbox and has no idea how to build one and no one to help him.

    “Being seasoned for violence does not make her feel invulnerable. It makes her feel expectant.” I love that she understands the difference, while Jughead seems to think he can become invulnerable by being expectant. i also think this is a fundamental difference between them, and partially why it is the summary phrase.

    “So while the chapter on their last huntsman closes, they both sit on the next blank page as edited versions of themselves wondering where the story goes from there. No, amended. Amended is better. Amended and more developed versions of themselves, because he is more than before, better than before, and whole despite all the people missing from their lives now, his father, hers. But, he knows from experience that when you cut the head off one monster, another inevitably grows back in its place.” My heart! There’s so much dread and so much hope and I just. I am just full of feelings. it is my hope that much of the foreshadowing in this chapter made sense throughout the story and especially by the end. i mean, we always knew it was going to end with another monster coming out; we just didn't know who it would be (and it ends up being both betty and jughead, of course).

    no, thank you for literally dropping a comment on every chapter! i swear it made my days, even if it took me a very long time to reply (i'm sorry 🖤)

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