‘Riverdale’ said goodbye in the queerest, horniest way possible and the internet is absolutely shook
Riverdale would go out with a bang—or two, or three, or… four.*Spoilers ahead for the series finale of Riverdale*The CW’s sexy, modern riff on the classic Archie Comics characters started off as sort of “teen Twin Peaks” and became a cultural phenomenon, and then proceeded to jump every shark imaginable, stretching the bounds of reality to incorporate superpowers, musical episodes, zombies, and time travel.
And honestly? It was camp!But, through it all, Riverdale‘s one constant was its fascination with getting everyone into bed with everyone else, frequently coupling and un-coupling different combinations of characters for the hell of it.
In a way, it harkened back to the classic comics, which saw all-American Archie forever torn between blonde girl-next-door Betty and raven-haired rich girl Veronica.This, in turn, inspired viewers’ tendency to ‘ship different couples, pondering which pairings were “endgame”—who would end up together—a phrase the show itself would occasionally employ, only stoking the fervent fandom.Ahead of its season finale, let’s celebrate ‘Riverdale,’ a show that’s always been by and for the gays.So, surely with the finale, Riverdale would give us the long-awaited answers and tell us, once and for all, who was endgame: Was it Archie and Veronica?
Betty and Jughead, a.k.a. “Bughead”? Archie and Betty?Well, touché Riverdale, because they did answer that question after all, and the real “endgame” was the queerest, horniest thing possible.That’s right: Archie, Betty, Jughead, and Veronica were polyamorous—or, in a “quad,” to use the show’s terminology.The 'Riverdale' series finale reveals that Betty, Jughead, Archie and Veronica were all in a quad relationship with each other for a year..
