Because of last night's episode, I wanna go through the Six Steps for Romance and how it's applying to Jabitha's slowburn right now
For those who aren't aware the six stages are:
#1. The Lovers Meet
#2. The First Kiss/First Intimate Moment
#3. The Confession of Love
#4. The Lovers Break Up
#5. The Proof of Love
#6. The Lovers Reunite
Currently, Jabitha is between stages 4 and 5.
#1. The Lovers Meet: the lovers meet for the first time. This scene is sometimes referred to as the “meet-cute.” It’s almost always the inciting incident of their story.
For Jabitha, it's 5x05 when Jughead needs a job and asks Tabitha to be a waiter and she says no.
Their "meet-cute" is when Tabitha covers for Jughead when two debt collectors look for him. She then offers him the waiter job and agrees to call the debt collectors to tell them that he’ll be paying them back with his earnings from the diner.
#2. The First Kiss/First Intimate Moment: The point of this stage is to show the couple moving closer to a sense of intimacy and romance.
Funny enough, for Jabitha this wasn't their kiss. This was during 5x08 when Tabitha took care of a drunken Jughead after Cheryl's key party.
#3. The Confession of Love: This doesn’t necessarily mean one of the characters has to say “I love you” to the other, but it DOES have to be made known that one (or both) of their feelings are no longer platonic.
Jabitha crosses that bridge in 5x10 when they kiss in the diner.
#4. The Lovers Break Up: The next stage is where the characters break up or separate. For long-running romances or will-they-won't-they, this may happen a few times.
So far, Jabitha has two. The first is 5x10 right after their kiss Jughead tells her about Betty and they cool it
The second is from 5x11 when Jughead leaves Riverdale to go back to New York, but leaves Tabitha a voicemail to say goodbye.
#5. Proof of Love: This is THE MOST important scene in a romantic story. It’s the big, climactic moment where one character must sacrifice something for the other's happiness - even if it means they may not be together in the end.
This is the next step in Jabitha's story.
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