Hey so like I'm 1000000000% sure that Izuku and Katsuki triggered Third's power the night before the fight which is somehow connecting them and allowing them to talk during the fight. #bkdk

And Katsuki has OFA. My hunch is that Third's power is the ability to share/split quirks. Hori does a bit of a bait and switch here, because we THINK Bakugo is talking to Jeanist when he says "Right," but he's actually talking to Izuku. We don't see his face, but when we do the OFA stars appear right afterwards. #bkdk

I want to root for them and I'm sure its happening because its manga, but dear LORD can they at least not be covid distance and could Izuku say something more than, "Your hair suits you"?

Het ships in Shonen, you gotta do better. It's literally the main romance. "You are who I picture when I think Victory." / "I've always chased after you!

Vs.

"Your hair suits you."/ "Guess we're both oddballs."

This shit is so romantic. #bkdk This boy is so fruity, my GOD.

This isn't really a theory, per say, but more something I've been thinking about regarding Fangs as we go into the final episodes of Season Six. Since they brought Moose back and linked him up with Kevin, I've been wondering what they're gonna do with Fangs.

His most important role, narratively speaking, is being Anthony's biological father. It's not REALLY about Toni or Kevin.

Riverdale's Season 6 Thematic Question & The Three Act Structure (a thread) Welcome to a new Riverdale season and a new thematic question!

For those who weren't here last year, here's a refresher. Television traditionally follows a Three Act structure for its storylines where characters are tested and overcome whatever they face throughout the season.

Had a rough day at work, so I'm chilling with the Archie Marries Betty book. I've had this in my comxiology list for months! These books are borderline incomprehensible, so everything just feels like a fever dream.

Huh...yeah, I guess Cora (that blonde woman Jug slept with in New York) coming back to Riverdale to tell him she's pregnant would be a crazy cliffhanger. It would also throw a wrench in whatever relationship he has and she matches the 🤰🏼 emoji. I think the bhs may have a point! If Jughead does deal with his writer's block and his article appears in the New Yorker (or wtv the Rivedale version) that Cora woman could see it since she's a writer too. And just when Jughead thinks his life is settled this one night stand comes into Pops and blows his life up.

Okay, Roberto.
Do your worst. Me talking about any minor inconvenience ever

Riverdale Season 5’s Thematic Question & The Three Act Structure (a thread) Since Riverdale S5 started a bit differently due to COVID, including three episodes that were supposed to be in S4 and extra-long hiatus, I wanted to take a moment to talk about story structure, this season’s thematic question, and how it’s playing out so far.

Wow, this Reggie/Hiram/Mr. Mantle relationship is exactly what I was hoping they would explore and now they're doing it? Woah... I'm shaking. Holy shit - Riverdale, baby, I didn't know you still had it in you!

Going by the outfits in these stills and what the episode is about, 5x14 is going to be where we get Chainsaw Betty aka "The Darkest Thing She's Ever Had To Face" Alice's outfit matches this scene from the 5B trailer

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHSHAHAHSHSHSHEHEKDJELDKD

I don't get this question because Betty already "got" with Archie.

She fucked him.
Many times.
In the house Jughead lives in.
Sometimes with candles.

So either way, Jughead is going to have to get over that if that's going to work (not to mention the whole Tabitha thing.) I still don't get why Betty and Archie maybe getting together after the two of them forgive each other is a fuck you to Jughead. Wouldn't forgiveness mean he's over it? They haven't been together for almost 10 years.

Is Betty supposed to apologize for Glen too? Jughead for Jess?

I know we drag this man, but to be fair to him this is literally what you lot were all saying after 5x08 aired.

But hey! If we finally get the barchie/varchie love triangle you know his bias cause...

~He was a barchie shipper all along!~ My personal perspective is based on the notion that they didn't develop Tabitha Tate just to toss her to the side, and given the time jump reset and how both Varchie/Barchie have been in play while being the most iconic love triangle ever, I think they're finally gonna go for it.

Even if in 5x16 Jughead apologizes to Betty for calling her a bitch that doesn't resolve the issues of why he called her that in the first place. The problem is that she hurt him and he thinks she did it on purpose. She didn't, we know that, so why is everyone pretending she did? Betty didn't kiss Archie because she was mad at Jughead. Betty kissed Archie because she was in love with him for 10 years and fell into her feelings. She had to stop herself from getting too deep with him and she was scared of hurting Jughead. That's also why she didn't tell him

I've been writing In This Reality for almost three years now, and my relationship with Voltron, Klance, and Lotura has evolved a lot since I started writing this fic. It was only supposed to be a one-shot where Lance brought Keith home for dinner and that was it. Then it was going to be just about Lance and Lotor not being jerks to each other, and then it became a reimagine of S8 entirely.

Riverdale Season 5 Has A Love Triangle: It’s Barchie vs. Varchie (a thread)

Once again, I’m focusing only on S5. I’m sure people have written about the will-they-won’t-they of the classic Archie Comics love triangle across all four seasons of Riverdale. That’s not this thread. Another tidbit for this thread is that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics.

He has a vested interest in the Archie/Veronica/Betty love triangle since it’s been their entire business model for the past 80 years.

I brought this up yesterday but I'd like to explain why Netflix icons promoting shows both matter and don't matter.

https://twitter.com/slowburnsftw/status/1426805135305367553

To start, since 2016 the product team at Netflix has done user testing called A/B testing. This is when a group of users see what they're testing vs a control group who doesn't.

If a button is red, they may do an A/B test to see if blue performs better.

techblog.netflix.com/2016/05/select…

I really couldn’t make a thread about the Archie/Betty/Veronica love triangle in S5 without breaking down the romantic scenes for Varchie, too.

The Six Stages of Romance for Varchie S5 (So Far!) I’m going to assume by this point everyone has read my other threads. If not, this blog by Karen Woodward breaks down these six scenes and why any love story must have them. blog.karenwoodward.org/2016/10/6-scen…

Also, we’re only focusing on S5. Someone else can do S1-S4, but it ain't me.

Since I've posted a few of them now, here's a Thread of Threads that I've written about Riverdale. 🍟🤰🍔 "Here's how Riverdale Season 5 Is Going to End"

https://twitter.com/Astro_Latte/status/1404981426412396550

Okay Barchie crew, this is for you!

The Six Stages of Romance for Barchie S5 (So Far!)

Reminder that 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 Before we start, I'm focusing on S5 for this thread because even though Barchie has the longest friendship in canon, the time skip acted as a reset for every romantic relationship.

There's def threads that folks can do for S1-S4 and S4 went through Stages 1-5 in two epsiodes.