Are there any gay characters in riverdale
Overview
Archie Comics enters TV and while the show is much better than the really horrible TV movie (don’t look it up), it’s a black ‘subversive’ take on the world. Everyone has hidden secrets.
They kept gay Kevin Keller, but Jughead is no longer asexual (or perhaps is not yet asexual), and the very first episode gave us a faux-lesbian kiss with Betty and Veronica. After one season it was too-soon-to-tell.
Season two got beat with the addition of Toni Topaz as an out bisexual recurring traits and the coming out of main character Cheryl Blossom. By the complete of season two Toni and Cheryl were in a cute and singular relationship. Sadly Riverdale jumped the shark not long after and has been pretty weird ever since. How weird? Well, Cheryl kept the stuffed/taxidermied body of her defunct twin in the basement.
The series continued to get even weirder and weirder, complete with allowing possession by lgbtq+ ancestors so they could have sex and save the world from a meteor. And then they were all rocketed to the 1950s.
The show ends with Riverdale as a town, beaten in time. They reboot from the 1950s and survive out their lives f
PITTS: A gay character in Riverdale? What's the huge deal?
And what shall we say about the truth that there is to be a homosexual in Riverdale? You know where Riverdale is, of course. It lies at that junction of wholesomeness and Americana where, for almost 70 years, it has been home to Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones and the other eternal teenagers of Archie Comics. Last week, the company announced a new addition to the cast. In September, it said, in Veronica 202, Kevin Keller debuts in a story that finds the titular wrecked rich girl mysteriously unable to get his attention despite using all her feminine wiles.
"She's not so bad," Kevin confides to Jughead. "I'm just not interested in dating her.
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It's nothing against her. I'm gay." And what shall we say about that? A handful of those who commented on CNN's Web site didn't hold to think twice. Or, for that matter, once. One vowed to exclude Archie Comics from his or her home, in order to protect children from "perversion." Another moaned, "This is crazy, why do they have to bring gay people into everything."Of significantly more interest was a piece on Salon.com by Douglas Wolk, who has writte
“Sex Education” is the horniest episode of Riverdale to date, and that’s a high bar to surpass! I mean, less than three (3) minutes in, and we have Cheryl Blossom scooping the pleasant juicy fruit of a papaya — LITERALLY.
The episode truly begs the question: WHY NOT JUST Form EVERYONE BISEXUAL YOU COWARDS? Indeed, the entire gesture of the episode seems to be that any pairing goes. There’s something for fans of Barchie, Bughead, Varchie, Vughead, and all the lovely tiny heterosexual ships that sound like nicknames for weed strains. The plot is thusly: The teens of Riverdale receive a rather incomplete, academy administration-approved sex education lesson and are then sexually awakened by a spoken word and dance show by Toni Topaz at The Dark Room, the town’s local beatnik hangout, prompting them to contain sexy dreams and also a real-life makeout party under the tutelage of makeout maestro Veronica Lodge. As a reminder in case any of that was confusing, the characters are indeed high schoolers again and also are in 1955, because of a magic comet that made them time explore and forget their previous lives.
As a result of this decision to be se
Recently in TV, there has been an influx of comic-book adaptations to pair up to the popularity of superhero movies, including such gems as Daredevil, Legends of Tomorrow and Titans, as well as several duds like season one of Iron Fist and the entirety of Inhumans.
However, it isn’t just comic book moguls Marvel and DC that have been producing media, with shows such as Wynonna Earp and the recently cancelled Dark Matter both being created by other companies and writers.
One show that has been rather popular since its debut in 2017 is the CW’s Riverdale, a loose adaptation of the beloved Archie Comics series.
Now, just because the show is popular, doesn’t signify it’s shy of controversy. In fact; the show’s popularity has caused it to be massively disliked by some people.
However, we are not here to talk about the show’s popularity among fans for this particular reason. No, as you could tell by the title of this article, we will be discussing one of the show’s main issues; it’s treatment of it’s LGBTQ+ characters, and it’s flippant usage of Queerbait.
What is Queerbaiting?
Generally, in a case
I've been obsessed with Riverdale since episode one. Partly because I love my CW shows, partly I love the drama and the story telling.
Since episode one, Kevin Keller, the unapologetically gay character, has been around. Season 1 gave him a partner, but as the murder mystery took the forefront, he was kind of just there. Even in the first two episodes of Season 2, he was just there. I almost forgot about him at first due to the cliffhanger from Season 1. Yet on the latest episode they put him front and center.
Riverdale is a quaint little town. It creates the stark background against the murders and darkness of the story lines for Season 1 and 2.
Coming from a rural town, it wasn't easy being gay. I didn't even officially arrive out till I moved away. Many of us can relate to that, and if we were out in a rural setting it always wasn't easy. Hook ups were hard to come by and things were done hush hush. Most of us knew of the local cruising site, whether we went or not.
Riverdale tackled this issue with Kevin cruising in the local forest, even though a murderer was on the loose. His optimal friend Betty Cooper tried to intervene to receive him to st