#bughead as scene

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Cole talks about the Bughead Love scene!!!

No he wasn’t nervous, he and Lili are professionals - (Sure Cole ;) AND He was excited !! 

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The more I watch that entire sequence with Varchie and Bughead, the more the contrast between the two hits me. Varchie’s scene was pre-planned, it was sneaky and clandestine, yes, but it was obvious from the very start why Ronnie brought Archie to her house and then to her room, they knew what they were going to do, and they had the perfect opportunity to do it. Right from the way the walked in sync up to her room, to their kisses, to him unzipping her dress, taking off his shirt, carrying her to the table, she sliding the dress off her shoulders, running her hand up his abs, and even the dialogue (We’ve had this date from the very beginning) seemed like a smoothly orchestrated performance, almost too perfect to be believable.

Bughead, on the other hand, was entirely organic. He brought her to the trailer, yes, but with no plans of what they were gonna do (I wish we’d heard the dialogue when he asked her to come home with him). Clearly they had no idea where this was going. Everything flew just seamlessly and that scene was written perfectly. Betty being Betty said she was never going to give up on FP and that was the cue for Juggie to admit what he’s been feeling. I don’t think he thought he was going to say it out loud, but her absolute belief in his dad made him lay his heart bare. I cannot stress enough how vulnerable Juggie was at this moment. I recall Cole saying he’d be without his beanie in a key moment in the finale. This was the only moment where we actually SAW him taking off the beanie! His security blanket was off and his heart and soul were completely naked before her. His eyes spoke of his raw vulnerability (Props to Cole for playing this scene so well) while the trembling of his voice told of how new this was for him, being so exposed before another human being. And up until Betty walks up to him and says those words back to him, he’s still waiting with trepidation. Since he’s been hurt so many times by the people he’s loved. And Betty does say it back to him - with a laugh, a carefree abandon, her eyes full of joy that she’s able to tell the boy that she’s loved for a while now how she feels, that they’re finally without the shackles of family and other pressures burdening them, that this moment could be FOR them and them alone to confess and take pleasure in just their feelings, something they never had since the time he first kissed her in her bedroom. His face when she tells him is so exposed, emotions playing all across - acceptance that this beautiful girl loves him back and it’s not a dream and he’s finally willing to let go and bask in the bliss of loving her. And somewhere during that kiss (when it deepens), Jughead finds his playfulness. When he lifts her up.

And then *that* scene! I wish we’d seen how her coat came off, because the way they were going at it when he slammed her on that counter makes me think things got heated gradually. None of it is planned. It’s clumsy, uncoordinated, hurried, their clothes getting in the way - the intent is there, but they’re guided by something more than just lust and passion. Their passion stems from their love for each other, their open smiles even in the middle of their obvious lust is what gets to me every time. And they way he reaches for her lips, just content to kiss her, although she’s half-naked before him. This is a pretty important event for them since they’re both virgins (I’m assuming Jughead is too since we haven’t seen evidence to the contrary), but the openness, the absolute trust and faith they show in the other as they willingly submit to the other and take pleasure in their bodies can only come from the deepest feelings of love that we know Bughead share.

There’s a reason why they juxtapositioned those two scenes - we were meant to see the contrast in the lovemaking. And they couldn’t have made it clearer if they’d spelled it out loud.  In the end, it didn’t even matter that Bughead were interrupted. I know that they desire and love each other. And for me, that’s enough (for now)

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I love how she chases his lips as he pulls away to kiss her neck

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Four days and I still haven’t recovered and I keep discovering something new in this scene each time I watch it. Look at how hard her fingers are gripping him and pressing him tighter against her while he eats her neck, you can see the folds on his skin where her thumb is gripping him. That look of ecstasy on her face says it all!