#crazymisscarly

[bettyminicoop]

You may not know this, but I cannot be silent. Amazing incredibly talented @crazymisscarly is writing a new fanfic right now. This is not a light happy story. This is a dark story, at the end of which, I believe, light awaits us. There are triggers and warnings in this fanfic, so read the tags before you start reading.

The Exoneration

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Don't forget to leave kudos and comments!

And thank you, @crazymisscarly. I absolutely look forward to new chapters. And I'm incredibly crying right now.

[bugheadchemistry]

Current theory - 5x16 will see a resolution to the voicemail and hopefully Bughead will talk- REALLY talk about everything that went on in the 7 years apart.

I’m hopeful that they both realise they could have made their relationship work post-high school if they just communicated with each other, and this will lead to some ACTUAL slow burn tension for the rest of the season.

I’m doubtful that they’ll get back together this season, but maybe by 6x05 we’ll see them kiss and make up, so to speak - this might be the cliffhanger of the first part of season 6

I like your theory! Betty and Jughead are LONG overdue for a heart-to-heart. I hope that afterwards, they are on steadier footing. What I want more than anything (reconciliation aside) is for them to be friends again. They both need that more than a romantic relationship at this point, but I will not complain if they go there sooner rather than later (although I do agree that it probably won’t be this season).

I am loath to think about what this 5-episode “special event” will actually be about. I trust these writers about as far as I can throw them and that’s not far. 😂

[thetaoofbetty]

What if Archie is secretly a Blossom?

That would sure make KJ Apa question his existence ;)

i don't even need to think he's a blossom to question archie's existence.

[raymondebidochonlifechoices]

I’m convinced whoever wrote “Jughead’s” writings never anticipated people actually zooming in and transcribing the words. They probably just made them sound vaguely relevant just in case somebody got a glimpse of them 🤣🤣🤣

It's been 5 seasons now, they should have known better! 😂

I still can't get over the description of his eyes ...

I keep imagining Betty getting lost in the depths of Jughead's Loch Ness pools of shimmering green, glimpsing reflections of primordial lizards beneath their surface!

[adhd-adept]

Heyyy I’m not sure if this is okay to ask but I have some very overdue assignments and I just don’t even know how to start doing them. Do you have any advice? Breaking them up into sections and/or using time limits doesn’t really help me :/

Absolutely it's okay to ask! It's always okay to ask me things (though from time to time I may not see it for a while, if I haven't been online much). i have a number of tactics for trying to approach assignments that are stressing me out. Personally, I would sum up most of my following advice as: Make it external. As much as you can, get the thoughts about your assignments out of your head and onto paper, or into a text message, or in a conversation. This is going to be easier with writing than it will be with math. If it's math, or other work with clear-cut answers where the problem is that it feels intimidating or repetitive, I imagine the difficulty is with just sitting down and doing it. In that case, your approach is going to be to find ways to motivate yourself. Get some music that makes you feel inspired without being too distracting. Find something to snack on while you work. Take as much of your focus off of the work as possible - you're thinking about how much you don't want to do it, and for me it's easier to get rid of that thought if I fill its space with other stuff.

if it's more freeform, like an essay, maybe start by checking over the requirements. It may be tough to break up an essay into paragraphs, but when you break down the list of requirements it becomes more of a to-do list, and then it's clearer to see where you should start! Or maybe not. There are other approaches. Is it a project where you have to cite sources? See what your sources have in common. Is it more of an opinion project? Record yourself talking about what you think - or try to describe it to someone else. I'll be honest, I pretty much write some of my essays into my friends' DMs (and they know that and mostly leave me alone if they see me just rambling). It might be easier to get your thoughts out in a more conversational format. And if you have someone fairly unbiased to talk to, ask for their input! You may disagree with their suggestion for what you want to talk about, but ruling out options can be just as helpful as trying to select them.

In fact, that may be part of the problem - there may be too many options. Try looking over all the things you could include in the project, and then cross off as many as you can. Maybe you'll bring details back in later, but for starters, it's good to set them aside. Sometimes focus is less about knowing what to pay attention to and more about knowing what to ignore. And if none of that seems quite right, you can always ask your teacher/professor - "Hey, I know that this project is overdue, I've had a really tough time organizing my thoughts on this - what would YOU consider the most important part of it? I'd like to finish it, but if I only did 10% of the project, what would you say I should focus on? What would you most want to see from me?" More often than not, I've found that professors are fairly willing to engage when I tell them I do care about the class, and am honest about my struggles. Not always, but hopefully this is the case with yours. A teacher's job is to help you learn, after all. It's a bit late in the evening for me! I wanted to get some of my thoughts down for you, but it's a bit late as I'm answering this, so I'll read over it tomorrow or so and add anything else I think of, plus format it for better readability. I'll check back in!

[riverdalepromptathon]

Heya! When you say Wednesday 21st, is that America’s Wednesday? We’re a day ahead in Australia so I wanna make sure I post it on the right day lol

This is about the week 10 promptaphon :’)

that's correct! the promptathon mods are based in the US so we're going on US time. that said, we are very lax about the "rules" around here so no one is going to be upset if you want to post on Australia's Wednesday :)

[bettyminicoop]

I want to share with you a review of the fanfiction of the incredibly talented @crazymisscarly.

In another life...

This is a Falice story, although there are little Bughead crumbs in there. But if you've read @crazymisscarly's stories before, you'll like this one too. She did not reveal that she had updated the story with a new chapter the other day. And this part is incredible!

@crazymisscarly is an amazingly talented writer. She immerses the reader in a story filled with details and interactions you never expect to see. She brings up important mental health topics in her stories, and doesn't just leave them up in the air, she lets the characters deal with those things. Characters don't just show up to serve just one plot. They pass through story, affect it and leave behind an important trace that never goes unnoticed.

Some things happen to Betty in the new chapter. Things that had already happened to her before, related to the mental impact on her child's brain by an adult. And as in life, such an interaction does not pass without a trace and is not cured in two weeks. These are things that a person often has to deal with for many years, especially if it is a child. As I read this chapter, I realized that in some ways this is only the beginning of a long story that Alice will have to deal with.

I really look forward to the continuation of this fanfic and wish @crazymisscarly that her imagination and incredible writing talent do not run out.

And a very big wink at the fact that I'm looking forward to the end of Tapes of Us so much.

[thetaoofbetty]

All this discourse about different perspectives on certain scenes, and everyone’s differing interpretations of the same scenes just gave me the biggest wake up call ever.

What we are watching, at the end of the day, is an artwork. And meaning found in art is subjective to its audience.

Rather than everyone hating on each other for it, we should try seeing the beauty in our differences of opinion. Art is beautiful because of how it makes you feel, and sometimes the things you feel are uncomfortable - but that discomfort gets you thinking, and that’s important.

Absolutely let’s keep passionately discussion our interpretations, but maybe people should stop sending *literal hate* to the ask boxes of people who just want to keep the discussion going.

( Thanks for being one of these people @thetaoofbetty )

i agree, art is subjective and we should all give everyone the space to have the opinions and feelings they have on it.

i think the biggest issue for me when it comes interpretation is when people mistake the discomfort of their failed projections onto it as an external issue rather than an internal one and start playing the blame game; on the art, the artists, the people who aren't enjoying or hating it in the right way, etc.

and, as we know, stories aren't always comfortable to experience. things that are compelling don't always come wrapped in rainbows. there are a lot of teenagers (and adults, unfortunately) who have figured out the best way to deal with their discomfort is to label it problematic, harass people online, and surround themselves with an echo chamber to reinforce their perceived morality of usually western culture and how it should be.

i think it's important to remember that a lot of these people in our inboxes are spending a lot of time focusing on something that doesn't bring them happiness because they're getting something out of feeling superior for hating it.

"anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love." -george eliot

they can't stop looking at our pages or worrying about what we're writing or thinking about because they're in a constant negative feedback loop. and they bring it to us, the bugheads who are just vibing along, because they want us to be as unhappy as they are.

which, you know, is a them problem. but again, i agree, it's all subjective and there's no need for hate in anyone's inbox. it always says a lot more about them than it does about us.