Thank you for this response! I think what I’m still struggling with is just like, what was the message of that particular vignette? Because to me it was like “Hey Theo you may want this particular body but don’t steal something to get it, because That is Wrong!” And that feels like an unfair message. Like, it feels…

I think Everything you say here is valid. It was my understanding that Theo’s actor gives a lot of input into his character. For Basketball I think it was the ide that he had an “in” If he could make the team he would be on boys team But since there was no girls team he had a better loophole to argue for his chance as…

God, can Kevin ever catch a fucking break? I really want to be invested in his character and his storylines, but the writers are just so chronically disinterested in him it’s actually painful to watch. I love that they’re finally expanding plots beyond the core four, but geez.

Archie really be ho’ing in these streets and I love him for it. BUT, could it be that the reason Archie can’t be emotionally intimate with women without sex is that it is fallout from being taken advantage of by Ms.Grundy!?!??!?!?! Yeah, the writer’s aren’t that deep.

I have to admit, I love how Veronica and Reggie made such a bumbling duo during the Not Bank Robbery; they are very funny as a comedy team. Ronnie brings her “in over her head sophisticate” routine to their ridiculous schemes while Reggie keeps Archie’s mental bumblepuppy act, but instead of being a downer dope he’s…

Oof, Veronica. I enjoyed her in Season 1. Now I’m tempted to skip her scenes because all she ever does is speak smugly, make pop culture references, and then do the dumbest shit on earth. At least most of the other idiot characters on this show usually don’t think they’re the smartest person in every room.

I am honestly not sure why I continue to love this show the way I do. Other shows have gone similarly off the rails and I left in frustration. But I unabashedly still love the shit out of this show, even when it does actively anger me while watching. Like at one point last night, I was just saying Veronica’s name out…

If you see a faded sign at the edge of the woods that says “1.5 miles to the--”

Me too. While I like their chemistry fine and Archie’s asking “Can I kiss you?” was hot, I spent the whole episode going NO DON’T KISS IT’S SO GREAT THAT THERE’S A COUPLE THAT ISN’T ROMANTIC oh, well, fine.

What I loved is all the other parents going “are you safe? Lock the door!” and Penelope cuts straight to “get your bow and kill a motherfucker.”

Are we not supposed to think that Archie’s dead there at the end?

Batibat is actually a “real” demon, though, taken from Filipino folklore. Though they’re depicted as being fat, naked womanly creatures instead of the skinny, rasta cryptkeeper that was shown in this ep. They’re sometimes called Bangungot; and both words roughly translate to sleep terrors or nightmare. They sit on top…

Why don't we understand that words have inescapable social context?

It's no coincidence that the Right's disdain for "college students" spiked in the early 60's when universities suddenly got a lot more diverse.

What I remember of myself at that age is The Game. It's not about looking for enthusiastic consent, it's about putting the girl in a position where she doesn't feel right about saying no (which was referred to at the time, even inside my own head, as "getting her in the mood") - backing off a little is part of it,…

Mostly agree, but "ignored her wishes [not] in a really bad way" hell no. He was typical of his age and time, which is to say he ignored her saying no during their "study session" and yeah, that's really bad. A lot of Nancy and Steve played into the idea that a good girl says no and a boy ignores what she's saying. …

Steve was a jerk actually. He just got better. It's something that actually happens at that age. If everyone was as awful in adulthood as they were as teenagers, the world be a far more horrifying place.

El faced a lifetime of subjugation at their hands. I'd kill every motherfucker trying to turn me into a slave as well. Only difference is, I would have started with Dr Cronenberg (I forget Modine's character name).

Yeah, her reaction is one of protectiveness over her new friends, the first people to actually just sort of think she's super cool without wanting to USE her immediately. I think she just really liked having met kids her own age, really liked those kids, and really DIDN'T want them to fall victim to the same fate as…

I think it was helped by him not being the one who did the actual vandalism. His friend was the one doing it and he went along with it because he was angry. But when he actually saw Nancy and realized what this was doing to her he was able to get past that anger and see that the graffiti was a shitty thing.