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According to RAS they all three were childhood friends though I think Betty and Jughead were more friends via Archie. I'm not sure there was more to the JA falling out other then Archie ditching him and their trip for Grundy and then never talking to him or apologizing about it. It seems like Archie ditched him then ignored him which is pretty crappy but he was in his own little Grundy sexing world.  I don't know if Jughead is also estranged from Betty or if he's just isolated himself from her just like he has everyone else. But we go from him totally withdrawn in the pilot to starting to reconnect to others first through Archie and then through Betty. Now that he's part of the social circle, I'm wondering if Reggie and the others will ease up on the bullying. |
KJ keeps insisting that there's something else that happened between Archie and Jughead beyond the road trip blow off, but I don't know if I trust KJ's view of the narrative.
However, I did read the prequel comic, which seems to suggest that Jug and Archie had drifted prior to the summer and that was supposed to be their way of rekindling their friendship. So, when it didn't happen...
I feel like Jughead was probably closer to both Archie and Betty prior to high school and then maybe the bullying made him retreat into the shadows. I doubt the bullying is going to stop now that Jughead is dating Betty-- I feel like it's only going to get worse. In fact, I'm pretty convinced (read: terrified) that the football team is going to be out to get both Betty and Jug specifically. Betty, for getting Chuck and his goons thrown off the team, and Jug, for his implication in Jason's murder. It's gonna get ugly.
Although, I'd rather if Reggie isn't involved in the bullying, because I like Reggie and I don't want him to hurt Juggie. I want them to begrudgingly be friends, like in the books.
