History HoYay / Riverdale

* '''Toni''': In 2x06, Cheryl and Toni both seem to [[DistractedByTheSexy check each other out]] in their first interaction.

* '''Cheryl''': Cheryl seems to be the only one able to ask for Josie and the Pussycats to perform at the drop of a hat, and in Episode 2, the Pussycats perform a rather sexual rendition of "Sugar, Sugar" while keeping the she/her pronouns. In the extended version of the performance, Cheryl even comes up on stage to sing the song with Josie. After that, its only because of Cheryl that Josie will give Archie a chance with his music, with Josie even calling her "my girl".

* '''Cheryl''': There's Veronica comforting her in episode 3, all of their interactions in episode 5. Veronica [[spoiler:is the only one to: 1) notice Cheryl's odd behavior in the days leading up to her suicide attempt, 2) figure out almost immediately what "be with Jason" means, 3) stay with Cheryl for more than five minutes after she tried to kill herself]]. And she seems to enjoy touching Cheryl's hair.

* Betty and Veronica
** Veronica takes an almost instant liking to Betty after having just met her, and instantly jumps to her defense, telling Cheryl they come as a "matching set".
** Veronica's solution to Cheryl not liking their cheer audition? [[BigDamnKiss Lay a big smooch on a bewildered Betty.]] Betty herself looks a little stunned afterwards.
** Veronica trying to make up with Betty after their fight at the end of Chapter 1 comes across as someone trying to get back together with their girlfriend. She even sends her a bouquet of apology roses and signs the card "XOXO, V".
** Veronica's jaw drops at seeing Betty in lingerie in Chapter 3. There are two people there to see Betty like this: Veronica and Chuck. No one's pretending ''Chuck'' doesn't look interested. And his expression and Veronica's are ''exactly the same''.
** If the above scene makes it sound one-sided, that is disproven by the way Betty looked at Veronica and Cheryl during their dance-off.
** When Betty and Veronica are fighting, Veronica confesses to Archie that she feels like being Betty's friend is her ''destiny''. She even compares losing Betty to missing a train headed towards the rest of her life. Many, ''many'' viewers have pointed out that Veronica is basically calling Betty her soulmate.
* Archie and Jughead
** During their falling out, it was pointed out that the way Archie and Jughead acted around each other was less like two people who have stopped being friends and more like ex-boyfriends. After the reveal as to why Archie and Jughead had a falling out ([[spoiler:F.P., Jughead’s father, was stealing supplies from Fred Andrews’s construction company, so some harsh words being exchanged between Archie and Jughead]]) the behaviour is justified: They didn’t just ''outgrow'' their friendship, but were two people who ''wanted'' to remain friends, but didn’t know how to move past the unpleasant circumstances. In hindsight, this doesn’t make HoYay vibes lessen.
** The HoYay between Archie and Jughead has only increased since they've mended their friendship.
** On his birthday, Jughead intended to go to the movies with Archie rather than his girlfriend. He also wasn't enthused when Archie insisted he take Betty instead.
** Canonically, Archie refers to Jughead as his brother, and at times their behaviour does resemble that of siblings rather than that of friends.
* Josie seems to have subtext with all the girls she has any kindness toward.
** '''Cheryl''': Cheryl seems to be the only one able to ask for Josie and the Pussycats to perform at the drop of a hat, and in Episode 2, the Pussycats perform a rather sexual rendition of "Sugar, Sugar" while keeping the she/her pronouns. In the extended version of the performance, Cheryl even comes up on stage to sing the song with Josie. After that, its only because of Cheryl that Josie will give Archie a chance with his music, with Josie even calling her "my girl".
** '''Veronica''': Veronica and Josie have a quite sensual dance in "In a Lonely Place", which Kevin even calls "going ''Film/BlackSwan''."
** '''Valerie''': Josie and Valerie are also very close.
* Veronica too
** '''Cheryl''': There's Veronica comforting her in episode 3, all of their interactions in episode 5. Veronica [[spoiler:is the only one to: 1) notice Cheryl's odd behavior in the days leading up to her suicide attempt, 2) figure out almost immediately what "be with Jason" means, 3) stay with Cheryl for more than five minutes after she tried to kill herself]]. And she seems to enjoy touching Cheryl's hair.
** '''Ethel''': Veronica being very protective and caring towards Ethel, and Ethel in turn even puts aside [[spoiler: what Veronica's father did to Ethel's family]] in favor of their friendship.
* Cheryl is no different than Josie and Veronica in this regard, except that she can do subtext even while being mean.
** '''Betty''': Of the FoeYay variety. She really doesn't respect Betty's personal space, and is happy to straddle her to put makeup on. There's also the extremely LesYay locker room scene in 2.02, which practically looks like the opening scene of a lesbian porn film. Not helped by the fact that Cheryl is wearing lingerie the whole time and gets rather close to Betty's face, almost like they are about to start making out.
** '''Polly''': Cheryl went as her date to Homecoming, and campaigning for them to be co-queens of homecoming. (She says that it's because it's the next-best thing to Polly and Jason being king and queen together, but still.) Cheryl playfully calls her "naughty!" She even nicknames her "Pollykins," which, of course, evokes Veronica's nickname for Archie, "Archiekins."

** After this the two settle instead as rivals, butting heads thanks to Reggie antagonising Jughead, however despite their competition to become quarterback, the two end up treating one-another as a WorthyOponent, Reggie going as far as to make sure Archie isn't damaging his health and Archie subsequently dropping out so Reggie could take it.
** After Reggie's recasting in the second season to allow the character more screentime, his HoYay with Archie has massively spiked, with him regularly making physical contact, affectionately teasing him, and being his Number Two within the Red Circle. Given their evolution into BashBrothers, it also makes Reggie's previous antagonism towards Archie come off as more FoeYay.

** '''Betty''': Of the FoeYay variety. She really doesn't respect Betty's personal space, and is happy to straggle her to put makeup on. There's also the extremely LesYay locker room scene in 2.02, which practically looks like the opening scene of a lesbian porn film. Not helped by the fact that Cheryl is wearing lingerie the whole time and gets rather close to Betty's face, almost like they are about to start making out.

** Every single interaction between Reggie and Archie in 2.02 reeked of HoYay.

** '''Betty''': Of the FoeYay variety. She really doesn't respect Betty's personal space, and is happy to straggle her to put makeup on. There's also the extremely LesYay locker room scene in 2.02, which practically looks like the intro to a lesbian porn film. Not helped by the fact that Cheryl is wearing lingerie the whole time and gets rather close to Betty's face, almost like they are about to start making out.

** '''Betty''': Of the FoeYay variety. She really doesn't respect Betty's personal space, and is happy to straggle her to put makeup on.

* Between Betty and Veronica:

** Veronica's jaw drops at seeing Betty in her lingerie in Chapter 3, and she can't keep her eyes off of her.

* It's been pointed out that the way Archie and Jughead act around each other is less like two people who have stopped being friends and more like ex-boyfriends.

** After the on-screen reveal as to why Archie and Jughead had a falling out [[spoiler:(F.P., Jughead’s father, was stealing supplies from Fred Andrews’s construction company, so some harsh words being exchanged between Archie and Jughead)]], the behaviour is justified as they didn’t just outgrew their friendship, but were two people who wanted to remain friends, but didn’t know how to move past the unpleasant circumstances. In hindsight, this doesn’t make HoYay vibes lessen.
** Canonically, Archie refers to Jughead as his brother, and at times their behaviour does resemble that of siblings rather than that of friends.
* Fans have also taken notice of how close Cheryl and Josie seem to be. Cheryl seems to be the only one able to ask for Josie and the Pussycats to perform at the drop of a hat, and in Episode 2, the Pussycats perform a rather sexual rendition of Sugar, Sugar while keeping the she/her pronouns. In the extended version of the performance, Cheryl even comes up on stage to sing the song with Josie. After that, its only because of Cheryl that Josie will give Archie a chance with his music, with Josie even calling her 'my girl'.
* Veronica and Josie have a quite sensual dance in "In a Lonely Place", which Kevin even calls "going ''Film/BlackSwan''."
* Reggie's very first scene in the first episode is complimenting Archie's new physique, and acting as his hype man for the rest of the episode. Given the theory from the old comics that he was a closeted bisexual with a crush on Archie...
** Reggie also immediately (and very enthusiastically) seconds Cheryl's vote for Archie to be the first player in Spin The Bottle. Almost as if Reggie wanted the bottle to land on himself.
* Veronica and Ethel have some of this, with Veronica being very protective and caring towards Ethel, and Ethel in turn even puts aside [[spoiler: what Veronica's father did to Ethel's family]] in favor of their friendship.
* Josie and Valerie are also very close.
* Cheryl also gave off a lot of LesYay vibes towards Polly, [[spoiler: before it was revealed they're distant cousins,]] including...
** Going as her date to Homecoming, and campaigning for them to be co-queens of homecoming. She says that it's because it's the next-best thing to Polly and Jason being king and queen together, but still.
** Playfully calling her "naughty!"
** She even nicknames her "Pollykins," which, of course, evokes Veronica's nickname for Archie, "Archiekins."
* The way Betty looked at Veronica and Cheryl during their dance off was practically dripping in HoYay.
* Veronica and Cheryl. There's Veronica comforting her in episode three, all of their interactions in episode five, and most tellingly Veronica is the ''one'' person Cheryl thought to say her goodbyes to [[spoiler: when she attempts suicide.]]
** Lest we forget that Veronica [[spoiler: is the only one to: 1) notice Cheryl's odd behavior in the days leading up to her suicide attempt, 2) figure out almost immediately what 'be with Jason' means, 3) stay with Cheryl for more than five minutes after she tried to kill herself]].
** Veronica seems to enjoy touching Cheryl's hair.
** Veronica giving Cheryl the courage to give her own brother the eulogy she'd worked so hard on.

* Cheryl also gave off a lot of LesYay vibes towards Polly, [[spoiler: before it was revealed they're distant cousins,]] including going as her date to Homecoming, and playfully calling her "naughty!" She even nicknames her "Pollykins," which, of course, evokes Veronica's nickname for Archie, "Archiekins."

** When Betty and Veronica are fighting, Veronica confesses to Archie that she feels like being Betty's friend is her ''destiny''. She even compares losing Betty to missing a train headed towards the rest of her life. Many, ''many'' viewers have pointed out that Veronica is basically calling Betty her soulmate.

* Cheryl also gave off a lot of LesYay vibes towards Polly, [[spoiler: before it was revealed they're distant cousins,]] including going as her date to Homecoming, and playfully calling her "naughty!"

* Cheryl also gave off a lot of LesYay vibes towards Polly, [[spoiler: before it was revealed they're distant cousins,]] including going as her date to Prom, and playfully calling her "naughty!"

* Veronica and Cheryl. There's Veronica comforting her in episode three, all of their interactions in episode five, and most tellingly Veronica is the ''one'' person Cheryl thought to say her goodbyes to [[spoilers: when she attempts suicide.]]

** Betty and Veronica share a BigDamnKiss during the first episode whilst trying out for the cheerleading squad.

** Veronica's solution to Cheryl not liking their cheer audition? Lay a big smooch on a bewildered Betty. Betty herself looks a little stunned afterwards.

** Between Betty and Veronica:
*** Veronica takes an almost instant liking to Betty after having just met her, and instantly jumps to her defense, telling Cheryl they come as a "matching set".
*** Veronica's solution to Cheryl not liking their cheer audition? Lay a big smooch on a bewildered Betty. Betty herself looks a little stunned afterwards.
*** Veronica trying to make up with Betty after their fight at the end of Chapter 1 comes across as someone trying to get back together with their girlfriend. She even sends her a bouquet of apology roses and signs the card "XOXO, V".
*** Veronica's jaw drops at seeing Betty in her lingerie in Chapter 3, and she can't keep her eyes off of her.
** It's been pointed out that the way Archie and Jughead act around each other is less like two people who have stopped being friends and more like ex-boyfriends.
*** The HoYay between Archie and Jughead has only increased since they've mended their friendship.
*** After the on-screen reveal as to why Archie and Jughead had a falling out [[spoiler:(F.P., Jughead’s father, was stealing supplies from Fred Andrews’s construction company, so some harsh words being exchanged between Archie and Jughead)]], the behaviour is justified as they didn’t just outgrew their friendship, but were two people who wanted to remain friends, but didn’t know how to move past the unpleasant circumstances. In hindsight, this doesn’t make HoYay vibes lessen.
*** Canonically, Archie refers to Jughead as his brother, and at times their behaviour does resemble that of siblings rather than that of friends.
** Fans have also taken notice of how close Cheryl and Josie seem to be. Cheryl seems to be the only one able to ask for Josie and the Pussycats to perform at the drop of a hat, and in Episode 2, the Pussycats perform a rather sexual rendition of Sugar, Sugar while keeping the she/her pronouns. In the extended version of the performance, Cheryl even comes up on stage to sing the song with Josie. After that, its only because of Cheryl that Josie will give Archie a chance with his music, with Josie even calling her 'my girl'.
** Veronica and Josie have a quite sensual dance in "In a Lonely Place", which Kevin even calls "going ''Film/BlackSwan''."
** Reggie's very first scene in the first episode is complimenting Archie's new physique, and acting as his hype man for the rest of the episode. Given the theory from the old comics that he was a closeted bisexual with a crush on Archie...
** Veronica and Ethel have some of this, with Veronica being very protective and caring towards Ethel, and Ethel in turn even puts aside [[spoiler: what Veronica's father did to Ethel's family]] in favor of their friendship.
** Josie and Valerie are also very close.

* Betty and Veronica share a BigDamnKiss during the first episode whilst trying out for the cheerleading squad.

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* Betty and Veronica share a BigDamnKiss during the first episode whilst trying out for the cheerleading squad.

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