Archie Comics feature clean wholesome adventures of kids in a
town called Riverdale. Unfortunately what belies the surface of those
kid-friendly comics featuring humorous teen hi-jinks are a series of
dysfunctional social messages about dating and relationships.
All throughout Archie Comics is a whole lot of Simpin and a
whole lot of Trickin. What is a SIMP? A Simp is a man who submits to a woman in
the hopes of winning her favor and never asks her having to bring anything to
the table.
While a Trick is a guy who pays to spend time with women in
the hopes of getting sex out of her but never gets it. In most of the Archie
comics published almost all of the male characters like Archie, Reggie Moose,
and Dilton Simp and Trick when they interact with the female characters like
Betty, Veronica and Midge.
And Archie Andrews is one of the all-time SIMP ICONS. If
there was a SIMP Hall of Fame ol’ Arch would have a bust made of gold in the
main hall right next to his comic book SIMP contemporaries Superman and Thanos.
When it comes to women, Archie is so thirsty you wonder if
he’s living in the Mojave desert not Riverdale. Archie is so desperate for
female attention he sacrifices his intangibles such as his dignity,
self-respect and self-worth just to get anything in a skirt to look at him. And
what’s really sad is most of the average girls Archie chases won’t even give
him a phone number. He thinks he looks cool chasing women, but in most cases he
looks like a SUCKER when it comes to the opposite sex.
What makes Archie a SIMP Hall of Famer most of all is his
relationship with his girlfriend Veronica Lodge. Archie is the first to submit
to Veronica even though she brings nothing to the table in terms of character.
Sure Veronica is rich. But she never offers the intangibles a man wants in a
relationship with a woman.
In 75 years of Archie Comics, Archie has never once checked
Veronica’s ratchet behavior and clear disrespect of him. No matter how
out-of-pocket Veronica acts, Archie just sits there and puts up with it.
And in spite of all of Veronica’s disrespect Archie still
tricks off all his money on her. He’ll spend his last $20 he earned working
part-time at Pop Tate’s Chock’ lit shop on dates with Veronica hoping, wishing,
and praying for a chance to get in her panties. Then beg his dad for an
increase in his allowance Monday morning so he can get gas to put in his car to
go to school.
What’s sad is for all the money Archie drops on dinners,
movies, and trips to the club he never gets a chance at even a peek of
Veronica’s thong.
And the main reason why Archie is in the SIMP Hall of Fame is
because he deals with Veronica on HER TERMS. Because he deals with Veronica on
HER TERMS she winds up giving her LEVERAGE in their relationship. And Veronica
uses that leverage to control ol’ Arch like one of the remote control car from
the defunct Archie’s R/C Racers series.
Since Archie does not put himself FIRST Veronica does not
make him a priority. Because he puts her ABOVE HIM Veronica sees him as just
another one of the TOOLS she uses to get dinners, movies, and trips to the club
with. And because ol’ Archie’s intoxicated by the fumes from Veronica’s pussy
farts, he can’t WAKE UP and see the GAME being run on him.
Even worse is the fact that he ignores women who are ready to
show him respect and cooperation like Betty Cooper. Betty is ready to bring all
the intangibles a man wants in a relationship to the table for Archie and he
blows her off. But Poor Simp Archie is so strung out by Veronica Lodge’s pussy
farts, he can’t see that Betty is ready to be a part of his program and is
ready to work with him on his terms.
Archie’s relationship with Veronica is the model of what NOT
to do when it comes to women. And sadly many kids grow up not understanding
that the paradigm Archie follows is one that is destined to wind up in FAILURE
in REAL LIFE.
The only person who follows an even more dysfunctional SIMP
paradigm for relationships is Archie’s rival Reggie Mantle. Reggie is the White
Knight of Riverdale. Whenever Archie fucks up on a date with Veronica, Reggie
is waiting in the distance hoping to rush in on his white horse and save the
damsel in distress.
Even though she doesn’t want to be saved.
Reggie Mantle is the White Knight with a black heart. He
never understands how ignoble he is pursuing women like Veronica and Midge who
are already in relationships. Caught up in his own delusions of superiority
instilled in him from birth he’s always bragging about he’s the “better choice”
for Veronica and Midge then gets upset when women he wants to date won’t give him
the time of day.
If you really look at it, Reggie is Riverdale’s biggest pussy
beggar. Driving around in his expensive cars, showing off his widgets and
wearing fancy clothes he’s trying WAY TOO HARD looking to get the attention of
AVERAGE females who clearly aren’t available. And instead of realizing that
women like Midge and Veronica are taken and pursuing women who are already
available, he continues to try to do more of the same with the same unavailable
females hoping, wishing, and praying he can get whatever crumbs fall from the
table.
Not understanding that he’s wasting precious TIME he can’t
get back. Time he could be using to pursue females who are readily available
and will bring something to the table.
The only person more pathetic than Reggie is Moose. This
Power Simp is always getting emotional when he sees another dude talking to his
woman and looking to fight guys like Reggie who make moves on his woman Midge.
Moose always looks to the guys and never takes a minute to
check Midge’s response to them. If he were smart, he’d be checking Midge for
receiving Reggie’s advances not beating up Reggie for making them.
What makes Moose a big dummy is the fact that he’s so busy
fighting over a female who clearly shows she’s not committed to him and not
showing him any respect. Midge shows Moose numerous levels of disrespect by
entertaining dude like Reggie, but because he has no sense of self-confidence
or self-worth he is he keeps going back to her. Poor Moose isn’t smart enough
to understand if a woman will make efforts to cheat with dudes like Reggie she
should be charged to the game ASAP and he should keep it moving.
When you look at the World of Archie it’s clearly
dysfunctional. And what’s even crazier about Archie Comics is how boys like
Jughead Jones who express healthy masculine behavior are depicted as weird and
strange and the model for what NOT to be.
Clearly Jughead is the model for what a boy should aspire to
be like when he becomes a man. All of his behaviors are what healthy,
functional boys participate in.
Jughead puts himself FIRST. Yeah, Jughead will be there for a
friend like Archie. But Jughead’s business is always put above everyone else’s.
Jughead lives life on Jughead’s terms and does whatever the hell he wants.
That’s why you gotta respect Jughead.
And when it comes to women, he puts them LAST. DEAD LAST. If
they don’t fit into his program, he has no TIME for them.
This is the main reason women like Betty and Big Ethel put
him first and offer him respect and cooperation that SIMPS like Archie and
Manginas like Reggie won’t get. Ladies are always ready to bring things to
Jughead’s table. And because he’s smart he gets a reciprocal exchange for his
time with them. If the ladies want something from him, he makes sure he gets
offer him burgers, cakes, or cash in return for his time. With Jughead, you pay
to play.
Jughead is focused on his own interests. Whatever his passion
is whether it be burgers or some other hobby he puts it FIRST Jughead
understands his TIME is precious and he spends it doing things to benefit him
and he works towards getting his goals met.
And when it comes to money, Jughead is a HUSTLER. In a lot of
Archie Comics people say Jughead is shown as lazy. But when it comes to making
money, Jughead is second to none. Jughead finds ways to make money even Archie
can’t think of. When he helps people out he finds some way to make it WORK FOR
HIM instead of working for someone else.
Jughead takes no shit from females. When Chicks like Veronica
start acting disrespectful and ratchet he makes no hesitation to check them
right then and there.
And he doesn’t take shit from dudes either. When Manginas
like Reggie try to use tricks like their paradox traps and head games to front
and fake, Jughead is right there to check them and let them know it’s not gonna
go.
Jughead only works with females on his terms. When women like
Betty come to Jughead they have to do things by his rules. Again, he makes sure
he gets a reciprocal exchange for his time.
Personally, I think Jughead holds back for Archie’s sake.
Archie thinks he’s the man when it comes to females, but from what I’ve read in
Archie comics Jughead probably knows more about them women Archie does. In a
lot of cases I think he’s looking out for him to make sure he doesn’t get
played by Veronica or shown up by Reggie.
Archie comics are great reading for all ages. But readers
have to watch the messages hidden between the lines of all the teen antics and
hi-jinks. Archie comics are a lot of fun, but most of the behavior modeled in
them regarding dating and relationships is dysfunctional and shouldn’t be
copied by anyone. Parents, let your boys read Archie comics for entertainment
but PLEASE take the time to teach them about the real world of dating so they
won’t fall into the vicious cycle of Simpin and Trickin.
How can you leave out poor Chuck Clayton? Aside from 2 dates with other now MIA black females-Chuck has never been seen without Nancy. He has never cheated on her or looked at any other girl in 40 years.
ReplyDeleteYet if you read Archie Afterlife-Nancy is cheating on him with a female and he doesn't know it. The female in question is Ginger and she's Latino.
Interesting enough Chuck is the only Archie guy to never be in a interracial relationship. Even Betty has had black boyfriends (one was recolored in her series back in 1993 according to McDuffie).
I can remember watching some Archie cartoons on television and it made me wonder about how several stories are based on Archie's inability to decide which girl should he settle with. Not only that Jughead seems to be one of the few characters who actually has a girlfriend and he sometimes runs away from her.
ReplyDeleteLeft Chuck out because he is not a Simp or a Trick.
ReplyDeleteNancy Cheating on Chuck with another female Damn. Just Damn.
I guess they didn't want Betty to go Black because she'd never go back. That and well, it'd turn off a lot of Archie readers.
Before Ginger there was Maria in the 1970s and Early 1980s. She kinda dropped off the face of the earth in the Archieverse. If you get a vintage Double Digest she'll pop up.
Ad that's what sells Archie comics. So he'll never choose. Jughead has girlfriends but insists on getting involved with women who bring something to his table like Bettty. The only reason he avoids Big Ethel is because she brings nothing to the table, is bossy and controlling.
Thanos a SIMP?! Well, I guess so but his biatch was Death. That's some high-level trickin'.
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