Beggie

Beggie is the het ship between Reggie and Betty from the Riverdale fandom.

Canon
Reggie and Betty grew up together in Riverdale, but don't seem to have been friends — more like acquaintances, especially given that Betty was not popular and Reggie has tended to prize popularity and status, based on the relationship they have when they reach high school. When they start their sophomore year of high school, Reggie is a popular jock on the football team, friends with Chuck, Moose and Jason Blossom, before the latter was murdered, while Betty starts up the school newspaper and focuses on getting good grades. They move in different realms of the school and as such, don't interact much during Betty's investigation into Jason Blossom's murder. Betty does, however, work with Veronica, Ethel and Cheryl to expose the Bulldogs' misogyny, which results in Chuck getting suspended for a month, affecting the perception of the school athletes and their general behaviour. Reggie becomes the new captain of the Bulldogs and generally has rivalries with Archie, who is Betty's best friend.

After Fred Andrews is shot, Betty is the first person Archie calls and is with him at the hospital, while Reggie lets his guard down slightly by showing up at the hospital to tell Archie that he's there for him. After Midge and Moose are shot, Reggie's caught up in the tensions between the North and Southside, while Betty is tortured by the culprit of the attacks, the Black Hood. Betty and Reggie both attend a party with the Pussycats and other members of the general friend group that's starting to form, with Veronica as the one to bring Betty along. At a race to stem the chaos of a new gang, Reggie lends his prized car to Archie and Jughead, who are racing together. Betty inspects the car to make sure it's safe and ready and makes a derogatory statement about Reggie, though not to Reggie. Despite Betty's seemingly having little regard for Reggie, they do start spending time together in a general friend group, and both participate in a Secret Santa-exchange in the student lounge at Christmas. Overall, Reggie doesn't seem to pay Betty any attention. Later in the school year they do square off as they're running against each other for student body president and they face each other in a debate in the auditorium. When Midge is murdered they both attend the funeral and Betty continues working to uncover the killer's identity, while Reggie's livid and starts operating as a vigilante team with the Bulldogs, spurred on by Hiram Lodge. The whole town lives through the riots and on the other side, both Reggie and Betty decide to drop out of the race for student body president. They attend Archie's swearing in ceremony and are horrified to see him being arrested for murder.

Juniors


At the end of summer, both Betty and Reggie, as well as most of their year, attend Cheryl's back-to-school pool party at Thornhill. They later both attend the opening of Veronica's speakeasy. After Betty talks to her mother about Gryphons and Gargoyles and gets the story of the parents' escapades, she has a meeting with Reggie, as well as Josie and Kevin, and requests that they surreptitiously ask their parents about the game. Reggie dismissively says his Dad wouldn't play a 'nerdy' game with the others, and Betty rolls her eyes, adamantly telling him it's real. Later on, however, as they reconvene, Reggie is sporting a black eye, his father having hit him when Reggie enquires about the game. Betty looks at him solemnly and he asks her why their parents are being so strange about the game, but Betty doesn't say anything and they're interrupted. Later, they are both part of the group effort to help Archie escape from juvie. Afterwards, Reggie meets up with Josie and Kevin at Pop's, telling them that he wants to know what's up with the game despite Betty's refusal to let them in. Unbeknownst to them, Betty tricks the parents into showing up at La Bonne Nuit where Betty questions them about the game, and publicly condemns Marty Mantle for hitting Reggie, although he denies doing so. They don't spend much time together, seeing each other briefly at Archie's welcome back party, when he returns to Riverdale. They both participate in the school musical, but don't otherwise cross paths the rest of the year.

Seniors
During summer, Reggie and Betty both attend a gathering of Archie's friends in his garden, where they reminisce about their childhood memories of Fred Andrews, who suddenly dies in a car accident on July 3. Betty's also there when Reggie lends Archie a hearse from his father's lot so they can transport his father's body back to Riverdale. Betty and Reggie both remember Fred stepping in as a father figure when their own were unaccounted for. They both attend the funeral with the rest of the town and are a part of the group of friends Mary Andrews invites over that night, July 4, to watch the town's independence day fireworks. Betty and Reggie both attend Cheryl's back-to-school party at Thistlehouse, but they do not interact. When Halloween rolls round, Reggie comes into the student lounge in good spirits, asking who would like to join him playing tricks on the Principal. Betty tries to dissuade Reggie, implying they're too old for shenanigans, but Reggie counters it's their last hurrah before adulthood. On Thanksgiving, both Reggie and Betty attend the ceremony at Archie's community centre, where he hangs a commemorative plaque, dedicating the space to the memory of Fred Andrews.

When the last football game of the boys' high school careers rolls around, Betty interviews Reggie, Munroe and Archie about their last salute. Reggie tells Betty that Stonewall High, against whom they're playing, plays dirty, in that they attack and injure star players before games in order to secure their wins. Betty eagerly takes Reggie's lead and dives into research to figure out what's going on. As their senior year comes to a close, Principal Honey's endless parade of bans and punishments culminates in him cancelling the yearbook and having most of the friends barred from attending prom. Betty's annoyed and toys with her friends, suggesting they frighten their strait-laced antagonist by abducting and threatening him. Everyone's slightly amused by her daydream, and Reggie counters with an actual offer: to pull off a senior prank, Reggie still intent on creating the most memorable legacy for their year. Reggie suggests an old-time prank: putting glue on the Principal's chair and they are successful, with Honey onto them. He cancels prom as punishment, but they enlist the help of their parents and have it reinstated. They attend prom and graduate, with Betty laughing and applauding along with her friends as Reggie celebrates getting his diploma on the stage. Betty leaves for Yale, while Reggie toys with attending community college in Riverdale.

2027
7 years pass and nobody has been in touch. Reggie stayed in Riverdale and is working for Hiram Lodge as his right-hand man, while Betty graduated from university and went into FBI training. Reggie and Betty don’t directly clash, but Reggie does try to keep Archie from getting his house back from the Ghoulies, something Betty later helps Archie do. When Betty wants to search the swamplands for clues about a body found recently that may help Betty find Polly, Hiram bars them as he owns the land, despite Betty's pleas. She goes anyways and runs into Reggie, who is patrolling. Betty tells him he'll have to shoot her because she won’t leave willingly and then gives out to him for not caring what happens to the girls - to Betty's sister. Reggie changes his mind and tells Betty about another body found in the swamps. Reggie convinces Hiram to let Betty and others properly search the land. This is the start of Reggie turning back to the good side. He later helps Betty and Tabitha with their plans, searching possible suspects' trucks for them, and confronting suspects, posing as FBI agents, with Betty. When Betty's sister dies, Reggie is supportive alongside their friends, and attends Polly's funeral. Reggie attends Betty's surprise party, thrown by Archie to celebrate her graduating and becoming an official FBI agent. When the gang look to take Hiram down once and for all, Reggie provides the incriminating evidence which Betty supplies to the FBI. The two of them stand side by side as everyone banishes Hiram from Riverdale.

1955


Tabitha saves everyone from the comet by sending them back to 1955, with no memory of their past lives and thinking they are 16 again, while Tabtha disentangles a space-time-continuum mess that can be aided by them changing the past so the future does not lead to a comet decimating Riverdale. Betty struggles with the constraints placed on her by societal misogyny, while Reggie struggles with the racism his family face in the wake of the Korean war, trying to help keep his family afloat. He is recruited to play basketball at Riverdale High, but is cautious and quiet because of racist attacks that led him to drop out of his last high school. He doesn't want to get attached nor make an effort to socialise. He does, however, take an interest in Betty, whom he spies through Archie's windows as he is staying with the Andrews family. At school, Betty is the only person Reggie voluntarily greets and she's surprised by the attention.

Betty's parents make her join the cheer squad and she watches Reggie play and seems impressed by 'The Blur'. Each of the Vixens are assigned a player to pay special attention to and Cheryl assigns Reggie to Betty, which Betty seems intrigued by despite her general disinterest in being a cheerleader. She helps Reggie study in the student lounge and he says she doesn't have to. Betty then shares with him that she does because the squad is a punishment, and ends up telling Reggie about flashing her underwear on TV in protest and even what happened between her and Archie. She then seems to try and clarify that she and Archie haven't had sex, and Reggie gets overwhelmed and promptly excuses himself, with Betty left embarrassed. Betty is taken off the cheer squad by her parents, but expresses an attraction to Reggie, albeit superficial, and she asks out Archie, while Reggie starts dating Veronica. The four of them go on a double date, but tension between the boys over Archie's car sours the evening. When Pop's gives Reggie an old jalopy of his own that needs to be refurbished, Reggie asks Betty to help him out, after she mentioned her skills on the double date. Reggie and Betty work on the car together in the school shop class.

Fanon
Beggie becomes canon in Season 7, but was a fairly common rarepair in the fandom from seasons 1-6,     partly due to the vast comic canon that preceded the show. Reggie and Betty, like many other characters on the show, barely interacted throughout its first four seasons, but still the ship enjoys a fair amount of attention that increased with their brief interactions in Season 4. Its popularity despite its rarepair status may also be attributed to Betty being the most popular female main character. Season 5 provided the first one on one scene between Reggie and Betty. As Barchie has finally taken off, fandom chatter about Beggie has increased among Bugheads because of their hatred of Archie, and Varchies, to keep Betty away from Archie and Reggie away from Veronica.

Trivia

 * In the comic series Life With Archie (2010), Betty and Reggie become a couple in the future where Archie marries Veronica.

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