BugVarchie

BugVarchie is the poly ship between Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge and Archie Andrews from the Riverdale fandom.

Season 7
When Betty is talking to Reggie, he says that he can't believe that he ever chose Archie over him. Betty says that she didn't choose Archie over him...or Jughead for that matter. She decides to tell him something that only a few people know. She reveals after they got their memories back from the previous timeline, she and Jughead remembered their relationship, while Archie and Veronica remembered there's. However, Jughead and Veronica had just started dating, but remembering everything took away the pressure of choosing. They all realized that the four of them could just be together at the same time. Reggie is in shock, and Betty says that it started out with some innocent double dates, but it naturally evolved to all of them in a relationship. Sometimes Jughead and Veronica would pair up while she and Archie went to her place. Sometimes Veronica and Archie would go home while she was with Jughead. And some nights Betty and Veronica would spend the night together.

Fanon
BugVarchie was something that was always seen as a possibility withing the Riverdale fandom. Though many just used it as a the solution to many of the shows love triangle's and never thought it would actually be canon. Many fics of the three would just have all four of them get together, or set it up so that only certain members were dating each other within a polycule. Despite being seen as a solution, many didn't fully ship it, and preferred to only ship individual ships within it.

Many fans were shocked when the series finale revealed that the four had ended up forming a four-way relationship. Though many pointed out that that was the most realistic/grounded thing the series had ever done. Some thought that it was a way to cop out of actually picking couples to end the series with, but others thought it was still iconic of them to end it in such a way. Other pointing out the hilarity of it being confirmed and them all breaking up withing the same episode. Those that were specifically fans of Jarchie, didn't like that the two were the only ones who apparently weren't in a relationship between the four. Although it was very obvious, meaning that it's absence was more felt than if they had drawn attention to it. Especially given that the two are the only ones in the friends group that haven't kissed.

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Fandom

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Variations

 * Barchie refers to the ship between Betty and Archie
 * Barchead refers to the ship between Betty, Archie and Jughead
 * Beronchie refers to the ship between Betty, Archie and Veronica
 * Bughead refers to the ship between Betty and Veronica
 * Jarchie refers to the ship between Jughead and Archie
 * Jeronica refers to the ship between Jughead and Veronica
 * Varchie refers to the ship between Veronica and Archie