Cheryl Blossom

Cheryl Blossom is a principal character from the Riverdale fandom.

Canon

 * Toni Topaz

Toni and Cheryl are complete opposites, having ground up on different sides of town, raised to hate each other. Toni and Cheryl meet at a drag race, but it isn't until the Southsiders come to Riverdale High that they get to know each other. Despite a rough start, Toni quickly sees through Cheryl's walls and gets her to open up. After seeing a movie together, Cheryl comes out to Toni, opening up to her about a past crush and her mother's homophobia. They become fast and close friends, and when Cheryl's mother sends her to conversion therapy, Toni saves her, and they share their first kiss. Though they have their ups and downs, they spend the rest of the sophomore, junior and senior years dating and living together, until Toni's nana finds out about them and forbids Toni from dating Cheryl, due to the Blossoms' role in the genocide to their ancestors. Though Toni is determined to continue dating her, Cheryl breaks up with her so she doesn't have to choose, and so she herself can atone for her family's sins.

Seven years later, Toni and Cheryl are still in love with each other, but Cheryl believes she's cursed to be alone and Toni is pregnant after agreeing to be a surrogate and mother to Fangs and Kevin's baby. When Cheryl massively oversteps in an attempt to get back with Toni, it ruins their delicate friendship, and Cheryl is filled with regret, but she still steps up to help Toni deliver her baby. But eventually, Toni reaches out and trusts Cheryl with the care of a student in need of a home, and it repairs their relationship in time for Toni to begin dating Fangs. In the meantime, it's revealed that Toni's ancestor, Thomasina, and Cheryl's ancestor, Abigail, were once in love in the 1890s, but their story was tragically cut short when Fangs' ancestor, Fen, killed Thomasina and cursed Abigail. Later, Cheryl's junior high crush Heather comes back to down, putting further distance between Cheryl and Toni, despite the fact that they're on good term. Due to a messy custody battle, Toni proposes to Fangs and asks Cheryl to officiate, and when both Toni and Fangs die at the reception, Cheryl agrees to temporarily die to bring them back. When a comet is headed towards Riverdale, Cheryl and Toni allow their ancestors to inhabit their bodies and have sex, and in doing so, Heather discovers that Cheryl and Toni are soulmates, whose fate is written in the stars.

When the gang gets sent back to high school in the 1950s without their memories, Cheryl and Toni get a chance at a fresh start. They're immediately drawn to one another, and with a little patience and advice, Toni is once against able to break though Cheryl's walls and get her to accept her sexuality. The two of them begin dating in secret, facing a lot of similar issues as they did in their original relationship, but handling them all with much more grace this time around. When Tabitha gives them their (good) memories back, Cheryl and Toni stay together. They share a passion for art and activism and make careers and a life together out of it, staying together out of high school, moving to California, getting married and having a son together. It's said that they die peacefully, after living full, gorgeous and sexy lives. They're even together in the afterlife.


 * Heather

When Cheryl was in junior high, she had a best friend named Heather. Cheryl and Heather were really close and loved each other, but Cheryl's mother, Penelope, found them in bed together, called Cheryl deviant and excised Heather from Cheryl's life. Cheryl, already lonely and suffering from parental abuse and neglect, hid away this huge part of herself and internalized her mother's homophobia. 15 years later, now in their mid-20s, Cheryl learns that Heather wrote letters to her after they were separated, which Penelope intercepted. To make amends, Penelope gives Cheryl the letters and, after reading them, Cheryl decides to try to contact Heather. She learns that Heather lives in Greendale where she works as a librarian. After sending an e-mail and not hearing back for a bit, Cheryl is overwhelmed and happy to suddenly find Heather knocking on her door. Heather helps Cheryl out with the old Blossom family library and eventually admits it was a pretext to keep Heather around. Heather is glad to stick around and Cheryl confides in Heather about her pyrokinetic abilities as Heather reveals she is a witch. Cheryl admits that she's always thought she too was a witch, and Heather helps her to develop and master her powers. They continue to flirt and spend time together and Heather helps Cheryl deal with her lingering feelings for Toni, until they finally kiss and spend the night together. Though they like one another, they agree to keep things casual as Cheryl is scared of being hurt again. When Cheryl has to give her body temporarily to Abigail to have sex with Thomasina in Toni’s body, Heather breaks up with Cheryl, telling Cheryl that Cheryl and Toni are forever soulmates, destined to be together. Cheryl tearfully thanks Heather for opening her heart again.


 * Minerva Marble


 * Moose Mason

Cheryl and Moose make out on the dance floor, after crashing Jughead's birthday party at Archie's house. A year later, they coincidentally turn out to both have been struggling with their sexual identities and have come out. Cheryl, albeit well-intentioned, all but outs Moose in a school-wide announcement. She seeks him out at Pop's and offers her sincere apologies for taking his choice away and not understanding how wrong that was. Moose forgives her and shares with her that he and Kevin are getting together for the first time. It's a moment shared between two formerly lost and tortured people, who have trodden similar paths, and are free to finally be themselves.


 * Archie Andrews

With his red hair and well-meaning approach to people, Cheryl possibly sees someone she might get the affection her brother gave her, in her time of grief. She is flirtatious and shows interest in Archie, but is mean to his friends. When the Blossoms implore Archie to escort Cheryl to various maple syrup related events at Thornhill, Cheryl lets up on her eternally plotting behavior and lets Archie see how vulnerable she is, which leads him to defend her to the Blossom board of directors and supporting her. Cheryl's admiration for Archie only grows, with him blissfully unaware, and she also puts her need for someone to care for her on him, resulting in a kiss. Archie reciprocates, but breaks it off and tells her it's not going to be. She briefly attempts to get revenge, but drops it when it gets out of hand. When Cheryl attempts to commit suicide and falls through a frozen over Sweetwater River, Archie punches through the ice to save her.

They continue to show care for each other when they're aware the other is hurt, but it isn't until everyone get sent back to the 1950s that they spend much time together again. In an attempt to discourage Cheryl's interest in women, Penelope has her brother Julian set her up with a boy, and he choses Archie, who isn't initially interested, but asks her out once Julian suggests she'll sleep with him. Cheryl isn't interested in Archie or any boys, but initially says yes as an excuse to see Toni, and later kisses and dates him in an attempt deny her sexuality. She goes so far as to lie about sleeping with him, getting Archie to go along with that lie by telling him he would be protecting her from her family. When the lie spirals out of control and ends up with them being set to get married, they almost end up running away to California to elope, until Cheryl comes to her senses and realizes she can't outrun who she really is and ends things with Archie. She later explains to Toni that her relationship with Archie was just about playing a role, mirroring and explaining her interest in Archie in the original timeline. They continue to have a friendship that's showcased sparely, clearly still caring for one another as friends.

Fanon

 * Veronica Lodge

Cheryl welcomes Veronica into her world once the latter arrives at Riverdale High, but is startled when Veronica returns Cheryl's mean tactics with interest, positioning Veronica as a clear rival to Cheryl's high school imperialism. Although they square off on many occasions, Veronica comforts Cheryl over Jason's death, which culminates in Veronica sleeping over at Thornhill to support Cheryl the day before the funeral. While Veronica is there for Cheryl, their relationship remains semi-antagonistic, especially with both of them nursing feelings for Archie, although this reason is never vocalized.

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