the love triangle

"i'll let you go and turn my back, i'm through with this game" - washington lane (all caught up)

recently celine passed me some archie comics.

wow! archie comics... it's been ages... i used to love reading 'em. and having the chance to read 'em again sorta brings me back to those younger days.

only now i'm older... and wiser? or maybe that i see things differently now.

it seemed like such a coincedence that only just recently i had been thinking bout archie comics, specifically bout the love triangle between archie and betty and veronica.


with a young innocent mind, i was mainly just amused at the lil spats that betty and veronica would occasionally have while vying for archie's attention. and both of 'em had their own camps. personally i was always in betty's camp. i thought that she was better for archie simply 'coz she'd treat him better and archie was better off with the kind of emotional support betty would provide him. he probably liked veronica on a more superficial basis. veronica was sexier and more exciting.

but now that i'm older and more aware of the complicated relationships in life, this love triangle is no longer just amusing. i'm amazed at how betty and veronica could continually compete for archie's attention without fully realising what an idiot he is for being unable to make up his mind and playing 2 best friends off each other. in fact it's pretty amazing in itself that betty and veronica could even still be best friends despite all this love triangle drama.

whatever happened to staying true blue to the one you're dating? what are we teaching in these comics? that yes, love triangles do exist... and it's perfectly okay to continue on with 'em?

so now, i'm not rooting for betty to be with archie. she's too cool of a girl to put up with a guy who would two-time her with her best friend. and i'm not rooting for veronica either. i say betty and veronica should dump archie's sorry ass and move on to someone else better.

2 different someone else that is.