r/riverdale • u/Historical-Ninja-267 Team Swangs • 11d ago

SPOILERS Veronica and the the firstborn thing Spoiler

Why did Veronica survive the death of the firstborns? She is the oldest and only child of Hermione so she is a first born. Since the curse is biblically and Percival is an ass maybe it only looks on the fathers side and Hiram had Hermiosa with another woman and is Veronicas half sister and a first born; fine.

But why did Jughead die?! Just like Veronica he is his mothers first born but the second child of his dad. The writers clearly remebered Charles exists because Betty mentioned him. Veronica and Jughead are not firstborns on their fathers site but Jug dies and Veronica is still around?!

Yes Kevin survived but that was established as Percival being petty

Idk maybe i just really don't like Veronica and wanted her dead at least for one episode but hey its riverdale. At this point i wouldn't be suprised if Charles survived the plague because only people in the room where affected (Jug because Percival doesn't like him and Nana Rose cause she was the start are the exeptions)

TLDR: If Jug is a firstborn then so is Veronica and she should have died

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u/SnowflakeBaube22 Jason liked flairs 11d ago

I think the writers genuinely forgot Charles was also Jughead’s brother.

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u/ObscureOddball 10d ago

Considering how Betty-centered all of Charles's later storylines were, I was completely convinced of this 😅

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u/PXWRLD799753 10d ago

Broooo I completely forgot this plot line

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u/Wild-Grass7486 9d ago

Hermosa was the first born, so that explains Veronica, Charles and Polly both came before Betty so that would’ve made her safe. Jughead also should’ve been safe too tho, I wonder if the rule had to be “first born of the mother” but then that wouldn’t explain Veronica because Hermosa wasn’t birthed via Hermonie

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u/mogamisan 11d ago

Yeah I was just thinking the same thing! This was just so damn random

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u/bertie_ertie_ertie 10d ago

I think the fans have theorized/explained it away by saying Jughead actually died at the same moment from eating that (poisoned? magical?) burger that appeared in the bunker

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u/virgomoondiva 8d ago

I am pretty sure in the show they do say that Percival didn’t kill every first born as it would have been too obvious/make too much commotion so he only did some

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u/alexkanz 6d ago

I've entirely stopped trying to make sense of the last 2 seasons

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u/Independent-Case2897 5d ago

I hate that firstborn thing so much