2017, Josh Granovsky, "Fall TV's six most exciting prospects", The Queen's Journal (Queen's University), 8 September 2017, page 14:
Will Varchie survive? More importantly, will Bughead?
2017, Krishani Kirubakaran, "Riverdale: all things season 2", The Panther Press (Victoria Park Collegiate Institute), October 2017, page 6:
The unavoidable subject of couples also emerges, namely "Bughead" (Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones) and "Varchie" (Veronica Lodge and Archie Andrews).
2017, Alison Epstein, "'Riverdale' wows with intense, emotional 'Chapter 18'", The Tufts Daily (Tufts University), 13 November 2017, page 5:
This leads to some very awkward moments for the Varchie relationship, where Veronica seems weirdly eager to have Archie and Nick in the same room, and is seemingly unbothered when Nick calls her sexy in front of poor Archiekins.