it was like a homoerotic biblical allegory and a commentary on the dynamic between jesus and the apostles being kinda gay
it’s also literally the spark for archie’s gay realisation like grow up homophobes
archie as he’s dying on the cross: i’m gay
archie rising from his coffin 2 episodes later, covered in glitter: i said i’m gay and you freaks were about to put me in the grave??? ronnie back me up here that’s like… homophonic right?
veronica: it’s homophobic, archiekins
archie: SEE! that’s not cool, jughead
veronica: daddykins may have been the one who killed archie, bee, but you and jughead were the ones about to LIT-ER-ALLY bury your gays! so when you think about it, who’s REALLY being more homophobic to my gay boyfriend?