Like the Red Death showing up in an Edgar Allen Poe story, the Black Hood had come to Riverdale. With that grimmest of reapers looming over us, how did we cope? In the case of Archie and Veronica, it was through carnal defiance. With every kiss and embrace, they seemed to be saying. 'You have no power over me, Death.' In fact, 'Varchie' became the opposite of death. In Archie's bedroom. In his garage. Even in the Pembrooke.