Riverdale Season 6: Weird Superpowers Twist Explained By Creator
The creator of The CW's Archie Comics adaptation, Riverdale,has clarified the meaning of its latest supernatural twist of giving half its protagonists superpowers. The show's sixth season returned from its midseason break with a bang this week as main characters Archie and Betty were revealed to have not only survived an explosion, but to have come out of it with new superpowers. Things are further complicated by the fact that said explosion actually happened at the end of season 5, and that the first five episodes of season 6 have been set in the alternate universe of Rivervale, with the series having only now returned to where it originally left off.
Riverdale's season 5 finale concluded with Betty and Archie deciding to enter a serious relationship just as a bomb in Archie's house went off, planted by the villainous Hiram. Returning to the Riverdale that fans know and love, it quickly became clear that not only had neither of them died, but that Archie had now been granted superhuman strength and immunity to pain. Betty, meanwhile, is now capable of reading that an individual is poised to commit a crime through her ability to perceive a red aura around them. Though Hiram seems to have died, showrunners have nevertheless teased that in classic Riverdale fashion, Hiram may not be dead.
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Riverdale's creator/executive producer, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, discussed the midseason premiere's twist in conversation with TVLine. Acknowledging the positive reaction to the Rivervale alternate universe's overtly paranormal storyline, Aguirre-Sacasa explained the writers' room's desire to take the show's supernatural themes further, as well as to maintain the echoes of Rivervale
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