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'Riverdale' Season 6: Teen drama or erotica? Fans slam the overuse of sex in series

From a steamy sex scene between Archie and Betty to teasing a raunchy lovemaking sequence between Ronnie and Reggie, the season opener cranked it up

It isn't 'Riverdale' if there aren't generous doses of raunchy lovemaking. The teen drama that opened with Archie Andrews (KJ Apa) having sex with Ms Grundy in a car set the tone for what to expect and 'Riverdale' Season 6 didn't just up that erotic factor by a notch. Call it desperation sex if you must when Archie and Betty indulge to "make a baby" or when Veronica takes Reggie to bed filled and strewn about with money. So's million-dollar love anyone?

However, this usage of sex scenes didn't sit well with a bunch of fans who felt that the show, already a darker version of what they grew up reading was just introducing an element that was not a requirement in almost every subplot. "But seriously @WriterRAS is this #Riverdale from the @ArchieComics, or are you living out your childhood erotic fan fictions?! I love the horror elements, just not the oversexualization of family friendly characters, not once in the #archiecomics do they show sex:))!!" one of the comments read.

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This was seconded by another who wrote: "the @ArchieComicshave been a success for 80 years now, and they never need to rely on sex, drugs, or anything obscene to attract an audience, they write #archiecomics that the whole family can enjoy, w/o feeling awk:))!! @WriterRAS #Riverdale". Some couldn't believe what they were seeing. "Can’t believe that aired on national TV #riverdale" a comment read. At the other end, the fans rooting for #Barchie had every reason to be happy.

"#BARCHIEDATING #Riverdale #Barchie scenes" wrote one of the fans tweeting a GIF of the duo kissing. "Am I in heaven? Cuz I would believe it with all these breath taking moments we got tonight for barchie #Barchie #Riverdale,: another fan opined. "I swear that entire scene lit a fire in my vein - I was so fucking thirsty after it all *fanning myself like crazy* #Barchie #Riverdale" a tweet read.