Talk:Archie Andrews/@comment-29277065-20170210183753/@comment-67.188.67.38-20171201091714

He was never really geeky he was just the "everyman" relatable teenage boy character. His skills kinda depend on what the story needs at the time he's a musician he plays literally every sport he's either a nerd the most popular guy in school or the rebel getting in trouble with the principal depending on how the writer's feeling that issue. Really the only thing that stays consistent is the fact that he's clumsy as hell and drives a messed up car that Betty always has to fix for him. The show and the recent reboot both decided that they finally needed to nail down a consistent character for him since stories these days don't gain a following without decent continuity and bottom line is given the fact that throughout the stories Archie is shown to be skilled at both music and sports and has a lot of friends and love interests it's easier to just make him the cool popular guy than the traditional slightly geeky everyman.