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 Mostly inspired by the new Marguerite Bennett run (writer is through issue 5) but aware of the old stuff and of course the classic film. This Melody is self-aware, pokes at the fourth wall, and is smarter than she seems, but she's still fun-loving and occasionally a nonsense human.

She has nothing to do with the television show Riverdale and by virtue of being in her twenties is too old to reasonably pal down with its characters. The writer has not seen the show, either.