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And, as an example, he gave us this monstrosity:

And, what’s even worse— I fucking UNDERSTOOD IT. I had to EXPLAIN this to my fucking sociology class.

~ Reddie Generated Prompts ~

These are wholesome as fuck and everyone needs to read them.

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im scared

I agree that what the Losers really had to do to defeat It was face their fears, but I don’t think that the physical tokens actually meant anything. To me, the tokens seemed to be more of a physical manifestation of each Loser’s fear that could help point them in the right direction. Therefore, it didn’t matter if they had the right token or not. The important part was that they faced the fear it represented.

Richie was the last Loser to do that and he didn’t manage to face his fears until he held Eddie’s dying body close and finally admitted to himself that he loved the other man. It wasn’t that Eddie had to die because the ritual required it, but rather his death was what triggered the change in Richie.

This means that Eddie’s death was not meaningless, but it also wasn’t necessary. Had Richie found a different way to come to the same conclusion, Eddie wouldn’t have needed to die, but unfortunately this was the way it played out.

And as for Eddie existing outside the realm of being Richie’s love interest, I’m not sure how that’s even a question. Eddie had his own set of fears he had to overcome and the final change came for him when he found the courage to risk his life to save Richie.

Wether or not Eddie was in love with Richie (and I can give a whole set of arguments for why I think he was, but that’s beside the point here) or even aware of his love (I personally don’t think he was), Eddie faced his fear saving Richie. Then Richie faced his fear as he watched Eddie die.

Both Richie and Eddie acted as a catalyst for the other one’s personal growth, but neither was only a catalyst. They were both individual characters with hopes and dreams and they were both a moving force in the other person’s life.

Ben and Beverly’s arcs played out much the same way. They each had personal issues they had to deal with, but ultimately it was the other person who helped them deal. Their love for each other and arcs revolving around each other didn’t make either of them less of an individual character and Richie and Eddie aren’t less of individual characters for their romance arc either.

there is so much there to this story about childhood trauma and growing up and a big part of that is eddie and richie’s relationship but there are two people in a relationship that have feelings and experiences and lives different than their connection to that one person

I FINISHED IT. 

If you think that Richie Tozier would just be like ‘well, Eddie’s dead and buried, guess I better move on with my life’ then you’re wrong. Eddie didn’t deserve to die, and Richie’s going to do whatever it takes to get him back. Stage one is getting the body.

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“Eddie died,” Richie says. “Am I crazy for thinking we can do this?”

“Love doesn’t die,” Ben says.