#apeshit

IT - HC-- Richie never made a joke about Eddie's mother since she was never in Eddie's life. Richie is gay and ALWAYS flirts with Eddie, who is bi. After coming out with Richie's help, the two soon married and have been a loving, doting couple for over a decade before Pettywife's return. Bill and Stan have also been married for just as long. Beverly is lesbian and married to a gender swapped Ben. Ben isn't trans. She was originally written poorly by someone who would make Jerry Lewis look like a saint, in a book longer and thicker than the Bible. All survive the second encounter. In fact, they aren't even phased by IT. If anything, they are simply annoyed, which pisses off the holier than thou (Stephen) King of Kings even more. Somehow gay youth, including Mike, have found solace in a HIT piece about the "losers." When they find out how much IT has helped, they themselves find peace with the situation. Although Eddie is still pissed at the writer who thinks he's hot shit, who steals stories from aspiring writers and has been to court SEVERAL times because of it. Eddie has thought about suing this writer, but as a fan of Jackie Gleason, he remembers that the comedian wanted to sue Hanna-Barbara for ripping off The Honeymooners with The Flintstones, but "didn't want to be known as the man who took Fred Flintstone off the air".