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Okay so I did my own digging and luckily I was listening to a podcast that was discussing It chapter 2 and they talked about reddie. They mentioned it was actually Stephen Kings idea to make Richie gay BUT that's not what I found.

This is interesting.

Stephen King did an interview for Vanity Fair, released September 9th, 2019. Here:

"As part of that more heartfelt finale, Muschietti and screenwriter Gary Dauberman also added a character beat that reframes the entire relationship between “Trashmouth” Tozier (played as a kid by Finn Wolfhard) and Eddie Kaspbrak (played as an adult by James Ransone and as a kid by Jack Dylan Grazer.) In one of the final images of the film, the audience learns Tozier harbored a secret, unrequited crush on his friend, and has been struggling his whole life to accept his sexuality, using his sarcasm and wisecracks as a shield.

In King’s original novel, a young gay man named Adrian Mellon is brutally murdered—a killing inspired by a true Maine hate crime. That same scene opens It: Chapter Two, showing how cruelty and fear can nourish more of the same. King liked the Richie addition as a bookend for the movie, even though he admits that he didn’t build an element of unrequited romance into Eddie and Richie’s relationship in the book. “No, I never did,” King said. “But again, it’s one of those things that’s kind of genius, because it echoes the beginning. It comes full circle.”"

Notice how he admits he never intended to build an unrequited romance between Eddie and Richie's relationship? To be honest, he could've worded it differently. For example, "Riche and Eddie weren't gay for each other. That wasn't the relationship I intended."

Instead, he explained that he didn't intend an unrequited romance.

So what DID he intend? 😉

Stan’s eye roll tells me that this happens way too much.

And let’s be real.. if Eddie really wanted the hammock alone, he would have just pushed Richie out. But he didn’t because he doesn’t want the hammock to himself. He wants to share it with Richie.