rae!!

How much do you want to bet that Joyce is behind the camera, holding up Will like this:

Eddie was called homophobic slurs just because he was seen as frail and weak and so “less of a man” by people like Henry. Eddie was an outcast because he was perceived as feminine and, at the time, that was a synonym of being queer.

Eddie wasn’t dealing with internalized homophobia, he was dealing with actual homophobia. It didn’t matter if he actually liked men, the things is that people in Derry believed so and because of that they made his life a living hell.

He liked Bill because he didn’t care about what people said about him or his sexuality, but treated him like a normal kid. EVEN RICHIE CLEARLY TREATED HIM DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THAT.

That is why he was especially disturbed hearing Adrian Mellon’s story. HE COULD HAVE BEEN THAT GUY BEATEN TO DEATH BECAUSE SOME BOYS HATED QUEER PEOPLE.

So yeah, him being called slurs holds a completely different meaning in the novel than Richie in the 2019 movie being called the same things. Richie was a victim of homophobia because he flirted with men and Henry was disgusted by that, Eddie was called those names because he was more effeminate than your average guy in the 1950s.

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Update: I was like, "What on earth does Mike's chaotic and obnoxiously extra drink even taste like??" so I went and ordered it myself 😂

Michelle tried to love James... but couldn't resist his sister.

Credit to @methyl-cain for the wonderful idea!

Saw the original post, made plans and then lowkey forgot about it. Couple days back I saw two other renditions of this and locked the fuck in.