#eddiexrichie

[always-a-weirdo]

Totally random but I found a post with this photo and everything looks normal

but then I noticed the little R in the heart down on the left.....

I know that I'm not the one that discovered it but I want to know your opinions 👀

#reddie #it #richie tozier #it 2017 #eddiexrichie #eddie kaspbrak #richiexeddie #finn wolfhard #jack dylan grazer

[sorin-sunchild]

‘Comphet’ vs ‘OS attraction’ in IT (long)

Wow can’t believe I’m talking about this again but every so often someone floats into the Reddie tags or the IT tags trying to claim that they’ve read the book and Eddie is clearly bi but Richie is gay. 

Reading comprehension is clearly poor if that’s the conclusion you’re coming to or maybe you already made up your mind from what the films decided was ok and just aren’t willing to move. For whatever reason, please read and please listen. 

You’re probably wondering “But does it matter so long as they’re in love?”. Well yeah, it does. Our understanding of media and it’s messages can help shape our perceptions and understandings of the real world, first of all. Second of all, in terms of enjoyment and respect within fandom, we need to actually understand the characters. 

Third of all, bi and gay are two different identities and deserve to be treated as such. Even in media. They’re not interchangeable. Erasing Richie’s bisexuality, but then throwing it onto Eddie who is clearly gay coded, really just shows no respect for either identity or the characters. 

tl;dr: Eddie is gay, Richie is bi, even by accident, this is irrefutable and important and there is a lot of evidence for these from original canon, not the warped film canon which does not count. If you don’t understand it from reading it, then I can help.

So, let’s think.

Does Eddie Kaspbrak show sincere opposite sex attraction?

No. No he doesn’t. Getting married to a woman  ≠ opposite sex attraction. Many gay men in real life marry a woman for comphet, and even father children with those women, and are still actually gay. To say that Eddie is bi because of MARRIAGE is to invalidate the reality of comphet and places way too much importance on marriage. Like, I’m sorry to break this to you but marriage isn’t all that sacred and isn’t always done because the people are in love and attracted to each other. It literally means all kinds of things and also nothing to many people.

Eddie didn’t even have a physical relationship with Myra, because he couldn’t bring himself to do so, partially because of the trauma of her being so like his mother and partially because he just didn’t have that attraction there. As an unreliable narrator, he gives himself permission to love her late into their marriage, right as he’s about to leave to fight IT, because the whole time he was married to her it was just for the comfort of the familiar and comphet. And that love isn’t stated as romantic, either.

His one other case of mentioning a girl is where he points out his awareness of a girls beauty, in a very bland kind of way. His poetic description of Belch Huggins comes off as more sincere that then, and Eddie attaches himself very closely to his male friends, whilst also having a clear fear of male/male sexual encounters that IT plays on when scaring him. We also know he grew up with a homophobic mother who would certainly have closeted him, and in text is directly compared to Adrian Mellon (who is openly gay) as his more confident opposite who gets killed by IT, and to Anthony Perkins (another man who married a woman but was into men). 

Does Richie Tozier show sincere opposite sex attraction?

Yes. Yes he does. He has a crush on Bev that he speaks of clearly (as a narrator) when he’s a child, even (to be quite crude) wondering about the type of underwear she wears and observing her body. He gets sexually aroused when looking at a pornographic magazine of women. He has a long term loving, deeply connected and sexual relationship with a woman, whom he was prepared to get a vasectomy for because he wanted it to be forever and her comfort with their sexual relationship was important to him.  

The werewolf baring his name and his worry about touching other boys is also really good, even if accidental, bisexual symbolism! Bisexuality wasn’t really talked about at the time Richie was a kid, maybe not in either timeframe (book or film) it was basically seen as not a thing. So Richie lives feeling like he has a double life. Like, he looks ‘normal’ aka straight on the outside because he does like girls, but at the same time there’s this ‘dangerous’ aka socially unacceptable aka same sex attracted side to him that he still has, even if he can pass as straight by trying to ignore it. Any bisexual person can tell you that trying to hide either side of our attraction is incredibly stress inducing and a huge source of depression and anxiety. 

Whether you then believe he loves Eddie specifically is irrelevant and can be left to your personal taste if you so desire. This is REALLY not about Reddie specifically.

I can’t stress enough that it’s not about me defending the Reddie ship. Because either way the two of them are mlm and could be together, but whether one is bi or one is gay really changes them as an individual character, changes who they represent and how and changes how we relate to him. Also, as stated above, bi and gay are not the same thing and it’s just disrespectful to real people with those identities to throw the terms around like they both actually mean gay. Yes, even in a fictional setting. Once again, fiction is everywhere, media is everywhere, and it does influence and portray our opinions. 

Follow Up

#reddie #eddie kaspbrak #richie tozier #it #stephen king it #it meta #eddie kaspbrak meta #richie tozier meta #eddiexrichie #richiexeddie #richie/eddie #r+e #long post

[heykayhayes]

Just a couple of losers. 

#reddie #reddie it #eddiexrichie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it2movie #itmovie #it #fanart

[salemvhs]

Eddie isn’t so sure about Boba Tea...

#reddie #richiexeddie #richie tozier #it movie #it fandom #eddie kaspbrak #bill hader #eddiexrichie #it chapter 2 #reddie fanart #fanart #lgbt art #lgbt

[jessepinkmanistrans]

Then they live forever as a gay couple thank you for listening to my TEDtalk

#it #itmovie #itchapter1 #itchapter2 #reddie #richiexeddie #richie tozier #eddiexrichie #eddie kaspbrak #r+e #itspoilers #potential spoiler #it movie #it chapter 2 #it chapter 1

[justateaboy]

#my drawing #i'm still in disbelief #this is how i digest my feelings #reddie #reddie fanart #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it fanart #it chapter 2 #it chapter 2 fanart #eddiexrichie #drawing

[valeack]

looking at these photos my heart still hurts... I miss them so much.💔

#it 2019 #bill hader #richie tozier #eddiexrichie #eddie kaspbrak #eddie #it chapter two #it #richie #reddie #the losers club #it losers #stephen king #james mcavoy #beverly marsh #ben hanscom #bill denbrough #stan uris #mike hanlon #benverly #stanbrough

[tanuchu]

Eddie: my boyfriend is too tall for me to kiss him on the lips. What should i do? 

Stan: punch him in the stomach, then when he doubles over in pain, kiss him 

Bill: tackle him 

Bev: kick him in the shin 

Richie: yes please (。・ρ・)

Ben & Mike: NO TO ALL OF THOSE. JUST ASK HIM TO LEAN DOWN 

#reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #beverly marsh #ben hanscom #mike hanlon #stanley uris #bill denbrough #it #incorrect reddie quotes #richiexeddie #eddiexrichie

[missedherchainsaw]

Richie toll, Eddie Smol

#reddie #eddie #richie #eddie kaspbrak fanart #eddie fanart #richie x eddie #it chapter 2 eddie #it eddie #eddie kaspbrak #eddiexrichie #richie tozier fanart #it chapter 2 richie #it richie #richie tozier #beep beep richie #adult richie #kid richie #adult eddie #kid eddie #adult reddie #stephen kings it #it #it chapter two #it chapter 2 #losers #losers club

[schruppi]

R + E  <3

I wanted a happy ending for them :(

#richie tozier #it #it chapter two #it2019 #eddie kaspbrak #eddie #richie #losers #it movie #eddiexrichie #some sketchy stuff

[always-a-weirdo]

Low quality photo of my Reddie/IT itabag ♡

I need more things but I already love it

#reddie #it #richie tozier #it 2017 #eddiexrichie #it chapter 2 #finn wolfhard #it chapter ii #richiexeddie #eddie kaspbrak

[tote-paint]

#reddie #eddiexrichie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #minicomic #digital #digital art

[jojolarow]

For Inktober Day 15, I drew a Reddie piece inspired by my own, silly actions of resting my head against a pillow and pretending it's my crush. While it's always someone fictional when I daydream, Eddie's crush is but a few feet away...

#eddie #richie #stan #bill #inktober #inktober 2019 #inktober day 15 #reddie #richiexeddie #eddiexrichie #eddie it #richie it #edward kaspbrak #richie tozier #richard tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it movie #it 2017 #it #jojo larow #jordyn larocca #chibi #childhood #crush #love

[lxserxlife]

The night before Richie went missing, The last post he made on his account

#richie tozier #eddie kaspbrask #reddie #richie tozier edit #eddie kaspbrak edit #reddie edit #richie tozier edits #eddie kaspbrak edits #reddie edits #richiexeddie #eddiexrichie

[kaineiguess]

Same energy.

#reddie #eddiexrichie #richiexeddie #it #it2017 #it2019 #benhanscom #beverlymarsh #mikehanlon #eddiekaspbrak #richietozier #billhader #billdenbrough #shitpost #pennywise

[tessonaut]

#me tho #i can only read reddie fics when I don't have to be anywhere #reddie #richie tozier #eddie kaspbrak #it chapter two #it stephen king #eddiexrichie #richie trashmouth #richiexeddie #richie #it #it 2017 #it 2019