I just had the craziest epiphany about these two after going through both of their TvTropes pages on a whim and observing just how many tropes they shared with one another.
How do you think the losers club would react to the it musical, if they were to see it? Especially Reddie(if richie hasn't told him his feelings) and Mike.
Oh my god I have so much to say about this.
Ben would have a complete blast with it, taking it for the completely unserious thing that it is. Bev would think the jokes about her personal life were darkly hilarious. Bill would be mildly offended about his stutter (i.e. Richie saying it was desire for a personality) but wouldn’t be able to stop himself from laughing anyway.
Richie would be HORRIFIED and in Boys of Summer would be looking around at the losers saying “that is NOT why I like arcades!” and trying not to kill them all for laughing. He’d cover his hands off and on throughout Bad Romance.
At Just Give Me A Reason, Bev would chorus “Awww” and throw her arms around Ben. Richie however would be staring in horror as he watched himself belt “We’ll come clean” followed by “Eddie I’m totally gay for you!”. His head would whip to Eddie so fast that his glasses almost came off as he yelled “NO! NO I’M NOT”
Eddie would also be as red as a tomato and struggling to make eye contact. I also think Eddie would be so embarrassed by the amount of attention he received in the musical, especially as everyone turned to clap him on the shoulder or the knee when Stronger came on.
Richie cries a little in the Britney Spears Melody when Eddie dies
Finished Watching Ark TAS last night and you would expect I would be super happy about getting MORE lesbian content than in canon but I can't with good conscience be happy for the sudden Helena and Mei stuff. Why the FUCK did they do that