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richiardtozier · 3 months
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i think richie tozier is really into glam metal. i think as a preteen he was really into rock n' roll because bill was really into rock n' roll, and i think bill would mostly listen to very core rock n' roll, not branch off into sub genres too much, he really appreciates the early stuff i think. but richie, at like 11 years old hears livin' on a prayer on the radio and he's immediately hooked. his parents buy him slippery when wet for his birthday and a bon jovi poster. his parents are pretty clueless about this stuff so wentworth takes him to the store so they get the right one. maggie's pretty sure bon jovi's for girls, but is just excited she isn't going to have to deal with her son playing the same three records over and over again anymore.
when richie's twelve the bon jovi poster gets moved to his door, so that it's hidden when he has it open. he feels guilty when he looks at it. it's his favorite poster though and it gets rotated around his room a lot.
when he's fourteen there's a bon jovi concert in maine and he convinces his parents to let him go so long as his sister goes with him to chaperone. it's a pretty life changing experience for him. his sister ends up really liking the music too, so thats cool. he gets a t-shirt that quickly becomes faded and soft from constant wear.
all the lights and effects and just the energy really flips a switch for him. it's not just bon jovi anymore, he's spending hours in the record store, he gets a job so he can buy a CD player, it takes a ridiculously long time to get to that point.
he also gets big into KISS because of course he does. he probably spends more time looking at the cover of his paul stanley album than he does listening to it. he may spend an unhealthy amount of time gazing longingly into paul stanley's eyes but his favorite is probably ace frehley. he has a ridiculous amount of magazines that he just got for interviews with them. this is the era of glam haircuts for richie. it takes him at least two years to figure out he actually has to style it though, so that's fun.
he tries to make his own music but he's hot garbage at it, he moves on to trying to play his favorite songs on guitar, which he also sucks at, he eventually gets desperate and tries to play on bill's mom's piano. he is swiftly removed from the household. he gets really good at singing his favorite songs though.
i'm not really going anywhere with this. richie tozier likes glam metal. it awakens something gay in him.
you can find some relevant images and some more of my commentary under the cut.
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slippery when wet, the first album richie sought out on his own, and the beginning of the end of his heterosexuality.
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i'm not going to say this is the poster, because i don't know enough about this stuff to confirm if this poster would've been sold around the right time. but you get the picture. ideally it would be this exact poster, but i'm not picky. i think richie comes home from school one day and looks at this poster and has a fucking. biblical experience. like it's just a normal school day, and then he just goes home, closes his bedroom door, turns around to take off his shoes, and stares this man straight in the eye and just thinks "holy shit he's beautiful" i think the poster sleeps in the closet that night.
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this is the paul stanley album i'm talking about. i think this is also richie's main haircut inspiration, but it takes him years to figure out what hairspray is. lucky for him his hair is naturally curly so he didn't look too stupid, but things weren't ideal.
i think he takes a lot of style influence from various musicians, but he's never willing to part with his dear patterned button ups, so his workaround is: obnoxious button up + leather jacket as we saw in the movie.
he really likes cinderella, and feels a little betrayed when they change genre direction in the 90s. i think he sees tom keifer
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wearing a lot of jewellery and decides he also wants to wear a lot of jewellery but ends up either hating it, or forgetting it, he also never convinces his parents to get his ears pierced. if he ever manages it, it's because bev did it herself, she probably screwed it up pretty bad too, and he just ends up with some pretty gnarly scaring on his right ear.
originally posted january 27th. reposted january 29th.
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richiardtozier · 3 months
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getting in a car with eddie kaspbrak would suck ass unless you're the same kind of unwell as he is and i stand by this. bro 100% knows the risks of pissing off other people on the road and he does not care, he will die just to make sure that guy in the tesla knows he's a piece of shit who is going to hell. i believe this.
he's also the kind of guy who gets super bitchy if the person in front of him is going the limit. he probably swears a lot when he's driving. it's probably a nightmare. he'd see whoever is riding shotgun grab the handle or ceiling or whatever and he'd start swearing at them too for being a bitch and "i do this shit for a living dickwad i know how to fucking drive calm the fuck down"
like you would think he would be a really careful and polite and rational driver because of his job but that actually makes it worse because he has so much built up road rage from when he's on the clock. like if someone cuts him off he's not just cursing out that one person, he's also taking out the pent up anger from every other person who cut him off while he was working.
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richiardtozier · 3 months
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from the credits of the girl who loved tom gordon by stephen king:
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ok. i know this has been discussed on here before but i literally only found out about it today so... anyone else going insane over richie tozier's kinda canonical post-derry music career?????!?! hello?!?!
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richiardtozier · 4 months
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remember when I would get on this app and say the stupidest shit imaginable and y’all just let me??????
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richiardtozier · 1 year
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richiardtozier · 1 year
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Neither text nor subtext but a secret third thing.
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richiardtozier · 2 years
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richiardtozier · 2 years
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girl who has completely lost the plot
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richiardtozier · 2 years
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richie: getting a brain scan today, boys
stan: to check if you have one?
richie: thank you so much for your concern and support, Stanley.
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richiardtozier · 2 years
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moodboard: richie & beverly
↳ requested by: @gazebosarebologna
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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girls don’t want boys. girls want victoria pedretti.
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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*thanks to @meowsteryyy for the dope art!
Dear diary,
Fuck whoever said diaries are for girls. Fuck my stupid guidance counselor for thinking this would be helpful. And maybe I shouldn’t say fuck so much, but fuck off! It’s my fucking diary, isn’t it?
Eddie Kaspbrak isn’t asking for much - at least he doesn’t think so.
He wants his mom to stop smothering him. He wants to pretend his medication is still real. He wants his best friend to stop blowing him off. He wants to feel normal.
He wants everyone to stop asking if he’s okay.
He wants his dad back.
He wants to stop making weird shit happen with his mind powers.
That really isn’t… too much to ask for. Right?
Read Chapter 1 on AO3
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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31 days of halloween: losers edition
day six: reaper mike hanlon
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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31 days of halloween: losers edition
day 5: ghost stanley uris
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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31 days of halloween: losers edition
day four: zombie bill denbrough
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richiardtozier · 3 years
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31 days of halloween: losers edition
day three: werewolf richie tozier
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