Mike wonders how much longer Richie’s shenanigans will last before he’s booted out for blabbing so loudly. Not to mention drinking something so sticky near the return cart… Still, listening to his voices never fails to cheer him up during his otherwise dull shifts at the Derry Public Library.
In another life where I am better at writing, Richie and Mike friendship dynamics would always be at the top of my "details to include" list in my fics.
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nobody is more delusional than reddie fans. somehow, the ENTIRE fandom decided that eddie kaspbrak is alive and well, despite the fact that his death was written in the novel almost 40 years ago, and i hardly ever see reddie content/it content awknoleging that eddie is dead. we all just pretend that never happened.
okay i love tiny eddie thinking richie is an idiot loser because thats wonderful but i can't stop thinking about the flashback in the clubhouse where richie is like "we aren't afraid of spiders lol" and eddie immediately takes off his shower cap...
like tiny eddie thinking richie is like. so fucking cool. he obviously still thinks he's an idiot because he's definitely seen richie do the coke mentos thing and put his face directly above the opening on the bottle to see whats happening and immediately get sprayed in the face.
but also like,,, richie is funny and smart and he's the best at street fighter out of everyone eddie knows. also he's tall, which eddie is both angered and impressed by. he wants richie to think he's cool too which like. he literally doesn't need to do anything but be himself for richie to think that. richie thinks he's awesome.
(richie never gets over eddie standing up to sonia, and every time eddie says something witty or loud and angry back to him he's nearly stunned into silence. half the time he just has to reply "kaspbrak gets off a good one!" or "OH BURN!" because he's so busy thinking about how cool eddie is)
as much as eddie yells and bitches about health and safety eddie is very much willing to do stupid shit to compete with/beat/impress richie. climbing unstable looking trees? swimming in the barrens? matching richie drink for drink when they're older? eddie is so easily goaded into competition i know it.
i got off track. anyways. eddie definitely thinks richie is awesome (also stupid. but cool). he also spends like ages seven to twelve under the impression that richie is just. universally considered to be the prettiest guy in derry. and is annoyed to learn this isn't the case.
richie literally has chemistry with ALL of the og losers plus mike in the book. why dont they show any of that in the movie. like i get hes 'flirty' in the movie but.. in the book he held hands with mike, kept bringing up bill not stuttering all the time (a whole page was dedicated to showing how mesmerized he was about it? and he brought it up 10 pages later.), he heard a bird noise and thought "hey stan would know what kind of bird that is :)". LIKE HELLO WE GOT NONE OF THAT IN THE MOVIE. you people are sick and twisted. we got reddie in the movies and i thank god for that but really??? you are gonna deprive me of this? wow.