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Queer Subtext in Stephen King’s It – Part 2: Richie and Eddie’s Subtle Romance

Though the movie makes Richie's sexual orientation and feelings for Eddie explicit, director Andy Muschietti and his sister, producer Barbara Muschietti, say this plot point is drawn directly from King's work. Barbara Muschietti told IGN that there was one key Richie and Eddie moment from the book that stuck with her over the years: "The scene of Eddie's death, when Richie is saying goodbye, and caresses his cheek stuck with me for a good, what, 30 years.

How ‘It: Chapter Two’ Leaves Richie Tozier Behind

Christopher currently regularly interacts with Reddie fans on Twitter, which is perhaps the most delightful thing to come out of all this. Howard was drowned by three homophobes in King was so disturbed by the event that he included the crime in the novel to showcase both the evil of Pennywise and the evil that lurks in the heart of Derry.

An image of Stan and Eddie joining them, even imaginary and symbolic, brings Beverly and the reader great comfort. Stan and Eddie are not really gone because they live on in the hearts of those who loved them. He appears behind the man who loved him most as a comforting presence, even in death.