#but stephen king has stated he wasn’t written queer in the book

[impulsivesuperrobin]

me, gnawing at the bars of my cage: richie tozier is smart!!! he gets good grades!!! he understands bill better than anyone!!! he thinks bev is so tough!!! his impressions are fucking awful when he’s a kid!!! he hates his glasses but thinks it’s cool that buddy holly wears them!!!! his parents don’t always understand him but they love him so much!!! he’s scared of clowns and werewolves and being forgotten!!! he dances with bev in a school talent show!!! and their friendship gives a time traveler hope for derry!!!

#stop flanderizing him!!!! #he’s not just the funny one!!! #and he doesn’t hate bev!!!!!!!! #the last point is from 11/22/63 #but it still stands #every version of richie is so important to me actually but he’s got so much depth that fanon tends to ignore #i think his fears are actually a manifestation of his fears about how people perceive him #esp bc the werewolf that attacks him and bill has a jacket with *his* name embroidered #but y’know also queer metaphor #but stephen king has stated he wasn’t written queer in the book #richie tozier #the losers club #it #it novel #if any of this is just from the miniseries pls forgive me #i reconsumed all it media in the span of like a week (i’m still working on the book) so it’s all blending