Are richie and eddie gay

If you have sex, sex with men, you get a disease, and you rot. He has left the town of Derry behind, and his feelings for Eddie are reignited when the Loser Gang reunites. The writer, director, and stars all seem to treat this plot as a love story, and. Men can have sex with other men. It is so important that the chapter which contains an almost absurd amount of gay coding begins with those two things: that as a kid Eddie had more thoughts about Richie than he let on, and that Eddie was not just targeted by bullies for his asthma, but also for his sexuality.

It was just Richie. He also informs the reader that as a kid people made fun of him by using homophobic slurs, and that Bill was not one of those people. It Chapter Two made text what had only been subtext in Stephen King's original book: wise-cracking Losers' Club member Richie Tozier is a gay man, and has romantic feelings for his fellow. However, there was nothing to imply that their dynamic was anything but a deep friendship.

While Richie never openly says he’s gay or bisexual, the intention is there, and that is what matters.

He has left the town of Derry behind, and his feelings for Eddie are reignited when the Loser Gang reunites. Richie only teases Eddie because he knows that Eddie likes it deep down, an assumption that is later confirmed by adult Eddie. Then - THEN!! Shortly after, Richie winks at him. Second, when Richie meets up with Bev and reflects on how pretty she is, he gets all flustered and shit.

Richie only teases Eddie because he knows that Eddie likes it deep down, an assumption that is later confirmed by adult Eddie. Richie is an oddball, who Eddie admits he doesn’t understand. Anon that was a long time ago!!! The writer, director, and stars all seem to treat this plot as a love story, and. I saw what a cutie you were the first time I met you. The movie slowly reveals hints of him being gay, and he even mentions several unsuccessful relationships with women in the movie.

Hiding in plain sight. Richie, adult Eddie reflects on, and admits to the reader, that he actually liked when Richie called him Eds because it was a secret identity Richie bestowed upon him. You guessed it! Was there a moment in the book between eddie and richie that had you start thinking maybe there were deeper feelings between the two? Bill never judges.

Sex gives you diseases. But I need to stop and meta for a second because this chapter is FULL of Eddie subtext and most of it flew over my head 15 years ago:. As was demonstrated in IT Chapter One, the pair were close in the book — with Richie even going on to kiss Eddie on the cheek following his sacrifice. It Chapter Two made text what had only been subtext in Stephen King's original book: wise-cracking Losers' Club member Richie Tozier is a gay man, and has romantic feelings for his fellow.

Richie has this wonderful ability to blatantly confess his feelings without ever being taken seriously for it. The movie slowly reveals hints of him being gay, and he even mentions several unsuccessful relationships with women in the movie. So like, the possibility that Richie had a school-yard crush on Eddie had already crossed my mind before this because of him winking at Eddie and calling him cute and stuff in the previous chapter.

Richie is an oddball, who Eddie admits he doesn’t understand. While Richie never openly says he’s gay or bisexual, the intention is there, and that is what matters. Who does he act this way around the most? Eddie could understand that. Sex makes you rot. But would he ever say that to her at this point in time? However, there was nothing to imply that their dynamic was anything but a deep friendship. Also, when Eddie is watching Richie in that typical Eddie way where he can somehow make poorly taped up glasses sound poetic and delicate - Bill catches him in the act of staring, perfectly nonjudgmental.

As was demonstrated in IT Chapter One, the pair were close in the book — with Richie even going on to kiss Eddie on the cheek following his sacrifice. His immediate, instinctual response to this confusing, uncomfortable newfound attraction to Beverly is to… throw himself on the ground and comically praise her, do Voices, and generally act like an idiot.