Are They Gay? - Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak (IT)

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A video series tackling the one question facing many same gender couples throughout history: Are They Gay?
In this episode we explore the relationship between Richie and Eddie from Stephen King's IT, a subject of much debate. Do you think they're in love?
Suggest more pairings in the comments!
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[@alexander_avila]

Check out my gay merch! www.teespring.com/stores/are-they-gay

[@LegoCookieDoggie]

Aren't you a zoomer too? This whole channel says exactly what you think of every relationships.

[@sorasong9708]

Can bigotry be stopped using brute forse?

[@aissaguzman2663]

Can you do Jade and Tori from Victorious

[@KitKat-gn2nn]

Omg can u do a video on House M.d. House x Wilson? 😍

[@sebastianm6695]

I love your videos 😌 and your logo😎👌 Do you think you can do an AreTheyGay video on Noodles and Max from Unce Upon A Time In America 🙁 it's so obvious but no one sees it😑💜

[@bishfish7726]

Richie is at least canonically gay in the movies

[@justowenya2005]

This

[@mramelka500]

Thisss

[@stinkyboy2498]

He is!

[@parkerxd9422]

@@stinkyboy2498 yessss its confirmed

[@pixie_stix]

He is!! both in the book and movie

[@stanm4769]

Fun fact: Richie and Eddie were accidentally made gay in the funniest way possible. So Stephen King bases all of his characters of of people he knew in real life, and the Losers Club were based off the friends he had when he was little, including Richie and Eddie. He was confused when people started saying how obviously gay Richie and Eddie were for each other because he didn’t realize that two of his childhood friends were super gay.

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

Oh my god

[@crazyk4590]

I’m laughing my ass off as I’m reading this 😂

[@AntejaP]

I almost choked on air 😂 Gimme a sec, I'm gonna screenshot that!

[@stanm4769]

@@corvidaze ahh!! I forgot where I heard this, it might have been a Today I Learned kinda thing

[@shelbymcgregor5011]

i chocked on my coffee😂

[@martians_sol2568]

"Richie's crying, he lost his glasses, the straight people get to kiss, whatever." Felt that-

[@oddlysomething]

your profile picture just makes your presence more appropriate for this video

[@vidu8925]

@@oddlysomething i agree

[@teeentee2695]

“Not saying all gay people are losers... but most of us are” *my life summed up in one sentence*

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

ayyy just had to call me out like that

[@daryissaplayz2312]

Oof-

[@someoneontheinternet16]

I, i agree, me gay and me loser

[@s_spc1759]

i agree... im gay and i dont have friends! ;D

[@Belli1003]

Same

[@shen-qf9mc]

"richie finally gets to be a proud, old and sad, gay man." the transition to dumbledore was the funniest thing i've ever seen

[@jobeiden]

hey i love and support you but please never put a t there again

[@shen-qf9mc]

@@jobeiden lmao, thanks

[@noraemin326]

I'm your 1000th like.

[@justsomebody7575]

Yessssss

[@orphan_account8992]

*Grindeldore intensifies*

[@icednik]

“Everything is gay to zoomers” Yeah pretty much

[@Vivigreeny25]

Everything IS gay-

[@shameysucks9973]

See that cloud over there . IT'S GAY

[@icednik]

Everything but capitalism, lbr

[@frapiichino]

@@shameysucks9973 well yeah, it's infront of a rainbow 🌈

[@pinkpusheenpaws]

OOOOR HERE ME OUT- everything’s gay

[@xxleah_haydenxx]

I'm starting to think Finn Wolfhard likes playing characters that lived in the 80's, monster hunting with his best friends and being gay for one of those best friends

[@ssjpigman3905]

Mike's not gay

[@tuopsy]

@@ssjpigman3905 debatable.

[@ssjpigman3905]

@@tuopsy how him and el are clearly dating

[@soursaccharine]

@@ssjpigman3905 (btw this is not to say that mike will be gay/bi/pan in the show) so if a bisexual person is in a heterosexual/straight relationship, does that mean that person is no longer bisexual? edit: the answer is the person is still bisexual, i only asked this because this person was saying someone cant be bi in a hetero relationship

[@ssjpigman3905]

@@soursaccharine and what hints is there that hes gay

[@alonecarrot7387]

richie opening the ‘very scary’ door and it being a literal closet

[@andiehernandez1995]

Omg I didn't understand that reference when I watched the movie! Thanks for pointing it out!

[@jazzyfeli]

and red shorts ran out of it and red shorts are eddies thingggggg

[@alonecarrot7387]

@@jazzyfeli BRUHH, the lore runs deeper

[@rivriv762]

MMFKAOAOSISO I DIDNT EVEN REALISE-

[@spookyho5994]

omg-

[@fredswife2492]

Do you notice how Richie was the only one who had “be who you wanna be and be proud” in his letter? Which means Stan knew he was gay

[@leamteam]

Stan knows all.

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

Stan knows everything.

[@shaeb2288]

MY HEART

[@laney8713]

Stan is the losers single brain cell

[@Hazmatism]

Stan Stan

[@muffin_pat_axolotl_8368]

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Yes, but in Tumblr cursive font.

[@simonemcintosh4954]

Underrated comment

[@eccentric_creampuff4983]

Exactly this.

[@eltommo2252]

THIS

[@skyisherelol3492]

_yes_

[@narakang574]

accurate

[@laerkeadler7019]

I can’t believe you skipped the fact that Eddie said “let’s take our shirts off and kiss” to Richie, while they were at the Chinese restaurant.

[@starsalazar1693]

What?!?!

[@erlingodoyflores1767]

@@starsalazar1693 same, i'm Lost! WHAT DID I MISS?

[@andiehernandez1995]

Is that on the 2019 movie?

[@arminarlert3407]

@@andiehernandez1995 yeah

[@rivriv762]

i officially need to rewatch for that scene

[@cozy_phantom]

I am angy because you didn’t put the scene when they were arm wrestling and Eddie said “let’s take our shirts off and kiss!” And the scene in chapter 1 when the projector was doing that thing and they held eachother together in a not very platonic way and that other scene in neibolt house when after Eddie broke his arm richie made Eddie look at him so he was the last thing Eddie saw before they died js

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

YES

[@snakearekat2634]

your pfp lol

[@imapretty12]

Please I started crying when Richie made Eddie look at him 😔

[@cozy_phantom]

I said this a year ago?

[@theresaw4749]

at the end of the movie my boomer dad said “wait! we never found out why richie’s secret was!!!???!?” and my sister and i *SCREAMED*

[@blakesanderson6893]

love that

[@ezra7533]

omfg.

[@caylensegura6208]

ahahhahahahahaha

[@billbuttlicker1248]

My brother dead ass did the same thing like??? HOW

[@LoneLupine]

My mom got it 😎 but dad didn't. Straight men be like that

[@rheapramith]

Eddie and Richie - Are they Gay? *umm why is that a question they're the gayest*

[@elisemcdonald7475]

I love this 😂

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

Yes!!!

[@tatssutona]

Couldn't have said it better myself 😂

[@phoenixofthestix]

second gayest, the road to el dorado is a thing

[@masonjar1405]

IKR

[@asher1basher]

“They weren’t just very special friends” Oh my lord please tell my mom that- I was talking about the R+E carving moment and she really went “I don’t think they’re gay. I think it’s just to show that they were really the best of friends even though they fought a lot” Like- Mom- *Best friends???????* I can’t..

[@peachobitter9197]

I watched the movies with my best friend and right after the R+E scene I talked with her about it and she didn't realized they where gay..

[@someoneontheinternet16]

Umm, yeah, they are "best friends" and "roommates"

[@taytayluvr]

they’re just friends guys!😒✋ /j

[@greeneyesgirl467]

A hetero man and woman just look at each other once. Omg! They love each other!!!!

[@piaragaaa]

it's like the historians-think-they-are-close-friends meme

[@rinoa0808]

"The Losers Club all clearly love each other" Me, who has read the book: *has a mild stroke while having flashbacks*

[@solisglam]

HOW DARE YOU

[@alivia2304]

BYE 💀

[@piaragaaa]

oh LORD NOW I REMEMBER THAT

[@Pathfinder-qp1he]

NOOOOO

[@gardenisprett1040]

TO WHAT??? WHAT HAPPENED?

[@shegoeshometoacactuss3169]

Writers putting in the wood-carving scene: You can have a little gay... As a treat.

[@doll.perasite9030]

Us: *snacks* tank you Andy U^U

[@moomoo9234]

In a black dress she’s such an actress

[@gwendalynnwatkins1296]

Here, take a little, I'd rather you do it in the house, then go somewhere else

[@MCPanda-bl3nc]

"So how gay should we make it?" "Just dangle it in their face and then burn it in their face" (By burning it I mean how Eddie died and we never got to see how their relationship would actually end up developing).

[@gilbirdsareawesome]

That little scene made me cry not going to lie

[@virginialikethewoolf2075]

that “making it gay so that some people will recognize it but not others” is so real. still flabbergasted over the time my mom sat me down to watch her “favorite movie about friendship!” and it was fried green tomatoes....

[@billbuttlicker1248]

Bruh I just watched that movie like 2 weeks ago and both my parents and my brother all said something about them having a “great friendship” at least once

[@Ethan-hj5tu]

Omg my mom did the same thing wtf 😭

[@ladynoluck]

Oh... my god 😂😂😂

[@fomoran]

My little sis didnt pick up that one of our fave singer/songwriters was gay, despite one line in a song being "when I cry and laugh n joke about the hair on your back" she said she thought he was singing as the woman in the relationship...

[@kinglex5080]

My mom did the EXACT same thing lmao. My brother and I sat there like uhhhhh....

[@elainez4665]

"They are also being followed by a particularly demonic clown" **shows picture of Trump** Me: Spits out water

[@factorynoises]

in the scene where pennywise is telling richie "i know your secret," the clusters of balloons the clown's holding is in the shape of a triangle. because pennywise wasn't enough of an asshole to begin with

[@sophiguerrero6952]

and in the first movie when Eddie sees Pennywise for the first time he is holding the balloons in a triangle as well!

[@factorynoises]

@Jo Jo during the holocaust, gay men were also put in concentration camps, and they were identified with upside-down pink triangle badges

[@camelorcaramel5732]

“It’s only gay if you’re paying attention”

[@justsomebody7575]

Sad but true

[@haobinversed]

So true bestie

[@almondcheerios6727]

thats the main thing about a lot of movies, it needs to be deniable :/

[@Taylor-yt1tu]

I wasn’t paying attention and it was still gay

[@deadpigeon3528]

In an answer to the title: yes. They are gay and nothing you say can change my mind

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I answer all of their video titles that way even if I don't even really know the characters. There is always at least some gay subtext and if that isn't there we still have headcanons.

[@mramelka500]

YES.

[@michayleakoka1845]

not really

[@dylanbarroga2490]

Richie is 100 percent gay Eddie isn’t gay at all he is getting hit on

[@leviosa8996]

@@michayleakoka1845 Richie is gay and had feelings for Eddie

[@soupsoup5507]

if you listen closely during the reunion scene, Eddie says "let's take our shirts off and kiss!" while arm wrestling Richie

[@francescaruth5076]

"Bill becomes the Steven King self-insert" I WHEEZED WHY DOES SK ALWAYS DO THAT

[@DeviousMilk]

All I want is for a movie about a guy and a girl who have this amazing relationship and it seems like they're going to fall in love and be together forever... But it ends with the main character kissing his best dude bro purely so the heterosexuals can feel my pain

[@MonyXChan]

I Am Not Okay With This kiiiinda did that.

[@Vivigreeny25]

*Make them sufer too-*

[@hillchree]

Also Alex Strangelove

[@kindakooky5304]

That's basically alex strangelove

[@melodytheatre2887]

It’s a musical but this is literally Spies Are Forever. There’s even a song where the main female and main male sing a love duet and it ends with them awkwardly pulling away from a kiss and him saying he’s gay

[@skyviee9462]

When I was watching IT 2 in the theater, I started tearing up when Eddie died, but what really got me crying was seeing Bev and Ben kiss. I just felt like that was such a punch in the face, like don’t get me wrong they’re cute and deserve happiness, but why emphasize this in the same scene that Richie is mourning after the loss of his potential love interest?? Anyways stream She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.

[@poppyb7720]

i totally get what you mean. bc sure bev and ben have an alright story... but reddie deserved better. its just a bit shit that we had to watch eddie die in richies arms and then 5 minutes later these two attractive straight people are getting a happy ending. and richie is just sat there after watching the lohl die and then hugging his body. its just a bit jarring to see all the shit that happens to richie and eddie then 5 minutes later have two hot hets kissing underwater with pretty lighting and shit. just makes me sad :(

[@numerousfrogsinacoat607]

h o n e s t l y. I went to see it in theaters on my birthday with my parents and my friend, and I was damn near sobbing, was like "H O W N O YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED A SWEET MOMENT WHILE MY SAD REPRESSED GAY BABY IS MOURNING THE DEATH OF HIS BOYFRIEND" like I was so frustratedddd that they got a sweet romantic scene after the death of their friend while Ritchie was so traumatized and sad. (Also I just finished watching season 4 of She Ra TPOP)

[@beesinclair9834]

Also, RICHIE JUST LOST THE LITERAL LOVE OF HIS LIFE YET THEY ARE MAKING OUT????? Like, no. Who thought it would be a great idea to make out while your childhood best friend is mourning the loss of his "best friend" who just died right on top of him. But also, way to rub it on all of our faces that "haha, the gay dude is super sad because he just lost like the love his life, or whatever. But guess what, the straights live happily ever after, just like real life dude, hahahhahahahahahahaha." What an epic joke, dude. But they also completely gloss over the fact that RICHIE WATCHED THE FUCKING LOVE OF HIS LIFE DIE RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM,,, like wtf. The dude would not be chill 30 minutes later.

[@jamesthomas9020]

bruh i’m still rewatching she-ra any moment i feel sad

[@FrancoEnElMedio]

poppy b well if it makes you feel better, in the novel Richie’s also straight. So there’s no crappy ending for the gay couple

[@wellick7863]

I think they should of had a scene at the end where Richie is writing his own material for his stand up and you can see a little pride flag in a cup thats holding pens...like Captain Holt in Brooklyn 99 has

[@lizhaydon7092]

YESyesyesyesyes

[@gayminggaymers6491]

Lol remembered when they cut the part when Richie kissed Eddie lmao haha I’m not crying

[@username0212]

Wait what- 😃

[@Sophie-ry5pd]

@@username0212 i think the supercut has a scene where richie and eddie kiss (towards the end) but annoyingly the supercut has yet to be released. hopefully it will be soon though

[@Heynowbye]

@@Sophie-ry5pdWait Fr or are you just joking?

[@leah.p.6687]

I've read so many fix-it fics that I forgot Eddie died

[@paloma3863]

@EdwardSpagedward89 yeah ive played that so much

[@vanesalugo3108]

Mood.

[@leah.p.6687]

@EdwardSpagedward89 it freakin killed me

[@orchidcapitalofitaly9780]

I need some links to some good fics like that please. Please.

[@shaylachartrand5095]

Me too for a bit

[@laylamason3049]

I love how alex introduced older richie as bill hader but gayer, implying bill hader is already not 100% straight

[@merim5549]

Lmao

[@billbuttlicker1248]

I mean... have you seen his snl skits?

[@billbuttlicker1248]

EdwardSpagedward89 omg ur right how could I have forgotten that masterpiece

[@kiwijx377]

He's the gayest straight man I've ever seen

[@pr6duct496]

no straight man could be that funny

[@olivia-tf6fw]

i went to watch chapter 2 in the cinema with my dad and when eddie died my dad legit gasped and said "oh no i thought he was gonna end up with the comedian" so like... no i'm not just projecting my own expectations on reddie ok the straights can see it too

[@grapefxnta]

Are they gay? Andy Muschietti: ya if you want. Stephen King: lol didn't even realize it but yeah whoever mad the 1990's one: nah just a bromance

[@aubreywaldenart]

i don’t even need to read the comments to know everyone’s goin crazy over this one, specifically. thank you, mr. AreTheyGay

[@Poosay19]

Mr. Aretheygay LOL

[@beepbeepeddie8010]

YEAH😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@bananasplitlady3045]

I've been waiting for him to make this video for ages.

[@paigeflanders7910]

let’s let these FICTIONAL characters DIE BECAUSE YALL ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO EDDIE!!!

[@slrandomperson]

In 27 years when they make another adaptation of IT, maybe Eddie and Richie will get to hold hands 🤭

[@astridisalive]

*sighs* I can’t wait! 🥰

[@leelouokay3518]

LMFAO PLS

[@justsomebody7575]

No in that version Eddie survives and reddie happens

[@Michelle-ev9jc]

I WILL SCREAM

[@booboo2513]

@@justsomebody7575 yes just yes

[@flowerbloom..]

I didn’t realize that Richie was in love with Eddie until they first showed him carving their initials. I feel oblivious asf

[@andiehernandez1995]

Me too hahaha. I mean, I understood he was not straight, but I didn't understand that he had a crush on Eddie (till the end).

[@caitlinhession4749]

"What like you've never been an insecure 13 year old - you're watching this channel so you either are or have been one" Ok, but there was *no need* to call me out like that lmao

[@Wowzawhy]

Stan and Eddie aren’t dead you got that wrong. They’re taking naps.

[@cole7942]

very long naps.

[@hugs4cupid]

Yes very long long long long naps

[@sirusfan8890]

@@cole7942 Yes but it is very rude to let your friend napping in a destroyed house and go way

[@cole7942]

Sirus Fan whay

[@slushiif0x]

Yes yes very long naps. So then I won’t cry thinking my favorite character is dead-

[@Xx_zealand_xX]

I don't think that Henry's cousin meant a single word he said. I feel like he actually enjoyed being with Richie, but when he saw Henry he was afraid so he went off on Richie.

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

My Names Something yeah

[@fookingavocados1084]

Yeah, you could see the fear in his eyes

[@someoneontheinternet16]

Yeah, connor was afraid of henry, we know henry would beat him or something like that, connor was suoer ok with richie before henry was in there

[@imtryingmybest673]

For sure, I’m writing a pretty bad reddie fanfic and Connor makes a guest appearance and i just threw in him and Richie sort of liking each other that summer because i could

[@redacted8418]

Yeah when I first saw the movie I could tell that the cousin was just scared of being judged by Henry

[@clovejubilee5227]

"THAT scene from the novel" Me, who is currently reading the novel: "WHAT DOES THAAT MEAN. OH MY GODDESS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?"

[@libragoddess98287]

Do you now know

[@sparksfly5877]

@@libragoddess98287 Apparently not

[@beepboop1472]

@@sparksfly5877 what about now

[@Shadow-zf5uc]

It involves Bev and the boys sharing fluids but hey at least it's not blood. Seriously I wonder what drugs Steven King was on the day he wrote that about a bunch of preteens.

[@ghostofanant]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN???

[@kasandwichh]

the fact that at 30:22 “be who you wanna be. be proud” plays over richie carving the fence, hinting that he’s possibly come to terms with his sexuality and feelings for eddie. ugh i’m so emotional

[@Ghost0e]

I know they're gay, I just wanna know if its mutual on Eddie's part

[@MonyXChan]

Jack Dylan Grazer has said multiple times that Eddie is in love with Richie, and that reddie is real.

[@Ghost0e]

@@MonyXChan ahh I'm just learning about this, I'm so happy about that! Thanks ^^

[@Ghost0e]

@@fandeperu3582 I made the comment before finishing the video completely, but yeah, you're right :>

[@woeah999]

same

[@MonyXChan]

@Liza Johnson Who cares? He knows the character of Eddie better than the actual writers, anyway.

[@padmeamidala5521]

Eddie's pretty much gay in the book. It's mutual. They were in love. End.

[@lauracuomo7717]

In the film isn't so obvious. Richie yes: IT'S OBVIOUS . But Eddie... No. I like to think there was a better finale for Eddie and Richie in the book❤️

[@lizzie3354]

Periodt 🥰

[@Imgayhehe]

@@lauracuomo7717no….it was VERY obvious Eddie loved Richie back

[@vee1952]

I feel at ease in the scene when Richie says “we’re not afraid of spiders” and so Eddie takes off the cap real quick.

[@iamsam6111]

I saw a comment that said that “since this is 40 minutes long just proves they are gay” and I was like, YES

[@m4csvlog]

FYI: Dennis Christopher (who played adult Eddie kaspbrak in the 1990s version) confirmed reddie and admitted that he read reddie fan fic and he adored it. (Plus like the majority of the it cast and Barbara muschetti have confirmed it)

[@ziggystardust8936]

WE DONT DESERVE DENNIS

[@lslehmonn]

Dennis Christopher owns my entire heart and soul and I would die for him

[@ziggystardust8936]

@Rain Cloud jack really said reddie rights and i love him for that

[@chaotxiic9490]

DENNIS LIKED MY TWEET ON TWITTER AND I ALMOST HAD A FUCKING HEART ATTACK

[@taytayluvr]

@@chaotxiic9490 SO LUCKY

[@kimberlyr6989]

I told my Hispanic, Catholic parents that I had a girlfriend this week. They took it well! I hope anyone else who hasn’t come out has an equally great experience if you do!

[@byrnetdown6076]

congratulations! ☺

[@why_karlaly]

Ayy, congratulations!! :D

[@rachels.9972]

Congrats!

[@charleston1789]

It’s always great to hear stuff like this :) well done for being brave and I’m so glad you got a positive response. All the best for the future!

[@esmewarmuth8780]

Congratulations 🤍🤍

[@iinamanda643]

The opening scene in Chapter 2 is also based on true events that happened in King's hometown in the 80s, it's not just a 'scene' in a film or book.

[@ollow_is_sad5373]

Someone once told me that the fact that I shipped them, that I was apparently "sexualizeing them". I told them not to read the book.

[@amandalopes3048]

Just wanted to say that I always HATED when movies/stories like that (about a group of friends dealing with things) always put THE ONE FEMALE FRIEND to be the love interest, I mean, why friends can't just be friends???? Why the girl can't just enjoy time with her friends without everyone trying to date her??? Anyways, great vid

[@beepbeepeddie8010]

FRR

[@iwillcry]

it’s annoying but honestly happens all the time in real life. maybe they never confess and you don’t notice but almost all of my female friends had guy friends who said they liked them back in school.

[@emptyteacup8228]

FOR REAL THO

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

Because it’s an adaptation of a book from the 80’s set in the 50’s and groups of teenagers with boys and girls hanging out usually results in complicated crush/love triangles.

[@Goldlucky13]

@XxAshStarxX hermione & ron literally got married

[@billbuttlicker1248]

How could you miss the line from the book when Eddie says that being called Ed’s by Richie feels like a “secret identity”???? It was right after the part where he says “but he had sort of liked it too” smh my head

[@Mel-tf9vy]

@EdwardSpagedward89 and the parallel of Eddie being the one to save Richie from the deadlights, and Ben saving Bev from the deadlights (with true love's kiss/the power of love)

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

@@Mel-tf9vy I never noticed that thx I'm looking for the most Reddie I can get which I alreddie(lol) know its real but the more the better!!

[@billbuttlicker1248]

reddie things if you’re looking for reddie content a large chunk of it comes from the book, so if you’re willing to put up with Stephen kings sometimes icky writing and over 1000 pages then you should check it out lol, or you could just look it up

[@user-gt9mg7uh4h]

@@billbuttlicker1248 Hey! I'm reading the book and I haven't seen many Reddie stuff. I'm going through the part where Eddie breaks his arm and burh until then no Reddie like wth (angry shipper lmao)

[@wolfiegamerhowls4]

Bill Buttlicker *laughs in literally holding the book in my hand, and having a journal stating a few Reddie parts*

[@insomniac_enby6679]

I started to cry when they started to pull Richie away from Eddie 😭

[@ashisgayboi1355]

“I’m not saying all gay people are losers... well most of us are” Me: ha. True.

[@MartiniMouse]

“You should thank me for not mentioning *that* scene from the novel” Oh god even vaguely referencing it gave me war flashbacks

[@s.osullivan1193]

Yeah that,,, sure was something, huh

[@LaurenTheorist]

I read the novel but can not figure out which scene he is referencing. Would you mind filling me in? Or are we just talking about the (SPOILER ALERT) death scene?

[@modkip25]

@@LaurenTheorist Are you sure you read the book lmao? how can you forget the orgy scene

[@saferoundhouse5910]

The what now scene

[@saferoundhouse5910]

Nevermind I found it and read it and it's the most disgusting thing I have ever read

[@darkhumour741]

maybe it's just cus I'm gay myself, but IT Chapter 2 was by far the most depressing and soul crushing moviegoing experience I've had the homophobic attack at the start isn't what got me most - it was Richie never getting to admit how he felt and have a shot at his own happy ending like the other characters. They tried to make up for it with "oh he's gonna stop hiding who he is now" but idk...it just portrayed being LGBTQ in the most depressing light possible, no uplift. Cried about it on the drive back from the cinema.

[@beepbeepeddie8010]

i just pretend it never happened and get my content through headcannons, fanfic, and aus✨✨✨

[@darkhumour741]

@@beepbeepeddie8010 it's how we survive lmfao

[@jazzywazzy8191]

I cried at the movie theaters I was a sad gay

[@shaylachartrand5095]

Fanfic will save the day, saved the day for me anyway. I also almost cried at the end of the movie and I only cry when someone close to me dies.

[@emptyteacup8228]

@@beepbeepeddie8010 FAACTS

[@sassberrysnap]

We know Richie is gay That's just a fact

[@hadleelandis553]

Richie becomes Bill Hader but gayer is the truest statement I’ve ever heard, but also Bill Hader is the gayest straight man I’ve ever seen

[@notaccessible3741]

But have you seen John Mualany though? (Spelled that wrong stupid dyslexia)

[@piaragaaa]

@@notaccessible3741 you're also hereeee??? And yeah John Mulaney joked about how God forgot to turn the gay switch on lmao.

[@piaragaaa]

Bill Hader being stefon and marrying seth mayers

[@notaccessible3741]

I’m everywhere

[@agnessfox9983]

Yes yes yes

[@anothercarttogo1819]

"In the present day, Eddie is like, a Stocks guy now... so, he sold his soul. And Richie became a famous white male comedian, so he probably never had a soul."

[@taytayluvr]

PLS 😭

[@MidnightCelluloid]

Richie became Bill Hader

[@msnoodle3684]

no one can like this comment anymore cause it’s at 666

[@jiminsjimjams9477]

Yeah, except Eddie's gay. Not bi. Richie's bi in the books but gay in the movie.

[@beepbeepeddie8010]

period

[@kiera6326]

That’s how I always saw it- but in the book, Eddie also ... uh, _enjoyed_ his time with Beverly in the sewers, so... Could have just been preteen confusion?

[@MonyXChan]

Kiera Haggarty enjoyed it?! Are you kidding? Eddie is SO uncomfortable in that moment, he doesn’t wanna do it.

[@elizabethrose3703]

In the 90s miniseries eddie came off super gay, like I think he said he was a virgin still because he couldnt move on from what happened subconsciously.

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

I kinda think Eddie was a little bi in the book bc it said that he had a small crush on gretta but other than that REDDIE IS REAL periodt

[@ditkind1340]

19:10. Lmao I thought he was gonna say “Haha, I’m totally not making gay jokes, because *I am a gay joke.”* XD

[@abbeycase143]

Rickie and Eddie sitting in the hammock together has big 'Catra sitting in Adora's lap' energy

[@emilymiller1072]

I remember in the weeks after seeing IT, as I was sweeping the theatre floors, watching the credits over and over again, I started getting caught up on the ending, and the thing that felt really _off_ about it. And it didn't take me long to zero in on it. Aside from the Losers who died, they all get some kind of happy ending, and more importantly, they all get _closure_ . All of them, except for Richie. Bev and Ben finally get together, which marks Bev finally leaving the cycle of abuse she's endured all her life, and clears up Ben's misattributed love note. Bill finally has an ending for his book and his movie, which is as metaphorical as it is literal. And Mike is _finally_ able to leave Derry. But Richie? Richie loses Eddie, he goes to the bridge to re-carve their initials; to dwell on the past that never was and the future that never will be. Then, we can only assume he goes back to his job, goes back to the way things were, with fresh and uncovered memories of what happened in Derry. Derry- which is just the same as he'd left it, only now he remembers what that means.

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

YES Richie deserved a better ending like in my opinon he lost his Best friend Stan and His Soulmate Eddie he lost the most and I think that he deserved better(Mike did too but at least he had a happy ending)

[@antichrist4449]

You can leave an abusive relationship but you cant leave an abusive society.

[@meh9677]

Ikr?! It's so sad and unfair!!😭😭

[@graceyl.195]

also HIDGENS PFP HIDGENS PFP

[@sigh824]

Yeah plus, Eddie got the shit beat out of him more than anyone else the whole movie, tbh he should’ve made it for that reason alone. And like, I know textually that this movie is firmly against homophobia, but it feels like It 2 kinda hates gay ppl.

[@jojothebard6687]

Last time I was here, it was legal to get fired for being gay or trans.

[@nr5k1]

it still is 😔

[@ladynoluck]

Nør 5k1 new supreme court decision in the us

[@XXYYZZZA]

Don’t worry your landlord can still kick you out and businesses can still deny you because of your gender and sexual orientation....sigh it’s sad

[@nr5k1]

LNL for what?

[@jojothebard6687]

Nør 5k1 Long story short: It was for three Supreme Court rulings all rolled into one decision: all three dealt with workers (one is a trans woman[who sadly died weeks before the ruling], the others are gay) being indiscriminately fired because of their sexual orientations and gender identity. The main question being asked is whether the LGBT community is protected by the Civil Rights act in workplace. The current administration, which is extremely homophobic, took the position of opposing a ruling favoring the employees. If the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the employers, then that would set lgbt rights decades behind. Thankfully that didn’t happen. This ruling went in favor of the employees, 6-3 where conservative Justices Neil Gorsuch and John Roberts (both ironically appointed by the president) joining the liberal justices. Basically meaning that all three cases did fall under such civil right laws and thus are considered protected. Another thing to mention is a indirect ripple effect with this decision since this also applies to housing and education. Sure the ruling hasn’t ended homophobia or discrimination, but it is still a massive victory for the lgbt community. I’d argue that it’s bigger than gay marriage. You wouldn’t believe how nerve-wrecking waiting for this decision for a year to actually be passed down.

[@reddiebunny6805]

the title: exists Me: *yes,who do you think you are*

[@thechiris9]

"The straight people get to kiss"

[@starrellison4676]

mainstream movies should have main gay characters where they actually use the word gay but it isn’t a personality trait 💅

[@nationssunshinefelix4482]

Like how Booksmart did

[@ravenfrancis1476]

And also actually let them have love interests.

[@niabb2692]

I always saw conner (bowers cousin) as wanting to at least be richies friend, if not more, and only turning on him once he noticed his cousin was there. I genuinely think he was just afraid, knowing firsthand what his batshit cousin is capable of

[@Vivigreeny25]

I read "Bowsers cousin", lmao-

[@nlcn2330]

i agree with u but i still think he’s a shit person for doing that to my boy

[@neverlandunicorn6480]

I thought he was one of the guys of the gay couple of It chapter 2. The part where one was pushed off a bridge or something? Idk I didn't really pay attention.

[@starsalazar1693]

nlcn fear can do that to a person. I’m sure adult him would look back at that incident and regret it.

[@lostparadisefilms]

I totally got the impression that the cousin was attracted to Richie but was terrified of his bully of a cousin, so he threw him under the bus instead of having his entire family possibly learn his secret. I also think that as much relief as he must have felt getting his cousin off his back, he also felt instant regret.

[@the-requested6491]

Ok but we ain’t gonna talk about Henry’s internalized homophobia? I mean there is literally a scene between him and Patrick where Patrick offers...yeah...and he accepts it to a degree- He also felt the need to spread a rumor around that Bev and him slept together which is also a sign of Internalized Homophobia. What’s weirder is that it was so blatant in the book and they never addressed his storyline once in the movies.

[@respect6451]

I noticed a slightly "predatory/knowing" look from Patrick to Ritchie in the first film and thought it was weird. Later my husband told me about that part of the book you're talking about and it clicked.

[@lorenacia7579]

​@@respect6451Yes? I noticed that look too after reading the book and I was like "oh that makes sense"

[@lenlaegrim]

"Richie becomes Bill Hader but gayer" uh...h...how is that even possible? Half of Bill's career is just asserting top energy and kissing men

[@rohank6112]

this should just be a two second video that just says yes

[@kathrynalegre3828]

"everything's gay to zoomers" listen you didn't have to call me out like that--

[@foxtatertot]

Me, looking at the title: "yes they are indeed gay, it's literally been confirmed."

[@tieraf.6393]

23:29 thank you for the puppy break. I couldn’t handle seeing Richie’s face.

[@sancti1811]

You know they are why are you debating this-

[@cold_chips]

LITERALLY

[@maxhamlin636]

For fun?

[@kealchsfactory7492]

Content

[@midnightartist43]

*because yes*

[@princessbunny5429]

My mom is in her 50s and was totally shocked by the R+E scene confirming that Richie is gay. She thought it came out of nowhere when I was like “it was so obvious!!”

[@zygoncommander1239]

I saw it with my mom and it was exactly the same lol

[@billbuttlicker1248]

Yeah I saw it with my brother when it came out and when we left he still didn’t know what richie’s secret was. They made it way too subtle because they didn’t want to upset the homophobes while still getting money from the gays lmao

[@princessbunny5429]

Bill Buttlicker so true lol I picked up on the ~subtleties~ but only because I was looking for them. Not gay enough!!

[@cole7942]

Princess Bunny i love your pfp

[@xLadyMary]

My mom and I can understand when someone is gay in a second 😂

[@cannibalanimal5829]

The title: Are they gay? Richie and Eddie. Me: yes. They are.

[@everperplexing]

“Everything’s gay to zoomers” True just true

[@Gus-ux2dd]

"I never got to marry James Mcavoy" *wheezes* STOP THATS A MOOD

[@respect6451]

The James Mcavoy's thirst is real

[@cece9597]

Short answer: yes Long answer: obviously yes

[@niftythegoblin]

"richie becomes bill hader but gayer" damn that's too accurate

[@astamanista9447]

The funny thing is that the gay victim is played by Xavier Dolan, a Canadian gay movie director and he was the one who actually made his character to try to fight back and being defiant instead of being very afraid like in the book. I mean, the exaggerated mannerism can be tiring to some, but isn't shoving what bullies don't like down their throat a common tactic to fight back like Miley's "People said to cover it so I decided not to" pic she posted? Because while he was kind of flamboyant Adrian was also quite "normal" in front of his boyfriend and that girl with birthmark on her face. The truly ironic one is that young Henry Bowers was also played by a gay actor.

[@a-morgan-l]

I love to laugh at people using the "looking at bev" scene as some sort of proof they must be straight cause,, both of them are giving the Gayest Vibes richie looks like his eyes are glazed over he's just staring into the middle distance and eddie looks highkey disturbed and uncomfortable (probably only because they were kids told to look in a direction and imagine a pretty girl there, but still)

[@juliavargas13]

Eddie's face is so funny in this scene, he seem to be so confused ksbdkdbfjdbjdbfkdbd

[@happydaikon5589]

well Eddie actually had a crush on Beverly and Greta but that doesnt make him straight he can be pan or bi

[@kippie8297]

@@happydaikon5589 I never thought of Eddie having a crush on Beverly and Greta, I mean like a REAL crush. It always struck me as the kind of crush where it’s like “yeah I’m a straight boy and straight boys like girls like this so I should have a crush on them” and not genuine romantic attraction. Richie I believe as somewhat bi-coded in the book, but Eddie always seemed to be gay but in denial. In his letter to his future self he also talked about marrying a hot actress or something, which feels uncharacteristic for Eddie and something an in-denial gay boy would say to reassure himself of his sexuality. Also explained why it seems like he did not care at all for Myra, at least romantically. Idk though.

[@laylamason3049]

So Stephen King was ok with writing ~*that scene*~ but not Reddie into the storyline? like rlly mr king? Get ur priorities right

[@phiphi04]

When idk what ~*that scene*~ is cuz i havent read the book😅😅😭

[@donewitheveryonesshit2474]

Phiona Lazarre trust me, you don’t want to know.

[@cocobako2582]

@@phiphi04 check wikipedia. Its, huuuh... I'm not why King decided it was necessary....

[@anonymxy4187]

He just wants to see us suffer

[@thegay3394]

will someone just tell me what that got damn scene is already.

[@mayasoot4640]

i love how it’s almost 40 minutes

[@fourcatsandagarden]

"they were just good friends. they were just roommates. they just had one bed, that's all, that's why they shared the bed." -everyone in denial ever

[@jessicawise5278]

ARE YOU TELLING ME SOME PEOPLE THINK EDDIE HAS A CRUSH ON GRETA KEENE

[@call_me_z4545]

MY REACTION TOO OML

[@bluenitta2861]

WTFFFFFFFFF

[@jessicawise5278]

doll spine BRUHHHH

[@jeezyisstinky1986]

i always kinda thought the way he acted around her was kinda the same reason he married myra, she was a bully and stepped all over him just like his mom and just like how myra would in the future but idk

[@user-gt9mg7uh4h]

@@jeezyisstinky1986 Actually that's a pretty interesting and accurate reflexion. You're smart owo (fr tho, I ain't joking)

[@babywarning]

Listen. I like this video. But its kind of a big deal that Richie, in the movie, is /explicitly/ gay. Not implied bisexual. He's described as gay in interviews outside of the film, and his memorial card inside the second film calls him "homosexual". Yes, we need bi representation, but Richie is gay. Why take the canon sexuality away from an actually gay character?

[@FanGirl-mb4om]

I mean... I think that Alex though he was bi bc he stared at Bev in that one scene?

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

THANKS FOR THAT!!Richie is gay in the movie in my opinion but in the book it never really gave any sexuality for him except for....HE IS SUPER GAY FOR EDDIE KASPBRAK!!Thats all thanks again for this comment I Literally look eveywhere for Reddie content xD

[@IMRamos-ul8ms]

I think he was talking about eddie been Bi, not Richie

[@baz7527]

ive always headcanoned him as bi from when i read the books and him being bi has always been rlly important to me tbh, n the thing abt the movie is that it was actually hella vague. ppl can interpret him as bi OR gay, it's not "erasure" to do so for a character that wasn't even originally intended to be anything other than straight by the author.

[@mckennaa3641]

Its kind of difficult because in the books Richie seems very bi but in the movie it seems important that he's gay rather then bi, and for Eddie he seems like he might be bi in the movie but in the book it feels important to his character that he's gay and does not feel any attraction towards women

[@user-gt2bn5el2f]

The scene where Richie gets called a f*g always gets to me. I can't help but shed a few tears. That self-hatred and hopelessness is too real.

[@arisafari1855]

I had no idea that people thought they weren’t gay before seeing this video, lol

[@vexedcer]

"mullets are evil" i am gay and have a mullet how dare u

[@Vivigreeny25]

My mind instantly went to Voltron, what am I doing with my life-

[@elisemcdonald7475]

@@Vivigreeny25 Same. Also...... Keith

[@Vivigreeny25]

@@elisemcdonald7475 Lmao, yeah.

[@GenderBender201]

King Tiger is that you?

[@Jaqueli9er]

I have a mullet too, but I'm cutting it today, by myself. wish me luck, I'm gonna need it...

[@garydoq]

Didn't the director and Bill actually talk about Ritchie's homosexuality in interviews?

[@kaprisun4624]

yup. And in several books that the director put out about the behind the scenes

[@lizzied.3611]

bemy sensation where give me LINKS

[@kaprisun4624]

@@lizzied.3611 I don't have book links, or whatever, but I have video links. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZikfJ2MZtRse6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3fMoXurdqpmors

[@kaprisun4624]

@@lizzied.3611 I have photos of like, it being spoken about in these director's books and stuff, but idk how exactly im supposed to share them on here lmao

[@sparksfly5877]

@@kaprisun4624 IMGR?

[@milabu_6334]

"are they gay?" me: yes

[@robertsmithfan877]

honestly i think theyre adorable together. not in a creepy way (looking at you tumblr) but like in the same way kindergarten teachers sometimes ship the kids theyre teaching together. its wholesome

[@unwantedoutlaw]

What comes to mind when thinking about gay literature. Me: AO3...

[@hozier_hoser_hoe]

I'm crying😂 but same

[@taytayluvr]

PLS

[@snakearekat2634]

stop lol

[@f4d4]

the only physical book with queer themes ive ever read is by stephen king so actually, yeah what comes to my mind is stephen king

[@raccoon3196]

The Song of Achilles

[@kaisetic3150]

Richie's dad found a magazine full of half (?) Naked men under his bed. Penny wise told Richie not to touch the other boys or everyone would know "his secret" Just sayin'… Also if Eddie was a girl no one would question reddie 🙄

[@Xx_GachaGamerKitten_xX]

Yes

[@phiphi04]

Frrrrr

[@aishalady3867]

"Richie's dad found a magazine full of half (?) Naked men under his bed." really? I've read the book, seen the movies but I don't remember this. When?

[@lumitypilled]

Aisha Lady it was in the original script

[@aishalady3867]

@@dollspine Thanks! I really did not know it. Interesting fact!

[@blissfullycat02]

Don't forget it's also in the book that Eddie died in Richie's arms and Richie had to be forcibly dragged out without Eddie's body. I also found it odd that Richie couldn't keep a relationship with a woman and Eddie only married a woman because she WAS his mother.

[@2yco.0]

its probably because im gay myself, and for some reason i felt as if Richie was me in a horror movie, but the reddie story absolutely crushed my heart. The way he never told him, and ALL the homophobic scenes kinda just hit home. {also the way he basically watched him die knowing he couldn't do anything but still trying anyways...): } But the worst part about it all, was when after i turned to my friend to to ask her if she understood, she said no...and when i explained it to her, she said THEY SEEM MORE LIKE FRIENDS, and that they had a very good fRiEnD relationship she also said that because they didn't kiss, it didn't really count or something like that...:/

[@thatsdisco]

I dunno, she sounds like she needs to work on her homophobia if she wants to be a good friend to you

[@bisexualichigo4227]

If you want Nickelodeon to give you money, do a “are they gay? Spongebob and Squidward” 🤣

[@amyc8845]

Oh my LORD yes

[@mokhiell7447]

Don't get me wrong I love that ship but SpongeBob is aro/ace or at least ace. Not hating or anything

[@redacted5078]

@@mokhiell7447 agree, but he can be gay and asexual so.. Anyways i ship him more with Patrick idk

[@thefunnyman8073]

I'm gay and asexual, and spongebob always seemed to me as possibly aro. But that most recent interaction with squidward made him seem maybe only ace?

[@eddieloby]

No hate, really, but guys...he's a sponge. A SPONGE.

[@yoyoyosquiji8716]

Me realizing that bev was the token female: *oh*

[@ghostlybf3785]

i rlly hated bev too (in the book)

[@medealkemy]

Smurfette principle !

[@slushiif0x]

Tilly Belmont I never read the book but I’ve heard so much about book bev and I hate her-

[@Milongui123]

DerpyPotato 917 Let’s not talk about THAT scene....eUGH

[@slushiif0x]

Potus Potuda if I get the book do I wanna skip that part- ;3;

[@audreyclark7381]

4:05 Is that Draco Malfoy to our right there? Lmao I can’t stop thinking abt this