Talk:Eddie Kaspbrak

Semi-protected edit request on 15 December 2019

Original Text

Relationship with Richie Tozier

In King's novel, Eddie's relationship with Richie is seen as being purely platonic, and Richie simply enjoys making fun of Eddie and his hypochondria. Despite Richie's jokes, the two are in fact incredibly close friends, this is seen at the end of the novel when Eddie's death purely devastates Richie and leaves him depressed.

CHANGE "seen as being purely platonic" to "hinted as being more than just friends", seen from strong romantic subtexts and petnames they refer each other as, such as Richie calling Eddie "my love". CROSS OUT "and Richie simply enjoys making fun of Eddie and his hypochondria." CROSS OUT "in fact"

Original Text In It Chapter Two it is suggested that Richie is secretly in love with Eddie, with it being implied that he was a closeted homosexual. It is unknown if Eddie returned Richie's feeling or not, as judged by Richie having carved his and Eddie's initials into the kissing bridge where Ben Hanscom was attacked by Henry Bowers in the first instalment. Some fans have interpreted Eddie was bisexual, even though as in the book, he is married to a woman named Myra. Other fans have interpreted Eddie as a closeted gay man who used Myra as a beard, as in the book Eddie shows no romantic or sexual interest in Myra and views her as an extension of his mother. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/movies/bill-hader-it-chapter-two.html%7Ctitle=Bill Hader Discusses Richie Tozer's Secret in 'It: Chapter Two'

CHANGE "is suggested that" to "is revealed that" CHANGE "being implied that" to "shown that" CROSS OUT "It is unknown if Eddie returned Richie's feelings or not, as judged by" CROSS OUT "where Ben Hanscom was attacked by Henry Bowers in the first instalment. " (irrelevant information)

FINAL EDITED TEXT:

Relationship with Richie Tozier

In King's novel, Eddie's relationship with Richie is hinted as being more than just friends, seen from strong romantic subtexts and petnames they refer each other as, such as Richie calling Eddie "my love". Despite Richie's jokes, the two are incredibly close friends, this is seen at the end of the novel when Eddie's death purely devastates Richie and leaves him depressed. In It Chapter Two it is revealed that Richie is secretly in love with Eddie, with it shown that he was a closeted homosexual. Richie carved his and Eddie's initials into the kissing bridge. Some fans have interpreted Eddie was bisexual, even though as in the book, he is married to a woman named Myra. Other fans have interpreted Eddie as a closeted gay man who used Myra as a beard, as in the book Eddie shows no romantic or sexual interest in Myra and views her as an extension of his mother. <ref>"Bill Hader Discusses Richie Tozer's Secret in 'It: Chapter Two'". Shitasha (talk) 17:07, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. This is a substantial re-write that changes the interpretation of the characters considerably but uses no new reliable sources to do so. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 19:13, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

On top of that, the suggestion that the novel hints this as well is in contradiction to the IndiWire reference in that same section. 2pou (talk) 22:00, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

“It’s actually not really alluded to in the book,” Ransone told IndieWire during a recent interview. “I read the book. It’s a big departure from the book.”