And Eddie wants to say something, and he dies in the middle of his sentence. He says, "Richie, I..." And then goes. It was two different ways of solving the scene. I felt it was a little bit bit overkill, to find, after all that time, to come back and Eddie was still alive.
Eddie's breathing had changed and doctors said he didn't have much time left. She described Eddie's passing as coming in "slow motion." "'I love you' are the last words Ed says to Wolfie and me, and they are the last words we say to him before he stops breathing," Bertinelli writes.
After triggering his medicine down its throat a few times, It bites Eddie's arm off. With his few remaining seconds, he tells Richie to stop calling him Eds, before dying. The Losers later leave Eddie's body in the sewers, despite Richie's protests saying they should take his body back with them.
The older version never tried to kiss Richie—even after Pennywise impaled him—which suggests that they didn't actually share anything intimate. Then again, the more romantic exchange was Eddie cracking a joke that Richie was known for telling so technically they were closer than anyone thought.
In the adaptation of It Chapter Two, Richie is portrayed as being secretly in love with Eddie Kaspbrak until the latter's death, and Eddie remained unaware of these feelings.
Even if they don't ever share a love confession or a kiss, the parallels between Richie and Eddie both coming into their own throughout the film strongly lend themselves to a reading that Richie and Eddie's feelings were requited, even if they are never said on screen.
In the other part of the novel, when Eddie was just a mere eleven-year-old, he found that, unlike the other Losers, he wasn't attracted to Beverly. He was unsure about losing his virginity to her, and did not seem to enjoy the intercourse.
He amassed a lot of wealth, but he lives his life alone. Throughout It: Chapter Two, it becomes clear that Richie is a closeted gay man in love with his childhood best friend, Eddie (James Ransone plays the adult version). Mostly this revelation becomes clear through two scenes.
The audience comes to find out that Richie, played by veteran comedian Bill Hader, is gay during his singular quest to retrieve a childhood artifact for the Ritual of Chüd.
Eddie doesn't tolerate Richie's foolishness and finally challenges Richie about his dreaded nickname. The two bicker like an old married couple for a while and Richie calls Eddie “my love,” an affectionate term.
Out loud, Eddie mentions that it was—who else? —Henry Bowers who broke his arm. Beverly remembers this.
The Losers confront Pennywise on how they've overcome their fears, and are no longer scared of the entity, causing It to shrink to a small weakened Pennywise. Mike rips out It's heart, which he and the Losers crush with their bare hands, finally killing It.
We learn that Richie Tozier, the fast-talking, foul-mouthed teenager (played by Finn Wolfhard) who grew up to be a popular stand-up comedian (Bill Hader) is gay and has been secretly in love with his friend and fellow club member Eddie Kaspbrak (played as an adult by James Ransone).
Eddie's fifth person in heaven, a little Filipino girl who Eddie unknowingly kills while he and his unit are escaping captivity during the war. Tala is affectionate, trusting, and wise. Following her mother's instructions, Tala hides from Eddie and his men in one of the abandoned village huts.
Eddie Munson's Stranger Things Season 4 Finale Death Is the End of the Character. The Duffer Brothers have confirmed it.
Sonia constantly represses Eddie's feelings and emotions, resulting in his fears of the world around him and of disease as well as standing up for himself. This fear manifests itself in what It shows as his biggest fear, the leper, as well as several other times throughout the novel.
He took the form of a clown most frequently, Mr. Bob Gray or Pennywise, but his true form is an ancient eldritch entity from another universe who landed in the town that would become Derry by way of an asteroid and first awoke in 1715.
To address concerns about potential overdiagnosis of BAD in children like Richie Tozier, the new diagnosis of DMDD was included in the DSM-5 (2013) for children who exhibit persistent irritability and frequent episodes of extreme behavioral dyscontrol (beep beep, Richie!!).
As referenced, the end of the movie sees the adult Richie going back to the bridge in Derry to finish what he started as a kid, by carving out the rest of the initial "E" to signify his love for Eddie.
Reddie is the portmanteau name of the ship between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak, two of the protagonists from the horror novel IT by Stephen King. They appear in all adaptations of the novel.
Scream VI (2023)
During the revelations, Sam mentioned Amber, while insulting Richie, saying "he was a man-baby, who made his girlfriend do all the killings". These words revealed that Richie and Amber were indeed in a relationship.
“Beep beep, Richie,” Stan hissed, elbowing his friend sharply in the ribs and hoping none of the other losers had heard his comment. Richie had caught Stan eyeing Bill a few times now and, while Stan had still refused to admit it out loud, incessantly teased him about his crush.
Throughout the novel, Beverly is consistently abused by the men in her life. As a child, she is physically abused by her father Alvin.
IT (2017 film)
Unlike the novel or miniseries, Alvin is sexually abusive towards his daughter, Beverly. After she came home from the pharmacy, her father shows up in front of her and passionately sniffs her hair. This cause Beverly to have an emotional breakdown and cuts off her ponytail.
Eddie may not become a vampire per se, but according to theory, there's the potential for him to simply be undead and be brought back by Vecna to torture our still-living characters. It's a thought that has floated around the fandom for years and with Vecna's deceitful nature, it doesn't seem far-fetched.