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.
But they always end up being together and in love, as they're basically soulmates. Even though Eddie dies in every adaptation, there are a lot of AUs where Eddie survives and ends up marrying Richie.
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.
Richie isn't all jokes all the time, however, as shown in this flashback scene where he confesses his life's ambition to Eddie.
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.
Greta also wrote LOSER on Eddie's arm cast and then, he later covers the S with a V in red marker, so it then spells LOVER. She is also the one to tell Eddie his medication is a gazebo rather than Mr. Keene himself.
Richie is canonically not straight, and Eddie is highly coded as not being straight either. Richie is also in love with Eddie, going as far as to carve their initials on the kissing bridge in town, which is not something you just do for your best buddy.
Joseph Quinn has elaborated in an interview that Eddie had feelings for Chrissy, stating "I think he might have done! I think kind of… yes, I think he did [have a crush on Chrissy]. I think, playing with archetypes, especially in American high school, I don't think you'd ever put those two together.
With his dying breath, Eddie told Dustin that he loved him, and Dustin said that he loved him too.
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.
It shows up as an animated version of George because that is what Bill fears the most at that very moment. He wants his brother back, of course, but he's also racked with misplaced guilt over his brother's death and is scared that his brother, if he were to come back, would blame him for his untimely death.
In the movie adaptations (2017/2019) Richie is confirmed by Andy Muschietti to be in love with Eddie, carving their initials into the Kissing Bridge at age 13. He later re-carves their initials after Eddie dies to say a final goodbye to his first love.
Despite kissing Bill and reliving her childhood, Bev ends the sequel fully realizing her feelings for Ben. They share a passionate underwater kiss in the Derry quarry, and a flash-forward reveals they leave the town as a couple — their last scene is them watching the sunset on a yacht, clearly very much in love.
"They put him down, and Richie kissed Eddie's cheek." (pg 1,118) - I believe this is the page where we see Richie accept that he loves Eddie (this is the same page as the "he knew well enough" quote). He gets angry for a lot of reasons: himself, It, Eddie.
This would lead to one of the biggest Stephen King book controversies: after the Losers become lost in the sewers trying to make their way back to the surface, in IT Beverly decided to have sexual intercourse with all the boys from the Losers Club.
What was Chrissy's Trauma? Chrissy's life appears to be free from flaws on the surface, but in reality, she is struggling terribly to conceal her depression and self-image stemming. She was struggling with these issues, which resulted in her developing an eating disorder due to her mother's verbally abusive comments.
Eddie embodies the metalhead culture of the 80s, from his frizzy hair to his ripped jeans. It's no wonder that such a unique style would immediately appeal to the audience, and when crafting Eddie's aesthetic, there was nothing left to chance.
So, there you have it. Chrissy is confirmed to be 18, according to her character description. Eddie is confirmed to be around 20 (going on 21), based on Joseph Quinn's comments. Despite their brief flirtation, Eddie and Chrissy were never romantically involved with each other.
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.
“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.
Richie was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. His family is of African American, Cherokee Native American, English, French-Canadian and Scottish descent.
Eddie is technically the first member (besides Bill) of what later would become the Losers Club. His best friends are Bill Denbrough and Richie Tozier, also Beverly Marsh, Mike Hanlon, Ben Hanscom, and Stanley Uris.
"It" Part 1 (TV Episode 1990) - Seth Green as Richie Tozier - Age 12 - IMDb.
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