RICHIE WANTED TO DIE WITH EDDIE IN THE SEWERS HE DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE EDDIE. HE HAD TO BE TORN FROM EDDIE’S BODY, DRAGGED AWAY, AND PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED TO KEEP HIM FROM RETURNING INTO THE COLLAPSING HOUSE ALL SO HE COULD GET TO EDDIE’S BODY AGAIN. RICHIE WANTED TO DIE BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE EDDIE DIDN’T EXIST.
richie liked bev a lot. well, he liked her, but not that way. he admired her looks… but mostly he liked her because she was tough and had a really good sense of humor. also, she usually had cigarettes. he liked her, in short, because she was a good guy.
“Maybe, he thought, there aren’t any such thing as good friends or bad friends- maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you’re hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they’re always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe even worth dying for, too, if that’s what has to be.”
I know we focus more on Richie’s reaction to Eddie’s death and justifiably so as it was heartbreaking but can we talk about:
Ben sinking to his knees behind Richie. He can’t get closer to Eddie because Bill and Richie got there first but he just knows it’s too late.
The tear tracks glistening on Mike’s face and how he doesn’t or physically can’t say a single word during that scene.
Bev’s voice breaking when she says Richie’s name because she’s sobbing that hard she can’t actually talk.
Tears actually falling from Bill’s eyes to splash on the ground and how he doesn’t stutter when he says Eddie’s gone.
They all loved Eddie, they’re all absolutely devastated he’s gone and yet every single one of them is trying so hard to hold it together to be there for Richie because they know his feelings of grief and pain would be a thousand times worse than their own.
