#IT Chapter 2

[molotovgrifter]

more succinct

[theartsharki]

"Still don’t wanna play loogie Rich?"

Little drawing I did months ago of Neibolt Eddie. A fave concept of mine to draw.

[princess-glassred]

Don't even know why Richie Tozier was so upset when Connor said "i'm not your fucking boyfriend". Dude already has 5 and each of them are infinifely better than some kid with weezer blue eyes and yellow hair. Fuckin pick your head up king, you got Mike at home.

[incorrect-losers]

Bev: Do you ever think about these things before you say them, or just…?

Richie: Yeah, I do. I think 'Wow, that's brilliant, I should say that out loud'. And then I do, and it's spectacular. It exceeds my expectations

[hazyyspiderr]

“fuck you, bro” “hahahaha, FUCK YOUUU” “let’s take our shirts off and kiss”

and they’re not gay? sure, jan

[ambivalent-amphibian]

/neutral

[bowerspowers]

Do you have any advice for making it ocs?

If there are two things I love in life, they're IT and OCs. While I might not be the best person to ask, I do have some tips that can hopefully help a few people! Buckle up, this is going to be a long one!

Altering Canon .

First and foremost! I think it's important to not heavily alter the main story of IT when you create a character. This also means don't subtract from canon character's experiences. By that I mean taking a canon characters "scene" and giving it to your character instead.

Altering canon can be fine as long as it's not done to an extreme <3

Relatives .

Making your character related to any canon cast is fine, but with some characters you need to be prepared to explain a LOT. Say if you are making a character related to Beverly Marsh or Henry Bowers, two characters who are both heavily abused by their fathers. It's going to be a lot harder to explain "Where are they?" during certain events of the canon than say a character who isn't overly impactful on the plot.

Arguably, making any relative to any of the Losers cast would be challenging! Off top my head, Richie is probably the easiest to pull off haha.

THAT BEING SAID. There are so many Richie Tozier sisters out there. I'm not trying to say it's overdone but —

Face Claims .

I touched upon this recently, but remember if you're making a child character it's important to choose a face claim that actually looks the part! The main age range is 12-16, however I feel like in the search of the "prettiest face claim" people have chosen actors who when you look at them you go: "That's a grown adult!"

A rule of thumb that might help! Imagine them side by side with the main cast ( especially Ben ) and the image looks funny in your mind, it would probably have looked funny on screen.

Actors age however, and if you have a face claim you really like, choosing a role which you base their main visage around really helps! For example, I chose Elle Fanning for a face claim — and she's quite obviously not a child anymore. So I made sure to indicate which role I base her appearance off of! ( The Neon Demon )

Of course, there are always exceptions! Some people genuinely look older than what they are ( or younger ) and that's okay too! It might just help to specify that in their bio.

Lore .

The best and arguably most important part of your character, their foundation! The fun stuff! Truthfully, the more information you have the better!

Where in Derry do they live? West Broadway? Are they on Witcham Street with Bill? Or perhaps they live in the poorer neighborhood near Beverly. Whichever you choose, should honestly impact your character.

Family, it's so important to include family SOME how. It doesn't matter if they are present in your writing or not but they shouldn't be ignored. You'd be surprised how much fuller your character feels when you shape their world around them, if that makes sense.

Friends, if your character has friends with any of the canon cast, you should absolutely add details about how they get along. ( Or don't! ) if your character has other OC friends, or friends you've created to world build for them — absolutely talk and write about them as well !

ALSO! What is their social standing in school? What sorts of people do they hang around with — cliques! Artist? Music? Popular kids? Band Kids? The list goes on....

There is SO much to go into detail about, and honestly I HIGHLY reccomend writing it all out in one space where people can navigate and learn about your epic lil OC.

Carrd.co - a great and FREE webpage which you can fully customize to suit your OC. Including thousands of free themes you can choose from! It looks professional, and it's easy to navigate and use for beginners too. There IS a paid subscription so that you can have unlimited elements ( basically like unlimited photos, text boxes, links, etc) but free users get up to 100! Which should be more than enough. And if it's not you can make a secondary carrd site and link them together!

Google Docs - Another great tool for begginers! I'll be honest I don't use it but many of my friends swear by it. It's also customizable with thousands of custom themes online to choose from!

Toyhouse - Toyhouse is another popular OC hosting website with many themes to choose from. Many are also paid and created by the community however. Toyhouse requires a generated key to create an account, I might have some spare keys if anyone needs one, but honestly Toyhouse isn't as user friendly as the above options.

Pennywise .

Please please PLEASE! Do not forget about Pennywise. There is a very real looming threat in Derry Maine, and while most choose to write about their characters interaction with the canon cast or other OCs; it's very important to include your character's thoughts on the disappearance of MULTIPLE children in Derry Maine.

They do not need to combat Pennywise, and realistically they wouldn't stand a chance against Pennywise either. But it's also really cool when writers include Penny into their story or lore, otherwise it may as well just be a slice of life fandomless character.

The EDGE .

I understand we all love having that really cool character who is considered to be "dangerous" or "unhinged" and it is 100% okay to go that route too. HOWEVER, if you're going to create a character who is considered to be a "pyromaniac" or a character who is a "stalker" ...

Take it seriously.

While IT has it's fair share of comedic scenes, it also takes it's characters who do Bad things, seriously!

Take Patrick Hockstetter for example. He is mischaracterized to hell and back in the fandom, and more or less made into a joke character. But if you genuinely read into his backstory; he is a terribly creepy person, dark, and absolutely twisted. Disregarding the one scene that EVERYONE tends to focus on; Patrick is a very well written character. And the things he does aren't written to be jokes as the fandom is very much guilty of portraying them to be!

ULTIMATELY it's really not that deep. But these are just a few tips that I have to share. There is so much more when it comes to making a well developed character, but I really hope that it helps! If I can think of anything to add later, or if anyone has any questions I'd be more than happy to help! I LOVE OCs and I love supporting people who wish to create them <3

[panties-on-boys]

i actually fucking hate mentioning IT and the person i’m talking to goes “oh the movie with the clown??” like. yeah. i fucking guess. IT IS THE LEAST IMPORTANT CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE FILM. IT’S FOUND FAMILY. IT’S BOYS IN LOVE IN THE 80s. IT’S BREAKING THE CYCLE. IT’S A GIRL BEING ONE OF THE BOYS. but i guess the stupid fucking dancing clown was also there. wasting everybody’s FUCKING TIME and killing RICHIE TOZIER’S BOYFRIEND

[fl3a-bag]

Reddie for your viewing pleasure

[gloomy-prince]

Trans Eddie au pt 47! Hmm, I wonder what it could be...

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[theartsharki]

Something lost in my drafts from when I watched Sleepaway Camp. Immediately thought of them when I saw this baseball scene and this particular dialogue.

[p1zzaparty]

their asses are getting beat with a net constantly 🎈🎈🎈

[the-technicolor-yawn]

[incorrect-losers]

Bev: Are you sure this is going to work?

Mike: No. In fact, I’m almost certain we’ll all end up dying, probably with blood and guts flying everywhere

[striderepiphany]

I got a new tablet and I'm not dead!! Yippeeee!!!