DISCUSSION POST

[derrykink]

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[(Anonymous)]

So... is Richie Jewish? I am confusion.

[(Anonymous)]

I’m not sure. He’s Catholic (or Methodist, there’s a continuity error concerning Richie’s religion) in the book. I thought he was Jewish in the movie because of the hat he was wearing during Stan’s bar mitzvah, but I’ve been informed it’s not unusual for someone who isn’t Jewish to wear that in that context. I personally like to read him as Jewish in the movie because I tend to read Stan and Richie as best friends and with Jewish!Richie I can be like “they’ve known each other since they were babies, they go to the same synagogue”. Also interesting continuity thingy, so the lady that sits next to Richie at the bar mitzvah? For movie one she was credited as Stan’s mom and in move two she was credited as Richie’s mom.

[(Anonymous)]

Well. Now I want Richie/Stan brothercest, so that's a thing. Maybe stepbrothercest? Or adopted brothercest? Honestly, I'll take all flavors.

I also really like the idea of Richie being Jewish in general, but I do think it's more likely that he was just there to support Stan. I've been to a couple bat mitzvahs as a kid, and all the boys/men who attended wore kippahs regardless of whether they were Jewish themselves.

[(Anonymous)]

I just prompted Richie/Stan brothercest in both general and underage because you’re a genius and now I want it too.

[(Anonymous)]

You are the real MVP. ♥

[(Anonymous)]

<3

[(Anonymous)]

I *thought* I noticed a continuity error when they were discussing religion in the book! Richie was Methodist and then later he was Catholic or something?

[(Anonymous)]

I would think no, because Richie doesn't get bullied for being Jewish like Stan. Then again, you could say he is and people don't know, whether because Richie's parents just don't identify strongly with their heritage, and/or intentionally keep it quiet to protect themselves.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I think being not only Jewish but also the rabbi's son made it really easy for people to single Stan out.

While it's probably more likely that Richie's not Jewish, it would be really interesting to read an AU where Richie's parents experienced antisemitism when they were younger and kept their heritage on the DL because of it, especially given Derry's... everything.

[(Anonymous)]

In Cary Fukunaga’s 2015 script Richie was Richie Goldfarb and he was the son of the rabbi. Richie was gay in that draft and I vaguely remember “I’ll tell the rabbi” stuff as well (and for the continuity that was actually made I like the drama of “I’ll tell the rabbi” whether Richie is Jewish or not because even if his best friend’s dad isn’t his rabbi it’s still his best friend’s dad).

It’s worth mentioning that Stan was a FUCKING GOLDFISH in this draft of the script.

[(Anonymous)]

Wh... why? Why a goldfish???

[(Anonymous)]

All I know is that in the 2015 version of the script there were six Losers instead of seven and Will (Bill, but for some reason they had changed his name to Will is this version, not the only character they did that to, Henry was Travis in this version) had a pet goldfish named Stanley. I have no idea why Cary Fukunaga did this.

[(Anonymous)]

I suppose it's best that he went and did True Detective instead, because those are for sure some choices.

[(Anonymous)]

I think this script was from after he’d already done a season of True Detective.

[(Anonymous)]

Then I got nothin'.

Fic...what are you working on?

[(Anonymous)]

Writing joys and woes chat!

Re: Fic...what are you working on?

[(Anonymous)]

Well I busted out about half of a fill for that Richie/Stan (step)brothercest prompt last night so, that, right now. I've never written Stan before! But I love him a lot and it's fun.

I'm trying to keep myself to one prompt at a time because there are a lot that I'm interested in writing and if I let myself start seven things at once I'm never gonna finish any of them.

Re: Fic...what are you working on?

[(Anonymous)]

That is a wonderful prompt, bless you!

Re: Fic...what are you working on?

[(Anonymous)]

I’m trying to write a Richie/Patrick thing but I don’t know if it’ll work out. There are a lot of prompts I like and since after rough drafts I like to take a break from that story and write something else before I revise and make the final version my plan is that when I’m done with the rough draft of this one I’ll write a rough draft of another thing.

[(Anonymous)]

Would anyone (especially the mod) be opposed to someone (me) advertising the kink meme on Tumblr?

[derrykink]

Not at all! Feel free to advertise wherever you like. The more the merrier. 🎈

[(Anonymous)]

is there any way we could have *somewhere* to come off anon so we can like... idk *idealistic* make friends with people who are also apparently not-that-judgemental? I understand if that just wouldn't be feasible... maybe no one else even wants the responsibility of making friends, anyways haha.

[(Anonymous)]

I think the way to do this would be to post your fill to somewhere like A03 and link to a tumblr?
It's a round-about way of doing it, but it would still meet the rules of this kink meme.

[(Anonymous)]

OP here: hmm... true. well :/ I already did that and no cigar, so I guess I'm SoL. ty for the response :)

IT Fandom Week 2021

[(Anonymous)]

Check out https://itfandomweek.tumblr.com/ to see a list of prompts and participate in IT Fandom Week. All ships/content welcome as long as it contains an IT character or someone who helped to create IT, as long as properly warned for! There's an AO3 collection as well, but if people participate here on a journal, and want to reply to this comment with a link, we'll share it!