Mrs. Stephin Merritt
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Consti-tootion
...not really better
...not really better
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Consti-tootion
...not really better
...not really better
okay that looks like the worst shit ever
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
okay that looks like the worst shit ever
Consti2tion
there you go
there you go
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Consti2tion
there you go
there you go
why would you call it that. Are you a stupio exec
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
why would you call it that. Are you a stupio exec
Stephen Lang
what
what
November 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Stephen Lang
what
what
loose them cattle upon her facenecknchest
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
loose them cattle upon her facenecknchest
um, okay
byeee
byeee
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
um, okay
byeee
byeee
I read almost all of this book by audiobook and...
Steven Weber (as Henry Bowers) screeching [the N word] at the top of his goddamn lungs OVER AND OVER AGAIN in my headphones as I'm scrambling for the volume on my phone sitting on a train surrounded by POC
is not an experience I wish to repeat
Steven Weber (as Henry Bowers) screeching [the N word] at the top of his goddamn lungs OVER AND OVER AGAIN in my headphones as I'm scrambling for the volume on my phone sitting on a train surrounded by POC
is not an experience I wish to repeat
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I read almost all of this book by audiobook and...
Steven Weber (as Henry Bowers) screeching [the N word] at the top of his goddamn lungs OVER AND OVER AGAIN in my headphones as I'm scrambling for the volume on my phone sitting on a train surrounded by POC
is not an experience I wish to repeat
Steven Weber (as Henry Bowers) screeching [the N word] at the top of his goddamn lungs OVER AND OVER AGAIN in my headphones as I'm scrambling for the volume on my phone sitting on a train surrounded by POC
is not an experience I wish to repeat
I mean I still recommend it, the rake doesn't slap nearly so hard when you know it's (ahem) coming.
The other major tw is the racist terminology. Notably most of Richie's impressions and about twenty percent of Henry's dialogue.
The other major tw is the racist terminology. Notably most of Richie's impressions and about twenty percent of Henry's dialogue.
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I mean I still recommend it, the rake doesn't slap nearly so hard when you know it's (ahem) coming.
The other major tw is the racist terminology. Notably most of Richie's impressions and about twenty percent of Henry's dialogue.
The other major tw is the racist terminology. Notably most of Richie's impressions and about twenty percent of Henry's dialogue.
Come to think of it, it's kind of neat to revisit the story with about as much distance between myself then to now as the kids do from their older selves in the actual novel.
*okay a little more
... everyone deserves a mulligan of the first five years of their transition
*okay a little more
... everyone deserves a mulligan of the first five years of their transition
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Come to think of it, it's kind of neat to revisit the story with about as much distance between myself then to now as the kids do from their older selves in the actual novel.
*okay a little more
... everyone deserves a mulligan of the first five years of their transition
*okay a little more
... everyone deserves a mulligan of the first five years of their transition
side note: I didn't appreciate how much the story is modelled on Three Billy Goat's Gruff when I read it the first time. I didn't have endless YouTube clips of Steve pointing this out at my disposal when I was 15.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
side note: I didn't appreciate how much the story is modelled on Three Billy Goat's Gruff when I read it the first time. I didn't have endless YouTube clips of Steve pointing this out at my disposal when I was 15.
It's like it demystifies It and that's the point. It's like just this fucked up psychotic child with cosmic powers. Squaring off with the bully reveals the bully for the crude coward that It is. The Troll has met a Billy Goat he can't gobble up and there is catharsis in it's downfall.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It's like it demystifies It and that's the point. It's like just this fucked up psychotic child with cosmic powers. Squaring off with the bully reveals the bully for the crude coward that It is. The Troll has met a Billy Goat he can't gobble up and there is catharsis in it's downfall.
I read something symbolic into that. Also the mundane tone of It's dialogue once It finally has a two-way conversation with our protagonist (Bill). At first speaks all hoity-toity "You think to kill me, brat? To kill the Eternal?" but pretty soon is calling the Turtle a "stupid old fuck"
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I read something symbolic into that. Also the mundane tone of It's dialogue once It finally has a two-way conversation with our protagonist (Bill). At first speaks all hoity-toity "You think to kill me, brat? To kill the Eternal?" but pretty soon is calling the Turtle a "stupid old fuck"
Specifically a note is made of It's capacity to pantomime or "mock* emotions, but actually legitimately feeling them Itself was an experience that was new and terrifying to It.
Virtually the same emotional journey is used to describe Patrick when he meets his end at the claws of It.
Virtually the same emotional journey is used to describe Patrick when he meets his end at the claws of It.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Specifically a note is made of It's capacity to pantomime or "mock* emotions, but actually legitimately feeling them Itself was an experience that was new and terrifying to It.
Virtually the same emotional journey is used to describe Patrick when he meets his end at the claws of It.
Virtually the same emotional journey is used to describe Patrick when he meets his end at the claws of It.
When I was 15 I guess I took PH as sort of a really engaging character exercise. NOW I view Patrick as a primer for the character, the "identity" of It.
I made this connection during one of the psychedelic Ritual of Chud sequences. Steve tells us that It was horrified to actually feel genuine fear.
I made this connection during one of the psychedelic Ritual of Chud sequences. Steve tells us that It was horrified to actually feel genuine fear.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
When I was 15 I guess I took PH as sort of a really engaging character exercise. NOW I view Patrick as a primer for the character, the "identity" of It.
I made this connection during one of the psychedelic Ritual of Chud sequences. Steve tells us that It was horrified to actually feel genuine fear.
I made this connection during one of the psychedelic Ritual of Chud sequences. Steve tells us that It was horrified to actually feel genuine fear.
non-orgy related review:
The Good:
I definitely have a much greater appreciation for the amount of detail and world-building that Uncle Steve put into this opus
A thing I picked up on this time is the role of Patrick Hockstetter in the overall story.
The Good:
I definitely have a much greater appreciation for the amount of detail and world-building that Uncle Steve put into this opus
A thing I picked up on this time is the role of Patrick Hockstetter in the overall story.
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
non-orgy related review:
The Good:
I definitely have a much greater appreciation for the amount of detail and world-building that Uncle Steve put into this opus
A thing I picked up on this time is the role of Patrick Hockstetter in the overall story.
The Good:
I definitely have a much greater appreciation for the amount of detail and world-building that Uncle Steve put into this opus
A thing I picked up on this time is the role of Patrick Hockstetter in the overall story.
to say nothing of...
as written, Beverly sexually assaults like half the Losers.
I'll leave it there
as written, Beverly sexually assaults like half the Losers.
I'll leave it there
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
to say nothing of...
as written, Beverly sexually assaults like half the Losers.
I'll leave it there
as written, Beverly sexually assaults like half the Losers.
I'll leave it there
probably doesn't help that you're sick today
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
probably doesn't help that you're sick today
What are you afraid of?
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What are you afraid of?
That it pretty much comes out of nowhere 50 pages from the end of the book and the highly graphic nature of the descriptions are exacerbating factors.
For real, if I wrote a graphic passage about eleven year olds describing their hogs as they gang bang a chick I would be *arrested*
For real, if I wrote a graphic passage about eleven year olds describing their hogs as they gang bang a chick I would be *arrested*
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
That it pretty much comes out of nowhere 50 pages from the end of the book and the highly graphic nature of the descriptions are exacerbating factors.
For real, if I wrote a graphic passage about eleven year olds describing their hogs as they gang bang a chick I would be *arrested*
For real, if I wrote a graphic passage about eleven year olds describing their hogs as they gang bang a chick I would be *arrested*
I wrote fiction as a teenager and I could absolutely see writing something like this* but I 100% would have stepped back from it and said "oh, this sucks and/or is Just For Me"
*ok not exactly like this, 11yo's fucking in a sewer was never close to "my thing"
*ok not exactly like this, 11yo's fucking in a sewer was never close to "my thing"
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I wrote fiction as a teenager and I could absolutely see writing something like this* but I 100% would have stepped back from it and said "oh, this sucks and/or is Just For Me"
*ok not exactly like this, 11yo's fucking in a sewer was never close to "my thing"
*ok not exactly like this, 11yo's fucking in a sewer was never close to "my thing"
There's *one* female character and it is entirely her idea to fuck all of her friends and it magically solves their dilemma... could this be any more "Oh, a man wrote this"?
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There's *one* female character and it is entirely her idea to fuck all of her friends and it magically solves their dilemma... could this be any more "Oh, a man wrote this"?