When we last left, adult Bill had failed to mentally bite into IT, and gone skidding towards the deadlights, aka the macroverse, aka insanity and permanent residency in IT's mind.
The other realize something is wrong, and it's Ritchie to the rescue. The man of 1000 voices jumps in, saves Bill, and gives IT severe hurt. He's turely Bill's right hand man, the strongest bond, and the second in command.
Eddie also seizes the moment. For a moment, his belief that medicine could solve anything was strong enough to make it so: he sets acid into IT's eye and down IT's throat. So, all is well, right?
No. Eddie gets his arm bit off for his trouble.
Bev holds him and he manages to reply to tell Ritchie not to call him Eds one last time before he dies of bloodloss.
He is at peace as he dies. And while I'm always unhappy that he dies, and that they have to leave his body behind, I get it. There was no scenario where all of them survived. But he died in the arms of a loved one, happy and fufilled. That's more than most King characters get, let along real people.
Above ground, the storm is getting worse, and people are getting decapitated by flying manhole covers. It's a...nice break...after Eddie's death, I guess.
This is directly contrasted with child Eddie trying to lead them out of the sewers and getting lost. This is also the lead up to the infamous sex scene. But before we get there, there's one last hurrah with the adults. Bev stays with Eddie's body while Bill, Ritchie, and Ben go to finally finish IT. IT is bleeding from the mental wounds inflicted by Ritchie (cosmological shit at work).
And here we come to one detail I forgot to mention: something that slipped past in the last blog. Remember Audra's realization that IT was female?
IT was also pregnant. And as they chase IT, they spot miscarried eggs all along the stone floor.
Ben elects to stay behind, stomping eggs and half-formed baby spiders. Over a hundred. IT feels them killing IT's young, and screams, getting ready to fight. And when everything is said and done they're never really sure they got every egg.
There are a few other IT-like creatures in King's work. There's on in the novella 'The Library Policeman' and in the last book in the main series of 'The Dark Tower.' Are these two survivors of the egg massacre? They are both killed in their own appearances, so we'll never know for sure.
We'll end here, because I do NOT have the wherewithal to discuss the sex scene. That'll be for next time, and it'll be brief.
The other realize something is wrong, and it's Ritchie to the rescue. The man of 1000 voices jumps in, saves Bill, and gives IT severe hurt. He's turely Bill's right hand man, the strongest bond, and the second in command.
Eddie also seizes the moment. For a moment, his belief that medicine could solve anything was strong enough to make it so: he sets acid into IT's eye and down IT's throat. So, all is well, right?
No. Eddie gets his arm bit off for his trouble.
Yep, this arm.
Bev holds him and he manages to reply to tell Ritchie not to call him Eds one last time before he dies of bloodloss.
He is at peace as he dies. And while I'm always unhappy that he dies, and that they have to leave his body behind, I get it. There was no scenario where all of them survived. But he died in the arms of a loved one, happy and fufilled. That's more than most King characters get, let along real people.
Above ground, the storm is getting worse, and people are getting decapitated by flying manhole covers. It's a...nice break...after Eddie's death, I guess.
This is directly contrasted with child Eddie trying to lead them out of the sewers and getting lost. This is also the lead up to the infamous sex scene. But before we get there, there's one last hurrah with the adults. Bev stays with Eddie's body while Bill, Ritchie, and Ben go to finally finish IT. IT is bleeding from the mental wounds inflicted by Ritchie (cosmological shit at work).
And here we come to one detail I forgot to mention: something that slipped past in the last blog. Remember Audra's realization that IT was female?
IT was also pregnant. And as they chase IT, they spot miscarried eggs all along the stone floor.
Ben elects to stay behind, stomping eggs and half-formed baby spiders. Over a hundred. IT feels them killing IT's young, and screams, getting ready to fight. And when everything is said and done they're never really sure they got every egg.
There are a few other IT-like creatures in King's work. There's on in the novella 'The Library Policeman' and in the last book in the main series of 'The Dark Tower.' Are these two survivors of the egg massacre? They are both killed in their own appearances, so we'll never know for sure.
We'll end here, because I do NOT have the wherewithal to discuss the sex scene. That'll be for next time, and it'll be brief.
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