Eddie Kaspbrak
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Edward "Eddie" Kaspbrak |
| Occupation: | Limo Driver, Risk Analyst |
| Relationships: | Sonia Kaspbrak (mother), Myra Kaspbrak (wife) |
| Fandom: | IT |
| Other: | Played by Dennis Christopher, Adam Faraizl, Jack Dylan Grazer, & James Ransone |
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Eddie Kaspbrak is one of the protagonists of IT.
Canon
Eddie is an integral part of the seven group of friends known as The Losers Club. He helps to fight Pennywise in both battles the friends have against it.
He, like the others, experienced bullying and torment from Henry Bowers and the Bowers Gang as both a child and adult. His most tumultuous relationship, though, was with that of his mother. Sonia Kaspbrak was a single mother after his father, Frank Kaspbrak departed. She is believed to have suffered from Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy, having convinced Eddie that he was ill and incapable of certain physical feats. Going even so far as to give him a fake aspirator for asthma which he did not have. Though he did get away from his mother, technically, when he grew up, he ended up marrying Myra Kaspbrak - a physically reminiscent, and similarly manipulative woman.
Fandom
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Eddie's fan content prior to the release of the 2017 film was minimal. However, the fan content that had previously existed, or came to be early on after, usually gave a fairly balanced representation of Eddie. Fans took both the soft, and rougher edges of his characterization and melded them into one. As the fandom grew, Eddie's fanon self tended to curve softer, and then harsher again after the 2019 film's release. There is much discourse surrounding his characterization within the fandom, but most fans will agree that he is multi-faceted even if they prefer reading or writing Eddie in certain lights over others, be he angry and strong, or sweet and dependent.
- Psychosomatic Issues & Mental Illness: Eddie's canon trauma and psychosomatic symptoms are semi-frequently mentioned in Fanfiction, however are not usually a key component.
Shipping
Het
Slash
- Bill Denbrough/Eddie Kaspbrak [2]
- Mike Hanlon/Eddie Kaspbrak [3]
- Ben Hanscom/Eddie Kaspbrak [4]
- Reddie
- Eddie Kaspbrak/Stanley Uris [5]
Poly
- Mike Hanlon/Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier [6]
- Mike Hanlon/Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris [7]
- Ben Hanscom/Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier [8]
- Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier/Stanley Uris [9]
- OT13
Gen
- Core Four [10]
- Bill Denbrough & Eddie Kaspbrak
- Mike Hanlon & Eddie Kaspbrak [11]
- Eddie Kaspbrak & Sonia Kaspbrak [12]
- Eddie Kaspbrak & Beverly Marsh [13]
- Eddie Kaspbrak & Richie Tozier [14]
- Eddie Kaspbrak & Richie Tozier & Stanley Uris [15]
- Eddie Kaspbrak & Stanley Uris [16]
- The Losers Club
- The Losers Club & The Party [17]
- The Losers Club & Pennywise [18]
Other
Common Tropes
Amputee Eddie Kaspbrak
Blond Eddie
Blond Eddie is a trope within the IT fandom. Although the 1990s miniseries did canonically feature a blond Eddie Kaspbrak, most fanworks emerged after the 2017 film, therefore heavily featuring a brunette Eddie. Then, in ebbs and flows, the fandom began to mix representations, drawing art and writing Eddie with blond hair, typically as a one-off.
Caretaker Eddie Kaspbrak
Dr. K is a trope that stems from Chapter One of the IT movies, wherein Richie Tozier calls Eddie Kaspbrak 'Dr. K' while he is patching up Ben Hanscom's wounds. This page covers both instances of Eddie applying medical care to others, or being called 'Dr. K.'
Eddie Kaspbrak's Fannypack
In IT, Eddie Kaspbrak sports a fannypack that carries his vitamins, other 'medicine' and daily essentials. He even mentions owning a second one which holds other semi-essentials. It became popular to draw him with his fannypack on, and to mention it within fanfiction too.
Eddie Kaspbrak's Shorts
Eddie Kaspbrak's Shorts is a trope within the IT fandom. In the 2017 film, Eddie Kaspbrak wore short red shorts, and then in the 2019 film, short blue shorts. The red shorts feature heavily throughout the fandom's fanworks, but there are many variations. Eddie wearing short shorts is common, no matter the color.
Gay Eddie Kaspbrak
Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Ask Blogs
- ask Eddie
- Ask Eddie Kasp
- Ask Eddie Kaspbrak
- Sweet Omega Eddie Sweet Omega Eddie, Archived version, an ask blog set in the Alpha/Beta/Omega universe, in which Eddie and Richie are boyfriends, run by DerryLosers, Archived version (formerly DerryLossers) and HappyTreasure, Archived version.
Fanfiction
- what you managed to cram into just a 2k word fic is honestly amazing. Just all of the little details about how Eddie was coping with everything after the lies his mother told him, and just from the feeling of Richie managing to calm him down was touchingly sweet... - Redburn, Archived version
Fanart
2017
2018
2019
Date Published Unknown
Fanmix
See the following artist pages:
Gifset
Meta
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Links & Resources
References
| IT | |
| Master Lists | Challenges • Characters • Fanfiction • Ships & Ship Names • Zines |
| Crossover Ships | Will Byers/Richie Tozier • Bill Denbrough/Mike Wheeler • Eddie Kaspbrak/Mike Wheeler • Will Byers & Eddie Kaspbrak • Freddy Freeman & Eddie Kaspbrak • Richie Tozier & Mike Wheeler |
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