Reddie
Pairing | |
---|---|
Pairing: | Richie Tozier/Eddie Kaspbrak |
Alternative name(s): | Reddie, Kaspzier, Tozbrak, Trashetti |
Gender category: | M/M |
Fandom: | IT |
Canonical?: | semi-canon |
Prevalence: | popular |
Archives: | |
Other: | Eddie Kaspbrak & Richie Tozier (platonic) |
Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Reddie is the portmanteau name of the ship between Richie Tozier and Eddie Kaspbrak, two of the protagonists from the horror novel IT by Stephen King. They appear in all adaptations of the novel.
Canon
Richie and Eddie have been friends since kindergarten and met through their friend, Bill Denbrough. Richie often teases Eddie and calls him "Eds" or "Eddie Spaghetti" to get a reaction from him. They are all part of the "Losers Club" and fight with their friends to defeat Pennywise the clown.
Subtext
Many fans have argued that Richie and/or Eddie are subtextually implied to be gay or bisexual and have feelings for each other in canon. There is much analysis of the book in this regard. Based on the book and before the 2019 film, most interpreted Eddie as gay and Richie as bisexual, and Eddie in particular as having issues and fears regarding his own sexuality.
Some meta on this subtext:
- Some things in the book that may point to Eddie being gay, Archived version by Megan Angeline, 13 October 2017.
- Eddie Kaspbrak is fucking gay folks, Archived version by DennisChristpher & Leyla, 14 March 2018.
- Proof of Richie's Bisexuality, Archived version by Emily, 20 February 2018.
- In your opinion, what was the biggest giveaway of Eddie’s sexuality?, Archived version by Emily, 29 July 2018.
- Textual Reddie & Queer!Eddie: A Masterpost, Archived version by Aaliya, 2 May 2019.
- Masterlist of Reddie Analyses, Archived version by ReddieAnalysis, 22 March 2018.
This is basically canon according the Mr. King himself. They aren’t dating or anything but as you can clearly piece together there was more to their story than just reeeeallly good friend with nooooo subtext or underlining sexuality issues. Anyone who read the book could spot it. No boys would call another boy cute in the 80’s nor would a man kiss another man’s cheek during the aids and “frick the gays” era.[1]
2017 & 2019 Films
In IT Chapter 1, Richie and Eddie's relationship was generally represented as it had been in the book, though much of what fans considered the strongest in-book subtext was left out.
In advance of IT Chapter 2 in 2019, rumors that the relationship would be explicitly romance grew. Upon the release of the film, it was confirmed that Richie Tozier is gay, repressed his sexuality due to fear as a child, and comes to terms with being gay as an adult during Chapter 2.
Many also interpreted him as having had feelings for Eddie since childhood. Speculation increased even further after an image of Richie carving "R + _" on the Kissing Bridge (said to be know for "sucking face and carving names") was leaked. Fans argued that it would not make sense for Richie to carve the initial of any of the other Losers since his closest relationship in the movie was with Eddie. It was later confirmed that what Richie was carving was, in fact, "R + E". This is taken as confirmation that Richie has feelings for Eddie, but not that the feelings were reciprocated.
Richie seems to be the member of the Losers Club the most affected by Eddie's death. At the end of the film Richie re-carves the letters, seemingly to reestablish the connection they had.
Fandom
In addition to the film, fans were very interested in the actors' comments about how they chose to depict the characters and their relationship. In anticipation of IT Chapter 2, there was much speculation in the fandom over whether or not Richie and Eddie's feelings for each other would be made explicit in the new movie, especially after it was revealed that Richie was gay. This news was immediately celebrated by fans.
While Richie was explicitly gay in IT Chapter 2, it was not confirmed that Eddie is not straight or felt the same way about Richie. However there is much fan analysis of Eddie that reads him as gay or bi and reciprocating Richie's feelings.
Prior to the 2019 film, fans commonly interpreted Eddie as gay and Richie as bisexual. After Richie was revealed to be gay in the 2019 film, it was considered more appropriate the depict Richie as gay in fanworks.
Since its first appearance on the Fandometrics charts on the Week Ending September 18th, 2017, Archived version, the first week Reddie fell off the charts completely was the Week Ending March 12th, 2018, Archived version. It did not reappear on the charts until the Week Ending August 5th, 2019, Archived version. In the Fandometrics "2018’s Top Ships" Reddie was listed as #29. 2018’s Top Ships, Archived version
During the week following the release of IT Chapter 2, Reddie was the most popular pairing on Tumblr [2] Reddie was #4 in Fandometrics "2019’s Top 100 Ships."2019’s Top 100 Ships, Archived version
Challenges
Tropes & Fanon
- Act of Affection
- Activities
- Alpha/Beta/Omega
- Anal Sex
- Angst / Break Up
- Biting
- Butt Touching
- Canon Divergence
- Caretaking
- Cock Warming
- Cock Worship
- Comedy
- Coming of Age
- Coming Out
- Courtship
- Crossover
- Dark AU
- Dialogue
- Differnce:
- Domestic
- Education AU
- Established Relationship
- Fashion
- Fingering
- First Time
- Flirting
- Fluff
- Friends to Lovers
- Grinding
- Happy Ending
- Heart Eyes
- Holiday
- Horror
- Huddling for Warmth
- Humping
- Hurt/Comfort
- Incorrect Quotes
- Kidfic
- Kissing
- Looking Up a Skirt
- Loss of Virginity
- Love at First Sight
- Love Confession
- Magic AU
- Marking
- Matching Clothes
- Meet Cute
- Meme
- Mistletoe
- Neediness
- Nosebleed
- Occupation AU
- Oral Sex
- Pet Name
- Pinching
- Pining
- Pre-Slash
- Protectiveness
- Quitting Smoking For a Partner
- Reunion
- Riding
- Romance
- Roommates AU
- Royalty AU
- Setting
- Sharing:
- Shower Sex
- Sickfic
- Sleepover (trope)
- Smut
- Social Media AU
- Spanking
- Species Swap
- Stepping Kink
- Straddling
- Time Fuckery
- Wardrobe Swap
- Yandere
- Your Mom
Fandom-Specific
- Beep-beep, Richie
- Beverly Ships Reddie
- Big Spoon Eddie Kaspbrak
- Blond Eddie
- Bottom Eddie Kaspbrak
- Bottom Richie Tozier
- Caretaker Eddie Kaspbrak / Dr. K
- Climbing Through Eddie's Window
- Don't Call Me Eds
- Eddie Kaspbrak Moves to California
- Eddie Kaspbrak's Cast
- Eddie Kaspbrak's Fannypack
- Eddie Kaspbrak's Shorts
- Fourth of July Ice Cream
- Little Spoon Richie Tozier
- Neibolt Eddie
- Pastel Eddie Kaspbrak
- R+E
- Reddie in a Hammock
- Redhead Richie
- Richie Gives Eddie His Inhaler
- Richie Loves Eddie's Thighs
- Richie Tozier Is a Musician
- Richie Tozier Wears Button Ups
- Richie's Rocket
- Top Eddie Kaspbrak
- Top Richie Tozier
- What If Richie Turned the 'S' on Eddie's Cast Into a 'V'
Fusions
- See: Fusion
Fanworks
Aesthetic Edits
- See the following artist pages:
Animatics
- See the following artist pages:
Askblogs
Cosplay
- See the following artist pages:
Fanart
- See the following artist pages:
- Aleks
- Anna
- April
- Area
- Ash
- Ashley
- Ashton
- Asya
- Autumn
- Bennie
- Brad Bradley
- Captain Bexx
- CatboyRichie
- Charlie
- Chechlo
- Cloud
- Corey
- Dimlight
- Dognong
- EddieReadyRichie
- Elmo
- Enterrial
- Evan
- Faiyx
- Fall-A-A-Away
- Faol Rougelune
- Grace
- Gwen
- Ham
- Häns
- Hannah
- Holden
- Ie_s17
- Jack Sevlin Ripley
- Julia
- Kabe_flm
- KatssArt
- Kenzo Lloret
- Kerua-Karua
- Krysta
- Laura
- Leander Apollo Love
- Leopold
- Lori
- Luna
- Madeleine Evans
- Marissa Ramírez Cortes
- Max
- Merimyoke
- Michele Marie
- Phonix
- Pure-Mort
- Reroro
- Rosie Cole
- Rowan
- Sofia Cavallari
- SpicyDisco
- StutterMutt
- Tac_Nor
- TameHill
- Tim
- ToziError
- Tsumugi_010
- Valerie Bocharova
- Veronica
- XBillyEvans
- Posted 13 August 2018: one of the reddie photos from their photobooth set, Archived version (size:540px × 405px) by Anonymous (a friend of Nicole (LGQTB))
Fancomic
- Loose Ends by Romax
Fanfiction
- See the following artist pages:
Fangame
Fanmix
- See the following artist pages:
- 34, SpaceStreet
- Alex Caligari
- Awfuckward
- Aylla
- Azr
- Bailey-James Ether
- Bryony
- Cas Wesson
- ChangeTheCircumstances
- ChaosVox
- Charlie
- Ciara Nicole
- Cirno
- Complots
- DamnFineCoffee
- Danielle
- DJ
- Ellie
- Emily
- Erin
- FawnieDawnie
- FelicityTheCat
- Gapsie
- Hannah
- HeyLilyHiLily
- Izzy
- Jacob
- Jen
- Jen
- Juli
- Koberoo
- Laura
- Leander Apollo Love
- Lori
- LosersTozier
- LovsersClub
- Lunarybabe
- MaydayCat Alchemist
- Megan Angeline
- Meghan
- PunisherFcker666
- Rachel
- ReddieBitch
- Richey
- Sabre.S
- SanMarcos
- SpooktacularEm
- StarkCommittee
- StopLightBros
- StutterMutt
- SuperSuperbia
- Tamotsu
- Taryn
- TurnTechHellNo
- TVForDessert
- VanillaKilla24
- Veir
- Violet
- WakeUpMaggie
- Witchrot
- Posted 5 April 2018: /another reddie playlist/, Archived version (26 Tracks) by Trashmouth_Tozier
- Posted 6 November 2019: i'll love you 'til the end, Archived version (20 Tracks) by VtopiaBoy - had used fanart, Archived version by Anabimelo as cover art, possibly without permission
all my broken heartbeats, Archived version by RichieBitchie, original fanart, Archived version by CrazyTom666
be proud, Archived version by Theivy, original fanart, Archived version by MxgicDave
REDDIE for love, Archived version by Reeceloren, and on Tumblr, Archived version
Fanvid
- See the following artist pages:
Gifset
- See the following artist pages:
Headcanons
- See the following artist pages:
- Posted 17 December 2017: richie: *brushes eddie’s hair* so tell me about ur day? was everyone nice to u?, Archived version (Caretaking: Hair-Brushing, Fluff) by FuckOffDumbHoe, formerly NoNoNoAndHellNo
Incorrect Quotes
- See the following artist pages:
Meta
- See the following artist pages:
Podfic
- See the following fan pages:
Recs
- See the following fan pages:
Social Media AUs on Twitter
Zines
Links & Resources
- Reddie, Archived version on the Shipping Wiki
References
- ^ comment by Vengetti[Dead link], July 2019
- ^ fandom. Fandometrics Ships: Week Ending September 9th, 2019, Archived version. 09 September 2019.
IT | |
Master Lists | Challenges • Characters • Fanworks • Meta • Ships & Ship Names • Tropes & Genres • 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 |
Part of the Fanlore Project on IT! Join us, say hello on the talk page, or join our Discord! |