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How do you think the Bowers Gang would deal with being sent to Juvie? And what did they do to get in there?
Realistically no one in Derry is actually reporting them but letās just pretend š¤
Bowers Gang If They Were Sent to Juvie
Belch Huggins
Belch gets sent to juvie after a particularly bad night with the Gang chasing down Eddie Kaspbrak. When Eddie managed to squirm out of Henry's grasp, Henry ordered for them to split up to find him ā similarly to the Hanscom Kissing Bridge fiasco ā and, when Belch found him on the sidewalk, a family with their Mustang's bright-lights on managed to spot him full-on manhandling a beaten boy who looked no older than twelve. He gets chucked into juvie, and though he has some faith in his size protecting him, he's still quite an anxious wreck without the Gang there with him (because those fuckers weren't seen with him, and nobody but Victor stuck up for him, which ended up being useless). Belch is a pack-animal and pretty much only survived Derry High with his less-than-stellar reputation because of the Gang's reputation as not-to-be-fucked-with, so having that stripped away terrifies him. He keeps his head down and is able to note who the "top dogs" are ā Belch is actually very interpersonally aware, a learned survival mechanism for him ā and stay on their good side. He doesn't speak to anyone besides his roommate, a small, wiry seventeen-year-old who got sent there for beating up his abusive father. He's able to leave early on good behavior without any notable incidents, much to his relief.
Henry Bowers
Henry gets sent to juvie because of two very stupid and very terrible crimes: A) being belligerently drunk in public as a sixteen-year-old, and B) being belligerently drunk in public as a sixteen-year-old while brandishing his father's knife to Beverly Marsh. Not even his father's reputation is able to get him out of it after a cop from Augusta, who had been visiting his daughter-in-law, witnesses it. Once there, he becomes a neurotic mess, desperate to assert himself and prove his dominance in the rat-cage of juvie. His fighting does get him to the top and eventually instates him as the new "alpha", but that just gets him more time, and it becomes a never-ending feedback loop until he eventually is thrown into big-boy prison after he and a conspirator ended up beating a fellow inmate for death over rumored "snitching" to the corrections officers. There are really no happy endings for our boy Henry, unfortunately.
Patrick Hockstetter
Funnily enough, Patrick does not get sent to juvie based on his egregious offenses with people or animals; it is plain ol' nature that lands him in the youth corrections center. On a Saturday night, Patrick decided to throw a match in the brush of Bassey Park, which led to a scorching fire that irreparably damaged the ecosystem. Because Patrick is an arrogant asshole and bragged about it extremely loudly during calculus, it took less than thirty minutes of investigation for him to be brought into Derry Police Station, and then thrown into the kiddie-slammer for a year. Unlike Henry, he doesn't take becoming the "top dog" seriously, and unlike Belch, he doesn't see it as a situation to survive through careful social maneuvering; like everything else in his life, he trusts that things will just naturally fall into place for him. While he fucks around and nearly murders his roommate after somehow managing to start a fire with a paperclip and some lint in their cell, he very, very quickly begins going stir-crazy without the constant stimulation that he had available outside of juvie, and begins acting extremely erratically because of it. He ends up being put on antidepressants and anti-psychotics and becomes a husk before being released on-time. Once out, he goes off his meds, and eventually becomes "himself" again, to everyone's horror.
Victor Criss
Victor gets sent to juvie after lying to police about Belch's involvement in the Kaspbrak incident; he doesn't say anything about Henry or Patrick (because he does care about Henry's wellbeing, and does not want him to be beaten into a bloody pulp), but he does say that Belch was with him at home when the incident happened watching a movie. However, when Victor's very well-meaning mother (who had no idea he bullies kids daily) is questioned about his whereabouts, confusedly confirms that he had been out hanging out with his friend Belch, Victor is sent to a separate juvie than Belch. Victor isn't that nervous about juvie at first, feeling that he can just "suck it up" and get through it, but the inability to not be stuck thinking about things constantly ā and the constant exposure to violence worse than with the Gang ā makes him deeply and irreparably miserable. He spends all the time not spent in the cafeteria or with his case worker curled up in his bed until the halfway mark, when he's offered books and a journal. Both of these help, and fortunately, he's released on good behavior two months early. He leaves the Gang for good after his months of reflection and self-hatred in juvie, but similarly to if he'd survived 1989, he'd develop a dependency on sleeping medication to shut his thoughts up at night ā but many, many years earlier.
Patrick doesn't strike me as the kind of person who would get super angry over things. Especially not in the way Henry does, as he's pretty much always angry lol. In the rare chance someone made Patrick truly angry, what do you think would happen
Patrick When He's Angry
I think what makes Patrick such a scary individual is that while, yes, he can be impulsive and seek sensory pleasures, he can be frighteningly calculating particularly when he's angry or otherwise emotional. We are talking about a boy who, at age five, killed his infant brother because his crying and needs made Patrick's life slightly less pleasurable and convenient.
I think the situations that would cause Patrick to be angry would be someone "ruining his fun" (E.G. someone going to a trusted adult about his behavior, andāmiraculously in Derryāthe adult listening to them, and stopping him from continuing his cruelty) or someone blatantly disregarding his internal notions of being a God. I mention this because both of those situations would genuinely make him become obsessive over the denial of his "right" to hurt others for his benefit, pleasure, and satisfaction. That obsession would lead to him becoming extremely calculated and trying his best to scare them and "put them in their place" in that fear ā following them home, leaving dead animals on their porch and in their locker, frequenting the places they do at the same time, etc. He veers more towards physical pain when he's just trying to get a laugh for himself, but when someone actually manages to make him angry, he gets tunnel-vision of making them as afraid as he possibly can and, in turn, unwilling to cross those boundaries again.
If ur ship requests are still open Iād love one for the Bowerās gang! Also this is my first time ever requesting smt so Iām sorry if itās confusing :P
Iām about 5ā3 but chubby (like, 90kg :/), my hair is a dark brown shoulder length wolf cut/jellyfish cut (itās a mix), big brown eyes and round face. My style is mostly loose, masculine clothes but I also love wearing more feminine clothes, specially long skirts, chunky shoes and funky sweaters. But mostly all dark colors.
In personality, I feel like Iām very quiet and shy until I actually like someone (which is very quickly if theyāre āniceā), then I am very talkative and clingy. I also get angry very often. Not lashing-out angry but whiny-teenage-girl angry mixed with acting like an animal. I like drawing and writing a lot. In music, I like Alex G, TVgirl, Radiohead, Cibo Matto, MSI (Ik the band is bad but the music is fire) and Pinkpantheress. But I usually listen to anything someone puts in a car. I also like desserts. A lot. Except tea ones.
Thatās it! I hope it was enough :3
Thank you so much for the request and I'm so sorry this request took me so long! Also, I've just got to say: I was super happy to see that Cibo Matto was on your list of artists you like. My mom raised me on their music after she found their song Sugar Water from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Anyway...
I ship you with...
Victor Criss ā”
Boyfriend
Victor takes notice of you in the library when he sees you drawing in there. He has a thing for creative people, and he thinks you're really cute once he gets a good look at you, so he's pretty much all set with you.
However, once he realizes you actually share classes together, it turns out that you two are literally at opposite sides of the room.
So, while trying to figure out how the fuck he is even going to start a conversation with you (Ms. Gerald, the librarian, is basically a weeping angel ready to sneak up behind you and strike you down if you raise your voice above a whisper; and he does not want to single you out in classes), he finally settles on just talking to you casually when he notices you one day coming out of the record store.
With anyone else, that would be really awkward, but Victor ā bless him ā has a suaveness to him that is entirely genuine, and you two manage to exchange numbers just to talk about music, since you and Vic both have alternative tastes.
Phone calls eventually evolve to you two talking about your shared classes and forming a study duo together, which then evolves to you two talking about your hobbies and interests when there are lulls in the studying (or you guys are just procrastinating), and get into talking about your writing. Victor himself is a huge writer and reader, so you two get closer by sharing writing with each other.
I think that you and Victor are definitely on similar intellectual/emotional levels, which leads him to ask you out on a date-date after about a month of the studying.
You two go to Derry's record store and pick out records for each other (Victor lights up when he listens to what you've picked out for him at home) before stopping by Derry's diner to get sundaes.
After that, you two go on more dates ā the library (where Ms. Gerald does end up apprehending you both), the Quarry, the diner to leech off the free coffee refills to do homework, and, honestly, just doing random things together. If you say you want to get some candy after school, he offers to go to the corner store with you. If you mention needing something to cook that night because your parents are out, he offers to get you a ride to the grocery store, and then pays (RIP his allowance, but it's worth it to him).
It's at the diner one night that your relationship actually becomes official. You two had kinda realized you'd been doing relationship things without actually calling it a relationship for a while, and Victor just asks you honestly if you'd like to be in a relationship.
When you say yes, he is a happy, happy guy.
You two spend a lot of time "parallel playing" (for lack of a better term) together ā reading, drawing, doing homework, etc. ā in the library, the diner, your rooms, etc.
Loves how big your eyes are, and has gotten emotional once or twice when he's high and you look up at him (because you literally look like a baby deer, and he can't handle the cuteness levels).
He's very patient with your bursts of anger; he never scolds or invalidates you, but instead encourages you to talk about it and always offers to go on walks, listen to music, etc. to help you get it out. He's more of a listener than an advice-giver, and he's always there for you to vent.
Isn't exceedingly lovey-dovey or anything, but he does leave you sweet little sticky notes in your sketchbooks (on pages you haven't drawn of, of course ā he is not a sicko), lunchbox, etc.
Loves your style and the mix of aesthetics, and 100% intentionally leaves some of his stuff behind because he wants you to wear it. The stuff he wears is already moderately oversized for him (he's 5'7-ish), so it looks very cute on your frame.
As with all his girlfriends, he does not particularly want to introduce you to the Gang, but he knows he can't avoid it forever, so he introduces you to them after about two weeks (particularly because he's worried that Patrick is going to randomly pop up on a date you two are having just to meet you, and Victor wants this to be on his own terms).
And that brings us to...
Bowers Gang ā»
Friends
Since you're shy, Victor tries to introduce you to/integrate you into the Gang in the least stressful situation possible, which ends up being one of their bonfires on an autumn night. He makes sure it's fine with Henry at first (because if he just brings you along without asking, Henry will 100% hate you forever), and since Henry genuinely does like Victor a lot, he allows it.
Though Patrick tries his best to harass you before being immediately shut-down by Victor, it does go well ā you're quiet enough for Henry to not see you as a threat ā and Victor's given the silent go-ahead from Henry to invite you to more hangouts.
As you're invited more, Henry warms up to you a bit more, but...
Since you get more talkative and clingy once you get to know someone more, Henry gets more opportunities to get pissed off (because legit every small thing someone does bothers him), and he's snapped at you a few times.
He has nothing against you personally and he honestly kind of forgets about what pissed him off later, but he has 100% given you bitchy comments/told you to STFU when he's tired and you're yapping. I'm sorry.
However, you two have had some O.K. moments in Henry standards. Once, when you two were briefly left alone at the diner together, he actually made small talk with you for about a minute.
That is probably the nicest Henry has been to someone who is not his girlfriend, so consider yourself lucky, even if he's an ass to you sometimes.
With Belch being very close to Victor, you two were bound to become close. Since you're both into music, you two will get into long conversations about the bands you like and general music stuff at the record store/while you're all listening to music at Victor's.
You two lowkey judge each other's tastes while sometimes finding music you both like. You two have had some good friendly banter about Pantera and The Smiths from time to time.
Patrick is way too into you, because a) you're cute (he is a horndog), and b) you are shy (easy target), so Victor makes sure not to leave you two alone together. Whenever he sees you two talking, his face legit falls, because he does not fuck with Patrick.
Fortunately, though Patrick tries his best to get you alone, Victor does not let that happen. He's mostly manageable in the group, besides some gross comments about your appearance (Victor, in a rare moment of expressed anger, once blew up at him in the cafeteria for making a joke about your ass), so the positives of Vic and Belch definitely outweigh the negatives of Patrick's existence.
All-in-all: while Patrick is a dick, Henry doesn't hate you, Belch is going to be your best friend, and Victor's a great boyfriend, so I'd say you won.
If any of you are religious, my family would really appreciate your prayers right now. My dad has been bedridden for a couple months now and had to go to the E.R. yesterday, his birthday, where they told him he has cancer. They know it is metastatic, but they are not sure of the origin yet or if itās terminal. They are going to let my mom, sister, and I know tomorrow morning.
Any thoughts and prayers will help, and I hope you all are doing well. Iāll have some writing up soon. ā”
As we all know, there is almost nothing that Patrick enjoys more than having dozens of eyes directed towards him, especially when he's being a little shit. How would he feel about someone deliberately trying and succeeding at usurping him as the center of attention?
Patrick With Another Center of Attention
Patrick is used to controlling the room, so heād be incredibly jealous ā though he wouldnāt realize it, at all. Emotions and feelings do not ācomputeā with him, as heās someone who focuses entirely on sensations, and all heād be able to feel is a fire-y churning in his gut.
Them deliberately trying, too, would be a huge irritator for Patrick, and heād 100% focus on getting back at them to the point itās concerning for every party possibly involved ā following them home, making them paranoid, etc. He wouldnāt try to one-up them in the attention department, instead focusing on making them feel extremely unsettled, regardless of if theyād know it was a direct response to their usurping.
Hello!! I saw ur ship requests were open, and I wanted to ask if I could get one with the bowers gang!! Sorry in advance if I make any mistakes since this is my first time requesting something, but I love ur writing so much!!! <33
So, for appearance, I'm asian and transmasc (just social transition so far). I'm around 5'3" and underweight, but I don't think it's in a super super noticeable way. I have short black hair with spiky bangs (which looks like a "naturally scene haircut," according to my sister) that I never let grow past my shoulder. I switch between quite a few styles but mostly loose clothes, dress shirts and anything cute like jirai kei, vkei and simple more plain stuff too. I look pretty feminine but I still pass as a guy just not a masculine one.
I'd say I'm overall a pretty nice easy person to get along with when first talking to people, probably because I'm a people pleaser that wants everyone to like me even if I myself dislike the other person. Though I do still hold strong personal opinions and values, and get irritated really easily over small inconveniences. I'm also probably a perfectionist since I always want things, especially myself to look perfect even if it feels kinda more feminine (with makeup and stuff). Even with that, I still think I'm a really nice person who always decides to be kind to others before anything else but I'm more of the "treat you how you treat me" type.
Uhh some stuff I like are really cute things like sanrio, chiikawa and fashion, but I'm also interested in darker topics, which is probably why I want to be a psychologist to understand myself and others better. Though I just really like all types of art but especially things where something cute or beautiful is combined with something darker. I also hate many foods because I'm picky but the things I probably hate the most is physical activity and injuries of any kind.
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Thank you for the kind words! I ship you with...
Patrick Hockstetter ā”
Boyfriend
Since heās the only one whoās into guys, heās kind of your only optionā¦
But that doesnāt mean he wouldnāt be high-key into you, and make getting into your pants his #1 priority.
What can I say? Heās into pretty boys, and youāre a pretty boy. You two meet at a corner store, where heās buying a lighter (not like he needs any more), and youāre buying some of your favorite snacks. You make an impact on him immediately (short, cute, and with some neurotic energy) and he strikes up a conversation with you...
Which leads to him stalking you at school, and eventually getting placed next to you during art (he chose it to get āartsy bitchesā).
This progresses into him being in your space constantly, 24/7 ā leaning over your shoulder to ācheck your shadingā, mysteriously appearing in the same places you do, etc. He only asks you out on a whim when he offers to walk you home, and you say yes, because super-nice-people-pleaser and, alsoā¦ Derryās scary lately.
The two of you go to a thrift shop, which he proceeds to use as an excuse to grope you and try to get you into very revealing clothing that he finds (he grabbed a grandma slip dress and decided to steal your wallet and say you werenāt getting it back unless you tried it on), but, somehow, it works.
He, to his credit, has some charm to him.
You two eventually go on more dates ā the diner (where he dines and dashesāand you, poor soul, always end up paying), the movies, etc. ā before he just decides youāre his boyfriend by referring to you as such, randomly, in private.
Should say he actually calls you āhis bitchā, but take the wins you can get.
Loves the āfemboyā vibes, and will steal random clothes he finds that he thinks make you look even more fuckable will look good on you.
Endlessly amused by your values and perfectionism, and constantly tries to get you to break the two of them: exhibit A being when he tested you over one of your personal values to see if youād break, and exhibit B being when he decided to rearrange your closet in a rather frightening speed to see A) how fast youād notice it was missing and B) how much youād try to replace it to its current stage after he insisted it ālooked goodā and that heād be offended if you returned it (???).
On a more pure note, he shares similar artistic tastes, and will share art he likes with you and ācompare notesā (shove a hand down your pants while also still being somewhat interested in what you like and donāt like ā hey, what makes you tick is important to him in the run of things).
Introduces you as just a friend to the Gang, because heās not out (Henry would flagellate him, and he has enough fun with the Gang to not want that dampening it).
And that brings us toā¦
Bowers Gang ā»
Acquaintances
Patrick decides willy-nilly to invite you to a party, with Belch as the chaperone, without informing Henry...
Which immediately puts you on bad footing.
To be fair, Henry probably would not have fucked with your style regardless (queue homophobic slurs) and that would put a significant barrier on anything, but Hockstetter just randomly bringing you along really teetered (or, more, violently pushed) things in a bad way.
He might warm up to you a bit more if you could take his abuse with both deference and strength (similarly to Victor), but yāall just arenāt around enough for that, so he instead calls you insane things behind your back. Sorry.
Belch likes you, though heās a bit confused about you at first ā bro is a very simple Americana guy, and āAsianā plus āfeminine guyā would both, respectively, never have computed in his mind before, especially when you factor in Derryās being ā but he does like you, and thinks youāre really nice. He, actually, admires you; he thinks youāre like if he had a backbone.
(Thatās really sad, but it is to be said).
Victor is going to be your best friend out of all the guys. He doesnāt have the hang-ups that Belch has, or theā¦ temperamentā¦ that Henry does. He thinks youāre pretty cool, and likes that you have those steadfast values ā it makes him feel a little less insane as a) a Derry townsperson and b) a member of the Bowers Gang.
He wouldnāt invite you to anything until you two would inadvertently hang out (you two would crush chemistry studying in the library four times beforehand) and, then, would invite you over to work on homework or watch a movie.
Henry and Belch may not be your closest friends, but by God, Victorās got you. Patrick does something asshole-y? Broās gonna defend you in a millisecond. Enjoy that.
Favorite and least favorite member of the Bowers Gang?
Donāt kill me for thisā¦.
In Writing
Favorite: Patrick, because he is so despicable that I am drawn to him in one way or another. I lived high school devouring Gillian Flynnās novels again and again and again, so the visceral nature of him makes writing him almost like a second nature to me (though I know my interpretation of him differs a lot from othersā). I actually based an OC for my original story after him, in tenth grade. RIP Nancy Hinckley, you were not loved.
Least favorite: Victor, because I canāt figure out what my plot will be for the x reader Iām planning. I think I gravitate towards really toxic dynamics because of my experiences, and it makes it harder.
In Personal View
Favorite: Belch, but Victor as a hard second. I really am drawn to how Belch seemed so visibly out of his element in the film yet kept going for the hard punches. As evident in the āwhat animals are the Bowers Gangā, Belch is really just a kicked dog to me, but unlike Henry, he embraces it.
Least favorite: Patrick. I am a stickler for rules andā¦ general decency... and would probably cry if he ever tried to talk to me if I was transported into the Derryverse. I donāt like him.
do you think any of the bowers gang would date a poc?
O.K., so, controversially, I think they all wouldā¦ but how they went about it would be pretty different. Racism TW below the cut.
Bowers Gang Dating a POC
Victor would be the most benign, in which I mean that he wouldnāt really have any preconceived notions about their race or ethnicity. He wouldnāt subscribe to the now-outdated ācolor-blindā notion ā he would think race, ethnicity, culture, the whole shebang is all important ā but it wouldnāt be a dealbreaker for him at all. Would actively try to get to know their perspectives and culture, but wouldnāt center the whole relationship around it.
Belch would probably be second, though he would probably stress over not being insensitive and worry that he might not be āenoughā ā E.G., heād be worried that his S/Oās parents wouldnāt like him because heās white or something. Might have some fetishistic-leaning hang-ups with it (he loves curly hair, loves accents, etc., and that could rub people and S/Os the wrong way if he gets too enthusiastic).
Patrick would be the weird one, because he wouldnāt give a single shit about their race or ethnicity besides thinking itās ānew pussy/dickā because Derry is horrifically white, but would be actually terroristic towards his partner for it. E.G. if his partner was Asian, would make dog-eating jokes, etc., so on and so forth. He really just pries into every insecurity and faux-pas he can without truly believing in it ā but that doesnāt make it any less malicious.
Henry is the most off one, and the most unlikely, but I donāt think itās impossible. Heās undeniably racist, but when it might benefit him, or when he believes he found an exception, he would be at war with himself: at his āidealsā, and what he selfishly wants. He would basically separate the race from his partner entirely ā maybe an example of the aforementioned problematic color-blindness approach, which, of course, strips away personhood ā but bring up racial stereotypes and race in general in arguments.
no idea if ive already requested or not š i literally cannot think rn so please bear with me!!!
okay so uhmm for my appearance, im trans ftm!! im pretty scrawny, but i have a little meat on my bones, im also really pale. im like 5'0 i think?? i don't really slouch much, just a little bit i guess!! ive got blue eyes and freckles as well ^_^ im not really emo?? i dress alt though, (band tees, baggy jeans, converse, etc) and have both snakebites and angelbite piercings!! i sorta have a shaggy grown out wolfcut?? i dye my hair a lot as well !!
im really bad at describing my personality šš so once again pls bear with me ššš» im autistic, im also really really bad at social interaction. i mask a LOT in public, but when im comfortable around someone i unmask around them!! im not really hyper, but sometimes ill get random burts of energy here and there ^_^
Thank you for the request!
I ship you with...
Patrick Hockstetter
Boyfriend
So, since Patrick is the only one who likes guys, heās your only betā¦
But that doesnāt mean Patrick doesnāt go after you hard, and that your relationship wouldnāt make a lot of sense.
He loves shortness in men and women, and he also really likes to prey on shy, awkward people just to both pull them out of their shelves and embarass the hell out of them.
Plus, the shaggy hair and piercings? You got him hooked.
Since heās still closeted (though Victor suspects somethingās up, and Henryās put up with many unwanted advances that are just subtle enough for him to not call him a slur and kick him out) with the Gang, he starts hitting on you out of eyesight: snaking his hand up your leg during classes, purposefully getting assigned seating next to you, making extremely crass jokes, etc.
Once youāre together, makes constant jokes about your height ā puts things ā regardless of if it triggers dysphoria or not. Puts things on tall shelves, leans down further than he has to to kiss you, etc. Typical asshole behavior.
That being said, he really doesnāt give a fuck that youāre trans, he just tries to sniff out insecurities on people like a truffle pig.
Loves that when youāre more comfortable around people you open up, though he might cackle and call you a āfucking nerdā if you ever excitably talk about your interests in length, because he is an asshole.
Takes your random bursts of energy as an excuse to get handsy and hopefully fuck.
Doesnāt really introduce you to the Gang; they just get to know you as a friend of Hockstetterās, and your interactions are pretty minimal ā though Patrick decides to bring you around for joyrides without any of them consenting or not.
Bowers Gang
Acquaintances
You all officially meet at the quarry when the Gang all goes out to pound some beers and smoke (though thatās really just Victor and Henry). Patrick tells you it is completely O.K. and that everyone wants you there. He literally does not tell them that youāre coming. He lied to you.
Belch, still, becomes your closest friend in the group. Heās also pretty shy and feels the need to āmaskā to some extent (though he doesnāt have autism) and immediately relates to you. Talks with you about some music, and the two of you end up drinking and talking a lot.
Victor is kind of put-off because, likeā¦ being friends with Patrick? Big red flag. Victor fucking hates the guy. However, once he picks up into subtle body cues between the two of you, he does figure it out. Once he gets to know you more after hesitantly talking to you, he realizes that you are not an actual degenerate, and likes you quite a lot.
Both Belch and Victor follow up with you outside of the quarry; the three of you actually hang out quite a lot, though Patrick does his best to crash the party. Probably one of your fondest memories with them would be driving to the diner before it closed at 8 P.M. (dang small towns), getting food to-go, and binge-watching artsy-fartsy films at Victorās over stolen vodka (with shakes used as chasers).
Henryās a different story. He dislikes you solely out of the principle of Patrick not letting him know he was just going to bring some random fucking dude along, and he thinks youāre weird (sorry, itās just the quietness). Isnāt outright hostile, but makes it very clear he does not welcome your presence at all.
Still, though, youāve got some good friends out of Belch and Vic, and Patrickā¦ actually might defend you, depending on if it works into his whole life philosophy of āhave as much as fun as possibleā. So, have fun with āem!
Belch is immediately a deer-in-headlights. He hates confrontation and is afraid of authority figures (e.g. Henry), so heād mutter some apologies and if with Henry, would look for guidance...
But if not, would acquiesce to them. He was "rudely in [their] wayāin line? Yeah, sure, totally, sorry. Heāll just go to the very end of the line even if he did nothing wrong logically, because he thinks if someone said what he did was wrong, it means that what he did was objectively wrong.
Henry Bowers
Is a magnet for Karens because a) he has a bad reputation, b) heās unruly, and c) heās impolite. He cuts in lines, berates staff, etc.
However, because of his mommy issues, heās super weird with older women; since āKaren' usually denotes a WASP-y suburban woman, he wouldnāt react how he would if someone else was giving him shit for cutting in line at the movie theatre.
Clenches his jaw in silence before ignoring them altogether and continuing what heās doing.
Patrick Hockstetter
Also is a magnet for Karens, but entirely of his own volition. What can I say? He thrives on conflict.
If he sees anyone giving him a disapproving look for his conduct, makes sure to do it more, and worse (E.G. eating with his mouth open and hiking it up to talking with his mouth open, cutting in lines and acting like what heās doing is not socially unacceptable at all, etc.)
When confronted, would play completely dumb just to goad them on, and probably end it with āaccidentallyā spilling his drink on them or something else egregious before hyena-cackling and going on his merry way.
Victor Criss
Does not fuck with Karens at all. Heās typically a really lenient guy, and he hates how they always target minimum-wage workers for something as simple as accidentally forgetting to bring ketchup out.
Would only speak with them directly if they really, really kept talking to him, but otherwise, would just give them a very tense nod and apologize to the staff (if they were targeting them) or only slightly change his behavior (if they were targeting him). Again: he does not fuck with Karens, and unlike Patrick, does not want to deal with them more than he already does.
Haii! I saw the ship requests were open and iām curious to see what you think for the bowers gang! Iāve never done one before though so hopefully I give you enough info!
Iām tall, about 5ā10. My hair is cut into a sort of shag, itās really long and dyed red! Im on the skinner side and my hips are wide, thatās about it. Style wise, i lean into the more gothic alternative fashion, so a lot of black/darker colors. I can be really feminine or very masculine looks wise thereās no in between I fear.
Personality wise, im not exactly sure what to say. Iāve been told iām quiet, although I do open up once I get to know someone. I have an extreme rbf but generally if someone starts talking to me iām nice. Although I donāt have a very strong filter when speaking. I really like to explore and listen to music! I listen to mostly goth, metal, and screamo tho! I like collecting random shit too, it doesnāt even matter what it is but iāll keep it and put it on a shelf.
okai thatās all ty hopefully that was enough info :P
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I ship you with...
Patrick Hockstetter
Boyfriend
Resting bitch face? That is no problem, and that is what makes Patrick seek you out in the first place. He loves people who look like theyād be hard to crack.
You two begin talking in English when youāre assigned to work on a project together, and he is immediately attracted to you, though he does and continues to make fun of your height (ānot, yāknow, ladylike, is it?ā)
Still not bothered by your height at all, and instead uses it to his advantage.
Likes your lack of a strong filter, and especially likes that your personality seems to contradict how you look ā tall and intimidating with your resting face ā and loves your sense of style, because he is a slut for gothic/alt looks.
Weasels his way into your life via the project, and woul.
But, for whatever reason, it works on you ā I mean, persistence is flattering, at the very least ā and you two begin a relationship maybe two or three weeks after intially going out with you.
Patrick plays the waiting game, but he also is fine jumping in very quickly, too. Everything goes with him.
Constantly steals your stuff and pays you back by giving you trinkets, though theyāre all very suspiciously discovered (cleaned animal bones, Derry memorabilia that anyone besides a vet or eighty-year-old should not have, etc.), so I donāt think theyāre that good of replacements, unless you like the sentimental value of things that come fromā¦ Patrick.
Also, pokes at you to try to get you to say stupid/rude/etc. things, and just laughs and doesnāt help you out if people get mad at you. Sorry about that.
Patrick isnāt possessive, but he still has his hands on you all the time, 24/7. Always has his hand on your waist, your hips, your ass, anywhere he can touch because a) he enjoys it and b) it makes you or other people uncomfortable, since he makes sure to do it in public. Heās PDA in the worst way.
Heād introduce you to the Bowers Gang immediately, which leads us toā¦
Bowers Gang
Friends
Henry and you both have RBFs (though his is also because he is a bitch all the time), so you two look comical standing next to each other and even spook the Losers Clubā¦
...But he hates that youāre taller than him (*weeps in 5ā8*) and hates standing next to you for that reason.
Thatās not to say he doesnāt like you personally, though; youāre probably closest to him of all the Gang, just because youāre more like āone of the guysā while also still being. He might confide in you from time-to-time in very Henry ways.
He also lowkey likes that you donāt challenge his authority, but youāre not a complete pushover, either; though he would be blinded by rage in the moment, he treats you a lot like Victor because of a time where you stood up for yourself and the Gang in when he took out his anger on the Losers getting away on you all (which Hockstetter thought was the funniest thing ever).
Belch is intimidated by you from the get-go because a) tall and b) gothic, but he warms up to you very, very quickly, and likes to talk music with you.
You two 100% share records and judge each other for what you both offered up.
You need to go somewhere, but maybe donāt have a car, or itās broken down? Heās got you, buddy.
Victor likes you a lot, but has a crush on you, so he distances himself from you a bit. Heās not cold at all, just distant; heād still talk to you when the two of you were alone,
Patrick, however, picks up on this, and though he doesnāt publicly call him out on it ā he doesnāt have the same grasp on his insecurities as he does Belch ā leaves the two of you alone on purpose constantly to try to see if yāall will go at it.
Itās not even a cucking fetish. He just likes the mind games.
But, in short, they all like you a lot, and Henry liking you that much ā and, dare I say, trusting you ā is an accomplishment. Enjoy āem!
so how Patrick is with his female "cousin" but they're not blood related at all, like his mum and his lady are real close and him and his "cousin" grow up togther and know each other as cousins, they're real close, maybe hcs or a little drabble, anything really Idm!
ps- I LOVE UR WRITING I'VE SCROLLED SO DEEP TO MAY UR JS SOO GOODD! š¤
Thank you so much for the request and the PS, that made me smile so much!
Being Patrickās āCousin"
Patrick and his ācousinā grow up together, both two streets away from each other. Mrs. Hockstetter, a housewife, became extremely close to another in one of Derryās Stepford Wives-esque mom clubs when Patrick and her were both five-years-old.
As such, Patrick and his cousin became close; theyād be babysat at each of their familiesā respective houses, walk to school together, eat lunch together, etc.
As they grew older, though, his cousin would have some fondness for him, but would ultimately likely be disturbed, considering sheād be witness to his escalating cruelty. After all, Patrick went from putting dead flies in a pencil case to full-on killing his baby brother, wild animals, and household pets. Even if she wasnāt privy to what he did
Patrick would 100% try to have sex with her at some point, or at least make it his mission to. Sorry, whether youāre a girl or a boy, youāre a notch on his belt, and he isnāt sentimental at all to the notion that āgrowing up togetherā makes you ārelatedā (though that probably wouldnāt have stopped him either ā Iād never write about it or accept HCs about it, but he really does not have moral boundaries at all).
He would treat her as either the audience and the accomplice to his antics, dragging her along with the Gang when they torment the Losers, showing her his fridge, etc. While he wouldnāt really show his fridge to a girlfriend unless he was 100% sure she could be trusted with it, he certainly would, and would wield blackmail or guilt-trips if necessary to keep her quiet about it: āhey, we may not be blood, but we're close enough to keep secrets, right?"
Heād never get sentimental, but he'd claim her as āhis funā when it suits him. Itās what she was made for, after all.
