Instead of the Loser Club, itās The Party that faces Pennywise. Their personalities and trauma is all the same, except itās The Party before November 6th. They still love DnD and call themselves The Party, but it would be interesting to to see how they face the antagonist. They fear what they have feared before; Mike fears losing Will, Will fears his father (I think), El fears the lab, Dustin, Lucas, Max and so on.
Want to switch it up? Then do it before Season 4! Imagine this; The Party moves to Derry, Maine after the shitstorm that was the Starcourt Mall, and hell, throw the adults and older teens in it; Joyce, Hopper (if you still want the Russia trip option for Joyce), Johnathon, Nancy, Steve, Robin. That would be a lot easier, because we know what they mostly fear.
Nancy; seeing dead Barb and her family dying.
Johnathon; losing Will again and telling Nancy the truth about the College thing.
Steve; I really donāt know this one, to be honest.
Mike; losing Will, his internalized homophobia/feelings for Will, losing his hetero shield (El), losing Will.
Will; losing his family and friends (in a dying sense), his trauma probs, losing Mike (in a friend sense - he rather still be Mikeās friend than nothing to him at all, thatās what the talk of ripping of the bandaid was for, but it hasnāt happened yet), twelvegate (although I donāt think he remembers that part, due to the Mind Flayer, if the theory does turn out to be correct), Vecna (due to the theory that Will was taken by Vecna instead of the demogorgon).
Max; weāve all seen Season 4.
Lucas; losing Max, being a freak again (the reason he started playing basketball).
Dustin; losing his friends and family, losing mother Steve I guess, honestly not much since he hasnāt met Eddie yet. After losing Eddie, I think he became a lot more fearful of losing people, so uh, get creative I guess.
El; being a monster, losing the people she cares about, the lab, Papa, (I would say Vecna/Henry, but she doesnāt quit remember him).
Robin; A little bit of everything to be honest, in Season 4 sheās the most cowardice of them all, but still goes after them. She doesnāt get to meet Vickie in this one, which is sad. I love Rockie/Vibin. TwT
This may also allow some growth with the group as well, as they face their fears. Think of it as a character development arc. Mike getting over his internalised homophobia and stop hiding behind his hetero shield sounds like the perfect character development. Also, I think theyāll assume Pennywise is part of the Upside Down at first, which will be funny, not gonna lie. Messing which a force they believe theyāre used to, would be the most hilarious thing to read. Also, no one forgets Willās birthday in this one, because they are not messing with the Upside Down for once, so Vecnaās curse doesnāt reach him or Max.
[Anyways, good luck to anyone who picks this prompt up. Youāll need it.]