something just occurred to me about the ending of Welcome to Derry. it parallels an old story, a very familiar one, and that's why the new Losers win.
it's the tortoise and the hare.
(and you know it could be on purpose thanks to our friend Maturin.)
It could have been out of Derry in a microsecond. It didn't need to do all of that extra shit, it's not like It needed a snack for the road. It is genuinely just fucking with the people of Derry and those who would see It caged again.
It goes to the middle school and kidnaps dozens of children, taunting them with the body of their dead principal and going out of Its way to perform for them. drawing them in and then capturing them in the deadlights.
It then parades the kids through town, Will included, baiting the new Losers. Ronnie wards It off with the dagger, and instead of just fucking off, It tries to get rid of the future mother of one of the OG Losers, wasting more time.
It could have just walked away from Shaw, but no, It wanted to settle that score too (and thank fuck for that; eat shit, Francis).
and then It just gleefully skips to the boundary it can now cross, deliberately slow, so sure of Its superiority even though It knows It died to a group not much bigger than this one. and Leroy is able to slow It further by blowing Its damn head off. twice.
It doesn't think It might not go the way It intended until Rich shows up to bring the magic number back up to 5, and that's when It starts taking them seriously, but by then it's too late.
It may have been faster and more powerful, but even a god can get in Its own way when the ego takes over. now It's trapped again, and Its preordained loss to the Losers Club is back on track.
