Some tropes I found on IT fanfiction that deeply disturb me
Something I noticed right off the bat is how people seem to enjoy so much to make Richie suffer. Everything that can go wrong for him goes wrong and most of the times these fanfics undermine or invalidate the bad things the rest of the losers are going through.
Don't get me wrong, I'm an avid fan of angst, I'm all here for it, but it comes to a point where it's just weird. All of the sudden, Richie's parents, who by the way were one of the few actual good parents in Derry, are abusive and hate his son, and the losers are turning their backs on him and Richie's barely Richie anymore and just some weird emo edgelord that climbs Eddie's window and wallows in self pity.
I understand that the whole concept of the losers club and the general plot of IT will lead to some inevitable angsty times, and once again, I'm not against it, but they always make it seem like Richie's the only one who suffers and how the losers can "never truly understand his pain 😔" and are just a bunch of privileged assholes or some shit. Richie is literally the punching bag of the fandom at this point.
2. The over sexualization of Eddie
This one makes me uncomfortable to no end. When it comes to smut I understand that sexualization is needed to some degree, but Eddie is so fucking sexualized that it's just plain creepy at this point.
Once again, most fanfics with this trope usually fail to accurately portray his personality, he's always just the innocent uwu soft boy that always wears booty shorts and accidentally sexualizes himself. I usually only read reddie fanfics so I don't know how common this trope is in other ships that involve Eddie, so correct me if this is just some reddie thing.
And the most creepy part, is how in the majority of those fanfics Eddie is literally underage, let's please not sexualize children (which, unfortunately, leads to my next trope).
3. The sexualization of minors
This is honestly such a big problem in this fandom, and that fact disgusts me to no fucking end.
I understand that a lot of the fandom is underage, therefore really might not understand how these types of things are very much wrong, but still, they're underage, practically children!! If you don't want to make smut with their 40 year old selves at least have the decency to age them up to the legal age of consent.
"But teenagers have sex all the time" who fucking cares?! I don't want to see two underage kids having sex, that's fucking weird, and this comes from someone who is underage herself, let's just please stop sexualizing minors, it's disgusting, and I really shouldn't need to be saying this on the internet like it is some hot take or unpopular opinion.
Mike and Ben being the less popular losers between fans is really no fucking surprise.
I really don't need to elaborate on this one that much, it's something that literally everyone knows, Mike and Ben get always left behind and ignored in most fanfics and I refuse to think it's just some cruel coincidence.
I'm not forcing any of you to ship benverly or stanlon or hanbrough, I literally only ship one of those three, but could you guys please not make Mike and Ben some occasional characters with no fucking personality?
Like, I literally see people all the times giving Bill personality traits that actually belong to Mike and then just make Mike this blank slate that occasionally gives good advice and is only there to smile and agree with his friends.
5. Beverly is just Richie's best friend, nothing more.
Oh, this one just infuriates me.
Usually common in Richie torture porn-like fanfics, Beverly is literally just Richie's best friend that has no personality beyond smoking and having daddy issues. She's always there to listen to Richie's problems and feelings but as soon as she tries to speak about hers, the narrator just makes it seem like she's being selfish and trying to "own up" to Richie, like the fact her dad abuses her is some fucking competition.
As soon as she speaks up or calls Richie on his bullshit, she's the bad guy of the story and the narrator goes out of its way to show how Richie is the poor victim of Beverly's selfishness and how she's self-centred and a horrible friend she is for literally just wanting to talk about her problems with someone she loves and trusts, not to talk about the occasional slut-shaming and misogyny this trope carries, I literally read a fanfic (not mentioning names) where everyone just starts shaming Beverly for literally defending herself against her father that was literally trying to rape her and ends up accidentally killing him, let's please not shame abuse victims just for defending their own fucking lives.
Feel free to add any other tropes that disturb you btw
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