New IT AU
So I can’t stop thinking about if in the future they decide to remake IT again (and let’s face it, it feels like the only thing that happens with movies is remakes it’s entirely possible. If we can have 6 millions spider-man movies, we can have more IT).
But what if 1) it was mainly female losers because that’s really the story we deserve 2) its updated/changed so like the reason they’re “losers” and ostracized by their classmates makes more sense for when it would be set (like imagine the beginning being set around this time).
Richie (Rachel/Rach): I mean, we all know a loud mouth kid that makes inappropriate comments like Richie. But it’s always a guy. When girls make comments like that they’re judge way harsher and told to be more ladylike. Plus, ADHD is often missed in young girls so I’d love to see a female character with ADHD. Plus a relationship between female Richie and female Eddie deserves to be told at some point. Also female Richie would 100% say suck my dick all the time while making vine references even though she never had a vine account.
Bev (Brently/Brent): What if Bev was a trans man? Bev’s dad being a transphobic dick making comments about ‘his little girl’.
Bill (Isabela/Izzy/Iz): Bill being a first generation kid who maybe didn't know all lot of English when she started school. Instead of a stutter, she struggles with the language barrier. And even though she learns English quick enough she’s still bullied/harrassed because of the political climate.
Stan (Samara/Sam): (edited based on ask) Literally just Stan as a woman, because @bichie‘s right, we need Jewish leads! And I feel like we need more woman Jewish characters, but that may just be me.
Mike (Mishael): (added based on ask) Islamic Mike. Give us more main characters who wear hijabs tbh.
Ben (Bethany/Beth): (added later) was overweight throughout high school and bullying lead to an eating disorder in college She overcame (there may be better word, but I can’t remember it right now) her disorder only for feelings to resurface when she returns to Derry.
I don’t know about the other three because I just thought of this today. I just love the idea of an alternate story because we’ve heard the original story told three different times now. So making changes/updates to the characters would be so interesting.
I would also love if it were a televison series that allowed them to go more in depth about their traits and why Pennywise manifested the way he did or said the things he did based on their characterization.
But also since they were older in the newest movies what if they were like 16 in this one so there was content of them being kids but then we get to see the losers as friends in high school. And instead of Silver, Bill drives a shitty old car they all call rusty.
I don’t know, I could come up with a million different stories based on this, what do you y’all think?
