For character game: Richie and Reigen please
jenni u know the way to my heart
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send me a character and I’ll break them down
How I feel about this character
literally how much time do you have dhdhdj I have so much love for mr richie tozier. I really relate to his specific degree of internalized homophobia in ch2 and I relate too much to his usage of humor to deflect emotions. I also only see how valuable I am if I make people laugh, same hat!!!
All the people I ship romantically with this character
EDDIE and that’s it I’m sorry I’m such a one note bitch with ships. listen somewhere between bill “I think his first love was eddie” hader, the kissing bridge, and the go back to childhood and realize u can never go back, I lost my mind and I haven’t retrieved it yet.
My non-romantic OTP for this character
ugh I honestly love every richie/loser dynamic but my faves are definitely stan and bev. I feel like stan and richie is really underutilized but I love stan just seeing baby richie stuffing his face in the mud in like pre-k and being like “okay so if I don’t befriend this kid he’ll be dead by first grade. this is my burden.” I’m very soft with bev being richie’s partner in crime through their youth and it just doubles over when they meet again in their 40s
i also really like richie and patty! I can see them being very cute together. patty likes richie’s nicknames for everyone and she lives through his embarrassing stories from childhood about stanny she never got to hear. (also if were going into canon territory, I have a LOT of thoughts about patty and richie connecting and healing/mourning/grieving together)
ben and richie would ALSO be very very cute. I dream about that supposed deleted scene of richie accidentally coming out to ben in ch2 in the townhouse…. oh youve been pining for a good friend since youth and seeing them again u realize that nothing has changed? can relate
My unpopular opinion about this character
i actually have a few but rn I’m gonna stick with the least controversial one in that I don’t think bill looks like finn at ALL in regards of the child/adult actors HOWEVER I think bill captures the exact energy a grown richie would have from finn’s portrayal of him in ch1.
also I don’t understand the chee nickname and I’m too afraid to ask at this point
also also characterizing richie as like a super cool teen with black nail polish and hitting that juul is very funny to me. this boy is a loser. richie tries too hard to be cool but still cares way too much on how he is percieved to be actually cool
One thing I wish would happen/had happened with this character in canon
I Don’t Want To Fucking Talk About It. you fucking know what I wish had happened
How I feel about this character
UGH reigen….. sir….. I havnt thought about u for a hot minute. I love reigen bc he’s some dude in his late twenties still kind of fumbling around and not sure what to do to make himself happy. on a whim he starts a shady business from the ground up where the entire practice revolves around how well he can lie to his clientele. but the thing is his advice is …. genuine. he finds himself in a position where people actually LISTEN and a small boy looks up to him and he finds that he became a purpose in someone’s life and a positive role model. reigen shows that it’s never too late to become happy (wow look I have a type) and to change yourself, and that u have an effect on people without realizing it
All the people I ship romantically with this character
Serizawa all the way. I think they really bring the best out of eachother and I love a good “we accidentally adopted a bunch of teens together” dynamic. Jenni I know u want me to say dimple and reigen as well but fuck you
My non-romantic OTP for this character
MOB UGH I’m such a sucker for a well executed “mentor doesn’t show it but does legitimately love their mentee” and mob and reigen are the perfect example of that dynamic. mob takes everything reigen tells him to heart and it KILLS ME
I actually love reigen’s dynamic with all of the teens but I have a very deep love for him and shou specifically? I feel like shou could defs benefit from the “it’s okay to run away” spiel and that he doesn’t have to carry the world on his shoulders.
My unpopular opinion about this character
REIGEN ISN’T A DUMBASS. I know its cutsy and funny to say that reigen isnt competent and how mob always saves his ass but to be completely fair reigen DOESN’T HAVE POWERS and acts like anyone would in the face of ghosts spirits?? the guy built a business from the ground up and had it going for a while before mob came around. I think reigen is very person smart and knows how to… not necessarily manipulate but appeal to their emotions.
One thing I wish would happen/had happened to this character in canon
I kinda wanted more reigen and mob interactions in the reigen spin off manga even if mob finally showed up at the end… however i know for the both of them its important for their growth to become less dependent but…. that’s his son…….
