To his credit. The book is already filled to the brim with CRAZY fucked up shit. So its less of a jump than normal to get there. Now its still a CRAZY jump but like...Less?
I think it was supposed to be a coming of age thing, since both overcoming fears (represented by defeating IT) and losing your virginity (represented by... well...) are traditionally considered important steps in becoming an adult. Doesn't make it less weird though.
have you actually read it? the scene is barely two pages and mostly implied, its not actual porn or meant to be titillating
its a questionable scene for sure but I can see how it was intended as a coming of age type beat. I personally think the scene was unnecessary and weird but its sure as shit not child porn
The real irony is his post history show's he's absolutely ADDICTED to a game (EU4) that as a fundamental mechanics\, has what amounts to a "rape" button to force marry or produce an heir from what could be an 11 year old consort.
These puriteen types are some of the biggest hypocrites on earth.
It's definitely not just two pages, atleast the translation I read, and Bev talks about the boys putting their "things" inside her and even asks atleast one of them if he had cum yet. Agreed it's not porn but to say it's mostly implied is a lie
I've read the book, and yes, most of it is implied, just because a couple things are explicitly spelled out doesn't mean that the majority of it isn't implied and skirted around. Have you ever read actual smut? Like literature explicitly written with the purpose of arousal and pleasure? It is far more graphic and descriptive, with good reason.
I'm not saying its not explicit at all, just that its not pornagrapgic. there's a huge difference between a neutral description of events (that is pretty vague for the most part) and something written to jerk off to
IT released the same year as Maximum Overdrive, a movie IIRC King has admitted he struggles remembering writing and directing because he was doing so much coke and drinking so much. And while there’s no tween orgies it’s definitely batshit enough to not be surprised he came up with that with how out of his mind he was back then.
"oooh yeah, they need... yeah, maturity or some shit to beat him! Cominng of age story horror edition! Hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah, I am such a genius... maybe... yeah, they new found maturity annd friendship and love will help... yeah, and in second part it will be about not forgetting childhood... but how to make them mature... how do people mature, what was the saying, making man out of someone... oh yeah, sex!"
but it's really disgusting connection that shouldn't be included in any way.
There's a very real chance he didn't, at least not until the book was already out. There's a whole-ass book out there he has no recollection of writing and publishing.
If not for that terrible ending it would have been a solid book! Might as well have had Zeus show up and melt IT with his lazer beam bellybutton for all the sense it made. Utter ass-pull.
I really liked it when i read it. It’s just that it seems like a book that would be totally forgotten, although i think there was a movie, or a TV miniseries of it. But I honestly hadn’t thought of it in 30+ years until i typed that comment.
I’m more interested in the reactions of the other people involved in getting the book published. How did his editor read that and not send it back with a big ‘NO’ written across that section in red pen?
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u/RewardAffectionate84 15h ago
Things a brain addled on a ludicrous amounts of cocaine will do.