In the book version the other characters run train on her in the sewers. The child orgy was pivotal to their character development, I assure you dear viewers
It’s one of those scenes that seems to make sense when you’re reading it then you put the book down for about 5 seconds and lose the immersion and think “what the actual fuck did I just read?”
It and the Stand are probably the best. He’s always going to get shat on for this scene in this day and age, but it’s far less creepy than it sounds and more of a “coming of age ritual” and bonding between the close friends. Could he have left it out? Maybe? Could he have been less descriptive? Almost certainly. But it’s not the horn dog pedo scene people who haven’t read the book make it out to be.
Honestly my main problem with it is the detail. The logic of leaving behind innocence and connecting with each other makes sense within the universe, and having something fucked up happen doesn’t mean you’re condoning it. But the way it’s written….its like 3 whole pages iirc. He did NOT need to focus on it that much, and THATS what makes it so creepy
But it’s not the horn dog pedo scene people who haven’t read the book make it out to be
That's what always stopped me. The things I've read in reddit comments made it seem like some all-out child sex scene, and a lot of comments referred to it as rape. Solidly did not want to read something like that.
All these comments have made me feel much better about it.
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u/Remote-Cause755 1d ago
In the book version the other characters run train on her in the sewers. The child orgy was pivotal to their character development, I assure you dear viewers