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1. Setup and Payoff by spunknbite

   Fandoms: IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Mar 2020

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Richie Tozier
   • Angst
   • Temporary Amnesia
   • Bullshit Derry mindfuckery strikes again
   • brief reference to drug use
   • brief mention of Richie/OMC
   • guys i made the canon worse
   • what’s the opposite of a fix it fic?
   • a wreck it fic?
   • that’s what this is

   Summary

   Let me tell you a story.

   Richie said it because it was all he knew how to do anymore, and because there’s closure in a carefully crafted story, which doesn’t reflect life.

   Jokes are stories.

   They’re condensed, tidy. Beginning, middle, and end are replaced with setup and payoff. Introduce a concept and see it through to a rewarding conclusion.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,540

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