It is a surprisingly tricky character to write about. Why? Well for one thing, the creature's name is a pronoun. While it dons the guise of Pennywise the clown for a large portion of the book, a lot of times, I'm just referring to the monster itself, hence I have to call it It.
This leads to several sentences where I'll use the word "it" far more times in a sentence or paragraph than one ever should. It's not so bad most of the time, but other times I have to go through a sentence to make sure it still manages to read well.
It's even trickier considering It doesn't really have a gender. A lot of times, I instinctively type "he" when referring to It. I don't know why, probably because the two names it dons (Pennywise and Robert Gray) are male. It's odd because, for one thing, It is asexual. Also of note is the fact that, if anything, It is female as it was preggers in the novel and had already laid several eggs.
You have to wonder what would've happened with several baby Its running around. What would we call them all? Also, as the Deadlights were both It's home and true form, would the birth of other Its result in multiple realms, or would they share a sort of collective existence.
Given the fact that It is supposed to be an extra-dimensional monster beyond the realm of our understanding, trying to understand the rules of It are a futile effort.
This leads to several sentences where I'll use the word "it" far more times in a sentence or paragraph than one ever should. It's not so bad most of the time, but other times I have to go through a sentence to make sure it still manages to read well.
It's even trickier considering It doesn't really have a gender. A lot of times, I instinctively type "he" when referring to It. I don't know why, probably because the two names it dons (Pennywise and Robert Gray) are male. It's odd because, for one thing, It is asexual. Also of note is the fact that, if anything, It is female as it was preggers in the novel and had already laid several eggs.
You have to wonder what would've happened with several baby Its running around. What would we call them all? Also, as the Deadlights were both It's home and true form, would the birth of other Its result in multiple realms, or would they share a sort of collective existence.
Given the fact that It is supposed to be an extra-dimensional monster beyond the realm of our understanding, trying to understand the rules of It are a futile effort.
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