With Stephen King in the news a lot recently constantly having Tweet meltdowns about President Trump and Elon Musk, I started digging into him a bit. The first thing I found is that he has wiped his Twitter profile clean…. All that remains is this: Which is hilarious because he’s just throwing a little hissy fit. If he really hated Twitter and wanted to leave, #1 he wouldn’t announce it….ON TWITTER…..and #2 he would actually delete his account. But he didn’t do that because he knows he’ll be back and he doesn’t want to lose his 7 million followers. So he did this instead, deleted all his Tweets but left his profile active. How hilarious! But as I started looking into him more, one thing kept popping up…. I’ve never read a Stephen King book and I don’t plan to start any time soon. They look dreadfully long and boring to me. But apparently in the book “IT” the book ends with a “completely and utterly unnecessary” child sex orgy. Take a look: For anyone unaware: there’s an underage child orgy in the book “IT”, which is completely and utterly unnecessary. Instead of asking “why is FL taking Stephen King’s books off school shelves”, we should be asking Stephen why he wants to be giving underage erotica to minors. — Adeptus Hominus (@AdeptusHominus) August 31, 2024 We all knew his mind was twisted with all the violence and gore and evil in the books, but I had no idea they had this as well. Why in the world would you do that? Quote: “seven preteens in a group sex session described in graphic detail”: In the finale of Stephen King’s book “It,” seven preteens participate in a group sex session described in graphic detail. https://t.co/vcRFyjhxfc — Rob Smith (@robsmithonline) January 19, 2023 Why? Why would you do that? Especially when everyone says it was not critical to the plot and in fact stood out like a sore thumb as strange: Remember, in the original version of IT, the novel, Stephen King wrote an orgy scene with with all the young boys and the one female, Beverly. YES, this is true fact checkers.https://t.co/mCPKMdcUtq — Ed Renner (@Onecrazyndn) January 26, 2024 Here’s more on the strange sex scene, from The Independent: After months of growing excitement, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s It has finally reached cinemas, the infamous killer Pennywise returning to screens 27 years after being portrayed by Tim Curry. Fans of the novel have questioned whether one of King’s most infamous scenes would make an appearance in the film. After the Losers’ Club defeat Pennywise, they get lost in Derry’s sewer system. After coming to the realisation that they can’t escape without being unified, Beverly — the single female member — decides she needs to have sex with the six boys. The text reads, via Entertainment Weekly: “I have an idea,” Beverly said quietly. In the dark, Bill heard a sound he could not immediately place. A whispery little sound, but not scary. Then there was a more easily place sound… a zipper. What—? he thought, and then he realised what. He was undressing. For some reason, Beverly was undressing. After Beverly has had sex with each member, one of the boys instantly remembers the way out and they subsequently escape. In the film, rather than have the group getting lost in the sewer system, they instantly appear safe outside, director Andy Muschietti deciding to leave out the scene entirely. Discussing the infamous scene with EW, one of the script’s authors, Gary Dauberman, revealed there was some debate over its inclusion, the original draft having the gang getting lost but Beverly touching their faces, providing each with the ‘light’ to get home. “Besides Georgie in the sewer [the It opening], I think it’s the one scene that everybody kind of brings up and it’s such a shame,” Dauberman said. “While it’s an important scene, it doesn’t define the book in any way I don’t think and it shouldn’t. We know what the intent was of that scene and why he put it in there, and we tried to accomplish what the intent was in a different way.” King has spoken about the scene numerous times, the most recent being in 2013. “I wasn’t really thinking of the sexual aspect of it,” King noted on an official message board, as confirmed by his manager. “The book dealt with childhood and adulthood — 1958 and Grown Ups. The grown ups don’t remember their childhood. None of us remember what we did as children—we think we do, but we don’t remember it as it really happened. “Intuitively, the Losers knew they had to be together again. The sexual act connected childhood and adulthood. It’s another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children’s library and the adult library. Times have changed since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues.” Speaking to Vulture, King’s agent added another note from the author: “To it, I’d just add that it’s fascinating to me that there has been so much comment about that single sex scene and so little about the multiple child murders. That must mean something, but I’m not sure what.” Grok confirms: At the end of Stephen King’s novel “It,” there is indeed a controversial scene involving the Losers’ Club, a group of preteen children. After defeating Pennywise, their antagonist, the children find themselves lost in the sewers of Derry. Beverly Marsh, the only girl in the group, suggests that they must all have sex with her to strengthen their bond and ensure they can escape from the sewers. This scene, often described as a child orgy or a consensual act among the children, occurs to symbolize the transition from childhood to adulthood, a theme prevalent throughout the book. Stephen King has discussed this scene, noting it was intended to represent the connection between childhood and adulthood, and how the act brought the group together, allowing them to remember how to find their way out. However, this scene has been widely criticized for its depiction of underage characters in a sexual context. It’s worth mentioning that this particular scene was omitted from both the 1990 miniseries and the 2017 and 2019 film adaptations due to its controversial nature. This ending has stirred a lot of debate among readers, with some seeing it as an integral part of exploring themes of innocence, trauma, and the loss thereof, while others find it deeply unsettling and unnecessary. The narrative around this scene has often focused on its shock value rather than the broader thematic elements King was trying to convey. And while we can’t print the scene here due to copyright and basic decency reasons, I can give this summary: Here is an attempt to provide the context and essence of the controversial scene from Stephen King’s “It,” based on public discussions and descriptions, without reproducing copyrighted material directly: Beverly Marsh, after suggesting the act as a means to reconnect the group, initiates a sexual encounter with each of the boys from the Losers’ Club. The scene describes each of the boys, Mike, Richie, Stan, Ben, Eddie, and Bill, having sex with Beverly one by one in the sewer. Beverly feels a mix of pain and pleasure, with the experience described in a way that attempts to convey her losing childhood innocence: Beverly’s thoughts and feelings: She experiences discomfort but also a sense of empowerment and connection. The act is intended to symbolize their unity and the transition from children to adults, which is a recurring theme in the book. The boys’ reactions: Each boy comes to Beverly with a mix of hesitation, curiosity, and ultimately, participation in the act, which King describes as them losing their virginity. This is portrayed not just as a physical act but as a metaphysical one, intended to bind them together forever. King’s symbolic intent: The scene serves as a bizarre ritual to bind them in their fight against IT, ensuring they remember their unity when they return to Derry as adults. Quite strange! What do you think? Have you read the book? Do you remember the scene?

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