#Audra Phillips

[frankenfawn]

Hi!!!! This is my entry for the Reddiesance 5 Year Anniversary Event!!!!! please check out the other amazing artists and writers for this event in the #reddiesance tag!!!

this was originally meant to be a monster high losers club au, but now its just a monster au :)

eddie's a frankenmonster, mike is a satyr, stanley is a gargoyle, bill and georgie are ghosts, rich is a werewolf, ben's a yeti, and bev is a fire elemental!!

bonus gorgon kay, mermaid audra, and dryad patty:

[incorrect-losers]

Patty *About Stan*: Oh, and he had the kind of profound sadness in his eyes that you normally only see in Eastern European gay porn

Audra: Please stop describing him

[reddieswift]

every day i wake up and obsess over a specific IT character, sometimes the same one as the day before, sometimes different. did not expect today to be an audra phillips day but look where we are

[riveatstoes]

For Your Consideration, Some Terrible Losers Club Headcanons**

**Mostly Eddie cus I think he’s silly

When they got married, Eddie and Myra’s wedding colors were teal and white

Their wedding song was “A Thousand Years” from the Twilight soundtrack — Eddie thinks it’s the most beautiful song to ever be written

Richie uses Apple Music (saw this in a fanfic somewhere, couldn’t unsee it)

Eddie’s the type of guy to mansplain the “true message of” Hamilton to the women in his workplace/Myra

After Derry 2016, Bill sends all of his books to Beverly so she can approve/veto the endings. She’s usually a good neutral party

The Losers meet once a month at least for dinner and to catch up

Richie gives them all VIP passes to his future shows and they never fail to show up (even when he ends up relentlessly bullying them on stage)

Bill and Richie definitely kissed in front of paparazzi once “for the bit” (Audra approved of this and thought it was hilarious)

Eddie was a huge fan of Twilight but didn’t admit it because he saw himself as “above” the other fans

They welcomed Patty Uris as an honorary Loser after Stan’s funeral. She and Mike get along the most of all of them

Despite not being a millennial, Eddie certainly acts like a stereotypical one and you cannot convince me otherwise (hence the Twilight and Hamilton references)

Eddie’s the type of guy to say “don’t talk to me before I’ve had my coffee”*

*If he doesn’t have his coffee then Eddie’s a little bit agitated throughout the day, BUT if Beverly doesn’t have her coffee she will kill someone. Stan is somewhere between them

Mike adopted a Pomeranian after leaving Derry. Richie is sometimes horrified of it

The others bring up Eddie frequently in a joking way, but rarely (at first) does Richie participate. Somehow nobody notices that he gets quiet when they bring the topic up

The Losers got famous on social media after reconnecting, purely because of how weird they seem together. Beverly’s personal accounts quickly turned into everyone’s source for Losers content

I’m sorry but Ben seems like the type of guy to go to a family event and ask “where’s my hug? :D”

Bill would want to make his son a junior to “carry on his family name” but also, I feel like if he were to have kids he’d be graced with all girls. Girldad Bill…hm

Richie being their universe’s Bill Hader is so silly to me because, and ONLY because of Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs. I feel like the Losers would relentlessly bully him for that shit

Not a headcanon but I love Patty and Audra, I’m quite possibly their biggest fan

Audra, Patty, and Bev best girlboss unit. I love the idea of them hanging out maybe I should write a fanfic about it

Obviously I’m a huge fan of the idea that Stanley and Eddie never died but that’s not exactly a headcanon so. Um. They’re still alive in my heart

[when-the-spagheddie-hits-the-fan]

I'm in the BIT Club (IT Book Club)

Each week we read a certain amount of the book and I have thoughts and feelings about IT *Ba Dum Tss*

Warning: There are Spoilers

Week 1

Ch. 1

   I really liked being in Georgie’s perspective, and the whole time he’s describing the basement I kept hearing the Jaws *dun dun* because of future events and just having the knowledge I have from the Miniseries, Movies (and Musical), like, dude, you have no idea how right you are! And that turtle wax made me go, “omg, does Stephen King even realize what he did there?!” and it’s like “yeah, ya goof.”

   Georgie and Bill’s relationship was so siblings. People don’t always write siblings being assholes to each other while also showing that they care about each other. I think the butthole jokes weirdly show that off the best, and Georgie is so cute about Bill saying “shitty butthole” — very little kid of him.   Also, when Georgie kisses Bill on the cheek and Bill tells Georgie to be careful before leaving, I never thought it was weird while watching the other media, so when it was pointed out how unusual it was it got me thinking about why did they do it that time? Was it the turtle or was it just one of those moments that really stands out to you because it was the last time you saw that person and it ended in tragedy or was it something else completely? 

   Something that really surprised me was that an adult “saw” what happened and actually went to go check on Georgie. Any other time I’ve seen this scene it almost always cuts away right after Georgie is attacked so I had no idea. Plus adults suck, so anytime they aren't it’s always wild to me.

Ch. 2

   This chapter is so brutal, obviously. But like, fuck, dude. What adds to the harshness of it all is like this shit has happened and can still happen. My heart felt so disgusted by what those homophobic pricks were doing. And the hopelessness of Don crying out for anyone to help, and running back to Adrian and not being able to anything was so sad and sickening.

   And with Pennywise showing up to finish off Adrian I find myself thinking, not at the time but looking back on it, Pennywise is not as bad as those jackwagons. Is that weird to think? I mean, Pennywise is a murder-crazed space clown god thing, what are those scum sucking fuckwads excuses?

   Something I found interesting is how kinda neutral the cops were? ACAB and all that, but I thought they were gonna be evil and that’s that. But no. Sure they aren’t supportive of the gays but they didn’t go out of their way to fuck with them, and one stopped the first altercation and told the warthog sniffers to fuck off. Again ACAB and at the end of the day they are, but I was kinda thrown for a loop when they weren’t vile creatures.

   On a happier note; the Elmer Curtie part was really funny. Man has a successful gay bar in a small, homophobic town and it takes him 4yrs, give or take, to realize it. Amazing! And when he figures it out he’s like, “Most of my patrons are polite, I never have to pay for damages because girls aren't an issue, and I’m making money?? I see only positives!” Also, it’s totally canon that he ships Don and Adrian.

Ch. 3

   This was a hefty chapter, and my favorite out of the 3 for this week. For a chapter as a whole; I liked the back and forth of who was narrating for each Loser’s parts (other person, that loser, other person, that loser, other person, that loser), and a thought I’m sure no one has had before; IT should really be a TV Series. Chapter 1 and 2 could easily be their own episode, and each of the Losers’ sections could be their own episode too!

   Stan- Okay, starting off strong and sad. Really surprised that Stan is first, and we’re in Patty’s head. I learned way more about Patty than I ever did with the Miniseries and Movies combined. I mean in total her screen is like what? Over 5mins?

   The people need to know that puzzles are Patty’s thing! I repeat, girl has hobbies away from Staniel!!

   That part about her not being allowed in that high society club dance, describing her beautiful dress that made her look like a mermaid, the sound that her heels made on the gravel when walking back to the car, the laughing she hears and how that will affect her even years from now, that shit is crushing. And her and Stan's relationship is so nice and sweet. She doesn’t always get him, but she loves him so much, and they’re each other's person. He’s gentle with her for their first time. I made an audible “awww” when Patty said, “Don’t hurt me, dear.” and he said, “I will never hurt you.” Then the moment got ruined with remembering what’s gonna happen, but I digress.

  So when Patty goes to check on Stan, again, it’s way longer. The one thing that really stood out to me is that she notices all the unusual things Stan is doing, things that he never really does but it’s nothing that she feels like she needs to bring up with him. And then it’s too late, and those out of place things are just playing over and over again in her head. It got me thinking about Georgie's chapter. The kiss and the concerned warning that the brothers do for the last time they would ever see each other. And how it stands out to them but they say nothing about it, and thoughts of these mistakes and what they should have done will stay with (sadly only) Bill forever. And now with Patty. Fuck.

   Two things I can now confidently say now about Stan is he’s autistic and the man fucks!

   This is such a little piece and I haven’t read the whole book so technically the whole picture isn’t there, but Stan is autistic. The way he talks and interacts with people, he’s logical and doesn’t feel the need to explain himself. ‘Cause why would he? He’s right. Speaking as a person that also falls on the spectrum, reading this little bit about Stan at least makes me go, “Hmmm, gonna file that for later.” Also, and I really wish this wasn’t the case, I really appreciate having Stan not come off as cold and heartless. He jokes around and clearly loves his wife. Almost like he's a person and not some broken robot. What a concept!

   On a hornier note, Stan likes sex. The Miniseries understood that. It’s so great that when they leave the clinic, Stan's first words are, “I never do”, and then clarifies, “Think about procreation during.” Noice. I don’t know; I just really like knowing that the dude fucks and he likes it.

   On a final note; I’m interested in finding out why he remembers more than any other losers. Like, I know but I’m curious to see how the book will explain it.

   Richie- Richie has ADD/ADHD!

   From the need to play music (the louder the better) to either help him focus or distract him.

All those voices he does, him wanting to please the people he talks to, and not wanting to say or show what he’s actually feeling or thinking? That is so masking!

   I know with every character there are a lot of thoughts going on in their heads, but Richie’s on a different level. Not only does he have a lot of thoughts, but he’s also talking to a lot of people, using multiple voices, and he’s quick on his feet when on the spot. Plus I know he has the gift of gab (aka never shuts the fuck up), he’s moving around a lot, and he’s keeps getting distracted with little things going on around him. His brain is all over the place.

   Imma call it; Richie wasn’t bullied for his glasses (I mean he was but shush); he was bullied because he has ADD/ADHD! Kids don’t need to know what it is to spot it and hate you for it. Talking from experience as an ADD kid (or that weird annoying girl).

   It’s really sad that the main memories that he remembers is the bullying, the names they called him, and getting beat up.

   I’m glad he had friends that loved and cared about him.

   Also, holy crap! Richie said, “You bet your fur” first!

   Ben- …Okay, real talk? Ben’s part was so funny! I already brought up that the amount of times Ricky Lee’s name was so fucking funny to me here, but the waitress, the lemons, and the amount of stress Ben was giving Ricky Lee was really funny.

   Of course I feel bad for Ben but to be in Ricky Lee’s POV is really something special!

   Sorry, not that much to say. I guess something to add is Ben needs therapy (no duh). In this case I’m talking about his body image issues, and for what he put his body through and I bet is still doing to look “perfect.”

   Eddie- I don’t think I have to bring up examples on why Sonia sucks and is a terrible mother; you saw all the words about her.

   Everything that was shown about Eddie wasn’t surprising. I think reading the source really showed me the fights that he has with himself might be his biggest problem (those words come from his mother but you get it) And I really like that you can tell, even through all his fear, that Eddie is a capable person and is very brave.

   Also, I was expecting Eddie to have a long list about everything he takes but, good lord, that list really did go on forever.

   I don’t know how fans feel about this, considering all the fanfics I read I think I’m really in the minority, but I don’t think Myra is abusive?? At worst, I think she kinda manipulates Eddie into feeling bad and getting her way but like I don’t know, it feels like she’s fucked up like Eddie but in a different way, they both seem to be stuck in this life. Even what I said about the worst seems a bit too much. I actually feel bad for her. I’m really surprised because, again, all the fanfics I’ve read, things I’ve seen online talking about her and Sonia’s similarities, and I guess the little snippet from the second movie shaped my original opinion about her.

   And can I just say, I hate how Stephen King describes fat people. He makes it seem like the biggest sin a person can have is being fat. Like, “Of course they're a bad person. Didn’t you see how big they are? I mean how could you not?! Fat people are so gross!” I just — it makes me uncomfortable. Especially ‘cause, oh I don’t know, BEN! Let’s see how that goes.

   Bev- This is really brutal. Besides Bev beating the ever-loving shit out of Tom and scream-laughing like the beautiful mad lady she is when she's outside, my overall favorite part is how Tom is able to sound cruel and vile but also show just how pathetic and dumb he really is.

   He really is a top tier abuser with no skills of his own, and has the mind of a whiny child. I hope his balls exploded into bloody nothings, and the wounds Bev gave him never heal and he’s unable to cover them so he never forgets what happened and his outside matches his insides. (btw scars are cool and okay but fuck this turd)

   I’m glad Bev found her strength again.

   Bill- I learned you can do anything if you have the unjustified confidence of a white man. I wanted to say that college Bill was being really egotistical, but what the fuck do I know? It worked out great for him. 

   Seriously though, I’m trying really hard not to jump the gun but I know that book adult Bill sucks and the live action adult Bills don’t. And overall Bill seems okay in his section buuuut, I don’t know; I’ll keep trying to take in the book without my prior knowledge.

   I like Audra, and finding out how they met. I think it’s sweet that you wouldn’t think they would have ended up together but they really do seem to love each other. And Audra really seems to care about him. What a nice, good lady. Sure would be a shame if Bill became human trash and taints what they have.

[bit-club]

my notes for our final week :) <3

hello and goodbye! the fact that it’s already the last week of the reread is shocking to me i’ve had so much fun doing this! let’s jump in one last time :p

this week we read the final interlude and the epilogue, the first of which is mike’s final ‘entry’ into his history of derry/personal diary, the latter being bill and audra’s bike ride through downtown derry.

i’ve said multiple times that i love the interludes and this one is the perfect way to end those sections to me. mike’s own feelings and memory loss as the other losers leave town is so intense, since he feels both relief and fear at the way he’s unable to remember the contents of his own life.

love this last conversation he has with richie, where they both understand that they’ve succeeded, even at great cost, and actually want to forget more than they want to live with this knowledge. bill expresses a similar sentiment, and ben and bev make promises they know they can’t keep because they’re all aware of their loss.

this section serves as an ending for the majority of the characters; it’s the last time they’re mentioned in the book, and i really like a lot of what they have planned for their vague future, with the exception of richie. ben and bev are leaving together, visiting both nebraska and new york to tie up lose ends, and their relationship has a possibility of becoming romantic, which i really like for both characters. mike’s work is finally done, and he has no need to be the watchman, and he plans to pursue some different sort of life (insomnia readers will know he remains a librarian in derry, much loved by the community!). richie feels a little left out, simply flying back to california, while bill and audra remain in derry due to audra still being catatonic.

i personally really enjoy the fact that they all get to forget this strange part of their lives. they’ve changed but they’re no longer haunted, and they can exist with a sense of mysterious relief, essentially free from their traumatic childhoods. in a sense the connection of time between their simultaneous relived childhood and adulthood has been severed, they’re unchained by loss and horror that affected them for the majority of their lives, and i think they deserve that. even their scars fade; all they have left of derry are dreams half forgotten by the time they wake up.

in the epilogue, bill hatches a plan to bring audra out of her catatonic state: one more epic ride across derry on his trusted silver bike. interspaced between this last flight is bill’s own dreams of derry later in life:

truly it speaks for itself. and:

this last section is so important to me, it’s the absolute statement of the whole book. the reoccurrence of the word desire, so important to this novel from it’s start in chapter one with beverly’s shock at her own ability to finally feel it to now, the final reach for desire with bill’s insane but heartfelt attempt at bringing his wife back to consciousness. his race down Up Mile Hill works, and audra wakes up terrified and overjoyed.

they love each other, they desire each other, they continue to reach for each other, and what else counts?

the majority of the story focuses on the need to bring back a vital part of childhood, the powerful belief of the young, so i love that bill’s final reflection is about the essential balance between the child and the adult, and the necessity of being able to look back and know childhood was a mystery, whether you fully remember it or not.

ultimately this last epilogue is the epitome of all the reasons why i find this story so compelling and powerful; for all the horror, all the death and terror, there’s so much to love in life if you just reach for it. it’s a really simple but solid message, especially applying it to people whose childhoods were extremely disturbing and destructive. life goes on if you let it, if you have the desire to make it happen <3

[s-oulpunk]

I think Beverly, Audra, Patty, and Kay should be friends in more fics <3

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"The Nightmare's gonna get you"

Genre: Horror, Psychological

Summary:

A horror anthology series featuring characters from Stephen King's IT in various au stories.

Chapter One: "The Heart or the Liver?" (An Eddie Kaspbrak episode)

Chapter Two: "Hazel eyes" (An Audra Phillips episode)

Chapter Three: "They used to laugh, they used to dance" (A Richie Tozier episode)

[antisociallilbrat]

Just gonna throw out a few since I have been busy for a few days. These aren't all necessarily in the same universe all at once.

-Bill is the best kisser in the poly relationship and Ben is kinda pissed but also likes to be kissed by him

-Bill was really into 90s Leonardo DiCaprio but didn't know liking boys was a thing yet, so he thought he just wanted to look like him and tried for a while

-Bill got Georgie obsessed with horror when he was definitely too young and he always shares his new work with Georgie first

-Bill's favorite part of the holiday season is celebrating Hanukkah with Stan

-Bill and Bev take a yearly road trip just the two of them to go to an annual film festival they love but also they are both wildly attracted to this woman named Audra who's one of the organizers and they've accepted it's really a trip just to see her

-Bill and Mike both heavily annotate the books they read and then trade so they can see how each other feels or thinks as they read through each other's books

-Bill lets Richie order for him at restaurants because Richie is so attentive that he has Bill's taste in food, as well as many other things, etched into his brain and knows what he'd like anywhere they go

-Bill and Eddie are super involved with a bunch of different activist groups. The other Losers are too, but Bill and Eddie are a step above and are the most invested of all of them and they do all their things together

Rose you never let me down, this was an absolute gift to wake up to. Thank you for sharing your brain worms.

-I love this hc bc Bill doesn't even try to be the best at kissing, he just kinda is and none of the Losers understand it

-'didn't know liking boys was a thing yet' you perfectly summoned up Bill's sexuality for that time era. Also thinking about Bill will 90's Leo Dicaprio hair 🥰

-Georgie scared the other kids in class bc he would be like 'do you want to play monster' at recess but when he's older he absolutely eats up Bill's writing. Georgie always gets to read his new stories first

-Rose you're killing me, that's so fucking cute. Bill trips up the words because of his stutter but Stan doesn't care, just having Bill there to celebrate with him is so special

-I love the idea of Bill and Bev traveling to this annual festival just because they think one of the organizers is hot. They try to date her and Audra is so confused bc she knows they're a couple but surely they're not hitting on her right?

-oh my little heart soars, library bfs <3 they have a little 'book club' with just them and they'll each pick a different book and read it, annotating, and then swapping them aaaaa i love it so much

-it's the little things isn't it? They'll go to a new restaurant that neither of them have been to before and Bill doesn't even look at the menu, there's too many options so he just lets Richie order for him bc he trusts him

-Bill and Eddie showing up to every march, them going and sponsoring fundraisers, travelling to go help in the wake of disasters, I love this so much. They care about each other but they also care about the world. Also Bill is the one who holds the sign at the marches and Eddie has the megaphone. not that he needs one

Thank you again for sharing these, I needed a little boost this morning and this was it <3

[areyoureddieforittaylorsversion]

[frankenfawn]

losers club + the gals ( kay, audra, and patty <3) moodboards !

[incorrect-losers]

The losers: *Looking for Pennywise in the house on Neibolt Street*

Mike: Let’s go this way. Maybe we’ll find something exciting in the bedroom!

Audra *loudly and excitedly*: I haven’t been excited by anything in the bedroom in years!

Richie:

Bev:

Eddie:

Ben:

Mike:

Bill:

Bill: …Thank you for shouting that so loudly in front of everyone

[polycule-playoff]

It (1990) Polycule

What do the colours mean?

The new and improved It Polycule, now with Kay McCall. Art by @redwineflowers. Please check out it's wonderful art.

If there are any characters you want to add and/or any other relationship interpretations you'd like to put forward, please let me know.

[eddie-kaspbrat]

would anyone wanna roleplay bill denbrough x audra philips 👉🏻👈🏻 i know there’s not really a fandom for them but im always looking for someone to play bill against my audra! 18+ please, like this or message me to plot!

[bit-club]

my notes for week five! :D

the completion of walking tours, three uninvited guests, and the third interlude mean we’re officially halfway through the book (and done with five of the ten weeks)! i love that up to this point had all been entirely set up, kinda crazy that the adults don’t even get together until almost the halfway point especially considering how much stuff goes down in the second half of the book. walking tours is especially cool because after they’ve all met up they go their separate ways until later as a way to uncover their own memories. i said this in an earlier notes post but i absolutely love the way this book lets the reader discover the histories of these characters along with them, i think it makes the reading experience that much more investing.

anyways! onto walking tours. ben’s perspective is definitely my favorite in this chapter, i really like how he, similarly to stan, is more left-brained and focused on how to make sense of what is happening, like when he was a kid and the most concerning thing about a clown haunting him was that the balloon was floating against the breeze. unlike stan, however, ben is able to see when it’s not worth thinking in the mathematical terms, that the equation will never make sense so it’s not worth trying to figure out. this segment right here is a good example of that:

ben is reminded that as a child he was able to accept irrational things because children are more susceptible to fantasy, more willing to believe in something adults would be more likely to ignore or excuse if they couldn’t explain it. i like this because it perfectly states the stakes in this book: childhood belief is the weapon, because what is happening cannot be fought without a little willingness to let it go unexplained. (i also like ��scratching at the window,’ reminds me of ’salem’s lot!)

another part of this chapter i really liked was beverly’s scene where she goes back to her childhood home. concerned her father is still alive and living there, she internally argues with herself over whether or not to ring the bell, and despite a firm decision not to, she does anyways.

i like that this scene really shows how bev is at war with her upbringing, where she knows what she wants and maybe even deserves and still has this automatic reaction that aligns with what her father would want her to do, made even worse in the rest of the scene as her fear is revealed to be her father’s implied desire of assaulting her sexually made real. truly the most horrific scene in the book so far, not only in what’s actually happening but the implications for what beverly as a child was going through, which she can’t even really remember.

the rest of this chapter is also cool, i like the fact that richie is forced to take his contacts out and get his glasses, another way to bring him back to childhood, i thought that the dead versions of greta/belch/patrick/tony tracker showing up for eddie was interesting, and i especially enjoyed bill’s regain of silver and his and mike’s little hangout afterwards.

next up we get our three uninvited guests showing up in derry: tom rogan, henry bowers, and audra phillips. i love henry’s pov chapters, i think there’s always something particularly interesting and fucked up happening. i like the implication here that his arrest and imprisonment in juniper hill was more for show than anything; the townspeople probably also have the sense that ‘night never ends,’ and i like how this builds up to the explicit confirmation of that in the third interlude (we’ll get there soon!):

i also liked the reasoning behind pennywise’s ‘alliance’ with henry. where pennywise is bound by the laws that leave him unprotected by mental strength, henry is in a sense more real, and can do physical damage no matter how prepared the losers are for a confrontation (‘but you’re alive,’ as if pennywise is not? interesting! pennywise is so tied to the beliefs of the town that in turn makes him both powerful and vulnerable).

something i also liked in this chapter was kay’s determination to help beverly, even at the cost of her own safety. it’s a shame she’s not in the novel more because i think she’s great but i also think her limited pagetime gives a good insight into bev’s internal issues, especially now that kay has also been at the mercy of tom’s violence. this section here i thought really tied well into what we just read about beverly, especially with her decision to not ring the bell and then finding herself doing it anyways:

and finally for this week, the third interlude. this one builds on the ideas presented in the first two, but it adds one crucial concept: what’s happening in derry is intentional. the bradley gang scene is different from the rushed anger and giddy violence of the burning of the black spot, different from the attack on adrian mellon, different from the explosion at the ironworks. the shooting of the bradley gang was premeditating, town wide. the owner of the gunshop who orchestrated it’s start only ever talked to a couple people, and yet several dozen showed up that day to take part in the violence, hailed in by a whisper. this shooting was set up over two days; the entire town knew where to show up and when it would start based on passing word along. i really enjoy this sense that the entire town is aware of this undercurrent; like henry knows ‘night never falls in derry’ the townspeople know what to do, where to show up, what to say afterwards (mr keene says most of the town was there that day but most people would instead say they were out of town, including covering for other people who were there). i liked that the word used to describe this was ‘momentum,’ and this analogy:

i also like that this interlude adds to that idea that pennywise and the town are in a mutual relationship. pennywise isn’t a parasite as much as the town and pennywise are in league, that they are eternal a part of the other. this is best conveyed in mr keene’s description of how the town reacted to seeing pennywise: each man saw the clown as having the same gun as his.

like most things about the derry/pennywise relationship, you can probably argue that this is how human memory works, and of course in an exciting moment they wouldn’t remember the exact details and probably assume it’s the same gun… but this is derry, where nothing is coincidental. is the town a reflection of pennywise or vice versa? they mirror each other, violent intent for violent intent. kudos to mike hanlon again, because as much as this book can make my head spin he was living it. that’s what i also appreciate about these interludes: they show how much mike went through just to feel certain that he could fulfill his childhood promise.