#which makes mike’s owl imagery interesting bc there isn’t an owl guardian but it is an animal

[wibble-wobbegong]

okay so considering that maturin is the natural opposition to It i’m thinking about that multiple UD theory (em <3) and wondering if accessing another dimension would reveal a creature of light that opposes the mf and maturin has a lot of qualities that are similar to that of Will personality-wise (kind, benevolent, wise, and he encourages bill to fight It with willpower, mental strength, and internal faith and belief which is what will uses to fight the mf). maturin ends up dying over the course of the 27 year time skip but that might not be relevant in this scenario

like it’s interesting how It may be the son of the crimson king (henry), suggesting that henry is the one who created the mf or at least the current version of it but maturin isn’t a product of anything, but rather one of the ‘old ones’ and a guardian of the beams that the crimson king is out to destroy. there’s the suggestion that It is a twinner (a doppelganger of someone in a parallel universe) of one of these beam guardians, as it’s perceivable form is a spider but that isn’t one of the actual guardians.

idk something about will guiding/being advised by the light and henry creating his own force or darkness which executes powers similar to his own