Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe

Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe
Art by @milyqua
GENERAL
The Goldfinch
Stranger Things
IT
Character	Boris Pavlikovsky
Character	Mike Wheeler
Character	Richie Tozier
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Never met (do not exist within same universe)
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Family
Also Known As	FWGCU, Finn Wolfhard Gay Multiverse, Wheeler Triplets
Tropes	• Crossover Ship

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Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe is the family ship between Boris Pavlikovsky from the The Goldfinch fandom, Mike Wheeler from the Stranger Things fandom and Richie Tozier from the IT fandom.

Canon

Boris, Mike and Richie do not exist within same universe, thus, they have never canonically interacted and never will. However, this ship was created out of the similarities between the three that compose the cinematic universe where they all exist. The crucial common point between the three of them is the fact that, as the name suggests, they're perceived as gay be it in canon or fanon: Richie's canonically gay, Boris is implied to be bisexual, Mike is often headcannoned as gay/bisexual and has plenty of subtext pointing to that. And, the second highest discussed point in the universe is that they all have a brown-haired best friend that they either fall in love with, in Richie's case being canonically in love with Eddie, or that fall in love with them, like in Mike's and Boris's case where both Will and Theo are in love with them.

There's also other similarities between the three:

• The three of them are protective/nurturing of their best friend. Boris always soothing Theo when he has nightmares, Mike always rescuing Will in Season 2 when he has visions of the MindFlayer, and Richie making Eddie cling to him when they're attacked by Pennywise.
• Having a swing set scene. Boris and Theo having a scene swinging, Mike talking about how Will and him met in kindergarten on the swings, and Richie sharing a hammock (technically, a big swing) with Eddie.
• Having a considerate height difference with their best friend. All of the three are considered the tallest in each of their own groups.

There's also some small similarities between two of them, like how Boris and Richie both;

• Have affectionate nicknames for their best friends. Boris calls Theo "Potter", while Richie calls Eddie "Eds" or another similar variation.
• Have a preference for older women, or at least joke about that. Boris frequently talks about going for older women, even talking romantically about Theo's mom with him or getting with Kotku, who's also older than him. Richie, on the other hand, always does "your mom" jokes where he says he's romantically attracted to her or even sexually. Both of them have different intentions doing that, Boris is genuinely attracted to them while Richie does that mostly to not make people question his heterosexuality.

Fanon

Informally, the Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe is known by "being gay and falling in love with their best friend", and the fact that this happened not once, not twice, but three times brings its popularity up by its unusuality. There's some versions of the universe that include Miles Fairchild or Trevor Spengler or Ziggy Katz, sometimes even all of them, but, most of the times, the "classic" multiverse is only Boris, Richie and Mike.

To make them connected, fanon content always makes them related in some sort of way, mostly by having them as siblings and sometimes even as triplets. A few might make them just a split family, like having Mike/Richie as siblings and then Boris as cousin, or Boris/Mike as half-brothers and Richie as a long-distance cousin or some other random scenario, experimenting with them freely. When they're actually interpreted as siblings, Boris is seen as the older and who gets frequently in trouble with their parents, mostly because of drugs and other of his bad behavior. Mike is usually the middle sibling, easily annoyed by Boris and Richie's mischiefs and who doesn't get along well with both of them. Richie is the youngest, who hangs out with Boris more and team up to annoy Mike together.

When they're explored, most, if not all the time, they're featured alongside the romantic pairings Boreo, Reddie and Byler to live up to the "gay and in love with best friend" fame.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Boris Pavlikovsky & Richie Tozier & Mike Wheeler Are Triplets tag on AO3

TUMBLR

Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe posts on Tumblr

Finn Wolfhard Cinematic Universe posts on Tumblr

TWITTER

Finn Wolfhard Gay Cinematic Universe posts on Twitter

Gallery

by Noodles

Variations

Wheelzier refers to the ship between Mike and Richie