Stephen King is famous for creating terrifying monsters in his books, from Pennywise to Randall Flagg, and is best known as a horror writer. While one of his popular TV adaptations hinted at a particularly unusual aspect of his stories, the show’s second season needs to directly explore this established lore. Many of King’s most beloved books, such as It, remain popular because of their memorable villains.
As much as I love the creepy villains in Stephen King’s world, it’s so much bigger than just them. The first season of the It prequel on HBO kind of skipped over a really wild part of the story, but the original book reveals that Pennywise actually comes from a cosmic turtle – seriously, this turtle vomits up the universe! I know the second season of IT: Welcome to Derry might have a hard time bringing such a strange, Lovecraftian idea to life on screen, but I really hope they at least try to explain Maturin the Turtle, how it connects to Pennywise, and what it all means for Derry.
IT: Welcome to Derry Must Actually Address Maturin The Turtle
In Stephen King’s It, Maturin the Turtle is an incredibly old, almost god-like being who existed before the universe itself. According to the story, Maturin essentially created reality by bringing forth the universe long ago, even when it was already ancient and weary. While Maturin generally doesn’t concern itself with humans, it does help the Losers Club by appearing to a young Bill Denbrough during the first Ritual of Chud in 1958.
Maturin and Pennywise call each other “Brothers,” but clearly don’t like each other very much. When the Losers Club repeats the Ritual of Chud years later, Pennywise happily tells them that the turtle died – choked on an entire galaxy! While the prequel series, IT: Welcome to Derry, is set in 1935 and can’t show these events directly, the storyline could still be referenced.
IT: Welcome to Derry’s Most Ambitious Swings Proves A Maturin The Turtle Story Could Work
Despite some unusual choices in its first season, IT: Welcome to Derry often succeeded, showing the show can effectively incorporate the mythology of Maturin the turtle. A particularly unsettling scene featured local elders recounting Pennywise’s initial attacks on the town’s first settlers. Later, in the finale, Pennywise hinted at events from future IT installments, even though those events hadn’t happened yet within the show’s timeline.
The show’s exploration of Pennywise’s unusual perception of time suggests the vastness of Stephen King’s story, and the prequel’s extended length allows it to delve into the novel’s more complex themes in a way previous, shorter films couldn’t. Like other successful adaptations of King’s challenging works, such as Gerald’s Game and The Long Walk, IT: Welcome to Derry season 2 has the opportunity to fully embrace the story’s strangest elements – specifically, by introducing Pennywise’s good-natured sibling.
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2026-04-06 22:40