As IT: Welcome to Derry Season 1 demonstrated, this show is not hesitant to explore the most painful emotional wounds in Stephen King’s world. It did not just stop at unsettling visuals and Pennywise lingering in the darkness, but it also foreshadowed a much more heart-wrenching truth behind the horror: the tragic tale of Bob and Ingrid Gray.As Andy Muschietti and Jason Fuchs intend to have several seasons that travel backwards in the history of Derry, IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 is now ideally positioned to develop the most tragic plotline of the show so far. It is not just the supernatural that makes Derry horrifying to the core, but rather the human element of it all.That is why the tale about Bob Gray, a good and optimistic traveling-clown and his daughter Ingrid, is so devastating. Bob’s dreams and Ingrid’s grief collide in a manner that makes loss a grotesque entity altogether. Their relationship illustrates how trauma, neglect and grief can make Derry as much like Pennywise could ever be.Delving into their story would not only push the plot but could even make IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 the emotional heart of the whole show, while making the horror feel more impactful and authentic.Who are Bob Gray and Ingrid Kersh in IT: Welcome to Derry View this post on Instagram Instagram PostOne of the smartest moves the creators of IT: Welcome to Derry pulled in Season 1, was to reveal Bob Gray’s past before he became Pennywise. Instead of horror, the audience witnessed an actual human tale. A clown struggling to make ends meet who's also a father trying to make the kids happy, including his own, is what we're presented with. Not all people are born to be evil. Bob Gray, for instance, had hopes, flaws, and he was human, which makes his destiny rather sad.IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 could explore this pre-horror narrative far more effectively. Bob’s nightmare visions, his fears, and exactly how and when he encounters the cosmic evil that will steal his identity should all take precedence. Everything that Bob loses as he becomes the monster that torments Derry could then take on even more meaning. And the reason why Pennywise ends up wearing the face of a clown is made eminently clear.While Bob's story is heartbreaking, Ingrid Kersh’s arc is traumatic. In Season 1, there are hints that Ingrid is his daughter, and she thinks that Pennywise is her father trapped inside this monster. That belief is driven by pain, not insanity, which is why it feels all the more unsettling.IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 could examine how her pain corrupts her morals. Ingrid is a character who is both victim and the perpetrator, luring children out because she is trying to locate her father. It is the type of tragic obsession that makes a supporting character probably an unforgettable anti-hero/antagonist. It is not only a question of fear, but the way loss can turn love monstrous. And that emotional subtext ought to be a big concern in IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2.In a recent conversation with Deadline, executive producer Andy Muschietti stated:“There’s so much. We’re going to learn a lot of things about it. We are going to know more about the Bob Gray of things, and we are going to know more about Ingrid, because Ingrid was around in the 30s. Our second season happens in 1935, in theory. I think it’s a pretty tragic character. She’s a very specific, very unique character, because she’s a victim, but she’s a perpetrator too. She’s tricked into thinking that her dad is still there somewhere in the shadows of that monster, and she wants to liberate him, but the only way to see him and try to liberate him is by creating all these baits [and] all this pain, because she knows that he will show up.”IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2’s big picture View this post on Instagram Instagram PostIT: Welcome to Derry excels because it combines the elements of horror and heart so effectively. Pennywise's terror and the subtle suffering of human loss are not mutually exclusive; instead, they enhance each other. It is this dichotomy that makes the story stay with the audience. Season 2 actually has the potential to expand the mythology while making us care deeply for the people who are trapped within the cursed history of Derry.A 1935 setting, whether involving the Bradley Gang Massacre or other aspects of this period, could offer the setting for Bob and Ingrid’s tragic journey. Instead of a typical villain origin story, the series could explore grief, denial, and false hopes in a community where fear is the controlling factor.IT: Welcome to Derry Season 2 does not require additional gore to be frightening. The most frightening elements of Season 2 could be based on emotional loss, reflecting how genuine heartbreak can transform into terror over time.For more such insights on IT: Welcome to Derry, keep following SoapCentral.