The problem with the pillars/shards... (read only if you've seen E8)

Okay, let's say that IT was unaware that the pillars act as ITs cage (unlikely, as IT stopped ITs hibernation once one was removed (and later destroyed)) or where exactly they were located (more likely)... IT now knows ***precisely*** where one of them is located (as it was mere inches away from it and the kids)!

It might not be able to use Mrs. Kersh's help in the future but seeing how important those things are and IT knowing of the future... why did it not get Bowers or some other minion to remove them for IT?

Why wouldn't IT force someone in the past to remove them (the show suggests that the seasons in the past might be just as "present" as the future to IT)?

Cause if you know that some loser kids (later adults) will "kill" you and you're a god-like entity that can mind-control people to a certain extent... and those shards can stop you/slow you down just as much as someone who's shine is really strong... you'd probably try to get rid of them.

Then you could travel around the US and pick the losers off one by one once they've left Derry and forgot about IT. Mike didn't phone them immediately after the first kill after all. So Pennywise would've had a few days realistically.

In the book we have an explanation... ITs hubris. But in the show IT knows of its defeat/"death". There are shards/pillars holding it back. So now it would act very differently I figure.