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#and as far as im concerned its not even very cannon from what I've heard
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Can I just rant for a second
(And I ask that you read this in its entirety before sending hate)
Adding a read more bc it's a long post
I don't like the fandoms obsession with Eddie munson
Like, do I think he's an ok character? yeah sure
But some of you treat him like he's the second coming of christ
Y'all treat him like he's a god
And I personally hate that with a burning passion
HE WAS AN ASSHOLE
To Lucas, my baby, my bff
To Steve
To literally anyone he interacted with
And some of you will be like "but he was bullied and he was just trying to protect himself 😔"
Yall will act like he was regularly getting beat up in back alleys when realistically the most that happened was he got called names
He was, as far as we know, the only drug dealer at the high school. No one is going to want to be on his bad side if they ever wanted drugs
He was a three time senior let that sink in
Three time senior
He was 20 in the show or at least almost 20
No teenager is going to go beating up a 20 year old no matter if their in the same school or not
Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think anyone is bullying people in a grade above them
You know Jason big bad evil jock basketball player Jason
The most we see before the whole murder thing (which I will get to) is him calling Eddie a freak, and that's it
And Honestly, if I was trying to eat my lunch and some theater kid started standing on tables loudly yelling about things that really don't matter, I would call him a freak too
Jason was a sophomore when Eddie was in his first senior year
Jason is not doing shit to Eddie
But you all will take what he did when they found his girlfriend dead in Eddie's trailer and treat it like it's his everyday life
And this was right in the middle of the satanic panic. So, the rumors of him worshipping the devil make sense for the time. It wasn't anything targeted. It was just what everyone thought about people who played dnd
And can you honestly say that you would react differently than Jason did?
If your girlfriend was found dead in the trailer of the three time senior (again 20 year old) the same senior that has a reputation for dealing drugs and playing a game linked to devil worshipping (again satanic panic it's what most people thought at the time)
Think of it from an outsiders perspective
There's a murderer on the loose, and the police aren't doing shit about it
What would you be doing?
And let's talk about chrissy
We don't know how old she was
We don't know if she was graduating that year
She could have been under 18
If you found out that a 17 year old was found dead in someone's trailer, you would be so angry, and you would be wishing death on whatever predator killed her.
And y'all will say "oh he's an outcast he's someone people who feel like outcasts can look up to"
And like great, im glad you found a character you can relate to
But like did you watch the first three seasons?
The whole show is about outcasts
Lucas is black in a small town in the 80s
Dustin is disabled in a small town in the 80s
Will and Robin are gay in a small town in the 80s
If you were anything other than straight white and able-bodied in the 80s, you were an outcast
Eddie is nothing new
Y'all just like him so much because you think he's hot
And don't even get me started on how y'all treat robin and steve
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