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chapter thirteen of THE LATHE 

(now complete)

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“This time, do it right. This time Eddie won’t bleed out in his arms, in anyone’s arms. This time, Steve will do it right.”

— or, steve relives the day they try to kill vecna over and over, and eddie just can’t seem to stop dying. steve finds this totally unacceptable.

chapter thirteen summary:

“Is it any wonder?” the shape says, voice harsh like the screech of iron, Vecna’s voice — “It’s almost enough to make me pity you. You couldn’t help yourself, could you? Couldn’t help being weak and selfish, when this is where you started. No wonder he can’t trust you to save him.”

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I really do wonder

who Eddie's

favourite Metallica member was

Wish we would know :'(

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The panphobia is strong in some of you on tumblr. I saw in the tags of an Eddie Munson post saying that pan is just bi for really annoying people who want to be special/different and want attention. Like what the actual hell?

That is not what pansexuality is. I am so tired of people making us pan folk into a joke. We like people despite their gender.

Also for those who shit on people for headcanon Eddie as pan and say pansexuality wasn’t invented, it was in the Oxford English dictionary in 1969. So enough with the panphobia.

Headcanon what you want but don’t bring others down for their headcanons especially in the phobic way that it was done.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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I'm so mad that we didn't get to learn more about Eddie. Why was he living with Wayne? Why did he repeat high school so many times? Who taught him how to play guitar? Did he teach himself? Did he do his own tattoos? What did he want to do with his life? Who did he wanna be? There are so many things I want to know. I want to put him in a jar and study him like a bug.

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EDDIE MUNSON + tattoos

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I present: Eddie Munson's Castle

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Did you guys know that Hellfire club's meeting place it's inside the drama club?

You can see black curtains behind eddie during the cafeteria scene,

Then when Dustin and Mike are searching for someone to play D&D you can see various clubs, and drama club it's there, but look closely to the scenery, it's the same from the Hellfire club meeting

and in some bts photos (that one of hellfire and eddie sitting in his chair in the right corner there's a black curtain just like in the cafeteria)

You can literally see the cafeteria ceiling!

So yeah, that black curtain behind Eddie's back is where they made the campaign on the episode 1

That's why the drama club is one of the places he usually go, BECAUSE IT'S WHERE HE PLAYS D&D IM SHOCKED

@eddiemunsonstrojans idk this reminds me of your blog lol just searching for little things here and there

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Idk how accurate I am and kinda ashamed I did this buuuuut if you possibly wanna smell like eddie I'm pretty sure he has a bottle of Old Spice on his dresser.

Bottle is slightly different im pretty sure this is it or it could be something expired lol

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Stop it right now 😭🥺

I wonder if Wayne knows what Eddie uses his old lunchbox for now 💀

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SCREENCAPS OF THE BTS VIDEO OF EDDIE’S TRAILER, PART 1

Lots of people have been asking me for the photo of the condoms on Eddie’s bedside table from the BTS video, so I decided it might be fun to go back and screencap a bunch of bits and throw them into a post for people to look at and dissect. For the original video as posted on Tik Tok, see HERE.

Apologies in advance for the quality of some of these photos, as the video moves very quick at times and it’s hard to get a clear shot of some parts. Also, I did adjust the brightness of a lot of these after I screencapped them just because the original video is quite dark, so that’s why the coloring might look different in the photos as opposed to the video.

Also, because of Tumblr’s stupid “ten photos per post limit”, I only only had to collage some of the photos go make them all fit, I also had to break this analysis up into two segments: Part 1 is Eddie’s bedroom, and Part 2 will be Eddie’s kitchen and living room area.

EDDIE’S BEDROOM

At first I thought this was like, a ripped cardboard bag of some sort by now it looks like a beat up chair?? IDK. Jury’s still out on this one but anyway this is the entrance to Eddie’s room. You can see a boom box on the left partially out of frame, a tan case leaning behind the chair, an amp sitting behind the chair, an amp sitting behind his guitar, and of course, hanging on the wall, Eddie’s guitar. To say this man has a lot of amps is an understatement.

He also has a lot of posters hanging on his walls. Most of them are hard to see in the video and the screencaps, but a lot of them appear to be either band posters, or artwork Eddie has done.

There is a large Corroded Coffin banner hanging in the corner of the room. My guess is that this is most likely the band logo. There is also what looks like a little hand drawn advertisement for a concert at someplace called The Patio (all I can make out is that it says “Kill or Be Killed”, “Sept 16”, “Door 1”, and “Standing Room Only”) but I thought it was really neat! I tried to compare the logo at the top to see if it matched the Corroded Coffin lettering we see on the other poster, and while I think it’s definitely close, it’s also incredibly hard to read.

You can see Eddie’s closet in this photo with a red jacket hanging up, and his dresser with another amp underneath it.

Bedside table with ashtray, a random bullet, cassette tapes, what looks like a beer bottle, a lamp, and the aforementioned box of condoms. There is also a heavy metal magazine on the floor.

I’ve seen a lot of thoughts regarding the bullet Eddie has, and I think this could be one of two things: lots of people use bullets like these as a means of smoking weed, which is what I think the most likely scenario is in this case. However, it’s also worth noting that at funerals where the deceased as served in the military and a 21 gun salute is performed, the bullets are often gathered and given to mourners who would like to keep them. The bullet I have from my uncle’s military funeral is not exactly like this one, but very close.

For the screencaps of Eddie’s kitchen and living room area, see PART 2 HERE.

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"Eddie Munson fucks. He's got condoms on his nightstand."

He might, and he does, but those condoms are not current (from 1986). Either the set design people made a little gaffe with the design of that box... or they've got a different idea for what's going on with it.

The TrojanENZ Lubricated condoms on Eddie's nightstand most resemble designs from the 1970s, not '80s.

Eddie's box: Trojan-ENZ Lubricated

The box is one flat color, with the condom variation printed plainly on the front, and a Trojan icon in the upper right of the logo. Much like:

Example One: Trojan-ENZ box from 1976

(Source: What Will 44-Year-Old Condoms Look Like?)

Example Two: Trojans box from 1972

(Source: This eBay listing)

Example Three: Trojans Plus ad from 1973

(Source: This eBay listing)

Season 4 of Stranger Things is set in 1986. These days, condoms expire after about 5 years (3 with spermicide). So Eddie's box would have to be from 1981-83 to just barely meet standards of not expiring - provided they could last as long as modern condoms. (Trojan-ENZ have spermicide now, and might have then, so 1983 is probably the most accurate.)

In the 1980s, the box design just did not match the ones in Eddie's trailer. As early as 1981, the Trojan-ENZ Lubricated boxes were wider and featured a couple in silhouette. They did not seem to go back to an earlier design by 1986.

Example One: Trojan "Rest Assured" print ad from 1981 (ENZ Lubricated pictured on the left)

(Source: This eBay listing)

Example Two: Trojan-ENZ Lubricated Print ad from 1983

(Source: This eBay listing)

Example Three: Trojan print ad from 1986 (ENZ Lubricated pictured on the bottom right)

(Source: This eBay listing)

Eddie Munson's condoms are expired. If Eddie does fuck, he's either using someone else's condoms or being irresponsible about it.

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Credit to SPIDERPXNK on Twitter for finding a match for the box design (and a bunch of other cool shit in Eddie's room).

I just went down the rabbit hole because it hit some special interest points (graphic design and set design).

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favorite details in the munson’s trailer from this tiktok

- blessed death flyer from ‘84, with tammie thompson’s name in it and maybe her phone number? idk but also what the fuck was tammie thompson doing at a metal concert lmao - car repairing magazine and maybe sunscreen? there’s another car mag in another bit of the video but it’s too blurry to gif so - too many cigarrettes jesus christ plus a single bullet and sunglasses seemingly nobody wears because they’re collecting dust, also a box of condoms - corroded coffin handmade flag (you can’t see it in the gif but it’s taped to the wall with ducktape which i love) - an alf costume????? was he going to be alf for halloween???? - heavy metal magazine (via wiki it’s a dark fantasy/erotica comic) - truly the ugliest couch i’ve ever seen in my entire life dear god - ‘bless this house by night and day, ok lord we pray make it safe’ ‘86 calendar which is really funny considering the hole in the roof to another dimension - some cool drawings idk if they’re band related or eddie drew those idk - the brightest red jacket in eddie’s closet, on top of all the red everywhere else, we get it your favorite color is red also an anthrax flag he has a slayer flag too but i didnt make a gif it was too dark

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I'm guessing it's been done before but I had fun screencapping Eddie's trailer myself and zooming in for all the little details so I thought I might as well dump it into a post.

Kitchen area/corridor overview with lots to zoom in on (including Eddie)

The corridor to Eddie's room. That's a cool calendar.

Table clutter & of course mugs

Eddie's bedroom. I refuse to talk about the fucking ceiling mold again, there's been a separate post for that.

Sweetheart & loads of other shit. I feel sad for the yoyo not getting any love in fanfics. With the way it's placed I'd say Eddie fidgets with it all the time.

Handcuffs my beloved & another guitar

It's funny that Eddie owns a basketball. Haven't noticed that before

And yes, the living room aka the hats & mugs museum

Everyone's favorite Garfield mug <3 But also check out that cool light switch in bottom right corner.

Steve technically counts as Eddie's trailer detail.

MUGS MUGS MUGS MUGS

I'm kinda fascinated by that bulbasaur looking thing 2 shelves above Garfield but I can't figure out what it is.

That is all.

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reminding you once again that eddie doesn't have a headboard, but he does have waist chain handcuffs.

and you're boring if you know this but ignore it in favor of the basic headboard scenario.

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I was rewatching the tour of Eddie's room and I noticed a few more things

First was the bottle of robitussin next to his bed. Boy was either sick or using it for other purposes.

Then while I was looking for his loaf of bread. Now I'm thinking it's just a box of cereal he left on the floor. I noticed one of his guitars leaning against his chair. Also seems like he was just recently playing it too.

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"a plastic star wars mug from 1977 (+ matching bowl)"

"cleen ‘kiss that frog’ set (accordion gnome mug)"

"campbell’s soup mug, likely 70s"

"white mug with cable knit sweater sleeve/warmer (no brand)"

"“don’t bother me, I’m crabby” mug (potential maryland souvenir?)"

"mcdonald’s garfield mug (double sided)"

"canadian mcdonald’s travel cup (the lid is missing so they probably just use it as a normal cup now)"

"Garfield “It’s Not The Valleys” 1978 Enesco Beer Stein" (edit: originally identified by @bienmoreau - dumbprep on twitter, source)

"early 1980’s garfield head mug"

"1950’s “coffee and” mug"

"1970’s morton salt girl mug, featuring the 1921 morton salt girl"

"maxwell house mug" identified twitter user meilkii (source)

(edit: OP is twitter user BIDERVERSE, as shown in the title and source, not me, all words within the quotation marks are his)

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A list of posts made by Tumblr users that will help you write, draw, or create any sort of canon-compliant Eddie art!

Vol 3: Updated 30 April 2023

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The Munson Trailer

Floorplan by @storiesbyrhi (me lol)

Zoomed in screenshots by @corrodedbisexual

Details from the trailer TikTok by @dinah-lance

BTS photos posted by @lydiamarsin

Post-Vecnaquake by @corrodedbisexual

Munson mug collection Twitter thread by @possumrug posted on Tumblr by @storiesbyrhi

Eddie's Tattoos and Costume

General costume outline by @lakeshor

Very detailed ref post by @madmonroe

Old Spice by @kinderwhore-with-the-most-cake

Eddie's demobat wounds posted by @out0ftown

Other Details

Eddie's van by @eddiessidegirl and @eddiemunsonsmum

Eddie's drug/lunchbox: post by @eddiemunsonfuxks

Detailed timeline of Eddie in season 4 by @storiesbyrhi

Eddie's guitar by @somnambulic-thing

Musical preferences by @likearainbowinthedark

ST/Hawkins/General

Writing DnD quick guide by @luna-writes-stuff

Hawkins map by @eddiemunsonsmiddlefingers

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Have you made a reference of some sort or know someone that has? DM me so I can add the post to the list!

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