#i can guarantee edwin was beaten as a kid too but it was just. fact of life. so that's why he's blindsided by how badly charles's | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

bookshelfdreams · 27 days

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hey do y'all ever think about the fact that Charles probably has told Edwin about being beaten as a child at some point during their 34 years of friendship? And that Edwin likely never found it remarkable enough to ask further questions because back when he was alive, beating children was completely normal

#charles nonchalantly brings up his bad childhood to crystal all the time & he's literally just met her #i find it hard to imagine he never mentioned it to edwin #& i can just imagine edwin being like whomst among us hasn't been whipped as a child haha no need to inquire further #this is normal #like when he was alive teachers were allowed and a courage to bear their students #i can guarantee edwin was beaten as a kid too but it was just. fact of life. so that's why he's blindsided by how badly charles's #experiences w abuse scarred him #'oh yeah we all experience terrifying painful and humiliating punishments as we grow up. and we are all fine! 🙂'#like it seems so on brand to me that he would know - maybe not the true extend but some of it at least - but based on his own experience #think it was one of these things One Just Doesn't Talk About #he's such a compassionate kind hearted person who grew up in such a fucked up society #dead boy detectives

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