Eddie Munson

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Character
Name: Eddie Munson
Occupation: High Schooler
Relationships: Max Mayfield (neighbour/friend)
Nancy Wheeler (friend)
Lucas Sinclair (friend)
Steve Harrington (friend)
Mike Wheeler (friend)
Dustin Henderson (friend)
Chrissy Cunningham (friend/crush)
Fandom: Stranger Things
Other: Played by Joseph Quinn
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Eddie Munson is a fictional character from the Stranger Things television series, and is portrayed by Joseph Quinn. Eddie first appeared in Season 4 (which aired in 2022) and quickly became a fan favorite.

Canon

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Canon details about Eddie include:

  • living in a trailer park in East Hawkins with his uncle, Wayne;
  • being a metal-lover and playing guitar in his band, Corroded Coffin;
  • being the president/DM of Hawkins High's D&D club, Hellfire Club;
  • dealing drugs to other high-school students;
  • repeating his senior year three times;
  • having several tattoos;
  • being a Lord of the Rings fan;
  • being a self-professed coward, which he disproves by sacrificing himself.

Fandom

Statistics

As of Sept, 2022, the Eddie Munson AO3 tag was used on ~17k works.

Common Pairings

As of September 2022:

The Kas Theory

The Kas!Eddie Theory is a popular theory according to which Eddie will be resurrected as Kas the Bloody-Handed, a character from Dungeons and Dragons lore. This follows from a reference to Kas during a Hellfire Club session in season 4, episode 1.

Fanon and Common Tropes in Fanworks

  • Fix-it fics where Eddie Munson lives - either because he never dies or because he comes back to life somehow. Season 4 was posted in two volumes, with 7 episodes being released on May 27, 2022, and the final two episodes on July 1, 2022; a lot of fanworks were created or started before volume 2 was released, and before the news of Eddie's canon death. Some of the fics which bring Eddie back to life also include the comes back wrong trope.
  • Vampire Eddie works appear in fanfiction and fanart. Some of these works are influenced by the Kas theory, and some Vamp!Eddie fanworks can be found in the Ao3 tag Eddie Munson as Kas the Betrayer (Dungeons & Dragons).
  • Eddie graduates
  • Future!fic where Eddie is a rockstar
  • Eddie is gay (and bonds with Robin over it)
  • Eddie is 'flagging' his interest in BDSM using the hankie code
  • Eddie is a virgin

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