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  1. Public Bookmark 22

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    The room in front of them is packed. Jeff can barely make out individual faces in the sea of people—swaying, jumping, cheering them on.

    It’s electrifying.

    It feels like the old days of fame, when they packed stadiums with hundreds of thousands of fans.

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    Corroded Coffin is back on tour, and things look a little different these days. The venues are smaller, the band older, and the frontman a whole lot more sober. But with Steve at his side and their daughter Ava in the wings (or sometimes on stage), Eddie Munson has never looked more grounded—or more alive.

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    07 May 2025

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    He stares down at the paper in his hands. He thought he’d feel relief, maybe a tiny bit of happiness that he’d never admit to. He even considered that he might feel a small speck of sadness the day his brother died.

    But all Wayne Munson feels right now is disbelief and anger, and he doesn’t know where to hide it before Eddie gets home.

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    01 Jan 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 44

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    Now look, Eddie has never claimed to be the world’s nicest guy. He’s often claimed the opposite, in fact, in the name of getting shithead bullies and jocks to leave him and his alone.

    And Harrington is no saint, either. Sure, he’s turned over some kind of new leaf since last year, ditching the assholes he used to hang out with and mostly keeping to himself (particularly since November, when his busted face had been the talk of Hawkins High), but he’s been part of enough sportsball-related hazing rituals for Eddie to assume he can at least take a joke.

    Anyway, the point is, when he’s given occasion to realize that King Steve seems to be afraid of the dark, Eddie isn’t quite able to resist the urge to poke at him. Just a little.
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    Eddie had really only meant to startle Steve, he swears

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    24 Oct 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 2

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    Steve Harrington feels stuck. Both in his head, and in life as everyone moves on around him. He always felt it, but now it has a hold on him unlike anything he’s dealt with before. It’s autumn of ‘86, the upside down is left broken and disconnected, and nightmares become reality. Steve is left maneuvering old feelings, grief, and guilt. This comes to a head when Eddie comes back. The problem is, Eddie isn’t quite Eddie anymore. With the creatures of the upside down afraid and angry, Hawkins still in disrepair, and a government unwilling to do more than quarantine and control- the party must decide if they’re willing to risk letting a spy into their circle or potentially lose Eddie all over again.

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    18 Feb 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 11

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    It’s two weeks before Christmas when Steve’s parents tell him they’re planning to sell the house by Spring.

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    19 Dec 2023