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clord from @salad-006 ‘s comic EWTEM, highly recommend.

Now see, any pairing with Tord is just riddled with angst - that's the packaged deal, TomTord is the packaged deal that just comes with that lil extra kick of frenemies/lovers to enemies - like real angsty shit right there

It's with Tord and Edd though that it's just another layer of angst that's made SPECIFICALLY with friends to lovers to enemies that make it hurt even MORE then TomTord angst does(in my opinion at least).

Because the song is originally about a old married couple who over time have grown apart from each other and long for the days of when they were younger; happier and closer.

Tord and Edd are exactly that.

When they were younger; they were basically best friends - you can argue that they were all best friends with each other to some sort of extent, but Tord and Edd always seemed to be the closest out of the four, what with Edd being the most happy of Tords return. We see that even after Tord has been gone for ao long, Edd still holds Tord in close regard. The same can't be said for Tord as, well...

"I thought...thought we were friends!"

"Ha! No? What good are friends when I've got all this?!"

For those who watched the scene, you could probably hear it clear as day. The confusion and betrayal in Edds voice, the spite and carelessness of Tords. Tord made it really clear that for all Edd and the others knew, Tord did not care for them in the slightest.

Least, that's what he makes them believe.

Because see, whether this is still canon or not - we see in the future that Tord had hired Tom and Matt to join the Red Army (how he did this I am genuinely curious), and the only one who hasn't joined Tords side is Edd. Not to mention, we are also told that Cola has been banned in the future as well, so I have to wonder; In some way, did Tord feel some form of regret? Did you hear regret eat at him so badly that he simultaneously wanted to get rid of all things that made him weak and vulnerable?

Was Edd that source of vulnerability?

For whatever reason, Tord had gone out of his way to not only hire Tom and Matt (makes me wonder if he tried to recruit Edd as well perhaps?), and then after isolating Edd, he banned one of the few other things Edd loved more then anything, and most likely something Tord always reminded him of his weakness, because of course - even if he does feel guilt?

Tord and Edd were best friends, I think it was obvious. Edd was the only one to cry at Tords funeral. Edd was the only one truly sad about Tord leaving.

This could mean Edd truly missing Tord, Tom hated him and Matt didn’t remember. “Maybe you still think of us” could mean Edd hoping that Tord misses them..or him

This part is obvious to me. Why couldn’t Edd and Tord laugh and get along like they did before he left. Why did Tord become so rude to his friends (aka making Tom leave and full on punching Matt in the face)

I see why it could be Tomtord but it doesn’t really make sense to me.

I wasn’t sure if moving his eyes closer together would match with the Eddsworld style but I say it worked out well!

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I hate how wrong I did Matts hair but I GUESS it’s alright..again au belongs to @neepin

The originals