I've been away for a while, and I had time to think.
I realized that when the writers wrote Eddie at first he was interesting and fun and a badass veteran (kinda like a certain guest star from last season) and then he was reduced to Buck's friend and supposed love interest.
When the writers wrote the street fighting storyline it wasn't about Eddie (not just, not really) it was about Buck suing the department.
When Eddie was shot, it wasn't about Eddie, It was about Buck's guilt.
When Eddie left, it was supposed to be about him dealing with his trauma, and he did, but he needed Buck to "save" him - again bottom line, he wasn't the main interest here.
And it becomes even more glaring when Eddie makes friends and seems to get on with T but get railroaded by Buck as a paving for Buck coming out as bi. (kinda, coming out arc was lukewarm at best)
All of Eddie's progress has been completely erased in favor of "the plot" meeting ghost Shannon - and the bottom line wasn't Eddie cheating on his background gf but more like Eddie emotionally cheating on Buck - who came to see him asking about Kim.
M simply vanished and so did ghost Shannon - there was never any emotional resolution or growth (that happened already in S5+6 but was erased by TM for some obscure reason), so it was never about Eddie, the scene of Eddie talking to Christopher between father and son was nixed in favor of Buck talking to Christopher before he left.
Even Eddie leaving now to supposedly be closer to his son who for some reason has been taken and kept by his grandparents with zero resistance on Eddie's part - because, dude, you're the parent.
It was shoved aside to deal with Buck's going nowhere S8a storyline, making it that Christopher is kept away. And Eddie's story going nowhere even after he spoke to the priest.
Eddie leaving is going to focus on how it's going to affect Buck.
In conclusion, I have realized that Eddie was never really a main, like all the others, he was written as Buck background unofficial boyfriend.
His name was even smeared several times by the writers like all of buck's former LIs - all reduced to a gf/bf position.
As an Eddie girl, I am offended, and angry that this is what it came to.
Eddie deserved better storytelling.
I realize this is an unpopular opinion, coz Buck-Blind ppl think he can do no wrong - and according to the writers apparently he can't - but Eddie being reduced to Buck's plot advancer is infuriating and terrible storytelling.



















