#eddiefoxes

fear is a song written by abel in the odd foxes/untoward verse which is about being aromantic + bisexual (without really knowing at the time that he's aromantic); it appears on their debut 1982 album light & shadow.

Meet Odd Foxes' labelmate pals, Wilderness - a band who've been around for roughly about as long as Foxes have and came up in the scene around the same time. They come into the Fox Drama™️ during the 1985 Wall Jumping Tour and Abel, specifically, gets, er, entangled with Tim.

Following a rather lackluster gig (no thanks to the terrible acoustics of the venue), and in the privacy of the band's dressing room, Abel notices that Eddie doesn't seem to be acting like his usual self and tries to get to the bottom of it. characters: abel campbell & eddie granger setting + timeline: a dressing room at the haçienda, manchester, england | february 1983 warnings: cw: implication of transphobia, cw: implied transphobia other: n/a

Finally having been left to their own devices at the pub, best mates and bandmates Eddie and Bet get down to the very important business of gossiping and conspiring about how to get rid of Wilderness' bassist 'Dirty Den' O'Hara and curing Abel's recent bout of insomnia. characters: eddie granger + bet slater setting + timeline: a pub in east london, england | january 1983 warnings: none other: n/a

TOTALLY WIRED | this is a (hopefully coherent) character ref for eddie

James and Eddie have one of their usual, ritualistic conversations over a cup of tea one Saturday afternoon wherein Eddie is trying to figure out the logistics of coming out after being "stealth" for the past thirty-odd years.  Friendship Dynamics; Drabble Thing. SETTING: Eddie's flat in Shoreditch, London, England | Early 2010. CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: James & Eddie. WARNING(S): none OTHER: n/a

playlist of tunes i associate with eddie; click the title to listen

Eddie pays a visit to his father for the first time in seven years (and it is, inevitably, his final visit). Angst; Confronting An Abusive Parent. SETTING: At Douglas Granger's house in Macclesfield, England | November 1986 CHARACTER(S) INVOLVED: Eddie and his father Douglas WARNING(S): cw: csa mention (heavily implied) , cw: abuse mention , cw: slur use , cw: transphobia