"Eddie's actions come from grief" // "Eddie's entitled to be angry" // "Eddie's feelings are valid" // "Everyone's grief is different"
Nah, fuck that.
YES, grief is hard as fuck, and it makes your emotions go all out of whack. YES, everyone handles grief differently. YES, Eddie's feelings are valid.
What is NOT valid is not controlling your actions. Grief might explain why Eddie lashed out like that, but it absolutely does NOT excuse or condone him being an asshole—a VIOLENT asshole, at that.
Y'know the way a mental illness explains behaviors but doesn't EXCUSE THEM, same thing with grief.
Case in point: ATHENA. She knows her anger at Chim is product of her grief. And she knows that it's best if she doesn't interact with him for a while because no matter how angry she is, she cares about Chim and she KNOWS she's gonna say something to hurt him because she's so angry. So she avoids it.
And then, Eddie doesn't apologize. Because NO. Bringing Chris and aunt Pepa WAS NOT A FUCKING APOLOGY. It feels more like when an abuser tears you down, then makes you apologize 'cause they've spun things to make you believe you were in the wrong, then does something 'nice' to say "look how much I love you, even when you piss me off?".
So no. I'm sorry, but I have zero empathy for Eddie right now.
