#because the idea of eddie being a sado-top sent him questioning a lot of things

[bigfootsboytoy]

Its always "Eddie is flagging, he's a sado top" or "Eddie is a sad little virgin man" and never

"Eddie is a sad virgin, but he's snatched enough skin-mags and had enough elicit fantasies that he knows he's into some wild stuff, and he thinks it's absolutely hilarious to flag in Hawkins, where nobody knows what it means. Until one day Steve calls him out on it (Steve visited a gay bar with Robin to be her supportive bestie, and a very helpful drag queen taught him all about flagging) and Eddie finally had to deal with the fact that he's signaling being a sadistic Dom, when the only time hes even touched another man, let alone slapped one around, was in his fantasies."