#eddie haters can just swallow those rocks growing in their brains

[srue-on-fire]

i'm sorry what???

you cannot blame eddie for getting shannon pregnant. you just cannot. "it takes two to tango" is not just cheeky line. it is the truth. they were two consenting adults (in love, or so he said). honey, please get some help if you think eddie is at fault for everything that happened to shannon.

because patriarchy doesn't just fuck with women, it fucks with men too. it makes them repressed, puts them in a box and throws the key away, and pastes a label on it saying 'do not touch'.

patriarchy boxed eddie in, demanding that he be a "perfect" father, a soldier, and a stoic provider, all while leaving no space for the vulnerabilities and complexities that make him human. yeah, maybe he learned to start unraveling these internalized beliefs, but that doesn’t erase the years of conditioning. it’s a reminder of the restrictive and harmful roles society imposes on men, limiting who they can be and the freedom they should have to be open and honest about their experiences.

and when the time comes, eddie diaz will be a survivor—not just of war or the traumas he’s faced but of a system that tried to crush his individuality under the weight of its expectations.

repeat after me,

eddie diaz is a victim of patriarchy.