#i'm always thinking about Ed's brilliance even during his self destructive era

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"i had a dream about you"

whether or not Ed actually had a dream about Izzy, he was down there to once again goad someone into killing him. it tracks

Ed dares Izzy to be the man he keeps claiming he is and actually deliver on his initial threat and kill him for real this time-- yet Izzy still couldn't do it

for all Izzy continues to call Ed a coward, he was calling Izzy a coward the entire fucking time without saying it

imo this scene is Ed's strategist mind at work. he knew Izzy wouldn't pull the trigger on him, but he knew putting a gun in Izzy's hand would make him turn it on himself

he doesn't kill people remember, Izzy always does the dirty work for him

so he can take his own life for him, then. one last mess Izzy says he wouldn't clean