His ability to entice passionate TikTokers to produce video clips of their girlfriends and famous heavy metal groups all at once It’s evident the fact that the music of Stranger Things’ Eddie Munson is the hottest thing in the world at the moment.
As played by the newcomer Joseph Quinn, Eddie appears midway through the premiere season of Stranger Things‘ fourth season as an amp. In the school cafeteria with his colleagues Dungeons and Dragons players collectively called The Hellfire Club, Eddie is with moving locks and the BDE. He is seen stomping around in beat-up Reeboks and speaks about how society tends to demonize kids as he is, alluding towards his ancestors from the Satanic Panic crisis of the 1980s and the West Memphis Three’s Damien Echols, whom Eddie is loosely based upon. The high-octane opening scene is highlighted by his mockery of the mean jocks, with the highly giftable face of a devil with exaggerated grace and a smug smile as he walks away when two cheerleaders cross the path of his cheerleaders. “He’s so charismatic that it’s like, ‘How can you not like Eddie?” co-creator Ross duffer requested Netflix.com.
It’s not only the attitude that makes Eddie so captivating. There’s a ferocious physicality to Eddie that’s a bit rambunctious as well as Steven Tyler in his heyday. As the season progresses Eddie gets into things that could cause him to die on the Upside Down and leans a bit towards Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) than what’s considered acceptable to society. He is known for his wagging in a way that draws focus to his hands, a body part that is undoubtedly sexually erotic, asks TikTok–which are decorated with the kind of simple bands that Quinn has argued for. Tattoos are popular for Eddie as well and he ensures that the spooked queen of Hawkins High Chrissy Cunningham (Grace Van Dien) can get a clear view of the tattoos on his chest in their scenes within the forest by effortlessly pulling the neckline of his shirt in mid-convo. Slutty move, quite frankly.
Eddie Munson is that anomaly of a person you had a fixation with in high school because they seemed like a decent human being despite a rough-around-the-edges exterior. Eddie Munson will flirt with you by chewing on his hair. He will then offer the benefit of a discounted marijuana because you said that he was a nice person and that he appreciates the qualities you saw underneath his wild style. Eddie Munson is the reason straight men use the words man crush. They can project their best parts onto characters like him because he’s not Hollywood attractive in that who-is-the-best-Chris type of way. Stories like the discord with his father, as well as his struggles with academics, make Eddie a likeable character, and the fact that he’s a man means Eddie is a real shredder.
The vulnerable-bad-boy stereotype has been a hot iconic character in pop culture for a long time and it’s not hard drawing a leather-based line that runs from James Dean via Dylan McKay (Luke Perry, Beverly Hills 90210) directly to Eddie Munson. His most famous fictional counterpart is the savage rocker John Bender (Judd Nelson) in The Breakfast Club which is a character Quinn was conscious of while preparing for his part. However, despite winning the girl’s affection in the final Bender’s redemption doesn’t seem as deserved in the same way that Eddie’s feels like it does. It could be because Eddie did not need to be saved by anyone else; He was already flawless from the start. This is why the pain of the death of Eddie is different when Eddie goes to the grave of a man who is falsely convicted of murder, and our hearts remain broken.
The public is drawn to characters like Eddie because the fact is that no one feels comfortable in their skin. In contrast to cute, lonely actors like Dan Humphrey ( Gossip Girl) or Jess Mariano ( Gilmore Girls) who shun themselves due to their superiority, Eddie is just a self-confident nerd who is most content shooting insanity together with Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo).
It is also helpful that beautiful actor Joseph Quinn seems like a love-struck person in real life. This can naturally spill over into the alchemical nature of a character and strengthen our connection to the characters as fans. A heartfelt video of the actor breaking down during the recent Comic Con in London while fans were kind to him after brutal treatment by Con organizers was virtualized in the last few days. The actor has been charming during the press tours, especially when he’s paired with Jamie Campbell Bower. He’s also friendly to his shirtless co-stars and is a supposedly skilled cook, and is wearing chain necklaces that could be as stylish as Connell Waldron’s. The controversy about Doja Cat entering Noah Schnapp’s direct messages to ask to know Quinn’s Instagram handle started with this real-time tweet that could be composed by any one of us.
Eddie will remain a character prominent in the culture for many years to be. At the moment it appears that the change.org petition for him to be brought out of the grave in Season 5 is backed by more than 77,000 signatures. In addition, if we’re talking about figures, a look at TikTok will reveal that the hashtag #EddieMunson has been seen 9.8 billion times. This is which is compared with a conventional leading man such as Anthony Bridgerton at 1.2 billion or the latest internet-exclusive trending Jeremy Allen White in The Bear with 85 million. The Bear, whatever Joseph Quinn does next (Bridgerton season 3? !) will be noteworthy and memorable, however, Eddie Munson will always be the master of hearts.