So like I'm still trying to process everything because mentally I'm like a week late from everything that's been happening so far.
I already made a post about Jaiden leaving the server but I think it's just kind of hitting me now that I'll never get to see qjaiden interact with Empanada or be part of the breakfast village or get an answer about her wings and connection to Cucurucho. And I'll probably watch old clips or vods and just feel really sad that it's over but so glad that it happened.
Because like, do y'all remember that one day before the ice chamber gang joined the server and Cellbit, Foolish, Bad, Jaiden, and I think Roier were just hanging out and spending time together until they got kicked out of the server.
I think the Jaidens' entire adventure is and will always be one of my favorite days too.
Oh! And of course, Festa Junina and Jaiden finding out about Cellbit and Roier and her comforting Roier and subtly threatening Cellbit for breaking his heart.
Not to mention she is literally the most iconic lawyer ever. Like juanaflippa's trial will always be one of the most iconic server moments because of Jaidens' speech. Literally blew everyone away.
And of course... I'll never forget the day Bobby died. That day, that trip to the dungeon is one of the only two times I cried for the lore of this server. Many things make me emotional but seeing qJaiden climb up on the tree alone, watching the sunset and grieving her dead son...fuck man, it felt so real...
There's just so many moments of qJaiden specifically from June to September, that just stick out to me and I'll always look back at them with a bittersweet fondness.
It's been so long since I properly thought about qJaiden, but now everything is coming back to me and man... I'm just...I guess I'm more happy that we got qJaiden and everything she did and was a part of is there to look back on.
For me, even though the qJaiden brainrot wasn't hitting as hard as it used to, I think she will always be a part of the narrative because there was just so many amazing moments with her and I will always be a fan of her lore and this character will always be close to my heart.
Sending nothing but love to Jaiden and the admins. Especially Jaiden. Thank you for letting us experience this wonderful journey <333
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Just thinking about it, how do you think the Munsons do fathers day?
The Munsons don’t make a big deal out of Father’s Day… until they do.
Uncle Wayne legally took Eddie in when Eddie was just eight years old (signing the papers was a mere formality at that point, Uncle Wayne had always been there for Eddie as much as he could, no matter the personal cost), but Eddie would be eleven the first time he decided that it was okay and safe for him to acknowledge who his real father was.
The bestest dad in all of Hawkins, nay, in all of Indiana…. Wayne Munson.
It was a class assignment in the end. The teacher had told the class to make a card for their dads, or, if they didn’t have a dad, then for someone who was there for them day and night… that, in effect, is what a parent is. Someone who is there for their child in every way that matters and all the ways that don’t.
Eddie ended up writing Uncle Wayne a small letter and he signed it off with, “you’re the only crithit worth celebrating, dad”.
It was something only the Munsons would understand, which is precisely why Eddie had chosen it. He had always had a sharp mind and he had been soaking up the D&D manuals which his dad had gifted him for his ninth birthday like a sponge. For every snippet of information Uncle Wayne carefully relayed to Eddie after reading the same paragraph three times to make sure he understood it properly, Eddie only wanted more.
Thirsty was Eddie for all the things in life which mattered - kindness, love, knowledge, and music.
He wasn’t quite so thirsty for family… he had all of that and more in his dad.
Uncle Wayne was Eddie’s crithit.
So then, Eddie leaves the card laying around on the green kitchen countertop for his dad to find, and he secures its discovery by putting it right next to the kettle. Uncle Wayne wouldn’t be able to miss it if he tried. He leans against the counter, a coffee mug steaming in one hand and his boy’s class assignment in the other.
To dad -
Uncle Wayne’s breath catches in his throat and he has to swallow hard against the stinging of tears in the backs of his eyes and nose.
I don’t know, really, what to write. Teach said to write a letter to our dads for Father’s Day but you were the only one I could think of. You raise me, take good care of me, make me feel like I’m someone. Doesn’t matter what it is, I know you’ll come rescue me… you ARE my dad, you’re my crithit… the only one that matters. I love you, and I hope it’s okay to call you dad. No other person in my life gets to be called that, only you.
If you like this, I’ll do it again next year.
Eddie didn’t sign his name, he just drew a swarm of bats around the capital ‘E’ he liked to try to write in Gothic script.
Uncle Wayne’s coffee that morning was slightly salty; he cried as he drank, and as Eddie rose from bed well after the sun, he was swept up into his dad’s arms. “Thank you, son. You call me whatever you’re comfy with, you hear me? I love you all the same.”
And if Eddie sunk deeper into his dad’s hold, then who needed to know? The Munsons kept themselves to themselves. That was how it had always been and would always be.
Every year after that, Eddie makes sure to get his dad a card for Father’s Day, and a new mug to go with the rapidly growing collection. In 1985, Eddie pays some serious money for someone to recreate the original “you’re my crithit, dad” in eleven year old Eddie’s handwriting on a mug, which is decorated to look like Uncle Wayne’s flannel. There are tears shed, embraces cherished, and words spoken. It’s perfect.
That mug is the only mug in the Munson trailer which is never used. It’s just too damn precious, just like Eddie… he’s Uncle Wayne’s son through and through.❤️
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