Post by Fritz on Feb 4, 2007 14:18:17 GMT -4
egbfan said:
When I first read this, I remember I was interested by the dynamic between the central couple and Eric. It made me recall getting some kind of message from Fritz once, when these characters were fairly embryonic (as far as I could tell), saying that he thought maybe there was a little something between Eden and Eric. Am I now going to get an answer to this along the lines of, "What? No I didn't!" Somehow I don't think so - if I'd never been told this, I surely wouldn't have spent any time at all wondering what happened to it, which I did for a little while.Well, I wrote in some insinuation that Eric had a little bit of a thing for Eden as far back as "Future Shocks". At one part whe he and TJ are off looking for Dweeb and Loone...
"Can't argue there..." Eric smiled. "You're really kinda cute when you get all commanding and stuff..."
TJ snorted and rolled her eyes. "Oh, honestly...I begin to suspect Eden's hormonal derangement theory is correct."
"Just giving you a compliment, TJ, simmer down. Sheesh, no wonder you get along with her so well..."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You just got similar hang-ups, that's all. Marie doesn't get all angry and defensive when we compliment her..."
"Marie is amused by you. I am not."
"What about JC? He amuse you?"
"What about Eden? Does the fact that she is clearly inattentive to you ever penetrate your thick skull?"
"Whoa..touched a nerve there?"
TJ made an exasperated snort and walked away.
"Hey...okay, I've known the Twins since we were kids--we practically grew up together after I was about five...and Eden is a fine piece of sculpture, I admit, but she's more like a sister to me..."
"Now who has touched a nerve?"
TJ snorted and rolled her eyes. "Oh, honestly...I begin to suspect Eden's hormonal derangement theory is correct."
"Just giving you a compliment, TJ, simmer down. Sheesh, no wonder you get along with her so well..."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"You just got similar hang-ups, that's all. Marie doesn't get all angry and defensive when we compliment her..."
"Marie is amused by you. I am not."
"What about JC? He amuse you?"
"What about Eden? Does the fact that she is clearly inattentive to you ever penetrate your thick skull?"
"Whoa..touched a nerve there?"
TJ made an exasperated snort and walked away.
"Hey...okay, I've known the Twins since we were kids--we practically grew up together after I was about five...and Eden is a fine piece of sculpture, I admit, but she's more like a sister to me..."
"Now who has touched a nerve?"
So yeah, there's an implication there. You could also read him flirting with TJ, too, but probably not as hard as he could because he already knows John likes her. Eden, as of 2023, was still unattached, and he'd known her a lot longer anyway.
Right now, of course, after "A Different Kind of Hero", it doesn't look good for young Mister Stantz, does it?