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Edmund's hit 1k comments! So in honor of this and because I'm too lazy to essay:

ASK ME QUESTIONS. You don't even need to wait for me to ask back, just pelt me with questions. As many comments as you want. Go for it. o7

Also yes this applies to Jade IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.

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1) Retaining instinctive siblingness while being the only Pevensie here

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HAH. HAHAHA. HAHA. HA HAH. I just.

Seriously, whenever Edmund runs into someone who pulls essentially the King Peter the Magnificent role or even just takes leadership/control, he will automatically adjust to supporting and shadowing. It's instinctive! He's a little annoyed sometimes because he's not sure whether a knight should be just following along, but it's what he's good at when he's still trying to figure out for himself what kind of a knight he is. I could seriously list off the occasions where this has happened.

Even though he doesn't remember the specifics, he's absolutely at his best when someone else has the final say, but himself still getting a somewhat say if he thinks it's not right. If it's right, yes, 100% he'll be there supporting from behind/side/whatever.

This sort of ties in with his relationships because on an instinctive level, Edmund has already achieved the absolute peak of the kind of platonic relationship he's really good at, which is a group dynamic of differing specialties where everyone's respected. Yell all you want, at the end of the day after all the cold shoulders, you're still breaking bread with them. You're still waking up in the morning and handing each other coffee. It's specifically a family dynamic in the series, but it's something he subconsciously reaches for with any of his relationships.

It's really hilarious. Without realizing it, he's reaching for stand-ins, or similar situations.