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Ahaha... As you noticed, Eridan sparks a lot of feelings in everyone. My best advice would be to avoid the obvious woobification (like, you know, stereotypical blushing uke boy b.s.), and beyond that? Play him in a way that makes you happy like.

Not everyone is going to like it if you play him with any hope of redemption. Likewise, there will probably be people who scoff and roll their eyes if you play him as an utter monster.

I would, however, also keep in mind that he comes from a race where murder is... well, pretty damn typical like. So the woobie tide line is probably a bit higher than it would be for most characters. (Squeamishness and such is pretty much right out; he's shown to kill things hundreds of times his size without batting an eyelash.) Really, in the end what makes him irredeemable by even troll standards is the hopesploding of the matriorb. Murdering Fef and Kan doesn't really help his case much, but in the grand scheme of things, I feel it's pretty much the matriorb that really does it in for him.

I will also note that I probably play him in a way that would make about half the commenters here (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻. I personally just cannot do 100% irredeemable monster. Especially not when I consider that a lot of what he's done and believes is considered acceptable by troll society (lusus killing, haemospectrum views, etc.). Add in the fact that he is still 13, and I deal with 13 year old kids of all stripes every week without fail... and I just. can't. play him as a monster. Full stop. Believe me, I've met some absolutely vile kids, and I certainly do try to let them influence my ideas of Eridan more than the good ones, because I am well aware that Eridan is not a nice guy by any stretch, but...

Well, I guess I just have too much hope that no one is through and through pure evil with absolutely nothing worthwhile about them. The inherent goodness of humanity like, except we're not talking about humans and I don't necessarily mean goodness, more not being a complete and total monster who should only ever have the worst C.R. imaginable like.

Anywho, I'd say all else fails and you're confused by these tips from two very different view points (he's a very polarising character) find an Eridan player you really like and just watch them for a bit. If you're not feeling shy, message them and ask how they came to their interpretation, or any tips they would have for an Eridan RPer. And have fun. The world ain't goin' to end just because someone thinks you're doing it wrong like. Haters gonna hate, y'know?

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