#eric toga

[nathalieflick]

So, amazingly, I found some of the characters’ birthdays 

Those aren’t invented, They are official (because they appear in the anime)!

In episode 4, when Bran is going trough his colleagues’ files, we can see their b-days.

Lily: 04.14

Bran: 12.12

Eric: 03.25

Boris: 01.13

Kaela: 07.09

Mario: 05.01

[minatsuki-on-main]

Eric-san

[ahintofblue]

“That’s the real Eric.”

“Even now, he can get like this when he’s drunk.”

“Who knew?”

[nathalieflick]

Aah, spoilers. As amazing as when Keith takes a poop and texts Lily shits over shits.

Aaand the last post for today. I think I might spammed the BTB community-

Again, credits for the person who made this collage <3

[minatsuki-on-main]

I have a headcanon where Eric has had to take Keith grocery shopping and it's not always a fun experience for either of them. I also headcanon Eric's wife to be a really chill person and sometimes people are like why did she marry him lol.

Eric: Did you get [insert essential item for daily life]?

Keith: I don’t really need it though.......

Eric: YES YOU DO, go get it

*

Eric: Keith, that’s THIRTY cans of premade coffee

Keith: So you won’t let me buy the one thing I do need...?

Eric: That’s not one, that’s THIRTY

*

Keith: Why are we buying snacks?

Eric: So when you have guests over, you can politely offer them something to eat that isn’t gumbo

Keith: You’re not allowed to come to my house

Eric: Alright, imagine someone who isn’t me

Keith: Nobody is allowed to come to my house

Eric: For fuck’s sake, Keith

(But yeah, I suppose Eric would have to get with someone more chill than him to outbalance him, a wife who’s just as strict would create neverending arguments)

[minatsuki-on-main]

Eric Anon here. I like him for most of the reasons you listed. He's the average but very capable guy trying to hold his own among the geniuses. I also really like his relationship w/ Kaela. I don't ship them but I think it's obvious they are fairly close. I like the fact that he's married and I do think he's cute lol. But yeah - I think he's a good not quite "everyman" but still average compared to some of the other characters. And like you said, I think he'd be amusing to see drunk.

This made me wonder who his wife is and if we’ll ever see her... And honestly, Kaela’s friendships with anyone in RIS are great and I hope we’ll get more of them because she’s a legend. Agreed though, Eric needs appreciation even if I do admit he could be a bit of a stressful person irl. In anime though? He’s a good character.

[minatsuki-on-main]

Thanks for answering my Eric question! He is probably my favorite character on the show and it was nice to see some more ideas on him.

I’m glad Eric has a specific fan so he can get the dedication he deserves. If I wasn’t in such a block I’d think about making some material on him... I’m always happy to receive your thoughts on him as well though. What made him your favourite?

[minatsuki-on-main]

What are your thoughts on Eric? Headcanons, kinks, all that fun stuff. Thanks and thank for running this blog!

Thank you for the thanks even though I’ve been absent a lot (I have a busy life...)

Eric... You asked about kinks... I like to think I know a control freak when I see one and who knows how far that trait goes. He’s also canonically the type who goes nuts with rage when he reaches his limit of tolerance. Not gonna lie, he’s the most frustrated-looking character I’ve ever seen and I’m not sure what I’m insinuating with that.

Headcanons!

The fact that he gets all weird and angry when he’s drunk is a fantastic canon fact that needs to be speculated on. RIS probably has a list of crazy things he’s done during their parties but nobody dares to mention them from the next day onwards. They just accumulate in everyone’s collective consciousness. Of course, Eric is so smashed during his most extreme stunts that he has no memory of them.

He collects something. I don’t know what, but I’m 100% sure he does. And whatever it is, he’s a connoisseur of it and can distinguish nearly identical collection pieces that nobody else would be able to. (Maybe it’s something like teacups.)

Collection or not, he hates it when people touch his personal objects. Lily frequently does it anyway out of work necessities (when she needs a file and has no patience to ask), which they get in arguments over.

I don’t know where I’m pulling this out of, but he’s sensitive about being a ginger. Was probably bullied for it as a kid. Tried to dye his hair once in his teenage years with terrible results.

Regarding his dynamic with Keith, he’s always seen him as an extremely cool person and an unreachable ideal at the same time. Eric has hated not having the lack of care Keith has but has given up on trying to be like him after the Dead Kyle mess, seeing the detrimental effects a ‘disorganized individualistic genius’ personality could have.

I always saw Eric as a very specific archetype, the hard worker with a secret admiration/envy for geniuses who overcompensates his lack of natural talent with obsessive effort. This is why he looks up to Keith so much while also jumping on the first opportunity to scold him. On the bright side, he seems to know by now that his nature has its own positive sides, ie. being organized and cooperating with others and I can imagine that cultivating these abilities has led him to develop as a person. There’s something, I think, universally relatable about being confused but fascinated by the presence of people like Keith and getting a bit of an inferiority complex out of it. He’s also shown himself to be able to make the right decisions even when they might frustrate him, like hiring Lily, so whatever issues he has with self-image aren’t hindering his thinking and that’s very positive.

He needs to chill though. Seriously.