Thread by @BadEndingAU

BAD ENDING: an IT social media AU inspired by "Stranger Than Fiction"

This is a story about Eddie Kaspbrak and his wristwatch, about the meaning of life and death, and about finding love even when you don't expect it.

THE STORY:
Eddie lives a normal life, even if it's a little boring. When he wakes up one day hearing a voice narrating his every move, however, things start to change. When the narrator tells him he's going to die, he decides to make some changes in his life.

NOTES:
⌚ Shipping characters, not actors
⌚ Set in 2020, does not follow our current events
⌚ Will include TWs as applicable, but has frequent mentions of the inevitability of death and potential unreality. Will not include any major character death.
⌚ Quote, don't reply!

SHIPS:
Reddie and Hanbrough - main focus
Stanpat - mentioned, established
Benverly - possibly eventually?, very minor as of now

This is more focused on the story than on relationships, but some relationships are integral to the story itself.

MEET THE CHARACTERS: (1/4)

CONTINUED: (2/4)

CONTINUED: (3/4)

CONTINUED: (4/4)

BONUS: Bill's latest book

1. March 8
Eddie's📱

2. March 9
Switching between Eddie's 📱 and someone's 💻

3. March 9
Bill's 📱/💻, Eddie's 📱

(Zoom in to read Bill's writing, it's very important)

3b. For easier access, here's what Bill wrote and his sidenote:

4. Eddie's 📱

5. Eddie's 📱

6. Eddie's 📱/ Bill's 💻

7. Eddie's 📱/💻

8. The next day.
Eddie's 💻

9. Eddie's 💻/ Bill's💻/ Eddie's 💻

10. Last post for the night.
Eddie's 💻/ Bill's💻

11. Eddie's 📱

Note: thank you for 100 followers already! I'm surprised but absolutely thrilled. Glad people like it!

12. Eddie's 📱

⚠️ Potential TW for ableism and allusions to Sonia

13. Eddie's 💻

14. Eddie's 💻

15. Eddie's💻

16. Richie's 📱

17. Bill's 📱

18. Last post for the night.
Richie's 📱

19. The next day.
Eddie's 💻

20. Eddie's 📱

21. Richie's 💻, a few emails later

22. Stan's 📱

23. Richie's 📱

24. Eddie's 📱

25. Eddie's 💻

26. Richie's 📱

27. Last post for the night.
Bill's 💻

28. Eddie's 📱

29. Richie's 📱

30. Bill's 📱

31. Eddie's 💻

32. Eddie's 💻

33. Last post for the night.
Bill's 💻

34. Richie's 📱

35. Eddie's 💻

36. Eddie's 💻

37. Richie's 💻

38. Eddie's 💻

39. Eddie's 📱

40. Bill's 📱
⚠️ TW for discussions of death and injury in a theoretical sense

41. Eddie's 📱

41b. Here's Eddie's note (in shockingly low quality for some reason I can't figure out). It's what Bill was writing last night!

42. Last update for the night.
Richie's 📱

43. Bill's 📱

44. Eddie's 📱

45. Eddie's 📱

46. Eddie's 📱

47. Let's look at Twitter

48. Bill's notes (+ typed for legibility. Bold=crossed out)
⚠️ TW for lots of death mention and mentions of Sonia

49. Stan's 📱

50. Stan's 📱

51. Last post for the night.
Richie's 📱

52. Eddie's 📱

53. Eddie's 📱

54. Richie's 📱

55. Eddie's 📱

56. Stan's 💻

57. Stan's 📱

58. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for mentions of violence

59. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for mentions of violence

60. Eddie's 📱

61. Last post for the night.
Bill's 💻

62. Richie's 📱

63. Eddie's 📱

64. Eddie's 📱

65. Eddie's 📱

66. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for death mentions, panic, questions of reality, and allusions to abuse/Sonia

67. Last post for the night.
Eddie's 📱

68. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for vague mentions of past drug use

69 (nice). Richie's 📱

70. Eddie's 📱

71. Bill's 📱

72. Bill's 📱

73. Eddie's 📱

74. Eddie's 📱

75. Richie's 📱

76. Eddie's 📱

77. Bill's 📱

78. Eddie's 💻

79. Eddie's 📱

80. Eddie's 📱

81. Last post for the night.
Bill's 📱

82. Eddie's 💻

83. Eddie's 💻
Questionable legality, even more questionable understanding of how insurance firms work wrt the author

84. Eddie's 💻/Bill's 💻

85. Eddie's 💻

86. Bill's 📱

87. Eddie's 📱

88. Last post for the night.
Eddie's 📱

89. Bill's 📱

90. Eddie's 📱

91. Bill's 📱

92. Eddie's 📱

93. Last post for the night.
Bill's 📱

94. Mike's 💻

95. Eddie's 📱

96. Eddie's 📱

97. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for mentions of death/suicide

98. Bill's 📱
⚠️ TW for death mentions

Note: I'll keep tagging, but it's safe to assume that most posts from here on out will include death mentions, some more explicitly than others.

99. Eddie's 📱

100. (!!) Last post for the night.
Eddie's 📱

101. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for self-sacrifice

102. Bill's 📱

103. Eddie's 📱
⚠️ TW for... imminent death? I don't know how to tag this one

104. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for mentions of death and fear of suicide

105. Richie's 📱

106. Bill's 💻
⚠️ TW for car accidents and injury

107. Richie's 📱/Bill's 📱

108. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for death/injury mentions

109. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for car accidents and injury

110. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for injury and talk of death

111. Bill's 📱
⚠️ TW for injury mentions

112. Richie's 📱
⚠️ TW for mentions of injury

113. Richie's 📱

114. Bill's 📱

115. Last post.
Bill's 💻