Hotnurse!eridan

'''I have become too attached to him now and had to give hotnurse!eridan a tragic backstory. Basically the same as canon except also not at all the same as canon.'''

God I wish I could press a button and all my world building would immediately be apparent and make sense.

'''So BASICALLY. In this incredibly alt timeline, there’s magic and shiz. Eridan was born into a rich semi magic family and went to an academy for rich semi magic dudes. Also in late high school and college you can seriously study all that magic and shiz but you have to pass some bullshit wizard exams. Eridan didn’t like magic for some reason but also really liked magic for some reason and asked rose aka ms magic prodigy face to secretly teach him so he’d be prepared and ace all the magic exams. She said no and zapped him in the face. This traumatic incident fueled him to discard magic and instead focus on obtaining a medical career. Then his family went bankrupt and rather than going to a fancy medical school he had to get an online nursing degree while living in an apartment with a bunch of other trolls (Karkat, Kanaya, tavros and sollux) after being kicked out of the house. He graduated, got a job, and entered the real world. (hinthint he wasn’t prepared for it) Eventually his spite fueled enthusiasm for nursing ran out, and he’s already washed up at age twenty three. Still, he’s a bit kinder than regular Eridan and genuinely cares about the wellbeing of others.'''

At one point he was fired from/laid off from/quit his job as a nurse, and as a result has now become hotunemployedEridan.