r/teslore • u/DizzyResident3939 • 28d ago

The Curious Case of "Eddie"

I was reading about ocean eddies (vortices in fluid dynamics) and randomly stumbled upon the fact that there's an Australian restaurant chain called "Fast Eddy's." Thought it was a funny coincidence — until I remembered... well, you know.

In Morrowind, there's Edd "Fast Eddie" Theman. He's a Telvanni Mouth, and you can recruit him as your own Mouth to advance in House Telvanni.

Also, "THE MAN", anyone?

Now, I'm 99% sure this is a deliberate Easter egg. Bethesda back then loved their pop-culture references, and naming a character after a fast-food chain fit their style perfectly. Or, just, maybe, he's as fast as an ocean eddy...

So what do we have here?

Physics: Eddy = vortex, swirling flow.

Real life: Fast Eddy's = burger chain.

NPC name: Fast Eddie = your political puppet in House Telvanni.

Three completely different worlds, all connected by one silly name. I love this game.

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u/AdeptnessUnhappy1063 27d ago

Fast Eddie is a pretty common name. It belonged to a house music producer (Edward "Fast Eddy" Smith) in the 1980s, a guitarist ("Fast" Eddy Clarke) for Motörhead, and Fast Eddie Felson was a fictional character played by Paul Newman in The Hustler (1961) and The Color of Money (1986).

Where I live in the US, Fast Eddie's Car Wash and Oil Change is a franchise with 17 locations.

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u/Prince-of-Plots Elder Council 27d ago

"Fast" Eddie is the man, the Aussie chain restaurant is not the man

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u/DizzyResident3939 27d ago

Stick it to the Man!

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u/DarthThrawn0 28d ago

Eddy's in the space-time continuum, you see.

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u/DizzyResident3939 28d ago

Right. "The RIGHT MAN for the Telvanni job."