On the subject of "how to make Edmund more sympathetic," there's an AU that lives in my head in which Edmund's initial plan involved generously "forgiving" Edgar for betraying their father after Edmund becomes Earl.

YES I LOVE THIS THIS IS LEGIT AND VALID AND PERFECT

(On a side note: I need more content on Edgar and Edmund’s pre-play sibling relationship

Or like. Headcanons on how they interacted as children)

(I literally typed out this whole thing here, but it derailed the original thing so I’m probably gonna make it into another post)