#911 s8*

[buddiebeginz]

Another couple that isn’t actually a couple (yet), Buck and Eddie always feel like they are on the cusp of something more. Their friendship has never been stronger and with Buck now out as bisexual, the progress feels quite significant. Romance might not be top of mind for Eddie, but we have waited this long. What’s a few more episodes?

[thetouchof118]

stress baker buck my beloafed 🍞

[diazsdimples]

Bobby insinuating Chris isn't speaking to Eddie because of his mustache is possibly one of the most hilarious suggestions ABC has given us

[stolenkissesdiaz]

tommy calling buck ‘evan’ during their entire relationship and the first, and only time, he calls him buck is after he breaks up with him. eddie calling buck ‘evan’ only once and it was when he gave buck his goddamn son. the only time tommy called him buck was before leaving and the only time eddie called him evan was when he gave buck proof of him and chris staying. of them wanting buck. of them keeping buck. id say “which could meaning nothing!” but it actually means everything.

[redpinkwine]

You and me both brother you and me both

[watchyourbuck]

real talk the absolute fucking selfishness of helena diaz to keep eddie out of the loop with the birthday party and the invitations and purposefully not bringing him to sing happy birthday to his son while also making the moment eddie’s been planning for god knows how long less than a 30 seconds video chat is repulsive. fuck you helena. fuck you

[911bts]

911onabc: When they ask me how seated I am for tonight's #911onABC premiere

[buddiebeginz]

You all better be showing that mustache the same kind of love Buck is gonna be (okay maybe not exactly the same but almost 😝) Also Ryan looks damn good and I'm baffled anyone thinks otherwise. Like why are people so anti mustache all of a sudden especially when we're talking about it being on a character who is likely gay. A lot of queer men have staches as one point or another.

[buddiebeginz]

[chenfordsbee]

I know it’s already been said but it’s still so insane to me that Eddie realized that he was never alone in this while Buck realized that eventually it always ends up with him alone, both simultaneously. That’s poetic cinema!!!

[emilyrosecreatives]

first and last 🧡

[buddiebeginz]

Great response as always Ali although I disagree about Eddie's sexuality. I think they could still have Eddie come out as gay. Which btw I think Eddie is gay and demi and you can be both. Though I don't think a primetime network show will delve into talking about demisexuality at least not with a main character like Eddie and not at this point. Not that I agree with that I just think that's where we're at in media.

You said you didn't know if they would have Eddie label himself as gay because they "doubled down on his Shannon love too long to try and undo that now" but my feeling has always been even years ago that Eddie loved Shannon but was never in love with her. I have always felt that he was just going through the motions of what he thought he was supposed to be doing.

If they had Eddie come out as a gay I don't think it would diminish the love he had for Shannon or what they shared, I mean Michael doesn't love Athena any less because he came out. I just think Eddie would finally be able to understand why he's felt so broken and disconnected from his relationships. Shannon will always be important to Eddie just for the fact that she's Chris' mom but you can also tell the way Eddie talks about her that she will always be an important person who changed his life.

At the same time though Eddie uses her and their marriage to hide behind. I feel like a big reason Shannon gets brought up so often is because if Eddie can convince himself that she was his soulmate and they had this great love until she died well then he doesn't have to really examine what he doesn't feel that with other women. But the thing is we know from flashbacks and even from the time that Shannon came back in s2 that her and Eddie did not have a picture perfect love story. They didn't seem to communicate well and fought more than they were even together. And right before she died Shannon had said she wanted a divorce, something Eddie has sort of pretended didn't happen.

I think part of Eddie having his queer awakening will be seeing his relationship with Shannon for what it really was and not hiding behind it (or Chris) anymore. He's going to have really take a long hard look at himself and what he really wants something I don't think he's ever really done.

I've seen a lot of people say they don't think Eddie will have any labels, like he'll just say he's in love with Buck and that will be that. I see how a storyline like that could work for Eddie but at the same time having a character like Eddie come out and actually say that he's gay would be so impactful to so many people myself included so I hope the show is brave enough to go there.

I am clapping

Q. A Tommy heavy episode and you have answered and posted several opinions trying to sound unbiased but your very loud Eddie/Buddie bias is showing.

A. I have spent most of the day stating very clearly that the show has established Tommy as a perfectly fine guy. A perfectly suitable choice for Buck. I have said that in multiple posts and answers today. But perfectly fine doesn't mean right, and I'm going to keep saying that because that's also clearly being established by the show. And if you genuinely watched last night's episode, or any episode that has featured Tommy, and came away with any other opinion then you didn't actually watch the episodes. But that's fitting for your pattern over these past months. None of you are actually bothering to watch the show. You're watching only his scenes, and not even pretending to pay attention to the actual point of any of his scenes. You're watching in order to fan girl over him on Twitter in the hopes that he will acknowledge you. End of story. This next part is going to piss you off, anon. I'm going to give you the business reasons why Tommy is not viable long term, and then I'm going to give you the storyline reasons why he's not viable long term. With today's media most viewers watch the episodes on some sort of streaming service after the live episode airs because the Netflix generation has no idea how to consume traditional weekly serials. They want the ability to skip commercials and other aspects of the show that they may not be particularly interested in. That's just the way it works nowadays. With that came an entirely different way of marketing. Shows depend on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and other social media platforms to promote their product. There is a reason why Buck/Eddie/Buddie is used for promotion by 911 more than any other aspect of their show. Without question and without hesitation their fanbase is by far the leading force behind their social media presence. And it's not particularly close. The cast overall is very popular with their audience. The main cast are all liked by the viewers, which is a rare feat for a television show. Everyone likes the couples on the show as well. But the Buddie fanbase are the viewers who actively engage in the marketing the most. And everyone involved in the show, Tim. Oliver and Ryan included, knows this. The show cannot afford to alienate or lose that fanbase. It's an undeniable fact. They make up too much of the viewership. Right or wrong, fair or not, that's the way media works nowadays. Clicks and likes equals money. It's the entire reason why you all tried to pretend you were thousands and thousands of people instead of the roughly few thousand people you actually turned out to be. And that's a generous number now. You're aware of how it works. You just don't have the numbers to actually compete. Everyone figured that out relatively easily. It's why you all turned to threats and bullying.

On paper Tommy is the love interest who they should have been able to make work. And had he been introduced in seasons 3 or 4 as a love interest he might have had a chance, but it's too late now. That's the real root of the problem the show finds itself in. It's too late to introduce other options for either Buck or Eddie that the audience will care about at all. No one else can compete with what they create together. It's that simple. And last night's episode was the perfect example. Talk to any viewer, any consistent viewer, that doesn't classify themselves as a shipper, and they're on Twitter just like everyone else, then read all the reviews, not just from the Buddie jurnos, and the overwhelming opinion of his scenes was that he wasn't necessary. He felt out of place, which the show intended by the way. Anything Tommy is there to do most of the audience believes Eddie can do better. And that opinion would go for Buck as well if we were talking about an Eddie love interest. It's too late, anon. And I think the show knows that as well. Any chance they had at not doing it is long gone. And not doing it at this point is going to cost them. But I think the plan is to pair them together. I don't know if they will have Eddie label himself as gay (though I'm a demi Eddie truther) because they doubled down on his Shannon love too long to try and undo that now, and I don't think they should undo it anyway. I think as far as the show goes he'll have been in love with Shannon and now he'll be in love with Buck. I think that's partly why they've compared Buck and Shannon when the opportunities have presented themselves to do so. Ryan did it several times in interviews during the off-season as well. I don't know how they plan to get them together story wise, but I do believe they're going to do it. And I don't really care how they do it. It's the right way to go. It's the best way forward story wise for both characters. And it really is their only option. The show is 3 for 3 on their endgame pairings and Buck and Eddie are too beloved to be stuck with endgames less than that of their peers. I'm sorry mine and other's media literacy have made us biased, anon. It's the burden of actually understanding what we're watching.

Thank you Nonny! Much appreciated, as usual!

As to this post? YES, YES and YEEEES! I completely agree with everything here. Everyone of us just keep repeating the same facts. It's nice to see all of these facts compiled and explained so nicely in one post.

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[thetouchof118]

the buckley-han family hug 😭

[stolenkissesdiaz]

i hope buck, eddie and shannon are haunting helena through chris rn. i hope when chris rolls his eyes and snarks back helena freezes reminding her damn well who his father is. i hope when chris bites the inside of cheek and is suddenly really interested in his hands when he’s nervous about something helena scrunches her eyebrows in confusion bc she swears she’s seen it before and her eyes widen as she recalls eddie’s friend, the same friend who was there when they picked up chris, having the same mannerisms when eddie and his team came to texas. i hope when chris asks for the ice cream from the store 45 minutes from their house near the park and he picks rocky road helena swallows roughly bc shannon would do the same when she missed eddie and/or was sad. i hope she’s violently reminded no matter how much she pretends, that child will never be hers in the way she’s so desperately been trying to make it be for years. i hope she’s reminded of her damn place in chris’ life.

[freetreasures]

eddie begins is so insane because what do you mean eddie was stuck beneath 40 feet of dirt and buck tried to dig him out with his bare hands while screaming his name and crying?? and while he was dying eddie thought about christopher and buck and the little family they made and that gave him the strength to keep fighting?? and THEN he went and put buck in his will without telling him??? made him the legal guardian of his only son if anything happens to him?? after less than two years of knowing him?? the fact that this is all season 3 is crazy like you’ve known this man for how long and you’re giving him your child.. eddie diaz i know what you are

[buddiebeginz]

buck when he sees eddie in s8:

beautiful artistic softcore porno eddiestache photo cred: oliver stark made me fully 10000% believe we will get a CRAZY buck reaction to the mustache. i am so excited. buck is going to walk into a wall and get a concussion and then refuse to stand up because he has a boner really bad. i love winning i love to never ever lose