#911 shipping

[madlori]

Ok my fam, I think we all need a lil Come to Jesus moment. So let's talk about it.

"I'm disappointed Tommy wasn't in 8x02 and 8x03." That's ok! We'd all like to see him, and see our boys together. Going by precedent, we can probably expect to see him in 6-8 episodes this season (it could be more - Taylor had 13 episodes in season 5 - but we shouldn't count on it) and we've already burned one. I'd prefer not to have half of them during the opening disaster when SO MUCH ELSE is going on. I'd rather him appear in episodes when he's got a storyline with Buck, or even on his own, and especially at the midseason break or the end of the season when Relationship Events are more likely to happen.

"But the 217 engine!" I know. But as we sometimes like to say to other fans - we kind of baited ourselves with that. It was suggestive, sure. But the fact that production has MADE a 217 engine is also suggestive that we may see it again later, and they just put it in the hangar scene because they already had it and they had to fill up that hangar with as many vehicles as possible.

"An airplane disaster without using the pilot??" As others have pointed out, Tommy's not a jet pilot. And don't let anybody make you think you were nuts for thinking it was possible. It was definitely a reasonable theory, with supporting evidence, that he might be involved, but in the end, the big opening disaster is always going to be about our mains. As it should be. And honestly? It was great.

"But the whole point of bringing him back was to integrate him with the 118 more!" I'm sure that's still a goal they have, but it's probably easier said than done. Not just from a writing standpoint, but a contractual one, in that there's a limit to how often they can use him, so they have to pick and choose where.

"It's like they don't care about this relationship as much as we do." You're right. NOBODY will care about it as much as we do. They care about the main characters, about the show's actual premise (i.e. first responders encountering wild situations, secondarily the characters' personal lives). There is no universe in which ANY relationship in the show will be prioritized as much as we, the fandom, would like it to be. That's just life in the big city. But they do care, oh boy, they do. Enough to use BT scenes in off-season promo. Enough to write Tommy into a scene in the opening episode where, frankly, he didn't NEED to be. Also, consider this - to shoot that scene, Lou was probably on set a grand total of one day, MAYBE two. And they made sure to include him in the jokey "bee pickup lines" reel. You know what other relationship we haven't seen much? Buddie. They have not appeared together outside of work (and honestly, barely AT work either) except in the birthday party scene, and hey, did you notice that they do not interact at ALL in that scene? Buck spends that entire scene interacting only with Tommy. And that's a friendship featuring two mains that we know they value. That's not indicative of anything except the sheer scarcity of screentime.

"They should be promoting the queer relationship!" Should they? They've never really done that before, with the several pre-existing queer relationships. I have always sort of appreciated that they have not hung a neon sign on Buck and Tommy saying LOOK AT OUR NEW QUEER PAIRING. It's never gotten the Very Special Episode treatment - Buck never had gay panic, or much coming-out drama - and I like that. I like treating it no differently than other romantic pairings on the show. And they did actually promote it quite a bit when it happened. Now it would just feel kinda performative to me.

"Will he be in [whatever episode]?" Imma gently suggest we not do this every week. He'll be there or he won't. There'll be some we know he's in (I think 8x06 is a lock), some we won't know and will be pleasantly surprised, or unpleasantly surprised. I'd say odds for 8x04 are...20%, rising to at least 50% with 8x05 and 100% for 8x06.

And if you ever feel sad about it - go look at a still of Buck from any episode so far this season, and say to yourself, "This man is having heaps of amazing sex with his hot pilot boyfriend on the regular. Canonically."

I know a lot of us have encountered some pretty irritating gloating from people who hate this relationship (in a frankly weirdly obsessive way) about him being not there. Just remember - that's all they have to gloat about. The only "victory" they can claim is the absence of a character? Lame. And it's not even a victory, it's just the cost of doing business when your ship involves a recurring character. Sit back and enjoy your canon relationship between two men who've actually kissed on screen and ignore it. We can be generous about it.

So let's not talk ourselves off the deep end, shall we? I'd like to keep being a reasonable fandom.

[starstruckbyacomet]

BT Fans x Buddie Fans

Maybe we're not so different, after all....

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BT Fans: "Crash that helicopter 🧑🏻‍✈️❤️👨🏻‍🚒!" Buddie Fans: "Yes! Crash that helicopter ☠️!" BT Fans: "No! Not like that 😱!" Inspired by a post from @a-mel0n

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BT Fans: "I wish we can go back to the past (before the break up)." Buddie Fans: "I wish we can go back to the past (before Ryan said he had been celibate & waiting for the next woman in his life)."

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BT Fans: "Bucktommy's cemetery scene is paralel with Tarlos' cemetary scene. It's a sign! They will be together again." Buddie Fans: "Buddie's child separation scene is paralel with Henren's child separation scene. It's a sign! They will be together at last."

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Buck visited Eddie on ep. 8x08 "Wannabes". BT Fans: "Buck was still baking and even mentioned Tommy. They will be together again." Buddie Fans: "Buck looked devastated after knowing Eddie would move back to Texas. They will be together at last." Tim & co. (high five-ing): "We got 2 fish with one bait scene. This is peak efficiency. Good job, Guys!" Inspired by a post from @lemon-drop151

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Tim said that Tommy was Buck's first, and first and last is usually not the same thing. Tim also said that Tommy was in Buck's past. BT Fans: "Of course he'd say that. He couldn't say that Bucktommy would be together again. It would be a spoiler." Ryan said that Eddie was heterosexual in an interview. Buddie Fans: "Of course he'd say that. He couldn't say that Eddie was a closeted gay. It would be a spoiler."

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BT Fans: Living on Louliver Buddie Fans: Living on Ryliver

Be careful, Bucktommy Nation. Otherwise, we might be the next Buddies 😂.

[madlori]

My my...Eddie is kind of...caressing Chimney in these. Y'all seeing this?

CHIMEDDIE CANON 2024

the firehouse five™

[watchyourbuck]

No im not “grieving” Buddie, do you know how amazing it is to have queer/bisexual men representation in today’s media? Do you know how important it is for all of the community and the younger people watching this? This is a huge milestone and Buck’s sexuality is valid outside of any type of ship. Today we celebrate.

[whatsourmotto-whocares]

It's not only sexy af but REAL bi/queer representation, which isn't half-assed or noncommittal, that Buck explicitly is hot for Tommy over masculine things. Tommy, in general, is very trad masc; he's super muscular, tall, with a strong jaw, deep voice, short hair. During their kisses (so far), neither is clean shaven. Buck likes Tommy's cleft. Tommy shows up to the wedding specifcally as a filthy, manly firefighter, and Buck calls him *a beast* in a flirty tone before eagerly kissing him.

Buck is attracted to Tommy *because of* his manliness, not in spite of it.

They really put two masc men together romantically/sexually on main channel cable TV and made no apologies, excuses, or compromises. 🏳️‍🌈 What a time to be alive. 🥲

[dezmouse]

ahhh they’re so cute I love them :,)

[softestepilogue]

if buddie becomes canon 911 will be the first show with banger after banger after banger after banger of main ships.

athena and bobby? unmatched. immaculate.

hen and karen? magnificent.

chimney and maddie? perfection.

buck and eddie? flawless.

[llove-me-anyway]

let's talk about how gentle Tommy was with Buck. obviously he wasn't sure if Buck is into guys, he picked up on Buck flirting but he couldn't be sure so they both tip-toed around with questions and then Buck brought up Eddie again and Tommy is surprised that Buck was trying to get "his attention?". so then he just said fuck it and just kissed him and immediately quietly asked if that was okay and when Buck confirmed it was he went straight back to confident and asked him out and idc what any of you say as long as Tommy stays this gentle and kind to Buck he is his perfect first queer love. yea i want buddie too at some point but i'm so happy with what we have now.

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[madlori]

Friendly reminder that flat earthers are people who believe in a thing that is not true and not real.

Which describes Buddie, not bucktommy.

https://x.com/shakchunny/status/1847722125626658901?s=46

They all have got a big surprise coming

I'm going to be so petty. Like fuck these fools

[kenneth-black]

i’m just casually thinking about eddie taking care of buck in kitchens 🙂🙂🙂

[madlori]

What if Buck gets a new male love interest and he's really great and then we have a THREE WAY ship war?

That sounds fun.

[justchillandshipit]

How the f#ck strong is Oliver Stark? Not only could he take the weight of a full-grown man jumping on him, he also had another full-grown man slightly lifted off the ground already. He didn't even have to take a step to keep his balance. He just held them both. (Excuse me while I bite my lip in the corner.)

Off topic of Oliver and Ryan, but I feel like Buck could totally take Eddie up the stairs while Eddie's legs are wrapped around him. Thanks, Ryan Guzman for an idea that I have never considered because it didn't seem logistically plausible.

[neptune-scythe]

[watchyourbuck]

me when my pilot boyfriend broke up with me and left me alone in the apartment that could’ve been ours so I sprint to my other boyfriend’s house to drink and sob but he’s having a risky business themed party all by himself clean-shaven & in his underwear and seems to be having his queer awakening at my worst possible time bc I’m mourning (he didn’t ask what was wrong) ((we sat on the couch for ages)) (((he looked hot)))

[tommylovingho]

bucktommy + hands