#911 speculation ig???

[lonelychicago]

hi so i watched this sneak peek and then i blinked and next thing i know ive written this thing.... i might use it for a s7 fic or i might not. so.... yeah, enjoy ig.

"You've been acting weird all week, Buck. What is it? Talk to me."

"It's like that thing when you meet somebody and you just click." Buck repeats the words that have been haunting him for weeks. He lets the bitterness and fear that have been choking him, suffocating him, slip off his lips.

He is not fine. It's the thing.

He could usually go over to Eddie’s house and let himself in whenever he wanted. He could— spend all of his free time with the guy and with Chris and feel like he's at home.

And sometimes they still do that.

Except Tommy is there most of the time, too. If it's not a night at the bar after a long shift where they want to unwind and Tommy just enters, confident and smiley and so unbothered by anything, it's Tommy inviting them to a fight or a game or whatever.

And Buck likes the guy. Hell, he has fucked the guy himself.

It's just—

He misses Eddie. He misses Eddie when he is right there in front of him, and it hurts. It hurts in a way Buck hasn't felt in a long time.

"Buck, what the hell are you talking about?" A slight crease forms in between Eddie's brows. "What does that have to do with anything?"

"It's what you told me, when we were talking about Tommy."

"So? Now I can't have any more friends?" Eddie raises his eyebrows, and Buck knows he's sounding... insane, needy, clingy. All of the above whatever.

"You can. I just—" Buck lets out a slow breath. "I hate change, okay? And I hate—"

"Nothing has changed."

"Eddie, everything has changed." Buck lets out a startled, sharp and bitter laugh. It sounds hollow and wrong, even to his own ears.

It stings. Like taking a sip of tea so hot it burns the roof of your mouth or like digging your finger against a tender bruise that hasn't quite healed yet.

"Everything has changed," Buck whispers, looking helplessly into Eddie’s eyes. Because unlike before, now he knows that the jealousy he feels, the unreasonable possessiveness he feels... it's because he is in love.

He is in love with Eddie Diaz.

[disaster-j]

Can I just say that this episode really solidified for me that Buck and Tommy are far more of a pining longing will they wont they romance than any of us anticipated they would be

We've seen Buck be dumped and do the dumping so many times before. We've seen how he reacts to being left behind. He clings until he can but when it's over, it's Truly Over for him. We've never seen him struggle so much with staying away. We've never seen him continue to be so love-struck so desperately wanting to seek out an ex's attention.

It's so different from how he usually is after a break-up and I love it.

I love that he's so obsessive about wanting to reach out to Tommy that his friends feel the need to stop him from doing it just in case he gets hurt again. I love that he's coping with it by baking his feelings. I love that the show makes it expressly clear he is NOT the only one who is struggling not to reach out. I love that they showed us that Tommy is also missing Buck. That Tommy is out there somewhere thinking of his man and how badly he wants him back in his life. I love that even if we don't see them together we can see they're still BuckTommy like the show may have taken them away from each other but those characters' arcs are clearly still intertwined and I love it.

I also love how Buck has reacted emotionally to the break-up. Like they're not villainising Tommy. They're not acting like Tommy committed some crime by stepping away. Buck seems to take the whole being dumped thing far better than he ever has before. I don't even think he sees it as being left behind bc we see that he is expecting to speak to Tommy again, to see Tommy again. And he wants it, in whatever way he can have it.

He's not angry at Tommy, he's not even particularly bitter. He's just sad. He's frustrated and lonely and all he wants is his man back. And he better fucking get exactly that or is2g

[peggingeddiediaz]

In both instances, they kiss without knowing who the actual person is underneath the mask. Halloween party where Buck is dressed as Spiderman and Eddie as Zorro could be a thing.

[usercelestial]

aside from anything else, if tommy doesn't come back in season 8, it would just feel incredibly narratively unsatisfying, which i think is how you know a lot of the people who are calling for tommy to just be written out between seasons don't actually know how stories work/really only read bad fanfiction because do you know how confusing it would feel to re-introduce a character that has appeared several times in the past as a romantic partner for a main character only for them to break up off screen with no resolution. which i think is especially funny because sometimes some of these people will call him a plot device, which aside from them using that term wrong, doesn't make sense if you also want him to be written out with no explanation. if you think he's a plot device, he actually has to be used for the plot. not just show up, show potential, and then leave with none of that potential being realized.

even when it was natalia, a love interest introduced for the first time in the back half of the season who had no background or defining personality traits, it still felt weird that they just broke up off screen after all the hype around how great their relationship was going to be for buck. it felt unfinished and empty.

imagine that feeling but 10x worse because we actually know tommy already and general audiences have had the time to get connected to him. we have been told directly (i.e. bobby) and shown directly (i.e. the hospital scene, the coffee date scene, the dinner scene, etc etc) that tommy and buck's relationship is significant. regardless of if they'll break it off and do something different with buck's character, at the very least, if contracts n such permit, they will keep him on to see that storyline through.

[deluweil]

Lol way to give up the biggest spoilers 😂

[taketheplanspinitsideways]

After all the joy of the last few day's interviews, it's typical that there's something to bring me back down again. I can't believe she's actually still filming after everything. There really is no end in sight 😭

[guardian-angle22]

lmao okay sooo I’m thinking there’s going to be an episode where Julian plays two characters in his cousin that was on OG and then Mateo and that is what Ronen is talking about “never being done”... this is my ~prediction.

[minaciclamina]

I mean, Jennifer is totally right, but I can see Chim singing the Mary Poppins’ song while drunk at a karaoke bar with Hen and other firefighters

911onabc: the answer you've been waiting for is finally here.

sike. 🙂

[tevanbuckley]

I think we’ve really got to stop speculating about how lou has been horribly mistreated by the show/tim. because everything he’s actually said has been overwhelmingly positive, and it sounds like he’d go back in a heartbeat.

does it suck he got such short notice about the breakup, yeah, but that’s not some personal slight against him and neither is oliver not posting bts including him.

shit lou barely posted any bts for 911, especially when you compare it to SWAT. we’ve absolutely no idea what conversations happened between any of the cast. for all we know he didn’t want to be included! shit I know I wouldn’t want my new co-workers ig comments filled with weird hate just because they posted a photo of me!

[watchyourbuck]

After watching ep 1 of 911 s7, I was left with this kinda… ig weird (?) feeling about the Chris and Buck conversation. Not only bc I never imagined Chris to be a player (that was my sweet lil boy😭), but because to me it felt like,,,, really uncomfortable and SO different from their usual conversations and dynamic.

But THEN I realized why.

This is the first time that Eddie recurs to Buck for an actual coparenting feat that doesn’t involve physically saving somebody from like,,,, horrifying situations (tsunami, the shooting, the meltdown). When in the interviews they said Buck and Eddie were getting closer than ever this season,,,,, 👁️ I can’t keep Buddie-speculating cuz we’ll see, but this- this is real u guys.

Don’t get me wrong, Buck’s always been a coparent (cough cough, the will). Besides the previously listed Disasters™️, he makes sure the kid eats, goes to school, is safe, is warm, listens to his dad, etc. NOW? Now he’s in charge of a really delicate situation, and that’s b o u n d to be uncomfortable,,,, like tell me ONE parent who’s ready or excited to have this kind of talk with his kids???

Yall know what this means right ????? Actual parent!Buck (<33) who Eddie actually leans on for you guessed it,,,, coparenting.

[winchester27]

This NOT the end of the hot Priest, and I’m gonna tell you why. This is my own personal theory so take it with a grain of salt because I had this thought at like 5:50 in the morning at work.

OK SO LISTEN

We all know the theory of season 8 following Buddies biggest traumatic events right? Hotshots is gonna have a call to Buck getting struck by lightning, we had a call back to the well, we aren’t gonna get another tsunami because that shit is rare enough to hit LA let alone twice in the span of less than 10 years.

So the running theories are Bucks gonna get shot, which is another marker in the Buddie trauma train. This theory comes from the ending shot in 8x06 with Eddie looking through his peephole.

The other running theory is that Buck is gonna get into a car accident, this comes from a BTS pic Oliver posted, which is a marker for Eddie more so than Buddie because Shannon was hit by a car and killed.

NOW THE HOT PRIEST

My theory is that Buck is more likely to get into a car accident than shot because I personally cant come up with a plausible reason why he would get shot. Some people have said since 911 likes to mimic IRL events, there could be an Alec Baldwin situation and Brad could accidentally shoot Buck with a prop gun. It’s speculated Brad specifically because of comments the actor has left on his IG posts saying like not to trust Brad and stuff. Look on TikTok and I’m sure you’ll find it lmao

BUT BACK TO HOT PRIEST

Bucks gets into the accident, and Eddie has to be first responder because either he’s on shift, which I think would be more likely, or he happens to be with Buck. Eddie starts to relive the Shannon ordeal and all of his emotions are coming back. We saw hot priest (I think his name was Brian? I have shit memory forgive me hot priest) talking with Eddie and lowkey flirt I ain’t gonna lie. Ryan and I think Tim have both said Eddie turns back to the church now that could’ve been just for the confessional scene or more. I think Eddie’s gonna turn to the church and pray for Buck and hot priest is going to pray and talk with him.

Eddie’s gonna tell HP what happened with Shannon and how he doesn’t want Christopher to lose another parent, he doesn’t wanna lose someone else he loves, etc and HP just reads Eddie like a fruit rollup and just lays all his shit out on the table

THATS MY THEORY so please be respectful, you’re all welcome to leave comments, add on to the theory, or dispel it. If anything I’ve said happens to be false let me know so I can correct it!

[disaster-j]

See idk what happened behind the scenes to cause what is clearly a very sudden change of plans for Buck's romantic arc and idk if the buddie may be back on the board vibes I'm getting are real and if they are what actually caused it to be back on board so i will stay as neutral as possible and just wait to see what goes down and how long the show keeps my interest bc unlike some people i can be an adult about a show not going where i was expecting it to go

[valenschmidt]

The cast has been posting a lot of content recently, and they all seem extremely happy overall. Does it have to do with Abc? Is it because they gave the guys the green light to do whatever they like? Or is it some sort of Abc's promo strategy? Idk, they all look genuinely happy, like something changed.

Good morning anon!!!

This is pure speculation on my part BUT as someone who's been here a while I haven't seen them post this much bts content since S2 and I think ABC has everything to do with it

I can tell that since the move from fox to ABC, the cast and crew has been happier. Whether it's because they were having the worst time under fox management, or working conditions are getting better, whatever it is it's making them happier.

Last season's promotion on ABC was something special because they were treating 911 as if it was a new show so promotion was bigger, better and a lot more than ever before in 911's history.

The thing is, ABC's promotion is just what we see in the official 911onabc ig page, the rest is just the cast having fun and if ABC takes that chance to comment under their posts to increase the views then that is a great strategy.

I believe that the reason why they're posting so much content now (more photos, more bts, the tiktoks, etc.) Is because they finally feel happy and comfortable enough to be silly and have fun (which they used to before but they didn't show it much)

AND to finish up this I can say that is a BIG pattern among the cast (most especially with Oliver) that the more they post, comment and participate in the content posted, the happier they are with the way the storyline is going

So let's enjoy the new season and hope for the best because if we guide ourselves with the bts content we're in for a treat 🤣

[fanficmanic]

I have a confession to make.

I only started watching 911 a few months ago, after season 7 had ended. I was going through some rough time (health wise), and I needed something to take my mind off it.

I honestly wasn’t looking for anything serious. I just needed a show that doesn’t require me thinking about it too much.

I remember going over Netflix and Amazon Prime, and nothing had caught my attention. When I went on Disney+, I found that I had already watched the first 2 episodes of the show but, for the life of me, I couldn’t remember that I did or when I did.

I thought that if 2 episodes didn’t catch my attention, then it probably won’t, but I had reached a point where I didn’t care as long as it would numb my mind.

I didn’t realize how wrong I would be.

I gotta admit, season 1 wasn’t my favorite, but I powered through because I wanted to see where the show would go. Then I started with season 2, and boy oh boy was I hooked.

By the middle of season 3 I realized that yes, this show has taken my mind off my personal issues, but also, this show will be the one that makes me write again after not having written any fanfiction for over 7 years.

The last show I was obsessed with to this level was True Blood. I followed it religiously, wrote fanfiction, got into shipping wars. I even found a way to watch it same time as the US (those who don’t live there know what I mean) - which was 4 am in the morning where I lived at the time.

With the way True Blood ended (IYKYK), I promised myself that I would never get attached to another show that way again. I watched Game of Throne, which I loved and followed but not to that level of obsession. I watched some other shows and movies that I can’t even remember, which alone says what kind of impact they had on me.

Now, here I am, waiting for each episode like crazy, following the actor’s IG accounts and everything they post, following different accounts on Tumblr, IG, and TikTok for videos and edits, and filling most (all) of my free time reading amazing and wonderful fanfiction. I sometimes even have to take a moment to think about scenes if they happened in the show or if I read it in a story.

I’ve published 3 stories on AO3. I also have one story that I’ve written 4 chapters of so far, 5 stories that I’ve roughly outlined, and 1 that I just have an idea for.

The issue is, when I was obsessing over vampires and werewolves who lived in Bon Temps, HBO aired the show between June and August. Meaning, there was no break over the holidays, and the show didn’t go on hiatus.

This is the first time that I have to go through a fall hiatus, and I have so many mixed feelings about it.

On the one hand, I’m super excited about all the fanfiction that will come out between now and March 2025 – some will be speculation after the fall finale, some not so much, but regardless, it will all be great.

On the other hand, how am I supposed to wait 3 full months to see what will happen to my favorite characters?

Anyway... I apologize for the long post, but I just wanted to vent.

Here's a picture of our favorite fire fam BTS from this weeks’ episode to make up for it.

[deluweil]

Talk about 1+1... 👀

[lemotmo]

so i was thinking and let’s enter in the big IF world

so let’s say that buddie and henren are at madney’s for some kind of party/dinner, we saw ostark and rg in more “elegant” attire plus the ig story aisha shared with tracie, kenny and the kids

lfjr isn’t there, no? why hide him? 911 isn’t spiderman trying to hide the presence of tobey maguire and andrew scott, im not talking about reels like the one kenny does with the core 4 but like being in the background like it already happened like we saw gerrard actor

i don’t think they are going to film another scene at madney several days later to add him because it isn’t a solo scene between ostark and lfjr but with other characters so like they did with tracie (by calling her on set for that scene)

and what it’s making me even more sure about an off screen break up is the fact that they showed us buck invite him to his sister wedding after only one week so why don’t invite him to his sister place weeks after being together and since they claim this is the endgame season, they are going to live together say ily and proposal by the end of s8 isn’t strange????? lmao

i don’t know what i would prefer between an off screen break up or him being there but not as an integrated part of buck’s life

Hi Nonny!

While you're right that there's no point in hiding Lou, I'm not entirely convinced he wasn't there. To be honest, he could have been there. It's a big set, he could have been anywhere as they were in between filming. We didn't see JLH either, but I'm willing to bet she's there as well.

But whether or not he actually was there isn't really the point, is it? The fact of the matter is that the show chose Oliver and Ryan to shoot that fun little promo video that day. If Lou was actually there? It makes it even more apparent where the story is actually going. If he wasn't there, well... I'm sure no one really missed him. ;)

I wish I could say 'Yeah Nonny, you're right! It will definitely be an off screen break up,' but I won't just yet. The reason I'm so hesitant in awknowledging that Lou is gone for good is because I don't want people to get too sure about this theory, to the point that they'll be heavily disappointed when he does show up.

I want all of us to be in the mindset of 'it's possible he'll be back,' so we'll be able to just calmly nod and not care if he does happen to show up unexpectedly. We all know that if he does show up, it's temporary, but I need all of us to stay calm and almost have a non-reaction to his presence.

Why should we care about Tommy and waste time and energy worrying about whether or not he'll be there? He is literally a plot device character brought in for one purpose only. It'll only fuel the negativity in the fandom.

If we harnass all that energy to focus on positivity and to speculate about Eddie and Buddie's storyline instead, the fandom experience will be a much more enjoyable one.

As to what storyline I would prefer? Well, in a perfect world, I would have loved to see the whole BT story play out until their break up, intertwined with Eddie's storyline. It could have been very interesting. But as it is right now? I just want Lou/Tommy gone. I'm so tired of his fanbase.

Have a great day/evening/night Nonny!