#Michael had a queer relationship after Athena that wasn't his last

[jazajas]

i saw a couple of people (buck/tommy fans specifically) calling out buddie fans for being all 'i told you so' about the whole ordeal and claimed that we'd react the same way if buddie broke up - but i really don't think so

i have seem so many ppl (buddie fans mostly tbh) talking about how they've been saying that buck/tommy were going to breakup eventually the entire time, even all the way back to when buck/tommy went cannon is s7

which, for all the buck/tommy fans who are upset, is why we're saying 'i told you so' bc we have

we've been saying it the entire time but you dismissed us because we don't follow your ship, your character, your actor. called us homophobic and other mean things

i get your frustrations and your hurt. i agree that this breakup was devastating

but Tommy Kinard was given just barely more importance to the plot and the 118 compared to other LIs of Buck, and even then I think the only direct comparison could be made to Abby Clark and Taylor Kelly - both of which are the only other two LIs who've truly broken Buck's heart

every other endgame couple have had established and caring friendships prior to getting together (Henren not included as they were already married by the start of the show) but Buck and Tommy had one episode of direct interaction before getting together

the writers WANTED buddie to go cannon in SEASON 4 but couldn't bc Fox was a homophobic network and wouldn't allow it

be upset that it ended, but being upset that we could see it easier than you doesn't make us bad people, even when we talk about it

[buddiebeginz]

It's going to be so amazing when Buddie finally happens. Not just because we've been waiting for it for so long but think about how long Buck and Eddie have been in relationship after relationship. How they've spent all this time searching for something that was right there all along.

They've never really got to have the kind of happiness the other characters have had. Hen has had Karen since the beginning (minus some bumps in the road), Athena and Bobby have basically had one another since s1, Chim and Madney since s2 (again minus some bumps along the way getting there and back again). Even Michael and David were together since s3. But we've watched as Buck and Eddie have always ended up with people who just weren't right for them.

Just thinking about them finally feeling and recognizing that love that's been there between them all this time and really getting to find their person and their place makes me want to start bawling. We've watched Buck repeatedly wonder where his place in life is and who he matters to. We've watched Eddie especially in the last few seasons feel like something was just so fundamentally wrong with him and like he wasn't worthy of a real full relationship.

But this very season we're going to see Eddie confirm to Buck that his place is with him and Chris and it always has been and always will be. We'll see Buck make sure Eddie knows that he isn't broken that he's everything to him and always has been and always will be.

I've been shipping Buddie for years and been hoping forever it was going to happen but now that it's so tangible I'm so not ready because it's going to hit us all so hard. This is seriously going to be one of the most amazing slow burn queer ships to ever happen on tv.

[thisselflovecamebacktome]

How’s the 911 of it all going

It's going well. I've been binging (because I do not know how to watch a show normally rip) for most of yesterday and today and just finished 2x10. First impressions are as follows:

Abby was my favourite and the most relatable (as someone who is also a carer to their mother) character of season 1 and I miss her dearly. Idk if this is unpopular but I am surprised (derogatory) that the Abby/Buck story gone on as long as it has. I think it started well as a 'they were both looking for something that the other encompassed in theory but not necessarily looking for each other in reality' story but I really thought that after a bit it was going to end up with them realising they worked better as friends and then having Abby leave for her adventure.

Athena is the character that has grown most on me. While obviously it was rough for her and I sympathise with that, it took a bit to get over feeling like she was making Michael's coming out about herself while trying to say that it was for the family, even long after the children had accepted it. But that is coming from a spot where myself and a lot of queer people I know had our coming out either delayed or otherwise altered by others making it about themselves so I understand that that is in part a me problem. Her trying to solve all of the cold cases because of that little girl that went missing when she was a child is so interesting and I imagine that will come back later in the series which I'm excited for.

On the note of Athena and Michael, I understand that Bobby is a main character but I do wish they'd put as much, or at least more, focus on Michael's relationship. Like even with the homecoming photos, they got Michael's partner to take the photo so Bobby could be in it rather than someone else so they both could be.

I was surprised Eddie didn't show up until season 2. It's also lowkey hilarious that he acted like he had an 'affair' with his wife. Like I get that they were estranged but yeah it was just funny. Overall I think he's my favourite male character and I love the family dynamic between him, his aunt, his grandmother and Christopher.

It was also hilarious that I thought we were getting a rivals/enemies to lovers story for all of about 2 seconds with Buck/Eddie before Buck was p much like "actually no I am in love with this man" (Maddie saying "does this mancrush mean that you're over Abby?" took me out because older sisters always know lmao).

I want to wrap Maddie up in a bubble and never let anyone touch her again. Like I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable but as someone who came from a background of domestic violence and has had to escape another (friendship) situation of abuse, god she is so relatable and I just love her. Like I would go to war for any of these characters but especially her.

As a whole, I was wary about starting this show knowing that it was a Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk project because the last thing I watched of theirs was Glee and well... let's just leave it with we all know how off the rails that went. But so far this feels fairly stable. I was surprised to find as a whole it wasn't one fire/crime/emergency of the week but typically 3. I think this has its pros and cons and admittedly I do think it works best when they all intertwine like the earthquake episode did, but it's something different and I applaud them for that. I also feel like everything has good setup, even the 'little' things. Like sure at face value May saying "Everyone at school will know" when Michael comes out can be seen as her making it about herself and being worried about the unrealised potential of bullying but when you find out that it's just another thing she can be bullied over and that the bullying already was that bad, it makes total sense that that's where mind went.

Anyway this has become super long but the TLDR is that I'm enjoying it and interested in where it could go.