#Nash Answers

[door-insurance]

Slight correction: I believe the Nazi is actually still working at D9 unfortunately. Allegedly D9 is protecting this person which is really bad obviously. But yeah I wished that Nazi gets exposed and gets their ass handed to them.

Yeah I was surprised I legit thought they got rid of his ass,

What does he have on them 🗿

[feathered-cocoa]

Hiyaa :3

Hello dear!!

[theotherbuckley]

incorrect tweets pt 17/?

[911-incorrect-quotes-dispatch]

Bobby: Now Eddie, repeat after me, forgive me Father, for I have sinned.

*Scruffy Buck in the background doing bicep curls*

Eddie: Forgive me Daddy, for I have been naughty.

Bobby: Eddie, you need to focus.

Eddie: Sorry cap but this isn't going to work.

Bobby: ...

Eddie: I just realized it wasn't a crisis of faith but a crisis of sexuality, and the only punishment I need is whatever Buck is willing to give me.

[haydenthewitch]

is it too soon to make a "no beta we die like bobby nash" joke

[boasamishipper]

so who’s going to write the bathena au where athena livetweets hotshots every week with her friends and @‘s technical advisor bobby to complain about the inaccuracy of the show

[jonah-vital]

Whats eveyones favourite character?

I’ve been thinking about this a lot and I genuinely can’t think of the ‘most liked character’ since I feel all of them have a near-equal fanbase but I just thought I’d ask to see!

[thirdwheelravi]

re tags on your last post...yeah lmao. my frustration with this episode wasn't even really about them 'killing off' bobby it was that it was just bad. and full of a bunch of shit i don't careeee about like cmon if this is the aftermath of a major character death, i shouldn't be bored watching it!! i shouldn't be rolling my eyes and wishing i could fast forward bc racistgerrard is back and for some godforsaken reason we're wasting time on his feelings when i truly could not give less of a shit. and we're doing that instead of seeing the 118 grieve, or interact with each other, or buck and eddie reuniting or eddie getting literally any meaningful screentime at all after being fully gone from the last two episodes, or even the full funeral. i don't careeee about this random woman and her maternity test. the show is telling me to believe that bobby is dead and im not even sad im just irritated. if you are going to make this choice and do this storyline then fucking commit!!!! examine how this affects the main fucking characters!!!!! fucking do something interesting with it!!! jesus christ!!!!

it's not even that i needed to see like. x or y or z. or this conversation or that character or whatever.

it's just that as an episode of television it....wasn't very good. it didn't really tell us anything interesting or new or surprising about grief or about these characters or literally anything. it didn't make me feel ANYTHING. and this show, for all its schmaltziness, is VERY good at getting me to feel things!

like my favorite scenes by far were athena yelling at chim (THAT we've never seen before!) athena breaking down in front of hen and the final scene at the gravesite. and that was literally all just angela bassett being good at her job. and selling a very honestly weak plotline (woman grieves husband....we've seen this before.....).

much like the whole fake baby kidnapping investigation it just felt like this episode went nowhere. and like. i get that there will be more story tell about the grief of losing bobby in the next episodes but that literally is not the point. the point is that THIS was the big send-off episode and it sent him off with such a whimper.......

[dawntainbobbynash]

Anon asked: My favorite Bobby & May scenes

[feathered-cocoa]

pokkeee

Hmm?

[xtarmanderx]

💔 for make me write! 🥰

324 words for you!!

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“He’s always had a bit of a reckless streak.” Bobby answers honestly and then sighs. “I shouldn’t be telling you any of this, Tommy.”

“I know.”

“If Buck found out…”

“I know.”

Tommy’s voice doesn’t waver and he holds Bobby’s gaze. Eventually, the older man nods his head and loosens his tongue. He tells Tommy about the snipers. How Evan climbed a tower to save a worker wearing a bulletproof vest, jumping the gun because no one had figured out a safe way to reach him and Evan hadn’t wasted another moment. How he’d nearly burned to death trying to save a trapped factory worker, refusing to give up until backup had arrived. The stories go on and on, breaking his heart as he listens, but Bobby keeps going. When he finally falls silent, he offers a half-smile to Tommy.

“You know, all of that changed the moment he met you. But when you guys broke up…some of that behavior came back.” Bobby’s voice remains gentle and judgement free, but Tommy still feels the knife between his ribs. “He nearly died again trying to save a dog. Got him out, but I saw the signs of his reckless nature all over again in a glowing neon sign.”

“So I ruined him.” Tommy says, dragging his hand over his face. “Is that right?”

“No. You don’t have that kind of power, Tommy. Buck will always be in charge of his own decisions, regardless of the catalysts. I still think you’re a good person and you’re good for him. You reaching out is proof enough.”

“You can’t mean that.” Tommy levels him with a disbelieving look and Bobby raises an eyebrow. “Bobby-“

“You hurt him, I’m not denying that. But I know you, Tommy. It’s been a few years, but I can still see you holding yourself back. Denying yourself the things that bring you joy. I know you broke your own heart that night, too.”

[lemotmo]

I feel like them having him buried in Minnesota is supposed to be them laying Bobby's past to rest. If (when) he does come back and they are cutting Peter's workload down, they aren't going to have enough time or focus to have Bobby's past pop up wherever he goes anymore. While it will obviously still be a part of him, they wont be able to sit and dissect it in the same way. And, as nice as an idea as it is to have him buried by the family he lost, with the way Bathena have been written, nothing can convince me that they won't be together in death. One day they will be buried together or have their ashes spread together or whatever, but they aren't gonna spend eternity apart. They honored his past life and his past loves by giving him a plot in Minnesota, but he still has a future to live with Athena and a home that hasn't been finished being built.

I think you should know that your beautiful ask made me tear up.😭

This makes a ton of sense.

Thank you for this. ❤️

[makorragal-312]

Thanks to Tim Minear, every day that passes since 8x15 is another day where Buck shoots Bobby an "are you okay" text and he never gets a response

[chixliv]

asking for fic recs and you people keep re blogging instead of answering me

[loucifersbitch]

OKAY BUT HEAR ME OUT RE: GAY AND PILOT POST -- WHAT IF YOUR NEW FIRE CHIEF WHOSE LIFE YOU SAVED AND REDEFINED WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN IS THE FIRST ONE YOU COME OUT TO

tommy talks to bobby about the transfer in the same breath he tells him he's gay. and bobby's confused because "you don't have to leave. you know you'll be supported here." and he does know that. but he wants to have a fresh start, somewhere that the ghosts of his past won't haunt him around every corner, a clean slate to be himself. and bobby...he can understand the urge to start over better than most. so he agrees, even writes a recommendation letter so the captain of the 217 knows just how much they're gaining by accepting tommy's request. because second chances can lead you exactly where you need to be

[apricustar]

what is your take on buck announcing he was going to transfer in 8.18? i didnt take him as a runner especially after that conversation he had with maddie about how she’s the runner out of the two of them

hi nonnie! well, honestly, i think that was one of the only in-character things that happened in last night's episode. which, seems to be an unpopular opinion: i've only seen people call it abrupt and ooc—but i don't think its either. i think it's the final step in a process of emotional dislocation that's been happening all season.

and, the thing is, this is not the first time buck has said he's going to put in for transfer!

back in season 5, after chimney left to find maddie, buck did the same thing. he gave this calm, rehearsed little speech about how much he has loved being part of the 118–but then said he was leaving for 'the good of everyone.' and it quickly unraveled into what it was really about: guilt—that aching feeling of being the one responsible for ruining things without meaning to. he thought he was the reason chimney left, the reason everything at the station suddenly felt fractured. he curled himself around the silence like it was punishment, like proof that everyone else was thinking what he felt was true: that he was the problem, that everything was his fault.

and that is buck to a T! he’s hyper-aware of emotional shifts—the tiniest change in tone, silence that stretches too long, the moment someone looks away instead of reaching back. that’s how he navigates the world. when it’s his fault, it’s familiar. it gives him something to fix—something to hold onto—when everything else feels out of his control.

buck isn’t a runner in the way maddie is, but when fixing doesn’t work—he starts to disappear instead. not all at once. not dramatically. just in small, tentative steps backward. and then bigger ones. a transfer request: a final act of self-removal dressed up as a solution. a way to say, if i’m the reason this hurts, maybe stepping back completely will help.

at the end of the day, it's not about wanting to go. it’s about not knowing if he deserves to stay. it’s about trying to manage the hurt of disconnection by changing what variables around him he can—his job, his space, his role—because naming what’s really hurting feels impossible.

and now, in 8x18, it happens again. not in anger. not as a threat. just that same quiet resignation. that same question beneath the surface: if the people i love don’t need me—if i’ve failed them, again—then what am i still doing here?

he tries to holds onto bobby's words. tries to be what the team needs. he prods with grief assessment questions. he follows maddie's asks, helps her corral chimney. he reassures eddie. continues picking up pieces, again and again, like if he can just keep going, things will eventually come back together.

but despite his best attempts, they don't. nothing is getting better. his efforts aren’t getting anywhere. and buck is a doer—he always has been. he believes in action, in momentum, in helping. but now the doing hasn’t done anything. he’s thrown himself into every task, every gesture, every fix he can think of, and still, everyone is spinning further and further apart.

while speaking to bobby in the confessional, he tells him that he was wrong—that the team doesn’t need him. and buck, who has always measured his value by what he can give, starts to believe he has nothing left. that maybe the only thing he has left to offer is his absence.

so he says he’s transferring—not because he wants to, not even really because he means it. but because he needs to say something. do something. because when you’re buck, and all your doing has failed, stepping away starts to feel like the only thing left.

transferring isn't necessarily about escape. it's more about reaching a limit. it's about not knowing how else to say things like do i still matter? will anyone ask me to stay? will things ever feel the way they did—and if they do, does that mean we’ve moved on? forgotten?

i don't think buck runs from the people he loves. he runs from the idea that he’s already been left. he runs from the silence. from the hollowness. from the version of himself that feels like a burden, like a liability, like the reason things fall apart. he doesn't wait to be asked to leave—he leaves so no one has to ask in the first place. so he doesn't have to deal with the moment where someone confirms what he already fears—that he's too much, or not enough, or the problem.

he removes himself before anyone else gets the chance to. because if it's his decision, at least he has some control. at least the leaving can feel like something he did for them, rather than something done to him.