#and we've certainly all seen the gross homophobia
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This is just too ridiculous and stupid to not comment on.
People who are anti-Tommy are full on ignoring the canonical fact that Tommy and Eddie are friends. They were friends before Buck and Tommy were ever a couple. Eddie has willfully hung out with and spent time with Tommy separately from Buck, because both Eddie and Tommy do and are allowed to exist outside of Buck. Eddie introduced Tommy to his son, which we all know is a big deal, and Chris thinks Tommy is cool and likes him.
Without Buck, we know Tommy and Eddie have and probably continue to do the following together: - play basketball - go to trivia nights at a bar - practice Muay Thai - watch MMA fights - hung out with Chris before he left - worked on cars (correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure they both have a thing for cars/trucks) - and just generally hung out
So no, it was not weird or awkward for Tommy to be present at the birthday call with Chris. Why? Again, Chris already has a bond with Tommy. Tommy is Eddie's friend, and in this particular case, the scene informed us (that are paying attention and not being willfully obtuse) that Eddie is comfortable enough and close enough with Tommy to want him to be in this situation that Eddie knew is vulnerable for himself. Eddie had only invited Buck and Eddie, but no one else.
The only thing that was "awkward" was that Eddie had balloons and party hats for everyone to celebrate his sons 14th birthday. It was awkward because we can see that Eddie still sees Chris as his little baby boy, but Chris isn't the 9-year-old who would have loved and been won over more easily with such things. It was awkward and painful to see that Eddie is missing out on his sons life, and as someone else in fandom described it, Eddie has kind of frozen Chris in time in his mind. Frozen Chris just before things went to shit, and maybe even before that. It was painful to see Chris brush off his dad, but also Buck and Tommy. It was a little awkward to see Eddie have this air of "everything his fine," when we know it's not, but that's something he'll need to confront and work on.
Anti-Tommy people are saying "Buck awkwardly dragged his boyfriend to Eddie's, and Eddie was clearly 'uh this is weird, but he can stay I guess'." Congratulations, you're painting Buck to be a bad and rather dense friend in this situation, and I don't know if you realize it, but hey, anything to paint Tommy as the odd one out and/or the bad guy.
But y'all really think Buck would bring just any partner (or anyone for that matter) to this situation? Buck fully knows that things are not great right now between Eddie and Chris, and you think Buck would "drag along" just any partner into this delicate situation? Seriously?? But again, no one dragged anyone anywhere because Eddie clearly had invited his friends.
I've also seen the added take of "this is like Taylor Kelly all over again." Y'all are truly grasping at straws here. There is nothing comparable about Tommy and Taylor Kelly. Tommy is Eddie's friend. Taylor Kelly was never friends with Eddie, they tolerated each other for Buck's sake, and frankly I'm sure Buck was aware of this. Taylor Kelly had dinner at Eddie's house one time, and she was uncomfortable the whole time. Tommy, if we're all paying attention, has been at Eddie's house multiple times, and was comfortably helping set up decorations and, again, just being there for his friend.
Good gosh y'all, and this was just the first episode. I know it's going to get worse, and that's why I'm blocking, unfollowing, and blacklisting with ease. No kidding, because I saw this *points at post* nonsense from people I was following - one person I hadn't expected because they'd had good thoughts and takes on 911 in the past - I unfollowed 5-6 people/blogs just today.
Edit: to be clear as well, no I'm not putting Tommy in the same category as Buck in terms of the kind of relationship Chris has with Buck or Eddie has with Buck. I know they're different. Simply, Eddie is friends with Tommy, and Chris likes Tommy too.
#911 wank#911 discourse#hopefully by unfollowing so many people#I won't have to see frankly dumb takes like this on my dash anymore#people can dislike a character and/or ship#but to go out of your way to grasp at any#excuse to just hate on that character and ship?#and we've certainly all seen the gross homophobia#nah that's where I draw the line#ramblings
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