#before s7

[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.

[lionguarded]

Send Me 👄 For Your Muse to get a Blow Job from Mine rolls away cackling

@ofwings-andclaws

this was fuckin' mother lion's fuckin' fault.

with his heat practically knocking on silas' very much locked door, he could ...feel its effects on him already. that meant... well, a lot of things. irritation, short-fused temper, unease - the inability to sit still & random bursts of need.

when those happened... & dante was close, which he almost always was. - they lived together after all, then... well, silas found yet another new reason to want to see mother nature burn in hell. he'd excused himself at work to get home early, taj would be working late & balis had the task to take sam & entertain her until dinner time.

he had hours.

when dante came home from work, probably wanting to shower & sit down for a little while... silas decided he didn't feel like waiting. fucking' dumbass, coming home looking extra delicious. he had it coming. what. fuck. ugh. yet his body moved, determined stride over to dante who'd just shrugged off his stupidly hot leather jacket - no, that wasn't the almost-heat speaking, that part... was silas.

soft growl on his lips, though paired with a purr vibrating through his whole body, golden hues roaming the other's frame - not quite looking for something in particular, other than to express adoration for what they laid upon. not the point, though. standing only mere inches from his alpha now, his scent had been the last straw. that sweet, sweet sinful scent dante paraded around wherever he went. fuckin' illegal.

hands found dante's wrists, making quick work of pinning them above his head against the wall as he crushed their lips together. one hand on either side of dante's head, though silas did release his wrists, but only to slide his palms against dante's, entwining their fingers as he pinned them back against the wall - their chests flush as they kissed. dante might've tried to protest, but silas didn't care. it was only fair he got to make decisions every now & then, right? yep.

when he was satisfied, on the kiss front anyway - silas moved on. letting his lips trail along his jaw, little kisses & nips leaving a wet trail in their wake, down his neck, which ... still looked oh so tempting, but today he'd spare it. instead, he maneuvered the alpha's hands above his head, so he could hold both wrists with one of his hands, while making dante's torso do a little stretch, opening him up to... more.

lips trailed down across his collarbone, changing directions there with a little bite to unblemished skin. nose against his alpha's bared armpit, golden vanished behind eyelids - a soft sigh cursing through silas' entire body, head to toe. utter contentment. deep breaths, savoring the scent, softest moans escaping as his breaths quickened while he paid tribute to one of his favorite parts of dante's stupidly handsome body. yeah, this was exactly why he never initiated. way too fuckin' embarrassing, he felt himself dripping from that alone.

when he felt like he'd left enough spit & kisses in dante's pit, he moved back onto his chest - never meeting his eyes so he didn't get the chance to take over. the grip on his wrists wasn't tight per se, but they both knew silas could hold him down if need be. he was stronger, but he hoped dante realized silas was doing him a damn favor. fangs grazed past a nipple on his way down, wet kisses spread across his alpha's ribcage, stomach & fangs once again came out to play.

hands made quick work of the other's belt, tugging his jeans down, but ... ugh. he'd have to let go. fuckin' lucky little shit. "don't." don't try to stop me. don't try to take over. don't you dare. silas was on a damn mission & clearly nothing was going to stop him. so.... reluctantly, that wrist was released, which allowed silas to sink to one knee, the other following ...slowly to avoid the sting. pants were now properly pulled down to pool around dante's feet, followed by his boxers - his cock springing free & oh, there was that golden shine again.

he'd done this maybe.... barely a handful of times. dante had made him kneel the first time they fucked, but after that? there seemed to be only very little interest & silas didn't really know why. he didn't dislike it, he knew that much. anyway, whatever really. fuck his weird-ass preferences. silas lost track a long, long time ago. this, though - had felt like a good idea in his corrupted state of mind - still did, so he stroked. at first. golden, for the first time since they kissed journeyed upwards to find their crimson counterpart - so when they did, he held his gaze, as best as he could while letting his tongue run up & down his alpha's shaft, palm wrapped around the base still. maybe he should've snuck the lube in from the bathroom.... but nah.

he took his sweet-ass time, like dante always did when he knelt for silas - he let his tongue work the shaft, lap across the tip, let his free hand roam & squeeze at dante's thigh, but ... when he felt himself grow restless with the initial urge that inspired all this in the first place, silas licked his lips, placed his free hand against his alpha's hip & as lips stretched wide - fuckin' dante, seriously ... he sank down on him as far as he could, which ... if he was to judge... wasn't too shabby for a start. nails dug into dante's hip when silas struggled, though he was determined to keep up the pace he set for himself. this time for sure.

mother lion, better hide while you can. i'm comin' for your fuckin' head next.

[beets]

baby, bi bi bi

[bibvck]

I'm not pregnant. | We were on a date. (insp)

[911bts]

[killjoy-prince]

House M.D. but it's when House says Wilson's name

[cinematicnomad]

9-1-1 ▸ 2.06 dosed || 7.09 ashes, ashes

[poughkeepsies]

I'm just saying, if I was a writer on a tv show and I was trying to get my character to jump off his hamster wheel and move forward narratively maybe one thing I could do would be to possibly call back to a really important moment for him seasons ago when a gay old man was fridged to teach him a lesson that love can't be found, it has to be made, and then maybe I'd have him reexamine some of his relationships and see which ones are superficial ones that he's only giving weight to because they felt serendipitous, such as someone whose job is to make sense of death coming into his life right after he's died very traumatically, and which ones are ones he may be overlooking because they took a long time to build slowly, such as the ones that make it second nature for him to seek out and receive comfort even when there are no answers, when all you can do is realize that something sucks and there's no bigger design other than to move forward and keep living and open your eyes every morning a little less surprised to see the world still there

[eddiebuckley-diaz]

How do I look away now that I have seen you? - Rachel Mennies

[epickiya722]

I love that La Brava had to come and show Skeptic who was the hacker villain first in the series. 💕

[ethosiab]

[watchyourbuck]

I think the reason Eddie crashes the bucktommy date is bc Buck mentions him three times in a row and ends up summoning him like in Bloody Mary

[solargeist]

You mentioned how sickly motherspore would look, and I totally agree, but that put the thought into my brain of how concerned kid xelqua would be. Scared, even? Poor bub :(

I can't imagine motherspore being super kind to him either. She won't let the spores touch him, but that's about it. Imagine someone you follow around and lean into turns into a completely different person who gives the cold shoulder :(( feel like most of the time during S7, xelqua would try to stay around other hermits, but he misses his Grian

oh man...

Motherspore would treat him.. neutrally ? Definitely not as caring as Grian. Though, I think she'd also treat him as a pawn, so she'd randomly be much kinder, or uh, manipulative is a better word for the intentions.. ? Something to hold over Scar

xelqua would not have a fun time at all

[kitkat-the-muffin]

Travis moment

[kradogsrats]

lying in bed trying to sleep and suddenly thinking “wait, why would Aaravos, archmage of all six primal sources, need a Moon primal stone?”

then remembering how he corrupts the Sunforge specifically through the primal stone in the staff

[ineedmojoe]

Six times Ryan described Eddie as straight

(Bolding is mine. I’ve highlighted where he’s said Eddie is straight as well as his point that he wants to “dispel” that just because Buck and Eddie are vulnerable with one another, it doesn’t mean Eddie is queer. I also bold where he says that it’s more important to show audiences that Eddie, a straight man and ally, can be friends with a queer man, and it doesn’t affect their friendship or "change the sexuality" of the straight man. I’ll also note that he answered almost every interview question that implied Eddie was queer this way during the end-of-s7 interviews. He seems to only not go into this spiel if the interview question is clearly about Buck and Eddie's platonic relationship. Edit: I want to add that I think the queer Eddie headcanon is totally valid, and I see how people see and write that from various moments in the show. It just seems like they have no plans to go there in canon.) 

9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman on Buck & Eddie: ‘It’s Baby Steps Towards Anything & If Anything’ — May 9, 2024 — Meredith Jacobs — Swooon (formerly on TVInsider)

Even before 9-1-1 Season 7, fans have wondered if the drama would eventually pair Buck (Oliver Stark) and Eddie (Ryan Guzman) together romantically. And now, with this season featuring Buck exploring his bisexuality—he’s with former 118 member Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr.)—the question does have to be asked if the show could go there with him and his best friend.

“We just got to the point where Buck is having this own personal growth of himself, so it’s like baby steps towards anything and if anything,” Guzman tells TV Insider.

Furthermore, he’s especially enjoying what this arc is “showcasing on national television: a bisexual man coming out to a heterosexual man and having the strength to do such, and then having the heterosexual man giving that man a safe space to be caught in and to be loved and nurtured. I think there’s still an air out there in the world that your sexuality preference determines if you’re weak or not, or determines if you’re capable or not, of being just a good human being, which is such a crazy thing to think about,” Guzman continues. “I love that we get to dispel that ideology and we get to showcase and reflect to the world that your sexual preference has no meaning in friendships and connection. Accept people for who they are, love people for who they are, and let’s keep it pushing. Let’s have fun. Let’s have a great time.”

9-1-1′s Ryan Guzman Reacts to [Spoiler]’s Return and Eddie’s Betrayal: ‘He’s Weaving a Dangerous Web’ — May 9, 2024 — Andy Swift — TVLine

TVLINE | I think I have more appreciation for Eddie this season after watching his friendship with Buck reach a new level. Buck is in such a vulnerable place, and it’s given Eddie a chance to step up and support him. A lot of guys come out and worry that things won’t be the same with their straight friends, but Eddie handled everything perfectly. He’s a true ally, that one.

I just access from my own personal life with friends that have come out to me. I think we were all raised in a generation where men were expected to be hardened and not access our feelings. … You can still be that type of man and be friends with a person who has a completely different sexuality than you. It has nothing to do with you. It doesn’t make his jokes less funny, the time you hang out with him isn’t any weirder or more awkward. If it does, the person who’s feeling that way has something they’re going through that they maybe need to come out to, too.

I would love to reflect onto the world that you should be there for your brother, you know, be there for your sister. If someone comes out to you, handle it with a net of safety and love and just keep it pushing after that. Like, “That must have been hard for you. Now that we’re past that, let’s go enjoy your lives.”

9-1-1’s Ryan Guzman on Eddie’s Shocking New Love Interest and the Consequences He’ll Face — May 10, 2024 — Ashley Bissette Sumerel — Tell-Tale TV

Guzman also discussed Eddie’s reaction to Buck coming out as bisexual earlier this season. 

“[Buck] coming out as a bisexual man to a person who is, not necessarily machismo, but a typical heterosexual individual with all these accolades behind him, that could be very scary for a man like Buck to come out to,” he noted.

However, when Buck reveals to Eddie that he and Tommy had been on a date, Eddie’s reaction is one of acceptance and love.

“Partly why I love that specific scene so much is because it was an opportunity to showcase to the world [that] this is how you handle that situation — that sexual preference doesn’t dictate how we should interact with each other and how I should treat you as a human being. And that doesn’t make me love you any less or think of you any less,” Guzman said.

“It just shows me what you like. I’ve already shown you what I like… and clearly, it’s my dead wife,” he laughed.

“Oliver [Stark] and I are aware that everybody has their own renditions of what Buck and Eddie are to be,” Guzman continued, referring to the hope many fans have that Buck and Eddie will eventually develop a romance.

“We love the love. We love that they’re invested so much into these characters,” Guzman said.

“Everything has to fall in its own truth, and at this moment, I think the beauty and the truth is that a man saw another man in need and was seeing another man be so vulnerable in front of him. And what he did was say, ‘Hey, I got you, brother. Don’t worry.'”

Speaking of the possibility of a Buddie romance, Guzman said that while he didn’t want to speculate, his feeling is that audiences are drawn to the vulnerability between the two characters.

“I can’t read the audience’s mind, and I don’t want to speculate on anything that I don’t know, but I think that people tend to lean on the vulnerability side. That’s something that I’ve always tried to explore in this character specifically because I can relate to it,” he said. “A lot of people feel that just because you’re vulnerable, it means that you’re a certain thing or not. And I’ve always wanted to dispel that a little bit.”

“You can be a very macho man and be vulnerable at the same time, but it’s who you’re vulnerable to. Because vulnerability is a gift. You just don’t share it out to the world. And if you do, you better have strength in that vulnerability and confidence in that vulnerability. It’s gotta be tried and true.”

“So, I think that this is another great opportunity to showcase that men can be vulnerable with each other and allow for that space of growth. And we might’ve met each other at one time in our lives, but it doesn’t mean that we have to hold each other to that point,” Guzman said.

‘9-1-1’ Star Ryan Guzman Breaks Down That Emotional Finale Goodbye — May 30, 2024 — Max Gao — The Hollywood Reporter

Eddie was raised with the toxic masculine ideal that he had to suppress his emotions, and it’s only been through his relationships at the 118 that he has begun to feel more comfortable with expressing his feelings. How do you think Eddie’s upbringing has influenced the kind of person he is in the present day? And as someone who has drawn plenty of parallels between yourself and Eddie, what parts of your own lived experiences have you drawn from?

I pull from a lot of my own personal history. I always had emotions when I was younger. Growing up in Sacramento, it was always frowned upon to have these emotions and even trying to understand them. Actually, I was told that it was homosexual to feel these feelings, and I’m like, “Wait, so having feelings makes me be this kind of person? I don’t understand this.” So it was always something that I never could understand in the setting that I was growing up in.

Now I use that as a conduit to Eddie, because the setting he was growing up in was similar. Coming into this new family of seeing Hen and now Buck being versions of themselves who are living in their truth, it now allows Eddie to live in his truth and see there is new life and new opportunity. He’s allowing himself to be vulnerable and realize, “No, [being vulnerable] doesn’t make me less of a man, and it’s not an indication that my sexuality has to completely change because I feel these emotions. I’m still the same man. I just now have a greater awareness and greater depth of who I am because of these emotions.” This has always been something that I’ve wanted to portray on camera, and having Eddie be the conduit for that has been an incredible opportunity for myself as an actor and as a person. I love the fact that I’m able to show to the world, through Eddie, that having this vulnerability with your brothers or your sisters doesn’t make you anything that the world might throw at you as a title. It just makes you more aware of who you are and gives you an opportunity for some emotional intelligence. 

Ryan Guzman of 9-1-1 — May 20, 2024 — Tommy DiDario — I've Never Said This Before With Tommy DiDario (Podcast)

Tommy (12:46): You can't predict the future. Nobody can on this show. But if the opportunity one day happened to come your way where they were like, "This storyline might be explored between Buck and Eddie," would you be open to that storyline in the future? I see you smiling. Oliver had the same reaction, a big grin on his face when I asked this.

Ryan (13:06): Yeah, you know, like I said, it's got to live in the truth. And I think right now we live at a moment, or me, I live moment to moment. So I love the fact that the biggest plot point between these two characters is one happens to be bi, one happens to be hetero, and they have this vulnerability towards each other. And that is the truth to me. It's the fact that you have such a safe space, and it doesn't matter your sexuality, that you have a safe space to talk to this individual, and he can fully accept you. If we can stay with that, then whatever happens happens. But I don't necessarily want to push the fact that because you're vulnerable, you have to be one way or the other in your sexuality. I would hate to, you know, have a lot of other men who are struggling mentally and not sure about, "Oh, do I even open up? Will that make me something that I'm not?" I would hate to push that narrative. So if we live in the truth, whatever happens happens. And again, I'm here for it all.

9-1-1’s Ryan Guzman Breaks Down Eddie’s Biggest Season 7 Moments: Bachelor Party Hijinks and More — June 10, 2024 — Kat Pettibone — Us Weekly

Whether it be through his military duty, being Latino, his religion or his relationship with Buck — which some fans perceive as romantic — Eddie Diaz is someone who makes viewers feel seen. Playing a character who can connect to so many, Guzman shared, is something he takes seriously.

[Note: Kat Pettibone shared that this is the specific question she asked here: “There are a lot of queer fans who see themselves in Eddie Diaz despite him not being canonically queer himself. How does it feel to play someone who makes people feel seen and represented — in a multitude of ways, but for queer people as well?”]

“I love the ambiguity of Eddie and that there’s connective tissue there — for queer people or not — to relate and to fall in love and to find themselves in who Eddie is,” he said. “I mean, there’s a vulnerability in Eddie, there’s also a chaos in Eddie. There’s so much realness in Eddie. And I love that there’s so many fans out there of all demographics that find themselves in Eddie.”

Guzman said that he hopes to show “the more humane side” of Eddie, highlighting that “within community, we can all heal.”

“That’s what I see the 118 being for Eddie,” he continued. “It’s this therapy, this family, whether you’re lesbian like Hen or you’re bisexual like Buck, it does not matter your sexual orientation. We can all share the same dinner plate and we can all love each other and feel safe enough to say whatever it is we want to say. That’s the kind of world I want to live in. And that’s what I love about Eddie. And the fact that he gets to portray to all these other individuals who are militant and raised Catholic and very hard-edged, to let those boundaries go.”