#buck is chris' dad idc

[epiphanybuddie]

i NEED a really angsty buddie moment in 6b tbh. i need Eddie to get mad at Buck bc of the donor thing and they argue and then Buck's like 'why do you care so much anyway?' and Eddie's like 'you already have a child, Buck!' and Buck is like 'Eds, what are you talking about?' and then Chris comes home and is like 'Bucks here!' and he hugs him so tightly and Buck just looks at Eddie and all Eddies anger fades and they look softly at each other and boom -> buddie canon

[butraura]

I could be remembering wrong but I think it’s so telling that they’ve never referred to Buck as Chris’ “Uncle Buck”. Like it’s perfectly common for a close family friend to be called “uncle” or “aunt” in context of a kid because the parents consider that person family.

And it’s also evident and canon that Eddie and Chris consider Buck family (“there’s no one in the world I trust with my son more than you”, “if I die, you become Christopher’s legal guardian”, “he’s hanging out with his Buck today!”, “he was looking for Buck”, Chris calling Buck when worried about Eddie, Chris running away to Buck’s when upset with Eddie, Buck promising Chris he’ll always have him no matter what, Buck taking Chris on adventures an trips all the time, “Buck, can I spend Christmas with you?”, “Buck, can we go to your house and play video games?”, etc. etc. etc. ETC.).

So it’s crazy, insane, ridiculous, interesting that Chris and Eddie never even once refer to Buck as “Uncle Buck”, when it would work so seamlessly and would help further the narrative they’re desperately trying to push with Buck and Eddie being best friends/brothers.

The fact is, Buck is not an uncle figure to Chris. He’s not even just a friend. He’s a father that would move heaven and earth for his son. And calling it anything else would be a disservice to the relationship they’ve cultivated between Chris and Buck.

But it would be so easy. And the fact that they haven’t done that speaks volumes to me.

[queerdiazs]

*screaming into the void* bobby is just as much eddie’s dad figure as he is everybody else’s, thank u

[bucksbisexual]

was looking through 911 edits on tiktok and under a tsunami buck and chris edit someone (whom i assume has never watched the show) asked if buck knew who chris is to which the op replied that he's his legal guardian (in case of his parents dying) and a second father to him. the thing that's pissing me off is people replying to the creator of the edit correcting them and calling buck his 'godfather' like. no. he's not. there's an actual document that says buck has custody of chris after both of his parents' passing. godfather doesn't even reach the toes of the legal guardian title. buck is a parental figure alongside eddie at this point in the show, they've known each other for years and buck has helped eddie a lot with taking care of chris. so no. i won't accept the godfather title for buck.

[buddiesmutslut]

Somebody write Green Arrow Buddie bc my brain won’t STFU about it but I don’t have the time 😭🤣

Buck - Oliver Queen (bc I want Chris in this universe, & don’t see a way to do that with Eddie as Oliver)

Eddie - I really want Eddie to be his bodyguard, even if that’s not how they do it in the show. I feel like Oliver Queen/Eddie & Felicity Smoke/Buck could work, but idk, I don’t see Eddie “Technophobe” Diaz working in IT 🤣

Obviously Athena is the cop, Maddie is Thea.

I have no idea who Laurel or Sarah are bc Sarah & Thea are my FAVORITE people in that show & I don’t feel like I connected with any of the female LI’s in the way necessary to cast them as Sarah Lance, White Canary & leader of the Time Gang 😩

Get that confusing divorced/estranged relationship that Diggle & his wife had with Eddie & Shannon (without them getting together again tho, bc this is a Buddie fic & Eddie & Shannon were not meant to stay married in any universe 🙅🏻‍♀️)

Connor can be Tommy & die in the 2nd episode or whatever it was, idc.

Margaret Buckley will never be Moira Queen, & I can honestly see Philip Buckley trying to save his own ass instead of sacrificing himself for Buck, so maybe Buck comes back & is all vigilante because of his shitty dad, instead of for him, ykwim? So obviously Bobby is around somehow & he and Athena are the parents Buck deserves. (Nobody dies tho, that’s very important to me 🤣)

Idk. I haven’t seen Arrow in forever, but my brain was yelling about it this morning. I feel like it would only work for the first season or two, before they start doing crossovers & fighting aliens and shit bc then it would just be too complicated 😅

Tumblr writers, pls take this from me 🙏🙏

[daffodilsonaprettystring]

I just had a thought about Buddie potential in S8: AND THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR 911 S7 FINALE SO DONT LOOK IF U HAVENT SEEN IT YET!!!!!!! (Which is funny cuz I still haven’t watched it but I’ve seen the clips relevant to this thought so. Eh.)

Let me just say right off the bat that I love Buddie, and would love to see them together, but I also really like Tevan and how happy Tommy makes Buck. So this speculation is not me wanting Buddie over Tevan or saying Tommy needs to go, because honestly the chance that we’ll actually get Buddie is still very slim so I’m just happy that Buck got confirmed bisexual and is living his best bisexual disaster life now!!

However, that said… So with Chris going away for a while Ryan said this leaves Eddie way more isolated than ever right? And Buck obviously is Eddies best friend, he’s been there for Eddie throughout this whole ordeal trying to help in any way he can.

Now based on the sheer amount of ✨drama✨ this show put on Eddie this season and the amount they USUALLY put on Buck (and suspiciously let him get off scott-free of this season) I can sooooooooo see this show taking the route of having Eddie do the cliche thing and realize or think he likes Buck once he doesn’t have Chris around to distract him from his ready-made-family fears, and once Buck and Tommy have broken up (I refuse to have Buddie start on a CHEATING ARC HELL NO especially not with bi buck they will NOT reinforce those stereotypes again) Eddie and Buck get together… and then Chris comes back.

Ohhhhhh I can sooooo see them MILKING that drama, because I just know they could have Chris be so angry at Eddie because what if this goes wrong and he loses Buck too? I feel like they’d totally take the road of Chris not being happy for them at first, not because his dad is dating a dude but because he’s dating BUCK, and Chris doesn’t know how to deal with that when he’s seen how his dads other relationships have ended, and he doesn’t want this to go badly and lose Buck in the process, because idc what anyone says Buck is someone extremely important to Chris just as much as Eddie, wether that be another dad figure or just his best friend. 911 is first and foremost a drama show, so I can totally see them taking this very dramatic route if they decide to make Buddie canon and break the internet.

[diazpatcher]

7x09 my thoughts

"my resignation" WHAT BOBBY WHAT. this man needs extensive therapy bc why does he think he doesn't deserve good things.😭

Athena being the supportive wife she is. "Walking away from the 118" THOSE ARE YOUR KIDS

Edmundo noches is at it, with his ex dead wife's doppelganger 💀 the date is waaaaaaaaaaay to romantic for 2 people who aren't an official item.

Eddie baby no, you're not only emotionally cheating you are full on cheating bro 😭💀 pls let her be part of his mental breakdown.

Athena fighting for bobby even when bobby doesn't want to anymore:( Athena is such a great wife I can't fucking handle it.

Finally they talk about Bobby's struggles, of balancing his past and his present and the guilt he has😭 as much as I want retirement for the Grant-Nashes I don't want Bobby to leave 😭

Bobby is straight up evil, he wants to retire and before he does so, he takes care of every single person in his team "they're not the only kids you're raising Mother Hen"😭

BUCK is the Chef😭 BRO THE WAY HES ACTING MAKES ME THINK HES GONNA DIE😭

Buck and Eddie cooking together😭

Buck looking at Bobby the way a kid looks at their dad waiting for praise 😭 im not okay bro that whole sequence fucked me over. BOBBY😭 7 years😭 "here's to seven more" 😭 Their father son relationship makes me want to chew on glass 😭😭😭 "it's been my pleasure kid"

BUCK MEETS THE DOUBLE, OMG. THE WAY HIS FACE FELL😭 He is so fucking funny I can't 😭OH OH BUCK IS MAD. He used the Back door💀😭 The way he's trying to figure out if Marisol is still around lmao😭 "Eddie who's kim" HILARIOUS ACTUALLY. "Marisols my girlfriend, she just a friend" "a friend who's a dead wringer for your dead wife' OKAY BUCK😭 Buck has healed he is ready to confront and pull Eddie out of his ass. The way Eddie is trying to justify his actions, "does this poor woman know thay she is a carbon copy of your dead wife"

"Im worried about you" HUSBAND BEHAVIOUR 😭😭😭

The kids🥺🥺😭 Wilson-Han family is so special to me❤️ Chim knowing something is wrong with Bobby!!!

I knew that the Council woman was gonna be a bitch. I knew it.

I feel so bad for Kim. She got pulled into this mess it's insane. "But I'm not her" THIS POOR WOMAN. she knows Eddie just wants to replace Shannon with her 😭😭 heartbreaking. "which was not fair to you"

Hey anyways Eddie did that after buck talked to him even his break up with his ex wife's doppelganger is colored by the interactions with buck.

"I never meant to lead you on"

"but you did" 😭 "I guess she was the love of your life" STOPOP😭😭😭

Eddie should be talking about this with Frank 💀

"living happily in Florida with his husband" lmao💀 Okay either Amir is gonna help Bobby or he's gonna torch the place. oh he's gonna torch the place. right.

Mom and Dad are fighting 😭 oh god Athena is so desperate. She's trying so hard. "You're making your round to say goodbye" 😭 Athena still worrying about Bobby being suicidal. "And you're standing on the ledge of a building again, Bobby." 😭 I'm in shambles. somebody glue me back together.

Athena doesn't know about the Book...

"I threw it in the trash on the night of our first date." She gave him hope that he was worth something 😭.

Garica is a BITCH. idc what happened to her she's a bitch. Who is she to refuse Mara a home😭 just bc her idiot son refused treatment. They're ripping apart a family they don't give a shit. Fuck CPS. fuck those 2 especially. ripping Mara out of Karen's grasp what the fuck. Fuck this what the fuck.

WHAT. THE FUCK. IS KIM DOING. SHE GOT A HAIRCUT AND IS.WEARINF SHANNONS DR3SS???????? Eddie looks as horrified as I do. She's pretending to be Shannon IM GOING INSANE. Kim is so smart istg. "You have to let me go" 😭 She is doing the right thing but my god this is psychotic to watch 😭

Eddie finally FINALLy letting go of Shannon is so 😭 he deserves peace. Eddie breakdown era 2.0 let's go. he sounds like a little boy so scared and angry and hurt. CHRIS WALKING IN WITH MARISOL !!!

Bobby, Bobby??? bobby... oh. oh no. He is, he's drinking. Oh my god. he dreamed of his dad while HIS HOUSE IS ON FIRE. ATHENA!! he gets to save his family this time. BOBBY???? HE HAD A HEARTATTACK WHAT.

[supercalime]

i thought about adding "(yes, bucktommy kids, i take no criticism)" to my last anon ask but decided to delete it last minute LMAO!

in all honesty, i've thought about buck becoming a dad since season 1 (started watch 911 when it was on season 2, so it's been a few years). idk like season 1 alone just set up so much imo? his intriguing relationship with bobby, the first signs of deeply rooted abandonment issues, his clear want to connect to somebody emotionally (and trying and failing to do so with his hookups, which speaks for his desperation), and how he was soooo incredibly protective of the baby that was stuck in the pipe (and angry af at the teenage mom who did this to her own child)? i knew in that very moment that i'm capital i Intrigued with buck's stance on and search for love and family.

it also kept being highlighted throughout all season. buck saying he loves kids, how he's usually the one shown with child characters (saving them during calls, bonding so deeply with chris, the entire tsunami thing being given to him and not any of the canon parents, playing at the kids' table with the children, doing school assignments and baking and cooking with chris), his own childhood and trauma revolving around his own birth, the famous Baby Box, the adoration for his niece, the sperm donor arc and what that has taught him about parental love and family, how he is often shown to be in a position to teach somebody younger (was instructing albert how to cook; was the one teaching ravi; both instances where he was too harsh but only because he was going Through Shit at the time; also baking and cooking with chris). there is more.

if they canonize that buck doesn't want kids of his own, i'd be fine with that, because i still absolutely love how buck loves kids and how kids love buck, and that'll always be canon! but in my heart, buck will be a dad someday idc. give that man a baby okay he'd be fantastic!

Great analysis anon! It’s true, Buck has a great way with kids and I agree that it would be a great way to see him be a father someday, even if it’s one of those cheesy montages in epilogues of tv shows that show the characters in the last episode ever, with everyone with their happy families.

To know that, only time will tell. As we know, procedurals have a hard time committing to big changes for their characters (specially with love interests and kids), so if buck being a dad (with tommy pls) eventually is in the writers’ mind, I wouldn’t be surprised that we get to have that only in the final episode of the show (or if the actor leaves, the final episode he’s in).

I also agree with you about him maybe not wanting to have kids of his own (if it’s stated in canon in dialogue). But as I see, it definitely wouldn’t be out of character for him to want to have kids.

I do think that even Buck, at this point in his life, is not thinking that ahead as well. Maybe he could have an awakening about fatherhood. I mean, if I may hc for a sec here: we know tommy (I’m obv using bucktommy endgame here because of course) likes kids otherwise Chris wouldn’t have loved him so quickly, so it’s safe to say he would like Jee as well, so I could see in the future buck seeing tommy being cute with Chris or Jee and being like “i want to have that for me with tommy”.

Anyway, I love rambling haha

[1doesnotsimplyhavejust1fandam]

I desperately want oblivious!Buddie to play out for just a LITTLE longer so we get some “off-screen” gems. As in, absolutely bonkers events and quirks that we don’t currently know, but slowly find out before the boys figure THEM out. Such as Buddie grocery shopping together, Buck knowing Chris’ (AND Eddie’s) SSN, Chris having Buck’s phone number memorized because he didn’t have a phone when they first met and would call him on the house phone like for the Hildy prank, Chris has called Buck his dad to one of the firefam or Carla, Buck and Abuela have weekly phone calls now that she lives in Texas, Eddie is Buck’s POA (and vice versa), Eddie has a second pair of keys to Buck’s Jeep (Buck doesn’t for Eddie’s truck ONLY because Eddie is a passenger princess and if he’s not the one driving his truck then he just hands his keys off to Buck anyway), as early as late season 3 Christopher was drawing Buck into his family portraits (bonus points if it’s before the well happened), Buck has Christopher’s drawings on his loft fridge, Buck uses the family calendar on Eddie’s fridge too, Eddie specifically doesn’t buy certain foods because Buck has a food restriction that the Diazes do NOT also have (canon vegan Buck anyone?), Buck picks Christopher up from school enough to be known to both the teachers AND administration, they have a shared google calendar that Eddie hates (technophobe) but Buck updates regularly, there hasn’t been a week where Buck hasn’t stayed the night at least once at the Diazes since the lawsuit (yes, even through the divorce arc idc, let me live).

The whole “didn’t know they were dating” thing is becoming more and more appealing to me for Buddie with every passing minute, and I just think it would be funny if we got Hen or Maddie or even Christopher to call them out on little things like this that they do that they didn’t really think hard enough about to realize it was partner shit, not best friend shit. Plus, I know a lot of people want Buddie NOW because of Buck being canonically bi, but I’m still happy to wait a little longer if it means giving both characters the patience and care their stories deserve. ABC making them canon the very first season after the network switch WOULD be iconic, but given that I’ve been both ecstatic and nervous about Buddie after last Thursday’s episode, I think they should pace it. Give them both full realizations about their sexualities, a lil crisis about it for each too, maybe a different man or two before each other, the jealousy they’re BOTH now famous for, just a pinch more therapy about the shock of it all, and then somebody or something to knock their heads together and make them realize that their partner has been right there all along.

Honestly, I won’t lie and say that some of these aren’t based off of fics I’ve read, but they’re also so basic to Buddie that I couldn’t tell you specific fics, and I also definitely tried to come up with some that aren’t from fics in my memory, but claim them if you want lol, I don’t mind

[libra-stellium]

Here's my elaborate reason (aka birth chart analysis) why I think Eddie Diaz's birthday is July 12, 1990 12:40am in El Paso TX lol

(I did this for Buck so I wanted to try for Eddie too)

His age is weird on the show and I know that he's supposed to be the same age as Shannon (1992) bc they were in high school together or something but that doesn't make sense to me! idc lmao

Since I didn't have an age I decided to start broadly and then narrow it down so I looked at Chiron first! That's the wounded healer asteroid and he's currently going through it so I figured looking at what his deepest wound is first made sense. I think he has Chiron in Cancer because that's the family and abandonment wound. People with this were neglected in some way by one or both parents during their childhood and they struggle a lot with feeling unworthy. They may also only pursue relationships with unattainable people or refuse to open up in their relationships and obvi those are going to fail and they stay in that cycle of believing that they're unlovable. They're so scared of trying bc they're so scared of not receiving the nurturing they missed out on in childhood. Does that not sound exactly like him? We know the Diaz parents emotionally neglected him for sure! His dad was the workaholic type and his mom idk she gives me narcissist vibes. And we know that he was taking care of his sisters when he was just a kid which a kid should never be doing!

Now Chiron in Cancer ends July 1991 and I don't think that Chiron in Leo fits him at all so that's why I don't see how his birth year could be 1992 like Shannon.

Then I looked at Chiron through the houses to see if I could figure out what his rising sign would be and I think he's an Aries rising! This gives him a 4H Cancer for his Chiron in Cancer to be in and family is such a major theme in his life I don't see it going in any other house. All aspects of family! Literal family he grew up with, the family he made (Shannon/Chris) and his found family (118) are all a major contribution to his personal development. Chiron 4H people (like Cancer) usually have at least one parent who is physically or emotionally absent which leaves Chiron 4H people very lonely. They're good at avoiding the feelings most of the time but they get triggered when they're around family. Like how Eddie is fine and then he's around his parents and snaps at them! He can't help it bc they know exactly what buttons to push! Bc of this unhealthy dynamic with the family they can struggle to let go of unhealthy relationships. The most obvious example of this is Shannon! Even after she died he couldn't let go and we had the whole situation with Kim! We saw Shannon ask him for a divorce and he acted shocked like they had the perfect relationship or something and I think only Bobby knows that Shannon even asked for the divorce.

During that same Chiron in Cancer period Saturn was in Capricorn putting Saturn in his 10H as an Aries rising. Saturn 10H people are very determined, hard working and self disciplined! Eddie literally did two tours for the army as a medic so that's definitely hard work and self discipline lol then he becomes a firefighter which is the same but he's not getting shot at as he likes to say lol they are also realistic people and we know how Eddie feels about anything that's not grounded in truth. He doesn't believe in signs and curses! As careers Saturn 10H people are likely to work somewhere with a lot of responsibility and long hours and that's what he's doing at the firehouse! I think it's the perfect placement for him lol

Next I think he definitely has to have a 12H moon!! He's the king of suppressing emotions like he could literally teach a masterclass lol But sadly it is more trauma for him! Moon 12H usually felt like they couldn't rely on their parents so they had to take care of themselves early in life and bc no one was teaching them how to process their emotions they just suppress them and are unaware of how they're truly feeling. We see this with Eddie in a lot of different scenarios like the period before his bedroom breakdown, he suppresses his emotions in his relationships too and acts like everything is fine when it's not, and he's doing it again now that Chris is in TX. The thing with that is you can't suppress forever so when he can't hold it in anymore it's usually a whole big thing like taking a bat to the wall! As an Aries rising he would have a Pisces 12H which is a water sign in a water house and with the moon there I think it's perfect representation for him to have the well situation in Eddie begins. He buries his feelings just like an unused well but they are still there and will come out when the well breaks eventually! I'm excited to see how they're going to use the well again in 8x06. Moon 12H also has to work on differentiating needing solitude to process their emotions vs isolating to escape from the world. We can see the isolation tendencies when he wasn't at the 118 and he went to that bar and stopped in the entryway and left. He was feeling a lot of things around that time so I'm sure he didn't want to walk over there and have everyone asking him how he feels about not being with the 118! 12H is also about secrets so it's fitting he keeps his feelings to himself.

Moon 12H means that his moon would be in Pisces as an Aries rising! Pisces moons might have had a mom that was a victim or a martyr and they felt very protective of her like they're the one that has to save her and when they're young that shows up as them not expressing themselves and self sacrificing because they don't want to make things worse for their mom. With the way that Eddie focuses on how his dad is the one that's bad (when he's in Chris's room with Buck and Buck says his family is fucked up and Eddie goes no...well just my dad) but then we see the way his mom treats him and how she talks to him and it's like ummmm sir are you sure it's just your dad???? The whole thing about him trying to drive the truck to take her to the hospital bc his dad wasn't around. The fact that he felt the pressure of needing to take care of his mom in the moment! Yeah his dad wasn't around but his mom should've had a plan or at least told him to call for help you know? Bc of this complicated and confusing relationship pisces moons have with their mom they don't see a problem when they're confused in their other relationships bc to them that's normal but what they really need is consistency! That's the whole conversation he had with Bobby where he's like "you think i'm a commitment phobe?" and Bobby's like you don't have a problem committing to certain things lol but that's bc he's staying in these relationships and he thinks something is wrong with him instead of oh I just don't like this person like that. Bc we can see his relationships with Buck and Bobby that are consistent aren't an issue for him they feel natural but with like Ana and Marisol he's passing out from panic or spiraling! Pisces moon also makes him self sacrificial and the well episode is a big example of this like he volunteered to go down and then cut the rope as they were pulling him up! He scaled the outside of that gas house to get to the kid inside not knowing if he was going to get out! Very brave but it's like damn bro you have a kid at home who already lost his mother maybe just take one second to think about it lol

Another reason why I think he's an Aries rising is bc that gives him a Libra 7H of marriage and long term partnerships and according to 911 Shannon's birthday is October 16 (i'm ignoring the year) which makes her A LIBRA!! His longest romantic relationship and marriage was to a Libra and that's just too perfect! And I know for Buck they recently used Oliver's actual bday for the hospital bracelet so I looked it up and Shannon's actress is born in January lol so they really made that date up for Shannon and it's perfect!

This is the chart I pulled up for him! I think Eddie would be a Cancer sun lol on this day in 1990! I said it before about his family not being nurturing and emotionally available when I was talking about chiron but sun is cancer is very similar! Cancers usually have this goal of creating the nurturing family that they needed when they were younger. We can see that with Eddie with how he's trying so hard to be the dad he needed for Chris. (I'm a Buddie truther and waiting for Eddie's gay arc lmao but putting that aside and going off his canon identity...so far lol) I think that he's been failing at completing the family picture that he's trying to create bc he hasn't fully gone into his feelings toward his mom to realize that he was getting bare minimum from her and that he deserved more even tho her own marriage was shit and that it had nothing to do with him. That's why he has bare minimum standards for what he's been looking for in women aka are they a woman and are they nice to his son. Even with Shannon when she came back he immediately wanted to jump back into the perfect family picture but he should've gotten to know her again and he would've realized it wasn't meant to be and the divorce ask wouldn't have been a shock to him. It also makes him very independent and like "I got my own back" bc he took care of himself and his sisters for his whole childhood and I feel like the fact that we don't see his sisters being a part of his life means that it wasn't reciprocated at any point and that's probably why he left them all.

I also like this chart for him bc sun in Cancer conjunct Chiron in Cancer makes his healing incredibly connected to the expression of his identity. Like the more he heals his inner child the more confident he'll become in who he is as a person or who he wants to be and what he's envisioning for his life. This whole time right now with Chris gone we haven't see too much about what he's actually doing and thinking at home by himself but I hope that he is working through things for himself and figuring out who he is outside of being a caretaker whether it's for his siblings or his son.

This chart gives him Mars in Aries in the 1H which is so fitting for Eddie I-joined-an-underground-fight-club Diaz lmao Mars 1H people are very strong and have quick reflexes. They are also bold! This person can also come off aggressive and to me this makes sense for why so many people though that he would be the one to punch Gerard in S8. I think people were thinking back to him punching that guy in the parking lot which isn't shocking for a mars 1H person but with Gerard it's different because he's at work he's not off the clock doing his own thing. While he's on the clock that's his Virgo 6H and Capricorn 10H being activated so when it comes to authority he's less likely to snap like that just because he doesn't like what he's being asked to do. That's why he was telling Buck just keep your head down don't let him get to you. As much as he hates it he's gonna respect authority. Even during the lawsuit arc we have him saying he understands the chain of command. Like can you have a stronger saturn placement than saturn in capricorn in the 10H??

So going off 1990 being his birth year that would make him 34 in season 8 bc it's halloween right now for episode 5 so obvi after the summer. That puts him in an 11H year which is the house of friendships, community, humanitarianism and aspirations. The goal of the 11H year can be to deepen relationships and expand social networks and long term goals. I think it's interesting that we've been seeing him hang out with both Buck and Tommy. Him inviting them to be on the facetime call for Chris's birthday seemed like him trying to be more open. He's also seen going out into his community with the cheerleader's dad and then going to the hospital for when the cheerleader got discharged and we see his dad come there too and there's a moment where it almost looks like Eddie's disappointed lol aw and I know there's a few conversations that are coming up for him which I'm going to assume are going to deepen those connections. I think the main lesson for him is to realize that yes he has been lonely and has had to have his own back but he can rely on his friends and community for support when he needs it and they can help him if he asks for it and if he lets them.

For season 6 there's no end of year holiday episodes so I'm assuming that he turned 33 after the season ended so I'm gonna say he's 32 during this season! In a 9H year of expansion, growth and spiritual exploration. This is the season with the cursed episode with the bracelet and we know that he doesn't believe in curses and we also have that love is in the air episode where it's focused on Chimney trying to decide if and how he should propose to Maddie and we get Eddie saying how he married Shannon bc they're catholic and she was pregnant. Idk to me it doesn't seem like he's proud of that when he talks about it lol we also know that he's catholic but we don't really see him acting on it so I think it can be inferred that it's something he's not sure about either. He's not very open about a lot of things but I think it was probably something he was thinking about bc the last time he was in a 9H profection year was at 20yrs old which if he's born in 1990 would be in 2010 and I think that's when he found out Shannon was pregnant and married her bc catholic and then Chris is born sometime in 2011 since we don't have months to go off of! It makes sense to me bc that's his first 9H profection year as an adult so at the time his decisions and his beliefs would still be very heavily influenced by his parents' beliefs! This again connects back to his family bc the ruler of his sagittarius 9H is jupiter and that's also conjunct his sun and chiron in the 4H! I don't remember if he joined the military before Shannon got pregnant but I know that in 2013 is when he reenlisted without telling her and he would have been 23 that year in his 12H profection year of endings, loss, hidden enemies, sickness and healing. This is when he got ambushed byyy hidden enemies during his military tour and that's when he had to go home and couldn't finish it. That's also when Shannon left him so that's a pretty big ending/loss! Then two years after that in 2015 he would be 25 in a 2H profection year of money, finances, and values and we know that at the time he was working 3 jobs to support Chris and his parents had an issue with it so obvi finances was a major focus but also values bc he disagreed with them that they were the better fit for Chris! If Chris is born in 2011 that would make him 4ish when Eddie has that conversation with his parents and in season 2 when Eddie introduces Chris for the first time in that earthquake episode he says that Chris is 7years old which is like a 3yr gap between that conversation with his parents and his start at the 118 making him 28 in season 2!

This would then make him 31 in season 5 (at least definitely by the christmas episode) aka 8H year of trauma, secrets, and death and that's the season where we have the Eddie breakdown! His breakdown episode is also called Fear-o-phobia and fear is very 8H! This period is when he goes to therapy and starts digging deep and dealing with some of his PTSD from the military and realizing that all the people he saved had died. As an Aries rising that gives him a Scorpio 8H ruled by mars in aries in his 1H so we can infer that a lot of the trauma he's working through is helping him understand his identity. From what I've said before I already know how saving and taking care of people is such a major part of his identity for him so that was a huge blow to find out that they all died bc it's like well if that's who I am (a soldier that saves lives, a firefighter that saves lives so basically a savior) and I failed then what's my purpose??? At the same time we have him working at dispatch and we get that conversation with Linda (i think that's her name) where she's telling him that he'll know what he's meant to do. While he was working there he was not being himself bc we saw that he wanted Bobby to give him his job back, then we have him choose dispatch bc of Chris not bc of what he wanted, then we have him tell Buck to move on bc he has which we know was a lie so he was living a facade and he figured out he was meant to be at the firehouse in a very mars way of dispatch literally going up in flames!

Still in season 5 it's possibleeee that he started off the season at 30 and then turned 31 in the beginning. I don't know if they had showed Chris being either in or out of school while Ana watched him during that opening emergency but if he was 30 in the beginning that would put him at the end of the 7H year of partnership and this is the libra house as an Aries rising so love and romance and we have that conversation between him and Buck where he opens up about the panic attacks and says my kid loves her or something and Buck is like is that enough? And it just shows him struggling with that aspect of his life because there he was looking to create the perfect family and now he has the "ready made family" and it doesn't feel how he expected it to! And we have him breaking up with her the second he gets home lol (a lot of people have said that this was the beginning of his gay realization and we can see that too bc he starts spiraling soon after that and the 8H rules sexuality so it issss possible that he started connecting the dots for himself and facing fear that he has around that based on his upbringing)

And if he's 30 at the beginning of season 5 that means he's 30 in the end of season 4 as well bc there's no time break between those two seasons and that last episode of season 4 is when we find out about the will! He was thinking about the long term relationships in his life like his son and who he wants taking care of his son and that's Buck! Not sure where I would categorize a will bc yes it's something that's used after death but I feel like a will being used would be 8H but creating the will would fall under contracts and the 7H better maybe lol

Anyway I think I made my case for why Eddie Diaz is a Cancer sun, Pisces moon, Aries rising born in 1990 lol

If you read all that, I love you! <3

[belasmalhotra]

buck is gonna trade in for a mini van idc, you know for chris and his friends...

hen: okay! soccer mom!

buck: his friends can't all fit in my jeep!

eddie: one even called him chris dad and chris just agreed *heart eyes at buck*

chiim tells maddie *when are they gonna get it*

hen and karen laugh while drinking saying the same

bathena "that's your child" to each other

[weewoobrainrot]

happy father's day to the best dads <3

[adhdwtf]

y’all ever think about how buck wanted to impress the new hot guy by helping get a grenade out of someone’s leg and now he has a whole son

[awkwardchemicals]

if chris not buck's kid then why "are we the only ones we know without kids... buck!" then cut right to buck parenting chris for a whole day ??

[littlespoonevan]

idc who it is but imma need someone to write a fix it for the scene at the horse place and have a parallel to the christmas elf scene

askdjfhsda i tried, babe!!!!

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He and Buck are still watching Charlie steadily making his way around the track when the woman – Lisa, he thinks she said – comes back with Christopher.

Buck notices them first, turning to lean his hip against the railing and offering a beaming grin. (It puts him closer to Eddie and Eddie’s not sure when he started noticing things like that.)

“Did you meet the horses, bud?”

“They’re even taller up close,” Chris informs them solemnly but Eddie can see the light behind his eyes – the same latent excitement from when he’d first asked about starting surfing lessons all those years ago.

“Just wait ‘til you get to ride one,” Buck says, pushing off the railing and moving to crouch in front of Chris. “You’ll be taller than your dad and me.”

Chris looks thrilled at the thought and Eddie finds his smile comes easier than it would’ve thirty minutes ago.

Chris is chattering animatedly to Buck about what he saw in the stables when Lisa beckons Eddie over. He gives Buck and Chris another indulgent look and steps away to meet her.

“Christopher seemed really taken with the horses,” Lisa tells him. “After the initial jitters I don’t think he wanted to leave.”

Eddie huffs a laugh. “Yeah, that kid’s pretty fearless when he wants to be.”

Truthfully, Christopher is the bravest person he knows. Braver than Eddie by far.

Lisa follows his line of sight back to Christopher and Buck, her grin transforming into something admiring. “You and your husband really lucked out with him. He’s the sweetest little boy.”

Eddie blinks, the words taking a minute to catch up with him.

Did she just-

She just said-

He should be panicking, he thinks. His heart should be racing and his breath should be getting stuck in his throat. He should be working through Frank’s breathing exercises. His vision should be blurring except-

Except his heartbeat is steady and sure in his chest. Except his vision is as clear as it’s ever been and honed in on Buck laughing as he ruffles Christopher’s hair and it’s-

This is different.

Belatedly, he realises Lisa is still looking at him and he shakes his head, smiling in a way that feels unfamiliar but still true. “Yeah,” he says quietly. “We’re really lucky.”

Lisa’s expression doesn’t change but she nods in the direction of the office at the main entrance. “Well, if you’d like we can book Christopher in for a preliminary session? I’m sure we have some availability next week.”

Eddie nods absently, eyes still fixed on Buck. He’s standing up straight again, hand on Chris’s shoulder as he points out the horses down on the track and Eddie just – inexplicably – thinks of that stupid heart drawing that he’d tucked away in the top drawer of his nightstand.

Thinks of Buck staying, over and over again this past week. Thinks of Buck taking Chris to school and doing his homework with him while Eddie’s met with Frank. Thinks of Buck quietly and earnestly trying to remind Eddie why everything he’s done with his life so far matters.

And he thinks, oh.

[outrunningthedark]

Which writer or director would you say has delivered the most (and best) buddie moments and which writer and director could you see being involved in creating their canon moment?

I've chosen writers and directors who we *know* are still actively involved with the series beyond receiving credit just because they have connections. Writers Juan Carlos Coto - Sink or Swim (not Buddie, but Buckley-Diaz family feels aplenty); Fallout; What's Next? (co-writer); Buck Begins (an episode about Buck that manages to be about Buddie, too); Panic (co-written with Tim Minear) Lyndsey Beaulieu - Rage (no matter how anyone feels about the fighting/lawsuit arcs, Buck assuming Eddie and Christopher would be just fine without him and Eddie stating that things were definitely not fine was a top-tier scene for the otp); Seize the Day ("Uh. This is Eddie's house. I'm not really a guest."); Alone Together (credit also goes to director David Grossman, but the scene where Eddie attaches Buck's harness and they review the plan for how to rescue the pregnant girls? *swoon* It was a preview of what's to come when they're canon!); Parenthood (”Can’t you both be good cops?”// “No!”); Suspicion (co-writer) [You already know.]; Desperate Times (co-writer) [a must-see to understand where Eddie's at rn]; Wrapped in Red (co-writer) [She helped shape where Buddie is at going into 5B] Andrew Meyers - The Christmas Spirit; Fools (Buddie/Buckley-Diaz scenes to juxtapose Ana's stance on the skateboarding incident); Future Tense (Buckley-Diaz scenes that were kept under wraps until the episode aired); Suspicion (the other co-writer); Desperate Times (co-writer with Lyndsey); Brawl in Cell Block 9-1-1 (hostage situation) Bob Goodman - Is Bob on Lyndsey and Andrew’s level? NO. Does he try his fucking best? YEAH.  Breaking Point (He wrote Eddie coming home to Buck after his date! And decided Christopher should take an Uber to see his other dad!); Treasure Hunt (Petty Eddie was a beautiful sight, idc idc); Home and Away (The Balcony Scene ™, a moment that could have easily replaced Eddie with the gf, but Bob knows what us gays want!) Kristen Reidel - Kids Today; What's Next? (co-writer); Survivors (Buddie post-shooting, change in guardianship, Eddie saying "Evan" for the first time ever...); Desperate Measures (JUST from a Buddie fan perspective, the closing scenes where Eddie tells Buck he's going home to break up with Ana, Buck returns to an empty apartment, and we watch Eddie struggle with explaining his true feelings to Ana???? 5/6 minutes of television that is worth a re-watch!) Tim Minear (yeah, I said it) - Under Pressure (co-writer); Help Is Not Coming (co-writer); This Life We Choose; Panic (co-writer) As (co)showrunner, Tim has the final say re: what stays in each episode's script. Everything we love about Buddie, every scene that is giffed, every piece of dialogue that is quoted and used for edits or fics, none of it would exist if Tim didn't think it was worth including. His approval is the #1 reason why Buddie's story has played out in a way nobody could have envisioned. Directors This is a much quicker list to put together since the obvious answers are ‘whoever directed our favorite scenes’, but again, I’m only listing the names that are currently associated with the show or were associated within the last few seasons.  Bradley Buecker - 7.1 + Help Is Not Coming (parts two and three of the earthquake arc where Buck learns about Christopher); Merry Ex-Mas; This Life We Choose; Sink or Swim; Panic; Desperate Times Marcus Stokes - Fallout  David Grossman - I have no idea where this man has been, but he gave us some GOOD content: Fools; Alone Together (the harness scene I mentioned above was his doing!); Parenthood; Breaking Point (the domesticity in Eddie returning home to Buck and Chris!!!); Treasure Hunt (Eddie being an actual wrench in BT’s blossoming relationship??? His facial expressions??? G O L D.) Paula Hunziker - Has only directed one (1) episode of OG 911. It was the hostage situation. Self-explanatory.  Robert M. Williams Jr. - Eddie Begins; Survivors Buck thinks Eddie’s gonna die? Tim knows just who to call.  Brenna Malloy (OUR QUEEN) - 9-1-1, What’s Your Grievance? (Eddie tries to validate Buck’s feelings about his parents. His expressions were so intense that not all of them made the final cut :P); Suspicion (just Buck and Eddie staring each other down in the street right after Eddie gets shot nbd nbd); Home and Away (The Balcony Scene™); Wrapped In Red (sneaky Buckley-Diaz angles! Buck’s reaction to Eddie leaving the 118 being eerily similar to his shock when Eddie was shot!) As for who I think may be involved in creating their major canon moment... I would be happy with any of the directors listed here, tbh. Brenna is my number one choice because whenever she shows up you know there’s bound to be a scene we won’t stop talking about.  I (and I’m sure many others) have expressed my desire to see Lyndsey and Andrew involved in the “big” Buddie episode because they just...they GET IT. But honestly? I think Tim is going to want to be hands-on because he made it happen. And knowing that Tim doesn’t usually work alone, I could see him linking up with Kristen since they both (currently) have creative control over the show.