#buddie is ENDGAME FOR SURE

[glitterylittlesapphire]

Me when the BuckTommy fics I read turn into Buddie fics

I'm as much of a Buddie shipper as the next guy. I've been here since DAY ONE. Me and my mom wait patiently each week for these gay firefighters to kiss.

Now I'm not saying cut Eddie out. In fact, I'm saying cut Tommy in. MORE POLY FIREFIGHTER FICS. Get my boy and boy and boy in there. Let them fuck.

[buddiex911]

nothing much going on except for the fact that I can’t stop thinking about them being back in their bachelor party colours

[diazley]

So hear me out...imo Tommy is the perfect person for Buck...on paper. Like, we don't really know that much about him as in like does he want to get married? Does he want kids? etcetera etcetera but let's say he does want all that and Buck wants all that and Tommy is sweet and caring, is better to Buck than any of his exes were to him and he is a firefighter so he understands the work and the hours and how important the job is to Buck and he fits in with his found family and is friends with his best friend Eddie and gets his relationship with Chris, and is basically the whole damn deal okay? Let's say he's the person Buck has always dreamt of being with one day. But here's the thing...

This would've all just been the perfect premise for a happily ever after but, BUT!! Eddie.

Eddie Diaz exists. And he just doesn't exist, he exists as a huge part of Buck's whole damn world. They are best friends but they're also so much more than that. If they were normal about each other and if they haven't gone through a whole lot of shit together and haven't shared their best parts and worst parts with each other and if either of them loved each other any less, then Buck could've made Tommy his happy ever after, but alas! Eddie Diaz exists and that's why perfect on paper doesn't matter cuz Tommy Kinard will never be Eddie Diaz.

[rosstrytobe]

And again, Buddie is trending on Twitter and Ryan talked about Buddie without being question about it and they used just Buddie clips to promote the show

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

This whole seen is too much for me. Is this byler proof enough for you?

Credit to: @mikesbasementbeets https://mikesbasementbeets.tumblr.com/?source=share

[inwhichitumbl]

Really struggling to just enjoy being in my new shiny fandom right now because it all feels so toxic. I can't form an opinion about LFj because I don't dare look anything about him up with the way things are, and I don't have enough from the show to really form an attachment to Tommy as a character. I find him incredibly difficult to read on screen, which is on me. I just can't get a fix on who Tommy is.

I so want to enjoy Buck's story in canon, and be happy about bi Buck (and I am!). But I can't go into the tags because there's so much vitriol being thrown around. I would really like to just find a little corner where Buck/Tommy and Buck/Eddie fans are just getting along and speculating about next season and having a fun hiatus thinking how broken Eddie Diaz is and how much he loves his son. And Buck going out on dates with Tommy, or the firefam all hanging out. Is there a secret tag where everyone is just getting along?

And this isn't even about shipping buddie. The existence of Buck/Tommy does nothing to lessen the connection between Buck and Eddie for me. Their relationship is so strong, even just as friends. Like, I'll happily read super intense Buck+Eddie fics just about how much they love each other without it being romantic or about sex (hi, have you met me, I'm ace). They're each other's person whatever that looks like.

And whether Buck stays with Tommy or not for however long in S8, I just hope that it gets to be the story Buck deserves. Because that boy deserves someone who loves him but also will let him be his ridiculous golden retriever self without suppressing that urge and will lift him up but also be there to support him when he needs it.

And I hope that Eddie manages to properly process his grief and maybe spends some time single and healing rather than diving in to relationships too quickly searching for that nuclear family he thinks he needs. I just have a lot of emotions about Eddie Diaz ok.

[moonylouwho]

I’ve decided to make a google doc of all of the moments I find to be significant in the story of Buddie and how it will eventually lead to them being canon. This is what I have for the first episode. Keep in mind, this is just my silly opinion and I am not even close to being a professional at analyzing media. The Buddie brainrot is real and I need something to keep me going during hiatus. Bear with me. Or don’t.

[loullaby]

bi buck and the bucktommy relationship are both huge storylines by themselves, so i'm really grateful we got a taste of it this season, even though we had fewer episodes and so much going on. i don't know where they are going to take that relationship, but even if they are not endgame, i really want to keep them together for a while so we can get to know tommy better and then decide if he's a good fit for buck or not. right now a lot of people are jumping to conclusion and the truth is we didn't have enough time to develop them in the best way possible, so chill.

[buddiesmutslut]

I’ve written one (1) BuckTommy fic, right after ep 4 came out.

Tommy isn’t even actually in it, & it focuses almost wholly on Buck coming out to the 118 & their reaction and support, especially Bobby bc I wanted a sweet moment for that & I knew they probably wouldn’t put it in the show.

I also hinted at Buck putting his feelings for Eddie aside for the moment bc he’s settling into his bisexuality.

Literally, every other fic I’ve written & my ENTIRE tumblr is Buddie endgame.

I’m bringing this up bc I just had someone comment on that fic fanning about Tevan endgame & I’m like… girl (gn) you are missing context clues 😂

Basically, my question is: Is it overreacting to orphan that work so I don’t have to read anymore Tevan endgame comments on my own works? 😂😂

[savethepinecones]

okay but hear me out

- tommy realizes buck has feelings for eddie

- he doesnt point this out to buck because he figures itd be better for buck to figure it out on his own when hes ready

- he does break things off but amicably and they stay friends

- eddie sees that buck is upset about the breakup and encourages him to try to fix things because hey buck was happy with tommy and theyre still on good terms so theres still a chance right?

- meanwhile tommy is trying to ease buck into the idea that he might be super into his best friend but hes still trying to be subtle about it

- buck notices them hyping each other up and comes to the conclusion that they like each other

- he assumes that the reason nothing has happened with them is because theyre worried about how he would react to it

- buck starts trying to hint that he would be fine with eddie and tommy dating

- meanwhile eddie and tommy are both trying to wingman for each other

- chaos ensues

[cringefaildiaz]

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[tenderjock]

au where when they get angelus his soul back at the end of s2, dru and spike also get their souls back. cue buffy sending angel to hell, letting go of the fucking sword, sobbing into her hands, walking out into the thin morning sunlight and seeing -

spike's ugly desoto, still running, crashed into a telephone pole?

she contemplates just, like, not dealing. with it. right now.

but its not like she has school or her friends or her mom or anything except slayer-stuff to deal with, right now, so she scrubs at her face with the heels of her hands and marches over to the car.

buffy yanks open the driver's door. the angle the sun is and the way the windows are blacked out, the inside of the car is darkness. it takes her eyes a second to adjust. spike is curled up, his knees tucked against his chin. dru is curled up next to him, making a high, sort of keening noise, like an animal that wants to scream but doesnt have the vocal cords for it.

"spike, what the hell do you think you're -" she starts.

then she stops, because she realizes what spike is doing is crying, silently, into his own shoulder. buffy stares at him. he sniffles, turns his head to look at her, and sniffles again. his eyes are very blue. why hadnt she noticed that before?

"i'm sorry," he says, voice breaking on the sor in sorry. his voice sounds different than it normally does. "buffy, please - please tell them that i'm sorry."

dru's keening cranks up a notch.

"is she okay?" buffy asks, unwillingly concerned. spike wipes his face, then reaches out to his lover. she flinches when his hands touch her, moving her shoulders like she's trying to crawl out of her skin. spike kind of, like, gasps, and grabs her tighter, until she stops struggling.

"i didnt know," spike says into dru's back, into the ridge of spine showing prominently through the lace of her dress. "why did they put the spark back in us? i didnt know it was wrong."

buffy's stomach hurts.

"the spark?" she asks, although she already knows.

"yes," spike says, and touches his chest. "the spark inside the flesh. the piece that burns."

"your soul," buffy says.

spike laughs high and manic in a way that feels like bare skin scraping across shards of broken glass. dru, suddenly, goes dead quiet and dead still. she's not breathing, or even twitching. spike hugs her closer in the nasty bucket seat of his nasty car.

"tell them i'm sorry, buffy?" he asks, voice gentler than anything she's ever heard. "i'll be - i wont hurt them anymore, i promise. tell them?"

buffy hesitates. she looks at the two of them, predators, killers, monsters, huddled together like beaten dogs awaiting her judgement. dru is staring blankly, unblinkingly, into nothingness. spike still has his face hidden against her.

"okay," buffy says. she puts a careful, wary hand on spike's shoulder. "i'll tell them." she takes a deep breath. "now, let's get the two of you inside and out of the sun."

[lemotmo]

I'm reblogging this because this fandom can use it right now. I realise that the finale did a number on the fandom. The show made some highly questionable choices when it comes to Eddie, Chris and Buck. But I firmly believe we'll see the Buckley-Diaz family reunited and happy somewhere in the next season.

I, and many of my mutuals, have been discussing the direction of season 7 over the last couple of days and all the above reasons of why Buddie will happen are still all there. Nothing has changed. None of us expected Buddie to happen in s7. We were always rooting for s8. Yes, the finale decided to make some weird choices such as Chris going away or sticking Buck in another relationship that isn't good for him at all. (I do think that is intentional though.) But we got this far now. We got an entire season filled with Buddie signs, on the show and BTS. There's no giving up now. Not for me. Not for so many of my mutuals.

In that one interview Ryan said 'babysteps'. Well, here we are... ready to enjoy a nice relaxing hiatus, because none of that has changed. We took babysteps in s7 and I'm sat for s8, to see where Buddie is going. So many 'intentional' Buddie wheels were set in motion in s7. They'll start rolling harder once s8 begins.

Hopefully Tim and the writers will this take some time during hiatus to map some narrative arcs out for the season 8, for all the characters on this show. That way it'll have a clear direction going forward.

We'll just have to wait and see where this is going. At least Oliver and Ryan are all for it. They made that clear enough.

So, once again I invite you to add more reasons to this list. All things Buddiecare welcome. Feel free to add them to the main body in a reblog or in the tags.

Happy hiatus everyone! May the finale fix-it fics rain down upon us! 😄

Time for some Buddie fandom positivity!

Okay Buddie fam, the last couple of weeks have really been tough for the fandom, but we're still here thriving. After all the toxicity and discourse, I think it's time to focus on the good things, all things Buddie.

I am, at this point, 100% certain that Buddie is in the works. There are a million different reasons why I am so convinced.

Here's the beginning of a list:

The pre-season Ryan and Oliver interviews where they were completely unhinged and talked so freely about Buddie.

Buck was made canonically bisexual in one single episode.

Buck's current love interest has almost no screen time, which really doubles down on the whole 'they needed a way to out Buck as bi, so they quickly brought in Tommy to fullfill that goal.'

There were talks to make Eddie queer (with Tommy).

Eddie keeps being intertwined in Buck's new romance. He is there all the time and very consistently. Even when he isn't there in body, he is there in the dialogue. To the point where the audience has picked up on it.

Maddie knows! Her 'If there is something you need to tell Eddie' convo was so interesting.

The way Buck is consistently shown as a second father to Christophere, in body and in dialogue. First he talks with Chris about Shannon and then he is also involved in his new romance with Tommy.

Both Oliver and Ryan keep getting questions about Buddie in interviews. They love answering these questions and their grins are alway so wide. It's obvious they talked about it with Tim as well at some point, because their answers are clearly rehearsed. They have been told how to navigate these questions, in order to gently introduce the idea of Buddie to the general audience. I mean, the whole 'We're open to it! Whatever happens happens!' basically screams that they are going there.

The many articles about Buddie. The interest is crazy at this point. I love it!

Buck's new romance is almost never talked about, except in the whole narrative when they talk about bisexual Buck. For the rest it's all Buddie.

The questions to these interviews are pre-approved by ABC and show runners. So the fact that they get asked all the time and they are allowed these very open answers? Very interesting!

There has been no PR around Buck's romance with Tommy. No joined interview with Oliver and Lou, no photoshoots... nothing, nada, crickets. Just Oliver repeating he would like Buck to stay friends with Tommy after they break up. I mean...

...

I'm sure there are soooo many more things that indicate that the show is finally going the Buddie-route. I just can't remember all of them. :)

So I invite all of you Buddie peeps to reblog this post to fill in any other things you want to add to the list. Feel free to add it in the main body of the reblog or even leave things in the tags. If you don't want to reblog, just leave it in the comments of this post.

Let's create and spread some Buddie positivity here. I think we can all use some of that right now.

[rosstrytobe]

People is it normal to actually get sick in the stomac because Buddie will become canon?

[honorarybuckley]

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[clandestine-j]

No, you're not an unreasonable bitch for not wanting BuckTommy endgame but can we not pretend like the buddie fan's haven't been nasty themselves for people being excited over a canon queer ship for Buck?

BuckTommy fans have been called racist (with a lot being people of color, including me, a black woman), we've been mocked, we couldn't (it's gotten better now) be in the tommy tag without post after post calling him a stepping stone. Like, people who do multi-ship, we're suddenly made monsters because they've wanted to invest in something canon and be excited over it. Lou, was/is getting tons of hate.

Like, just as you said, we're suddenly fake fans because we want to enjoy a ship.

And it's never JUST been about being a woman, it's about being a obstacle to Buddie that got those fans hate! So, Lou/Tommy is not being spared the love interest hate because he's a man. And framing it like that ignores that BuckTaylor had a lot of fans, Ana had defends, Shanon had defenders. Like BuckTaylor fans were in the trenches and Taylor is most often used in fanfic's to be the bridge between Buck and Eddie, because she's a ~ cool ~ sexual ~ domme type persona. So, I'm not saying their love interest didn't get hate but let's not pretend they didn't have their defenders as well.

As BuckTommy fans are doing with that ship.

And can we PLEASE not pretend like we don't know a tons more about Tommy than we do Marisol? Before we found out she was a nun, we knew she liked DIY projects, she has a brother and she's a baby-sitter for Eddie when he needs it.

Tommy had a background character arc through Bobby, Chim and Hen begins. He know he was uncomfortable with the guys club in the fire-house but comfortable enough to put up with it. We know that he didn't open to knew people but was ready to admit he was an ass when Chim saved his life and through that we know his favorite movie is Love Actually and he likes craft beer and monster trucks. We know he was excited to see Hen at first but did a tempter check when his captain didn't take to her. We know he changed his ways when he when he saw Hen's skill. We're pretty sure that he, along with Chim submitted complaints about Captain G. We know in Bobby's story that he was close enough to go out for drinks with Hen and Chim. We know that when he talks about a girlfriend, he stumbles over confirming he actually has one. We know that because of what the 118 did to help change his life, he was willing to risk said life and job to help out Hen and Chim. And that's just some.

Marisol barely has anything and that's the different. And I'm someone that doesn't hate Marisol and loves Tommy. I think IF the writers cared enough, her having failed relationships once they partners find out she used to be a nun. And them having the reaction of Eddie or they start to fetishized her. I don't hate Marisol, I just don't care about her and I feel upset that they gave Eddie half-assed love interest when he had chemistry with Vanessa, if they wanted to go with anyone.

But let's not pretend that some people wanted to enjoy, gush and have with a relationship that Oliver is just as excited about and we were made to feel like we couldn't enjoy it.

Suddenly I'm being unreasonable and a bitch for not wanting bucktommy endgame!?!??

WELL sorry I didn't ship buddie for 6 SEASONS for nothing.

Bit weird how all bucks and Eddie's female love interest got so much hate. Some deserved but MOST was so uncalled for!!

But the moment Buck kisses a man instead of a woman SUDDENLY we are fine with his love interest.

The same ppl hating on Marisol LOOOVEEE tommy.

" we know nothing about Marisol" we don't know much about tommy either.

I'm just saying 🤷🏾‍♀️