#but i am more optimistic that our theories are accurate 75% of the time lol

[littlespoonevan]

Does anyone else feel like there's been a shift in the general attitude towards Buck/Eddie since the end of season 4? I lurk the 911 subreddit sometimes, and that place used to be very "you are RUINING the SANCTITY of PLATONIC MALE FRIENDSHIP" whenever anyone mentioned Buck/Eddie, but recently there have been actual discussions about it, and people seem to take the possibility of them being each other's love interests seriously. That legal guardianship reveal really had an impact lol.

that's really interesting!! i can't speak for anything beyond what i see on my dashboard (which has always been pro-buddie lmao) but speaking from my own perspective, i know my feelings have shifted since 4x14.

i binge-watched up to 4x06 but i very much came into the show with the attitude of i'll enjoy it for what it is but it's never gonna happen. and for all that i adore the quietness of buck and eddie's dynamic in s4 i certainly felt a bit???? off maybe???? around the middle of the season when ana and taylor had both been re-introduced and then, because there were a few eps where neither buck or eddie had a main storyline, we hardly saw them interact at all? (it was the first 3 eps back after the break i think and obviously it's more than okay that other characters were at the forefront in those eps, it was just noticeable in its rarity since we hadn't really had that happen since s2 when shannon was back)

i even made a post around that time about how 911 had written themselves into a corner by keeping buck and eddie single for so long bc now that they both had love interests it was impossible to maintain the balance of the dynamic that we're used to with these two new relationships also. and truth be told i was afraid things were about to go the teen wolf route of, we shipped them too hard now they're never gonna interact ever again akjdfh

obviously treasure hunt happened and it lifted my spirits a lot and we'd sort of figured out eddie would be the one getting shot and look. i'll say it again that if i get right down to it, i don't think the show is gonna make them canon. i don't think that takes away from the integrity of their relationship in any way and i do believe the writers value their dynamic a lot and treat it seriously so that's honestly fine with me.

however.

there are choices that were made in 4x13 and 4x14 that i Cannot explain and that left me genuinely in shock because i didn't think for one second they'd happen. carla commenting on eddie and ana's relationship and suggesting he's not happy (even though we technically had no indication of this prior), the entire framing of the shooting scene and the way they paid equal attention eddie and buck. buck sobbing over eddie when he tried to tell christopher what happened. and obviously the legal guardianship, "because evan" and "you're not expendable" of it all

i can't explain any of that. i can't explain why any of that happened if buck is supposed to be with taylor. i can't explain why our first meaningful episode with ana since 4x08 immediately casts doubts on her and eddie's relationship. i can't explain why they prioritised buck and eddie's relationship over everything else in 4x14 and bound them together even more intrinsically than before. i can't explain all the parallels between buck and taylor's scenes and buck and eddie's scenes in 4x14. and tbh i'm still reeling from it all these months later?

at the end of the day, i don't know what goes on in the writers room and i do think more so than other shows they're open to the idea (even though i'm very sceptical on fox giving the green light?) but like. if buddie isn't happening, i'm really gonna need some step by step explanations for the choices made here skdjaha