#had to make the 911 parallel sorry

[moon0fairy]

Ok so what if Ted returning to Kansas is kinda like 911 Eddie quitting as a firefighter because he thinks that‘s what Christopher wanted?

Eddie quit and felt miserable afterwards, he wasn‘t happy with his new job and spiraled into depression, putting far more pressure on Chris. He had to be the one to tell his dad, that that wasn‘t what he wanted for him. He wanted him to be a firefighter and do what makes him happy (and be safe).

Ted going back to Henry might make him happy at first but it also means seeing Michelle and Dr Jacob constantly together. Realizing, maybe that there‘s not really space for him like there used to be. And what about everything else? Will he find a new job and be happy with that? Probably not, he‘ll constantly think about the people he left behind, the life he spent building during the last couple of years. And Henry probably sees his dad getting more unhappier the longer he‘s staying and probably has to be the catalyst to tell him to go back because as much as he would like his dad back, he doesn’t want his dad to sacrifice his happiness for him. Paralleling his mom showing up and being the catalyst to Ted returning to Kansas.

In conclusion, I do believe Ted should go back to Kansas but realizing that‘s not whats best for him or Henry. He needs this closure that Henry‘s fine and that he found his place at Richmond so that he can return at the end.

[teethcore]

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[moonsharky]

buddie & henren ∘⁠˚⁠˳⁠° 911 fox + dying parallels

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6 gifs alternating between two different scenes in two different episodes of 9-1-1. The left side of the gif set is of Henrietta “Hen” Wilson and Karen Wilson from season 6 episode 6. On the right side of the set, the contents are of Evan “Buck” Buckley and Eddie Diaz from season 6 episode 11.

Gif 1: The camera starts with a shot of the emergency entrance to the First Presbyterian Hospital, the lights from the ambulance reflecting off of the wall periodically. Doctors and nurses pour out of the entrance, running towards the reversed ambulance. The camera tilts downwards, showing the top of the ambulance as firefighters rush to open its doors.

Gif 2: The camera starts almost the exact same way; the emergency entrance being the first thing you see (at the same hospital), though its rainy and dark, making the emergency lights illuminate the entire area. A nurse rushes out of the doors towards the emergency vehicle, and the camera, like before, tilts downward to show the top edge of the ambulance as firefighters rush to open its doors.

Gif 3: Karen gets wheeled out of the ambulance on a gurney, an oxygen mask on her face, the camera view from above. It then changes to a shot from the direction of the loading bay doors, showing her getting rushed inside.

Gif 4: From the inside of the ambulance, we see Buck get wheeled out on a stretcher, Hen bagging him as Chimney does chest compressions. The shot changes to a birds-eye-view once more, Hen switching over the bagging to Bobby, and Chimney switching the CPR to Eddie.

Gif 5: In the back of the ambulance (before they get to the hospital - sorry, I had to gif it this way so the parallels were more obvious) Hen does compressions on her wife, trying to get her heart back into sinus rhythm. Bobby and Chimney continue to work on Karen in their own ways; Bobby trying to pump air into her lungs, and Chimney adding medication to her IV line.

Gif 6: As Buck gets run inside the ER, Eddie continues compressions on him, trying to get VTACH so they can shock him. Chimney jumps out of the ambulance and keeps his hand on Eddie’s back to help assist the gurney in the right place, Bobby bags Buck and pushes the gurney with his free hand, and Hen, goes to take over for Bobby.

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[princessamericachavez]

on the ‘accidental’ buddie

I have to laugh at these 911 writers trying to play coy, giving interviews saying things like “well we didn’t really intend to play into [Eddie’s strong reaction towards Buck’s death/parallels to the well/etc]” because, like, as someone who’s worked on audiovisual that’s not how the production of a tv show works??

What I mean by that is that his episode, and particularly that last call, was filled with a lot of deliberate choices. 

And I mean choices. Choices were made. 

Because someone decided that both Buck and Eddie would be wearing red harnesses for this event. See how Chim isn’t harnessed? Even when he thought he’d be the one going up? That is a choice someone made in the costume department. To have Buck and Eddie tied together by a red string [of fate]. 

That take of Eddie being the one to secure Buck’s harness to the line that would eventually save his life? A CHOICE. And I mean that in the most literal sense of the word. Not only was it in the script (hell, maybe it wasn’t, heavens know things change from the page to filming), but someone in the photography team chose to frame a close-up to it, to take it (and believe me with how expensive those rain effects must have been, they were not doing just ‘any take’ lightly). And- and!! Someone from post-production chose to edit it in. Chose to have it there. 

Eddie and Buck getting hit by the same lighting rod? A CHOICE. And the show runners can shrug all they want and say it only made sense because Eddie was manning the controls but who put him there? When you are writing, you are not leaving things to chance. You are creating a coherent narrative. Things don’t just ‘happen’. 

And sure, yes, I will bite and say Ryan’s performance knocked it out of the park and maybe wasn’t like that on the script. He gave it his all because he knows his character. To say it just ‘happened’ is to undermine his capacity as an actor to make choices both in voice and physical that tell the audience something. Acting is about being hyperaware of those things. 

You wanna know what is intentional, though? The way that scene is edited. THINK ABOUT IT. We see the lightning hit. We see Buck fall. We see the team’s shocked reaction to it. We’ve even seen Buck’s hanging body at this point. And yet, the camera stays on what? On Eddie. On Eddie getting up. On Eddie not seeing. On Eddie ready to get back to usual. And we get that close up —remember what I said about them not wasting on useless takes due to budget?— WELL we get to Eddie and we see his face, we see his reaction. And we go back to Buck. And we’ve already seen it! WE know! But Eddie doesn’t. Up until that moment, it doesn’t hit. And it’s then, it’s when it hits Eddie, that the music picks up and the story keeps moving. 

And let me ask you: why? Television is an audiovisual medium. You use image, sound, and dialogue to create the story. It’s multi-lingual. It’s not just what’s in the script. It’s how you film it, it’s how you edit it, it’s which directions you give the actors and what you choose to use once it’s only you in the editing room with tons of footage. This story they are telling it’s a very very deliberate choice that involves a lot of people (costume, actors, cameras, editors, sound, marketing). 

So when we see Eddie try to pull Buck back up, screaming, before he switches to letting him down? That’s a choice made in several steps along the way, red string and all, for it to get to your screen. When we see Eddie push Bobby out of the way to get to Buck, when we see Bobby pull him back, when we see Eddie looking back twice at Buck’s unconscious body and wipe his face before he gets into the ambulance? Choices, choices, choices, so many choices made by several people who had a ton of options, takes, versions, and chose to go with this one. 

So, I’m sorry, but I cannot, for the life of me, take the writers/showrunners seriously when they say things like “well, I don’t think we really leaned into that on purpose”. JESUS CHRIST. Either stop playing coy or admit you suck at your job and don’t understand the process and that you are underestimating everyone working on this project! 

And, just to be clear, I do not think that’s the case. I believe they are trying to play coy to keep people guessing their intentions. It’s just frustrating because I don’t think they realize that to anyone with a minimum background in audiovisual storytelling... they are just making themselves look bad at their job (when they probably aren’t!). 

(WHERE IS THEIR PR DEPARTMENT?!)

[jeeyuns]

Hello! I’m really excited about your parallel universes WIP and need to watch everything everywhere. It’s been on my list for over a year. I was just wondering if you have fic recs for a related topic: time travel and time loops? For Buddie. Thank you. x

omg thank youuuu parallel universes are my JAM. i hate that i even put up that poll. now everyone chose laundry and taxes and i have to commit to writing this epic alongside bethlehem arghughg hghg ghhh. yes pleaseeee watch eeaao. i'm gonna try to make it make sense without having watched it but it's SUCH a good movie. watch it when you can and in the mood for a mind fuck

i LOVEEEE time loops and time travel! for buddie? ohhhh i GOT you:

burn the straw house down by @hoediaz

(buck gets stuck in time, has a break down and then, relatedly, a break through)

this might have been the second one i read ever with a time loop theme in the 911 fandom and oh boyyyy the emotions! you feel like you're going THROUGH it with buck, you're right there with him. and the breathless payoff at the end. YUMMM. love love LOVEEEE the reason given on how to break the time loop

Evan Buckley & The Coma-Verse of Madness by @cal-daisies-and-briars

(After being struck by lightning on a call, Buck experiences a plethora of alternate realities showing him different directions his life could have taken.)

soooo i also have to sneak in another parallel universes rec because this one is GOLD. it's more along the lines of Marvel's Dr. Strange and the book 'The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.' and it was just STUNNING. buck pov with moments ranging from confusion to bittersweet happiness to utter despair. the ending was mwah, mwah, chef's KISS. ughhh i love cal. wish they had a tumblr. i'll just scream in their ao3 comments it's ok. i'm ok i'm ok (THEY NOW HAVE A TUMBLR LET'S GOOOOOOO)

tomorrow will always and forever now be today (tomorrow is our always and forever) by @anxieteandbiscuits

(eddie gets trapped in a time loop on the day buck marries natalia)

sami is a MASTER at making you scream into your pillow at these two lovable idiots. and boyyyy did i want to just smash their faces together and make them work it out (sorry natalia babe) loosely inspired by the 'Palm Springs' time loop movie. it was just sooooo you HAVE TO have a box of tissues with you. she will eviscerate your heart with her words and MAKE you feel what eddie is going through UGHHHHHH

Benign Fatality by @ardenetoile

(Buck repeats days until he doesn't die in them, has an underdeveloped sense of self worth, and Eddie is the one who wants to step in with him.)

what a fantastic take on time loops! buck only repeats days when he's died. so there could be strings of days/weeks/months where he lives life like normal. and eddie gets brought into it at some point, or more like he shoulders his way in because it's EDDIE and he cares. ending was amazing too, author made it truly make sense! i am so intrigued about the background on buck's ability!

Being Eddie by @cal-daisies-and-briars

(When Eddie starts seeing a new therapist, he’s presented with the opportunity to revisit several days from his past and right regrets that still bother him.)

so this is my one time travel rec in this fandom. eddie goes through the time travel therapy process of the show 'Being Erica' and BOYYYYY does he. it's currently a WIP and i'm about to read ch16 of 20. Cal is fabulous with making you feel for every aspect of a character. they moved from the prior story of buck pov to this eddie pov with flawless precision and godddd i don't know what it is about their words. they are IMPACTFUL. i read a chapter and have to lean back and think through my feelings, like I'M getting therapized. what the fuck??????????????

the persistence of memory by @anxieteandbiscuits

(Buck gets shot, Eddie has to keep reliving the day until he can figure out what the universe is trying to tell him)

last but DEFINITELY not least is this one, my love. if i can imprint this on my heart, blood and papercuts and ripped out ribs and all, i WOULD. i will never have enough time or breath to speak on this fic. it was one of the first 3 fics i read in this fandom. and FUCKKKK did sami pull me in. i think i wasn't even caught up with the show but it DOESN'T matter. she set it after s4 and eddie goes throughhhh it on time loops. the beautiful prose, the sweeping emotions from eddie to buck. the 118 firefam ensemble comedy. the LOVE CONFESSIONS???? multiple????? each one made me teary and one made me outright cry. they were all different and they were all perfect on every iteration of the worst day of eddie's life. i sometimes turn over my pillow at 3 am and get a visceral flash of buck's shocked and bloody face when REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED and have to take a deep breath and rub my chest because sami did it AGAIN and my brain just likes me to remember these moments i've read and scanned into my brain apparently to play on loop

ANYWAY i got really excited. happy reading anon! thank you for letting me rant about the top 6 fics with these themes off the top of my head. <333

[sibylsleaves]

Hello defend in place/may day anon. Just finished 5b and wtfff it was soooooo goooood??!!!!! Literally if the wacky jonah plot wasnt there … okay okay general thoughts 1. Adding dumb luck and may day to my roster of favourite episodes this season dumb luck idk I just really liked it (lucy plot yay!! Also bobby of all people pointing out all the people lucy saved by saving one person) and may day of course episode of all time (more on that later) 2. Karen in fomo is giving buck and eddie in that back yard pool mystery so bad literally buddiekaren sleuth episode when. Or karen anyone sleuth episode pretty please 3. The eddie plot in hero complex is literally so out of place lmfao. Also well. Im usually not a diaz parents hater but rewatching this episode knowing current canon was making me so annoyed at them like let eddie live in peace. Please 4. I miss the music budget they used to have. Like they really paid to use longview by green day and holding out for a hero by bonnie tyler within the first 5 minutes of 5x17. For a jonah origin story. Lol. 5. Literally so interesting that they had taylor talk about what the 118 means to buck and then have her literally betray, in her words, bucks family in the very next episode. i need to analyze her brain 6. I love this hen chim plot so much. And its like I watch that, and theres so many good examples of how buck and eddie are written in parallel to the romantic pairings in the show, but here so so obvious to me how they are also not written like hen and chim’s relationship at all. Like buck and eddie neverrr have buddy / team up plots literally the only ones that come to mind are treasure hunt (buck was wooing taylor) and an episode we all refer to as poker date. Lol. Its like chim and hen are about having a ride or die. And buck and eddie are about sitting in each others mess and embracing it. Idk if that makes sense but it was stewing in my head the whole time I was watching 5x18 lol. 7. Continuity in this show is so bad sometimes, why did eddie say he had to leave to pick up chris and also chris had friends over and he had to help carla in the same eddie bobby 5x18 scene. Like was it supposed to show eddie making excuses to leave or was it just a mistake 😭😭

okay may day thoughts YAYYYYY!!!!! It was so good omgg I was already kinda annoyed about the jonah plot before watching the season as a whole but now Im even more annoyed because may day would have served as the perfect 2 part finale (like s2/s3/s4) okay I’ll go by each character. May oh my gosh… her character growth from when she started dispatch to this point is so incredibly good. The stuff with claudette was so good, and I actually wish they would have explored her and may more than just the 3 episodes they were really in together. And then the may bobby stuff :((( so good. “I have two dads and youre one of them” and after bobby accidentally said he was her dad that morning… so good (david Im so sorry she didnt mean it). Literally what a good psuedo send off for corinne. Okay eddie HES SO HOT THIS EPISODE YAY. Literally 90% of my context for this ep was hot eddie may day edits lmao and it did not disappoint. But more importantly “god has spoken” eddielinda forever <3 it was sush a good line and such a fun pay off for the eddie linda stuff in 5x11. Okay the chim albert stuff… circling back to your answer to my original ask it was very not spoilery and I probably would have been fine to read it lol BUT crucially the one thing I did not know in your answer was that there was chim plot in this episode so in the end Im glad I didnt read it. I literally thought it was only may/claudette/bobby/eddie with the weird bucktaylorlucy stuff at the end. And let me tell you my heart dropped when chim and albert walked on that roof. I literally started crying and 911 is not even a show I tear up at that often. And then the moment when chim told albert to quit :’) so so good. And now Im even more mad at albert for 6x10 like why tf would he do that. Anyways. Josh yay I hope hes still dating that man Im so serious. I dont even care about him that much but Im sorry the only romance adjacent plots he has cannot be a hate crime and a man he flirted with once and never talked to again. Okay and buck. Why was he literally way more upset about bobby here than he was at any point in the 7x10 finale LMAO. The difference between the buck/lucy talk in this ep and that buck/tommy talk is actually insane, and yeah Im starting to see why people were so upset tommy was acting that way in the s7 finale. Anyways I dont really want to talk about him… how did taylor kelly sus out bucklucy from a conversation she couldnt hear while she stared at the back of their heads. Like 😭 okay final little thought was the way parts of this episode were written made me giggle. There was so much going on which is probably what makes it work so well but terry (hi king long time no see!!) was literally like sue I was asphyxiating like 60 minutes ago but the paramedics said Im fine now where do you need me. And then linda was like josh I cant leave Im literally on a call. Only for the call to end like 10s later haha. Okay and overall the thing thats so interesting to me is that this ep was definitely a tier above most of s5 but also it was an episode that was majorly focused on minor characters. Eddie aside, this ep was mostly about may/claudette/albert/josh with chim and bobby tied in with albert and may respectively. And its so interesting to me how well it worked here when generally their focus on minor characters felt so off in 5a. Oh well

Tl;dr: Im soooo happy I went into may day mostly blind it was actually sooo good, lived up to the hype and probably will be added to my episode of all time/rewatch roster which is very exclusive (maybe 10 eps). And thank YOU for the very mild encouragement to actually sit down and watch s5 in its entirety finally. I have so many thoughts about it all lol this is barely scratching the surface (like how the whole finale was basically about love stories and they made a point to show everyone starting over together and buck helping eddie start over while also deciding not to start over with taylor ANYWAYS) (also just remembered they destroyed a whole fire truck in the s5 finale only for bobby to be angsty about it for like 2 seconds and never talk about it again lmao what was that about. No wonder fox is broke)

omg im not gonna comment on all this but i enjoyed hearing about your enjoyment of 5b immensely!!!!!!!!! and i had forgotten about all that weird continuity stuff in 5x18 HOW WAS THAT NOT CAUGHT???

and YAY MAY DAY!!!!! in my heart, josh and carson or whatever his name is are still an item 🫶 i literally wrote him into a fic once thats how serious i am about it. no but literally the way the lucy taylor stuff went down was all so odd. like. buck never told her it was lucy he kissed but she just. divined i guess???? from a single not even flirtatious conversation???? some of the writing choices in this show do baffle me. like they are taking short cuts they dont need to take.

and wow honestly now that you've pointed that out about the minor characters i can't not see it. kind of same thing with defend in place!!!!!! like michael/david are supporting characters, ravi too, and they got the main focus in the episode. dang. im gonna be thinking about this for a while.

thank you also for mentioning the patching the holes scene in 5x18 because that scene is so so so soooooo sos so important in the pantheon of like, minor buddie scenes. like that's a load-bearing scene TO ME.

also please share with me your exclusive list of rewatch episodes. the people are dying to know!!!

[stagefoureddiediaz]

I keep thinking this afternoon, something something Eddie wearing the same red harness around his waist as Buck, over his turnouts

Something something he was tied to the truck/to Buck the same way Buck was

But also something something they wanted the viewer to be able to pick Eddie specifically out of the crowd of other black and yellow turnouts crowded around the gurney, where his name was obscured by the rain and other people

They made a whole point to show him also in the red harness when he was hooking Buck up and calling him 'cowboy,' they wanted the viewer to know for certain it was Eddie bolting up the ladder and then dragging Bobby out of the way

::cries::

Hey Kate

Sorry I didn't get to this before 6x11, but yes the choice to have Eddie in a red belt to was very loud and a very deliberate choice, especially as we saw Chim in one briefly before he took it off.

For me its all very much tied into the red string of fate concept that I've been banging on about for a while. 911 uses the colours of the ropes very deliberately to tell us things - its no coincidence that we haven't seen Eddie on yellow ropes since he cut the line in Eddie begins, which incidently was the first time we saw the show using yellow (and red) rope for a rescue!

As for the red ropes specifically - their use is also very interesting and very deliberate - for example in the 3x18 train crash - when Buck sees Abby again - buck is carrying a rolled up red rope, but he doesn't use it - almost like he's packed up that red string of fate now that him and Abby are no longer connected.

Back to the red rope from 6x10&11 and the red belts. Chimney also being in a red belt briefly is important - it actually increases the significance of them on Buck and Eddie - it has two purposes - its there to point out that Buck is connected to the wider firefam by red ropes (Chimney is a representation of the whole firefam - its showing us they are all connected to each other) - that there are lots of red strings of fate that we're all connected by - its very much highlighting the found family aspect of it all. Chimney then taking off that red belt, while Eddie and Buck still have theirs on (obviously Buck is up the ladder so he would have it on regardless!) highlights their specific string of fate - one we don't see disappear until the ambulance arrives at the hospital. Yes it makes Eddie stand out from the rest of the firefam - thats the intent, but it also maintains that connection to Buck - the usually invisible remains visible - up to the moment when Eddie has done his thing and gets Buck a) to the hospital safely and b) gets his heart started again. At which point Eddie merges back in with the firefam. I want to point out at that Buck is also still wearing the red belt until he arrives at the hospital - in the same way that Eddie is - literally that invisible string that had been a very visual connection is back to being invisible. That has so many interesting implications (because if we want to play this for realism - Bucks being removed makes sense, but when would Eddie have actually had the time to remove his belt? He was driving an ambulance in the pouring rain with the blues and twos going - taking off a red belt would not have even crossed his mind!!)

So they harness up at more or less the same time and also remove their harnesses at around the same time - that can only be intentional - because it is important and relevant.

It all ties in to the shooting arc - the last time we saw both Buck and Eddie on red ropes - it is another way of connecting the two life or death moments surrounding them - a moment they haven't yet fully talked about, but a moment that tied them together legally (I know the will goes back to the well, but by saying a moment that ties them legally I mean it in reference to the audience finding out about the will (and Buck for that matter)) now we have a parallel moment that reverses the roles with a red rope connection at the centre of it. to me that is the show telling us that Buck and Eddie are being tied together even more. It also tells me that the show has deliberately held off having them talk about the will because they both needed to be in a place where they could 'share' both sides of the trauma, because they wouldn't have been able to deal and move on while their experiences were in opposition - now they are in parallel!

Phew this got long and I'm not even sure I've actually answered your ask😂 but I hope you enjoy it anyway because I love rambling about the ropes - its one of my favourite things that the show has been doing!

[happilylovingchaos]

Not an essay-length post like the last couple of times, my late S1 rewatch thoughts from 1x09-1x10 are gonna be way more scattered. I’m sorry, three weeks of not posting rewatch thoughts have done this to me.

Judging from TK and Owen’s convo, this must be indicative of the “equals” dynamic they have going on when they’re off the job or don’t feel the authoritative need. And it says something about TK when even though he’s really going through a full-on PTS existential crisis he not only doesn’t blame a little boy for acting out of fear, he’s pretty chill about Zoe and keeping in contact with her even when god knows how many times he went through the emotionally mountainous peaks and valleys that made up his dad’s love life and 2 failed marriages. (Tbf, timing of meeting your parent’s love interest when you’re coming out of the wrong end of a medical emergency— that timing is awkward). Also I’m low key bitter that we didn’t get a scene of Carlos visiting conscious TK during the rest of the hospital stay or his at-home recuperation. That was quite a lot that happened offscreen. But, all the same, I’m glad TK decided to take a chance and renounce his semi-renouncement of his relationship with Carlos. It’s beautiful.

Having watched Overly Sarcastic Productions’ thoughts on gender-reveal parties (look up the name on YT, then for a video game livestream of Journey), that family is gonna have their hands full with their now 4 sons.

Also late shoutout to the 911 Lone Star Roundup podcast! I am a local Hawaiian so felt so seen when they brought up kalua pork in their 1x02 discussion (btw, kalua pork is very similar to Texan barbacoa but they wrap the seasoned pig/ fish/ chicken in leaves before cooking). Now veering back to 1x09… I feel like the father and son (“Keithan” has very similar hybrid vibes to “Renesmee”, huh) might view the word “spelunking” cold comfort after that experience in… the… the Birth Canal??? (HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE THE INNUENDO?! God, the comments section is bringing out a louder side in me)

The Blake family’s mystery arc, I thought, was pretty good. There could’ve been more to be shown, like most things on the show (like, did the sisters catch a ride to the hospital after Iris saved Michelle? Walk? Wait it out? There was a district-to-citywide electronic shutdown, that doesn’t bode well for unstable mental health) but otherwise? It was good for what we got to see, I think. Low key fight me. Iris bringing up Carlos keeping Michelle out of trouble? Admittedly it is a bit of a stretch to say that it was foreshadowed for season 4, but it was nice to hear him in her thoughts. And the parallels with TK’s past with addiction were subtle, but there in a few more ways than with Owen and Michelle’s talk.

Thinking on the astronaut call, there’s one more late 911 Lone Star Roundup shoutout I wanna make, plus one more retrospective parallel. If the 126 had had TK on the call, or… if TK had heard that call? Yeah. That would hurt him hard. And with what happens to him and his mom two seasons later (in flashbacks to 2017, but still)? … a moment of silence. And I JUST came up with it off the top of my head today.

As for my timeline measurements, I admit defeat now.

But I will pick it back up and try assembling everything again. Not yet, but soon. Just… look. I get that suspension of disbelief in narrative timelines exists for a reason, but please. Some help from a stable continuity would be more than welcomed. I’m not-so-surreptitiously peering at @thisbuildingwithfeelings.

[daniclaytcn]

hi! i have a question for you, since you said youve been watching 911 live since s4 because i (like a lot of people i think) have only been watching live since season 6, so i was curious if the whole conversation around buddie canon has ever been like that before? like, the general consensus (at least on tubmlr) between people who ship buddie seems to be that we're almost all certain buddie is going to be canon soon, i see people afraid to hope but generally no one seems to doubt it. so i was wondering if that had happened already before, if some of you guys who were here before have been just as certain of it (in a 'buddie is for sure happening very soon' way) before only for it to not happen? omg this is so wordy i'm sorry pzjrzlier i hope it still makes sense!

i mean...you'll have to take anything i say with a grain of salt because i don't usually venture outside of my dash to see what the rest of the fandom is saying—the few times i have done that, i've instantly regretted it.

i do remember that around the time 4x13 aired, the fandom went absolutely wild and most people—including myself—took that episode as an indicator that buddie would go canon. we never expected it to happen, like, immediately, considering that eddie was still with ana and the show was clearly beginning to set up something between buck and taylor, but we were convinced that it was gonna happen at some point. one thing i will say is that a not-insignificant portion of fandom expected the whole BT thing to wrap up a lot quicker, and for buck and eddie to get together in the s5 finale, but that obviously didn't happen. i don't think there was a fandom-wide consensus on that, though.

6B has been a different beast, though, because as i've said before, all the subtext is gradually becoming actual text, and they're hitting really hard with the metaphors and the parallels. so, i do think that this is the first time. but again, keep in mind, i'm only speaking from what i've seen from the people i follow, so i could very well be wrong.

[dryadjoy]

the fact they had her parallel ana to a T, the fact that eddie said dating people you meet on rescue never ends well, the fact that the writers clearly do not want us to care about this because it's insanely rushed and eddie once again misunderstanding the assignment, I know she's not his endgame. Doesn't mean I have to enjoy him going through another Ana situatin.

hey friend!

I’m not suggesting you enjoy it! I’m actually going down the same lines you’re going down here! Eddie said dating someone at a scene never goes well, so it would be weird for them to make him and Marisol a big THING after he’s said that.

Bobby says you need to find someone who is going to sit with you. I don’t really see Marisol fitting that, especially since we saw like 30 seconds of her and the GA couldn’t even remember who she was. If anything Felisa would have been a more memorable character to bring back for Eddie.

I’m personally tired with this too. My post was just saying to not worry too much if we get 30 seconds where Eddie considers dating her or says he’s got a date with her in the future (which as confused as I would be, and I say this after a very deep sigh, I wouldn’t put it past 911 to magic some way he would have her number). We’re not going to get some montage of Eddie and Marisol and their whirlwind romance where they have 15 kids and die hand in hand as elderly people. It’s going to be something that can be retconned if anything.

I know it’s tiring, I know these cycles SUCK. trust me I’m right there with you! I just don’t want people to get too anxious over something we are yet to see and something that can easily be changed in season 7! Consuming media should be fun and enjoyable and not anxiety inducing and I’m sorry if it’s that for you rn! Hopefully tonight’s episode is amazing and we all finish it with a smile on our faces! 🫶

[buddiebeginz]

I'm sorry but I don't know why you keep making these kinds of posts and stirring up stuff and making people worry about where the rest of this season is going when you don't have any direct confirmation about the things you're talking about. It just seems like you’re taking guesses based on what you assume are leaks from the show. Unless you personally know someone who works for the show you can't possibly know that what they're showing you is the actual scripts. And even if it is things get changed. They were working on Buck's coming out story not long before the episode even aired. They may have had a different trajectory all together for season 7 and changed it after deciding to make Buck bi.

The other thing is you keep saying that based on what you've seen (from these alleged leaks) and based on interviews and Buck saying things like Eddie slept with Shannon (in the first ep of this season) that they're going to write Eddie even straighter than usual. You do realize that this could be because Eddie is not wanting to deal with his feelings for Buck right? Hyper masculinity can sometimes be a response from a guy who is afraid to deal with his feelings for another guy. And Buck’s line about Shannon seemed to me to be the shows way of saying Eddie mainly married Shannon because she got pregnant. The convo wasn’t about his sex life it was about him being a “nester”.

Also why would they even write the 100th episode the way they did where it almost exclusively revolved around Buddie? It was never Tommy's attention Buck wanted it was Eddie's. Why write an episode like that if the show never has any intention of making Buddie happen? Why put Ryan and Oliver in all the press stuff before the season even started? Why does Ryan seem just as excited about this season as Oliver? Why did Ryan say that Buck and Eddie get closer than ever this season and that they're trying to give the audience what we want? They know we want Buddie.

I'm not saying that Buddie has to happen for them to do a bi storyline with Buck but I do think given they know how much people ship Buddie it would just be really stupid (and cruel in a way) to have Buck’s bi awakening be so intrinsically linked to Eddie (as they’ve made it) if there was never an intention of making Buddie canon. They've also said in interviews that everyone behind the scenes knows how much people ship Buddie so I highly doubt they'd be that careless with such an important storyline.

If they didn't want to do a Buddie storyline they could have easily had Buck and Tommy start hanging out on their own and have Eddie off with his new girlfriend like in season 5 when Buck was spending more time with Taylor.

There's also the fact that most shows want to give the audience a couple to root for and all the couples that are on the show right now (minus Eddie and Marisol) are settled and after this season will all be married. The show needs a new exciting couple. No one is going to be rooting for or tuning in to watch Eddie and Marisol and I'm positive Tim knows that.

As far as Buck and Tommy go (since they’re not a couple yet) allegedly Lou (Tommy) isn’t sticking around but even if he was Buck and Tommy don’t have six seasons of history behind them. They don’t have callbacks and inside jokes and parallels the show can make or a much easier ability for the show to build storylines and connections with the other characters. And I’m not saying people can’t or shouldn’t support newer couples but it’s just not the same.

Plus given 911 is in its seventh season, on a new network, and neither Buck nor Eddie have ever really been give successful canon love interests and again without Buddie 911 has no big will they/won’t they couple. Buddie makes the most sense. A predominant part of the audience is already hugely invested in Buddie and their story. All Tim and the writers have to do is build upon that and people will watch and get excited for the episodes like we’ve been doing. Which I’m sure abc notices considering they’ve make it a point to put Buddie in all the promo stuff.

Back to Eddie and Marisol you’ve said that you think they might be moving in together but again that could be tying into what's going on with Buddie. They could easily have Buck and or Eddie slowly recognize their feelings for one another while they're with other people. It heightens the drama. Also Eddie and Marisol could talk about moving in together and than it could not happen. From what I've heard the actress hasn't been filming recently so people have speculated that her time on set is done. Personally I don’t see them keeping her around for longer than necessary regardless of Buddie. They’re doing an important lgbtq storyline that’s getting a lot of press and she's repeatedly said transphobic and homophobic stuff online and most fans do not like her. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t gotten rid of her sooner.

You also brought up (in another post) how Tim really down played Buddie in his recent interview. What else was he supposed to say if Buddie is in the works? Heads up everyone we're planning on making them kiss in episode 6. Like no this is what they all do in these interviews especially for a will they or won't they couple. They pretend the couple isn't going to happen so it's a surprise when they finally do and so people will keep tuning in as the story unfolds.

This isn't even about how much I want Buddie to happen the show has literally set the pieces in motion for it to. They've even set Buck up with a guy who is incredibly like Eddie. Not to replace Eddie (since Lou isn’t even staying) but to make it obvious who he really has feelings for. They’re having Eddie crash Buck’s first date, they’re having Buddie have an intimate moment alone in Buck’s kitchen that mimics the previous ep when he kissed Tommy. The story beats are telling us the audience that Buddie is only a matter of time. Something I think will be even more apparent after this week’s ep.

So I’m not sure what it is you’ve been seeing in these leaks but something doesn’t add up and like I said unless you have confirmation where they’re from or you know that’s how the episode is going to play out it’s not fair to get people upset thinking Buddie is never going to happen. We really just need to be patient and watch the episodes play out.

So I feel like we’re all thinking that Eddie sat on the side of the booth with Marisol to watch Buck, and yeah I can believe that, but since we know that this episode is heavily focused on Eddie and Marisol’s relationship and their intimacy issues and all the [redacted] stuff from the leaks… I think it’s equally as likely that they blocked him sitting on the same side to show how loving they are as a couple, how they can’t keep their hands off each other, how they have to be pressed up next to each other at all times, how intimate they are together, (gag) to contrast with what Eddie finds out about Marisol’s past and her intimacy issues, and also to provide context for something Eddie does at the end of the episode with her. (Someone saw a hickey in the gym still, so it’s all connecting together)

Based on leaks and connecting that with the interviews Ryan has given… Him being written as a super straight man with his “boobielicious” girlfriend is making so much sense. I don’t like it, but I’m pretty confident I’ve figured out his entire season arc already

[be-better-then-yesterday-you]

I just …. cant with this Lady anymore …. Its like shes - intentionally trying to piss off fans of this show in general - not ONLY buddie fans.

The theme across interviews has been … “well in my head” and how she just sees it like “it got talked about offscreen” “i don’t see a reason for it to ever come up again” …. uh maybe because its A PART OF THE STORY?!

because thats what your SUPPOSED to be creating here lady! A story!

She seems legitimately pissed off that fans “see things that aren’t there” and are “interpreting it differently then what we’re meaning for them to” …. but at the same time not wanting to write a full story!

CLEARLY, you have all of these things in YOUR head that aren’t there. LITERALLY … And basically asking viewers to just write the rest of the story for themselves - BUT only the way you’ve written it in you’re head.

Don’t be pissy because fans of the show flesh out you’re story better then you!

She literally admitted that they shoved Taylor into the story where she didn’t belong - because Megan West was available to fill in when other actors fell through. No wonder her story felt so stiff and sudden and just uncomfortable at times …. it wasn’t supposed to be there! It felt forced because it was being forced! And while I’m not a fan of the character - there are people who are - so i wont attack her because this isn’t just about Buddie fans anymore - its about 911 fans! Megan West has taken so much negative critique over the fact that her character didn’t belong and how it didn’t make sense for to be apart of the particular story happening at the time …. And ill admit, the way she reacted bothered me … but…. How much can somebody actually take before they snap? I still don’t agree or like some of it but I do feel a little more sympathy for her …. It wasn’t her fault. She was doing her job … the writers not doing theirs is out of her control.

Then to say that there was more they had ALWAYS (not well she was available when nobody else was) wanted to do with the Taylor character …. To now reduce her to a catalyst for Bucks to ask himself if he’s SETTLING and to further reduce her to “she was there” …. Its so fucked up … and now they’re doing it again with the new character of Lucy … instead of making her her own character that we could become another Ravi or Albert … somebody who sticks around longterm – not “maybe till the end of the season” …. Another strong female firefighter … (nope cant have TWO longterm) shes going to be another Taylor, Lena, Ana or Shannon …. A Woman who they bring in to “shake things up” ( mind you this means in some-kind of sexual way for all but Lena) do something to advance Buck or Eddies character in some way … in this case for Buck to cheat on his girlfriend, lead her on, then realize HE is settling for HER… where he will then have his Eureka moment of oh we need to breakup … sorry your homeless now? And then move on to Lucy who he feels a spark with that he hasn’t felt in awhile ….

But Lucy is only going to be around until “around the end of the season” so that means she will just be there to give Buck what he needs to either feel better about himself or realizing he needs to work on himself (like Ana did for Eddie) and then poof, bye bye Lucy.

I keep seeing all of these posts about parallels between Bucks season 3 arc and Eddies season 5 arc but … I just don’t think that they’re putting that much thought into the story development anymore!

She literally said - “hopefully people will just forget about the wonkiness of the first half of the season” …. Lady, the “wonkiness” that you’re talking about was how out of character everyone was, how PAST STORYLINES AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT GOT FORGOTTEN - how the hell are you going to blame scheduling for the fact that you just threw out not only 4 1/2 seasons of Bucks character development by having him cheat on his girlfriend and then proceeding to not only not tell her but then go even further by asking her to move in with him - making her believe that he is in love with her and wants a future with her …. when literally only just - jesus - 10 -TEN! episodes ago he was sitting in front of Eddie telling him how he had been in Anas shoes - in love with somebody and knowing they weren’t all in and how much it hurts …. how staying with somebody - because your kid loves them (or because its the most functional relationship you’ve ever had or because she was … oh my god …. pre-sad and you didn’t want to hurt her ) isn’t enough. Meaning that this woman already put it out there into the world that that isn’t something Buck believes in …. I guess in her head he changed his mind offscreen …. or you know was just hoping that would be one of the wonky things we’d all forget about.

And part of the excuse for the first half of the season was scheduling right? So the response to that is add MORE characters … then to say .. well we have soooo many great actors and sooo many more that want to work with them … we don’t really have time for everyone to get screen-time. Ok … so … maybe … MAYBE – focus your attention on the characters who made the show? (who made your job) Whose stories pulled viewers back every week … who made fans fall in love with them and NOT on how many new characters you can create or big names you can pull. Stop writing 35 small storylines nobody has enough time or information to care about and focus on a few fleshed out INTERESTING ones that viewers will want to come back for …. Write a STORY – GROW your CURRENT characters don’t create throw away ones … go back and find the plot of what made not only this tvshow but the one that it got left in your hands for!

How was this woman put in charge of a show? I understand the whole time and two shows and everything … I get it – I understand it …. I do not understand the choice of her. Every-time this woman opens her mouth in an interview she insults SOMEBODY … I could actually feel the eye-roll when she was asked about who will be supporting Eddie through his breakdown … like ok we all get it lady you aren’t a fan of Buck and Eddie ever being together – trust us we ALL get it … calm down …. Nobody is personally attacking you by thinking “hey those two dudes would be good together. “ I don’t understand where her hostility is coming from. Even her answer about Tim Minear sounded aggressive to me …. Like … like she was upset somebody was pointing out (probably not intentionally) that she wasn’t 100% in charge. That she didn’t have final say …. And then to be like “and we don’t want Tim to die” …. Like … wow … I just …. Im both at a loss for words and have way too many … I mean I think this is … the longest thing I have ever written on here. I don’t normally … which is probably I have no clue how to fix the spacing on here … I am so sorry to anyone (if anyone) reading my rant. 1600+ words and still there is SOMETHING i know im forgetting … ugh its going to bug me … anyway…

Its just … it is very obvious that this woman is not a Drama writer …. She DOES NOT seem to be enjoying anything about it OTHER than – yeah I’m in charge now (mostly) so I can fuck with these characters however I want and say whatever I want … nobody can stop me …. It all feels very power-trippy to me …. Like … she got away with the lazy writing and story development (LACK OF!!!) in 5a and now she just thinks she can do whatever she wants with (TO!!!!!) the show because viewers LOVE these characters and actors! so much that …. We’ll just keep coming back. … the actors man … we all know how much they all love working on the show …. They make it so obvious when they don’t agree with, or understand their characters actions … and … if an actor doesn’t understand their character – ESPECIALLY one they have spent FOUR YEARS developing and becoming IT SHOWS! And if an actor becomes so frustrated with the lack of continuity in their character (this isn’t improve it’s a Drama television show!) they will eventually have to walk away … its their career …. No matter how much they love the show or character or fans ….

Anyway …. Like I said this woman whose name I cant even write because she makes me so angry … should not be in charge of this show … or even writing for it. She wants small short stories … to not have to remember thing like past storylines or plot or character development …. She does t even want to write for the same characters consistently but to have new character all the time – because that doesn’t need to be thought out …. Oh my god …. This woman needs to be writing for The Simpsons …

[matan4il]

OUAT didn't queerbait though it very clearly showed very early on in S2 that Emma's main love interest was gonna be a man. Meanwhiile we're on S5 of 911 and they have yet to introduce(and I don't include Lucy cause she's bad news) anything remotely resembling anything close to an LI for Buddie and that's a huge mistake because nothing will ever capture the magnitude and romance the two have with one another. I read your posts and they give me so much hope that I'm not being delusional with all the parallels. Which have to be for a reason.

Hi Nonnie! I gather that this is in response to this ask, right?

OK, I started writing a reply to this and I noticed that I’m rambling about OUAT ‘coz I loved that show. Turns out I have SO much to say, especially about the magnificence of s1′s True Love’s Kiss being Emma discovering she has a mother’s true love for Henry despite everything she had been robbed of and the walls that that made her put up. But then it got really long so let me try and focus on the queerbaiting. 

I think the big question to determine whether something is QB is whether it’s noticeable that the show INTENDS for at least some viewers to ship two specific characters of the same sex, but with no intention of ever making them canon (and sticking by this). So, determining intention is always tricky. It has to be blatant for us as viewers to be confident of it. Another issue in determining QB is to keep in mind that even if a show starts out not intending to let its same-sex ship go canon, but then it listens to its viewers and changes course, it’s no longer QB either (even if it maybe started out that way). Keeping that in mind, I think there is no real way to ever determine QB until a show is over, because knowing what the showrunners ended up doing is critical, too (not to mention that things that happen along the way can illuminate the question of intention). So I personally don’t wanna define 911 and Buddie in this context, at least not before the show is over.

But without a doubt, we’re on s5, there have been no external LI’s that can compete with the depth and intensity, love and trust, ease, comfort, humor, life sharing, compatibility and insane chemistry that Buddie have. And I don’t think they’ll ever manage to either. By all means, if Tim and Kristen have a single brain cell, they should allow Buddie to go canon. Nothing less will do.

(HI! Since I've been juggling work overload and medical stuff, sorry I fell behind on answering asks despite trying to double my pace. I'll try to use the weekend to catch up, look out for my ask tag. xoxox)

[dr-shortsighted-owl]

Top 3 911 *character* moments (for as little or as many characters as you like!!) for sleepover sunday <3

Amy, my buddie, my buck(y) - TY for this ask! Now I’m basically caught up on 911 for my first ever watch, I’ll do the main 118 - This is gonna be kinda long and ramble-y, so sorry about that! 

Buck:

2x08 - Buck, Actually: The scene with Thomas in the back of the ambulace, this both makes and breaks my heart. I am 100% sure that this scene was pivotal for Buck in terms of how he then saw love and relationships afterwards, especially as it could have been Bobby or Eddie who sat with him but no it was Buck, who then tried to revive him, and was picking up the scrapbook pictures - “You don’t find it son, you make it.” And yeah even in season 5 it was to his detriment where he just tried to make it stick with Taylor because as he says to Maddie, he ‘clings’ and is scared of being left behind - I think in the near future he’s going to get the balance right.

5x13 - Buck keeping his promise to always be there for Eddie and Chris (after the legendary kitchen scene apology/emotional whiplash of the century in 3x07) when Chris rings him and he hurries over to comfort Chris and reassure him beofre he goes to Eddie, and taking Bobbys advice from season one to heart here with Eddie and stepping in it with him, breaking down the door. Being there in the days afterwards helping with Chris. Buck keeping his promises because they are integral to him, the loyalty.

3x16 - Now this episode has gripped me and won’t let go, but the scene that gets me is actually a bit smaller - when the 118 are discussing Red with Buck over a game of pool, Buck seems to realise when Hen mentions people drifting apart, that even though he has now made it back to the 118 after all his trauma, back to his family, he could still end up being left behind - THEY could leave him, the firehouse, and lose contact - he’s in disbelief almost that they would lose contact, leave him behind. Seeing himself in Red, and before we learn his backstory in 4x04-4x05 it is just a glimpse into why Buck has a fear of being alone, of being left, and it was really well done.

Bobby:

One of the biggest scenes that gets me for Bobby is in 1x04, the ‘help’ scene in his apartment surrounded by Hen and Buck - that absolutely broke me. He says how many days he was sober for up to the 1/4 of a day, he set the damn table. Hen’s ‘Redwood’ speech. Trying to joke with Buck until he asks for help and just breaks and they’re there for him. When he needs them most. I would love to see a future scene paralleling this for either Hen or Buck with Bobby.

I love the smaller sillier Bobby moments where we are reminded that he’s as goofy as the other firefam members but hides it better (unless he’s at home with Athena, she gets a front room seat): The roomba “give me your gun” scene - It makes me laugh so hard.

Finally for him, Him being there for Eddie, both after Shannon died/fight club, and around his breakdown - Bobby saw someone in the same postition he had been in, and used what he had expereinced, what he knew, and helped, let Eddie know that he had been through it and it wasn’t easy, but it gets lighter and lighter with time.

Chimney:

Taking Bobby to the baby ward in 1x08 - After the scene in the gym, where bobby is battling with himself over his deal with God, and Chimney realised what Bobby was really doing - he was going to commit suicide once he reach the number of people lost in the block of flats fire as a twisted kind of penance. Chimney taking him to see what his blood was doing, that Bobby shouldn’t look on it as a curse to keep him alive as a punishment, but as a blessing. And to throw his book away, or get a bigger one because he was here to stay. He felt responsible after being teh one to get bobby to donate in the first place, but ended up finding a drive for him to live, and taking him to show him exactly what good he was doing.

Chimney’s speech to Albert in the hospital after the car accident in 4x09. God that made me cry, Kenneth Choi is a fantastic actor. But Oh chim, The emotional whiplash of having his daughter just born, and running to be with Albert. Trying to joke about baby names to wake him up. Trying to stay upbeat even as you can see he’s terrified. Really going through all the stages of grief in that one scene - outstanding.

3x13: Chimneys talk with Eddie in the locker room + The bloody ambulance scene with Hen - You can just see how much Chim loves Maddie, how even just mentioning how he loves her lights up his face, how they’re going slow after everything because he knows first hand what maddie has been through after Doug stabbed him in season 2. Eddie turning round and delivering the iconic ‘tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone’, and then seeing Chim walk out the ambulance all confident to ask maddie on a date, covered from head to toe in blood - I just loved. I hope we get Chim flipping the advice back on Eddie soon.

Eddie:

Eddie telling his father that he wants to be better for himself, not just Christopher, in 5x17 - that such a damn powerful line because it can be so hard to be kind to yourself, to want to work on yourself not for anyone else but because you also deserve it too even if you don’t believe it all the time. And tell his dad that directly that he wants to unlearn what he taught him, honestly just important af.

The Will - THE WILL - The ‘Because, Evan’ of it all, I swear. Like we don’t know just how long after Eddie Begins (3x15) occurs that Eddie changes his will (I like to think before/during 3x16). But we know Eddie’s sat on this knowledge for a long time, and he tells Buck because in this moment Buck needs to know he’s not expendable, he’s not getting left, Eddie trusts him, to save him, and to be there if he can’t. He takes teh twisted words the Buckley parents used and softens them, that Buck is wrong to think he’s replaceable, because to him and Chris he isn’t, and he has the paperwork to prove that.

Eddie and Christopher morning routine montage in 2x04 (i think?) - One of the most adorable scene in the show, and really shows how much Eddie loves his son I would love to see an updated version of their morning routine now christopher is older, I know we see it a little in season 5, but I’d love a new music based montage.

Hen:

Hen berating the doctor for not listen to her about her mother’s health issues in 4x13 - she stood her ground and she was persistent. She saved her mother’s life. And I am glad she told the doctor that he needed to listen to his patients particularly from minority backgrounds, because he was dismissive of what was happening and Toni almost died. Hen is going to be an amazing doctor, she will fight for her patients no matter what.

Hen being called by Athena to free her from the handcuffs near the end of season one - oh I laughed so hard at this, I was like Hen herself. I love how much Hen and Athena get each other, they go to each other for advice and support, about work and kids and spouses. They are both strong willed, black women in male dominated workplaces who unwind together with a glass of wine and could both put the world to rights.

2x09 Hen’s ‘I see you’ speech to the original 118 firehouse staff, after how they treated her - she is unrepentantly herself, she will not bow or bend because she has worked her ass off to get there and has overcome so much. Her passion about the job, about being one of the person who will dedicate their lives to helping other who need saving. 

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[theladyyavilee]

okay okay okay I really hope it is okay to add to this, but this has me losing it over the potential for parallels and how things evolve between those parallels for 2x03 and 3x03 and 4x03 and how they kinda have to keep escalating it for 5x03 to fit in?

like okay, so we have 2x03 where the scene is focused on eddie and chris and how much eddie loves his kid and buck only getting to watch them from the outside looking in, but already being included in this family unit (still not over his face in that scene) and like the overall episode is also focused on eddie worrying about chris and buck stepping in to take away some of his worry, not quite part of the family unit, but adjacent to it already

and then we have 3x03 which is as a whole episode (together with 3x01 and 3x02) focused on the relationship between buck and chris and how much he loves that kid and would do anything for him and then the end scene being, yes eddie trusting buck with chris and the implications of that for him and buck, but at the end it is eddie taking a step back, leaving chris with buck and it ends with just buck and chris, because the focus of that episode was first and foremost on their relationship even over the eddie-buck part of it

and then we have 4x03 which is all of them together with the hildy stuff and eddie taking away all the electronics and buck taking eddie’s side with the old-school-for-a-while comment when chris asks to go to buck’s place instead (which is a very parent thing to do, the whole united front against a kid’s pouting and all that) and it is very domestic and focused on all three of them as a unit and the relationship and dynamic between all three of them together, and it does end on a scene that very specifically is about all three of them and the ease of their interactions and buck inarguably being part of their life and family, with buck and chris pranking eddie, but it still ends with buck slightly on the outside, only connected via the phone

so what does that leave for 5x03? two things I think (again as with the other episodes the overall theme of the episode and then the ending scene)

first let’s start with a potential ending scene, which god yes them getting out to get to chris TOGETHER and all three of them going home together would perfectly follow the escalation here, because it would finally have all three of them together in the end scene, with nobody stepping to the side/being on the outskirts of the scene and it would cement them as A FAMILY and them being each other’s priority, which yes please! and buck finally getting to GO HOME with them would be so amazing, I would cry so much!

and then secondly for the overall theme it really only leaves one option? we have had eddie-chris and buck-chris and eddie-chris-buck, so that only really leaves the buck-eddie-dynamic, to be specifically explored and cemented in the setting of the family-unit-dynamic between all three of them

and the thing is, it would make so much sense? leaving that aspect of the three of them to be explored last, because they already established them as a family and how important they are to each other, so now it is time to explore what that means for buck and eddie and how they feel for each other now that they both have built the family they wanted - all the trust and love and security and knowing and understanding each other - but with each other? (it is also the perfect opportunity to explore how the whole guardianship-revelation and the ‘Because, Evan!” affected their relationship! perfect opportunity to have buck step back from a risky situation and eddie being like Oh., just saying xD)

and then end it with them together and together with chris, paralleled with all the other families reuniting as well <3 (like, I don’t even need any declarations or big decisions this episode, I’d rather just have some quiet realizations of what this means for them and the future, bascially the moment of clarity after the dark of the blackout and seeing things (*cough*their relationship-dynamic*cough*) in a new light, like this post by @littlespooneven​ put so perfectly!!!)

no no no bc @outrunningthedark also got me thinking abt 5.03 and I really think that it'll be a parallel to the earthquake where buck drives him and eddie to chris's school except this time buck doesn't watch, he gets out of the car with eddie and they both hug chris and go home as a family