#i ditched bones in s4 even though booth/brennan was one of my all time favorite ships and never looked back

[fiona-fififi]

I guess you're not in agreement that Buddie is happening this season?

Uh, I'm not sure where you're getting this idea from? I haven't said anything of the sort. I do still think we're on our way to buddie this season.

If this is in response to me not really being into the promo and unsure about the season, that's two-fold.

First, this fandom has been awful to be a part of for months. I've had to block half the fandom, and now that I've actually got my dash chiseled down, no one's actually interacting with me anymore (with the exception of a very small few—literally four—beloved long time mutuals). Not to mention, I'm afraid to post a single opinion at this point, because it somehow always seems to lead to bullshit lately. Which all together, isn't a great way to feel engaged in fandom, and if I'm not feeling engaged with the fandom, I'm much less likely to feel excited about a show, regardless of the status of my ship. That might change if (when) it happens, but right now, I have very little excitement for anything to come.

Second, frankly, last season was largely a disaster after 7x06. They did not finish strong. It was all over the place. There were issues with pacing and with storylines. Nothing felt properly developed. And yeah, 10 episode season, but then it's on the show and writers to make those 10 episodes work. Just cramming as much bullshit into those 10 episodes as possible didn't do it for me. Nothing had room to grow. It was just drama after drama after drama, often in ways that sidelined mains and took the story too far off with one character (I love Bobby, I do, but a THIRD begins episode for him in a freaking 10 episode season that had a three part opener was NOT the way). Not to mention the blatantly racist storylines that served no real purpose (comparing a black child to a dog? really? and for no damn reason because Hen and Karen are smart enough to have worked out that their foster child was traumatized without that questionable storyline).

And now, here we are, going into a season where they can't seem to decide how they're promoting the bee emergency—is it silly or is it super serious?—where they've brought back one of their most despised characters (who should have been long fired and certainly not put back in the same house where two firefighters who filed grievances against him still work), seemingly to sideline those very characters in service of Buck's storyline, which I don't find to be a great look.

By the end of last season, I felt like I was watching Lone Star 2.0 instead of og, and everything I hear about the new season feels like we're about to step into the exact same thing. Soap opera drama for drama's sake.

And if they were still successfully balancing character and storyline development alongside that, then I would probably feel differently. And maybe I will when it happens. Because maybe it really was just a problem with the shortened season.

But there is a reason I never really got into Lone Star, and if that's the direction og is heading, then no ship is going to save it for me.

I love buddie, I do. I also do still think it's happening.

But I don't watch 911 exclusively for a ship, and if the story doesn't work for me, buddie isn't going to entice me to stay.