#if someone treated me like tommy’s treating buck id go insane lol

[eddiegettingshot]

the even crazier thing about ppl claiming tommy is buck's first respectful love interest like these other anons have seen is that tommy hasn't really been that respectful tbh...

like maybe it's bc i'm a little more sensitive to condescension than other people but tommy hasn't been remarkably respectful. i mean he wasn't upfront abt his feelings at the end of their date or why he ended it early he didn't communicate very well. and there's the whole "you're adorable" thing 🙄 like am i the only one who felt like tommy has been kinda patronizing to buck?? bc he's new to this or bc he's young or bi or something?? tommy doesn't owe him endless patience or anything but like. talking it over would be cool i think lmao am i just overreacting here??

NO YOU’RE NOT OVERRREACTING (or if you are then i am too) BC I 100% AGREE. this is literally the reason why i’m not feeling any chemistry whatsoever, and obviously there’s room for things to change but if we’re talking about the setup? and how things stand right now? like yes, buck is obviously infatuated and very into him, that’s to be expected.

but imo tommy has been UNBELIEVABLY paternalistic. even their first kiss scene - it starts out with him SCOLDING BUCK about eddie being allowed to have friends! that’s why he came over, was to soothe buck’s insecurity, not because he was trying to start something with him (HE THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT EDDIE)! he unilaterally decided that buck wasn’t ready to be with him, not because he was at all affected by buck’s actions, but because he didn’t want to pressure him. but did buck feel pressured or was he just really nervous? tommy didn’t bother asking! and buck just laid down and took it in part because tommy didn’t make it clear why he was actually cutting things short. there was no real reason to write him this way - he would have been right to be uncomfortable or hurt, just like buck wasn’t wrong for panicking! and if things were balanced between them they could have recognized that, except tommy’s here to teach buck about his identity so there was no room for him to have feelings about what happened. i keep saying this but i WISH tommy had been honest about his own discomfort with buck. it would have made things feel less weird.

plus, if 7x04 is from buck’s perspective - then buck is AWARE OF THIS, or at least from his point of view tommy is treating him like he’s young and immature even if he hasn’t put that together, because we can see RIGHT IN FRONT OF US how tommy acts with someone he actually sees as being on his level (eddie)! if this is part of why buck’s into him, fine, but that… isn’t really a good thing? or (i keep saying this) it doesn’t bode well for them actually being serious partners.