#like buddy this aint it

[death-limes]

sometimes i think the true crime community gets a bad rap but then i remember the time my sis and i went to a talk at a local performance venue called something like “the psychology of serial killers” and the phd lady giving the talk started the show saying “we need to remember these were real murders & be respectful” etc etc but by the end of the show the hostess interviewing her asked her to do a FMK for ted bundy/charles manson/jeffrey dahmer and she actually fucking did it

[sandflakedraws]

commission - reqfi

[frostleni]

I actually fixed this drawing a little bit but never posted this version here

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i don't know what order to start Dissecting, so i'll just start with:

it's absolutely fascinating how the dynamic Wally & Barnaby had - to my knowledge - before the update, and a dynamic i'd seen speculated elsewhere and generally accepted, has been completed turned on its head

see, given that Wally is the "main character" and Barnaby is classified as "his best friend", i got the feeling that Barnaby kind of... tags along on Wally's 'shenanigans'. that he's the sidekick, the best friend. especially since their dynamic has been previously & briefly described as "Barnaby is very polite to Wally." he's the Companion.

but the audios sorta paint a reverse picture. in the Interview, when Barnaby enters stage right, he completely bowls over Wally's introduction and dominates the interview. when the interviewer asks how the two of them are handling the fame, even outright asking Wally, Barnaby doesn't hesitate to answer the question himself, and only about himself. Wally doesn't get another word in edge-wise until the interviewer explicitly singles Wally out.

(now, an argument could be made that Barnaby knew that Wally was somewhat overwhelmed with all of the questions, and tried to take the reins to give him a reprieve. but, considering that the interview seems to be very early on the possible timeline - like, very soon after Welcome Home debuted - i don't think this is likely. i doubt Barnaby and Wally would've had the time to solidify their dynamic or really get to know each other that well yet)

and Barnaby continues to take point in pretty much all of their other conversations, too. like in the mystery Howdy/Barnaby/Wally audio, their interaction gives off the vibes that Wally is Barnaby's sidekick, his tag-along.

(on a related tangent, it's fascinating how the website described the episodes as "[beginning] with Wally introducing the focus or theme for the day before coming across other characters who would join him on his escapades until the end of the day." but from pretty much everything we've seen so far, it seems like He's the one who's just along for the ride, bouncing from neighbor shenanigan to neighbor shenanigan instead of having his own adventures.

of course, if the 14 audios are present time, which is honestly somewhat likely, this could be because the show isn't running. they aren't doing episodes - they're just existing, doing their things. no need for Wally to take point in any way shape or form. tangent over)

in the 14 audios with Barnaby, he doesn't even acknowledge Wally until the very end - which, of course, could be because that's how the scenes are set up. except that in some of them, the characters do directly acknowledge Wally's presence outside of the endings. Eddie in 5-14, Howdy and Poppy in 1-14, and Frank in 4-14 (technically, since he was infodumping to Wally at the very start before Barnaby interrupted). you'd think that a guy would try to include his best friend a little more!

maybe i'm reading into it too much. & given what we know about Wally as a character, it would make sense for Barnaby to be the go-getter Main Guy of the two. but it really seems like its Barnaby & Wally instead of Wally & Barnaby. he's just kinda... there. going along with whatever Barnaby is up to.

but also, on the other side of things - & it's occurring to me as i type this, it's interesting how in a lot of audios, Barnaby seems to seek Wally out. in "Just So", he shows up to fetch Wally. in 4-14, Barnaby interrupts Frank and Wally's gardening session, almost as if he's stopping by to check on his little buddy. in 7-14, Barnaby calls Julie's house (presumably) searching for Wally, or at least checking in once again. something to consider in all of this!

[happyhauntt]

SUMMER OF BUDDIE. ━━ week one: mixed media + creating a gifset for your fic. (@summerofbuddie.)

synopsis: when buck gets a call asking if he'll take emergency custody of a young relative, he doesn't hesitate to say yes. especially when the alternative is her ending up in the care of his parents. but taking care of a traumatised kid is hard, especially when you're still running from your own demons. (or, buck fosters a traumatised teen and together they start to heal.)

read on ao3.

[ninja-knox-ur-sox-off]

So I watched Cybersix

[pigeonxp]

buddies canon yall

[fixationrambles37]

Can we just talk about the 9-1-1

Character Poster For this Season!

AND NOTICE HOW BUCK IS THE ONLY FIREFIGHTER WITH A HELICOPTER IN THE BACK!

Not just any Helicopter…

ITS LITERALLY TOMMY’S LAFD CHOPPER.

ABC has been hinting at Tevan (bucktommy) from the get go AND KUDOS TO THEM!

[dietmimo]

The Ex.

Contrary to popular belief, they still get along well.

[connorjesup]

Jam Rachata as TINN and Film Thanapat as CHARN in Laws of Attraction (2023)

[bucket-puns]

Some more of the extraction team bullshit I have in my head- hello binah.

[dirk-menace]

so emesis blue right

click for quality

[thegoldenghost4]

Based on the mid-season trailer for Loki, Mobius may have, like, a family? I'm fine with him having like siblings and parents, obviously, but if he has a wife I'm becoming one of those shippers who ignores literally everything in canon besides the basic info

[glowinggreeneyes-e]

apart from s7, ive only watched the first 3 episodes of eddie diaz in 911 and even if i didnt have the years of buddie context, and watched this at the time of airing, i'd've 10000% interpreted buck as taking a fancy to him

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

had a human au thought of Barnaby and Wally. idk doing their taxes or going through bills together since they share a house & Barnaby going "hey we could get married for tax benefits and health insurance. wait no what if i want to marry Howdy someday? it's illegal to be married to two people." Wally goes "we could get divorced" and Barnaby gets legitimately sad like:

[eddiebabygirldiaz]

Fuck it Friday

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thank you beloveds! <3

making some decent progress with calls fic and hopefully it will be finished within the next few weeks. so have a little bit of eddie breaking down as he leaves buck a voicemail while he's in the coma

“I–These past few days have been so shitty. Fuck you for that, y’know. Yeah, fuck you. I don’t care if it’s irrational to be angry with you right now. I know it’s not your fault. I know you don’t want to be–but you just–I can’t keep you safe no matter what I do.” The words taste like ash on his tongue, a dream that's been burned beyond repair, charred and cracked and untouchable.

Guilt and shame and despair fall on him heavier and thicker than rain, rippling with the heat of anger that really isn’t anger, this aching incineration far too similar to what consumed him after Shannon’s death.

He can’t do it again. Please don’t make him do it again.

“I’m sorry,” he whispers. He sounds small and helpless. He feels small and helpless. Because he can’t keep Buck safe, just like he couldn’t keep Shannon or Chris safe, just like he can’t keep himself safe. Danger clings to his life with a vivacious jealousy, fingers hooked into his skin, tongue lapping over his wounds, always there is some form, lingering like a shadow.

Eddie bangs his head against the wall. He needs to focus. He needs to not fall into the trap of his thoughts. He needs to give Buck–he needs to give Buck something, a truth or a piece of himself tucked away in Buck’s phone as motivation, as a gift, as a reason.

“Okay, I–” he blows out a breath and pinches the bridge of his nose between his fingers, eyes shutting tight again. Sparks flash over his vision, bright and devouring like a flashover, electric and paralyzing like lightning. “Everything is awful, Buck, and everything hurts. You’re laid out in a hospital bed, so fucking still and empty, and all I can think about is what it was like to lose my wife and how I can’t go through that again."

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