#maddie lost to doug?

[bisexualbuckl-y]

i can't stop thinking about buck's future reaction to this new eddie storyline in like a best friend way, because i don't know how aware buck is of how much eddie is struggling with his mental health lol, like how long ago was the last time they spoke about shannon in relation to eddie? does buck think eddie is over her death? or maybe not over but at least he's come to terms with it? i feel like we'll see eddie trying to hide this thing with kim and buck will surely know something's going on but i don't think he'll ever imagine something close to what's happening, and then aside from the lying and bad feelings surrounding the situation he'll also feel awful because he just didn't know how this was still an issue eddie was having... yk?

[bucksboobs]

kind of love that this season opener really said “know your herstory.” between what’s his face that killed Athena’s fiance, Gerrard, and Tommy, 911 does a lean on its own lore

They did briefly mention Emmett in 7x10 so I’m not surprised but also it is really cool that this whole season seems to be about reckoning with the past in order to move forward

I’m just hoping they do something with Eddie and Athena both dealing with the ghost of a loved one at the same time to make connections we don’t usually see.

[thehanfamily]

eddie this, buck that … the real problem with 911 is how they underutilize and ignore chimney han. the storyline with his father was shafted and was not given the importance that it deserved. we never got to see him process the fact that he died and that jee could have lost both of her parents within a year. he got encephalitis on his wedding day and had to confront the ghosts of kevin and doug and still there is no in-depth exploration of all the trauma that he has gone through. chimney as a character can’t take that next step until they give him some healing, like maddie got in season five because if you look at maddie before s5 and maddie after s5, the differences are clear. and chimney deserves that too.

[nquesoxlies]

Most people in the fandom have now firmly switched to believing Bobby is alive, I don’t know if this is just part of the stages of acceptance or what. I’m just wondering, what is your opinion? Do you think Bobby is really dead?

Yes. I believe Bobby is really dead.

As we know, I've been vocal about the reasoning behind Bobby's death and honestly, to put the audience through all that and then flip the script? That's not what you do. If this was Supernatural, sure, go find the crossroads demon, make a deal with a reaper... but it's not Supernatural. This is 9-1-1.

And, again, not trying to take away from anyone's grief and/or anger about this death, but it was something the characters and the show needed.

Buck hasn't lost someone since S1.

Athena hasn't lost someone since before Michael.

Chim hasn't lost someone since S2.

Maddie hasn't lost someone since S2.

Eddie hasn't lost someone since S2.

Ravi hasn't lost someone since S6 (?) and we didn't see it on our screens.

And Tommy, Hen, and Karen haven't lost anyone on this show thus far.

* I'm talking about significant deaths regarding their jobs except for Maddie, I'm including Doug for her.

Personally, I've been feeling something needed to happen. Specifically to Buck or Bobby so that we could pivot the characters, Buck especially, into new paths. Such as Buck taking on more responsibilities at work and maybe Bobby finally retiring and enjoying life.

And then we got... THAT.

Sorry this isn't put together well at all... my mind has been non-stop on 'what ifs' since the episode aired.

But if Bobby were to come back alive somehow... I'll be happy

[ambernotember]

seven-ish sentence smonday

tagged by @setmeatopthepyre

Tommy leaned back against his pillow, eyes closed tightly. “So you didn’t want to talk to me.” I wasn’t imagining it, is what he didn’t add. Evan said it was for a stupid reason, but so far it wasn’t making him feel better.

“Okay… we never really talked about the lightning. I mean, you know, I mentioned it but I left a lot of things out.”

“Okay,” Tommy said hesitantly.

“So I was in a coma. And I had a very vivid dream. I, uh, I wasn’t a firefighter, Daniel was still alive, Maddie was still with Doug, Eddie lost custody of Chris and, uh,” Evan paused and inhaled, “Bobby was dead.”

“What?” Tommy turned his head quickly to the side to see him. “Evan, that must have been terrible.”

no pressure tagging @herrmannhalsteadproduction @sad-girl-hours23 @apollabarnes @leashybebes @bucktommyyendgame @peppermintquartz

[buckley-diaztruther]

tbh it's not even just the romantic fruity vibes they're giving off or the unhinged obsession with each other or the way that everyone else seems to see it to

its the way that for both of them, nearly every major storyline that they have heavily involves or explicitly revolves AROUND THE OTHER

maddies storylines have been primarily about her family - first Doug, then Chim, and then Chim and Jee.

Same with Chimney - his primary storylines are all about his family

Hen's storylines have also always been family or career (and even the career circles back to being all about family)

Everything for Bobby is about the family he's built w Athena or the family he lost in the fire

For Eddie and Buck? it's the same except for 1 or 2 instances where they're not so completely entwined and even then, they're haunting the narrative or hanging out on the sidelines just WAITING to be the support structure that the other needs and the subtext is always pointing at them both being the missing piece to whatever struggle they're having. the only exception to this is can think of is the donor baby plot line in the season where the writers did everything in their power to keep buddie apart (and somehow still failed)

(yes some of the characters do this for each other like Maddie and athena or hen and chim but never to the degree that it is for buddie)

god anyways I'm normal I'm so normal and so are they

[911lonestar911imagines]

The Creek - Evan 'Buck' Buckley x Reader 1/?

Summary: You grew up being best friends with the Buckley Siblings, all three of you coming from rough homes, but one by one everybody left, leaving you on your own to deal with it all..until one day you're able to tell Evan everything you wanted to the day he left.

Warnings: Mentions of drug use (cocaine), mentions/implications of past child abuse, implications that the father and friends are creeps.

A/N: Hello again, I am back! This is a new series I'm working on, this isn't edited or proof-read, so just lmk what you think!

You were only 6 whenever you met the Buckley’s, you had just moved into their neighborhood, taking residence in the home right next to theirs, you got really close with Maddy and Evan, you always met them in the creek a few blocks away of your guys’s houses. They never liked being home because their brother wasn’t there or their parents always yelled at Evan, and you never liked being home because your dad was really mean whenever he’d have his friends over to smell sugar together, which you always thought was weird until you were older and realized what exactly they were doing.

It became a ritual for years, always meeting them at the creek, you’d go on adventures, discovering new hidden spots around the creek where you’d play different imaginary games, but one day..Maddy wasn’t there anymore. Just Evan.

You pushed the branches from in front of you to reveal just the boy you watched grow from a little boy into a teenage boy, awkward acne covering his face, his hair dangling in front of his blood shot swollen eyes. “Hey Evan..what’s wrong?…is your sister hanging out with doug today?” You asked, disgust dripping in your voice whenever you mentioned her boyfriend “Maddie decided to move in with him..she’s gone..” he whispered, his voice cracking, you frowned rushing over hugging him tightly “are you okay?..I’m here for you Evan” you assured him squeezing him tightly, fighting off your own tears.

You two still met by the creek everyday, opening up more to each other day by day about what was going on at home, you ended up going to prom together, he was your escape from what was going on at home, the drug abuse got worse, and him and his friends got a lot creepier towards you now that you were getting older. After one night though, after a really bad fight with your dad, you rushed to the creek, your lip still dripping blood, your cheekbone slowly swelling and bruising, your sobs broke the silence in the air as you broke through the branches, and yet..nobody. Evan wasn’t there. Maybe something had happened at home?

You couldn’t think, you just ran, desperate to hear his words that somehow always comforted you, as you approached his house you saw his parents outside screaming towards Maddie’s jeep, Evan appearing from behind it holding a duffel bag “I don’t need this! I’m leaving!” He yelled before climbing in slamming the door, the tires squealing as he pulled off, and just for a moment, you thought at least, your teary eyes locked with his hate-filled ones. He just sped past, by now you had wiped the blood from your lip, making eye contact with his parents before shaking your head in disgust heading back to the house you so desperately wanted to run from just like Evan had done, why hadn’t he told you? He didn’t he take you with him? He knew what was going on at home, so why didn’t he?

You spent another 3 years in that home before finally leaving, moving with your friend who ended up getting a beach house from her parents in LA. You ended up getting a job babysitting a few kids that lived near your home, one kid specifically had most of your time, his father was a full-time firefighter and he had lost his mother not to long ago, so you were always trying to cheer him up.

As you walked into the Diaz household, you were greeted by your favorite noise, Christopher squealing and laughing from the living room "Alright, come on, Buck we gotta get to work before Bobby sends Hen out for us" You heard Eddie say to somebody "Eddie!? I'm here! Has Mr. Diaz eaten yet?" You called chuckling, it was something you had started calling Christopher after he had a bad day at school, you acted like a butler for the day taking him to do whatever he wanted that day, ever since then the name just stuck. "He has! his Buck took him out to eat at the pier this morning!" Eddie shouted back, you smiled walking through the doorway freezing right where you stood as you made eye contact with someone you swore you'd punch in the face next time you saw him. Evan fucking Buckley. "Oh hey! Buck this is Ms. Y/n, Ms. Y/n this is Buck!" Christopher cheered, Eddie picked up on your nervousness, coughing awkwardly nudging Buck forward who extended a hand out "Evan Buckley, but my friends call me Buck" He smiled, goddamnit that smile, you gulped down a sneer as you grabbed his hand going to shake it "Have we met you look really familiar?" He asked as you shook his hand smiling "Nope." You quickly replied "Alright come on, we're gonna be late" Eddie said, you watched as realization washed over Evan's face as he watched you the entire way out of the door.

"Eddie, you don't understand, I know her! and..I kinda did something messed up" Buck said as they climbed out of the firetruck heading towards the locker rooms to change, he had been trying to convince Eddie he knew you for 23 hours now, and finally, Eddie decided to humor him, letting him explain everything on the way to drop Buck off.

Whenever Eddie got home, he found Christopher fast asleep in his room, you posted up outside of his doorway in the hall, fast asleep leaning against the wall. "Hey, Y/n/n, come on, let's get you to the guest bed" He whispered, helping your still half asleep self to his guest bedroom, letting you fall asleep in there for the rest of the night.

You hadn't seen Evan again in three days, anytime you went to babysit Chris, Eddie would always give you a sympathetic look before leaving and it started to get under your skin, to the point where on your day off you drove to the firehouse, waiting patiently with the fire captain, Bobby Nash, for Evan to come in for a 'meeting'. You watched as Bobby nodded to the entrance where Evan walked in confused "I'll send him up for you" He said, giving you the same sympathetic look Eddie did as he left. You waited a few moments before Evan appeared at the top of the staircase "Y/n?" He asked nervously, scratching the back of his neck as he approached the chair in front of you. "I always said if I ever saw you again..I'd punch the little smile off of your face" You whispered, fidgeting with your nails, Buck sighed, his knee bouncing anxiously, waiting for the yelling and fighting that always came whenever he was a child getting reprimanded, but you just sat there. As he looked up he noticed the tears falling from your eyes onto your pantlegs "I-I was so worried about you, Evan" You whimpered quietly "Y-you left without even telling me anything..I-I thought I did something wrong, Evan" You continued, your broken voice slowly turning to a sob "I-I'm so sorry, y/n..I-I was hurting..and I needed to take time away, t-to find myself without hurting anybody I loved" He explained, His explanation just angered and upset you more "I was hurting! I was hurting, Evan! I told you about my dad! about his friends! everything I went through! you were my person, Evan! t-the one person i could cry to without being laughed at!" You cried pushing him off of you whenever he attempted to hug you "you left me, Evan. You left me there to die so you could save yourself. some firefighter" You scoffed, your face was red from crying, your entire body was shaking, you felt dizzy and like your legs were slowly turning into sand, your breathing was way faster than it should've been, you needed to get out.

As you approached the stairs, your vision was filled with spots and you knew this is where your walk ended for now. Eddie was quick to notice you as soon as he heard your shouts, rushing up the stairs skipping them three at a time to get to you right as you fell forward. Just by an inch he caught you, slowly lowering you down as he looked at Buck "Get me the med-kit and lifevac from the truck" He demanded, Buck quick to rush around the two of you to the ambulance, trying to swallow the lump in his throat, but as he lifted the bag from the ambulance the lump in his throat burst into sobs, he rushed up the stairs handing the supplies to Eddie looking at him "W-What do I do?" He whimpered.

You woke up not too long after that, your head was rested on Eddie's thigh as he watched the small machine monitoring your heartbeat, you took notice to someone holding onto your hand uncomfortably tight, you could feel something dripping onto your knuckles but from the way your body was positioned you couldn't see. "There she is, welcome back, Y/n" Bobby greeted, knelt a few feet in front of you, only now do you notice you've been moved to the carpeted part of the floor upstairs where you and Evan spoke. "I-I'm sorry, I need to go" You started but Eddie just rested his hand on your shoulder "You need to take it slow....That was almost a nasty fall, and your heart rate is still elevated" He said gently, you took his advice slowly sitting up, you could feel his hand resting on your upper back to help you support yourself until you were confident enough to do it on your own.

Once you were up, you saw him, Evan was still sat on the floor, off to the side holding your hand tightly, his leg bent slightly as it shook, his face almost resembling yours from earlier "Buckley, Easy on the hand" Bobby whispered gently to him, rubbing his shoulder gently, you had explained the situation to Bobby whenever you first got there, and while he knew Buck had somewhat of a dark past, he didn't think anything about the old friend Evan talked about. Bobby felt terrible for you both, seeing how much pain you were both in, he had met you before, he just knew you as Y/n the sweet babysitter that happily takes care of Chris. As Buck loosened his grip, you left your hand resting in his, you weren't sure if you should leave and never talk to anybody ever again, or maybe for a moment, you thought of staying, ignoring the glances of sympathy from others who now know your childhood story.

You stayed there for another hour before Eddie let you leave 'I just want to make sure you're okay' he'd tell you every time you asked to leave. As you sat on your couch in a daze you almost never noticed the knocking on your door, instead of answering like usual, you just shouted to come in, not moving from your position on your couch, covered in a blanket with your arms around your knees that were pulled to your chest. "I-I know you probably don't wanna see me but-" Evan's voice was cut off by Christopher's cheers as he made his way to you, wrapping his arms around you "Dad said you got sick today, so...I made Buck bring me over to take care of you!" He smiled, you could feel yourself starting to cry as you examined his happy cheerful face. Christopher was without a doubt the most thoughtful selfless boy you had ever met, so caring and sweet, and you were so happy to have him and his father as friends. Chris frowned sitting next to you as he hugged you as tight as he could "It's okay y/n.." He whispered, all you could do was hug him back, unable to say anything as Evan slowly walked over to sit on your recliner across from the couch "How about..I make us your favorite snack" He smiled getting up from his spot next to you to take the grocery bag from Evan rushing as fast as he could to the kitchen.

You were left in the living room with Evan, the air was thick as you tried to avoid his gaze "y/n.." He whispered, you could hear him shuffling around before feeling the cushion dip down next to you. "P-Please don't, Evan" You whimpered "I physically cannot handle this" You whispered, trying to stay strong, but once you met his gaze you folded, his curls were hanging infront of his puffy bloodshot eyes and all of a sudden you were kids again, Maddie had just moved out and you were at the creek. "I'm so sorry...I-I thought about you every day..I even tried to come back..to get you..or at least see you but your dad would tell me you left..or you ran off..or some random story.." He whispered "I never stopped looking for you..I left because Maddie ditched our plans of seeing the country..but once I realized I truly loved you, y/n..I always came back for you..I just..never found you until you showed up at Eddie's" He explained, his voice breaking, you could tell it was already strained "I have never cared more for anybody in this world than I did for you, and I was so fucking stupid for leaving you behind" He whispered, his breaking voice turned into a stifled sob whenever you fell into his chest, his arms wrapping around you tightly in a hug as you cried into your blanket "I hoped for you to come back every single time I had to deal with things alone..but you never did, Evan..so I left" You cried gripping onto his shirt

You ended up eating snacks and watching star wars with the boys until Chris ended up having to go home for the night, Evan promising he'd come back to you. You sat in the same spot waiting, watching the clock, your mind flashing back to all of the moments you'd spend watching the clock imagining Evan busting in to whisk you away but he never did. You turned slightly, watching the door, starting to imagine him walking through, the cute little smile he always had presenting itself as he walked in, but right as you started thinking that, the door opened. Buck walked in soaked from rain water, You smiled a bit "Didn't you have a jacket whenever you left?" You asked trying to hide your giggles "It started to pour and I didn't want Christopher's crutches to get wet or anything so I wrapped them in my jacket and a spare one I had in the truck" He explained sitting down next to you sighing "Evan!!" You groaned "You're gonna get my couch soaked!" You continued throwing your head back giggling, Evan smiled at you, not saying anything just admiring your smile and laugh.

You slowly looked at him noticing his stare "What's wrong?" You asked, nervousness starting to spread through your body "Nothing...I just..missed you" He whispered before bringing you into a hug, you sighed relaxing in his company, right as he went to kiss the top of your head gently, you went to look up at him, causing your lips to meet just right, neither of you pulled away though, Evan was as gentle as he could be. His fingertips felt like feathers as they gently cupped your cheek, your lips moving in sync together, the rain pattering softly on your window as you finally pulled away from each other.

"what now?.." You asked nervously.

[firewasabeast]

Bucktommy au NCIS Origins style. tw for death mentions and suicidal thoughts:

Buck became a SEAL and lived on base with Maddie and his niece (not Jee, a daughter she had with Doug maybe?). He’s sent overseas and while there he gets notified that his sister and niece were killed. They’re all he has in his life and, as he’s trying to process this, the base he’s at gets bombed. He doesn’t even try to cover himself. Without them, he doesn’t want to live.

Cut to him being back in America, injured from the bombing but recovering. He meets Special Agent Tommy Kinard, who is in charge of finding his sister and niece’s murderer. Turns out the guy fled to Mexico and they “lost track of him”. Buck knows that’s total crap. He falls deeper and deeper into a depression, harassing Kinard and his secretaries until Tommy comes and finds Buck in his apartment, completely drunk and fucking angry.

Tommy is angry too, tired of not being able to do his damn job because of Buck and they get into a fight. Then Buck is breaking down on the floor while Tommy holds him tight. A few days later, Tommy has Buck come down to the station where he conveniently leaves Maddie’s case file on his desk while he “goes to the bathroom”, giving Buck an opportunity to look through the file and find where the murderer is hiding.

He goes to Mexico, finds and kills the man who murdered his family, then returns home. A few months later, after successfully going through training (even though he failed his psych eval), he joins Special Agent Tommy Kinard’s team. Their secret stays with them.

[newtmas-supremxcy]

The fact that if buck had never become who he was : eddie would have lost chris, maddie would have never left doug and found happiness, chimney and athena would never have found the loves of their lives and Bobby would have literally died Like that's how much buck has improved the lives of the people he cares about this man deserves all the happiness in the world and you can't tell me otherwise

[bisexualbrainrots]

"buck never felt that way even when they were dating" so did he just ask him to move in with him at the end because... idk, rents expensive? "why be apart when we could be together?" just because he wants to go halfsies on groceries? i dont follow anon's logic

lmao like you showed the pics of buck being all smiley after josh asks buck if he could see a future with tommy!! plus we've seen buck be conflicted with himself and ask someone to move in instead of being honest with them when he was with taylor. why would the show recycle the plot? like the writing isnt perfect but i don't think it'd try to pull this shit twice otherwise eddie would have run into shannon's third doppelganger who is her long lost twin sister while in texas or something. maddie could have met doug 2.0 AND 3.0 at this point. ik some plot stuff repeats to some degree (eddie's relationships failing because of him being unable to move on from shannon) but i don't think they'd hit the same plot beat for beat of "buck tries to get tommy to move in with him instead of being honest" when buck asking tommy to move in WAS him being honest and wanting more :(

Nothing else to add anon, you explained things perfectly 🫶🏻

[bidisasterevankinard]

Tease tidbit Tuesday

Who should write her wips, but in shower got amazing idea for break up/make up with presumed dead and amnesia in mix just half an hour ago? Me! Meet the fic that actually started with planned plot (but only till Buck loses his memories) and I even have a title why we lost each other on the way to out future?. Two little snippets I have:

"What's your problem, Evan," Tommy ask, feeling like his blood boils. He never was so angry on anyone like he's right now.Surprisingly not even with his dad or Gerrard. "You agreed to be friends."

"YES!" Evan screams with erratic hand movements, stop checking his phone. "Y-yes, I said it. Because I-I wanted to have you in my life at least as my friend, but I-I can't look at you being so...normal. So infuriatingly cool about everything."

Evan looks at his phone and then at the car that parked near them, he already opens the door, but before he actually sits, he stops and looks at him. Tommy swears his eyes shine with tears.

"I think you're amazing friend, Tommy. B-but I can't be around you when I fell in love with you and you went away like it's not hurting you so much. And I spent all evening looking at you, Tommy, you can't tell me I wasn't paying attention. You were cool as cucumber around our friends and when that guy flirtied with you."

Evan sits and his Uber takes him away and Tommy stays alone, looking at the car till it's not seen anymore.

Fuck. Why his life is so complicated? And why Evan's words about love hit so hard and deep?

...

"Hey, Maddie. Is he sleeping? Can I see him?"

Maddie takes deep breath and Tommy's gut tells him she has bad news. He suspects everyone around them feels the same.

"Buck," Maddie looks at her hands, shaking her head, " has really bad concussion and he thinks it's 2017 and he only started at 118. He thinks I should be in Boston with Doug, he was only on three shifts as probational firefighter, so he barely knows 'his captain and cool paramedics'. And he doesn't know who Jee, Tommy, Chris or Eddie are. I checked. He looked at me as I'm crazy."

Silence that everyone keeps suffocates Tommy.

"But it's temporary, right?" Hen asks.

"Doctors said they can't be sure, but they try to be positive as Buck lost only seven years. Now they want to be sure no cognitive abilities was lost and what to do with his broken wrist."

Tagged by @typicalopposite @wikiangela

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[wildehacked]

why are you acting like a grief storyline will be some new revolutionary thing? and not just another grief arc in a show that has already done a bunch of grief arcs?

So, I definitely never said a grief storyline would be revolutionary. That would be silly—you're right that in many ways grief is already central to the show! Bobby spends most of the show, but particularly seasons 1 and 2, grieving his family; we see Athena grieving her fiancé and also her marriage with Michael; we see Chim grieve Kevin and Eddie grieve Shannon and Maddie grieve Doug, Daniel, and the time she lost with Jee-Yun. Grief is in many ways central to what the show is about, and who the characters are to each other: I'd argue that the 118 wasn't the 118 until Bobby went to hold Chimney's hand after his fiancée left him and he was all alone, until Hen and Buck went to Bobby's apartment and caught him when he asked for help.

This is also a show where all the main characters have frequent near-death experiences, and thus far, all of them have magically miraculously lived. (I'm honestly 50/50 on whether Bobby's really dead, or whether they'll pull off another miracle escape.) But I will say that in a show where characters feeling love through grief is so central, and where the theme of characters demonstrating both love and service by helping others through the wilds of their grief, it really makes sense to me to eventually give everyone a shared grief.

Now, it seems like part of your complaint here is that grief has shown up in the show before, and you would rather see them do something new. That's fine—I'm not telling you what to like.

But grief IS a central theme of the show, and they're simply going to keep using it as a story telling tool, because that's...the story they've been telling for eight years now. Grief and love are central themes, and have been since the pilot—and we know that grief and love are the same thing, right? Right. If I had to sum up 911's thesis statement, it's that service to others, in the face of dangers both literal and psychological, is the ultimate form of love. (That sounds lofty, but jeez, that's just why we like stories about people who are going to help you. That's the thesis of most hospital dramas, too.) Killing off a main character is in service of that thesis, imo. Giving room for the other characters to choose service all over again—helping each other and others through their grief—is in service of that thesis. A grief arc is not new, and it's not original—it's a clear continuation of the story they've been telling. For me personally, I like stories about grief (I like stories about love), and I like stories about people helping each other. I like the story they're telling. I'm sorry if you don't.

[schrijverr]

Just curious, what do you think about the season 8b speculation that Buck is going to be kidnapped in addition to or instead of Maddie? I'm semi conflicted personally because I so want to see a Maddie lead storyline but don't want to see a pregnant woman get kidnapped idk

I'm pretty conflicted about it as well, because I love a good Buck getting hurt story line and I love him as a character, so seeing him go through that (especially with those people theorizing no one notices he's missing) would be delicious angst.

And I do also think it would suck if it was Maddie, because not only has she been kidnapped before, she currently has a happy storyline going for her for a change, so I'd hate if they forced her into this again, especially if the focus isn't going to be on her and what it means for her, but reactions to it, specifically Buck's.

However, it's that last bit that has me kind of ugh about it, because ever since moving to ABC the show has gotten more Buck-centric. Now, I love Buck - gestures vaguely at all my fics about him - but what makes 9-1-1 so fun to me is that it's an ensemble cast show. I personally adore Hen and Athena (out of the uniform) and Eddie is actually my favorite character, and Chimney and Bobby are very fun. So, seeing them get pushed to the background for Buck doesn't sit right to me.

If they do go the Buck gets kidnapped route and it's going to mostly focus on Buck, I'm a little worried for the future of the show, because I don't want it to be the Buck & co. show, I want it to be the 118 show. However, I'm down for it if they handle it well. Like, if they want to start the buddie route and focus on Eddie's reaction specifically, then it would serve a purpose, or if it was to kick start Buck's no one will care about me spiral (though both can be achieved by kidnapping Maddie, since Eddie can be in Texas so hate to not be there for Buck this time to get his head on straight causing him to spiral, or it can be Buck losing it bc Chris is gone, Eddie will leave and now he might not get Maddie back, so...)

If they go the Maddie gets kidnapped route, it better have a focus on her and what it means for her character to get kidnapped again, while pregnant and a mother, when she specifically never had kids with Doug, because she didn't feel safe. As well as Chimney breaking down, because he went through hell to get Maddie back during her post-partum depression and they had this whole discussion about how scared he was to do it without her and now he might be losing her. Of course Buck is going to feature heavily in this too, because it's his sister and he already lost her to this very thing before, but I would want it to have space for all the emotional reactions, not just his.

I saw someone theorize that they get kidnapped together, which would be fun, since that person mentioned having Chimney's and Eddie's reactions to it parallel, which could be buddie arc start. And I think it could be fun to see with Buck wanting to sacrifice himself for Maddie, because she's pregnant and has a family at home, while he has nothing anymore, which ties into his spiral that will start that is being mentioned in interviews. Plus, you can have Maddie who will always be his protector first, suddenly have to deal with wanting to sacrifice herself, but now having so much to lose and can she do that to Jee-Yun? To Chimney? As well as having the team collectively lose their minds because their Buckleys have been taken.

Anyway, this is a large ramble that doesn't really answer much, but I think in the end, it can be interesting if it's Buck, but I would prefer it not to be unless well executed and a part of me doesn't see that arc getting executed well. Though I also don't like the fact that Maddie is getting kidnapped to begin with. However, I know the fics are gonna be great regardless in this fandom, so I'm clinging to that lmao

[wayward-robin]

No spoilers past 2x18 if possible folks!

2x13 – Fight or Flight thoughts

This was such a crazy, intense ep. I was on the edge of my seat the whole way through. No let up at all! I loved it!

I was a bit surprised that the police were initially so dismissive of Buck’s concerns that Jason was Doug. He was right and they must’ve been told Maddie left because of domestic abuse. I get they have to follow the evidence but the evidence was clearly pointing at Doug.

I did giggle a bit that Buck landed himself in hospital jail for sleuthing by himself. The disappointed parent looks from Athena and Bobby was somewhat funny too. The ground rules? Basically listen to mom. Loved it!  

I am stupidly glad that Buck teamed up with Athena . I didn’t want him throwing caution to the wind and getting into a sticky situation himself!

Chim survived! Yay. I would’ve been upset if we’d lost him. I like this team they’ve got going right now. I’m gonna guess he’s going to be feeling just a tad bit guilty for (even unknowingly) allowing Doug back into Maddie’s life.

Some of the flashbacks with Maddie and Doug are just downright creepy. Effective, but creepy.

Props to Maddie for keeping her head and managing to escape. She beat him fair and square. I love all the women on this show. Screw men running to the rescue. They’ll rescue themselves.

I’m actually pleased Maddie was the one to end Doug. I’m sure it might mess with her head a little that she took a life no matter what the circumstances but she’s a very strong woman with a good support system. 

Her reunions with Buck and Chim were exactly what I needed after such an emotionally fraught ep.

The acting throughout this ep was brilliant from everyone, with particular shout outs to Maddie and Doug’s actors.

So next big question I guess is what’s next for Maddie and Chim? They didn’t make their first date and now they have a trauma list a mile long. Quite a hurdle to overcome.

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10. If 911 was a supernatural show, how would your favorite storyline be rewritten? (Ex: the tsunami storyline would be due to mermaids or a evil witch targeting the 118 coven or some shit)

Would love to hear your thoughts on this because I adore supernatural/magic AUs!

okay now i'm REALLY glad i only shared one idea the first time lmfao

okay, so. buck & maddie are merfolk. as a coming of age ritual, they are permitted to walk the earth as humans for a year and a day. if, after that day, they choose to stay on the surface, they're never permitted to return to their society. in addition, should they ever touch even a drop of seawater again, they'll be transformed back into merfolk permanently & cursed to wander the oceans alone for the rest of their lives.

after maddie leaves, she doesn't come back (*cough*doug*cough*), so when buck is finally allowed on land, he goes looking for. he searches for his entire year, and when he isn't successful, he decides to stay on land, rather than give up the search. he settles in LA, joins the LAFD, and hires a PI.

fast forward, he finds maddie, she escapes doug, and everything in season 2 largely plays out the same way.

then. the tsunami.

as soon as buck sees it coming, he knows what's going to happen to him. he doesn't care. he has christopher to protect, and having his tail will enable him to do it, even if it means he'll be alone the rest of his life. he really, really tries not to think about it. he keeps christopher safe, but when the water recedes, it takes him with it. he's swept back into the ocean, but christopher is safe on top of the firetruck, so he's okay with it.

he thinks maddie will probably figure out what happened, so he hangs around the ruins of the santa monica pier, determined, at least, to say goodbye

it's not maddie that finds him, though, it's eddie, who heard exactly what happened from christopher and, as soon as he could, went searching for buck.

buck explains, eddie insists there has to be something they can do, but there isn't. he lets the tide go out without him and sits on the sand with eddie, resolved to spend his last few hours on the surface with the love of his life his best friend, and to return to the sea when the tide reaches them again.

it's very sad. eddie kisses him because he's never going to get the chance again (and he's maybe, a little bit, hoping there's something to the whole 'true love's kiss' thing. there's not). it's incredibly unfair and buck doesn't want to go, and then--

seconds before the tide would have wet his tail again, he turns back into a human

TURNS OUT this world has h2o rules (more or less) and that, long ago, the leaders of his society lied about what happens when you return to the ocean to discourage people from leaving permanently. nobody wanted to test it, so eventually everyone believed it as fact, and the knowledge of the lie was lost.

buck is very very happy to have human legs again (although they still include the leg that was crushed under the firetruck), he and eddie are weird for approximately 48 hours, before figuring shit out and spending the rest of their lives together. the end!

(send me a spooky 911 ask?)

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Most embarassing/stupidest injury

Mal - she fell while attempting a parkour trick Jay has made deceptively easy and almost broke her tailbone. Jay will not let her live it down.

Evie - not an injury, precisely, but girlie took a noseful of hydrochloric acid. It DID make the brewing safety lesson her mother was halfheartedly attempting sink down.

Carlos - got too lost jn his own thoughts and walked into a pillar that wasn't there yesterday, really. Jane saw and insisted she takes him to the infirmary.

Jay - the Tremaines' cat scratched him senseless when he was trying to nick shiny things at the salon. He's since decided he dislikes cats.

Ben - bit through his lip when trying really hard to not laught and/or speak on royal council. I'm not taking criticism.

Audrey - oh she absolutely twisted her ankle when walking in absurdly high heels. Didn't deter her from wearing them again in the slightest.

Doug - went looking through Evie's stuff. Learned his lesson.

Jane - baby Jane helping her mother on school balls was bumped into a table pretty hard by a drunk prince, she bled and cried. Poor girl

Lonnie - Mushu bit her. He was trying to wake her up when babysitting and apparently she was sleeping really hard.

Uma - Harry's hook. It is very close to her at all times. She cut herself on it once when she was wildly gesturing. It was nothing bad, barely even bled, and Harry was more upset than she was.

Harry - there are WAY too many instances of "got distracted by how pretty Uma is and cut himself/walked into something/ tripped and fell". He will acknowledge none of them.

Gil - lost a bet with his brothers and had to do five squats holding Judge Frollo above his head. Dear Judge was not happy and managed to break Gil's nose while kicking-screaming. Gil did complete the dare, but Claudine was upset at him afterwards.

Harriet - CJ bit her. I don't think I need to explain that.

Ginny - kept touching stuff at the Apothecary and Maddy whacked her over the head with one of her porcelain dolls

Anthony - the cat. He thinks the cat hates him. Entirely unreasonable, if you ask him. Also, Ginny got way too loose when playing with poisons one time, and he had to be given an antidote in the Apothecary. Maddy yelled at him, he's still insulted.

Dizzy - she definitely burned herself on her hot-glue-gun.

Celia - she also touched Dizzy's hit-glue-gun. It was shiny. Other than that, there is a reason she gets a helmet when going into Hades' caves.

Freddie - got WAY too close to Ally's Wonderland contraptions. But hey, she didn't think an AK would have that bitey shit, she wouldn't get that close with anything the Hearts touched.

CJ - it'd be easier to name an injury this girl didn't give herself. But the most embarassing one, probably fucking with the Tremaines' dyes and ending up with half-burnt curles and blue-green dye all over her. It couldn't be washed out and it clashed with her colour scheme, she looked like a very angry christmas tree