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wannabanauthor · 3 months ago

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I want a slow burn BuckTommy fanfic.

And I mean slow burn.

I want them hanging out, grabbing a beer, going to the movies, and spending time with Eddie.

Then one day, Eddie asks Buck if he can drop something off to him at Tommy’s house. Buck knocks on the door when he gets there and is greeted by a shirtless Tommy.

Tommy says they’re sparring in Muay Thai, and Buck’s like “can I watch?” And then spends the entire time salivating over Tommy without knowing what he was feeling.

Buck convinces himself that he’s only admiring Tommy’s body because Buck is also a fitness enthusiast.

Then Eddie leaves, and Buck barely notices because he’s staring at Tommy.

Tommy is not an idiot. He knows when another guy is checking him out, but he thinks it’s better to let Buck figure it out on his own.

Buck has different plans though. He takes off his shirt and is like “teach me Muay Thai”.

Now Tommy is the one staring. Maybe he starts asking Buck about his tattoos and even touched one and asks if it hurt to get them, meanwhile Buck has to restrain a moan in his throat.

Tommy just raises an eyebrow and continues asking about the tattoos. Then they do some light Muay Thai training, and Buck takes a cold shower when he gets home.

He has a wet dream about Tommy that night, and he still doesn’t know what to do because he’s not into men, right? Everyone makes a strangled sound when a hot guy with a great body touches them, right? He also finds himself with an erection that refuses to go away. So he gets himself off, and near the end Tommy pops into his mind, and he comes harder than he ever has in his life.

A few days later, Buck’s leg starts acting up, so Eddie asks Tommy to check on Buck and see if he needs anything while Eddie has to work.

Tommy comes over with food and entertainment to take Buck’s mind off the pain. Buck is happy and grateful, and is also a spoiled princess and puts his legs on Tommy’s lap, and Tommy gives him a leg massage. To both legs. Maybe it turns into a full body massage to help Buck relax.

Buck is practically in love but doesn’t know how to deal with or even properly acknowledge his feelings.

Later on during a shift, Tommy and Buck get called to the same accident site. They work really well together, and the people they save tell Buck that his boyfriend is very good at his job, and he’s like “my what now?”

Tommy pretends not to hear anything, but he’s quickly losing control of patience and willpower. He wants to make a move so badly, but he doesn’t want to freak Buck out.

So one night, Buck is elbow deep in Tommy’s social media profile and comes across an old post of Tommy kissing another man and referring to him as boyfriend. When I say elbow deep, I mean he’s 3 years into Tommy’s post history.

Seeing Tommy with another guy makes Buck feel angry, but he refuses to acknowledge why. Until he sees Tommy and accidentally confronts him.

Like maybe they’re sitting on a couch, Tommy takes a swig of his favorite craft beer that Buck bought him, and Buck just blurts out “are you gay?”

Tommy doesn’t even choke in surprise. He just says yep nonchalantly.

And then…stay tuned for the next update. This might be a summary fic (my term for a fanfic that’s more an in depth summary rather than actual fleshed out fic).

I want to see how long I can go on without having them kiss. I want longing and yearning and sleepless nights. Wait, omg, what if there’s only one bed in their hotel room in Vegas. What if they get drunk and accidentally get married? They try to get it annulled, but Buck’s like “wait a minute, we get a tax break” and Tommy has to be like “I think that’s called fraud.”

There are so many ways I can drag this out.

#wannabanauthor writes #bucktommy #buck x tommy #summary fanfic #fanfic #evan buckley #tommy kinard #slow burn #longing #yearning

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buddieism · 5 months ago

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tommy's character, bucktommy's inherent flaws, tommy & eddie as mirrors and buddie endgame; a (lengthy) meta analysis

honestly, what's really confirmed my feelings about tommy (and the imminent bucktommy bones -> buddie pipeline) is that there have now been multiple opportunities for the writers to actually make tommy a likeable/serious love interest for buck and they just…haven’t. because while fans are naturally going to overanalyse every little thing, the vast majority of the show's audience are regular viewers who consume the show at face value and don't think twice about it -- so if tommy was intended to be buck's endgame or anything remotely close to it, they'd absolutely want to make the most of his (very limited) screen time to present him in the best light they could. think about karen, the only non-main LI, and how she was introduced to us -- despite hen's cheating, we can see how dedicated karen and hen are to each other and how karen is a complex character in her own right who is immediately easy to root for and love.

comparatively, when we look at tommy's s7 appearances and specifically his interactions with buck, it becomes abundantly clear that there isn't really much depth to their relationship at all. which is fine! it's just... you know. fine. let's get into it.

following the cruise arc, we watch tommy through buck's eyes in 7x04 where he's basically wining and dining eddie -- flying him to vegas, getting them front row tickets to a fight, sparring with him in muay thai, playing pick up basketball with him -- tommy and eddie are so similar (which we'll come back to later), and we even get that line from eddie about how well they "click." as the audience, we are being subconsciously told to align tommy and eddie together -- and furthermore, we are told that tommy can easily make grand gestures when he wants to. now let's compare that to the bucktommy moments of the season.

bucktommy's first date: tommy makes a shady comment that would have outed buck if eddie or marisol caught onto it and then proceeds to abandon him on the sidewalk because he thinks buck isn't "ready" for a relationship with a man

i'll be objective here -- i understand in a show like 911 there's always going to be "unnecessary" relationship conflict for the sake of drama and i can also see how buck trying to play off their date as platonic to eddie might have put a bad taste in tommy's mouth. but we hear from tommy himself that he struggled with being open about his sexuality when he was at the 118 so he could have absolutely extended some sympathy towards buck for not wanting to come out on the spot to his best friend -- especially when tommy fully knows how important of a role eddie plays in buck's life. at the very least, he didn't have to leave buck alone on the curb. this isn't me trying to woobify buck because yeah, he's a grown man, he's fine -- but that doesn't mean it still isn't a bit of an asshole move.

the bachelor party: tommy doesn't dress up for the theme and dismisses buck when he's clearly disappointed about him doing so

tommy showing zero interest for the bachelor party buck planned is practically the writers waving a massive red flag in front of the camera -- him having to leave because he's on call is an understandable 'conflict' plot point but why not have him show up in an 80s themed outfit? it wouldn't have changed anything except that he and buck would have had a positive interaction; buck would have been happy that tommy cared enough to make that small gesture and it could have been a cute way to establish their relationship as one built on mutual effort. (btw, the bucktommy hospital kiss could be seen as a big gesture, sure -- but from a more practical viewpoint knowing how rushed this season had to be, it was also just an easy way for buck to "come out" to the rest of the 118 without having to spend too much episode airtime on it.)

the medal ceremony: tommy says 'enjoy it while it lasts' (which, LOL) and also is not shown reacting to buck receiving his medal. he also has a conversation with henren in a deleted scene.

again, i'm going to try to give tommy the benefit of the doubt -- i'm not saying he has to be sunshine and rainbows all the time and i have no issue with a character having a snarky/sarcastic side. but when his screentime is so minimal, every line of dialogue matters. and it's pretty damning that the writers aren't taking those few chances to give us something to appreciate about him. with buck, tommy makes a dismissive comment for literally zero reason, and with hen and karen, who are rightfully looking out for their friend, tommy refuses to take them seriously at all.

bucktommy's dinner in the finale: buck displays some vulnerability about losing bobby, and tommy... really doesn't seem to care.

honestly i refuse to rewatch this part of the ep because it really icks me out on another level but iirc: buck says he's glad bobby's okay because bobby is like the father he never had -> tommy says "your father's alive" -> something something joke about daddy issues. ignoring #that joke entirely, it's really insane to me that they have tommy even acknowledge the nuclear bomb that is buck's relationship with his parents. yes, we had a bit of a ham-fisted 'redemption arc' in s6 but that doesn't negate the buckley parents being absolutely heinous and the fact that buck verbalises how bobby played the role of the father figure because philip didn't -- all for tommy to basically deny that to his face -- is absurd. tommy has expressed on multiple occasions that he's jealous of the 118 family bond, so this line is just... very interesting to me.

now, let's recap all these events and bring eddie back into the mix!

post-bucktommy's first date, buck is more torn up about the fact that he lied to eddie than the actual date to the point that he has to vent to maddie about it. he then comes out to eddie, who is incredibly supportive (and oliver and ryan make some very curious acting choices indeed). eddie is reiterated as one of buck's most significant relationships.

pre-bachelor party, eddie is the one to suggest he and buck dress in matching (queer-coded) costumes. he then stays by buck's side at the party when everyone else leaves and although we'll never get to see it (tim minear i'm inside your walls👹), they sing an absurdly romantic karaoke song together. eddie is reiterated as one of buck's most significant relationships.

during the medal ceremony, when the camera pans to each member of the 118's love interest/family, it is eddie we are shown smiling at buck, not tommy. this is especially interesting considering we get buck reacting to tommy. i honestly can't get over how a reciprocated tommy reaction would have been an easy yet significant moment to cement bucktommy as a relationship, but they gave us eddie's instead (with chris in the background and marisol conveniently obscured, mind you). eddie is reiterated as one of buck's most significant relationships.

in the final episode, when eddie is experiencing his personal worst nightmare, buck is the one at eddie's side every step of the way. buck talks to christopher, buck reassures eddie (without judgement), and it's made clear that buck will be there for eddie, whatever he needs.

at every possible opportunity, we the audience are being implicitly told that eddie is buck's person. he is his place of support (buck having his more vulnerable coming out scene with eddie rather than his sister); he has buck's back (the bachelor party); he is his family (medal ceremony reaction), and ultimately, this goes both ways (finale).

some other things worth noting: when buck has his coming out scene with maddie, she tells him he's confused about his feelings in a way that seems to indicate she's talking about his feelings towards eddie ("if you there's something you need to tell eddie, you will"). in bobby's conversation with buck in the firehouse, he's verbally supportive of tommy and even asks if buck is going to see him, but buck goes to eddie's house instead. these were deliberate choices made by the writers; eddie has been consistently intertwined in bucktommy's relationship both overtly and subtextually throughout the entirety of s7. and let's not even get into the whole 'evan' thing, because that could be a whole other post in itself.

from the first moment we start to learn about tommy's character (beyond his... coloured past), we find out that he and eddie are practically mirrors. why not make tommy and buck share similar interests? why not give them something to bond over? why present tommy and eddie as almost identical in every way? because tommy is a placeholder for eddie. buck's initial bisexuality journey can't happen with eddie when eddie still hasn't come to terms with his own feelings. so, in the meantime, tommy is the "safe" choice in buck's mind because buck has nothing to lose with tommy whereas he's got everything to lose with eddie. buck can't confront what he truly wants yet because the risk factor is far greater and it's been repeatedly asserted that buck has an issue with people in his life leaving -- he would never do anything to jeopardise his relationship with eddie.

but ultimately (and in my opinion, fairly soon), we are going to get that moment where it "clicks" for buck and he realises that it is eddie he has feelings for. and when that happens, there's basically only one way it can go. we know buck can't keep secrets from eddie; we know eddie is going into s8 feeling "isolated"; we know tim loves making his characters suffer before they can be happy. in my mind, the narrative is going to go something like this: buck feelings realisation -> pining buck era -> eddie healing journey and a reevaluation of what buck means to him -> some insane life-threatening situation that really doubles down on how buck and eddie care more about each other than anyone else because it is 9-1-1 at the end of the day -> love confession induced by their dramatic near-death experience -> #BUDDIE_CANON !

when we factor in how there was a possibility of eddie having the sexuality arc this season instead, how tim has said buddie is one of his favourite dynamics of the show, and how supportive both oliver and ryan are of the ship, i really can't see how everything isn't building to buddie endgame. every other main pairing of the show has had seasons of development, of conflict, of bonding moments. buck and eddie have gone through that with each other time and time over (tsunami/lawsuit/shooting arc etc), which is why every other random love interest that's introduced for either of them falls flat in comparison. they quite literally are exactly what the other person needs; buck wants the stability of a home, a family, and unconditional love; eddie wants someone he can trust, a caretaker for his son but also a partner. buddie is the ship the audience wants to root for, because we know they work! now that we have canonically bisexual buck and eddie finally having to face his complicated feelings about losing shannon, buddie isn't just the logical conclusion -- it's the inevitable one.

#if you made it all the way to the end of this mammoth post... thank you!#very curious to know what u guys think and if u agree/disagree #buddie meta #buddie analysis #buddie #buck x eddie #buddie theory #911 meta #anti bucktommy #<- not like... dramatically. but my stance is pretty clear!#eddie diaz #evan buckley #911 on abc

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glorious-spoon · 9 months ago

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to loosen his grip [9-1-1 | Buck/Eddie]

~1k words | eddie & tommy; pre-relationship eddie/buck

spec fic for 7x04

The thing is, Eddie's not stupid.

Eddie's not stupid, and Buck's about as subtle as a brick to the face on a good day. He can't help it. Everything he's feeling comes spilling out of him; keeping it inside seems as impossible for him as holding the tide back with a leaky sieve. It's not something Eddie relates to that much, honestly. If anything, he's got the opposite problem. He crushes everything he's feeling into a tight little knot and holds onto it with white knuckles until he can't hold on anymore. It lost him Shannon—would have lost him Shannon even if she'd lived—and it nearly lost him both his job and his sanity in the end. He's still learning how to loosen his grip.

Buck still needs to learn how to get a grip, like, at all.

So yeah, Eddie knows. Not right away; he doesn't really think anything of it when he picks Tommy up from the hanger and Buck is there. In the truck, he watches Buck's receding figure in the rearview mirror for a moment before Tommy says, "Not trying to poach Evan from the 118, I promise."

He's laughing about it a little bit. Eddie scoffs and says, "Buck? You'd have to pry him out of that house before he'd go anywhere else."

He doesn't mention the lawsuit. That's water long under the bridge now, and it's not a time in his life he likes to think back on that much. But he knows it's true; Buck can say whatever he wants about keeping his options fluid, but when he finds people and a place he wants to keep, he hangs onto them.

Tommy is good company, anyway. It's something he's missed, since the Army: the easy camaraderie over beers, sitting in a shouting crowd in Vegas, shooting the shit in a bar afterward. Tommy's got a lift, and he brings his abuelo's Chevelle over, and it's an easy slide from that into a half-casual bout of muay thai, and Eddie has missed that, too: sparring just for fun, just for the hell of it, not for the money or because his demons were going to claw themselves out of his chest with bloody nails otherwise.

"See you've caught some lead," Tommy observes once they're done, bruised and a little breathless, shirtless on the bench in his garage. Eddie caps his Gatorade and glances up, and for a second he doesn't even know what Tommy is talking about until he nods at Eddie's right shoulder and asks, "That from overseas?"

Eddie touches the bullet scar, a long-healed dimple by now. It's not that noticeable anymore, at least from the front. The surgical scars from his thoracotomy are still more obvious, but even they've faded.

"Oh, no," he says. "I mean, yeah, I did, but this one was right here in L.A."

"Right, the sniper," Tommy agrees. "Shit. I remember seeing that Captain Nash caught a bullet. Didn't realize you were the other one from his house that got shot."

"Yeah, well." Eddie shrugs, uncapping his Gatorade again. "It was a long time ago."

He likes that, too. Talking about it with someone who never saw the bullet hole, only the scar. Talking about it with someone who's never had his blood in his mouth, who never knelt above him in a speeding truck and begged him to hang on.

He lied to Buck about it, because Buck's so close to it that he might as well have been shot too. It's easier like this, because Tommy isn't wounded by the memory; Tommy shrugs and asks if he wants to grab a pizza after this, and Eddie slings a towel over his shoulder and lets Tommy pull him to his feet, and they have pizza and a couple more beers, and it's easy. He's missed easy. He thinks he deserves to have something easy, for a change.

"I mean, I think it's great," Buck says, apropos of pretty much exactly nothing a couple of days later. "You can never have too many friends, you know?"

He's vibrating with that exact same anxious energy that Eddie remembers from his first day at the 118, when Buck seemed one wrong move away from pissing on the exercise equipment or maybe shoving him down the stairs. It awakens some puckish little part of Eddie that can't help but needle him. You're standing in the wrong light, man, as if he's ever in his life had an opinion about photography lighting, but it got Buck to bristle and snap like a wounded dog, all electric fury, and Eddie liked that, too, for reasons that he understands better now than he did back then.

So he shrugs, and he says lightly, "You know, it's like that thing when you meet somebody and you just click. You know what I mean?"

It's a jab, and not a very subtle one. He still remembers standing in the sunlight and listening to Buck tell him that Natalia saw him, after Eddie watched him hang there in the rain and felt his chest unmoving beneath his palms and sat through those endless hours in the fucking hospital waiting for him to wake up. After Eddie brought him home, and listened to his quiet confession in his kitchen, and tried as well as he knew how to hold Buck's still-beating heart gently.

But sure. Natalia saw him. For all of four months, apparently.

He thinks he wants Buck to flinch and snap back, just a little. It's not the place for it—they're in the middle of a goddamn call—but he's stupid about Buck. Always has been.

Buck doesn't flinch. He sags instead, his mouth downturned, and he mutters, "Yeah. Yeah, I really do."

And it's something they should talk about, maybe, but then Ravi calls up for more slack, and there are other things to focus on for the time being.

#911 #911 spoilers #911 speculation #buddie #eddie diaz #evan buckley #tommy kinard #petty eddie? petty eddie #sliding this one JUUUUST under the wire lol #my fic

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chimneyz · 7 days ago

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slight bucktommy au: everything is the same except buck doesn't go to the basketball game. instead buck convinces eddie to take him to a muay thai session with tommy, he wants a new hobby why not start there. he firts stares at tommy for a little too long as tommy gets ready. how can he not admire those muscles? and that ass? buck suddenly gets thirsty and tires to drink from his water bottle but spills as he watches tommy bed over to grab his own water bottle. buck isn't sure why he did that. eddie didn't seem to notice but tommy had been giving him a look. buck can feel his cheeks getting warm.

buck watches eddie and tommy spar to get an idea of what muay thai is all about. buck is too distracted by how the sweat glistend and drips down on tommy's skin. he watches every movement tommy makes. and tommy bests eddie now on top of eddie joking, smiling, buck has had enough he blurts out that he now wants a turn. eddie gets ready to spar with buck but buck refuses pointing ar tommy saying he wants to spar with him. both eddie and tommy are unsure but buck insists. at first buck is irritated, not fully understanding why tommy makes him feel things he doesn't understand. he goes into the match hard frustrated that tommy and eddie have been spending time together and not with him. his internal dialog moves from both eddie and tommy to just tommy. he wants to impress tommy, he wants to spend time with tommy, why is tommy spending time with eddie and not him?

buck loses his focus, his ballance and tommy pins him down with a smirk. "did you think it would be easy to take me down evan?"

buck's face goes red. oh. oh. he finally realizes what tommy has been making him feel. he just wished it was sooner so he didn't find himself on this humiliating position. it doesn't take long for tommy to notice buck's massive boner as tommy's body heavily lays against buck's own still pinning him down. buck squirms out from under tommy not saying a word as he leaves. eddie stairs at tommy perplexed not fully seeing the full picture.

later, buck - after spiraling - paces around his apartment and opens the door when he hears a knock, suprised to see tommy. tommy walks in and tries to speak but buck doesn't let him he rambles ans rambles before buck can comprehend what is happening to him tommy lifts his chin with two fingers an kisses him.

"was that ok?"

in awe buck stares at him, a smile creeping on his face. buck grabs onto tommy's cheeks and kisses him. he still might not fully understand his feelings but he was certain he wanted tommy.

#thoughts?#bucktommy #evan buckley #tommy kinard #911 #911 abc #eds screams

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apartmentsmoke · 3 months ago

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Was Tommy romantically interested in Eddie?: An Analysis

Ever since episode 4 of season 7 of 9-1-1 aired, people have claimed that Tommy was into Eddie first; was actually dating Eddie; settled for Buck when he couldn't get Eddie; and similar takes.

Is there any actual evidence for these takes? Both the show itself and interviews surrounding show that this take is misguided and not what the show intended for the audience to see.

In 7.04, the audience is told that Eddie and Tommy have spent a lot of time together since the cruise ship rescue. When Tommy is giving Buck a tour of Harbor, Buck asks him out for a beer; Tommy says he'd love to but he has other plans. (Throughout the tour, Tommy has been interested in Buck. There's a moment where he checks out Buck's ass. He also leans in closely when informing Buck about firefighting at Harbor, and he tries to find out, twice, why Buck asked for the tour.) Right after Tommy says he can't get a beer with Buck but wants a rain check, Eddie pulls up and the audience learns that Tommy and Eddie are going to watch a fight together in Las Vegas. Eddie notices Buck there and asks if Tommy got three tickets; Tommy replies, "No, I wish." Eddie and Tommy say goodbye to Buck; Tommy reminds Buck that he offered him flying lessons and tells Buck to call him if he wants them. Tommy flies himself and Eddie to Vegas for the fight.

At an emergency, Buck asks Eddie how the fight was; he says it was okay, but the seats were great because Tommy is friends with the promoter. Buck asks about Tommy again, pointing out that Tommy and Eddie have a lot in common. They both like fighting and were in the Army. He learns Eddie and Tommy also both like Muay Thai and have sparred together, and that Eddie brought his classic car Tommy's so Tommy could give the car a tune-up. Eddie notes that he and Tommy "clicked." After more prodding from Buck, Buck and the audience learn that Eddie is going to karaoke trivia with Tommy. Eddie also asks Buck to babysit, noting that Marisol has done it twice this week already. It is not stated why Marisol had to babysit.

While Buck is complaining to Maddie about the time Eddie and Tommy are spending together, the audience learns Tommy has been over to Eddie's place three times and has met Christopher. Buck also notes that Eddie is going with Tommy to a pick-up basketball game with other first responders.

At the firehouse, Buck watches Eddie while Eddie is on the phone with someone. The someone is not named, but Buck (and the audience) assume it is Tommy.

When Tommy goes to visit Buck in his loft, he says to Buck that "Eddie and I hanging out...it wasn't about you." During their conversation, Tommy and Buck get closer together, Buck confessing he wanted Tommy's attention. Tommy kisses him a moment after that confession and sets up a date with Buck for later in the week.

In episode 7.05, when Buck comes out to Eddie, Eddie is surprised that Tommy is gay, and says that never came up while they were hanging out. Buck also notes Tommy doesn't advertise, but doesn't hide, that he's gay.

In total, Eddie and Tommy hang out at least seven times: the fight, sparring + the car tune up at Tommy's, karaoke trivia, basketball, and the three times that Tommy went over to Eddie's. Tommy spent time with Christopher at least once.

The episode notes that the majority of these activities are things Eddie and Tommy both enjoyed prior to meeting each other. They both like fighting, practiced Muay Thai, and enjoyed classic cars before knowing each other. Karaoke trivia is noted as something Tommy does on Wednesdays that he invited Eddie to. It's unclear whether Tommy normally goes to the basketball game; Eddie does, as he has invited Buck several times only to be turned down.

Also of note, as soon as Tommy figures out that Buck is interested in him, he kisses him and immediately sets up a date. Meanwhile, the audience knows that Eddie had no idea Tommy was gay prior to Buck telling him he and Tommy went on a date.

If Tommy were actually taking Eddie on dates or was interested in Eddie, from how Tommy acts in 7.04 and 7.05, the audience can infer that he would have told Eddie he was gay, or kissed Eddie, or asked Eddie on a date, or a combination of the three. Tommy is a direct communicator. Nowhere in the episode does he hint at what he wants in any way. Rather, he explicitly states it or he uses actions to speak for him, like when he kisses Buck.

One common claim proponents of this theory like to make is that Tommy flying himself and Eddie to Vegas is obviously a date; however, this fails to account for the fact that Tommy is a helicopter pilot who notes that he flies for fun on his days off. Nearly everything he does with Eddie, with the possible exception of going to basketball, is something that he enjoyed doing already. He and Eddie have several things in common and Eddie notes they "clicked." In episode 8.01, the audience sees that Tommy and Eddie are still close, as Tommy is invited, along with Buck, to Chris's virtual birthday party.

Turning to interviews, in a Hollywood Reporter interview, Lou Ferrigno Jr notes that he and Tim Minear discussed whether Tommy was coming off as predatory. Lou Ferrigno Jr says, "There were a couple moments where Tim and I discussed if Tommy was seeming a little predatory coming in [and being part of the story just in general]. If Tommy is coming in to hang out with Eddie, and then now he’s going to this place with Eddie, and then he goes to Eddie’s apartment, that’s a little predatory. I think the misdirection was so great. I mean, is Tommy interested in Eddie romantically? We don’t know. That’s what TV is supposed to be, and that’s why it’s so beautiful that everyone was kind of taken by surprise. Watching these reaction videos is so great because they don’t know me. They’re shocked when they see this kiss."

This answers the question of whether the audience is supposed to interpret Tommy as ever having been romantically interested in Eddie - he wasn't. The audience may have had a moment where they considered it, but at the end of the episode, the actual storyline that is being told is clear. Tommy is interested in Buck. He never wanted anything other than friendship with Eddie. It was an intentional misdirect on the part of the writers. They were concerned that Tommy might come off as predatory but trusted that the audience would be able to see that he was not interested in Eddie.

In an interview after episode 1 of season 8 with TVInsider, Tim Minear noted that Eddie and Tommy have a nascent friendship and that Tommy would be there, alongside Buck, Eddie's best friend, while Eddie struggles with Christopher's absence.

Both the show itself and its interviews tell the audience that the ultimate takeaway was that Tommy is not interested in Eddie romantically. While Lou Ferrigno Jr notes that the audience may consider it, they are supposed to discard the idea as the real storyline becomes clear: Tommy is interested in Buck romantically, and has a friendship with Eddie.

#tommy kinard #911 meta #smoke.txt

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