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#seriously wtf do I get my parents for their 20th wedding anniversary?!#itâs in two weeks!! đ#and theyâre throwing a huge party with 60+ guests in their original wedding venueâŠ#so I wanna make sth for them instead of buying sth#but I canât think of anything good to make myself#Iâve also known this since February and i procrastinated for way too long help
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ABYSS RAZOR W LOVE LANGUAGES
Abyss Razor x gn reader
Pt 1 | Pt 2
A/N: I was gonna do loser so hcs but i keep getting annoyed bc i wanna improve my writing but dk what to do bye ANYWAY I JUST CAUGHT UP WITH THE ANIME AND OUEUEU đđđđ Im down bad even more they animated the scenes so well hes so kewt
Mostly not established relationship outside of the âas you get closerâ sorry im a sucker for the slowburn also oh my god i have to make this two parts why is it so long ill write part two laterrer
GIVING From best to worst (more utc)
1. Acts of Service:
This is his specialty for sure; he just feels as if he has to be useful to you and if he isnât then you wonât want him anymore. Acts of service are the only thing he can do without stammering or messing up in some way and itâs the only one heâs confident with too. It comes naturally to him tbh he:
- Reminds you of things you need to do even if you only mentioned it to him once in passing
- Brings extra materials or snacks with him if you often forget to bring those things
- Organizes your stuff if he notices your bag and/or your room is messy
- ALWAYS asks if you need help with anything and will do that even if u just tell him to relax heâd instead start trying to help YOU relax
Even as he gets more comfortable with you, excessively partaking in acts of service is something he just canât shake which isnât a bad thing! Its his love language afterall, but you just wish heâd stop worrying about if heâs being useful enough and just do what comes naturally. With more reassurance and time he will eventually start to slow down more though.
2. Gift Giving:
I think his gift giving usually comes with his acts of service like bringing snacks. He also just gives you a lot of small gifts because he wants you to know how much you mean to him but he really canât put it into his words and even if he could theres no way he could articulate it out loud. Some things he gives you includes:
- Origamiâ I feel like origami is sth he does when heâs bored but even so, he puts the utmost love and care into each of his creations so giving them as gifts is sth reserved for the people closest to him
- Snacksâ This one is simple he just cares about u and gets concerned if it seems like u arenât eating enough or if ur hungry but without food
- A Deck of Cardsâ ODDLY SPECIFIC but I feel like heâd want you to have one so you and him can play cards even if he forgets his. I think even though he usually plays for Abel he does really enjoy physical games like cards and dominoes etc. like playing cards is how he bonds with people
- Accessoriesâ Now this is RARE bc to him this is reallll bold but under the right circumstances he will give you things like earrings if your ears are pierced or a bracelet or charm (MOST likely the far latter). He sees a lot of accessories that remind him of you and its a little ridiculous, heâll buy them but because itâs very bold he either wonât give it to you and wait for the âright momentâ, give it to someone else to give to you or just leave it somewhere in your room when heâs there
As you grow closer Abyss will get more comfortable with giving you bigger things and will lean more into the accessories when gift giving. He might even feel bold enough to give you the plush he won while koala snotting with Mash.
3. Quality Time:
I was gonna put this one at #2 but I had an epiphany. I fear in the beginning stages Abyss would definitely try to keep you at arms length because of his eye. Oh especially if you met him while he was wearing an eyepatch and didnât know about his eye; in fact, he feels guilty because he feels like heâs tricking you by being around you at all. Not only this but he has to split his time between you and Lord Abel as well so. However he does feel a little selfish with you and he really does like you so he spends time with you when:
- In the Forestâ Just being alone with you in the forest takes the weight of social pressure off of him. Itâs almost like the forest is keeping a secret between you and him. He doesnât have to worry about whether or not people would avoid you seeing you with him nor does he even have to think about his eye or if youâd accept it, he can just live in the moment and enjoy reading with u
- In Classes no one else he knows attendsâ Similar to the forest itâs like keeping a secret but this time itâs specifically because none of his friends are here to see him acting so selfishly.
- Heâs Jealousâ Now he wont say anything buttt when heâs jealous Abyss will stick to you like a bad habit although still keeping you at a short distance. He just feels like he needs to be with you atm donât mind him.
- You Reassure Himâ Similarly, when you assure him that you donât mind his reputation or eye (if you know) it makes him want to be around you more and all of that day heâll be around you more than usual. Heâs so grateful just to have met you and for you to say all that? Heâs over the moon; he almost feels like he can finally breathe freely
As time goes on he definitely gets insanely good at this considering he loves being around you and the only thing holding him back is his insecurity. I def think that once youâve been dating a long time or married he clings to you like crazy and even in the beginning stages once heâs gotten comfortable with you heâd follow you like a lost puppy even though his behavior is more catlike lol
4. Physical Touch:
Heâs not very good at touch Iâm ngl he can barely form words around you let alone touch you đ. BUT. He does sometimes put the moves on you without noticing and he does try his best. This would include:
- Playing with ur hair when youâre alone or fixing it if he notices it got a bit messed up
- Fixing/Tidying up ur clothes between classes if he notices sth wrong like you tying your tie wrong or if the way you tied your bow was a little crooked (idk why I just think heâd be insanely good at tying bows/ties I bet he ties Abelâs for him too that boy can NOT tie a tie without it looking a little goofy)
- Resting his hands on your back or shoulders when you hug him. Now this seems like normal behavior but its A LOT for him ok his heart is pounding but he really does enjoy being in your arms
- Patting your head awkwardly or holding your face (if heâs feeling bold) when youâre upset bc he doesnât know what to do but all he knows is he wants you to feel better and that he misses your smile
As time goes on he slowly gets better with physical touch but honestly he gets better VERY slowly like even if he can handle your advances Iâm not sure heâll be able to initiate things like kissing until marriage LOL ok well thats a bit much but youâll have to have been in a relationship for a while
(Also a silly little tidbit when he initiates physical touch he gets it from you. For example he holds your face because youâve held his face before and he never felt more at peace so he wanted to give you that same feeling)
5. Words of Affirmation:
Well. Speaking words isnât one of his strong suits especially to someone heâs infatuated with. HOWEVER his sincerity is unmatched when he does manage to say something. Usually when he speaks words of affirmation they arenât direct words of love like âI love youâ or anything like that but it is always very sweet. He says things like:
- âThank you.â â He never stops thanking you and apologizing đđ He just needs you to know that he knows heâs so lucky to have you and that he would never EVER take you for granted
- âItâs an honorâ â He says this OFTEN everything he gets to do with you is an honor because he feels as though he doesnât deserve you; he canât give you all that you deserve yet you stick by his side with no hesitation? He feels blessed; even wonders if The Lord (tm) Abel has something to do with this. Heâs just so happy and most of all, grateful
- âIâm so glad to have met youâ â This is one that he often mumbles under his breath when youâre being sweet to him; his feelings just swell in his heart at that moment and he lets it slip from his mouth
- âI need youâ â He only said this like one (1) âïž time but im running out of words ok ANYWAY heâd say this to you only in critical moments like in the heat of the moment if you had been badly injured and youâre just barely hanging on. Besides this under normal circumstances, heâd say this while asking for your forgiveness after he had been avoiding you for a long time out of insecurity and youâre mad at him
As time goes on he gets MUCH better with words of affirmation and has been consciously making an effort to say more because he doesnât want you to ever think that he doesnât love you or isnât proud of you. Itâs so often in your beginning dating stage that heâll stutter something incomprehensible and then give up and try again later going, âA-about earlierâŠ(incomprehensible stuttering)â (heâs trying to say I love you or Iâm proud of you or something similar but he couldnât quite find the words)
#abyss razor x you#abyss razor x reader#abyss razor#mashle x you#mashle x reader#mashle#mashle magic and muscles#loserman x reader#SILLY BOY đđđđ#hes so ridiculous#i wish he had more screentime#i need to see him animated again wtf#hes so preeeety#ilysmdorklosermen
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*quietly slides the door open* so what's new?? đ
Heh, sorry I couldn't help myself and not say a few thing on MY FAVORITE BLOG ON TUMBLR ă
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Sooo 3D... I think we've been so spoiled by the tannies all these years that the moment western musicians are making a song with one of the boys it just sooo obvious, idk how to put it ... but as overall quality on a scale from 1 to 100, while bangtan's music (both group and solo) is 90 something to 100, songs like 3D are like an 8 đ¶ and it's not even the fact that it's explicit, it's just sounds eh. (I liked Seven more too)
I've seen so many people pressed about the fact that some don't like the og version with Jack and I'm like "????" As long as they're not straight up hating everyone should be allowed to like/dislike whatever they want, if sth really makes them uncomfortable they can always choose not to listen, it's not that big of a deal. We don't have to call anyone a prude or some other stuff I've seen for not liking a song đ and if we're being honest almost 90% of western music nowadays has something to do with sex so it's understandable that we're fed up with that.. and about the lyrics.... I won't even go there đ
I have an entire playlist of sexy songs that have wayy better lyrics and vibe.
Anyways, we indirectly promised the boys that we're good with whatever they choose to put out, freedom i guess, however we might not always be in sync and that's okay. I'm sure they're aware that everyone has different tastes. There will be many years ahead of us, to do and try a variety of things. Once everyone accept this fact, it'll all fall into place.
Again, so sorry that you always have to listen to our rambles, Jen đ buy yourself something nice today so you won't get too stressed!
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an 8 lolllll i had to reread that to see if you meant an 8 on a scale of 1-10 but nope it's 1-100 đ that's a fair assessment. i'll just say this as it is. basic pop and western collabs have little substance but they're easy to top charts, easy to rake in numbers, easy to push for awards (cough, grammys đ) which seems to be what hybe is doing rn with jk. i guess they're succeeding so... good for them?
this fandom is so quick to tear people apart for not kissing the ground that the boys walk on lol. it's literally just music. tastes are subjective. what's not clicking? coming after someone just bc they don't like a song is dumbass behavior lol i'm sorry. wait till you hear that i haven't listened to seven since july 15 (it was released on july 14) đ€Ł i'm sure there are people out there who wanna bring back the guillotine just for me
yes that's true. the boys can release any kind of music they want, but we as listeners - literal consumers - don't have to vibe with it. it's not mutually exclusive. not liking something they do / not liking a song does not and should not make you public enemy no.1 lol
pls i am always open to discourse! đ€Ł i love hearing your different thoughts and opinions instead of just uniformed, robotic screaming all the time. i usually have a lot to say too hahahhaha i just don't wanna do it unprompted đ
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Thank you for responding back to my question! You couldnât have said it any better honestly. I find it disappointing that she would drop anything including her kids to go fly out and pay a visit for some guy thatâs 5-6 years older younger than her. Sheâs literally a jobless, uneducated 31 year old women with a baby daddy and 2 kids back home. Focus on that instead of a guy that you know has a history of side pieces and flaunts that. She really does post those âhintsâ or âcluesâ that make it look like they were together. I agree, not even a high schooler would do that now let alone a grown ass women. She stays a bootycall to him until the end of time because the lack of self respect she has for herself is wild. Itâs been like this since 2019⊠she really is not worthy as a women and mother. She just keeps bringing herself down over a guy that doesnât respect her either. Jack can buy her all the Chanel bags, expensive jewelry and dinners but itâll never be enough for that girl to realize the appreciation, respect heâll NEVER have for her. I wonder if his parents feel embarrassed about their situationship. Having their oldest son let a grown women who does nothing munch off his well earned money. I also noticed that Jack says heâs an alpha male and shows that dominance he oh so has but deep down he surrounds himself with so many yes men for the validation. To me, if he comes off so confident, why would he need a man like Nemo for validation? Or Drama? Or KY? Like come on Jack, have you seen those men? Theyâre so problematic and misogynistic. Out of everyone you know, why would you want their validation? Because he feels indebted to them? I guess he values their opinion but doesnât mean he should actually take it and change up his personality. I wish Jack was just confident like before and let that bootycall of a bitch go and out of his life for good.
Girl you made me laugh, I appreciate you.
When there are kids involved the situation turns 360. There is that.
"She really does post those âhintsâ or âcluesâ that make it look like they were together." - Right? It's like it's some kinda game to her, bitch I ain't 4 years old trynna play find the 10 clues in the picture.
"Jack can buy her all the Chanel bags, expensive jewelry and dinners"..he did that? Imagine being w somebody just because they buy you stuff, I can't even..
I buy my own jewelry and I pay my own rent and I am a student, how can I do it but some grown woman can't? Interesting.
I love his parents. And his grandparents. They are so sweet. Ugh..I think they have a good relationship, I want that for them.
"..why would he need a man like Nemo for validation? Or Drama? Or KY? Like come on Jack, have you seen those men?" .. damn not you coming for Nemo, Drama and KY like that..what did KY do? I missed that. Umm..I definitely think that sth has to change in his team because how do you expect to grow if you and your environment that is surrounding you don't change. Where the self-actualisation at?
Off topic you wanna know sth funny ahha so I am european and my friends that are foreign don't know how to call me by the nickname that I go by or simply don't want to cause it doesn't feel right to them - so they came up with one like 9 years ago and they have been calling me that ever since..when I tell you that the nickname they be calling me all this time is Tori you are going to loose it..and don't get me started on Tori baby *in kylie jenner's voice*.. when they call me that now they be eyeing me so intensely it's the funniest shit ever.
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hi!! i'm still playing stardew too; i'm in like? mid-winter of year two. also im married to sebastian because i found it easier to just pick someone than to date around LOL. i also did complete the community center! and i've been doing a lot of cooking. :)) i have a question! how far have you gotten in the skull cavern bc i am just. DYING. i bought the lava katana from the adventuring center so i have a good sword, but every time i try to get very far i simply perish and lose my wonderful items. :( (i usually just don't save if that happens.) or do you have any advice for that!!! because i really wanna get to level 25 for the QUEST
hi!!! omg congrats đđ im on year four summer and still havenât married anyone but iâm dating everyone.. weâre all in a giant poly relationship or sth. idk.
ooh skull cavern!! yea itâs really hard. i can make it to level fifty on a good day but no further yet. advice? hmm you said youâre doing lots of cooking? so take a ton of food with you. prioritize the stuff with luck, defense, and attack boosts. (luck is really important, i only go to skull cavern on days with good luck, the fortune teller on the tv can tell you what your daily luck is.) i usually take a whole row of inventory space of food, and as i eat it in the caves i get more room for all the stuff i pick up. and speed! coffee is really good for speed. iâve got coffee growing year round in the greenhouse so i get like five cups a day.
take omni geodes with you to the desert to buy desert warp totems from the merchant - then you donât have to wait for the bus to start mining and you can teleport straight there in the morning so you get like three extra hours in the day. take a farm totem too, and use that to go home from the mines at like 1am instead of having to leave early to take the bus. the more time you have the more levels down you get !
keep mining in the local caves too! completing the monster slayer goals in the adventurerâs guild can get you snazzy new rings that help you out. and collecting extra ores lets you make bombs - i take a butt load to skull cavern and use them to find shafts or ladders as fast as possible when the rocks are really crowded. also have you gotten willyâs boat yet? thereâs more you can do to improve your weaponry if you have, but i donât wanna say too much if youâre not there yet
just fyi i actually recommend not using stairs because theyâre really difficult to collect due to how many rocks you need, and the next quest youâll get will require a Ton of stairs. save up the stairs.
sorry this was really long đŹ hope it helps some! good luck with skull cavern ^^
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Can you write sth with the fluff prompt list (number 10 & 12) please!! I love your writing đ„°â€ïž
numbers 10 & 12 from the fluff prompts list; lazy days and wearing their clothes
also thank u sm i hope u enjoy <3
is that mine? - mason mount
Masonâs fingers brushed through your hair, the tips lightly massaging your scalp as you leant your head against his chest. Youâd wrapped your arms around his waist, your body tucked against the side of his from your place on his L shaped sofa. Your leg was tucked between his, blanket thrown over your bodies.
Love Actually was playing on the TV, Mason had complained that it was still far too early for Christmas songs but youâd won him over with kisses and the promise that he could pick you next movie. Even though it was still mid afternoon Masonâs house was pretty dim lit thanks to the large black out curtains he owns. It was very rare you got to spend full days together so when you did get those opportunities it was spent doing absolutely nothing, snuggled up on the sofa.
âWhoâs your favourite couple?â Mason asked voice vibrating through the top of your head where heâd leant down. You traced your finger over the faded colour of his shirt, humming softly.
âDavid and Natalie. I like that he went to her house and her families school play.â You tilted your head slightly so you could meet his eyes, fingers tracing the curve of his jaw. âDonât tell me yours is like Harry and Karen.â Mason shook his head with a smile.
âHarry was a prick for trying to get with his assistant or whatever she was. I like the two porn stars.â You rolled your eyes at this, sitting yourself up next to him.
âOf course you do.â
âWhat? I think itâs romantic how they fell in love on set.â You flicked him right between the eyebrows.
âThe others were so much more romantic. What about Mark confessing his love for Juliet while pretending to be a singer.â Mason shuffled himself into a sitting position too and pulled you into his lap, hands settling on your thighs.
âIâd do that for you yâknow.â He started pressing kisses along your jaw, you fingers pressing against the back of his head.
âConfess your love with cards at my front door?â
âSerenade you. John Hughes style.â He pushed his hands under the jumper you had on, settling them snugly on your rib cage. His mouth ran across your chin until he could press a teasing kiss against your bottom lip.
âI want you with a boom box on a lawn mower outside my house.â You told him, cupping his jaw so you could run your thumbs over his stubble. âI want you to scream from a mountain that youâre in love with me even though no one can hear you.â
âI havenât got a lawn mower, can I use Summerâs electric car.â
âNope, do it right or donât do it at all. Best get out and buy a lawn mower.â Mason just shook his head, laugh muffled when you kiss him, your grip on his jaw tilting his head back. He ran his hands over your side and up for back, head leaning back so he could gaze up at you.
âIs this mine?â He tugged at the material of your jumper, faded black Nike and obviously from Masonâs collection.
âStole it the last time you were away. You can have it back after tonight though, it doesnât smell like you anymore.â Masonâs eyes darted back to yours, eyebrows raising.
âYâknow, you could just buy the same aftershave I have and spray it on your clothes if you wanna smell like me so bad.â You shook your head, starting to climb off his lap.
âFirst of all, you probably pay like ÂŁ300 for your aftershave because youâre an idiot, so, no. Plus itâs not the same. It still wouldnât smell properly like you.â You stretched your arms over your head, giggling when Mason tried to jab his foot into your side.
âWhere are you going?â He continued to poke at you with his toes and so you took the pillow from the end of the sofa and whacked his leg with it.
âTo make hot chocolate. And get food, Iâm hungry.â You threw the pillow at Masonâs head but he dodged it, sitting up so he could grab at you instead. He tried to pull you back on to the sofa, lips turned down in a pout.
âCome back.â He whined, fingers clasped around you wrist. âMake it later.â
âNo, I want it now, get off.â You managed to yank your hand free but then Mason was on his feet, arms going around your waist so he could throw you over his shoulder. Your laugh of surprise was like music to his ears as he jolted you towards the kitchen, arm help across your thighs to keep you in place.
âYouâre so annoying.â
âIâm helping you out here. Ow! Stop nipping my arse!â
âBut itâs just right in front of my face! I canât not pinch it.â You argued, trying to fight your way up. Mason let you struggle so you were finally upright, legs now wrapped around his waist. âThe blood has rushed to my head.â
âHmm, you look like a pretty little tomato.â You yanked playfully on his hair at this, revelling in his hiss of pain. âMean. Sit here.â Mason set you down on the kitchen counter, fingers rubbing at his head.
âAre you making me my hot chocolate?â
âYes, obviously. You want popcorn?â
âWhat sort of question is that?â
âRight of course, film days arenât film days without popcorn.â Mason started preparing your drinks while your distracted him every time he passed you by grabbing on to his hand and pulling him in for a kiss.
Youâd been in the middle of kissing him, legs around his waist again to stop him from moving away, when youâd grinned against his mouth. âWanna let me ruin you in Scrabble?â
Mason grumbled against your lips before throwing his head back and groaning even louder.
âI hate Scrabble.â You rubbed at his jaw with your thumb, finger pressing against his chin.
âYou just hate it because you always lose.â
âThatâs a valid point.â You tilted his head back down to yours, lips against his as you spoke again.
âOkay well, why donât we make it more interesting.â Masonâs hands pressed into the counter top by your thighs, effectively caging you between them.
âHow?â
âAny time one of us gets a particularly good word the other has to take an item of clothing off.â You grinned up at him, thumb swiping against his bottom lip, playfully tugging it down.
âOkay, sweetheart, got yourself a deal.â
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| đ CH-CH-CHERRY BOMB! đ | Â Â [CHAPTER 17]
pairing; dom!seungcheol x camgirl!reader
this chapterâs notes; camshow, intercrural sex, lots âo teasing, dirty talk/the absolute tiniest bit of degradation, some cum play/cum eating, seungcheol having a kink for thighs/thigh highs đłđ welcome to the weekend my bbys!! I hope yall are having a good day/night!! Also again, another inbox roundup tomorrow(also an updates post)!! đ Might be a regular thing for the next 4-ish weeks âcause I have been so busy this month đ and I canât believe thereâs only 3 more chapters of CB left!! đđ some bangers on the way tho LMAO đ€Ł As always, thank you so much for the love and support!!đđ Have a great rest of your weekend and enjoy ch 17![cheol voice] seventeen right here đđđÂ
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Seungcheol doubles over in laughter, tears blurring his vision as his laughs turn into quiet wheezes.
âGod, this is so embarrassing.â Seokmin mutters; cheeks burning crimson when he glances over to Jeongguk who shrugs back. âMaybe I really should quitâŠâ
Jeongguk scoffs jokingly, âMaybe you shouldnât have lied. No offense, but all the staff here probably have at least seen her before and you just so happened to lie to her actual boyfriend. Thatâs honestly really lucky if you ask me! You should buy a lotto ticket!â Seokmin whines back, shifting on his heels as he watches Seungcheol start to wipe the tears away.
âHyung, can you please take this Edible Arrangements I got you so I can go ask Namjoon-hyung to fire me?â This only causes Seungcheol to laugh harder and this time, Jeongguk canât help the giggle that bubbles past his tightly pursed lips.
âPlease!â Seokmin begs, shaking the basket of skewered fruit at the older male. âI heard the diner across down is still hiring, I can still save the rest of my dignity if I leave now!â
Seungcheol shakes his head, eyelashes wet with tears when he takes the gift from Seokminâs hands to place it on the countertop of the concession stand. âHate to break it to you but she works there and one of the staff is also one of her regulars so I think your best bet is workinâ here. Embarrassment and all.â
âSo, okay⊠But youâre not mad?â
Jeongguk peels the cellophane off of the basketed fruit, looking to Seungcheol for permission before he takes a skewer. âGo ahead. And no, Iâm not mad. If anything I should apologize too, I shouldnât have let you keep lying when I already knew. But also, to be fair, we werenât really⊠official âtil recently.â Seungcheol shoots the younger male a sheepish smile; cheeks a pretty pink of their own. âAnd itâs kinda been nice meeting you guys too. Itâs great to know youâre not all weirdos.â
Seokmin laughs lightly, breathing a sigh of relief. âOkay, cool, âcause this place pays really well and Iâd hate to stop working here and you guys are a lot cooler than the coworkers I had before.â He rolls his eyes jokingly, leaning up against the countertop as he picks off a strawberry from the basket.
âDonât even get me started on this coworker I had at the last place. His name was Mingyu, I think? Suuuuuch a kissass. I had to move to manning the register at all times just so I could avoid him pickinâ his nose in the backroom and then pretending like he was doinâ shit.â
âHey, Seungcheol-hyung?â
Seokminâs inquisitive voice has Seungcheol turning; setting the rollerskates in his hand down onto the bench. âYeah?â
âDo you think itâs weird that weâre, like, watching your girlfriend?â He tilts his head in thought, eyes blinking up to the ceiling. âI donât want to overstep or something if itâs weird, yâknow? Iâve been thinking about what Jeongguk said earlier...â
Seungcheol grins back at him, eyes twinking. Heâd also thought about that before too, when he first found out that Jeongguk had also watched your streams.
âI donât really mind âcause at the end of the day, itâs you watching me fucking my girlfriend.â
âWell, Iâm glad he took it⊠well?â You giggle, tugging the white thigh high up your leg.
Seungcheol pulls off his shirt as he sits on the edge of the bed; tossing the wrinkled material onto the floor as he laughs under his breath.
âHe did give me an Edible Arrangements while I laughed so hard I cried. I think heâs learned his lesson.â
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therealchan99: u look rly pretty in ur white set!!!
âAww, thank you! Itâs one of my favorites~ And âxcaliburDKâ, Iâm glad you didnât quit!â You wink at the camera, giggling softly in Seungcheolâs lap as he peppers kisses along your shoulder.
A shiver runs up your spine at his gentle touches and you easily melt under his soft kisses and roaming fingertips. He ghosts them across your breasts, teasing you through the thin lace as you mewl and squirm against his cock thatâs pressed firm against your ass. âA-ah, S--SeungcheolâŠâ
tangerine_kwan: she looks so happy now that she can call ur name out lol
alphagyu97: now i cant pretend its me tho
gentleman_josh95: i mean i guess but are u even built like him
alphagyu97: well
Your body slowly starts to fill with warmth; soft stuttered breaths falling from your lips when he drags his fingers down your torso until they play with the hem of your panties. âM-more⊠tease me m-moreâŠâ He grins against your shoulder; hooking a finger around the waistband of your panties and tugging it away from you before letting it snap against your skin.
ââCheol!â Whining, your legs snap shut on impulse as you feel a gush of wetness soaking into your panties.
âAh, ah, ah, part those legs, princess. Donât make me have to punish you.â
kitty_junjun: no thats what the shibari stream is for right? Right? đ©
artist8hao: is that really happening bc i want to see it
alphagyu97: u guys should do it and think of it as like a rebrand of the channel ykwim
hoshi_tiger_xx: jdfkjhf like a grand re-opening under new management
therealchan99: what is this, a restaurant?
chwenon: u guys should come up with a new channel name too or sth
Seungcheol manages to read off a few of their comments; committing some to memory knowing that your eyes were still sealed shut as you focused on his soft touches.
He drags his fingers down further, humming when he can already feel how wet you were getting. âHmm~ Already soaked through your pretty panties, baby~â Your head rolls back against his shoulder, nodding gently as you start to grind against the fingers that he uses to press into your clothed, wet folds.
âF-feels good w-when you, ah, t-tease meâŠâ
Unbeknownst to you, Seungcheol smirks, eyes twinkling at the camera. âYou really like it, huh? When I just touch you gently like this. Not enough to get you off but just enough to get you soaking wet until youâre begging for my cock.â He pauses; pressing a soft kiss to your skin. âI wanna try something with you, pretty baby~â
You gulp as you raise your head from his shoulder and he retracts his hands from your body as you shift your body and slightly turn to the side to face him.
Seungcheolâs eyes are blown wide with lust and you can already feel his cock throbbing against your lower back as he smiles dreamily at you.
âI think youâll like it too.â
A stuttered moan falls from your lips as Seungcheolâs cock slides past your tightly clasped, yet shaky, thighs.
âO-oh, âCheol, this--this isâŠâ The words die on your tongue as your head falls forward and Seungcheol is quick to reprimand you, just as he draws his hips back.
âBaby, I want you to watch yourself on the screen. I want you to see your cute face while I tease your pretty body.â He moans; thrusting between your wet thighs as your hazy eyes peer at the laptopâs screen. Your lips are swollen and your pupils are blown wide when you catch yourself and you can see the head of Seungcheolâs cock only just breaching past your clamped thighs when he thrusts forward.
You let out a guttural moan, eyes rolling to the back of your head when he alternates between thrusting between your thighs and letting his cock slide against your soaked, panty-clad mound.Â
He hadnât bothered to undress you at all, but you didnât mind. The material of your panties only added onto the pleasure with every drag of his cock against you. Â
Seungcheol teases you even more; dragging his hands down to your thigh highs and letting his fingertips play right underneath the hems before pulling the material away from your thighs and letting them snap against your skin, much like heâd done with your panties.
âAh, fuck, m-more! P-pleaseâŠâ He repeats the action a few more times, playing with the sheer fabric of your thigh highs before he draws his hips back. Except this time, when you expect him to thrust back between your legs, he wraps a hand around his cock instead, guiding himself until the head of his cock is rubbing up against the sheer fabric.
âFuck, youâd look so pretty with cum all over your pretty thighs. I should cum all over your panties and your white âlil thigh highs and get them all soaked. Donât you think theyâd be cute? Sticking to you like a second skin? Translucent ân soaked through with my cum?â He laughs under his breath, watching through the laptop screen at the way you bite your lip and furrow your brows at the thought.
âI--I want t-that⊠I want S--Seungcheol t-to make, ngh, a m-messâŠâ
angelhan: i kno we say this all the time but can u upload some pics of that later
angelhan has donated $75
universe_WZ: seconded cuz thatd look so fuckin hot
universe_WZ has donated $50
alphagyu97 has donated $75
alphagyu97: fuck, like a lil angel covered in cum
Seungcheol teases you and himself at the same time; rubbing his cock against your fabric-clad thighs. He spreads precum onto the material, licking his lips when it already becomes translucent and sticks to your skin.
He positions his cock back between your thighs once heâs had his fill and quickly finds himself doubling his pace when he sees how wet youâre getting his cock without even having taken your panties off. âGod, look at you. I donât even need to fuck you to get you this wet. You just need to rub your âlil cunt against my cock and itâs enough for you, huh? I should make you sit on my lap, rub your pretty âlil pussy on my cock âtil youâre cumming over and over again.â
âNgh, yes! Fuck, Seungcheol! I--I can feel your c-cock throbbing between my l-legs⊠Please, please c-cum, mmh, all over my s-skinâŠâ
âThatâs right, baby. So fuckinâ desperate to be covered in it too. And always so fuckinâ pretty when you are.â
You let out a whimper as you try to focus on watching yourself just like Seungcheol had asked you to. Your lips are parted in soft breaths and you canât seem to unfurrow your brows as Seungcheol chases his pleasure behind you.
angelhan: what if
angelhan: seungcheol in thigh highs lmao
universe_WZ: sub.cheol
sleepy_wonu: sub.cheol
universe_WZ: jinx
sleepy_wonu: fuck uÂ
You lick your lips at the thought; although you knew Seungcheol would have a hard time relinquishing his dominating nature.
But your mind wanders as you continue to think about it; various images of Seungcheol tied up underneath you while you fucked yourself on his cock running through your mind. You let out a shaky moan, to which Seungcheol hums.
âWhat are you thinkinâ about, princess?â
âUm⊠ah, n-nothingâŠâ He thrusts between your legs hard, making you jolt forward as you yelp.
âPrincess...â
âI--ah! J-just thinking a-about⊠y-you tied up, ngh, to--to the bed and m-me fuh--fucking myself on your c-cock⊠ân me u-using, mmh, my toys o-on you...â Seungcheol smirks, pulling his cock from between your shaky thighs as he slightly pushes you over until you're on your back.
He spreads your legs as you look up at him and heâs quick to wrap a hand around his cock as he jerks himself off above you. âOh, I bet youâd love that, wouldnât you? I bet youâd be so cute trying to be the domme for a night.â Seungcheol teases.
You find yourself clenching around emptiness as you think of the possibilities. You definitely wanted to try it if Seungcheol was willing.
âFuck, but first, gonna cover your pretty body with my cum.â He groans; thrusting up into his palm as he chases his high.
âC-cum all over me, SeungcheolâŠâ
The donations and comments sound off in the back as you maintain eye contact with Seungcheol whoâs brows furrow when he starts to feel himself about to cum. He scoots back a little; growling when his cock throbs in his grasp and he cums all over your, already, soaked panties.
You let out a moan when rivulets of cum hit your lower abdomen and youâre quick to reach down and scoop some up to bring to your mouth, smearing the warm substance against your puckered lips before licking it off. Whimpering, you dip your fingers into your mouth; this time pretending they were Seungcheolâs instead of your own.
He guides his cock until the head is aimed at your thighs; streaks of cum settling into the sheer material of your thigh highs. âGod, youâre so damn pretty...â Groaning, he milks his cock for every drop of cum before heâs stopping to catch his breath.
âYou came so much but I didnât cum yet, âCheol~â Pouting, you turn your head to the side to face the camera. âTell him he has to make me cum now~â
kitty_junjun: well u heard the lady!!
hoshi_tiger_xx: make her cum and let her cream her cute lil panties even more
therealchan99: oh fuck yeah, get her off without fucking her cute cunt
Seungcheol leans over your body until the two of you are almost face to face, eyes twinkling with playfulness when you feel his sticky hand playing with your thigh highs again.
âDâyou hear that? Letâs give them what they want, baby.â
The sounds of donations and comments once again get lost as Seungcheol finds himself on his knees between your legs.
âReady?â
When you slide into bed after your camshowâs ended and Seungcheol has properly taken care of you, heâs quick to tug you into his chest.Â
The two of you let out soft sighs at the warmth that envelopes you both as you finally start to settle in for the night.
After a few minutes, Seungcheol clears his throat, catching you just before you drift off to sleep.
âThis is so random but have you considered, I dunno, rebranding your channel⊠with me? I was thinking about it and kinda wanted your opinion...â
You blink up curiously at him, urging him to continue. âI mean, yeah, of course! I donât really know where to start though since itâs always just been me. And to be honest, I wasnât sure if you wanted to either so I never brought it up.â You snuggle into his warmth, yawning as the sleep threatens to take over.
âBut letâs talk about it later, âcause âm tired now, âCheol. You really didnât have to make me cum twiceâŠâ You mumble, âI can still feel my legs shaking...â
His soft laugh reverberates in your chest and heâs quick to press a kiss against your hair as he tugs you in closer.
âItâs âcause I like to spoil you. And okay. Iâll remind you when youâre more conscious.â
âGânight, âCheol...â
âGoodnight, baby.âÂ
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-Humming- Draco Malfoy x Female Reader
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  Request: @the--queen-of-hell  Draco x reader where they obviously have a huge crush on each other... and reader catches Draco humming a sweet tune to himself whenever he's trying to calm down (because maybe his mom did they when he was little)?? And later, Draco finds reader playing that same tune on the piano, and they kiss. Then draco asks her to play it again, and he kinda falls asleep on her shoulder?? Sth like that?? fluff overload? No pressure tho, totes understand if u dont wanna write it! xoxo
  Kody: Super cute.Â
  House: Slytherin
  Possible Triggers/Warnings: cursing, panic attacks
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  being wealthy did not mean comfort, not one bit. Being able to buy anything you want did not mean you had everything. Draco Malfoy did not have everything. It was hard to find comfort in Hogwarts when he are raised to keep up a tough exterior.Â
  at the age of 13 is when he figured out was panic attacks are. Itâs also when he started to have them quite often. A couple things triggered them: stress, anything involving his father, and keeping up appearances. He was lucky to have met his friends Blaise, Theodore, Pansy, and you.Â
  each and everyone of you were like him. Purebloods, wealthy, and wanted so desperately to separate yourselves from your parents. Blaise and Theo just wanted to get married and move away to a small town. Pansy wanted to be a fashion designer and of course marry Ginny Weasley.Â
  you wanted to be a pianist and travel the world playing your music. Oh yes, you might be wondering what Draco wanted most in the world. Well, as cheesy as it was. To be with you. Over the years of friendship between you two it was natural that romance would blossom.Â
  the thing is the both of you have insane insecurities that would prevent you each time from confessing. You needed each other and wouldnât risk losing what you had for everything. Even if it meant yearning for each other for the rest of your days. Love is blind or maybe you both were
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  today Draco was on his own. Blaise and Theo had to retake an exam they missed all morning, Pansy was on a date with Ginny, and you offered to help Mcgonagall to prepare for morning classes like you did every so often. Draco didnât like being left alone for long periods of time, but wouldnât say anything.
  as he stood in his room he heard a slight tap to left. He gently placed down the book he was reading and looked towards the direction the sound came from. He saw his owl at the window, letter attached to itâs foot. He pushes himself up from the bed and walks over.
 he reaches for the window latch and pops it open before he pushes both sides. He reaches for the letter and gently unties it from its claw. âThank youâ he spoke softly and gently pet the owls head. His father would never let him name him because he didnât want him to become attached to the creature.
  he would think of a appropriate name another day for his feathery friend. He flips the letter over and sees a black wax stamp with the letter âMâ engraved in it. Speaking of his father. His expression instantly dropped as he used his finger to tear it open.Â
  He picks out the letter and unfolds it recognizing his fatherâs handwriting. He began to read the contents of the letter. Same old same old, asking about his studies and such and pushing onto him about being a true Malfoy and whatever the hell that meant. He felt his chest tighten a bit, like the air was being sucked out of his lungs
  damnit. Why couldnât he just live his own life? Why did he have to push nice people away just because they werenât a Slytherin or a pureblood? It was bullshit. Draco started to hyperventilate. Shit. Not now. Everything became hot. Why was the room so hot?
  dropping the letter, Draco runs out of his dorm. He needed fresh air or heâd pass out. Running through the halls, he began to lose his sense of direction. He pushes open a random door and slides down the closet wall until he hits the floor. He was panting heavily and his hands were shaking.
  he begins to hum a tune. A sweet tune his mother used to hum to him when he was younger and had nightmares. She always say âWhen you hum this it will calm you down and someone will come and find you. Sweet dreams Dracoâ he pulled his knees up to his chest and continued to hum the tune.Â
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  after you finished helping professor Mcgonagall you began to walk back to the Slytherin house. It was always cold at Hogwarts so you put on layers. A black turtleneck sweater with a emerald green one on top and black and white plaid pants.Â
  you walked past the music room where you went to play piano and heard a faint humming noise. Taking a few steps back you lean against the door to listen to it. It was definitely male, but you couldnât tell who it exactly was. It was a lovely tune. It was sweet and upbeat, almost like a lullaby of some sorts.
  after a minute or so the humming stopped. You push open the door to find Draco curled up against the wall. You rush over to him, dropping to your knees beside him âDraco?â you say reaching to grab his face. He looks up from the ground and at you âY/n?â he asked, almost unsure if it was you.
  you nod and wrap your arms around him âSorry i wasnât hereâ you spoke in a hushed tone. He lays his head on your shoulder, shaking his head âItâs fine. Your here nowâ he says. Both of you held each other until you could no longer that day.Â
  someone did come to find him that day.Â
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  you couldnât stop thinking about the tune you heard. You were tossing and turning in your bed unable to sleep. Fuck it. You threw your blanket off your body and pushed yourself out of bed. You slip on some black boots real quick over your off white long socks. You had been wearing stockings and a oversized emerald green flannel.Â
  you slowly creep towards you door, trying to not step on any lose floor panels that would creek and alarm anyone. You turn the handle of the door and step out into a dark hallway, looking to left. You step out and face forward so you could walk down the hall.
  smack!
  you come face first with a hard and warm surface âOw!â you exclaim as you take a step back. You look up to see the one and only Slytherin prince, hair a mess and a confused expression âY/n? What in the hell are you doing up so late?â he asked.
  you stumble over your words for a moment âJust wanted to sneak some snacks from the great hall. Cover for me if Snape comes. Okay byeâ you push past him and rush down the hall. Draco stood dumbfounded trying to decipher what you just said.Â
  so he followed you of course. What friend wouldnât?
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  as you walk down the hall, you neared the music room. Your fingers itched to press down on the familiar keys. You push open the door and step into the almost empty room, a smile gracing your face. You walked towards the piano and take a seat on the bench.
  you roll up your sleeves to your elbows and straighten your back. The tune flew through your head and to your fingertips. You played the song exactly the way you heard it. You had never heard Draco hum this before and you wondered where he had heard it from.Â
  you gently swayed your head as you played the tune. Closing your eyes you smiled brightly. Soon enough you felt a presence next you, causing you to stop playing. You open your eyes and see Draco sitting next to you. Oh shit. You were caught âYou heard me this morning, didnât you?â he asked.
  you slowly take your hands off the keys, nodding. You look down in shame expecting him to be angry for eavesdropping on his private moment. You felt one hand grab your chin and turn it upwards and to the left to face Draco. He leans in a captures your lips in a sweet kiss.
  you subconsciously pushed his chest away, breaking you two apart. Draco looks down at you, your faces inches apart. He looks mortified, scared of what your next actions would be âIâm so sorry-â but you smashed your lips onto him instead. Â
  he kissed back instantly, one hand squeezing your side while the other laid on the nape of your neck. Your kiss was sloppy and fueled by by every unspoken confession that was never said over the years. Oxygen is needed for humans to live apparently so you both pull away panting for air.
  âMy mother is rightâ he spoke, making you laugh in confusion. âWhat?â you question. âMy mother told me that whenever you play the tune someone will come and find you. It worked for me and it worked for youâ you smile lightly and you both kiss again for a short moment.
  after your sweet exchange Draco asked you to play the tune again and you did for him. After a couple minutes he laid his head on your shoulder and fell asleep listening to you play. You didnât want to move him so you wrapped an arm around him and smiles âSweet dreams Dracoâ
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  Kody: Short and sweet. Remember you can be asked to join to taglist. Anyways, peace.
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5 Anti LO Asks
1. its very funny to me webtoons posted a "strong female characters" reading list a few days ago and LO, which literally has the "dread queen" girlboss goddess herself in it, didnt make the cut. apparently even the marketing team didnt have the heart to try and lie to use about her being "strong and independent", and romance comics featured heavily on the list too đ
2. At this point, Persephone spending half the year with Demeter and the other half with Hades makes it seems more like Hades and Demeter are divorced parents sharing the custody of Persephone
3. Ok picture this, The tabloid not happening, no sa happening and Apollo being a friend and bi icon like he should, hades and Persephone thing not happening as fast, like maybe they talk but like normally instead of flirty and touchy touchy, I mean they are new to each other and strangers to each other ya know. Also the whole â180 twistâ of antagonizing these gods/goddesses/nymphs to make Persephone better not happen and keep them normal like there Greek counterpart. Boom, a better story!
Like for instance, Persephone has college in the series. So we can at times follow her journey of college, let her meet new people and befriend them, that way she can have friends/study buddies for classes. Have her learn skills and have the apply to her internship in the underworld. Have her mature as the story progresses. We can also have her realize tegom isnât for her in another way instead too.
Persephone and hades meeting and everytime they talk, they talk talk, like they talk casually and getting to know each other better and being friends? Like let them know their birthdays, or interests and such. And then later the whole interest in one another can make more sense since their qualities and all is what they both like than just âooo nice bod! đâ
Also small thing but maybe idk- age up Persephone. Being 19 is weird in this story and uncomfortable a lot, so she can be like 1,900 or somewhere there, that way she can be mature and what not, and it wonât feel uncomfortable reading. Let her dress herself, and be a brave women who decides what she wants than what others want, let her be competitive or have a temper, you can even have her sassy too. And finally! Let her have a loving relationship with Demeter, why does this series version of Demeter make her out to be neglecting and evil? Let Demeter be a strict, yet caring and loving mama.
Sorry for long post, but, I mean a lot can be better if the series wasnât full of drama and dead space in this series.
4. i think my brain broke bc i was on hot topic earlier and not only was LO on the front page along with harry potter (who is buyig terf merch? in 2021?), but was no one going to tell me theyre selling air fresheners as lo merch? who in the goddamn hell is buying air freshers as merch? who approved of that as sth to associate with LO? because its a surprisingly limited selection and two of the products (maybe three) was stuff to make sure you cant smell your car stinks? why would you sell that đ
5. I really wish Rachel focused on a whole lot more than just her self insert ship and blue weird man. Like I wanna see eros find psyche, the trail, and such. This is called lore olympus after all and I would like it if it focuses on more of the whole lore and myths of the gods/goddesses than just two people majority of the story and it goes nowhere with the other plots just not happening anymore. Might as well call the series lore ocs since it feels like that at this point. :/
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The Big Buddie for Dummies Guide
Hello party people and welcome to whatever this was supposed to be!
Quite a while ago I got an ask by someone about doing a guide on all the canon indicators for Buddie to explain the ship to non-shippers and about 5 anxiety attacks and four weeks later, I finally did it!
So read, enjoy, reblog, validate, disagree!
Also here are some notes before we get started:
Buddie has been around a while now and there are some incredibly people writing about them and doing meta posts for them, some of which I asked for their opinion which I will link at the end and some of which I am quoting in a way / have been inspired by (Also feel free to send me all and every post related and I will link it in the text as I will try to do the same)
This Guide is organised by the following themes we find in the show with Buddie:Â trust -Â coparenting -Â connection and love life -Â subtext
Iâm not gonna lie, this is incomplete af because tbh? There is so much stuff that can be interpreted as evidence for Buddie but this is too long already so I left some stuff out, I hope yaâll donât mind ⊠(also the reblog  option exists for reason, just add on what I missed, Iâm not gonna bite!)
Iâm gonna assume the person who reads this has a general understanding of the show and its scenes because I cannot explain every scene down to itâs very detail (I mean I can but thatâs another 20000 words worth of meta and not sure anyone wants to read that ⊠again) but I will try and link fitting gifsets (again, send them my way if you feel I should include sth.)
I should also add a warning for the fact that I, personally, think I am hilarious but others might not but fellas, Idc! (Also I cuss, some people donât like that?)
So letâs get this show on the road then, shall we? I call this meta : âWe might end up real close.â
(alternate title: âBuddie stans ship hard but canon ships harderâ or ïżœïżœThis is Timboâs story (of becoming more famous than Joss Whedon) and Iâm just itâs vesselâ)
Trust
Weâre gonna start this off strong (I mean all of them are strong themes) by talking about the biggest theme with Buddie which is trust. It goes all the way back to 2.01 and the gym scene and Buck basically telling Eddie he doesnât trust him (complaining about Eddieâs comfort level, anyone?) and that he needs to earn that - which rude but also I get it.
In fact there are two main themes which I combined into Trust which begin in 2.01:
âYouâre my problemâ and âYou can have my back any dayâ both of which sort of sum up Buddie, because from the get go Buck decides hey, this guy is my problem and then he proceeds to make everything about Eddie his business. Eddie meanwhile tells Buck heâd love to have him watching his back - meaning Eddie trusts him and wants Buck to be his partner.
(Side note: isnât it beautiful how that is a complete reverse of their usual attitudes? Usually Buck trusts way to easy and Eddie never does but with each other itâs the opposite!)
Letâs look at the episodes in order, okay?
2.01: âI think Iâve seen this happen in porn beforeâ
- âYouâre my problemâ: Iâm gonna talk about the gym scene later a bit more but this sort of establishes the dynamic Buddie has? Because both are fascinated by and focused on each other from the get go. I mean: Eddie got to the 118 and everyone seemed to be nice to him except this one guy and instead of giving him a few days, thinking heâll come around , Eddie is like: nah, Iâll confront him! Why? Maybe itâs gay, maybe itâs Maybelline, maybe Eddie âI am not enoughâ Diaz was just sick and tired of everyone putting trust in him because soldier and craved the vibe check?
- âYou can have my backâ: Basically what happened was, they got the bomb out (being partners and in sync even when they didnât like each other yet) and they stood outside and Eddie tries a new approach cause for some reason Eddie decided out of everyone at the 118 he needed Buck to like him specifically and so he pays the guy - who was nothing but rude to him so far but who is also very competent - a compliment and Buck gets all flustered and thankful - and âYouâre my problem!â gets rephrased into âOr you know, you could have mine!â
(Also the look of pure elation on Buckâs face when Eddie compliments him, you know the person Hen has basically said is so awesome and pretty it transcends sexualities? And he picks Buck of all people to have his back? Buck has no choice but to stan!)
- In terms of Trust we also get the pool scene which is our second instance of them being in sync and partners by both jumping into the pool and getting the guy out basically at the same time
2.02 / 2.03: âWhy Edmundo Diaz hates earthquakes part 1 and part 2 (of 2)â
- âWhere do you want us, Cap?â: Now looking at the timeline of 2.01 theyâve known each other for approximately four days as this is their fourth shift together (we see) and yet Eddie is already comfortable enough to answer for himself and Buck several times. Heâs the one who decides they will go in and he answers the roll call later for the both of them. This is our first real instance of them being in sync and just their whole interaction, from Eddie going along with Buckâs plan about the elevator to everything else just shows how much they already trust each other.
- âI, uh, I love kidsâ: Also Buck in this episode, why was it so important that Eddie knows you like kids? Please share!
- âEddie, youâre kid is in the safest place he can be.â: Connected to this is a sub-theme I like to call: âThey know each other better than anyone else doesâ which is established here with Buck realising that Eddie is full of shit when he pretends not to worry about Chris so Buck spends some time trying to assure Eddie Chris is safe at school.
- âIs everything okay?â: Of course, the fact that Buck was the only one to check in with Eddieâs mental state from the truck scene onwards is very telling, because everyone else likes and trusts him but they donât really care (yet)
- And the episodes end with everyone reuniting with their families, including Eddie - while Buck watches from the car because Buck drove him there because he has his back (also see Subtext)
2.04: âHearteyes, motherforkerâ
This whole episode is what made several people ship Buddie and well, I can see it and I will talk about a lot of it with the other themes but for now:
- âI just feel bad for him. (âŠ) Eddieâs working on itâ: This episode really leans into the whole âYouâre my problemâ with Buck apparently driving Eddie to the hospital (or at least coming along) to Buck clearing Chris coming to the station with Bobby to worrying about them at home until finally he introduces him to Carla.
Mind you, they havenât known each other that long, yet Buck feels the need to meddle in Eddieâs life and fix his problems for him which, yes, is very Buck thing to do but still: Considering Eddie was introduced to us as this super capable guy, itâs interesting that Buck immediately saw through him and decided: yeah, that guy needs me to take care of him.
Or you know, to have his back.
2.07: â*Tommy Wiseau voice* Oh, hi Shannon!â
- âI needed someone to have my backâ: This episode establishes the significance of âYou can have my backâ even more because in this episode Shannon comes back and you know what they fight about? Eddie not having her back. Shannon quite literally says âI needed someone to have my backâ which is almost the same exact  Eddie tells Buck in 2.01 and with that wording as well ...
In the same scene Shannon also says how Eddie always knows best and is the one to make the decisions which  is another parallel you can draw to Buddie where Eddie began like that in 2.01 (the scene at the mechanicâs) and then began to follow Buckâs lead (the elevator shaft) / let Buck help him (Carla))
2.10: âItâs all about âfigured it was none of my businessââ
I love this episode very much because there are several Buddie hints in there.
- âI think itâs none of our business.â: Connected to the topic of Trust is the scene between Chimney and Buck when they buy the Christmas tree and Buck keeps talking about Shannon coming to the station and the fact that Shannon and Eddie hooked up while Chim seems exasperated by this and frankly doesnât care and he tells Buck as much, saying itâs none of their business. Except it is because Eddie is Buckâs problem, remember?
- âSo ⊠not gonna say anything?â: And then the âNone of your / my businessâ gets repeated in the scene when Buddie sits at the fountain talking about Chris and Shannon and they both say itâs none of Buckâs business. Yet Eddie then still tells Buck all about it sounding all defensive.
- Itâs also the first instance of Eddie willingly searching out Buckâs advice about Christopher.
- And related to the topic of knowing each other well, considering how surprised Buck is by all of this, one sort of has to wonder how often they hang out outside of work. Because the way Buck acts makes one assume itâs quite a lot, which is why Buck is so hurt he doesnât know about it.
- Also the fact that they so casually go somewhere with Christopher and the way Buck talks about him making it clear they have done this before.
- âTrying to protect your kid.â: On the topic of Trust I also wanna mention the fact that Eddie doesnât trust Shannon with Christopher. Which is a direct parallel to 3.03 when Eddie tells Buck there is no one he trusts more with his son. And also 3.09 when Buck gets to be back in Chrisâs life after the lawsuit as soon as Buddie made up yet Shannon needs to really beg for it? I mean, yeah.
2.13: â Evan *I colour coordinate with bae while my sister is abducted and my brother is dying* Buckleyâ
- âOh, no, I know what you were thinking.â: The scene at the hospital between Buck and Eddie does have a bit of subtextual relevance but I do think we should note the fact that this scene was in the show at all like this because wouldnât Bobby have made a bit more sense? After all they spent one and a half Season before that making him the guy Buck goes to for advice and he has sisters as well, yet here we get Eddie being the one to talk to Buck.
We get Eddie basically telling Buck exactly what he needed to hear and while not exactly condoning his actions, he is also not judging them. Instead Eddie is telling Buck he might have done the same, because Eddie and Buck know each other and see each other.
So I wouldnât necessarily call that scene Buddie-hinting but it does definitely play into the whole âhaving each otherâs backsâ and âknowing each other wellâ thing they got going on.
Also compare it to 3.06 in the way that both times Buck did something wrong and it was Eddie who actually took the time to listen to Buckâs reasoning and be the one to understand him, which is a very important part of their dynamic.
And the line âI wasnât worried about that.â in response to how Buck thought he would get away with all of this might be one of the top 10 heartbreaking lines of this show for me and that is saying a lot with 911!
2.14: ââItâs a miracle⊠bro #nohomoââ
I am not fully sure if the scene of Buck freaking out about Eddie going back in to save the kid really fits in here, but Iâm also very unsure were else to put it, so Trust it is!
- âEddie, what are you doing?â: It does fit into the whole having each otherâs back thing with Buck immediately jumping into action to try and help Eddie
- But in all honesty prior to 3.14 this would have not made the cut as I would have been like: eh, thatâs just who Buck is as a person - but as 3.14 will proof / has proven, he can be calm and collected even when his sister, his ACTUAL family is in danger and while I would argue it was in part because there was less he could do to actively help in 3.14, it still deserves to be mentioned now
- Side note: considering 2.13 / 2.14 and 3.14 / 3.15 this marks two occasions were Buck being worried for Maddieâs life was followed by an episode of Buck being worried for Eddieâs life and that too deserves mentioning
2.18: âinsert *Jane Austen film*-gif: Itâs about the hands!â
- Iâm not really sure if this is really connected to Trust but Eddie holds Buckâs hand the whole time, even after he has dragged him out from under the firetruck until they disappear in the ambulance.
- Also the fact that Eddie, who is probably stronger than Chimney, is the one helping Hen drag Buck out from under the fire truck while Chimney helps lift it is ⊠worth a mention.
- Definitely connected to Trust is Buckâs insistence to going to Eddieâs ceremony because this is Eddie and he has his back
3.01: âHow you know he no sleep naked?â
Yes, this scene has a lot to unpack. In terms of *trust* / how well they know each other:
- âHeâs just sulking, Capâ: Eddie says about Buck. In my opinion the phrasing combined with how before that they were talking about how Maddie canât get Buck to leave the house and he wonât answer any of Bobbyâs calls implies that either a) Eddie too has tried to contact Buck with no success or b) is actually in contact with Buck, has talked to him and has concluded based on what he saw that Buck is sulking - and yes, I am leaning toward b).
- âMaybe youâll learn something.â: Which brings me to the fact that itâs Eddie who makes the  plan to get Buck out of his funk and prove to him that he still has stuff to live for, despite how dismissive he had been about Buckâs feelings before, calling it sulking and saying Buck should just brush it off. Because Eddie has Buckâs back despite it all and is there for him and trusts him.
- âHeâs hanging out with his Buck todayâ: In terms of actual Trust there is the fact that Buck is very much depressed in this episode - and what does Eddie do? Puts his son in his care, you know, the most important person in Eddieâs life, convinced that Buck will be able to take care of him despite how low and bad he is feeling about himself. One) because it has been the case for Eddie probably. Two) because this is who Buck is as a person even while depressed and Eddie trusts that. And three) because even before the Tsunami Eddie was very sure about how much Buck loved Chris.
- âHonestly I donât know how to help him.â: This also parallels Maddie with Eddie in an interesting way because Maddie spends the whole episode worried about Buck and thinking he cannot take care of himself, while Eddie trusts in Buck to not only take care of himself but also his son. Which yeah, interesting.
3.02 âEddie hates earthquakes - the remixâ
- The episode sort of proves that while the others may have known what Eddie was gonna do, Operation âBuck up Buckâ was his plan because he is the one who has Buckâs back. (Considering for example Maddie doesnât know about it as she thinks Buck is home and had Chim been involved he would have told her beforehand meaning this was Eddieâs plan and he executed it and then told the others about it while at work.)
- Also in terms of literal Trust: LA is hit by a Tsunami and Eddie doesnât worry about his son once because Buck said they are going to the movies next and also because Eddie trusts Buck to protect Chris like he would.
3.03 ââDo it for the trauma!â - Buck-editionâ
Once again a subtext-mill but there is some textual evidence as well:
- âHow do you tell your best friend that you lost his son?â: At the VA hospital Buck calls Eddie his best friend when he talks to Maddie which I always found weird in this context? Because it should always be hard to tell another person about how you got their child killed (which is not my opinion but the way Buck sees it here, okay?), yet the writers choose to put in a reference to how much Eddie means to Buck.
- Which connects to another subtext and text thing which is the voiceover which has Buck say the lines: âTo be seen. To be found. Isnât that what weâre all looking for?â after talking to Eddie, which no longer just implies this is about Eddie but actually straight up says it - and it connects to the sub-topic of how well they know each other, cause Buck says in this episode: Eddie is my best friend and he sees me for who I really am. Which, yeah, is stuff one usually finds in connection to a love interest. (Will talk about it more with Subtext though)
- Also before that the voiceover has Buck say âSometimes being lost is not knowing how to get from where we are to where we wanna be, where we need to be.â right as Eddie knocks on the door, which basically states that Eddie and Chris might be where Buck wants to be but also how Eddie apparently knows how to get Buck there. Because he knows him so well. (He literally calls Eddie his life raft in the voiceover!)
- âBuck, there is nobody in this world I trust with my son more than youâ: Now the Trust theme in regards to the loft scene is interesting in how it compares Buck to two people in Eddieâs eyes / life: Shannon and himself. Shannon, as I already said, we have with 2.07 and 2.10, both of which talked about how she left Chris (and Eddie) and how Eddie no longer trusts her because of this and refuses to let her back into Chrisâs life. Which is different to how he always lets Buck back into Chrisâs life, even after the lawsuit with virtually no hesitation once they made up as far as we can see. Meaning he trusts Buck more than he trusts Shannon. Who is, you know, his wife?
As for Eddie himself, Iâm gonna flashforward a bit to 3.08 and the conversation between Eddie and Bobby. Because in 3.03 Eddie talks about messing up with Chris, yet how he never stops trying and how he knows Buck is the same way - which is interesting considering 3.08 has Eddie basically say that he has not forgiven himself for all those mistakes. Yet he forgives Buck both for the Tsunami and abandoning them during the lawsuit.
And now I wanna say something very controversial and hurtful but also connected to how I read Buddie and Trust which is that in my opinion? Eddie includes himself here. Eddie tells Buck here he trusts him more or at the very least just as much as he trusts himself with his son. Which is pretty big, considering he barely trusted his wife, the mother of said son, who he has known for at the very least about 11 years during Season 2? Someone he himself said he loves? Someone he at one point planned his future with? (Meaning he most definitely plans his future with Buck in it nowâŠ)
3.04 âdiscount!Buck in the houseâ
- Two things are in this episode, both of which are very much not about Trust in the literal sense but how much time Buddie spends together outside of work:
âCanât fight city hall.â Eddie being the only one on board with the fire drill Buckâs leading because he is a boy scout who follows all the rules but also because Buck probably talked to him about his job as fire marshal beforehand and so Eddie knows how important what is happening here is to Buck.
âYou donât know math.â: now, you can think this is another dig at Buckâs intelligence but you also have to acknowledge that at one point Eddie might have either heard someone reference Buckâs math knowledge in front of Eddie or Eddie has seen Buck try doing math and has remembered that well enough to immediately be able to pull out that dig. (Which brings us to a parallel I will talk about later!)
- âUh, who - whoâs that?â: I also firmly believe that Buck would have not been as willing to go along with the lawsuit, despite Bobbyâs betrayal, had Eddie not immediately rushed off toward Lena at the firehouse, making Buck think Eddie (his partner) has replaced him. Does no longer need him to have his back.
3.05: âWhat if we fight like a married couple in a grocery store downtown LA, bro?â
Ah, yes, that episode! Filled with Buddie signs!
- âAnd if Cap says heâs not ready, heâs not ready.â: What I find interesting in terms of Buddie and Trust is the fact that Eddie apparently trusts Bobbyâs judgement more than he trusts Buckâs. Which I find OOC. Or not because Eddie is a soldier and Eddie grew up fairly authoritarian it seems his first instinct will be to follow the chain of command / do as the person in charge tells him to.
- Now everything else that happens after including and specifically the street fighting storyline? That was a direct result of the lawsuit and the deposition in which Buck betrayed Eddieâs trust by revealing the info about Shannon. Which Buck is aware of because up until this point we see him still looking up, yet after this he drops his eyes and doesnât really look at anyone again during the deposition.
- âAnd Iâm not allowed to talk to Buck.â: Yet. YET despite this massive betrayal in Eddieâs eyes what stops him from calling Buck later is the fact that he wasnât allowed to do so! Nothing else. Also the phrasing is very interesting as it gives us three entities Eddie considered to call: his abuela, Buck and the 118, meaning Hen, Chim and Bobby - the people he will call his family about 6 episodes later - are an uniformed mass but Buck is his own person - because up to this point Buck always had Eddieâs back. And we all know he still would have had! (Sidenote: this line is what made me an actual shipper and why yaâll can read posts like this, so maybe say thank you to Lyndsey Beaulieu? Or fuck you, depending on your opinion of me ;P)
- âAnd now I canât even talk to you.â: This whole scene gives huge character exposition and Iâve talked a shit ton about the fight in the grocery store before as have a lot of other people, but basically what it boils down to is that Eddie is mad at Buck because he revealed things about them to his lawyer but mostly because Eddie thought they had each others back and trusted each other and apparently Buck doesnât trust and care about him the same way Eddie does for him because he didnât even consult Eddie about the lawsuit? And Eddie misses Buck a lot. And Chris misses Buck a lot. And Eddie is already mad because Shannon wanted a divorce despite how hard he tried and then she died, meaning she left him again and now Buck left him as well and why is Eddie never enough for anyone?
And of course, as always, Eddie is mad at himself the most because he wasnât enough for Shannon and he wasnât enough for Buck and heâs probably not enough for Chris who is struggling so much and Eddie just feels angry and lost all the time!
I think this is the moment Buck finally understands how much he means to Eddie truly. How Eddie meant every word in 3.03. How for once someone actually trusted him, depended on him - and he let them down. Which was never his intention because Buck never understood that he could (which is not the topic of this post though).
- âWhy canât you see my side of things?â: On Buckâs side, while he isnât nearly as mad as Eddie, he does raise the question of why Eddie didnât have his back - which is a very fair question but Eddie is still too mad at Buck here to hear it.
- What is also very interesting about this scene is that no one, not even Bobby who was actually sued by Buck, is as mad at him as Eddie is and no one dares steps between them. Probably because everyone recognises they are closest with each other, so the conversation hits a bit different and also is about a lot more than the âstupid lawsuitâ. Yeah.
(Real talk I have been very mad at friends before and I am known to make scenes but damn, this scene does not read platonic at all, it reads âmarried couple fights in grocery store in LA - what happens next will surprise you. News at 11.â)
- In other news, Eddie didnât come to the rage room in the end and Buck was very very sad about it.
3.06: â*cries about the framing*â
(Sidenote: I feel Eddie so much in this episode, I too would be too embarrassed to talk to Buck had I just screamed at him in a grocery store in full view of all our coworkers. I too would avoid everyone like the plague and maybe join a fight club just so I would not have to deal with those feelings. I get it, my dude!)
- âWhew, dude, are you okay?â: Weâll talk about it with 3.08 as well, but it is very significant and pointed that Buck immediately knows something is wrong with Eddie when no one else at the station had seemed to be aware of that.
- âI donât know what you want from me, Buckâ: The apology scene is very subtext heavy but what it comes down to in the whole having each otherâs back / knowing each other well / Trust - column is the fact that after being mad and avoiding him all day Eddie still sticks around and more importantly actually listens to Buck - which, as shitty as that sounds, but considering how he acted before if Eddie hadnât wanted to still be Buck's friend he could have said something shitty and left or stayed and not actually listened to what Buck had to say - but he didnât because as hurt as Eddie had been by Buckâs betrayal he still trust him and he wants to understand, which I do think sets Eddie apart from everyone else because Hen and Chim forgive Buck but they donât ever try to figure out where he is coming from while Bobby is ⊠being Bobby about all of. Eddie meanwhile, who has the most or maybe the only right to actually be mad about the lawsuit, still trusts Buck enough to know that he had his reasons and actually takes the time to listen to them. Even if he is being sassy.
- And on Buckâs side we do have his need to reconnect with Eddie the whole episode and we have him notice stuff about Eddie no one else did and we also have the really beautiful and mature line of Buck saying: âI just want you to talk to me. Even if itâs just to say youâre still mad.â Which I love very much and tells us a lot about Buck and communication, because Buck values openness so much.
- âAnd I just wanted toâŠâ - âPunch someone?â: Also while it was important for Buck to explain himself to someone - it was especially important for him to explain himself to Eddie, both because he considers Eddie his best friend and also because the grocery store scene showed him how much he means to Eddie which probably floored Buck because as we learned before and also after: Buck is not used to people needing him as much as he needs them.
3.08: âXOXO gossip (fire)fightersâ
- âWhoo. Nice truck.â: One thing about 911 is that itâs a very plot and action driven show, meaning sometimes it will lack the time to actually show us certain things, especially when it comes to relationships, so it relies a lot on telling us things about characters and their relationships and as these scenes here show us they do a good job at it. Buddie talking about Eddie buying a new truck is very casual and banter-y / flirty (this is a Buddie post so I call it like I see it) and light and shows us: hey, they are friends again and close again and they know each other very well - while also showing us: Eddie still keeps stuff from Buck but Buck knows something is off.
- âEddie too.â: Which brings me to my next point and the thing I love most about this episode aside from Heidi which is Buck running around and going: âsomething is wrong with Eddieâ while everyone else is like: âEddie? Are you sure? I havenât noticed anythingâ
Which leaves two ways to read this:
Eddie and the rest of the 118 arenât as close as it seems and they do not care about Eddie that much - which considering all the deep talk between Eddie and Chimney in 3b especially and the fact that he calls them his family would be fucked up and also doesnât seem like the vibe they are going for OR
BUDDIE! I mean, look at what has been going on with the street fighting storyline, essentially the writers went: okay, so Eddie can't talk to Buck so he goes completely off the rails but no one will know because Eddie hides it so well - EXCEPT Buck will realise sth is wrong the second he looks at Eddie and once the lawsuit is done he will spend two episodes running after Eddie and trying to figure out what is going on
3.09: â#tw: mild adult themes & implied sexual content / #pwp - porn without pornâ
- âHeâs kind of obsessed with natural disasters.â: Honest question: Is Buck really obsessed with natural disasters or does Eddie have earthquake related trauma and Buck has been googling stuff and telling him facts to calm Eddie down every time the earth vibrates a little because a train or something passes them by?
In any case itâs a very cute scene with Eddie once more revealing how well he knows Buck and the writers confirming to us that yes, these boys spent a lot of time with each other and talking to each other - without needing to show the scenes
- âI could still take youâ: AFTER ALL they needed the runtime to do this other little scene this fandom has not talked about at all ever mainly because it is so very straight basically people stopped shipping after.
Iâm just kidding, obviously the whole scene was very queer both in subtext but especially in text, I mean, what even was that line about still taking him, Buck? There is a child not even 15 feet away, where is your sense for decency and decorum? DO YOU WANT TO TRAUMATISE HIM EVEN MORE???
A few notes on this scene:
- Itâs been pointed out to me that Maddie complains about how everything around there gets shared with the 118 and how Buck ⊠turns around and shares everything about his sister with Eddie, which I love because it seems so normal and comfortable between them like they do that all the time, which is way cute and domestic!
Added to that considering the conversation Eddie had the week before with Bobby about Shannon and the throwaway reference about thinking his marriage having been complicated, I wonder: Did Eddie talk to everyone about the street fighting and Shannon after his talk with Bobby in 3.08? Did he just talk to Buck about it? Did Buck know about Shannon wanting a divorce all along? (Yeah, you know were I am leaning, right?)
- âEspecially if you arenât around to see that they need savingâ: As for the apology in and off itself, Iâm not gonna talk about the character implications again cause been there done that, send an ask if you wanna know more, but what it comes down to is: Buck acknowledging that he should have been there for Eddie and he didnât consider the Eddie of it all when he sued Bobby, which is interesting because OFFICIALLY Eddie really is just his best friend and coworker at this point so did he really have to consider his feelings all that much?
Also Buck is saying - and Eddie is not contradicting this - that Eddie street fighting would not have happened if Buck had been around, which, to quote a good friend of mine: Uff!
I think we can admit that while Eddie was mad at Buck, his anger was not primarily about Buck but it was amplified by Buck abandoning him. We can admit that Buck was what ultimately caused Eddie to lose his control and considering everything that Eddie went through in the past year with Shannon and considering everything Buck went through in the past two years: this is as close to unconditional love as these two can manage at the time and that is very beautiful and does support Buddie 100%. They are each otherâs anchor and person the one they turn to in a crisis.
Or well, Buck is for Eddie. Buck does have more people like that in his life with his sister there and I do think before the lawsuit he wasnât fully aware that he could depend on Eddie so fully because Buck always doubts how committed other people are to him because abandonment issues.
3.11: âBist du single? Nein, eher Album!â
- âThis is Eddieâs house. Iâm not really a guest.â: Incredibly strong indicator / implications toward how much time these two boys spent with each other, considering how comfortable both of them are in each otherâs space (and I donât mean physical but material space). Eddie has a key to Buckâs apartment and just letâs himself in willy-nilly, while Buck is around in Eddieâs place often enough to not think of himself as a guest there. (And while that might be normal best friend behaviour to some of us, Maddieâs words imply that it is not for her / the Buckleys.)
3.14: âFrank says âThank you, this paid for my new house!ââ /Â 3.15: âMY therapist also says âThank you!ââ
Iâm gonna group these two together, since 3.14 in itself doesnât have any relevance considering Eddie isnât even in the episode but it does become relevant in regards to 3.15!
- Basically what it all comes down to is the contrast between Buckâs reaction to Maddie being in danger and his reaction to Eddie nearly dying!
Now I already said while talking about 2.14 part of it was that Buck was aware he was in no position to help Maddie and might actually make stuff worse if he intervenes while with Eddie he was HIS ACTUAL LIFELINE! He was actually responsible for getting Eddie out of the well and home to his family. BUT (!) itâs still very pointed, especially remembering they apparently changed the order of episodes around? Meaning we are really hit with the contrast and we have to consider the implications of it all!
- Also just Buckâs reaction in general, even with Chimney and Maddie in Season 2 he wasnât this frantic, he wasnât freaking out like that! This really seems like all those sceneâs shows like that usually do to confirm one person is in love with the other by having them completely loose it at the prospect of the other dying.
And damn, does 911 delivers here, not just with Buck literally trying to dig down to Eddie with his bare hands but also with his conviction for the rest of the episode before going sort of catatonic near the end. Basically Buck was going through the 5 stages of grief over Eddie during the course of this episode and we just? Let him?
- Of course we should mention Buck has Eddieâs back always, so he doesnât give up on him and doesnât entertain the notion of Eddie possibly being dead for even a microsecond because this is Eddie and Buck needs him!
- And to add to the list of heartbreaking lines we have Hen saying: âWhy? So we have two cut lines?â because yes, Buck would choose to stay down there rather than let himself be saved if Eddie was already dead - and if Eddie wasnât he would force Eddie to trade lines with him so Buck could be the one to die because Buck thinks Eddieâs life is more valuable than his and also he is a selfless idiot who loves Eddie more than himself - which frankly is a mutual thing if we look at 3.03
Option #3 btw would be that Hen knows Eddie has a legitimate reason to cut his line and he would explain that to Buck and - considering who they are - Buck would immediately agree and cut his line as well.
Anyways, no matter which option the writers were thinking off this line is heartbreaking and the implication interesting!
To sum it all up, the episode basically said: Buck would die for Eddie and he loves him more than anything else
- The Eddie implications of this episode are mostly Subtext, so weâll get to them later in case you thought I forgot!
3.16: âThe rope was a metaphor after allâ
Tbh I do not think that this episode was really about how no person can be happy / live without regrets / not be lonely unless they are in a relationship with someone or they would not have put that much focus on the relationship between Maddie and Buck and the fact that his abandonment issues stem from her leaving.
- âHeâs not gonna do it aloneâ: As for Buddie, the episode goes back to them being partners and in sync with the roof thing and yay, it has a different ending then the reversed situation the episode before but also it features a metaphor we will talk about later
- âHey, youâre more than welcome to come and celebrate with a bunch of 9 year olds.â: Just like we will talk later about Eddie inviting Buck to the sleepover! Because while I donât think the invite was all that serious and I donât think even considering everyone else, Buck would have taken him up on it because celebrating with a bunch of 9 year olds around isnât what Buck had in mind, itâs very interesting that the first person taken out of the equation is the guy Buck is closest to and probably spends the most time with.
- And now letâs talk about the playing pool scene because it once again shows that 1) Buck and Eddie are very alike, 2) they know each other very well and 3) they care about each other the most!
Because for 1) I do wanna point everyone to the fact that Eddie doesnât have anyone outside his family and the 911 either or they would have mentioned him staying in contact with his army buddies or something.
2) Eddie is the only one who actually listens to what Buck says and gets what Buck is really asking, while Bobby, Hen and Chim are all too focused on their own experiences to get that the reason Buck tries so hard to help Red is because he thinks he is Red (I mean they do get it, but they donât really realise how serious this is for Buck - yet)
3) There is also a lot of focus on Eddie in this scene which we will talk about later as well but it picks up the whole ambiguous âusâ from the grocery store which technically refers to the whole firefam but the way itâs said still implies that it is about the two of them especially.
To anticipate a bit: every time the word âUsâ is used in this scene Buddie only looks at each other. When Buck says âI mean that would never happen ⊠to us.â he looks at everyone else but turns to look at Eddie as he very pointedly says âto usâ and keeps his focus there for a moment. Eddie meanwhile technically turns to the pool table while he says the word âusâ but he only focuses on Buck before this and doesnât look at anyone else because to him: Buck is the important aspect here. And no one else!
Not to mention the intense look Buck gives Eddie (and only Eddie) when he says âBetter not.â. Like damn, in 3 Seasons Buck has never sounded this threatening before!
Basically the way this scene is acted combined with the words that were written it sort of reads like them going: Weâre all family here but you and me will most definitely never leave each other!
I mean there is a reason why Buddie used the ambiguous âusâ while everyone else talked about the firefam being friends or being family.
(And yes, that might be a bit of a reach but this is a Buddie guide after all, so we are going with the buddie-est interpretation!)
3.17: ââDonât say her nameâ-challengeâ
- âUh no, someone else.â: More of a subtext scene but it does seem pointed that Buck refuses to admit that he was thinking about Abby here, considering Bobby most definitely knew that Buck was talking about Abby because he was there for the hot-air balloon date, so even if he did not remember right away he knew the second Buck said he didnât know from Maddie and since Hen and Chimney werenât there in the truck (and also, they probably would have known who Buck was talking about as well) the only one Buck was hiding from was Eddie.
Which makes sense, even if you only look at them as best friends, because Eddie only saw the aftermath and what we canonically know that he heard about Abby were things like Buckâs speech in 2.08, so ⊠even as just Buckâs friend he must really dislike her
(Also there is that whole parallel one can draw between Abby and Shannon which I talked about here)
- âBuck invites Eddieâ: So Iâve been going back and forth on what to write here for a few hours now and what it comes down to is this: despite being 6500 words deep into a meta on Buddie and knowing full well the writers so far have no intention of actively doing Buddie, I would not accuse 911 of queerbaiting. HOWEVER, if the show ends and Buddie doesnât happen I will consider this scene queerbaiting because there would have been ways to write this that did not leave the implications it did because the way it has been written the text is:
âIf I bring my romantic life-partner to dinner with my best friend he will bring his romantic life-partner who will invite her brother who will invite his best friend and then we have to invite this other couple we are all close with.â and well, one of them is not like the others, right?
(Well, technically two but Maddie and Buck are most definitely siblings despite that scene in 2.01)
Because essentially what that scene did here was say: If I bring my wife the evening turns into this couples night with all our friends - except Buck and Eddie arenât a couple.
And sure, just like all great queerbaits there is a reasonable explanation as well as a completely platonic way to read this because of course Buck would not wanna be all alone with two couple so he would bring his best friend and the weâd have to invite the other couple we know as well so they donât feel left out.
EXCEPT - and this is why it feel pointed and queerbait-ey: We have already seen the 118 hang out without Athena and Bobby at Chimneyâs birthday and it was never mentioned to us whether they were invited and didnât come - or Chimney didnât invite them. Both explanations sort of make Henâs point moot because it does proof that they can hang out without their boss slash friend and his wife slash her best friend without it being a big deal meaning especially if this was a make-up dinner for Chimneyâs birthday they wouldnât have needed to be there.
There is also the fact that supposably Alfred is still in town? You know, Chimneyâs brother? So if they wanted to avoid the Buddie implication they could have also thrown in how Chim might bring his brother like:
âI invite you, so he invites Maddie, Maddie invites Buck, Buck invites Eddie, Chim might invite Alfred, Â and now we gotta invite Athena and Bobbyâ - see how that has a completely different feel? Now there are three single guys and two of which are siblings of someone else in the group while the third is friends with the rest of the group, making this sound less like couples night out and more like a group of friends hanging out.
But they didnât do it like that so now it feels like they are pointedly equating Buddie with the canon couples of the show which is quite queerbait-ey.
3.18: âTrainCRASH? More like train WRECK? *cries*â
Okay, so this episode is a little hard to do because there is so much going on and a lot of it is very hard to categorise! As for the topic of Trust and having each otherâs back:
- I do think that a lot of Eddie here come down to having Buckâs back - even when Buck might not think thatâs what Eddieâs doing like in the train car, but he probably realised later which is why we see Buck talk about it with Bobby but not with Eddie because they are at this point where you no longer need to have clarifying talks (about stuff like that, once romantic!Buddie hits theyâll have to do all the talking).
And thatâs basically it when it comes to Trust because most of what is happening in the episode when it comes to Buddie is Subtext!
Coparenting
I think this theme needs less of an explanation - though I do wanna point out that while I think Buck has fatherly feelings for Chris and Chris loves Buck a lot, Buck is not actually his parent / father. He is slowly getting there and if or when Buddie happens he might become Chrisâs other parent but right now he is not. So this theme is about Buck being a honorary member of the Diaz family in general and Eddieâs treatment of him most of all.
Because the way I see Eddie him dating anyone would always be tied to his son. Eddie has been shown to be someone who would do anything for family and his son in particular, so the fact that Buck is tied into this family is important. It also shows how much they are already a family without actually dating and proofs they spent more time with each other than we see and more than with anyone else.
I should also say that there is a very heavy overlap between this and the category of Subtext so some things will be repeated but all of them deserve to be repeated so there is that.
2.02 / 2.03: âWhy Edmundo Diaz hates earthquakes part 1 and part 2 (of 2)â
- Like I already said when I discussed Trust Buck is the only one asking who Eddie is trying to reach, he is the only one trying to reassure Eddie and he does so even though Eddie is being sarcastic and pretending he doesnât need to be comforted - also a staple in their relationship
And I think this is also were their dynamic of Buck being Eddieâs go to person when it came to Chris came from. Buck told Eddie he liked kids and then he proceeded to actually show Eddie he means it and he cares and considering Eddie says the mother isnât in the picture and Chris has no one else (which as we learn throughout the show is not 100% true because technically Eddie's parents are there, even if they have no idea how to properly raise Chris, but in LA Eddie doesnât really have anyone (yet) he feels comfortable burdening with his fears about Chris), so that must mean one hell of a lot.
- âHey. Service.â: There is also the moment at the end of 2.03 when Buck immediately tells Eddie: hey, service is back! and then he drives Eddie to pick up Chris which is a scene that has so much subtext so weâll talk about it later! It does however give us our firstâ Diazs plus Buckâ-family moment because while we see everyone reuniting with their loved ones, we see Buck with Eddie and Chris and yeah.
2.04: âHearteyes, motherforkerâ
- One of my favourite things about Buddie is how they manage to be exactly what the other person needs - or in case of this episode figure out exactly what the other person needs and giving it to them. Itâs happening here and again in 3.01 and 3.03 and some other smaller moments as well (see 2.01 honestly).
Itâs also interesting that Buck is the one to drive Eddie again because we saw he has a car! So why is that? Maybe because he knows the way better?
As for the coparenting happening here, aside from Buck introducing Eddie to Carla because he knows she is what Eddie needs, we also have Buck clearing Chris coming to the station with Bobby which is something Eddie apparently hadnât considered but Buck had and instead of telling Eddie he needs to do that - he does it for him! Because thatâs who Buck is but also because Buck realised in this episode how much Eddie really needs someone to have his back and just do stuff for him.
2.07: â*Tommy Wiseau voice* Hi Shannonâ
- And in terms of having each otherâs back this episode really shows the significance of this phrase with Shannon pointing out, like I said before, that from her point of view Eddie didnât have her back. She needed him to be her husband and her coparent and he wasnât.
Now we can argue whether that is true or not but itâs still an important parallel and puts Eddie turning toward Buck for advice into a new light.
Because as Shannon points out Eddie was never good at letting other people make decisions for him or with him before yet we continuously see him turning toward Buck for exactly that: sharing the load with him. And to put that even more into perspective: Buck is the youngest from their friend group, he is the one considered immature and he is the one without kids or younger siblings, yet he is the one Eddie choose for helping.
2.10: âItâs all about âfigured it was none of my businessââ
- The interesting thing here is that Buck as Eddieâs friend really doesnât have any right to know about what was happening between Shannon and Eddie if Eddie didnât want him to, but Buck as Eddieâs family does (a little).
But either way this episode gives us another instance of Eddie confiding in Buck about his family problems - problems he again is the one most inexperienced with. In other words Eddie talking to Buck about it was really about Eddie wanting Buckâs opinion specifically.
There is also the fact that Buck came to see Santa with Eddie in the first place which is most definitely a family affair as far as I know US customs? (We donât do this in Germany / Bavaria, okay? We have the Child of Christ and around the 6th we gather in the town square and shoot at it.)
Itâs even brought up in text with the Elf telling Buck they make a beautiful family - and Buck not disagreeing because honestly itâs just easier and he probably knows how they looked. But yeah. That!
- Also not to repeat myself but the topic of trust is important here! Eddie not trusting Shannon in 2.07 / 2.10 with Chris vs. trusting Buck in 3.03 / 3.09 / 3.10 is important!
Yes, sure Shannon is his actual mother so Chris has stronger feelings for her and the potential to get hurt is way bigger. Yes, Buck was only gone from their life for a few weeks while Shannon was gone for about 2 years. Yes, Buck apologised twice while Shannon just played the victim card tbh (even though she did have a point with some of the stuff she said). But still:
Eddie is very hesitant to let Shannon back into his sonâs life (and really his as well) while he does have no such qualms about Buck once Buck apologises to him in 3.06. In fact their relationship returns to normal with Eddie asking Buck for help with Chris numerous times while say 2.15 makes it clear Eddie still keeps Shannon at armsâ length and out of a lot of aspects of raising Chris.
Of course, giving advice to Eddie is not the same level of involved as actually parenting the child and part of it is probably growth on Eddieâs side when it comes to Season 3 but right here: itâs a stark contrast and it deserves a mention!
2.17: â*fridges female character for man pain* Haha, weâre so random!â
- âIce cream? Oh, I do not envy you putting him to sleep tonight!â: There is the scene here where Eddie facetimes with Shannon and she is out and about with Chris and Abuela and they are getting ice cream and Eddie is all like: damn youâll regret that later - which is the same thing he says about Buck in 3.02
3.01: âHow you know he no sleep naked?â
- Buck gets a card from Chris which is a child thing to do but also should be mentioned because Buck does not get a card from Danny or Harry. And considering how much Buck likes children and how good he is with them we do have to mention that we only see Buck interact with Danny once and never with Harry while itâs been implied several times before the tsunami already that Buck does spend a lot of time with Chris. (Of course, in part this is due to how much closer Buck is with Eddie than Hen and especially Athena but still)
After all the season ends with Chris giving a card to his literal father, tying these two scenes together. And pointing out once again how important Buck is for Chris and the Diaz family.
- Also as I mentioned during Trust there is that parallel / contrast between how Maddie and how Eddie see Buck with Maddie sort of treating him like a child who needs to be dealt with while Eddie is basically like: letâs give him something to do so he feels less useless! (Guess who had the right idea! Just guess! And you have one try!)
- âAre we the only oneâs without kids?â: There is also the cut from Madney talking about being the only oneâs without kids and then remembering Buck to Buck getting woken up by Eddie so he can babysit Chris which I wonât say confirms Buck being a father to Chris but does accentuate everything he does for Chris after and gives the vibe that Buck does indeed have some fatherly feelings for Chris. It does at least place the idea of the Diazs WITH Buck being a family firmly into our heads.
3.02 âEddie hates earthquakes - the remixâ
- âHowâs operation Buck up Buck going?â: Buck sending Eddie updates and pictures of Chris and himself hanging out is just really cute
- Also Eddie isnât worried about his son at all!
- And we do have that tweet from Oliver Stark about jumping into the receding water at the end of 3.02 being basically suicide but Buck still doing it because the director told him, heâd do it for his own kids.
3.03 âDo it for the trauma - Buck-editionâ
- I talked about it before with Trust but basically Eddie, who has parents who are still alive and physically able and love his son very much, even if they have different ideas of how to raise his son, and a sister with at least one child not that much older than Chris and a grandma and an aunt and probably some more family in LA AND Carla who he literally pays to take care of his son, literally tells his best friend he is the one he trusts the most with said son. That is fucking meaningful!
3.05: âWhat if we fight like a married couple in a grocery store downtown LA, bro?â
- âYou know how much Chris misses you?â: The fact that Eddie brings Chris up at all and to hurt Buck specifically is - in part about Eddie deflecting from himself but also about Christopher actually missing Buck, which says a lot about the relationship Chris and Buck have and how much time they spent together if that is something Eddie would bring up here.
3.09: â#tw: mild adult themes & implied sexual content / #pwp - porn without pornâ
- âIâd rather be at home with my kid, enjoying the one good thing I got going on.â: Eddie says these words during therapy and where do him and his son spent the following evening or at least an evening that same week? With Buck at his loft. Because even though Buck wasnât mentioned here as part of the family time Eddie would much rather have, apparently he is part of it.
3.10: âParenttrapping for Beginnersâ
- âWell, I thought it would be nice to bring the boys together for a playdate.â - âAll three of `em.â: this speaks for itself, Buck being invited in the first place was ⊠an interesting choice? A dig at Buckâs mental age? Exposition? What exactly, Tim? Like what was the vibe in the writers room here?
- âHey, Buck? (âŠ) Can I spent Christmas with you?â: The fact that Chris would rather spent Christmas with Buck than with his grandma and the rest of their family is interesting as well and again points toward Buck being an integral part of the Diaz family.
- The way Eddie looks at Buck here and the little head shake implied to me that Buck and Eddie had the same conversation Eddie and Hen have right then already.
3.11: âBist du single? Nein, eher Album!â
- âWell, thatâs what the 118 is. The family we chose.â: Again maybe more subtext than text but when Eddie talks about the 118 being his family the camera pans to *drumroll* Chris, his actual blood family, Albert, Chimâs actual blood family - and Buck, who is basically Chimâs little brother and Eddieâs, well, best friend? Coparent? Partner in work and life? SOULMATE?
Yes, itâs a little subtext, but itâs interesting that this scene shows only one character neither of them are related to and itâs Buck, emphasising once more that these two and especially Eddie (because heâs the one talking here) think of Buck as their family.
3.12: âThereâs a horse loose in a hos⊠schoolâ
- â(âŠ) we should try it togetherâ: Again with the emphatic inclusion of Buck in family scenes! (But this time Carla gets to be there as well - though only to record them?)
This episode introduces Ana Flores as a potential love interest for Eddie and then spends the whole episode contrasting and paralleling her with Buck, as one does âŠ
In this episode as well Eddie gets advice about Chris from several people and itâs interesting that the one person whose advice he follows without disagreeing or trying something else first is once again Buck.Â
The episode also maybe implies that Buck was the one to built or buy or find out about the skateboard.
But really what matters here is Eddie reaffirming that there is no one he trusts more with his son (because he refused to take Carlaâs advice right away but he did listen and think about what Buck had to say right away - despite his joking) and Buck being included in the family scene.
3.15: âMY therapist also says âThank you!ââ
- âIâm always gonna fight to come home to my family.â: Iâm not gonna comment on the lack of Shannon in the montage because I do believe part of it was that they didnât really have scenes that fit and would have had to film them specifically which would then have to fit into the timeline / storyline before and also mostly it was about Shannon already being dead meaning she is no longer part of the family Eddie can come home to, so it makes a hell of a lot of sense for her not to be included, guys!
That being said I do believe Buck being in it quite a lot means something about how much of a part in Eddieâs family he is! Which is a big part and something I love about them a lot!
- Also Buck was so very happy Chris came to visit and then immediately walked over, which doesnât really have any relevance except I thought it was cute and this is my guide.
3.16: âThe rope was a metaphor after allâ
- Obviously it was meant jokingly, but Eddie would have loved if Buck came and not just because being alone with a bunch of 9 year olds is no oneâs idea of a fun evening and Eddie could probably use the help (still hoping Carla was there with him and still surprised Eddie was in such a good mood during the pool scene after), but because he likes to spend time with Buck and he did wanna celebrate with him - but he was also very aware that spending the evening with 9 year olds was not what Buck envisioned so he said it jokingly.
3.18: âTraincrash? More like train WRECK? *cries*â
- âWhoa! Whoa! Two weeks from home? Isnât Chris kinda young for that?â: I donât think I need to say more about that scene really, I think everyone who saw it understood that it confirmed the 118 but especially Buck being fairly involved in Christopherâs life and how that confirms: Buck = part of the Diaz family.
- Also all the interactions between Buck and Chris at the party both with and without Eddie around I mean, yeah, again, meaningful!
- In conclusion: Eddie, Chris and Buck are family and dems the facts!
Connection and love life
Now, this is where we are slowly going subtext and also really interpretation heavy!
The title might be a bit missleading but I didnât really know how else to sum all aspects up. Basically this theme is about their love live but also about the parallels between their storylines - especially when it comes to their love life!
Also this theme isnât organised by episode but by subtopics because I summed up so many different aspects here.
Parallels in their storylines:
- 3.15 / 3.16 and the rope metaphor as a metaphor for their dating life:
Technically the rope is a metaphor for their lives and them letting go of things in general but especially about their dating life because for Eddie in my opinion this is when he really fully comes to terms with Shannonâs death while Buck finally admits to his abandonment issues, in part caused by Abby leaving.
(Side note: the fact that Eddie choose to cut his line just like he choose to actually do therapy to deal with his issues for Christopherâs sake while Buckâs burns away and he is literally forced to deal with his issues through being confronted with Red and running into Abby at the train crash is ⊠something.)
Their dating life is being paralleled:
This really isnât technically something that explains why you should ship them but I do think itâs interesting that from the get go their love lives have been happening in parallels / contrasts to each other? As if they were connected? Magnets?
So yeah, that and also it goes like this:
- 2.01: Eddie references Buck being single
- 2.02 / 2.03: Eddie first mentions Shannon but indicates a break-up / Buck meets Ali and seems to bond with her
- 2.04: both refuse to hook up with any of the girls at the bar and donât want to date because they consider themselves taken (I know Eddie says itâs about Chris but Buck called bullshit here and text told us to trust Buck on what he says about Eddie)
- 2.06: Buck flirts with Taylor and Eddie acts a bit jealous
- 2.07: While Buck finally comes to term with his break up with Abby in her absence, Shannon returns and we learn that Eddie has sort of been holding out hope so far (they kiss in the end) (Also Eddie and Shannon and Buck and Taylor both happen in parking lots which probably only means they ran out of location money but still!)
- 2.08: Buck hooks up with Taylor, then meets with Ali and begins dating her
- 2.10: itâs revealed that Eddie has been sleeping with Shannon and Buck is miffed
- 2.11 - 2.16: we get a few mentions of Ali and some scenes between Eddie and Shannon reminding us both these relationships are happening and they are growing closer
- 2.17: Shannon thinks she is pregnant, Eddie wonders about their relationship, Shannon wants a divorce but dies before they can go through with it
- 2.18: Buck gets a new apartment because of Ali, their relationship seems ready to become more serious, then Buck gets hurt and Ali is traumatised by this and tells Buck she needs to rethink the relationship
- 3.01: it is revealed that Ali and Buck broke up
- 3a: both of them work through the trauma of the past few months, no references to either of them dating are made, romantic and / or domestic scenes happen between them instead, the ambiguous âusâ happens
- 3.11: they are asked about their relationship-status to remind us about them being single (AND THEY LOOK AT EACH OTHER? Wow.)
- 3.12: Itâs pointed out again that Buck is single but he says he prefers it that way while Eddie meets Ana and shows some interest in her, then during a call Buck indicates that he might not be as happy being single as he told Madney and Josh while also seeming a bit happy Eddie wonât be dating Ana (probably)
- 3.15: Eddie finally fully comes to terms with his past, including his relationship with Shannon and her dying
- 3.16: Buck reveals he might still be hung up on what happened with Abby and he realises he needs to move on, the ambiguous âUsâ is brought back
- 3.18: Buck runs into Abby and actually moves on
- Side note: considering 2.08 and 2.10 and 3.09 and some remarks made throughout the show, Buck and Eddie are somewhat aware of the relationship struggles the other had which isnât really relevant but also sort of is
Parallels with canon couples
This is TV and TV and especially shipping lives through tropes and parallels inside the story to subtext tell you something you need to know without actually having to say the words, but just to plant the idea in the viewers head.
For example, and please I am just spitballing here, you are writing a show about Lifeguards. And there are these two characters who are named ⊠Paddie and Tucker. They have amazing chemistry and they are best friends and love each other a lot. Now, you, as the showrunner, are considering making them a romantic item but you need to do it slow cause while you do have queer characters and a queer following this show is fairly mainstream and also the characters have presented as straight in text so far. So you need to do crumbs, right?
Okay, so how do you best do that? Well, Tucker is known as this really caring guy and very open with his feelings and he freaks out when someone he loves is in danger - so you put Paddie in danger, right? Proofs he loves him, right?
But then you want it to have some deeper queer implications, right, in case you do decide on making them romantic? So how do you best do that? Well, lucky for you, Tucker has a sister. And you were planning on putting her in danger as well this season anyways, so you just have Tucker react a bit more subdued here, right?
But then you really want it to hit people, like you need people who are more casual and mainstream and might not have noticed the romantic undertones Tuddie has had to notice that, right? So you put these two episodes back to back.
Except âPaddie Beginsâ is set to air first and well, Tucker IS known to lose his shit about people he cares about being in danger, so they might not actually notice anything more. Or they will just consider Tucker not reacting as hard about his sister, Sadie, being in danger bad writing. And you canât have that!
So how do you fix that? Well, you just change the episode order! Now the episode with Sadie in danger airs first and people will spent a week complaining about how out of character Tucker was and it will be still on their minds when âPaddie Beginsâ happens and Tucker goes feral and it will hit EVERYONE! Like damn, apparently Tucker cares more about Paddie than Sadie? Why? What makes Paddie so much more important?
Anyways, this is how you test out an idea in TV and why tropes and parallels are importantâŠ
Moving on:
- 2.14: ââItâs a miracle⊠bro #nohomoââ: Now I have already written a bit about Buckâs reaction to Eddie potentially dying to safe the kid and while it is fairly tame for Buck itâs still something you usually see a guy do for a love interest (Any of yaâll watch âChicago Fireâ? Because I watched like the first two Seasons and the main âWill they / wonât theyâ - couple had a scene like that about once every three episodes. Cause itâs a trope!)
- 3.02 âEddie hates earthquakes - the remixâ: This is a teeny tiny bit of a stretch and there wasnât even any nice cuts to anyone in the firefam to indicate they were referenced (which I found odd, considering this would have also fit for Bobby) but the guy who got impaled with his son in law said: âSheâs the love of my life but heâs herâs.â which considering this episode has Buck doing everything to protect Christopher means a lot and I think about it once a day, okay?
- 3.14 vs 3.15 vs. 3.16 vs. 3.17 vs. 3.18 - Losing the love of your life and how to deal with that:
This may be the biggest parallel of all, and maybe I could have included 2.14 as well but I didnât because itâs a whole season removed. It also seems meaningful that this episodes happen one after the other, making us naturally compare the scenes and see / look for patterns.
But to explain real quick:
In 3.14 Maddie is in danger and Chimney, who is her boyfriend and told her he loves her just one episode earlier, freaks out completely
In 3.15 Eddie might die / is considered dead by several of his friends already and Buck utterly looses it! We are talking frantic screaming and trying to dig Eddie out by hand and running around trying to figure out ways to save Eddie only to turn full on catatonic when none of that works. I mean, his mood turns faster than mine when I am hangry while on my period and that is saying sth!
3.16 could be considered a bit of a stretch but we do see Red lash out a lot when he realises that Cindy, the woman he considered the love of his life and someone he pined after for quite a while doesnât exist like that anymore.
In 3.17 Athena is put in great danger and Bobby is forced / able to listen to it and while I am not sure if the blank look on Bobbyâs face is bad acting, a deliberate but accidental acting choice OR done consciously in a way that mirrors Oliverâs acting in 3.15 - itâs there and itâs a parallel and we can watch it and compare it and see it.
To bring this whole thing home for us they contracted another outside player in the form of Connie Britton playing Buckâs ex-girlfriend Abby, who similarly to Red and Buck, turns frantic upon possibly loosing her fiancĂ© and starts panic and lash out a little, which is fair and also part of a motherforking pattern, yaâll!
- Another fairly obvious parallel between 3.14 and 3.15 is Buck telling Sue - as the watch Maddie and Chimney hug - that Maddie already has everything she needs when Sue asks him why he didnât immediately rush toward his sister. Which can be compared to 3.15 were he does immediately rush to Eddieâs side and support and hug him!
- Â Iâve already written about 700 words on 3.17 and the line âBuck invites Eddieâ so Iâll just point you back toward that part of the guide where I pointed out that Buddie was actively compared to the three main canon pairings here. Which is a lot and also could have been avoided and probably queerbaiting.
- Again, teeny tiny bit of a stretch maybe but like, weâre here to talk about anything in canon pointing toward Buddie and also this is my guide and I do what I want but in 3.18 we learn that Abby is now engaged to a single father and considering she was only gone for about two years (Season 2 takes place over the course of one year and in 3.13 we learn that Madney has been dating for just under 11 months so unless there was a time jump somewhere in the last 5 episodes we werenât really told about, we clock in at about 2 years and maybe one or two months, tops, at the end of Season 3), they have been together for less than that time, even if we think Abby already knew him when she was still dating Buck. Which timeline wise puts them meeting maybe around the time Buck met Eddie, maybe a bit after, meaning Abby met and began dating and fell in love with and decided to marry a single father in the same timespan Buddie did ⊠whatever it is they are doing! Which is meaningful because for the viewing of the Abby/Buck relationship which I am glad more and more people are realising was very unbalanced and provides an interesting parallel to Buddie because this means Abby and Buck met and developed feelings for a single father around the same time. Idk, I understand that the whole father thing was to make Buck care even more but damn, itâs a parallel so I mention it!
- Michael and Doctor Hale vs Eddie and Ana (3.17/3.18 vs. 3.12ff.)
Now, of course we need to realise that Eddie and Michael are fairly different characters and Michael has way less relationship related baggage than Eddie has which is why he goes after what he wants way faster (also, carpe diem, he just found out he wonât die). Also of course, there is no moral component to address in Michael dating some doctor vs. Eddie dating his sonâs teacher, but still:
Michael and Dr. Hale had one scene together and it wasnât even overly flirty and yet, we knew where it was heading, we felt the chemistry and everyone ended the episode saying: I ship it, more of that - which they did give us, just one episode later. They had some awkward moments, yet the show never left a single doubt in your mind where this is heading.
Now look at Eddie and Ana:
First of all we learned more about Doctor Hale in the two short scenes than we did about Ana in four scenes. That seems deliberate.
Second, while we do realise Eddie thinks Ana is attractive from the get go she repeatedly shuts him down by pointedly saying âMr. Diazâ.
Third, every scene between Michael and Doctor Hale was romantically coded and we know where this was heading while aside from the initial scene between Ana and Eddie and maybe the second scene there were no hints of romance between the two. In fact in 3.15, an episode that is about Eddie moving forward in his life and letting go of the past she is both mentioned and actually appears, yet there are no hints of romance and romantic interest, not from Eddie and not in form of teasing from Buck and especially Carla, who pointed out Eddieâs interest in her previously. SooooooâŠ
Parallels with Love Interests
Now, obviously we also cannot talk Buddie without talking about them dating in general and then relating this to each other. In other news: there are parallels between each and every love interest Eddie ever had and Buck and also between Eddie and Abby.
(Side note: I could probably also find parallels between Eddie and Taylor and Eddie and Ali but tbh both of these barely qualify as love interests, especially Ali, who despite actually being in a relationship with Buck we know nothing about (hi, original Ana! You did good and I am sorry people hate you for having boundaries!))
Eddie paralleling Abby
I mean the truth is we donât even need Eddie paralleling any other girlfriend of Buck cause there are so many between Abby and Eddie!
- Abby and Carla vs. Eddie and Carla:
The biggest one might be parallel that both employ Carla and why. Which is in part because Buck brought Carla to Eddie but goes deeper than that.
There is that conversation between Bobby and Buck about Abby and her mother in 1.09 when Buck wanted to break up with Abby and Bobby basically said: if you wanna date someone you have to love them baggage and all and should be there for them as well - and while Buck did try doing that with Abby, well, Patricia died before he could fully step into the ring and then Abby left, BUT he showed no hesitation after that to step right into Eddieâs life, into his issues, with him. And he even brought in Carla as a baggage carrier, isnât that nice?
Also the whole reason why they need Carla around in the first place as both of them are taking care of a family member (plus the fact that Christopher is a literal child so even without CP Eddie would need help taking care of him working the hours he has).
Also tĂa Pepa quite literally calls Eddie a saint and I am pretty sure Abby was called sth similar by Carla and Bobby in Season 1 though I donât care enough to check mainly because the implication was there all through the first ten episodes about how Abby was such a great person for taking care of her ailing mother.
But really it comes down to the parallels between Bobby telling Buck that a real relationship is about sharing the load and the conversation between Maddie and Buck as well as anything else in 2.04 where Buck is so desperate to be there for Eddie and help him.
- There is also a definite parallel to be drawn between the conversation Abby and Buck had in the Jeep while looking for her mom about how Abby hasnât had sex in a year and Buck asking Eddie about dating in 2.04. Itâs a little subtextual, but between the expression on his face and the topic and the teasing and the walking shoulder to shoulder it does feel alike to me so I mentioned it.
- street fighting vs. the apology: losing yourself
Now this one I love a lot because while it does happen half a season apart and isnât explicitly expressed on the show: Eddieâs whole ark in Season 3a is about losing control and by extent losing himself because Buck wasnât around. Abby meanwhile talks about how she found herself after she left LA and how she would have lost herself again if she returned to Buck (which is absolute bullcrap but not the point).
- There are also some parallels to be drawn between Buck, Eddie, Abby and Shannon (and technically also Maddie) and the whole leaving each other thing, with Eddie leaving Shannon for the army without consulting her about it while Abby left Buck for Ireland and then also the lawsuit where in a way Buck left Eddie like Shannon did, being so caught up in his own feelings he didnât consider what Eddie (and Christopher) were going through.
But we can also acknowledge how it must have felt to Buck with Lena / Eddie taking Bobbyâs side like he was once again replaced / left for someone else, much like Abby left him for Ireland and Maddie left him for Doug.
Buck paralleling Ana, Lena and Shannon
Buck on the other hand side parallels Eddieâs love interest a lot sometimes down to the clothes (and yes, technically Lena isnât a love interest but Ryan Guzman thought she was and aside from the fact that heâs into women that could beat him up (which for once, not judging you, bro) and considering the parallels with Buck ⊠that means if Buck was a woman, well, ya know?) so letâs talk about that
- Buck and Shannon:
Iâve already talked about that one a lot so I will only mention it here real quick but the whole Eddie not trusting Shannon vs. trusting Buck despite his betrayal again like right away once he apologised (which yes, what Buck did was not as bad and far more justified) and letting him back into Christopherâs life IS a parallel, considering for example how Shannon asks about Chris missing her (though itâs been over two years, at one point children just stop asking as we know Chris did) and Eddie telling Buck Chris misses him in the grocery store scene.
Also Eddie not trusting his wife and Chrisâ mother with him fully even after they reconciled and him telling Buck he was the one he trusted most in the world when it came to his son is ⊠something.
There is also a little parallel to be drawn between 2.17 when Shannon goes for ice cream with Christopher and Abuela and Eddie is all like, well, donât come crying to me when he wonât sleep because sugar high and saying basically the same thing to Hen and Chimney in 3.02 when they ask about âOperation: Buck up Buckâ because Chris ate loads of pancakes.
Also Shannon in 2.07 said she needed Eddie to have her back and Eddie says he always did but Shannon disagrees (which might be a little how Buck felt with the lawsuit) and you know, Buck and him agreed to have each otherâs backs just six episodes earlier.
- Buck and Lena:
 Now, with Lena, despite her being most connected to Eddie, the first (and second) time we actually see her is in 3.01/3.02 through Buck, which connects the two from the get go.
Eddie then finds out she was at the pier in 3.02 (before meeting her) just like Buck (though he doesnât know that) and then meets her in 3.03 and she spends the whole episode running around LA trying to find her Captain while injured, much like Buck is doing in the same episode.
I also mentioned in my meta-series how I think one of the reasons why Eddie likes Buck so much was that Buck wasnât impressed by his military background like everyone else (or his looks, I mean, it was probably more about his looks tbh) and how when Buck started liking him it was really about Eddie and not whatever he had heard about him - yet Buck was / is still never afraid to call him out bullshit, much like Lena from moment one.
There is also the fact that Eddie goes to her for advice and she literally uses Buckâs locker (and will I ever stop laughing about the tape? Probably not, I think it was hilarious, okay?)?
Then of course we have Buck in 3.04 reacting quite similar to seeing her for the first time as he did with Eddie in 2.01, even saying basically the same thing.
- Buck and Ana
Now, Ana is an interesting case because we see her a total of four times and she is mentioned two more times throughout the show and each and every single moment is connected to Buck somehow and sometimes so very unsubtle to.
In âFoolsâ we cut from Buck saying he likes being single to Eddie doing parent-teacher conference and yes, meeting some other teachers first but also Ana, showing us that while Buck is fine with being single - Eddie might not be. And then Eddie introduces himself as Eddie and Ana knows immediately this is short for Edmundo - unlike Buck in 2.01 who guessed Eduardo? Also, Carlaâs âbig blue eyesâ line which is a little clown-y, so take it with a grain of salt that it could connect us to Buck.
Then of course her next scene is Eddie getting in her face about Christopher being hurt. Later in the episode we see Buck reference this on a call, meaning either Carla or Eddie told Buck about it (I am leaning a little toward Carla making fun of Eddie in front of Buck and Eddie then having to come clean about all of it, because I cannot wrap my head about the idea of Eddie telling Buck about having a crush, Iâm sorry.) (And will I ever be over Buck being so gleeful that Eddie will now be dating the teacher after all? Because boy was close to cackling which even if he was in love with Eddie at the time and therefore happy he wasnât off the market - still quite rude for a best friend if you ask me! Like, sure, do that but in front of strangers?)
Her next scene is Eddie coming to apologise to her and she gives her speech about limitations - which we can of course connect to Buck and Eddie talking about Christopher and his limitations before that and then afterwards going skateboarding with them. (It does feel a little deliberate.)
And then of course we have âEddie Beginsâ and you guys, they could have very very easily have either Carla or Buck make a joke about Mrs. Flores and Eddieâs crush in the firehouse scene, but they didnât! And then we do get to see her at the end where she has one whole line and Eddie barely looks at her and you know what happens? They have a child ask the same question Buck asked at the beginning about ever just wearing the medal (which sounded very not straight in its delivery, Mr Stark, what were you thinking about?), making us think of Buck. Like, it would have been enough to establish Eddie doesnât feel like a hero if the question was asked only once - twice in the span of 45 minutes constitutes a callback, meaning we are supposed to think of the other scene and that means thinking about the other person that asked, which was Buck.
Is this ⊠flirting
Now, some of these are quite ambiguous but there are several scenes that imply they consider each other attractive or feel like flirting and here they are:
- 2.01: âI think Iâve seen this in porn beforeâ
Now, we all know Buckâs initial dislike of Eddie was about Eddie being to good at the job and Buck being afraid of being replaced, but considering one of the first things we hear about Eddie is Hen saying that boy is so fine it transcends sexualities and considering they talked about the calendar which chooses them based on hotness just before and then all the references to the calendar throughout, it stands to reason that Buck considers Eddie attractive.
Also their whole conversation during the gym scene, what was any of that? I mean, Buck thinks the pictures of Eddie are professionally done which means he thinks they are good which means, yes, Buck thinks Eddie looks good in those!
Plus the whole scene is riddled with (sexual) tension. From Buck constantly increasing the weight he is lifting, while throwing looks at Eddie as if double checking that he sees he could bench press him and the way he gets in Eddieâs face to Eddieâs veiled barbs about the girlfriend breaking up with him and doing the same thing as a firefighter but he was getting shot at. I mean, what was that if not the beginning of a porno? (And here we have our first parallel between Buck and Eddie as we find out later because Eddie, too, has been left by a woman. Now the real question would be does he consider them broken up?
Not to mention that when Bobby tells him at the end of the episode that he wasnât chosen Buck immediately assumes Eddie was and also is so very happy for his new friend, because he thinks heâs hot (right?).
- 2.04: âHearteyes, motherforkerâ
In 2.08 Buck has a conversation with Chimney about his pick up technique and well, did anyone in production watch this episode because when Buddie walks away from tailpipe-girl-emergency he literally does everything he described.
Also Maddie says the words âDoes this man crush on Eddie mean you are finally over Abby?â to Buck and his only reaction is âCute.â meaning one) Maddie has teased him about his Eddie gushing before and two) maybe Buck does have a bit of a crush?
- 2.06: âBucky Barnes murder strut - 911 editionâ
Again with the Maddie and Buck scenes!
Basically what happened was Maddie talked about how cute Chimney was but Buck assumed she meant Eddie because apparently if someone says cute, Buck thinks Eddie. This is just a fact, okay?
- 2.14: ââItâs a miracle⊠bro #nohomoââ
Like my name for the episode already says, there is this scene were Buck and Eddie stand next to each other and Eddie says âThat was incredible!â and Buck who is already standing in Eddieâs space leans in further to basically whisper the words âItâs a miracle.â into Eddieâs ears and then lean back a little and I am not sure if that wouldnât fit better with Subtext but also Buck looks at Eddie like he wants to eat him alive and Eddie looks like he would let him and say thank you after while still embarrassed because he cries during sex.
You know, acting.
- 3.04 âdiscount!Buck in the house!â
Listen, I am convinced this is all Ryan considering the reaction of Kenny / Chimney and Aisha / Hen but that doesnât change the fact that they used a take which had Eddie stare at Oliver / Buckâs butt the whole time and I mean, what horrible things happened in the other takes that made production choose this one unless they want us to see Eddie looking at Buckâs butt while Chimney and Hen stand around looking amused?
- 3.09: â#tw: mild adult themes & implied sexual content / #pwp - porn without pornâ
Listen, from the moment Buck says âCause you would prefer working it out in the ring?â and then does this dorky thing with his arms while Eddie smirks into his beer about how he fought in a cage not fenced in (which, Iâm a little unclear on the distinction I think, but I am nitpicky af so who am I to judge? Probably just stuff getting lost in translation) that whole scene changes vibes, going from apologising to teasing. And I think itâs very interesting that this is when Buck chooses to come closer (and then keep coming closer until he is right in Eddieâs personal space while touching his belt which we all learned by now means he is thinking about sex) and they have this whole conversation about who could take who which happens in sort of half sentences and does not feel like they are talking about fighting each other at all.
I mean, Buck keep coming closer, while Eddie stands there rooted to his spot, leaning against the bar, smirking, like every hot guy in a bar ever who knows one smile and a bit of smolder and they will come to him (which Buck does, playing right into it, I mean, come on, bro, werenât you once a serial dater? How do you not know how to play hard to get?) and holding the beer (you know, phallic shaped obj- okay, Iâll stop here, itâs a reach), occasionally drinking, like maybe he tries to draw attention to somewhere or he has a very dry throat and honestly: this is how porn starts!
I donât think my writing (or anyoneâs writing really, not that yaâll arenât talented af) can properly express how very not platonic and innuendo-heavy this scene felt.
- 3.13: ââBro, what if I flirted with you in a bowling alley while out on a call?â - âBro, what if I invited you out to lunch after telling a friend to say I love you before itâs too late?â - âBRO đââ
Again, the title gives everything away but like so many scenes between these boys that moment at the bowling alley when Buck channels Arnie and Eddie is all: youâre a dork and also wrong! and then later when Eddie invites Buck to get lunch (which is sort of Eddieâs thing, remember 2.01?) after earlier telling Chimney to tell Maddie he loves her if he has a chance because he might regret it. And to really drive the point home or maybe make it in the first place, after Eddie asks Buck - and only Buck - to have lunch with him, Buck then declines because of a little blood (Evan, come one, youâve seen worse! I know I have!) - only for Chimney to consider this the push he needed to invite Maddie for dinner so he can tell her he loves her.
So, you know, platonic.
- 3.16: âThe rope was a metaphor after allâ
I mean, what was that scene in the locker even with Eddie leaning against the doorway all cheeky and grinning like: yeah, come hang out with me! - obviously it was about Buck never saying yes to babysit a group of nine-year olds when he could be out drinking (as someone who works with kids, I approve), but yeah, thatâs not what it felt like? So unless yaâll cannot act anymore this was deliberately a bit over the top and ambiguous.
Jealousy
Now, no good ship works without jealousy and neither does Buddie so here are some examples of Buddie being jealous.
- 2.06: âBucky Barnes murder strut - 911 editionâ
Now, your probably saying: Bucky Barnes murder strut? Thatâs a tall order! But damn, Ryan nailed that, okay? Listen, weâve seen Eddie walk out of uniform several times at this point and NEVER before and never after has he struted this predatory. Eddie walks tall and military, you know, the way he stands, Eddie doesnât strut!
Yet, here he does! And what I love about this scene is that we see him in the background while Bobby talks to Taylor, working out with no care in the world - and then Buck comes over and flirts with her, suddenly Eddie feels the need to be part of the conversation?
And he doesnât even wait until he is standing next to them to talk, he calls over while still sitting on the lifting things.
So yeah, that one is him being jealous.
- 2.10: âItâs all about ânot my businessââ
- Now 2.10 is a great episode for Buddie and in part it is due to Buckâs facial expressions in the background and out of focus of the camera when Shannon comes to the station.
I mean, Oliver always plays Buck very intense and expressive and with his whole face but that was a bit much, youâd think he just found out Eddie broke a vow of chastity or had an affair while being married (which technically is what Buck compares it to later so kinda makes sense he looks like that but also doesnât, Buckeroo, whatâs the big deal? Did Eddie show up at your doorstep a week earlier telling you what a punk ass bitch his wife was, orâŠ?)
- 2.17: â*fridges female character for man pain* Haha, weâre so random!â
âTalk to Bobby. Maybe he can get you guys a discount.â:Â There is a point to be made about Buck just not liking Shannon considering everything he knows about her and has heard about her, the same way Eddie doesnât Abby, but still. This scene and this line, Buck does not sound happy for Eddie or truly interested and yeah, itâs off and it seems jealous.
- 3.04 âdiscount!Buck in the house!â
Itâs actually not just my interpretation, itâs actually - between the similarities to 2.01 and everything that happens after with the lawsuit and how Buck explains himself - literal text that Buck was jealous here with Lena. So there!
- 3.09: â#tw: mild adult themes & implied sexual content / #pwp - porn without pornâ
Tim Minear please send me over some scripts or have someone call me and explain what they were going for with the âYou had sex with your therapist?â-scene because Eddie was so huffy and offended and I need to know!
- 3.12: âThereâs a horse loose in a hos⊠schoolâ
Buck sounds awfully gleeful Eddie will probably not date Christopherâs teacher and while that might just be him making fun of his best friend being so very overprotective and short tempered when it comes to his son (Mr. Control has left the building!), still, it reads a little like jealousy over some unknown pretty woman Chris might have mentioned some time and Carla probably described in great detail when she told Buck all about Eddie losing his cool!
- 3.17: âLegsTMâ
Itâs technically not really a jealous moment because itâs not Eddie being jealous but Buck simply refusing to mention his ex-girlfriend here, but considering 3.18 and also and most importantly the fact that there are only two other people in the truck, one being an unknown firefighter driving the truck and the other Bobby, who very much knows how Buck was supposed to take a hot air balloon ride with Abby, for who but Eddie was Buck concealing her identity for because Bobby already knows?
There really is only Eddie left, who probably figures out what Buck was about as well because bro may not be Buck and his out of the box thinking smart but he is fucking smart and he can figure shit out as well! Yet Buck refuses to mention Abbyâs name and for what? So he can pretend Bobby and Eddie donât know he is still bitter about her? I mean, fucking hell, send over the motherforking scripts, Minear, I am done with you!
- 3.18: âTraincrash? More like train WRECK? *cries*â
While I think Eddie is being more protective than jealous here, he is awfully involved and he is uncharacteristically out of control and emotional here and I wanna know why? Does Abby being back remind you of Shannon? Is it jealousy? WHAT IS GOING ON??? WHY YOU SO MAD, ARMY BOY???
Subtext
Now, I am first gonna talk about Subtext things in general like clothing choices, music and cuts between scenes and I am gonna be honest, I probably missed quite a few!
- One of my favourite is that while Buck wears the same colours in 3.03 as Shannon does in 2.07, Eddie wears the same exact shirt - and considering the fact that Ryan got buff between Season 2 and 3 that was deliberate, someone bought that shirt again because we are supposed to connect these scenes with each other!
- As I wrote before in 2.10 we can see Buck and his reaction out of focus when Shannon comes to the firehouse to talk to Eddie and ya know, why?
- Tim Minear himself said the elf in 2.10 was an easter egg for us Buddie shippers and he also said we can make out of the fountain in the background what we want, so there, Buddie is talking about Shannon and Eddie having sex and how much that messes shit up while a fountain shoots water in the background and yes, that is an innuendo and subtext and I hate it a little.
- 2.13 has this hospital scene I love a lot and you know what? Buddie is basically dressed the same, because the subtext of this scene is these two are alike and connected and they GET EACH OTHER.
- Another scene I really love is in 3.01 when Buck comes in for the surprise party because not only does he not hug his sister or Athene but runs up to Eddie first, Bobby actually shoves Eddie at Buck so he is the first person Buck hugs (and then the hug itself, what was that? The way they hold onto each other for a moment just looking while their hips are still touching?! Is that how you two hug because I want in!).
- Also they are dressed basically the same, should we discuss this as well?
- And still in 3.01 when Buck thanks Bobby and they talk and Bobby tells Buck heâll find someone better and then asks him if he is doing okay, the first person the show cuts to is - nope, not Evan Buckleyâs sister who is also there but his best friend, Eddie! Jup!
- And still in 3.01 when the firefam talks about helping Buck in the firehouse, Eddie first acts dismissive but the scene ends with Bobby saying Buck has them even though he may not believe that right now and half of that is said while the camera is on Eddieâs face who looks thoughtful - only to cut from them to Maddie and Josh discussing the same thing and mainly how Maddie doesnât know how to help Buck and what he needs from her. Which you know, the episode ends with Eddie basically giving Buck a swift kick in the butt like she though he might need (and then 3.03 has Eddie basically telling Buck everything is gonna be okay, so we see Maddie talking about helping Buck but never see her doing it and instead we get two scenes of Eddie being there for Buck and also no Maddie in relation to the lawsuit but an extreme focus on Eddie? Writers, I see you and you arenât wrong!)
- Also worth another mention is the cut between Madney talking about children, saying Buck didnât have any either - to Eddie waking up Buck so he can babysit Christopher and specifically calling Buck âhis Buckâ to make us think on their relationship and let us know how close they are and also to tell us to not trusts everything Maddie says about her brother because she gets shit wrong.
- In 3.03 after Buck tells Eddie he lost Christopher and then Eddie sees Christopher and rushes over and and Buck collapses and while Eddie holds Chris after he checked for injuries and Chim and Hen and Bobby hold Buck and Bobby asks Buck if he is okay, well, this whole time Buck is staring at Chris and Eddie and Eddie is staring back at him and Bobby, if you wanna know about me, gotta tell you, I am not okay?!
- And then we have the loft scene and yeah, okay, this deserves 5000 words of his own, from the fact that they played âPhotographâ by Ed Sheeran which includes lyrics about how they will never be alone and how loving can heal and mend your soul and the fucking song ends on the words âWait for me to come homeâ just as Eddie knocks and brings Christopher over and tells Buck there is no one he trusts more with Christopher than Buck and I am sorry, what are we supposed to think here? This show is from the US, these people speak english, itâs not like these lyrics leave much room for interpretation!
Not to mention the whole monologue Buck did about being lost and not knowing how to get from where you want to be to where you need to be before Eddie showed up and then talking about how a few choice words can sometimes be the life raft one needs to get home and how we are all just searching for someone to see us? I love Maddie and I love the Buckley siblings, but damn, sheâs not the one he has been searching for!
(And I keep bringing up Maddie here because as his sister she is the person Buck could feel closest to and should care about the most and be cared about the most by and yet all canon evidence points to Eddie being that person! Also she is the person next to Eddie Buck has the most scenes outside the firehouse with.)
- This one is a bit of a stretch but Buck looks very uncomfortable during the whole deposition in 3.05 but he looks everyone in the eyes until the lawyer mentions Shannon and suddenly his lap is so much more interesting and yes, after is when all of them get asked the really hurtful question but still, this is when Buck stops being despondent and realises, fuck, I went a bit to far
- Someone please find for me where the director talked about purposely framing them as romantic in the apology scene because I cannot find the post for the life of me, but never the less: In 3.06 during the apology, in the beginning of the scene we see Buddie from quite a distance and Eddie has his back turned toward Buck and there is a column in the shot to visually indicate the divide and yeah, the whole framing is quite something and the way the camera angle goes from far away making it seem like unbridgeable distance cutting to closer shots and how we slowly see alongside the words hey, they arenât actually that far apart, like yeah, this scene was something else!
- Not a direct cut but during therapy Eddie talks about how he wants to be at home with Chris because he is the one good thing he has going for him and the one thing he gets enjoyment out of (because he is so fucking depressed and I cry), yet when we later see Chris and Eddie together it is neither in Eddieâs house nor are they alone, nope Buck is there as well, meaning Buck is considered a part of that one thing even if he wasnât explicitly mentioned!
- During 3.10 when they take the photo with all of them Buck is grouped between Madney and the Diaz family, like right between and not just next to them. Also earlier when the eat Buck sits next to Christopher who sits next to Eddie and therefore on the opposite side of his sister and her boyfriend.
- Yes, they were probably amused by the meddling mom asking then âAre you boys single?â in 3.11 but come on! They look at each other and smirk? For real? Hand over the script, Timbo!
- Also as mentioned before the fact that when Chim and Eddie talk about family and the 118 being the family they choose the camera is on Albert, Buck and Christopher, no one else is in the shot. And of course the song that is playing here, another song about home.
- The callback to Buck in 3.12 of Ana immediately guessing Eddie is short for Edmundo unlike Buck as well as Carla saying blue eyes (which Buck has) is also Subtext.
- Said it before but: the scene in 3.13 when they arrive at the hospital and Eddie asks Buck out to eat and then Buck changes his mind but Chimney runs off to call his girlfriend because he wants to have dinner so he can tell her he loves her like Eddie told him to do at the beginning of the episode is ⊠interesting.
- I already explained why I think Shannon wasnât in that many scenes in the video in 3.15 yet Buck was in most of them but it bears repeating. Also again itâs subtext that Buck is part of Eddieâs family and Buck is very important to Eddie and Eddie loves Buck.
- Also the question about the medal in 3.15 and the little boy at the end repeating the question, sorry, were we not supposed to think of Buck here, Tim???
- Also just in general 3.15 focuses very very heavily on Buck and Buckâs reaction - much like 3.18 later does with Eddie. All the non-Eddie scenes feature Buck and Buck freaking out about Eddie potentially dying and Buck making plans and being frantic and the driving force of hope cause homeboy cannot even for a second entertain any thoughts on Eddieâs passing.
- The rope metaphor in 3.15 / 3.16 is of course also subtext but I already explained that one and donât have anything to add really.
- This one is a little bit of a stretch but I do think there is a reason Eddie was the first one to be taken out of the equation in 3.16 and because of his son and not a love interest.
- Also the pool playing scene in 3.16 there visually we see Eddie and Buck together in nearly all shots, there are two shots of Eddie without Buck in it but not a single one of Buck without Eddie in it and considering camera angles and actors literally being told were to stand it is deliberate that Buck is only seen with Eddie by his side here.
- Iâm repeating a lot of things here but Buck refuses to say Abbyâs name in 3.17 even though Bobby clearly knows who he is talking about.
- âNo. He stopped waiting for me a long time ago.â cuts to âSummer Camp?â I mean sorry, what were we supposed to think here? Because this does imply he really did stop waiting because now he has Christopher and Eddie!
- Not to mention it sort of hammers home what I wrote before how Abby is dating a single father and Buck is sort of dating a single father.
- Also 3.18 puts a lot of focus in general on Eddie and his reaction to everything when say, Bobby, who actually knows Abby and was there for the relationship would have made more sense - unless they are pushing an agenda here!
The first person we have Abby interacting with at the traincrash is Eddie and then Buck joins them and the scene literally goes: Eddie *talking to Abby* > cut to Buck, coming closer > Buck: âAbby?â > cut to both Abby and *Eddie* > Abby: âBuck?â while the camera is still on her and Eddie > cut to just Eddieâs face having a realisation > cut to Buck
So sorry, why do we focus so much on Eddie here, Mrs. Lynch? Is there a particular reason, oh director, who art also directed 3.01 and which has also loads of Buddie subtext?
There is also Eddie coming to stand visually between Abby and Buck when Sam is loaded into the ambulance as if he is physically putting himself between them and then Buck running back toward the traincrash and Eddie following him after and all the shots of them and Christopher during the party together and once again having Bobby asking Buck if he is okay visually connected to Eddie, though in reverse this time because the scene goes from Eddie and Chris having fun to Buck and Bobby talking. (And should we talk about how this is the first time Buck actually answers the question because finally he has an answer or are we thinking about that right before sleep today when itâs easier to cry?)
- Also very interesting subtext is the fact that Buck and Eddie wear nearly the exact same colour and a similar cut pullover when Buck talks to Abby at the end and when Eddie says goodbye to Christopher and I mean, thematically both scenes are about saying good bye and letting someone go? But also it connects Buddie with each other and connects these scenes, which Idc, I probably wouldnât have done without the clothes?
Not sold seperatly
- Also subtext / visual thing is the fact that Buddie is basically always with and next to each other at the firehouse and on calls (and before anyone says: well, they are partners, Hen and Chim arenât as much), and that is a long list so I am just giving examples: in 2.05 they sit next to each other at the table while in 2.06 they sit next to each other on the couch and in 3.08 they sit next to each other at the table again and then we have 2.02 standing outside and 2.04 walking away from the scene together and Eddie handing Buck a weapon in 3.17 and walking toward the ambulance together in 3.13 and several other times, the point is there are a shit ton of scenes of them being right next to each other in case you thought that was a fanfic thing!
âThe Buck lensâ / âThe Eddie lensâ
Iâm pretty sure there is an actual technical term for what I am trying to describe here but basically there are several instances where we see Eddie the way Buck does, meaning while the scene shows us Eddie doing something the focus is on Buck watching this. Sort of POV but not quite I guess? Also the reverse is true as well, even if those scene arenât as pronounced!
- Letâs talk about 2.01 once again as we have done for most of this meta and finally, finally look at Eddieâs first scene which we all know is sort of gay and the first time we see Ryan shirtless because Tim accidentally wrote a certain quota of shirtless scenes he needed to do into Ryanâs contract and he needed to get started on those right away.
Also please remember while we as well as the core four are watching Eddie get dressed âWatta manâ plays in the background, which, considering we are introduced to Eddie through Buckâs point of view might be the song playing in his head here? Anyways, back to the topic at hand and how we as the viewers donât see Eddie until Buck turns around and sees him as well. Which is significant because several times through the conversation between Buck, Hen, Bobby and Chimney we see the locker room in the background so they could have filmed that differently.
Instead they had Chim, who stands off centre, noticing something while Buck banters with Bobby about how he will get to represent the 118 in the calendar, then the camera changes angle so we no longer stand between Bobby and Chimney but rather behind Buck, making him centre stage and putting a focus on his reaction to Eddie. In this scene we have Buck framed by two people commenting on Eddieâs attractiveness. Now we donât get to see Eddie until we have gotten all reactions of the core four to him, with special attention to Buck, both in filming and text with everyone taking a jab at Buck before walking over to introduce themselves to Eddie which leaves Buck alone, watching.
(Now keep in mind this scene also has Hen basically say Eddie is so hot it transcends sexualities while âWhatta manâ plays as Buck slowly turns around and Idk, mate, that does seem shippy to me.)
- Another scene that focuses very heavily on Buck is when Eddie rushes and hugs Chris at the end of 2.03. In fact for most of the scene we see Buck in the car watching them.
- Also, the hospital scene in 2.04 and how once again we see Eddie interact with Chris while Eddie watches them because fuck knows why.
- Similar to the Buck lens we have 3.10 where Eddie talks to Hen about Chris while the two (or rather Eddie since he sits at the centre) watch Buck play with Chris and Danny. This is significant because Buck is also placed in the middle, putting him opposite Eddie and also making him the focus of the camera for most shots when the scene was about Christopher and Eddie feeling guilty. Huh, we say!
- Something similar happens in 3.11, which is the next episode several months removed when Eddie talks to Chimney about the 118 being their family and while this time Chris is the one sitting in the front, Buck once again is in the middle and also in focus in a scene shot from Eddieâs POV.
Other people reacting to them / commenting on them
Now, I am not sure if this is really Subtext but who knows where else it fits in? (This is a rhetorical question, only my opinion counts around here while I write!) So It goes here! And I think the title is self-explanatory enough.
- Iâm a little on the fence on the Bobby looks because - no offence to Peter Krause - he doesnât have that many facial expressions in general, but yeah, at the mechanics Buck watches Eddie and Bobby watches Buck.
- Our first real one of those scene is the truly savage tĂa Pepa who is a woman after my own heart because she says the mean shit to your face and the nice things behind your back because she loves you but she loves vibe checking egos more! And well, she is understandably confused by Buckâs being there at the hospital and asks Eddie who that is and why he is here and gives one of the best lines of the show by being so sarcastic, because oh, you work together? Damn, wouldnât have guessed from the fact that both of you wear LAFD t-shirts! (I love her!)
- In the same episode Maddie comments on Buckâs boycrush on Eddie and while I am unsure whether that is supposed to make it sound less gay or itâs Maddie saying: Bro, you sound 12! but oh well! Itâs a comment on them!
- I loath a little to include the elf in 2.10 because Tim has said that was an easter egg for Buddie shippers and a tongue in cheek thing but yeah.
- Also Bobby watches the whole âItâs a miracleâ exchange in 2.14 with that look.
- In 2.18 we get some text on the screen when they help instagram girl about how hot the both of them are and also how THEY should be dating which Iâm putting into the same box as 2.10.
- The fact that Bobby shoves Eddie at Buck in 3.01, like sorry, why was it so relevant that this is the first hug?
- When Eddie / Ryan stared at Buckâs / Oliverâs ass in 3.04 we see Hen and Chimney grin about it.
- I know I have said myself that Maddieâs reaction in 3.08 was due to the fact that she just said: can yaâll stop gossiping - and Chim and Buck were like: sure thing! and then started gossiping but still.
- There is Buddie flirting at the bowling alley in 3.13 and once again Bobby gives them the look and yeah.
- In 3.15 everyone seems very worried about Buck especially and they keep reassuring as if he were Eddieâs next of kin.
- Again a Bobby look I am unsure of but in 3.17 we see him giving them the look in the truck and yeah.
Other peopleâs heartache
Now, as Iâve said in the beginning, I didnât wanna just include my perspective on Buddie, so I asked a few other people about this and while this isnât a representative statistical number itâs still interesting, right?
(Also originally this Guide was organised by episode and I would have included the comments when the things came up but alas that didnât work and I think I turned a little grey because of that)
@buckleysbabe:
When i first watched 9-1-1, I had no idea that Buddie existed (i hadnât been on tumblr a lot at the time so I hadnât seen gifs or anything) and when i started s2 I really thought they were just best friends, but then 2x10 and the âyou two have an adorable sonâ scene happened and Buckâs âthank youâ and the shy smile AND I WAS ON BOARD!! That was really the first moment, then I got the confirmation after 3x03 and the scene where Buck sees Eddie in the tsunami scenery, and then the whole Eddie saying theres nobody in this world....like in that moment I felt like they were seriously in love đâ€ïž
About the 2x10: that scene has so many things. Like the water fountain in the back, Chris in the scene with them (like they are a family), then the elf saying what she said, Buck being for a second like âhuh?â and then you see the light bulb going on when heâs like âohhhhhhhh yeahâ and then he says thank you đđđ saying HE IS CHRISâS COPARENT. AND THEN THE SHY SMILE
@theleftboobgrabber
Right off the bat I thought they had chemistry but I think the entirety of 2Ă04 is when I genuinely started shipping it. Like.... the constant heart eyes, the support, Buck trying so hard to be there for Eddie and Eddie absolutely never questioning it, the look Buck gives Eddie at the fire house was absolute fire (when Bobby tells Eddie Buck asked for Chris to stay with them) like Eddie's like you did this for me??? And Buck has just this massive Big Buck Energy from where he's sitting like "get used to it" and I remember absolutely loosing my mind that Bobby got the hug and not Buck at the end of the scene like in what universe??? And yeah the rest of the episode is just the same but that feeling of 'that's the wrong man you're hugging' was the tipping point
@emotionalsupportfirefam
Okay so mine was kinda two moments?1) when Buck took Eddie to Chris' school after the earthquake and we see his reaction to Eddie's joy and relief as he holds Christopher and then spends the next episode trying to find ways to help Eddie with finding a suitable caregiver/ support for Chris and 2) the fact the took them whole of five minutes to go from 'rivals' to the 'dynamic duo' after the grenade call.
@evaneddie
Honestly? Literally every scene they have is romantically coded. The first scene of them, with Eddie being shirtless and us seeing it from Buck's perspective with âWhatta Manâ playing? That's subtext.
You can have my back any day? Yo.
The scene when the elf Blair(e) said they have an adorable son and Buck just said thank you instead of correcting her before he literally skipped away?
Eddie showing up at Buck's apartment and Buck not even questioning how he got in?
The way Buck is like a second father to Chris and protects him like one in the tsunami?
"THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS WORLD I TRUST WITH MY SON MORE THAN YOU"?! REALLY EDDIE? WHAT ABOUT LITERALLY ANY OF YOUR FAMILY? OR CARLA? Baby, that's love.
THE HALLOWEEN HUG?!
THE KITCHEN SCENE, THE WHOLE SEXUAL TENSION IN THAT SCENE?! BUCK'S HAND ON HIS BELT, THE GLANCES, "I'D STILL TAKE YOU", ON THE COUCH EDDIE LOOKS TO BUCK'S LAP, LIKE COME ON!
"You boys single?" *Looks at each other*
"This is Eddie's house, I'm not really a guest"
Buck's breakdown when he lost Eddie under 40 feet of mud. That was not the breakdown of losing a friend, that was the breakdown on losing someone you love. There's a meta I saw once literally just for this scene alone, the way Buck dug so desperately at the mud with his bare hands, the screams of heartbreak, the way he collapsed into Bobby, the pure dissociation as Bobby was giving instructions later on, Eddie's memories filled mostly with Christopher and Buck. Sure, the others were there, but, it was FILLED with Buck and Chris.
Then the ending scene of the season?! What was he trying to do with the necklaces? Thrusting his hips towards Eddie, hitting him in the face, then that soft touch on his face?
@adamngoodbuck
Hey! Nice question and for me really easy to answer. I started watching the show back in 2018 when it first aired but I was a casual viewer. Very casual. So casual I actually watched everything up to 2x10 and then I thought it was the season finale so I forgot about it. And then season 3 started. And nothing made sense. So I checked and welp, I had to catch up. And I did and something started brewing inside of me. I wasn't part of the fandom yet. And then. The THE SEARCHERS happened. And that scene. The there's nobody in this world I trust with my son more than you scene. My icon scene. And I was done. Hook, line and sinker.
@the-family-we-choose-118Â
My main ones were all the big ones: the kitchen scene, the end of 3x03, the Christmas episode one where Buck is helping Danny and Chris make gingerbread houses and then plans a whole party for the firefam, Buck clawing at the ground in 3x15, Eddie interrupting Taylor Kelly when she came to the station to do the documentary in Dosed, the fact that Eddie was introduced from Buck's POV with âWhatta Manâ, the entire earthquake episode where Buck is reassuring Eddie his kid is okay and then drives him to get his kid later on, and the scene where Buck introduces Eddie to Carla in (I'm pretty sure it's) the same episode where Maddie asks him if his boy crush on Eddie means he's over Abby (that was my main one). And I was fully convinced when Eddie walked in Buck's apartment in the beginning of S3 and ripped his blankets off him and was so sure he doesn't sleep naked/wouldn't have anybody over.
And the âofficialâ part of the guide is done but I do wanna say something else real quick which is:
You have just read about 20.000 words I painstakingly wrote over the course of several weeks and while I get that meta is even more harrowing to reblog than gifsets or fics because meta involves so much opinion and interpretation and what if you disagree with parts of it?
Well, again, I invested a lot of time in this and also: IF YOU DISAGREE TELL ME!!! TELL ME IN THE REBLOG OR IN THE TAGS!!! Because different to fics and gifsets meta is a dialog and I canât have a dialog unless people talk to me! Iâm not here to lecture you on right or wrong, I am here to tell you: okay, this is how the scene looks from my point of view, what do you say? So honestly, please consider liking and reblogging and tagging and maybe talking a little about it with me, because screaming into the void is so very boring
(And also in general: reblog reblog reblog! All these funny posts you see on buzzfeed and instagram screenshoted from tumblr? Half of them were made great by reblogs and all of them were noticed by these sites because of reblogs)
Anyways, before I (REALLY) let you go it would be hypocritical now to not talk about some people who inspired some of this (but yaâll have to understand I cannot talk about everyone)!
I can however say these four especially helped me write this:
- @diggorypuff , who I have never talked to but whose posts about interesting parallels actually sort of got me into thinking deeper about this show: (X)
- @ingu, who fairly recently did a series of gifsets on Buddie and how Buck is framed as Eddieâs love interest which gave me life: (X)
- @matan4il, who is such an amazing friend and does the most concice and well thought out metas on Buddie without having to watch the show a million times like other people we shall not name have to (me, I am talking about me). Find her buddie metas here: (X)Â
- And most importantly my girl, my babe, my love, @chimbuckleys who is the voice of reason between us and always lets me rant about stuff and was the sounding board for this and so much else I have written - I couldnât do this without you! (ALSO I AM GOING TO BED NOW, BABE!!!)
AND DEAR READER, you made it! Now go have a blessed day and plant some trees because earth is dying and we with it!
#buddie#evan buckley#eddie diaz#buddie meta#eddie meta#buck meta#911 meta#911#911 fox#textpost#meta#holy shit I made it but also I think this is actually quite literally too long to be posted at once and I cry?????#FUCK#my meta#the big buddie for dummies guide
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Z=202 rant⊠part francois lovemail part ranting abt That Panel but there's other stuff too i prommie x) (đ«LUCYđ«)
-yep nothing says mediterranian quite like motherfucking olives gdshhddgGDHDJA GOD
-olives are harvested during fall (my family does it at the end of october ^-^) so we finally have a basic idea of what time frame it is in the story againÂ
-good thing they did not come to europe during the summer or we would've had to have a wildfire arc Ăș_Ăč Â /slapped
-francois is carrying a huge ass basket full of olives that's pretty much as big as them fdgdghdg like that shitâs heavy? now that i think about it we never officially got francois' power level did we GSAHHDHSJDK HMMMMđ€
francois: olive oil please
senku: alright
francois: can you make it virgin?
senku: đą shut the fuck up yes i know how to make it
-SO fucking true i love francois
-THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE CHAPTER WAIT I FUCKING LOVE THIS SM
-kohaku n chrome!! i missed their friendship dgdhdjđ
-chrome with a bow and arrow omg! did ukyo teach him how to shoot?
-the fact that ryusui was deadass a Pro Gamerâą still fucking gets me every time BDNDKDK
-gotta love how suika is of higher value than chrome GDJSJDNSN XD on the one hand iâm like YESS SUIKA but on the other iâm like NO THIS IS SLANDER AGAINST MY BOY
-i still have no fucking idea how tf money even works in dr stone so ok ryusui pays anyone who works for him but then. wtf are they even supposed to buy with that money?? um hello what's even the point ddfgfgh
-anyway here we fucking go
-i wrote a whole rant abt this and then i was like you know what i'm not gonna include it i don't wanna be negative and then i was like you know what i AM gonna include it bc i donât wanna just ignore the manga's bad parts gdhshs (or rather than "bad parts" just kinda. parts i didn't like) i just cut it down n reworded it a bit to sound less heated fdfdf
-the point of the scene is this - the spaniards bow to the kos to show their respect and that they are grateful that ryusui & co are showing courtesy to their culture rather than trying to rule over them...
-my problem is this - did they really need to bow in the first place?? why not have them show their respect in a more normal way that doesn't come off as so.. submissive? idk have one of them give ryusui a firm handshake or sth, have them throw compliments around, donât have them fucking BOW GHEJRJ weâre in the stone world not the fucking middle ages, i really wish this scene just wasn't included in the first place :/
-also iâm dying at senku n ryusui's faces here they looks so fucking constipated GDHDJS this is exactly how i felt
-...OK I'M DONE NOW DHHD ANYWAY
-now THIS is stuff i like! just kinda casual culture sharing like this, super cute, i can't wait to see how they do this part in the anime, i love animated dances (well, just dances in general xD flamenco-ing IS tough)
-genâs eyeliner so on point in this panel
-so in the next chapter they're gonna be looking for fluorite with the help of everyone, iâm not sure about it at this point but i hope we get at least some new named/mainstay characters rather than all the new groups from now on just being a bunch of mobs of unnamed people like in brazil, obv iâm a bit biased here but i mean new characters are always fun in general right x)
-i said this before but i do hope they will stay in europe for at least an arc instead of speedrunning it all in a few chapters and quickly moving on to the next thing⊠drst has always been quick paced but iâve really been feeling it more than ever these last few chapters sdfsdf, i wish they would slow down sometimes but what can ya do u_Ăč
#needed to go back 15 times bc i kept writing masline instead of olives GDHDJDJDKD#pete blabs#dr stone#drst#drst rants
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(this isn't relevant to anything really but) that outline snippet made me have the thought "omg i really want to read the full essay" for like the 4th time ever in my life, it looked really good
okay below this is just a really long ramble of thoughts i had that seemed related to the outline but i can't 100% promise they are, feel free to stop reading here and just delete lmao.
and yeah i hate that the specific "looks" (which are. mostly purchased objects? and expensive shit at that) of young skinny white american gay ppl with money are the only things that people clock as looking/being gay. it's so dumb like i literally AM a young white american gay person and none of the "relatable" posts/videos online are even approaching relatable? like years ago i saw a tiktok compilation and it was like "how you know your whole friend group is gay" and it was just this video of a house party and they all had. the same. expensive pair of shoes. in the same color and everything.
i hate the concept of equating the things you buy with your identity in the first place but gay culture (online at least, since i haven't had much of that in person in the past few years & can't speak to it) being Only That just seems even worse because it's alienating to so many people who are literally. already alienated at least somewhat from their surroundings/communities just bc they're gay (using gay as an umbrella here).
that video is the one that creeped me out the most but there are so many like it that just make me want to ask so many questions. why is almost everything they call "gay culture" actually something that has nothing to do with being gay and everything to do with their nationality, their specific culture, the amount of money they have? do they literally just go out of their way to befriend people who act/look/talk/dress the exact same way they do, because how does sth like that shoe situation even happen?? and finally, can they seriously not realize they're making up this exclusive culture up where everyone talks/dresses/etc the same?
i know people can be stupid and oblivious all the time, but it's almost unbelievable to me that these people don't realize they're emulating the exact behavior of literally the popular cliques or whatever from high schools. like there are max 2 or 3 acceptable ways to have that identity. it's really hard to believe sometimes that they genuinely don't realize they're... what, responding to some culture that alienated them by making up a new exclusive culture to alienate everyone else in the same boat, instead of a community? like i don't want to believe it's intentional, but it seems so pervasive online that it's like. i don't even like seeing or engaging with "relatable" posts about gay culture or discourse.
anyway sorry for rambling at you, i think i had this rant bottled up for like years with no one to really say it to and now it's. in your inbox.
also i'm not gonna be offended if you didn't read this and/or don't reply, it's long as fuck and also i feel like every time you say something even approaching controversial, even though you're literally right, you get some kind of angry horde after you, so you def have good reason not to post this
yeah exactly the consumerism is out of controool. also i actually posted the essay a while back here if you still wanna read it
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Fruits Basket, SE02, Ep24
This is a buildup ep for the finale. looks like furubaâs tradition for awkward buildup eps continues as this ep is clearly divided into two parts: machi & zodiac banquet.
-Killing the Vibe (furuba style):
Usually when writers buildup an emotional moment, they either go with it right away or if it is not its time, they slowly dissolve it or gradually redirect the story somewhere else. But the most important thing is that you hold on to the feeling they worked so hard to build but know that it will be dealt with later. Usually this is done with minor visuals such as quick flashback to the main event & the character taking deep breath ignoring it. But it is acknowledged that now it is not the time. Furuba doesnât do that. If they build high moment & decide it is not the time to continue with it, they drop it abruptly, using the ending ost as a closing sign....which is odd cuz this is not episodic eps but continuing plot. They did it twice now: (a) tohruâs nightmare ep 19. it was treated as cliffhanger, but the next, we opened with yukiâs narrative where we see tohru normal. I know tohruâs issues will be dealt with later, perhaps season 3. But the nightmare moment was left hanging weirdly!! we never saw tohru deciding not to focus on it or anything! then (b) the kyo/tohru moment on stage & the symbolic tearing image ep23. Big moment which IÂ know will be focused on later. But it is so freakin odd that we see them so normal in their daily activities..as if nothing happened. Not a slight visual hint that either one is troubled... I praised how in ep, 23, they showed tohru face worrying abt bits & pieces here & there. These visual hints connects the plot.. For a moment I thought Cinderella play is a filler!! but I donât think so, since 3 major things happened (Tohruâs near confession, machiâs opinion of yuki, arisaâs recorded outburst) two of which dealt with this ep. I know they want the focus to be on yuki, seeing that his plotline is moving smoothly without awkward breaks, but why not smooth out the otherâs plotline with minor visuals without the jarring jumps. Ending ost is not automatic shifts in continued plot. Oh well, it is a minor thing I felt, no big deal.
-Machi pov is here!:
I never expected to see machi today! nice surprise! So machi is not only lonely, she lives alone! thatâs odd & tragic! how can a junior high school student live alone? since when was she living alone? & her mom calling to check on her or insult her or scold her! I never wanted a phone call to end this fast. Machiâs monologue was amazingly done. Rather than describing her feelings to us or stating what we are already seeing, the words came cold.. automatic.. slow.. without much emotions. Exactly imitating how machi feels abt herself. DULL. She never thought abt things such as fave color or fave place. never thought abt anything that requires personality or preferences. The imagery they used while she was walking in the street is epic! It explained her mentality! honestly even if she said nothing around that time while she was walking, the image wouldâve done enough! Machi was able to see the change in yuki cuz she was able to sense that yuki too was dull/boring or felt he felt so. Now he laughs, jokes, interacts, & joins outside school activities. Negating the dull persona. Now, it is only her. machi questions if she can do the same but her question comes out loaded with her negativity. Instead of can I do the same? it is â why Am i here? Her bad habits are pulling her back & resisting the change.
- Since theyâre deciding to embark into the romantic aspect of mach/yuki & to further add contrast to his interaction with tohru, machi is shown so struck by yukiâs presence, she falls. Typical romantic moment that I appreciate for machi who thinks she isnât typical girl. but dull girl. Yuki finding the leaf & being happy that she treasures it adds to his self-esteem as it tells him that he is worthy to be treasured. I love machiâs indecisive responses! It gives her personality! as she is reluctant between denying or telling the truth. She was never in such situation, so she doesnât know what to do!! blushing red like her leaf, machi didnât only go with friends, she also learned her fave color! yuki, developing the future boyfriend detective sense like kyo, guessed it that machi likes red. You remember things abt ppl you find interesting! Machi felt that perhaps to yuki she is not dull, but interesting enough to want to learn things abt her!
-Tohru is a grown woman!!!
trust me to take 5sec interaction that involves my girl & write a deep analytic paragraph! Call it building sandcastles out of nothing but I donât care! XD. tohru deserves some spotlight! Iâm a bit disappointed that the scene is shown form a far to include yuki & shiggure..(WHY???. They can have their moment later! let my girl have a screenshot for a change!!) & the art quality is the lowest in the ep, lol & but whatever~~~ letâs focus on the positive side! my tohru bought sth for herself!! tohru who spent her hard earned money on buying candy ingredients for the filthy rich sohmaâs instead of paying her tuition fees?!! tohru who wore a worn out swimsuit for school & didnât see the value in buying new one ?! tohru whose school bag have seen better days as hiro said?!! tohru bough herself a scarf with pompom!!& sheâs PROUD!! & she goes & shows kyo!!!! cuz she loves him & cuz in SE01 he was mad she doesn't buy herself stuff & cuz she knows heâll be proud of her & cuz she want show off her cuteness & get his attention & cuz she wanna tease him!! Did you see my girl deliberately hit him with the pompom??? my girl is feisty!! She teases!! Tohru has this feisty, forward personality that she hides but peeks in certain instances!! Like when she teased kyo that heâs still scared of the stain on the wall..like when she calls him cute later this ep!! Iâm so happy for every tiny teeny moment of tohru where she is herself & not the worrying mom or friend, when she is focused abt what she shows & what she wants & right now she wants kyo to notice her! GIRL HE ALREADY DOES! you are killing him already tohru..heâd be dead by now if he wasnât a cat with 9 souls! XD.
-Yuki is leaving Akitoâs side:
coming to the big moment in this ep. Akito is loosing yuki. Not only yuki decided by himself to attend the banquet that he avoided last year, he also talked to akito & forgave him for everything before. Yuki is letting go of the past. Forgiveness is a cure ppl! itâs the hardest achieved cure. it cuts the ties to negativity & free the person from the painful feelings. Akito knows sheâll be loosing a zodiac member soon! she reacts the same way she did with hatori! violently resisting change, violently making a statement that Iâm the ruler of you. However, unlike when it was hatori, no one came to her. Kureno stopped her. but the rest went to yuki, to the rebel, to the one who caused her pain & rage. Akito is not only loosing yuki...she is slowly loosing all of them.
- Yuki continues the next step in his growth & frees hatori from his sins. By allowing himself to accept that he is not a helpless victim, yuki was able to see the others plain as well. Before, in his mind, he was the only one suffering, others are cruel, but now, he sees the criminal who erased his friends memories was also suffering all along. Perhaps yuki thinks that akito is suffering too? Thatâs why chose to forgive her & tell her that I donât hate you anymore or hold grudge.
Side Notes:
Iâm so glad kakeru had so little to do with machi & yuki interaction here. He is a character that demands spotlight & if his role was bigger, machi would disappear, it will be another yuki/kakeru moment. Also, since machi/kakeru parallel aya/yuki, you bet kakeru will be more involved between them in order to get closer to his sister & fix the gap like aya did, so I appreciate the moment of only yuki/machi now as it is unique moment without any parallels involved.
After learning of Shigureâs correct line, I can now see how things wouldâve been better for akito, if she learned from yukiâs rebellion. loosing one is less painful than loosing them all, which she will. Shigure was eager for her to be spared the pain. or he might be eager for sth else entirely! but he wants this to end.
Shigure sure wasnât himself this ep! he was restless & his jokes were all over the place, he nearly caused a misunderstanding between hatori & Mayko. I think shigure is hearing the curse breaking!!!!!
Rin & kyo!!!! I never knew I needed this!!! like last ep, I was celebrating hana & kyo, & the return of kyo & haru!! but rin & kyo is unique duo since it is not a teasing dynamics! it is a we-are-too-similar dynamics! XD
Kazuma is luv!! ugh!! my heart! what a man!! so caring & kind & ever so gentle! look at him going to rin to invite her! no kid should be alone in new years! look at him teasing his son!! look at him out polite tohru! just look at him!!!
I appreciate that the boys (kyo,yuki.haru,momiji) have different body types from each other. however, since kyoâs body changing is mentioned in the story many times, they focused on showing him growing since the 2nd ep of season 2 & more so in the beach arc & they steadily continued ever since!!! this ep, even with the low quality they showed his Adamâs apple & he is taller next to shishio. Also his baggy clothes help defy the lanky art style. With yuki, since his beauty is mentioned in the story, theyâve been focused on his face, giving him HD quality beauty all the time, but not much when it comes to his body. but today, he looked a lil bit older in machiâs scene? I duno if it is the new clothes or theyâre finally allowing his body to grow?! I hope so. They are still making him so lanky as his legs were only a bit meatier than machiâs in the fight scene, but hey lankiness is the showâs art style, just look at hatori </3. They focused on making Momiji baby as it is mentioned in the story that he doesnât look like a highschooler at all, but I swear he looks a bit older this ep!! right???
Speaking of hatori, hello there~ doc~ I never knew I needed hatori in Japanese clothes this much! It hid the lankiness & gave him the adult manly look he deserves!! so hot!!! I heard his grunt in my heart as he took his clothes off! XD. Soyouâre attached to the school sensie now~~ a lit bit worried your filthy buddy is putting hands on her..huh? oh!, if only you knew that your goofy pal is the master mind behind your new love story! I think he knows tho~
I never expected machi to be that cute!!! machi/yuki is so cute!
Rin sleeps sitting...like a horse? rin didnât feel haru? i thought horses are as jumpy as cats! lol
Tohru & kyo are having quality flirting time with no interference from either shigure or yuki. lol.. shishio is amazing! XD
Kureno has the DVD now..let the war begins!!!
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hi!!! ok ok iâm back đ€ŠđŒââïžđđ
can you tell me something that youâre excited about? also how was your day today? hopefully school wasnât too bad! also i wanna hear your opinion on cookiesâ any kind (i personally dislike most of them)
Hello again! â„â„â„ @hbalbat
Ok so like yesterday Iâve been able to order a new phone after I broke my old one (Iâm still bitter about it, it fell from my desk but it shouldnât have cracked like this wtf it wasnât that high). And instead of buying a brand new one I used one of the sites that buy used phones, replace all the âinsidesâ aka the hardware, battery and all that stuff, if itâs too scratched or sth they replace the âoutsideâ as well so you basically have an old phone that works and looks just like a brand new one, it is like half-price of the new one and itâs eco-friendly because you get a phone thatâd otherwise just get thrown away! And the best part? (I mean getting new phone is also the best part donât get me wrong but I was just so excited and happy when Iâve heard about this??) The best part is that with every purchase from their site, they plant a tree in your name! I could pick a place for where it should be planted and their email said that theyâre actually gonna send me updates about my tree? Like when they actually plant it and all? Iâm so excited about my baby tree I love it already! :â) lmao
My day was ok! School was tiring but not bad at all, Iâm really enjoying the language classes! I got stressed cause we did this âletâs get to know each other and hear about why you decided to pick this major!â which is the worst thing and always stresses me out so much but Iâve survived lmao I watched the old animated X-Man series during my breaks between classes lmao the episodes are almost the perfect lenght for that dsajkda Then I took a nap and I tried to make a Bucky edit when I woke up but I get really frustrated with my graphic editing skills (or lack of thereoff dajsadkj) so idk if Iâll ever post it cause everything I do always look weird to me ¯\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
omg you donât like cookies?? I love cookies, cookies are great! I like the chocolate chip ones especially when thereâs also hazelnut there, I like the oatmeal ones but I think my faves are the simple butter cookies? Not to brag but I make the best butter cookies, I always make them for christmas cause I prefer them to gingerbread ones :â)
Thank you for sending this one! Iâm sending you all the love! â„â„
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sleepover time! â„
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heyyyy if you wanna write a pynch vday fic, how about one where they're like... both trying to be sneaky about planning sth for valentines day and so both think the other has forgotten about it and they're both like ://// but it all uhh works out in the end?? x
what a top notch suggestion, absoLUTELY i can write that đđ (uhh heads up this got kinda long, iâll put it on ao3 too and reblog with a link later)
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Adam sat alone in a corner booth of Ninoâs, History notes open on the table before him. Heâd written VALENTINEâS DAY?? in the margin, underlined three times. He frowned at the words, wondering why he was fixating on them, and turned his head to stare listlessly out of the window instead.
Blue was there working, but sheâd been too busy to come and say hello so far, simply offering him a harried wave when she spotted him walk in, pointing him towards the table he was now seated at. The other staff at Ninoâs never bothered them anymore, knowing Blue would cover their table. Adam had heard them being referred to as âBlueâs Boysâ on more than one occasion.
He was currently the only one there, having beaten Henry and Gansey out of the school gates. He assumed theyâd got held up by a traffic light or two, and Ronan had further to drive than the rest of them so would likely arrive last anyway.
Thinking of Ronan immediately returned Adamâs thoughts to the words written in his notes and he scowled at the parking lot. On the surface, Valentineâs Day didnât seem like it would be Ronanâs thing. Adam wasnât even particularly sure it was his thing. But the fact remained that Valentineâs Day was a week away, and Adam didnât know what, if anything, he was expected to do for it.
He tried to think back to previous years and remembered receiving an anonymous card from someone back in the seventh grade; a generic heart-shaped thing that simply said âWill you be my Valentine? xâ inside. He was fairly certain the sender was a girl in his English class who had never said a word to him but blushed every time she caught his eye. Adam didnât see how he was supposed to answer whether or not heâd be her Valentine if she never told him she had sent it. And of course, she never owned up, and he didnât want to suggest it was her in case he was wrong, and he didnât actually want to be her Valentine anyway. So it was never mentioned again.
The difference here was that Ronan was his actual boyfriend. Didnât that mean that they were each otherâs Valentines by default, then?
Adam didnât know. Heâd never navigated Valentineâs Day before. Not like this.
He was so lost in his own thoughts that he didnât hear Henry and Gansey approach until they were right there.
âOh, History notes,â Henry exclaimed. âCan I borrow them?â
Adam turned his head to see Henry already sliding the notebook towards him. âYour notes are always make more sense than miââ Henry cut himself off, eyes widening at something on the page. Too late Adam remembered the VALENTINEâS DAY?? in the margin and slapped his hand over it, snatching back his notebook.
Henry was grinning at him. âBig plans?â
âNo,â Adam muttered. âNo plans at all.â He stuffed the notebook into his messenger bag.
Gansey had slid into the booth opposite Adam and watched the exchange with raised eyebrows. âWhat have I missed?â
âNothing, apparently,â Henry said easily. Adam was grateful that Henry clearly wasnât going to push it (at least not with an audience), but reasoned he could perhaps use some advice.
âSo,â he started. âValentineâs Day. Thoughts?â
âIâm glad you asked, Parrish,â Gansey said. âIt was originally a Western Christian feast day honouring a couple of early saints called Valentiniusââ
âYes, thank you, Captain Wikipedia,â Henry cut in. âIâm not entirely sure thatâs what he meant.â
A jug of Iced Tea was plonked onto the table without ceremony and they all looked up to Blue Sargent as she handed out glasses.
âItâs a dumb holiday invented by Hallmark to sell more cards,â she said, obviously having heard the tail-end of the conversation.
âWell, obviously thereâs that too,â Gansey said, beaming at her.Â
Adam sighed. They were all monumentally unhelpful.Â
âWhy the interest, Adam?â Blue asked, a knowing glint in her eye.
âI donât know,â he said with a shrug. âIâm justâŠokay, with Ronan, do I just treat it like any other day? Do I get him a card? Will he think itâs stupid? Do I think itâs stupid?â
There was a short silence as the three of them blinked back at him, and then Blue carefully said, âDo you think itâs stupid?âÂ
Adam wasnât sure how to answer that. The truth was that he sort of did think it was stupid, but he also thought he wanted to acknowledge it anyway. He thought doing nothing at all kind of made him look like an asshole.
In the end, it all circled back to Ronan, and whether he would care. Did he have anything planned? Was he having an internal crisis over it as well?
In lieu of an answer, Adam shrugged again.
âSpeak of the devil,â Henry said, and nodded towards the entrance.
Ronan, dressed all in black (of course), had just stepped inside. He scanned the restaurant without turning his head but when he spotted Adam, his shoulders relaxed, and he smiled just a little.
Adam didnât think heâd ever get tired of seeing that.
âOh god, you two are the worst,â Blue scoffed as Ronan started to make his way over.
âWhat?â Adam said without looking at her.
âYou know exactly what, Adam Parrish. You and Ronan with the googly eyes. Jesus Christ, youâre in public. Tone it down.â
âYou tone it down,â Ronan said jovially, hip-checking Blue as he drew level. âWhat are we talking about?â
âThe origins of Valentineâs Day,â Gansey said delicately.
Ronan snorted derisively. âValentineâs Day,â he said with as much scorn as he could muster, âis capitalistic bullshit invented to sell cards and flowers and chocolate.â
âHey man, thatâs exactly what I said,â Blue said, sounding pleased, and she and Ronan fist-bumped. Adam rolled his eyes. They really were two sides of the same coin.
âYouâre in my seat, Cheng,â Ronan said.
âSit by Gansey, I was here first.â
Ronan shrugged. âFairâs fair.â He stepped up onto the seat and over Henry and squeezed into the spot between him and Adam.
âRonan Lynch,â Gansey hissed. âYouâll get us kicked out!â
âCalm down, Dick, no one noticed,â Ronan said. He had both arms stretched out across the back of the booth, and Adam and Henry were both leaning into him a little thanks to the lack of space.
âThis is cozy,â Henry said cheerfully.
It was Blueâs turn to roll her eyes and she pulled her little notepad out of her apron pocket. âAlright, I have to actually do my job now, what do you want? Gansey, Iâm assuming you want your usual half-avocado monstrosity?â
âYouâre a millennial, Blue, youâre supposed to like avocados.â
Her disgusted expression was answer enough. The rest of them rattled off their food order and then Blue went off to put it through.
âDoesnât anyone want to come and sit by me?â Gansey asked. âItâs lonely over here.â
âOh, donât pull that face, Gansey, youâre making me sad,â Henry said, swapping sides. He scooched right the way over to Gansey and draped an arm around his shoulder before sighing loftily. âItâs hard being this popular.â
âBut someone has to do it,â Adam said drily, earning him a quicksilver smile.
âAnd I do it so well.â
Ronan was stopping at Adamâs for the night, but they had each come to Ninoâs in their own cars so separated in the parking lot to drive over to St Agnes in a convoy.
Ronan was already peeling out of the lot by the time Adam reached his shitbox, and he was held up further by Henry calling his name. He turned and Henry jogged over, Gansey nowhere to be seen and most likely still inside saying goodbye to Blue.
âOh, sorry,â Adam said. âYou wanted my History notes, right?â
âNo, thatâs not â well, yeah, actually, thank you,â he said, taking them when Adam handed them over. âI actually came over here to give you some unsolicited advice.â
âAbout the Valentineâs Day thing?â
âThatâs the one.â
Adam shrugged. âItâs not entirely unsolicited. But anyway, it doesnât matter anymore. You heard him.â
âYeah, I heard him. Sounds like posturing to me.â
Adam tilted his head to the side. âYou think?â Ronan certainly was prone to posturing.
âSure. I mean, I have no doubt that he really does think Valentineâs Day is what he said in there, but I wouldnât let that put you off doing something, if you wanted to.â Henry waited for a response, and when Adam didnât offer one, he prompted, âYou do want to, donât you?â
Adam smiled wryly. âIs it that obvious?â
âOnly if you know what to look for,â Henry said, but before Adam could think on that too much, he continued. âLook, I donât know Ronan as well as you do, but even from the outside, itâs clear how he feels about you.â
Feeling himself blush, Adam immediately looked down at the ground. He did know how Ronan felt about him. It was often whispered to him in the middle of the night when it felt like they were the only two people in the world. It just took him off guard to hear it so plainly from someone else.
âThink about it, Adam. Regardless of how Ronan personally feels about what Valentineâs Day stands for, do you really think heâs going to let a day when heâs practically green-lit to be as obnoxious as possible about you just pass him by?â Henry shook his head. âNot the Ronan Lynch I know.â
Well, when it was put that way. âDid he say something to you? Do you know something?â
âNot a thing,â Henry said, and Adam believed him. âItâs just an observation and an educated guess.â
âHuh,â Adam said thoughtfully. He pulled his car keys out of his pocket and tossed them in the air, catching them again, ideas already forming in his head. If Ronan was going to be obnoxious, Adam could be obnoxious too. âThanks, Henry. Iâll see you tomorrow. Donât lose my notes.â
âI will try my level best.â
Adam gave himself three rules for Ronanâs Valentineâs gift:
1) It had to be heartfelt.
2) It also had to be in good humour and not take itself too seriously.
3) It had to be cheap.
He was too sensible to spend money he didnât have on some arbitrary gift Ronan wouldnât appreciate. Not to mention that Ronan was impossible enough to buy for as it was; firstly he was rich enough to buy himself pretty much anything he might want, and secondly he could literally manifest his dreams. It was going to make future birthdays and Christmasâs an absolute nightmare.
(But what a wonderful problem to have.)
What it all basically meant was that Adam had to go homemade, and given that he had school and work (and Ronan) to work around, he didnât have a whole lot of time to do it.
He borrowed Ganseyâs laptop during lunch-break on Monday at Aglionby and made Ronan a mix-CD of the cheesiest love songs he could think of. It featured such classics as You Make My Dreams by Hall & Oates, Heaven by Bryan Adams, True by Spandau Ballet, and many, many more. It wasnât even remotely Ronanâs kind of music which made it funny, but as embarrassing as some of the songs might have been, they did actually somewhat echo Adamâs own feelings. He got to be a sap in the guise of it being a joke, and Ronan would get a kick out of it.
Obviously, he also added the Murder Squash Song for good measure.
Next up was a card. He could have bought one â his budget would have allowed it â but all the store ones were godawful and Adam couldnât even imagine giving one of them to Ronan ironically.
Luckily he had an ace up his sleeve.
The first time that Ronan had stayed over at Adamâs after they were together in the very early days of their relationship, Adam had woken up to a frozen Ronan with a handful of strangely lovely flowers, the exact shade of blue as Adamâs eyes.
Adam had kept them in a cheap vase on the windowsill until they died, but unbeknownst to Ronan, heâd also taken one and pressed it to make a little print; his own private memento.
He was obviously keeping the original for himself, but he took it into the school library a couple of days before Valentineâs Day and scanned it, printing it out on some high quality photo card heâd âacquiredâ from one of the Art rooms.
Once the ink was dry, he folded it down the middle as carefully as possible and put it inside his heaviest textbook to keep it folded and flat until he got it home.
He spent longer than probably necessary trying to decide what to write, but in the end, he went with:
Ronan,
I think maybe it was always you. I think it always will be. Happy Valentineâs Day (gross).
Love, Adam x
He didnât have a nice envelope to put it in, so it had to go in a bigger manila one that Adam still had lying around. He slipped both the card and the CD inside, and wrote Ronanâs name in capitals on the outside.
He looked at his offering. It somehow didnât seem enough.
Valentineâs Day was on Thursday, so on Wednesdayâ after school but before a shift at Boydâsâ Adam found himself in the kitchen of 300 Fox Way. Heâd bought everything he needed to make chocolate brownies before heâd realised he didnât have a tin in which to cook them in. He was also severely lacking in several other kitchen utensils, to be honest. One panicked phone-call to Blue later, and he had everything he needed and a helping hand.
Well, âhelpingâ was a strong word.
âWhy brownies?â Blue asked from where she sat perched on the kitchen table.
âBecause brownies are the best,â Adam said, frowning at the recipe he had printed out.
âAlright, canât argue with that,â Blue said reasonably.
Adam was aware of her watching him while he slowly got out everything he needed and started weighing out ingredients. He felt unreasonably nervous about it, even though he knew that provided he followed the recipe, everything would be fine. Baking was a science, after all, and Adam was good at science.
But looking at it all now with Blue scrutinising his every move, he felt flustered and unmoored.
âI thought you were going to help,â he said pointedly.
âI am helping. Iâm supervising,â Blue said.
Adam smiled at that. âI see. Are you the kind of supervisor who can grease this tin for me?â
âI suppose so,â Blue said loftily as she launched herself off the table.
Blue started chattering away after that which helped Adam calm down and focus on what he was doing, and it didnât take long to make the mixture after that. Adam tilted the pan while Blue used a wooden spoon to scrape the mixture out and into the brownie tin.
After that, they just had to put it in the oven and wait.
Blue brewed up some of Mauraâs least offensive tea as they sat and waited, and Adam finally asked what heâd been dying to all week.
âDo you know if Ronan has anything planned?â
Blue smiled and shook her head. âHonestly, Adam, I have absolutely no idea. He hasnât said a word. Iâve barely seen him though, and never really without you there.â She shrugged. âIf heâs got a plan heâs keeping it close to his chest.â
Adam nodded; heâd assumed as much. âI just want to know if Iâm doing too much, or not doing enough? I dunno, itâs stupid. Itâs only Valentineâs Day.â
âYeah, but itâs your first Valentineâs Day together,â Blue said, not unkindly. âI get it.â
âWhat are you and Gansey doing?âÂ
âI made him a card and found him a couple of âslovenlyâ t-shirts at the thrift store. Iâm gonna hazard a guess that heâs getting me flowers, and he told me to keep the evening free so heâs probably taking me somewhere. Wherever it is, it better not be expensive.â
Adam grinned. âMaybe itâs Ninoâs.â
âGod, donât even joke, Iâd murder him. Again.â
He started to laugh, and after a couple of seconds Blue joined in. When it died down, Blue put her hand on his arm.
âDonât overthink it, Adam. Ronan will love whatever you give him, because youâre the one itâs coming from. Itâs not about the gifts you get or the meal you have or how much money you spend. I think itâs more about the gesture. Thatâs whatâll mean the most to Ronan.â
Adam managed a small smile. âI hope youâre right.â
âOf course Iâm right.â Blue opened a drawer and gasped, then pulled out a heart-shaped cookie cutter. âOh my God, Adam, you have to.â
She held out the cookie-cutter towards him and he took it, sighing. âReally?â
âYes! This way, theyâll all be exactly the same size and I get to eat all the cut-offs. Yâknow, as my fee for helping.â
And thatâs how Adam ended up with nine perfect little heart-shaped brownies.
Adam didnât see Ronan that night, thanks to finishing late at Boydâs and then having homework after.Â
When he woke up in the morning, he was hit by the realisation that he and Ronan hadnât even arranged to see each other that day at all.
He half expected Ronan to show up at St Agnes unannounced with a bouquet of dream flowers and some donuts or something. But that didnât happen, and Adam slowly packed his messenger bag for school, remembering to include the Tupperware of Valentineâs brownies and the envelope with its enclosed card and CD.
He wasnât sure when heâd be able to give them to Ronan, but it was better to be prepared.
Adam walked down to his car, scanning the parking lot and the street to see if there was any sign of a shark-nosed BMW. But there was nothing, and there was nothing on the way to school, and Adam made it all the way through to lunch without seeing or hearing from Ronan.
Obviously, he had no phone, and Ronan hated his own phone. But Gansey had a phone, and Ronan could have got in touch that way if he had felt so inclined.
Adam didnât know what heâd been expecting; that Ronan would show up at the Aglionby gates with a boombox over his head blasting out Lionel Richie songs? That heâd get back to his car after school and find out his favourite hooligan had broken in and left him a giant teddy bear and a box of chocolates?
It all seemed stupid now, and Valentineâs Day was stupid, and Adam was irritated that heâd let the pressures of the day get to him. It didnât matter. It was a meaningless day.
So why did he feel so deflated?
At the end of the day, he caved and asked to borrow Ganseyâs phone.
First, he sent a text that said: itâs adam, iâm about to call you so answer the phone
He gave it a minute until heâd seen that Ronan had read the message, and then pressed the call button.
âParrish,â Ronan said in lieu of a hello.
All at once, like always, Adam was happy to hear Ronanâs voice. And yet he still couldnât quite shake his irritation, even though the one whoâd got his hopes up was himself.
âHey,â he replied. âListen, were you planning on coming over tonight?â
âNope.â It was a little difficult to tell, but Adam thought Ronanâs tone was just a little off. âYou come here.â
Adam sighed. âRonan, I have school tomorrow so I wouldnât even be able to stay that late. Canât you just come here?â
There was a long pause. âOpal wants to see you.â
âSo bring her with you.â
âAre you kidding, Parrish, sheâs filthy. Sheâll mess up the interior.â
The BMW wasnât exactly spotless inside so this seemed a flimsy excuse. Adam started to wonder whether Ronan even wanted to see him at all.
âIf you donât want to see me today thatâs fine,â he said, tone clipped.
âI didnât say that,â Ronan said, tone just as clipped.
It felt like they were heading for a fight. Adam didnât want to fight. He wanted to give Ronan the stupid sentimental CD heâd made. He wanted Ronan to make fun of him for the brownies. He wanted a hug.
Adam was abruptly exhausted, and it didnât matter that heâd gone to the effort and Ronan hadnât. He just wanted to see him.
âOkay,â he said. âIâm gonna go home and shower but then Iâll head over to you.â
âOkay, good. See you in a bit,â Ronan said, and hung up.
The sun was down by the time Adam pulled up at the Barns. The heating in Adamâs car was dodgy enough on a good today, and today wasnât a good day. It had barely come on, so his hands were like ice as he got out of the car.
He walked straight in when he got there and made his way to the kitchen. He hovered in the doorway; Ronanâs back was to him, a tea towel strewn over one shoulder, straining pasta over the sink.
Adam rapped his knuckles against the door-frame and Ronan turned around.
âHey,â he said.
âHey,â Adam replied. âYou cooked?â
Ronan shrugged. âItâs just spaghetti.â He gestured to Adamâs messenger bag. âYou brought homework with you?â
All that was in the bag was the Valentineâs gifts for Ronan, and he shook his head. âNope.â
âOkay,â Ronan said with another shrug. âSit. Letâs eat, Iâm starving.â
Adam pulled himself a chair out, and it scraped against the floor noisily in the otherwise quiet. He waited for Ronan to finish serving up and then asked, âWhereâs Opal?â
âNo idea. Havenât seen her since this afternoon.â
Adam took a bite of his food. It was good. âI thought you said she wanted to see me.â
âShe always wants to see you,â Ronan said smoothly. âIâm sure sheâll turn up when she spots your car.â
They finished eating in near silence, Adam waiting for Ronan to say somethingâ anythingâ to acknowledge the day. But he didnât, and the longer the silence dragged, the harder it seemed to break it.
Adam started towards the sink to do the washing up afterwards, but Ronan stopped him with a hand on his arm.
âJust leave it, Parrish.â
âButââ
âLeave them. Iâll do them in the morning.âÂ
Adam sighed, uncomfortable in the tension. He didnât know what to do now. Did Ronan just want him to leave? And if so, why had he told him to come in the first place?
âLook, do you know what day it is?â Adam asked, unable to take it any longer.
âItâs Thursday,â Ronan said, chin jutted out, arms crossed. Adam glared; Ronan clearly knew exactly what day it was.
âOkay, great,â Adam said tiredly. He opened his bag and pulled out the Tupperware and the envelope. âHappy Valentineâs Day, I guess.â
He put them on the table and stepped away, leaning against the wall and crossing his arms. He watched Ronanâs face, the expression on which had softened immediately. He looked to Adam, stricken.
âParrish, Iââ
âItâs fine, Ronan, just open them.â
Ronan snapped his mouth shut, and pulled the envelope over to him. Adam immediately felt self-conscious about his meagre homemade gifts.
âItâs not much,â he said quickly.
Ronanâs only response to this was a slight furrow in his brow. Then he took the CD out, quirking a smile at Adamâs inscription: LYNCHâS CHEESY LOVE SONG SINGALONG. It was surrounded by lots of hand drawn love-hearts that Adam now thought seemed excessive.
Ronan looked up and raised an eyebrow at Adam, a half-smirk on his face. âNo track-list, Parrish?â
âItâs a surprise,â Adam said, smiling weakly, but relieved. âYouâll have to play it to find out.â
âIâll do that,â he said with a sage nod. He put the CD down and reached for the Tupperware, pulling the lid off and tossing it aside. He looked inside and snorted. âYouâve really stuck with a theme here, huh, Parrish?â
âHey, Valentineâs Day is all about the hearts, apparently. And to be fair, the heart-shaped brownies are Blueâs fault. She found a cookie-cutter and insisted.â
âShe knew about this?â Ronan said.
âYeah, she helped me make them.â
âThat little sneak...â Ronan trailed off and let out a sharp laugh. âI asked her if she knew whether or not you were doing something, and she swore blind she had no idea.â
Adam thought about asking why Ronan had even wanted to know, but instead he pointed at the envelope. âThereâs a card in there, as well.â
âIn here?â Ronan turned the envelope upside down and the card slipped out into his hand. Adam watched as he took in the flower on the front, smiled a little, then did a double-take, glancing at Adam. âHold on. Is this what I think it is?â
Adam rubbed the back of his neck. âYeah. I, uh, I pressed one, before they all died. I wanted to keep it, I guess.â
âYeah,â Ronan said, something akin to awe in his voice. âI dream about them all the time.â He opened the card and read what Adam had written there, then dropped his face into his hands.Â
âParrish...â he mumbled. âI feel like a fucking asshole.â
Adam went over and gently pulled the card out of Ronanâs hand, sitting down on Ronanâs lap. Ronanâs arms circled his waist automatically and he tucked his face into Adamâs neck.
âYou are a fucking asshole, Lynch. I love you anyway.â
Ronan grumbled something incoherently against Adamâs skin, and Adam smiled. âWhat was that?â
Ronan lifted his head so he could be heard. âI said I love you right back.â
âGood,â Adam said.
âI thought youâd forgotten. And I didnât...I didnât want a big deal, and this day is a fucking joke or whatever, but you didnât mention anything. And I even thought you might borrow Ganseyâs phone and like, text me or something this morning? But then you didnât and when you finally called me you sounded annoyed and I didnât know why, and I didnât even think you wanted to come over. So then you finally got here and you seemed mad, and so I was mad and...Iâm sorry. I was here thinking you didnât give a shit and you made stuff for me?â He hung his head, penitent. âI love my gifts. These lame brownies smell great. Iâm fucking sorry, Parrish.â
âHey.â Adam cupped Ronanâs head in his hands. âItâs fine that you didnât get me anything. Honestly I think I just let this whole day get into my head as having to mean something when it doesnât. I donât need a special day to let you know how I feel. And Iâm sorry if I seemed mad. I just didnât know what to expect. I didnât mean to make it weird.â
He leaned in and kissed Ronan briefly. âAnd Lynch, you cooked for me. You made me a whole meal. Iâm pretty sure weâre even.â He kissed him again, until Ronan pulled back and covered Adamâs hands with his own.
âUm...you should come with me,â Ronan said, and he almost sounded sheepish.
They stood up and Ronan swiped the mix CD off the table and shoved it in the pocket of his hoodie, before taking Adamâs hand and leading him out the back door.
Confused but intrigued, Adam followed closely behind, clutching tight to Ronanâs fingers. It was cold outside and neither of them had their coats on, which Adam was about to point out when they walked around the corner of the nearest barn and he was rendered speechless by the sight before him.
In the middle of the grass was a small gazebo tent, the base of which was covered in luxurious looking blankets. There was a laptop in the middle of the floor, hooked up to a projector which was pointing at the outer-wall of the barn. A precarious tower of DVDs was piled up next to the laptop; Adam couldnât see the titles from here but imagined Ronan had assembled a variety of choices. There was a big thermos, contents unknown (coffee? Hot chocolate?), and various other treats; big bags of marshmallows and Hersheyâs Kisses and Reeseâs Mini Peanut-Butter Cups.
And everywhere, there was light. Ronanâs twinkling little dream lights, some in jars under the gazebo, others hanging in the air, changing colour, like little fireflies.
âRonan,â Adam finally managed hoarsely. âWhat the fuck?â
Ronan smirked. âYou thought I hadnât done anything.â
âUh, yeah, because you let me think that!â Adam said. He was struggling to process how cosy and romantic it all looked. Let it never be said that Ronan Lynch wasnât an absolute sap.
âI didnât let you think anything, you jumped to that conclusion all on your own.â
Adam scowled. âNow I feel like a fucking asshole.â
âDonât,â Ronan said, pressing a kiss to Adamâs temple. âAnyway, this is nothing.â
âIt is so far from nothing,â Adam said. He stepped forward and took a turn around, taking everything in as he walked in a slow circle, stopping when he was facing Ronan again. âI thought Valentineâs Day was capitalistic bullshit?â
âOh, it is,â Ronan said happily. âBut for one, I didnât spend a penny. And two, a whole day where I can spoil you as much as I want to and you donât get to complain about it? Sign me the fuck up for that.â
Adam burst out laughing. âYouâve just reminded me of something Henry said.â
âWhat did he say?â
âI told him that I wasnât sure whether or not youâd do anything because we hadnât talked about it, and he said, and I quote: âdo you really think heâs going to let a day when heâs practically green-lit to be as obnoxious as possible about you just pass him by?ââ
Ronan was grinning now. âChengâs pretty smart.âÂ
âYeah,â Adam said. He caught one of the floating lights in his hand and then let it go again. âJust for the record, I think your dreaming abilities give you an unfair advantage when it comes to stuff like this.â
âExcuse you, Parrish, the only thing I dreamt up was the blankets because theyâre heated. Oh, and the projector. And the gazebo. But thatâs it.â
ââThatâs itâ, he says.â Adam rolled his eyes, then accusingly added, âYou dreamt up the lights.â
âWell, yeah, but not for this. I already had those. And the food was stuff I already had in the house, and the DVDs are ones I already own. I didnât want to go overboard.â
Adam stared. âYou are ridiculous,â he said, shaking his head. âCome here.â
Ronan went, without question or hesitation, and Adam wrapped his arms around his neck.
âThis is the sweetest thing anybodyâs ever done for me,â he said softly. âThank you.â
âThank you,â Ronan whispered, kissing a line up Adamâs neck and across his face, the tip of his nose, his forehead, âfor the brownies, for what you wrote in the card...Jesus, Adam. Itâs the same for me. You know that, right? Itâs always you.â Â
Adam squeezed tighter, feeling dangerously overcome. He breathed in the familiar, comforting smell of Ronan, and then released his grip. âAnd for the CD, obviously,â he said.
âOf course,â Ronan said, and smiled sharply. âSpeaking of...â He pulled it out of his pocket and walked over to his laptop. âIâll let you pick a movie in a bit, but first, I wanna listen to my present.â
He popped the CD into the drive and pressed a couple of buttons on the mouse, and a moment later the opening track started to play: I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston.
Ronan laughed, once, soundlessly, then came back over to Adam and held his hand out.Â
âWell?â he said when Adam didnât move. âAre you dancing?â
Adam grinned. âAre you asking?â
âIâm asking.â
âThen Iâm dancing.â He took Ronanâs hand and together they swayed, far too slowly for a song this upbeat, but Ronan didnât seem to mind, and Adam certainly didnât.
They didnât speak while they were dancing, both perhaps a little shaken at the near-miss of an argument, both relieved they hadnât let it get that far. Both content to be in each otherâs company, away from prying eyes and expectations.
It was still early days. They were still learning how to do this, navigating firsts and futures and each other, but they were both quick studies, and Adam couldnât think of anything more worthwhile than building a foundationâ and a lifeâ with Ronan.
There were trickier days to come, but for now, theyâd survived their first Valentineâs Day as a couple. As they lay curled together in a blanket watching The Princess Bride projected onto the side of a barn, Adam thought heâd have to mark this one down as a win.
âHappy Valentineâs Day, Parrish,â Ronan whispered into Adamâs hair.
âUgh,â Adam said, and kissed him. âHappy Thursday.â
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PMA/SPREADING PMA DO'S AND DON'TS :D
So I've never done one of this before so it may be kinda messy. Sorry.
If sb is feeling down don't flood their asks and dm with the word PMA . Screaming pma in sb's face won't help solve their problem. Instead see if they wanna talk, if they do, talk to them.
Express pma through the way you behave, act and talk, Don't just use the word, that can get overwhelming.
If sb likes to receive pma messages and asks .etc then send it to them.
If they don't like to get tagged in tag posts then respect that and don't tag them, if you don't know how they feel about it, you can ask if they're ok with it. If they are then do it (I myself like it :) ).
If ppl don't always reply to your tags don't get sad, they may not want to always answer them.
If you work hard and don't get noticed don't worry, one day you definitely will. Don't hate on the ppl who get noticed.
If sb tells what they think about sth and for example they are upset don't hate on them, they're not hating on Jack.
If you see sb hate on Jack (for example for the merch stuff) don't embarrass them, just logically explain to them that it's not Jack's fault.
If sb shares their opinion and they're upset don't just tell them to keep the tag positive, don't worry about Jack getting sad or offended. He's a mature adult and he understands.
Once again if sb's sad don't flood them with the word pma, it may cause them to supress their feelings and that's not good for one's mental health.
Don't make pma sound like it means to always be happy and wear a mask, no. Being sad is part of having pma and having pma means to be human.
Sometimes ppl need to cry so don't always stop them. It can be so helpful.
If sb is talking with you about sth they're upset about and u ou don't know what to say wait till they finish then comfort them as much as YOU can and try to suggest them helpful things.
If you lose on Jack's uploads, streams .etc don't feel like you're not a fan. You're a fan since the moment you enter a fandom.
If you don't feel like watching one of the vids then don't. That's ok. You're not gorced to do it.
If you can't buy merch and attend Jack's shows (weather it's just for now or forever) don't get so sad. That's fine. Many ppl are like you and also he'll probably notice you on social media someday.
So that's what I remembered to say. Does this make sense? I hope. And please don't count this as hating or don't think that I'm trying to offend any of you. I want this to be a positive post. Also this is based on my own opinion so if you don't agree that's completely fine :) Hope you all have a great day :D
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