#so i was looking at her initial conversation with maddie

[kaylinalexanderbooks]

Love editing TSP and adding something super small to have a character moment early on and then it accidentally becomes a huge part of the series

[eddiebuckley-diaz]

Buck accidentally saying he was on a date with a guy and not realizing he did I think actually helped. It allowed him to just go with the flow of it and not spiral immediately. Maddie asking her follow-up questions when she initially processed the information was also a great way to prevent him to overthink. The way that the both of them slid into that conversation without tension was so beautiful.

I really loved seeing Buck become comfortable with the knowledge and Maddie getting onboard with it all without judgement. That is what a wonderful sibling relationship looks like.

[fr4nkie0stein]

Could you do a romona badwolf x reader

Where the reader wants to be friends with romona but shes cursed so that animals and people with animal features like tails ears ect

Are scared of her with out any reason animals will run away screaming from her and people with animal features run as well. But she really wants to be friends with romona because she thinks shes cool

Absolutely I can! I hope you like where I went with it ����💓

Cursed

Pairing: Ramona Badwolf x cursed fem reader

Summary: you want to be friends with Ramona, but your curse has a way of making that difficult

Content warning(s): none that I'm aware of

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When you were younger, you were cursed so that anyone who was an animal or had animal-like qualities would run away from you terrified for seemingly no reason. This upset you to no end as it made it quite difficult to make friends or meet new people as most of them had an animal companion of some sort if they weren't part animal themselves.

Because of this, you became isolated from your peers, spending most of your time alone while you did your best to find some way to break the curse (to no avail). You thought that maybe over time it would go away, but it soon became clear that wasn't going to happen.

When it got time for you to begin attending Ever After High, you were naturally worried about how you were going to fit it. Things went just about as you expected they would: people who had animal traits and were even close with animals kept away from you, no matter how friendly you tried to be.

Ashlynn was polite, but kept conversations short since she was usually followed by a group of small woodland creatures, people like Duchess stuck up their nose at you in solidarity, and Cerise ran away too, for some reason. Even Kitty wouldn't get near you long enough to prank you, something she was notorious for doing to newbies.

The only people who even tried to be your friend was Raven, as she knew what it was like to be an outcast, and Maddie, who kept bouncing around asking questions about your curse despite her pet mouse's frightened squeaks.

Despite all of that, though, there was really only one person who caught your eye: Ramona Badwolf. She looked so cool, even if she was a bit intimidating.

Ramona, in the meantime, had heard rumors about the new student who sent animals and those with their traits running away in terror. She'd initially scoffed when she heard it, as there was absolutely no way that was true.

She went to approach you when you were alone in the hallway, though her tough and scary demeanor was instantly shattered by the sound of a loud, ear piercing ringing sound that seemed to get louder the closer to you she got. No wonder animals ran away.

"What is your deal?!?" She shouted angrily, frustration written clearly on the features of her face as she glared at you.

You turned around, growing sheepish not only at the sight of the Ramona Badwolf, but at how she was yelling at you for seemingly no reason. "Sorry, I have this curse thing. Most animals and those with their traits run away from me because of it," you admitted softly, looking down at the ground.

Ramona scowled at you, her ears laying flat against her head as she covered them with her hands. "Well, something needs to be done about it, because this is just too much for me to handle."

A sudden thought popped into your head. "Hey, maybe you can help me find some way to lift the curse! Then people won't run from me anymore."

"Uh huh, sure. Whatever gets rid of that awful sound," she grumbled, starting to form a splitting headache from the ringing.

Your eyes lit up with excitement. This was perfect! Not only was someone going to help get rid of your curse, but you'd get to spend time with Ramona on top of it. "Come on, the library's bound to have something on curses."

You grabbed her by the arm and began dragging her with you, a low growling sound emitting from your throat at how much louder the noise was now that you were so close. "Fine. But I'm only doing this because I hate that noise."

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[the1gayteen]

Pink Pony Club Episode-911

Thanks to @speaknowbuckley I gained the motivation to finish this plot idea for what I picture for a queer central episode (Gay club, because its LA and I am desperate for ABC to allow us to see that side of the city!)  for 9-1-1!  (Also im back from vacation yay!)

Title: The Pink Pony Club (Please know that its been a Chappell Summer for me truly) 

Main Plot/Episode Dynamic:  

I see this following a bit after Bucks initial coming out as Bi (I initially had this before he actually was confirmed bi so I saw him coming out alone, but I can still see this with the buck/tommy coming out as well!). Takes place during pride month and Hen is watching as Buck is excited for his first pride month as not and ally™. I see her wanting to take Buck out with her and Karen to the bars to celebrate, and of course Chim and Eddie may have overheard and become jealous to join (letting them all come along for support and just fun). Overall its an episode that explore a lot. Buck feeling scared to feel accepted into the queer community finally, that maybe he isn't queer enough (possibly exploring Bi hatred within the community) (for me bi hatred and eraser is something that I would love to see touched upon especially now with how people have been reacting to bi characters becoming a norm) and scared to head out to the bars. But having a Buck and Hen brother sister scene where she convinces him that he should celebrate and love himself. Eventually planning outfits together. I see buck finally letting go as he walks into the first bar. People dancing around without a care, queens, men, women. Standing on the floor and letting the music mute his racing mind, finally letting himself sway to the music with a content happiness. Hen and Karen smiling proudly as they join in.  

Oh but don't think this whole story is just on Buck and Hen. I love a queer Eddie arch and if I was a writer for ABC this would be the first fucking stone cast for this arch. Eddie walking into that bar initially without any worry. He was an ally and doing this for his best friends, no worries there. Why would he be? He’s straight... right? But why as he's watching buck dance with men does he have this pain in his chest. Or seeing other men dance together with such joy and ease. Why as he sips and chats with a drag queen at the bar does he feel the most like he’s at ease and belongs somewhere than ever before? Why does the episode end with Eddie sneaking off back to the very same bar the next night without the rest of the 118 as a soft melody of pink pony club plays, a smile etching across his face as the lights over cast his face (I NNEEEDDD). 

Oh and Chim, having a fucking blast as per usual with Maddie.  

Songs Used/When they would be used: 

9-1-1's sound track to me at least has always been phenomenal for storytelling and setting the mood. So for an actual pride episode like this I would want some good bangers (I made a playlist that I may post later lol) 

1. If I Had You- Adam Lambert 

2. Pink Pony Club – Chappell Roan  

3. Rush- Troye Sivan (See this as more of a background song) 

4. I Know a Place- MUNA 

5. Its Raining Men- The Weather Girls 

There is more but these are *my* essentials 

Possible Emergencies: 

I would love for the conversation of Buck wanting/starting to look into queer culture and history after coming out to be shown on a call at a drag show/club. The same club that the 1(gay)teen shows up to later in the episode. Something about the dimensions of how certain heels are made for drag performers or how thick costumes (tights, tucks, etc.) can be and how that queen or queens ended up in that situation.  

A pride parade incident? (I wrote a possible scenario where there is one with Take me to Church over it and gods let me be a writer, PS I don't think I'm a good writer at all lol) 

Again thank you for coming to my Ted Talk I will take my exit..

[schlattslonghairytoes]

chapter four

real life!

third person

after the hug they shared the two struggled to keep up a conversation, every time it got quiet and awkward, so they went their separate ways, schlatt going to unpack, and talia going to start dinner with maddie.

the two were never the smartest, talia arguably smarter then schlatt but, not by much. not talking school smarts. more so emotionally, both damaged souls unsure how to mend problems when they arise.

from fights during childhood about who got the better power ranger, the red being a fan favorite amongst both kids, to high school about making dumb decisions and initiating the silent treatment, but at the end of the day, after running for as long as they could, they worked it out.

making peace so the next day they could repeat the doomed cycle, until they didn't, until talia left for california and broke schlatts heart in the process. ripping hers in half at the same time.

neither realized how much they needed one another, but they will, whether everyone around them realizes it before they do, or they come to terms with what has always been set in stone.

real life!

schlatt

I sat in my room, why does she have to be more perfect then before, i don't even deserve to be mad at her, but I am, but at the same time im not. good god why does this have to be so hard. I hear the door next to me close and soon I realize it's already around 12, so I get up and go to brush my teeth.

I walk into my bathroom where I see a pink toothbrush next to my blue one, maybe im sharing a bathroom with cooper he likes pink. that thought leaves as soon as it entered when talia romano walks into the bathroom in a very small pair of pajamas.

"oh shit sorry." she yells quickly, "god im gonna kill ted." I hear her whisper under her breath as she goes to leave.

I quickly grab her shoulder. "hey it's fine we can brush our teeth together, like old times y'know?" she smiles softly at me the same smile since she was a baby.

"yeah I guess so" she laughs quietly. it's been 20 seconds and she's never been so quiet, like in her entire life. ive got to say something, oh god im scared.

"so how have you been? college life treating you well?" christ I sound 50 years old, someone save me. "college life? jay you sound 50." she laughs

that's what I said.

"I mean it's been good, im basically done with my second year, ive moved in with my friend brittnay and I have a cat and a dog now." that surprised me. "you talia, have a cat and dog and you haven't brought it up yet, can I see them." me and talia have always bonded over pets.

one time, years ago, we found a cat in an alley behind her apartment. so we adopted her, kept her at talias, her mom never even noticed. I was her dad, talia was her mom, I remember so well we would sit on her bed with our cat rammy laying on our laps, and just watch movies. she's always loved movies, that's why she's studying film I guess.

"ok here look" she passes me the phone to show me her pets " this is elton he's a border collie, and then this is my cat whiskey."

"ok let me guess, elton named after elton john, and whiskey im assuming is after your favorite drink." I joke, while she loves elton John, talia despises whiskey. "haha real funny jay, alright im heading to bed. see you tomorrow?"

"no im gonna leave in the middle of the night." I deadpan. "you suck." she laughs before closing the bathroom door, leaving me with my own thoughts. I grab my phone and open my contacts

unblock my talia<3?

yes             no

I click yes before sliding my phone in my back pocket and retreating to my bed for the night, the short girl in the room over, still fresh on my mind.

[thetamehistorian]

I recently rediscovered the joy of Primeval and it's derailed all of my other writing plans so enjoy this snippet I guess!

Portsmouth, UK

Captain Hilary Becker had survived SAS selection, two tours of duty – which had included four miserable months in the Afghan desert with insurgents taking pot shots at him on the regular – and growing up as the only boy in a household with three older sisters.

That was to say that he categorically refused to let an overgrown prehistoric chicken become the reason his mother received a knock on the door from a sympathetic officer. With the butt of his EMD rifle nestled firmly in his shoulder he let off another burst and finally hit the sodding thing. It had been getting a little too close and bite-y for comfort for a moment there.

“Sitrep Captain?” Evan, his second and frequent bane of his life asked over the comms, presumably in the hopes that she could get off babysitting the scientist duty and have a piece of the action.

Becker didn’t so much nudge the stunned dinosaur back through the anomaly as shove it home with extreme prejudice. Look, what Abby didn’t know wouldn’t hurt her. “Fan-fucking-tastic, Lieutenant.”

“SNAFU, copy that sir.”

Truer words have never been spoken.

Becker could hear the grin in Evan’s voice. There were days he was glad that Special Forces hadn’t recruited female officers back when he’d been in training. Evan was exactly the kind of feral that would have thrived in that environment, which probably explained how she’d ended up in his unit, thinking about it. It took a certain type of person to last at the ARC.

Becker tried not to contemplate what that must say about him.

Heaving himself up, EMD still trained on the anomaly, he held back at grunt as the scar tissue on his side twinged at the movement. “ETA on Temple?”

“Two minutes,” came the reply, echoed a second later by the man himself.

Finally, some good news. After the fiasco with the first, very broken, locking mechanism, and then the creature incursion, Becker could do with some haste.

“What are these little buggers anyway?” he asked, having set up in a better position to snipe any others that got ideas about coming through.

“Eoraptors,” Temple informed him, slightly out of breath. Over the sound of the comms, Becker could hear approaching footsteps. “Late Triassic.”

“Small, fast, lots of teeth, omnivores,” Matt added helpfully from somewhere halfway across the country.

Two anomalies opening at once wasn’t exactly common, but it wasn’t the first time it had happened during his time at the ARC. Becker hoped they were having more luck corralling the herd of peaceful giants back through their anomaly his team were with the overgrown chickens. Sorry – Eoraptors.

With a scuff of boots on the floor, Connor Temple burst into the room, set down the new locking mechanism and activated it with a speed that would have the instructors at Sandhurst grudgingly impressed. This time, blessedly, the anomaly behaved itself and shrunk down to a closed state. Connor let out a sigh of relief. Becker did too, but he was more subtle about it.

Then the mad genius that Becker had the misfortune to call his colleague looked at him, grinned in a mildly manic way that could have been either the result of too little sleep, or humour, or both, and said, “So, James, eh?”

Despite his attempt to hide it, Becker did not miss the way Connor’s eyes flicked down to the ID plate on his EMD, the one that matched the dog tags round his neck which clearly proclaimed him to be one Captain H J Becker.

He was well aware of the ongoing debate at the ARC regarding what those initials stood for and was just glad that Connor hadn’t overheard the first part of the conversation.

There was a reason he went by his surname, after all.

Banging his head against the wall, Becker looked up toward the ceiling of the powder magazine – grade II* listed Hils, Maddy has enthused upon their arrival, one of the best examples of a bastion trace fort in the country - and once again cursed the universe for opening an anomaly at his favourite sister’s place of work.

SNAFU - "Situation normal: all fucked up" or 'this sucks, but that's the normal state of affairs'.

[missr3n3]

This is a disease that spreads and burns /j (Context: this is an idea I had, originally for Moon's blog, but I guess this is what happens when you have more than one current hyperfixation)

"Anti-characters" -> Doppelgangers of some of the main cast who usually only have a few tiny physical differences, but are otherwise completely different, if not complete opposites, of the character they look like

Anti-Joshua: Edgar Fermour

Actually has a lot of physical differences: is far shorter than Josh, has very short hair, wears glasses and has grey eyes instead of green.

Comes from a stable, middle class family and has one younger sister, Everlee, and two parents who love to spoil their children and to read, a passion that Edgar ended up inheriting from them.

A very well-behaved, studious, helpful, always-has-high-grades teacher's pet kind of guy, he is both respected and hated at school, with most other students only going out of their way to talk to him when they need help with studies.

Is actually very sociable and energetic, though he gives off the impression of being closed off as he rarely initiates conversations, but this is because Edgar only trusts and sees others as friends when they're capable to keep up with his "nerdiness", which is hard to come by for him.

Anti-Isaac: Orchen Ansel

Edgar's blue-eyed devout best friend who has a pony tail, something he wishes to keep as he sees his body as a gift from both his parents and the Lord, though he doesn't judge people for doing what he doesn't, such as Edgar himself keeping his hair short and occasionally swearing.

Rarely anyone outside of church kids wants to interact with Orchen, as he's seen as a "missionary in training", always having a bible verse or moral teaching at the tip of his tongue, which many find annoying.

He is the eldest out of four children born to an interracial Pentecostal couple, though he doesn't speak in tongues outside of church because he knows most other Christians don't have this practice.

Orchen is a very naturally shy kid, so because of this, and his piety driving other children away, he carries around a small prayer book all the time, for whenever he has been harshly pushed aside or feels he was unhelpful, since he loves to help whenever possible.

Anti-Madeline: Lillian "Lily" Mitchens

With a few extra inches of height and both eyes being brown, Lily is the complete polar opposite of Maddie.

Being the child of a successful Diane businessman and a respected Hemera doctor, Lily grew up being overly nurtured and spoiled by all the adults around her, thus she became a vain, haughty and snooty young woman who feels entitled to mistreat and belittle those she sees as "nobodies".

She especially has it out for a boy in her school called Francis Lacey (anti-Amir), who comes from a struggling family in the "poor district" of Hemera, often showing off her new presents and chasing him around with her motorcycle. Lily only ever noticed Francis' existence due to him being friendly with her former playdate companion Zella Xaver (anti-Leah), though she never targeted Zella herself, as Lily knows she is too much of an empath for her own good and makes friends with practically everyone.

Other than her parents, their friends and the few children she got along with, the only other person Lillian is kind and sweet with is her little brother, Orion, whom she adores.

(Will describe the others if you guys really want it)

thanks for sharing!

even tho the canon cast are more often the ones being bullied than the bullies, i still can't help but feel like canon joshua, isaac, and madeline would steal these kids' lunch money n shove them in lockers lmao

not amir tho, even he's a wimp even in canon <3

[aspecbuddie]

Can i ask about Chris finds out about the will?? And the Buck and Chris post 4x05??

again - apologies this took so long to answer xD

Chris finds out about the will

Does what it says on the tin I guess? xD One of Chris' friends finds it weird that Ana didn't stay with him when Eddie got shot, so Chris asks Eddie about it, and it leads to a convo about the will.

I've already shared a snippet from this here but have another one

“Ben said that when his mom was sick her boyfriend took care of him. He said it was weird your girlfriend wasn’t the one taking care of me when you were in the hospital.” “Do you think it’s weird?” Chris thought for a minute. “No,” he stated. “Buck is family. She isn’t. Not yet anyway.” There was movement noticeable in the corner of his field of vision, and Eddie glanced up in time to catch Buck freeze in the doorway, clearly stopping himself from entering the room and intruding. Eddie’s eyes met Buck’s, and he hoped that they were managing to convey everything he couldn’t say out loud right now. Stay. Chris is right. You’re family. Chris’ friend is wrong. I gave you Chris in my will, is that not enough to convince you we need you here with us?

Buck and Chris post 4x05

Apparently I started writing this almost exactly a year ago xD I feel like the snippet explains what the fic is about pretty well xD

“Okay fine,” he admits. “I was thinking about Maddie’s baby box.” Pausing the TV, Eddie swivels to face him. “The uh… the one that had a picture of Daniel in it? Are you pissed about them not having one for you?” The weird thing is, he’s not. Initially, sure, but that was soon overshadowed by the Daniel revelation. It’s definitely on his list of things to discuss with Dr Copeland at some point, but isn’t the highest priority right now. “Actually, no. I was uh…” Buck laughs nervously. “Nevermind. It’s nothing.” “Buck.” He sighs, feeling like he should have known better than to start this conversation with Eddie, who he sometimes thinks knows him better than he knows himself. “I just… I was thinking about the box of things I have from Chris,” he admits, choosing not to look at Eddie, knowing his face is bright red. Because he is very, almost painfully, aware of the various ways this conversation will go, especially the ones that end with him returning his key to Eddie’s house.

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[galaxysharks]

Last time I read the Madlyn Office AU uhm Maddox and Ashlyn are in a rocky situation that ended up Maddox telling Ashlyn that she was offered another job and Ashlyn remember what EJ had told her. I was just wondering what happened to them after that?

Ashlyn Bursts through the door to the office building. Ignoring the elevator, she sprints up the stairs, using the end of the railing to swing around and dart down the hallway.

Careful not to drop the wrapped package under her arm, she had to get there.

This has to work.

After she failed to respond to Maddox pouring her heart out, she'd tried to catch-up to her, but the Techie had already managed to make herself scarce.

She did run into Jet though. He was......less than receptive to her, at least at first. Apparently he wasn't about to let 'another rich white girl drag Maddie through hell before breaking her heart in the middle of an office event' ......which opened more questions, and made Ash feel even worse.

After an hour or so of frankly humiliating pleading, Jet did decide he believed her and offered to help. His help was a phone number for her to get something made for Maddox.

Specifically it was the number of their adoptive father Dewey. Which again added questions, she didn't even know they were adopted. Jet did warn her that she'd have a much harder time convincing Dewey, or Janine if she picked up, Maddox was their favorite.

Ash awkwardly tried to assure him that he was loved just the same, but he interrupted her and said it was obvious and he was fine with it. "A LOT of people in our lives have blatantly preferred me over her, and they weren't as nice about it, I can live with Dewey and Janine loving me just okay"

So, armed with a chance, Ashlyn went home. Later the next day, she called the number, and started a video chat with Maddox's adoptive parents. And clearly Maddie had called before, because they were initially less than thrilled to see her. After a long, long conversation that felt like taking a test she hadn't studied for, Janine finally agreed that they would help, Dewey grunting beside her.

And so here she was. Hoping she isn't too late. Quinn and Uncle Cash were in the office today to ask Maddox for her final verdict and in theory drive her to the main office, if she accepted.

Ashlyn ran into the Tech Support office, shamelessly shoving past her uncle and clumsily stopping herself with Maddie's corner desk.

"Wait!.....huff.....wait......oh my god, the stairs....."

Her sudden appearance has clearly startled the room, with loud exclamations of alarm. Maddox had a guarded look to her, but patiently waited for Ashlyn to catch her breath. Taking a final deep breath in, Ashlyn started her speech:

"Maddie I like you! I like you so so much! And I don't know why I couldn't say it before, but I can say it now, and I need you to know. I'm so sorry I ever made you think this wasn't serious for me, I've never felt this way about anyone before! I can't ask you not to go, because this is a great opportunity, but I have to ask that you at least take this with you." Ashlyn pushed the package into Maddie's hands.

Maddox stared at her for a moment before carefully peeling away the brown paper. Within the wrapping was a thin cross section to a pine tree, sanded and polished. Carved into the wood, "Ashlyn 🧡 Maddox" stood out.

A little cringe, maybe but Ashlyn is far past the point of pride in this endeavor anyway. Recognizing the handwriting and carving skills, Maddox's eyes snapped back up.

"Ash, this is..."

"You're parents scare the shit out of me. Also that's from your backyard, or theirs? The video call said it was coming from California."

The little grin that had started to form at the tree plate split as Maddie began to laugh. It was the most beautiful sound Ashlyn had ever heard. What she wouldn't give for a recording of that laugh, so that she might spend the rest of her life waking up to that sound.

"Ahem, as touching as this is, we kind of need an answer Maddox." And God, there have been dozens of times throughout her life that she wished Cash Caswell would just go mute, but maybe none with so much ferver as now.

Quinn for her part just looked thrilled with the amount of drama she's gotten to witness.

"I.....I'm so sorry sir, I really appreciate the opportunity, but I think I need to stay at the outlet office." Maddox said, never taking her eyes off of Ashlyn.

"Very well, it's a shame that a highschool relationship has taken precedence over your career, but--"

"actually Cash, we take pride in having the most state of the art system in the country, correct? I don't see any reason why Maddox could not perform her duties from the outlet office. If that is amenable to you?" Quinn spoke up finally, an amused and playful glare directed at Maddox, noticing that the teen had curled up under Ashlyn's arm, leaning into her side.

Ruffled, but too smart to pass up the opportunity, Cash agreed, but stated there would be a two month probationary period, after which Maddox would be transferred to the main office if her work showed any dip in quality.

And if Ashlyn got teased for the next two weeks about being extra with everything.....she could live with that.

[pocketramblr]

5 ask game: Danny Phantom au where, as someone who is both alive and dead, Danny is now a vampire vs a human-ghost hybrid

1- the portal flashes and Danny collapses, pale as a corpse. Sam and Tucker try to get him upstairs to rest on the couch, and panic when they can't feel a pulse. Jazz hears and enters and is concerned, but tells them they are checking wrong anyway and does so herself. She can't get a pulse from his wrist, or his neck, but she can feel his breathing, so she opens his mouth to see if he's choking on something. That's when he wakes up and bites her.

2- Jazz yells at him for biting her finger, Danny yells at her for jamming her finger in his mouth, and gets up to rinse and spit the blood out. Since he's fine now, Jazz leaves to go back to her homework, and Sam and Tucker stick close to see what's going on. Danny doesn't come out of the bathroom for a while, and doesn't answer when they call, so Tucker goes in to make sure he didn't fall, and Sam follows when the other boy just stops and gapes. Danny is staring at the mirror, and Sam goes "huh your teeth look... Really sharp. Cool." And Tucker goes "yeah his reflection is also missing, what the heck"

3- they move to Danny's room quickly and promise to keep it a secret. Sam thinks it's cool as hell, until Tucker asks if he's going to bed to drink blood, and Sam has to consider how to make it vegetarian. Tucker thinks rare steaks and the like would work, Sam says it would be better to just drink a little from willing humans, without killing like eating animals. Danny is only half listening to this conversation because he is realizing he can walk on walls and ceilings, in lizard fashion you know.

4- Vlad is also a vampire who has figured out way more powers than Danny. (Who has a bat form, but doesn't know about wolves or fog form initially) He wants to bite and transform Maddie, and get Danny to bite Jazz, so they can be a little vampire family together. Without Jack. This obviously does not work, and a running theme ends up becoming that Danny figures out new parts of his vampire powers slowly each time he has to fight Vlad

5- Jazz figures out Danny's secret without being told, so when he asks how she knew she's like "bro. You don't have a reflection and suddenly I didn't have to tell you put on sunscreen. I figured it out." ("Mom and Dad haven't figured it out." "Yeah they're ghost experts, not vampire experts.") Wes is the only other person at their school who figures it out, but he assumes that Sam is a vampire who bit Danny to make him one recently.

[writingutensilthief]

Femslash February 2024 - Gray

Fandom: Gravedale High Ship: Cleo/OC Summary: Maddie tries to make Cleo feel better by showing her good things that also happen to be gray. Word count: 1,610 Author's Note: I'm doing this year's Femslash February over on my Hanna-Barbera blog using @femslashfeb's prompt list and decided that I want to do some Canon/OC pieces for it as well.

The sky was dark and cloudy, threatening to rain. Nice weather like that meant that Gravedale High opened up for outdoor lunch.

But today Cleo was too absorbed in the latest issue of her magazine to care. All the mummy models in it had bright white bandages, the kind that would catch everyone's attention and then give them eye damage. They probably even smelled like fresh bleach.

Cleo's bandages weren't that bright anymore. She sighed and closed the magazine, pushing it aside. "I wonder if I'm starting to gray," she said aloud to herself.

She didn't expect a pair of hands to clamp onto her shoulders in response.

"Let's see," Maddie said, studying the color of her hands against Cleo's bandages.

Cleo somehow managed not to let out a shriek at the sudden physical contact. She hadn't realized that someone else had sat down at the table she had chosen, or that Maddie was even in school that day.

"You're not gray," Maddie determined, pulling away her sickly, fleshy hand. She then pulled away her other, skeletal hand. "But not bone-white either." She waited for Cleo's response.

"Um... thanks," Cleo responded, rubbing one of her shoulders awkwardly. She hadn't wanted her concerns to become an actual conversation topic.

But it seemed that Maddie did. Sort of.

"But even if your bandages were gray, I think it'd be okay. Lots of things good things are gray."

Cleo shook her head. "Mummies aren't-"

"Like me," Maddie continued. "And my best shoes are gray." She lifted one of her legs to show off the shoes she was wearing. "See?"

"Those are silver, I don't think that counts."

"Of course they don't," Maddie immediately agreed, slamming her leg back down. "But..." She looked around for another idea, finally settling on upward. "Look at the sky! It's gray."

Cleo did indeed look up at the sky. It was a nice shade of gray, and its clouds were able to hide the sun enough to prevent further fading of her bandages. But she didn't agree out loud.

Maddie was still thinking of gray things when an idea popped into her head. She grinned and grabbed one of Cleo's hands. "Hey, do you wanna go down Cemetery Hill with me? I can show you great gray things!"

"Huh?" Cleo blinked. "Right now?"

"Yeah, right now."

"We can't." Cleo pulled her hand away. "We have to go back to class soon."

"How about after class then?" Maddie's grin was still there. "I can wait for you if you want me to."

Cleo's initial thought was that she didn't particularly want to go. Her second thought was that she liked being invited somewhere. She let that thought simmer for second as she studied Maddie's expression; it seemed genuine, and her request seemed to lack any ulterior motives.

With some hesitancy still, Cleo gave Maddie an affirmative "Sure thing" and got up to the sound of a ringing bell signaling that lunch was over.

Maddie ignored the bell and waved to Cleo as she left. "Great! I'll see you this afternoon!"

The next few hours passed by with little fanfare. Without the magazine directly in front of her the worries Cleo had at lunch slipped her mind, so she was in a better mood as she left the school to look for Maddie.

Maddie was the one to find her. She was waiting behind one of the stone pillars at the front gate and grabbed Cleo's arm as she walked by, pulling her next to her.

Cleo did let out a shriek this time. But that was not an unusual sound at Gravedale High, so at least she didn't have to worry about embarrassing herself.

"Maddie!" She hissed. "What are you doing here?"

"Hiding so nobody else thought I was waiting for them," Maddie answered. "Are you ready to go?"

"Yeah, I guess," Cleo replied, composing herself. "Just down the hill, right?"

"Uh-huh, right at the bottom," and with that Maddie was off.

Cleo struggled to catch up to her at first. The unpaved path proved to be annoying, with the risk of kicking up dust on herself or her foot getting caught in one of the cracks weighing on her mind.

But it was the rocks she should have been worried about. She stepped on one and her balance was gone, her arms flailing as she stumbled forward trying to catch herself. She couldn't, but she did catch Maddie, unintentionally using her to stop her momentum.

This pushed Maddie forward and she too had to stumble to stop. She then laughed about it. "Don't fall, Cleo." She placed Cleo's hands on her shoulders and held onto them, ready to usher her down the hill. "I'll help you."

Cleo decided to accept her offer, and the two of them continued on. It was quiet for a few minutes until Maddie decided to continue the conversation from earlier in the day.

"You shouldn't get mad about the rocks here Cleo, I wanted to show you them." She nudged one of the gray rocks on the ground with her foot for emphasis. "They're Cemetery Hill's natural defense mechanism, they're protective." She looked up to the sky again. "Just like this gray sky, protecting us from the sun."

Cleo joined her in looking up again. Truthfully, she had lost interest in the topic hours ago, but she found herself liking Maddie's excitement about it. "The sky seems a lot darker now," she said, trying to add to the conversation. "I wonder if it's finally going to-"

The sky opened into a downpour.

"Another great thing about gray skies!" Maddie cheered. "Water to keep things living."

Cleo wasn't as pleased with the turn of events. She let go of Maddie's shoulders and covered her head with her arms. She then darted forward to try and find covering.

"You don't like rain Cleo?" Maddie called after her.

"It'll make my hair frizzy!" Cleo cried back in response.

Maddie stopped in thought. She started to slip off her jacket to give to Cleo, but then pulled it back on. She slipped it off again, pulled it back on again. This happened a couple more times before Maddie made an executive decision.

Cleo had managed to find an awning to hide under. She sighed in relief as she was no longer getting drenched, and had relaxed a little by the time Maddie caught up to her.

"Here Cleo-" Maddie said, holding out her jacket, "-just give it back to me when you're done."

"Oh, no thanks Maddie, I'm good now." Cleo didn't want to inconvenience her and gave her a small smile in appreciation of the gesture. She had never seen Maddie without her jacket on before. "You should put it back on though, you're getting soaked."

Maddie dutifully put the jacket back on. She then took in her surroundings and realized where Cleo had ducked under. She had found one of the mausoleums that rested at the bottom of Cemetery Hill, exactly where Maddie was trying to take her.

"This mausoleum is great, isn't it?" Maddie said, shifting her attention back to the topic of gray objects. "A good place to bury the dead - and free housing for zombies once they resurrect!"

Cleo had to disagree with the first point. Mummies got buried in tombs with fanfare and luxury, and with enough precious, molten gold to burn someone's skin off. That was a good place to bury the dead. But once again, she found herself wanting to keep talking with Maddie, and didn't want to risk ruining it by voicing an alternate opinion.

She instead held out a hand to help Maddie up onto the mausoleum porch, since she clearly wasn't going to get out of the rain herself. "Come on, you're still getting soaked!"

Maddie took her hand and let herself be pulled under the awning, but she was confused about it. "I'm not afraid of rain, Cleo. Besides, I haven't even shown you everything yet."

"You can tell me about it from here, Maddie. I want to wait for the rain to stop."

Maddie frowned but did so. She settled in next to Cleo and pointed across the graveyard. "Do you see those tombstones over there?"

Cleo squinted in the direction Maddie was pointing, as even with her glasses she couldn't see things in the distance well. The tombstones looked like big gray rocks with some scribbles on them to her. "Yeah."

"See, those things are amazing," Maddie started. "Humans put them here when they bury their dead, so they know which one is theirs. But also, it says all the best stuff the humans did while they were alive, right? So when the zombies rise, they already know who they are and don't have to freak out about it. So it's good for humans and zombies!"

She continued rambling a bit, and Cleo found herself listening to every word. She didn't know Maddie had an interest in this stuff. It made her feel good that Maddie would choose her out of everyone to open up to. The idea of the reverse being also true, that Maddie would listen to Cleo talk about her interests, crept into her head. And the fear of rejection that usually followed that thought wasn't as strong as it normally was.

She just wanted to do it somewhere it wasn't pouring rain.

"You know what else is gray?" Cleo found herself asking, still not being willing to outright making her request.

"What?" Maddie responded, her attention now fully on Cleo.

"The trays at Papa Igor's. Once the rain stops ... do you want to go grab a slice?"

[shinsouscatpisssmell]

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬

Other woman

An:// just some cute headcannons I kept thinking of and some trope pics I found on Pinterest 🦭💕 currently working on part 4 so enjoy

♡ Relationship♡

After you met, you both kept in contact meeting up for mini outings when she wasn’t busy with work

Ria fell for you first. Try to deny it or write it off as you being like her younger sister

Even though she fell first. You confessed first (by accident! As she over hears your conversation with Atsumu on the phone)

Sometimes you feel guilty for falling for her as you still feel you ruined her marriage so she reassures you a lot

Literally a prince in princess attire. Protects you from everything and anyone that will hurt ( when she got wind of the voicemail suna left she called her team of lawyers to find the best strategy to sue him)

You’re the strawberry gf to her goth gf 💕

She always wears pants or short skirts. Leaves the dresses to you until you beg her to match with you.

Very flirty. Any and everywhere she will drop a flirtatious comment just to see you get flustered.

The roles only reverse when you hype her up when she dresses up with you

She was there for you during your pregnancy. Had moments where she would talk to the twins in your belly about anything.

Calls you her ‘fairy’ because you’ve granted every wish she could want.

Atsumu theorize that the babies are actually rai’s by saying she is the alpha and you’re an omega. Osamu doesn’t disagree with it

You two live together. Have embellished everything with your initials.

You two came up with the baby names together

Call each other on lunch breaks and if have time eat together over the phone.

Ria waits outside your work with small gifts (she doesn’t let you know it’s leading up to the proposal)

You’re both so deeply in love that others get blinded by the smallest things you do 💕

✿friend group before Ria✿

Met when younger. You saw them playing volleyball and told them they looked stupid.

Fought several days and nights after that since you lived two houses over. Literally went out there way just to see you on the way to school just to mess with you

When the beef was settled found out you had a lot more in common and became trouble makers.

Fight and protect one for one another. If someone makes a comment you’re ready to set their houses on fire and come up with the cover stories

Out of the 3 osamu is the chill one (until him and Atsumu fight)

The twins cried when they found out you were not taking care of yourself after the whole suna ordeal.

When the gender was found out Atsumu wore nothing but pink for a month until his coach made him change into his uniform and osamu made all the onigiri pink (kinda like that Burger King Halloween burger 💀)

♡After Ria joined the group✿

Gags eveytime the witness you guys do something lovey dovey

We’re a little skeptical of the relationship at first but got over it when they saw Ria was serious

Did a 3 hour interrogation before the first date in Ria

Calls Ria the twins maddy (mom-daddy) since she has literally been there since the beginning and has been taking the role parental role

The twins let her in on all your dirty secrets of the past

All had a hand in picking out the babies nursery

The twins helped Ria plan out the proposal two months prior.

[fruitjedi]

I'd do anything to be her

Buck realized he was in love with Eddie when Hen told him so. It was late after a shift, Eddie was talking about his new girlfriend Marisol, and Buck was just so angry. He wanted Eddie to be happy he indeed did. But he couldn’t shake this burning feeling whenever Eddie talked about his love life—this raging desire for it to be him instead.

He only learned that that feeling was jealousy after Hen asked him if it was while they were washing dishes.

“Buck honey” she had said “Are you perhaps jealous about Eddie’s new girlfriend?”

Buck sputtered in protest and dropped what he was washing “Uh um uh uh,... No?”

Hen sighed “Buck. You know it’s ok if you like him”

Buck had tried to protest more after that but eventually, Hen had coaxed it out of him that yes he was jealous and yes he was in love with his best friend.

What resulted subsequently was Buck breaking things off with Natalia and then relentlessly pining for his best friend.

It started off simply being (not so quietly) jealous over Eddie and Marisol and repeatedly insisting to Hen he was fine.

Then it got worse. Like dodging questions to Eddie on why Buck and Natalia broke up or avoiding movie night with Eddie and Chris because his heart couldn’t take it.

And then by the third week in a row, Buck missed movie night Eddie was waiting for him by his car.

“Buck” Eddie stated, “You missed movie night again,  have you been avoiding me?”

Buck sighed and ran his hands through his hair. Well, Buck thought if I’m going to ruin the friendship one of these days better get it over with, and then Buck grabbed Eddie’s face with both his hands and kissed him, hard. Eddie put his hands around Buck's waist and drew him in closer. After a thrilling moment, Buck pulled away, Got in his car, and drove off...

For the days following Buck repeatedly avoided Eddie. He muted his phone and when he did check it, would swipe away the texts from Eddie.

The only times Buck would even accept contact from Eddie was when Chris initiated a conversation and wanted to hang out. For about a week Buck and Eddie basically acted like divorced parents passing Chris around like a drug deal.

Buck’s avoidance of his closest friend continued to go on for about two more weeks until eventually, Maddie ambushed Buck after a shift when Chim promised him fast food and Maddie was there waiting. Prepared to talk about Buck’s situation with Eddie. Chim quickly made an excuse to leave. Leaving the two siblings alone.

“So I hear from Howie you’ve been avoiding Eddie?” Maddie asked as a question “What’s going on? You haven't been answering any of my texts either”

Buck sighed and put his head in his hands “ I kissed him Mads, I messed it all up spectacularly “

Maddie looked at him confused “Evan. Isn’t that a good thing?”

Buck sighed again “Maybe, But he has Marisol,” He said her name like a curse or a swear, Like a word he couldn’t stand to have on his tongue

“But have you actually talked to him about it?” Maddie asked gently

“It’s too late Mads, If I didn’t mess it up by kissing him I sure as hell did by avoiding him for three weeks and passing Chris around like a kid of divorced parents”

“Maybe” Maddie replied “But you’ll never know if you don’t talk to him”

Even after the talk with Maddie it still took a tough call to get Buck to talk to Eddie again. Buck had gone into a fire after a little girl who ran back inside after her dog. While in there Bucks's mask broke and even though he was able to rescue the girl (and her dog) he still inhaled a lot of smoke. He ended up being taken to the hospital after he passed out and woke up in a hospital room with the best friend he’d been avoiding for weeks staring at him.

“We need to talk Buck” Eddie stated annoyed “You almost died again you almost died and you are still avoiding me and I don’t know if I could take it because you died thinking- whatever your thinking” 

Eddie sighed “You know even before the kiss you were avoiding me. The only answer I got to that was you kissing me and then acting for weeks like we’re divorced. That’s kinda difficult when we’re partners at work.” Eddie took a breath “Do you know how scared I was when you came out with your mask broken? Buck, I was petrified”

Buck looked at Eddie “Eds” He said softly “ I didn’t mean to hurt you it’s just I like you I’m in love with you and you have a girlfriend and I kissed you and I just thought it would be best if I kept my distance after I let my impulses get the better of me”

Eddie sat down on the “Buck, Buck, Evan. Mi Amor. I Broke up with Marisol ages ago because I’m in love with you. I’ve been trying to tell you that since you kissed me” 

Buck’s eyes widened “You love me?”

Eddie nodded “ Of course I do Cariño”

Buck smiled and leaned forwards and kissed him.

ao3-

[highschoolboi]

Ok I just got put my thoughts about 911 6x17 onto a page before I explode. Heavy spoilers for 6x17!!!!

1. Buck and Natalia situation.

Why is she so pissed off at the fact that buck has dated women before? Yes I know it interrupted their date, so obviously you can be a little annoyed, and she tried to say it in a joking manner, but It really didn't come off like that. It came of like 'you dated other women? How dare you'. And yes his life is messy so it's OK to be overwhelmed by that a bit, but stormy off, and implying that it's completely over for them, at the mere idea of buck being a human with an life outside of her? I instantly thought she didn't like buck, she liked the stories she could get from him about death. As soon as he's anything more than that she bails.

2. The buck and Cameron situation.

As far as I know, they aren't close. Buck and Connor are, but not buck and Cameron so why is she coming to him first and not a close friend, family etc? And they were already weird about the sperm donor situation, so this definitely felt like overstepping of boundaries (addition to this is her just eating the meal he has set out, not even asking if she can have some first). But my main issue with this is where it looks like the writers are heading with this. Cameron and Connor are in a bad spot, and the last scene of buck shows him and her with 'love is in the air' playing in the background, a song they played for the other couples/potentially couples (bobby/athena, hen/karen, chim/mads, /eddie/insulation foam girl), which implies Cameron and buck might become a couple which is just so bad in so many ways. Yes it could just be a scene showing him being gentlemanly, giving her the bed and he takes the couch, bringing her pickles, and maybe him imagining a family of his own (not involving cameron), but with the music it really isn't looking good.

3. Eddie and insulation foam girl.

I forgot her name, I know it's starts with M. They met briefly, once, and I don't remember any chemistry (i barley remember her tbh). And now, with the music, they are implying a potential romance between her and eddie? Feels very rushed, and kind of a last ditch effect because they couldn't think of anything better.

4. The eddie bobby conversation.

I mean it all points to eddie and buck. Buck was the one there to sit with eddie at his lowest moments, buck was the one who always had his back. Making big bobby/Athena and eddie/buck parallels again.

*Also wouldn't of eddie asked buck first to help him build the project? He's always helping chris with school and he built or at least had a hand in building Chris's skateboard, so he has experience with diy. Not that i disliked the eddie + bobby time, it just confused me why it wasn't buck.

5. Eddie and Buck.

Eddie wants to be chosen by a romatic partner, and buck is at an impass where he needs to choose his romantic partner. You can put 2 and 2 together. Buck needs to back away from the Cameron/Connor situation like he did with the chim/mads in Boston situation: he got too involved with someone else's relationship and baby, and he nearly got people hurt/hurt himself, it's the same with the c/c situation now: he's done his part, now he needs to choose to step away. He also needs to choose whether his current(?) relationship with natalia is actually good for him, or whether it will end in hurt just like with his other relationships (hinted at with lucy and taylor). Eddie just wants someone he is already comfortable with, and that he has chemistry with, to make the initiative, he doesn't want to go out searching for love, he wants love to find him: he wants to be chosen.

6. Maddie and Chim.

On a happy note, this was adorable and I love the direction their relationship/dynamic/story is going in. I also really liked the talk mads had with hen: mads came in on offence, but hen handled it, knowing her own intentions were pure, and explained this to Maddie, helping her to work through the fears she had, just like with Chim. I wouldn't mind more hen and Maddie scens in the future, especially considering she is marrying hens best friend.

*Also side note we did not miss the fact that Buck had a ring cutter for 'other things ;)' fanfiction is abundant on the topic of 'other things' and buck.

7. Final odds and ends.

Loved the anniversary talk with Athena and the lady, then with Bobby. Just really sweet and heart-warming. I also saw someone sat that the 4-5 year anniversary they keep bringing up also coincides with how long eddie and buck have known eachother, so there could be a fun Buddy parallel there.

With eddie and tia texting, and the scene cutting to Chris on the laptop, it really looked like Chris was posing as tia, setting eddie up on dates. I assume this isn't what they intended but it was really weird editing and scene choice.

The guy maybe checking out eddie at the golf place, as well as the two women who could be lesbians, was just a real unsubtle hint (hopefully), as well as the general vibe of the sequence where everytime eddie tries to flirt with a woman, something bad happen: stop trying to force this man into a straight relationship, it's clealy ending in disaster each time! /hj

- also the plot thickening on the eddie/Shannon deal. Last episode we learnt that eddie ONLY married her because of Chris, very much implying he maybe didn't actually want to, it's just what he was expected to do, so he did it (comphet much?), and now we learn that eddie didn't even pursue shannon! Clealy she initiated everything, and he just went along with it! If they are not trying to say eddie is bi/gay/didn't like Shannon, then why do they keep framing it that eddie kinda felt forced to go out with Shannon and marry her? (From sociatal expectations, not necessarily forced by shannon herself)

Fin

Thank you if you read this very long rant: I just needed to get my thought down before I exploded form frustration :)

[spectroscopes]

Some final thoughts on what happened in 9-1-1 fandom recently because I’m not sure if this has been discussed but I think when the initial accusations against pururing were made the assumption on the part of the people making them was that pururing was a white American. I saw some comments about how the alleged whitewashing was a product of “them” (as in, presumably, racist white fans) not seeing Jee-Yun as human, which of course makes no sense when referring to a Korean character if you know the art in question was drawn by a Korean person.

I think this is really disturbing because it speaks not just to how many people didn’t take the time to look into the allegations once they were made, but that the people making them hadn’t even done their due diligence by looking at pururing’s blog, considering the unusual syntax used in their posts and their request for clarification when the complaint was put to them, the fact that some of the art actually had Korean Hangul on it, and other factors and realised in all likelihood this was not a white person maliciously erasing Jee-Yun’s racial identity but someone from another country and culture who was attempting to express genuine love for these characters. Then once informed of the artist’s nationality, because people were too proud to admit they overstepped, then came all the strange statements and generalisations about Korea and Koreans in order to justify the original accusatory tone and failure to approach pururing in good faith.

9-1-1 is an American network show so I suppose there is less of an expectation of contact with fans from outside the West than there would be in a fandom based on a manga, c-drama, kpop group, or other international media. That said, as @aeraspais pointed out, American media is exported globally and it is not remotely unusual for popular shows and movies to attract fans from all over the world. So ironically (or maybe it’s to be expected) the Americans and Europeans leading the charge on this turned out to be the ones who were not able to see past the borders of their own experience and to recognise the full humanity and cultural identity of someone who is not from the West, and who ultimately spoke of her attraction to Western media as an extension of her enjoyment of cultures outside of her own. In a sense I suppose the accusation that pururing did not see Jee-Yun as fully human was entirely an act of projection that many of the people involved will probably never recognise, and maybe reflects a certain amount of neurosis about Maddie’s whiteness within her ethnically blended family from her white fans.

Anyway, I guess what I wanted to say is that you cannot assume everyone in fandom is either American, Canadian, British, or maybe Australian (all functionally varieties of “American lite” in these conversations) just as you should not assume that everyone in fandom is white regardless of their nationality. Context clues are important, open mindedness is important, approaching people as individuals rather than ideas is important. And if you find yourself saying things implying that the culture of the country you grew up in is more racially enlightened or socially progressive than one you don’t have any personal contact with, it’s time to step back and ask yourself if you’re the one being narrow-minded and in need of a perspective adjustment.

[wanderingwomanwondering]

buddie spec 6b

I’m betting that eddie will have a moment with chim in 6b about buck’s (recently revealed secret) sperm donor storyline that mirrors buck’s similar moment with chim in 2a (Merry Xmas) where buck questions eddie’s clandestine relationship with shannon.

That would highlight eddie and chim’s friendship while also making it clear that eddie misses buck and maybe feels cut out of an important decision in buck’s life, one that he would have expected to at least aware of as buck’s bestie.

A moment like that with eddie and chim could also be an interesting way to bring back past conversations those two have had about the importance of being honest with romantic partners loved ones. I’m mostly thinking about eddie telling chim to tell maddie he loves her and also eddie telling chim in 6a to not avoid the morning after conversation with maddie. I know those were highly specific bits of advice but the heart of them is to be honest with the people you love, and we know that eddie is likely salty that buck didn’t do what friends do and talk to him about a major life thing aka the sperm donor situation.

Here’s my trail of breadcrumbs about Eddie actually being upset with Buck:

604 Animal Instincts - the ep where Kameron and Connor asked buck to be their donor & where Chris was keeping a secret from Eddie that Buck knew nothing about, an exasperated Eddie asks “Buck, where are you going?” while on a call. This feels like the beginning of Eddie being pointedly aware that Buck is out on his own making it really hard for Eddie to keep his explicit 201 vow and implied 309 vow renewal to have Buck’s back (and vice versa).

605 Home Invasion - the ep where someone on a call thought he could do repairs on his own, at the end of the ep we got Buck’s “We thought maybe you could use a hand with some repairs.” and Eddie’s “Yeah we heard somebody really destroyed your house.”

607 Cursed - the ep where the sperm donor decision is revealed - Bobby “What’s with the green juice?” then Eddie doing his best to seem chill when everyone looks to him as the one person who should know, “I don’t know.” When Eddie finds out Hen knew, he plays it for a joke but I think his question “How long you been holding out on us?” was an honest one. He was uncomfortably in the dark about it all and his awkward display earlier in the firehouse when they were all eavesdropping made that super clear.

609 Red Flag - the ep where the sleepdriver rolls a car into the firehouse and eddie notes that she could have hurt herself or the firefam. After that, on the roof when buck joins, eddie chides buck “would you prefer an announcement?” -- the way eddie said that directly to buck, almost as a private side conversation, makes it really feel like it’s about something else. He wanted to be included or considered in some way but he also knows it is quite a personal decision so I think he’s struggling (like Bobby in 414) to make sense of why his partner shut him out!

More 609 Red Flag - also the ep where buck announces that Kameron and Connor are pregnant, only after first making it a point to call eddie. eddie clearly makes a face, chim says congrats then says he’s not sure that’s the appropriate response then eddie chimes in with his signature facial expressions and tone saying “I don’t know. It feels weird to congratulate him.” Again he downplays he struggle with how to feel and what to do with Buck’s decision to leave him (of all people) in the dark.

I might be dreaming but I feel like an eddie and chim conversation in 6b could be just what eddie needs to make him initiate a conversation with buck about the great buddie divide of 6a. It could be a solid catalyst for buck and eddie to have a meaningful conversation of their own. At this point in s6 maybe I’m so starved for buddie to talk about literally anything of import to their relationship that I’m willing to pimp eddie and chim’s friendship to get it. *shrugs*