#source: 911 lone star

[inc0rrect-chaos]

Shiro: just don’t go out of your way to prove a point, okay?

Keith: oh you know me, I tread very lightly.

[pinkobsessedfreak]

charlie: i wanted to talk to you about how i've gone slightly overboard with the wedding planning todd: slightly overboard? leo went less overboard on the titanic

[secondgenerationnerd]

Bart: whatever you do, do NOT give her the Jaime Cow Eyes.

Jaime: Jaime Cow Eyes??

Bart: *blushes and can’t look at him.* y’know. When you get all lovey and concerned *Jaime leans forward*…soulful big brown eyes… absolutely wrecks people…

Jaime: *grins and lowers voice* you think they’re soulful?

[incorrectbuckandeddie]

[actual-howlinglikeaseaturtle]

[chaotictarlos]

RAFAEL SILVA

For @detective-giggles

[carlos-tk]

“quit whining get grinding” - shakespeare (judd ryder)

[welcometololaland]

Hi Lola ! Hope all well! A question which you may choose to answer or no, but when is your next fic going to be out ? Is it ALTA ? 😃

Thanks for all your fics !

Hello anon! I hope you're well! I love when people ask about my fics, so thank you for allowing me to talk about them.

Yes, ALTA is done and is in the beta process. I think chapter 1 will be posted sometime in late May, early June which...feels like a long time away? But this fic killed my soul and honestly, I worked for it, so I don't want it to be anything less than perfect. Also, I'm planning on posting 2 chapters a week! Hopefully that makes up for it.

I also have (Un)professional Services with @rmd-writes (I just finished a big chunk of this yesterday!) but I don't think that will be ready to post for a few months (snippets here, here, here and here).

So, I'm a little stuck on what to do next. I mean, I have Cause of Action, but I assume you're referring to Lone Star fic, in which case I am floundering wildly in a sea of my half-finished fics and WIP ideas.

I desperately want to start The Ring-In 2.0 (already has a very unhinged outline), but I know once I get into that, I'll be consumed by it, so I'm thinking of doing one of the following first (would love feedback, by the way):

RWRB - Rowing AU (approx 8k done, probably another 30 to go).

Lone Star - TikTok Sequel/5 + 1 (6k in, likely double that to go).

Lone Star - 10 Things I Hate About You AU (and here) (20k in, 30-40k to go).

Go batshit fucking crazy and start writing something I haven't started like IT!Carlos or the Reddit/Coffee Shop AU or something.

I'm unhinged. What do the people want??

[actually-not-me]

𝙍𝙖𝙛𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 incoming 📲

(side note: I'm obsessed with his hair 🫠)

[actual-sleeping-beauty]

I bet TK bruises easily. He is the man who gets into the most freak accidents imaginable. And I bet he was also the kid that always got hit in the side by the pitcher playing baseball. And I bet he bruises really easily and doesn't even remember where most of them come from. Carlos just finds a random bruise on his hip or elbow or wherever and is like, "Where did you get this one?" And TK looks at it and pokes it and then winces and goes, "Huh. I don't know."

[iboatedhere]

Evie and Izzy—which one is the ballerina and which one does Taekwondo?

[liminalmemories21]

Inspiration Sunday

tagged by @rmd-writes​ and @welcometololaland​ for what’s inspiring me to write today.  Thank you!

Tagging @actual-sleeping-beauty​ and @bellakitse​ in return if you’re interested.

[valenschmidt]

https://www.tumblr.com/valenschmidt/761111209501163520/stop-just-stop-carlos-and-tk-are-two-characters?source=share

I find that some Tarlos fans get hyper defensive when they get compared to Buddie when it's not an insult. Both ships can exist, you can like both ships, you can acknowledge that Tim wanted to make Buddie canon - and when he couldn't he moved to Lone Star to create a separate queer love story that contains some parallels but develops in a way that Fox would greenlight (them being established as gay from the beginning). People can love Tarlos and still want Buddie (because a queer slow burn is a different type of love story that people have been craving and has been missing in media).

Additionally, it's not fair to get mad at Buddie being more popular despite not being canon because

A. Non-canon couples are frequently the more popular ships in fandom, it's been that way forever. When you want a ship to get together and they haven't yet there is more opportunities to engage in fandom for them by writing the stories you're not seeing on screen.

B. 911 Original is a more popular show than Lone Star - that's typically the case with spin offs.

Apologies for how long this gets - I enjoy Buddie and Tarlos and get annoyed when people get mad that they're compared.

THIS THIS THIS!!!!!

I NEVER mean to disrespect Tarlos and their fans because I used to like them a lot when I watched ls but honestly the timing the circumstances of their creation and the parallels between them and Buddie are quite suspicious

And yes like you mentioned non-canon ships tend to be more popular because it's the closest thing you can get to a slowburn ship (which are definitely a fan favorite always) so they gain more popularity than other ships and buddie are actually one of a kind because they actually have the development of a slowburn a BIG one with storylines that pretty much leave no doubt that something more could happen between them (and as a destiel fan I would even say buddie's development is stronger and more obvious than Destiel) so them going canon would absolutely break the internet because it would be one of the first slowburns between two men (7 seasons till they get together is pretty slowburn to me 🤣) so it's logical that they're even more popular than ever before

They would make history because like you mentioned anon queer slowburns are lacking BIG TIME in the media. So now that we have bi Buck and the possibility of Gay Eddie seems bigger than ever let's pray for buddie canon s8! 🙏🏼

[secondgenerationnerd]

Bart: So you don’t think I’m a hot mess?

Jaime: *smiles, holding his face* Oh no, you’re a…you’re a hot mess. You’re my hot mess. *kisses him*

[t1gerlilly]

I’ve seen a number of posts dismissing discussions of racism in the new storyline out of hand. To the point where I have no idea what the original criticisms were. And I think that’s really unfortunate. Partly because it feels like there’s a part of our community we’re not listening to and partly because I have some questions on the subject and would really like to hear what people are saying about it, but I’m clearly not following the right people.

I think folks forget how important Eddie is as Hispanic rep. Although 25% of the US population is Hispanic, only 3.3% of lead roles in TV are played by Hispanic actors (source) They’re also only 1.6% of showrunners and 1.9% of directors. And they are also under 5% of executive or management roles in media (source). So there is clearly a systemic problem.

But how does that apply to 911? Well - Carlos on lone star is notorious for having the least screen time of any character, despite the fact that his character is the closest to Athena in terms of role. And Eddie? Well, the latest I could find was season five totals - and Eddie and Chim, the non-white or black men, were bottom of the barrel. To really establish a pattern, you’d want more than two shows, but at least across half a decade of shows, the pattern is pretty consistent. I’m not making an argument about the reasons for that, but those are just the numbers. If I were to speculate, I’d assume it was a combination of who the network exec, showrunner, and executive producer was, since they have the power to make decisions. Just coincidentally, their racial identities mirror the screen time of the characters? Hmmmm

So then let’s look at who does press for the show - making themselves more visible…yeah, that’s largely Oliver. And you can say that’s because he’s a POV character- but you might be surprised to learn that in many seasons either Hen or Athena had more screen time than Buck. Yeah. Really. But you NEVER see Aisha put out to do press the way that Oliver is.

Why is that? Is it because she’s a black woman? Because she plays a queer character? And who is making that decision and why? Because that lack of visibility impacts her personal career. Same thing with Ryan Guzman and Kenneth Choi, who both have less screen time AND less press.

But in particular- and this is the rub - Ryan has CLEARLY been making intentional acting choices FOR YEARS to shape his character and his dynamic with Buck as queer. Oliver played into them, thinking of them as natural chemistry- but it’s clear that other creators on the show - notably the directors and writers, picked up on Ryan’s choices and fan reactions to reframe the dynamics and the characters.

And it’s really clear that Tim originally intended to have Eddie come out, but the poor reaction to Natalia and the fact that the actress was unavailable led him to switch the storyline to Buck. All of which is perfectly understandable.

But if there’s one person most responsible for the reason we ultimately got bi!Buck, it’s Ryan Guzman - for the bravery and perseverance of his choices as an artist. It’s amazing to me that in all the praise for Oliver saying that he “would have” leaned into Buck as queer even without the go ahead…no one has thought to praise the actor who actually DID THAT - for YEARS- when he was in a much more precarious position as a character and an actor. Like really take a minute to look at what that took…he was risking his livelihood with that choice.

And then, when the show DOES finally make it canon…who gets the praise? The buzz? The support? The white guy who was mostly oblivious for the past five years. Like…how is THAT fair?

And OK, the original plan was for the helicopter pilot to be Lucy, and that fell through so they reached out to Lou, because Tommy was a former character- but also quite likely because he looks a good deal like Buck - and the SL was supposed to have that character be a stand-in for the other half of Buddie. When they switched to Buck, they had to make Tommy have similar hobbies to Eddie to establish the similarities, since they couldn’t rely on looks.

But that meant they totally whitewashed the story line. And if you want to talk about firsts - when has a Hispanic lead come out as gay or bi? And how many of them were men? And how many were over 21? And on a mainstream show?

And no, it wasn’t intentional (just a function of having so many more white characters than Hispanic characters), but it was unfortunate. Not to mention the intersectionality of it all.

So…I honestly think there’s a decent basis for critique there. Not a “these people are terrible” critique, but a “not paying attention to diversity systemically” in a way that lets unconscious bias have the same impact as deliberate bias.

And I really wonder at the people who just dismissed the entire discussion - how hard did you listen? How willing were you to hear what people were saying? Because this is an issue that has to do with real people, their careers, their hopes, dreams, and identities. And you should be willing to listen.

[actual-howlinglikeaseaturtle]