#thank you tumblr for not saying kendle in the tag

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Okay, okay so we've seen at least one of Eddie's dates right? We've seen that Pepa sets him up and he doesn't really want to do it. Cause, what from that one scene we find out he took a lady somewhere to let her down easy? Can I put it out into the universe. I wanna see Eddie Diaz be a more active person. We've gotten a little taste of it with him following his heart and being a fire fighter again. But mostly we've seen Eddie be told what he should do and what he should want. And it's old now. We've seen everyone telling Eddie that he needs to get out there and date after Shannon died. We saw his family telling him he needed to go back to Texas to do right by Chris. We saw him trying to get back with Shannon when she came into his life because that's what he was told he should do. Give Chris a mom, be a good husband, settle down.

Fuck sakes Buck had to tell Eddie to break up with Anna! Eddie wasn't going to do it without a push. And the whole quitting fire fighting thing happened because Chris said he was scared and Eddie was like 'someone told me something, I have to do what they want - or what he thought they wanted.' And wasn't it Bobby who had Eddie go to therapy first before letting him back with the 118? . . . or was it the break down that made him realize he had to do therapy? I dunno I feel someone told him he had to do therapy or he would never.

I just . . . okay, since I don't believe buddie will go canon thanks to Kristin who is now in the driver's seat, I'll be pleasantly surprised if my ship ever sailed - so the obligatory buddie mention out of the way. I just really need to see Eddie doing things he wants. Does he not want a girl friend? Great! Let's see Eddie being single and happy and telling people when they say 'you should do this or that' "No, I'm doing this instead and am quite happy."

Can I just get a little more screen time on Eddie and see him actively making choices and doing things? Without people telling him what to do? Honestly been there enough in real life myself with being told how I should live my life so maybe I'm projecting a little but god dang.