#this is about the bucktommy breakup AND about the mustache

[1asbrightasthestars3]

WAR IS OVERRRRRR

[vinteraltus]

Last night's episode was a mixed bag for me personally but I'll never forget the joy on my mom's face when Eddie finally shaved his mustache. For whatever reason she truly hated him with it and rejoiced when it was gone

[louferrignojrofficial]

I think OS and TM might come to regret what they just did. Starting to believe now OS is mostly responsible for this mess. I gave the show a second chance because I thought we were getting a thoughtful queer storyline only to get slap in face. The fact OS felt he needed to address his comments the already shows there is backlash coming hard and fast even if he deleted it. All I want to do now is give LF a hug and tell him how much his role meant to me. Also wondering if Tim didn’t lied to him about his role to get him to come back.

i hope to god the show gets a massive dip in viewership because good god there were so many things wrong in this episode??? the bucktommy stuff was crazy all throughout and it felt weird and i guess now we know why. not to mention the call from last season where the mustache was cgi’d on and buck’s hair was completely different than this season. the best thing was madney (imo)

and yeah, i definitely see a lot of backlash for this. the show has had queer characters all throughout, beautiful ones with loving relationships. but for them to do all this for bucktommy only for a breakup? FOR WHAT. surely lou isn’t so busy he can’t show up for a scene or two every few episodes.

it was an insane decision to break them up and i’ll never understand it.

[storygremlin]

I can’t believe an episode about couples and families ended with Eddie answering the door in his underwear to sit and share a beer with Buck as the follow up to Eddie’s moment of joy after shaving his mustache post the BUCKTOMMY breakup.

This episode was a fever dream.

[ranbling]

911 s8ep6 first thoughts:

I find the whole dispatch system so interesting, Maddie can see everything

Chimney being like "over the bag, not over the bag is so funny"

Karma for the man!!

Oooh confession! I went to confession one, I hated it, it was awkward

Poor priest had like 2 heartattacks while talking to Eddie

Ooh so all our sneak peaks are from the beginning of the episode?

I kinda think Maddie is already pregnant

Ugh Tommy... Getting Buck a present he doesn't even likes (like Eddie is the one who likes the basketball)

Is it Abby??? What the fuck??? Also, another confession from Tommy in the end of the episode according to Tim's interview?? What will that be

This divorce couple is soo funny

Why are his guts out??? You can do that??? It does make me kinda disgusted ngl

I love Maddie!

"Was there an other boy??" Josh is totally talking about Eddie

Buck is kinda too hesitant

Why is Josh using Glee as an example??

Oh my god, are they using Josh's speech to excuse Tommy's racism???

Are they using PPD as a reason why Margaret is a horrible person????

But Chim and Maddie and are so cute

Why is Eddie's first thought someone is flirting with him??

If they do a Diaz parents redemption I am gonna riot

I kinda dislike they went done the religious route... I want Frank back

Oh well call 2.0

I'm pretty sure letting the little kid inside the pipe is violating about every rule the LAFD has

I hope Buck is breaking up with Tommy

I also hate the secret marriage and engagement storylines

What in the actual fuck??? It is the same thing as with Taylor (Buck trying to compensate for something)

Tommy if you are the one breaking up with Buck than I will dislike you slightly less (just a little bit)

Not the way I wanted the Bucktommy breakup to go, but hey A WIN IS A WIN!!!

I KNEW MADDIE IS PREGNANT!!!! I KNEW IT!!!

And the mustache is gone!

Did Eddie just put on the shirt and took down his pants to have his little dance session??

Buck going over to Eddie after the breakup?? Hell yes!!!

[cjlouwho]

I think people are missing a key reason why the social media didn’t post more about Tommy/Lou after 8x06 like they are doing with Brad, the GA reaction. Even outside of bucktommy fans, the GA reaction was on the whole negative about the breakup and how Tommy was written out. You don’t post stuff that going to purposely/accidentally make the GA mad all over again. Posting about Brad is the safe, like the mustache in preseason.

Oh I definitely think they had to side step some things after the reaction to the breakup and Tommy's apparent sudden departure.

However, the petty and "this would be objectively hilarious" side of me wishes people would write in their distaste for the character and that they hope he's gone for good. Although it is also just as funny that the comments for Brad posts are considerably lower than the posts right after the bucktommy breakup.

[fandom-hoarder]

911 8x06

Last week, before I could watch the new 911 ep, some people on my dash spoiled me with untagged spoilers and I literally started crying. Because the way people were talking about it made it sound like there was biphobia from Tommy and a cheating storyline, and that supposition sparked my election depression--- was this an alternate ending based on election results? (a WILD assumption, i kept telling myself; nevertheless, the doomerism persisted); a sign of queer suppression in media in the coming regime? biphobia in general, which is so enraging as a bi person?

And, to be clear, these thoughts and worries are not Hen/Karen erasure. They're literally my favs. But it IS about the way bisexuality is often treated, both in media and irl, as if you have to choose one way to be. As if bisexuality is some sort of schrodinger's sexuality.

It turns out my extreme anxiety over it wasn't completely warranted, at least from my pov as a writer. But it took me a few more days to actually level out and watch it clear headed.

So before the new one airs, here's my copy/paste from my dm a few days ago to @supernaturalkickparty 😅

I gave in and started the 911 ep. I'm CACKLING at the end of the urn Omg. *Abby* I... ok i can see a straight line to breakup from this, but I'll have to see how it plays out Omg the next case is about divorce Josh is really cute in this ep Josh's speech has me verklempt Istg they just better not erase buck's bisexuality Omgodddddd we are NOT sending another little kid down lmfao this is gonna make me cry Goddd 😭😭💜💜 God. This is gonna hurt. God. Whyyyyyyy. God whyyyy does it have to be THIS "Believe me, I didn't see it coming either." GODDDDDDD I'm just so fucking glad it wasn't a breakup over cheating Eddie lmfao I'm so glad the mustache is gone😂😂 Lmfao omfg eddie opens the door to buck and he's in his underwear???? This is the fucking start of a fic. No wonder the buddies are being insufferable God please don't let buck's rebound be a girl. Just please. Please. Don't make it be all girls now :(((((

Anyway, I can see a decent resolution to this, and I'm hopeful it will go as well as I usually think of this show's storytelling---which is to say I think 911 does a pretty good job of weaving meaningful character arcs that tie in a bow by the end.

And even though I am still marginally worried about whether buck's bisexuality will be fulfillingly handled, I don't necessarily think this breakup is bad. Buck's thing is breakups as character growth; and while I did think that we were moving past that in his coming of age arc growing into maturity, and as much as I love bucktommy, I didn't really expect Tommy to be his last or for a breakup to be completely off the table. I expected one eventually, and not for buddie reasons.

I don't even really ship buddie in canon, or see an inevitable queer storyline for eddie (though i do love buddietommy, but y'all already know i always think there should be an ot3); I just figured there would be typical buck drama, and hey... I settled down and figured this is that.

And also... like, yes it's frustrating that Tommy broke it off because of the whole "i'm the only guy you've ever been with," but like...that expectation that Buck will end up breaking his heart isn't really bad writing. I wish there'd been more LEADUP to it (I still hope we'll get some actual tommy pov on this to sympathize with him and see where that came from, as they have tended to do in the past with character backstory), but the fear that as someone's first you won't be ENOUGH eventually is very real.

I was my partner's first, but he wasn't mine, so even when we got engaged I was like, "are you really ok with this?" And he said yes of course and i took him at his word, but it didn't immediately erase the feeling that I was taking experiences away from him lol. So I can really see where Tommy is coming from, despite my sorrow and anxiety about the remaining unknowns. But I do hope there's more to this.