#this is probably rambing that doesn't totally make sense
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so if you ship buddie you know buck and eddie's relationship in canon is like that™️ for tons of reasons but the one that gets me the most is, i think, best explained in the form of a graphic
this is obviously a simplistic depiction thats only featuring main family characters but it's to show how most of our 7 mains are connected together with specifically stated familial ties to each other and other major side characters. their storylines often overlap or involve the other main characters they're close to and they have at least 2 prominent connections to other mains. they all have many lovely little triangles. except eddie. eddie's storylines almost exclusively feature buck, chris, and other less prominent characters that aren't related to the rest of the cast like shannon, other love interests, or his parents.
while, of course, eddie is close with the rest of the 118 and considers them family and has tons of scenes with hen, chimney, and bobby, he's often not directly involved in their specific storylines and they aren't really involved in his. i mean he's barely even talked to athena or maddie on screen. his next closest relationship is obviously bobby. eddie and bobby have a stong connection as captain and teammate, as catholics, as widowers. bobby is a mentor to eddie a lot and gives him advice on his issues but he's often working as an outside observer to eddie's storyline, not directly involved either. and bobby often has storylines that don't involve eddie directly at all. it's nowhere near the same as bobby and buck or as close as like athena and hen's relationship
the show has just made buck eddie's most prominent connection time and time again when they've had literal years to expand his relationships with the other main characters. because this doesn't even include how athena and maddie often have scenes/storylines together or how karen and chimney have been friends since before meeting hen.
anyway my main point is give eddie diaz some more branches goddamit!
#911 abc#911 analysis#eddie diaz#buddie#this is probably rambing that doesn't totally make sense#but rewatching the show it's crazy how much they use buck and only buck to connect to eddie#out of the main 7#cause like hen is techinally not family with chimney or athena but they are constantly and specifically involved in each other's storylines#as they should be!#and now with madney looking after mara they're gonna be even closer and more involved with henren#honestly i just really wanted to map out the story connections in this show for some reason#i hope this is interesting to someone else#and im sure there are arguments for other connections i didn't included but alas#also idk how madney are gonna label themselves as figures in mara's life so that's just what i went with
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