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No matter how many times i watch 7x04 im still shaking crying throwing up like WHAT DO YOU MEAN.
WHAT DO YOU MEANNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!
Everyone talking about how Tommy tilted Buck’s chin for the kiss, which yes, valid and hot, but…
Buck after the initial shock moving his hand over to hold on to Tommy?
Unparalleled
And what if I said I just started crying even harder than I just was?!?!
also let's be serious right now okay. the choice to have tommy call buck "evan" was so inspired, because as this journey begins for him, the healing has to start from the very core. and before buck was ever buck, he was evan. evan was the core of all his insecurities and his hurt. what buck is hurting from is what evan has been hurting from this whole time
and now, he's free and he can start healing. and evan has to heal first. evan gets to learn and figure things out with tommy as his guide and that's beautiful. tommy is there to guide evan so that buck can face the world. so that buck can get what the core of what he really wants, and who he's been looking for this whole time. tommy will allow evan to be seen and heal in this new light, but we know who's been seeing buck this whole time
Brb gonna change my tumbler to a 9-1-1 theme to celebrate the good news!!!
Today will go down in history as one of the best days to have ever dayed
Okay so I'll just say it because I've been thinking it for a while, but the weird dislike or sometimes even hatred for Eddie Diaz (and Ryan Guzman) that is present in this fandom feels (at times) incredibly forced at best and downright racist at worst. And he's already a pretty white-washed character as it is. This is not in any way meant as a call-out to any one person in particular, and certainly not me saying he's a perfect character above critique, but my god, I need people to inject a little bit of nuance into their views of these characters. I love Buck as much as the next 9-1-1 fan, but he is not this perfect angel who can do no wrong like some people act like he is. Likewise, Eddie has made a lot of mistakes and done a lot of shitty things (some of which Buck himself has done, too). But at the end of the day, I think he is a very complex character who is doing the best he can with what he has and means well. I don't know why some of you are in this fandom if you dislike these characters as much as it appears you do.
And the SHIPPING WARS MY GOD STOP IT. I usually stay out of shipping discourse because I think it's ridiculous and unnecessary most of the time. Ship and let ship is always an option, and I think most people would benefit from choosing it. And listen, I will admit my bias and say I am primarily a Buddie shipper. But I have no issue with Bucktommy shippers as a whole nor the ship itself being popular. Do I ship it? No. I don't even particularly like Tommy as a character, but I don't care if other people like him and the ship. What I do have an issue with, however, is the way some of y'all act with such vitriol towards Buddie shippers, Buddie as a ship, and, specifically, Eddie Diaz as a potential love interest for Buck. This is where I think some people's underlying racial bias really becomes apparent, and no, I'm not talking about all BuckTommy shippers, only those that are explicitly anti-Buddie because they don't like Eddie. Because why, WHY are you so insistent on seeing these two white men together, who have had so little time together on screen and, in my opinion, have been shown to have very little in common with each other other than the fact that they care about and are interested in each other romantically, but so against Buck potentially being in a relationship with a different man who he has been best friends with for the better part of a decade, who wrote him into his will, cares deeply about him and who he cares about just as much, spends a lot of his free time with, and who also happens to not be white? Look, I'm not gonna sit here and say every single one of you is a raging racist or anything. I don't know you. But I think a lot of y'all would benefit from a little bit of introspection as to why you feel the way that you do about some of these characters and ships. Also, yes, Buddie shippers can be toxic and racist, too. I am not saying Buddie shippers are above those behaviors as well, only making an observation specific to some people's anti-Buddie and anti-Eddie sentiment.
Also, this is an aside, but the way fandom and shipping culture in general has gravitated towards strict adherence to canon content is.... weird. Like, why are some of y'all so allergic to engaging with or creating content outside of the confines of what the canon material has offered you? Have fun, be creative, go wild, and also be respectful to the folks around you who see things differently. We all share this space, and we should all care about making it as positive and welcoming of an experience as possible.
Being a part of the Marvel and 9-1-1 fandoms on Tumblr right now is so funny because on one side everyone is going crazy about the gay witches and waiting for Wednesday and on the other everyone is going crazy about the gay firefighters and waiting for Wednesday
911 fandom: "Buck deserves to be with someone who flirts with him"
Tommy: *flirts with him*
911 fandom:
The buddie shippers on Twitter might be the most annoying mfs on earth, suddenly Buck can't have a daddy kink?? Can we be serious for five seconds and not be dramatic over the smallest things?
"Bucktommy have no romantic chemistry" they've been together for TWO, 2, dos,✌️, due episodes can you guys chill y'all are so annoying at this point
Buddie stans i love you but you are being dumb af right now. Bro it wasn't Tommy it was the other guy, Deluca y'all are confusing them 💀
I didn't know Buddie stans could be so toxic, why are y'all on TikTok and Twitter acting like Tommy's actor is ugly???? Wtf is wrong with you people 😭 THIS MAN IS NOT UGLY 🙏 and even if he was y'all are judgemental ass people, ugly people can still be the love interest of a main character and deserve love as a whole???
Fellow buddie shippers please stop harassing the official 911 accounts about the ship and trying to bully Tommy's actor 😭🙏
Buck and Tommy have so much chemistry together, I hope they don't split them up for Buddie
THEY WOULD BE SO SO PROUD OF YOU
Guys stop making Buck bisexuality about Eddie and buddie please 😭🙏
I like tommy and buck together and if buddie doesn't happen y'all better not bully the actors 🫶
NO FUCKING WAY 😭😭😭
BI BUCK CONFIRMED FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also why’s no one talking about “I’m your first, not last” line? I’m pretty sure I saw something like this in the title of some b*ddie fanfic. Like what the fuck? What does this even mean? It’s another proof that writers bait b*ddie shippers. They want them to go wild and write “yes! Tommy is his first but Eddie will be his last!” all over the internet.
And it also can be the best opportunity to show that no Tommy is his first and last if they deal with this break up.
Well I have some more thoughts about BT break up.
To begin with, I don’t care what cast members or Tim said about that. I would be weird if they say something like “Oh, don’t worry! They will end up together!” or “No, we actually plan them to make things up in the next episode”. Like of course they will say about the final break up and Lou quitting the show! Otherwise it would ruin all of the intrigue! Don’t forget that we have two more episodes! It’s not over.
Also everyone can agree that this break up felt rushed and all of nowhere and if they leave the story like that it would be horrible writing. Unless this would be explained in the next episodes. Like maybe it was only the beginning of new arc. We saw it with Madney, we saw it with Bobby and Athena, we saw it with Henren in season 1! Break ups can be part of relationship and it’s okay.
This arc can be a perfect tool to fight against bi stereotypes. That bi people always want to experiment and explore. Maybe writers want to give Buck a beautiful speech about how damaging these kind of stereotypes can be. May be Buck will try to convince Tommy that not all bi people are like this.
Anyway I think we shouldn’t criticise the show until the season is over. But if they let this story to fade like that I won’t watch season 9. Because in this case It will be a bad writing for sure.
I FINALLY watched 8x06 and here is my thoughts about BT break up:
1) Tommy said all those things about broken heart and “I’m your first, not last” like he knew it for sure. Like he knew all of this from his personal experience. And we shouldn’t forget that we still not know much about his life and past. I assume that maybe he had an ex that did this to him. Who wanted to move in together and then cheated. Who broke Tommy’s heart and Tommy didn’t know how to deal with it. And now he’s afraid that this might happen again. Or maybe Tommy was this kind of person in the first place. He broke up with Abby and found a guy who he thought were his “together forever” but it didn’t work out so Tommy is now sceptical about positive first experiences.
2) I see a parallel between this broke up and failed date in season 7. Not only because “see you around, Evan” but because of situation. I don’t think Tommy ended the date in season 7 only because he thought that Buck wasn’t ready. Maybe he also wasn’t ready himself. Not ready to hide, not ready to lie, maybe even not ready to start relationship at all. But Buck called him and made it clear that he ready to explore things and I think it encouraged Tommy to try it too.
It gives me hope that Buck won’t leave it like that. Tommy left his place so quickly that he didn’t give Buck even an opportunity to object his break up speech. It will be incredibly illogical for Buck not to contact with Tommy and clear things up. Firstly, we saw it in season 7. Secondly, I think he has things to say. Knowing Buck, he couldn’t manage to keep it to himself.
3) Am I the only one who noticed that writers make a story for b*ddie shippers to speculate? Like on purpose. I first noticed it in 7x04 where all of the episode we couldn’t tell for sure whom actually Buck was jealous for. And I know, we all see SOME of b*ddie shippers as some hateful bullies which they are. But for creators of the show they are views and comments. And creators don’t want them to give up on this show. So they don’t do b*ddie but they give them hints and scenes like the end of 8x06 (after breaking up with Tommy Buck came to half-naked Eddie to drink beer and comfort. I can’t even imagine how many fics with this title will be on ao3 after this episode) to keep them watching the show. My point is that maybe all this break up was for b*ddie shippers to make some noise in the internet to raise views. But it won’t last long and they deal with it in the next episode.
Anyway I just hope that Buck and Tommy will be together eventually.
P. S. English isn’t my first language so the text may have some mistakes.
Buck, introducing his boyfriend to his best friend: Eddie, this is my boyfriend, Tommy.
Tommy: Hi!
Buck: Tommy, this is my best friend Eddie.
Eddie, who just found out his crush is into dudes and got friendzoned in the same conversation, internally dying: …
Eddie: Hi.
they're so cute!!!!!!!
-Buck: So maybe we both had daddy issues
-Tommy: I don't
-Buck: Which I think I do..
-Tommy: God I hope so!
TOMMY PLEASEEE!!??!?
HE HAS A BOYFRIEND!!!!!
'sorry i'm late. that fire was a beast.'
'so are you.'