the thing about the shooting is, eddie only survived because buck was there. and like, well. none of them actually needed to be there. they weren't technically on shift yet and it was another house's call. but eddie was involved, and if eddie is involved the 118 is involved. if eddie is involved buck is involved. and, look. any one of the firefighters that were there, on shift, could have done what buck did in terms of tending to the gunshot wound, keeping him alive. it's what they're trained for. but only buck, ONLY EVAN "BUCK" BUCKLEY could crawl and drag himself over the gravel underneath that engine and drag eddie out of there with one fucking hand. only buck could fight for him like that. only buck is the reason eddie didn't die on the street. buck was there. and that saved eddie's life. "no one will ever fight for my son as hard as you" is true, completely. but it's also "no one will ever fight for me as hard as you". like, in both the tsunami and the shooting buck couldn't do anything to prevent it, but what he could do and what he DID DO, was fight like hell for them both.
These Beauty and the Beast moments I keep seeing... Making me so emotional.
Like YESsss. THIS IS A TALE OF TRUE LOVE! ❤️❤️
Wow. Lakers tickets. No way. 9-1-1, S08E06
We've been so mean to Tommy here. 🤣
He has actually given Buck the perfect gift. He's figured it out, the perfect way to thank Buck for their time together.
It just appears to be dumb at first glance because we think it's for them, for Buck and Tommy. To celebrate being together and continuing their romantic relationship.
When this is actually a breakup gift given by a friend who has already decided they should call it quits.
Tommy is being the perfect wingman. Having Buck's back.
This gift will help Buck move on from his romantic relationship with Tommy.
Tommy is giving Buck something nice as a thank you.
He is giving Buck together time with Eddie.
In a date-like setting.
It'll be great. Eddie will love the game.
And Buck won't go on one of his ADHD hyperfocus dives -- he can't, the game will bore him, so he'll focus on HIS DATE!!
Tommy is a genius.
(My thoughts on where the storyline of buddie could be leading soon 🤔)
I've got a feeling that Buck won't know WHAT just fucking hit him.
Buck won't see it coming. AT ALL. Nope, he won't be prepared for this total stranger that'll soon be overtaking Eddie's place on the team. Because Buck thought he knew Eddie, his totally straight best friend.
But soon enough he'll be forced to realise that no, he doesn't know Eddie as well as he thought. Eddie has been wearing masks all this time, has a secret identity.
Turns out, there has been an Edmundo "Dark Horse" Diaz in there, hiding underneath that familiar face, and this Eddie will btw leave no prisoners. He will just finally be there, and when he's there, he'll soar to the skies.
He'll BLOW OUT his closet, it'll be smithereens.
Because once Eddie takes off, he is FAST!
All smooth, all casual,
all How U doing 😎
✨WATCH ME FUCKING FLY✨
And Buck will manage to be an absolute IDIOT about it because he just doesn't understand what's HAPPENING, had no idea,
isn't PREPARED for this!!!!
So they'll end up fighting.
Because Eddie, who hasn't been cutting his classes,
who HAS been diligently researching, figuring out how to do these equations,
Who HAS been THINKING all this time, silently, undercover...
He is ready to motherfucking ✨FLY✨!!
Eddie is tired, tired of his sad, endless, stupid PINING, he is tired of getting burned and being Mr. Fear Of Missing Out.
Buck's idiocy won't feel FAIR because Eddie has been trying to get there, for YEARS AND YEARS, and it hasn't been easy.
So now that he finally feels ready, and worthy of joy, love?
He'll have no empathy for Buck's idiotic reaction.
So I think Eddie will go:
TOO BAD IF YOU DON'T "GET IT", BUCK!
YOU CAN EAT MY FUCKING DUST, COWPOKE!
So that's what I think might happen;
Eddie will burst out of his prison cell.
And Buck will be left behind, coughing Eddie's dust.
And Buck will finally have his turn to set up a proper camp in that dark, lonely pine forest, and really discover it's strange, painful beauty.
Hm. Somehow this compilation from the (1991 movie) Hot Shots!
(Like Hot shots, the next week's episode)... looks oddly familiar to me 🤣 And people keep telling us that this show isn't planned.
That first reckless fighter pilot. That pile of letters..
That second fighter pilot entering the scene.
"Lets see what this baby can do!"
( The fall..)
"We're tearing apart! I can't get back up!"
"Buzz, get back here!.."
"OW! PINE!.. "
"Oh, the ground."
"Huh. I've made it! I've made it! There IS a God! HallelujaaarrghhOwOw..."
So 🤔 Kinda looks we're approaching
The deer hunting season 😉
I'm currently trying to resist the urge to delete or edit like. Half my posts. About Eddie. Because yeah I do feel like it really clicked for me truly just today, who he is and has been this whole time. I mean. I wasn't far off, assuming I really figured it out now. (Feels like it, it finally feels logical?)
But I really did have trouble understanding and kinda... trusting, I guess, his belief system.
It's been super educational though and I love that. In my native country Catholism doesn't have a big following and I really knew very little about the diversity under that umbrella.
Also I am an atheist and I've certainly got religious trauma, so it was just really hard for me to trust that any religious concepts could co-exist that well with queerness. (I mean, don't get me wrong. I outgrew that whole supernatural t-shirt a long, long time ago, and it won't be making a comeback. Too many holes.)
Still. Nice to be introduced to such a gentle version of a faith system, nevertheless. I do find it quite beautiful. The best version of it, anyway.
*Me, with my hand up, jumping up and down*
I KNOW! I KNOW! TO TEACH FUTURE GENERATIONS OF WRITERS HOW TO PLAY THEIR AUDIENCES LIKE FIDDLE!
I feel like I need to write like a. Twenty-page essay (and maybe will) to scream from the roof tops at this fandom that
NO.
Eddie doesn't need to realise that he is queer.
He doesn't need to realise that he's in love with Buck.
He doesn't need to work on finding self-acceptance.
Because HE'S ALREADY THERE.
He's been running towards that finish line all along.
He's just so fast and so good at disguising himself that he is practically invisible at times. Blink, and you miss an important moment.
And he's been having a fuckload of them.
Eddie doesn't need to open his eyes.
He really is the FASTEST RUNNER. He is now more self-aware than Buck is.
Buck is still oblivious to his feelings, Eddie is not.
We see Eddie run from the angry mob of bees without getting a single sting.
While episodes later, Buck is googling dead cowboys with something on his face.
That looks... Wouldn't you say.
Kinda like bee stings.
So it's no coincidence that Eddie was shown having a dancing party.
And holding a trophy!!
Seriously.
Eddie's fucking speeeeed, has always been, and people keep missing it.
No, Eddie isn't the one who needs to open his eyes, to realise who's that dude staring at him in the mirror.
Buck is.
You know, with the way that both Eddie and Buck are canonically prone to making these impulsive, rushed, desperate attempts to move in with their partners -- way too soon into their relationship (Buck having now tried that twice, first with Taylor, then with Tommy! Ooh actually, thrice! He moved into Abby's apartment as well. Which wasn't super smart. Yikes!)
... and have then been burned by this idea because oops, that impulsive decision backfired...? Bye relationship...?
So. This tendency combined with the way these two are often so oblivious about their habit to nest with each other!!!
I'm just ✨imagining✨ that once they actually do get their shit together, and start dating each other...
They'll probably be, as usual, just so, so, sooo dumb about that step of moving in to share a home. They'll probably both want to do that like... stupidly soon, but hey.
They've been burned before and this thing is so important this time to get right... So what to do? Help, there is no manual for this!!
Which... results in this awkward situation of them just avoiding talking about this topic. At all! Both actually wanting to live together, but afraid to ask for it, or even really mention their desire to live together and share a home full time.
Which still... doesn't actually stop them from starting to live together! Like always, they just can't help the way they naturally gravitate towards each other. All the time, like the bonded pair they are.
So in the end the whole thing will probably end up being discussed like:
Buck: Hey Eddie. I was wondering. Could we... Maybe. Uhhh. Maybeeee. Move in together? 🫣
Eddie: What? Oh. MOVE IN TOGETHER?! Did you say, move in together?
... Yeah! I'd like that, Buck! You do know that I love having you around! I'm so glad that you asked. Yes. Lets do that 😁
Buck: Oh.. You want that Really?
Eddie: YES. REALLY. I'm SURE.
Buck: That's... Such a relief. Yeah. Lets do that, then *hesitantly smiles, then grins. THEN BEAMS!!*
Eddie: *coughs* To be honest. I was already maybe... Thinking. A bit! That you'd already... moved in. Kinda? Was just nervous to bring it up.
Buck: Huh?
Eddie: Well. I was nervous to ask you to, or confirm if you had... because I don't want to rush things, again... I want to do this right! I want... Us. Like, this is it for me, Buck. You are it for me.
So... I was just scared to rush this. And ruin us. But. Anyway. Now that the can is open 🤔...
Yeah. I was thinking about it the other day, and I'm pretty sure it's been months now since you spent the night at your loft?
'Cause remember the last time.. When you... Actually, we both slept at your loft, you know... After we broke the bed here 😎...?
Yeah 🤔 Aaaannd then, the next day we were already back to living here. Because of this plant kick you've gone for. Which, to be frank, is starting to feel less like a kick and more like I'm in a throuple. Me, you, the plants... 🤔
Anyway, as we know, of course you worry if you're not around to water all of these hundreds of delicate house plants that you fallen in love with. You know, which is why we are standing in a jungle right now, Buck?
Buck: *stares at Eddie*
Eddie: Really, Buck. I'm telling you, we already live together. IN A JUNGLE!
Buck: ...It's not a jungle! Stop saying that it's a jungle, I don't have problem. Look, this plant grows on savannahs in nature! So it CAN'T possible be a jungle! Are savannahs jungles, Eddie? Don't think so! So there you have it!
Eddie: You do have a problem, Buck. I don't mind the problem, Buck. I like the plants, Buck.
... My point was, you already live here.
Buck, we both live here. Together. In our home. You moved in... about seven months ago, I think? That was when you hauled in your favorite things and stopped sleeping at yours.
It was right after your birthday, yeah. I gave you those records as a gift, and then you brought your vinyl player here. Along with your entire vinyl record collection. Because apparently "I'm not a nerd, vinyl just sounds better, Eddie" and you wanted to listen to them here, while you chill and water our entire jungle of house plants.
... Again, I don't mind any of it, Buck. I love it, sharing a home with you. I love you.
Buck: Oh.
Eddie: Yeah.
Buck: ... Oooooh we ARE living together, Eddie! HEY, I could sell the loft! Or rent it. And then we'd have more money to spend on our ju--plants!!
Eddie: Yeah. Guess you could. *Smiles, goes for a kiss*
Buck: 🥰 Love you, Eddie. (...Love you, plants.)
(Plants: Stop killing us then, murderer!!! For real! How hard can it be?!)
I'm giggling at Eddie's story arc:
The journey we got to witness, starting with him avoiding all temptation...
To Eddie realizing that he doesn't actually need to live like a monk...
To opening his damn door,
to a man he knows is bi,
not wearing pants!!
Like a damn tart! 🤣
I'm saying Hell Yes to this new, liberated version of Eddie, at last emerging from his suffocating chrysalis 😁 Go ahead and fly!
Btw on hindsight, Eddie's self-imposed misery moustache really is so freaking funny.
Because as we learn, after the whole clusterfuck of Eddie basically cheating on his girlfriend with his dead wife (!) and also cheating on-- I mean... And also betraying his best friend, and of course, traumatizing his son...
Eddie decides That's it, I'm done giving into my selfish desires! I shall live like a MONK now! I'm done dating, will not have any of that sweet, sweet nectar that life tempts me with! No, I'm all about pure, plain water, and will not say one extra word to this pretty cashier lady 😳!! Oh, a pretty man is approaching me? BACK OFF FOR I AM THE STRAIGHTEST MAN TO EVER STRAIGHT!!! 😳
So basically, we learn that Eddie is really trying to avoid temptation. And also, apparently, doesn't like his own moustache!! He sprouts the moustache very soon after he fucks up AND then shaves it as soon as he is told that he is allowed to have JOY in his life.
So the timing of the moustache, alongside with his brand new monk lifestyle...?
This silly man really went:
Oh no. I fucked up. I should have resisted my desires.
How can I avoid doing that again?
How can I stick to avoiding temptation.
Oh, I know. I will grow a terrible porn 'stache, for that will surely keep the hot people at an arm's length, and resisting all these desires will thus be much easier.
Because let's face it;
I am a very bad, very beautiful man, and will obviously need to utilize every trick in my sleeve in order to succeed in this mission to become a firefighting monk!!!
I... I just think that maybe you're not sure of your own feelings yet. And if there's something that you need to tell Eddie, you will. Just, in your own time.
#They can't lie to their best friend that's insane