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i know 911 is not the homophobia show and they tend to steer clear of storylines that deal heavily with homophobia but. but. walk with me here:

7x3 maddie makes a comment about the fire chief gunning for the mayor's position
7x09 this same guy is awarding the 118 with their medals so i'm thinking/wondering if he's already moved into a political position? whatever. doesn't matter. either way, he's not the fire chief anymore
but. gerrard is
something happens to bobby that knocks him out of commission, but gerrard doesn't take over the 118 — he takes over the entire lafd
hen is still the interim captain of the 118, but now she (chim, and tommy) have to submit to gerrard on an even bigger level than they had to before
where does tommy come into this? great question
with hen becoming interim captain in a greater capacity than she has been before, she needs to pull in another firefighter to pick up her slack
enter tommy kinard who is already familiar with and part of the 118 (sort of)
benefits of doing this story like this would be a Season 2 redux in the sense that, this time, hen/chim/tommy would be in the trenches together.
now. i mentioned homophobia. where does that come in? another great question.
so. obviously gerrard has a vested interest in the 118. and by "vested interest," i of course mean that he has it out for them — both because they got him kicked out of the 118 and because they've succeeded so well without him
he shows up unannounced at the station, questions choices they've made on calls, just things like that
now. hen. obviously. lesbian. but gerrard's main thing with her was that she was black and a woman
gerrard's main thing with tommy, however, i think is going to be the fact that he's queer because gerrard knew him "before he got turned" and there's a whole lot of mess there.
now mind you. buck and tommy are at the same station now, and even though they're out to their friends/family, they try to keep it hidden at work to protect themselves from gerrard but. i mean. that's not going to work, not in the long term.
gerrard finds out anyway and... he doesn't target them necessarily, but, like. he makes these horrible little comments to tommy especially, keeps them intentionally separated, things like that.

potential benefits to a story like this:

hen struggling with and having to come to terms with the fact that even though she's no longer gerrard's probie, she once again has to answer to him
tommy assimilated in gerrard's boys club in order to keep his head down and not draw attention to himself. so being out and queer now and having to work for your homophobic ex boss? when you have a boyfriend who literally works beside you? lots to explore there
one thing gerrard et. al. did to chim was make him feel small and inadequate. so chim being back in gerrard's orbit overcorrecting or trying to rewrite the way he felt then by taking crazy, dangerous risks to "prove himself" now (even though, intellectually, he knows he doesn't have to prove anything, knowing and feeling it are two different things)
negligence. gerrard's negligence (or his vendetta) against the members of the 118 leading to someone getting hurt. whether it's tommy/buck when he forcibly separates the two of them out of homophobic pettiness, or eddie, who gets caught in the crossfire when gerrard punishes buck or tommy for something, the potential for hurt member of the 118 → angry confrontation in a hospital as to how gerrard could let this happen would be soooooo fucking sexy.

anyways. you all get what i'm saying i'm sure.

#911 speculation #I would eat this up

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poughkeepsies

and when amir (or someone else related to that storyline) burns down buck's loft as revenge to get back at bobby but christopher is also with him because eddie was meeting kim again and then it's both bobby and eddie's sons in danger for something they're responsible for and the catholic guilt suffocates them and they both have to learn how to make amends and move on from the past so they can stop hurting and hurting the people around them because of their inability to move on then what

#911 spoilers #911 speculation

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userbuddie

amir is gonna find out bobby sees buck as his son and is gonna set fire to the loft as revenge

#YES YES YES #911 speculation

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whollyjoly

okay so a few weeks ago, @buck-up-buck had this crazy and brilliant idea where the "person from bobby's past" was someone who wanted revenge on bobby (likely cause someone they loved died in the apartment fire in minnesota) and gets revenge by burning down buck's loft

after hearing her theory, i had had a few ideas about what that fire response could look like, but didn't think about posting them because it felt so crazy and out there...

but with the news that 7x09 and 7x10 are getting renamed to "Ashes, Ashes" and "All Fall Down" respectively??

...well maybe its a little less insane.

HEAR ME OUT:

imagine, if we do get burning down the loft + buck's inside:

a string of calls to dispatch about a massive apartment fire (as far as we can tell from the windows/views from the balcony, buck's loft is fairly high up in an apartment complex, so likely a large building)
either josh or maddie answer the call - they ask for the address, and both of them make eye contact the moment they hear it because they know that address, and josh asks maddie if she knows if buck is on shift right now
(btw, josh def knows buck's address cause of the sudoku moment my beloved)
scene cuts to the firefam all at the 118 except buck - maybe he had a small injury and was sent home, maybe he called out/was forced to by the person from bobby's past, maybe it was just a day off - but they're all hanging out upstairs
the alarms start ringing, and we hear a voice - "all units, respond to a major apartment high-rise fire at ______"
and they all look at each other with looks of panic/fear/worry on their faces because they know that address
scene cuts to athena out on patrol in her car, when it comes in through the radio - "major fire at apartment high rise, police support required" - and her eyebrows raise because she knows that address
and THEN the scene cuts to harbor, where we see tommy on shift
the alarm bells go off, calling for the choppers to get ready to go because of a major apartment fire
and when tommy hears where it is, he freezes because he knows that address
and we see the firefam run to the truck, we see athena turn on the siren and speed off, we see tommy hop into a chopper, and they all are off to the rescue - to save buck

insane, right??

but on a rewatch of 7x04, i noticed something...

at harbor, when tommy is giving buck a tour and listing off all the things air ops does, he talks about how they do brush fire suppression, air ambulance transport, and (while leaning into buck's shoulder) high rise fire response

which...is certainly an interesting addition. especially in the most pointed part of the scene, where he is literally leaning over buck

and THEN i think of this line, later in The Loft Scene, when tommy is talking about cross-town traffic:

see, this line always hit me as an underrated moment in this conversation. originally, i thought it was quite adorable and super flirty!! and that tommy was implying that he was interested enough in buck that he would come back in a helicopter just to avoid traffic, just so he could stay with buck longer

but...what if that's not what this line is about?

what if tommy is saying that the next time he goes to buck's loft it's in a helicopter? for a high rise fire response?

because after bobby takes step nine (the step for making amends, also the title for 7x08) towards someone from his past who has unfinished business (the original title for 7x09) with him, and responds by turning buck's apartment complex to ashes, ashes (new 7x09 title)?

and maybe buck is still inside, and bobby finds out that his kid is in danger because of him, and even though he's told not to go in because of how unstable the building is, he does anyways? and it all falls down (7x10 title)??

which is why we saw bobby holding a hospital gown in aisha's insta story today??

and THATS why we didnt see any bts pics of bobby or buck at the award ceremony last week although we literally saw everyone else - because they're injured/banged up enough that it would be a spoiler??

...do we?? see the vision???????

anyways i thought this theory was too insane for tumblr but now that we're here...

i actually think they're fucking burning down the loft

what do y'all think? am i insane? am i brilliant? should i be locked in my enclosure until further notice?

LET ME KNOW I AM BEGGING

#YESSSS #Bobby saving his kid this time around #911 speculation

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a concept: the scene where buck and eddie get together as a direct parallel to the coming out scene. they're talking in eddie's kitchen, the conversation gets a little charged; they're trading heated looks; they kinda know where this is going but they're too afraid to say it. and then buck says, "i should probably go." and eddie nods and says quietly, "okay." and buck is halfway to the door, his hand on the knob—eddie is leaning against the fridge, watching him with wide eyes—there's a close up shot of buck taking in a deep, shuddering breath, scrunching his eyes shut—and then he's whirling around, striding back over to edde and grabs his face with both his hands and just kisses him. and he pulls away almost immediately and they both stare at each other for a moment, their chests heaving, neither of them daring to say anything—but now it's eddie's turn and his hands are in buck's hair and he pulls him back in and they just kiss and kiss and kiss against the fridge in the dying afternoon light.

#yes please #this would be everything to me #911 speculation