Tales of Daring Do

What hurts worse than Bucktommy breakup is that Tommy is now left with no friends. Including Hen and Chim. Because Tommy might be their friend that they call sometimes, but Buck is their little brother. And Tommy broke his heart, so of course they aren't going to reach out to Tommy.

And canonically this character is never again going to show up since Lou actually exited the show.

So not only Tommy lost his love, but also his friends which he had very few to start with.

None of this would happen if the breakup was handled better.

The breakup isn't even the issue here at this point.

All I wanted was an older gay man who has never known true love to have his sunshine boyfriend.

All I wanted was to see atleast for once that older gay men don't get left alone.

All I wanted for once was to see that queer people who take blow after blow that life throws at us at least for once find happiness.

All I wanted was to see for once that an older lonely queer man, who didn't have anyone on his side , who didn't have a found family to support him, finding them later in life.

For once I wanted to see it's never too late to be included even if you have been rejected time and time again.

To see a man for whom NO ONE showed up other than his boyfriend, to finally have people at his side from now on.

All I wanted was to see older queer people getting to have their happily ever after too, not just romantically.

I guess this was too much to ask for.

But it's alright I guess, Tommy Kinnard will find a family in us, the older queer people who are just like him left behind or forced to leave people behind.

Last year I thought Good Omens broke my heart, broke me.

But I didn't know it would have NOTHING on the bullshit 911 pulled.

I basically got over the heartbreak of Good Omens after over a year by watching 911. NG bullshit and subsequent impact on the show didn't hurt as much because I had fire fam to hold on to. (Also because the victims deserve better. My joy isn't above someone else's life)

And then 911 completely crushed me with terrible handling of queer characters after making us believe they can do better. But ultimately chose to invent a whole new level of queerbaiting using queer characters.

I am not sure if any other show (including Supernatural) has ever handled a queer character arc this terribly with such lazy writing.

You know what, Tommy will be alright.

Tommy will go home and sit in the darkness of his living room and stare at nothing for a while. Tommy will hold back his tears and feel numb for a while.

And then Tommy will drag his ass to the 217 again in the morning. Tommy may not fly helicopters for a while for being too sleep deprived in despair, but eventually he will fly again. Tommy will touch the sky again.

Tommy will eventually start enjoying Muay Thai again even if it is without his new best friend. It will hurt for a while to not have a partner anymore but he will enjoy it again.

Tommy will also start going to basketball court again, fly to Vegas to watch sold out fights. Tommy will still have those friends who give him those tickets. Tommy will still have his coworkers who will probably see him sitting alone without his boyfriend and invite him to hangout.

Tommy will still have those bars he frequents to and waiters there who eventually started caring about their older gay patron who seems a little sad lately.

Tommy will eventually meet someone, or several someones who he will call his family. Tommy will eventually find people who don't give up on him the moment he runs, but chases behind him to bring him back.

Tommy will eventually see the clouds of fear, fear of being left alone fade away slowly. Tommy will eventually smile again. And he will pick himself up and dust himself and be upright like he has done thousands of times already. But Tommy will eventually feel a little brighter and lighter.

Tommy had breakups before. Tommy will have breakups again. But it will not break him.

Thomas Kinard, Firefighter Pilot, Muay Thai enthusiast, will be alright.

His heart may be a little more charred, a little more scarred, but it will still be whole. It may take a little while, but he will get there eventually like he always does. And this time he will get there the way he deserves to be.

FINALLY.... me chanting TOMMY TOMMY till Tommy appears has FINALLY paid off

I cannot express in words how happy this made me 🥹❤️