Since Instagram just decided to be bitchy today (thx for nothing 🙄), I'll share this here first. Short stuck with me for days now 'n' I had to do smth about it
Buck’s either the unluckiest mf in LA (where there are over 26k+ restaurants) or Eddie has been dressing in tactical gear and hiding behind trees with Marisol on his backpack like a ready made beard
the 118 a shift must be like a harbinger of doom for every other first responder in la. like… imagine you’re a firefighter, dealing with a normal building fire or whatever. and then someone informs you that dispatch is sending the 118 to help you out. now your standard building fire is about to become something far worse, because something batshit and horrendous and traumatic is about to happen in front of you, now that those five chucklefucks are on their way. everyone else in la must start panicking whenever they see the 118 truck coming. it is always Something with those people. and somehow they always come out alive. but there’s no guarantee for anyone else
Thing about just clicking with someone and not having to put in the work is finding not making and those relationships - whatever form they take rarely last or manage to develop past a surface level.
Buck is such an all in or nothing kind of person that has had to fight for pretty much everything (when it comes to relationships of any form) he just cant comprehend that other people experience various levels of friendships or relationships more widely.
We see it in his training of Ravi, it comes out in his father son reltionship with Bobby, it’s part of the underlying reason the lawsuit happened and stems from his childhood abandonment issues. We even saw it in the other sneak peek where he’s with Tommy - he’s trying so so hard to make a friend that he comes across as slightly intense and focused. And while the worthwhile people will stay (the fire fam, his sister, Eddie) those who can’t take that level of focus will pretty quickly drop away, Abby and Ali are prime examples of this and even Taylor to a certain extent - she just didn’t care enough to be bothered by it.
It’s one of the reasons he’s oblivious to the fact his relationship with Eddie is different on multiple levels and it’s part of what makes Buck so interesting and why so many of us think he’s neurodivergent.
HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK GUYS 911 IS MAKING ME CRAZY WHAT DO YOU MEAN??!?!?! THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENINH!!!! I DIDNT THINK ID EVER SEE THE DAY WHEN BUCK...!!!!! AND HOLY SHIT AAAAA
Here's the thing, do I want Buck on the floor crying? Yes, because it would be fun to watch and Oliver should be allowed to let loose a little bit yk? But I truly just want Buck to do something for himself and stick to it. I mean, that man didn't even pick his own apartment. Do I want him hyperventilating screaming crying throwing up? Yes. But truly I just want him off the hamster wheel.