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greengirl02 · 3 years

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I had an I should really be sleeping not scrolling Tumblr meandering thoughts:

At the start of the season in Eddie’s Story or an Oliver interview (I don’t remember exactly), a comment was made that Buck and Eddie bring out the best in each other. I think Ana is going to bring out the worst in Eddie, eventually leading tothe fall of this disaster “relationship.”

We’ve already seen the beginning of it with Eddie not noticing Chris sneaking out, and just being generally dismissive of how Chris felt. And we know he was, because the creators made the choice to only show Buck addressing Chris’s fears. Not Eddie. Instead of taking a step back he pulled a “look, it’s your teacher. You like her,” stunt. Essentially manipulating his son into getting over it; distracting him with a familiar face he trusted and liked.

I can only imagine how it will progress as Eddie continues to force this, since Ana is “perfect” on paper. I personally don’t see any chemistry there. And I’m not convinced Eddie really likes her so much as thinks he should- I think he felt pressured by Bobby’s well-meaning advice. And as he forces what isn’t there, it’s going to bring out the worst aspects of his personality. He really took Bobby’s advice and said all or nothing bitches, and it isn’t going to end well. Not if the show runners follow any kind of logical story line. He didn’t seem like Eddie in this last episode.

For her to have been introduced to Chris as Eddie’s girlfriend? Women he’s seeing? It was really unclear - he is just plowing past important steps to try and fit himself into what his parents would approve of. Of what he thinks he should want. And I think (and frankly hope) it’s going to blow up in his face. Eddie is one of my favorites - but he has it coming after this.

If they do it like I think (and how I hope), Buck will watch Chris struggle, and watch Eddie undergo a personality change - until he reads Eddie the riot act, and knocks some sense into him.

I think they are going to continue showing Buck as the real yin to Eddie’s yang, and the person best suited to being his partner. We’ve already seen once that Eddie makes bad choices when he goes without Buck (hello underground fighting, I’m looking at you). Buck is who he can talk things out with and find real solutions with- Chris/skateboard. So I’m tentatively holding hope.

Unless the writers have decided to jettison good writing in the name of ana flores, I really think (and hope) she’ll be gone soon. That even though she fits this picture perfect idea in his head, she’s not actually right for him - or even what he actually wants. Eddie needs to realize it’s okay to want what he wants, not what he thinks he should want. (And hey- no judgement, me too)

Personally I read Eddie as on some level being aware he’s in love with Buck and fighting it by forcing this on-paper perfection thing he has going on.

Eddie has always screamed comp het/Narnia levels of in the closet to me. His background supports the idea. Nothing in Eddie Begins disproved it. I still think that even though he loved Shannon, it wasn’t romantic love and his guilt has more to do with not being ready to move on.

There’s also an argument to be made that he was trying to use it as an excuse to keep from having to date again. Since. You know. He doesn’t actually want to date women but is not ready to deal with it yet.

I will end with a reminder of Ana’s own comment to Eddie in Fools - the one where she said something like “There’s something to be said for getting back on the horse, but there is value in learning you don’t like horses.” This could be a tone-deaf response to Chris and skateboarding, or a self- premonition of the end of her and Eddie’s relationship in which “horse” is a metaphor for dating women.

So yeah. Comp Het! Eddie, Bi! Buck, buddie endgame? I hope so.

If you made it to the end thank you. I had a lot of feels and was finally calm enough to try and express them lol.

#buddie #911 spoilers #just my thoughts #meta #I guess #no one is probably going to read this #I love Eddie and was not here for his character assasination last night #proof read now that I’m awake and noticed all the typos #lol

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how-queerious · 3 years

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*reaffixes clown shoes* *adjusts wig* *honks clown nose*

HERES HOW BUDDIE CAN STILL WIN

(this is 90% shitpost. i honestly speaking think ana and eddie are quite cute as a couple, and shes a really lovely character who they better not relegate to only a love interest)

(breakdown below the cut because holy hannah this post got LONG)

okay so first lets state the obvious. We all know the juxtapositions between buck and ana in regards to chris; "he needs to know his limitations" vs *researches/helps build an adaptive skateboard for chris* being the long established of the two, while the latter is the not being ready for ana to meet chris vs whatever that whole domestic scene was when eddie came home from the date (WHAT WAS THE REASON). Ana either holds back with chris or (inadvertently) makes eddie feel insecure in his parenting (eddie feeling like he isnt being realistic with chris, or tht hes pushing too hard/hurting chris with moving on after Shannon's death). Buck however encourages eddie in his parenting, helping eddie figure out how to adapt the world for chris rather than forcing chris to adapt to the world/give up on things that he cant do like the other kids, and reassuring him that chris will come around, being there for both of them. it feels off to me that despite all of these contrasts, eddie and ana are supposed to be endgame over buck and eddie.

second point of mine is shifting over to buck. i hope that buck and taylor don't end up romantically involved, and i dont think they will. a point that was emphasized in 4x08 (our reintroduction to taylor) was not buck moving into romance. his character's focus was in his friendships; with albert, with eddie, with chris, and with taylor. its even emphasized that taylor is in need of a friend, not a partner. i dont think with how their interactions went, and with their history, that those two will end up as partners. that, and buck could really use a friend outside the 118. this has been emphasized. as much as i don't like taylor from s2, she seems to have grown a lot (not unlike buck) in the past 2 years. she and buck could make really friends, something that both they and everyone in the world could use.

my third point kinda circles back to the parallels/juxtapositions thing. the waves of buck and Eddie's friendship versus with their respective romantic interests are intriguing. buck and eddies friendship started off with tension between buck and eddie before being very positive, dipping at the lawsuit and coming back afterwards. each of their relationships romantic interests have done the opposite; initial attraction, followed by tension, followed by a more positive period. neither have gotten to another true tension point (though perhaps you could consider what happened with taylor in 4x08 such, but its much less significant that say the lawsuit or the shit that happened in dosed). this is less of a true point and more of just an Inch Resting thing to note.

my next point circles back to something i brought up in the first paragraph; buck and Eddie's very domestic scene following eddie and Ana's (frankly speaking kind of weird) date. until buck mentions the date, that scene very much reads as romantic. the way buck comes around the corner, and they way he looks softly at eddie throughout. the much more natural way eddie smiles around buck in that scene, and the gentle and fond tone he uses throughout. this scene following ana mentioning that there hasn't been anyone since shannon, and eddies reaction to her saying that, is very odd. the order that scenes fall in and the fact that buck is always there for eddie and chris seems to be no accident, and its well worth considering.

my final point centers around my literal favourite character in the whole of television; christopher diaz, who i would walk through hell for. speaking of walking through hell for chris, do you know who else would do that? eddie and buck. everyone at this point knows The Scene™️ in the searchers. eddie nearly directly saying the buck loves chris like his own kid, and heavily implies that chris and eddie both feel the same way about the matter. despite the fact that ana was already chris's teacher, the relationship between her and chris of them doesn't even come close to the beginning of his and bucks. couple that with the skateboard incident, buck watching chris during the date, and chris and bucks (heart-rending) conversation following chris running right to buck? you have a very interesting view. notable other scenes include chris at the station while they wait for pepa to get off work, and the scene where eddie unplugs the wifi following the Hildy shenanigans.

anyways, like i said at the beginning of all this, everything of what i said here was 90% shitpost. as much as my heart wants it, i dont believe that buddie with become canon ( :[ ). i do love ana, and taylor doesnt seem nearly as bad as she used to be (also they are both very hot and i am a simple woman).

#911 fox #buddie #buck buckley/eddie diaz #buck x eddie #evan buck buckely #evan buckley #eddie diaz #edmundo diaz #ana flores #taylor kelly #christopher diaz #have i mentioned i love him #i would lay down my life for him #hes just #im care him

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