#but Judd and Owen are decidedly not father and son

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my unpopular opinion for the day: i don't like the way the 911 fandom shoehorns the firefam into a nuclear family situation. Bobby may be a father-figure for Buck, but he is not really his father and Athena is definitely not his mother. neither of them raised Buck, or even knew him when he was a kid, and that's kind of a big part of being a parent

the thing that pisses me off is the mom!Athena thing, because it feels like the only reason people say that is because of Bobby and Athena's marriage. Buck and Athena never had that kind of relationship. she may affectionately scold him, but like Bobby she didn't raise him, and unlike Bobby, she doesn't feel any kind of responsibility towards him. she loves him and cares for him, and he's part of her family, but that doesn't make her his mom. in fact, Buck already has a mother figure, and it's MADDIE. frankly, Maddie is more of a parent to Buck than Bobby is

and this goes for Maddie, May and Harry too. Bathena are not parent-figures for Maddie. Athena is Maddie's friend, and Maddie's on-screen relationship with Bobby is almost non-existent, same with Buck and Maddie's on-screen relationship with May and Harry. they're not siblings, as far as we know they barely know each other.

I just hate the way people want to shove Buck and even Maddie into the Grant-Nash family like a little nuclear family cutout. Bobby will always feel responsible for Buck, more so than he does for the rest of the firefam, and Bobby is one of the most important people in Buck's life. but being a parent isn't just about a relationship dynamic, it's about child-raising, and money, and teaching.

#this post was mostly a response to a different post about Buck and Tommy having dinner with Bathena #and it being akin to Tommy having dinner with Buck's parents #that's not the same thing #it's not like Madney having dinner with the Lees #the Lees supported and raised Chimney #Bobby only met Buck as an adult #also another good example of a not-nuclear family dynamic is Owen TK and Judd #Owen and TK are father and son #and TK and Judd establish a brother-like relationship in one of the first few episodes #but Judd and Owen are decidedly not father and son #911 season 7 #911 abc #evan buckley #bobby nash #athena grant #maddie buckley #chimney han #bathena #may grant #harry grant