#remember the buddy system

[ghosthunterbuck]

beer & apologies

(buddie) (722 words) (7x04 coda)

It’s late, later than any reasonable person would show up on a friend’s doorstep, but Buck’s got this bright, warm feeling in his chest and all he wants to do is apologize so he can share it. For a split second he thinks about knocking, but that feels a little too much like going backwards. Instead, he lets himself in and hangs his key on the hook.

“Eddie,” he calls quietly into the still house.

“Kitchen.” The reply is soft, easy, like Eddie was expecting him.

Buck steps into the room and holds up the beer he brought.

Eddie looks up at him and grins, soft and warm in the glow of the lamplight. “What’s that for?”

“This is ‘sorry for acting like a teenager and spraining your ankle’ beer,” Buck says, scrubbing a hand through his hair. “Seriously, I’m sorry.”

Eddie sighs and pushes an empty chair back from the table with his foot, gesturing for Buck to sit. “I’m sorry too,” he says.

“No, no, you don’t—" Buck starts.

“Yeah, I do,” Eddie interrupts with a wry grin. “You should definitely be sorry-er, though, so I’ll take the beer.”

Buck snorts and sits, setting the six pack on the table between them.

“We didn’t—well, I didn’t…”

“I know,” Buck says. “I was just—”

“I know,” Eddie says softly.

A few, quiet moments pass, and it’s comfortable, exactly what Buck was missing the last couple of days.

“Hey,” Eddie says suddenly, sitting up a little straighter, “at least now I know why you always said no to basketball.” He smiles, loose and just a tiny bit mischievous.

Buck splutters. “What? No! I wasn’t that bad,” he protests.

Eddie lifts his injured ankle and raises an eyebrow.

“Okay, well maybe, but—”

“Uh-uh,” Eddie says, “no buts. You haven many talents, Buck, but basketball isn’t one of them.”

Buck ducks his head and grins. “Maybe I’ll get Tommy to teach me, then I can beat you without playing dirty.” Saying Tommy’s name out loud gives birth to a few giddy butterflies in his stomach.

“You two make up?” Eddie asks.

“Yeah,” Buck says. “He uh—texted me.” The butterflies turn to little rocks.

“Good,” Eddie says, “that’s good.” He grabs a beer and twists the top off. “I really think you guys will get along, if you give him a chance.”

“We, um. Yeah. We probably will.” Buck grabs a beer of his own and stares at the label.

He doesn’t—he didn’t mean to lie. It just kind of… came out. Which, it’s Eddie. Buck knows he could tell him exactly what happened, right now, and it’d be fine. It’d be completely fine because it’s Eddie and he knows Eddie would be cool about it, probably even happy for him! But when he goes to open his mouth it just. Doesn’t.

“How’s—uh. How’s Marisol?” he asks instead, tripping over his words.

Eddie shrugs. “She’s fine, same as always. Apparently Christopher got her to play Fortnite, which, according to him, was a disaster.”

Buck laughs, shaking his head. “That kid,” he says softly.

“That kid,” Eddie agrees. He takes another swig of beer and sits back.

“Hey, wait,” Buck says suddenly. He lurches forward and snags the bottle out of Eddie’s hand. “You can’t have this, you’re on pain killers.”

“It’s my apology beer!” Eddie protests.

“Nope, two sips is plenty. I can’t hurt your ankle and your liver on the same day.”

“It’s after midnight, it’s tomorrow,” Eddie pouts. “Give it.” He makes a halfhearted attempt to grab it back, but Buck holds the beer aloft.

“Nuh-uh, absolutely not,” Buck says. “You can drink your apology beer this weekend.”

“My apology beer is going to be flat and stale,” Eddie replies, unimpressed.

Buck rolls his eyes. “I’ll buy you a new apology beer, alright?”

“Promises, promises.”

“I will!”

“Yeah, yeah,” Eddie laughs. “You better. Want to bring it over on Saturday? We can watch the game.”

Buck’s grin falters a little bit, even as that warm feeling bubbles up in his chest all over again. “I uh- can’t, sorry.”

“What, you got a hot date or something?” Eddie asks with a laugh.

Buck takes a long swallow from the beer he stole from Eddie. “Yeah, something,” he says with a hollow laugh.

He feels like a liar.

#i have returned and i come bearing fic #i straight up don't remember my tagging system so #oh well #911 #911 abc #911fic #buddie #buddiefic #911 spoilers #abbie writes #its a coda friends you know what im about #also i'm gonna revive the tag list tomorrow so sorry in advance to anyone who sees this and then gets a crazy late tag!! #or doesn't want them anymore lol

[unhinged-nymph]

Thinking about him tonight

#with those fuckin HIPS bro #and the WAIST !!? #I’ll forever be obsessed with bs s2 link #the mustache and clear glasses really does something for me #😮‍💨🥵 #also remember when link’s hair wasn’t 5 inches tall lmao #buddy system season 2 #rhett and link #link neal #no like seriously imagine if he did something like this today #we’d fucking lose our damn marbles

[starrynightteam]

How alters with emotional amnesia dealing with the trauma:

#and they can remember it #“omg I feel bad for you” #buddy I got a bad news for ya #actually plural #actually dissociative #osdd 1b #osdd system #osdd1b #alters #actually osdd #osdd #osdd memes #did osdd #did memes

[edmundobiaz]

imagine if in the next ep while they're figuring out what could've happened to chimney, eddie's got a specific memory in the back of his head that's bugging him, but he can't get enough of a hold on it to remember. but then they find chim and patch him up and eddie forgets about it until he's watching buck and tommy slow dance after the wedding, then sees them kiss. and suddenly the memory of making out with buck last night hits him like a truck

#but buck clearly doesn't remember it at all and he and tommy seem happy so eddie decides to keep it to himself #i think it would be fun if chimney also kinda remembers it so it's his and eddie's secret and eddie makes him SWEAR not to tell anyone #(chim tells maddie the next day to get it out of his system) #911 abc #911 speculation #< haha not really #buddie #i don’t actually want buddie to happen this early but. eddie would keep it to himself for a good long while. #maddie would be the one who finally tells buck after him and tommy break up and eddie's still refusing to say anything

[crazy-fangirl2524]

Seeing people reacting to tsc and them getting shock over things I thought was obvious and I was getting annoyed until I realised maybe not everyone reread aftg like a million times and have read most of the analytical posts and yeah maybe I am the problem instead

#I’m so pretentious about aftg lmao #like people be like Neil is feral?! not just uwu baby?? #or be like omg Kevin and Jean friendship surprise surprise and I’m like ???? #or people shocked by jeans trauma and I was like hello the EC ?! #and people talking about not knowing the foxes or usc winning for the next match and I was like babe it was in the EC #and people talking about why Kevin was sticking to Andrew and was because the nest buddy system and not for Andrew’s benefit/deal #and I was like WASNT THAT OBVIOUS?! #then I realised I’m just crazy and obsessed and yeah hi I’m the problem it’s me #I forgot people could casually enjoy the series yk #I thought it’s either all or nothing like wdym not everyone get entirely consumed by aftg and remember and know every single thing??? #my friend literally called me the EC in a human form because any question she got she just ask me and I can answer it like it’s the most #common sense question and that’s why she said she never even bothered to read the EC because I can just tell her eveyrthing #okay maybe I have some slight issues but anyways #anyways it’s just cuz seeing the post going over things I thought everyone knew I was just like 😭??!!! #aftg #all for the game #tfc #the foxhole court #aftg series #aftg fandom #aftg incorrect quotes #the sunshine court #tsc #aftg shitpost #aftg textpost #aftg thoughts #tfc textpost #tfc shitpost #incorrect tfc #tfc meme

[grilledcheeseandgravityfalls]

"I refuse to choose the lesser of two evils!! It shouldn't be this way!!"

Well, it is. And unless you can come up with and implement a realistic plan to fix that before the end of this year (you can't), you need to accept that there isn't always a perfect choice that will allow you to keep your sense of moral high ground and limit damage to human lives. Which one is more important?? Think this through for five seconds and remember that your choices affect people other than yourself.

#YES this post is about people sitting in the mud whining about how they don't want to vote for biden #I DON'T WANT TO EITHER BUDDY!!! BUT I HAVE A BRAIN THAT I CAN USE AND CRYING ABOUT HOW THE SYSTEM IS FUCKED DOESN'T DO A DAMN THING #TO FIX IT OR PROTECT ANYONE WHILE WE WORK ON FIXING IT #WE ARE ON HARM REDUCTION THIS YEAR #anyway remember to read political posts ESPECIALLY carefully from now through november #consider the source. ask what they are trying to get you to think by making that post. #UUUUUUUGHHHHH

[bigblackbutterfly]

The sunshine court spoilers

Jean: Life at The Nest is a secret. I can not call coach Moriyama The Master in public. I can not say that he and Rico beat and tortured me.

Also Jean: WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE TROJANS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LIVE ON CAMPUS AND STUDY THE SAME THING AND STICK TO A STRICT MEAL PLAN???

#is life at the nest a secret or not? #lmao #i can’t remember where 16 hour days and the buddy system land in this #but my point still stands #the sunshine court #tsc spoilers #jean moreau

[waters-and-the-wilde]

i know this move has been played already but what if they get halfway through a Situation

juno: nureyev i need to borrow a knife

nureyev: they took all of mine

rita: *slaps one into his hand* gotcha covered boss

juno: where the hell -?

rita: miss vespa gave me like. eight of 'em

juno: what? when?

rita: the night before we left cuz she recognized your 'stupid pudding book' and she and cap'n a knew you were gonna go after mista' nureyev but you had to figure that one out on your own but also it was gonna be dangerous. and she got a bunch of knives back from when we raided the carte blanche.

rita: oh yeah here ya go mista' nureyev, she said you could have one, if you needed it, 'or whatever, i guess' was her exact words. she was kinda drunk.

nureyev: *audible sniffle*

rita: oh yeah and mom says if you ever get tired of the name ransom you can borrow aurinko if you want

juno (grumpy that buddy and vespa Perceived him again): he's gonna have to share, big guy's running with that for his 'fuck dark matters' squad

nureyev: *audibly crying* we are In A Situation please this is not the time

#good afternoon girl i am emotionally compromised #the penumbra podcast #tpp #juno steel #peter nureyev #rita my beloved #i love my gay space crimes family #okay once he's Out i want rita to fullname him at some point but with every name she can think of #like #'PETER RANSOM GLASS DAUPHIN AURINKO NUREYEV SO HELP ME I WILL TELL MOM YOU DIDN'T USE THE BUDDY SYSTEM' #wait y'all remember 'ransack o'tackanety' #'PETAH NURINKO AUREYEV. NO. WAIT. PETAH AURINKEV NUREYO - FUCK.' #team janus beast #it’s real hiatus hours lads #petrushka aurinkovich nureyev

[badolmen]

Incredibly frustrated by how condescendingly jaded my uncle can be but I’m being so brave about it <- not blowing him up with my mind even though I want to

#ra speaks #personal #I love him. but my dude. bruh. #made a comment abt how I should try working/volunteering w the homeless #after I commented on his tirade abt homeless ppl ‘gaming the system’ by getting arrested in the winter #to have somewhere warm w food to stay like ‘why are we not talking about how fucked it is that the homeless will fucking die if they don’t? #like sir. buddy. you do remember that I grew up on food stamp right? I have gone to a food bank as a recipient before. #I’ve volunteered at shelters and soup kitchens before. I know addicts and homeless people in town. #this isn’t some naive wide eyed college socialist ‘those poor homeless people are saints’ schitck #this is a tired university food pantry anarchist ‘aren’t you fucking tired of being cruel to people who make the best o thr circumstances?’ #sorry you can no longer see the divine value of every human life and must endure the tragedy #of considering everyone not to your standard a lost cause. #some of us see the work to be done and will be doing it instead of wallowing in hate and pity. #shut up and get to work like the rest of us if you hate it so much. #it’s just like *strangled him* you see me twice a year dude I DO WORK AT A SOUP KITCHEN YOU IDIOT #I just don’t talk abt it because it’s just something I do sorry I thought making acts of charity your whole personality #was vain and frowned upon in christian society??? #this makes my plans to ditch academia and go into fulltime aid work feel all the more. idk vindicated??? #that’s not the right word but you get it. uncle t I love you but you know fuck all and have hardened your heart to the world. #god break that heart of stone you have and bless you with love for your fellow man. or whatever. #for context this convo happened like two years ago but I saw him last week and in light of recent personal revelations I’ve remembered it #core memory locked in ‘are you for fucking real uncle t?’ #vocational woes

[monty-glasses-roxy]

Had a dream about a magic school AU. Like... Literally my school but with magic and with Roxy as a protag because Blorbo. She was the only one in the school without magic so every magic lesson, she'd literally just take a nap on the desk. What else is she gonna do?

But also I dreamed how she was compensating for not having magic. She was mixing chemicals into explosives to win fights and like... Yeah it's kinda hard to argue against the dog with Potion of Kaboom™️

However, because it was a dream, my brain combined the Glams with the cast of Ni No Kuni 2 and got very confused when I woke up because the Kuni 2 cast actually fit a magic environment but FNaF guys do not lmao

There was also a bit where Roxy not having magic means naturally, she doesn't rely on it to solve problems. So while everyone was given the task of making a candle go out without blowing on it, she just. Stared in absolute bafflement as everyone around her immediately dove to figuring out spells that extinguish flames. Instead of just. Water. From the tap. Right next to them.

She decided to freak them out a bit for fun and when the teacher asks for volunteers to come forward to show what they've come up with, she immediately puts her paw up and gets called on. She wets her paw under the tap before anyone has their attention on her, walks up to the candle at the front desk, turns so everyone can see, says all professional "Today, I've learned..." pauses and then... just pinches the flame out. Literally just pinches the wick between the paw pads on her fingers and it goes out immediately. "That you guys are idiots." And walks back to her seat in silence with a smirk.

Naturally, a bunch of kids are yelling that she can't just do that what the fuck?! But she did just do that. It took her half a second to do what's taken all of them a good forty minutes to figure out at least. Teacher asks how she knew that would work and she just "you can't have a flame without oxygen. Obviously." and you get a chorus of "WHAT" and "WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT?!" She's so damn smug about it lmao these people make showing off too easy sometimes.

Like sure, she physically can't pass a mandatory magic exam unless she's able to figure out ways around it, but she can at least fuck around in lessons lmao. She tried skipping them but they started getting on her family with all the typical mandatory attendance shit so she has to go now :/ she just sleeps in them or fucks with people for fun since everyone likes to flaunt their magic on her every day anyway. Eat shit assholes she knows how to put fire out with minimal effort!

I think there was also a bit about her trying to convince teachers that a non-magic sports club would be a good idea?? And failing miserably because they just don't see the value in a magic school with non-magic sports. Thinking now, she could probably make her own club after school but probably wouldn't get that much traction with it... Resenting her family and teachers and every power that be forever because she could be a top student and could be doing amazing in school if she was just in a non-magic focused one. But she's stuck here and it sucks.

I don't know where I'd go with the story but eh it's neat I like it! Definitely different to my normal stuff!

#fnaf security breach #i feel i can't do anything with this without getting accused of inspiration from the worst piece of media ever... #because this site is mostly american and the school from that is literally just the uk's school system... but magic... #all i can see in my head is my buddy restless thinking that fucker made up christmas crackers man #so I'd be very wary touching this one cause i do NOT want to be associated with that bullshit #i never even liked it that much i jusf thought 'hey magic thats neat' and that was it before i Found Out the rest #so like #yeah uhh #new au I'm not sure i CAN do anything with?? #without some bright spark making a connection where there isn't one??? #uhh... hooray??? #I'd love to make it a thing i think it'd be neat even if it would serve OCs better probably #so I'd love to talk about it #but you can see why I'm hesitant to post anymore about it without prompting right? #you guys can see why...? #for most people that aren't from here that series is the first interaction with the british school system they've seen #so a lot of people seem to think it was designed and made by that fucker when it legit wasn't #we have school houses here that's fairly normal... and christmas crackers... #and whatever else cause i don't remember a damn thing I've never seen any of those films the whole way through lmao #but anyway on that note... if you were wondering from that tag... #i was in the blue house in primary school. we were the falcons :) #we won the house points a lot it was great!! #anyway yeah I'm up to talking about this one and developing it more! I just... maybe won't unless someone specifically asks about it #ya know? #ask away if you want to!!! would be happy to fuck around with it!!! #otherwise I'll just. keep it to discord rambles... which is less fun honestly #but hey it works

[our-inspire-verse]

I think that being autistic got me fucked up

#/pos #but also like vent ish #ok to rb #system babbles #my special interest rn is things that harm me. get out of here who let that sink in #like what do you want im fascinated by the degradation of my body in response to trauma #and the internal lashing out of an already neurospicy brain under incomprehensible suffering #all living things respons in insane overdone ways in panic response and we dont have the research to fully comprehend #even physically threatening immediate situations so how fucking interesting is it to consider abstract threats and the effect that has on a #autistic brain addicted to the internet in a cptsd way with osdd with schizo symptoms and all this other stuff #on TOP of addiction in the family chronic illness EDS (and its ties to autism) and just so so so many things im so so fascinated #but i take fucking psychic damage even considering this stuff or remembering anything so autistic hyperfixation sessions get painful as hel #and i can't even leave i have to let the interest brain pick over articles and info vida until it calms down and buddy its trembling #autism #neurodivergent #special interest #psychology #inthrum bickerman #btw im still in front day 42 fucking laughing my ASS OFF TAKE THAT

[traaanskimkitsuragi]

i may have a slight problem

#bg3 #i think the last time i got this sucked into a game was s/ubnautica #cant remember what it was before that but its certainly not a common occurrence #im *so* upset that there isnt more. im *so* upset that ive like pretty much done most of the things there are to do #it was such a fulfilling experience even on subsequent runs and i care abt my buddies so bad #and now ur telling me there isnt more content w them :( #reading abt cut content makes me so sad all of it sounded super cool #just imagine how much better the game couldve been if they had actually given it the time it needed instead of pushing it out early #bc smth smth capitalism #and now we will probably never get to see any of that stuff 😭 #this has also made me kiiiiiinda be interested in checking out other bioware stuff bc i dont think ive ever played any #and everyone has been comparing them positively #i dunno........................... i rlly just want more games with super satisfying roleplaying and fully customizable protags #and deeply fun and engaging gameplay systems #in conclusion i want to play dnd and now have to live with the curse of knowing that bg3 is the closest ill ever get to experiencing it

[bacontoktok]

#tiktok #remember buddy system fir dumb ideas

[fish-and-forbear]

75 NOTIFICATIONS??? O_O

Oh Grist you dumbass... x'D ... to anyone who just got a ton of weird reblogs from a poetic demon knight just ignore him he is just happy today... xD

New blog for him and he went through his own tag and shoved whatever he wanted to keep over there... I don't think he realizes he has probably spammed sooo many people with a billion notifications... c':

Not going to worry about it. It can be ignored or we can be blocked its fine. x3 He's happy and that's what matters

....and what a frickin tag system oh my gosh...

He wants to make a list of everything so he can find things later which is very smart. He just takes things so far once he figures them out. VERY CLEVER and VERY dumb and silly at the same time. I say with endless affection.

And yeahhh people are right I think he's been called poetic, flowery, or "talks like That" by 3 or 4 different people now. Such a strange beast. Someone really did describe him as flowery and my face hurt from him smiling so much. xD

- Fisher

#system journaling #just glad hes happy and has his OWN space now lmfaooo #just remember to use the queue buddy these things arent going anywhere.... x3

[velvet4510]

Ok, time for a hot take.

It really bothers me that Rosie and Sam’s relationship is reduced and made so shallow in the films, with the implication that they’ve never even talked to each other, and Sam is pining for this girl he doesn’t really know….

Like …

… this actually misses the entire point of their relationship in the book.

In the book, Sam and Rosie grew up together. His warmest memories that bring him comfort in the darkest place are the memories of playing with her in the pool when they were kids.

The point of Tolkien’s Rosie is that she’s someone familiar to Sam, the face that comes into his mind when he thinks of home. He remembers an actual moment he spent with her, a moment of fun and bonding. Then when he comes home, it turns out she could somehow sense the moment the Ring was destroyed, and knew he was coming home. They have this special, deep bond that brings Sam a sense of comfort and stability.

She’s not supposed to be some distant, unknown figure that Sam has built up in his head but has never actually talked to or gotten to know. That’s literally the antithesis of Tolkien’s Rosie Cotton.

It’s like the films swap Sam’s initial relationships with Rosie and with Frodo. In the movies, he starts off more familiar and friendly with Frodo; they apparently go to the pub together frequently like typical buddies do, whereas Rosie is in another world, dancing and making drinks behind the bar, and Sam is just too unsure of himself to even make small talk with her.

But Tolkien’s portrait is the exact opposite. Rosie is the one who Sam spends a lot of time with and has known for a long while. Frodo is the one who Sam is distant from and doesn’t really have the nerve to make chit-chat with, because he is Frodo’s servant and thus he thinks it’s not his place to be too friendly with “his betters,” as his dad says. (And then the journey takes the two of them out of that restrictive class system and frees them to bond and get to know each other as people.)

Then when they come home, there’s an actual sense of coming home, because Rosie embodies everything that is familiar and safe for Sam. Not everything that is unknown and scary.

#lotr #jrr tolkien #lotr books #lord of the rings #lotr movies #lotr book vs film #sam x rosie #samwise gamgee #rosie cotton #frodo baggins

[mrfoox]

Oliver ranting about politics for 30 mins: that was a good talk (:

Me, who have said like nothing: (: nice

#miranda talking shit #Also: oliver: complaining that there are people who get money without giving the proper papers etc #Me: -crying bc i remember hpw fucking awful it is having to handle that and then still get called and questioned about it etc- #Oliver: what did i make you sad? Did i say something mean? Why are you sad???? #Bro buddy... Im remembering the trauma of having to prove to the government im not mentally stable both by providing 15 different papers #And then having them call me constantly and wanting me to explain everything and i felt like some kind of impostor #I mean i get what he means theres probably a lot of people who gets money without providing all the correct things etc but like holy hell #Can also say theres probably a big amount of people who avoid even trying to get support they are entitled to bc they know its an #Exhausting battle. I probably wouldn't have bothered at all if i didnt get help from others to fix all the paperwork i needed to even apply #And even with that help it was so fucking daunting... Thinking about it gives me mad anxiety and makes me tear up its ridiculous :') #I could probably discuss this better if i didnt always feel like an impostor. I always feel like im faking everything and am abusing the #System and goverment money. Despite having add+autism along with deppression/anxiety disorders and i literally have doctors who have writtn #That miranda dont and cant function as normal people and need more help. Still im like... Oh no im faking... Im stealing...im a fraud... #I guess its bc its not... 'obviously' something wrong with me so i feel bad for even saying something. Its bc its me #Anyone else says the same things as me im like yeah thats understandable... But me? God no i am a waste of space and i should die