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To all the amazing, talented fanfic writers in this fandom!

You are adored!

Your works are gifts and needed now more than ever!

You are appreciated!

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Fanon is just as important, and sometimes more important and revered, than canon. If you have been in any fandoms long enough you know what I am talking about.

So to the great writers in this fandom: Don't stop! You have fans!

I have read many fanfics that brought the characters to life better than anything onscreen the past few seasons. From the 500 word one shot you can read while you ignore work for a few minutes to the epic 100,000+ word novella that keeps you up way past your bedtime, they all matter. They all have a place.

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Huh? I miss the days of long ago when this fandom was not messy.

I'm scrolling Tumblr after a few weeks of RL chaos, don't ask, hoping to enjoy the pics, memes, gifs, etc. Then comes the off the wall posts.

I was left scratching my head and wondering where that take in those posts came from.

The take in those posts? Eddie is abusive.

What the actual...?

Because he got in Buck's face? Because he wrote a truthful note to hide the surprise he planned to make his best friend feel better and as an apology for going off? (I saw someone call that gaslighting. Sometimes you have to withhold information or even outright lie to pull off a surprise. I know that's confidential knowledge that only a few people know. 🙄)

Grief makes people act out in different ways. You want to know the funny thing? When they lash out, picking fights, yelling, arguing, they tend to aim it at people they are close to. Why? It's safe. You know they will likely understand and forgive you. Have some of you never grieved?

Please make this make sense. Eddie and Buck both lost the man who helped them find their footing in life and built a family for the 118. Eddie was right. Buck has been spiraling. Eddie getting in Buck's face was not him negating Buck's feelings. It was Eddie's sad and emotionally constipated way of saying, "I'm hurting too! Look at me! You know me. You know I'm not okay."

Did you forget he turned away from Buck and quieted himself right after? Because that is who Eddie is. He hides his emotions. He doesn't know how to break. But when he does, who does he break in front of? Buck.

That scene was the tiny crack in the armor Edmundo Diaz wears 24/7. It was his version of a cry for attention from the one person he has canonically been completely flayed open for.

So I have to ask this, if Eddie Diaz is abusive what is Tommy Kinard? Some people who are dragging the character of Eddie Diaz for his telling Buck that they are all suffering have cheered Tommy Kinard and his relationship with Buck. If Eddie is no good and abusive, what does that make Tommy Kinard?

When Buck tried to talk to Tommy about his worry for Bobby after his heart attack, Tommy coldly pointed out Buck's biological father is alive then turned the conversation into innuendo.

Tommy Kinard didn't understand Buck, and the rest of the 118, being fed up with Gerrard. That alone could be a long standalone post, so I will leave it at that.

When Buck was afflicted with that..erm..rash...Tommy added something that was clearly asking for Buck to heal so he could get some. Tommy wasn't worried about Buck, just how it was affecting his sex life.

He gave Buck basketball tickets for their anniversary. Buck? Basketball? Really? Thoughtless as hell.

Twice he saw an opening when Buck was spiraling and he took advantage of it to get with Buck. When Buck was worried about losing Eddie to Tommy, he jumped in and kissed him. When "the competition" was gone, and Buck's level of sobriety was questionable, Tommy didn't hesitate to jump into bed with him and try to rekindle that toxic relationship. The one he ended by telling Buck he always knew it would not last. Tommy saying he always knew the relationship would end with a broken heart wasn't romantic or loving. It was his way of saying he knew going into it there was no future, but he didn't tell Buck that.

Imagine someone dating you knowing they plan to bail at some point. Is that what caring, loving people do? Or selfish, lying jerks?

Eddie admitted he hurt Buck and tried to right the wrong. But he's an abuser? Tommy keeps doing wrong. But he's Buck perfect match?

Are we watching the same show?

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I slept on it and spent all day thinking about it before deciding to say my piece.

I know Minear has turned out trash in the past. Every show has a slump.

This season has been a dumpster fire. I began pointing out the plots and subplots that were subpar years ago. Maybe season 5 or 6? I don't even remember.

We had to deal with the HenRen and Mara saga. Great idea! Could have been executed better.

That girl Buck dated when he delivered the sperm donor baby on his couch. OMG! The sperm donor arc. How could I forget?

Marisol. Zero chemistry. How do you stand next to Ryan Guzman in tight jeans and look bored? How?

Hen going to med school just to...what...say,"Nah, I'm good."

Eddie dating dead wife doppelgangers then running off to El Paso with NO JOB, buying a house, with NO JOB, selling his very expensive truck, with NO JOB, to buy a Prius and drive Uber. All to bring back the son he has every legal right to just yell at to get in the car and shut up for the entire ride back to LA because he can be mad at home. I don't know about you, but my parents didn't let me run off for months just because my panties were in a twist. They would have dared my grandparents to try to keep us apart.

Buck. Where do I even start? Dumped by a guy when he impulsively asks him to move in. Sleeps with that ex when he is obviously spiraling. Moves into the house of his missing best friend. (Missing because that story...just no.) Ex who obviously knows Buck so well and loves him so much he gave him basketball tickets for their anniversary is still hanging around.

That's like giving me golf clubs. If you do that, I know you are just choosing to be a d-bag. I'm going to pawn them and buy myself something nice. (In case you are on that guy's intellectual leve, I HATE golf.)

Then Athena has just been breaking laws for how many seasons? 3 now? More? This character that was originally a moral compass is now just busting through laws when they get in her way? What? She has been given the most awful stories to work with. They seem hastily thrown together by a high school writing student with 30 minutes left before class starts and he has to turn it in. She brings it every time though, so kudos to one of my favorites.

Now for Bobby. I don't give a crap what anyone says, the character of Bobby Nash was completely disrespected. In turn, Peter Krause saw a character he did an amazing job of portraying, bringing out the nuances of a complex character so expertly, he wasn't so complex at the end. We got Bobby and understood him. Six Feet Under was one of my favorite shows, so I'm used to Peter...ahem...exiting...early. (Great show BTW. If you haven't watched it, highly recommend!)

Could I see Bobby sacrificing himself for his team? Absolutely.

But that entire story was a mess. We all have learned to suspend disbelief when any 911 version is on, but this? I can't roll my eyes enough.

And if you are going to send off the character that brought the 118 together, shouldn't his whole "family" be there? Tim acted like Eddie Diaz didn't exist. Buck picked him up offscreen, but Tim damn sure made space for a guy who gave Bobby, Hen, and Chimney hell and the guy who did it twice.

You honestly think we believe the 118 suddenly forgives, respects, and likes Gerrard? Did Minear forget he wrote their hatred for the man in multiple episodes just this season?

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If this isn't a dream, a hallucination, a coma, or someone having a psychotic break, this show just did backflips over Jaws.

Last season, in some of my posts, I questioned if Tim Minear was setting up the Tommy and Buck show.

Now, I'm convinced that is exactly what he is doing. That man loves two racist characters and uses awful writing to keep bringing them back.

With Bobby being killed off for "creative reasons", that was very telling. I think the creative reason was Bobby Nash stood in the way of the Minear creating the show he really wants.

In season 7, I said that going back five seasons to bring two POS characters back was sus. Why? They were antagonists in a few eps. That's it. Then we see Tommy as a friend of people he tried to ruin? That proves Tim is tone-deaf at best.

So, you kick Eddie out. (If you don't see disrespect in Ryan Guzman not being in Peter's final episode while LFJ was, something is wrong with you. Everyone except Eddie was shown reacting. Even LFJ. Eddie Diaz was one of Bobby's "kids". Not Tommy.) I also won't point out how if you look very closely, you could parallel the death of the kind, loving, open-minded Bobby Nash leaving an opening for the rise of racist, homophobic, misogynistic Gerrard to America right now. That would require my pointing out a lot of problematic crap Minear has written.

You kill off Bobby Nash, setting the 118 up for the permanent return of Gerrard. That would lead to Chim and Hen leaving because there is no Bobby to come back and make that firehouse a firehome.

Athena is probably gone too. I can't imagine brown-skinned Ravi having a good experience under Gerrard, so wave goodbye to him. That leaves Buck and Gerrard.

With Buck, who has now been severely traumatized, probably turning to Tommy Kinard, with Gerrard's encouragement, and clinging to him, the transition would be complete. It was the 118 Captain who influenced Buck to be who he is. Endgame him with Tommy and put him under Gerrard's wing. Imagine that.

Season 9 I think will be Tim's big FU to anyone who doesn't support BT or Gerrard. This goes beyond Buddie vs BT. BT supporters seem to believe you can't just dislike Tommy because being a lying, closeted, internally homophobic, misogynistic, racist prick is enough to make him unlikable. Newsflash: It's more than enough.

Now Ryan Guzman talking in past tense and his sudden shift in takes on Buddie take on a whole different complexion, doesn't it?

This could also explain the last minute rewrites and reshoots. They got the word they were renewed and Tim went from Buddie to BT. With KR back, you still think Buddie is happening outside of fanfic? KR told you she would never let it happen.

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When Ryan Guzman began appearing at everything and on every red carpet and in a dozen magazines, I thought, "Publicity blitz. This is what band members do when they are getting ready to go solo. Is he on his way out the door?"

911 gave him a platform and major boost. Maybe this is where he takes his chance to go up the ladder.

I could be wrong, but a lot of it makes sense. They changed the bi plot to Buck, who is portrayed by Oliver, who doesn't seem to be going anywhere soon, from Ryan, who may have, by that time, expressed his desire to leave. Send Eddie to Texas and it effectively writes Eddie out of the show while leaving the door open for a return.

That could be why Tommy is still hanging around. Maybe Buddie was the original endgame, but for that to happen you need Oliver and Ryan. If they knew Ryan was leaving, they could have swapped Tommy for Eddie and planned a will they, won't they, break up, make up plot for that couple.

Personally, I'd rather see Buck find someone not affiliated with or met through the 118 than to be endgame with Tommy. Everything about Buck once he arrived at the 118 has been 118 related. Every relationship he has been in began due to or through the 118. Who is he outside that station and that crew? We don't know. That is another topic for another post. Eight damn seasons and that character doesn't even live in a place that isn't related to his job!

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Happy 911 day!

I'm thinking about creating a petition to wardrobe to find the jeans Ryan Guzman is wearing in this scene and put him in them every episode.

Don't think I haven't noticed his pants got looser the last few seasons. You all are not as slick as you think you are.

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Ryan Guzman really expressed how Tommy had joy right in front of him and let comparison be the thief of joy?

He shot down Buddie and shipped BuckTommy right in everyone's faces. No holding back. Right.

But...

The priest told Eddie to let himself have joy.

Ryan Guzman said Tommy Kinard had joy right in front of him.

He also said comparison is the thief of joy.

Eddie was the comparison.

That would mean Eddie = thief of joy.

But whatever I guess.

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A Sober Man's Thoughts with a Side of Pinot - LouEng - 9-1-1 (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Tommy is a dick. Buck is a mess. Eddie is done keeping shit to himself. He’s also done not indulging in a sip here and there.

It all adds up to an entertaining Sunday off for most of the firefam and an interesting life for Eddie and Buck.

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There is so much going on this season

A- Eddie did not need to buy that death trap he calls a house and move to El Paso. All he needed was a week and Buck to help drive. Go down there, tell Christopher he can hate you, but he will be doing it in LA, and tell the Devil...er Diaz parents if they don't butt out, you will cut them completely out of your life. Threaten restraining orders if you have to.

We all know Buck is a mess but Eddie is probably worse. The man has blown his life up how many times in the past two seasons? He did so because he lacks impulse control. He acts without thinking. He immediately goes to the most ridiculous course of action possible.

Eddie is just as, and I say MORE, messed up than Buck. He just hides it.

Didn't Eddie go to our favorite golden retriever disaster for advice and a pep talk? Exactly. Advice? From Buck?

B- That is huge. Why? Eddie Diaz, war hero and guy who has his shit together, is his totally messed up, out of order, confused, all over the place self in front of Buck. No one else in the 118 has a clue how mess that man's life is. But he doesn't hide it from Buck. He wouldn't even let Shannon see him break, but he doesn't hide from Buck that he is already broken.

C- Food and couches. Eddie and Buck. Even I can't deny it now.

D- It makes sense that Buck will not consciously admit he feels something for Eddie. Why? Everyone he has loved has left. I know this is crazy, but it's Buck, so his logic is illogical. If he doesn't love Eddie, Eddie will not stay gone. He won't lose him.

E- Buck admitted to having feelings for Eddie without knowing he admitted it. Freudian slips are real, yall. "I don't have to sleep with everyone I have feelings for and I don't have to have feelings for everyone I sleep with."

That idiot didn't even realize he was saying he has had feelings for someone but didn't act on them, but will jump into situationships with people without feeling anything for them. That second part is all his damn relationships on the show! Abby was just after he lost Devon. Allie was convenient and met during a tense moment and after just meeting Eddie. Taylor was after Eddie was shot. Tommy was after Eddie began dating Marisol AND Eddie began focusing on Tommy.

F- Buck telling Eddie he has to stay could have two reasons. Buck wants Eddie to be with his son. Buck also needs time to make sure he doesn't have feelings for Eddie.

G- You think this is a coincidence?

Eddie is bookended by his son and Buck who look similar. Buck and Christopher happen to be wearing almost identical colors? Look at the lighting. Eddie is in a darkened environment but Buck is surrounded by light and his background is home. It was like that every time in this episode. Eddie is calling his light and his home. But Eddie is not well.

H- Which leads me to this one. Mentally stable people do not quit their jobs without having another, buy a dump without seeing it in person, sink all their money into that dump, sell their truck to buy a used heap (isn't that the check engine flashing?) and drive for Uber. They also don't buy PS5s when they are broke to try to buy their child's love when they could have simply told Mommy and Daddy to get out of their house and their child to go be mad in his room. Edmundo Diaz is having a mental crisis and has been for a long time. I believe Buck subconsciously knows but he doesn't want to admit it. In his eyes Eddie is perfect and he won't let anything taint that image, BUT he will do everything in his power to keep that man happy and help him get better.

I- You know? Like you do when you love someone. What have the 118 said about love? Now look at these two. Seeing someone at their worst and loving them anyway? It means stepping into their mess?

Hmm. 🤔

J- It's only platonic because Buck did not know he was bi and Eddie thinks he is straight. They just didn't know. That happens. It isn't always repression or lying. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know.

But let's see if Minear is setting the stage for Buddie or, the only other option, the biggest queerbaiting in the history of television.

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In a post from season 7, I said I would wait and see how this plays out. Over the past two seasons, I have said that I think Minear uses Buddie for attention, ratings, and renewal.

I have also said that it is obvious Minear has a love for the characters of Gerrard and Kinard. There is absolutely no other reason to keep bringing them back years later. It says a lot that the showrunner seems to love racist, misogynist characters, but I digress.

I think there is a very real possibility Buddie is being used to secure a season 9, but Kinard is being positioned to move into a frequent recurring or main. And a part of me believes it is because BT is now Minear's endgame.

Fans forget, with fiction, it doesn't have to make sense or follow logic. It could be as simple as Buck wants someone like Eddie, who is written as totally straight, so he learns to love Kinard. (It's settling, but whatever.)

I'm saying neither side should get their hopes up, because it's been seven seasons of Buddie baiting with a sudden resurgence of Kinard.

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Late to the party but...

That small hand and skin tone is not May's or Karen's. How the hell? May? Karen? Only if the complexion was altered to throw everyone off.

That tone is closer to Athena's. In the right lighting, it could be Hen, but I think it is a shade too light to be her. That complexion does not belong to Karen or May.

Buck went to mama for advice?

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For the OG 911 fans...

Hasn't it been fun watching Oliver Stark evolve from twink to daddy?

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Am I excited for 8b? Absolutely.

Would I love to see an arc about Eddie figuring out why he is never into his relationships with women and feels like dating them is performing, they are encroaching on his life, or the thought of meeting single women annoys, some would say repulses, hum? Absolutely. (That is ALL canon. Go watch the show. Listen to his words and watch his facial expressions and body language.)

Do I believe Minear is going to make Buddie canon? I believe he should. Do I think he will? I hope so. But I'm not convinced yet.

Do I think it will be in 8b? I want to believe, but I don't. I have said since the show moved to ABC that I believe the writers are holding on to the Buddie card to play when cancellation becomes an actual possibility. I believe we will get Buddie but only when its renewal is on the fence. That storyline will guarantee huge ratings and get a renewal. That arc is like an insurance policy that could easily buy a full season, possibly two.

I have to wonder if this is another red herring situation. Eddie leaves for El Paso, leaving a void in Buck's life. I would not be shocked if one of the following happens:

Buck goes right back to Buck 1.0, screwing his way through LA after Eddie leaves. He knows he feels he is missing something, but he has no idea what.

Eddie moves to El Paso and is given another random female love interest he, again, has no chemistry with. But, he sees it as coming full circle and tries to build the happy little hetero family he thinks he is supposed to have.

Buck is given a new love interest, male or female. He tries to force a love of his life situation.

Eddie moves to El Paso, but does figure out he is bi or gay. He doesn't end up with Buck though. He meets a new character and they get together.

Buck decides that he has to fight to keep people in his life, so as he did before, he begs Tommy for another chance.

Eddie moves back to El Paso and we find out that Shannon was not Eddie's first love. That was a guy and his religious guilt and oppressive parenting drove him to force a relationship with Shannon to deny what he was feeling.

Buck takes a leave from the 118 and hits the road like he did in his younger years.

Eddie comes back to LA knowing he likes men, but still ignoring the guy right in front of him and we have to watch Buck spiral while Eddie plays the field.

Don't bother telling me some of those sound like fanfiction. First, we have seen things from the last three seasons that could have been the crazy storyline of your favorite fanfic and everyone familiar with AO3 knows it. Second, both the original and the fanworks are fiction, which swing from having realistic stories to stories so unrealistic you are unsure if you are even in 911 land anymore, so anything can happen.

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I see the coma theory floating around again.

I want to bring back one I threw out there a while ago.

(That post is HERE.)

When the ladder truck was hit by lightning, Buck was not alone on it. Eddie was on it, too.

If it doesn't become canon, it could become fanon, because I have a WIP, that I haven't touched in a long time, about it.

Follow me down the rabbit hole for just a second. (Enable me in being a slacker for a moment. I'll be happy to return the favor.)

What if seasons seven and eight, or even just some of that timeline, are reality blending with Eddie's coma? Eddie is in a coma dream, but he's hearing his family and friends talk? What if the reason Eddie was not in Buck's coma dream is because it was never really Buck's dream at all? It's been Eddie's.

Father Brian? Maybe Bobby asked his priest to come visit his friend and pray for him.

Marisol? Did you know there are theories that our subconscious can't create faces? Everyone we see or interact with in our dreams is the image we have of someone we encountered in real life, even if for a fleeting moment.

Christopher leaving? That could be Buck and the Diazes battling in court. You know Helena, that witch, would jump at the chance to take her grandson.

Buck being bi, having a boyfriend, breaking up, and being single again? Maybe it's reality. Maybe it's Eddie working through the true nature of his relationship with Buck.

For this part, I would like to point out the shifts in Buck. His style has changed. His hair has changed. We know Eddie loves Buck's cooking and Buck cooks a lot in the past two seasons. Buck's color choices have even morphed from his old palette, bright and filled with color, to a more earthy one, like Eddie's. Projection maybe?

Gerrard? Isn't that character the embodiment of every damn thing wrong with this country?

I still say a plot twist that, at some point, Eddie was in a coma and dreaming all this, would be awesome.

Extra points if Buck is working through his own realization totally unaware that Eddie is hearing him talking to himself.

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Ugh!

What don't people get? Tommy Kinard is a (insert your favorite synonym for jerk here).

He told Buck to his face that he knew that relationship was never going anywhere. That means, and try to keep up with me, mmkay:

When he went to Buck's house after Buck hurt Eddie, he did not go there with good intentions.

When he kissed Buck, he didn't do it out of genuine attraction.

All the snark and dismissal was real. Tommy didn't like or respect Buck.

If he knew the relationship was going nowhere, which he did, then he was with Buck for all the wrong reasons.

If he knew there was no future with Buck, that means he led Buck on, conned him, and used him.

I won't even bring up the obvious. Tommy is directly connected to Abby. They are both older people who came into Buck's life at a time when he was vulnerable and took advantage of him.

It was obvious when Tommy arrived at Buck's place, he was jealous, hostile, and snarky. He didn't go to Buck's loft as a potential suitor. He went to rage at his competition. His tone, word choice, and demeanor clearly convey a man who is pissed that Buck is in the way of his goal, which was EDDIE.

Tommy Kinard is a two-faced, lying, selfish, untrustworthy AH. The earlier episodes his character appeared in made it clear that if you can't do anything for him, you don't mean anything to him. He only treated Chimney with respect after his fellow racists left him to die.

We know many people around these parts are not good at reading people or reading the room.

***If a post is about a character, that character can be tagged. You don't get to change decades of fandom history and behavior to suit your desires.