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If I hear one more time how Buck is making his emotions about himself

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bucktommy at parties

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was it not enough that i just lost bobby (911) and then joel (tlou 2)? i had to lose pope francis (irl, not conclave) too? 🥹

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shannon diaz has the strength of an army the way she survived five years as a single mom with the diazes looking over her shoulders. she was 19, just had a kid, her boyfriendhusband, who she married in a shot-gun wedding just a few months ago, was on the other side of the planet getting shot at in a desert, and then her kid's diagnosed with cp and she has to figure out treatment plans all on her own, and her best friendhusband, who's home for the first time in ages, makes choices without talking to her, no one is fucking talking to her, and her in-laws keep underhandedly telling her she's doing a bad job, that she should just give her kid to them, so even relying on that bit of extra childcare feels like giving up, admitting that she's a bad mother, a bad wife, and then suddenly her mom's dying 800 miles away, and then her husband's dying in some distant desert, and she doesn't know what to do, what can she even do, she's alone with her kid and her in-laws who act like it's her fault their son got shot and there's no one to talk to about any of this, and when her partnerhusband is finally home, this place doesn't feel like home anymore to her, never really has felt like home in the first place, but when she asks him to leave with her, just their little family and the road, move to LA so she can be with her dying mother, he says no, asks for time when she's given him five long years of her life, clings to this graveyard of a house that he hasn't properly lived in for years and yet somehow never left, and they can't talk about it because they don't ever talk anymore, they only fight, and this house, this town, these people, it's all killing her inside, and she knows if she stays now, she won't just lose her mother 800 miles west, she'll lose what little is left of herself as well, and her kid's in good hands now, she was a bad mother anyway, a bad wife, everyone said so, no one will mind if she leaves, no one will care, maybe they'll be happy actually, maybe this is one last good, strong thing she can do for them, selfish and selfless in equal measure, and so she leaves in the middle of the night because she knows what she's doing is unforgiveable, knows what it's like to be left, knows the hell she's leaving them in

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Buck is a silly guy trying to be taken seriously and Eddie is a guy who’s been forced to be serious but wants to be silly.

Eddie takes everything Buck says and does seriously. And Buck gives Eddie to space and freedom to be silly.

And this is literally the perfect combination of why every time they’re together they turn into dumbass and dumbasser.

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god i love so so much how buck won't lie to eddie, because he still does it with such compassion. he's like yeah, you fucked up. but you fucked up before, and at least you can fix it better this time. he's brutally honest because he knows eddie needs it, needs to not be lied to, but he also knows eddie is using the truth to berate himself. so he acknowledges the truth of the situation but empowers eddie to break out of the damaging mental cycles he's slipping into. no empty platitudes, just meeting him where he is and helping him out. it's rooted in such deep love and understanding of each other and i love it something fierce

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buck seemed so mature and supportive and perfect this episode….is this how eddie sees him 🥺🥺🥺🥺

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bobby saving a spot for eddie in the 118 is not just convenient/obvious story writing, but also firedad being very very aware of eddie’s commitment issues cuz this is the second time he’s left them and everyone and their MOM knows it ain’t gonna stick. evan buckley, your man is an (lovable) idiot.

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sometimes when i see things through buck’s pov i get gaslit into thinking he’s the reacher in his friend(situation)ship with eddie but thank god for episodes like 8x12 to bring me back to reality and help me realize that eddie is also a fcking loser

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tommy full on ghosted buck after the breakup because he KNOWS that just one glimpse of evan’s sad baby blues and full pout and he’s down on his knees begging for buck to take his dumbass back

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there's something so interesting about (part of) buck's relationship conflict this time being that the other person is afraid of *buck* leaving; with a character so defined by a fear of his loved ones leaving as buck, what is it like seeing that fear from the other side? even though tommy's responses are obviously entirely different to buck's (buck tries to cling while tommy chooses to run first) its a really interesting opportunity to bring buck's journey full circle and have him confront that fear from the other side.

its also a good chance, imo, to have buck confront his own potential to hurt people -- he's been hurt so much that he's never really had to sit with how he can mess up too, not since s1. we almost got there with taylor, but they blew that relationship up so quick we didn't really get to see much of buck dealing with how he fucked up. here, he's not intentionally hurting tommy and absolutely tommy is messing up too, but it still forces buck to have to be intentional about his actions and communication in a relationship in a way i think we've not really gotten to see him do much so far (what with the consistent pattern of "falling into" relationships) and i for one am hyped for it

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If you've seen any of my posts, you probably know that I want to be hopeful about canon BuckTommy, but I don't trust Tim yada yada yada, BUT, today is Sunday and I want to reflect on a few things:

As much as I don't like some narrative choices, especially those related to retcons and continuity (Abby thing, the friendship between Eddie and Tommy, some of Maddie's lines), some other choices are quite curious;

First, Tommy didn't need to come back. He could have been mentioned at some point to establish that Buck has moved on from their breakup, if that was the goal. And if Tommy is the only character who could bring up the buddie of it all to Buck, having his own bias of insecurity in their previous relationship, then does that mean that for no other character close to Eddie and Buck this has ever been a thing to think about?  Because they had the perfect opportunity to have Hen, or even Maddie without Tommy's help, bring this up to Buck, or even Ravi could have commented on it, in the sense of someone with a little more distance from the situation and who still sees how blatant it is. But did it have to be Tommy because only he would let his own romantic interests be clouded by jealousy? Okay then.

Second, the GA at this point, after 4 months, could have simply forgotten the context of the breakup. We cry here every day about how the breakup was more about Tommy being afraid of getting his heart broken than about him not wanting a future with Buck, but GA could have simply just pointed out that Tommy wanted to break up. And the show made a point of showing from Buck's POV that Tommy could have simply left in the morning if all he wanted with Buck was to have some fun, but they decided to show Tommy saving a bottle of champagne for later and making a big coffee and saying he wants to try again, and making it clear that the problem was always fear of not being what Buck wanted, who he had feelings for.  They took the time to remind GA that Tommy wants Buck, but that he also has fears and flaws that need to be overcome;

Which brings me to my last point: The story offered the opportunity for them to get back together, but paused for the characters to reflect on "are we doing this for the right reasons? Would this solve the problems that made us break up in the first place?" Because if they're going to get back together, they need to do so knowing what it means to start a serious relationship that is meant to last. Tommy, at some point during their first attempt, believed that they couldn't last (I don't think he started the relationship thinking this, but over time he may have started to have doubts due to the dynamics that were becoming more evident); and on the other hand, Buck made decisions without considering the impact that his "impulsiveness/reactivity" could have on the other part of the relationship. Ultimately, they need to communicate, so not jumping at the opportunity to get back together gives the characters time to mature and make the choice considering not only what they need, but what they may want as a couple.

In short, I think it was positive that they used Tommy's screen time to remind GA that Tommy has feelings for Buck, that he didn't just give up on their relationship because he didn't want anything serious, and that he is a character with his own insecurities that need to be worked on. So the episode shows that while we didn't see Tommy dealing with the aftermath of the break up, but rather Buck, he was also reflecting the same desire to get in touch and try to fix things as Buck felt. Since he's not a main character, we will have to see through Buck these insecurities being "healed/handled" so that when they meet again we know that Buck's response to Tommy's fears is from a true and mature place.

For example, does Tommy feel insecure about the space Eddie occupies in Buck's life? So we see Buck deal with that space being changed by unpacking and finally making "Eddie's house" his home without Eddie, dealing with this absence and slowly freeing himself from the dependence on this friendship (not that Eddie will stop being his best friend). And I don't mean that Buck is doing this for Tommy, he is doing it for himself, for Evan Buckley, for who he wants to be, but these things are related narratively, because Tommy is the one who makes Buck realize that the amount of himself he put into his relationship with Eddie may have been blocking him from creating space for himself and for other people who may come into his life, friends or LIs. And if Tommy comes back and they get back together, it will be something that Buck will have already resolved (if the show allows him to truly grow) and with that Buck will also be able to express himself more clearly about what space he wants Tommy to occupy in his life.

That's my optimistic take on the possibilities of a reconciliation arc.

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8x11 // 3x13

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everyone bringing up how tim has intentionally put the eddie in the middle of bucktommy and it isn’t just a fuck u to all us longtime buddie fans. well my take is that this love triangle is what buck deserves WAHAHAHAHA, which is why i need more romcom-y fics evaluating their dynamic bc wdym buddie are soulmates but not in that way but ALSO in that way and tommy is the love that buck has been looking for his whole entire life and loves him in his complete entirety (bratty, secondhand embarrassment self included). i need that challengers, past lives, and the upcoming the materialists au YESTERDAY

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jane austen writing the line "if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more" in 1815 could not have possibly foreseen buck and eddie 911 abc in 2025 but i think she knew deep in her heart actually she had the sight

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i just think it’s funny how people a couple of months ago were shitting on ostark for saying “let buck fuck” cuz it was character regression for buck and damaging for bisexuals all around, and then 8x11 rolls around to us seeing buck and tommy fuck their way into either a reconciliation or a crazy toxic exes to fwb situation