bucktommy is cute im loving seeing buck happy and giddy and flirty and CANONICALlY BISEXUAL but like the reason im not all that invested in it is because it is basically (so far) like a little sweet romcom relationship without a ton of narrative weight.
vs buddie which is like. ive had your blood in my mouth. i counted the seconds your heart was stopped. i broke down a door to get to to you, to step inside the mess with you. your heart restarted under my hands. i clawed at the muddy ground and sobbed in my captains arms when i thought you were gone. there's no one i trust with my son (MY HEART MY WORLD MYSELF) more than you.
there's just no comparison and like. yeah! buck SHOULD have a cute little romcom relationship! but it's just never going to match the sheer deranged hold that buddie has on my brain because literally what could.
i would like to point out the “you wanna go for the title” scene is still the gayest thing to have happened in bucks kitchen, and he made out with a man in there.
A new day will come, and when the sun shines it’ll shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going, because they were holding on to something.
what a beautiful thing, to be queer. how lovely it is to be strange, to have edges that spill out over the lines, to be undefinable. the oddity of our hearts is something to be treasured. never change for anyone.
i have never, in my life, ever been moved like this by a show. i have never cried like this over a show. but that’s because this really is more than a show. this was reality for the thousands, millions of queer folk who came before us. it reminds us: we should always remember to celebrate those that made it possible for us simply to be able to exist and live and love freely. to be.
i honestly couldn’t think of many better ways to pay homage to those queer lives, especially the ones lost, who fought bravely even in the face of death than telling their stories like this; exactly as they were. intricate, raw and real. giving another voice to all that love. the fight might not be over yet, but their contributions have left a lasting impact on this world. telling these stories isn’t just necessary, it’s crucial.
i can’t thank the writers, actors and absolutely everyone else involved in creating fellow travelers enough for bringing this vital, beautiful, poignant, devastating and endlessly meaningful, impactful, important story to life. thank you thank you thank you
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