Dream is the perfect male character bc he’s clearly dying from consumption at all times, he cries when someone calls him a friend, he commits acts of hubris he will not survive, his only friends are his bird and his big sister, his biggest opponents are his siblings who hate him for no reason and an insane gay serial killer HE created
[Image Description: 6 gifs from 9-1-1, of Evan Buckley and Eddie Diaz. The first and fourth gifs are in color, the rest are in black and white.
Gif 1: In a scene from season 4, episode 5, Eddie smiles softly at Buck as he speaks to him. Text reads, “You love him.”
Gif 2: In a scene from season 4, episode 5, a close up shot of Buck struggling under the weight of the rope, screaming soundlessly. Text reads, “Despite the burden of Atlas”
Gif 3: A scene from season 4, episode 14. Eddie, lying in his hospital bed, turns slowly to look at Buck, a disbelieving and pained expression on his face. Text reads, “Resting on his shoulders.”
Gif 4: A scene from season 5, episode 4. Buck laughs softly, ducking his head and smiles at Eddie. Text reads, “And he loves you.”
Gif 5: A scene from season 4, episode 13. A close up of Eddie lying in his own blood, reaching out for Buck. Text reads, “Despite the death still clinging to your lips”
Gif 6: A scene from season 4, episode 13. After Eddie gets shot, Buck is splattered with his blood and he reels back, his eyes going wide. Text reads, “And the blood drying at it’s corners.”
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[Image Description: 5 large gifs of Eddie Diaz from 9-1-1.
Gif 1: A scene from season 3, episode 9. A shot of Eddie in his turnout gear, speaking to the girl who got hit by a meteor with a fond look on his face, about Buck, saying, “Buck was on the pier when the tsunami hit. He’s kind of obsessed with natural disasters.”
Gif 2: A scene from the crossover episode. Eddie looks up at Marjan, who has just said, “You did not build him [Chris] a skateboard.” and says with a soft smile, “Buck helped.”
Gif 3: A scene from season 4, episode 10. At the firehouse kitchen, Eddie leans on his arms at the counter and points to a picture of Jee-Yun as he says, “You sure that’s a smile? That’s the same face Buck makes when he’s gassy.”
Gif 4: A scene from season 2, episode 18. Hen has just said, “Things are finally getting back to the way they should be.” Eddie looks wistful as he says, “Almost.”
Gif 5: A scene from season 5, episode 2. In the firetruck, looking mildly exasperated in response to Buck’s ranting, Eddie says to the others, “He takes Christopher there [to the zoo] all the time. Got the place memorized.”
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obsessed with the fact that eddie and buck love in opposite ways that compliment each other:
eddie loves softly, quietly: he puts a hand on buck’s shoulder, grounding; he tells his friends stories about what buck and chris do together; he offers him a beer and advice; he grins fondly and plays along with cheklist-buck; he reassures him that he matters, shows him exactly how much, and to buck? this is everything to buck, whose entire life has been spent trying to fill up awkward, interminable silences with any kind of background noise. eddie comes along and silence becomes tender, comfortable, familial.
but buck loves loudly, because he’s figured love must look like the opposite of whatever his parents had: he smiles bright and open; he teases eddie over his telenovelas; he throws surprise parties and christmas parties; he screams for eddie at the top of his lungs; he digs frantically in the mud; he makes himself at home in eddie’s house; he tells anyone who’ll listen what an amazing father he is, and to eddie? this is everything, because his entire life he’s been trying to meet impossible expectations, do the right thing, yet can never seem to get it right: always failing, never enough. but buck looks at him like he hung the moon and talks about him like he’s personally lassoed the sun into the sky every morning: buck’s love for eddie is so loud it leaves no room for doubts.
i wake up and i think about eddie’s smile. i make breakfast and i think about eddie’s smile. i walk to the library to study and i think about eddie’s smile. i come out of the library and make dinner and i think about eddie’s smile. i fall asleep, smiling, thinking about eddie’s smile.