#911 Meta

[mannafromtevan]

Did something else happen to boost the Airport 1975 theory or are people just rehyping it again in anticipation of the trailer?

[evankinardscoffee]

9-1-1 S8 'Air Emergency' / 'Airport 1975' movie

we can clearly see that Athena's air emergency is inspired by this movie, so here are some parallels! 🛩

[bekolxeram]

I stand corrected, the cabin with Athena in it is likely an A330.

How do I know this? I might've found the company responsible for building this set... Except if there's another airliner set at the FOX lot that started being built mid July, used for filming all throughout August, just wrapped up last week, with a bunch of 911 crew members liking instagram posts about the set.🤷🏻

Point being, this company knows their craft. All of their aircraft sets are built by chopping up retired real planes into sections. They're also very familiar with the difference between wide body and narrow body, Airbus and Boeing, even between models.

If you look at Athena's cabin, then pictures of this Air Transat A330, you can find many matching features. Airliners are pretty hard to identify from within, as each airline has wildly distinct cabin interior designs. I know for a fact that this company orders original cabin ceiling/wall panels for the aircraft, so if the features match up so well, it's save to say it's indeed an A330.

That makes the A320 cockpit understandable, it looks pretty similar to an A330 one to the untrained eye. Especially when you're going to destroy half of it pretty soon.

Yes, they're indeed two different models.

That brings us back to the very obviously Boeing aircraft at the airport. What is its purpose?

Of course, there's also the possibility that it just happens to be in the shot, and has nothing to do with Athena's plane. (It'll be missing a chunk in the flight deck.) I think I can see some blue and red on the tail? SBD does have a huge amount of retired Delta aircrafts just sitting there on the ramp, just weathering away.

[alkaysani]

we literally got an oh moment. we witnessed buck's oh moment and it was so beautiful because oliver loves buck as much as we do and we are just so lucky

[danielsarmand]

the way tommy reassures buck that no one is looking at them, that nobody cares about what they're doing, but also tells him that he gets why he's tense. he doesn't invalidate his feelings while trying to soothe him. the way he gives buck the space he needs to ask questions he hasn't felt like he could ask anyone else, and answers them patiently and gracefully. the way he flirts with him and even in that, he is kind. he is gentle. he checks for reactions and respects that buck has just started his journey while he's been on his own for years. tommy i love you... i love queer solidarity

[chronicowboy]

Buck tucks them away in a corner when the mingling begins. They're stood far too close to be decent, Buck pressed up against the hard lines of his date with little care for anything besides being close, close, close. But in his defence, Tommy had taken his turnout coat off somewhere along the way which means he's stood there in a too-tight LAFD tee straining against his biceps and those suspenders Buck has always found more than a little maddening. So, really, it's only right to tuck his hands beneath one of the straps to pull Tommy even closer. And Tommy goes easily, smiling wide enough that it brightens his whole face as he presses Buck a little more firmly into the wall at his back.

"That was good. That was really good, right?" Buck breathes, his own smile making his cheeks ache.

He's horny, yeah, his boyfriend is incredibly hot. And, Jesus, the noise he'd made in the lobby—Buck can't wait to wring more of those noises from him. Mostly, Tommy just looks so stunningly happy to be there with him. So, yeah, he's a little amped up. But he's mostly just giddy. No, happy. He's just happy. Because everyone he loves knows who he is, knows who he's with. And he's just really fucking happy.

"How do you think they knew?" Buck asks then, still a little breathless just from Tommy's closeness, from the way he ducks just a little so their noses brush like they're in their own little bubble. "Like they all just seemed to know. I didn't even get to introduce you as my date." Tommy's eyes do something then, the crinkles at the corners smoothing out as they melt into something so fond Buck's stomach somersaults with it. "I mean, Hen I get. Her gaydar is killer. Like astounding. But Chimney?" Buck's eyebrows furrow, but it couldn't be called a frown for the smile still tugging at his lips. "Do you think he just saw how happy I was—"

"Evan," Tommy says softly. Buck snaps his mouth shut at the look on Tommy's face, all indulgence, downright smitten, if Buck had to take a guess it's probably the same look reflected on his own face.

Tommy reaches up to cup his face, swiping gentle, reverent thumbs over Buck's stubbled cheeks, smile twitching with bitten-back amusement. He pulls his hands away then, freshly cleaned palms coming away sooty.

"Oh," Buck murmurs, face flooding with heat. So, that's how they knew. Makes sense.

"I'm sure they saw how happy you were too." Tommy nudges their noses together again, a gentle little nuzzle that makes Buck's body fizz from head to toes, but there's something hesitant to it that has his eyes flickering back and forth between Tommy's. "You're happy, yeah?"

"Yeah." Buck nods just to feel their noses brush again. "Really, really unbelievably happy, Tommy."

And if Tommy's smile had been beautiful before, this one is radiant as the fucking sun. Buck almost wants to shield his eyes from it, except he doesn't. Not at all. He wants to map every inch of it and remember it forever.

"Good," Tommy breathes out. "Good, that's really good." One of his big hands finds Buck's hip, settles there and squeezes just tight enough to make Buck fizz again. "I'm happy too."

Oh.

Oh.

That's nice. That's really fucking nice.

They have to get out of this very crowded hallway immediately.

Buck lets his smile shift into a smirk and sways forward into Tommy's space. He doesn't look at Tommy's eyes as he does it, zeroed in on those lips that Buck could happily spend the rest of his life getting to know inside and out.

"Hm," Buck hums, pushing far enough forward that Tommy stumbles back a step. "We should probably go and get cleaned up, huh?" He extracts himself from Tommy's arms with only the slightest bit of difficulty, leaving one hand wrapped around his suspenders to drag Tommy along with a raised eyebrow.

Buck isn't entirely sure, but he think there's a little bit of pink underneath the soot on Tommy's face. It makes him even happier.

[timeshareindestin]

how much do you want to bet that buck’s belief system that pain = love/attention really stemmed from his bone marrow grafts as a baby? you routinely put an infant through that much pain and subsequently attention/soothing and you don’t think they’re going to start conflating the two?

baby buck was probably so confused when he stopped getting grafted at the same time his parents began to neglect him.

[katyobsesses]

Thinking about the fact that we really only see Eddie from Bucks POV in 7x04. Thinking about how silly and goofy and smiley and happy he is when we do. Thinking about the fact that this is how Buck sees Eddie.

Also thinking about the fact that in the firehouse scene we never see Eddie looking at buck, even though in other episodes Eddie is almost constantly gazing at Buck. Thinking about how Buck likely misses those glances, how Eddie likely looks away before Buck can notice.

Thinking a lot about Buddie

[tevanbuckley]

thinking about mr tommy ‘canonical favourite movie is love actually’ kinard stumbling ass backwards into his very own rom com because he stole government property and made fake mouth static at his boss. look at his face when buck asks him to the wedding, he cannot believe what is happening to him. That this sweet, painfully earnest, incredibly attractive man is making a grand romantic gesture all to win him back, because even if he doesn’t know exactly what he wants he knows he wants it to be with him.

You bet your ass he got himself to that wedding! tommy who lost so many years to self sabotage stubbornly pushing through the exhaustion because there is no way in hell he is letting this opportunity slip through his fingers! he will be there and he will be getting his big damn kiss thank you very much!

[dadbodbuck]

big feelings about tommy kinard this morning.... just. god. you are raised by the kind of man you never hope to become. a violent, bigoted, temperamental asshole who lives in your house. who will always live in your house. so you leave, and even when you're in the army, thousands of miles away from home, he's there. in your drill sergeants, in your comrades who are more excited for the violence than the service. so you leave. and you become a firefighter. and he's still there in captain vincent gerrard. and as you grow and learn about yourself, you start to think - maybe part of the reason i'm so afraid is because they're right. i do want to kiss a man. i want to hold him and fuck him and breathe in the soft tenderness of sunday morning together. and it terrifies you, because you've always known, somewhere, but you kiss a man in a weho club where you know your coworkers can't find you, and your father is there. he's not there, not really, but he will always be there, standing over your shoulder, waiting for the chance to strike. so you spend several achingly lonely years coming to terms with this; with being gay, being too old for the kind of sappy forever-love everyone else gets, with your rescue cats who remind you of yourself a little too much to dwell upon. and then you meet him. this absolutely radiant, joyful, sensitive, kind, awkward man. and you start to fall in love, and it's terrifying, but you think he might be falling too. and you realize somewhere down the line that he doesn't feel worthy of being loved, doesn't feel certain that you'll stay, and you kinda want to tear his parents apart limb from limb, but that's not what's important. what's important is evan, who cooks you dinner, who kisses you like nobody's around to see, who makes you laugh so hard wine comes out your nose. you stay, and you stay, because every time he holds you, your dad fades from the room just a little bit more.

[jackwhiteprophetic]

GRAPH IS COMPLETE!!! (Showing the frequency that Buck and Eddie say each others' names)

This one has the rest of the season 7 data, some corrected stuff and some added statistics for everyone because we all love statistics (I did this instead of revising for my actual statistics exam but if the a level paper is 9-1-1 based I will be all set). I have another graph coming but it's talking longer to track and I have exams so it'll be a while. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns!!!

[mannafromtevan]

I can't wait to see what they do with this show within a show concept while they have Bobby consulting on Hotshots. Because I have a feeling Tim Minear is not going to pass up the opportunity to include some commentary about fandom culture in there.

Prepare yourselves Bestie Boos.

[virahaus]

Another day, another time to debunk shitty takes I see online.

I've seen a multiple of people pointing out that "we don't know anything about Tommy" and how could people ship him with Buck (nevermind that the ship is canon and always will remain so) when we know so little about him?

First of all, I'd actually make a point to say that we as of now already know more about him then all the other LI that Buck or Eddie ever had in the show.

I shall make you a list, so that you may remember it more easily:

- He likes cars and he's a good mechanic (extrapolated by the fact that Eddie explicitly said that fixed/improved his engine)

- He likes playing basketball and he's also quite competitive ("we'll make short work of them" said in reference of Buck and Chim)

- He's sarcastic (the closet line)

- His favourite film is "Love, Actually"

- He loves Monster Truck and Craft Beer, and MMA

- He has a big scar on his chest and it came from a fire in a factory

- He's a very skilled pilot, able to manoeuvre in a hurrican, and doesn't waver in the face of danger

- He likes watching and practicing Muay Thai

- He was a pilot in the army

- He only came out when he started working in Harbor, but prefers not to publicise his sexuality

- He doesn't like Bella Swan (and it's implied he might like Jacob more) and he watched the Twilight movies

- He likes to drive his friends to events

- He has friends that can get him high up tickets for shows in Vegas

- He has permission to fly airplanes for personal reasons when he's not on the clock

- He likes to be helpful and he's thoughtful (driving Eddie to check out his sprain, going to Buck's to clear out the air without prompt, immediately agreeing in helping the 118 with the whole ship operation, trying to get Buck to be at ease on their date)

- He's loyal (he didn't rat the others out when the chief called on their way to Bobby)

- He's a smooth flirt

- He can do a mean mouth static (at least in his opinion)

- He pays the bill on first dates

- He is very much the definition of carpe diem (kissing buck was very much shooting his shot)

- He checks for consent

- He kept contact with Chim ever after he left the 118

- Chim called him for help in the episode Broken

- He went to the 217 and opened the spot for Buck at the 118

- He participated in the betting pool Hen made on how long Bobby would last at the 118 captain

- He apologises when he's in the wrong and is shown to be able to correct his behaviour

- He doesn't like chickens (lol)

- He likes the film fight club and can quote it

- Implies to have dated people he met on a call

See? We know quite a lot actually. So you may get off your high horse how about that.

I don't think I missed anything but do let me know.

[bekolxeram]

@sebastienlelivre It does seem to be the case.

This particular flight info screen is apparently a spoof of the Delta IFE. (I've never set foot on US soil, so I had to rely on good old Google. I'm sure some of you have clocked that long before I did.)

If we look at the IFE screen behind Athena again, we can see it's on the PHX - LAX leg, the destination section says LAX. According to that reddit post by ONT employee, the film crew told them the scene was about a prisoner escort. It wouldn't be relevant information if they were simply filming Athena flying to Arizona to get the prisoner. It makes sense that the accident happens on Athena's way back to LA after her Arizona trip.

I can't really see the aircraft type part, but I think it starts with a 3, so an Airbus. The word in front of that looks like simply "Aircraft" though, I completely understand why they don't want to name any real life plane manufacturer for a plane crash scene. Using a Boeing pun for the title, then crashing an Airbus is kind of genius, not gonna lie.

You can also vaguely see the estimated time of arrival and current time are both at the pm. The plane probably spends some hours in the sky before a landing attempt at night, as we see from the nighttime stills at the hangar posted by Tim.

[alkaysani]

also let's be serious right now okay. the choice to have tommy call buck "evan" was so inspired, because as this journey begins for him, the healing has to start from the very core. and before buck was ever buck, he was evan. evan was the core of all his insecurities and his hurt. what buck is hurting from is what evan has been hurting from this whole time

and now, he's free and he can start healing. and evan has to heal first. evan gets to learn and figure things out with tommy as his guide and that's beautiful. tommy is there to guide evan so that buck can face the world. so that buck can get what the core of what he really wants, and who he's been looking for this whole time. tommy will allow evan to be seen and heal in this new light, but we know who's been seeing buck this whole time

[danielsarmand]

can't get over the fact that tommy cut the date short even though he genuinely likes buck and sees potential in a relationship with him because he needs buck to feel the same. he doesn't need him to be secure in his sexuality, it wasn't about pushing him to be out for their sake, it was the complete opposite. it was ‘because i want you to take your time with this, and figure things out, and be gentle with yourself, i am taking a step back’. because i could be gentle with you but the thing is i like you, and i maybe like you—or the idea of you, of us—a little too much for this to work without hurting us both. and i don't want you to be hurt now, in such a delicate moment, and i don't want to hurt if i can help it, and i have to help it, because i am ahead of you in this. i see what you can't yet see and that is okay but it leaves me with more responsibility. i think you're adorable, but i don't think you're ready, not like pointing out a fault, but rather like reassurance; that you're good, and worth it, and that whenever you figure yourself out someone will undoubtedly be there to walk alongside you, even if it won't be me. i would like it to be me, sure, but this isn't about me. i won't make it about me. i think you're adorable. i hope you find what you're looking for. i'm rooting for you. i think you're adorable.