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[gargy1975]

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[lover-of-mine]

Okay, welcome to Anna writes a framing meta for the first time in who knows how long. This got long as hell, so strap in.

Okay, first up, first buddie scene of the episode, the locker room, at no point you can see both of their faces clearly at the same time, either one of the faces is out of focus or they have their backs to the camera (tiny images for me to stay within the image limit, but you should be able to zoom in).

And if we get a wide shot, they have something separating them in the frame.

The not allowing the camera to focus on both of them really works to highlight how they're not seeing eye to eye, and helps the scene feel awkward because they are obscuring their real feelings, Buck doesn't Eddie to move and Eddie doesn't want to move, but they are both trying to act excited about it. And the physical divider between them highlights the way the move is getting between them. Literally. The show did this the other 2 times they fought. If something really is getting between them, we end up getting a physical display of it.

And before you get all "oh but the show is not that deep" on me.

Okay, moving on, something very interesting that I've seem a bunch of people point out is this shot specifically, they are very close, some would say within kissing distance *wink*, but the glass is between them, but the lafd logo is only obscuring Buck's face.

Since the logo is backward when we look at if from inside the locker room, it almost makes it seem like the only thing stopping them is Eddie not being in LA with Buck.

At the house showing, there's always a few steps between them, at least, but the way Buck starts the sabotage by peaking over Eddie's shoulder, to fully stepping in front of him to the point that the camera stops focusing on Eddie is the fun part here for me.

Because that's when Buck fully takes over, the meth lab story is the most intentional part of the sabotage, at least in my opinion, and the way Buck takes over when he sees someone he thought would actually go for it, the little "man, I thought we had her" before Eddie calls him out gives that impression, it really shows the way Buck escalates inside his own feelings. It also highlights the way the scene is in Buck's pov. It's pretty obvious when we consider the way we see Buck talking to the potential renters alone, but we only hear Eddie talking to them alone.

Not really relevant here but love that Buck is the only person we ever saw in that back door. New angle of the Diaz kitchen too.

Love that painting of waves behind Buck, both for the symbolism of the way this is about to crash into him and his relationship with water and life-changing stuff, the tsunami, the well, the lightning, y'all know what I mean.

Okay, before I move on I need to take a detour to fully explain why these next two scenes had me going fucking insane.

Oliver is a pretty big guy, right? He's the tallest main, he is built like a fridge, he is a person who will usually be the biggest person in the room. That ends up giving Buck the power. So when Buck is emotionally distressed, they usually exaggerate that. Like when he is yelling at his parents and everyone is sitting down but him, or when he's standing up when telling everyone about Daniel, when he's sitting on the stairs talking to Maddie about being the one who's always left behind, or how they gave Buck the literal high ground when he's waiting for Taylor so they can breakup.

There's also the way that Buck likes to sit on top of stuff that will make him taller, the counter, the top the firetruck.

They play with that a lot, Maddie conversations when she's actually getting through to him tend to have both of them sitting down, since Jennifer is that much smaller, or talks with Bobby have them both standing up since Peter is the closest in height to Oliver.

But since Oliver is really tall, Buck doesn't look up at people a lot. It usually happens with love interests in emotionally heavy scenes that, like the breakup with Ali, when he tells Taylor he cheated, the breakup with Tommy. There are a few scenes with Bobby and Maddie.

And then there's Eddie.

The gym scene and the 204 scene, well, 201 Buck is about to get up and puff out his chest, try to look as big as possible, so it doesn't count in this, and 204 is being there for Eddie, but the rest he's looking for guidance. Something I used to talk about a lot is that Buck's admiration of Eddie clouds his judgment, it forces him to this space of following Eddie's lead, it put him in a position where he was literally looking up at Eddie when he needs reassurance or validation. Which is not really good for healthy relationship, it would make Buck bend to what Eddie thinks it's best and that's not good in the long run in a romantic relationship. The conversations they had about Buck's feelings, they were on different levels in the frame, and Eddie was always higher, and Buck is putting Eddie in a space where he needs reassure him. Funny enough, if they are talking about Eddie's feelings, they are usually both sitting down, so they are equalized there.

They broke that pattern with the coming out scene. In fact they broke it so hard they have Eddie looking up at Buck while wanting Buck to reassure him that hes not being unreasonable and he can hide in the loft.

But they are both sitting down for the part of the conversation that is about Buck, and Buck needs reassurance from Eddie there, but he is not looking at Eddie for guidance, he’s looking at Eddie for acceptance. And he would only get that if they were on the same level. So monumental moment. (read more about my freakout about the coming out scene here)

Now that we are all caught up, the station scenes, they're unleveled again.

In fact, Buck is so low he's on the fucking floor. But he's not looking up because he needs guidance or reassurance or because he thinks Eddie has the answers, he's on the floor because he's about to throw a low blow. He's being unfair and he knows it.

It is about Eddie having power over Buck, but it is also about how at that moment Buck doesn't want to accept that, he wants to land a punch that's gonna put Eddie on the floor with him.

He doesn't start the first scene on the floor, but he is on the floor once he tells everyone about the move.

And he is sitting on the floor when he says the "I don't need you either" so he is physically as low as he can be as he goes for the hit that's gonna hurt Eddie as much as he's hurting.

That had me SALIVATING. Buddie will never work if they keep assuming they can read each other's minds, it is why I was so adamant about the need of another divorce era, why that's the core of half the fics I write, they need to talk when they are hurting. And this was messy, they're being intentionally hurtfull but it all ends up equalizing in the biggest show of how they have the it's you and me vs the problem not you vs me down to an art if you just let them talk.

But moving on, at the end, when he realizes that he is succeeding in hurting Eddie but it's not gonna make feel any better, they're on the same level.

Side note, they tend to be on the same level when they are talking about them. (Yes, I'm counting the cemetery scene, this convoluted breakup that went nowhere is about their relationship, I don't care).

And that obviously leads up to the final buddie scene of the episode.

Just to get this out of the way, they are positioned the same way they were when Eddie tells Buck to leave the showing, but from the other side, because now we're on Eddie's pov.

The giveaways from that for me is the fact that the house is back to the usual warm lighting, and we are learning the information with Eddie, in contrast to the cold lighting and the way we learn the information with Buck in 808.

So our running joke to put a light on Buck if we ever got a scene from Eddie's pov? Yeah.

The 2 lamps almost give Buck a glowy aura.

Anyway, the thing with this scene is the way there's a lot of space between them at first, at some point Eddie is even holding onto the door and Buck even starts adding more space, the couch between them is a nice touch too.

And Eddie keeps his distance while they're fighting, up until when the crew arives and he steps back closer to Buck. It's not really necessary, they could walk around him the same way Buck did to get in the house.

Through the whole thing, Buck is in the same place he in the center of the room.

And then Eddie is the one to close the space, because even when Eddie is going in for the hug, Buck is not moving. Eddie has full control of the movement with them even though he was the only one who didn't have the full information.

And it's fun because there are 2 other scenes like that, where one of them is stationary and the other is doing all the movement, but while here Buck is letting Eddie make the choice to come to him, the other one Buck is forcing Eddie to let him in. Coincidentally (read absolutely intentionally), it's the other times they are clearing the air, 306 talk at the station and 309 kitchen talk. In both scenes Eddie is in a spot and Buck is doing all the moving closer.

And I think that indicates a lot of the way their relationship grew since s3, it's almost exemplifying the way Buck knows he doesn't need to force his way in anymore, that that door is already open and he can let Eddie come to him.

Well, I guess he already did in season 5 breaking the door down, but like Eddie says, Buck doesn't to break the door down, he wants to let Eddie open it. If he lets Eddie know he's there, Eddie will make the choice to let him in. And it is what happened. Eddie was upset because he thought he couldn't count on Buck and not being able to count on him always get Eddie off balance, it's why Buck fully disarms him telling him about renting the house, he was ready for anger but Buck just reminded him that he's got him. And I think that's beautiful.

This adds nothing to nothing but I need to say that "if you need to be pissed off at me to make it easier for you then be pissed off" most romantic thing I've ever seen. "Be mad at me if you have to, but stop faking it", you don't need to pretend with me on crack, had me screaming crying throwing up.

Some random things to point out, with the 2 fist bumps and the hug this is the episode they touched intentionally and without of them being mortal danger the most.

Also, the last scene has the same color pallete of the coming out scene.

In the still, the blue of Buck's jacket looked a bit too light, but when I put them side by side, that's Buck's blue. But the fit is a bit too big and the black shirt and the black color offset that. There's also the way that in 809 both of them are in the warm background. The yellow elements aren't that intense, but Buck mismatching is making me 👀 because while Buck is pulling the ultimate grand gesture as a clinger can do by doing that thing that will allow Eddie to leave him, I don't think living in that house alone is going to be easy for Buck. And Eddie stays in the warm background with a black shirt. So yeah, that's fun. Buck is in his color but in the wrong fit, Eddie is just no color at all yet but it keeps looming behind him.

This is long as fuck already and I just hit the image limit so I will shut up now, but I'll be back at some point about colors. As always, if you read this I love you.

[splinterclan]

Happy new year everyone! Thanks so much for following along these past few months and loving these silly kitties along with me ^^ I've loved reading every reaction and ask you all have taken the time to write - it's made this blog and characters ever closer to my heart <3 I really appreciate every follower and I hope you all keep enjoying every new torment clangen and i think up to put these beans through lol

Here's to a new year!

[tech-obssessed-shark]

I knew Megatron was Tall but DANG

Ratchet is going to get neck cramps looking up at him, god

[heretherebedork]

He took off his cross before he confessed. @respectthepetty He took off his cross before he confessed. Oh, this sunshine is gonna hurt.

[anna-hawk]

Can we talk about how Frank's eyes lit up as soon as Matt punched him? He was gunning for that visceral reaction.

[rayllurn]

"You let him live, but you killed us all."

[mikaikaika]

Pangi hails from a place where the world ran red. Lifesteal — a placewhere violence was the only currency and every heartbeat was earned, not given. A place where the rules were simple: kill or be killed, steal or be forgotten. Power wasn’t given — it was taken.

And Pangi? He wasn’t the sharpest blade or the strongest arm, but he had something else: grit. He made do. He survived.

And now look at him.

One of the strongest in this new realm. Feared. Respected. Unstoppable. And yet—rotting from the inside.

The very power now means nothing in the face of the corruption crawling upon his soul. It’s not dramatic, it’s not glorious—it’s quiet, slow, inevitable. It’s going to hollow him out, piece by piece, until there’s nothing left of the kid who clawed his way up from the blood-soaked dirt.

All this strength, yet he still couldn’t fight himself. And maybe that's the cruelest twist—he rose in a world ruled by death, only to be undone by something he can’t even fight.

Because not all defeats are loud. Some end in silence. Some end when you no longer recognize the voice in your head

[rosalie-starfall]

Kathryn Hahn

The Studio - Casting

[dimenirvana]

[lover-of-mine]

What about the people who are convinced that Buck needs to be chosen, so Eddie has to be the initiator?

Or does it just make sense that we see that Buck actually is in love with Eddie? And go from there.

I like reading the takes on all of this.

Love your blog!

Respectfully, anyone in season 8 who's still saying Buck needs to be chosen is watching with their eyes closed and clinging to the wobbified no one ever loved me Buck from s2. Buck is constantly chosen. The problem with Buck is that people don't stay. Abby made the first move, Alli made the first move, Taylor made the first move TWICE, Natalia made the first move, Tommy made the first move. Buck only ever goes for people who made their romantic intentions towards him clear. They chose him. They just couldn't handle all the baggage attached.

Eddie, on the other hand, has never been chosen. He got married because of a baby, he went after Ana, he went after Marisol. His own child fled the state to get away from him, his parents absolutely suck, Shannon only started talking to him because she thought he was someone else and left him multiple times in multiple ways. And not to be an Eddie wobbyfier, but I think Eddie getting a swept of his feet moment, after a whole life of bending to the expectations people have on him and to finally be allowed to just be a guy in love with his best friend, is a lot more important than putting Buck into yet another relationship he didn't start and we don't know if he ended up in because he wanted to do it or because he just wants to be wanted too bad to question just because PoOr bAbY BuCk nEeDs tO Be cHoSeN.

As said best by Bobby on episode 9 of season 5 at timestamp 12:18, the thesis statement of Buck in relationships is "you just go with the flow and find yourself in a relationship with no idea how you got there" to allow Eddie to confess first is once again putting Buck in relationship he didn't make any movement to make it happen. Buck is passive in his own love life, he lets people come to him. If we want buddie to be different, he needs to work for it.

I'm sorry but the whole Eddie needs to choose Buck needs to be chosen stopped being true at the will reveal. EDDIE ALREADY CHOSE BUCK. BUCK IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO WAKE THE FUCK UP.

Eddie chose Buck with the you can have my back any day and there's nobody in this world I trust with my son more than you and also what it means to be part of a team and so, someday, if I didn't make it Christopher would be taken care of, by you. And I'm willing to bet you money I don't have that Eddie is gonna choose Buck once again when he decides to move back to LA. What else do you want that man to do??? He's just shy of dropping to his knee and proposing at any given time. The only person he cares about more is his SON.

Eddie doesn't need to choose Buck because he never once let go of him. And if you seriously believe that Eddie is the one who needs to do something, you don't understand the characters OR their dynamic.

[nateezfics]

thought about this hongjoong from the m countdown paris, and how hot he looked in this fit with the glasses…and immediately thought of that one kdrama kiss scene —

[mikaeled]

Jessica Henwick in The Royal Hotel (2023) dir. Kitty Green

[lovemybluebully]

Fic Preview

Just for shits, here's a peek at what I'm working with here. :) It's actually a good little chunk of writing, but there's going to be a lot more where this came from. lol

Again, for anyone that missed it this is going to be more tickle-torture-y than my other fics so Logan is very much restrained in this one. If that makes you uncomfortable then you may want to skip this one, but for everyone else please enjoy the small preview under the cut. 😁

"Not gonna lie Peanut, you look pretty hot all strung up like that," Wade intentionally mused aloud, triggering Logan's anger to flare up.

"Fuck you, Wilson! Get me outta this! NOW!! What're you tryin' to do here anyways?!"

"So glad you asked Wolvie. See I know you've been working on a lot of meditation and trying to figure out ways to relieve the stresses in your mind and I think I've got just the thing that's going to do all of that for you," he smiled excitedly as Logan stared suspiciously back at him with a brow raised.

"What kind of good could you be up to that involves chainin' me up like this?!"

"All will be explained in due time. First things first, there's a small matter of getting an answer to a question which funnily enough just occurred to me that I don't know about you," Wade laughed as he knelt on the floor in front of Logan while the other man glared dangerously at him.

"Well get on with it. The sooner we get this over with the sooner you can let me the fuck out of this," Logan growled, watching Wade's smile widen eerily.

"Now that's not the attitude you want, my heavy metal friend. I'm gonna need you to have an open mind and trust the process here, okay? Now tell me because I've been dying to know.......Is the Wolverine at all....," he reached over and deftly poked Logan in the ribs, "Ticklish?"

Logan luckily was highly on guard to whatever crazy shit Wade could be up to and managed to hold back any reaction to the jab on his side. He was a master at keeping his emotions extremely well masked, though currently inside his mind he was experiencing a rare bout of panic.

Because yes dammit, he was ticklish. Terribly so. Heightened senses came at a price with the drawback being that he could feel everything from the caress of the wind to every major injury he had ever sustained. 

At some point in his life he had discovered, to his embarrassment, that he was very susceptible to being tickled. Past lovers, his friends and teammates of the X-men, they all had figured it out eventually and were always delighted to have a way to get a smile or laugh out of him, which he had decided wasn't all that bad.

He had resigned himself to the fact that eventually Wade would figure it out too, but this wasn't the way he had expected it to go. Even though he'd been tickled many times to the point of begging for mercy he had always been able to somewhat guard his ticklish areas and at least have a fighting chance to get away.

Being completely restrained with his whole body vulnerable and not able to even have any kind of defense was a frightening thought for him, and he was going to try everything he could think of to get out of it.

"Ticklish?! That's what this shit is all about?! Of course I'm not, you fucking moron! What has to be going on in your idiotic head that would even make you think of something so stupid?!"

Logan was confident that if he remained aggressive and adamant that Wade would take his word and abandon this whole idea, but what he didn't know was that he hadn't hid his reaction as well as he had thought. 

[homriette]

(Sorry if you’ve been asked this already, I just found you on my dashboard) How many magical girl ocs do you have? And do they have a story?

Also I LOVE YOUR ART THEY’RE SO 😙🤌

Thank you so much for your question! Im sorry it took to long for me to respond

Anyway! Mainly I have these 6, they are part of a very recent project I named (temporarily) 'Convent" so they don't really have a concrete idea yet, but a collection of ideas...

So far, they are part of a cult that gave them their magical powers, and they hunt espectros (specters/ghosts) for reasons that are unknown to them. They just know it is part of their job as magical girls. You see the cross in their pupils? They have magical eyes that allow them to identify/see the espectros. They can deactivate and activate this at will ( like Dolores that doesn't have them because she is scared of espectros lol and rather not see them)

The first one I created was Isabela (Pink Magical girl) , and I want it to be a story about her discovering the secrets of the cult and job she respects so much, with the other girls being part of this.

That's pretty much it for them so far!!

As for other magical girls...I have one more named Stella! She is an idol magical girl. She was supposed to be the protag of one-shot / storybook-like project . I have been working on redesigning her tho ^^

AND THANK U FOR LIKING MY ART

[jula483]

there is a lot to unpack from this video 😳