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[emziess]

Just a little piece of joy. 9-1-1, S08E06 & S08E12

[adarkermiserablecrow]

Evan 'takes over your lease' Buckley x Eddie 'brings my son from Texas to cheer you up' Diaz

[lilithdemonwife]

'How did you know you were a lesbian?'

'Oh Eddie'

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Ballroom dancing isn’t actually particularly queer coded in fact it plays more into tradition and has very clearly defined gendered roles associated with it - male leader - female - follower.

And that’s what’s interesting about it being the activity Eddie was signed up for by Helena, especially in relation to Eddie’s incoming queer arc. Eddie was forced to grow up too fast and to step into the role of ‘man of the house’ by Helena because Ramon was by all accounts an absent father - hero complex provides us with plenty of canon information about Eddie being pushed into a husband/father role at a very young age and being told to man up and not to cry etc - machismo in action.

Helena sending him to ballroom dancing classes is likely because it was a way of reinforcing those traditional gendered stereotypes held by wider society and particularly in Latinx culture that the Diaz’s are entrenched in.

It becomes an especially interesting choice if it’s something Helena did because as well as it reinforcing gender stereotypes, she could see that her son was queer and wanted a way of trying to push him towards girls/women - encouraging him into straightness by surrounding him with girls as generally classes are female dominated and away from activities that would have him surrounded by boys/men.

It’s not about ballroom dancing being queer it’s about trying to prevent him from being queer through the structure of ballroom dancing.

[loosethreadsofyoursoul]

fact: buck will “check out a hot guy’s ass” because that’s normal

fact: buck knows eddie is attractive per the “he gets that a lot” comment circa season 2

conclusion: buck has checked out eddie’s ass.

[frihetstyrke]

so.... you don't need to know this and I really don't need to say it BUT I finally realized how I moved on from other fandoms when I didn't like the finale or some outcome... I wrote... my own version of a fix it fic... I might do it... but... I need to do another rewatch to get into the characters' brain and try and make them as close to them as possible...

[lovecrimeagh]

here

[buckleyanddiaz]

you know what I want? I want Maddie to try to set Josh up with Buck. she has seen Buck live in Eddie's home and she remembers Abby and she thinks, this could be simple. it could be fun. why not, Buck? Josh and you are friends, you both have similar distaste for dating apps, you're both believers in the full moon curse. who knows, maybe the person you're meant for has been right here the whole time! and Josh is confused but he loves drama and he's pretty sure Maddie's got a plan so he goes along with it too. so now Buck tries to come up with reasons why it's silly - till he just blurts out he can't and at some push he says it's Eddie. and then he's shocked at his own clarity but now Maddie can talk to him about why she already knew.

[eddiewithcat]

everyday i hope and pray that they bring eddie’s silly jello method back to help with his anxiety

like can you imagine a scene where eddie is promptly just freaking out- on the verge of a panic attack…

and buck remembers what eddie did to help that lady in the hot tub, so this time he does it for him 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

[emziess]

Buck & Eddie 9-1-1, S02E01

[junkiefox]

An episode where we are shown Eddie's childhood and it's shown that he had a boy crush and didn't understand it.

Then he met Shannon and everything was perfect: she was pretty, smart, and cute, and why wouldn't he fall in love with her? He should love her, so he does, and that's enough to him to believe that this "boy crush" was something he made up.

But then he's at war, and there's this teammate who's brave and strong, and Eddie feels light when they talk. He can almost forget where they are. And yeah, that might be admiration, right? Because there's no way that was any type of love. No, it couldn't. They are both men and they are in a military camp and it doesn't make sense because Eddie doesn't like men okay?

So when this guy is relocated and Eddie doesn't have any more information about him (is he alive? Is he hurt? Does he miss me?), he doesn't understand why it hurts.

So he's back home, and Shannon is screaming and he's screaming. His home feels like a minefield, and he hates it. Because they should be fine now, they should be the perfect couple with a loving child and everything should be perfect. But his mind is screaming at him, home doesn't feel like home, and he needs a love he can't get or feel. Why did he feel so safe at war with that teammate but could feel the same with his fucking wife?

When Shannon leaves, Eddie understands. He's just mad because she left Chris. But he knows she could tell he doesn't love her anymore, not the romantic love she wants.

Eventually, there's Evan "Buck" Buckley. They don't get along at first, but that lasts a shift, and the next one they are already bumping shoulders and making jokes. When the earthquake comes, Buck is the one who tries to reassure him his kid is fine and safe. And the one who notices how he's trembling after the shift so "Can I drive you to take your kid?" and he talks with Chris the whole drive.

He doesn't know when it hits him: Buck means safety to him. Where Buck is, Eddie is safe, and loved, and his mind shuts up.

Even when Shannon comes back and his mind is racing with anxiety, Buck is kind and listens to him, and it calms him.

There's that feeling again, the one he doesn't understand, but does he need to? Buck's there, he isn't going anywhere. And they love each other so much (and Eddie doesn't want to think much about it. About the kind of love, because this is enough, this safety is enough)

Buck loves his child, Buck is always there to listen and take care of him and Eddie aches. But it's nothing because Buck's there. They are happy and why should he ruin everything for a feeling he doesn't understand?

And even when they date other people, the feeling and they continue the same. "You're attached to the hip," says he's Abuela. And yeah, maybe? But that's okay because friendship comes first. Right?

If he gets annoyed by Buck's girlfriends or he gets stressed by his, that's not linked (why would it be? Buck's girlfriends are hurting him and he is just... he's not ready to date, he doesn't want to date)

And then Buck is dating Tommy... and they continue the same. They are friends, they come first, Tommy is kind to Buck, Buck adores him, and Eddie gets so fucking annoyed by Tommy. Tommy, the one he was going out and playing basketball with, and he doesn't understand again. He's tired of not understanding.

He's tired of not knowing why his heart aches when he sees Buck smile, talking with Chris, being kind to their patients, rumbling random facts, aching whenever Buck's next to him, actually.

He's tired of not understanding himself.

[captainbfresh]

I get being upset about Bobby but honestly. People comparing it to Greys is..not the comparison you think it is.

The first MAIN character to die in Greys was George and he didn't die until the end of season 5 which was episode 102 overall. Bobby died in episode 121

This is what happens in procedural dramas. You have your "omg everyones invisible" time and then the writers (and GA) get bored of always knowing that their fav will survive so they change it up.

Is it sometimes lazy writing? Of course

But guys...8 seasons without a MCD was not a promise it was a fucking miracle.

[moonylouwho]

just remembered kim is an actress. this woman took the opportunity to act like eddie’s dead wife and give the acting performance of a lifetime

[buddiesmutslut]

THE 8X01 FIC IS FINISHED!

I still have to run through and edit it, and given that it's currently 10pm & I swore I was going to stop posting fics in the middle of the night, I'll probably start posting it tomorrow 🥳🥳

[professionaljester]

when my therapist suggests i get medicated when I'm used to having to bring it up first only to be rejected

[skrunksthatwunk]

zero hate but the "we need more x; you guys couldn't even handle y" post format's popular usage bothers me a little because like. the people saying we need x often can and do handle y and it's just a different group of people who can't handle y. obviously the two groups can and do often overlap and that's the original point of the format but like,, when the "you guys" saying stuff in question aren't the same as the "we need more x" guys that point is negated. like when the two groups barely overlap it feels kind of pointless. it's inaccurate and it bothers me in a stupid nitpicky way