#chimney was captain. and now we have a leadership arc.

[sainteddie]

i’m starting to think performance anxiety is a direct nod to careful what you wish for. 👀

[thehotpilot]

buck is so fiercely loyal you cannot tell me that the root of his conflict about gerrard’s return to the 118 won’t stem from his anger at how chimney hen and tommy were treated under gerrard’s previous captaincy.

i think the three of them have long since come to terms with, and gotten over, the bigotry and pressure they faced, but for buck it’s still a fresh wound against his family, now with the added layer of tommy’s admission about how he shrunk into himself and behaved in ways he wasn’t proud of under gerrard’s guidance. and i think the dynamic of super ultra homophobic (racist, sexist) old white guy gerrard vs newly out and proud bisexual buck will be incredibly interesting to watch play out on screen because i have a strong feeling buck will lean towards dismissing/ignoring his own mistreatment by gerrard due to his lingering anger about the past and his loyalty to family.

and yeah i think he probably will at some point grapple with the lack of bobby at the station, but it’s also not the first time bobby’s not been his captain, and we know he has his own aspirations for captaincy so i think he would be fairly confident in himself independent of bobby’s leadership. which is why i think it bucks strong moral compass and his defense of his loved ones would be succhhh a compelling arc for him this season