#maybe oliver stark is just too damn expressive lmao

[flying-elliska]

i've caught up with 911, some pretty solid episodes, the one on parenthood made me cry and the treasure hunt was hilarious (i want to also launch a treasure hunt when i die, just not with an insane ton of money)

and like....listen i never really believed they would make buddie canon for real but like that last episode ???? hello ??? what was that ????

first they have Taylor friendzoning Buck on the ep before this one which honestly kind of surprised me bc I thought they would predictably make them a Thing and I wasn't super opposed, I thought their dynamic was cute even though I actually prefer them as friends (tbf they're both so attractive maybe it's just my bi ass being like omg). but they could have done a character arc where they're both growing as people - Buck is less self centered, she's less cutthroat - and they find each other again and now they can have a meaningful relationship but....apparently that's not what they're doing. so then what ? because we know Buck wants a relationship and he's already been through a lot of 'dating strangers' moments

then you have Eddie calling his relationship with Ana "easy" and that's like. not Romance, at least not in this context. right after Carla tells him to 'follow his heart not Christopher's' and we see Ana and Christopher get on well so this is basically Carla telling him she sees something is missing. i've read this dynamic soooo many times in fic, where Ana is like this perfect woman/easy relationship he ought to love, it corresponds to how he sees himself, she's the woman his parents would love, she could be a good 'new mother figure' for Christopher, she's a teacher and she's good with kids, etc etc - but it's not working for him. so what's the alternative ? i thought they might go there with the blonde mom because Eddie helps her out and their kids bond etc but no she's actually deranged. so there's no alternative except for..... you know. or him just being single again which would be like. okay. narratively a bit repetitive, they would have to introduce a whole new female character because we know he wants to 'move on' from Shannon so like, thematically then it would be weird to leave him alone for too long sooooooo what ? it's the 'easy' thing that does it to me bc that really gives me 'oh we're struggling with heteronormativity' vibes here

or i guess they could just let him DIE which would be an ASSHOLE MOVE

and then there is just the way the last scene is shot, which is just really framed around Buck and Eddie, Buck's white shirt with blood on it standing out so clearly, the focus on his reaction and the intense stares, Eddie trying to reach out, etc etc. now thinking about that post about how men aren't allowed to show intimacy unless they're on the battlefield/wounded and !!!!! like ok it's a trope for comrade-in-arms to be super emotional in these near death circumstances buuuuuut i just don't quite think they would have shot it entirely like that if that was their intention especially since 1) they know buddie as a concept is a big draw and 2) in most of the other near death scenes for the both of them there was also a focus on the other team members and their reaction. and like, whenever you have a near death scene, whoever's reaction is focused on, it means there's an emotional arc going on between those characters that is presented as the most important. like when Buck was pinned under the truck it was more about his relationship with Bobby as a father figure and it tied into what would happen next thematically. so like. Buck and Eddie haven't had a focus on their relationship in a while so now what ???? especially since so much of their individual stuff lately has been about them growing and getting to a healthy place as people/potential partners, and we've already had the 'our friendship is so important to us!!!' bits so like WHAT

i'm still skeptical but honestly the timing of all of this put together is driving me a little bit insane rn

[tawaifeddiediaz]

9-1-1 Season 3 Episode 16 Live Blog

I forgot to post this lmao

Still tagging with spoilers half an hour before episode 17 starts

Oliver said this starts out intense but what doesn’t at this point

Buck baby 😭😭😭

OOF YES. A SYSTEM FOR DEAF AND MUTE PEOPLE. I DIDNT EVEN KNOW

Oliver’s smile when he gets the

EDDIE IS SO CONCERNED

YOU BE RIGHT HEN THEY ARE THE BEST BOYS.

Watch them FLING themselves over the roof.

Buck is...so sweet I can’t.

“you’re welcome to come celebrate with a bunch of nine-year-olds” Eddie wanting his husband to come help so he doesn’t overwhelm himself okay bye

okay maybe I’m sad about Buck :(

“Idiot” 😂😂😂

THIS BE THE FIREFIGHTER

OOh I haven’t heard him say his full name in SO LONG.

A drunk Buck, since when damn.

It’s 100% like him to get passionate about helping someone <3

Everything about Red is resonating with Buck omg. He literally could

“Sweet sound of no kids” BATHENA YESSS

ATHENA AND HEN OMG

The job...

It’s just like Buck to do that too.

Buck, a hothead? Yes.

Cindy, the one who got away. :(

Shit that be resonating DAMN WELL with him.

Maybe I’m sad now.

BETTER NOT

everyone signalling Eddie to talk to Buck is the biggest CRUMB

They have these scooters at my university too dang.

Drones man

OH. MAN. THIS IS THE DRONE

Athena’s weird feelings give me LIFE

Buck looks SO good when he’s determined about something. And in

He always

Red :((

Buck’s expression I’m-

I’m so SAD FOR HIM.

I knew it. Drones CANNOT be trusted if they’re floating around your house

HEN

OKay nothing will make me cry more than Buck’s salute.

BUCK AND MADDIE. I would die for these siblings and that’s on that. 

ABBY CLARK “much anticipated return of Connie Britton” 

If anything happens to my babe Athena Grant, I’m tossing all these hands

ALSO SASHA ROIZ

I’m sure I had a lot more to say about it but I’m emotionally damaged from the episode and will not watch it again lmao and that’s on Evan Buckley for doing this to me.

Eddie Diaz if you don’t apologize to your husband I will kick you where the sun doesn’t shine.

OLIVER STARK DID SO GOOD. SO SO GOOD.