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The Academy X kids cus it's been too damn long without them being a thing

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I WATCHED AN ADVANCED SCREENING OF AGE OF ULTRON LAST NIGHT AND IT'S AMAZING AND MADE ME CRY SO MUCH

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she was a fairy 🧚

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absolutely HONOURED to see the glovefic included in this post! thank you thank you thank you!

BiAsBuck’s May ficrec Mayhem.

Hi everyone, hoo-boy what a month. Talk about the epic lows and epic highs. One thing that doesn't change is how much incredible talent there is in this fandom, so I'm back with another round of fic that I've read and loved over the last month. Lots of processing emotions via fic being done here, so spoilers for the season below including mcd and grief.

As always you can find previous rec lists here.

10 May 2025

this must be the place by @becausebuckley with couch theory and domestic dawning roommates era buddie, this is them navigating what to keep and how (and why) they're combining their lives and their living space. Lovely character study and exploration of thematic motifs.

sing to me instead by @putanauhere written after 8x15, in which Eddie receives a phonecall and doesn't believe it at first, he and Chris return to LA, and Buck helps them buy Chris a suit for the funeral. Emotions run high whilst they try and hold it together, Eddie feels disconnected from the firefam and Buck feels disconnected from his body. Really fantastic team dynamics here, and the splintered processing of grief manifesting in a myriad of ways.

slow dancing on landmines by @glorious-spoon written after 8x16, this is Buck and Eddie grief sex fic, in which Eddie runs shortly after to avoid the conversations needed to be had. Beautifully written and achingly tender, it's messy and complicated feelings in all their glory.

The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by @ponyregrets a Chris POV 8x15 coda, in which Buck calls Eddie to tell him about Bobby, and Chris contemplates a poem that speaks to him. Really lovely strong Chris voice, and a Chris and Harry exchange that made me cry.

they're back in the same house as if it's my fault.... by @fastcardotmp3 a short 600 word coda to 8x17 with a gorgeously rendered conversation between Buck and Chris, continuing on from their I'm sorry about Bobby discussion, and touching on their own dynamic.

8x17 coda by @chronicowboy deep in the crunchy feelings, after their fight, Eddie calls Chris from the couch. I love how this one explores Eddie actively trying to change his previous habits in his openness with Chris, and how Chris reads him and Buck so well.

tragedy & rage & grief by @ghostlandtoo Eddie and Chris have stayed in LA post 8x17 and Buck's glad but also...he's not coping well, and with he and Eddie sharing a bed, there's no private release for his grief. Eddie sees him, and they talk...and find a way to deal together. Hard and full of big messy feelings, the grief and release of this one really felt cathartic through the hurt.

i blinked and suddenly i had a valentine by @redrosydiaz adorable Jee fic! Jee Yun is making Valentine's day cards for all the firefam and Eddie is very touched to see she's written hers to Uncle Eddie...isn't it cute? But of course...only Buck is the other 'Uncle' she's mentioned, the rest of the firefam are all just their names. Wherever could she have gotten that idea?

sweetness follows by @pairofraggedclaws in which it's Eddie's first day back at the 118 and Buck and Eddie figure it out, through the eyes of Bobby, Hen and Chim. This is a breath of fresh air for anyone needing team banter, teasing and love. A wonderful farcical they don't know that we know they know we know story.

then you'll feel that you want me (the way i want you) by PrinceLix GOOD GOD. THEEEEE Buck's Eddie in latex gloves kink fic to end all fics. A must read for anyone who's ever gone cross-eyed at the sight of Ryan's gigantic paws lol. But beautifully written, sizzlingly erotic, and guaranteed to get you blushing especially if you're reading on public transport whoops. Despite Buck's best efforts, Eddie clocks what's going on and comes up with a plan to get Buck to fold, it goes splendidly.

featherlight by @coldbam - in which coldbam is struck by Apollo's Dodgeball for Ryan's hummingbird Disney Prince moment, by writing this sweet as all get out hobbyist birder Eddie fic! Buck encourages Eddie with his new hobby whilst he's in El Paso, downloading an app so he can identify the birds stopping by his garden. So so lovely and gentle. I just wanted to chinhands at them both.

once more, with feeling by @spaceshipkat in which Eddie gets a sixth sense that something's not right as he and Chris drive home supposedly to meet Buck for their happy reunion. When they get their the house is empty, and something isn't right...Eddie spirals, but works to get Buck back from whomever has taken him. A real nailbiter with some super intriguing dynamics, and clever sleuthing.

to have and to hold (platonically and heterosexually) by @littlefreakbuckley in which Buck's solution to Eddie losing health insurance in his move to El Paso is for them to get married for the benefits, and it turns out they both REALLY like being each other's husband....even if Eddie's straight and this is totally platonic, of course. Delicious tropey fun.

Okay until next time!! Can't believe we just have one more episode left? If you're in need of more recs, I also regularly reblog codas from 8b and fics as I read them, to be found in my usual daily ficrec tag.

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this was a historical moment in television

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this was a historical moment in television

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update: i've seen the teaser thingy. give me my boy right now.

This is totally random but you're like the biggest elixir fan that I see around and I'd love to know your thoughts on the fact that josh got heavily teased directly in game of Marvel Rivals and your thoughts on if he does make it in. Especially considering it tends to skyrocket a characters popularity if they're put in the game, for better or worse.

me when i'm the biggest elixir fan hehehe 🥰

AND YET I DIDN'T KNOW THIS?? no one told me he'd be teased ahhhh i don't play, myself, cuz i don't really have time but oh my god tell me everything what are the clues/hints?! as long as they do him justice i'd LOVE to see him in there. might mean i end up with more people writing josh/julian and josh/kevin content again hahaha

having said that if anyone starts mischaracterising him online/talking shit about him i will fight 😌

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This is totally random but you're like the biggest elixir fan that I see around and I'd love to know your thoughts on the fact that josh got heavily teased directly in game of Marvel Rivals and your thoughts on if he does make it in. Especially considering it tends to skyrocket a characters popularity if they're put in the game, for better or worse.

me when i'm the biggest elixir fan hehehe 🥰

AND YET I DIDN'T KNOW THIS?? no one told me he'd be teased ahhhh i don't play, myself, cuz i don't really have time but oh my god tell me everything what are the clues/hints?! as long as they do him justice i'd LOVE to see him in there. might mean i end up with more people writing josh/julian and josh/kevin content again hahaha

having said that if anyone starts mischaracterising him online/talking shit about him i will fight 😌

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This is self-explanatory I think. I need more andrew and jean interactions, it'd be funny.

edit:forgot jean's scars and added them oopsie

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Hellion tests and also a frame from a video I probably won't ever finish editing together.

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genuinely I can't stop laughing at the fact that it's a canon buddie dynamic that eddie just goes around doing vaguely evil and illegal shit and buck follows him going surely this is all perfectly legally sound because eddie - my eddie, the paragon of goodness with a silver star - would never do anything illegal. but then again what else could I have expected from buck 'follows eddie diaz into what he suspects is a mob establishment with zero questions' buckley

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Im never drawing a blond man ever again after this (lying. Will be spotted drawing ben again but at least he's a fake blond)

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I'M SCREAMING OMG THIS IS AMAZING

hope i did him justice... elixir fans hmu

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Leaked Academy X character cards for a future Marvel Snap update.

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in my hellion feelings rn