I was tame, I was gentle 'til the circus life made me mean.

OLIVER STARK as EVAN 'BUCK' BUCKLEY 9-1-1 • 7.05 – You Don't Know Me

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I am surprised I have yet to see anyone say it, but a part of me is not surprised the BOB’s are convinced about buddie eventually being endgame. We keep having oliver stark sort of give credence to the theory in his latest interviews. (Starting to think he needs to be quiet because yeah, he isn’t helping 😂)

and then we have the writing on the show itself.

The scene that stands out for me is buck with Maddie at her place. He seemed *more* upset that he lied to eddie about the bad date than being upset about the bad date itself. does that make sense? It was weird. its like the writers themselves are confused about buck and Eddie.

I think everyone is confused honestly and hence, we have the insanity that we keep seeing

Hmmmm, I’m gonna disagree on two points-

1. I don’t see Oliver’s answers to questions he is being asked as necessarily giving credence to any theories. Frankly the PR team should probably tighten up what questions are allowed to be asked, but for good or ill, Buddie gets clicks. The network is absolutely okay with using a portion of their audience that way. I think Oliver’s generally been not confirming any theories so much as re-examining things through the lens of his character now understand his bisexuality and saying he sees how things can be read that way. He also knows he’s not responsible for how people take that, and some of the chaos is probably coming from knowing it doesn’t really matter because unless he is ever actually approached with the storyline, it’s just spitballing. I think the problem with these interviews is less with him and more with the network/production team. But then again there’s no winning this game. If they talk, people take it as confirmation. If they keep quiet, people take it as confirmation. So if people people are just going to believe what they want anyway, why not capitalize?

2. The scene at Maddie’s house. It makes sense to me why Buck would be focusing on the lying to Eddie part, and it’s not romantic. First of all, unfortunately Buck is old hat at awkward and terrible first dates. He’s gotta be somewhat used to his curse by now, and having a cute guy tell him he’s adorable but not ready ranks nowhere near an emergency tracheotomy, so. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Damn, you win some you lose some, right?

Anyway, lying to Eddie is uncomfortable for him on a few fronts. The first is simply feeling bad about being dishonest to his best friend. (Personally, I maintain that it’s not lying if it’s not your business, and frankly it’s not really Eddie’s business if Buck wants to explore his sexuality and go on a date with a man, and Buck can tell or not tell people at his discretion. But I digress, it is in character for Buck to value this sort of up-front volunteering information honesty.)

Second, is the internal inconsistency that he’s discovered and is wrestling with- he’s an ally, he’s always been an ally, he’s totally in favor of The Gays, so it shouldn’t be a big deal right? Because there’s nothing wrong with it and he knows that so it shouldn’t be so hard to say, right? And if it’s no big deal and he hasn’t done anything wrong, then why is he so scared to say it? Why did he “lie” to his best friend about something he shouldn’t be freaked out by? He’s sort of minimized the importance of sexuality to a point that he can’t even explain to himself why he felt uncomfortable being seen before he was ready. (The answer is it that it is a little bit of a big deal actually and his understanding of himself and what his life might look like has shifted in a big way, and it’s okay to need some time to process that but this is Buck we’re talking about, he never wants to give himself time.)

Third, I think he feels like he’s betrayed his trust in Eddie by not immediately telling him. Because he knows (mostly) that Eddie also knows there’s nothing wrong with it, he’s never seen any evidence of homophobia from him, he’s like 99% certain that it would be okay, and he trusts Eddie with everything else, so why not this? I think he feels like he’s failing somehow as a friend, not giving Eddie his proper due, by having hesitations about coming out. (But the truth is it IS scary, even when you’re 99% sure, that 1% is terrifying. This isn’t about Eddie himself, exactly, it’s about Eddie’s importance in Buck’s life, the place and power he holds in Buck’s internal framework of self, and in Buck’s general happiness and enjoyment of life. A negative reaction from Eddie would be devastating. That 1% is powerful. It’s understandable that Buck, especially since he doesn’t fully understand himself yet, what to even say, would be leery. But he doesn’t understand that his fear is not about Eddie personally, so he feels like he’s disrespected him somehow by feeling any kind of hesitance.)

In this, I don’t think that the writers are confused about Buck and Eddie, so much as people have a hard time not equating that kind of (affection + trust + prominence) with a romantic relationship. I think the fandom hubbub has less to do with anything the show is doing, than it has to do with people having to wrestle with and perhaps adjust their own expectations, and people who refuse to consider alternatives. Sorry, anon, this may not have been the answer you were wanting, but it’s my genuine thoughts on it all! 🫶

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