Buck & Eddie: They're Soulmates!

Buck and Eddie share a once in a lifetime love of each other's lives type of love that transcends space and time.

The love they share is not platonic, it's romantic and the natural chemistry they have is OFF THE CHARTS.

There are people who wish they could have one tenth of the love they share with each other and that's why over the years, the show has made it a point to highlight and compare their love interests against the other one as a way to prove Buck and Eddie are meant for each other.

Therefore, can it once and for all be acknowledged that the possible reason why NONE of Buck’s previous relationships with AC, AM, TK and ND never worked was because THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO?

The same goes for Eddie because NONE of his relationships ever worked either including the one he had with Chris' mother. SD, AF and now M (who the show still hasn't given a last name and that speaks volumes as to how long she'll possibly be around) didn’t or won't work for Eddie because THEY WEREN'T/AREN'T SUPPOSED TOO EITHER?

It's interesting to see all these takes on how some people view their previous relationships with those women through rose colored glasses and saying things like they could have been great if... (_______ fill in the blank with whatever randomness you'd like). The point is they weren't meant to be anything but a placeholder until Buddie goes CANON.

Buck

There have been so many takes on Buck and TK being perfect because they were cute together but did everyone who thinks that forget she was willing to throw the 118 and their captain under the bus in 2x6? Don't even try to rebutt it with logic from that fake redemption arc that was included in 5x7 for her because in 5x17 she ultimately accomplished her goal by doing exactly what she intended four years earlier when she broke a promise she made to Buck and ran with the Jonah story then wrote a raggedy book about it exactly one year later in 6x17. It's true that Buck knew who she was but he still dated her (which speaks more to his poor decision making than hers) but they both knew it was wrong from the start. They were never going to work and they were never FRIENDS. Friends don't treat each other like $hit so they can get their way then expect for you to just be ok with it and follow it up with a half @ssed apology like, "I'm sorry you're still upset about the story" 🙄. With friends like that, Buck doesn't need enemies.

AC literally ABANDONED him but there are still people who think she would have been good for him. It appears they forgot she FOUND a man with two kids in another country and in 3x18 she came back two years later to rub Buck’s face in it. She didn't even have the decency to apologize to him.

AM was the worst of all because SHE WAS NEVER THERE WHEN BUCK NEEDED HER. Was she nice, yes but she didn't know him at all and when his leg got crushed by the ladder truck in 2x18, she dipped and ABANDONED him too. But for some reason, she's being heralded as his best relationship ever which is so far from the truth it's funny sad not funny haha. She left him in his loft with a cast on his leg because she didn't know what she wanted.

ND was/is only interested in Buck because he DIED! THAT'S IT! There's nothing else to the story. She clearly COULDN'T SEE HIM because they only knew each other for two seconds so please stop romanticizing their hookup like it was some "Gone with the Wind" love story because that's a bunch of BS since they didn't and still don't know each other.

Eddie

SD was NOT the perfect wife and mother people who wanted her to stick around and coparent Chris with Eddie have made her out to be. The show clearly retconned her character in 6x15 like she was so young and she didn't deserve to die but be clear, the relationship she had with Eddie was toxic as F%ck! All they did was argue and instead of talking, they had sex. They didn't communicate and when she was ready to leave again, she thought she would have time to come back and be "someone's wife and someone's mother" (her words but notice she didn't say Chris' mother or Eddie's wife, she said someone's) but her time ran out and she didn't get the chance, hence the title of the episode she died in, "Careful what you wish for". Trust and believe she had a lot of faults and Eddie did too but her being young wasn't an excuse for her leaving Chris and not contacting him for almost 2 years. If Eddie wouldn't have contacted her about her interviewing at Durand, would she have ever come back? Who knows but probably not since she was out there living her best life like she didn't have a kid.

AF was nice but just because her and Eddie were cute together, it doesn't mean they were soulmates. Did the people rooting for them to stay together even realize that she was Chris' schoolteacher in 3x12 but she DIDN'T OFFER EDDIE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO HELP CHRIS SKATEBOARD? That was literally her job but she was career driven which isn't a bad thing but it seemed like she was in love with the idea of being in love just like Eddie was. She was trying to avoid dealing with the issues that were prevalent in their relationship and she didn't even ask Eddie about his panic attacks to try and find out what was causing them. But she did throw them in his face when he broke up with her.

M is IN LOVE WITH HER BROTHER! It was clear she was in 6x5 when she almost kissed him on the mouth while they were in the ambulance. Also, she's a loner, hence the meaning of her name, Marisol, it literally means solitude. When Eddie met her, she was doing upgrades on her home by herself until her brother showed up and made a complete mess of things. If Eddie does try to pursue something formidable with her in season 7, everyone knows how it will end because EDDIE TOLD THE AUDIENCE IN 6X14... he'll be performing and trying not to panic and his performance anxiety will be at a level 100.

Buddie

Who's never left Buck? EDDIE!

Who loves both Eddie and Chris? BUCK!

Who takes care of Buck? EDDIE!

Who listens to Eddie? BUCK!

The list can go on and on but the point of this post is for those who chose to see what they want to see instead of what 9-1-1 has CLEARLY been depicting for Buck and Eddie over the past six years. None of Buck’s or Eddie’s love interests were written to work because they weren't/aren't supposed to.

No one has natural chemistry with them like they have with each other and it's written that way on PURPOSE!

911 chats (part 11)

why are they going so hard on the eddieana stuff in 6b if not to remind us of the last time eddie tried and failed to date? buck being a teacher in the coma dream, ana being an english teacher; buck getting math powers, ana teaching eddie math on their date; buck baking cookies with chris and getting him all to himself, ana baking muffins with chris during the blackout and being asked to leave; the similar colour palette of the costuming to the muffin scene, buck and ana in light blue, eddie in a green henley; ana being introduced in the same episode as an embarrassing date call, buck and eddie being two of the three responders to the embarrassing vibrator emergency; sorry about the mess i guess its your mess now, i'm the guy with the answers i kind of like it.

requested by @dancing-mylife-away and anonymous <3

Also to the people that came back at me then blocked me, it’s not really about Bucktommy stopping Buddie being together because they either will or they won’t go there it’s about the shows need to bring back problematic characters as love interests.

Tommy a whole ass bigot. Bring him back for Bucks bi storyline which even for us who believed in bi Buck taints it a bit seeing as they could have brought on a whole new character if they didn’t want to use someone else already in the show.

Ana Flores the ableist. She would have been a perfectly reasonable choice if her introduction hadn’t been laced in ableism, again if they wanted to use a teacher bring on someone new who hadn’t already given a negative impression.

Taylor Kelly. Taylor was happy to see Bobby crash and burn just so she could progress in her job. She started out this fierce ‘I do what I want’ character who would have continued to be a great antagonist but they turned her into a love interest who Buck walked all over and was nothing compared to who she used to be.

Lucy Donato. I was so excited when they brought her on as she was a cool woman firefighter who would have been great but she was straight away reduced to an affair partner. The way they did interviews and articles about how great this cheating arc was and how much bigger it was going to be was just trash. They thought we’d love Lucy more than we hated Taylor and we just felt bad for Taylor. They took a character who could have been awesome and made her someone most of us didn’t even like.

The way this show consistently tries to brush bad behaviour under the carpet is just weird. You want to redeem someone redeem them but let us see it. So much happens offscreen and it’s crazy.

If Tommy was the only one we could maybe let it slide that it happened we just didn’t see it but once is a mistake, twice is a pattern, three times is a habit.

A lot of us have been under the assumption Buck is bi for YEARS so we can’t get invested in Tommy because we already knew. If Tommy was this nice new guy I’d absolutely give him a chance but he’s not and bigotry is such a huge thing and from what we’ve seen of him so far I just don’t think he’s completely changed at all.

the way it switches from ana and eddie very blandly flirting immediately to buck and eddie being coparents and having way more chemistry is hilarious to me

Going back and watching the Eddieana scenes is like HOW did anybody ever think these two would be endgame???

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*Eddie and Ana during the math date (cursed)*

Ana: I know there hasn't been anyone else in Christopher's life since his mother

Eddie:

Ana:

Eddie: I should probably get back home to Buck who has been taking care of ou—my son

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Eddie in the hospital: *wakes up*

Ana: hi Eddie can I ge—

Eddie: call Buck please

Ana: what's his numb—

Eddie: number one in my favorites

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*Eddie and Ana in the hospital waiting for Buck to arrive*

Eddie: so I think when Buck gets here you'll be good to head out

Ana: I thought we could talk to Chris real quick?

Eddie: nah fam no worries I'm just gonna wait to do that with Buck

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*suit shopping*

Employee talking to Chris about Ana: let's see what your mom thinks

Eddie: *error 404*

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Eddie: Ravi, this is my son Christopher. Chris, this is Ravi.

Ana: 🧍🏾‍♀️

Eddie: 🧍🏽‍♂️

Buck: 🧍🏼‍♂️

Ravi: SO HI ANA IM RAVI

Eddie: 🏃🏽‍♂️💨

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*At Eddie's house after the blackout*

Eddie: I think you're good to go now

Ana: oh, no it's okay I can—

Eddie: leave please

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3.09 | 5.03

Hot take that isn’t actually a hot take so much as it is a joke: EddieAna is all Ravi’s fault because he said the q word and started off the “Jinx” shift of insanity

So Eddie remembers being on the ground…looking at Buck…and thought he died and then the next thing he knows he’s waking up to Ana by his bedside and Buck isn’t even at the hospital??

Ana calling Buck immediately like:

What's wild to me is that Eddie and Buck are BFs at the very least to any one watching. And constantly compared to other BFFS in the Fandom spaces and in writing. Except for..... when they date others and that's honestly so loud. Like I think we can assume it's Canon Anna never invaded a Buck space. The fact that was her first time at the fire house. I have to believe it's because sub consciously Eddie didn't want to invite her to his Buck space.

The fact we can pretty much assume that was the first dinner Taylor ever attended at Eddie's. Maybe even the first time Buck let her go simply because he wanted to see Eddie and Chris and couldn't not invite her.

Maybe I'm a clown but I find it suss that these 2 would never want to double date or endear themselves to significant others because that really isn't normal at all. I always want my besties to love my partner and other way around

Hi Nonnie! Thank you for this ask.

You are 100% right IMO regarding Ana, Eddie was so uncomfortable about his r/s with her, he appreciated her for being good with Christopher, but the truth is they never fit in any other significant way, so he never wanted her around the person who knows him best and would right away see right through it, Buck (and for the record, Eddie was right, Buck was making confused faces two seconds after meeting Ana). Not only that, when she finally does come to the fire station, Ana does so uninvited. She has to force her way into this space. If it hadn't been for the shooting and Buck taking Eddie home when Ana is there for a surprise party (i.e again being uninvited), 502 might have been the first time Buck and Ana even meet.

As for the 511 dinner, from the talk about Eddie's cooking skills as news, I would def think Taylor has never experienced those before. And I can't believe Buck would have let her join another type of gathering at Eddie's, beer drinking and soul searching chats are reserved for Buddie alone. So yes again other than the surprise party for Eddie at the end of 414, I'm sure it's the only time Taylor was over at the Diaz house.

I agree with you! Introducing one's significant other to one's friends is one of the big steps in any romantic r/s IMO, in part because friends can offer a better verdict on whether the SO is an actual good fit or not, possibly even better than parents, who might not know quite everything about their kid. I agree with you completely! The way Buddie are always dispassionate about getting to know / introducing the other's SO is VERY loud!

Have a good day, lovely! As always, my ask tag. xoxox

Buck & Eddie: Baking Muffins vs. Baking Cookies

Since it aired, I've posted several times that 6x13 "Mixed Feelings" was my favorite episode of season 6 and it was the finale for me. I'm not sure why 6x14 - 6x18 ended or played out the way they did but I still believe there was a reason for 6x13 to air when it did and why it was before all the BS that happened afterwards.

I've watched all six of Buck's and Eddie's, Buck's and Chris' and the Buckley Diaz Family's scenes numerous times and every time I do, I find something that was a callback to previous episodes. I've already done a post on the significance of Buck bringing cookies to Eddie's house in 3x11 compared to him baking them with Chris in 6x13 (linked here) but this post is different because it parallels the scene Buck had with Chris from 6x13 to another scene Chris had with one of Eddie's previous relationships.

The scene from 6x13 with Buck and Chris included some parallels and callbacks to the scene from 5x3 with Eddie, Chris and Ana.

Baking muffins vs. Baking cookies

First, in 5x3 after the blackout, Eddie went home to BREAKUP WITH ANA. He was there with her and Chris after she baked enough muffins to feed a classroom full of children. But in 6x13, Eddie WASN'T THERE and he left their son with his second dad while they baked cookies for Chris' class. Reminder, when Eddie met Ana, she was Chris' teacher but in season 3 SHE DIDN'T TELL EDDIE HOW TO HELP CHRIS SKATEBOARD BUT BUCK DID! They worked together to help Chris do something he obviously wanted to do even though Ana started telling Eddie about novels🙄. Also, in 6x13, Buck specifically said they needed to make enough cookies for Chris' whole class. Eddie just dipped like he did in 3x1 after he dropped Chris off with "his Buck" and was probably like, "It's cool because our son (his and Buck's) is with his other dad, so I don't need to be there."

The Kitchens

In 5x3, when Eddie and Ana went into the kitchen, it was a MESS! A big mess to say the least. She had stuff everywhere like she was a brand-new cook or some BS but everyone knows she wasn't since she baked two cakes in 4x13 for Carla's birthday, therefore the STATE OF THE KITCHEN SPOKE VOLUMES about her relationship with Eddie. However, in 6x13, Buck's kitchen was ORGANIZED AND CLEAN. Buck and Eddie's relationship functions like a well-oiled machine. It always has ever since they removed a live grenade from Charlie's leg in 2x1.

In 6x13, Buck specifically said, "So whenever I cook, I like to measure out all my ingredients". But in 5x3, it looked like Ana didn't measure anything. She just baked and left the mess for someone else to clean up.

Buck was working with Chris the same way he did every other time him and Chris were together. Here are some examples, in 3x2-3x3 after the Tsunami, in 3x12 when Eddie and Buck built Chris an adaptable skateboard, in 4x8 when Chris ran away to Buck's loft, in 5x13 when Chris called Buck during Eddie's breakdown and in 5x14 when Buck helped Chris with his homework. The look on Eddie's face in 5x3 before he told Ana "Maybe you should go home first" said it all. He didn't want her there and he never called her "his Ana" like he called Buck "his Buck".

Chris' comment and question

Finally, Chris said "Let's make brownies next" in 5x3 but Ana's reply was "I think we need to clean that kitchen first". She made the mess but she wanted Chris to help her clean it up. But in 6x13, Chris asked, "Can we have cookies for dinner?" and Buck replied, "Well, I thought maybe we'd have some steak and then cookies". He didn't suggest Chris clean up the mess because THERE WASN'T ONE! Reminder Buck's kitchen was already clean even though Ana left Eddie's messy.

The difference between Ana and Buck is BUCK'S ALWAYS BEEN SHOWN TO BE CHRIS' SECOND PARENT! She played the role as the "NICE" girlfriend who was a "God send" but she was NEVER going to be there long since Buck's the person who's been raising Chris with Eddie for years.

Bonus: In 5x2 Buck told Eddie to breakup with Ana and he did in 5x3🙃.

Will Buck and Eddie FINALLY become a CANON couple in season 7 or will the show keep throwing one dimensional women at them instead of just letting them be together? Only the showrunners, writers and producers know the answers to that question.

911 chats (part 12)

something about the season beginning with lev telling buck that the american dream "doing everything you're supposed to: marriage, kids" after taylor and then the midseason rounding out with carla saying "sometimes the fantasy is better than the reality" to eddie after everything with ana

I always feel like ppl are shocked about Buck and Eddie seeing different women, because they always expect the long awaited announcement of Buck and Eddie getting together.

Or already having been together.

Two examples at the top of my head are:

The famous "A*a who?"

And recently:

Bobby's outrageous and quite disproportionate response to the news of Lucy and Buck kissing.

"You two kissed??"

It was an hilarious response tbh, but my point is that the only time ppl aren't frowning about the company the two keep, is when they're with each other.

Not one surprised look, just interest into what seemed different to Buck about Eddie.

It’s been almost two full seasons since Breaking Point aired, and I’m still convinced Buddies who crap on it didn’t actually watch the whole way through and/or haven’t figured out the reason why Bob was told to do what he did, so... I think it’s time for a history lesson! - Listen, I’ve got no explanation for the fake “sex” sounds, but the math date was *meant* to feel “off” because Eddie was doing it for (what he thought was) Christopher’s benefit, not his own. I said this in a previous post, but the visibly uncomfortable expression when Ana mentioned him not being with anyone since Shannon? Intentional even without adding Buck to the equation.  - Eddie says  “Come on, the guy's got at least one more bad life choice left in him.” while watching the guy on the roof, setting us up for his decision to bring Ana into the Diaz home by the end of the episode. - Eddie literally went home and was met by Buck??? There was construction on sunset??? #confirmed Buck tells bedtime stories??? “You’re a miracle worker.” // “No, just an excellent negotiator.” (an example of Buck playing “the good cop” in the family) - Christopher snuck out to see Buck because he was afraid of losing him, too! And Buck promised he wasn’t going anywhere! Whatever EddieAna were doing was NOT gonna come between the life Buddie had been (subconsciously) creating together! - Did I like seeing the reporter again? Absolutely not. However. Knowing what we know now re: bringing Megan back to fill in some of the gap left behind in Jennifer’s time off...she was gonna show up at some point! If not in the midseason finale, probably by the 4B premiere!  - You know what I did like??? The juxtaposition of Buck being told he’s a shitty friend by TayKay’s standards vs. Christopher (unknowingly) reassuring him that he is, in fact, good. - You know what else I liked??? TayKay (yes, her) saying “I’ve met the people you work with. Your life is nothing but meaning relationships.”  - What about Christopher being written as a kid with “negative” emotions for the first time since the skateboarding incident??? That midseason finale was for us. Some of y’all just can’t ignore the heteronormativity that came with it.