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“as much as everyone wants me to be pining for my straight best friend” was that a shot at us? LMAOOO
I’m not the first one to say this but I’ll say it anyway. I don’t want eddie to realize he’s gay. I want him to ACCEPT that he is.
Because while buck did need to have that realisation about himself, because he’s too oblivious about his own feelings to have realized it sooner, I believe eddie should already know this about his sexuality. He just refused to accept it and has been repressing that shit for years.
I want to see eddie finally accept that he’s allowed to be himself and accept his homosexuality. I want him to finally embrace it.
I don’t need another arc of "Oh! I might not be as straight as I thought I was! How nice! This actually explains so much"
I need a "I finally understand I’m allowed to be happy with just being myself and I’m going embrace that part of me instead of forcing myself in a role that doesn’t work for me" moment for him. Because I geniuenly believe it’d work much better with his character.
It would also show a different kind of experience when coming to terms with one’s sexuality, especially for a character in their 30s. Which is nice.
Could also end up with a nice moment between eddie and chris. About how it’s important to live true to yourself, now matter what others think. I feel like it’s the type of things they would talk about, especially after everything that happened with eddie’s parents.
Point is, let eddie already be aware of his homosexuality and let his self discovery journey be about accepting that part of himself after repressing it for so long instead of another realisation about its existence.
Okay so most of us are expecting (more like hoping but wtv) to have buddie becoming canon this season. Season 8 is expected to be around 18 episodes or so, episode 4 comes out tonight (I have yet to watch it), but if it's really to become canon in s8, I do not want it to happen before the second half of the season and that's being generous. Don't get me wrong, I want them to get together as much as anyone, but if I see it happen in 3 episodes imma be real disappointed. As long as it happen, the longer it takes, the better tbh.
Now, why is that? Well, there's still a lot of things that needs to happen first;
Eddie needs to come out as queer (gay, bi, doesn't matter, as long as he comes out as queer and realizes he likes men)
Buck and Tommy need to break up (I refuse to have buddie start on a cheating scandal. God knows we've had more than enough of that storyline not just in media in general but in 911 as well. Not to mention Eddie literally just got out of one)
Both Buck and Eddie need to realize they have feelings for each other
And finally, they get together
Some of these can happen at the same time, like Eddie could realize he likes men by having the realization he likes Buck. Hell, that could happen before Buck and Tommy break up, giving us some good old jealous Eddie with "one-sided" pining and "unrequited" love (for now). Point is, as long as it doesn't start on a cheating arc, we're good.
If all this happen in 3 episodes, I'm genuinely going to be mad. It's just going to feel rushed and I'm pretty sure most of us would hate that. It needs to be a slow burn. The slowest slow burn ever seen. It could be beautiful.
Which is why I think they need to become canon at least during the second half of the season minimum. The latter the better.
That's not to say they can't have feelings for each other before that though. By them becoming canon I mean them actually starting a relationship. They can pine, they can flirt, they can have their own angsty moment thinking it's unrequited. But actually legit dating?? No. That needs time. It's just going to be better in the end.
If you were to ask me what my best case scenario would be, it'd pretty much go something like Eddie realizes he likes Buck (and consequently men, or vice-versa) while Buck is still dating Tommy, causing him to have to deal with his feelings while still trying to be supportive. Then Buck and Tommy break up for an unrelated reason (I'd like to mention that while I know a lot of people dislike Tommy, this is Buck's first queer relationship and I want it to be a good experience over all for him so an amicable break up sounds better to me but that's just my personal opinion on the matter) leaving Eddie kinda relieved but also trying to be good supportive friend. Then it's Buck's turn to realize he has feelings for Eddie. Cue some moments of pining and flirting, that can go on for more than one episode, ideally a few. While this happen, they can both talk about it with other people, like Buck with Maddie for exemple. Then something happen and they realize their feelings are mutual. Now, would they get together then or would they try to take things slow depends on how it plays out.
That's just how I like to imagine it happening. I'd love for it to last a while before they actually start dating, or at least before they make they relationship official enough to tell the others about it. But I might be biased because I've always been a sucker for a well made slow burn.
Anyways, those are just my thoughts on the matter, we'll see how it actually goes (if they become canon at all).
Still manifesting buddie becoming canon, if not dating then let at least one of them canonically have feelings so we can start going somewhere eventually