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@sophiebegins / sophiebegins.tumblr.com

29. latina. bi. she/her. in my 911 era 🫡
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You know, regardless of Buddie and queer Eddie and all of that, I just really need Chris to tell Eddie he doesn't need a new mom

I tags from gotta add @buckttommy

#THIS is the one#I need Chris to tell Eddie that he's okay with it being just them forever#because Eddie has been hearing from literally everyone about what his son should want or what his son needs#and he has yet to go to the actual source.#This is... such a big and recurring problem for him and I wonder if it doesn't stem from his relationship with HIS mother specifically#where Helena directly accused Eddie of being a source of harm for his son. So fast forward some years later where he's constantly (and#drastically) overcorrecting to avoid that. But he's never actually... talked to Christopher. Even when he left the 118.#He left “for Christopher's sake” but Christopher said himself “I never asked you to do that” and Christopher has never asked him to date#around and put himself out there in search of a wife/mother either because if nothing else#7x1 should have indicated that Shannon is still enough for Christopher too. That's why it still hurts. That's why he's still angry. That's#why he's making all these piss poor romantic decisions. He's like... she was enough for US we just weren't enough for HER.#And so Eddie needs to know — he needs to hear directly from HIS SON'S MOUTH — that he's okay with this. He's okay with just them.#And Eddie will never get off his *own* hamster wheel until he hears Chris say that he can stop fighting against this Shannon-shaped hole in#their lives and just... let it be.#Because Eddie's going to keep making decisions and he's going to keep harming himself / these women / and his son in the process#I know this isn't what he wanted. No single parent worth their salt ever wants to leave a trail of love interests behind because the goal is#always going to be providing stability for their child. I KNOW this is never ever what Eddie wanted. And I can't imagine it's what#Christopher wants either. So they need to sit down and have a proper chat — sooner rather than later. Eddie raised his kid to have a voice.#Now he needs to listen and Christopher needs to say it.#tv: 911

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buckttommy

okay yeah yeah oliver said buck was likely attracted to eddie in 2x01 and that was the underlying feeling. for him being jealous but he ALSO SAID he turned around in slow motion and whatta man was playing in the background which we KNEW was fruity as hell and not to be buddie was always been meant to be canon but buddie was literally always meant to be canon i'm going to throw up my fucking lungs

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actually i'm still thinking about that part of oliver's zach sang interview where he says that he doesn't think of buck as a queer character, he thinks of him as a character that is queer, who has a fully fleshed out personality and a multitude of important characteristics and who has flaws and makes mistakes, just like any real, human person. he's not that bisexual character we shoved in there for representation's sake. he's evan buckley, and his bisexuality is important and undeniable but it's not the only thing that makes him buck. that makes him so loved.

i love it because that's always how 911 has approached queerness, right from the very beginning. when i think of hen, her being a black lesbian isn't the first thing that comes to mind. what comes to mind is her brilliance and her compassion towards the people that she treats. it's the understanding with which she approaches the world. it's how fiercely protective she is of her friends and her loved ones. it's her devotion towards her wife and her family. it's her complicated feelings towards her past and the way that she's learned to heal from the scars that were left. however, hen's identity as a black lesbian is always present. it's never ignored or minimized and the show never tries to diminish how those aspects of who she is would impact her life. her identity as a black woman and a queer woman is always relevant and has played a huge part in making her who she is, but it's never, ever been her sole defining characteristic. she is a fully fledged character, and her queerness has always been allowed to exist and take up space without taking away from anything else that makes her hen.

that is always how representation should be done and i'm so grateful that it's been the norm on 911 right from day one. i'm so grateful for this show, and the love and care with which they've treated our queer characters — hen, karen, michael, david, josh, that beautiful older gay couple that quite literally defined love on this show, that sweet woman who just wanted to pass her driving test, the guy who ended up with a tapeworm in his ass because he couldn't stop eating sushi, tommy, and now, evan buckley. a character that has been so loved right from the very beginning and now gets to discover this new part of himself that brings him so much joy and so much relief. despite the hurdles they've had to face, the people making this show have given so much to their queer audience and i'm just....so grateful that we get to witness the love they have for us. they really said. we see you. there is a space for you here. come and embrace it.

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