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my own meandering experience

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Dee. Reader. TV Watcher. Boring and happy about it. Always have a song running through my head.
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the thing about buddie is that they verbalize their love for each other very differently and neither is less meaningful. buck will tell anyone who stays around for more than ten seconds about how much he adores eddie; he's a great dad. he has a silver star. did you know eddie was in the army? he can change a tire in under five minutes. not having him around has left a hole. his love is so big and overwhelming that it just spills out of him any chance it gets. it's with eddie that he shows it differently, never really putting it into words. meanwhile eddie is shown talking about buck to other people so rarely that it's almost jarring when he does, but it's still so irrefutably evident that he loves him. he keeps it close to his chest, like it's something precious, like he kept chris and shannon to himself at first, but never hesitates to tell buck directly: i trust you with my kid. you're not expendable. we love you. i don't know what i'll do without you. it's not nothing.

Tidbit Tuesday Wednesday

Thank you very, very much for the tag @semperama

I've just come stumbling out of the Scrivener doc with no idea what day it is, so have some very fresh words:

The call ends. Eddie breathes slowly in through his nose and slowly out through his mouth. Repeats that five to seventeen times. Levers himself out of bed, pads naked to the shower, still working on box breathing, steps under the perpetually cool spray, cranks the water to icy, and very carefully does not have a panic attack. The only thingβ€”well the only thing besides reconciling with Chris, which is the point of this whole El Paso endeavorβ€”that Eddie has wanted, since before he even moved back here, was to have Buck in El Paso with him. The thing is. The thing is. Eddie has maybe a little bit been compartmentalizing. There’s Buck-his-best friend, who he FaceTimes constantly. And then there’s this other Buck, who’s nothing more than a voice in his ear, who feels, in many ways, unreal. And Eddie had blithely thought it would continue that way until the heat death of the universe. He stays under the spray until he literally cannot stand it anymore, then steps out of the shower, not bothering to dry off in the smothering heat of the house. He falls into bed exhausted, but stares up at the ceiling fan for a long, long time. When he wakes up in the morning, there’s an email confirmation for Buck’s flight waiting in his inbox. He’ll be in El Paso in two weeks.

Who's writing right now? @cricketnationrise @markofalover @nostalgiaplant @swaps55 @starthecozy (I maintain tidbits can be sketches!) @vhenadahls (I know you're working on something but I don't know if you're here) anyone who wants an open tag! Sorry it's late, but Tidbit Thursday at least swings back to the more alliterative.

Anonymous asked:

Sharing so everybody can go and give this edit that’s going round Twitter some love because it’s so incredible!!

https://x.com/fedzz_z/status/1907479851822625277?s=46&t=AiH6YjVJ62Y3XQ4irIY19w

Here’s the full version on YouTube for anyone that wants to watch.

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Abby changed his whole life!! He was on one trajectory and he changed completely for her!!! He sought out Bobby’s advice instead of pushing back on it. He learnt to step into the hurt and the pain because it’s what she needed and he found out that’s what he needed to! He loved her.

And the thing is. The thing is is that it does not even compare to what he built with Eddie. It’s all so similar and at the same time it is nothing alike. It’s comparing a drop of water to the ocean!!

She left because she didn’t want to lose herself in him! With him!! And Buck stayed he always stays and he met Eddie and Buck and Eddie found themselves in each other!!!!

Buck still talks about her and their relationship with such reverence! And she broke his heart!!! She was his first love but she is not his last!!!!! He is going to explode once he figures out what he’s feeling and what he has and what he can keep having!!! He can keep having it even from 800 miles away. He still has it!!! His life with Eddie didn’t fall apart just because Eddie isn’t in LA. Eddie could go to Europe and it wouldn’t matter!!! It would. not. matter.

He knew her for less than a year and he still thinks and talks about her like that. He’s known Eddie for more than 7!!! He is going to explode!! No wonder he’s so fucking scared!

Something about Buck asking Bobby: You think it’s weird that I still live in Abby’s place? and Bobby answering: Yes (2.04) versus Chim asking Buck: you still haven’t told him [Eddie]? and Buck answering: It’s me. I’m your renter. (8.09)

Something about Abby saying: he stopped waiting for me for a long time ago (3.18) versus Buck sitting in his loft just before Eddie and Chris knock on his door while β€œwait for me to come home” plays. (3.03)

Something about Abby telling Buck: I had to leave everything that I knew so that I could remember who I actually am. And Buck answering: but you did, remember, but you still didn’t come home. And Abby saying: I think I was afraid that if I came back home I would become that person again. Because I missed you. I wanted to see you. But I didn’t trust myself. And Buck answering: because being with me, you might lose yourself again (3.18) versus Eddie telling Buck: At least when I was there I could send him some money and be a firefighter, which is the only thing I know he’s proud of me for. And Buck answering: Hey, come on, that’s not true. And Eddie saying: I can’t bear the thought of seeing his face when he finds out I failed. And Buck answering: You didn’t fail, Eddie. And Eddie saying: I didn’t come out here to be an uber driver. And Buck saying: or a firefighter, you went out there to be Christopher’s dad. (8.12)

And something about Buck telling Abby: Did you know then that you were never coming back to me? (3.18) versus Buck telling Eddie: you can’t come back. (8.12)

Something about Abby losing herself in helping other people and Eddie finding himself in doing just that. And something about Abby being scared to lose herself with Buck and something about Buck reminding Eddie of who he is. Something about being left versus being away. Something about your life being on pause while you wait versus your life looking different but being ultimately the same because there is no waiting; you’re already still living it.

Something about what you need to take for yourself versus what you're willing to give up for someone else.

fanfic writers are so fucking awesome man. they write novel length fics that are sometimes even better than some published bestselling books written by professional writers. like fanfic writers are professional writers to me and they gift us their masterpieces for free. they give us something we can look forward to after a long day. something from which we can seek comfort when life is hard. something that can be our own little getaway. in a world of capitalism, despite everything, they give us all of these for free. like holy fuck. shout out to every fanfic writer. I wish all fanfic writers a very β€˜I love you with all my heart and soul. I thank you from the bottom of my heart’

henren buddie double dates like i know i know madney buddie sibling double dates but i just need henren buddie double dates too bc i need besties eddie and karen and i need more besties hen and buck because god damn that one call with the dog where hen and buck were drunk is literally one of the best scenes in 911 history you agree and you know it

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