9 And/or 16 For The Choose Violence Ask Game?

9 and/or 16 for the choose violence ask game?

9. worst part of canon

The copaganda show going on in the background at all times. I love Angela and Athena is a great character and I am aware that they have tried, at times, to tackle some ripped from the headlines storylines to stay with the times, but honestly I think the show would benefit from some firefighter vs police shenanigans. Let Buck accidentally solve a string of murders because people TALK to the firefighters and not the cops. Eddie stops a robbery in progress. Chim deescalates a fight. Bobby and Buck are asked about their SO's and their audience visibly deflates while Bobby talks about his wife but light RIGHT back up when Buck goes "My boyfriend is a firefighter pilot!"

I don't want the show to be like, anti-cop, but they always just give officers all the grace in the world. (And Athena has done some fucked up shit in the name of her badge and they've hand waved it away just like we do in RL)

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

Well my mental breakdown yesterday included the elephant in the room, but I do UNDERSTAND why people like the thing (buddie) even if it doesn't compel me personally so we'll stick with something else.

This one is gonna cause some people to side eye me, but here it is:

Buck as a second Dad to Christopher. I know I joke about Buck and Eddie co-parenting but I see it often enough in fic and general fandom shit that it's been noticeable. And here's the thing: I don't think any of the three people involved in that little family would consider Buck a father figure to Chris. A mentor, maybe, though I honestly think even that's a bit of a stretch. A guardian, absolutely, in the strictest sense that Chris loves Buck and Buck loves Chris and Eddie trusts Buck with his kid and appreciates how much Buck loves him. A friend, in as much as he can be considering Chris has just entered his teens. Family, absolutely. But Buck isn't his dad, doesn't want to be his dad, and even in a scenario where Buddie is canon I don't see that dynamic ever shifting. Neither Buck, Eddie, or Chris would want it to change, and it takes me right out of a story when I see him portrayed as like, the second parent in a unit.

(I think the show does a really good job of portraying this, actually - great example right in the last episode, with Eddie calling upon Buck to try to convince Chris to stay and Buck toeing the line with "Well I can try but it's not actually my place and you and Chris both know that.")

choose violence with me

118 x 217 send post

me in february hearing the chatter about tommy returning: who’s tommy ???? 🤨

me in march after tommy flew the 118 into a hurricane and made his fake mouth static: tommy’s sooooo cool !!! 😍

me now after getting to know tommy and having him for the last how many ever months: i love him and i’d donate my left kidney for him and if anything were to happen to him, i will fight whoever i need to to protect him and his happiness!!! ❤️🔪😤❤️

first time we’ve ever seen the 217 engine after (re-)introducing a recurring character from that station who’s dating a main character of the show and they’re putting that engine in the shot right next to the 118 engines clearly angling for it to be in focus alongside the 118 engines, all of which could mean nothing