i think the whole world needs to be talking about the heartstopper cast at pride, honestly. what they did was SO powerful. a group of young queer actors metaphorically (and literally) carrying each other while marching; holding hands and flipping off homophobes; giving credit to each other where it’s due and spontaneously hugging each other after encountering bigots; pulling each other away from said bigots and just being completely inseparable.
this is what pride is all about! they’re setting a perfect example, not just for the new generation but for EVERYONE.
the eyes are windows to the soul ♡
Buck is not a tactile person, at least not in the way we think.
I know in fanon and fanfics, many of us (especially me) love to imagine Buck as someone who constantly presses these small touches into the ones he loves. Except, he doesn't.
Don't misunderstand, Buck thrives on physical affection. Some of his happiest moments are when he receives that form of love. Except, when he gives it, it's almost always under a specific condition.
Buck waits for near-explicit consent.
Hear me out:
It's not as if he doesn't touch people, but it's very much a needed-as situation on the job and then rare occasions such as celebrations with the team. And again, it's never those small, mindless touches of someone who just wants to physically feel someone they care for.
Even in the scariest moments, he waits.
And we can infer he accepted her permission because we see Buck this terrified for a loved one the very next season. Except, he doesn't get any request for comfort or form of consent then.
They're both obviously in critical condition. Both need medical attention immediately. Yet, Buck takes the time to hug and comfort Maddie because she asked for it.
He clearly doesn't mind either option. He's overjoyed just to see them alive. And that's the point. For Buck, these interactions aren't about him. Which is why he doesn't actively pursue them. (Not saying he shouldn't. I, personally, think he should.)
This is a perspective I think many authors can take advantage of when writing fanfiction.
I am not saying to stop writing Buck as openly tactile. I'm saying write both. Write either. Write it all. I need more of this when I search my ship.
And in case you didn't know, EDDIE is the one more openly, physically affectionate between the two of them. 100%. But that's a separate post if you want it.
Also, Buck does not hold these standards when it comes to Chris. Also another post.
The only time I could actively remember Buck touching Eddie without consent (when he wasn't saving his life). Season 2x14 "Broken". This wasn't the first time Eddie had been in danger, but it was the first time he was in danger without Buck there. They were ready to run into the house after he didn't respond on the radio. Eddie came out after his "Spiderman" routine, saving a child in the process. Buck couldn't help himself.
(Just gonna mention how the physical distance between these two has only grown after every time Eddie's needed help... Hmm...)
buck + anger
[Image ID: 6 GIFs of Evan Buckley from 9-1-1. GIF 1: Buck in the gym at the 118 talking to Eddie about his family in Season 4 Episode 4. GIF 2: Buck in the catfisher’s trailer looking intimidating while walking towards a coroner with Chimney talking in the background in Season 1 Episode 10. GIF 3: Buck in the kitchen at the 118 talking to Bobby about Eddie being shot in Season 4 Episode 14. GIF 4: Buck in his apartment walking down the stairs and arguing with Taylor in Season 5 Episode 18. GIF 5: Buck in Maddie and Chimney’s apartment yelling at his parents in Season 4 Episode 4. GIF 6: Buck sitting at the table in Eddie’s house talking to Carla about Eddie being shot in Season 4 Episode 14. /end ID]
So what am I supposed to do when Eddie obviously makes the mistake one day and calls Buck Christopher’s other dad like give me a scene of Chris asking a question and Eddie just nonchalantly goes “I don’t know ask your dad.” Or a “Christopher listen to your father.” What then your honor, what am I supposed to do?
Thinking about Will insisting to El they'd "fix it together" in the first episode of the season
And how rolling 11 wasn't enough to save everyone in the Curse of Vecna DnD campaign
And how Brenner continually insists El isn't ready
And how we still don't fully understand how or why Will survived the Upside Down in S1
And how Will's psionic connection to the Upside Down has been emphasized over and over as both a saving grace and a weapon
And how I am personally owed a Willel team-up just because so give it to me Duffle bags
god its like you can touch him when hes dying but only if you’re Doing something only if you’re putting a bandage on you can’t comfort him you cant put your hand on his face and comfort him when hes bleeding out
i truly believe that there's a reason they emphasize the lyric "if I only could, I'd make a deal with God, and I'd get him to swap our places" at the end of the trailer.... there will be a sacrifice to save everyone
SHES ABOUT TO BEAT HIM UP FRRRRR WE WIN WE WIN
She’s gonna call him out on his bullshit and then we finally get another scene of Nancy beating up a man. The girls truly win again
💕 otp: heart eyes/head duck 💕
I think it might have been better for him if i was the one who got shot.
— Please, let him be happy (j.p.)
(insp.)
I see the way he looks at you // even when you aren’t looking at him
today i am stuck on the moment after eddie at his most alert since he was shot asks "are you hurt" and then immediately fades once buck tells him he's okay
Shouldn’t it be, when you’re at your worst, they’re at their worst, you have every reason to give up, and you still decide you want to try again.
only getting to HEAR about it and not SEE it A CRIME
how do i get back to that person i wanted to be? i’ll let you know when i figure it out
[image description: two large gifs of eddie diaz and evan buckley from season 5 episode 18 of 9-1-1. the gifs are colored with a soft pink overlay and the text has a white background.
gif 1: eddie stares at his repaired bedroom wall, bracing his hands against it. the text reads, “i’m going to be better -” “for myself.”
gif 2: buck sits on the edge of his dining table, looking up and smiling after taylor leaves the apartment. the text reads, “a clean slate…” “yeah. just not together.”
/end ID]
only getting to HEAR about it and not SEE it A CRIME
Okay but the way Beth just fucking LIGHTS up when she hears all her boys??? I could died a thousand deaths and nothing would be as perfect as her reaction to the support of her disfunctional family.
literally WHY would elizabeth swann go back to living on shore as a fancy lady waiting for will to come home every ten years. why does disney expect me to believe that
Anna Karenina & Alexei Vronsky in Anna Karenina. Vronsky story (tv mini-series, Russia, 2017)
DC Super-Heroes by Andrew Day.
After trying to decide if The Mummy was filmed with the male gaze or female gaze, I’ve come to the conclusion that it was filmed under the Bisexual Gaze. Here’s a list of other films with the Bisexual Gaze:
Jurassic Park
Venom
Every Barbie Film
Night at the museum, but specifically every scene with Jebediah and Octavius
The 2005 Pride and Prejudice
Pirates of the Caribbean
Les Miserables
Newsies
The Hannibal TV Show
Good Omens
Basically, if you look at a film and think “oh my god everyone is attractive why and the film has a bunch of just…super obviously implied queerness, congrats, that’s the Bisexual Gaze baby! Feel free to add to the list
People who criticize The Punisher for being “too dark and violent” are blowing right past the fact that every man on the show is canonically whipped as fuck and soft for the women in their lives.
- It’s really good to see you. - It’s good to see you.
for the uneducated “crow” is a derogatory name the wildlings call the night’s watch and tormund took this and started softly calling jon “pretty crow” and “my little crow”... not only is it some fruity nonsense it’s got this layer of loving the enemy that drives me up the fucking wall
had a thought
okay but the yen waking jaskier up to help scene is what tells me she’s not a morning person because only someone who themselves has a hard time waking up is going to be THAT fucking tactile. she needs to make SURE jaskier is gonna get up. shaking and patting and grabbing his face. she knows that’s how someone would need to wake HER up (no matter how much they’d lose a limb for trying). and she succeeds in waking him up, but jaskier, also not a morning person, STILL doesn’t get up and tries to go back to sleep until he gets yelled for.
which also means that if there is not a direct threat to be dealt with, yen and jask CANNOT be sent to wake each other up for things. bc they won’t. they will get there, go “oh you look comfy,” and just climb into bed with each other to sleep more. you’ll only end up with TWO people to wake up now.