Here to emotionally validate your Buddie shipping
Just figured you all would appreciate a complete noob to the fandom validating that you all are not exactly reaching when you see this pairing in the subtext.
I had never read a Buddie fanfic before yesterday and didn’t realize there was a huge fandom for the pairing until then. I’ve just been binge watching it while doing a boring work project since I liked Lone Star so much and the crossover episode was great. So that’s the context we’re talking about here.
Anyway, it just seemed blatant from the first episode with Eddie that they were setting him up as a romantic partner for Buck in the long run. If that’s not what the show’s writers were going for, then they’re not very good at their craft because they have so, so clearly telegraphed that from the beginning.
Like when Eddie is dating Ana and Christopher doesn’t connect with her, and they mention the zoo, and then Eddie pipes up that Buck takes Christopher there all the time.
Plus, it seems really clear that Eddie is either demisexual and/or gay as hell and doesn’t realize it yet on account of all the toxic masculinity and Catholic guilt.
And now I just watched “Buck, Bothered and Bewildered,” and literally the whole time it was obvious he was after Eddie, not Tommy. That’s the point where I cracked and looked up spoilers because Buck and Tommy getting together was NOT how I saw that going.
Anyway, thought you all might appreciate the validation, haha.