i’m just saying if you could choose between the first queer interracial slow burn best friends to lovers storyline on network television that deals with religious guilt, ptsd, internalized homophobia, and coming out later in life while working a stereotypical macho man job or two white men kissing for the millionth time why would you not choose the first one
the way this makes tommy seem like a nothingburger of a character is insane like if you dont see the complexities and nuances in his character than thats a deliberate choice on your part
also “internalized homophobia” is insane. s8e6 23:11-23:16. eddie is straight and theres never been any mention of him being gay or lying about his sexuality. you guys are making shit up at this point. OPEN YOUR EYES!!
also *Tommy* has:
PSTD
internalized homophobia
both buck and tommy came out later in life while working a stereotypical macho job
lord okay i wasn't in the mood to debate today but here goes:
first you've only been on tumblr for *checks notes* two hours and in that time you've been answering anons that all sound like they've been written by the same person so i'm not entirely convinced you've watched the entire show start to finish so--
required reading before we start (this wasn't updated for s8 because i've been busy, but the point stands because nothing changed)
more required reading
and even more required reading
starting from the top, most of the "complexities and nuances" of his character you talk about are deliberatly shown to compare to eddie. whenever they did manage to give tommy a sprinkling of personality, it was so that they could say how much he and eddie had in common. muay thai, basketball, classic cars, army vet, etc.
everything else?
him being a terrible human being (please see first required reading, as well as remember he broke up with buck because he was scared of getting his feelings hurt by a grown man and only went back to him because he thought his "competition" was out of the way, knowing that buck probably only slept with him because he was upset about said competition leaving. he also got buck lakers tickets for their six month anniversary despite buck canonically hating basketball and made sexist comments about abby hooking up with a "himbo half her age" despite him doing the exact same thing (with the same person!! see required reading three for math on tommy's age))
onto the next point, "internalized homophobia" isn't actually all that insane despite eddie telling a priest he's straight when you consider that they would not have had eddie call himself straight without doing a hard shutdown in multiple interviews (instead of vague responses about how "if it goes there it goes there", even the existence of one of those interviews proves it's a possibility) if they weren't going to circle back to it.
you say there's been no mention of him lying about his sexuality, but there is in fact interviews where ryan talks about how eddie doesn't know who he is (when talking about confessions!!). see the below quote for reference
"[ryan guzman] said that his character has never quite known who he is without the labels he's attached to himself. He talked about the beginning of Eddie's journey into self-determination and awareness--" (x)
keeping that in mind, i suggest you listen to the song good luck, babe! and do some research on comphet. it's also worth noting that TOMMY doesn't think eddie's straight (his reaction to buck calling eddie straight during the post hookup scene, i would get the timestamps but honestly i couldn't be bothered)-- you know, the same person you said supposedly had the same ptsd and internalized homophobia i was talking about?
that brings me to my next point, tommy has never been stated to have ptsd. not saying he doesn't, but if you're going to use it as an example at least make sure it has basis.
for my final point, i figured i would give you a bullet point list of (almost) all the times eddie diaz has been hinted at to be gay, so buckle up:
only married shannon because she got pregnant, and saying he loved being married to her but not saying he loved her (7x05)
saying he "thinks" shannon is the love of his life (7x09)
when having an emotional affair with the doppleganger of his dead ex-wife, not once did he initiate any sexual contact, even going as far as saying he didn't want that (also 7x09, deleted stills don't count because they're not canon)
was perfectly fine not dating again and playing house with buck (santa visits, building a special skateboard, going to buck with his problems with christopher and writing him into his will, while seeing flashbacks of him with chris when almost dying)
only started dating again in season 4 because he was talked into it by bobby (4x06)
got shot by a sniper but instead of his girlfriend taking care of his son, his boy best friend did it instead, and then called said boy best friend the second he woke up and kicked said girlfriend out of the room, and THEN revealed he left his son to boy best friend in his will in the most love confession coded scene on earth (4x14)
had panic attacks at the thought of ana being his wife (5x01)
was content not dating again until forced to, calling dating a "performance" (6x14)
only called marisol at the insistence of his son (6x18)
i'll leave it at that, because while i could go on all day, i really don't feel like it. i suggest you rewatch the show from the beginning before you start talking about how eddie diaz isn't queer coded again.
