Oliver & Ryan being supportive and validating Buddie stans
When it comes to non-canon ships in fandoms, usually they are very heavily critizised by the actor(s) to the point they dismiss it or mock it and it’s usually worse with queer ships. When 9-1-1 was on FOX, the network in recent times has been known to shut down a lot of things, example: Bi Buck. Based on educated spectulations, Buddie and Gay Eddie were suppose to have been canon prior to Tim Minear leaving the first time but they were all shut down by the network (or at least people higher up) during this time Oliver refused to engage in anything Buddie for fear of being called out for queerbaiting and he wanted to avoid that - prior to this he was liking Buddie fan art on Instagram and Ryan spoke about them a couple times on lives in a lighthearted manner. The showrunners at the time of season 5/6 were the ones openly mocking it.
Season 7 was wild, after being moved to ABC and getting Tim back, we had Oliver and Ryan talking about Buddie a lot in interviews. Oliver mentioning that he sees Buddie fan art and fan edits and that he shares them with Ryan, who also confirmed the same thing. It even went as far as Oliver confirming what we always said that Buck was always bisexual and was gonna play him that way if he didn’t become canon. Ryan now commenting on how happy he is that queer people see themselves in his character (who is currently canon-straight) is insane, aside from the fact it confirms what we all knew about Eddie being heavily queercoded but that Ryan just valides it and also finding out that Eddie WAS in fact suppose to be the original of the two to be canon queer in s7 (and possibly s5 during Ana’s arc) and saying that Eddie is ambigious. Having Oliver in an interview saying he’d be ‘down’ for Buddie if it were to happen and that Buddie fans aren’t wrong and he sees it as a potential story, also saying that he sees it too. To then go out of his way to say that with all the edits he sees it’s HARD to NOT play it the same way or be swaided, even joking about a buddie wedding (which he brought up). Ryan also saying that he’d be ‘down’ for it and if it happens it’ll be baby steps. Whilst, joking about seeing edits and questioning himself whether they’d actually filmed those particular scenes, insinuating that the way they looked at eachother or certain scenes that came across in a certain way was confusing him as to whether they filmed it or it was edited that way (it was filmed that way lol). Oliver posting Buddie stills on his Instagram throughout the season and even liking buddie fan accounts. Buddie art and ‘the thumb’ post from the season finale, which was the only thing he acknowledged about the finale. Both Ryan and Oliver blush and smile when talking about Buddie…like they are serious!
Also knowing they came up with the ship name and not the fandom is everything. They appreciate queer fans and they validate everything. The fandom is truly so lucky to have them as the actors of this ship.
If they didn’t like it, as some people claim 🙄 they wouldn’t mention or acknowledge it. They just wouldn’t say anything or they’d dodge it.